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, - • THE SUN3° 3 LONDON , MONDAY EVENING 'MARCH 28 , 1853. * i ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. the lady, it appeared, was residing at Cirencester, at an steam-boat, and we lived together in the cottage for 1 evidence at present before them did not make out the PIarCES OF SHARES. fo , inn, and was evidently in want of money. The defendant, about three or five weeks. It was my object to have a i fact of the marriage, and o n th a t groun d th a t th e plain unt') Wbtion HOME CIRCIIIT.—KDMSTON MARCH 26. who was in London, wrote to her, stating that he residence openly situated, so that I could see every one tiff had failed to prove his case. -4. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM had been about all the morning to try to get two pounds who approached, as I was afraid of the sheriffs officers, The jury here interposed, and said this was the view PANIES' STOCK. (Before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Special Jury.) and send her, but had been unsuccessful. His family and the outer gates were locked, and I always kept the they took of the matter. They did not desire to give _ _ SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. JARRETT V. TOLLEMACHE. would do nothing for him, and he himself was penniless. keys. Elizabeth Acford was not called by my name any opinion with regard to the fact whether the marriage From the Official List. This actibn was brought to recover a sum of money Under these circumstances, he advised her to call upon while we lived at this cottage. I don't know that she in Scotland did take place or not, but they were of PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, ------. alleged to have been expended in necessaries for a person a respectable solicitor, whom he named, and advised her was called by any name, certainly not by that of Mrs. opinion that the . evidence now before them did not esta- LONDON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24. TA_TTERSALL'S named Elizabeth Acford, who was represented to be the to explain to him how they were situated, and ask him Tollemache. She accompanied me once or twice for a Nish the marriage to their satisfaction. .. wife of the defendant. to write to his mother, and he said that, if this were walk on a Sunday, which was the only day I could go Mr. Baron Alderson said the jury had come to a very JOINT-STOCK BANKS. (THIS EVENING.) Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Bovell were counsel for done the fear of exposure would induce them to give him out without fear of arrest. I never introduced her to any proper conclusion, and ,upon that finding the verdict — 4 ,— the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. M. Chambers, some money. He ad v i se d her to act as though it was of one in Scotland as my wife, and I swear I was never would be for the defendant. Dividend Amount Q.C., appeared for the defendant ; Mr. Wales was also h er own accor d, an d not to say a wor d a b ou t hi s h av i ng marr i e d t o h er i n Scotland or anyw h ere else. All the This case concluded the business on the Home Ci rcu it. Name of •Company. Annum. per of Shar Paid. P ice. NONORTHA MPTONSHIRE STAKES. engaged in watching the case, as it was understood, in a d v i se d h er ; an d h e sa id if s h e did so every thi ng wou ld ti me s h e was w ith me I was i n cons id era bl e d iffi cu l t i es, , e. 4to 1 agst Defiance. behalf of Lady Dysart, the mother of the defendant. turn out all right. , He afterwards wrote a seer d let- and I believe that, by the letters I wrote to her, I was MIDLAND CIRCUIT.—WARWICK, MARCH 26. . ' £s.d.£ s. d. 7to 1 agst Hobby Horse. Mr. Bramwell, in opening the case, said that the plain- ter, in which he advised the lady to apply to the gentle- the first to put it into her head to set up the claim to be (Before Chief Justice Jervis.) Australasia........... 6k per cent. 40 0 0 40 C 0 93 British Is orthAmerican 6 . per cent. 50 0 0 , 0 u 0 s”i 7to 1 agst Dabchick. tiff, Arthur Jarrett, was a person in a humble condition life, being the relieving officer to one portion of Lam- man he had mentioned before in his capacity of clerk to Lady Huntingtower. CREW. CON.--DOWELL V. SHELDON. Commercial of London. 61. per cent. Ice 0 0 ',ll 0 0 ofthe magistrates, and asked for a l summons against him Cross-examined—l was born in 1820, and in 1842 I The plaintiff is a chemist and druggist at Birmingham, Colonial •••• •......... 31. per cent. 100 0 0 ir o o 16 to 1 agst Lady Blanche. 61. Per cent. 25 0 0 2 5 . 0 0 Meth parish, and the defendant was the Hon. William for deserting her, and he told her to appear hostile to was a bankrupt. In 1844 I was insolvent. At the and the defendant a tavern-keeper, at Birmingha m . The io n nT n . (her. Bk. f•l3 to 1 agst Tobolski (taken). Felix Lionel Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunt- him, and say that she was compelled to take this step on time I went to Scotland the Commissioners of Taxes had action was for damages for criminal conversation with London and Cointr. s .. 6'. per cent. cent. n 0 0 2 2 0 10 0 0 171 4 13 to 1 agst Kingston (taken). ingtower , son of the Earl of Dysart, a nobleman of very account of her being in a destitute condition. This he a claim against me, from which I was not released by plaintiffs wife. The plaintiff married a Miss Harris, Londn and Wcstminsir 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 e — 35 ireiand.. :1 1 . p e r :cw t ... 15 to 1 agst Happy Joe. ancient fa ' mily and of large possessions. The action was said would compel his family to do them justice. In an- my bankruptcy. I had also incurred a debt to Israel the daughter of a broker, after cohabiting with him London roiTi Provincial ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12brought to recover compensation for the support of a o int n tli o f lll A ae f k s t rta 1 it• other letter the defendant told the l a dy h e h a d b een a t Alexander and other persons between my bankruptcy three years, and on the 24th of December last plaintiff Diiica2!:fNig 0 0 .2 .. 0 0 0 48% to 1 agst Alp. lady and three children. That the children were really St . Albans, and that a person there was going t o i n t ro _ an d my insolvency. I believe that the Crown can issue left home to see his relations in Leicestershire. Miss National of 1re1E;i;c1 . ...... 41'. per )er crit: 50 0 0 22 ' 10 0 ( 186 1 1 1 . . p p. c e e r t . c B : B, n b t s .. 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 5 0 4, 0 0 — 76 4 12 to 1 agst Postulant. the children of the defendant he believed there was not duce him to a fool who would give him 6001. for his ac- writs out of England into Scotland or Ireland. I can- Fanny Harris, a sister of the plainti ff 's wife, resided t. bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 57 NI ) . Provricial of Eng. I 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 CHESTER CUP. the slightest doubt, and he believed that the only ques- ceptance for a thousand, and h e was going to g i ve h a lf no t say w ithout looking at my accounts whether with her as a companion ; and on the Christmas-day she our: 12 to 1 agst Trifle. lion in the cause would h e , w h e th er th e i r mo ther was the money to tke person who was the means of his get. any other persons had obtained judgments against and an elder sister were taking tea, when the defendant I South Australia .7...: 161.,Pp.. et. 0 0 25 0 51 35 to 1 agst Little Jack, the wife of the defendant, and he believed he should lay ting the money, and when he obtained the balance h e me . B e fore I went to Scotland, Elizabeth Acford had came in and asked for some cigars, and Mrs. Dowell evidence before them which would leave no reasonable would "rig out his dearY" in the state she desired. He gone down to her friends in Devonshire. This was after asked him into the parlour, introducing him as Mr. U nio n o f ....... 61. per cent. 210 0 WHITTLEBURY STAKES. doubt of that fact. The circumstances under which the went on to say that he w as disgusted with thi s coun t ry , we h a d li ve d together in the way I have described. I Edwards and he stayed tea with them. A Mr. Price Union of Madrid 11 . , .... 7/. per cent. 50 4 0 0 0 I,g 00 0 , 3 to 1 agst Lady Audrey (taken). claim arose were of rather a peculiar character. It ap- and had some thoughts of going abroad and taking her don't r ecollect if I wrote to her to join me in Scotland, but also looked in, and cards were introduced and continued _ 7to 2 agst Charley (taken). peered that about the middle of the year 1849, the w ith hi m . I n ano th er l e tt er , th e d e f en d an t h av i ng h ear d v er y probably I did. Bef ore we wen t to S co tl an d s h e till f our i n th e morn i ng. D ur i ng t h e even i ng some INSURANCE COMPANIES. plaintiff, in his capacity of r elieving officer, was called that the lady was ill, wrote to her to inform her th a t a went by my name, and she did the same afterwards. I familiarities were observed between the defendant METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. upon to visit a case of a lady and three children, who doctor lived opposite the inn where she was s t a yi ng , t o went by the name of Tollemache in Scotland, but I don't and Mrs. Dowell by her sister, Miss Harris. At half- Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. 13 to 2 agst Contentment. were living in the parish, and whom he found in a state whom h e a d v i se d her to apply immediately, as he said he know what name she went by. My man servant knew past 4, on the party rising to separate , Mrs. Dowell Amium. Share. I 16 to 1 agst Terpsichore. of utter destitution. By the direction of the board of was a very good man, and what was better, ‘, wou ld that we were not married. She used to take her meals showed Mr. Price and the defendant to th door, and her ---------- 14 to 1 asst Pegg-v. guardians he gave them relief, and continued to do so for s t an d e t erna l cre dit . " at the same tablewith nie, and the servants called her two sisters went to bed ; but h a lf an h our t ransn i r i ng , an d . ~,,,_ 1 £ s. d. £ s. ii I METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 13 to 2 agst Contentment. 16 to 1 agst Terpsichore. 14 to 1 agst Peggy. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 10 to 1 agst Jouvance. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 4. - ; to 4 agst West Australian and Sittingbourne. DERBY. 9to 1 agst West Australian. 12 to 1 agst Cineas. 12 to 1 agst Orestes. 15 to 1 agst Honeywoocl. 16 to 1 agat Reiver. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, Half --past 4 p.m. The British and North American mail steam ship Cambria, Captain Miller, passed Holyhead in ward bound to this port, at half-past two o'clock. She would leave Boston on the 16th and Halifax to the 18th, and will convey dates from Canada and the United States four days later those brought by the Humboldt at Southampton than on Friday last. She will arrive in the Mersey in time for her mails to leave at four o'clock on Tues day morning for the mid-day delivery in London, and for crossing the Channel at Dover by that night's mail steamer for the Continent. Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., and Mr. Bovell were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., appeared for the defendant ; Mr. Willes was also engaged in watching the case, as it was understood, in behalf of Lady Dysart, the mother of the defendant. Mr. Bramwell, in opening the case, said that the plain tiff, Arthur Jarrett, was a person in a humble condition of life, being the relieving officer to one portion of Lam beth parish, and the defendant was the Hon. William Felix Lionel Tollemache, commonly called Lord Hunt ingtower' son of the Earl of Dysart, a nobleman of very ancient family and of large possessions. The action was brought to recover compensation for the support of a lady and three children. That the children were really the children of the defendant he believed there was not the slightest doubt, and he believed that the only ques tion in the cause would be, whether their mother was the wife of the defendant, and he believed he should lay evidence before them which would leave no reasonable doubt of that fact. The circumstances under which the claim arose were of rather a peculiar character. It ap peared that about the middle of the year 1849, the plaintiff, in his capacity of relieving officer, was called upon to visit a case of a lady and three children, who were living in the parish, and whom he found in a state of utter destitution. By the direction of the board of guardians he gave them relief, and continued to do so for a period of nine months, and it appeared that then, the case of the lady having been investigated, some persons interfered in her behalf, and a lodging of some kind was provided for her and her children. Soon after wards, however, she again became reduced to distress, and a second time applied to the plaintiff; who was so impressed, from the information he had obtained, with the hardship-of the case, and struck by the misery and destitution in - which she was left by the defen dant, that; to avoid the necessity 'of sending her to the union workhouse, which was the only alternative, he resOlved to take the lady and • her children into his own house and provide them there with such neces saries as they. required, in the hope that the defendant, who he had no reason to doubt was the husband of the lady, would one day do her justice, and at all events re pay him the amount he expended for the support of his wife and children. As he had ,before said, there was no doubt whatever that the children were the 'Children of .. Lord Huntingtower, an d h e wou ld now s t a t e the circum stances under. which he and their mother .ecame con nected, and the evidence by which he should .endeavour to establish the fact of a contract of marriage having been made between them, according to the forms of the Scotch law.• The name of the lady was Elizabeth Apford,. and she was 'the daughter of a respectable farmer in De vonshire ; and it appeared that the defendant upon see ing her expressed a violent passion for her. He asked the consent of his mother, the Countess of Dysart, to their union, and upon her refusal to grant it, his case on the part of the plaintiff must be, that the defendant took the lady to Scotland, and there married her. The jury were perhaps aware that by the law of that country a marriage was a much more simple proceeding than it was in this country, and indeed almost any ceremony would amount there to what was termed a contract of mar riage, which was perfectly binding upon both parties, and it was a very strange thing that their cautious neighbours were satisfied with much less solemnity in a proceeding of this important character than was required in the disposal of any goods er.chattels of the most trifling amount. He should be able to show them, there fore, that some sort of ceremony was performed, and he was also in a condition to prove that the defendant him self had stated that what took place in Scotland was the more binding, because he was the son of a Scotch peer. This marriage occurred in 1844 ; and it appeared that the parties lived together as man and wife until 1848, and during that period, three children, all girls, were born. During all this time they lived together as man and wife, and passed by the same name ; but at the pe riod he had mentioned, whether the defendant's passion had cooled, or that the lady had become older, or from some other cause of which he was ignorant, the defendant abruptly broke off the connection, and left his wif e an d ohildren to be red uce d t o a s t a t e of utter destitution, and ever since, with one exception, which was almost too paltry to be mentioned, he had never afforded them the slightest assistance. The plaintiff, under these circum stances, was compelled to bring the present action, and he said that when the jury had heard the evidence he should lay before them, he believed they would entertain no doubt that the lady in question was really the wife of the defendant, and that he was liable to the plaintiff for the expense he had incurred in supporting her and her children. The following witnesses were then examined : Mr. A. Jarrett deposed that he was the relieving offi cer for one of the districts of Lambeth parish, and the plaintiff in the present action. In July, 1849, his at tention was called to the case of a lady, who was called Mrs. Tollemache, and her three children. He found them occupying one room in a house in Princess-square, and in very great distress and destitution. Witness re lieved them. In September, 1850, he was again called upon fo see the same lady and her children, and found them in the same state. Upon this occasion, from in formation he had received, he was induced to take the lady and her children into his own house, where they remained from the 19th September, 1850, to the Ist of. April, 1852, and during that period he expended alto gether for their support the sum of 1981. By Sergeant Shee —I 112 d no communication with Lord Huntingtower's solicitor before I took the lady into my house. The parish solicitor, I believe, did apply to him, and I heard that an answer was received, to the effect that the woman was not the wife of Lord Hunt ingtower. - Emma Alfyatt deposed that she went into the service of the defendant and the lady in question in 1845. At that time they lived in the Wandsworth-road ; they were called Mr, and Mrs. Tollemache, and it was always un derstood that they were man and wife. Witness re mained with Mrs. Tollemache until 1849, when she left her because she was unable to pay her her wages any longer. In February, 1848, the defendant sent her and her mistress into Monmouthshire, to a place called Blue Brown House, and the defendant used - to come there to meet the lady, and when he was absent they continually corresponded together. In September, 1848, witness and her mistress returned to London, and went to lodge at a Miss Pottle's, in Kennington-lane, and in October of that year a quarrel took place between the defendant and her mistress, and they never lived together after wards. The defendant, during the time she lived with him, frequently changed his name, but her mistress al ways went by the same name that he did, and they al ways lived together as man and wife. The first child was born in September, 1845, the second in November, 1846, and the third in January, 1843. The defendant always appeared to be very kind to the children, and the oldest used to c a ll hi m p apa . Wh en t h ey lived in Ken ington-lane, the defendant and his lady passed as Mr. and Mrs. Langford. They travelled about to a great many places, and assumed many different names. The defendant was frequently very short of cash, and 1 at one place a distress was put in, and they were turned out of doors. Upon one occasion, when they were living at Besley, something was said by the landlady, which came to the knowledge of the defendant, and he spoke to her upon the subject, and upon her saying that it had been stated that he was going to separate from her mistress, he told her to make herself contented, for that her mistress was his wife, and if he married an other woman she could indict him for bigamy. This was in 1846. The defendant at the same time said to her that he had asked his mother's consent to marry, but could not get it, and therefore he took her to Scot land, and as his father was a Scotch peer, it made the engagement more binding. Upon another occasion she went into her mistress's room and found her crying, and the defendant said to her, " Here is your mistress blub bering because I have burned some letters." There were some fragments of burnt letters in the grate at the time. In October, 1848, when they were living in Kennington lane, the defendant came to the house one Sunday, and there was a violent struggle between him and her mis tress, because he wanted, as she understood, to go into a room to get some letters and destroy them. He did not succeed in getting into the room, and after the scuffle was over they went down stairs, and the defendant said in the presence of the landlady that her mistress was not his wife. The landlady asked him if she was not his wife, why he had brought her into her house ? Her mis tress said that she was his wife, upon which the defendant said, " If you had a thousand pounds you might gain your rights, but where is it to come from ? My mother will spend a fortune or thousands against it." This took place on a Sunday, and the defendant created so much disturbance that Miss Pottle threatened to send for the police. During the scuffle, her mistress's thumb was sprained by the defendant. When the landlady threat ened to call in the police, the defendant went away, and he never came to the house again. A number of letter were then put in, which had been written by the defendant to Elizabeth Acford, during the period of intercourse. They were all without date, and merely signed " H." The contents were unimpor tant as regarded the issue in dispute, but some portions of them created a good deal of amusement. In all the letters he addressed the lady as "my dearest Lizzy." In one of the letters the defendant requested the lady not to write again to Devonshire-place, and entreated her to keep her own counsel, and he said if she did, everything yet would " turn up trumps." In another letter he pro mised to send her 21., and as she appeared to have inti mated to him previously that the butcher she was deal ing with had not yet objected to continue giving credit, lie advised her to order in another large joint up on the strength of it, as t h ey did not knowwhet! he might change his m i n d . Re likewise said that she could not be aware of the price of feeding bottles for children, or she would not h ave asked him to get one ; and he added that a common soda water bottle was the very best thing for the purpose, with a piece of leather put the neck, for the child to suck through. In a third letter over the defendan t told the lady lie had se coed " dear ' letter ust received her , and asked her to come to him at Gravesend, with directions how she could do so in a manner to escape observation. He then went on to say that he had hired a cot for the baby, for which he p a y half-a-crowna week. Re then informed her was to that the son of his landlady had been very ill the day be fore in consequence of his having eaten two raw carrots, and he had administered calomel to him, and also a tre mendous dose of castor oil, which had made hi m a ll r i ght. He likewise, in his le tter, ordere d her not to forget the pots and kettles. In a fourth letter . t . he ,, defend ant ex pressed his sorrow at being absent from his dearest love." He concluded thus :—" I am in verY,,lowThsepinriex ts i t a w nd o am truly wretched. I have no cigars. 1 letters were those which were much reli ed on in support i of the plaintiff's case. At the time they w ere writ ten Mrs. Sophia Charge deposed that in 1845 she was en gaged in making a dress for the lady who was called Mrs. Tollemache when she resided in the Wandsworth road. She saw the defendant there, and they lived as man and wife. About the time the first child was born the defendant appeared very anxious that it should be a boy, and said he should be disappointed if it was not, as a great deal depended upon it, and he should make them all handsome presents. She was present upon one oc casion when Mr. and Mrs. Tollemache were looking at a book containing the likenesses of Court beauties, and, addressing Mrs. Tollemache, said, " You would have a title too if you had your rights." Miss Pottle deposed that she resided at Coburg-place, Kennington-lane. In 1847, the defendant engaged apartments in her house. Re said that his name was Langford, and he introduced the lady in question as his wife. They only stayed in her house a few weeks on this occasion, but came a second time in September, 1848, and remained until the end of that year. This time the lady came first, and one Sunday the defendant came, and there was a great disturbance, and when she went upstairs she found the panel of the bed-room door broken in. Witness inquired what was the matter, and Mrs. Langford said that her husband wanted to take away letters and papers relating to their marriage. The defendant then said he wished to speak to witness, and she took him into the parlour, and the lady followed them. The defendant then said that the lady was not his wife. She immediately replied that she was. The defendant then said that if she had a thousand pounds she might claim her rights, but where was the money to come from ? The certificates of the registration of the births of the children were then put in. They were all described as being the children of William Felix Lionel Tollemache and Elizabeth Tollemache, formerly Acford, and one of the instructions for the registry was signed by the de fendant himself. This closed the plaintiff's case. Mr. Sergeant Shee submitted that there was not suffi cient evidence to go to the jury. Baron Alderson said he could not decide that there was no evidence, and at all events he should not stop the case. Sergeant Shee accordingly addressed the jury. He said he appeared before them as counsel for Lord Huntingtower, the son of the Earl of Dysart, a noble man undoubtedly of large possessions ; but they must have collected from the evidence before them that notwithstanding the rank and fortune of his family, the defendant during the whole of these trans actions was in a position of extreme distress and mi sery, with little or no means to support his own rank, or to support a wife, or even a person in the only position in which he recognised the unfortunate woman on whose behalf the complaint was now made. He should not attempt to say a word in favour of the defendant on the score of morality. There was no doubt that he had sinned, and that the woman in question had also sinned ; that they were both equally culpable, and that the con sequences of sin had followed their transgression. There could also be no doubt that this person had a claim upon the generosity and the justice of the defendant, and also upon his family to that extent for some reasonable main tenance, and he believed that if she had considered what was due to her real position, and had made a proper application, it would have been attended to, and some reasonable allowance would have been made her, and the defendant in that respect would have made her all the reparation in his power. When, however, acting no doubt under the advice of others, she came forward to set up a claim of this description, the defendant felt that not only in justice to himself, but also to the lady whom he had since married, and by whom he had issue, he had no alternative but to resist such a claim, and state before the world what were the real circumstances of the con nection between him and this person, and to show that there was not the slightest foundation for the claim she Pet up to be his wife. He would put Lord Huntingtower into the witness-box, and he would tell them that he was now a married man, and the jury could now judge of the extreme gravity of the cause which they had to decide. Lord Huntingtower would pledge his oath that nothing like a ceremony of marriage ever took place between him and the female in question ; and certainly if he was not speaking the truth his conduct had been such as would disgrace him for ever in the eyes of the world. Since his intercourse with Elizabeth Acford had ceased, he had married the daughter of an honourable baronet of family and rank nearly equal to his own, by whom he had issue ; and the jury would consider whether it was likely he would have dared to take such a step if there had been any foundation for the assertion of a previous marriage. The learned sergeant then referred to the nature of the claim, and said that although he did not desire to cast any imputation upon the plaintiff, he could not help calling to the attention of the jury the fact that, in 1849, when the application for relief was first made to him, and inquiries instituted on the subject, he was dis tinctly told that Lord Huntingtower denied in the most positive terms that the lady in question had any claim upon him as his wife, and yet, after this, he chose to take her and her children into his house, and he had no body to thank for the expense he had incurred but him self. The only effect of this proceeding was to endeavour to extort money unfairly and improperly from the pocket of Lord Huntingtower ; and he considered, therefore, that the plaintiff was disentitled to that consideration which, otherwise, on the score of humanity, he would have deserved at their hands. The only question, in the cause, however, was, whether it had been made out to the satisfaction of the jury that any marriage ceremony had been performed in Scotland ; and he submitted to them that there was not a single tittle of evidence to make out that fact. He was not prepared to justify the conduct of Lord Huntingtower up to the time when he came forward and avowed his shame, and de clared to the world that the lady whom he had per mitted to use his name for so long was not his wife, but his concubine. If he had seduced her, he was bound by every tie of religion and duty to provide for her, but he was not bound to make her his wife, and there was nothing whatever in the case to show that he ever had such an intention. Lord Huntingtower was a man evi dently not possessed of very much sense—he had no doubt said and written very foolish things, but he chal lenged the jury to point out any portion of the evidence which would show anything like an admission en his part that he had been married to this woman. Was there any evidence to justify the jury in coming to a conclu sion the effect of which would be to bastardise the issue he had by the lady to whom he was new married, and which were now acknowledged as legitimate ? With re gard to the letters that had been put in, it appeared to him they were utterly unimportant, and that they rather tended to negative the fact of a marriage than to support it, for in no single letter did the defendar ever address the lady as his wife, and they were all such as would be writ ten by a man to a mistress, rather than by a husband to a wife. The real nature of the connection between these parties he should show to be this. In 1843 the defen dant, who was at that time living at Bath with his mo ther, had a quarrel with her, and left her house, and took a cottage in the neighbourhood, and Elizabeth Acford, who was a person in a very humble condition of life, came to live with him as a cook, and an improper intimacy took place between them for many months be fore the journey to Scotland, when the marriage was represented to have taken place. He should show them that the only motive the defendant had for going to Scotland was that he was deeply involved in debt and difficulties, and had writs out against him in every county in England, and the lady in question accom panied him there as his concubine, but he had never the slightest intention of making her his wife. He proposed to put Lord Huntingtower into the box as a witness. He was fully aware of his position, and that he would have to admit the misconduct of his youth ; but he would make the avowal not only from a sense of duty to him self in the position in which he was placed by this pro ceeding, but he would also do so because he felt it was due to the lady whom he had made his wife, and by whom he had children, to state distinctly to the world that there was no foundation for the claims set up by this woman to be his wife, and that he had never before gone through the ceremony of marriage either in Scot land, England, or anywhere else. Lord Huntingtower was then called as a witness. He said—l am the defendant in this action. I am married, and there is issue by the marriage. I was married in September, 1851, to Catherine Camilla Elizabeth Burke, the daughter of Sir Joseph Burke. I am now thirty two years old. In 1843, my mother, Lady Dysart, lived at Bath, and I took a cottage about two miles from Bath. I engaged Elizabeth A cford and her sister as my servants, the former as cook and the latter as parlour maid and housemaid. They came to live with me as my servants in December 1843, and soon afterwards an improper intercourse took place between me and Eliza beth Acford. I left Bath in 1844, and went to the Bridge-house Hotel, in London. The reason I left that neighbourhood was because I understood that writs of execution against me werein the hands of the sheriff of Somersetshire. I sent for Elizabeth Acford, and she joined me in London, and we afterwards went together to a number of places. I assumed the name of M'Naghten, and she passed as my wife. I think it was in June, 1844, that I went to Edinburgh. I went there to get out of the way of the sheriffs officers, and I did B S : n b e y d tfhore debt.advice I of my a cottage ea y solicitor, to avoid Edinburgh, an voidbeingimpri d I sent for Elizabeth Acford, and she came to me by the steam-boat, and we lived together in the cottage for about three or five weeks. It was my object to have a residence openly situated, so that I could see every one who approached, as I was afraid of the sheriff's officers, and the outer gates were locked, and I always kept the keys. Elizabeth Acford was not called by my name while we lived at this cottage. I don't know that she was called by any name, certainly not by that of Mrs. Tollemache. She accompanied me once or twice for a walk on a Sunday, which was the only day I could go out without fear of arrest. I never introduced her to any one in Scotland as my wife, and I swear I was never married to her in Scotland or anywhere else. All the time she was with me I was in considerable difficulties, and I believe that, by the letters I wrote to her, I was the first to put it into her head to set up the claim to be Lady Huntingtower. Cross-examined—l was born in 1820, and in 1842 I was a bankrupt. In 1844 I was insolvent. At the time I went to Scotland the Commissioners of Taxes had a claim against me, from which I was not released by my bankruptcy. I had also incurred a debt to Israel Alexander and other persons between my bankruptcy and my insolvency. I believe that the Crown can issue writs out of England into Scotland or Ireland. I can not say, without looking at my accounts whether any other persons had obtained judgments against me. Before I went to Scotland, Elizabeth Acford had gone down to her friends in Devonshire. This was after we had lived together in the way I have described. I don't recollect if I wrote to her to join me in Scotland, but very probably I did. Before we went to Scotland she went by my name, and she did the same afterwards. I went by the name of Tollemache in Scotland, but I don't know what name she went by. My man servant knew that we were not married. She used to take her meals at the same table with me, and the servants called her " ma'am." I have spoken of her as Mrs. Tollemoche, but never as my wife. The reason was, that she was not my wife. I could never have obtained any respectable apartments if she had not passed as my wife. The rea son I left Scotland was because I was informed that at the suit of the Crown a sheriff's officer wasjustified in breaking an outer door, and the moment I heard it I bolted, and spent all one miserable day on. the side of Holyroed Hill, and then started' for England. I remem ber burning letters on several occasions, and it is very probable that on some occasions Elizabeth Acford cried. On the day the scuffle took place in Kennington-lane, I went to see her, and observed her in the act of putting two letters in her pocket; and as I recognised the hand writing of the address, and knew from whom they came, I insisted upon having them, and took the letters away from her by force. Ido not know that I hurt her when I did so. The letters I took from her are in court. I wanteol afterwards to go into her room to see if there was anything there belonging to me, and she prevented me from doing so. Up to the time of this occurrence I al lowed he a sovereign a week, but since then I have not giv-n her any money. The statement with regard to the thousand pounds is virtually true, but what I really said was that if she had a thousand pounds she would no doubt be able to annoy me a great deal; I mean in the way she is doing to-day. I also said to her at the same time, that although I was myself without means, my family would assist me in repudiating the claim she was setting up solely to extort money. There is no doubt that all she wants is money. I have not given her any since she has set up the claim to be my wife. I have offered to take the children and bring them up, and I am ready to make an allowance to her as Elizabeth Acford, but not as my wife. I never told the witness Alfyatt that she was my wife. lam not in the habit of talking to my servants. lam sure I never said to her that if I married again I might be committed for bigamy. She must be mistaken. Mr. Bramwell—Did you never say to her that, as your father was a Scotch peer, it would make the cere mony in Scotland more binding ?—Lord Huntingtower —I never said anything of the sort. It is a lie. Cross-examination continued—l have no recollection of saying that if the lady had her rights she would have a title too. Mr. Bramwell—l believe you had a very strong feel ing for this lady ?—Yes, I certainly had. Mr. Bramwell---Why did you give her up ?—Lord Huntingtower—ls this question relevant ? Am I obliged to answer it ? Mr. Bramwell—Was it at your mother, Lady Dysart's request, that you gave her up ?—Lord luntingtower I gave her up for several reasons. I consider that our connection really terminated in January, 1848. Cross-examination continued—l am now in the receipt of an allowance from my family. It is not given to me upon the condition that I have no further connection with this woman. The allowance may be stopped at any moment. The plaintiff is a chemist and druggist at Birmingham, and the defendant a tavern-keeper, at Birmingham. The action was for damages for criminal conversation with plaintiff's wife. The plaintiff married a Miss Harris, the daughter of a broker, after cohabiting with him three years, and on the 24th of December last plaintiff left home to see his relations in Leicestershire. Miss Fanny Harris, a sister of the plaintiff's wife, resided with her as a companion ; and on the Christmas-day she and an elder sister were taking tea, when the defendant came in and asked for some cigars, and Mrs. Dowell asked him into the parlour, introducing him as Mr. Edwards, and he stayed tea with them. A Mr. Price also looked in, and cards were introduced and continued till four in the morning. During the evening some familiarities were observed between the defendant and Mrs. Dowell by her sister, Miss Harris. At half past 4, on the party rising to separate, Mrs. Dowell showed Mr. Price and the def en d an t t o th e door, and her two sisters went to bed ; but half an hour transpiring, and. she not following, Miss Fanny Harris, who was nearly undressed, crept down stairs about half way, when hear ing a kind of suppressed struggling in the parlour, she went further down until she could see into the apart ment. From this place she peeped cautiously, and dis tinctly saw an act committed, which left no doubt of the criminal nature of the interview. After waiting four or five minutes, she called out, "Oh, Mr. Edwards, what ever are you doing, and Mr. Dowell so far away from home ?" Defendant replied, "Go on ; Mrs. Dowell is going to bed directly." Plaintiff's wife shortly after wards went to bed with her sisters, but before doing so showed the defendant to Mr. Dowell's room, where he slept all night, and breakfasted the next morning with them. Miss Harris, with a view of preserving peace, did not mention the Circumstance to the plaintiff when he came home ; but on the following Thursday the defend. ant's wife ealled at the plaintiff's shop and complained of him Keeping her husband out so late on the night in question, when the whole affair came out. Evidence was given to show that the plaintiff had been living with his wife up to the time of the com mencement of the assizes, and that he also kept one Lizzy Lloyd. Miss Fanny Harris detailed the events of Christmas night. They all breakfasted with defendant on the following morning. Made no allusion to what had Occurred the night before, but merely said she hoped he had spent a pleasant night. Mr. Macaulay (defendant's counsel)—Can you tell me, Miss Fanny, why you did not stop what you saw going on in the parlour ? Witness—How could I stop it ? His Lordship—To be sure you could have stopped it. If you had been a modest woman you would have rushed into the room and stopped it, or else gone into bhe street and shouted " Murder." (A laugh.) His lordship remarked upon the discreditable conduct of th e several parties, and the jury found a verdict for th e , plaintiff—Damages, One Farthing. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 26. E(NTERED INWARDS.—The City of Boulogne, from Bou logne ; Ane Catharina, Norden ; Sweelingen, Amsterdam ; Nidilvi, Dram ; Seine, Boulogne ; Margaretha, Seville ; Catharina Elizabeth, Cuxhaven ; Laurence, Mauritius ; Familien, Skien ; Penelope, do. ; Echo, Lauvrig ; Twee Zusters, Worcum ; Sophia Margaret, Galatz ; Isabella, Figueira ; Cygnet, Berbice ; Soho, Havre ; Panther, Os tend ; Flecha, Ghent ; Eclipse, Marans ; Graf von Bulow, Alexandria ; Esperance, Lokken ; Enmore, Odessa; Nelson, Charente. Albion .. ... £ s. d. £ s. d. ...• • • 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 5 Alliance Brit. end F or. 71.115. tid.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 90 0 o 25% Ditto Marine ... .... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 0 25 0 0 55 Anchor •.. . • . 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Argus Life ...... ..... 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 British Commercial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5a 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life ipr et. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2034 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 Crown ............., 14s. 50 0 0 b 0 0 1 71 Eagle . Equity and Law...... 434 p er cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 A ll paid. 20 Genera 1............. - 5 0 0 Globe 6l. per cent. St oc k. II 5% 150 (guardian ............ 5/. per cen t 10 0 0 0 45 ' 1!) 0 61% Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 310 Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... le. sh. & l.s. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 Law Fire 2s & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 4 Law Life..... ........ - 100 0010 0 0 50 Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 5% London Fire London ship. lO3. & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 28% Marine......... •.. . . 15s.per share 100 0 0 IS 0 0 22 Med.lnvlid& Gen. Life 41 s. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva Monarch -.-•- • . - - 5 0 0 1. 0 0 2Cs. Natio.tal Loan Fund 5l. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Life. Pelican ............ - - - 45 - - - 173 Professional Life 5l. per cent. 6 5 0 010 0 % Pr.vlcteut Lite Rock Life ,. . - - ss. 53 0 010 0 8% Royal Exchange ....• • 61. p.c Z. & bs. Stock. all 236 , I Sun Eire • • 61. 10s. - Ditto Life ... .. 11. 6s. - If --- United Kingom ....5% Un'versal Life . Ve mr.a Life - ~.. • • 5/. per cent. - 412 6 b% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. Hungerfo r d - ____ _ 12 Southm ark . . - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New 0f734 p.c. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .. , ....... • - 100 0 0 -3% Ditto Old An n , 0 1 81. 2/. Bs. Od. - 60 0 0 26 Ditto Nw ditto of 7/. 2/. ?s. Od. - 40 0 0 12% Vauxhall.. .. ..Av. 2!. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. i pe; of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. East London Grand Junction .... • • , 4L per cnt. 50 0 0 69 Kent—. • • . • • • • • • • • • I 41. per cal:. 100 0 0 8434 Lambeth • • .. • . • • • • New River Company 21.10'. tO Southwark &Vauxhall , Si. per cnt. 100 0 0 90 % est Middlesex • . • • •. 61.05. pr cnt. 110 ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Pauline, for Rouen ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Albion, do. ; Diana, Melbourne ; Alerte, Hamburgh ; Dieu le Protege, Havre ; Panther, Ostend ; Soho, Havre ; E'e:.nor, San Francisco ; Flecha, Ghent ; Attwood, Prince Edward's Island, Mira michi, and Pictou ; La Bonne Mere, Barcelona. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Southampton, for New York ; Gezina, Lubeck ; Harpley, Port Pb ilip ; Caroline, Cherbourg Princesßoyal, third clearance, Miramichi, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Louvre and Petty, Rio Janeiro ; Samuel Barnet, Rouen ; Pauline, do. ; Esperance, do. ; Ladybird, Geelong, Melbourne, and Port Philip ; Bush, Antigua ; Virginia, Adelaide ; Eu, Melbourne and Geelong ; Nile, Cape of Good Rope • Happet, Port Philip ; Diana, Amsterdam ; Lord John Russell, Harlingen • Albion, Boulogne ; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Earl of Auckland, Rot terdam ; Sea Witch, Shanghai ; Batavier, Rotterdam. LIVERPOOL, March 26.—The Liverpool, Kearney, ar rived from New York, experienced a hurricane on 10th March, in lat. 49 N., long. 20 W., from S.E. to N.E., which lasted twenty hours.—The Antilla, arrived from New York, was struck by a heavy ma on the sth inst., in lat. 45, long. 37, which stove in bulwarks, rails, stanchions, &c.—The James Wright, arrived to-day from New Orleans, on the 10th inst., in lat. 48 N., long. 28 W., experienced a heavy gale from the S.E., shipped a quantity of water in the second cabin and on deck, and had jib split. SKAGEN, March 16.—The Flora, of Fanoe, from Hartle pool to Randers, was in contact with a brig off the Skaw, 14th March ; lost her bowsprit, had her bows stove, and consequently went on shore on the Skaw Reef, and lies with water above her deck ; crew saved. BRIDLINGTON, March 24.—The Robert and Betsy, from. Hartlepool to Lynn, which was run ashore to the north ward of this place yesterday, has been hove off, after lightening, and broughtinto the harbour. ST. MICHAEL'S, 31 - arch 8.- -The Cassandra was lost in a gale near Terceira, Feb. 18. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Constellation, Liverpool to New York, Ist March, lat. 42 N., long. 58 W. The Sailas, - Newport to Sierra Leone, 9th March, lat. 10 W. The Rosins, standing S.S.W., 25th Feb., lat. 40 long. 59 W. SIR ROBERT PEEL.—Mr. Miall, in his "Parliamentary Notes," thus remarks on the appearance of Sir Robert Peel as an opponent of the Jewish Disabilities Bill : Fashionably dressed—we might almost say rakishly— handsome and well moustashed, with - a good voice, a self-possession, derived from the consciousness of his father's , fame, and an earnest elocution, he said many things worth hearing—but •ne could not but feel how odd it was that the religion of the country should be committed to such an advocate. DEATH FROM STARVATION.—On the morning of Fri day last, a poor woman, in the last stage of destitution, nearly naked, and without shoes and stockings, was found in the stable belonging to an unoccupied house on Fea therstone-common, near the railway station. She had slept on some loose straw, and had nothing but a stone for her pillow. She said her name was Tinker, and it has since transpired that she has until recently been in tolerable circumstances. The poor creature was almost starved, and only lived about three hours after being found. A coroner's inquest has since been held on view of the body, and a verdict given in accordance with the evidence.—Doncaster Gazette. SKILFUL DRIVING BY A LADY.—Last week Miss Needham, of Rotherham was driving on the Wickersley road, near the Broom toll bar, accompanied by a little boy, four years old, when her horse took fright and gal loped to Rotherham at full speed, never stopping till he reached the top of Bridge-gate. Throughout his mad career, supposed to have been at the rate of thirty miles an hour, Miss Needham maintained her self-possession, and managed to guide him so as to avoid all the vehicles and other obstructions of the road, furnishing a remark able instance of female courage and dexterity.---Sheffield Independent. _ _ DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. Commercial .. £ s. d. £ s. d. ........ 41. pr cent. Stock. East and West India.. 6541. pr cent. Stock. East C0untry........., 20s. per sli. 100 0 0 London ... • .•• • • • 5l. pr cent. Stock. 128 Ditto 80nd5........ 41. per cent. St. Katharine ........ 4 per cent. Stock. Sluthampton ........ 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 Victoria .. •• ........ - 2 0 0 CANALS. I • W , Dividena mes of . , Dividend ....,...,_ Names of ~_ _,_,... Companies. M per ''''''-- Companies . . . 1---. `Price. .. Annum. . Annum. . - _ X . X Ashtnet. Oldh v. 8 7,.. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield. loi 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley.. • • 160 ; Neatk •• —• • lOC 16/. lirknk&Abrg 150 51. , 32% Oxford.. •• • • 10( 13,. 132 Birmingham 40 4i. 105 k Peak Forest. 70 Si. 18a. 71. Cove atry.. • • 100 1 251. Regent's .... Ks 11_ Os. 163¢ Derby ••• •• 100' 6/. 63 Rochdale.... g 5 21. 42 Ell4rure&Chs 69,`2% p. et. 3 5 3¢ Smrset Coal 150 GrandJunctn 100'31. pr. ct. 68 Do.LkFdSt 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6L ix. et. Stfrrd &Worc 1 4 0 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100; 2/. 103. Shrewsbury.. 125 Grand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stourbridge.. 145 201. 290 Kennt& Avn 39 Ss. Od. 7 Severn and? 2/. Os. 24 Lancaster . 100 Wy e Rail. t 2... Leeds& Livrp 100 251. 5.50 Warwick&l 41. 40 Leicester.... 100; 51. 66 Birming. 5 10 e Leicatr&Nth 83! 41. . 44% Warwick& ) , 28 Loughboregh 1421 701. b.lO Naom i .. i .0 6 3 ' . Monmouthsh 1001 Worcstr & is Si. Mntgmerysh 100; —.— Birming.l MeltnMwbry 100 -- Wilts & Brks —10 s. Od. 7 GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. --__-- ..--__ £ s. d. 4 s. d. British •• •-•• •• •• •• •• Ditto Provincial.... 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 Brighton •• •• •• •• •• .. a 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• •• 6s. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67U Equitable.. •• .• •• •• •• 501. 50 0 0 50 0 0 27 Great Centray.... •• • 10 pe.r cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 144 Imperial .. •• ........ 31.4: Donna. 50 0 0 50 0 0 8314 Independent .......•• 61. 4 0 0 0 40 0 0 46 London .... •• •... •• _. 5 0 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Peri. Preference Q. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% p , wanix ........, .... 341. pe . r cent., 50 0 0 49 0 0 26% 51 Rstcliff •• •• • .... •• . 100 0 0 90 0 0 United General •• •• •• 1/. 50 0 0 50 0 0 19% Westmin.sterChartered 51. tier cent. I 50 0 51. per cent. '5O 0 0 10 0 0 7% 50 0 0 39 Ditto. New • • • • • • • • DEATH OF MR. H. STEBBING.—We regret to an nounce the death of Mr. Henry Stebbing, the celebrated trainer, of Hambledon, which took place on Sunday last, 20th instant, only nine days after that of his wife. Mr. Stebbing, who suffered, we believe, from disease of the heart and liver, has left an only d aug ht er , a b ou t t en years of age. His loss will be severely felt by the gen tlemen for whom he trained, who have not yet, we un derstand, completed their arrangements for the future. The deceased and his wife were much respected in the neighbourhood of Hambledon, especially by the poor. Mr. Stebbing, in addition to the training, kept a large establishment, and was the proprietor of Flatcatcher, and a great number of brood mares. By his death the following nominations are void :-1853: Pickatree for the Derby ; Askham Lass 'and Lady Yernon for the Oaks ; Prince. George, Gammon, Ptolemy, and colt by Muley Moloch out of Lady Harriet, for the Great North and South of England Biennial Stakes ; filly by Assault out of Newton Lass, for the Lancashire Oaks at Liver pool ; King David for the Liverpool St. Leger, and c by Muley Moloch out of Disagreeable for the Robin Hood Stakes at Nottingham. 1854—Gammon, Prince George, Ptolemy, and the colts b 1 Muley Moloch out of New ton Lass and Lady Harriet, for the Derby ; Gammon, Ptolemy, Prince George, and the Lady Harriet and Newton Lass colts for the Great Yorkshire ; G ammon, Ptolemy, Prince George, and the Lady Harriet colt for the Doncaster St. Leger; besides some for 1855. Wait AMONG THE TRIBES co. AFRICA.—By the brig Favourite, Capt. White, we have dates from Bathurst, West Coast of Africa, to the 3d of Feb. A religious war was raging among the different tribes, the difficulty being about drinking—the Mirabous being the Maine liquor law and Mahomedan party ; and those going for the fire-water of the whites and heathens are the Man degoes, Serawollows, and the King of Combo. The King of Combo attacked the town of Savagee, cotainin g some 4,000 inhabitants, on the 23d D ec., and was re pulsed by the Mirabous, with t h e loss of 17 men, the latter losing but one. His Excellency the Governor of Bathurst would take the matter in hand, and a settle ment of the difficulties might be expected. Owing to these difficulties trade was much interrupted. [ADVERTISEMENT.] The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills. —An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed.—See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Me • Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845 . To Professor Holloway. Messina I beg to acquaint y ou that your pills have effected a cure lr of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the continent had not been able to effect —nay, not even the wa ters of Carlsbad or M ar i enbad. (Signed) ALDBOROIIGH."— These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's ointment) at Pro fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London, and by all medicine vendoivi throughont the world. LIST OF SCOTWISEi COMPANIES' PRICES. :Dividend Amount Name of Company. ' per of Paid. Price. .A nnurn. Share. -- ---- X s. d. X s. d. Bank of Scotland ...... V.. par cent. 11.11, 0 u luu u e 1921 0 British Linen Comp.... 81.. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 211/10 Caledonian Bank •• ... Wi:, per cent. 10 0 0 210 03 . IBs. City efGlasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 to u 0 ;0112s Clydesdale Bank-- —6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 12s Commercial Bank .. 71. percent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1821 0 Eastern Bank.. •• 61. percent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 101 9s Eithb symag g ow 1 1....• 31- percent. 6 0 0 5 0 0 41. 9s Exchange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 9s. Od National Bank ...... 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s Northot Scotlandßank 5/..percent. 20 0 0 210 OM. igs Royalßank of Scotland Si. percent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1.15110 Union Bank of Scot. .. 8/..per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92 1 58 Western Bank .. •• •• •• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 5 0 0 0 72/ 10 s Alliance Fire and Lre.. 8% 1. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 211 12 s British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/ . 7 , Caledonian Fire Incur. 101- per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Od City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 13 3 Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 4i. 7s Edinburgh Life Incur. 6/. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21/10s 0 0 Eng. & Scot, Law Life 5/..per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 :q, 7s Life Assoc. of Scotland 6 /. per cent. 10 0. 0 110 0 3/. 17s National Fire and Life 61. percent . 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13' North British Instil'. •• 51. per cent. 200 0. 2 0 0 3 5/ ScOttishUnionlnsrac. 7%1. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 n 0 .Os 10s ........Si. per cent. AO 0 0 7 " 0 0 , 12/ 11 - 1 3, Standard Life United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 10 0 0 i 1 0 0 20s. Od ' * .Ex Divid end. --- MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amo ----------- -------- unt Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. Assam Tea . £ s. d. £ s. d . . .• ...... kuctien Mart •• .. .... 50 0020 0 0 10 %2/. ss. 40 0 0 35 Australian Avricultarl 11. 100 0035 0 0 104 Australian Trust .. • • 61. per 10 Cent. Australian Royal Mail 0 020 0 5 35 0 0 25 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 23% British American Land 15s. R 8 10 0 66 Ca nada •••••..• • •• •• 61. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. 10' Ditto, 6pr ct. B onds 61. per cent. —7% 11 % City Navigation Bonds 3i per cent. 97 E lectric Telegraph (A) 25 0020 0 0 22M Ditto .... ••• • .• 0 3 ) 25 0 0 710 0 11M Equitable Reversienry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 120 Ditto New ...... 50 0010 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 102% Gea.S teamNavigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30% Hudson's Bay.. .• .. •• Stock. 220 Hungerfosdi .. .... •• • N. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47 London Institution ... 78 15 0 London Reversionary Si. per cent. 15 00150 0 14 Russell Institution.... 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co. 101. percent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Royal Mail Steam..., 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 South Australian ....• 51. por share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 5 3% Trust and Loan Comp. et Ironer Canada 2:• 20 0 0 3 0 0 NEW STAMP DUTIES ACT ON PATENTS.—An Act of Parliament has lately received the royal assent, and is now in force, to substitute stamp (tidies for fees on pas sing letters patent for inventions, and to provide for the purchase for the public use of certain indexes of specifi cations. All letters patent for inventions to be granted under the Patent Law Amendment Act are made sub ject to avoidance on non-payment of stamp duties ex pressed in the schedule of the present act. The indexes of specifications prepared by Mr. Woodcroft may be purchased for a sum not exceeding 1,0001. for the public use. The new stamp duties are am follows :—On peti tions for grant of letters patent, 51. ; on certificate of record of notice to proceed, 51. ; on warrant of law officer for letters patent, 51. ; on specification, 51. ; on letters p a t en t, or a d up li cate thereof, before the expi ration of the third year, 50/. ; on letters patent before the expiration of the seventh year, 1001. ; on certificate of record of notice of objection, 2/. ; on certificate of every search and inspection, is.; on certificate of entry of assignment or licence, 55.; on certificate of assignment or licence, ss. ' • on application for disclaime r , 51 . ; ci caveat against discla;xmer, 21.; and on office copies of documents, for every ninety words, 2d. THE TERRIFIC COAL PIT EXPLOSION AT WIGAN. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. (Front the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.) On inquiry, on Thursday afternoon, we learned from Mr. Thomas Hewitt, surgeon, Wigan, that he was at the colliery from a quarter before two to a quarter before six p.m. Wednesday ; and that he was attending the young man William Critchley of Haligate, Wigan, who, he said, was ve r y muc h cu t a b ou t th e head, and bleeding when brought up. He was conveyed home in a cart, and was doing well. He was also attending a boy (name unknown), who had a fractured leg, and was much " blown "by the gas. He was also attending - two others in Wigan, both "blown," but doing well. Mr. Fisher, surgeon, Wigan, informed us that he went to the colliery, and descended into the pit. He found the survivors there, about 30 in number, com plaining very much of cold ; of these eight were injured by the concussion caused by the explosion, and were not seriously burned or blown. He remained down a short time, administering restoratives to those who seemed xhansted, and then attended with two sufferers, a boy and a man, and subsequently attended to the other in jured men, as they were brought up. The most serious case, he thought was that of Robert Ainscough, - who on Thursday afternoon remained in a very pre carious state—suffering from congestion of the brain, and suspended animation, the result of the suffocating effects of choke damp. He still continued, nsensible. Aaron Jelly, had received a fracture of the skull and another of the right leg ; and was lying at his home, Schofield Lane, Wigan, in a precarious state. Thomas Martindale had his left atm fractured, and several slight contusions about the head. Another man, named Mason, had received a slight injury about the back ; but was doing well. Indeed, all -the eight sufferers were reported as going on favourably, with the exception of Jelly and Ainscough. Mr. Daglish was from home when our reporter called ; but we believe the above to comprise the principle cases of personal injury to survivors. On Thursday afternoon, the county police, haying learned that the explosion was supposed to have resulted from the furnace not having been sufficiently kept up, apprehended Thomas Jones, the overlooker, and he has since then remained in custody. The search for the bodies which remained in the pit was continued during Thursday night, and the whole of yesterday. On Thursday, six bodies were removed, and yesterday ten more were taken out of the pit, making the whole number of bodies recovered forty. The whole of the mine has now been searched, with the exception of a portion of the north district, in which the force of the explosion was greatest, and where the stoppings have been thrown down, and a portion of the roof has been in. This • has obstructed the search in that portion of the mine, and it is very probable that there are many bodies still buried beneath portions of the roof and. stoppings. The search is, however, still being continued. All the bodies which were reco vered were removed to the Navigation Inn, where they were washed and dressed in white ready for interment. Some of them exhibited no marks either of burning or bruising ; and in these cases death appeared to have resulted from suffocation. The greater number of them, however, were much burned, particularly about the hands and face, and some of them had also sustained severe bruises and fractures. The leg and thigh of one man had been entirely separated from his body, and three others were so much burned and crushed as to render it impossible that their limbs should be com posed in the usual manner, and to make it improbable that their friends would be able to recognise them. It now remains to present the sad catalogue of the killed and hurt, which, so far as we were able to collect up to last evening, is as follows : KILLED. John Marsden, 33, Wigan, hooker-on, married, two children. John Stanley, 24, Wigan, hooker-on, unmarried. Joseph Hunt, 37, Ince, fireman, married, six children. Edward Hunt, 15, sen of Joseph Hunt, Inee, drawer. Michael Connelly, 21, Wigan, jigger, unmarried. James Green, 11, Wigan, drawer. Richard Bannister, 30, Chorley, collier, married, five children. • William Taberner, 20, Ince, labourer, unmarried. Joseph Taberner, 18, brother of William, Ince, jigger, unmarried. Joseph Blacklidge, a boy, Chorley, drawer. George Tlargreayes, 24 or 25, Wigan, drawer, married, two children. V William M'Knight, 25, Wigan, jigger, married, one or two children. Thomas Baxendale, 38, Wigan, labourer, married, two children. William Gent, 19, Wigan, drawer, unmarried Samuel G en t , 20 , Wigan, brother of William . Gent, drawer, unmarried Eli Jelly, 33 or 34, Wigan, collier, unmarried. Thomas Wright, 3 Wigan, collier, married, five children. William Byro m , 2j Matthew Ri g b y, 23 Wigan, collier, unmarried. Wigan, drawer, unmarried. John iluyton, about 52, Wigan, labourer, married, six or seven childten. John Mellin, 20, Wiga n , jigger unmarried. James Jones, 18, inZ;e, drawer, unmarr i e d . John M'Allister, 20 , Wigan, drawe James WAllister, 14, -Wigan, drawr' Joseph WAllister, 16, Wigan, e r. Henry Isherwood, 27, Wigan, drawer. Edward Marsden , 18, Wigan, d raw r e ; married, one child. Jos. Wlntosh, 29, Wigan, collier • married, two chil dren. Peter lli‘Naught, 15, Wigan, drawer. Robert M‘Naught, 13, Wigan, drawe r . Edward Hanley, 12, Wigan, drawer. John Cavanagh, 22, Wigan , drawer ; married, o ne c hi ld. MISSING. Michael Cunliffe, 22 ar 23, Wigan, jigger. Matthew Byrnes, 21, Wigan, drawer, unmarried Robert Jones, 26, Wigan, collier, married, three childre n , Thonias Ellison, 20, Wigan, collier, unmarried. Robert Lewis, 22, Wigan, collier, married, no children. James Harrison, 45, Wigan, horse tenter and furnace man, married, six children. Ralph Valentine, 25, Wigan, labourer, married, one child. Cutus Morgan, 18, Wigan, collier, unmarried. Thomas Owen, 30, Wigan, collier, m*rried, two children. James Hardman 13, Ince, door tenter. Joseph Gaskell, :2,0, Wigan, collier, unmarried. William Griffiths, 32, Ince, collier, unmarried. Charles O'Neill, 28, Ince, collier, unmarried. Arthur O'Neill, 21, Ince, brother of Charles O'Neilli collier, unmarried. John O'Neill, 18, Ince, brother of the two former O'Neills, drawer, unmarried. Thomas Glaive, 22, Wigan, collier, unmarried. John Davis, young man, Ince, drawer, unmarried. Thomas Jones. David Jones. HURT. Robert Ainscough, 23, Wigan, collier, dangerously. William William Ainscough, 13, Wi gan, ji g -tenter, do. slightly. Critchley, young man, Wi gan , ser i ous l y. "blown." a boy, Wigan, fract ure d l eg, an d muc h Aaron Jelly, Wigan, fractured skull and leg. Thorna Martindale, arm fractured, &c. Mason, hurt in the back, &c. Sergeant Shee said this was the defendant's case. _ _ Mr. Bramwell replied. He said he was quite ready to admit that a very momentous inquiry was involved in the present issue, but still he was sure that the qu es ti on would be decided fairly. He felt quite assured that, whatever might be the result of that day's proceedings, the point at issue between Lord Huntingtower and the lady, who, notwithstanding what had passed, h e wou ld still call Lady: Huntingtower, would not be decided to day, but that further proceedings must inevitably take place before that matter was finally decided. The jury I would, however, recollect that Lady Huntingtower, or rather the person who assumed that title, was entirely misrepresented on the present occasion • and the only question they had to decide was, whether Mr. Jarrett had made out such a reasonable: case as would justify them in saying that he ought to be paid the money he had expended in the subsistence of this unhappy lady and her children. They were not now trying the ques tion whether the oldest of these children would one day be, entitled to the dignity of Countess of Dysart in her own right ; that would probably have to be decided by another tribunal ; but the simple question they had to decide was, whether Mr. Jarrett had given reasonable evidence to make out his claim for the money for which he sued. They had in evidence that the defendant had for many years declared that Elizabeth Aeford was his wife, and held her out to the world in that capacity, and that he had himself signed a register of the birth of one of the children, where he described her as Elizabeth Tollemache, formerly Acford, thereby clearly declaring that in point of fact she was his wife. Why did the de fendant burn the letters that were in her possession ? Why was the unhappy lady abused and wounded in the attempt to gain possession of other letters ? Why was the defendant guilty of this discreditable outrage upon a woman, whether she was his wife or not, if he had not some important object, such as the concealment of evi dence of his marriage, to attain I Then let them look at the paltry excuse he made for going to Scotland at all— pretending that he went to avoid his creditors. Why, he only remained there a few weeks, during which time he admitted that he did not pay a single creditor, and then he returned to England, where he might as well have remained, for he was just in the same position, and it was absurd to suppose that the reason he gave for his journey was the correct one. Was it not much more reasonable that, the lady having left him and gone home, to her friends, he should have induced h er t o return to him by a promise of marriage, and that he took her to Scotland for that purpose / It was true that the defendant had been called, and that he had, upon his oath, denied that it was so. They would, however, consider his po sition in connection with this inquiry, and also his cha racter according to his own admission and his own writ ten statements. Was a man who talked of getting a fool to give him six hundred pounds for his acceptance for a thousand, who talked of cheating honest trades men, and made a joke about eternal credit, as he termed it, worthy of much consideration ? Why, they were acts for which a man" deserved to stand at the bar of a criminal court • and when th ey ta lk e d of his being the son of the Earl of Dysart, and a member of a high and noble family, all he could say was, so much the more disgrace for him. It was undoubtedly a very painful inquiry, and no doubt the question was, in point of fact, involved, which of the two wives was to be made the victim ; but the jury at the same time would bear in mind that that question was really not now at issue, but that the only point they had to decide was, whether the plaintiff had reasonably made out that he was en titled to the money he had expended, and he felt as sured they would not return an unjust verdict because other subjects might be involved in the inquiry. Baron Alderson then summed up. He said that no learned counsel, or anybody else, ever asked for an un just verdict ; but he doubted very much whether, in the present case, Mr. Bramwell was not doing that which he professed his intention not to do. The plaintiff had thought fit to trust a woman who was living away from a man, upon the supposition that he was her husband ; and if he had really been her husband he was justified in doing so, for the law of England allowed a wife to pledge her husband's credit for necessaries. What evidence, however, was there that any marriage had taken place, and yet the present very serious issue had arisen because the plaintiff had chosen to give credit to the woman without proper inquiry. What right had he to set up a question which would go to bastardize the children of that which was an undoubted marriage, and make miserable and wretched the home of her who clearly had been married to the defendant in the open day, and in the presence of her family and friends t What ever might be said by the counsel for the plaintiff, there could be no doubt that it was impossible for the jury to find a verdict for him without at the same time declaring their belief that a previous marriage had taken place in Scotland ; and when they considered the very serious consequences of coming to such a decision, he was sure they would not so decide unless the evidence was most clear and conclusive. If there was even any doubt upon the subject, he was sure on so very serious a case they would not jump to the conclu sion that a marriage had taken place, but that they would give the defendant the benefit of that doubt. If the question had been on* of a marriage in England, he should have stopped the case hOurs before ; but in Scot land—and he could not help looking upon it as a dis grace to the law of that country—almost any proceeding amounted to a contract of marriage. The parties might almost hop over a broomstick, or if the man said he took the woman for a wife, and she said she took him for a husband, it was sufficient ; and hence the difficulty in the present case arose, and they were called upon to say whether a ceremony of some kind or other, amounting i to a marriage, bad not taken plece between the parties. 1 If such a reasonable contract of marriage, however, was set up, surely there ought to be some evidence of what really did take place at the time, and the hearsay statements of parties made several years after Wards ought not to be taken ,as proof of such a marriage hav ing taken place. Surely such evidence as this would not be sufficient for reasonable men, particularly when the v v e e r r y s serious decision w ere consequences taken that m into euosresult s t si d era from t ion an .Th a e rde was also this fact, which appeared to him to be very im portant. If a marriage of any kind did really take place, the woman in questiOn must be well aware of all the cir 'cumstances, and the precise time when it occurred.; and yet t not T a h e single e q d u e j s o t d i o g n e p h r ad oe e e b d e e e d n t asked say e uponthat theth e i s o u r b j e cy . were not required to decide that no marriage did take place, but it would be sufficient for them to say that the COUNTRY MARKE2'S. HADDINGTOI The following are the prie, to-day : -MARCH 25. ;es of grain at our market WHEAT. BARLEY. First s6s Od 38s Od Second 47s 3d 33s 3d Third 42s Od 27s 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, PP .. PP barley „ oats ~ I, 7, beans .. OATS. BEANS. 25s Od 37s Od 22s 3d 338 4d 18s Od 30s Od 600 qrs., 528 sold 353 qr 3., 284 sold 634 qrs., 523 sold 233 qrs., 195 sold, ABERDEEN -MARCH 25. The prices of grain arc Old oats, OOs Od to OOs Od, 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 16s 6d to 17s Od, 401bs per bushel ; bear, 28s Od to 28s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; barley, 27s 6d to 285 Od, 531bs per bushel • wheat, red, 39 s Od to 40s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 47s Od to 48s Od, 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to ' 15s Od per boll • flour, 38s Od to 40s Od per sack. Provi s ions --Beef, per lb, 4d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per stone, 5s Od to Os Od ; salmon, perlb, is 6d to 0304 ; rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 4s Cal ; potatoes, per peck, is to is 2d ; but.Ler, per lb, &I to Os 9d; eggs, per doz, Os 7d to Os Sd ' • hens, per pai r , 3 s Od to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d . to 3s 051. ; ducks, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducklings, di': to, Os Od to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 35 6d to 4s Od ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 76s to 78s Od ; ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od. ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen,, 51d. to 6d ; 41b loaf, 7'd ; 21b loaf, 3id ' • pork, fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, l arge , O s Od to Os Od lamb, per quarter, 7s 6d to 10s ; c h eese , per i mper i a l stone, 5s 6d to 7s. CORK—MeacH 25. Bris. V Currency. White wheat 608 Od to OOs Od Os Od-20 stone - Redwheat 00s Od to 008 Od Ditto 00s oel to 008 Od OOs Od-20 do. Ditto OOs Od to 008 Od Barley oos Od to 00s Od Ditto 068 Od to 00s Od 008 Od-16 do. Ditto OOs Od to 008 Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Oft 103 Oats 9s 4d to 98 10d 74 Ditto 9s 10d to lOs 6d 108 6d 14 do. Ditto. lOs 6d to Hs Od Pigs 438 Od to OOs Od OOs Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices :- 00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 0 barley ; 0 bore ; 8 oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 163. Barley, 441. Bere, 0. Oats, 3,136. Pigs, 157. No quotations for butter, nor return of firkins, until the 11th of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 19 : Pigs, 628. Sheep, 336. Cows, 100. CORK. —Flour- First, 15;04 to 16s Od ; ' extra, 17s Od ; seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 13s 6d ; thirds • 7s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 6d to 8s 3d ; oatmeal, lOs 6d tolls Od ; wheat meal, lOs to lOs 6d per cwt Indian corn, 71 2s 6d to 81 Os Od per ton. Bran, 4110 s Od to 4115 s Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 25s Od to 38s 0d; average, 345; dealers, 343 Od to 5080 d ; average, Os per ton. Straw--• Farmers, 20s Od to 30s Od ; average, 24s ; dealers, 00s Od to 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d to Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9d to lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4s 63 per hundred. Meat -beef , 4id to 8d ; mutton, bid to bid ; veal, 41(1 to bid ; pork, 5d to 6d ; bacon, 7d to lid ; sausages, 6d per A—Ash, Newfound-7, land, 111. Os to 12/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 31s to p O6 ; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9d to 10d; lid to 1 2d.—Coals, Newport, 21s Lydney, 21s; calm , Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 o. p. 6s Od per impel-PA gallon.-- Hides, market, 30 s t o 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per cwt. Cal f skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to per ton. Fleece wool, 00s t o 00 s per stone.—HemP, 38 1 4 to 421. per ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 10 s ; re d pi ne , 31. 10 s ; Fo ll ow do., 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, Ht. to 181. per hundred.—Bark. red , - • 8/. to 10/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 46s to 47s per cwt.-110 5, 71. 10s to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—Gnell° , Peruvian, 10/. lOs to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAI LS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General. Post-offic e by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what Wile 11 COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port indue Office, London. Dispatched. England' America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Molt America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N March 30 Liverpool ... April 4 America (by U States packet) ..........N April 5 Southampton April 8 Australia (via South ampton) . Dover Southampton pnprird 1 4 Ditto (via M arseillesi M Bth of m N Ditto (via Cape of tioed . o . es . N N 223drodf ofA pthriel Alexandria.......... 8,9, 24, &30of m. Dover Marc Af il ri a ca pa ( ) W . e . s . imonth. "— P P l lym Yma o a u t th h Ap ar ri:l h h lr_ Alexandria ....M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 Bahamas Dover... Daily Southampton e. Ist of mon • Belgium .......... .. N neny.. ......... Brazil ..............M 9th of the mouth.. Southampton p Aprilr 1 16 Buenos Ayres ....M 9th of the month.. Southampton . 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. March 26 Cape of Good Hope N 2n4 of April Plymouth .. March _ 30 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. March 2 6 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. arch 26 Channel Isles ........N Mon.. Wed ,&Fr.d. Southampton Tu.Tn. Sa. Chin M 4d & 17th of month South am pt on A pr il 1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,24,&27 of na. Dover .. •• • • March 30 Constantinople ......M 4th & 20th anion. Southampton pril 4 • Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ; Egypt (see India) France ... ..... M & N Twice daily.— ... Hover ...... Twicet Gibraltar —.31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton Mar ch-' . Greece (see India) Greytown • ....M 2nd & 17th of mon.:outhamon J rn pt Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London Tun •Havannah M ........ 2nd of the month Southampton APi"" Holland ..... . M Wedne s d ay & Sat. London ... • • 54(14,,,, India Honduras 17th of the mo n th . S outhampton • P r !: 16 (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton • pril4 India (via Marseilles)M Bth&24th of month Dover ...... APru 1 lonian Isles (see India) Ireland & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... Twiced all i Li 5 b 0n..............M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton April 16 Madeira ....... .... M 9th of the month Southampton April 16 Malta (see Madeira ..... N 23rd of India) N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. APril 12 Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 ef m. Dover ...... Mural Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .... • • ....N 14th of the month Plymouth .• •farch?6n. Mexico .....• •• • • ..31 2nd of the month.. Southampton lat of uso Naples .• • • • • ..N s th ls th2sthofmon. Doter 1 0412 New Granada .. • • ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton April 1 New Zealand.. . By private ship .. Various ports It ncerilin Papal States ........N s t l f l sth2sthormon. Dover ...• • • APB 2 • Peninsula •••••• ....M Ithl7th2Bthofmon. Southampton • "" Peru ••• • • • Mld & 28th of m on. Southampton • : Port Natal • ....N 14th o f the month 21ymoutk .. 26 Sicily ...... s thlsth2sthofmon, Dover ...... • Pill Tuscany ...... • • • • ..N s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover .... • • - Venezuela ..... • ••••M 2d& I7th of month Southampton • • Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .... Al 1 West Indies .... 2d& 17th of month Southampton AP me 12d & 17th of month !Southampton 'April 1 HURRICANE AT MARSEILLES.—MarseiIIes on Sued% last was visited by a p er f ec t h urr i cane . All the vessel at anchor in the new port sustained damage. One brig drove from her anchors and sustained considerable' jury; and another vessel, laden with coal, sunk. English steamer Caradoc also dragged her anchors, a n was obliged to get up her steam before she brought up: In the town the damage done was i mmense ; t il e s an a chimney pots were flying in all directions. At the coml . of the Rue Canebiere a pa r t o f the front of a large prin, shop was blown in, 4nd the contents of the window sea_ A " . tered to the winds. A l arge building in wood, construc t el with great lightne ss an d e l egance as a riding school an" circus, was compl e t e l y levelled to the g r ound, and great part o f it was thrown into the street. For tunately the l ower part of the building, in which we re the stable s , rema i ned firm, and none of the horses w ere injured. Just at the same moment that the circus was thrown d own, the third story of a house building in the Rue St. Nicholas was blown into the street with a u mendous crash, but fortun a t e ly no one was passingZt 7 the time. A num b er of persons were blown d o wn in the streets by the violence of the tempest, but no one met with any serious injury. A LAWYER'S OPINION OF LAW.—A learned judg e being once asked how he would act if a man owed Wl ° ten dollars and refused to pay him—" Rather than log an action," said h e , " w ith it s cos t s an d unce rtainty, A would give him a receipt i n f u ll o f all demands ;" an after a little rumination, he added, "Ay, and I N' l° . u ld send him, moreover, five dollars to cover all posab costs." • RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. MANCHESTER—MARCH 26. STOOK EXCHANGE.—Prices are well sustained, hut business has been almost suspended, only t 3i • Shef be - been recorded. Eist Anglian Six per Cent., ' field, 34 t w os ales having BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 26. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There Was very little busines doing in this market to-day, but prices generally were steady. Shrewsbury and Birmingham were a s hade weaker, and the general opinion after the meeting at Wol verhampton was, that the Preference shares would de cline the rate of interest which they receive being now gb matter of uncertaintyt at least until existing disputes are settled. BIRTHS. OF ♦ SON. at West Farlei g h, th e w i fe of A n thony - Fitz-Herbert, Fi O tz n -H th er e b l e 7 rt t , h inEcists.., PoOlen, the s taff 24 o th in ist c'ner.., at Preston, the wife of Captain G-. Or A DAUGHTER. On the 23d inst., at 26, -TT PPer Mount-street, Dublin, the wife of Captain Braddell, late 70th Regiment. , at On the 19 th i nst., a t Culloden-house, Mrs. Forbes. On the 2 4 th R ev . J. R. Major inst. , M.A. 68, Guilf or d- s t ree , th e wife of theo MARRIED. On the 23d October, at Auckland, New Zealand, Frolloi° B. Bulkeley, Esq., of the 65th Regiment, eldest son of ' 1 .." J. Bulkeley, Esq., of Linden-hill, Berkshire, to Rossonr Maria, eldest daughter of Major Cockcroft, Regiment. hurofr On the 23d inst., at St. Benet's Church, Gracec street, Alfred H. Penny, Esq., of Blackheath -park , Bow-lane, Cheapside, to Emma, daughter of WilliamVi r° ' Esq., of Botolph-lane, London. e of the sSto- At Slanden-house, Isle of Wight, Ann, DIED. le, Evel ' eigh, of the Royal Artillery , aged 79. vr On the 21st inst. at his residence, Priddy's Hard, 'l e( ,r Gosport, in his 63d year, John Jenkins, Esq., storekeeP t of the powder magazines. wife of Goner th • On the 25th inst., at No. 3, Kensington-villas, ita, i mines, Sir D. Toler Osborne, Bart., in the 70th year of 'PI age. On the 19th inst., at Jersey, Lieutenant-Colonel Loins, late of the Royal Horse Artillery. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO 112, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, N°• Strand, in the Precincto f the Savoy, in the s poilt / Middlesex. Monday, Ma rch 28,180 • 1