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Prospei or any of wanted p The Pr •nly one• •urarcel Every tor, No. 13 years 10 mths 12 years 10 years A years 6 years 4 years 2 years Sum addedtel Sum added , ' Policy InlB4l Pc'cylnlB4t £683 6 8 .-E787 10 500 0 0 737 10 300 0 0 787 10 100 0 0 787 10 .. .. 675 0 .. .. 450 0 .. .. 225 0 BENJ. HENDERSON, Resident Secretary, London. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. 31 ETROPOLITAN SOCIETY LIFE ASSURANCE No. 3, Princes-street, Bank. The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall due en the sth of April next, that the same must be PAID within Thirty days from that date. The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, en the ith of January, sth o' April, sth of July, and sth of October, either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the year to Members. Persons, the:efore, desirous of entering the So ciety as Members on the sth of Ap..l next, should appear or lodge their proposals at the office on or before that day. This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the whole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives for the whole term of life as Members of the Society. For the year ending the bth of April, 1851, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five 'Years' standing and upwards. RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent. ?rinces-street, Bank, March 20, 1850. A\V LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, _KA Fleet-street, next St. Dunstaa's Church, March 14, 1850. Notice is heresy given, that.the Books for Transferring Shares in this Society will be CLOSED on Tmca.sour, the 21st instant; and will be RE-OPENED on THURSDAY, the 4th day of April next. The Dividend for the year 1849 will be PAYABLE on SATURDAY, the 6th day of April sex and on any subsequent day (Tuesdays ex cepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o'clock. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM S. DOWNES, Actuary. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. F. 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(according to age) on the Premiums ya'. Examples of Bonuses already Declared, and Options. Age. z, e, Pre- takes Sum.2° i Premium./ Policy. £ s. d. ( £ s. d £ a. d.! £ s. d. .—.— , Annual Policy B a o . n . u it s io i n n Bonus is d n u e e n e t t r i m e u R a i f - In S'u a in y Assured bo the r. :2 F. !ilium. out in to Assured. X 1537 276 14 3,123 14 321 7 2 .593 6 8 1834 251 18 10,115 14 8 18 12 6;5543 17 9 1839 226 6 o'lo2 15 1 16 2 9:49 4 8 10 60 1000.£ s.d. 1840 178 0 0 182 14 3 12 14 111445 0 0 74 3 4 1841 174 00 78 3 4 12 3 0'395 11 1 1842 147 4 2i .545 10 10 2 4346 2 3 1843 99 18 4 41 8 4 615 11 296 13 4 1844 62 8 8 27 13 4 4 4 0 247 4 8 :Ms's, with tables of rates, &c., may be kad at the °tem Its %ranches in the country; or, or application, will be for oat free. W. S. B. WOOLTIOUSE, Actuary. UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE lIJJ COMPANT. Established by Act of Parliament in 1834 2.1 1 *Woo-place, Pall-mall, London; 97, George-street, Edinburgh; 12. St. Vincent-place. (Macaw ; 4. College-green, Dublin. SECOND SEPTENNIAL DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TILE ASSURED. licks from March, 1534, to the 31st ;um payabl , at Death. X64"0 16 8 6287 10 0 6087 10 0 5887 10 0 5675 0 0 5450 0 0 5225 0 0 'emiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and -hall need be paid for the first five years when the In s for Life. information afforded on application to the Resident Direc 8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. London. . THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. $, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, 3 CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, and 28, REGENT STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON. LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED. MODERATE PREMIUMS in the Fire Department. PECULIAR ADVANTAGES in the Life Department. • Policies, insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina tion of the Lease, are also issued. Persons whose Policies with this Company expire on the 25th in stant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the same will be found at the Stead Offices in London and Liverpool, and in the hands of the respective Agents ; and those who, preferring the semiy offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Insu rances, are informed that ne expense will be incurred by such re. rural. The bonus added to pol December, 1847. is as folio's Bum Assured, Z5OOO 5000 5000 bOOO 5000 3000 3000 Time Assured. . - ---- --... 4 `,. 4. ''' 1 , f. ' -- 2 - - " . . . . , • .' - . . , . . . . . • • I , , 4 ..- :....,,, , ... . : • 7 . ''zi •', ...Nu tl. • t • . _..., -I 4 S . , A , 14,', ... 0 kt e - ,--" ~,...AI 4.• 6%. 44 4. .;,..--., . . ;I, 4; ~ .. , I§ ...' titAl_74: , ..'li• 7 •'.. •., ''': ' i .. ''. - - ~..._ _ _....,......... ~. : ' 1 . '.i.i,. l r iglllllll' \ 44, .-• : • , ~,. '-, \ '.., I • 1 -\'' ,z, 1 .t... v-... 4 , ) ..i'f' I .“.. -0' inta ~. ." 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To come, then, to a practical sAutiof iof their difficulties, it appeared to him to be hardy likely th i s an arrangement satisfactory to all parties could be entered into by those who were perso pally i n . terested in any of the lines, and lie would suggest that some disinterested party of in' hence and station, and having no interest whatever in the dispute. should be called in to act as an arbitrator bet ween all the parties. If this plan did not succeed, then the matter would become a very proper one for leghlative inter ference, and indeed there would be no' other alter native but to institute a Parliamentary investigation. It was ridiculou s fur debenture holders or guarantee proprietors to think of enforcing their extreme rights, as such a course of proceeding could only restltin further loss to themselves, and utter ruin to the Caledonian Railway, while, if the matter were fairly arid tempe rately treated, elements could be found which would ul. tunwely yield a return to all parties. He eat down by stating the simple fact that the Caledonian line pos sessed elements of a far greater traffic than it already possessed, and all that was wanted wu increased accommodation for developing it, but, if some of the threats of litigation which had been held out to them were carried into effect, he very much feared that the working stock would be so reduced that the traffic must be abandoned altogether instead of increased. Mr. Coecarnorts entered the following protest against the proposal fur dealing with the guaranteed stock:— " We, the undersigned members of the London com mittee of holders of • Caledonian Railway (Clydesdale Junction) guaranteed shares,' for ourselves, and those whom we represent, as well as for all those who may adhere to us, hereby declare— " Ist. That with reference to the directors' report we by nu means acquiesce in, but, on the contrary, strongly protest against, the adoption by the meeting of the statements contained in it respecting the Clydesdale Junction line and Clydesdale Junction guaranteed stock, as well as the adoption of the leading principles on which such report is founded. " 2d. With reference to the resolution in which it is proposed 'To empower the board of directors to nego tiate and enter into interim arrangements for such modi fication and reduction of the preferential and guaranteed dividends as shall bring them within the limits of the company's annual free revenue, pending application to Parliament,' we do hereby protest against the basis on which that negotiation is proposed, and although we do not object to the directors being empowered to nego tiate, it must not be understood that we thereby assent, either directly or impliedly, to any modification or re duction of the dividends deliberately guaranteed by the Caledonian Company and sanctioned by Act of Parlia ment, nor to any application to Parliament for such mo dification or reduction. " 3d. With .eference to the resolution in which it is proposed, "That the expenses incurred by the London committee of Caledonian shareholders be defrayed oat of the company's funds,' we hereby protest against the application cf the company's funds in payment of expenses not being debts of the company, and especially at a time when the Clydesdale dividends and other an. doubted claims are due and undischarged. " London, March 28, 1850." (This protest was received with derisive cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman assured the meeting that Parlia ment would never sanction the abandonment of the guarantees upon a basis of force, but if the Caledonian proprietary were prepared to make an amicable arrange ment, which should secure the interest of all parties, be for one was not opposed to it. In that state of things let the matter be referred to the Board of Trade, to settle the principle and decide the basis upon which that arrangement should be made. Before, however, they could be in a position to go to the Board of Trade the directors must reduce the working expenses, and intro duce economy into every department of the company. Mr. DEAN insisted that the principle which ought to actuate all parties interested in this concern was that of cc-operation. Mr. SMITH doubted whether the pressing liabilities amounted to as much as 800,000/. Mr. Ilocou, a preferential shareholder, thought the best plan to go upon, now that the facts were before the world, was that a deputation from all parties should be ap appointed to confer, with the directors on the present diffi culties of the concern. Mr. Winnuats understood that the defunct direction had purchased shares fur 359,0001. which were now net worth 10,0001, and he called for some explanation on that subject. Ile was for enforcing the parties to refund. Mr. Deputy CORNET was ready to join any other shareholders in trying the right to recover. It was quite clear that a good deal of the money borrowed on the preference shares was raised by fraud; the late di rectors knew at the time that they never could fulfil the terms of thecontract, and he therefore maintained that the contract was invalid. Mr. Illict reminded the meeting that the Chairman had told them that the books of the company contained proofs of the guarantees having been carried by means of fictitious shares. Fraud, therefore, had been practised by the late director;, and they ought to be made amenable for their malpractices. Morally and legally their shareholders were entitled to a thorough investigation into these preferential and guarantee con tracts, and he called upon the meeting to support him in de rounding it. Mr. MACtiMICKAN gave the following results of the earnings of the guarauteed lines:—.The Glasgow, Liam kirk, and Coatbridge line earned 51. 14e. 2d. per cent. per annum; the Parliau.entary guarantee was g per cent. The Wishaw and Oiliness earned Si. 13s. 7d. per cent.; the Parliamentary guarantee was 10 per cent. The Clydesdale Junction earned 3 Bths per cent. without making any allowance for the use sit the rolling stock of the lialedonien Company; the Parliamentary guaraniee was 6 per cent. In reply to a question, The CHAIRMAN stated that since the present board had come into office they had reduced the salaries by 3,0001. per annum. The contract fur maintenance of ss ay was fur 12,000/. a year, and it had to run six years yet. The directors were nut at all responsible for the present accounts, as they were made up by the late directors to the 31st of December lust. The resolution for the adoption of the report was then put and carried unanimously. A resolution, confirming the forfeiture of 275 shares upon which calls were in arreer, was then agreed to. A resolution empowering the directors to negotiate and conclude with parties or companies holding or claiming guarantees any arrangements for a modifica tion or a reduction of twir preferential or guaranteed dividends, was text proposed from the chair. Mr. ALSTER moved as an amendment that three shareholders be selected from :he three companies named by Mr. Mackmickao, and a similar number from the pre ference holders, to confer with the directors on the subject of a reduction of their guarantees, with the view of reducing them. The CHAIRMAN had no objection to incorporate the amendment with the oliginad resolution. Mr. MORE suggested that the Barrhead line ought to be included in the list. Mr. Dueesonn protested against any reduction of the 71. per cent. in the 10/. preferential sharer, which were issued at a time when the company was hard up for money. Several preferential shareholders, one of whom com plained that he had Lean duped into purchasing his shares, dissented from this protest, and agreed to the appointment of a committee to negotiate a compromise. The CHAIRMAN stated that legal advice had been taken on the subject of the preferential shares, and they appeared to be perfectly legal. A PROPRIETOR esked its what position the guarantees stood as to priority. The CHAIRMAN replied that they stood thus:—The Garnkirk, the Clydesdale, the Greenock, the Preferential Stock, the Wishaw, and the Barrhead. Ultimately the resolution, modified as proposed by th amendment, was put to the vote, and carried unani. mously; after which, a resolution was passed, authorising the directors to increase their number to ten, and Mr. James Grey, of Portland-place, Cispton, was elected to fill the office so created. On the motion of Mr. DEAR, the directors were au thorised to defray the expenses to the extent of 400/. in curred by the London Central Committee of Caledonian shareholders out of the funds of the company. Mr. MORE, of Glasgow, was then elected auditor by a show of hands, in opposition to Mr. C. Borthwick, of Glasgow, proposed by Mr. Dean, and recommended by the Chairman. After some squabbling, a poll was demanded by Mr. Dean, but Mr. Mure having, in dt ference to the opinion of the board, declined to terve, the election was left open till the next meeting. A short discussion then took place on the motion to the etfect, " That the existing arrangements by which third-class passengers are carried from Ediuburp.;ll and Glasgow to London by the mail train ou Saturday evenings be dis cootinued, and that no systematic ur pre•determined work be dune on the Sabbath -day on the Caledonian Rails ay." ,/a/fi The motion, however, was negatived, and thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meeting termi nated atter a sitting of upaards of four hours and a half. 1850. The following is the House List of Governors and Directors of the Bank of England for the year ensuing : FOR GOVERNORS. Hem y James Prescott, Esq., Governor. Thomson ilenkey, jun., Esq., Deputy-Governor. FOR DIRECTOR& llonry Hulse Berens, Esq. Alfred Latham, Esq. Arthur Edwd. Campbell, Esq Jame Blaleolmson, Esq. Edward Henry Chapman, Esq, James Morris, Esq. William Cotton, Esq. Sheffield Neave, Lscl• Bonamy Dobree, Esq. George Warde Norman, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grentell, Esq. John Horsley Palmer, &q. John Oliver Hanson, Esq. Sir John Henry Pelly„ Bart. John Benjamin Heath, Esq. William Thompson, EN. Ald. Kirkman Daniel Hodgson, Esq Thomas Tooke, jun. Esq. Henry Lancelot Holland , Esq. *Robert 11igram Crawford, John Gellibrand Hub Lard, E. Esq. Thomas Newman Hunt, Esq. sq *Benjamin Buck Greene, Esq. Charles Frederick Huth, Esq. N.B.—The gentlemen against whose names an asterisk is placed, are new candidates for the direction. The election for Governor and Deputy-Government will be held at the Bank, on Tuesday the 9th April, and tor Directors on Wed nesday the 10th April, from ten o'clock in the forenoon till four in the afternoon. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, MARCH2B.•—•There is no change in the goods market since Tuesday. There is a great difficulty experienced in effecting sales, even small quantities. Prices are still irregular, and the downward tendency is still predominant. Domestics %may be pur chased on advantageous terms, holders manife.stihg increased anxiety for business. There is a slight decline in the price of printing cloths. The demand for 36-inch 'hidings is limited, but prices are maintained with moderate firmness The yarn market is quiet,And Tuesday's prices ars - birdly itippurted• Ne.17,944.] LONDON, FRIDAY ~! . - . • • MARCH 0 9 1850. With Portrait of Major Edwardes, Price Half-a-crown, the APRIL Number of BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY, coNTArws:-- MEMOIR of MAJOR HERBERT EDWARDES— Our Pen and Ink Gallery. By Alfred Crowquill. THE LADDER OF GOLD. An English Story. By ROBERT BELL. Author of " Wayside Pietures;" &C. -- Book the Third. Chapter I. Contain' ng the Adveitures of a Lady of Title. Chapter 11. In which the Reader is invited to a Ball in Park-lane. Chapter 111. Discipline - and Impulse. Memoir of Lieut. Waghorn. R.N. The originatn of the Overland Route to India. By G. W. Wheatley. Colt's Ridge. By Alfred B. Street. Author of " Frontenac." The Protestant Pilgrim. By Lieut. the Hon. Fred. Walpole, R.N. Author of " Four Years in the Pacific." A Song of Como the Beautiful. By Mrs. West. A ntonina ; or, The Fall of Rome, Mr. Collins's new Romance. Women in the East. By an Oriental Traveller. A Review of Spanish Literature. The Suicide. A Leaf from my Wanderings. By Alfred • CroWmffil. Dr. Johnson ; the Influence of his hell• ious Life. Hunting in a German Forest. By James Whittle. American Humour. The great Kalamazoo lint. A Story of Michigan. By a New Yorker. The Praise of Smoking. By H. J. Whiffing. &c. &c. &c. - Richard Bentley, New Burlington-Street. Agents in Scotland: Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh. James M`Glashan, Dublin. By order of the Lords Commissioners of the Aimiralty. This day is published, Bvo., 55., T9E NAUTICAL ALMANAC for 18 5 3. To which is added a Supplement, containing the latest Ele ments of the newly-discovered Planets Flora, his, Metis, Hebe. 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Id.; sperm can dles, Is 81. and I. 10d. ; metallic, 7d: and Bd. ; mottled soap 565. and 60s. per 112 lbs. ; yel'ow, 445., 505., and 565. ; Windsor soa Is. 4d. per packet ; brovra Windsor, Is 9d. ; rose, 2s. ; almond, 28.64.; s; , erm oil, 7s. 6d. per gallon ;. solar, 3s. 3d. ; argand, 4s. 6d. ; sealing wax, 4s. 6d. per lb., for cash, at DAVIES'S old established warehouse, 63, St. ,Martin's-lane, opposite Westminster Comity Court (late New Slaughter's Coffee-house). Lefitt Little, Long, J. and M. NATIONAL REFORM ASSOCIATION. PRESIDENT—Sir JOSHUA. WALMALEY, M.P. TagAsuman —William Arthur Wilkinson, Esq. BANEras —Messrs. Prescott. Grote, and Co., Offices, 11, Poultry. Subscziptlens of £1 sn4 upwards to the £lO.lOO Fund tor 1850. Adams, W. 8., and Hal- ILushingten. C.. M.P. - 10 0 0 xton, G. - - 42 2 0 Lyall, W. - - A Friend, per W. Howard 10 0 0 Lyon, J. A. - lime, 13, - - - I 1 0 Nl'Donnell, D. - Ainu, W. G. - - 1 1 1 , M'Enteer, T. - Allen, G. W. - - 2 2 0 Mantle, W. - An old Reformer - 5 0 0 Marsden, M. E. - 1 1 0 Anderson, A., M.P - 50 0 0 Martin, J. - - - 5 0 0 Armitage, J. I 0 0 Massingham, 11. C. - 10 0 0 Ashurst, W. H. - - 10 0 0 Mather, R. D. and J. - 50 0 0 Atkinson, H. Tindal - 10 10 0 Matsom . J. - Atkinsen, J. - - 1 1 U Mead anal Powell I Bailey, T. - - - 1 1 0 Metcalfe, G. - Baker, W. 31. - - 1 1 0 Mill:ate, J. - Barrett, Messrs. - I 0 0 Mills, W. - - Basingstoke Association 90 0 Mitchell, D. - Bateman, H. - - 5 0 0 More, R. - Bateman, H. ( islington) 1 1 0 Morland, T. - Beacon, G. - - - I 1 0 Morley, S. Rennett, J. - - 1 1• 0 Moxon, J. - Berry, K. - 5 0 0 Mndle, C. B. - Bidgood, A. - - 1 1 0 Mulleneux, J. - Bidgoo 1, H. - - 1 1 0 Nelson, J. E. - Birch, W. J. - - b 0 0 Nicholay, J. A. - Bird, S. - - - 10 0 0 Nicholls, W. - Blackmore, M. - • 5 0 0 Noble, B. W. - Boulton, T. - • 5 5 0 Norris, H. J. - - Bower, W. - - 1 1 0 Northampton Assoc's.- Bower, S. - - - 1 1 0 lion, let remittance - 5 0 0 Box, T. - - - 1 1 0 Norwich Fund - • 100 0 0 Bradley, J. M. D. - 3 3 0 O'Neil, C. = - 1 0 0 I Brentford Association - 412 0 Palmer, R. - - Brown, E. - . II 0 0 Parker, D. - Ball, J. P. - - 15 la 0 Parker, J., Jan. - Buraett, R. - • 1 1 0 Parry, J. 11. - But tJ. - - - 5 0 0 Payne, W. - - Burton, W. 5. - - 10 0 • Pease, Elizabeth • 3 a 0 8., E. , - - - 1 0 0 Pellatt, A. - - - 10 0 0 8., 11. - - - 1 0 0 Peterborough Associa- C..meren, A. - - 1 1 0 Lion, let remittance - 10 0 0 C ^ter, It- - - 2 3 0 Point, J. - - • 5 0 0 C s ell, J. - - - 10 0 0 Pollock, T. - . - 2 2 0 Caurchward, R. - 1 0 0 Portsoken Ward Au. • 110 0 Clark, T. - - - 1 1 0 Pouncy, G. - - 50 0• 0 Clemson, E. - - 5b 0 Powell, H. - - - 1 1 0 Cobden, It., M.P. - 141 10 0 Pritchard, T. K. • - 1 1 0 Co'yett, J. - - 10 le • Procter, G. - • I I 0 Colman, J. &J. - 1 1 0 Prosser, J. S. - - 1 0 0 Connell, W. - - 1 0 0 Prout, T. - - - 75 0 0 Coninlham, W. - • 10 0 0 Redhead, L. . - 1 1 0 Cooper, G. - - 1 0 0 Reynold, G. W. M. - 10 10 6 Cooper, J. - - 5 0 0 Rhoads, T. ardJ. G. - 2 2 0 Cornell, J. - - 1 1 0 Robe-ts, W. H. - - 10 0 0 Couplani'and Gilbert - 5 0 0 Robinson, H. G. - -40 0 0 Coupland, W. H. - 1 1 0 toik son, J. - • 1 1 0 Cousins, B. D. - - 1 1 0 Reffey, G. - - • 1 1 0 Crompton, H. - • 10 10 0 Rowe, T. B. - - 5 5 0 Crowley, C. 3. - - 10 0 0 Rushten, W. - - 1 1 0 Crowley, H. - - 10 0 0 Russell, A. - - . 1 0 0 Cross, J. - - - 1 1 II Russell, R. - - • 10 0 0 CunlitTe, J. - - 50 0 4 Rutter, J. - - - 1 1 0 Cnnnington, J. - - 2 2 0 Rymer, -- - - 1 0 0 Curtis, L. - - - 1 0 0 Salisbury, E. G. - • 2 2 0 Dale, J. - - -- 1 1 I Satterley, I'. - • 1 1 0 Daniel, T. - - 111 0 0 Saull, W. D. - - 5 0 0 Davies, G. - • - 10 0 0 Scales, E. - - - 1 1 0 Dennis, W. - - - 2 2 0 Sc'des, W. W. - - 1 1 0 Derby Association - 1 0 0 Seed, W. G. - - 1 1 0 Dodd, H. - - - 2 2 0 Shadwell, Ratcliff, and Deulton and Watts - 2 2 0 Wapping Association 10 0 0 Duke, Sir J., Bart., M.P. 10 10 0 Shillibeer, G. . - • 10 0 0 1 Duncan, J. - 1 1 0 Shoard. J. - - - 1 1 0 Buncombe, T. 5., M . P. lO 10 0 Skoreditch Association, Dunsdon, T. - - 1 1 0 Ist remittance - 1 5 0 Dusten, W. • - 1 1 0 Simpson, W. - - 10 0 0 Dye, J. j- - - 1 1 0 Skerritt, J. - - 1 0' 0 Dyer, J. J. - - 1.0 0 Slack, H. J. - - 1 0 0 Ealing Association' - 3 4 0 Sleigh, W. W., M.D. - 10 0 0 East London Association 2 2 4 . 'eigh t W. C. - - 10 0 0 Edmiston, J. C. - - 1 1 0 Smith, J. 8., M.P. - 10 0 0 Edwards, W. - - 5 0 0 Smith, R. - - - 1 0 0 Ekins, Admiral Sir C., Southall, IL - - 1 1 0 K C.B. - - - 20 0 0 Southwark Association . '" 1 3 0 Elkington, H. - - 110 0 Spiers and Sons - - 1 1 0 Epps, G. - - - 1 1 0 Stagg, G. - - - 1 1 0 Evans, T., M.D. - 1 1 0 Steiner, F. - - - 10 0 0 Ferguson, D. - - 1 1 0 Stephens, H. - - 2 0 0 Ferris, J. - - .. 1 0 0 Stevens, W. (Deputy)- 1 1 0 Flanders, W. - - 10 0 0 Sturirt, Lord D.C.,31.P. 10 0 0 Fletcher, G. P. - - 1 0 0 Styles, T. - - - I 1 • Fontaine, W. - - 5 0 0 Sunderland Association Foster, J. G. - - 1 I 0 (Ist remittance) Gardner, R. - - 10 10 0 Swains, E. - - Gaskell, 11. - - 1 0 0 Swann, W.- - Gawthorp, S. - - 5 0 0 Swindon Association - Gibbs, D. and W. - 5 0 0 Sydenham Association Gibson, At. lion. T.M., (Ist remittance) 31. P. - - - 5 5 0 Tapling, T.- Gilbert, W. - - 1 1 0 Taylor, P. A. ..... .... -2 2 0 - 10 0 0 - 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0 0 - b 0 0 0 -9 9 6 - 10 0 0 -i 0 0 5 0 0 -2000 0 -2 2 0 -1 1 0 - 25 e 0 -1 8 0 -1 1 0 2 0 0 • 10 0 0 -1 1 0 - 10 10 0 G. 0 0 Gilpin, C. - - - 10 0 0 Goddard, E. - 1 1 0 Gosnell, Messrs. - 3 8 0 Graham, I'. - - 1 1 0 Green and Radmall - 1 1 0 Grel ale, A. - 1 0 0 Grey, W. P. - - 1 1 0 Grose, J. - - 1 0 0 Grossmith, J. - 36 6 0 Hall, T. S. - - 10 0 I Hall, W. J. - - 60 0 0 Har bond, J. - 1 1 fi Hardy, R. - - 20 0 I Ilarford, S. - - 10 0 0 Harmer, J. - II 10 0 Harris, J. and R. - 1 1 0 Harrison, G. W - 5 0 I Harrison, S. - - 3 0 0 HarriAon, S. (Earl-St.) 1 1 0 Haugnion, J. - 1 0 I flay% ard, r.c. 1 1 0 Hubd•y, G. - 1 1 01 Hoppe, J. - - b 0 0, Horsham Association - 518 6 1 Houghton, J. - 10 001 Rowan% E. - - 1 1 0 Howard, W. - - 1 I • Bows, W. A. H. - 5 6 0 flubbuck, T. F 3 subs.) 2 1 0 Hume, J., m.r. - 10 0 0 Hutchinson, J.ll. b b 0 Hyde, G. - 1 1 0 Ingl , s, W. - - 1 1 0 lveioey, J. - - 1 1 0 Joj , . - on, W. - - 60 0 0 Kel' •. R. - - 5 5 0 Ker• edy, R. 11. - - 10 0 0 lier :san - , J., M.P. - 10 0 0 Kidder Muster Ass. - 315 0 King. T. 1 1 0 Knowles, SirF.C.,Bart. 10 0 0 Knuckey, F. 13. - 1 1 0 Lambe! - 1 0 0 Langslovv, X. - - 1 0 0 Larkin, A. - 2 2 0 Leaf, W. - 60 0 0 Leavers, 17. - 5 9 I Le Blond, R. - - 10 I 0 Le Blond, It , sundry subscriptions, per - 312 0 Leese, J. - - - 10 0 0 Leicester Ass., Ist remit Taylor, P. A., jun. - 10 0 0 Thackeray, 51, - - 10 0 0 Thompson, G., M.P. - 10 10 0 Thorne, E. - - 10 0 0 Thorns, J., - - 1 0 0 Three Crowns Ass. - 1 0 0 Thwaites, J. - 1 0 0 Tomlins, F. G. - i 0 0 Travers, J. T. - 10 10 0 Vanner, T. - - 1 0 0 Venables, T. - - 1 0 0 Vincent, H.- - - le 0 0 Vyse, H. - - 0 0 V., W. - - 1 1 0 Walhouse, E. - 1 0 0 Wakeling, li. 8.. - 1 1 0 Walker, A. - 1 1 Walker, T. - .1 0 0 Walker, W. - 1 1 0 Walmsley, Sir J.,M.P.- 75 0 0 Walters, H. - - 10. 0 0 Ward, S. P. - 10 0 0 iWatkinson, T. S. - 5 0 0 !Watson, J. and Son, - 2 2 0 !Watts, J. - - 25 0 0 1 Woatherley, E. - - 1 0 Webb, B. - - 1 0 0 Webb, J. M. - 1 0 0 Webber, T. - 1 I 0 Welch and Ma•getsoo, 2 2 0 Welds and Sous, - 3 3 0 IThitty, E. M. - 10 0 0 Wile., W. - - 1 0 0 Wilkinson. W. A. c - 60 CIA 0 Wilkinson. C. - 10 02 0 Wilkinson- H. - 10 0 0 Wilkinson, N. - 10 0 0 Wilkinsor T. - 0 0 Wilkinson, W. M. • 1 1 0 Willcox, B. SVG., M.P. 50 0 0 Wallow% W. - - 60 0 0 W Lon, A. - 2 0 0 Wilson, M. - - 1 1 0 Wilson, T. and W. - 1 1 0 Wiltshire, T. J. - - 5 0 0 Wienttush, S. - - 1 0 0 Wire, D. W. - - 50 0 0 Wood, M. - - - 2 2 0 wooltert on, B. IT. - 1 1 0 Wordewortb, C. - • 5 5 0 Yates, a. A. • - 2 2 0 York Association, first remittance - Z., per Mr. Prout ; Subscriptions of less than - 227 4 2 - 49 18 6 -1 1 0 - 10 0 • ', • 1 1 0 1 - 2 3 01 o (1 J. Y. - Subscriptions will be received at Grote, and Co., Threadneedle-strec By order of the it the bankers', Messrs. Prescott et; or at the offices, 11, Poultry. e Council, THOS. BEGGS, Secretary. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH, 28.—At Gloucester and Worces ter markets on the 23d inst. wheat ruled dull at the currency of that day se'nnight. Barley of all descriptions was again very difficult to quit. Only retail parcels of oats could be dis posed of. Beans and peas less pressed for sale, but the turn on both was in favour of the buyer. During the present week rather higher prices have been obtained for English wheat, but we have heard of no transaction in foreign. Some barley has been forced off at a reduction of Is. per quarter. A few oats have been taken at a decline of 6d per quarter. At this day's market there was a fair supply of wheat from the farmers, which sold readily at an improvement of Is. per quarter, but foreign was no higher. Fine barley 6d per quarter dearer, whist other qualities were as much lower. Oats again rather cheaper. On English beans, owing to some speculative inquiry, the turn was in favour of the seller. Very little doing in Egyptian. We had sarcely an inquiry for peas. Bomar, MARCH 27.—Wheat, red 30s to 3710 d, white 33s to 40s, extra 42. ; barley 21s to 25s ; oats 10s to 16s ; beans, 195 to 24s ; peas 21s to 25s per quarter. LYNN, MARCH 26.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to 40s ; barley 18s to 20s, fine 223 to 25s per qr. NEWARK, Ahem' 27.—Wheat, white 42s to 445, extra 455, red 37s to 395, extra 40s ; barley, malting 24s to '2ss, extra 26s 6d, second and grinding Os to Os; oats, feed 16s to 18s, seed COs to 00s ; beans, 25s to 265, seed OJs ; peas, white and blue 22s to 325, seed Os;_ spring tares, Os to Os per qr. DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 26.—The supply of fat stock this morning was large, and the quality generally good. The demand of beef is about the same as it has been for several weeks past. The sheep pens were well filled with sheep of excellent quality, but the demand was not quite so good. Fat and store calves were plentiful. The supply of pigs was good. Beef, 4id to 5d ; mutton, 5d to 6d ; veal, 5d to sid per lb. ; pork, 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, 1 d per lb; calf skins 2d to 3id per lb. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 27.—Wheat The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 608 qrs, being 56,qrs more.than last week. Top price the same, and the average lld up-55 qrs unsold. Barley The quantity brought forward was ;102 qrs, being 25 qrs more than last week. Price on the top Is, and the average 9d up-75 qrs unsold. Oats—Of this kind of grain we had 1,098 qrs brought forward, or 101 qrs less than last week. The top price Bd, and the average 9d down-71 qrs unsold. Beans —The quantity of beans to-day was 216 qrs,;or 35 qrs more than last week. • Price on the top 3s, and, the average 5d down-102 qrs unsold. _ Top of Wheat ~ Barley ~ Oats ..„ „ Beans 65 lb. 4?s Od 59 lb. 275 Od 41h1b. 23s 4d 6541 b. 28s Od EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, MAECH `27.—The supply of ci.ttle this moroing was 645, being 28 less than last week. The attendance t:)f buyers numerous, but no advance in prices. Top price, 6s 6d ; current, 6s to Os Od • middling and inferior, 4s 6d to sperputch stone. The supply of sheep this morning was 2,479, being 776 more than last week. Sales were slowly effected at about Is a head below last week's prices. Top price of best mutton, 6d per lb ; current. from 5d to bid ; inferior, 4d to 4d. A clearance was not effected. DUNBAR, MARCH 26. Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought 38s, and prices to 345. Barley, weighing 581bs, brought 245, and prices to 21s. Oats, weighing 461bs, brought 19s 6d, and prices to 155 Od. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought 26s 6d, and prices to 00s. CORK, MARCH 27.—Flour—First 12s Od to 13s ; extra 148; seconds, Ils Od to 12s ; households N to 10a 6d; thirds, 7s to 88 per cwt. Oatmeal 10, Od to 00s; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat. meal. 9s 6d to 108 per cwt. Indian corn 13 0 s to 132 s 6d per ton. Bran 3117 s 6d to 4/Os per ton. Hay—Farmers 258 to 365; average 335; dealers 343 to 40s Od; average 31s per ton. Straw—Farmers 9s Od to 248 Od ; average 18s ; dealers 25s Od to 00, Od; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6tl to 6id; household loaf bd to 56d per 41b. Fresh butter, fld to 10d per lb Eggs-3s 8d to 3s lf'd per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Need Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 4as Od to 00s per cwt. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 6d; veal bd to 6id ; pork 3i l d to aid; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages 5d per lb. hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/58 pet ton. Bark—Barbary 7/ 5s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 715 a; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 128 per stone. Hemp 321 toool per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; red ditto 20, to '22s per barrel ; Newfoundland 91 Os to 11/ pet ton. Timber—Memel, 851 per ton ; deals, first quality, 181; second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s; salted 15, to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2*d to lid per lb. Potatoes, white 81 to 10d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano— Peruvian, 11/ /Os; Ichaboe, 91 per ton; Tar-..Archautels 191 per barrel. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT. Kingston, March 28. The commission for the county of Surrey was opened on Wednesday, and this morning business was proceeded with in both courts ; Chief Justice Wilole presiding on the Civil Side, and Mr. Justice Maule in the Crown Court. The gaol calendar contains the names of 30 prisoners, but most of the offences are of the ordinary character. On the Civil Side 69 causes are entered, 12 of which are special jury cases, but a great many of the common jury cases are uh defended. CIVIL SIDE. PENTECOST V. MEEKINGS. This was an action to recover damages for false im prisonment. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Hawkins were for the plain tiff, and Mr. Sergeant Chadwick Jones for the de fendant. It appeared that the defendant and. the plaintiff carry on the business of milkmen in the neighbour hood of Larkhall-lane, Wandsworth, and it would seem that there had been some unfriendly feeling be tween them, which was increased from the circum stance of a customer of the defendant, named Cullen der, having dismissed him, and engaged the plaintiff in his stead to supply him with milk. It appeared to be the custom to leaven quart can of milk upon the lawn in front of this gentleman's house every morning, and when the servants had emptied it the can was replaced in its position, and taken away either by the plaintiff or his servant. One day, however, by some accident or other, which was not explained, it appeared that a can belonging to the defendant was upon the lawn in the usual place, and the plaintiff, thinking it 14s his own can, took it home with his other cans, and the next day the defendant went to his house and gave him in charge for stealing it, and he was taken to the police-station, where he was admitted to bail by the inspector. The parties went the next day before the magistrate, who, after hearing all the facts, dismissed the charge, and the present action was brought to re cover damages for the illegal arrest. Mr. Sergeant JONES,' in addressing the jury for the defendant, admitted that he had acted illegally in giving the plaintiff into custody, and that there was not the slightest pretence for the charge of felony that was made against him. lie at the same time urged that the affair had originated, not from any malicious feeling, but that in the heat of the moment the de fendant had acted too hastily, and he said that the character and reputation of the plaintiff might just as well have been vindicated in the County Court, without resorting to the present expensive pro ceeding. Chief Justice Muni summed up; and The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 101. CROWN COURT.---(Before Mr. Justice Mainz.) George Sawyer, 24,,'blacksmith, was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Isabelle Marie Sacristan, and stalling a paintbox, her property. Mr. Bagley prosecuted, and Mr. Charnock de fended the prisoner. It appeared that the prosecutrix, with her sister, occupied a home at Betchworth-green, near Dorking, and on the night of the 11th of February they were alarmed by hearing a noise at the window of their bedroom, and on getting up to see what was the oc casion of it, the prosecutrix saw a man standing upon a ladder, in the act of endeavouring to get into the bedroom window, and a second man was behind him. She tried to push the first man off the ladder, but was unable to do so, and they both eventually forced their way into the room. One of the men had a stick and the other an iron bar, and they both threatened to kill the prosecutrix and her sister if they did not give them money. After a short time had elapsed they went to another part of the house, but upon an alarm being given, they decamped, taking with them only the article mentioned in the indictment. The prosecutrix expressed a confident belief that the prisoner was one of the men who entered the room in the manner described, but she admitted that she was very much alarmed and excited at the time, and was not, therefore, likely to make very accur a t e ob servations and there was no evidence of a material character to confirm her statement, or to show in a satisfactory manner the guilt of the prisoner. Mr. CHLRaOCK addressed the jury, and contended that the identity of the prisoner had not been suffi ciently made out to justify them in finding him guilty upon so serious a charge. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Both CourtF, at their rising, were ' adjourned over Good Friday until Saturday morning, at ten o'clock WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bodthin. March 26. CROWN COURT.—(More Mr. Justice ERLE.) William Lee and William Weekly were indicted for having committed a burglary in the house of Juhn Solomon, at Penryn, on the night of the 25th of December, and stolen therefrom eight silver spoons, a pair of boots, a waistcoat, a prir of trousers, 11s. in silver, and other articles, the property of John Solomons. There was a count for receiving. Mr. 11. T. Cole was counsel for the prosecution ; and Mr. Collier was counsel for Lee; no one ap peared for Weekly. Tkis case showed the desperate cherrlter of the parties by whom the burglary wrs committed. The usual evidence was the fiat given of the horse haring been fastened up on the night before the robbery. The family went to bed about 12 o'clock. The next morning the first per3on who came down found that some one had made an entry into the house by means of one of the windows, and that many things had been taken away. Upon looking about the house it was found that a large carving• knife had been placed upon the table with the handle outside, so that it might easily be laid hold of in case resistance should be necessary, and a poker was placed near one of the doors, so that it wes clear the persons who had ben in the house had determined not to be taken without making resistance. The prisoner Lee had been seen at Penryn at eight o'clock on the night of the robbery, and on the morning of the 26th Lee was offering the trousers which had been stolen at the town of Lost withiel, which was 36 miles from Penryn. The stolen boots were also found in bis possession. On the 3d of January the other prisoner, Weekly, was seen at Truro. He went to a silversmith's there, and asked him to purchase some broken silver spoons, which he produced. The silversmith, however, having heard of the robbery, immediately sent for a police man and had the prisoner taken into custody , The prisoner Lee called his landlord, who swore that he lived at Truro, 10 miles from Penryn, and that he went to bed about 10 o'clock oa the night of the robbery. Lee did not deny that he had the silver, but he said he was a knife-grinder and umbrella mender, and had given Weekly two umbrellas in exchange for the silver. Mr. Justice ERLB having summed up the case, The jury found Weekly Guilty of the burglary, and Lee Guilty of receiving the silver knowing it to have been stolen. A former conviction was then proved against Weekly ; he wa•, therefore, sentenced to be trans ported for fifteen years. Lee was sentenced to b 3 imprisoned for nine months. A true bill has - been found against Sir Samuel Spry, the late Member for Bodmin, for an assault upon the editor of the Ifrest Briton newspaper. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. • BOW-S7REET. A WIFE KILLED BY HER HUSBAND. Aiecander Moir, wbo carries on the business of a baker at 24. B ry d ges - s treet, Co ven t- gar d en, wag placed at the bar b e f ore M r . Hall, charg e d w ith having caused the death of his wife, Susan Moir. The court was crowded with visitors. It will be recollected that a verdict of manslaughter was found against the prisoner by the coroner's jury which sat upon the body. The prisoner is a man of thin stature and very meagre appearance. John Johnson was the first witness called—Ho said I am a journeyman baker, in the employ of the prisoner. On Friday n i g ht my master called m e at e l even o ' c l oc k to go to work, and shortly afterwards I heard my mistress screaming, and my master speaking in a very loud and angry manner. I did not hear any blows, but I heard a " tusselling" on the floor. The noise lasted more than half an hour. The noise was similar to that of one person drag ging another across the room, and it continued up to three o'clock. I listened on the stairs to the noise, but did not hear anything distinctly, At that hour I knocked on the ceihug to call ray master down to the bakehouse. The occurrence I speak of took place in the parlour above me. On Saturday morning I saw the deceased and the prisoner together in the parlour, but I did not hear her make any charge against him in my presence. At six o'clock in the evening of the same day .he was taking some bread out of the window, and while doing so fell down in a fit, and I and her niece helped to pick her up. The prisoner was present, and he said, " Let her wait there and be d—d, until she recovers herself;" or "Let the d—d b lie and be d—d." I saw nay master next day, Sunday, and I asked him how Mrs. Moir v as, and he said he wss astonished it had not happened before now. That was all that passel I was examined before the Corow-r, and this is all I know of the transaction. When I saw the deceased in the morning her eyes were black and cut, and her head very much swollen. Cross-examined by Mr. J. Robinson, who appeared for the prisoner—l ne►er saw my mistress drunk but once. I cannot mg whether she w tiPeeY when she fel down on Friday. She spoke very sensibly to me, and to the best of my belief she was sober. I had been in the service of the prisoner about a week, and when I first went I noticed that she had a black eye, but no cuts such as I saw in the morning in the perkier. By the MAGISTRATE—I did not sty befcre the coroner that I saw the prisoner strike Ler on Saturday afternoon, Mary Anne Bryant, wife of Charles Bryant, of Middlesex -street, Sealers Town, called on the deceased on Saturday from one to halt-past in the afternoon. I was her sesond cousin. I saw Mrs. Muir in the parlour, and shortly after I enteree the prisoner came in. She appeared to be very poorly, and asked me to request the prisoner, whom I call uncle, to let her lie down, adding she had not been to bed all night, and if she had an hour's sleep she would be better and tit for the shop. I asked the prisone-, but I did not say that she told me to do so, and he said " This is Saturday, and she must mind the shop." She remained about the place after that and did not lay down, and I lett her about brit -U st three. I saw the prisoner hex her ears; he sail the reason he did so:was because he found a bottle containing about half a pint of gin under the pianoforte, which he knew had been hid from him. He then said, addressing I himself to me, that his wife said to him the night pre viously that she was glad he had come in, as she had got some soles fur his supper, and immediately after wards he discovered the bottle, and asked her where she had got it from, and she replied the "Cheshire Cheese." He then said be asked her why she had not shut up the shop as he had requested her, to which she replied she had tried but could not. Ile also added that ho had been out two hours, and was very vexed at finding the shop not shut up and the goods in the window. This was said in the presence of the deceased, and she denied having got tho gin from the Cheshire Cheese, but said she got it from Middle-row, Holborn. I said, " You could not have gone there fur it, therefore you had better admit who did bring it to you."' She said she was positive she had got it from there. I said my opinion was, that a Mrs. Dow had brought it in with the seles. The prisoner was in a passion at the time, and I saw him box her ears. He then pushed her and kicked her behind. It was not done in a gentle manner, as he was very angry. (Wit ness was here cautioned by the magistrate to speak the truth.) After that she went into her room to dress herself, and I went with her, and saw several bruises on her head and face. She was black and blue, and sore all over, and said her head was very painful. She asked me to wash her head, and Icalled the man to bring up a quart of water for the purpose; I gave her the water, and said I could not wash it, as I could not bear to see such a sight, and I asked her to do it herself. I then went to the prisoner and told him of the wounds, and he said, " Oh, go and look at her, for I am afraid I have hurt her." I said to her you ought to let her lie down, but I don't recollect if he gave me any answer. When I was going away she said Oh, don't leave me." I returned between 5 and 6. and found her, as I supposed, most dreadfully tipsey. I saw the prisoner go in about a minute or two before me. He said to her, " Here's a dreadful thing —a lot of bread has been brought up, and none of it has been put in the window or sent to the cus tomers." I saw him then box her ears two or three times with his open hand, and tell her to put the bread in the shop window, but in attempting to do so she fell down. As she fell she cut her eye against some brass in the window, and the blood gushed out dreadfully. I asked the pri s user to pick her up, and he said he would not, and that she might lay there. She recovered for a few moments, and said, "I am in a fit, and a very bad fit too, and far God's sake do not leave me Marianne." I then left her in the parlour, and did not see her again until a short time afterwards when she was standing by the sink. I saw her fall gently down by the side of it, and refit her head on the ledge. She remained in that position about two hours. It struck me that bed would bo the best place for her, but I did not say so to the husband, as they lived so unhappily, and I did nut think it advisable to interfere between them. She was then placed in bed in the kitchen, but Ido not know who assisted her to it. I remained till near one o'clock on Sunday morning, and she remained insensible during the whole time. I saw ter the next morning about eight o'clock. I was sent for, and I found her in the same insensible state. I asked the priso ner if any medical man had ;been to her, and he said no. A Mr. Watkins or a Mr. Wilson was afterwards sent for, and he came and looked at her and then went away. I remained all Sunday with her, and called again on Monday morning about eleven, when she was dead. The prisoner seemed very much cut up, but he did not speak to me about her. The deceased was 39 years of age. Cross-examined—I called at the shop fur the last six weeks by the request of the prisoner, as his wile was very much given to drink. At the time she fell in the shop my opinion is that she cut her eye by falling un an upright brass rod. Elizabeth Mendes—l am a cousin of the prisoner, and lorlgel in his house. My husband is a general dealer. I was near the parlour door between three and ,five o'clock on Saturday morning, and in consequence of something I heard, I was induced to stop there and listen. I heard Mr. and Mrs. Muir making a noise; she was screaming and saying, " Oh! you'll kill me!" and I heard him say, "Yes, I will murder you be fore I have done with you." I heard one of the children scream out, "Father, father, you'll kill my mother." I did not strike at the door, or give any alarm, because I had heard similar noises frequently before. I have had no communication with the prisoner ahout the death of his wire. I heard no blows, but I did hear some scuffling in the room. Cross-examined—l can't say that she was a sober woman. I have been in the house two months, but I never saw her intoxicated during that time. Thomas John Muir, aged seven, and son of the pri soner, said—l remember teing in the room with my fatter and mother on Saturday. They quarret!cd, and he took hold of her with the one hand, and with the other thumped her on the back and face, and kicked her be -11;nd. Before he commenced to bent my mother, he said wicked words—one of them was " ll— you." My mo ther, on being beat, screamed out " Oh." I cried when I saw her beat. My mother did not strike him, but kept crying. Before they went to bed he beat her again. Cross -examined—I never saw my mother drunk. When a medical man was sent for, my father assisted my cousin to put some leeches on my mother's bead. Mary Ann Bryant (re-called)—Said the last witness end his little brotLer were present when the prisoner was beating his wife on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Joshua eVetkins, surgeon—l live at No. 11, Chan. dos-street. I was called in to see the deceased on Sunday morning, when I found her in an insensible state in bed. Her head, face, and neck were greatly swollen, and her features Isere very much distorted. The prisoner was looking on when I examined her, and I told him her case was a very serious one, and I feared it would terminate fatslly. I applied the necessary reme dies, but death supervened. I afterwards opened the body, and it was perfectly healthy with the exception of the contusions on the neck and back, at the lowest part of which there were marks, as if blows and kicks had been used. They did not appear to have been pro duced by a file On opening the head, and removing the skull-cap, I found considerable extravaiation of blood, and on the outer covering of the brain, and on the right hemisphere of it, there were five or six ounces of coagulated blood. There was not the slightest smell of spirits in the stomach. The lungs were highly congested, but otherwise free from disease. I do not think she could have been a drunkard. The immediate cause of death was compres sion of the brain. 'The brain itself was perfectly healthy. The compression of the brain must no doubt have been produced by external injuries. Cross-examined—I think the compression would not have been produced by a fall. Police-constable F 17 said, he 'apprehended the pri. weer at his own house about half-past four on Monday last, but he said nothing. This closed the evidence. After the usal caution was given to the prisoner by the Magistrate, he said—All I have to say is, that the whole of the evidence is false. An application was made to allow the prisoner to give bail for his appearance, but Mr. Hall preremptorily refused the application. He was then fully committed to take his trial at the next Old Bailey sessions for murder. Throughout the proceedings he evinced the utmost coolness, and did not appear at all affected by his perilous situation. [We regret to state that owing to the manner in which the evidence vv as taken it was impossible for the reporters to hear it with any degree of accuracy. In a case of so much importance we should have thought that the too-frequent custom of examining the witnesses in a low, conversational tone, intelligible only to the ma gistrate and clerk, would have been dispensed with, not only for the aid of the reporters, but for the satisfaction of the public who thronged the court.] INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. On Tuesday, March 26, 1850, William Cubitt, Esq., President, in the Chair, the . first paper read was a " Description of the Chapple Viaduct, upon the Col chester and Stour Valley Extension of the East3rn Counties Railway," by Mr. P. B ruff, Assoc. Inst. C.E. This viaduct was thrown across the valley of the Colne, at Chapple; it consisted of 32 semicircular arches, each of the span of 30 feet, the total length being 1,136 feet, and the extreme height from the foundations to the rail level being 80 feet. The aver age height of the piers from the foundation to the springing was 45 teet ; they were 27 feet 3 inches wide by 4 feet 10} inches thick, at the under side of the impost, and tapered downwards to the plinth, with a batter of 1 in 36 ; twenty-three of the piers only had plinths, which consisted of a set-off of 2f inches, making the dimensions of the base of those piers 29 feet 6 inches wide, by 7 feet 1 inch thick. Th e piers were solid below the plinth, but above that level there was a centre opening 6 feet in width, arched at the top and the bottom. The whole of this via duct was constructed of bricks made in the district, being chiefly set in mortar, but the arches for a dis tance of 4 feet 6 inches above the springing were set in cement. The viaduct occupied about twenty months in construction, and cost about 551. per lineal yard. The next paper read was " On the Manufacture of Malleable iron, with the results of Experiments on the Strength of Ritilway Axles," by 1!41,r, G, )3. Thorneycroft, Assoc. Inst. C. E. It was stated that malleable iron might be divided into two distinct classes, " red short" and " cold short ;" the former being generally produced from the rich ores, and the latter from the poorer or leaner ores. The pig iron made from the rich ores (under the cold blast process only) was not so fluid as that from the lean errs, but when converted into malleable iron it became tough and fibrous, though it was troublesome to work at le-s than a white heat, which had caused it to be denomi nated " red short." On the other hand, the pig iron produced from the lean ores possessed greater fluidity, but when malleable it was unfitted to support sudden shocki, or continuous strains, and was hence termed " cold short." It was further stated, that in the manufacture of malleable iron very much depended on the quality of the fuel used in the smelting fur nace, and in the subsequent processes; also that iron became chrystalline from two causes; first, in con sequence of being made from naturally cold short pig iron, and secondly, from a peculiar manipulation during the process of "puddling." The introduction of hot blast for smelting iron, rendered necessary a careful investigation of the com parative use of hot and cold blast pig iron, in the manufacture of bars, from which it appeared, that if the same quality of materials was used in both cases, equally good bar iron would be produced, though it was more difficult to convert hot blast pig iron into "number one" bars, and the waste was greater. It was certain, that whilst good grey pig iron could only be produced, by cold blast, from the best mate rials, iron of apparently excellent quality could be made, by hot blast, from the most sulphurous ores and fuel : indeed to this alone must be attributed the bad reputation of hot blast iron, fur certain purposes. As it had been asserted, that the peculiar charac teristics of malleable iron were to be attributed to the ore from which it was produced, and not from the different nature of the processes used in its conversion, which the author had always believed to be the true ' cause, he had, at his works near Wolverhampton, made bars of the finest crystalline and of the strongest fibrous texture from the same Yorkshire pig iron. Another cause which induced great changes in the texture of iron, when cold, was compression, or im pact, which would completely alter its texture from a fibrous to a crystalline character, as was well exemplified by the "gag" and the puddling tools used by forgemen, and in several parts of different kinds of machinery the same effect was observed. The author then proceeded to draw attention to the best shape for railway axles, so as to combine the greatest strength with the least material, illustrating his views by the details of a series of experiments made for determining the question. It would appear, that railway axles should be made parallel, from journal to journal, without any shoulder and w ith just sufficient strength to prevent any vibration in ro tating. The experiments showed, that an axle with out a shoulder was better able to resist impact, than one with a shoulder, in the ratio of 155 to 55, and by leaving the axle parallel, its strength compared with the same sized axle reduced in the middle was as 5 to _1 The discussion on this interesting subject was an nounced to take place at the next meeting, of Tues day, April the 2d, when the monthly ballot for mem • hers would take place; and the following paper would be read, "Description of a Lift Bridge on the Thames Junction Branch of the London and Brighton Rail way," by Mr. R. J. Hood. M. Inst. C. E. CALEDONIAN RAILWAY. The usual half-yearly general meeting of the pro prietors of the Caledonian Railway was held esterday in the Freemasons'-hall; the Honourable Captain E. Plunkett, R.N., chairman cf the board of directors, in the chair. The advertisement convening the meeting having been real, and the minutes of previous meetings con firmed, the report of the directors, which has already appeared in The Sun, was submitted to the proprietor. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report and accounts, but btfire he made any observations upon them he called upon The SECRETARY to read the following note of the au ditors, which had only been received this morning:— "The time allowed by the statut, will only permit of a very superficial examination of these voluminous ac counts, but the balance-sheet truly represents the whole of the ledger balances, both capitli and revenue. In the course of auditing the accounts my attention was at tr4eted by the large sums paid by the treasurer to the share-office for stamps, the vouchers of which are very imperfect. 'The periodical movements in the purchase end division of stock, as recorded in the share transfrr book, for the purpose of voting in the meeting, would also appear to demend the attention of the shareholders, and the adoption c f some resolution to limit the votes for stock only, which has been in the bands of the possessors three menthe." The CHAIRMAN then proceeded to observe that it was due to the ruputation of the board to state what really did happen wall r.lerence to the amalgamation of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rrilway, which had recently formed the subject of a discussion in the Hoy. 3 cf Com mons. The °Triter() for en amalgamation came from the chairman of the Edinburgh end Glasgow CJurpeny, in a letter addressed to the chairman of the late London comerine, and when this board came into office, it saw fit to adopt the principle of the proposed amalgamation, which was that the gerantee stock of this concern should be so reduced, as to place the company in a solvent condition. He should mention, however, that the board were in perfect ignorance of the provisions of the Amaleamation Bill, so far as they re lated to the manner of dealing with the preferential shares. They could not have approved of these provi sions any more than they could sanction a manifest fraud, but though it was not tight to force the holders of pre ferential stock to abandon some of their claims, that end might be attained by negotiation, and it was to be re gretted that the doors of Parliament had not been left open to the company. In the language of a celebrated French diplomatist, had the board agreed to that Bill as it stood they would have committed something worse than a crime—they would have committed a blunder; but that 13111, if it had been carried to a further stage, might have paved the way to a settlement of this much vexed ques tion of preference shares. Many of the remarks of Honourable Members upon that eccesion wore most un jtiat as reflecting upon the existing board, and in parti cular the speech of an Honourable Member who was attached to the defunct board displayed very bad taste, knowing as he must have done that many of his former colleagues had not only:advocated but pre ctised re pudiation. With regard to the question of amalgama tion, the directors were decidedly of opinion that it was for the interest of this concern that they should be on good terms with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, and, accordingly, in a single hour's good-humoured chat with that board, they had attained more than their pre decessors had done after long and tedious contests, and an expenditure of a million of money. An agreement bad been made with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Com pany, by which the passenger traffic was to be divided fairly hetween the two lines, the one taking the north and soutb, and the other the evit and west traffic. They were still, however, to compete for the gouda traffic, but upon eval terms, and he need not assure the meeting that everything would be done on the part of the directors to secure the faithful and effectual carrying out of that agreement. Now, with reference to the existing state of the company, he was rather afraid the report would be considered as too candid, but he was one of those who thought that there ought to be no concealments: between the shareholders and the directors. The position of affairs, tken, was really very ser i ous , an d much caution would be required to get the company out of its difficulties. The pressing debts of the com pany were estimated at 800,0001., of which 137,0001. was represented by debentures, and it was greatly to be regretted that the only remedy which creditors of rail way companies bad for the nonpayment of their debts was that ruinous one of killing the goose which laid the golden eggs. An interview had therefore been sought and obtained with the Board of Trade, on the subject of placing the debenture holders upon a more equitable footing than they were at present, and from the manner in which they were received he had no doubt that something would be done for the relief of railway companies in that respect. The invested capital in railways amounted to 300,000,000(,, of which the deben tures covered a thi r d, or 100,000,0001., and it was clear from these figures that it was of the utmost importance that the inte:est of the debenture holder should be more assimilated to that of the ordinary shareholder. Nevertheless, the directors had made such arrangement as an empty treasury would admit of for meeting the debentures as they became due, upon terms that would be advantageous to the company and preserve good faith with the creditor, Re catne next to guaran teed lines, and at once he had no hesitation in telling the meeting that all the guarantees could riot be main tained. He did not mean to sayithat repudiation would be the order a the day, because there was a difference be. tween returning a man the money or property he had surrendered anti denying to him any participstron in its benefits or any right to reclaim it. The holder of Pen sylvanian bonds would not consider it au act of re pudiation to have his money flung back into Lis lace, and yet that wa s p rec i sely what this bard pro posed to do with regard to several of their guaranteed lines. They proposed to restore them into the safe keep ing of their original holders, and when they looked at the manner in which the transfer had been made to this company, the original holders ought to feel themselves lucky that they could recover possession of their property on such terms. Many of the leases and guarantees were cateied by the creation of shares one day to be cancelled the next, and seeing that these guaranteed lines must sink or fall with the Caledo nian line, it was clear the best policy for them to adopt was to fall in with the ideas and terms proposed by the Caledonian Board. Most of the guarantees were grossly exorbitant, and whatever parties might say about the threats of litigation which the Caledonian Board held out to these guarantees, there was no blinking the mat. ter, Puldmal as it might seem, thit it Tim their duty $o 91' 1 0 LADIES.—The high and universal celebrity JIL which ROWLAND'S Ir kLTDOR continues to maintain as an active, yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impuilties of the Skin, is, during the period of Spring, most pleasingly evinced. This pre, aratioa, eminently balsamic, restorative, and invigorating. is equally distinluished for safety in application, as for unfailing effi cacy in eradicating all redness, tan, pimples, spots, freckles, discolo rations, and other cutaneous visitations. The raffient bloom it im parts to the cheek, and the witness and delicacy which it induces on the hands and arms, render it indispensable to every toilet. 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Infirmities and D:sorders of Yourn and Maturity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate he physical and mental 7ers, diminish and enfeeble the natural ,selings, and exhaust the v,tal energies of Manhood; with Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion, stether arising from these causes, close study, er the influence of tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis retion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, explaining their street:lz es, uses, and furctions, and the various injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D., 37. BEDFORD-SQUARE. LONDON. Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c. This work contains an accurate and complete account of the A n atomy and Physiology o' the Reproductive Organs. It un fortunately happens thac, the unhappy victim of excessive indul gence and vicious habits, while suffering from their .nvariable con sequences, unwisely entertains a fear of applying to a qualified physi cian for relle. Shame and the dread so i,equently, buL erro neously entertained thrt those complaints are beyond the reach of art, alike restrict him and prevent his seeking 'or assistance where eone it can be procured. Dr. LA 'MERT has taken the highest med ia honours, as his diplo_nas testify, and the great extent of his practice for many years is P. guarantee for his professional experi ence, which has reference almost solely to the treatment of these diseases. Published by the Author, and may be had of Kent and Richards, 52, paternoster-row; /leanly, 63, Oxford-street; Starie, Haymarket;Tichbome- Mann, 39, Comhill ; fikadon street,, 146, Leaden hall-street, London ; or, free by post for lorty-twe stamps, from the Actleor's Residence, 37. Bedford-square London. THIRTY-FIRST EDITION. n ustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel. ON FHYSICTAL D 4t I N S D QU I A m L p I i F ,D IC I A m T E I N ON r :, T G O E M NE AI R t A R T IA IN G E E. INCA PAC Ii , New oEdition,enlargedpages-teoElB9t6 i s e ff n us published,t 3s th o p s i t i a e g o ee2sst.a6md on . , g e , r by iIHEi S ILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work a ti ie n v at e system, us e mercury,;m: e y a o n f d th th e e ge i n n e c : rd ce iL ssive th in e d i u n l fi g r e m nc it e l , cs in a f n e d ct d io e n ca, qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain Sure ens, 19, Berners-street, Ox- L. 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