The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

Wo urtb 92bition SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock: LINCOLN RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The Two-year-old Selling Stakes were won by Napier ()vit. The Selling Steeplechase was won by Countess. The Innkeepers' Stakes were won by True Girl. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FOREIGN-OFFICE, 3LincH 19. The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ar mand Pictet, Esq., now British Consular Agent, to be her Majesty's Consul at Geneva. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Bernhard Amsberg as Consul at Port Adelaide for the Free Han seatic City of Hamburg. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. N. Chr. Mathiasen as Consul at Gibraltar for the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg -Schwerin. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton, Charles Ramsay Drink water Bethune Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and Captain in the Royal Navy, and Colin Blackburn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be her Ma jesty's Commissioners for inquiring into local charges upon shipping. - WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 22. 7th Dragooli= J ' l Gnards--Major-General Robert Bard C. 8., to- be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the Hon.oHenry Murray, C. 8., removed to the 14th Light Dragoons, March 18. 14th Light Dragoons— Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Murray, C. 8., from the 7th Dragoon Guards , to be Colonel, vice General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., deceased, March 18. MEHORANDIIM.—Major-General Robert Bard Gabriel, C. 8., has repaid the difference he received upon. exchang ing rom the 2d Dragoon Guards to half-pay of 22d Light Dragoons, Jan. 10, 1852, March 18. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second-Captain Henry Lynedoch Gardiner to be Captain, vice Wynne, retired upon full pay; First-Lieutenant Robert Emilius Fazake ley Cranford to be Second-Captain, vice Gardiner ; Second- Lieutenant Ralph Gore to be First-Lieutenant, vice Oran furd, March 22. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. . Charles Frederic Thrnston, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute nant ; Edward Owens, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Robert Davies Jones, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieut enan t ; The Reverend J o h n William.' Ellis to be Deputy-Lieu tenant. Commission by the Lord-Lientenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart., M.P., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, March 15. Commissions by the Lord-Lientenant of Pembrokeshire. John Mirehouse, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 18. Castlemartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Thomas Stokes, Esq., to be Cornet, March 18. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal South Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Conway Whithorne Lovesy, Gent., to be Ensign, March 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. East York Regiment of Militia.—George John Lloyd, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lenthall resigned, March 17. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex Militia—Horatio Edenborough to be Cap. tain, vice Button, resigned, March 16. --- Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. Royal Cheshire Militia—Charles George Cholmondeley, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 24 ; Wilbraham Frederic Tolle. mache, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 25. Royal Montgomeryshire Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the Royal Montgomeryshire Regi ment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps. BANKRUPTS. Charles Lane, plumber, Hastings, to surrender, March 31, at twelve, and April 28, at one, at the Court of bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. James Rogerson Hunt, draper, Great Marlow, Mar c h 31 and April 28, at two, a t the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Spicer, Chan (M 7-lane. _ Robert Bond, - wine merchant, Mitre-court, Hatton-Gar den, April 4, at twelve, and May 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Robinson and Hine, Charter-house-square. James Horder, market gardener, Wimborne, Dorset shire, March 30 and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee; Wilde, Rees, Humphrey, and Wilde, College-hill. Thomas Ballard, apothecary, Southwick-place, Padding ton, April 1, at half -past one, and May 7, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Randall, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry. Thomas Thorne, plasterer, Bohemia-road, Hastings, April 2 at two, and May 7 at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. Henry Butt, linen-draper, 21, Mortimer-street, Caven dish-square, Middlesex, April 5, at one, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as signee, 12, Abchurch-lane, King William-street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, 68, Aldermanbury. George Augustus Eades, grocer, Landport, Portsea, Hants, April 2, at twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street ; Laurence, 12, Bread-street, Cheapside. John Hogben Rolfe, hosier, Faversham, Kent, April 5, at two, and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abcnrch-lane, King William street ; Lawrence, Bread-street, Cheapside. Richard Henry Davie, money scrivener, Wellington, March 31, at one, and April 27, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Rodham, Wellington ; Stogdon, Exeter. M_ARKRT INTELLIGENCE. (From the London'New Price Current of this cloy.) SUGAR.— There having been a more plentiful supply of colonial, prices have declined for nearly every description, still operations by home dealers are important, they hold ing light stocks, and consumption being satisfactory. For public sale on Thursday 90 hhds 50 barrels Demerara crystalised; 750 baskets Jan., , - and 2,000 bags Bengal sugar are declrred. To-day- Wet India sugar met with little attention from grocer Ur refiners whilst in some cases the rates taken are 6d, per cwt. under Friday, there being rather a larger arnowit on offer. The auctions of 144 hhds'l4 tierces and 50 bags crystalised Demerara went at rather lower terms ; brown at 33s 6d to 35s 6d, ordinary to good greyish 368 to 39s 6d, and one lot fine 43s per cwt. Total purchases were 258 hhds., &c. There was no auction of Barbadoes. REFINED.—Prices for brown lumps rule at 45s 6d to 465; Tittlers, common to fine, 46s 6d t o 49 s 6d ; d ouble, 50s to 52s ; Hambro' loaves, 47s to 51s ; double, 52s to 54s ; and standard lumps, 47s per cwt. For delivery there are few buyers at these terms, and some buyers are disposed to sell. Wet lumps are yet much in demand ; low to mid at 4256 d to 43s 6d, and better sorts 44s to 455. To-day home dealers were desirous to operate in refined sugar, and, supply keeping scanty, stiff rates were obtained—brown lumps selling at 465, and low to fine grocery 46s 6d to 508. Sreacle is dearer, and selling at 17s 6d to 19s. Crushed sugar is much wanted by expoters, at former terms, with few sellers. MADRITIITS.—This afternoon there was a reluctance to operate in Mauritius sugar, and rather lower rates were taken. Of 6,500 bags at auction, only 3,500 found buyers ; mid to good brown at 32s to 34s 6d, ord to good yellow 35s to 37s 6d, and refining 33s to 37s per cwt. EAST INDIA.—In Madras purchases have been rather important, but upon lower terms. At auction 5,500 bags were sold--ord and mid grainy white at 40s to 41s 6d, fine grocery yellow 38s to 395, ord to good 34s to 37s 6d, and soft yellow from 29s 9d to 335. To-day Madras sugar was less in request, and supply being plentiful, prices declined 64 to is per cwt. Of 16,000 bags at auction not above 6,000 found buyers ; ord to good grainy white at 398 to 4O 6d, good to fine grocery yellow 36s to 38s 6d, low to mid 33s to 35s 6d, and soft yellow 29s to 335. Bengal is not much required, and rather declined. th r F ee o ßßlQN.—Transactions during the past week comprised _.cargoes y e ll ow . H avannah 22s to 22s 6d for num bers 2 ,800 1 ,? , and 23s 6d f or 12i t o 13 for Antwerp • one of b ags brown P ernams a t 20 s, and two 580 chests Bahia at 21a 6d to 21s 9d for near ports, also one 350 tons white Maclieloavfor Trieste at 255. Accounts are still favour able from sugar crops. Zi n n: h , Cuba, and Porto Rico respecting the Since Saturday prices of foreign sugar have undergone scar ce t moment both for shipping change, but purchases are of little of yellow Havannahltlig or home consumption. A cargo at 23s 3d for number 13i. MoLAsszs. limn a acyliet market, but prices are pre vented from declini ng b y a The value of Antigua and LasirtY supply of West India.dia i Voes is 17s 6d to Bmerara 17s, and other sorts Mauritius met with 1 slow s a l e to 16s 6cl. at 15s to 16s, Cuba and Bengal and Porto Rico 168 to 17s per cwt. COFFEE.—To - day: the stiff rate, demanded for na ti ve Ceylon checked business, and privat e l ; 48s to 18 : 4 6 13: l o imited parcels were sold, good old import at much t itl 46s 6d to reuest, to 495. At auction 800 bags were in p art ; ',.!1 new 48s 6d 48s to 48s 6d for low to good ord, and damaged of at 475 6d. Plantation, however, remains and the business done privately was at stiff prices At public sale 120 casks and 50 bags found buyers, g,,,,i ni . , to good at 61s to 645, mid 58s to 60s, other sorts 5 0 ,, 6, , 1( . 1 575. Triage 44s to 48s, and peaberry 67s to 68s 6d p er e t ,,,A . For all other sorts of coffee there is a firm market With a good home and export demand at previous rates. TEA.—An improvement has taken place in the expo r t demand for low to goo&common congon, and several par cels have been sold at I.od to Did per lb, the market hav ing a firm appearance. ,here is yet a large business doing in better sorts for home consumption at a small advance in some cases ; rather blackish to blackish leaf 1064 to is Old, strong to pekoe sorts is 14 to is 94, choice is 104 to 2s 24 ; but principally at is to is 7d. Souchong remains in limi ted supply, and is much wanted : the parcels sold were — fine, at Is 8d to 2s 6d ; fair to good, is 24 to is 6d ; and common, lld to is ld. The following is now the currency for granary :—Hyson, ordinary, is 3d to is 4d ; middling ls 5d t u l s 6d • good, is 74 to is 94 ; fi ne , l s 10d t o 2 s 74 , superior, 2 s &Ito 3s. Young Hyson Canton, 10d to is; Hyson kind, is 24 to is 10d • fine, 2s to 2s 4d ; Twankay, 11d to is 14 ; Gunpowder Clanton, 81d to is ld ; Hyson kind, is 24 to 28 9d ; fine, 38' to 3s 6d ; Imperial Canton, is to is 2d • Hyson sort, is 4d to 2s 3d ; Hyson skin, 9d to is. ' see RIM —Th ere i s on l y a li mited business doing in Cleaned; t0 11 32 r : are willing to accept for Carolina, first sort, 30s 178 ; birokeenllitto, 22s to 23s ; low to fine Patna, 13s to To market aspect, ;anti American cleaned, 21s 6d to 245. To -dap the aspect, and rates e for East India rice presented a dull gal at auction, are barely kept up. Of 2,267 bags Ben ri, a Dart to tine white, and o o nly sold at 10s 6d to lls 64.1 for mid TALnow.—Th rd I.o m t o los 6d ere havin g b ee • 'I a larger demand for Rue. THE SUN, - LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 18 IS sian on the spot, holders are enabled to obtain an advance, and fine yellow Candle realised 44s 9d to 45s per cwt. At Auction 390 casks old sold at 43s 3d to 43s 6d. Operations for delivery in last three months of the year are important, and there are few sellers under 455. Home melsed is in more active request, and prices rather improved, 44s 6d having been currently paid cash. Other sorts advanced 6 d Per cwt • in auction 800 cases Australian mostly sold ; beef 41s 6eto 42s 2d, and mutton 41s 9d to 45s per cwt. Tallow is Ss to 9s dearer than last year. Srock is 10,000 casks lese, deliveries remain smaller. On Friday 12,000 casks will be offered at auction. OILS.—A further increase has taken place in demand for cocoa nut, together with an advance. Cochin 40s to 41s; Ceylon 39s to 39s 6d, and other sorts 38s to 38s 6d. Several purchases made in palm, and 33s to 34s paid for good to fine quality. Linseed at 29s to 29s 3d on the spot, and at 29s 6d to 30s for early delivery. Rape oil met with little notice, pale selling at 375, brown 35s to 35s 6d, and refined foreign 37s 6d to 38s. Lard oil realised 61s to 635. Olive is wanted ; sales made at 691. to 711. for Gallipoli ; at 651 to 681 per pun for other sorts. Cod remains in a dull state, sellers at 331 to 33/ 10. Southern remains in small supply, and is held for 321 10s to 351105, fine 361 to 371, yet dealers are reluctant to operate. Sperm continues to be wanted ; the terms obtained are 90/ to 921 for fair to fine, and headmatter 931 to 951. COCHINEAL.—To-day prices advanced id to 2d per pound for Cochineal, and 235 bags at auction were mostly sold ; Teneriffe Silvers at 4s 2d to 4s 4d, black 4s 5d to 5s 7d, Honduras Silvers 4s to 4s 6d, very bold 4s Bd, dead and pasty grain 3s 7d to 3s 11d, Mexican Silvers, ord 3s &l, and mid black 4s 5d per pound. SALTPETRE.—Prices are not lower for rough, still there is a reluctance on the part of exporters, and home dealers to operate. The value of Madras is 24s 6d to 26s ; Calcutta 29s to 29s 6d for 6 per cent. or under, and over 6 per cent. 25s to 28s 6d per cwt. Stock is 1,100 tons more than last year, but consumption keeps large. SPlCES.—Pimento sells more freely at from sid to 6d for ord to good, but a large parcel has arrived. A further increase is apparent in demand for nutmegs, together with an advance of ld per lb. There is more disposition to operate in pepper, yet prices have not improved. Penang, rather dusty at 3ad to 3d, and clean Sumatra 3id to 3id. White is scanty supply, and wanted ; prices in consequence incline upwards, ruling at &i to lOid, and Coriander lld to is 3d. Cayenne is more plentiful, at 7d to 9d for mid to good, and very ord aid to 3id. For ginger orders are decidedly on the increase, and rates rule firm. At auction 800 bags African sold at 25s 6d to 26s 6d ; and 13 casks 247 bags Jamaica at 44s to 103 s for ord to good. COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Tais DAY. Am5terdam............ II 18 Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 19 1 4'Leghorn. ..............30 15 Rotterdam .• .... 11 19%1 Genoa ................25 40 Antwerp .............. 25 32% Milan ................ Brussels ....... 25 32%1Venlee ................ 11amburgh ............ 13 83i Naples ................ 41% Altona ................ Palermo .............. 124% Paris Ditto, three months .. 25 30 Lisbon • • 53 % Marseilles..•... • 25 323 Oporto ................ 5336 Bourdeaux Rio Janeiro . ..... Frankfort-on-Maine .... 120 Buenos Ayres Berlin ................ Vienna ................ 11 10 Trieste 11 11 Petersburgh.. •• •• .... • • Madrid ................ 50 1 Cadiz .................. 50 8aree10na...........• • • Seviile .............. •• New York, 60 days' sight Philadelphia ...... . - PRICES OF BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars Z 3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coln .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LINCOLN SPRING MEETING. MONDAY. The TRIAL STARES of 10 sovs. each, h ft, and 40 added One mile Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Est 31b, Mr. Gulliver's Chilton, 3 yrs, 6st I.olb Mr. Marson's c by Theon, out of Rebecca, 4 yrs, .(Barker) 1 2 Bst 21b 3 Mr. H. Robinson's Billy Richardson, 4 yrs, Bst 21b Mr. Walter's Sir Eustace de Grey, 3 yrs, 6st 101 b 5 Betting-7 to 4 agst King David, and sto 2 agst Billy. Richardson and Chilton. Won by a neck ; same be tween second and third. The TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKES of 10 sous. each, h ft, and 40 added. Straight run in. - - Mr. Cunningham's Jewess, Bst... Mr. Knowles's Ludwig, Bst 41b Mr. Peck's Pope Joan, Bst llb Mr. E. R. Clarke's c by Napier, out of Cawroush's dam, Bst 71b Mr. H. Lister's Little Jem, Bst 41b (Charlton) Betting—Even on Jewess, 6 to 2 agst Ludwig, 4 to 1 agst Pope Joan, and sto 1 agst Clark's colt. Won by half a length ; a head between the second, third, and fourth. The STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP of 10 soya. each ; 5 ft, and 2 only declared, with 1001. added. Four miles. Mr. Higgins's Simple Peter, aged, 9st (Weaver) 1 Captain Reynard's Bruce, aged, 9st 2 Mr. Osborne's Ringleader, 5 yrs, 9st 101 b 3 Mr. Barry's Leporello, aged, 9st 31b Mr. Trafford nd bg by Little Known, aged, 9st 1111 0 Mr. Green's Little George, aged, 9st 41b.. Mr. Kemp's Hope, aged, 9st 41b 0 Mr. Day's Voyager, aged, 9st 51b 0 Mr. Oldacre's Dandy Jem, aged, 9st 10 0 Mr. French's Little Queen, aged 10st 41b 0 Mr. Higginson's Bourton, aged, lOst 51b 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Bourton, 4to 1 agst Ringleader, 5 to 1 agst Leporello, 7 to 1 each agst Dandy Jem and Voyager, and 12 to 1 agst Bruce. Won easily by a length ; half-a-length between second and third. The SELLING STAKES of 5 BOVR. each, and 25 added, 1 one mile, were won by the Gip, beating True Girl. EPSOM AND METROPOLITAN STEEPLE CHASES. Nominations for the Metropolitan Steeplechase Han dicap • weights to be published on the 24th inst. British Yeoman, Quickstep, Peter, Fazeley, Honest Tom, Geraldus, Ringleader, The General, Miss Mow bray, The Hero, Viscount, Maria Day, The Unknown, Talisman, Grey Momus, Senator, Shinrone, The Brewer, Forest Lad, Simple Peter, Charlton, Sir Peter Laurie, Janus, Sam Hood. The Hurdle Race Free Handicap :—The Hero, Gul nare, Geraldus, Malwsbury, Sir Robert, Sam Hood. Stamford, Quickstep, Fazeley, Reindeer, Bradford ; Ormsby, Simon the Cellarer, Gerard, The Unknown, Union Jack, Caurire, The General, Ventre h terre. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIISTOM-HOUSE—HARca 21. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lion, from Harlingen ; Mag net, do. ; Ceres, Rotterdam ; Menai, Calais ; City of Lon don, Dunkirk ; Concordia,' Rotterdam ; Giraffe, do. ; Christiana, Lurvig • Christian, do. ' • Ravensbourne, Ant werp ; Expedition, ifarstrand ' Triton, Krageroe ; Rhine, Hamburgh ; Fy e noo r d, Rotterdam ; sangalore, Penang ; Catharina, Emden ; Gerda, Lauvrig. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING. —The Ravensbourne, for Antwerp ; Pax, Rio Janeiro ; Lucie Arnie, Nantes ; Elspe, Rotterdam Les Arnie, Rouen ; Ceres, Rotterdam ; City of London , Dunkirk ; Menai, Calais • Frisked, Laun ceston ; Wharfinger, Hamburgh ; Admir al, New Zealand ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam • Saracen, Portland Bay ; B avr i c k, Demerara ; Seine, Boulogne ; Concordia, Rotterdam ; Diana, Trinidad ; Jens Hansen, Leind, Copenhagen ; Mo narchy, Calcutta ; Larkins, King George's Sound. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Vivid, for Rouen ; John Pink, Melbourne and Geelong ; Jonge Johanna, Rotterdam ; Miranson, Calcutta ; Marys, Guern sey and Jersey ; Mentor, Cape Coast Castle ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne. BREMEN, March 15.—The Edmund, from Liverpool, which arrived here March 13, got aground on entering the old harbour at Bremer-haven, but is not supposed to be dangerously situated. SHIELDS, March 17.—The Neptune, of Seaton Sluice, bound to Havre and North America, which took the ground near the Stanhope Drops, came off. NEW YORK, March s.—The Canada, of Queenstown, bound to Havannah, is on shore on Stonehouse Shoal, ten, miles south of Tybee. ST. THOMAS, Feb. 9.—The Eucharis, Charleston for Bordeaux, put in here, Feb. 7, very leaky, and with loss of sails, &c. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Fleece, Port-au-Prince to Queenstown, Feb. 12, in the Caycos Passage. The Iceni (barque), March 3, lat. 47, long. 10. The Eliza Brown, bound westward, March 16, off Cape Clear. The Argentina, bound up Channel, March 17. The Waterlily (barque), Nov. 24, lat. 7 S., long. 88 E. The Morning Star, London to New South Wales, Jan. 29, lat. 1 N., long. 21 W. THE HEAD MASTERSHIP OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL. — The governors of this institution have appointed Tues day, April 1, for the election of a head master in the room of the Rev. Dr. Edward Rice, whose melancholy death was recorded in this journal some time ago. The committee have selected the three following gentlemen, and the governors on the day named will elect one of them to the vacant office. The Rev. Dr. G. A. Jacob, Principal of the Collegiate School, Sheffield ; the Rev. Hugo Daniel Harper, M.A., fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, head master of the Grammar-school, Sherborne ; and the Rev. Henry Newport, M.A„ head master of the Grammar-school, Exeter formerly head ma s t er o f St. Bartholomew's School, Newbury. Hitherto it has been customary for the head master to hold, with the mastership, one of the livings in the gift of the g overnors ; but in future thi s p r i v il ege w ill b e disallowed, and the head master will not be allowed to take any clerical duty unconnected with the school. The stipend is 8001. a year and residence. A CHINESE ARTIST ON FEMALE BEAUTY.—Lumqua is called by Europeans the Sir Thomas Lawrence of China ; and he well deserves that proud distinction, as the colour ing of this artist's oil paintings is exceedingly fine, although hie:idea of female beauty differ materially from ours. In the llystehof conversation we asked his opinion of an English belle.„naineann,,t Canton, and the reply was characteristic of a s Ti e l has eels ideas of female beauty. Her face is too round, (meaning ; she,eutroin her cheeks, her eyes are too blue, too her o tall, too plump , yi yaw ; larg e feet so large Countenancethat tsh was expressive), and she has her face talks qua's atelier we saw e can walk upon them. In Lum and Chinese, litany oipany portraits both of Europeans and although deficient iZliit were and excellent likenesses, ci . shade, were executed [ADVERTISEMENT.}—HoIIo;,. vr tina c . er , d the Chinese. in a most masterly manner . Di: , 4 s Pills for the Cure of . :s e i a i . a se d .s iet of the Chest and Asthmatic Coughs, and all o i li; of o e f sa S or co u tl o an li d o. - Lunos.—A gentleman named road, ' Liverpool, states, in a. letter to , that for upwards of fi ve he suffered severely from asthma, attended • way, dated Jan. 1, 185 , 3 . years with a violent cough, which so prostrated :his strength and debilitated his constitution as totally to unfit him for any of the active duties of life. He - was attended by the most eminent medical men, but all failed to give him relief. At length he tried Holloway's Pills, and in about three months this wonderful medicine effected a perfect Cure of his disease, and restored him to sound health.—Sold byall druggists, and at Profc •ssor Holloway's Establish. ment, 244, Strand, Londcn. - ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT—KINGSTON, MARCH 21. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) This morning having been appointed for the trial of the four Frenchmen who were charged with murder arising o'ut of a duel that took place in October last at Egham, considerable interest appeared to be created in the proceeding, and the court was crowded long before the usual: hour for commencing business. A great num ber of Frenchmen were' among the spectators, among them were M. Louis Blanc, together with a great many of the French refugees. At 10 o'clock the prisoners, Edmund Allain, 36, de scribed as; a wine merchant ; Etienne Barronet, 46, not ary, Emanuel Barthelemy, 29, engineer ; and Philippe Eugene Mornet, 42, labourer, were placed at the bar, and the indictment which charged them with the wilful mur der of Frederick Cournet, was read over to them. The prisoners all pleaded not guilty, and elected to be tried by a jury composed half of foreigners. An inter preter was sworn to explain the evidence to them. Mr. Locke and Mr. Knapp were counsel for the pro , secution ; Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C. ' defended Allain ; Mr. Parry and Mr. Ribt on defended Barronet ; and Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Needham were counsel for Barthe lemy and Mornet. The learned counsel, in opening the case for the pro secution, said, that although the prisoners had exer cised their privilege of being tried by a jury partly composed of foreigners, yet he was satisfied that all the gentlemen who occupied the position of jurors, would be actuated solely by the desire to perform their duty, and to uphold the law of the country in which they lived, and that they would decide, the present case just the same as if four Englishmen were placed at the bar instead of four foreigners. He then proceeded to state that the prisoners were charged with having caused the death of one of their countrymen in a duel ; and he said that, by the law of England, the killing of a fellow creature under such circumstances was held to amount to murder, and, subject to the ruling of his lordship, the only questio n , as it appeare d to hi m, t h e jury would have to decide was, whether the prisoners were proved to have been concerned in the duel ; and if they were, whether as principals or seconds, as they were commonly termed, their offence according to the law of England would amount to murder. If he should make out this fact to their satisfaction, it would be their duty not to shrink from returning a verdict of guilty ; the punishment that would follow such a verdict would, of course, be left to other hands, and no doubt the clemency of the Crown would be extended to the utmost in such a case. The jury, however, had nothing to do with the result, and he was satisfied that they would return a verdict in accordance with the oath they had taken. The learned counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case as they afterwards appeared in evidence, observ ing that the evidence would tend to show that Barthe lemy and the deceased were the two principals in the affair, that Allain and Barronet acted as the seconds to the deceased, and Mornet and another Frenchman named Brisson, who had made his escape, had acted in the same capacity for Barthelemy. He said that there was one circumstance in connection with the trans action which would lead to an inference that there had been some unfair play, which was that it appeared that only one pistol had been discharged, and upon the pistol used by the deceased being examined after the occurrence it was found to have a piece of rag in the barrel placed close to the breech so as to prevent the powder from ex ploding. He should not be able to prove by any evi dence how this rag got into the pistol, but it appeared quite clear that it could not have come there by accident, and it certainly appeared to be a very suspicious circum stance. He concluded by saying that he should lay all the facts before the jury, and when they had heard the evidence he should produce, and had heard from his lordship the law with regard to the subject, he felt as sured that they would perform the important duty that devolved upon them in a manner satisfactory to their own conscience and to the country. The following evidence was then adduced : M. Francois Pardigan said —I knew the deceased. I last saw him at a quarter to eight o'clock at the Water loo Railway station on the morning of the 18th of Octo ber. I saw him dead on the following morning at the Barley Mow at Englefield-green. I know three of the prisoners —Barthelemy, Barronet, and Allain ; the two latter were with the deceased when I saw him at the railway station. I also saw a gentleman of the name of Brissot in company with the deceased on the morning of the 18th, and I heard the deceased ask him if he " ac cepted." The deceased asked me to accompany Allain and Brissot as an interpreter to hire a pair of duelling pistols. We went to two shops, but they refused to let pistols on hire. We asked for pistols that would fire with precision —shooting-school pistols. We went at last to a shooting-gallery in Leicester-square, and the proprietor consented to let us have a pair of pistols on hire, and Allain and Brissot examined them. The owner of the pistols said that they had been used the same day, and they were not clean. M. Brissot took the pistols away with him, wrapped in brown paper, and they were taken to my lodging, where Allain and Brissot cleaned them. Allain and Brissot each cleaned one of the pis tols, and I gave them a piece of white rag for the pur pose. I took the rag from a drawer myself. It was about the size of a pocket handkerchief. I gave them a large pencil uncut, and they used that to clean out the barrels of the pistols, after I had cut some notches in it with a penknife. They tied the pistol to a small walk ing -stick, and by this means they cleaned the barrels of the pistols ; and when they had finished, each of them blew down the barrel of the pistols and put their finger to the touch-hole, and then said it was well. As the rag became dirty they tore off a portion and threw it into the fireplace. After tf• e - :e:stols were cleaned they were placed in an envelope, ar.u. Allain and Brissot said it was necessary to seal them, and when they were wrapped up in paper thirteen seals were placed upon them, and they wrote on the paper, "Allain, thirteen seals—Brissot, thirteen seals." Allain then put the seal into his pocket, and the parcel containing the pis tols was given to Brissot. I recognise the paper, and the seal now produced as the same made use of upon the occasion. By Mr. Chambers—l knew M. Barronet first during the Exhibition in 1851. I saw him very frequently at that time. I have always heard that he was a man of very good reputation and character, and a man of hon our and a gentleman. He also had the reputation of being a kind and humane man. From what I saw relating to the pistols, everything was done with perfect honour and integrity by both parties. Re-examined—l never saw the pistols from the time I have mentioned until they were produced before the magistrates at Chertsey. Mr. H. Hand said—On the 18th of October I was the proprietor of an exhibition in Leicester-square, called the Assault d'.A rms. On the 18th of October I lent a pair of pistols to three forei g ners, and I fur n i s h e d th em also with twenty-two bullets, about the same number of percussion caps, and some gunpowder in a flask. The pistols were afterwards returned to me and I now pro duce them. When th e pi s t o l s were hired, the parties said they wanted them for practice. I can only recog nise the last witness. Ido not know any of the priso ners. The pistols were not clean when the parties took them away, and I told them so. The pistols were brought back to me on the 19th of October, and I paid them back about 61, 155. They had deposited 81. with me, and I de ducted U. for the hire, and the remainder for the flask, which was not returned. I examined the pistol, and being told that one was loaded, I put a cap upon it, and tried to fire it, but it would not explode. I tried it a second time, but still it would not go off, and I then un loaded it by unscrewing the breach of the pistol, and discovered a piece of rag between the powder and the nipple, which prevented the former from exploding. It was impossible to discharge the pistol while the piece of rag was at the bottom of the barrel. The witness produced the piece of rag he found in the pistol, and M. Pardigan said it was of the same descrip tion as that used by the prisoners Allain and Brissot to clean the pistols. M. Denis said—l keep a coffee-house in Old Comp ton-street, Soho. All the prisoners were in the habit of coming to my shop. On the 4th October I saw M. Bar thelemy there, and he inquired how my business went on, and I told him that M. Barronet, M. Cournet, (the deceased), and another gentlem an b oar d e d w i th me. He then said he had a letter he wanted me to give to M. Cournet and I gave him a sheet of paper and pens and ink. He began to write, and in a short time he said he could not complete it as he wished to look at one of the last letters of M. Cournet. I asked him if he knew Cournet, and he said he did not ; and I told him he was a fine robust man. M. Barthelemy then raised his arm as though in the act of levelling a pistol, and he said— "At this I don't fear the first comer." He then went away, and said that he should probably return in about an hour or an hour and a-half. M. Barthelemy slept at my house on the night of the 18th of October, and he went out about a quarter past six o'clock the next morning. By Mr. Ballantine—l have been five years in Eng land, but I only speak a very little English. Very few of ray customers are English. I had known Cournet about seven or eight months, and he breakfasted and dined at my house, but did not sleep there. Barthelemy rarely came to my house. After the arrival of M. Bar thelemy I frequently heard Cournet talk about firing, Jane Pettingall said—On the morning of October 19 I went down to Windsor upon business by the eight o'clock train, in the morning. f was in a second-class carriage. The train arrived at Windsor about nine or half-past nine o'clock. Three foreigners were in the same carriage. Two of them were the prisoners Barthelemy and Mornet. They conversed together in French during the journey. I understood what they said. The name of Cournet was mentioned, and I heard one of the gentleman say he would kick him and cane him to death, and I saw Barthelemy take his right hand out of his coat pocket and look at it, and say, "Je ne suis pas agit4e.” M. Mornet had a, cloak on, but I ob served nothing particular about his appearance. Francis Farquharson said—l am a guide at Windsor. I was at the station on the arrival of the ten minutes past nine train on the morning of the 19th October, and I saw six gentlemen, who appeared to be foreigners, get out of the train. I believe the prisoners were some of the gentlemen I saw. I afterwards saw the dead body of a man who was one of the same party. When the six foreigners got out of the train they walked up the street in two parties of three each. One party went into the Red Lion, and the other into the Adam and Eve. I followed them, in the expectation of getting a job. The two parties came out of the houses I first saw them go into, and went to two other houses of entertain . ment:and they soon afterwards came out together, and all the six walked away in two parties towards Eagle field-green. On the same afternoon three of the gentle men came back to Windsor. Two of the prisoners (Barronet and Mornet) I can recognise, but I do not know any of the others. These three gentlemen went away by the trlin for Lond9n, and I observed before they started that the prisoner Mornet had something like an umbrella wrapped up in his cloak. Margaret Perkins—My husband is a labouring man at Egham. On the morning of the 19th October I was going across the Englefield-green about twelve o'clock, and when I came to a place called Priest's-hill I saw six gentlemen, who were apparently foreigners, standing together. They then all came out into the main road, and, after they had taked together a short time, they went towards Priest's-hill. The four prisoners were of the party, and the deceased also was among them. Two of the party went into a field, and I heard a whistle, and the rest of the gentlemen joined them in the field, and I observed them cross another field, and then I saw nothing more of them. I saw the deceased soon after wards at the Barley Mow, and I recognised him as one of the party. William Herbert said—l am a labourer, and reside at Barham, in Berks. On the 19th October I was in the neighbourhood of Englefield-green, near Priest's-hill, when I heard several foreigners talking in a meadow, and I stopped to listen, and in about five minutes I heard the report of a firearm. I only heard one report, and then a man halloed, and I saw a man come up the hedge into the road. I cannot recog nise either of the prisoners as that man. A medical gentleman named Hayward came up, and I accom panied him and one of the foreigners into the second meadow, where I saw a man l y i ng upon t h e groun d , w h o was bleeding from a wound in the side, and the prisoner Allain was endeavouring to sop up the blood. I wished to carry the deceased to the Barley Mow, at Engle field-green, and Allain and Mr. Hayward accompanied us there. By Mr. Chambers—The prisoner Allain seemed very sorrowful, and to be in great distress of mind at what had occurred. Mr. Hayward—l am a surgeon, and reside at Egham. I was passing up Priest's-hill on the 19th October, about a quarter to one o'clock, when the prisoners Mor net and Barthelemy came up to me. A third man was with them. One of th em as k e d me t h e roa d to Wi n d sor in broken English. When I'got to the top of the hill, a third foreigner ran from the field into the road. The person was Barronet. He asked me to accompany him to place where, he said, his friend had been wounded by a bullet. I believe he had been told before that I was a surgeon. When we got into the second field I saw ournet lying on the ground, and Allain was attending to him. I saw that he was wounded on the right side, and that there was a corresponding opening on the left. The deceased was removed to the Barley Mow, and in about three-quarte rs of an hour Barionet went away. The prisoner Allain remained until he was taken into custody. I stayed with the deceased until fivo o'clock in the afternoon. The three men I first met came in the direction from the field in which the duel was fought. I saw the body of the deceased after death, and ascertained that his death was evidently occasioned by being shot by a pistol ball. By Mr. Chambers—The three men were at least 150 yards from M. Barronet. He did not tell me what was his object in going to London. By Mr. Parry—Allain appeared in great distress of mind. He talked of M. Cournet as an old friend. The deceased died about six o'clock. He appeared to be very much devoted to Allain, so long as his senses re mained, and I never saw more real feeling than was evinced both by Allain and Barronet. Charles James said that he met three foreigners on Priest's-hill on the morning in question, and they told him that there had been an accident, and asked him where they could get a cab or some other conveyance. Two of the men he saw were Mornet and Barthelemy. By the Court—Priest's-hill was about three miles from Windsor. Mr. John Madigan, the station-master at Windsor, deposed that on the morning of the 19th of October, he was in the office prior to the starting of the half-past two o'clock train for London, when he saw the prisoners Mornet and Barthelemy and another man, who also ap peared to be a foreigner. Mornet carried his cloak with something like a sword wrapped up in it. These three men took their seats in a second-class carriage, and in about five minutes Barthelemy came to the station, and he walked along the train and looked into all the carri ages, and then he changed his ticket, which was a second-class one, for a first-class ticket. After the train had started, he received a communication to the effect that a duel had taken place, and he sent a telegraphic message to London by the Great Western Railway, and on the same evening Barthelemy, Barronet, and Momet, were brought down to Windsor, and he recognized them as the persons h e h a d seen i n the afternoon • and he ob served to the policem an th a t i n taking Barronet they had taken the wrong man. He thought at the time, by his coming to the station after the other three, that he had nothing to do with them. John Underwood, a police-constable, proved that upon the receipt of the telegraphic message by the Great Western Railway, he stationed himself on the platform of the South-Western Railway upon the arrival of the 3.25 train ; and in consequence of the description given to him he took Barronet, Barthelemy, and Mornet into custody. The two latter got out of a second-class car riage, and the other prisoner came up to them, and he did not see where he came from. The clothes and shoes of all the prisoners were very dirty. As they were going towards the Tower-street police-station, a fo reigner who was standing in the Waterloo-road came up to him and offered him a SON ereign if he would let his Mends go. He told him be could not do that, and Mornet was then about to hant is cloak to some per son who was following him, but he took it away from him, and found two swords wrapped up in it. John Noble, a constable of Windsor, proved that from information he rec e i ve d h e p u t th e telegraph in motion, and afterwards proceeded to London, where he found the prisoners Barn:met, Barthelemy, and Mornet in custody, and he conveyed them back to Windsor. He found some percussion caps in the possession of the prisoner Barronet. Upon the prisoner Barthelemy being searched two right-handed gloves, both of which were split across the palm, were found in his possession. Mary Day deposed that she was called into the Bar ley Mow to lay out the body of the deceased, and she found a bullet in the bed. Mr. Biddlecombe, the superintendent of the county police for the district, said, that from information he re ceived, he went to the Barley Mow public-house about six o'clock in the evening of the 19th of October. He found the deceased quite warm, and apparently just dead. The prisoner Allain was sitting by the side of the bed. A gentleman who was in the room told him who witness was, and De pointed t o th e d ecease d an d sa i d, "My friend." Witness assisted i n u n d ress i ng th e b o d y, and saw that a bullet had passed through the clothes of the deceased, and also completely through his body. He likewise found the half of a railway ticket, from Windsor to London. He took Allain into custody, and found in his possession a powder flask, nine bullets, a quantity of copper caps, and a seal, all of which articles he produced. He likewise found upon the deceased a passport in the name of Bouquet. Witness was present at the magistrates' office when the prisoners were under examination, and upon one occasion Barronet and Allain handed in a statement, which they afterwards signed. Mr. Locke was about to put in the statement as evi dence, but Mr. Chambers objected to this being done until it was shown that no inducement or threat was held out to the prisoners before they made it. Edgell, one of the magistrates before whom the inquiry took place, was called as a witness, and he stated that when the prison ers expresse d the desire to make the declaration, he cautioned them in French, and made them distinctly understand that by the law of England they need not make any statement unless they pleased, but that if they did it would be used as evidence against them. The statement was then given in evidence. It was to the following effect : " Whatever may be the consequences of the severity of the English law against duelling, of which I was ignorant, I declare that I was the second of M. Cournet on the 19th October ; that the obligations of sincere friendship I enter tained for him would not allow me to refrain from accom panying him in this fatal rencontre. He was my best friend ; I had found so many noble qualities in him. I did all I could to aN oid the rencontre, but I had to obey the laws of honour, friendship, and the customs of French duelling. Were Ito pass the remainder of my life in pri son, I would never disclose the name of the person who was the adversary of M. Cournet. Now that I know the English law, honour forbids me from mentioning the name of an antagonist, if he cannot or will not do so. I am a prisoner, but I will ne ver qu it a prison by making a decla ration hich is repugnant to my character and habits. (Signed) " BARRONET." The following statement, made by the prisoner Allain, was put in : " I adhere to this declaration, and it is quite in confor mity with my sentiments. (Signed) "ALLAIN." This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. M. Chambers then made a most eloquent speech to the jury on behalf of his client, Barronet. He com menced by declaring that his learned friend who ap peared as the counsel for the prosecution had, in his opinion, not correctly stated the law in reference to the matter now under inquiry, and that he had wrongly de scribed it as stern and cruel, for such it must be if men were to be convicted of murder under the circumstances had been detailed in evidence that day. The law of Eng land, on the contrary, was merciful, and made great allow ances for the infirmities of human nature, and did not re quire from mankind more than mankind was capable of performing. Th e l a w of England also mercifully considered that foreigners might be ignorant of the cus toms and the laws of this country, and, therefore, gave. them greater privileges than were conferred upon Englishmen upon that supposition. What, then, were the circumstances of the present case ? Here were four unhappy exiles'fro m their own country, a portion of a great number of others similarly situated, who had been forced to seek a shelter and asylum in England, charged with a most serious offence. He would observe that this was the first charge that had been made against any of these men of having made a breach in the law of the country in which tl • • were sheltered, and he could not help remarking the appeared to him that this was very much to their 1: ()Jour. The prisoners were charged with the offence of murder, upon the supposition that they were present when another person was killed in a duel, but he denied that this was sufficient to support such a charge, and contended that it was necessary to show some malice on the part of the persons accused. Surely, he said, there ought to be some distinction made between tile seconds of the party who was killed, and the seconds of the party killing ; and if the law did not make such a distinction, he thought the jury would do so He asked them if it was according to common sense or humanity to convict of murder a man who acted a' second to another, who was perhaps his dearest friend, if that man happened to be killed, when it was perfectly , clear that the second had no intention whatever of kill ing him, but that, on the contrary, his death was a source of the utmost grief and misery to him ! It appeared to him that the mind of a sensible man would revolt at coming to such alconclusion. They were called upon to brand as murderers men who had only done what had been done on many other occasions by persons infinitely above them in station I and rank. He could mention many instances where the usages of society had compelled men of the very highest positfon to go out to fight a duel, which, in some instances, had been attended with fatal results, and yet there had been no conviction for murder. A person who killed another in a duel had never yet been ranked with those criminals whose horrid crime rendered them objects of disgust to the wh o l e o f th e commun i ty, and he felt satisfied the jury would come to that conclusion upon the present occasion. [The learned counsel was then about to mention the names of parties who had been engaged in different duels attended with a fatal result, when the learned judge interfered, and said he was not justified in doing so, as he was, in point of fact, giving evidence which was not admissable.] Mr. Chambers went on to say that he yielded immediately to the direction of the court. His only object was to show that notwithstanding what had been said about the in flexible character of the law, killing in a duel had never been looked upon as an ordinary murder, and the rea son was clear why it could not be so. He then referred to the facts of the case, and said that, so far as a second was concerned, it was always regarded as the great est proof of friendship a man could afford to attend an other upon such an occasion ; and that, so far from his anticipating a fatal result, in a great many cases it was the object of a second to effect a reconciliation between the parties, and avert the possibility of any thing serious occurring. For all that appeared to the con trary, in the present case, this was all that had been done by M. Barronet ; and he put it to them whether, under such circumstances, he ought to be convicted of the crime of murder. It was only by a fiction of law that the charge of murder could be at all supported, but he submitted that it was a fiction far to strong for the jury to give effect to, to say that a man was guilty of murdering his dearest friend, when it was clear that his only motive was to assist and protect him as far as laid in his power. They had it in evidence that after the fatal occurrence, Barronet evinced the deepest misery and sorrow for what had occurred, and that he remained with his dying friend up to the very last moment, and the jury were cared upon to convict this man of murder ing that friend. Upon this view of the case he asked the jury for an acquittal. for the prisoner for whom he ap peared ; but he would also ask for it upon the ground that there was nothing to show that Barronet had acted in any other way than a piece -maker ; and that even upon the evidence for the prosecution, there was nothing . to show that he was present even when the fatal shot was fired. Mr. Parry and Mr. Ballantine also addressed the jury for their respeclive clients. They repeated a good many of the argrments used by Mr. Chambers, and both the learned counsel contended that it was clear the strict letter of the law in cases of duels could not be carried out, as it was repugnant to common sense andto the feel ino.bs of jurors, an d i n d ee d every one concerne d i n t h e administration of the criminal law. They also called the attention of the jury to the circumstance of the piece of the piece of rag being found in the pistol, and Mr. Parry said that he was surprised that his learned friend Mr. Locke should have mentioned the matter, inasmuch as it was perfectly clear, from all the circumstances, that that the piece of rag musrhave remained in the pistol by accident at the time it was cleaned, and that if blame was to be attached to any one, the seconds of the deceased alone were responsible, as it was their duty to have seen that the weapon was properly loaded ; and if there really had been anything wrong, they must be supposed to have sacrificed their own friend. Some witnesses were then called to speak to the cha racter of Allain and Barronet, and they described them as having been persons of honour and respectability in their own country. - Mr. Justice Coleridge, in summing up the case, said that after the l ong s p eec h es th ey h a d h ear d , and ie ob servations that had been made by the learned counsel for the prisoners upon the subject of the law, he felt it right to remind the jury that he and they both sat there to adminster the law under the obligation of an oath, and it was their duty to do so fearlessly and conscientiously. It was very painful for a judge to have to sit and dis pose of so serious a case, and he must confess that he was surprised to hear learned counsel, of great expe rience and great talent, tell a jury the law was that which they knew it was not, and, to speak plain English, mislead them, and endeavour to induce them to find a verdict which they knew could not be justified either by the facts or the evidence. The four gentlemen at the bar were Frenchmen, but they resided in this country, and were therefore subjects of the Queen, and bound to obey the law, and he would tell them what the law was upon the subject of the present case, and he believed they would be of opinion that it was not only in accordance with the law, but also with the dictates of common sense. The law was this—lf one or more per sons went out together, armed with deadly weapons. for the purpose of committing an unlawful act, which fighting a duel undoubtedly was, and the death of one of the parties ensued, it was in the eye of the law murder in every person connected with the transac tion, and this applied equally to the seconds of the de ceased as to those of the survivor ; in fact, they were all held to be responsible for that which might be ex pected as the natural result of the act they were about to commit. If, therefore, the jury should believe that the prisoners, or either of them, were proved to have acted in this manner, they would be justified in finding them guilty of murder ; but if the evidence was not sa tisfactory as to their identity, or upon any other point, they would then say they were not guilty. The jury retired at a quarter to seven o'clock, and re turned into court in about an hour with a verdict of guilty of manslaughter. . The learned Juage addressing the prisoners, said they had been convicted, after a very long and patient inquiry, of the crime of manslaughter, and it was now his duty to pass sentence upon them for that offence. He ob served that they had already been in prison more than five months, and he thought it probable that, b ng foreigners, they were ignorant of the law of this country upon the subject of duelling, and that, therefore, they might have been misled ; and, taking all these circum stances into consideration, the sentence would be much lighter than otherwise would have been. He then sen tenced all the prisoners to be further imprisoned for the space of two months. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-WARWICK, MARCH 21. The Nisi Prius business of the assizes commenced be. fore Lord Justice Jervis this morning. EAST V. YOUNG-THE CARD-CHEATING CASE. An action to recover 1121., the amount of a bill in dorsed by the pugilist, Henry Broome, to the plaintiff, who acted as his attorney in the recent notorious card cheating case. Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., and Mr. H eyes, for the plaintiff; Mr. Mellor, Q.C., for the defendant. John Sherman, an attorney's clerk, living in Noel street, London, proVed the h an d wr iti ng o f D av i s an d Broome, the indorsers of the bill. Mr. Mellor, in defence, stated that the defendant was an under graduate of the University of Cambridge, and having a race horse of his own, he became acquainted with Broome. The acquaintance, in this case, had a ruinous effect on the prospects of the defendant. ' A friend of Young's wanted some money for the purpose of paying his college expenses, and for that purpose Young acc e pt e d a bill of exchange for 50/. Broome offered his services to get the bill discounted, having, as such characters always professed to have, " a friend the city." Th e bill was consequen tly entrusted to Broome, but he never discounted it, and, after many futile applications for the bill, a community of designing persons bro ug ht Y oung t o W arw i c k Races, in the last autumn, where Broome made his appearance, and was challenged by Young for the bill. Broome replied, "You said I was to keep it ; you lost bets to me on the Chester Cup to the amount of 1121., and said I might keep the bill." Young rejoined—" Why, instead of losing, I backed the winner." On this Broome offered to show Young his own handwriting for the amount he had lost on the Chester race. A crowd assembled, and the re sult was that Young was fool enough to give his written engagement for the amount on condition that Broome was not to use the bill at all or put it in suit against him until he produced the alleged handwriting in admis sion of the debt. The bill was accepted, and Broome received it ; yet Broome, in violation of his engagement, handed it over to Mr. East, who was now put forward as the person who had most chance of the bona fides, and in order to give the case the greater appearance of justice. The defendant was put into the box, and corroborated the statement of his counsel as to the circumstances under which the bill of 1121. was obtained from him — namely, conditional upon Broome's producing his (de fendant's) admission that he Fad lost money to him (Broome) upon the Chester Cup. On the contrary, wit ness swore that he had backed the winner of that race. He had given the bill to Broome because he had threat ened to follow him wherever he went, and collected a crowd of persons round them. Mr. Macaulay then called the plaintiff and his clerk. The former said that he was an attorney at Birmingham, and was employed by Henry Broome and John Broome and his wife, in some legal proceedings, about August or September last, in the Hamp and Probert conspiracy case. The bill was indorsed to him by Broome, on the 27th of November. He had applied to Broome for cash, and it had been arranged that Broome should bring him knew Young, nothing or r he would have taken the cash instead of the bill. Broome at that time owed him (witness) 2001 . , for professional services. of the rm 601. On th e S a turday, previous to the trial, he brought the bill fo r 1121., a nd said that witness might either have s e circumstances u that et n i t n e was es that, or he (B r oome) would get it cashed, and bring the 601. Witn e s s p r eferred taking the bill, on Broome's as surance juryntwere had wee consideration baetw good ee n B onr e o . o m He e and th hise His lordship, in summing up , observed that the ques tion was whether East got the bill before the 20 t h December. If he did, the verdict must be for him ; h ut that the plaintiff plaintiff: given, an and adn d his e e clerk ee if, as h a d b e en, alleged, it was on the 27th D ecember, eey oas the waspl p a l i a f then the question would be whether he gave considera tion rn fothat it. to s a g If saying nto return a verdict for the defendant, it would be tanta mount perj tired. The jury, after some consultation, had to retire be cause as the foreman stated t o th e j u d ge, he believed' the evidence of the plaintiff and his clerk, but that the of the jury did not. rest Verdict for the defendant. SETTLEMENT OF THE GLEN TILT CASE.—This cele brated and important case has, of consent of the de fendor," resulted in a finding that there is a public road through Glen Tilt, and in the duke being found liable in the whole expenses of the process. We believe that this termination of the case has been reached on an un derstanding that the pursuers will not resist an intended application by the duke to the road trustees for leave to make a new'road deviating from the present track in its lower part for two or three miles,—Scotsman. EXTRACTS FROM AUSTRALIAN PAPERS. In the New World, which is so rapidly springing up at the antipodes, the old country does not seem to have been forgotten, judging from the names which the hardy colonists .have given to their newly acquired pro perties. In the Geelong A dvertiser, for instance, among the advertisements of sales by auction, we are startled by seeing in large type the familiar words of " Kildhre," " the Westbourne Property, " the delightful town of Islington, " Gretna Green," " Ascot," " the Montague Estate," Hampton Village," " Milton," " Sherbourne," &c. The different estates are described by the auc tioneers, after the usual stereotyped fashion in England, but here and there the introduction of a little original phraseology tells us that it is not at Garroway's or the London Auction Mart, where we must attend the- sale. In one advertisement, the auctioneer announces that " a Champagne lunch will be provided," in another says, " an early day after the sale will be appointed to meet and place the purchasers in their lots, and they will on this occasion be hospitably entertained." THE SALARY OF THE MAYOR OF MELBOURNE.— . The Melbourne Corporation have voted their Mayor 1, 003 /. as his yearly salary. MOREE GOLD FIELD.—On the Moree gold field, in New South Wales, large masses of gold have been found • and it is now systematically explored. Here the Australian British Gold Mining Company are en gaged in draining the waterhole at the junction of the Lewis's Ponds with the Louisa, and in working some claims higher up the creek. They have the large num ber of 36 men employed, the most of which came out from England under agreement. The Company's camp has quite an imposing appearance. —G eelong A dvertiser. GEELONG INFIRMARY, &c.—The moieties of fines, &c., from the Police-office for last month (October), re ceived by this institution, amounted to 1801. 15s. ENCOURAGEMENT TO INDUSTRY.—The Victoria In dustrsal Society has announced its second annual exhi bition in Melbourne, on the 15th of December. Prizes of gold medals &c., ar e t o b e awar d e d to successful com petitors, exhibiting live stock, samples of agricultural productions, animal products, garden produce, colonial manufacturers, and approved &amples of colonial articles, as vegetable oils, candles, and specimens of artistic skill, in leather furniture, typography, litho graphy, paintings, carvings, and so forth. —Geelong A dvertiser. . CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION AT THE DIGGINGS.— The general character of the population at the diggings is that of peaceable and industrious persons. There are many exceptions, however. In those districts where the earnings of the diggers are very regular, and an industrious man can make pretty sure of doing well, but where there are few instances of great luck, the diggers are mostly orderly and industrious. At such places as Tambaroora and the Turon, however, where there are often very large gains made, the population is not so steady, A great deal of drunkenness may be ob served, and disorderly scenes are too common. Many of the public-houses at such places are in fested with the worst of characters—thieves and black legs—who prey upon the fools who, having been fortu nate enough to get a g oo d h o l e , squander their e arn i ngs at the gro g - s h o p s . Besides these there is another de scription of character who hangs about the public-houses and ekes out a living, no one knows how. He is a species of " Ne'er-do-weel," who is not fond of hard work, and only takes to it when compelled by dire ne cessity. He pretends to know a great deal about gold getting, and is acquainted with all the rich localities. He is a complete sponger, and is tolerated in public-houses because he brings them some custom. This genus is termed in California " a loafer." I met a good specimen on the Meroo. He looked very like a broken down swell, but he talked so sensibly, and was apparently possessed of so much information, that I put some faith in him. In speaking of a new place which had been opened on the Devil's Hole, Creek, Spring Flat, he said that " the ground stunk of gold," an expression which somewhat startled me. He said there was plenty of room there ; on which I asked him if he had a claim at Spring Flat. He replied, "No, that he had a 'rattling claim' on the bar below, worth any two there, and he wouldn't bother himself with Spring Flat." I subsequently ascertained that my big talking friend had no claim at all, but some of the dig gers used to let him work a day or so with them when he was hard up. It is, unfortunately, too true that there many persons at the diggings who are hardly ever sober from morning to night. Many of the diggers, after having made a few pounds, go to a public house and never leave it until all their money is gone, when they are ignominiously expelled, and at last get sober, and awake to a true sense of their condition, without a farthing in their pocket. But the chief por tion of the diggers do not act thus, and gentlemen in positions of authority and influence should pause before they make rash assertions concerning the morality and the general behaviour of the population at the gold fields. The greater number of the miners work hard and steadily, and even deny themselves much of the license and the luxury they would enjoy at their usual employment. Besides • this, five out of every half dozen I fell in with, were men of at leas.. average intelligence and information, and a great many were men of much shrewdness and common sense. By such persons as these the conduct; of the Govern ment towards the miners is narrowly scrutinised, and, I must say, fairly and impartially judged. Almost all the millers with whom I have conversed have more con fidence in the Government for fair and impartial treat ment than in the Legislative Council, and few regard the handing over of the management of the gold fields to the. Council with pleasurable anticipations. The reason of this is the reckless manner in which some honourable members have spoken of the gold diggers, and the bitter spirit exhibited towards them by others. Men do not like to be termed "hordes of licensed ruffians," and even gold diggers can see the gross injustice and the folly of attempting to raise a revenue from the gold fields large enough to defray the whole expenditure of the colony. Miners can apply the fable of the man who killed the goose which laid the golden eggs as well as other people. Gold diggers, too, have breeches pockets as well as capitalists, thank goodness ! and t'ley are just as likely' to resist any unjust attempts of other people to dip their hands into them. Knowing as they do how heavily the present license fee presses on the industry of the miner, it is not to be supposed that they can hear, without in dignation, the project of placing an export duty on gold in addition to this fee.—Sydney Paper. SOCIAL CONDITION OF AUSTRALIA. —We have not sufficient data for determining exactly the permanent in crease in the population during the past year, but it may be fairly assumed that more than 80,000 souls from all qaarters of the world have landed on our shores. A great number from the adjacent colonies have come for the purpose of trying their fortunes at the diggings, and intending to return whether successful or not ; but the great majority of those who arrive are actual immigrants. The entire population of the colony at the present moment may be stated at more than 200,000 souls. This immense influx, while it has given an impulse to our progress unprecedented in colonial history, has been attended with much inconvenience to the entire community, and especially to persons newly arrived. The appliances of social life have not kept pace with the rapidly increasing population ; nor was it pos sible. In a young colony, and in circumstances of such unexampled emergency, there must of necessity be a se rious deficiency of the most ordinary social conveniences. The general rule, having but few exceptions, is, that male immigrants proceed to the diggings at once. This outlet has.averled the shock that would be occasioned by the dis proportionate pressure upon the ordinary employments, and kept the labour market comparatively bare. The vast majority of those at the gold fields have settled there for the present, no appreciable proportion of them falling back upon ordinary occupations. Fence, it is evident that the gold field is of indefinite extent, and that the labour is generally remunerative. The defi ciency in the labour market is only partially filled up by the few immigrants who do not go to the dig gings, and the still fewer who forsake them. The want of social conveniences must have entailed much suffering upon individuals • but, looking on all the circumstances of the case, there is cause for thankfulness that the evils have not been infinitely more serious and general. There has been, and there still is, great personal discomfort ; but there might have been famine and pestilence. The principal inconvenience felt by new corners is the want of house a ccommodation. The abundance of money, and the deficiency in effective labour, have raised the expenses of building far above the point at which it would be a profitable investment for capital. The number of buildings erected in the city within the year beam no proportion g to the increase of the population. But already we discover symptoms of reaction in this respect ; and we think that the ensu i ng year will witness - a revival in the building trade, and a great extension and improvem en t t o nts and the cit Me antime, the wan t is partially supplied by y. m all sin buildings in the outski r t s . O n the southe rn b ank of the Yarra Yarra there is a popula tion of 4,000 or 5,000 living_ in tents ; and all around the boundari es of the city wooden cottages are daily spring ing up. —Melbourne Argos. THE FREE LIBRARY OF MARYLEBONR.-At the last meeting of the Working Men's Committee, on the 18th inst., at the Central National School-room, High-street, Marylebone—M r . T. Wilson in the chair—the secretary, Mr. George Lock, stated that in consequence of the dis tribution of political papers at the meetings of the above library, by H. D. Griffiths, the Rev. Dr. Spry, rector of Marylebone, had informed him that the school-room in High -street was no longer at their service (the trustees of the same having met, and come to that decision). He (the Rector), however, would allow the committee to meet once more there, in order that they might take such steps as would prevent their expulsion, sooner than retire in an h onoura bl e manner, and thereby' insure the respect of others by showing respect for themselves. The committee unanimously agreed that Mr. Griffiths should be expelled the committee for the " offence" he had given, unless he (Mr. Griffiths) expressed contrition for such "offence ;" leave being given him to retire with a good grace, as they felt they had a disagreeable task to perform, and would rather be rid of it. Mr. Griffiths de clined either expressing contrition for the diffusion of, useful knowledge, or of retiring for no real cause : his " offence " was, in giving away copies of " The Home " of his friend Richard Oastler, and papers against taxes on knowledge, which were in accordance with his (Mr. Griffiths') views of the rights of labour. They had, however, Dr. Spry and his friends to please, and the question was whether he (Mr. Griffiths) should be ex pelled or the committee. A long discussion followed, which ended in Mr. Cole moving, and Mr. Robertson seconding, -a resolution for Griffiths' expulsion, which was carried unanimously—Mr. Griffiths voting for his own expulsion, on the ground that it was an honour to dart with men who had so lost respect for themselves. COUNTRY MARKETS. COLCHESTER -MARCH 19. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 48s to 560 ; red, 40s to 50s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 175 to 24s ; bean, Mazagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 32s to 38s ; peas , white, 4 0s vo 42s ; grey, 30s to 325. 18. Prices to-day wer CHELMSFORD—MARCH e as follow :—Wheat, white, old 40s al to 578 Od, new 38s to 55s ; red, old 36s to 475, new 31s to 448; barley, 258 to 27s ; chevalier, 318 to 378 ' • g rinding ' 21s to 278; m a lt, 55 s t o 56s • chevalier, 559 to 58s ; oats , 19s to 25s ; p eas , partridge, 303 to 35s ; whits, 32s to 34s ; boiling 38s to 41s ; d un , new, 29 s to 333 ; beans, tick, 326 to 3413; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 29s to 328. The following is the official statement of the quantities of corn, &c., received i n th e por t o f L oudon from the port in Essex, from the 14th to the 19th March, both 1 11- elusive : .41 . • ce / 74 4 ° Colchester 105 105,1005 20 12 300 HarwichHarwich lOO5 ;1213 15 1 24 ' ,1 Leigh Malden 983 36 500 293 194107 0 KIRKCALDY—MARCH 19. The fallowing are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beaus. II First KIRKCALDY—MARCH 19. The fallowing are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beaus. I First Second .. Third 39s Od 1 27s Od 17s Od I Os Od Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to 30s Od. COAL MARKET—Mescn 21. Pricei of Coal per ton at the close of the market : . s. d. 1 Buddle's West Hartley 16 9 Northumberland E. I Burn hope l6 6 Riddell I Carr's Hartley l6 6 Edeu Main l Holy well • 1 8 0 Bell Howard's West Hartley Belmont Netherton 16 31Hettou Lonsridge's W. Hartley 16 61Stewart's Ravent.worth W. Hartley 16 61Hprvey Wylam, uns. Sidr ey's Hartley l6 61Heugh Hall Walker Primrose l6 6!South Hartlepool .. West Hartley 16 6 South Kelloe .... Wylam.. 17 3, Whitworth. Willington Hartley Wall's End, &c Gosforth 16 o:Clavering Tees ISt. Helen's Tees 18 o,Tees Harton o,Voodhouse Close Killingsworth E. Northuinberland 17 .16 ° .20 , ' . - 17 0 17 Oiberwentwater Hartley 16 v 17 o,Fothergill's Ab er d are _22 Ships at market 0 J Sold.. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--MARca 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The buliness doue in railway stock has been but limited, and at lower prices generally. MANCHESTER—MARCH 21. STOCK EXCHAN G E. There has been a good deal Of fluctuation in prices, and Sheffield stock, which opened 29i, has closed at 304. Lancashire and Yorkshire, an Midland have declined, the former 22s 6d, and the lat'ver 25s upon Friday's quotations. London and North West. ern are also 20s lower. The sales at the close we re Eastern C oun ti es, 1 3 • Leeds 74i ; Sheffields, 304 • Jo' lands, 74 ; Dovers, 23k ; North Staffords, 4 5-16 d. ; Cale' donians, 32 ; London stock, 118. BIRMINGH, AR= 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th e market has been brisk to-diO and prices were firmer. Shrewsbury and Birmingham stock was done at 64i ; Shrewsbury and Herefords at 1i die. LEEDS—Ma-mu 21. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market this morning has v.v . " again very flat, and a general decline in prices has take ll place. Lancashire and Yorkshires have fallen 11., the Midlands, 17s 6d, while the smaller stocks ha le undergone a similar decline. The following are the closing transactions, the market closing at its weakest pointl Lancashire and Y or k s hi re, 75 ex di v. ; South Eastern s r Dovers, 2311 ; Northern Counties Unions, 3 dis. ; Manche a , ter, Sheffield, awl Lincolnshires, 29.1 ; Midland stock, 7 4 1 Y Leeds Northerns, 16 ; York and North Midlands, 298. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-ogo by the night—and M by the morning --dispatch.] Day when made up From what Whea l COUNTRIES. in General Po s t- Port due Office, London. Dispatched. Englano.. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Arrived America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N March 22 Liverpool ... April 4 , America (by U States . packet) ..........N March 28........ Southampton March 26 Australia (via South ampton) ..... ...M 4th of May .. Southampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...... April 1 Ditto (via Cape of wood Hope) ......N 20 of April ..... Plymouth .. March Africa ( West Z:Toast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Apra 30 12 Alexandria.......... N 8, 9,24, & 30 of ra Dover B A l a c h l d t, r i .. .. .. .. 2 %1 ,1 1 & o f 2O t t h h e of mon.month os S o o iu u yt h t e h r pp. Southamptonto. .tona. Daily A 1 oa f; I 1: of n 4, 2 60 9 0 Brazil ßelgi 9 1 tr oc . t . ht; Buenos Ayres.... .. M 9th of he month.. Southam Cape of Good H one ..N ou 1 4th of the m ont h Plymth p: . on Mar - 0 Cape of Good H o p e .. N 2nd of Apr.l Plymouth • • lar ch 30 Cape de Verds N 14th of the Ceylon (see Indi a ) Plymouth .. Ceylon .... ...... N 14th of th e month P l ym outh Channel Isles . month Chi1i....... N Mon.,Wed S o uthampton u 'fn. 6n • • • • • .. & 17th of month Southampton Arrived China (see Indi a ) Si m a a r r e c h h 2 2 : Constantinople ' ~..,,N 7 ,8,17,21,&27 of m. D0ver...... March 37 .. Constantinople 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton P ril i t;ont. of E urope M & N Twice daily .... Dover ...... n i Egypt (see India) France M& N Twice daily._ .. Dover .....• .A4l Gibraltar .... 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. Southampton Mar= ay Greece (see India) Greytown • 2nd & 17th of mon. . 4 outhampton rrired Halnhurgh Tuesday & Friday London ... • • am S at ' Havannah .......... M 2nd of the month Southampton April ' Holland 51 Wednesday & Sat. London ..... Mon.Thiu Honduras M 17th of the month. Southampton Arrived India (viaSoutliampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton March 20 In-da (via Marsellles)Al Bth&24th of month Dover .... • • Pig I lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhetid rwicedaill Lisbon ..............M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton April 16 Madeira ...... ...... A 9th of the month Southampton April 16 Madeira ............ N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. April 12 .f Malta (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 of m. Dover ...... March 22 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius 14th of the month Plymouth March 2 6. Mexico 2nd of the month. Southampton Ist of mon. Naples ..... ........N sthlsth2sthofroon. Dover March 92 Sew Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton Arrived New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Variou. port, uncertain Papal States N , thlsth2 s thoflnon. Dover march 2 2.: Peninsula M Jthl7th27thoimon. Southampton 31 arch 2 6 Peru At & 17th of mon. , outhampton Arrived Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth • . %l ar ch 26) Sicily • sthl th2sthofrnon, Dover ...... March 2 ,1 Tuscany N !it ti I sth2sth o f moti. D over _ March 24' Venezuela ..... • ....M 2d & 17th of month Southampton &laved Van I icemen's Land (see Australia) ........ West Indies ........ 2d& 17th of month Southamptot. Arrived ATTEMPTED MURDER IN PARIS. —The Court of Assizes*, few clays ago tri e d a young man of good education, name°, Roger, empl oye d as corrector of the press in some of the most important establishments of Paris, for au attempt at murder. In the evening of the 14th No' vember last, as a Madame Courchinoux, a milk-dealer'; in the Rue Vaugirard, was proceeding along that street, th e pr i soner hurried up to her, and cried, `` have suffered long enough ! For eighteen days, ands; eighteen hours a day, I have been waiting for you You shall not return home again 1" "Do not touch" me, or I will cry out !" said the woman, greatly fright' ened. At the same moment she took to flight, but be seized her, and, drawing a knife, attempted to stab her, in the heart. She warded off the blow with her hand. and arm, and was wounded in three places. She fell . to the ground. At that moment a parer-by came up, and rescued her from her assailant. She then went' home, and did not dare to follow. The wounds were' not serious. She knew the name and address of her: assailant, and having communicated them to the' police he was soon arrested. It turned out that bilk reason for committing the crime was that he had con ceived a violent passion for the woman, but that she had always refused to yield to his wishes. He had become ecquainted with her through her hushand, with whom he had long been on friendly terms, and had been ao-- customed to take his meals in her house. According to his account, however, he had maintained intimate re lations with the woman, and his reason for attempting, to kill her was, that she had had the business (his own expression) to make them known to her husband. The jury declared him guilty with extenuating circumstances, and the court condemned him to imprisonment for six years, with hard labour. In the course of the trial some verses of a religious character, which he composed just : before committing the crime, were read by his advocate. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 18th inst., in Gloucester-place, the Hon. Mrs. Seton. On the 18th inst., at Mornin gton-crescent, Regent's park, the wife of T. Green, Esq., barrister. OF A DAUGHTER. Stornoway, N.B the wife of Ca O pt n ai t n h irt e . Ith rn in ab sy Burnaby, Royal yalngineers. , MARRIED. On the 17th inst., at Waltham Abbey, Essex, Captain W. T. Barnett, Royal A r till ery, son of Colonel Barnett, of Hutton Hall, Yorkshire, to Eliza Josephine Ellen, eldest surviving daughter of Joseph Jessop, Esq., of Waltham Abbey. On the 12th inst., at St. J ames ' s, Pi ccadilly, J.A.Evens' Esq., Captain Bombay Army, eldest son of T. B. Evans, Esq., of Dean house, Oxfordshire, and North Tuddenhsos Norfolk, to Margaret Eleanor G eorg i na, f ourth daug hter of the late Hon. W. Fraser, of Saltoun. On the DIED. 13 th inst , at Inv ergor d on C astle, R oss -shirer N. 8., Roderick Macleod, Esq., of Cadboll, Esq., Lord" Lieutenant of the county of Cromarty, aged 67. On the 14th inst Mr. R. Hart, of 148, N ew B on d- s t r eet, aged 48. On the 17th inst., at Moore-street, Chelsea, Anne, wif e of Lieutenant Franeis . With am , R.N., aged 53. On the 17th inst. at Ventnor, Isle ofWight, Mary 011 r* only child of Captain Rippon. On the 17th inst. at Montague -place, Montague-square,.., General Si r Robert, K.C.H., l a t e o f th e 2d Lie Guards, aged 84. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO yow—rTh...ch of No. 112, St ran d , P r i nter, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 1 . 2 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, 14 the eousW Middlesex * Tuesd a y, M arc h 22,1853.