The Sun. — London, England, 1850-04-01 00:00:00

Wibttion TATTERSALL'S—THIS EVENING , Six o'CLocx NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 3to 1 agst Osterley _ 4 to 1 agst Itounseer , 10 to 1 agst Harriott 10 to 1 agst Mahratta 10 to 1 agst Chantrey 10 to 1 agst Beim TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. Even on Bee Hunter ♦LTHOEP PARK STARES. 5 to 2 agst Prestige 7 to 4 agst Buckhound 7 to 1 agst Olivia METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 2 to 1 agst Cheerful 12 to 1 agst Mounseer CHESTER CUP. 12 to 1 agst Glauca 13 to 1 agst Peep- o'-Day Boy 20 to 1 agst Ellordale 22 to 1 agst Fugleman 35 to 1 agst Whim colt 40 to 1 agst Mounscer DERBY. EGYPT. Artin Bey, the Prime Minister, has returned from Constantinople, and is engaged in making alterations in the administration of affairs, which are in future to be carried on in the same way as et Constantinople. The currency of Igypt is also to be abrogated, and Turkish coins alone will pass in the country. The interior of the country is at present in an un satisfactory state, and many robberies and some mur ders have been committed. . The Hon. Mr. Murray, our Consul-General, has returned to Cairo from the Upper Country, and pro poses visiting England in the course of the summer. Trade Is slack owing.to the scarcity of money. Cotton has a downward tendency. Flax is in demand. 'Wheat and beans neglected. Exchange on London, 96 piasters per pound sterling. MALTA. Our qdvices from Malta are of the 25th March. The French mail steamer, due , from the Levant on the 21st . i f nst., in coming down got on shore at the Dardanelles, and it is feared will become a wreck. Crew, mails, and groups saved. A portion of, the wags was sept.to Athens by the .Tartarus steamer, and forwarded thence to Malta by the Spitfire. The affairs or Greece remain in state quo. The Locust, with the crew of the Ardent, was to sail immediately for England. The Olin steam-frigate had been ordered to rejoin the fleet 'of Sir William Parker. The Ganges, 84, was to take up stores and provisions for 5,000 men. A court-martial, unrler Sjr James Stirling, Knight, had lately coptemned Lieutenant a'Aguilar, of the irebrind stearn2r, to dlirnis . sal from his ship, and to Ye placed at tbi, bottom of the,lit of lieutenants, for assaulting, Mr. Taprill, - Spond. Master of the Fire brand. Lieutenant Mrvey, 69th Regiment, 11;$ leave o absence to England, and was t 6 proceed by the Pot- Linger, hourlyexpected. MARLBItO'-STILE E T—( THIS DAY.) CAFVRE (41r A BATCH OF GAMBLERS.—James Jones, James Rainsbrd, Wm. Smart, ,Charles Green, Louis Laws, Wm, Johnson, Henry Doncaster, Abraham Good man, Henry Seymour, and Maurice - Moss, most of whose names were assumed, were placed before Mr. Bingham charged' wits being found in a common gaming-house for an unlawful purpose. Mr. Superintendent Beresford, of the C division, ststed that he produced a report made by him to the commissioners, and their , orders for entering the house, No. 14, Jermyn-street, signed by Mr. Mayne, one of the commissioners.. In compliance with that order, he went, about half-past one, on Sunday morning, to the house, accom panied by Inspector Lester and several constables. On arriving there he rang the ,bell at the front door, which was immediately opened by the defendant Jones, the door-keeper. Witness at once apprehended him and gave himing charge to a caastable, and directed him to be taken away. On passing along the passage he found a door covered with green baize cloth. In this door was a sneall . wicket, which was open, and on looki ng th roug h it he saw the defendant Goodman come down stairs and run into a parlour. He theieknocked at the door, and obtaining no answer he commenced forcing the door with t sits he had for that purpose. With the exception of breaking one of the bolts, the door resisted all their etfotti t o reak it open. At this moment some one called out, " Wait, I will open the door," which was eventually opened. Witness then entered and found three of, the defendants in the parlour, but he could not identify them. The remainder he found in a room on the first floor, sitting round a table at sulper. He di rected the constables to take them into custody, and he proceeded into a back room to see if any other persons were there. On his return to the front room he took the names of the defendants, and sent them all to the station. He then examined the house, and found in a back room on the first floor a long mahogany table. The blanket and green baize produced were }ying at the end of it. He also found, lying on the stairs, a painted table-cover, which exactly fitted the table. It was turn as it is now. The blankets also' cover the table com pletely, so that no noise could be heard. He examined the windows and found the front-roon shutters secured by strong bolts and bars, in the back room the window was permanently closed by boards bound strongly with iron. The doors leading to the upper rooms and the - roof were all secured by : iron bars. He did not find'any tithing imp!onseefs„But he found spiral cards With horses facing" an raved. upon them; some were smaller than'the others, and some were cut in halves. There appeared to be the remains of paper burning oa the fire. In cross-examination by Mr. Clarkson (who, with Mr. Roberts,. appeared for the defendants), Mr. Beresford said the table was like a diering-table, and had nothing peculiar in its construction. The door on the first floor was open, but tho others leading to the second floor wore shut and secured. Mr. Clarkson then addressed the Magistrate at some length for the defendants, against whom he contended there was not the least shadow o'f a charge. They were found at supper; no gaming implements had been brought forward, nor had any been Nand. 'He therefore consi• dered thevase at an end, acid hoped that the defendants would be at once discharged. Mr. 13.14 mix said he should take until to-morrow to give his decision. In the meanwhile he would take mo derate bail for the whole of the defendants' appearance at three O'clock on that day. Bail was _immediately prpcured, and the defendants left the court. . , FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER : DEATH OF MR- LOWNDE.--WO FPgrilt to announce the death of Mr. LoVrides, Judge of the' Liverpool County Court, by an unlortunate casualty whch occurred last night en the .ver. We learn, from the narrative of a gentleman who was present on the occasion, that shortly after ten o'clock, as the Seacombc steamer neared the Land ing - stage to land her passengers, a gentleman was observed to step towards the gangway, imagining, apparently, that the usual bar was stretched ceross the gap in the bulwark. Our informant, observing this, hastened forward to arrest the, gentleman's pro gress, but too late. Another individual, almost at the lame moment, sprang forward, with the intention of jump ing overboard after the unfortunate gentleman, who was then being carried away by tho incoming tide. Our informant grasped his coat, to prevent this attempt, and for a few seconds succeeded in restraining him, but at length the cloth tore away in his hands, and Mr. Lowndes' son plunged into the river in a brave, bat, unhappily, futile attempt to save his father's life. In tense anxiety prevailed on board amidst the darkness, but boats immediately put'off from the Landing-stage, and, atter some time, succeeded in picking up the son. Mr. Lowndes, son., we regret to say, was lost; and so far as we can ascertain, his body has not yet been re covered. Mr. Lowndes, jun., we believe, was conveyed to the receiving -house, and received every attention.-- Licerpaol Mercury of this day. MONEY ORDIIRS.—GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH, 1850.—0 n Monday the Ist of April, the following offices will be opened as Minor Money Order Offices: Aberayron, Cardiganshire; Albrighton, Shropshire;- Axbrid Somersetshire ; Barton-under-Needwood, Staff , rdohik.e-- Chipping Sod bury, Gloucestershire ; Dedham, Essex; Debenham, Suffolk; Damen, Lanca shire; Dolgelly, , derionethsbire; ''Haslingden, Lanca shire ; Ilarling, N or f o lk ; Hawkhurst, Kent ; Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire - ;, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire; Newent Gl ouces tershire ; Northiana Sussex; ThAton, Bedfordahire; Bowerby-bridge, York shire; Staindrop, D urham N berlsnd; Ticeherst, ; Shotley•bridge, Sussex;orthuna- Wrin Wadhurat, Sussex. gton, Somersetshire; CRIME AND SUICIDE. ---An inquest was held last week, at Devorport, before A. It Bone, E q of a naval pensioner ? named Thomas Wedlock; on the body k • who com mitted suicide under very shocking cir cumstances. The de ceased resided with his wife in a house in Mount -street, with several other families; and on Wednesday womanaot Pearn, one of the lodgers, hearing a c hil d cry u namedle to the deceased's bee-room. She kn oc k ed for ,zrocniit e tecan d but was refused, and on her threatenin g to break open aged door lie opened it. A little girl, named Harriett Halls, t e twelve, then came-out, with her face dreadfully swolle an blackened, the result of tying a towel on h er mouth. Th(4, child was then examined, and from appearances it was evi dent that.the deceased had made a criminal a tt empt on the child. A policeman was sent for, but before his arrival the deceased had completely severed his windpipe with a razor, and was quite dead. The jury returned a verdict of felo d e se, and the deceased was buried between nine and ten STRANRAER, MARCH 31.—1 t has blown quite a hurri cane from S.E. since Friday night, but is now more mo derate., The Laurel, of and from Liverpool to Stral sund, was straneel in tho Bay'cf Luce yesterday; Crew taken from the rigging, and landed in en exhausted state. The Mona, from Liverpool, was totally wrecked in Cha pelrossim Bay yesterday; crew sa►ed. DUSUARVON, MARCH 30.--The Kate, Cadiz to Dublin, erect on shore on the ba9ktztui(4,A4d is discharging. No change. THE SUN, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 30. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice WILDE and a Common Jury.) TrIOMPSON P. NYE. This was an action to recover compensation for slanderous words spoken by the defendant. Mr. Hawkins was for the plaintiff, and Mr. Parry for the defendant. The plaintiff in this action is a beer-shop-keeper in Walnut-tree-will, Lambeth ; and defendant is groom to a medical gentleman living in the same neighbourhood. The slander alleged against the latter was that he had upon several occasions, and in a most public manner, charged the plaintiff with having committed unnatural practices, but upon the present occasion he did not attempt any justification, and judgment was allowed by default. Mr. PARRY addressed the jury for the defendant, and urged 'upon them that, if they were to give heavy damages, it must inevitably ruin the defendant, as, from his position in life, it was quite impossible for him to pay heavy damages. Chief Justice WILDE, in summing up, said thst in cases of this sort the jury had no right to consider what were the circumstances of the defendant, but all they were called upon to decide was the amount of injury that was likely to have been occasioned to the plaintiff by the slander of which he complained. There could be no doubt that a charge of this descrip tion was calculated to ruin apan entirely, and to drive him fur ever from society, and if they should be of opinion that such a charge was made maliciously and without any foundation, it was their duty to give such an amount of damages as would be likely to show to the world that the charge was false and malicious. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver , diet for the plaintiff—Damages, 501. CIOWN SIDE. Mr. Justice Maule was so severely indisposed after the conclusion of the business on Thursday that he was compelled to have medical advice, and found him self utterly incompetent to proceed with the disposal of the criminal business. Mr. Sergeant Gaselee was in consequence requested to preside instead of the Learned Judge, and he accordingly sat to-day in . this court. William Trigg, drayman, 36, was indicted for the manslaughter of Thomas Phillips. The coroner's jury in this case bad returned a ver dict of wilful murder against the prisoner, but the in.- quisition was not proceeded with, the prisOner being arraigned upon the finding of the grand jury; iur manslaughter only. Mr. Clarkson prosecuted, and Mr. Ballantine de fended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence for the prosecution that the prisoner was in the service of a brewer at Kingston, and on the 25:h of last August he was at Dittoo, on his way home with a dray, when, meeting with two young women on the road going in the same direction, be invited them to ride, and they ac cepted the offer and got upon the dray. The deceased came up at the time, and he also insisted upon riding, and, after some demur, the prisoner allowed him to do so. It would seem that the deceased was very drunk at the time, and he began to abuse the pri soner, and made use of very bad language, and called him a liar three times. At length, after a good deal of angry altercation, the deceased jumped oti the dray and challenged the prisoner to come down and fight, and after some hesitation it appeared that he got off the dray, and when he had done so he observed that the deceased had a large flint stone in his hand, which he appeared to be in the act of throwing at hint, but before he did so the prisoner snatched one of the iron pins from the dray, and struck the deceased with it and knocked him down. He remained insensible for some time, and when the prisoner saw the conse quence of his act he expressed great sorrow, and washed the deceased's face, and did all he could to restore him. The deceased was ultimately removed to Kingston, where he was attended by Mr. Ellis, and also by Mr. Root?, two medical gentlemen living in that town, and he died on the following Thursday from the effects of the injury inflicted upon Min, by the prisoner. These were the main circumstances under which the charge wa's preferred, but from the facts that were elicited by Mr. Ballantine in his cross-examination, it was made still more apparent that the unfortunate man who met his death in the way described had been the first aggressor, and that the prisoner had received very great provocation be fore he struck the deceased. Mr. BALLANTINE in his address to the jury charac terised the decision of the coroner's jury, that the case was one of wilful murder, as a most absurd, 'ridiculous, and ill-advised one; and h© said that although it was impossible for him to deny that the prisoner had caused the death of the deceased, yet he should con tend that from the provocation the prisoner had re ceived, the act he had committed hardly amounted to the offence of manslaughter, and if it did it was of the most mitigated character. Several witnesses gave the prisoner an excellent character for general humanity and good conduct. Mr. Serjeant G.isELErt summed up; and The jury found the prisoner Guilty of man slaughter, but at the same time strongly recommended him to the merciful consideration of the Court. The Learned JUDGE said, in passing sentence, that, taking into consideration the imprisonment he had already undergone, he should only order him to be further imprisoned, without hard labour, for one calen dar month. Henry Strugnell, 21, sailor, was indicted for assault ing and robbing Elizabeth Bird upon the Queen's highway. Mr. Knapp prosecuted. The prosecutrix deposed that on the 21st of March she was walking on the road between Guildford and Sutton, when she wet the prisoner, who seized'her and threw her down ' and asked her if she had any thing to give him. She replied that she had only a penny, and he said that would not do, and if she had no more than that he should do something elSe to her, and she then, being alarmed at his threats, t oo k out her purse, and emptied its contents (one shilling and three halfpence) intor his hand, and he then ran away. It was about five o'clock and quite daylight when this happened, and she was sure the prisoner was the man who assaulted her. • Jeremiah Campbell, a constable of Guildford, de posed that he took the prisoner into custody in that town, and on his first questioning him about the rob-' bery he denied all knowledge of it, but admitted that he had passed the place about the time. He took the prisoner to a person at Sutton, who identified'hini, and upon their return he said, " It's no use my tell ing you any lies about it—l. am the man who com mitted the robbery.'. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced, to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months. NORTHERN :ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 30. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Ror.rE.) NOLAN V. PETTIGREW. In this case his Lordship had just commenced summing up last night when our report was for warded. • . WS LORDSHIP proceeded to say, that during the ten years and upwards which he had had the honour of sitting upon the bench he did not think that he ever had to come to the consideration of a case 'so painful in every particular as the present. The action was brought by Edward Henry Nolan, called Dr. Nolan, a Dissenting minister, against the de fendant, Mr Pettigrew, complaining of a slander uttered by him, and contained in Ford's evidence, which his Lordship read. Dr. Nolan complained of the charge as a scandalous reflection upon his cha racter, that he had committed adultery and fornica tion, and endeavoured to cloak it from the eyes of the world by giving a prescription to one of his victims to procure abortion, whereby she had been caused intense suffering: The answer of Pettigrew was, first, that he did not say it ; secondly, that he was justified in saying what he did, because Dr. Nolan did commit fornication with two persons, namely; with Elizabeth Towneley and Mary Gilchriit. It had been said that this was no defence ; but it was a complete defence to one part of the charge, that he had committed adultery ; it did not purport to answer the charge of procuring abortion. To sustain the action the jury must not only be satisfied that the words were uttered, but that they were uttered maliciously against the plaintiff. If he said of a man that he was a thief and a murderer, the presumption was that he was actuated by malice ; but even then the words uttered might not sustain the action, as it might be what was termed in law a privileged communication. For in stance, if he asked, " Do you know such and such a man ? He has applied to me to come into my service ; he lived with you—what was his character ?" and the person addressed was to reply, " I believe him to be an abandoned thief," that would be, no doubt, a gross slander—still the interests of society required that people should h ave t h e li b erty of answering questions of that sort without being liable to an ac tion ; and that was what was called a privileged com munication. So he took it to be clear that if the members of a Dissenting congregation entertained doubts as to the moral conduct ct their pastor, and one said to another, " I really believe he has commit ted a felony, and endeavoured to procure abortion"— if that was said merely with the view of putting the other on his guard, he thought it was perfectly lawful ; but still privileged communication s were not to be made the medium of malicious slander. The Learned Judge concluded—You have now the painful anexpression se of an whole case b efore you, an d I must en d as I began, with hcase, bee opinion that it is a most years the has minister been foro f you must come to one of two conclusions—eith er that a man who has been for many a large congregation in Man chesteryears (for we cannot shut our eyes to the fa c t th at if the plaintiff is guilty in tbe,t wo LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL l, 1850. cases he is so in the others) debauching the minds and bodies of the female part of the congregation who had come to him for religious consolation and instruc tion. That is the issue in one instance. On the other hand, the evidence would lead to the notion that three persons, forming part of his congregation, having received his instructions, and being evidently religious persons, have engaged in a most diabolical conspiracy to come here and deliver themselves in this court, in the face of their country and God, of the most deli berate statements, which they know have not the slightest particle of truth in them, to crush a man whom they believe to be innocent. It is one of these alternatives to which you must come. There is no middle course, and I do trust, in endeavouring to dis charge your duty, that if you have heard anything concerning the matter except in this court, you will most scrupulously dismiss it from your minds. Sup posing you are satisfied of the truth of the first plea, on the ground that it was a privileged communicaticn, then you must find for the defendant on that plea. If you are satisfied that the words were maliciously ut tered, you must find for Dr. Nolan, and give such damages as you think are required. The jury retired at twenty minutes to six o'clock, but were soon recalled by his Lordship, who said be had forgotten to state to them that they could not find their verdict for the defendant upon the second plea unless they were satisfied of both adulteries. The foreman said they hid already found that the defendant's statement to Mr. Ford was a privileged communication. By arrangement between the Counsel, the jury were discharged from giving any verdict on the se cond issue. Mr. Baron ROLFR—Then there is an end of the case. That is a verdict for the defendant—Not guilty, and you are discharged from your duty. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL intimated that the other action by the Rev. Dr. Nolan against Mr. Moulding would be gone on with in the morning. Mr. MARTIN said he had been perfectly disgusted with the case, and would throw up his brief to Mr. Sergeant Wilkins. The Court adjourned at six o'clock till nine o'clock this morning. NOLAN V. NOULZIING. This was another action of slander by the same plaintiff against the defendant, for saying of him that he had endeavoured to debauch a minister's wife at Northwich, in Cheshire, whilst doing duty for him there in that minister's absence. The defendant, as in the last case, pleaded a Flea of justification, setting out all the facts, and it was expcted that the minis ter's wife would be called b prove them. This morning, however, Mr. MARTIN withdrew the record, and intimated that the witness Bottomley in the last case would be indicted for perjury. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr.,Baron ALDEASON.) 'William Johnson and John Johnson were indicted on two separate charges of embezzlement, for felo niously embezzling divers large sums of money, the property of the trustees of the St. Helen's Savings bank. They were also indicted for a conspiracy, charging them with having conspired together unlawfully to retain the moneys deposited in the S. Helen's Savings-bank, and with having unlawfully endea voured to make a profit of such Moneys. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins, Mr. Hall, and Mr. Agpi nall appeared on the part of the prosecution ; Mr. Knowles, Q.C., and Mr. Pashley defended William Johnson ; and Mr. Watson, Q.O , and Mr. J. Pol lock defended John Johnson. • The prisoners, both very respectable-looking men, having been placed at the bar, Mr. Sergeant IVii.xiNs said - he had received an in timation from his Learned Friends who represented - the, prisoners that they, wishing to appear consistent, were desirous of retracting their plea of " Not Guilty" on the first and last counts of the indict ment, charging them with a conspiracy, and to plead " Guilty." He thought with his Learned Friends that the prosecution would not be able to make out the charge of felony against the prisoners, and the two counts to which they had pleaded " Guilty " charged them with having retained the money depo sited in their charge, and used it for their profit. He had looked closely into the case, and he believed that neither of the prisogers had intended to defraud the bank of the money, and in justification of what he was saying he might state, that after the prisoners were apprehended, the pri soner John Johnson stated that he had more than enough to meet all the defalcations, and that he would give up his property to the last farthing to meet them. Nor had he done this for the purpose of pro - curing his safety, for he had been distinctly told that this would not change the measures of the trustees regarding him. He had given up more than was sufficient to meet all the defalcations, and the prisoners now said they did not mean to resort to any legal quibble, but that they pleaded guilty to the charge of having conspired to retain the money of the depositors in their hands, and of using that money to their own profit. The other prisoner had also given up all he had, and on the part of the Crown he did not intend to offer any evidence on the charges of felony, as he and the counsel with him were of opinion that the prisoners had offered atonement as far as they could. Mr. KNOWLES, on behalf of the prisoner William Johnson, said he bad hitherto maintained in society a very high character, and he felt that he was taking the best step for restoring himself to that position by the course which he now took. He utterly denied the charge of embezziement, but he felt, when officially employed, he had retained money which came into his hands, of which he had made a profit, contrary to the Savings' Bank Acts, and to that charge he now pleaded guilty. • Mr. WATSON; on the part of the •prisoner John Johnson, said that the prisoner had been actbartat the bank, but for the last 20 years he had taken no step in it at all. But, having become implicated in the, . use of the savings-bank money along with the pri soner, W. Johnson, he'had assigned over to the trus-, tees property to meet tlie*defalcations at once. Under these circumstances by - his advice he had - pleaded " Guilty" to the Charge of retaining and using the savings-bank money. • The pleas having been formally e ntered on the re- Cord, 'no evidence was Offered as to the other charges against them, and a verdict of Not Guilty was re turned. ' 1113 LORDSHIP said he would read the depositions and sentence them on Monday morning. An application - for ther discharge until that time wes refused by his Lordship. This finished the criminal calendar, and his Lord ship sat for some time afterwards trying civil causes, and will assist Mr. Baron Rolfe, next week, in getting through the cause-list, as there still remain a great' number of causes to try. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Bodmin, March 28. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Estes.) Edward Burrows was indicted for having bur glariously broken and entered the house of William Williams, Esq., in tae parish of Gwennap, and with having stolen therein no silver WWI, two silver jugs, three silver teapot s , several waiters, dish-covers, and other article, to the value of 800/. Mr. Greenwood, Q.C., and Mr. Stork, conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Collier defended the prisoner. The prosecutor in this case, Mr. Williams, lives at Tregullon-house, which is about Three miles from Redruth, and seven from Truro. On Saturday, July 14, the family retired to rest, between 10 and 11 o'clock. Everything at that time aPpeared quiet, and the doors and windows all fast. Soon after the family retired to rest, Mrs. 'Williams fancied she heard a noise, and sent one of her servants down stairs. All seemed quiet, however, and so the servant returned, and all were soon buried in sleep. The next morning the butler came down stairs a little before six o'clock, when he found that the house had been entered through a small study window on the ground floor. The butler's pantry had been entered. All the plate was taken except the spoons and rorks, which were in a drawer which appeared to have escaped the observations of the burglars. The plate' actually taken from the pantry was valued at upwards of 800/. The whole of the loWer part of the house was ransacked, and even the silver thimble was taken from Mrs. Williams's workbox in the drawing , room. The butler alarmed the house ; and on an examination taking place, a great quantity of the larger articles of plate, and the plated articles, were found on the lawn. On further search being made, several silver waiters and large dish covers were discovered in a plantation near, and all the plate, with the exception of about two hundred pounds' worth, was recovered —some small articles being found in a hedge near R e d rut h. T he evidence to connect the prisoner with the burglary was principally circumstantial. He was traced from Plymouth to Truro on the 11th of July, with a man named Squires and a sailor. They got a lift from a carrier, and as they went on they passed Mr. Wil liams's house, which can be seen from the road. Burrows asked whose house it was, when he told him it was Mr. Williams's, a very rich gentleman. The three were next found at Penzance, where they lodged at the house of a Mrs. Williams. On the morning of the 14th Bur rows left Penzance, taking with him two hand kerchiefs. On the morning he was seen hanging about the neighbourhood of Tregullon, and at eight o'clock was seen in a lane at the back of the house. The next morning he was found returning to Penzance, weary and foot-sore, and he immediately went to bed. The next day the three appeared to he quarrelling, end Squires was heard to say that he could send Burrows across the water. On the Wed nesday all three left, and were seen at Truro, one car rying a bag. After this Burrows and one of the others were seen on the Bodmin-road. Burrows was in a field, trying to catch a horse. At this time two handkerchiefs, which were identified as those that Burrows had with him, were lying by the gate, full . of something tied up. On a man coming to the gate' 1 i Burrows and the other ran away. The handkerchiefs were taken up, and feund to contain several of fie articles of plate lost. A further search was made, when the whole of the plate which had been stolen was found In , a bag in the middle of a corn field near, in the standing corn. A few days after this the prisoner was seen near the field. He got into conversation with a farmer relative to the bur glary, and asked if any silver had been found. The farmer told him no ; soon after this, he was seen walking up and down the standing corn, as if looking for something, when he was taken into custody, and in his pocket was found a clasp knife, which was identified as the property of one of Mr. Williams's sons, and as having been in a desk in the house on the night , of the burglary. Squires was called as an approver, and he swore that he was em ployed by Burrows to carry the box containing the silver. He was to have 101. for carrying the box to Plymouth ; and that they went on together until they got to the field where the silver was found by the gate. Burrows then said he was tired, and would have a horse. He put down two handkerchiefs containing the silver found, and went into a field to catch a horse ; and seeing a man coming, Bur rows ran away, leaving the handkerchiefs and the silver. He (Squires) getting frightened, then put the bag of silver plate that he was carrying into a corn field, and started off to Bodmin. He afterwards saw Burrows, and described to him the field in which he bad put the bag, and Burrows went to try and find it, but could not. Mr. COLLIER addressed the jury fur the prisoner. Mr. Justice ERLE having summed up. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. The prisoner was then sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. • James Treverton was charged, on the coroner's in quisition, with feloniously killing and slaying John May. There had been a bill preferred against him before the grand jury for the manslaughter, hitt it was ignored. Mr. Stork was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Slade defended the prisoner. The facts of this case were very simple. On the evening of the Ist of January the deceased, an old man, of 75, was seen at about six o'clock coming through a field called Crane's field, which is between the villages of Verian and Ruan. There is a path way through the field. Shortly afterwards he was found in the field nearly insensible, with inju ries on` his head. He was taken home and after wards attended by a surgeon, who found him suffer ing under fracture of the temporal and parietal bones. He lingered a . f6w days and then died, and on a post mortem examination being made, it was found that he died from the injuries on the head, which the me dical man said might have been caused by a blow with the butt end of a gun ; but on cross-examination he admitted that the injury might have been caused by a fall over a high bank on a stone or rock. The evidence by which it was sought to bring home the guilt to the prisoner was, that he was with two other men at a public-house at Ruan. They left just before six, Treverton and one of the other men, John Randle, were carrying some pork. The other man, James Randle, was carrying two guns. James Randle stayed behind a little way, when Treverton went back to look for him. This was in Crane's field. Just as Treverton went back,, John Randle met the old man (May) and spoke to him. He went on towards Ruan, and John Randle towards Kergan. A very few minutes afterwards James Randle joined John, and immediately after wards Treverton came. He was carrying one of the guns. lie told John Randle that he had broken the gun. It was very shortly after this that the old man Miy was found wounded. It also appeared that there was a sloping steep bank to the left of the path, and ,it was shown that the deceased was blind in the left eye. Ths old man, however, in his dying moments, said " a man struck him dreadful, and kicked him ; " but though he knew Treverton, he never mentioned him as the person who had struck him. It also appeared, that on a rumour getting abroad , that Treverton was the man, Treverton said he would have it cleared up, and went to the bedside to see him. The old man, however, gave no sign that he was the man, but said nothing. Mr. SLADE addressed the jury for the prisoner; and Mr. Justice Dun having summed up the case with his usual care, the jury Acquitted the prisoner. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. William George Comyns, of the Admiralty, and No. 7, Upper Albany-street, Arthur Taylor, of the Admiralty and No. 7, Upper Albany-str ee t, William Reade, gentleman, Lane's Hotel, St. Albin's-place, and Captain Crawley, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with having committed wanton damage in the shop of John Solomon Harris, oyster ' and supper-rooms, Haymarket, and with having as saulted the proprietor of the rooms. The complainant, Mr. Harris, stated that on Friday morning, about two o'clock, the four defendants and a companion, entered his house, and required to be served with oysters for their supper. The waiter came to him,. and as he had been visited by the de fendants on a recent evening, when they grossly rills conducted them Selves, besides committing an assault on him, he directed his waiter not to serve them. The defendants insisted or being served, and on being again refused, the defendant Crawley rushed out of the room into the shop, seized four half-quartern loaves, and began breaking them up and throwing the pieces about. Another of the defendants laid hold of a dish of uncooked mutton chops, and scattered them over the door. The defendants threw everything about they , could lay their hands upon, and Comyns, saying he would see if they were not to be served 'with supper, seized witness by the throat, and held him until witness's servants came, to his assistance, ' Crawley threatened to smash his head open s ,and raised his stick for that purpose, but the blow was guarded off by one of the servants. Witness then , sprung &rattle for assistance, and the police came. The defendants were given into custody. About a fortnight before this Comyns had partaken of supper at his house, - and had walked out without paying. Comyns wis follOs'vedto hiS hotel, and the next night he came to 'the shop and abused him grossly. • 'On cross-examination by Mr. Starling, the solicitor for the defendants, the prosecutor said Crawley was taken into. custody in Jermyn-street. He denied having said he was sorry that Comyns, who had re ceived a blow over the eye, had not his other eye smashed. ' Nor did he say, when they entered his shop, that now he had got them in he would serve them out. Charles Goodrick, a waiter, proved that the defen dants ordered supper. One of the defendants (Craw ley) threatened to knock his brains out if he inter fered, and aimed a blow at him, which did not take effect. The defendants were refused to be served in consequence of their previous bad conduct. They rushed into,the back room, and Comyns collared his master. Witness laid hold of the rattle, and ran into, the road ani gave an alarm. On cross-examination, witness said there might Have seen twenty visitors in the house at the - time. Believed there was a dancing-room up stairs. His mistress sometimes played the piano there. 'Police-constable Boyce, C 181, was on duty in the Haymarket, and saw the defendant and another gen tleman pass down the street. One of the party said, " Let's gip hsto Harris's shop." Walked a little way farther, when hearing a rattle ran back, and saw the defendants acting in a disorderly manner in Harris's shop. Comyns had hold of Harris, and as he refused 'to let go when told to do so, witness struck him with his rattle on the head. The dereinlinti were then se cured,' and taken to the station-house. • Policescoristable Stringer, 191 C, confirmed this stateinent. L Mn Mri Starfing, - for the defendants, said his clients bad been idining together: They wished to haie .some Oysters for 'supper, and, went into the complainant'a shop. I Craviley had in playfulness taken up some loaves' for which he was now very sorry, and the complainant then came towards him with a knife. Comyns, to prevent the complainant from putting his menace, into effect, seized him by the wrist, and this was the only assault he committed. Edirard Pennell, of No. 7, Upper Albany-street, was 'W,ith the defendants on the night in question, a n d his friendi were only' merry. Did not see anything -thrown about the shop. Saw the complainant with an oyster. knife in his hand, and as he pointed it at Comyns, that gentleman seized his band, and held him from doing mischief. Another witness, named Maclaughlan, gave-similar evidence to the above. Thei complainant denied having had a knife of any kind in his hand. Mr.ilLtanwscie decided on sending the case to the sessions, and ordered all four defendants to find one surety of 201. to appear at the sessions. Mr. Starling bailed all the defendants. NUMEROUS FIRES. SINGULAR FIRE AT TI;EFALCON GLASS -WORKS. —Last night, shortly before nine o'clock, some alarm was caused in the immediate vicinity of the Falcon Glass-works, in Hollaad-street, Blackfriars-road, owing to the following singular circumstance :—About the hour before stated smoke was seen to issue from an unoccupied house in Knight's-rents, adjoining the works. The door haring been forced, it was found that the heat from the adjoining factory had set fire to the house. Sergeant Forster, hearing an engine at work in the factory, at once sent a messenger to call the brigade. In the course of a few minutes Mr. Henderson, the foreman of the D section of the Lon don Brigade, attended with his engines and a strong force of firemen. Bating succeeded in exting u i s hi ng the fire in the private house, the brigade entered the glass-works, where they found about 40 or 50 cart loads of cinders, &c. in one body of fire. These were lying clwe, to the wall, and had been the cause of set ting the house on fire. One engine was instantly set to work from an abundance of water furnished by the Lambeth Company's mains, and vast torrents were thrown upon the burning mass; but upwards of an hour elapsed ere the firemen could get the fire extin guished. So great was the hear, that at the bottom of the court any one could light a piece of paper from the wall. It was therefore exceedingly fortunate that the clothing of the children playing there did not come in contact with the place, as if it had they might have been burnt to death. FIRE AT ♦ LICENSED VICTUALLBR'S•—A fire, nearly attended with the most disastrous consequences to life and property, broke out yesterday morning in the premises belonging to Mr. Creech, licensed vic tualler, carrying on business at the Gun Tavern, No. si, St. John-street, Clerkenwell. When discovered the flames were raging under the cellar stairs, and so dense was the smoke that the inmates had the greatest difficulty in escaping from the premises. As it was they were nearly suffocated. The Royal Society's escapes, with numerous engines of the London Bri gade and parish, attended. Plenty of water having been obtained the engines were set to work under the direction of Mr. Colf, foreman of the district, and the fire was, happily, soon extinguished. Had the dis covery not been so opportunely made, there is no doubt but that the whole building would have been destroyed, as the heat was so great that the gas-pipes became melted. The accident was owing to a spark flying from a lighted candle amongst some baskets under the stairs. FIRE AT A CHEMIST'S.—About the same hour as the above fire happened, another broke out at No. 4, John's-row, Brick-lane, St. Luke's, in the occupancy of Mr. Cox, a chemist. It commenced in the shop, at which time the inmates were in their beds asleep. The various parties having been aroused they escaped, and in a very brief period the engines attended, and the firemen succeeded in confining the fire to that part of the premises where it commenced. FIRE NEAR MANCHESTER-SQTIARR.—About two o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at No. 50, Duke-street, Manchester-square, belonging to Mr. Charles Cook. It was caused by a spark falling into a bed and setting it in flames. Timely assistance having arrived, the flames were extinguished before much damage was done. FIRE AT LISSON. GROVE.-At half-past four o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out at 65, Earl-street, Lisson-grove, belonging to Mrs. Mary Langham. It was caused from a chimney taking fire on the previous evening. The flames were discovered in the second floor front, but were fortunately prevented from ex tending further. THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MAILS FOR APRIL. The following aro the dates on which the foreign and colonial mails will be made up at the General Post-office during the present month, and whets the return packets will be due at Dover, Southampton, Liverpool, and Falmouth :—For the British and fo reign colonies in the West Indies (except Honduras, Nassau, Bermuda, and Havannah), Venezuela and Jacmel on the mornings of the 2d (to-morrow) and 17th inst.; Bermuda, Nassau, New Orleans, Mexico, Honduras, and Havannah on the morning of the 2d only ; Madeira, Grey Town (San Juan de Nica ragua), New Grenada, Chili, and Peru on the morning of the 17th inst. only, by steam packets via Southampton ; next packets due on the 7th and 22d inst. The Severn steamer will convey the mails of to-morrow. For Madeira, Brazil, and Buenos Ayres on the evening of the 4th inst., by her Majesty's brig Linnet, via Falmouth; next packets due—her Ma jesty's brig Seagull (overdue) and her Majesty's brig Penguin, on the 27th inst ,at Falmouth. (Let ters and newspapers must be prepaid.) Fur British North America and the United States on the evening of the sth inst., by the America steamer, via Liver pool ; Halifax and Boston on the evening of the 12th; by the Cambria, to New York ;..on the evening of the 19th, by the Canada, to Boston ; and on the evening of the 26th inst. by the Niagara steamer, for New York ; next packets due at Liverpool—the Canada on the 4tb instant, from New York, and the Niagara on the 17th inst., from Boston. From April to De cember the mails will be made up every Friday even ing, and from December to March inclusive every alternate Friday. The branch packets for Newfound-. land will be dispatched from Halifax on the arrival at the latter port of the homeward packet from Bos ton, and the branch packet 'for Bermuda will be dis patched from Halifax on the arrival at that port of the outward packet for Boston. Newspapers intended for the United States are liable to a postage of ld. each, which must be prepaid ; that on letters optional. For Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, .Madeira, via Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gibraltar, on the evening of the 6th and mornings of the 17th and 27th inst. by steam-packets via Southampton ; next packets due on the 6th, 16th, and 26th inst. For the Mediterranean, Malts, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon (Mauritius on the 24th inst.), India Hong-Kong, and China, on the evenings of the Bth and 24th inst., to be forwarded by the fortnightly overland closed mails via Marseilles, due in London on the 3d and 23d inst. ; for Gibraltar, Malra, Greece, the lonian Islands, Egypt, Aden, Ceylon, Mauritius, India, &c., on the morning of the 20ili inst., by steam-packet from Southampton; next packet due on the 28th inst. at Southampton. For Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Van Diemen's Land, and New Zealand, by ship letter bags, as ves sels may sail from Gravesend, Liverpool, &c. (Ar rangements have been made by the Admiralty for a monthly conveyance by steam packets, which are ex pected to come into operation in June.) Newspapers for the above colonies must be paid ld. each, or they will not be forwarded. For France, &c., twice daily, morning and evening (except Sundays), by her Majesty's mail packets, via Dover and Calais; due twice daily (except Sundays). Belgium, &c., every evening (except Sunday), by steam, via Dover and Ostend; due daily. Hamburg!), &c., on Tuesday and Friday evenings ; due Tuesdays and Saturdays. Holland, &c., Wednesday and. Saturday mornings; due Mondays and Thursdays ; by the General Steam Navigation Company's packets, via the Thames. Mails for Madeira, &e.—Mails for Madeira, St. Vin cent (Cape de Verd Islands), and Sierra Leone, will be made up this evening, the Ist instant, to be con veyed by her Majesty's sloop Lily, which is appointed to sail to-morrow morning from Devonport. Letters for Madeira and St. 'Vincent will be liable to a post age of ls. 10d..per half-ounce ; newspapers 2d each, which must be prepaid. (To Sierra Leone, letters ls. per half .ounce ; newspapers free; both must be spe cially addressed "By her Majesty's sloo o p Lil y ," if intended to be sent by this vessel. CLOSED MAIL TO LUBECK, VIA BELGIUM AND P.KUSSIA. The following notice has, just been issued by the Post-office authorities : " General Post-office, March, 1850. " Oa and after the Ist of April next, all letters for Lubeck (excepting such as may be specially. ad dressed by Hamburgh packet?) will be forwarded from this office in the closed mail transmitted daily, Sundays excepted, to Hamburgh, via Belgium and Prussia. " The postage upon letters for Lubeck sent in the closed mail will be as follows, viz. : "On a letter weighing under a ounce, British, Prussian, &c., ls. ; Belgian, 2 ; total to destination, ls. 2d. ; on a letter weighing i ounce and not ex ceeding lk ounce, British, Prussian, &c., ls. ; Belgian, 4d.; total to destination, Is. 4d.; on a letter weigh ing ounce, British, Prussian, &c., ls. ; Belgian, 6d. ; total to destination, is. 6d.; on a letter exceeding and under ounce, British, Prussian, &c., 2s. ; Gd.; total to destination, 23. 6d.; on a letter weighing a ounce and under 1 ounce, British, Prus sian, &c., 25.; Belgian, Bd. ; . total to destination, 2s. Bd. ; on a letter weighing 1 ounce, British, Prussian, &c., 2s. ; Belgian 101; total to destination, 25., 10d. ;. on a letter exceeding 1 ounce and under 14 ounce, British, Prussian, &c., 4s. ; Belgian, 10d.; total to destination, 43.10 d. " The postage on the letters for Lubeck may be paid in advance, or the letters sent unpaid, at the option of the sender; but payment of the postage for a portion of the distance only will not be per mitted. " Letters for Lubeck, specially addressed to be for warded by ' Itamburgh :packet,' will be liable to a postage of 9d. the ounce, as at present." • HOCUSSING IN A RAIL WAY CARRIAGE BY LOZEITGES. ANOTHER ATTEMPT IN MANCHESTER. On Saturday morning, the 16th instant, a man re. siding at Handsworth was travelling by railway from Edinburgh to Birmingham, and when between Car lisle and Preston, two men in the same carriage offered himself and a fourth passenger a lozenge each. The fourth man ate his lozenge and slept all the way to Birmingham. The Handsworth man did not eat his, nevertheless he fell asleep for a few miles, and on awaking found that he had been robbed of 121. He accused one of the lozenge-givers of robbing him ; but of course the man denied all knowledge of any robbery. strange to say, he made no effort to have the men apprehended, and the two " hocussers" left the train at Crewe, in order to go to Manchester. The Handsworth man describes one of these men as about 25 years of age, five feet eight inches in eight, pale complexion, dark hair ; wearing black surtout and trowsers, and a strong gold guard chain. The other, he says, was about 40 years of age, not so tall as the first, rather pale complexion, decayed teeth, and wearing whiskers. The men had a leathern portmanteau with them. We imagine that the Handsworthman did not at first connect the lozenge giving with the robbery, as he only gave information of the matter to the Birmingham police on Wednes day last; probably after seeing some account of similar hocussing in a newspaper. It will be recol lected that in January last two men gave some poi sonous lozenges to a young woman in a cigar shop, which rendered her unconscious for a week and ill for more than a month. Since the above was in type we have received an anonymous communication, dated Hulme, which, under- other circumstances, we should wholly disregard; but as it seems to point to similar practices, against which it is desirable to caution the public, we give it for what it is Worth, re commending our anonymous correspondent to communicate with Mr. Beswick, chief superintendent of police, on the subject. The writer states, that on Saturday last two persofis, apparently gentlemen, " called at a respectable house in Huhne, in quest of apartments. They made the usual inquiries and saw the rooms, expressed themselves satisfied with them, and said they would consider. During the conver sation, one took a paper out of his pocket, containing pink and green lozenges, and offered, nay pressed, upon the lady to take one ; but, haNing read two accounts of similar practices, she declined, remarking that it was not safe to take anything from strangers, as the cases just mentioned testified. They expressed surprise, and it was noticed that one or two of the lozenges which they appeared to eat went up the coat sleeve. They made inquiry as to who was at that moment in the house, and other mysterious and impertinent questions. They got no satisfaction, and on leaving the door, one remarked to the other, too old' (although the lady was young) ; and, on crossing the green in front of the house, one appeared to take off his moustache, and put it into his coat pocket."-- Manchester Guardian. THE ARMY. ROYAL ARTILLERY, WOOLWICH, MARCH 30.-- While Gunner J. Telford, 4th battalion, was on duty conveying coals from the garrison to the Royal Arsenal, his leading horse took fright ; the gunner endeavoured to seize the shaft horse, but missed his hold and fell ; before he could recover himself the cart wheel went over the small part of his back. He was immediately conveyed to the Ordnance Hospital, but died before his arrival. The deceased was an old soldier, who had seen twenty-five years' service, and was to be pensioned early in the next month, having obtained a situation in London. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The Sidon and Sprightly steamers are to bring the 4th and 23d regiments to this garrison, and relieve the 28th and 82d regiments. Both the first-mentioned will be stationed i❑ the citadel, in consequence of the barra.r.:lis at Devonport being condemned, and a new one about to be built. ' NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. DEATH OF CAPTAIN THOMAS R. EDEN, R.N.— Letters have been received from the Pacific, contain ing intelligence that Captain Tho.ilas Rodney Eden, commander of the Amphitrite, 24, died, after a few days illness, when he was getting ready to return from Valparaiso to this country with a freight which would have realised to him about 6,0001. The de ceased was nephew of Commodore .Henry Eden, su perintendent of Woolwich Dockyarc . Captain Thos. R. Eden entered the navy 27th September, 1824, as first-class volunteer, on board the Cambrian, 48, Captain, Gawen Win. Hamilton, attached to the squadron in the Mediterranean, wraere, and on the home and North American stations, he afterwards served, as midshipman, in the Serin gapatain, Victory, Challenger, Hussar, and St. Vincent. His appoint ments as Lieutenant, to which rank be was appointed on the 224 of November, 1830, were on the 941 of December, 1831, to the Madaga.car, 46, Captain Edmond. Lyons, stationed in the M e dit erranean , an d on the 23d of March, 1833, to the Victory, 104, in which ship, and the Britannia, 120, he officiated as flag-lieutenant to Sir Thomas Williams, commander in-chief at Portsmouth, until the receipt of his com mander's commission on the 13th of April, 1836. His next appointment was on the 4th of Feb., 1841, to the Persian, 16, off the coast of Africa, where he suc ceeded in capturing ten slave vessels. From August, 1842, to January, 1843, he acted as captain of the Iris, 28, but then returned to the Persian, which sloop he brought borne and was paid off in August, 1843. Captain Eden was promoted on the 234 of September, 1844, to the rank he held at his death. He was appointed to command the Amphitrite, 25, on the 13th of July, 1847, for service on the Pacific station, and had nearly completed his three years' ser vice, the usual period on foreign stations, when he died, mach regretted by all who served under him. WoovvvicH, MARCH 30.—The Magicienne steam sloop was navigated to Chatham to-day by a party of riggers from that port, and was supplied with stokers frcai the branch of Captain Henderson's steam de partment at Woolwich. The Dwarf steam-vessel, recently returned from the coast of Ireland, was paid off here to-day. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 31.—The Styx steam-sloop, under the command of Lieutenants Rigge and Stevens, in taking a trip round the Eddystone Light house to try her engines (her steam not having been got up for four months), came in contact with a mer chant schooner, and both vessels received damage. ROYAL MARINES.—Lieut. Pyne, the Marine officer who NSW tried at the Devon Assizes on a charge of rape, but was acquitted, still remains suspended from duty awaiting the decision of the Admiralty. Of the 2,344 officers and men composing the Plymouth Division, 1,322 are serving afloat. PORTSMOUTH, SUNDAY.—The Spbynx steam-sloop, Commander Shadwell, arrived at Madeira on the 9th inst. from Plymouth, on her way to the China station. The Crescent receiving-ship and the Spider packet, together with the Harpy iron steam-tender, were at Rio on the 17th of January. The Sharpshooter iron steam-vessel, Lieutenant- Commander Bailey, will sail to-morrow for Malta, calling at Lisbon, en route, with dispatches for Com modore Martin, and letters for his squadron, which was at sea on the 19th inst., and not expected to enter Lisbon for some time, although in frequent commu nication with it. Letters from Bermuda of the 10th inst. mention that several reductions in the naval. establishment there were likely to be made. Mr. Triscott, agent victualler in that yard, is appointed agent-victualler 'of the Royal Naval Hospital. at Plymouth, and the duties of his department at Bermuda will be per formed by the naval storekeeper. Dr. Green, sur geon and medical storekeeper, returns home, so that the establishment will have in future but 'a deputy inspector and two assistant-surgeons. The Hermes steam-sloop, Commander Fishbourne, from Plymouth, arrived at Madeira on the 2d of March ; and the Dart brigantine on the following day, en route to the Cape of Good Hope station. The Gladiator steam-frigate, Captain Adams, and her tender, the Jackal iron steam-vessel, arrived at Madeira on the 28th ult., and sailed on the 4th inst. for Ascension. The freight.ship Bombay arrived at Gibraltar on the 20th inst., twelve days from Cork, with the 26th Regiment on board, which landed on the' following day. The 34th Regiment was to embark at Gib raltar on the' 26th inst. in the same ship, for the West Indies. A letter from the scourge steam-sloop, Commander Lord F. 11. Kerr, dated Athens, March 12, states that she had orders to proceed to Constantinople, with dispatches for the English Consul from the Admiral, and to wait orders there. Lord William Compton is named as about to corn mission the Modest ,e 18, at Sheerness. Letters from the Dee steam troop-ship, Mr. Filmer, Master, R.N., commanding, states, she had conveyed the boats of the Commodore's ship Castor to the River Angora, where a slaver was discovered. Her own paddle-box boats were armed, and though opposed by the slave crew and 200 blacks, armed with musketry, the British boats forced their way up to the barra coons, and after an hour and a quarter's firing suc ceeded "in setting fire to the barracoons and the slave vessel.' The steamer had no one killed, but two of :the crew were severely wounded, and three slightly. The I Cormorant steam-sloop, Commander Shoal- berg, On the Brazil station; captuied a slaver on the 3d of January, the second prize taken by her in the - short space of time she had been on that station—only two. months. The Bulldog steam-sloop; Commander A. C. Key, is daily expected at this port from the Mediterranean station, to be paid off here. The Stromboli steam sloop, Commander Lord Amelius' Beauclerk, arrived at Greenock on Thurs day, from Kingstown and Devonport. Captains J. J. Stopford, late, of the Amazon; J. Houston, and C. B. Hamilton, late of the Frolic, ate appointed to study at the Royal Naial College. Five military officers of this garrison are under arrest for maltreatment of a brother officer. The particulars, as yet, have not been allowed to transpire. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, MAncii 30. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—As usual during the Easter holidays, there was a dearth of business in our share market to-day. Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley were quoted, buyers, 8 1-3, sellers, 8N —North Staffordshire, 10 , 4 dis.— Shrewsbury and Birminghain (A), buyers, 8%, sellers, 6%-- l‘hropshire Union, buyers, 3%, sellers, 3/. Hs. 3d. dis.— Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, buyers, 8, sel lers, 8%. GLASGOW, MARCH 28. STOCK Excu.tzcGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves (No. 1), 114—Edinburgh and Glasgow (Stirling Midland Junction), guaranteed 5 per cent., 211/ Glasgow and Greenock, 111. 6s. " THE LADIES THAT MADE THE BREECHES."— The Joe Miller of a tailor who attended a ball-room, and who, on being asked his name, said in a whisper, "It was I, sir, who made your breeches," on which he was introduced to the company as " Major Bridges," is eclipsed by one that has just reached us. An active and voluble vendor of news papers and little book s a t a ra il way s t a ti on i s a l so a very amusing retailer of any railway gossip that may come floating with or flying away with the trains. " The great poet 141 Ladies and Gentlemen, has just gone by chat train. We have many remarkable characters come and go at this station. For instance, yesterday the two ladies that made the breeches went by the train to " The ladies that made the breeches! why, who or what are they?" "0 !- you know, ma'am, the two young ladies L—, who made the breeches—of promise of marriage." . The Marquis and Marchioness cf Cholmondeley leave Cholmondeley Castle, the ancient family seat in Cheshiie, for their mansion on Carlton-house-terrace, next reek. FRIGHTFUL ATT EMPTS AT MURDER AND SUICIDE. PRESTON, iSATURDAY.-A very painful sensation prevails at the present time throughout the village of Bacup and the surrounding district, in consequence of the following tragical occurrence. It appears that a young woman, named Anne Wallwork, residing at a place called Ball Farm, had been living with a man named William Forster, at Cheetham-hill, Manches ter, by whom she had one child. From some cause or other she left Forster, and went to live at the before-named village with her friends. Forster fol lowed her, and tried to persuade her to return with him, and he would marry her. This she refused, and after the female and the family had partaken of their dinner on Wednesday last, she was left alone with Forster and a little girl, whilst the others went to work in the garden. Between two and three in the afternoon he sent the girl out to purchase some writing , paper,: and whilst she was gone he took a razor trom his pocket and swore that he would cut her head off. lie tlici made a most desperate attack upon Wallwork, and tried' to cut her throat. The two struggled violently together, but the fellow suc ceeded in inflicting a fearful wound on one side of her neck, when the girl he had sent ou,t returned, and having screamed, attracted Forster's attention. He then left off his attack upon the poor creature, but the moment he got to the foot of the stairs he cut his own throat. He afterwards ran up-stairs, the blood streaming from his wounds, and when he reached the room he threw himself on the bed, and inflicted another gash in his throat. Dr. Taylor was promptly in attendance, and he sewed up the wounds in both parties' throats. The young woman i s e x p ec t e d to recover ; but not the least hopes can be entertained that the man will survive. That Forster intended to murder the woman and also himself is clear, for before committing the deed he made a memorandum in his pocket-book, stating what amount of money he had, and where his furniture was to be found. THE CO UNTE LivEßrobt, MARCH 30.--' this day's market : Wheat, per 70113 s. d. s. d . _ English, white 6 0 to 6 3 110. red .. S 6 5 9 Irish, best red 5 3 5. 5 Do, lower quality 4 9 .= 5 1 Manx, red and wh. 5 4 5 8 Dantsic, high mixed 6 S 6 11 —-• ' _ _ .. 6 0 - 6 4 6 0 - 6 3 Do., mixed Rostock, &c.. . Ilambargh and Lower Baltic .. 5 8 5` 11 American & white 5 10 6 1 Canadian, /red - 5 4 7 Antwerp &Couvain 5 8 5 111 French, red.. .. 5 4 5 7 Hungarian and . Mariaropoli • ; 5 2 "-- 5 5 Odessa, Polish .. 5 5 7 1 Do., common .. 5 0 b 2 Egyptian •• .. 4 4. 4 8 Flour, English & " • Irish, per 2801 b 27 0 29 Do., extra fine 32 0 ( United States, per barrel .. . 21 6 23 G Canadian ..• .. 20 6 21 6 hiclim corn; per 4801 b, white 2G 0 29 0 tY MARKETS. ,The following are the prices at 1. d. s. d n0.31 - cal, perl96lb 12 0 13 0 Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 25 0 t 026 0 Irish, Scotch, and llanx,per 601 b.. 3 0 3 2 Foreign, grinding 2 9 3 • 114 e, per 4801 b .. 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 29 0 30 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b.. .. 25 0— 26 0 (Dutch 28 0 29 0 Egyptian .. .. 20 0— 22 • Peas, English, per imperial quartr 30 0— 31 0 Foreign .. 27 0 2$ 0 Oats, per 451 b English, , Scotch, and Welsh, •ld Irish, new, best 2 9 910 mealing 2 2 3 2 3} Do., mid and inf. 2 0 2 Old. • • • • 2 3 2 4 Oatmeal,. English, & Seotch,pr24olb 32 0 22 6 Irish, new • • 20 0 —2l 0 Ds. ,ord 19 0 20 6 READING, MARCH 30.—Wheat, 30s to 525; barley, 25, to 30s ; oats, 15s to 203; beans, 30s to 33s ; peas, 32s to 33s per quarter. Fat hogs, Os Od to Os (Id ; porkers, Os Od per score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; ducks, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s ()d. Butter, lld toll ld per lb Eggs 18 to 22 for Is., Ds. num', Ms am.' 28.—The relative weight per four bushels of the three prices of vrheat were 18st 21b, l7st 121 b, and 17st • 71b. Oats, 12st 101 b, 12st 41b, and 9st 101 b. Barley, 16st 91b, 15st 121 b, and 15st 31b. Peas and beans, lest 101 b, 18st 31b, and 17st 131bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 192 Wheat ... ...... £1 19 0 £1 16 0 £1 14 6 1085 Oats 316 Barley 24 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 4 0 1 3. 0 Ayes age of wheat 3ss Id. ABERDEEN MA it 29.—Grain—Oats 13s to 1316 d, 401 b per bushel ; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s ; foreign oats, 00s Od to 00s O'd per qr.; barley, 18s to 19s Od, 521bs per bushel; bear, 18s to I9s Od, 521bs per bushel; wheat. 38s to 425; oatmeal, 1 I s 6d to 123 6d per boll,; flour, 303 to 32s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to ed per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per lb, 3d to 5d ; lamb, per lb, Od to Od; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 10d to' Is ;' bay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each, 6d to 7d; hares, each, Is ed to 2s ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os; butter, per lb, 8d to 10d; eggs, per doz, 6d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, 18s to 23s ; hens, per pair, 2s 6d to 3sod ; chi c k ens , di tto , 2 s O d to 2 s 6d ; ducks,ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Os to Os Od; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 5s Od; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 48; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 00s to 6'js ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to Id ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b. loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, 3s 6d to Os Od; poi k fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to is 3d; barley dust, 6d to 7d; peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 10d; aids, 6d to 7d ; bearmeal, is Id to is 2d; flour, is 8d to is 10d barley, per lb, Id to 2d; barley flour, is 2d to Is 3d. • GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 28.-To-day our cattle market was better supplied than last day with all descriptions of cattle from East Lothian, Angusshire, and some lots from Ireland. G oo d sales but no advance in prices. Best ox beef 465, second 43s to 455, third 383 to 41s, cows, • bulls, and inferior, 30s to 37s per cwt:i • sinking offal. Our sheep market was well supplied with , fine aged wethers, and brisk sales-prices a shade' higher than last day. Best aged wethers bid to 6d, second 5d to 51d, ewes 4d per lb., sinking offal. Fed calves in demand at. from 65s to 68s, coarse ditto 56s to 60s per cwt.; pigs from 31s to 37s per do.; lamb from Gs 6d to 8s 6,1 per quarter. ComE, MARCH 29.-The trade continues exceedingly dull, and with little business doing in any article of pro. duce we cannot report any improvement whatever in our market. Some arrivals of foreign grain, principally maize, continue to take place. The supply, of home grain is very limited, the receipts for the week being only- Wheat, 105 barrels, at 15e 6d to 18s per barrel; barley, 341 barrels, et 7s to 111 per barrel; and oats, 2,183 barrels, at 7s to 10s per barrel. The few barrels of wheat that appeared at market were taken at about the rates of last week. Barley and oats, however, the latter particularly, have again given way in value. In plain pared Irish wheat we have not heard of any transa6- lions; aud'but little business has been done in foreign,' the value of which is unaltered. Of barley no sales have been made, and in oats we have heard of only one sale of a lot of black at 8s 6d per barrel, which is about the present quotation for the article. For flour a mode rate consumptive demand is experienced, but we cannot quote any actual improvement iu the value of the article. Indian corn is the otily grain in which any activity - has, been manifested, a moderate business having beendebe • in the article, at the rates of last week.. llolders'are endeavouring to establish an advance of 2s 6d per ton, but we do not know that it has yet been realised. Flour-First 12s Od to 13s Od; extra 143 Oat seconds, 11s Od to 12: ; households 9s to lOs 6d; thirds, 7s to tat per cwt. Oatmeal les Od to O0s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat. meal, 9s 6d to lO s per cwt. Indian corn 130 s to 132 1 6dper toe. Bran 31178 6d to 4/ Os per ton. Hay-Farmers 32s to 375; average 34s ; dealers 34s to 40s 0d; average 37s per ton. Straw-Fermata 14, Od to 25s Od ; average 20,;• dealers 27s Od• to Oos 0111 average 00s Od per ton. Bread-Wheaten loaf 6d is 64; household loaf 5d to sid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 10J per lb Eggs-3s bd to 3s 10d per hundred. Coals- Newport 15s; Lydney 1.73 ; Landore 15s ; Best. Ncatb Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s 'per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat i -Beef 4d to' 6'd; mutton 5d to 6d; veal 64 to ; pork 36d to 31d ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausages 5d per . lb. (fops 131 Os p er cw t. B angor s l a t es 312 s 6d to 315 s per ton. Bark-Barbary 715 s to 8/ss; Valonia 141 WO4 French' 7153; English 01 per ton. Fleece Wool lOs to 125 per 'aerie. - Hemp 321 teeth? per ton.. Fish- Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; re it ditto 20s to 22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 9/ Os to 111 -pet, ton. Timber-Memel, 85s per ton; deals, first quality, lase second quality, 165 per 'lOO. Hides-Market 14s to , 20s1; salted 15s to 21s per, cwt ; .calf skins 2id to 2d per lb: Potatoes, white 8d to 10d ; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano-. Peruvian, 111 10s; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar-Arckangel, . 19s per barrel. •, FOREIGN ICE.--Tile first importat ion or ice rronik , abroad for the season has taken place by a vessel named the • Martina, of Norway, frOtri Krageroe, which'has brought 300 tons weight in bulkof the article, forming the entire cargo; and consigned'to order, would, therefore, appear from' this arrival. of ice at th!s early period of the season' thaniot-. 'withstanding the comparative severity of the weather during . a portion of the past winter, which must have caused the col lections:of ice in this country to be unusually extensive, the ' importations of ice which. have before taken place tit an; article dfforeigri merchandise from the north of Europe Anil other parts of the world are to be continued. [AtVENTistxtENT.]— Holloway's Pills an admirs.. able Remedy for .the' Cure of Liver Complaints and Ilad Digestion.---Mr. Wilson, a gentleman lately returned from Bengal, where he had been employed for several years in •tles ' Hon. East India Company's service, called at Professor Hol loway's establishment . a few days ago to state the benefit bb , ;h:ad derived from taking these unparalleled pills, having puffer • from liver complaint for years, with a digestion so unpaired that for months he could not make use of any solid food; other remedies seemed to hiie no effect upon the disorder, but H 01- ." Iowa) 's Pills acted so wonderfully in Cleansing the Hier - std ' strengthening the digestive organs that he is now quite rs... stored to health. Sold by all Druggists, and at Profesior 1-14 F. loway's Establishment,- 244, Strand, London. , • • BIRTHS:' On the 28th ult.,. at Berkley'Rectory, Somerset, the wile' of the Rev. H. T. Wheler, of a daughter. On the 28th ult., at York, the wife of the Rev. Robert, E. Batty, of a daughter. On the 23d ult., at Woolwich, the wife of J. M. Christie, Esq., of twins, who survived only two days. On the 25th ult., the wife of the Rev. 14. C. Radclyire, of a son. • On the 28th ult., the rife of the Rev. J. M. Bellew, of , a son. MARRIED. On the 20th ult., atthe Friends Meeting house. at Winch more-hill, Middlesex,. Thomas Pease, of Chapel Allortoa Hall, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to Martha Lucy, only' daughter of Henry - Aggs,' of Bruce-grove, Tottenham: On the 23d ult., at t. Peter's Church, Dublin, J. Camden. Guodridge, Esq., son of the late Lieutenant Colonel Fawell Goodridge, 62d Regiment, to Jane Amelia, youngest dough--; ter of the late John Machenry, Esq., of Penrith, New South Wales. DIED. On the 35th ult., at Reading, Jane, the youngest daughter of Henry Lainson, Esq., of Heath-house, Reigate. On the 20th ult., Mr. E. Aldersley, Strood, Kent, aged 64., On the 2qh ult., at London, aged 16, Frances Ernily,; youngest daughter of Robert Wilson, Esq., of Shaw-street, Liverpoul. On'tho 22d ult., at Brixton•villa, Brixton•road, aged 49, Mr, Seth Worrall, of Holborn hill. On the '24th ult., at Brighton, W. Linton, Esq., aged 72. On the 24th ult., Mary, widow of D. Ewbauk, Esq„ late of Arlington-street,Caunden-town. On the 25th ult., at Ambleside, Charles Herbert White. Esq., late Captain of the Bth Bengal Light Cavalry, aged 46. London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, cf 'co. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sue Office. N, 112, Strsnd ; in trim Procinqt of OA Ptsvoy, iu the county Of f.' Ai ddleeer., Mondayj'April 1, 1850. . • F i • • • Th Ca Ch Th Ge star san in t Seel rill aw wits tint iniu Cr] Cut the tint, "Cal ciet , the' Man —__ Part Fore Trip 'teat vow the bitt4 latio Ho c choi ligo Phy Case