The Sun. — London, England, 1851-03-11 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT OF TOWNS. The Improvement of Towns (Ireland) Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be referred to a Select Com mittee, after a few words from Sir R. FERGUSON. APPOINTMENT OF APPOINTMENT ( A VICE- Y). CHANCELLOR The House went into Committee on the annaity for the new Vice-Chancellor. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said the amount was the same as had been paid before—viz., two-thirds of the salary, and which was 5,0001. The vote, however, did not pledge the House to the sum. The vote was agreed to. COMMONS' ENCLOSURE. The Commons' Enclosure Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. RAILWAY AUDIT. Mr. LOCKE moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the audit of railway accounts. It was nearly identical with that introduced by the Government and passed in the House of Lords last year. Mr. LABOUCHhRE would not oppose the motion, but would reserve his opinion until the Bill was printed. Leave was given. Colonel DUNNE moved for a message to the Lords, for copies of the petitions of the shipowners of Liver hool and citizens of Dublin against the proposed asylu m arbour at Holyhead, which were presented to the House of Lords at the close of the session of 1847, and subse quently referred to a Select Committee of their Lord ships' House ; and a copy of the report of the said Com mittee, and the minutes of the evidence taken before them. On the motion of Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL, it was ordered that the papers presented in 1832 and 1834, relating to Kilmainham Hospital, be reprinted. Mr. TUFNELL moved an address for copy of the memorial addressed to the Secretary of State for the Colonies from the Cingalese Episcopalians respecting Wolfendahl Church; also for copy of the memorial on the same subject from the Dutch Consistory; together with copies or extracts of any correspondence between the Governor of Ceylon and the Secretary of State for the Colonies relating thereto. The church in question was the property of the Government. The Dutch Pres byterians were only tenants-at-will, but in 1847, when the Episcopalians, who had the joint use of it, repaired it, the Dutch Presbyterians signified that they could no longer share it with them. He (Mr. Tufnell) therefore complained that the Government had not interfered to prevent the Episcopalians from being ousted of their right under these circumstances. Mr. HAWES did not think the case as stated would justify any interference on the part of the House, though he had no objection to give the papers. The Cingalese Episcopalians had certainly been dispossessed by the Dutch Presbyterians, but it was in consequence of the increase in the numbers of the Dutch Presbyterians. They had, however, another place of worship set apart for their use. The church actually belonged to the Go vernment, and he (Mr. Hawes) did not think there was any practical hardship in this case. The motion was agreed to. The House adjourned at One o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Andct son. THIS EVENING Will be presented by her Majesty's Sr yenta THE OLD LOVE AND THE NEW: Sir Algernon Courtoun, Mr. Cooper; Major Stock, Mr. Emery; Captain Sidney Courtoun, Mr. J. Anderson ; Mr. Haythorn, Mr. Barrett ; Miss Trimmer, Mrs. Tern an ; Camilla Haythorn, Mrs. Nisbett ; Cherry Bounce, Mrs. Walter Lacy. After which, a new grand Operatic Spectacle, entitled AZ XEL, TAE PRODIGAL. Reulen, Mr. Vanlenhoff; Azael, Mr. J. Ander son ; Arnenophis, Mr. Emery ; Bnchans, Mr. Cooper ; Sathos. Mr. Rafter; Jepbtele, Miss F. Vining; Nejte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lta, M tdlle. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who has been expressly engaged for the occasion, and will make her appearance every evening. SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY, INCIDENTS, &c. AcT I. INTERIOR of REUBEN'S TEN", Opening at the Back to the Distant Desert—Sunset. The Travellers—the Evening Repast—the Gift—Departure of Azael . with the Caravan for Memphis. Camels of the Desert. ACT 11. The GREAT SQUARE of MEMPHIS. Arrival of Azael. Sacred Procession of Apia. The Offerings. Lia, and Troop of Almees. Grand Pas de Vascination by Madlle. Victorine Legrain. :ne ensemble by Madame Louise, Maddles. Palser, Julie, and Coryphees. The Gamester—False Diee—izaePs Prodigality—the Love Token VIEW near MEMPHIS. Reuben in search of his Son—the False Friend. Interior of the TEMPLE of ISIS. Orgie. Grand Pas de Polgnards by the Coryphecs. Azael recovers the Stolen Scarf —the Secret Spring—Azael surprised in the Sacred Temple—the " Hunan Victim." The Doom of the Prodigal. Act 111. TENT of NEMROUD, the Camel Driver. Arrival of Travellers—Degradation of the Prodigal—the Slave—the False Friend—the Gift Restored—Despair of the Prodigal. The Dream. The VALE of AZAEL'S BIRTH. The Harvest Festival —Azael mourned as Dead—Return of the Prodigal. Appearance of the Spirit of the Desert. filr ritE ROYAL, HA slr. 13. Webster. role Lessee and Manager, 01 Bromptan. THIS EVENING, Will be performed OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. J. W. Wallack ; lago, Mr. James Wallack,; Desdemona, Miss Reynolds ; Emilia, Miss Laura-Addison. To be followed by a new anu original comic drama, called GOOD FOR NOTHING. Tom Dibbles, Mr. Buckstone ; Harry Collier, Mr. Howe ; Young Mr. Simpson, Mr. Clark Nan, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. UtiEATHE ROYAL, Al/lA.l'lll. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed an entirely new grand Drama, in 3 acts, entitled BELPIIEGOR THE MOUNTEBANK ; or, The Pride of Birth. Duke de Montbazon, Mr. Hughes ; Count de St. Cyr, Mr. Boyce ; the Chevalier de Itolac, Mr. 0. Smith ; Guillaume, surnamed Bel phegor, Mr. B. Webster; Ajax, alias Mr. Merryman, Mr. Wright ; Captain Pufferes, Mr. Worrell ; Madeliene, Madame Celeste ; Mini Flora Inbrodite Stilz, Miss Woo!gar. After which a new Farce called THE SCHOOL FOR TIGERS ; or, The Shilling Hop. Captain Kit2flyer, Mr. Boyce; Major Stiff, Mr. Freesorn ; Mr. Panels, Mr. Wright ; Alexander Panels, Miss Chaplin ; Mr. Firkins, Mr. C. J. Smith ; Tom crop, Miss Woolgar. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEA RE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. C. Kcau and Mr. Keeley. THIS EVENING, Will be performed a new and ori4inal Comedy entitled LOVE IN A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley, Addison, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. winstanley, and Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with TO PARENTS and GUARDIANS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee, Mr. CharleillatheWS. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A ROMANTIC IDEA. Atter which an entirely new aid original Fairy Extravaganza, to be called SING CHARMING, or, the Blue Bird of Paradise. Characters by Messrs. C Mathews, F. Matthews, Horncastle, Suter, ltellingham, and Honner ; Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss Ellis, Mrs. C. Horn, Miss St. George, and Miss Martindale. To conclude with BOX AND COX. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Farren. THIS EVENING, Will be performed THE RED CAP. After which ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD. To conclude with a new Ballet, called THE WHITE STATUE, )n which Madlie. Adele, Miss Lees, and Tom Mathews will appear. ISTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. 13Pder the Patronage of her Majesty and his Royal Ilighnom Prince Albert. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Extraordinary series of attractive noveltieS. THIS EVENING, The Grand new Spectacle of JOAN OF ARC ; or the Mail of Or leans, with new and costly costumes. Together with Batty's Splendid Scenes of the Circle. To conclude with JONATHAN; or, The Man of Two Masters. Box-orrice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager. Mr. T. Thompson. HIGH WATER Al LONDON BRIDGE Tars OA: Horning 58 min. after 6 Evening 26 alln. after 7 To _y omiow _m o rnin; 59 min. after 7 I Evening 42 min. after THE WEATHER.—Sun OFFICE, MARCH 11. THERMOMETER, DT THE SHADE. 38—highest since noon yesterday. 30 —lowest this morning and during the night. 43—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.97. WlWDN.N.E.—cloudy, with occasional sunshine. DAILY WEATHER TABLE. State of the Wind and Weather at each of the following places at Nine o'clock yesterday morning.—The stations are arranged in order of latitude. !LOGS' OWN (DUBLEN ) —Wind W.N.W., strong breeze— overcast. PLYMOUTH —W ind N., strong breeze—partially cloudy. BRIGHTON—Wind N.W., gentle breeze--rain. 11.tsriziGs—Wind W., fresh breeze rain. BORTHAIEFToN— Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. FoLfcßgrosE—Wind S., gentle breeze—rain. BasoresTolik —Wind N.W., strong breeze—overcast. GREENWICH—Wind N.W., strong breeze—rain. SWINDON—Wind N.Vir., gentle breeze—rain. OXFORD—Wind N.W., hard wind—overcast. LEIGHTON—Wind W., strong breeze—rain. COLCHESTER—Wind S.W., strong breeze—rain. lilißmnremAsi—Wind W., gentle breeze—rain. PETERBOROUGH—Wind S. W., gentle breeze—rain. YARMOUTH—Wind S. ge ntle breeze—overcast. LYNN—Wind S., gen tl e breeze—rain. C it , "' z wlT—W N.W. strong breeze—overcast. "*xwAT—Wind N.NIW., gentle breeze — partia ll y cloudy. r ivz oLTFLEAD—Wind N.W., strong breeze—partially cloudy. LTong—Wind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. 0,, Ind N.W,, gentle breeze—snow. LA.N C AST ..W ind S.W., gentle breeze—overcast. WHITBY —Wi n d s ., gentle breeze—rain, foz DAR L Wind N , strong breeze 2 slee - t . . CAALLsLE —Wind w • marrocK _ wind gentle breeze—foggy. gentle breeze—partially cloudy. BAEW-IcK—Wind N., g e ntle breeze—rain. The returns from the folio:ling places indicate the state of the wind and we a ther Saturday morning at nine o'clock : . r ._ "LE _wi n d E., gentle breeze— ov erc ast. I,' owrs „ u . rii —Wind N.W., gentle breeze—overcast. COLCHESTER —Wind N.W., gentle breeze —overcast. • 0, ) / • ` 4 , 41 A - l :a& - f;:T '7,7lyraj r. • mo: v 4 •"':• ' , trtnillll LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1851. In the House of Lords last night, On the motion of Earl GREY, the Passengers' Act Amendment Bill was read a second time. The Copyright Designs Extension Bill was referred to $ Select Committee. a -• . : .E4rl of CARLISLE i ntroduced a Bill to regu l a t e f‘t , e ~ mrs, li i 9 _, which was rati, a first time. •-;s ii re. . hips then adjourned. - iisifftv . :.7.ns, - I' i ..lIIK - ' - _ . 'S' •... r•; .1 stated that it was not his intention -.-ii 64 . .r . '-- - - ..., , j 4 - is'. .y..... Al a s THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARGEi 11, 1851. to introduce during the present session any measure for consolidating the laws relating to merchant seamen, but that he should introduce a Bill to amend the Mercantile Marine Act of last session. Mr. HENRY DRUMMOND announced his intentio,l of opposing the mutilation of the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill. Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he should bring forward the question of the Jewish disabilities on Thurs day. In the course of a conversation on the Kafir War Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated that the present amount of force at the disposal of the Governor of the Cape Colony was 3,699 men, but that it would be speedily increased. In reply to Mr. BAILLIE COCHRANE, Mr. LABOUCHERE promised that an inquiry should be made into the case of ANN CONNELL, whose child died in her arms on the deck of an Irish steamer from exposure to the weather, and announced his intention of intro ducing a Bill for the regulation of steam-ships generally. On the motion for the House going into Committee of Supply, _ . Mr. W. WILLIAMS moved that no Supplies should be voted until the amended Budget should be before the House, but subsequently declined to divide, at that period, on the motion, and the House went into Com mittee of Supply. Sir F. BARING laid the Navy Estimates upon the table, and moved a first vote of 1,435,7231. for wages to 39,000 seamen and marines, the corresponding vote for last year having been 1,344,070, and the proposed increase this year being, therefore, 91,6531. He also went through the other items in these estimates, offering detailed ex planations under each head, and stating that the total amount required for the effective service was 4,223,871/., being a decrease of 253,322/. upon the sunx of 4,384,015/., the corresponding vote of last year; that the total re quired for the whole naval service was 5,584,0591., being a decrease of 281,7711. upon the sum of 5,772,6521., the corresponding vote of last year, and that the sum re quired for the Army and Ordnance Department, as re garded the conveyance of troops, was 143,2001., being an increase of 7,5001. upon the sum of 135,7004, the corre sponding vote of last year. The grand total to be asked was 5,727,2591., showing a net decrease of 171,3211. upon the corresponding grand total vote of last year. Mr. Hush moved, as an amendment, t hat the number of men should be reduced to 30,000. The Hon. Gentle man, in the course of his speech, pauticularly dwelt upon the needless expenditure incurred by keeping up the African squadron, and upon the large amount of money squandered in building new ships, which were left to rot on their slips. Mr. MACGREGOR commented on the ex'mavagance of the management of our dockyards, and thought that several of them might be advantageously done away with. Mr. COBDEN hoped that France and England would unite to effect a disarmament, with a view of diminishing the absurd outlay which each nation j ustified by the example of the other. _ _ Lord JOHN RUSSELL declared that the administration of the dockyards had been greatly ior proved of late years, and contended that the smallness of our army and the nonexistence of a militia force Tendered it ab solutely necessary to maintain our naval &fences in a state of efficiency. He trusted that the African squa dron would be maintained. Mr. MILNER GIBSoN opposed, and Mr. CARDWELL supported the maLittenance of the African squadron. _ _ Admiral BERKELEY impressed upon :the Committee the necessity of keeping up a service of me❑ trained to gunnery. Mr. PLITMPTRE, Mr. S. CRAWFORD., and Colonel THOMPSON having briefly spoken, the tCommittee di vided, when the numbers were— For the vote 169 For Mr. HOME'S amendment ... 61 Majority for the vote ... —lOB On a subsequent vote of 138,6251. for the Admiralty office, a division to :k place on an amen {went moved by Colonel SIBTHORP, who wished to redu 3e the salaries of the Lords of the Admiralty by 4,600/. The numbers were— For the vote ... 193 For Colonel SIRTHORP'S amendment 34 Majority for the ♦ote ... —159 After the division, the Gallant mover of the amend ment, loudly denouncing his own party :as quite as un worthy of confidence as the Ministerialiaits, walked out of the House, amid roars of laughter and .cheering. Several subsequent items were then takE n, after which the House resumed, and the other orlers were dis posed of. After exciting discussions producing, or relating to, the Ministerial crisis, Parliament; last night re turned to the common place, but ve) ty necessary duty of arrranging the naval estimates: for the coming year. Although one of the most ii n portant subjects that can come under the consideratio a of the legisla tive body, it is, we regret to say, gei it lally speaking, totally neglected by the great majority of the repre sentatives of the people. It would dseem as if the honourable absentees regarded it as a matter of the most profound indifference whet ;her, on the one side, the public money is to be wasted in wanton extravagance and reckless profusion, or, on the other band, the most important branch of the national service is to be reduced to a state of ineffi ciency by the summary dismissal of the gallant sea men, whom it would be very easy to send adrift, but very difficult to collect again, and bring back to a state of discipline. The proportion of speakers is still more attenuated—some seven or eight persons, at the outside, take part in the debate. Three or four insist on economy and retrenchment, and are opposed by an equal number of officials. The First Lord of the Admiralty, aided and assisted by the First Lord of the Treasury, fought the battle, and succeeded in every point. There was a small and compact band of financial reformers, while on the other side there was a quantum sulicit of Ministerial followers kept in the neighbourhood ready to be " whipped in" on any divi sion, leave of absence being given to the remainder. The House was last night occupied in voting some of the items relating to the effective branch of the service. On these points there may not be so many differences of opinion as on others that will hereafter arise. For instance, although as desirous as any persons can possibly be of reducing the enormous burdens that paralyse the national industry, we know that there is "a penny wise and pound foolish economy," which it would be most un wise to sanction. We have so often inculcated the accuracy and propriety of the aphorisim, Si via pacem, para bellum, that it is unnecessary to recapi tulate our former arguments. But everything on that point applies with far greater force to the navy than to any other branch of the service. We may have all the materiel—gallant ships, fully provided with all ne cessary armaments ; but what use would they be without the hardy seamen to man—to become the spirits animating the inert masses ? It is notorious that it takes a much greater time to bring a ship's company into good working order, to be able to perform their duty without any unnecessary ex penditure of labour, than it does to enable the differ ent companies of a regiment to co-operate together. And yet we never think of disbanding a regi ment, the skeleton is still kept together, ready to start into life and vigour at almost any moment. The Executive know well that & soldier is a machine that requires considerable polishing before he becomes really valuable—that each trained man has cost so many pounds, shillings, and pence to the country, and represents a certain pecuniary value, which it would be as ridiculous to lose as it would be for a person to cast his money into the sea, because he had no immediate want. If this principle be true with respect to the army, it applies a fortiori to the navy, and yet we recklessly discharge well-disciplined crews when they have reached the very highest point of efficiency, well knowing that it would be impossible in case of emergency to replace the priceless gems we were disregarding. On the first vote, then, the number of men to be employed daring the coming year, our views are altogether in favour of the Government, and we find ourselves opposed to many valued friends. We could not assent to a reduction of 9,000 men, or nearly 25 per cent. of those employed, nor do we object to the in crease of pay and allowances, and improved arrange ments with regard to the victualling department, or to the liberal commutation for grog, &c. ; the addi easses believein the thatc tional sums e x p en d e d i n th ese ma tt ers are o f t r i v ial importanc e i n compar i son to t h e goo d e ff ecte d , an d we l ouwnetry: s peak k at no t reasonable heeling of f utla a y ll should be spared which could add to the comforts, or promote the happines s of fore, fully approve of the votes given as to the number of men t o be employed, the wages, and the victualling o f these men. It must, however, 'corn`' iii mir,l that these various demands amount altogether to but 1,936,3,55/. out of the 5,727,259/. demanded, and there is no reason why we should not act with libe rality and generosity i❑ that respect, while we closely scrutinize the other items, and cut off every unneces sary demand. _. Now, we confess that:our dockyard expenditure, the sums required for keeping our ships in repair, and building the new vessels, which it is said should be launched every year, seems to be very enormous. 2,011,3071. is unquestionably a heavy charge, and it appears strange that the demand for the vessels should exceed that for the men engaged on board the fleet by nearly 75,0001. sterling. We are satisfied that, with due care and attention, very considerable savings might be effected in these branches. There is still too much jobbery sanctioned, and we call on the representatives of the people to show a greater degree of interest on these matters than they have hitherto done, if they desire to retain the confidence of their respec tive constituencies, and to be re-elected to the honourable positions in which they are now placed, but which they must recollect carry with them duties—arduous and important duties—as well as honours and privileges. But it is to the non-effective branch of the service that we would especially invite attention. The claim on that account for the present year is no less than 1,360,1881., or, in other words, rather better than two-thirds of that for the men in actual em ployment. Now it may be impossible to reduce that outlay at a moment's notice, but some pledge should be given for its gradual diminution. What, we ask, do we want of 150 flag-officers of various denominations, when 15 are all that are required under even the most pressing cir cumstances ? This list, we contend, might, and, we will add, should be reduced to 90 in the first instance, and eventually to 60. Could it be said that 9 admi rals, 21 vice-admirals, and 45 rear-admirals would not be amply sufficient for all purposes, and leave a sufficient margin for all difficulties that may occur ? That is the number to which we would eventually reduce the list ; while, in the first instance, we would allow 90 to remain, or 15 admirals, 30 vice-admirals, and 45 rear-admi rals. It may be said that there would be a breach of faith to those who are anxiously expecting the reward of their past services . Although we do not fully assent to this proposition, we would yet be willing to compromise the matter, and we offer this suggestion on the point : Let the present promotion go on until the list of post-captains comes down to the year 1830; after that, let only one promotion take place for two vacancies until the list comes down to that of 1840 ; and after that but one appointment for every three deaths until the number of admirals, &c., be reduced to sixty, as above mentioned. This proposition would, if carried out, meet the justice of the case and be received with general approbation throughout the entire country. An Englishwoman of the present generation has unhappily surpassed by her atrocities the alinoQt in conceivable crimes narrated of Madame LAFFARGE and the Marchioness BRINVILLIERS. Our heart sickens at the record of those diabolical acts which are reported of the two latter assassins. Yet, unut terable as is the depth of their criminality, it has been iu every way eclipsed by the devilish deeds at last brought home to SARAH CHESHAM. The narra tive of the dark and sinister career of this hellkite is such, in truth, as almost to exceed the limits of credibility. Reason shrinks from believing in full the horrors attributed to her. Human nature is re• luctant to admit the possibility of such sys tematic guilt—guilt so gratuitous, so objectless, save for the gratification of a lust of murder, so opposed to all the laws of affection and to all the in fluences of propinquity. In this woman, or rather we should say in this fiend, we find not only a Poisoner, but a schoolmistress of Poisoners. We find her slowly taking away the life of her husband—and, not content with the unearthly satisfaction experi• enced by her in the secret superintendence of this domestic tragedy, inciting others nearly as depraved as herself to employ the same dastardly implements of destruction. She is not merely a practitioner, but a professor of poisoning—using the deleterious drugs herself, and instructing others to act in like manner. She gloats over the decaying strength of her uncon scious partner, whom she had pledged herself, according to the language of th© marriage service, to " love, honour, and obey." She does more than this—she slays by the same bidden means her own offspring, the children she had borne in her womb and nou rished at her bosom. Her passions inflamed with this worst of all species of infanticide, that perpe trated by the mother herself, she discovers a method of slaking her thirst of blood, and of appeasing her appetite for assassination, by tempting the little chil dren of the village to eat lozenges charged with minute particles of arsenic. Under an appearance of kindness she hides a ferocity only com parable to that of a ghoul or a vampire. Her deadly assiduity is always on the watch. She watches her victims fall one after another. She re vels in the horror of her detestable secret. Regarded at length with suspicion, she is twice dragged up for trial, and twice acquitted—her hideous propensity for poisoning becoming in the end confirmed by its impunity. Fortunately for those around her, the murderess is at last convicted, and the wretch was finally sentenced to death by the Lord Chief Justice CAMPBELL on the occasion of the late assizss at Chelmsford. Looking with as much calmness as is possible under the circumstances at the history of the life of this mon ster, it is impossible not to discover in it reasons for lamenting those things which too frequently tend to retard the approach of justice. The liberty which has been permitted for so lengthened a period to SARAH CHESHAM, a liberty enabling her to carry out her very awful schemes of devastation, is the fruit, unhappily, of that remissness in the laws of the land which the conscientious reformer of the criminal code has again and again reprobated. Often as the necessity for the comprehensive revision of this code has been insisted upon, and more especially of late years, it has seldom been placed so glaringly before the common sense of the Legislature as by the facts brought to light by the trial of the criminal here mentioned as having been formally convicted and sentenced to death at Chelmsford. From these particulars it must be sufficiently appa rent that, with all our elaborate precautions against assassination by poison, we are, nevertheless, very far indeed from having afforded adequate protection to human lives. Efforts are still making to prevent a too ready access to poisonous drugs and acids of a destructive character. As yet, however, those subtle agents of the murderer are within his reach at a cost altogether insignificant. The continuance of this system must be prevented. The sale of these dangerous liquids and powders must be restricted to specified cases, and even then, under the heaviest penalties for any infringement of the law, they must be only purchaseable upon certain stringent conditions. True, there is a sort of dis cretionary power of this kind exercised at present, but it is assuredly very necessary to assert that this power, as at present regulated, is every way inadequate. What renders the case of SARAH CHESHAM a yet greater source of horror to us, is the circumstance that the medical evidence given upon the occasion of her former trials and acquittals, actually appears to have suggested to her novel methods of carrying into effect subsequent schemes of poisoning. After acquiring the knowledge of this, we may presume that henceforth at least the guardians of the law will exercise, in the prevention and punishment of crime, a more awakened and comprehensive vigilance. It is impossible, wholly and entirely impossible, we should opine, that the sticklers for the remission of capital punishment in all cases as a penalty for crime, should persist in requiring the unconditional acceptance of their doctrines. BECCARIA him self would hesitate, we should conceive, from demanding any more lenient infliction in regard to the author of such preternatural atrocities. We have seen very recently how the most noted of all the ad vocates of Communism and Socialism, M. PROUDIION, moderated his language when he took unto himself a wife who happened to be possessed of property. We have observed, not long ago, how one of the most conspicuous among the aspirants for substi tution of arbitration for bloodshed (Viscomte VICTOR. HuGo) incited his own son to fight a duel in vindication of his honour as a gen tleman ; and how another equally noted agitator in toe same movement (Mr. EICW,Aci) CORDIiN) flung defiance not many months ago in the teeth of the AUTOCRAT, and, on the part of England, threatened to crumple up the Russian empire as easily as a bit of paper. Now, with just as much consistancy could M. PROUDHON insist anew upon the blessings of Socialism or Communism, and Viscomte VICTOR HuGo declaim once more against bloodshed, and Mr. RICHARD COBDEN re-assert the advantages of arbitration,—with just as much consistency as this, we say, could the advocates of the total abolition of capital punishment rede mand the remission of that penalty in the face of such a stupendous criminal as this terrible SARAH CLIEBHAM. Humanity demands that the most horrid and the most certain expiation of guilt should hang before the eyes of those who dream of perpetrating, either by wholesale or by retail, any similar atroci ties. Unless we would have society desolated through the instrumentality of these female poisonerP, we must show the law to be prompt and inexorable in the vin , dication of its outraged majesty. THE FRENCH REPUBLIC. We have received the Paris journals of yesterday. The decree of the PRESIDENT, removing 21 Pre fects of Departments, and appointing others in their place, has given great offence to the Legitimatists. It is thus spoken of by the Opinion Publique : " The decree formed the subject of the most animated explanations between the Minister of the Interior and the greater number of the ministerial party. The Mi nister did not seem much at his ease while besieged with interpellatiens, which, although from friends, were by no means amicable. It is quite true that impetuous zeal has found more favour than old services, and the new prefects have been chosen rather for their devoted ness and their ardour than for their intelligence or wisdom. M. Pietri is a Corsican, which implies all that need be said. France belongs at this moment to the Corsicans, who are all heirs, more or l ess di rec t, o f th e E m p ero r. . M. de Vincent recommended by his manners, which are rather military than civil. M. Bart, on the other hand, a man of incontestable capacity, has been removed from Tarn, as it is said, because he did not display sufficient ardour for the Elpie. M. de Maupas, on the contrary, owes his ap pointment to the impetuous zeal which he had manifested as Sub-Prefect. M. de Lengle does not pass for an able administrator, but ho is what is better—a devoted parti zan. M. de Charnailles is nephew, by marriage, to Ge neral Baraguay d'llilliers, and is not this the era of nephews ? M. de Romans was a Legitimatist until he became an Orleanist, and is of course an Elysean. It was also remarked at the Assembly that M. Waisse had given up his own prefecture, from which it was concluded that he hopes to remain Minister." The negotations for the formation of a permanent and Parliamentary Ministry still continue. The new combination will include MM. ODILON BAEHOT t BAROCIIE, ACHILLE FoULD, and WAISSE, the present Minister of the Interior. M. DUZAURE was at one time spoken of as likely to have a portfolio in the new Ministry, but his appointment is considered very doubtful. The Five per Cents. opened at 94f. 25c., and closed at 94f. 20e.; !he Three per Cents. closed at 57f. 80c.; Or leans Railroad Shares, 886 f. 25c.; Rouen, 647 f. 50c.; Havre, 276 f. 25c.; Great Northern, 476 f. 250.; Avignon, 192 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 421 f. 25c.; Bale, 155 f.; Bordeaux, 3951. ; Paris and Strasburg, 368 f. 75c.; Tours and Nantes, 256 f. 250. BUSIINESS troNE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 10. Boulogne and Amiens, 9 1 / 2 —Dutch Rhenish, 34, —East Indian, 15% —Maria Antonia, 6 1 4—Ditto, pew, 2 1 4—Namur and Liege, 8 1 / B —Northern of France, 15 1 / B —Sambre and Meuse, 3 1 4—Tours and Nantes, 5 %. TUE SHARE MARKETS. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Busine as done to-024y. Business done to-day. par 7 6 36 1N )4 Pin 10X 1034 x.d x.d 11% x.d 9 cent., 3%. 9% it 8% 6 MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimat ed at 4,000 bales, comprising 3,030 American at 6 3 %d. to 7d., 200 Pernam and Maranham at Bd. to 8%d., 200 Bahia at 7 3 / 4 d. to Bd., 100 Egyptian at 7%d. to 9d., and 600 Surat at 4 3 4 d. to 5%d. per lb. The market was heavy, and Ameri can, at and under 7d., were %d. per lb. lower, but all other kinds, though declining, were not so much changed.—Rail way Shares were quiet, with little variation in prices. A curious and interesting meeting was held in the City yesterday afternoon, viz., of parties connected with the Coffee trade, to give expression to their views as to the adulteration practised. Strictly speaking, the meeting was intended to have been a sort of protest by the growers, the importers, and the public; but there is a section of the less conscientious dealers who profit largely by the admixture Of chicory, damaged beans, chesnuts, acorns, &c., and who find their account in being enabled to sell an article apparently very cheap, and therefore attractive to the working classes, but in reality very dear when we consider its inferiority. The fallacy of assuming that the working classes have either the money or time to purchase mills and grind for themselves is scarcely worth refutation; but, on the other hand, it may be conceded that a poor man would be well content to pay 10d. or ls. for half a pound of Coffee, and half a pound of Chicory, in preference to having all Coffee at ls. 2d. or ls.4d. This :granted, however, where is adulteration to stop, if the SELLEX is permitted to proportion the quantities? The only .protection must be to compel the sale of Coffee and. Chicory separately, as was stated by Mr. Thomas Baring, the chairman of the meeting. Viewed altogether, there are great difficulties in the way. It is hardly possible entirely to prevent a dishonest dealer from concocting a cheap and palatable but not nutritious article, and yet while excise laws exist it would be excessively un fair to the respectable trader not to endeavour to check it. Once allow that the adulteration of exciseable commodities is legal, and we cannot see that one article should be pro tected more than another. The revenue and the public must then suffer together. Moreover, it would be hard to stop the growth of chicory, and beans, chesnuts, and acorns, no one can possibly interfere with. With great difficulty the chair man yesterday carried the resolution against adulteration , for the " mixers" were in strong force, while Messrs. Baring and friends had not used any exertion apparently to "whip up" their supporters, and all know that what is everybody's business is nobody's, and that the public grumble but leave the energetic few to agitate. That the respectable retail dealers admire the adulterating system, we cannot for a mo ment admit. Under this head yesterday allusion was made in general terms to the news received from Mexico. The official infor mation received by the committee of bondholders, and since forwarded to us, states : " The Committee have received advices from Mr. Falcon net, dated Mexico, the 3d ult. At that date the accep tance of the decrees of the 14th of October last by the bond holders here was not yet known in Mexico, and Mr. Fal connet's letter, therefore, contains nothing relative to what the bondholders are to have out of the Amer can indemnity money except this passage :—‘ Had not Mr. Payne's illness suspended my negotiations, I believe that I should have succeeded in getting the assignments of the 2,500,000 dolls. on the indemnity money deposited in such a manner as en tirely to remove it from the control of the Giovernment.' " Mr. Falconnet's negotiations with the Government, ge nerally, had been suspended by Mr. Payne's illness, and subsequent retirement of the Minister of Finance. He is succeed by Don Ignacio Esteva, who had not taken actual charge of the department at the date of these dispatches. " Mr. Falconnet had, however, bad an interview with the new President, General Arista, who had assured him that he would do everything in his power to satisfy the bond holders. No definite arrangement had been come to yet with Messrs. Manning and Mackintosh, but Mr. Falconnet continues to entertain hopes of recovering what is due from them to the bondholders. "The Severn brings 56,500 dolls. for account of the bond holders from the Custom-houses of Vera Cruz and Tampico." The firm of C. Kelly and Co., of Hamilton (Canada), are about to erect a powder mill in the neighbourhood of that city—the first, we believe, ever contemplated in British North America. They will be prepared to fulfil orders in April next. It is satisfactory to notice the increase of do mestic manufactures without any excessive protective duty on the foreign articles to force them into use. It shows true progress. _ A. - 1 Amsterdam on the 9th inst., there was no particular iteration in Public Securities. Spanish were again rather better, and Peruvian also were in request, at BJ I ,G. Mexican were 3.3%. This is settling day in the Engl'sh Stock Market, but the speculative operations have been so trifling during the last few weeks, that very little interest is attached to the adjustment. Taking the .highest and lowest prices of the Account the variation is but 3 / 4 to % per cent. The events that have fallen within this period might well have been expected, at any other time, to have excited a good deal of fluctuation. There has been the resignation of Ministers, the failure of the Budget, the danger of a dis solution of Parliament, the outbreak of a new Kafir war, and one or two minor contingencies, but none have occasioned more than a fractional change; and, with the abundance nf money to check a fall, and the attraction afforded by shares to those inclined to deal for time, we cannot much wonder that the Consol market has been so dull. To-day the prices are 96% to % for Transfer, and 96% for Account. The .1% ew Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been marked 98% to 99%, and the three per Cents. 97 1 ,E to 97%. rank z tock has been firm at 215. Exchequer-bills have been marked 51s. to 51e., and India Bonds of I,' 0(1. have touched 58s. premium. In the Foreign Market scarcely any business is doing. Mexican Stock is quiet at 33 3 % to %. Equador Bonds are 3%, and Brazilian old 92 3 %. Peruvian Four-and- a-Half per Cents, have been maintained at 81%. Spanish Five per Cents. have been 20, and Portuguese Four per Cents. 34. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. realised 58%. Railway Shares are in many instances looking up again, and there is a fair business doing. Aberdeen, Blackwall, Caledonian, East Anglian, Eastern Counties, Great Northern, Midland, South Devon, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham have been in particular favour. Foreign Shares are quiet. QUARTER TO THRISA Consols ... 96i j- Ditto Account' 961 BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOC&. (From the Official List.) Bank Stock 215 3 pin. Cent. Reduced 97% % 3 per Cent. Consuls Anna New 3 1 4 per Cont. An5e............ 99% 9811 99! 4 , Long Annuities, Exp. Jai:l.sth, 1860 7l,i 7 13-16 Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1660 7 7-16 India Stock Do. Bonds, 10001 55 p Ditto under 1.0001 Camels for Aecoant 9 65 E Kthequer Bills. I%d. 2d. March. June. 1,000/. .. 5001 5l 54 Small — 51 54 P p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9 2 34 Ditto, Small . Equador Bonds 3% ifixican 80ni5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 4% per Cent — Ditto Account .... Portuguese Bonds,s per Cent — Ditto 4 ner Cent. - 34 Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lll cipanisn Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto Account Dividends on the above payable in London. Dutch 21 .4 per Cent., 12 Guild LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.) LONDON, MARCH 11...—Wind at noon N. W., light breese and fine, clear, dry weather. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Baron Renfrew, Bombay ; Columbus, Pernambuco—sld. 11th Feb. ; John and Lucy, New Orleans; General Parkhill, Charleston; Perseverance, St. John's, New Brunswick; Gluekauf, Rio Janeiro ; Hero, Savanilla ; Ellershe and Mary Carson, New Orleans; Caspian and Greenock, Mobile; Pomona, St. John's, New Brunswick; Coringa, Halifax. Sld. Lydia, Dew York. Off port, Ivanhoe, and Derby. FALMOUTH, MARCE 10.—The Susannah, for Wilmington, has put back to this port, from long. 21, leaky, and with cargo shifted, &c. LYNN, MARCH 10.—A quantity of unmanufactured to bacco has been washed on shore at Hunstanton. NEWPORT, MARCH 10.—The Alliance, of Bideford, Cardiff to Ballinacurra, foundered off Dungaroon, sth inst.; crew saved. Cowas, Rawl' 10.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Othello, Porta Cabello. TORBAY, MARCH 10.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Galley, New York, and aid. for Hamburgh. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Prima Donna, Porto Rico. SUNDERLAND.—Arrd. Virgil, from Swinnemunde, leaky, and damaged ; one man lost in a storm. DEAL, MARCH 10.—Wind S. to W., fresh; P.M., N.N.W. squally. Arrd. Minna, Santa Cruz, for Bremen ; Harriet, Humble, Shanghai ; Moultan, ditto ; Equator, ditto t Ballin geisch, Calcutta ; British Empire, St. J o h n ' s , New Bruns wick. Arrd. from the River, Douglas, Sydney, New South Wales; City of Manchester, Adelaide, South Australia; King William, ditto. Arrd. from the River and sld. Cle manthe, Rio Janeiro; British Isles, Demerara; Jessica, Tri nidad; American Congress, New York. FALMOUTH, MARCH 10. - Wind N.N.W., fresh breezes.— Arrd. Pilot-fish, Shanghai for Liverpool. BRISTOL, MARCH 10.—Wind N. W.—Arrd. Barkhill, Per nambuco; George Robinson, ditto. NEWPORT.— Sld. Vrieden, Manilla ; Cargey, Jamaica ; Maxwell, Havannah ; Herndal, St. Thomas ; Columbus, ditto; Thorwaldsen, Havannah ; Wilhelmine, St. Vincent. QUEENSTOWN, MARCH 9. Wind N.N.W.—Arrd. Fanny, Mauritius; Allan, Callao; Sarah Volsford, Matanzas. HULL, MARCH 1 0.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. Royal Vietoria, New Orleans. MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.) RAT MARKETS. SMITIIFIKLD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31 17s 6d ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4l Os ; and Straw, 1/ is to 1/ Is per load. Both Hay and Straw Moved off slowly, at about stationary prices. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 10s to 41 Os ; Clover ditto, 31 Os to 41 Os; and Straw, 11 is to 118 s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WITITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 218 s to Si 17s 6d ; Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 2s; and Straw, 11 Is to 11 7s per load. A. fair average supply, and a sluggish demand. SPAIN. Madrid journals of the sth have arrived. The Gagela contains a decree appointing Senor ALCALO GALLIANO Minister Plenipotentiary to Lisbon, and another recalling the Duke of SOTO• MAYOR from Paris, and appointing the Marquis DE VALDEGAMAS (Dososo CORTES) to succeed him. The Clamor Publico announces that Senor TACON, Marquis of Bayamo, had been named Consul-General of Spain in London, in the placed :M. MORA. The Marquis was formerly attached to the London Lega tion, and acted in Austria as Charge d'Arlaires. MADRID BOLSA, MARCH. s.—The Three per Cents. were done at 34i for time; the Four per Cents. at 14; the Five per Cents. at 15 ; the Debt without Interest at si; and the Coupons at Bi. GERMAN Y. The Prussian Ministry gained a decisive victory on the Bth in the Chamber of Deputies. Baron VINCKE had moved for a Committee of In quiry into the state of the nation; this was, of course, opposed by the Ministry, and the motion was rejected by 228 to 41. The differences between Austria and Prussia still remain unsettled, and at the Dresden Conference Sittings, which were to be resumed on the Bth, it is understood that Prussia will insist on a return to the old Federal Diet. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Miss Mary Glover made her first appearance at this theatre last evening, in the character of Madame Latrappe, in Poole's amusing farce of Simpson and Co., and acted the part with infinite spirit and point; since the original production of the farce, when Mrs. Orger created the charac ter, we have never seen it more admirably delineated. Mrs. Ternan's Mrs. Simpson was very effective, and Miss Villars made an interesting Mrs. Fitiallan. The Simpson of Mr. Barratt was admirable, and reminded us forcibly of poor Terry. Mr. Cooper resumed his original character of Mr. Bromley, and acted it as well as he ever did in his life. Taken as a whole, we have never seen Simpson and Co. more effectively performed. The splendours of Azael which followed elicited, as usual, the most rapturous applause from a densely crowded house. OLYMPIC THEATRE. The comic drama of the Red Cap, or the Prisoner of Vin cennes, was revived last night at this theatre for the first time for four years. The principal characters were well sus tained by Mrs. Stirling and Messrs. Leigh Murray and H. Farren, and the piece was put upon the stage in a very creditable manner; the last scene, showing the illuminati in of Paris in honour of the escape from prison of the Prince de CondG, being particularly worthy of notice. After the per formance of All that Glitters is not Gold, a comic ballet called the White Statue was produced, in which the graceful dancing of Madlle. Adele and the drollness of Mr. Torn Matthews gave great satisfaction to the audience. CREMORNE GAnDENs.--Great alterations and im provements are taking place in this favourite resort of the public for the forthcoming season, with an especial regard to the gratification of foreigners who will flock to our shores this memorable year. Amongst the novelties will be the construction of a grand equestrian circus, and the formation of a Hippodrome. The extensive maze heretofore at the entrance of the King's-road will be removed to the river es planade, in order to make room for the circus. The enter prising manager, Mr. T. B. Simpson, is now in Paris, con cluding equestrian and other engagements, which doubtless will fully maintain the great reputation of this popular place of amusement. ADULTERATION OF COFFEE.—A meeting to take into consideration the present state of the Coffee trade was held yesterday at the London Tavern, Mr. T. Baring, M.P., in the chair, when resolutions condemnatory of the practice of adulterating coffee with chicory and other rubbish were agreed to, notwithstanding the vehement opposition of a number of retail coffee dealers who were present, the majority of whom admitted that they were in the daily habit of selling chicory as coffee. EXTRAORDINARY PIGEON FLYING MATCH BY NlGHT.—During the last few weeks considerable curiosity has been manifested among the pigeon fanciers on the Surrey side of the water, and other places, in consequence of the following unusual and extraordinary match, whisk is reported to be for 51. a side c—lt appears that a Mr. Raw lings, of Bermondsey New-road, a well-known fancier of the feathered tribe, has backed his pigeon to fly, at dark, from the fifth mile stone, on the Brixton-hill, to his resi dence, and afterwards from Shoreditch Church, with the same bird, which has also to travel to Mr. Rawlings house, as above stated. The pigeon has been in training for some time past, and will be shown at the house of Mr. George Osmond, the Britannia, Edward• street, facing the western end of the Grange-road, Bermondsey, where th e members of the society assemble every Monday, Wednesday , and Satur day evenings. The bird has to be marked by di sintereste d parties, and, according to th e articles drawn up , must b e thrown at both points, and produced at Mr. Osmond's be tween seven and twelve o'clock on Sunday night next. A great number of bets are depending on the result, as many of the young fanciers do not believe that pigeons can fly any distance in the dark. TILE KAFIR WAR..---.WOOLVVICII, FEE. 10.—There is now no doubt of the Yulcan steam troop-ship, Mas.-Com mander John Penn, being ordered to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope with the 74th Regiment of Foot, the moment that gallant corps embark in her at Cork. The 13th Prince Albert's Light Infantry, at present at Stirling Castle, and several of the remote parts of Scotland, will supply the place of the 74th Regiment, originally intended for Gibraltar; and the whole of the 13th will be collected with all pos sible dispatch at Portsmouth, lvbere they are to embark for Gibraltar, and not at Cork, as has been stated in some publications. The 13th relieves the 67th Foot at Gibraltar, and the latter pro ceeds to Antigua, in the West Indies, to relieve the 54th Foot at that station, under orders to proceed to Canada. The Rhadamanthus steam troop•shiP, Master-Commander Belem, is ordered from Sheerness to Woolwich, to take on board stores from the Royal Arsenal for the Cape of Good Hope, and will leave with the least possible delay. The company of Royal Artillery, at present at the Cape, would have been relieved in the usual course during the present year, but it is now expected that two companies will leave head-quarters at Woolwich, at an early period, and only one relieved, which will add the strength of a company to that station. - - ---------- Tzoors FOR THE C AP E.--SOUTHAMPTON, MON- DAY.— Orders were received here this morning to get the Singapore, steam-ship, the property of the Peninsalar and Oriental Steam Company, ready immediately, to embark troops for the Cape of Good Hope. Within half an hour after the receipt of the communication, Captain Engledue, the superintendent of that company, gave instructions to have the ship hauled alongside the dock wall, to be fitted out with all possible dispatch. She is to have an orlop deck, and every requisite for the conveyance and accommodation of a large number of soldiers. The Singapore is a new ship, having made only one voyage to Constantinople and back, and proved herself a fast sailer. She had a trial recently, and made 12 knots easily. She is commanded by Captain Robert W. Evans, one of the most experienced of the com pany's officers. It is expected the vessel will be ready and victualled by Saturday next, on which day the troops, no donut, will leave SouttiLmpton for the seat of war. A female, eighteen years of age, employed in a large white-lead manufactory at Newcastle, died on Friday from the absorption of that material into the brain, Railways. Aberdeen.. .. • • • • Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, & E. Juncion Belfast and County Down Binning., Wolverhamp., and Stour Valley • • Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh June., late 331.65. B€l Do. Chest. & Birkenhd., 501. & 251. Consolidated Do., do., 201. • .. Bristol and Exeter • • • Caledonian • • • • • • Chester and Holyhead Direct Lond. and l'ortsm. Dublin and Belfast J unet. Dublin and Kingstown.. Dundalk and Enniskillen East Anglian (251. L. & E. and L. & 1).) • •• Do, (181. E. & U.) •• Eastern Counties .• • • Eastern Union, class A, late E. U. shares •• Do. do. do. .. Do. do., B & C shares East Lancasidre • • • • Do. New quarters • • Edinburgh and. Glasgow Edin., Perth, and Dundee Do. Newport .. • • Exeter and Exmouth .. Glasgow and South-West, I De. do. G. D. & C. stock Great Northern • • • • Do. halves, A, deferred Do. halves, B, 6 per ct. Great Southern and Western, Ireland • • Great Western Do. New, 171. Lancaster and Carlisle .. Do. thirds .. • • • • Lancaster and Preston .. Lancashire and Yorkshire Do. quarter shares .. Do. fifths .. • • • Do. West Riding Union Leeds and Thirak • • • • Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport .. • . •- London and Blackwall • • Do., Tilbury Ext. Scrip London, Brighton, and South Coast .. • • London and N.-Western Do. do. new quarters . Do. fifths .. Do. 101. sh., M.& B (c) London and S.-Western. Do. new 501. .. .• Do. new 401. .. .• Londonderry & Coleraine Do. halt shares .. Londonderry and Erinis- killen. .. • • • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock • • • • • • Manchester, Sheffield, & Lincolnshire • • .. Do. Manchester and Lincoln Union • • 1 Midland • • • • • • • • Do. consolidated pref. Do. 50/. shares • • • • Do. Miming & Derby Midland Gt. West. (Ire.) Newcastle and Carlisle • • Do. quarter shares .. New market • • .. Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford .. • . Newry and Enniskillen • . Newry, Warrenpomt, & Rostrevor • • . • • • Norfolk • • • • .. • • Do. New 201. shares .• Northern Counties Union North British.. .. .. North Staffordshire North-Western North & Sth.-West. June. Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton.. .. Scutt ish Central .. Scottish Midland .. 1)o. new .. Shrewsbury & Binning. Cla, 3A .. • • Do. Class 11.. • • • • -direws. & Hereford., Old Do., do., New .. Shrewsbury and Cheater (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves .. • • • • Do. Oswestry • • .. Do. New.. .. .. Shropshire Union .. •• Do., A, B, C, & D, fully paid up at per cent .• South Devon .. South-Eastern •• South Wales.. .. • • South Yerksh. and River Sheet., Roth. and Geole, South DIN Aiwa Stockton and Hartlepool Swansea & Loughor, &c. Paw Vale Extension .. Thames Haven Deck and Railway .. .. • • Pale of Neath .. • Waterford and Kilkenny Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, Wex., Wick. and Dublin West Cornwall •• West London . Whitenaven and Furness York, Newcastle, & Ber wick .. .. • • Ditto and Newcastle Extension .. Ditto G.N.E. purchase or preference • • York and North Midland MINES X.E.A.S: Paid. 3 14 0 Nontisal Prices. 15N to 16 3M 3 Ms. xel' 10%(-11% all 17% 100 85 —B7 xd 14 —l4 k 23% 24 5 45 100 92 . - - 20 . dis. xd 4% b 3 —3 N —7% 7% -7% 5 - 65( 17 -17% 2% -3% 36 -37 8 -6% 1 1 0 60 8 6 8 .. 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Eallwa Y s ' Co L r i pa ram. closing Prices. 3 d u ' o ' n n e es . • Berksland Hants Ex. 5 per Cent I Gt. Western 6 34 1 p. Bir. and Oxford Junc.,callsduly paid, or with a guarantee •• Do •• .. 20 2834 29 34 Do., without a guarantee .. Do .. .. 20 27 —2B Birm., Wol. & Dud „calls duly paid, or with a guarantee .. Do .. lb 8 34 9 34 pad Do., without a guarantee •• Do • • .. 15 7 8p x d Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N.W. 1734 174 17% E. Lin., Guar. 6 per Cent. G. Northern 25 3234 —33 Hull and Selby Yk. &N. M. 50 101 105 Ed ,102 x.d Do. 34 Shares Do 25 50 —5l Ed E.d Do. 34 Shares Do •• 1234 2234 2334 Ed Leeds and Brad. Midland .. 50 9634 9734 974 Lon. and Green. S. Eastern . 12 15 4 11 1 4 11% Do., Pref. . Do .. 20 24 —25 Lowestoft, Gd. per Cenz. • Norfolk 20 1434 1534 Ed N. & East, 5 per Cent. .. E. Counties . 50 54 —56 Ed EA Do. New .. Do • • .. 43 4 -- 6 p ad Preston and IL.& N. W . ] 25 42 —44 Wyre •• •• &La.&Y. Do. WShares ADo • • 1034 8 9 p, Read., Guild., and Reigate .. S. Eastern )• 20 22 224 Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6 % 8 834 E.l Do. Shep. Ex.. Do •• 134 —114 p. xi South Staffords. Mr. M'Clean 934 334 die. Wear Val. 6 per Cent. gua. .. Stock.& Dar. 25 24 —25 Ed Wilts, Som., & Weymouth .. Gt. Western 50 445, 4534 'REFER: 6 13 4 6 13 4 COMONIELi. SUGAR.—The market for British Plantation continues extremely dull, at barely previous rates. Mauritius, 5,650 bags, mostly sold at 6d decline, and occasionally rather more ; yellow grocery, 38s to 40s 6d ; grey, 37s to 38s 6d ; and brown, 29s to 348 6d. Bengal, 4,400 bags, went heavily at 6d to Is decline, as did also 2,350 bass Madras, the latter only partly found buyers at 40s to 43s for grainy yellow, 33s to 38s 6d for low to good yellow, and 28s fid to A 25 for brown. The quantity of British Plantation► landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 323 hhda 6 barrels. There were taken for home consumption 905 hhds 80 tierces 68 barrels. The stock in tin same places is 3,227 hhds 449 tierces 459 barrels. COFFEE.—This article is very dull. Rum.—The market continues heavy, and the tendency of eek prices is to recede. The quantity landed last w Thus n East and West India Docks was 10 p Lion 7us 1 hbd. ; were home consump 254 puns 23 hhds, an i, exported taken 51 tor puns 10 hhds. The stock in the same places 2,469 puns 1,219 hhds. RICE.— 1,300 bags pinky Madras sold steadily from 7 $ . 6 . 1 to Bs, but 300 bags Bengal grain were withdrawn at 8 to 8 1 Ot SALTPETRE. —6OO bags Bengal sold at full price:l9ll9 28s 6d to 29s for 5 per cent, and from 27s 6d to 28a 6d for i and 6 per cent refraction. and TALLOW.—P. Y. C. is 38s 6 d per cwt on t h e spot, Town 39s 6d. el Tir.t.—The market is steady, and last week's delivert were good. HOUSE OF LORDS.—(THIS DAY 'S r The House sat again to-day, to h ear appeals. The L°t, Chancellor, Lord Brougham,- a nd other peers w ere in $ tendance. • if. mic EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY COSIFAN• THE MAYOR, A ND TOWN-COUNCIL OF LINLIT IO GoW. . I from This case came before their Lordships upon appea t the decree of the Court of Session, which had determined tha , ;e , appellants were liable to pay certain tolls or transit dru,',.e to the respondents, in respect of goods railway through the limits of the borough of LiDl ithg° o The decree had also held the respordents liable to da 1, for goods passing by a viaduct, erected by the SPP:i., lants over the River Avon, but erected, as i t iftl3 tile leged, within the limits of the borough, and o ver e 00 river at a place where, but for this viaduct, the foot must have been passed across upon a bridge beh toll) Passing 1100 1.;!. ing to the borough, and for passing over eii9 n i o cea were payable. It appeared that the boroug h e '''' iar the right by several ancient charters to receive telle,_4l„, toms, &c., on goods brought to the borough, and these ;; .6 1, tern had been confirmed by an Act of earliament of rf o r Things remained in this state till 1538, when the e d making this railway was passed. That Act contain m clause (237), by which it was enacted, 4 , that nothinhci this Act shall extend to take away, abridge, or enjoy ed,d iminis e t rights, &c., which at present belong to and are r which are claimed in virtue of Acts of Parliarnent!„,lie charters, immemorial usage, or otherwise, by the, ta ke, tracy and town council of the burgh, to m Ag en t receive, receive, or levy customs upon any cattle rriBgs* (:ll. or any other thing whatsoever assing, led, drawl' f ., OP ried over the water of Avon, & c ., above Torphic u t Op by any ford or bridge, or by any viaduct that may Ti vi othe t &c., by the company." The questions were—fire t t j t h r out under the charters a transit toll for the town could be demanded ; and, secondly, Tib e 7 The goods carried ther • goods passing over the viaduct were liable to toll iii 18 4 P case had been originally heard in 1847, an w cr et r er -_ ati bi tb p. remitted to the Court of Session to consider law of Scotland toll of this sort was demandable by Pi°"" tion. feeinst The Court of Session in Scotland having decided -9 the appellants, the present appeal was brought. c° noe l far Mr. Bethell, Mr. Hope, and Mr. Penny wer„,e,kedenisD the appellants, and Mr. Rolt, Mr. Ing liss, and Dl' ~ apTpeared tor te responents. the whow he further h argument d s occupied their Lordships day. ---------. IIAI T ') VICE-CHANCERY. -- (THIS ..', (Before Tice-Chancellor Lord CRANWORTII.I METAIRIE V. CARDINAL VILSENAII• .A 511014 The arguments in this part-heard mot this mornin ion ifer ;n e ;;. es t of g, and occupied the whole day. Th e .- 1, 5 cote' the case seems to have considerably abated since 1 mencement, a week ago. .... ___..--............•.....•"""""."...... „ i v CO l / 111 ; the EASTER VACATION. ORDER -- rder s O. - " Whereas, by the first article of the General 0 is pro- High Court of Chancery. of the Bth of May' 1845, and terOW vided. that the Easter Vacation is to conunena? cold nate on such days as the Lord Chancellor sit u . $ pal a specially direct : and whereas, Easter week, . jo lb aacato u lir . ilit equal thereto, has usually been observed as a• - w eek ...,1 several o ffi ces of this Court : and whereas, Ea ster hie M P "; within the present year, fall within Easter te_ r _The pr . es_e& ship doth order that the ' Easter Vacation, fu r o f 11A - t :,_., year, shall commence on Monday, the 31st dal lipt il 10'.' hi , and terminate on Wednesday, the 9th daY of en tered kit h both days inclusive; and that this order be es o f tb the Registrar, and set up in the several tifi' all Court." e el lor u tb ie /fili To be active is the primary avocation of r i lt e r ai t plol the intervals in which he is obliged to rest h in gaining clearer knowledge of external things , J. in its turn facilitate activity.—Eliza Cooks Jouriw - fron t R THE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.--It aPP ee sl Gel circular which has j st been received fr , • ol ,_ nt t he c°,7, - ; G ey, by the various lords-lieu enrint ihr lig" - with less U. d try, that the Government were 80 0a,t. 6 ma riry,. r. ' $ 0 appearance of the d fferedt corgi; " Y-- a ssn ale year, that they will nor. require their , oti raa irght 33.° 0 f W ell on permanent dut y this season. The •..- 1 no for a Ba one-, however, states, ha'. if any uvr ee rcitetiio t, o ps or upwards choose to assemble !„ r he $ llO7 less peri.,ti not exceediog five days, they l'iA.`, l ..,., rps twos hil'ings a day f.r fficers aLd men threetr ► " ' - ire de': ht than three troups, cr of mreth .n troops , edio g la c , of turning out at interva s fir a peri ,d not exe ri e or e days, they will be allowed three shillings ile ad y. A We ts lll‘ THE NEW GOVERNOR OF ST. 1111111::- Ca st 's igi gret to hear that the Sampson , 6, steam -a"•."„teboir- ° : 1 1 1 Jones, with Sir Emerson and Lady Tormen t e- I,l3bor i t - .1 their way to St. Helena, was obliged to the 27th of February, on account of the serious 11,,071 Lady Tennent. A correspondent says :-." T he had g i ,,,s • weather they experienced in the Bay t f 'Neenit° -- . tl a her delicate frame so severe a shock that It wasa 80, crtairt as to whether she would be able to P,.„ 0 or further. The ship was to remain at Lisbon for iv rove days." , 3 „, D ro d i e put Poto .....i The accounts of the state of trade in u ': ; 3 . 111 0. during the past week show no material alt the c o o Manchester market there was some buoyanol „ e ine & on mencement, but it was not maintained at the - - , 03 04,,,,' est other districts there has been general dulttesS, 0 ' / r oll P'" the whole, prices have been fairlsupported. The.' trade continues with a declining tendency. go tta!' The reports from the Amsterdam il l3 l. ob e ° sl4 ' t _li e produce markets refer to the general trantliti"" ) e ffeen' of' Coffee was steady, but few purchases wer e - i des. 1- ,01 11 dealers waiting the result of the approaching !, sotte in - tbs was no essential alteration in other articles. '''' one P . DO two small failures had just occurred, in addition to woo da_ al preceding week, and it was expected that m er l e OW announced. They were caused by the fall in t • O D produce. A I. The accounts from the continental Bolt° A ;woe. that there was little doing in public ae curities e i ter. eist ,itr, Pl‘ dam Spanish Five per Cents. were rather b burgh shares, after showing firmness, had sligh t il l r t oi p P The Brussels papers state that the I C ll4° of Belgium has opened a branch at Liege. 10 ''' goal n i 01 ROYAL MARINBS.—WOOLWICH, •••-•:, 130 0 •100. Captain Miller, Lieutenants Fitzgerald su"Velfetts sergeant, one corporal, and 18 privates of th e s . or a l p ly division, arrived at the Dockyard•station Of t h ,l n g bet l a 0: Railway at ten o'clock P.M. on Saturday, lieT-11,1011w-,,,00 lieved on the Powerful, 84, Captain the lion., Cow l tli Dundas, C. 8., being paid of at Portsntouw!.o tbo,;• nt 0 , OP:i Gordon proceeded from Woolwich to FlYnt e--h iettv' • '0" inst., on appointment to the command of the ie il ti , sion, vice Ferguson. Lieutenant-Colonel Gi,, ll „ e ldto lf ai r, the Woolwich division the same day, from ,'',,"". 0 o_ o l,. os Gentleman Cadet John Blackwood Colwel l "prism' pointed second-lieutenant in the Ports Mouth Royal Marines. 90 ...,. Abne r eo r Cr, HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN KENTUCI.----13 kr „rr s ued „A and his brother-in-law, B. Estes, having cla- arn• - vington (Ky.), it resulted in the death of both P - .11 ' leaving wives and children. j.--11 ENO 1411„,pnr SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH BETWEEN o! bst. -or FBA NCE.—The South-Eastern Railway C°13321-t h is seated a petition to the House of Commons ag ate 00 ;04 pany's measure. Co o r ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN r o B Oa - if ls l tih'eestßerigdahyteHulaecoowna.rtreoLteorwdams Mayor ii? i t n ,.. i etrii ir . , n e fer te; CW , M v :e A Erssnshr u Dst .—Yesterday Nicoll unanimously and John Pixie, Bart., decea t s de e gd d k . grostr e ' p leoi w amnstiadldheramviani) in' DEATH OF SIR ALEXANDER HOOP , i l A ol l tb 4l4 ,ri i; —W e regret to announce the unexpected denim' yes - ideri . - - g y tleman, who died on the 7th inst., at his to at thel ea .,:w --1- , 4 Wigmore-street, aged 57. He was returnea P f Po .- 0 107 neral election as M.P. for the western divis i on ° A. 0 ~.i r on Conservative and Protectionist principles. of tbas `l'd. is now of course occasioned in the re resentation oatitPo stitueney. The deceased was nephe w of the. letA gelho miral Sir Samuel Hood, whom he succeeded in the only son of the late Captain' Alexander - --- 11.4 1 t e P ptood S' P. r ' CC l/6 was slai n on board the Venus, at the capturo_ney Dime, 1, uo He was heir in remainder to the Irish Wu - Me lia yiert., A we port. Sir Alexander married. in 181 5 , .. „poll. or° o y f oun a g r est daughter and co-heir of Sir Hugh m t .e: d issue o tt, 13 tington Hall, Derby, by whom he ha s u 7, his bob sons and three daughters. ' He is succeeded Sees Alexander Bateman a Pepeam, captain in the dr at 1819 ~ u n eoth t he of J rsl • g il l THE SLAVE TRADE.—The trial o no or mate of the slave-ship Marth a, for voluntarily 08 1 . 0 tlie do slave trade, resulted, in the U. S. District Cou rt i„ - bite t r ° viction of the prisoner. It will probably consi gn On e States prison for life.—. New York Paper. gold of LARGE SALMON.—Two very fin e - e ete 1 Y ids' weighing 501bs. and the other 301bs ~ were a° : a G ot, fo r morning in Billingsgate to a fishmonger u31.00d00 They are considered the handsomest fi sh seen il l " some years. 1 43 0 The rateable property in the IPI r dia se vers c o ed s e c° __... comprising the borough of Birmingham is Va l lt es o o3- --- to the overseer's return at nearly 600,0001• Pe r BIRTHS. • 0 00' On the Ist inst., at St.OFHeAlieras,Ofersey,s aL' , thew it i d , ' nant-Clonel Windham. „ T . 01 llA ll ' - At S o uth sea, on the 6th inst., the wife of 0-. 11 .i r Town-Major of Portsmouth. . . r., 0 , OF A DAUGHTER• v s tt,,' On the Bth inst., the lady of Matthew ,•••• -ee .4 f O r ' Devonshire-place. .0n the 7th inst. at Finsbury-square, the ' -fe ° Richard Hillhouse. ' Ai l WO' MARRIED. the -- ~,i t ii: At St. George's Church, Hanover-square 0n . ,,,,,, 101.7 1 James Edward V. Williamson, Esq., 17th ' Mau..o'Thu 'et, only son of the late Brigadier William Willii pint Madras Army, t --° Anna, fourth daughter of avi d > 3 Alle Esq., Brompton. w bi• iiits At Edinburgh, on the 6th inst., Thon3as - • i the - 0 Esq., of Havering, Essex, to Jane, only daughteroo _, ~,,tdo John L. Campbell, Esq., of Achalader, of the late T. C. Burns, Esq. . o ater,t DIED. r Lei i . (a On the 7th inst., at Boothby Gratroe, 33 ° - , reco' f a Elizabeth, the wife of the Rev. Peniston La Tour , . To that parish, and the eldest sister of R. Mason , r' sq ' 'll P.. Clerk of Lincoln. k- 11 " _ na On the 7th inst., at his residence, Haverstoc Thomas Muffle, of Coventry-street, aged 1;9. der g lens Forthshire, a•• On the 7th inst., at Wimpole-streer, Sire leaen weste Bart., of Wootton. house, Somerset, and M. for th e division of that county. , w o olle On the 6th inst., at Lewes, aged 55, John Web" b(,.. (1 Esq., F.R.A.S. On the 6th inst. , in South-street, Grosvenor-oq uere e d' 77' i Hannah, widow of the late J. P. Anderdon,Eol' , , l Sartrf e On the 6th inst. , Sir East George Clayton .tas" n y ' bir e. Hall-place, Maidenhead , Barks, aged 57 . On the 7 th inst. , at Walcot-cottages, l iee—e " ----- Jones, ag ed 92. - i ------...._-- ----- --- i j ia, 0 London : Printed and Published by MURDO YQ„; li g : No. 112 , . Strand, Printer, at The Sun °fac e ' „ 0 1;t1 .. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the - Middlese x, Tuesday, March 11, 1851. Railways. Aberdeen • • Caledonian 101. • • . • Chester and Holyhead .. East Angliaa (3/. 10s.) 6 per cent. .. Do. (5/.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. Do. (71. 175.) 7p. c.:Pref. Eastern Counties Eaten., 5 per cent. No. 1 .. Do. No. 2 .. Do. New 6 p. cent. Stock Eastern Union, Scrip guaran. 6 per cent. .. Do. 10/. Deben. Shares . East Lancashire, 6 per cent. quarter shares .. Glasgow & 8.-W. Consol Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. Great South. & Western (Ireland) eighths .. Lancashire and York shire, F. 201... • • • • Do. 6 per cent. Stock Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per cent., No. 1 .• Do. 6 per cent., No. 2 Do. 6 percent., No. 3 . Do. quarters, 1848 .. London, Brighton, and South Coast guar. 5 per ct., late Croydon thirds Do. pref., b p ct. Stock, 1851, from 50/. share. E Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 Do. new guar., 6 per ct. London &S.-W., new .. Londonderry and Ennis killen, half shares .. Manch., Sheffield, and Line , quar. shim., No. 1 Do. new, 10/. Do., 6/. .. Midland Con. 6 p. c. stock Do. Conseil. Bristol & Birming., 6 per coat... Do. Bristol & Glouces. Do. do. do. .. Do. Erewash Valley Do. Leic. & Swanning. 8 per cent. guar. .. Norfolk Extension .. Do. guar. 5% per cent. Do. Waveney Valley .. North British .. Shrewsbury and Birrn. Paid. 8 6 8 I 0 15 6 100 100 48 83 10 6 100 20 5 2 5 % - 34 P 6% - 6X 173( - 17% 2N, -2% % % P par 4 p 10% 11 18 - 1854 .. .... .. 13% --- 13% % - 1 p. 1% —1% die. 13( —1% pxd •• 1 3 / 4 p xd 114 120 57 —6O 136 —139 236 —2% P. ad 14 —lB ad 11% —l2 xd % % P 1 130 132 17 -18 4% -5% •• --- •• 5% -5% 10% - 11 New Guaranteed Shrews. and Ches. (Nor. W. Min.) 8 per cent. South Devon .. South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. Waterford &Kilkenny, 51. WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) Do. 2d Class de. (par) York, Newc., and Berw., Gt. N . of E. Pur. York and North Midland I 11. and S. Porch. .. lO I 1 1 die. Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 15/., 6 p Boulogne and Amiens .. Central of France (Or leans and Vierzon) Demerara . Dutch Rhenish East Indian .. Do. do. do. .. Great Indian Peninsula.. Ditto ditto .. Louvain a la Sambre Luxembourg .. .. .. Ditto Madrid and Valentia Maria Antonia Ditto, New • • • • Namur and Liege .. • • Northern of France • • Orleans and Bordeaux .. Paris and Orleans Paris and Rouen • • • • Paris and Strasbourg • • Rouen and Havre .. • Barnhill and 31(..u50 • - Tours and Nantes • • • • Tournay, Jurbise, Lan den, and llasselt •• West Flanders tutted 1434 - 15 13% - 14% 16 -17 4% - 5 WOILEIGN. 9% -9% 16% - 16% 5 —4% dis. 1U —1% p. U - 34 P. % - % P. 2 74 - I% i -2% 8 15 —154 44 4 dls. 35 —37 25% - 26 5% —54 4118. 10% 3 —34 9J at. I Ilex 1% ix Zilbses, 5 x , 13 5 3 9 12 3 paid up paid up 20 1 634 SHARES. Nominal Prices. ,~'_/ /'~' ■ G Dire • Irt ry ritOyu ' k. . 10 0t llle 1 t93 t*s% a%i% ~- ~ ~~ ~~ S t 'P k 11 4 44 )4 tit tir ttl2 jt