The Sun. — London, England, 1850-05-20 00:00:00

.S DAY.)' oNai" eld on Saturtl6. the demand tor rico drooping P 10, d steady 5,a, eudency. vt; firm. In 2s per quar.-_-_.O, sent francs wP,.ur; an d Fleur our lost Or!,e j, in were reef:no. its r received from abr 5,100 dia2: of B eallst e• 12 ditto of il ditto of Flour., ce is f I"' ire froS 14 ve _B. :ssex, e el " q uality. i n 11. BY were S—, a c ote ate su PPl er or much &it than fa xv - r , ,e fooll ne more of both. ttenuance large tided to tbefoirilli.. deina n t oter depress ing notvitt hstssi t d ; e in th e S o so. /5 Per c ,l v iledt l e rately,e7 ag show, P ngteci ,acted in se— the prices t . a . 4 nisidered lAorr v parcels ° , l o f 0 y disease a sst, 0 in fair re ‘,lppl h th e 8 sr ° hough f ro aerous bats cm, full'' , ad cm, at Son tallied on 04 itch Oats ri 1 . 9 60 : Z be r:ied . : pri ces a vers k. Beans s pet.produceadoing • tle iv es •10 01111 It 0 were PO g Floor t ie o ASUI • §Ol. - ta ralier•••_„'*4 171 L shire '"4 : 051 011., F e ' in •'''''' ;14 0 al an dCo 141 0 aek •" ", 10 0 White . ":, 170 0 Feed. " 241 01 la. ••••• 031 r • ••• •• " • f!: 0. • • • • • •• O bi t ••• ".. wn-ills" • 0 0 •••• • • " / 9 A 14 Norio , Osand Pri C. o sB ol n t 06 Lager 3ncies. 0 1 41 .... • os. ......." er • quo te . 64i 01 4 0 ,1 14 , ng ••'• • 01 4 " 42e 1 . 1;0 0 s i 1 ft n.• •• ' 4 ,per to o .. 511 A.°l 1,1" 6, pr ton 1;0 01 ielfarl" r loti olio beet, ;k oar to 0. 04 ° s ' a P P f .bife r se par t o fo arriv als° tit: ro d ate for , th — e , o or respovirloiro ;$ ead, , the 9y 5, an ° „vslC• rAST ” Cal" be• . 0 / ••• 6 3 $ ••• ••• 13 . .•. 8 0. „ 24 0 I ; ••• 30 1 • o 00 1 30 e a Ot aye o fro tar o 01 0 6 0 it A l oci hsie j oin From rif e. v: s have 5r ,0 . 0 0 r of fore'll bot o oo ut the: a tl g e • 1 full av r kocerf..4, of 11 1 0 1,04 nce - „ excee w prie r s hade ho t 0 0 D for th e o vioc e ci f total d e o() 00 Bele%bortbrork 9!..n0 3 an nti pto,, pr o f i°rClS' X. 011°U bet ; 1 s od P 0 00 ft 0 in tb° t tb. erY du ll sBl 81,-06Y:j f I SS Or ficull " o od ' ich 0 1 to Tif° o l :l from The T i l. 1r 30 re ',pad.ly - t he so if' a t ba,.. 11 0 ru led au i ••' I I 'o 44, 4 0"00 0 ,6 4 0 .0 06. if 0: 0 0 Slaeof:;01 anal' ,0' w n We'7,o_, 1 0 t of tb ° " ogs nio3 ll old Ye s re, RO I ' I -156 yes. i ;6 / )6 o 010. I !''1 .1 ,strO oy d etri pro flof c ° be 1 1 1 ,00 ing. lit 6 1 ' 1 0 lie ha l ea.' go bee o ifal ay e • l ea t i; tab g! do forob Nf 0. $ bi ter $ $ $ • 10 1 Pri °l6 1 , 0 S 6 go"' . 1•0, 0 , p .%$%, 000 ta to , plh o otr o rived 9 , 19 Daft 84 toteitjec of P. 0 6 as .of wri 1 a ge:_.. the q? feoq . ; n T vs is / I 'teo'eo o cst ° :. IP t° ; 00 to :dne,°. t° )111 , ' .. .. ro gev,A 4t to 4 ,,a V bit i e " to 6 4 S wht es , . 5 0 , rbite ...400 of ditto vi e d , X %01 , 1,0" or g a 10 011 f lge f leti 54 a ou r joy o i g lD Si r 's) gro • tie i 5 ry- 6 1 „ los fr e or,,k eyg6dig P oor dio% 5 .; ° • l d to - " jet los° es o of o P p i , .0 I st AO. s io b 0 P' % a lter lb. 0 ,1 1 ' 0; Y q u te c h 6l l 6 e we 1 , 1 ,‘ lc; 0 0 co burg frd 11 00 2, 1 5° 4 l' if o fro 0) 410°, 1 ' na 0) 0 100 fro ol d u stoV ; di St e° 00 i 0 11° ill :n ag ,10 50 ,, i 11 ' a t J lig hte a . to !ID* 0° yr to I s e . pg of to dig' 0 r• a tb, o s 0 w oily rtigo (1 0° .1 Per tbs. 0 ) 13 0 . v OP A .as-- t he -p o w o 0 106 case• /7 ' is 4 9" 0 6 6 ,,; 1 ; 24 gd , -3 0 S v l i 4 l• , tof f '' 3 90 78 01 ,1 95 ,47 $ p 1 112 1 :044 3 ,0 • 390.- uNty 'and COMMERCIAL NEWS Th e c CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. rzther C otton Market at Liverpool, on Saturday, was p er % quiet, and p r i ces i n some instances d ec li ne d B d. fr om le consequence of the unfavourable accouets ra R al nee. The sales were estimated at 4,000 bales. — tatt le ,: i w aY Shares only a limited business was done, at Th e Z w er qumaions. 44) the of Scotian is discussing the railway question; ita. ,u,e great trunk line to connect Halifax and Quebec; th es nlY, the Halifax and Windsor line. The first of grap h lt considers to be far, very far, beyond our colonial oll t b P; ,nd has no hesitation in asserting that wh o r i i ',! e "rees yet propounded by the several gentlemen ere chimerical advocated its construction by private means xoennerical in the extreme. "We cannot," says the tev 4 3 'Scotia/1, " too often reiterate our opinion, that sol o rtet connecting link between the North American f % ea !" must be a national undertaking, and that ,htil3ritain hopes to retain these colonies, the Quebec it 0 . 4 (04x Railway must be built." The Windsor line course decide s to be easily practicable by colonial . to... lw P r isQ, and worn when completed that it will be a paying Do e Brunswick Legislatu l re is about bringing its the::to a ; close. There is nothing special in their IN (hu ge daring the past week, save a notice of a : dj3errerinYteic R e Mr. Wink that the salaries of public of t h""notlid at all times be subject td such a revision h ia „ _e Legislature as the exigencies of the province s . s E a . ry irrespective of the tenure by which es t ,. ?ificers hold their appointments. The report of , and Mr. John Grant, C.E., on the vio ti P l es to be a d opted for the i mprovement o f t h e pa th, o °4 of the r i ver St. John, between Frederickton and rand /'allr, has been printed. bo o ; ' sl e thi s morning later dates from I n di a . Th e 140478 brought by this arrival are in some respects thet a hr° ll reble than those received by the last mail, been a larger amount of sales of Manches j4ll In the Bombay market, although prices were Ih k bti : r t e g ii_sp i t i l i oa hv acr l it e:r g • From Calcutta the advices announce Change in commercial matters, the kited "' D tbe season for disposing of imports having 44 "cnn China also the accounts of the state of Markets are unchanged in any material fir e at it r. liibi te ! t ate of the markets for native produce had lota 1 : 4 1 0010 change, the receipts of news f °N on "'Vaud having decreased the price o 'tithe' no twithstanding a considerable shortness crop 61°P of th e nort h ern d i str i cts o f I n di a . The silk bed k r,also turned out short, and nearly the whole 'toe " I tueti the shipping ports of China from the jute -41)04414e sales of tea had exceeded those of the cor k ~"`hg period of last year by about 6,000,000 lbs. Vbiellansequence of the advance in the price I,o4:::t:roticcurred in the English market. The gun -I,th_oale:i, arid imperials of the new crop it was expected Y arrive, and it was anticipated would rea l? th e ":rie also an arrival from the Cape of Good Hope -tett ee, "St Alarch, but the papers contain little intelli he e l 3 t of local interest. !cols t u glish Stock Market has been tolerably firm, pja;taer considerable purchases having been made The Tere nce ho sold largely on the first intimation of the 4 Os t W e e between the English and French Cabinets. Alo os "Zge this morning, taking the highest and lowest s t ; d l," been in Consols from 951 to 951 for Trans to 95i for Account. New Three-and -441.4111t-tirr:Pr:r9elnts , 96i to 96g. Bank Stock has been 70 3 , (1 ,7 6 to 207.. Exchequer-bills have realised 675. 141(1 2€ rrei nium. East India Stock has risen to 267 • /71:741 Three per Ceut. Bonds have ruled at 371 to tact Aar 4 111 Eu Four per Cents. have been 33 1 to 33 t , 14 (1. e .iVeftil Stock has realised 30;1 to 31. Dutch Two 47tes — 1, 44 Per Cent s . h ave been 554 to 55t. Buenos li k eve bee n 53, and P eruv i an 77. Aso ; Pi Shares h ave scarce ly changed their position ° eta d ohe tu .'d.sy, and but a small amount of business has NilolB QUARTER TO THREE. 95 ii o bitt ••• ... •• ••• , 0, Acc ount, J une 12 ... •• • 95i kr riz ' ll FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. / From the Official List.) 1:44 Stock t 206 207 'Pia. Stock Annuities 94 54 1 34, , $ 1 1 1 ,,„ (3 ,,ent• Consols Anna t o — 4 Per Cent. AIII, S. Le Annuities. Exp Jen. sth, 1860 B l% I '''' 3 ° Ye E '. e Oct. 10,1859 7 15-16 4,4 0 , ars, xpir Co luo rLock 268 267 Ez e l l fil for Account 95 % 3 / 4% seine r Bi lLs• 1 1 ,id. d. March. Juno. 1,% 04 67 70 p scv —J/ ............. 67 70 p ?I tICE .... "° kali 67 70 p , Lk uP FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. -el loa Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent D itto for the Account Danish Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent — Ditto, 5 per Cent 33/4 Equacior Bonds 16 ke z ? t enada, 1% per Cent. ... ....... ' Bl l Bonds, 1846,5 per Cent., C•onpons • Ditto Ex Jan. Coupon ~ 31 31 30%% Ditto f or th e Account .. Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent 77 1 , • Ditto for the Account 77 77 3 / 77 Ditto Deferred ' Po rtuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — , Ditto 4 per Cent. . - ginseian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — , Ditto - 4% per Cents 95 % 34 , . •Ditto, Small • • Ditto Scrip B Panish Bonds, 5 per Cent......... 2% p • c , Ditto Account 'Paniatt Bonds. 3 . , ~ Ditto Account per Cent,1840 Di Ditto on the above payab le in London. •.-, •., D htch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 5 5 5 51 / 4 .3% • . , Ditto Account ..... ..• - ' • lki e „,_ Ditto 4 Der Cezit• Certificates ••• A 4 ....4ERt Pax Slum). ~ , : ttitt, t lt ....4 13 1 L o Irlyme. RAlLl y p t t y u rtES AT ONN OCLOcK . bit ° _ ....................... 59 :., 4 11 , t. ) rreferen ce Bl ...... di..... to -" .... •••• I.l2 44:4l :ite '4l:4tir ig” Boston, &c• 8 pir kt and Galloway 7% *04 4 tkitl Ozninty Down .. 30 .... -- - .1.Gt. 1 t v , 41 Hants Extension "Itte ie ~ett. Perpot. 5 per ct.) 6 tgli s g d gTxt k Oxford Junet., ' IN. I . l `Y Pd, or with guar. 20 - ...." to .t%! inthouta guarantee... 20 .. - ' - ' 4 gha ur Ns d„,, lll, Dudley, ' . tie ' "LY Pd. or with guar. 15 ..... 21 1 4 to air ' , With .. ~ 1 4 1it4, 1 „, • out a guarantee... lb ••St i ,,"' " 0 1-, & Stour Val. 131.14 s — k j ‘ -1 1144, 7- ,„ Lancashire, and Lek' Junction ... 23 bo . 4 , 4 " Exete 1 00 ...„„,. -- h hilei,•'„'hird s r .. ' ' vel ar , - 1hat0 4 ,h„...• 17m, 16% ..... to ,-..0 ei ,„ . - •am .4 U ittO '."4 ' fio .. ... 7x, to 8 )g . di th .htu e. c ti, w 10/. Preference 10 ...... -tat - Yclesdale Junction 50 h . tr a to mit. nO Holyhead .t:'lteet,i.' p d 50 15 ...... 3%...... to to -- i ljtl)li e : 11 1 10 h & Portsmouth 1 1 4 .... to b k hciati.. ll4l klfast Junction.. 42%•••••• to 'met 4 and Enniskillen ... 30 1 .1(1, I , Ohl, 251. L. & E., t i . & 825 ...... ' • "ntto, 1 •• E. to to s li., E. & H lB ••• •• Lei4,3/.13 3% ... --. lt.7i. 1, A.,6 p. Ct. Prof. ... ..... to net * ' B , 7 per Ct. Pref. 2 •'. bo.v. COt inties .... 2O , • b o. Vb."? Pref., 6 per Cent.. 10 1 ••' 8 0. Atitten. 46 per ct. No. 1,6/. 135.4 d... p to ,; bp,' ,„°•••. ............ N 0.2,61. 133.4 d.. P•••••• to ~, ~.,,,,..,_ to 'Jo., thorn & Eastern... 50 • 6 • Per 50 4 1 1 1. 1 4 t 1.04 •,-,- Cent. ioew ...43 . .... ...... to -- '' . t till ion Class A (late D . ' ll •Sh ' . • „itt e 4 . shares) ... .. 25 . ' uitt e '',, 1 44 Class A, ditto 6 - . bl t , , mitto, B & C ~a .„„„ . 25 test srip (CIA. 6 per ct.) 20 ...... to -- , b o -a n ashir e 25 ~1%14 4, ••- • - ,„ to bp ., 0 Quarters a 0 per Cent. Preference 4 AtttB r Sh boat.ltt.Li nd _ area • ••14 il oshire, our. 6 per .' p,.it1a,,,,..,.. •• ••... ............ - * f u e.4l,.. g u and Glasgow 5O — - ' O lt -0 It e i t i and Northern ... 25 ...... . ', %fltet ' l ,. 81 V Pert.. ... ..... .. 15 ...... ...... to to :-.. h aat, ' ` ° evil, & Dorchester 2% ...... tliart , b ind - .Xmouth ,P to . ' . 1141 hioVr ti tn nifrie s• 16 Carlisle 81 . 6e.8d... .. ... • , rh - o.p.,,L.iltnaniock,34 Ayr 50 . ..... ...... to -- .. ... to iette....erence Consolidated - •••••• -vreetZ‘er and Dean Forest.. 14 , . bo ~.6rtitern . t . ' -k. , 0. t h ~ Deferred ..... ... 12% — - o Jo k`' 6 Per Cent. mi. s' a ' - Per Cent. Pref.. . A .. 12 1 ~, 4th. e i Ny l - ~ / 2 .. ___ to ..... to --- p Ilia, ~ est. (Ireland) an )50 ' lo .st g ' l gilthe ...... ..... .... 1 1 4 — - . • bitt, o l)r t° of England 100 • li e motto, w 404 ............ .. 46 - -- . bitt c) t t, ditto 35 jlil .1:11 e. *lot ttn . N " ''. to n. l . • at v ir evr 151 15 ...... N. " t ern 100 ......53 % 54 • o 54 1 4 1. , 41 51 ii. 4112 17/. l5 •• ... ..... to -.. • 1). ' 441 by - .... .to • , Lucltto I/ 50 t, 0 ) 4 , all Shares . .. 25 - ...... to .... ...... to __ Shares . .. .. 12% to 4 : ut), Thn u k;arlLele.... .... 50 4("'mittekii.` u xna :1‘ ' .:lalit41;r41141:-.142 and Yorkshire ...100 ..... -- ', . Dit to `toartera - 23 1 / 4 ...... too = to 1,`,. . Fifth .., . 1 04.1 8 10 .. ... 10 dis.... to - bc, ) ,-.-urdo ...... - - ,-1 mt. r-, to —' - UO. v. vuar.6 per cent. 10 ...... 144;h• bo. ( udders. and Shoff.) 50 j Id"Btitiadictingord Union... 5 1 0 114 ... " - ....- to - t• bit:do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 50 4%. .... g 0 .1114 Thirsk ..... die. to Ditto,lA ditto._ , ‘1 ,.. ...... o. .b o.ref ,, ,su.o ..... ... li No. 3 2 1 6 4 ...... t t :9o — 2 p .... ,‘ mvt rpool Cr •/tlarters, 1548... 9 -• • 'r4Ort., ''usbYlandSouth ,,Q_.l.••••••••••••• . =me .. .... I _ .40 , ~ , _ .......... 10 .4°45..,thi f a0r wa11......111.65.3d 4 ...... to • Do., io gut • , &SouthCoastloo ..... • 80 ...... to , De, a._ . '"vr U.) gas. spr CLIOO — to N . , i,7 4 a f ranteed6 per Cent. 9 •••••• 2 i _bltto, c 4,_ re ntiall 5 per Ct., 50 ...... -•• .... to = ' , wid en _ ~,u ........... 1852 50 .. ... ~ Roita„La G reenwich... 124 151.4 d... ...... bo. if' 'l°rth Western.....loo ...... 102 % to 102 Do, rely natter5........... 1 2 T Po. I r is. ~................. 12 ••••/1.4 011 •• m... and B. (C.) 1 Oitto 8 1, 1 1 (18 „„Weaarti.......100 - ... •• to Ditto' -,,,- t vr o ui••••••• . 42%••• to —. - 0. ir e - • .... . .. .... ...... ....... ~ 0 , __ 7_40/. ........... .. 84 1 ' 01 340 4d r rreference I Do. tilTand Coleraine... 25 - " u atlond;` ollares . .......... 5 .. ••• .. .:. to 11, trY ~}ll 4 PRI Enniskillen 25 ' 4 944 .......... • . 7% , ..,1 •••• ....•• {{to i•• THE SUN, BOW-STREET.---(THIS DAY.) A tall, masculine-looking female, named Ellen Clif ford, was charged with :tettling a watch. Mr. Blake, an officer in the Customs, stated that on Saturday evening he was passing down the Haymarket between 8 and 9 o'clock, when the prisoner came up and wished him to treat her. He, however, would have no thing to do with her, and walked rapidly on, but the prisoner still followed him, and at the bottom of the Haymarket he turned to look for a policeman. While he was so standing the prisoner suddenly tore open his coat, waistcoat, and the front of his trousers, leaving him completely exposed; but, thinking she bad done this out of spite because he would not treat her, he took no notice of it. Directly afterwards two men passed by and she pushed against him as if to allow them to pass, and then be discovered that his watch, which was worth between 4/. and 51., was gone. The prisoner immediately ran sway, but he pursued her, dodging her up and down courts and bye-lanes, till they got to the Horse Guards, when the prisoner suddenly stopped and asked him what he was following her for. He told her that when he came up with a policeman she would discover that; whereupon she exclaimed, " I suppose you think I have stolen your watch." Previously, however, be had said nothing about a watch, and even now he did not tell her what he had lost, but in a few minutes a police man came upon the spot, and he gave her into his cus tody, telling her for the first time what it was that he accused her of. Mr. HALL—Was the watch found upon her? Witness —No. Mr. HALL—Had she any opportunity, then, of dis posing of it? Witness—She passed close to the two men, and I imagine she must have transferred it to one of them. I had two shillings and a half-sovereign in my waistcoat pocket. The latter was safe, but the former were gone. Two shillings, and only two, were found upon the prisoner at the station house. The prisoner denied all knowledge of the watch. She was fully committed for trial. MARLBRO'-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) A BRUTAL HUSBAND AND A WOMAN'S LOVE.— Henry Postlethwaite, an artist, residing at 76, Margaret street, Cavendish-square, was placed before Mr. Bing ham, charged with violently assaulting his wife Henrietta, and threatening to kill her by blowing her brains out with a pistol. The complainant, a delicate woman of lady-like ap pearance, stated, on Saturday evening, about 7 o'clock, as she and her husband were sitting at dinner, the latter without the least provocation whatever started up from his chair, and said, in a most excited manner, that he would kill all foreigners, as he thought there would be a war between France and England, and as a beginning, he would kill her first, and would do it by shooting her through the neck. She said, " What have I done that you should use such words to me, and why do you always get so excited after dinner." He replied it was not only after dinner that be had those feelings, he always had them. He then rushed upon her and, catching her by the throat with both hands, tried to strangle her. With great exertions she contrived to get from his clutches, and ran to the window. He fol lowed her, and throwing up the sash, said if she did not throw herself out he would do it for her. She screamed most violently and ran towards the door, when he took up a loaded pistol, which was lying on the sofa, presented it at her, and swore he would shoot her. Before he pre sented the pistol he took a cap from the mantle-piece, and placed it on the nipple of the pistol. Believing that he re ally intended to murder her, she ran out of the room, and, in order to escape his violence she threw herself down the kitchen stairs, calling upon the landlord of the house to protect her. Her landlord came to her aid, and a constable was sent for, and the prisoner was secured and conveyed to the station. She did not now wish to harm hire; all she wanted was protection from his vio lence, as he had on many occasions threatened to take her life. The accused, in defence, said he occasionally laboured under very excited feelings, which deprived him of all power to restrain himself from committing violence. He denied a greater portion of his wife's statement, which was totally false. Mr. BINGHAM ordered him to find two sureties to keep the peace for six months, and directed that a medical man should see him in order to examine him as to the state of his mind. Bail not being forthcoming, the prisoner watt about being led from the dock to his cell, when a most affecting scene in court took place. The complainant rushed from the witness- box, and, crying bitterly, threw her arms round her husband's neck, and begged the officer sot to take him from her. The husband likewise begged the magistrate not to separate him from his " dear " wife. They embraced each other so closely that it took the united strength of two officers to separate them. The complainant was then carried out of court in a state of insensibility. CLERKEN WELL.—(T HIS DAY.) A fierce-looking lad, named James Fitzgerald, was placed at the bar before Mr. Tyrwhitt, charged with brutally ill-using and maltreating a cat. Mr. Thomas attended to watch the case on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A little girl, named Fanny Glover, who lives with her parents in Waters-court, Islington, said on Friday fort night she saw the defendant run up the court after the cat and seize hold of it by the neck, and then lift it up and apply a piece of lighted paper to its tail. The poor creature struggled and writhed severely from pain and fright, and at length succeeded in escaping from her assailant, but he followed her and beat her so unmerci fully with a stick that she shortly afterwards died. Mrs. Phillips, who also lived in the purlieus of Waters court, corroborated the testimony of the preceding wit ness, and added that the cat, which was a strange one, had taken refuge in her house, and that when she re monstrated with the defendant about his cruelty, be told her he would kill fifty cats and her too if she did not take care. She attributed the conduct of the defendant to some which his family had against her, be cause she appeared as a witness against his mother, who was charged several years ago with breaking open a person'i head. Ever since then she had been in hot ater with them. MAGISTRATE—Why don't you leave the neighbour hood? Witness—Not because I like it, your Worship. It is no very beautiful place, I assure you; but my bread lies there.—(A laugh.) The defendant did not deny the charge, but said the cat was in a rabid state, and that he had been requested by the neighbours to kill it. MAGISTRATE (to witness)—Was the cat rabid or mad? Witness—Mad! oh no, sir. It could eat its victuals as well as you or I.—(Laughter.) The MAGISTRATE said the case was a very cruel one, and he should order the defendant to pay a fine of 205., or be imprisoned for a month. The defendant was then removed. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LATEST BETTING AT THE WEST-END. DERBY. 5 to 1 agst Lord Airlie's Clincher—take 11 to 2 6 to 1 agst Mr. W. Edwards na Bolingbroke—taken to 3.000/. 9to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's The Nigger—t freely 9 to 1 gist Mr. Hill's Pitsford—taken 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bastard's Mildew 14 to 1 agst Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 20 to 1 agst Mr. Meiklam's The Italian—taken to 300/, 20 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Manors—takeu to 3001. 30 to 1 agst Mr. Gannon's Deicoon—taken 33 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Ghillie Callum 33 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Blarney 35 to 1 agst Mr. Greville's Cariboo—taken to 2001. 50 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Lady Geraldine colt —taken freely 50 to 1 sgst Mr. 14lerry•s Brennus—taken freely 50 to 1 agst Major Martyn's The Swede 4,000 to 60 agst Mr. Disney's Captain Grant—taken 1,000 to 15 agst Mr. Thomas's Royal Hart—taken 2,000 to 20 agst Mr. Breton's Pyton—taken THE OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Captain Delme's Gillyflower 12 to 1 agst Mr. Gratwicke's Countess 15 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Tingle—taken • ALLEGED MURDER.--Considerable excitement has been created in the neighbourhood of Newport and Berkeley, Gloucestershire, within the last few days by an alleged mur der, said to have been committed on the person of Mr. Daniel Knight, a small farmer residing at Woodford, near Newport. On Friday an inquiry into the circumstances attending his death was entered into before Mr. W. Joyner Ellis, the co roner for the eastern division of the county, which resulted in the committal of three men, named William Trethery, John Nelmes, and William Lovell, to take their trial fo il ; manslaughter at the next ensuing Gloucestershire assizes. The facts elicited are briefly these :—lt seems that the un fortunate deceased had an idiot daughter, named Elizabeth Knight, who on Monday last attended some festivities which are annually customary at Berkeley, and although her father told her he wished her to be at home, she persisted in dancing till a very late hour, when he took her forcibly away, and it is stated that on their way home he chastised her somewhat severely with a whip. This act, it appears, was witnessed by the three prisoners abovementioned, and it so exasperated them that they waylaid the deceased, beat him most unmer cifully about the head, and left him for dead en the spot. He was there found by the Berkeley police with his skull dread fully fractured ; he lingered till Wednesday, but was unable during the intervening period to articulate a distinct sylla ble. The medical evidence adduced at the inquest clearly showed that death resulted from the wounds on the head of the deceased. In addition to the three prisoners committed for trial, two others were charged before the jury, but they were acquitted. ASIITON•UNDER-LYNE, MAY 17'.--This morning an event of an extraordinary and melancholy description took place in the parish church. The Venerable Archdeacon Rushton held his annual court in the church for the admis sion of churchwardens and sidesmen, elected at the recent Easter vestries. Amongst the wardens presenting them selves for admission were those from a chapel of ease in the parish, known as Cocker-hill chapel. The congregation and office-bearers of the church and their pastor, the Rev. Mr. France, had long been estranged. It appears that this year there was a contest again for churchwardens, the rate payers electing one and the pastor another. This brought Mr. France to the Archdeacon's Court this morning. Th e circumstances of the double election were stated, when the Archdeacon decided in favour of admitting the minister's warden, and Mr. France thus triumphed over his opponents. The triumph of the unfortunate gentleman, however, was but of momentary dura tion ; the instant after the Archdeacon had announced his decision, Mr. France sank down on the floor of the church, and expired before any assistance could be obtained. The cause of death is supposed to have been apoplexy. COURAGEOUS CONDUCT OF A CLERGYMAN.—AS the Rev. Thomas Bull, of Corby, was driving between liar borough and Farndon on Tuesday evening last, he observed in a field adjoining the road a ring formed and two men en gaged in a pitched battle. Alone and unattended, he, leav ing his horse and gig under the care of a person in the road, immediately made his way up to the assembled crowd,rushed through the ring formed and separated the combatants, keeping them from each other at arm's length, and calling upon them to desist from such a disgraceful proceeding. 10 this the mea actually engaged seemed disposed t 0 acquiesce, Ltwestoff, guar. 4 per ct 2O Ditto (guar. 6 per cent. ... 13 'ench Buxton, & Matlock 5 Slanchr, Sheffield, and Linc.100 Ditto 1 „i Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 . ..... 7IA .. to Do., New 101. Preference.. 10 ..... Ditto. Man. & Lin. Union 41. 25. ... dis to Mid1and.......,.. - ...: . ....... ...100 Oitto, Consol. Preference...1 00 Ditto, 504 .`"hares ..... ...... 30 ...... 1% to M dland, Birm., and Derby...loo ..... silidiand, Coneol. 13riscoi a:ad . Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 44 Ditto ditto 9 6 1 . Is. 6d .. Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref ... 50 Nlidland, Leices. end Swan nington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . ! , :idid. Great Western(lrish) 47 1 ,i — ...... to Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6 per cent. guar. gewcsstle and Carlisle lOO ...... Ditto Quarter Shares . .... 25 ... .. Newmarket Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. — Newport Abergy., and lieret. 6 Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 \ awry, Warrenpoint, and Rostrevor .... 20 Nolfo lki IOC ...... ...... to Ditto New 20/. l5 ...... ...... to Ditto Extension ...... 2O Do. Cliar. 5% per cent... 5 ..... Do. do. Waveney Valley.. 2 'orthern Counties Union ... 4 North British .. .. ... 25 to _ _ Ditto. Preference 5 Ncrth Staffordshire... - North Western ...... 13/4 to Oxford, Worcester, and W ol verh am p ton ..... .......... .. 50 Preston and Wyre 25 Do. Half Share F...... (A) 10 _ _ Beading, Guildtd., Se Reigate 15 Royston and Hitchin ..... 4%... .. to Po. Shepreth Extension... % .... to Ecottish Central Scottish Midland ....... 25 Ditt0,New.......... ........... 22 1 / 2 to 6hrewsbury and Birmingham 13t 4 die ... to Ditto, __ ditto, Class B. 9 Ditto, New Guaranteed 8 ... . — ..... to Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 Shrewsbury and Chester (Nor. 'W. Min.) Ditto Halves. Ditto... 10 ... .. Ditto, Oswestry 2O ...... Ditto (New)... Ditto 8 per Cent. Pref....... 10 Shropshire Union 6%... .. ...... to South Devon Ditto, Preference ...... ... 25 • - F outh Staffordshire.... 8 1,4 — •..... to t'outh Eastern Ditto, No. 2. B3} Ditto, No. 3. 3O Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 South Wales ... South Yorkshire, Doncaster and Goole l4 Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goole (N D) Goa. 5 perct. 18 1 ,4...... ... to Do. do. (South Div.) 5 Swans. and Loughor and Ca meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8 raw Vale Extension ...... .. 8 Thames Haven Dock and Railway ..... 17% — to Vale of Neath ... 10 Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... Waterford and Limerick ... .. 47%... .. Waterford, Wexford,Wicklw, and Dublin Wear Valley 6 per Cent. Guaranteed ...... 50 ...... Do. do. do. Do. do. do. ...... .15 ... . West Cornwall 71,4 Nhitehaven and Furness lB ... .. Windsor, Staines, and South Western.— ... ............... ~ 14 WiltS,Somerset,&Weymouth 50 .. ... Turk, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 Do.:and Newcastle Exten. 20 Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 1 00. Hartlepool Ilk. & Rly. 100 York and North Midland .. 50 Ditto. Preference FOREIGN RAILWAYS. knglo Italian (late Italian and Austrian) 5% to Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. •.. •••••• to -- Central of France (Orleans and Vierzcn) ••• 20 - Demerara. ............ ........ ... 1714 —. ..... to Dutch Rhenish 8 East Indian. ... 5 Ditto Great Indian Peninsular 5 ...... ...... to Do. Do Louvain Ila Sambre ......... 7% — ...... to —... Luxembourg Ditto 51adrid and Valenti* Namur and Liege......... Northern of France Orleans and Bordeaux ... .. 7 ...... 2 1 ,4 ..... to Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Rouen and Havre ........ Sambre and Meuse Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , — to Tours & Nantes ... ... .. 13 rournay, Jurbise, Landen, and Has Pelt .. ..•... 20 .• — ••..•• to -- West Flanders 8 34 — •••... to JOINT STOCK RANKS. Australasia British North American Colonial - - ..... ... n ....• •• •• to Commercial of London London Joint Stock ~... lO ...... . . t o ..- London and Westminster 2O ..... National Provincial of Engld. 35 ...... Ditto, New gational of Ireland .....- ..... 224..... 'to Provincial of Ireland 25 — to Ditto, New ... ..... Union of Australia 25 ...... .. .. to Ditto, N ew Union of London ... 10 Union of Madrid 4O ...... -... MINES. Anglo 'Ziexican lOO ...••• . .....• to Asturian Australian ... - Barrossa Range 28e....... ...... to Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - •••.... to Bolanos Scrin British Iron Brazilian Imperial ..... '.. ... 2414.... Ditto Cocaes and Culaba... 311 Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 Cobra Copper .. 40 General ..... ....... ....... —...... 20 Real del Monte. Unregistered ._ Do. Black Debentures -- Do. Red Debentures ..... cantiago de Cuba. Tin CrL,ft United Mexican ....... ........ 28% VA. to LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.) LONDON, MAY 20.—Wind at noon E.N.E., light b re eze and cloudy at times. SCILLY, MAY 18.—The Nazignall, from Cardiff to Charleston, put in hero on the 15th inst., making up wards of eleven feet of water per hour, and will dis charge her cargo. YARMOUTH, MAY 18.—The Barkley, Udderwalla to Harwich, has been assisted in leaky, having been on the Lemon Ower Sand, and will discharge. DEAL, MAY 19.—W ind S.S.W. to S.E. and E.S.E.— Arrived from the River, Barbara, Gordon, New Zea land; Royal Alice, Hong-Kong, and both sailed 19th. Arrd. from the Myer, William Stephenson, Adelaide, South Australia ; Talavera, Madras; Ballangiecb, Port Natal; Cleopatra, Ascension; Elizabeth, Grenada, Alex ander Edmund, New York; Caroline, Quebec. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind S. to S.E.—Sld. Mar garet Evans, New York. COWES, MAY 19.—Wind N.—Arrd. Leonidas Hudson, Jaffa. ToRBAY, MAY 18.—Wind S.S.W. Arrd. Racer, Pater, Buceo. Off port, Agincourt, Hine, Cape of Good Hope. PLYMOUTH, MAY . 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Berniceu, London for Adelaide, South Australia, and Port Philip. LIVERPOOL, MAY 19.—Wind S.—Arrd. Montezuma, Prior, New York. Sld. Larpent, Shanghai; John Scott, Demerara; Providence, Hayti; New City f Cork, Ja maica; Corsair, New York; Asia steamer, Boston; Nestor, Halifax; Princess Royal and Lord Sandon, Quebec; Irmo and Mary Rowe, Africa; Margaret, Val paraiso; James Gibson, Rio Janeiro; Adele, Jamaica; Esmeralda, New York; Isaiah Thompson, Boston; Vo lant, Newfoundland. Off port, Chaner. FALMOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind variable and light.— Arrd. Queen of the Tyne, Clark, Buenos Ayres. Off port, Harlequin, Cunningham, Gonarves, for Antwerp. BRISTOL, MAY 19.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Annette Gil bert, Chapman, Mauritius. WATERFORD.—Sid. Lavinia, Quebec. PENZANCE, MAY 18.—A quarter cask of brandy, marked on one end " H. R., 166," and "E. Robin , and Co., Cognac," on the other, with " E. R. and C 0.," on the bung, and a hogshead of brandy marked on one end " Jas. Ilenessy, Cognac," and on the bung "J. H. L. and C 0.," have heen picked up at sea and landed hero. SMYRNA, MAY G.—The Highland Lad, from London, is reported to be badly aground on the rocks at the en trance of this Gulf; assistance has been sent. MALTA,.MAY 13.—The Anna, Kaila, to Cork, put in here 3d inst., with rudder damaged, and cargo much heated. ST. MICHAEL'S, MAY s.—lt blew a severe gale on the 2d and 3d inst., during which the Paul Pry and Lady Rowley were driven on shore, and both have gone to pieces; the mate and a boy of the former, and the master of the latter, only saved. BATAVIA, MARCH 28.—The Ajax, Manila to Lon don, was wrecked at Anger 12th inst.; crew landed; part of cargo expected to be saved. ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA.—The Arpenteur, Swan River to this port, was totally wrecked at King George's Sound 7th November last. BATTERSEA PARK.—The continued delay that has t a ken place in carrying out the Act of Parliament for the formation of this park, has at length aroused the attention of the inhabitants and clergy throughout the extensive district of Battersea, &c., to adopt measures for urging upon the Government and Commissioners to carry out the intentions of the Legislature, by pointing our. the evils, as well as in jury to property consequent on further delay. For that pur pose several meetings of the leading inhabitants have been held, and a correspondence entered into, with a view to the several parishes and districts acting in concert with each other, the more strongly to impress upon the Government the necessity for their interference. To carry such intention into effect, it has been determined that an aggregate meeting of the inhabitants of the parishes of Lambeth, Newington, 84 0.11 1 4 1 1 be held during the Sefieat week. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 20, 1850. overawed by the reverend gentleman's firm tone and decisive manner- The crowd, however, composed, as is usual, of " navvies" and some of the lowest characters, finding that the brutal sport which they were enjoying was likely to conic to a close, cemmencei assailing the reverend gentleman with hooting and hissing, threatening to knock him down and settle him if he persisted in interrupting their sport. Nothing daunted, however, by their threats and violent conduct, Mr. Bull boldly faced some of those who were most vociferous in their declaration of doing him some bodily injury, and told them that, although he knew himself alone and unsupported, he cared not the least for their threats, and, daring any one to lay a thlger on him, he boldly and firmly told them that he was resolved not to leave the field till the men had put on their clothes, and, the field being cleared, an end was Ott to such a disgraceful proceeding. The mob, seeing how determined the rev. gentleman was, and overawed by his bold and un flinching bearing, immediately dispersed, some of those who had been most violent in their threats and abuse declaring that he was a brave fellow, and that no one should touch or molest him. Such courageous conduct is worthy of imita tion, although in his praiseworthy endeavour to put a stop to so brutalising an exhibition the rev. gentleman ran a great personal risk. A question, naturally arises, where were the police ? .Northampton Herald. TRINITY TERM.—On Wednesday next Trinity term the last before the long vacation—will commence, on which day the law offices will be opened, having been closed on Saturday for the holidays. According to the list of arrears in the several law courts, there is an increase of nearly ninety cases, compered with the commencement of Easter Term last. In the Court of Queen's Bench the present arrears number 150, in the Common Pleas 46, and in the Exchequer 90. In the Court of Queen's Bench there are of special cases and demurrers 7 for judgment and 46 for argument, whilst in the new trial paper there is 1 for judgment and 102 for argu ment. In the Court of Common Pleas there are 3 enlarged rules in the remanet paper, 7 for new trials, 11 matters standing for judgment, and 25 demurrers entered for argu ment. In the Exchequer there are 7 rules in the peremptory paper, 10 special cases for argument, and 7 demurrers for argument, besides 19 matters standing for the judgment of tke Court, and 47 rules nisi in the new trial paper. At the commencement of Easter Term the arrears in the Queen's Bench numbered 130, in the Common Pleas 31, and in the Exchequer 43 they now reach to nearly 300, exclusive of Crown cases in the Court of Queen's Bench. MONUMENTAL TABLETS FOR THE POOR.—Earthen - , ware or terracotta tablets, impressed by moveable types, might be specially adapted for the purpose. It would still more simplify and cheapen the process if the constant and formal part of the inscription were stereotyped. The rest only would have to be supplied as it was wanted. The in scribed pottery of Pompeii has made thousands wonder how the ancients missed the art of printing. That pottery, and still more that of Egypt and Babylon, proves how durably it preserves the records committed to ite keeping. The idea of and elegance expense. What is par- ornamentation could ticularly new in this project is the application of moveable type for the purpose of impressing inscriptions in the soft clay, afterwards to be rendered durable by baking, for as to impressing inscriptions on the clay and then baking them; the Babylonish bricks and cylinders testify to a considerable antiquity, It is curious, also, that the idea of the application of moveable type should follow—as in the case of printing— after the first process had been so long practised. - Builder. AN INFORMER OUTWITTED:The driver of a coach which journeys between a distant city . and Bath, last week received a hint from the ostler of an inn in the suburbs of the latter city that a common informer was seated on the roof of his coach. Conscious that he had exceeded his licensed number the knight of the whip resigned the ribands to the ostler, and hastened to the magistrates, laid an infor mation against himself, was fined 51., and received back one half (21. 10s.) as the informer's fee. Great was the chagrin of the common informer on presenting himself before the bench, for a summons, to find that he had been forestalled.— Bristol Mercury. GARDENERS' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. -- On Wednesday the anniversary festival of this charity was held at the London Coffee-home, Ludgate-bill. This is one of the most modern of the various charities connected with the trade of the metropolis, its establishment dating back only some dozen years. As stated in the report, it owed its origin to a few private individuals, who, having seen with regret that gardeners as a class, from the smallness of their wages and their peculiar avocations, were generally unable to make a provision for their old age, and who, after a life spent in a diligent, active, and faithful service, were reduced to many unforeseen necessities, instituted this charity in 1838 to provide for this class of men and their widows. In a short time the committee were enabled from the subscrip tions received to place 34 pensioners upon their funds, and to establish a reserve fund, which now amounts to upwards of 2,000/., invested in Government Securities. One feature in the charity is that those who are likely to become its recipi ents are encouraged to contribute to its funds, while they are in a position to do so, by a rule which gives to gardeners who may have contributed for 15 years, and who after that period become destitute, the first claim upon the institurion. On this occasion the chair was filled by the Earl of Carlisle, who was supported by H. T. Hope, Esq., M.P., H. Pownall, Esq., J. Paxton, Esq., Dr. Lindley, and others of the stewards. The chairman detailed the objects of the institution, and ap pealed for further support, stating at the same time that, although there were twenty applicants for relief, the state of the funds would allow them to elect only two. The amount of subscriptions reported by the secretary during the evening was nearly 4001., in addition to which 166/. 19s. was an nounced as received for the sale of a collection of plants given by the Duke of Northumberland. AN ACCOMPLISHED HORSEWOMAN.—AS Miss Gard ner, sister of Mrs. Hannington, jun., was taking exercise on horseback near Kemp Town, shortly before ten o'clock .on Tuesday morning, the groom's horse stumbled and threw him ; and the horse on which Miss Gardner was riding took fright and ran off at a fearful rate into Brighton, proceeding down the Marine Parade at not less than twenty miles an hour. Fortunately, the young lady kept her seat, showing at the same time her intrepidity and excellent horsemanship. The horse passed the Albion Hotel at the top of his speed, and taking the pavement in front of Mr. Shaw, the confec tioner's, and at the back of the Royal York Hotel, galloped into Pool Valley, and without at all checking his speed dashed into East-street, to the great alarm of the persons who were passing at the time. The animal here turned to the right, and ran along the pavement on the west side of East-street, till it reached Mrs. Leppard's house, where it was suddenly stopped by the young lady's forehead coming in contact with the blind, when some person caught hold of the horse's reins. The heroic lady then dismounted, and went into Mr. Greenin's shop. To say that she was not alarmed would be, of course, out of the question ; but, per haps, no female under similar circumstances ever displayed more fortitude. Having taken a draught of water, and thanked the persons who had come to her assistance, she gathered up her riding habit, and walked to Mr. Hanning. ton's, as if' nothing had occurred. We understand that ;her forehead is bruised. The groom was considerably hurt. Brighton Gazette. HENUT-ON -THAMES REGATTA.--The great aquatic meeting at Henley-on-Thames, at which many gentlemen from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and other great aquatic clubs, are expected to take a very prominent part, is appointed for the 14th and 15th of June. The entries are to be made on or before the 4th of June with Mr. Nash, the hon. secretary, at Henley. DEATH OF SIR JAMES FLOWER, BART.—We have to record the demise of this baronet, for many years a mem ber of the Lower House. He expired on the 17th instant, at his seat, Mill-hill, Hendon, Middlesex, aged fifty-flve. The deceased gentleman contested the representation of Thetford, in 1841, with the Earl of Euston, now Duke of Grafton, and a double return was the result. n petition, Sir James was, however, declared the sitting member. In politics he was a Tory, He withdrew at the last general election, and was succeeded by the Earl of Euston, son to his former antago nist. The deceased was the son of the first baronet, whom he succeded in 1834, by the daughter and co-heiress of Joseph Squire, Esq., of Portsmouth. He married, in 1816, the daughter of Sir Walter Sterling, Bart., of Faskew ; but by that lady does not leave any issue. The deceased gentleman filled the office of High Sheriff of Norfolk in 1838, and was appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant of Herefordshire in 1843. The first baronet was a leading alderman'of the city of Lon don, and filled the office of Lord Mayor in IEO7, the year of the Jubilee. The baronetcy now becomes extinct, and the family property will fall to some of the female branches. The estates are situate in the counties of Middlesex, Oxon, Here ford, and Norfolk. THE CONVICT ANNETTE AlyEns.—This criminal, who was convicted at the Old Bailey, in 1848, of the murder of Henry Ducker, a guardsman, by whom she had been seduced, by shooting him in St. James's Park, and sentenced to death by the Lord. Chief Baron, was, upon the commuta tion of that sentence, and the substitution of the punish ment of transportation fur life, ordered by the Secretary of State to be imprisoned in the Westminster Bridewell for the space of two years. That period having expired on Satur day, the prisoner was removed from the Bridewell to the Millbank Penitentiary, preparatory to the sentence of trans portation being carried into effect, and she will be amongst the next batch of convicts sent to Van Diemen's Land. liar health is now much improved ; but during the first part of her imprisonment she suffered very much, and was con tinually in the deepest grief and melancholy. It was at one time thought that her reason was affected; but the authori ties have satisfied themselves that such is not the case. INRUEST MAJOR-GENE RAL S IR J AMES SU lt morning,ie at eight o'clock, an in quest Elt w A .1", the coroner, at No. 8, T LLD. h .- e - lci O before Saturday l Great Cumberland - str eet, H y de Park, the private residence r. of Major-General Sir James Sutherlan d , aged 66, of the Iwak Hon. East India Company's service. It appeared that the gallant officer, who has seen a great deal of service in India, • had enjoyed perfect hea lth u p to Wedne sday last, when he had invited a large num ber of friends to dinner and an even ing party. He was giving instructions to his butler with respect to the wines in hi s drawing-room, and Lady Suther land was standing near him . He suddenl y grasped his lady's shoulder, and instantly fell to the ground. Dr. Edwards, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was sent for, and immediately attended, but life had become extinct in a few minutes. On making a post mortem examination, a clot of blood was found on the heart, which w as the cause of death. There was also disease of the kidn e y s. Verdict— " Natural Death.' ARTISTS' G ExER AT, BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.- On Saturday evening an amateur perfor mance by artists took place, at the St. James' s Theatre,. for the benefit of this valuable institution. We were happy to find the theatre so crowded by so highly re spectable an audienc e. The per formance, as a whole, reflected great credit on the gentle men who volunteered their services; indeed, there were scarcely any of those blemishes and hitches which so often spoil the effect of amateur performances. The first piece was Jerrold's Rent Day, the characters sustained by Mr. Topham, Mr. Tenniel, Mr. Frank Holl, Mr. Hammerton, Mr. Angell, Messrs. W. and John Wilson, MD. J. —. Wingfield, Mr. C. E. Stanley, and Kr. P. W. E len. These amateurs, were assisted by two ladies, Miss T ellet and that very intelligent and gracefull actress Miss Co o p er. The play was performed with som e a opf n ensemble oouorr. esta b Gentleman,i o i s f h ed w theatres. which excellence ich was whic halso might p u t to s h ame shoe l piece was very Co lman's last well performed. Between the two pieces Mr. George Cruikshank provoked immense laughter by his humorous singing .of the ballad of " Lord Bateman." BROMPTON HOSPITAL.—On Friday evening a nu merous meeting of the Board of Management was held at this institution; Major Lyon in the chair. The routine bu siness having transpired, the " Special Building Extension Fund" was adverted to, and progress reported. The sum re quired for the so-much-desired c om p let ion of the building is 10,000/. The subscription has been o p e ned in a satisfactory manner. The first list of stewa rds for t he approaching anni • v h ei willg rs h al bery influential r y p di e n s t ti presided d wasover v noblemenet r h b e y then read, and gentlemen. The festival the Eight Honourable Lord Fevers ham. Other business having Eight pon d of, the u s ua l vote of thanks was passed to the chair, and the meeting ad- journed. SHEFFIELD AND RETFORD BANKING COMPANY A call to defray the liabilities has bee n made on the share• holders to the extent Of 114 per phare, any surpl us b a l auce to be repaid them. LITERATURE. SIN AND SORROW; A Tale. 3 Vols. Theluithor of "King Arthur" has beautifully de scribed as the triple bond of all humanity— " Three truths unite the children of the sod — All love, all suffer, and all feel a God." The same words might be applied to the title of these volumes. Sin and sorrow are unhappily as common to man as is the air he breathes. Hence the subject of this work is essen tially one of universal interest, and the manner in which it has been treated is such as to render the book as valuable in a moral point of view as it is beautiful and deeply interesting as a tale. In em ploying the word interesting, we do not apply it so much to the plot of the story as to the portrayal of its characters. With regard to the main incident of the narrative, the " sin,' which is the cause of all the "sorrow" so vividly and so pathetically detailed, it might perhaps have been avoided with advantage, and the many and varied beauties of the whole composition, and the most excellent lessons which it so forcefully inculcates would, in that case, have had a better chance of finding favour in the eyes of a greater multitude of readers. But as it is, in a moral point of view, the incident alluded to in no way derogates from the value of the work. On the contrary, never was sin more sinlessly described, and never was sorrow more effectively shown forth as its immediate and inevitable consequence. Not only does the reader of this novel find in its pages no seductive pictures of vice, but, on the contrary, while he is led to abhor its commission and to shudder at its consequences, he is also, and in the most alluring manner, made acquainted by example with the beauty and sweetness of virtue, and he is likely to close the third volume a wiser and a better man. We have already intimated that the author might have chosen a happier theme, and we might also find fault with the too complicated manner in which a very simple story is set forth ; but having said thus much in censure of the work, we cannot too highly eulogise its style and sentiments. The spirit which pervades the whole is one which, for us, is capable of rendering any theme whatsoever attrac tive—a spirit of universal and unaffected charity. Why we so especially appreciate and admire the lessons set forth in these volumes is because the charity which they inculcate, both by precept and example, is of an essentially practical nature—a sort of benevolence of which there is much need at the present day both in public and private. Of theoretical' charity we have enough, and more than enough, but such self-abnegation as is here exhibited in Lady Emily, or such :continual kindness in appa rent trifles as is practised by the joyous Fanny Evelyn is unhappily, not too commonly visible in the world. Ultimately the sinful husband of the virtuous and sorrowful Lady Emily is redeemed from his guilty career, and confesses that his wife " has fulfilled her mission, and won by love and a spotless example." " I have seen in you," he says, " that religion was more than a name and a dogma. I have seen an ex ample of pure, unselfish love, whose existence I never believed. I have seen you bear my unreason able irritation—my apparent alienation—without a frown of anger or a word of reproach. The faith I had despised as a prejudice I now see is a reality , and truth." In this and in other passages unneces sary to quote is contained instruction and encourage ment for the wives of England as excellent as any that Mrs. Ellis ever penned. In fact the triumph of Lady Emily is only an illustration of the saying of the Apostle as to how those who obey not the word " may be won by the conversation of the wives." The style of the whole narration is singularly beau tiful, and it is very evident that the sentiments ex pressed by the writer are all genuine and heartfelt. We might cull from these pages a vast number of beautiful thoughts and truthful observations, of which the following, taken almost at random, are a specimen : A FACT TOO OFTEN FORGOTTEN. " As in the external world, nature has the good and the ornamental so marvellously mixed—the fragrant flower with the teeming wheat—beautiful colours and nutritious food, so is the work of man this great model must not be lost sight of ; and we aro bound not only to labour, that the pressing wants and severe sufferings of our brother man may be relieved, but we must hail all that extends to the poorest and lowest those innocent joys and pleasures which we ourselves receive and feel, as the loving gifts of our Father in Heaven." LOVE. "In Marie Augustine was displayed all that love could do for a woman. It did for her all that it was in tended when Eve was placed in the garden of Eden. She had neither sought adulation nor flattery—neither riches nor ease—neither rank nor a palace. She had sought a temple for her worship—a shrine where she might deposit her inmost thought—an altar where she might sacrifice herself." TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD REFORM ASSOCIATION. Sir,—On the 14th the House adjourned over Wed nesday, for the celebration of the Queen's birthday. On Thursday the 16th, the Marriages Bill was very near being made an end of, through what must have been a want of forecast on the part of its conductors ; being saved from being thrown out on the motion for going into Committee, by only 42 against 40. In Committee a strenuous effort was made to eject the clause to legitimize the offspring of past marriages. A legal notability challenged the House to produce a precedent for such proceeding, and declared it mon strous and utterly unheard-of. A lay Member, with no knowledge beyond general recollections of English ' history, intimated across the House that he would produce a precedent. Being a sort of Pariah in the House, it was only with great perseverance, and after all effect of immediate answer had gone by, that he was able to adduce his precedent. It consisted of the Statutes pro and contra on the subject of priests' mar riages in the times connected with the Reformation. The next day he got the assistance of counsel, who speedily disinterred for him the most complete mass of precedent which imagination could devise. If a playwright in one of those interesting dramas where a virtuous lawyer acts as the deus ex machinii, had fa bricated according to his own will and pleasure, it could not have been surpassed. 31 Henry 8, cap. 6, enacts that religious persons being priests, or that have vowed religion at 21 years of age, shall not marry. Cap. 14 of the same, is "An Act for abolishing Diversity in Opinions." Enacts that if any priest after the 12th day of July do marry or contract matrimony, he shall be deemed and adjudged a felon, and suffer pains of death, &c., and forfeit all his lands and goods. A succeeding section enacts, that if any person who is or hath been a priest before this present Parliament, hath married &c., such marriage shall be void • and further if any person as aforesaid after the said 12th day of July do openly be conversant (the expressions are too coarse for quotation in the present day, and appear intended to be taken from a Statute against bestiality) with any woman to whom he is or hath been married or contracted, every such act shall be deemed felony as well against the man as the woman. 2 and 3 Ed. 6, c. 21, is "An Act to take away all po sitive Laws made against Alarriage of Priests. Makes void all Manner of Forfeitures &c. as well concerning Marriages heretofore made by any of the Ecclesiastical or Spiritual Persons aforesaid, as also such which here after shall be duly and lawfully had and made." 5 and 6 Ed. 6, c. 12, is "An Act touching the De claration of a Statute made for the Marriage of Priests, andfor the Legitimation of the Children." 1 Mary, seas. 2, c. 2 repeals the two Acts of Ed ward 6. Jae. 1, c. 25, 5. 48, repeals the Statute of Mary, and s. 49 and 50 revive the two Statutes of Ed. 6 by name. What becomes of the argument that it is monstrous to talk of legitimizing the offspring of those who have married in neglect of the statute of 1835, when here we have the law legitimizing offspring whose parents, male and female, were declared to have been felons by the act of giving them life ? The attempt to eject was defeated by a majority approaching to two to one, being 111 against 68. An attempt to cut off the Scottish Liberals from the benefit of the Bill, was resisted by a narrower ma jority, being only 144 against 137. Whenever a piece of bigotry is to be hatched or preserved, the egg is laid in Scotland. At the same time it would be wrong to overlook the splendid manner in which the first Law Officer in Scotland, ordinarily of scholastic and somewhat re tiring habit, roused himself to a display of the per fervidum ingenium of his country, when pushed to take his stand between law and unreason,—between the dignity of knowledge, and the ,degradation of bigotry which will not reason, amalgamating with the infirmity which cannot. On Friday, explanations touching the strange and scarcely yet unravelled departure of the French Am bassador. Everything cuts two ways, and so does this. The French Royalists, always the bitter ene mies of England even when foolishly serving them, think to promote their views by distracting the atten tion of the French to war. Such, from the days of Rome, and as much further as the case was ever found, has always been the policy of Governments afraid of popular opposition. But, on the other hand, they have given to the revolutionary volcano which is rising through the earth against them, a ne• cessary sort of appui in England; for it is plain that though the results of that explosion should be what England should ever so much deplore, it is impossible for any expression of this to be otherwise than maimed by the facts of the last few days. There is no use in trying to saddle the English Go vernment with a love for Red Republics ; the reactionary party, by putting themselves into a hostile attitude towards England, have made England perforce to a certain extent the negative ally of anything that may present itself as hostile to the reactionaries. The pacific disposition of the English people has been proved under former attempts at alarm. An important element on the other side is that neither the French army nor the National Guard is covetous of an attack on general Europe. 1\ ith the army the trade of war is gone by. A French soldier quietly fulfils his seven or five years of heroship in Algiers ; but at the end of the vista he sees, not the baton of a Marechal d'Esnpirs as his father did, but the chimney-corner where he left the girl he intends to marry and be a notable in his commune. The National Guards are avowedly the soldiers of peace ; the first thing from which they would guard the nation, would be another march to Moscow. They wisely would prefer the view of the Exhibition of 1851, to anything they would take by encamping at Boulogne. The circumstances on the whole are complicated ; but the result will probably be, that the French and English nations will be found to have been laughing at their rulers, and carrying on to the best of their ability their own several views. On the same day, a debate on bringing in a Bill to abolish the office of Lord-Lieutenant in Ireland. In the history of the Spaniards who followed Columbus, it is recorded that they sent to an American chieftain an embassy with hand-cuffs under the name of orna ments, and it was not till he was in the Spanish camp that he found out he was a prisoner. The Irish who stand out for a Lord-Lieutenant, appear to be under the same kind of hallucination. The House on rising adjourned till the 23d. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, N OLD REFORMER. London, 20th May, 1850. COURT CIRCULAR. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen on Saturday. The Duchess d'Orleans paid a visit to her Majesty on Saturday, at Bucking ham Palace. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of Cambridge, and his Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, visited the Queen yesterday. His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horseback on Saturday morning, attended by Lieut.- Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess d'Orleans visited her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Wei mar also paid a visit to her Majesty on Saturday. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, accom panied by the Duchess d'Orleans, paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester on Satur day, at Gloucester House. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Viscount Clifden, Captain Francis Seymour, and Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, honoured the Earl of Rosse with a visit on Saturday evening. . E) His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Pr'❑ r— cess Royal, her Royal Highness the Duchess of liens, his Serene Highness the Prince of Leihneingen, ti ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and t t e d domestic y Palace. orn household, attended Divine service a Highnesses the Prince of Wales, Prince Royal Higphe ing, in Hon, and priva te ltev. G erald cbapel I'V f elle s Buckin gham ley y . e officiated. s the Princess Helena, and the 1 rmcess Louise, took Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, their usual exercise yesterday. Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, and her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, went to Row yesterday, and paid a visit to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge. A meeting of the Committee appointed by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, to communicate with the local committees of the metro polis, was held on Saturday, at the office of the Board of Trade. There were present Earl Granville (chair. man), Viscount Canning, Lord Ashburton, Sir John Boileau, the High Bailiff of 'Westminster, Mr. Card well, M.P., Dr. Arnott, Mr. Field, and Mr. Gib son, sen. Lord and Lady John Russell left town on Satur day for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. Sir George Grey left town on Saturday for his seat, Fallodon, Alnwiek, Northumberland. The Earl and Countess Grey have left town for _ . . _ their residence at Datchet. The Duke of Wellington attended the early service yesterday in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Rev. Dr. Wesley officiated and preached the sermon. At the daily service the Bishop of Oxford preached the sermon. The prayers were read by the Rev. Dr. Wesley, and the lessons by the Rev. T. Ilehnore and the Rev. G. Repton. The anthem was, "Come, holy Ghost" (Palestrina). Mr. Tarle presided at the organ. The Rev. Dr. Wesley administered the Sacrament. _ . """'"—"--- --"----------. TtiE COMMON-LAW COURTS.—We u nderstand that a Commission is about to issu e to inquire into the expediency of making extensive alteratio ns in the practice and procedure of the Common-Law Cour ts, with a view of simplifying the proceedings and reducing the expenses. The Commission, it is said, will consist of the Attorney-General, Ma jesty's Counsel, one of the Masters of the C one of her ourt of Exche quer, and two me mbers of the junior bar. There ought to be added two attorneys of large practical experien ce.—Legal r .-cei—Lega/ Observer. TEMPTATION. " Temptations and circumstances are often more within control than might be at first imagined. Few persons fall into grievous sins who have not tampered with and silenced the voice within at an early peiiod. It the simple maxim—never to do on any occasion that which we know to be wrong—had been early followed, the light within would ne►er be extinguished.' JUDGE NOT. " Persons' exteriors often conceal as many virtues as vices, and even more; for I have always observed that persons' defects are generally more conspicuous and more salient than their excellences. It is a truth never to be forgotten, that it is a much easier task to find faults than virtues—defects than excellences." THE HARMONY or NATURE. "On this fair scene rested an eye of love and devotion. Not a form, or a colour, or a passing shadow escaped its notice. Alive to the poetry of Nature, Lady Emily Somerton felt how one voice, one life pervaded and ani mated the whole. Her own soul she felt was filled at the same fount. The harmony which marked all convinced her that the varied forms of life were but influxes from one source—the great and beneficent Creator. Nature thus viewed had been to Lady Emily a companion and friend, and she had found her power inexhaustible. To her the dumb abyss had become vocal with speech—re fining, soothing, and elevating." NORGOTTEN TRUTHS. " She recognised in those prisoners her brother men, born with like wants, animated with like pas sions, gifted with like powers, heirs to like promise, destined to like immortality; but put in harder places, untaught, undisciplined, unenlightened; put in the front row, exposed to the enemy's deadliest weapons, his fiercest temptations, without friends, or home, or re fuge, or a God. Such is the dark population of our prisons. Men who, though now deformed by vice, and hardened to insensibility by its baneful influence, might, under other circumstances, with softer training, patient tuition, brighter examples, have become good and beneficent. They are but the refuse, the dregs of society is often contemptuously said ; and wby are they so? Chie/ly because they have not early learned habits of self-restraint." Some portions of the narrative display considerable power of description and great depth of feeling. Marie Augustine at the convent, struggling between inclination and remorse, and Lady Emily's agony on learning her husband's perfidy, are portrayed with a master-hand—the description in each case being ren dered doubly powerful•and pathetic from its exceeding simplicity and seeming naturalness. PENDENNIS. Part xn By W. Al. Thacheray. Little Fanny Bolton, the daughter of the porter at Shepherd's Inn, is evidently destined to exercise an important influence over the fate of Pendennis. Our readers no doubt remember the Vauxhall party, at which Pendennis first became acquainted with Fanny, who was chaperoned to the gardens by Captain Cos tigan. They each become in love with each other, and Pendennis, in order to save the girl from ruin or himself from a mesallianee, which would to him be ruin, determines not to see her. This first attempt at self 'control is, however, too much for him, and throws him into a raging fever, during the course of which he is delirious, and his mother, accompanied by Laura, and the Major, having heard of his danger, come up to town and knock gently at the door of his chambers, which is opened to them by Fanny Bolton, concern ing whom it should be observed that poor Helen had heard all sorts of evil reports. The following account of the miseries of life in chambers is admirable. It is the introductory paragraph to the description of the illness of Pendennis " A committee of marriageable ladies, or of any Chris. tian persons interested in the propagation of the domestic virtues, should employ a Cruikshank or a Leech, or some other kindly expositor of the follies of the day, to make a series of designs representing the horrors of a bachelor's life in chambers, and leading the beholder to think of better things, and a more wholesome condition. What can be more uncomfortable than the bachelor's lonely breakfast?—with the black kettle in the dreary fire in Midsummer; or, worse still, with the fire gong out at Christmas, half an hour after the laundress has quitted the sitting-room? Into this solitude the owner enters shivering, and has to commence his day by hunting for coals and wood; and before he begins the work of a stu dent, has to discharge the duties of a housemaid, vice Mrs. Flanagan, who is absent without leave. Or, again, what can form a finer subject for the classical designer than smooththe t bachelor's ho h o tpillow sh i shirt—that to assume just at dinner - tim e, and which he finds without any buttons to fasten it? Then there is the bachelor's r e turn to chambers , a fter a smerr y Christmas holida y , spent in a cozy count r y -house, full of p rett y faces, and kind welcomes and regrets. He leaves his portmanteau at the Barber's in the cour t : he li g h t s h i s disma l old candle at the sputtering little lamp on the stair: he en ters the blank familiar room, where the only tokens to greet him, that show any interest in his personal; elfare, are the Christmas bills, which are lying in wait for him, a miably spread out on his reading table. Add to those sc enes an appalling picture of bachelor's illness, and the r ents in the Temple will begin to fall from the day of the publication of the dismal diorama. To be well iu c hambers is melancholy, and lonely and selfish enough; but to be ill in chambers — to pass nights of pain and watchfulness—to long for the morning and the laundress —to serve yorrself your own medicine by your own watch—to have no other companion for long honrs but your own sickening fancies and fevered thoughts: no kind hand to give you drink if you are thirsty, or to that t a t crumples g arment which under you,— an t t h s is, indeed, is a fate so dismal and tragic, that we shall not enlarge upon its horrors; and shall only heartily pity thorn birheico j 9 the Temple who *TO 1t eTery cloy.", . UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE Dimon"), MAY 18.—In a Convocation holden this morning, the nomination of the Rev. Piers Calvely Claughton, M.A., of University College, to the office of Select Preacher at Michaelmas next, in the place of the Rev. John G. Longueville, M.A., of \Vadham College, resigned, met with the approval of the House. The Rev. George Bethune Norman, of Trinity College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. In a Congregation holden immediately afterwards, being the last day of Easter Term, the following de grees were conferred : BACHELOR OF MUSIC. Christ Church—Sir Frederick A. G-.ouseley, Bart., grand compounder. MASTER or ARTS. Christ Church-Ilßev. — Leve;onkussell Hamilton, grand compounder. ➢Merton College—Rev. Brantah and Rev. E. S. James. Thomas John Hearn, Fellow of New College. Christ Church—Rev. William Vincent. St. Mary's Hall—John James Smith Wharton. Lincoln College—Rev. James 'Walker Milner, Frederick Mosley Watts. Pembroke College—Rey. Samuel Poole. BACHELOR OF ARTS. University College Henry Parker, scholar ; Maurice Day, scholar ; E. Bowen, Thomas William Onslow Hallward. Balliol College—Charles Saville Currerames John Blunt, William Halliday Cosway. Mereton College —Joseph Kay, postmaster. Exeter College—Arthur Blomfield, George Russell, Henry Fowler, Charles William Boase, scholar. Oriel College—Henry Bayley Clissold, Walker King, Marwood S. Yeatman, John Eccleston Burnet, exhibitioner. Queen's College—Arthur Simon Latter, G. W Murray. Lincoln College—H. B. Brien, scholar ;H. White. head. Brasenose College—John Ambery, scholar; Jo seph Walker, Henry Padwick. Corpus Christi College—Francis Thirkell Coning ton, fellow ; Henry Wadham, scholar. Christ Church—Henry Parr Liddon, student; Francis Gordon Sandys. Lumsdaine, student ; Henry Raine Barker, student; John Buller Burne, John Board, George Fownes Luttrall, Henry Ansley Bo sanquet, M. John Conolly. Trinity College—William Henry Cutler, scholar ; William R. James Dickson. Jesus College—John Davies; Kyffin Bos tock Briscoe, scholar; Edward Jones, John D. Jen kins, fellow. Wadham Ed w ard Downes. Pembroke College Robert Thomas Bransom, Charles Frederick Bode, Montague Findlater Grig non, scholar; William ay, scholar. Worcester College—James Bevan Bowen, W. Stackhouse. New Inn Hall—Thomas Ansell Marshall. Merton College—Henry Montague patty, post• master. QUEEN'S COLLEGE.—The annual election for the foundation at Queen's College will take place on Thursday, the 6th of June next. Candidates, being natives of Cumberland and W est moreland, between the ages of 16 and 21, are re quired to present themselves to the Provost with cer tificates of their baptism, and testimonials of good con duct from their college or school, onSaturday, the Ist of June. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.—An election wig be held in this college on Friday, June 7, of a scholar, a native of the diocese of Bath and Wells. Candidates must be under nineteen years of age on the day of election, and must present themselves to the president at seven o'clock in the evening of Saturday, June 1, with certificates of the marriage of their parents and of their own baptism, competent evidence of the day and place of their birth, testimonials from their col lege or school, together with a Latin epistle to each of the electors. CAMBRIDGE, MAT 18.— JESUS COLLEGE.—Yester day (Friday) the Rev. Samuel Lyde (B.A. 1848), and Mr. Joseph A. C. Helm (B.A. 1849), were ad mitted Lay Fellows of this Society. BANK OF FRANCE. The following is a return of the situation of the Bank of France on May 14:— ASSETS. ... f. 343,634,527 22 ... 127,478,934 0 ... 1,436,697 21 Cash and ingots Ditto in branch banks • Bills past due ••• Bills falling due in Paris, of which 11,627,484 f. sc. were received from the branch banks ... ••• ... 37,905,430 16 Bills in the branch banks ... 66,190,292 0 Advances on coins and ingots... 894,800 0 Ditto by the branch banks ... 505,391 0 Ditto on French public securities 18,400,219 85 Ditto by branch banks... 2,032,530 0 Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 0 Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 0 ltentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 0 itentes, disposable funds ... 42,394,488 13 Investments of the new branch banks in the public funds ... Hotel and furniture of the Bank Real property of the branch banks ... Interest in National Discount Bank ... Ditto branch banks ... Bills protested at Paris ••• Ditto at the branches ... Expenses of administration of the Bank Ditto of the branches Miscellaneous ... 12,826,541 39 4,000,000 0 3,479,108 0 200,000 0 230,000 0 1,021,185 50 1,389,090 0 406,248 13 450,038 0 1,506,967 71 L 776,382,488 30 LIABILITIES. Capital ... ... . . ... Ditto of the Branch Banka Reserve fund ... ... ... f. 67,900,000 0 ... 23,350,000 0 ... 10,000,000 0 Ditto of the branch banks tteserve-immobiliere ~. 2,980,730 14 4,000,000 0 Notes to bearer, in circulation ... 410,770,200 0 Ditto of the branch banks ... 71,859,575 0 Ditto to order (post-bills) ... 11,851,496 58 Account-current with Treasury creditor 37,467,621 79 Various accounts current 98,100,245 58 Ditto in branches 25,940,577 0 Bills payable at sight ... Ditto at branches ... Dividends payable ... • • Liquidation of the Algiers Bank Discounts, interest, and expenses Ditto branch banks ... Expenses anticipated Re-discounts of the last six months ... Ditto in branch banks .. Miscellaneous ... ... 4,730,000 0 ... 1,579,504 0 ... 248,167 25 ... 11,640 0 ... 2,750,724 88 ... 1,388,854 0 242,712 40 263,317 26 285,208 0 661,894 42 f. 776,382,488 30 Certified by the Governor of the Bank of France, D'ARGOUT. The preceding account shows that the cash in hand has diminished since last work by 1,250,000 f. The corn in( rcial bills discounted have diminished by 1,750,000 f. The protested bills have diminished by 55,000 f. The Bank notes in circulation have increased by 1,500,000 f. The balance to the credit of the Treasury has increased by 2,750,000 f. The sundry credits have diminished by 2,250,000 f. --- On Saturday afternoon an commenced before Mr. Baker, coroner, and a inquest was Lion, Cannon-street-road, St. George's jury, at the Golden body of a female infant, supposed to have in I e-East on the - 41 ' b - its mother, who has assumed the name of CORONEB:S INQUEST. — been murdered 3 • Eli z abeth Barker , a nd who cohabited with a man named B a iley in U m berstone-street. The woman and he r para mour, a W o man named Cook, and Harriett Campb e ll, a mid wife, are in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of the child, and also with urlairly disposing of ano ther child, the offspring of Barker, which was born ou Palm Sunday, 1849, and was buried in Sheen's burial•ground, Whitechapel, by the woman Cook as a still-born babe, al though it lived two days. After a long and tedious discus sion, the jury expressed a very decided opinion as to the propriety of calling Mrs. Campbell as a witness, and also stated they wished to hear Dr. Godfrey and his boy, O'Leary. The coroner then adjourned the case, and said he would comply with the wishes of the jury, and request Sir George Grey, the Home Secretary, that the prisoners might be allowed to attend before him on Tuesday next to hear the evidence against them, also for the purpose of examining the midwife as a witness. The jury hoped that no obstacle would be thrown in the way of the prisoners appearing at the est coroner's court on Tuesday next, until which day wig adjourned. .........._ Air• IVilliam THE FORGERT AT LIVERPOOL.-- • f exten- Threlfall, who was lately arrested ton the c harge A mess en o ger from sive furgery, has been made a bankrupt. re Mr. Rushton on the Leeds Bankruptcy Court appeared befo s and other pro- Thursday last, and demanded that all money i ven to him (the perty found on the prisoner should done He then proceeded the inquest messenger), which was accordinglvem f r Mr. Langton any pro to the Bank of Liverpool to g Lerlyiefound on the prisoner —One hundred and fifty BRITANNIA BRIDG:. been taken on at these works, e i n rpo h o is i possession which extra hands have latteh_ preparations for the floating of The situation which it HOW occu pies third great muchtu greater distance down the river than in order to pies being at a floated, has rendered it necessary, prepare the two already. d between the piers, to remove it into being floate tory to • i b - the first tube, where it will be turned ' occupiee ) the basin bring it into the right position to cross the round so as to . expedite the - e , precisely in the same course as the first tube, pa- Straitsto m i wt ich it is to be placed on the Anglesey side. pa rallel This movement is to take place on th e 25 t h o f th e pre sent month, and the pontoons ha ve a l rea d y b ee n placed underneath the tube for the purpose. On the 10th of June (the succeeding spring tide) its final transit across to its permanent site is to take place. Since the completion of the present tubular passage over the river circular win and .dows, four inches in diameter, fitted with glass, stand ing about 20 the aides.—. feet apart, have been placed along a Cambrian. Cheap Railway Excursionists are now on the qui vive for the coming simmer season. Amongst excursions already projected is one to Paris and back, in which third-class pas sengers are tempted with a prospect of all the sights of the grand metropolis of fashionable revolutions—in politesse as in politics, in gentlemanly habiliments as in social frame-work, —and besides all else, with a view of Waterloo and other notables to boot, the whole to be seen at the certainly low charge of thirty-seven shillings and sixpence—less than last year's cheap excursion merely to our own northern metro polis. Another excursion from Birmingham to Exeter, at a halfpenny a mile has been announced, and one from Bristol gisulingura..o l mules 75.-r/314i/der.