The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-01 00:00:00

Viiirb Vbition. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. Lord BROUGHAM presented a petition from a place in Glamorganshire, praying for the Extension of County Courts ; also, petitions from the Portsmouth and Nor wood Literary Institutions, praying for the distribution of Parliamentary papers. The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions from different places in Scotland, against the Maynooth grant. In answer to the Bishop of MANCHESTER, The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that it was not the intention of her Majesty's Government to make any alterationi n the system by which convicts were now sent to Bermuda and Gibraltar. He was happy, however, to inform the right rev. prelate that the convicts at those places would be rapidly placed on the same footing as those who were confined in prisons. New prisons were being built for their reception, which were lighted and ventilated on the new system, and where they would be under better supervision than in the hulks. In answer to. Lord CAMPBELL, The Duke of NEWCASTLE said that it was not at present convenient to say what were the intentions of her Majesty''s Government with reference to the aboli tion of transportation as a secondary punishment, be cause there must be a great alteration in the system of secondary punishments and the prison accommodation before the Government could come to a final opinion on the subject. It was his own conviction, however, that before long it would be necessary, for the good of our colonies, to bring the punishment of transportation to a close. Lord CAMPBELL said he hoped that transporta tion would not be abolished, because, as a judge, he believed that if he sentenced a man to imprisonment for life it would not produce the same effect as if he sen tenced him to transportation for life. After a few words from the Earl of HARRoWBT, Lord MONTEAGLE said that if the question of transportation would be discussed he hoped it would be in the shape of a bill, and he hoped that they would not only consider the abolition of transportation, but also the means of supplying its place, in order that we might not increase the social evil which we sought to remedy. After a few words from Lord BROUGHAM and Lord WHARNCLIFFE, The subject then dropped. The Law of Evidence (Scotland) Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Bail in Error Bill passed through committee. RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. The Earl of MALMESBURY rose to move for cer tain returns relating to accidents on railways, and to call the attention of her Majesty's Government to the subject, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) ROUSE OF COMNIONS--(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at a few minutes to four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The following bills were read a second time, and ordered to be committed :—Manchester and Salford Education ; City of Dublin Steam-Packet Company ; Lands Improvement Company. WEST LONDON WATERWORKS BILL. On the motion for the second reading of this bill, M. BARROW moved that the bill be read a second time this day six months. Sir J. SHELLEY suggested that the bill should be referred to a select committee, as the subject as to the supply of water to the metropolis involved details which could not be inquired into satisfactorily by the house. Lord SEYMOUR opposed the suggestion of the hon. baronet, on the ground that the whole subject had al ready been investigated by a committee of the house. He thought it would be most unfair to sanction a competing scheme like the present, after the settle ment which was come to in the last Parliament respect ing existing water companies, and which imposed on those companies very heavy conditions, for the purpose of .obtaining an improved supply of water. If the pre sent water companies did not fulfil their engage ments, the better course would be, instead of sanc tioning opposing schemes, to deprive them of their powers, and place the supply of water under the control of a municipal body. He should vote against the second Sir B. HALL supported the bill. After some discussion, in which Mr. Bouverie, Lord . Manners, Sir J. Walmsley, and others, took part, the house divided, when there appeared-- For the second reading, Against it,. . 99 . 93 Majority, 6 The bill was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed. CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. Mr. V. SMITH appeared at the bar, and reported that the committee appointed to inquire into the peti tion against the return for Cambridge had come to the resolution that Kenneth Macaulay and John Henry Astell, Esqrs., were not duly elected for that borough, and that the last election was a void election ; also that they were both guilty, by their agents, of bribery at the last election. [The resolution is given in detail in another part of The Sun.] On the motion of the hon. member, it was agreed that the evidence taken before the committee should be laid on the table of the house. The HON. MEMBER also gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the evidence be printed, and that no writ be issued for Cambridge until the 11th of April. PETITIONS, Sir R. H. INGLIS presented petitions from York shire, Kent, and other counties, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. MASTERMAN presented a petition from an Assurance Company, complaining of the tax on an nuities. Mr. R. PALMER presented several petitions from the East Riding of Yorkshire, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. W. WILLIAMS presented a petition from Surrey, in favour of the separation of Church and State. Mr. MULLINGS presented a petition from a body of London solicitors against the Examiners of Chancery Bill. Mr• S'ArYTA presented a petition from the letter carriers of York, praying for the redress of their griev ances, Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition in favour oi the London University returning members to Parlia, ment. Mr. MILES presented a petition from Cumberland against the admission of Jews into- Parliament ; also a petition against the grant to Maynooth. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the letter-carriers of Bridgnorth, complaining of the order of the Postmaster-General abolishing Christmas boxes. Mr.HUME presented a petition from Montrose in favour of the extention of the county court system to Scotland ; also a petition against the taxes on know ledge. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from Birmingham in favour of an ocean penny postage. PILOTAGE. Viscount GODERICH wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he was able to give an as :nil-a:ice that he would bring forward the measure relating to pilotage, of which he had given notice, on Monday next ? Mr. CARDWELL said he .had consulted with his noble friend the member for the City of London, and he had no doubt that he should be able to make his state ment on Monday next. THE GUARDS. Colonel LINDSAY wished to ask the right hon. the secretary at W ar if it was true what the hon. member fo r. o Montrose s t a t e d l ast n i ght, namely, that there had '!,. r. no redu c ti on ma d e i n the emoluments of the colonel of the Grenadi er G uar d s, as recommended by the com mittee of 1835 2 Mr sz . of settlinugtatie: ' • HERBERT was glad to h a ve an opportunity hon. question right. He apprehended that the ported in th e for Mo ntrose had not been correctly re not state that. newspapers, as the hon. member did ments, but that the uction had been made in the emolu of 1835, th at the offiere c ommendation of the committee only be conferred upon of Col one l i n the Guards shoul d first of ail, w ith re gsard veterans in the army. Now, the recommend a ti on o f th e to the committee in reference to reducti on of the emolu ments, it had been strictly ca out, and th e pay o f th e Senior Colonel in the GrenadreriV 4, whileatts had b een re d uce d from 4,000/. a-year to 3,000 u colonels had been reduced IPT _ m __ t of the t wo j un i or ,n u ,OO O/. to 2,000/ With regard to the recommendation which the hon . for Montrose referred to, he begged to state tha . t ra b ember had looked over the report and proceedings o f the eon) -- and that he could find no such recorrirneZilttie:, recorded, nor could it well have been made, for it i had been the practice, from time immemorial, to give the colonelcies of these regiments to such members of the royal family as were capable of holding important mili tary offices. Up to 1835, of the ten colonels who held the office in question, only four were not members of the royal family, and of that four the Duke of Welling ton, who of course was an exception to all rule, was one. Now, Prince Albert at the time of the death of the Duke of Wellington, was the senior colonel in the Guards, and it was in the natural course of regimental promo tion, that he succeeded to the colonelcy of the Grenadier Guards, and the Duke of Cambridge to the Fusi lier Guard. He might also be allowed to add, that while ' Prince Albert held the appointment of colonel of the Fusilier Guards he never drew the full amount of his pay of 2,0001. a year, but devoted a por tion of it to increasing the comforts and. improving the coT__lrition. of the meu. (Hear.) 211 • 1.11.341 kl having been on the committee rernenat• e th e ' red distinctly that it was the wish of orti_ c.ousuuoittee that the three colonelcies of the rar 7i. B ia h should always be conferred as a sort of hono ,i,,ndlto c ion upon veterans in the army. A recom e ee ' 'I t othat effect a, was ranuttee wh o Wa Was proposed by a member of he wa s s not embodied iincotrected with the navy, and if sure the right hon e report of the committee, who was then Secret ourable member for Coventry, out when he stated arY atWarul that the Government d bear him favourabl e to carrying.out th.of the day were • on this subject. lie had nowishes of the committee tion on Prillce Albert or the wish to throw an fl y re ec uke of Ca b • m ridge ; on the contrary, he thought both had done honour and credit to the station which they filled ; but he had a right to blame the Government of the day for neglect ing to see that the recommendation of the committee was carried out. Mr. HERBERT said it might have been the intention of the committee that these offices should be kept for veterans in the army ; but their report made no mention whatever of any such intention. FOREIGN REFUGEES. Lord D. STUART said he wished to ask the Go vernment a question of some importance. It was cur rently rumoured that deniands had been addressed by certain foreign Powers to the Government of this country for the removal or expulsion of certain political refugees who had found an asylum in England. Now, he wished to ask the Government if there was any foundation for those rumours, and if there was, what course they intended to pursue I (Hear.) Lord PALMERSTON said—Sir, In answer to my noble friend's question, of whether any application has been made by foreign powers to her Majesty's Govern ment for the expulsion of any foreign refugees now in the United Kingdom, I have to state that no such ap plication has been ade. (Hear, hear.) In reply to the other question, of what course the Government would pursue in the event of such an application being made, I have only to repeat what has been stated on a former occasion in this house, that any such application would be met with a firm and decided refusal. (Hear, hear, and loud cheers.) It is indeed obvious that that must be so, because such ameasure could not be taken by the Government of this country without fresh powers being conferred upon them by act of Parliament ; and I apprehend that no Government, even if they were in clined to do so, could apply 'to this house for such powers with any chance of success — (loud cheers)—inasmuch as no Alien Bill, passed within the present centruy, ever gave the Government power to expel foreigners from the kingdom except with reference to considerations connected with the internal safety of the country. The Brittsh Government has never undertaken to provide for the internal safety of other countries, and it is sufficient that Parliament should give the Government measures for our own internal security without meddling with that of other countries. (Hear.) But' I cannot confine my answer to this simple statement. I must ask to be allowed to add that, while on the one hand British laws and the spirit of the British Constitution give to foreigners of all political opinions and all categories a secure and peaceful shelter within this country, I think, on the other hand, that those foreigners who avail themselves of the hospitality of England are bound in every principle of honour — (loud cheers) —as well as by a regard zt only to international law, but also the law of the land, to abstain from entering into any intrigues or pursuing any courses intended for the purpose of giving umbrage to foreign Governments, or of disturb ing the internal tranquillity of foreign countries. (Cheers.) In reply to Mr. SCHOLEFIELD, Mr. FITZROY said a fourth portion of the census of 1851 would shortly be published, and laid before the house. The delay that had taken place was owing to 300 pages of the work been accidentally burnt at the Printers. DICKENS'S "HOUSEHOLD WORDS." • In reply to Mr. COLLIER, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the report of the law officers of the Crown on the pre sent state of the law affecting newspapers, had not yet been received by the Government. PROBATE AND LEGACY DUTIES. Mr. W. WILLIAMS called the attention of the house to the injustice of exempting real property from paying probate and legacy duties, while personal pro perty of every description is subjected to the payment of the said duties ; and moved that, in the opinion of the house, real property should be made to pay the same probate and legacy duties as are now payable on per sonal property. (LEFT SPEAKING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 17. Notice is hereby given, that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will, by the desire of her Majesty, hold Levees at St. James's Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on the fol lowing days, at two o'clock : Wednesday, 2d March next. Wednesday, 9th March next. It is her Majesty's pleasure that presentations to his Royal Highness at these Levees shall be considered equiva lent to presentations to the Queen. Addresses to the Queen may either be forwarded to her Majesty through the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, or may be reserved until her Majesty shall hold a Levee. —_....... CROWN OFFICE. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Feb. 28. County of Forfar—The Honourable Lauderdale Maule, presently residing at Brechin Castle, Surveyor-General of the Ordnance. __ _ _ March 1. County of Worcester, Western Division—Henry Lygon, Esq., commonly called Viscount Elmley, in the room of the Honourable Henry Beauchamp Lygon, now Earl Beauchamp, called to the House of Peers. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 1. 20th Regiment of Foot—Major-General Sir William Chalmers, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Pilkington, K.C.8., deceased, Feb. 28. 50th Regiment of Foot—Major-General the Right Ho nourable Sir George Arthur, Bart., to be Colonel, vice Major-General James Allan, C. 8., deceased, Feb. 28. ADMIRALTY, FEB. 28. In consideration of the successful operations against Rangoon and Pegu, and in the Irrawaddy River, the fol lowing Naval Promotions have taken place, dated the 25th instant : To be Captain—Commander Charles Frederick Alex ander Shadwell. To be Commanders.—Lieutenants John William Dor vile, Henry Shank Hillyar, Rowley Lambertoiand George William Rice. To be Lieutenants.—Mr. Hugh Alan Hinde, Mate ; Mr. Charles Ashwell Boteler Pocock, Mate. To be Master.—Mr. Richard Sturgess, Second-Master. To be Surgeons.—Mr. Thomas Seccombe, Assistant-Sur geon; Mr. Henry Slade, Assistant-Surgeon. To be Boatswain of the Second Class.—Mr. John Camp bell, Boatswain of the Third Class. The Board have further directed the promotions of the undermentioned officers, contingent on their passing the required examinations : Mr. Robert Cronyn Copland, Mate, to be Lieutenant ; Mr. John Felix Johnson, Assistant-Surgeon, to be Sur geon ; John Minton, Boatswain's Mate, to be Boatswain. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire. The Right Hon. Charles William, Earl Fitzwilliam, 8.G., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb. 16. Commissions by the Lord-Lientenant of the Tower Hamlets, Robert Hanbury, junior, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieuten• ant ; Hugh Parnell, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Feb, Queen's Own Light Infantry Regiment of Tower Ham lets Militia.—Theophilus Caractacus Lewis, M.D., to be Surgeon ; Ensign Frederick Bush, to be Lieutenant ; Wm. Noble, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Clarence Holcombe Judd, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Feb. 26. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Middlesex. Royal West Middlesex Regiment of Militia Theodore Edwin Houghton Platt, Esq. late of her Majesty's 49th Regiment of Foot, Feb. 21 ; Arthur Chilver Tupper, Esq., Feb. 22—to be Captains. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somersetshire. 2d Somerset Regiment of Militia—To be Lieutenants — Ensign John Frederick Nicholls, vice L'Estrange, who re tires on the allowance, Jan. 3 ; Alfred Waring, Gent., vice Chivers, who retires- on the allowance ; Isaac Wil liams, Gent., vice Callanan, who retires on the allowance ; Samuel Baker Coates, Gent., vice Tucker, who retires on the allowance ; Alfred Ainge Harris, Gent., vice Barker, who retires on the allowance ; Wallington oates, Gent., vice Perham, superseded, Feb. 15. To be Ensigns—Robert Blindman Dowling Marshall, Gent, vice Williams, re gsined ; Henry Lionel Nicholls, Gent., vico Homer, re signed, Jan. 4. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. King's Own 2d Regiment of Staffordshire Miltia—Ro bort Thomas Kennedy Levett, Esq., to be Captain • John Capel Philips, Gent. ; Edward cott, Gent. ; Veilliam Johnson, Gent. • Thomas Salt the younger, Gent.; Reginald John Buller, Gent. ; the Hon. William Vernon ; Greville Charles Lane, Gent. ; Thomas Moreton Johnson, Gent. ; John Plimley Edward's, Gent, ; Newton John Lane, Gent. —to be Lieutenants ; Henry Sinckler Chinn, Gent., to be Ensign, Feb. 22. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Henry Vendall, mason, Hastings. BANKRUPTS. James Kerslake, sawyer, Collingwood-street, Blackfriars road, 'March 10, at half-past eleven, and Aprill2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Hare, South-square, Gray's-inn. Edmund Plumber, butcher, Diss, Norfolk, April 15, at ono, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official as signee, Basinghall-street ; White and Borrett, Whitehall place • Hazard and Son, Harleston, Norfolk. William Morton, bill discounter, Beigrave-place, Pim lico, March 11, at eleven, and Apri l 16, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Reed, Coleman-street, City. William Ness and Thomas Snowdon, tar and napbtha distillers, Leeds, March 18, and April 15, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, official assignee, Leeds ; Payne, Eddison, Ford, and North, Leeds. Thomas Lamb, Atkinson, linen warehouseman, Wood street, March 11, at twelve, and April 16, at onc, at the Court o f B an k rup t cy . P enne ll, official assignee, Basing hall -street ; Mason, Ironmonger-lane. 'William Price, eating-house keeper, Cheapside, March 16, at half-past twelve, and April 13, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee, Basinghall- MarchnlOraylor, common brewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, s Toth; Thompson, Bucklersbury. Newcastle-upon tw i e s l t v ri e c , t an c d ourt April I w 3, tw at eoyn,e,at officialthe assignee, N ewcastle-upon-Tyne ; Cro . sby and Compton, Jewry; Hoyle, Neweelasertleupon-Tyne. George North, coal d OldJe April 16, at twelve, at the Leeds Sheffield • Chesterfield, esterfteld, March 12, and Palmer, District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Chesterfield. Bedford-row; Busby, 6d. per cwt. Crushed sugar much wanted by exporters at former terms. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the supply was more plentiful of Madras sugar, and prices rather declined, still at auction 8,700 bags were nearly all sold, middling to good middling grocery at 34s to 365, low 31s to 3.3, and soft yellow 29s to 325. The dempud remains good for Bengal, and former terms are well kept up. FOREIGN.—Since Saturday a fair amount of business has been concluded in Foreign Sugar by private treaty, and stiff rates are obtained. A cargo of fine brown Parabia sold at 19s 6d ; 2,000 chts yellow Havannah duty paid 35s to 39s ; some parcels Bahia, brown 31s to 345, and yellow 34s 6d to 365. MOLASSES.—SuppIy is yet not adequate for the demand and there are several buyers of Antigua at 17s 6d to 18s, other sorts of West India 16s to 17s ; Bengal and Mauri tius 15s to 15s 6d ; cube and Porto Rico 163 6d to 17s 6d per cwt. Metmrrius.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar realised full rates, and the public sales of 3,485 bags went with fair spirit P • low to middling yellow at 35s to 365, good 36 s 6 d to 37s 6d, fine brown 34s to 355, low middling to good 31s 6d to 33s 6d, refining 34s to 375, fine grainy yellow 40s to 41s, middling to good 38s to 39s 6d per cwt. COFFEE.—To-day there was only a limited demand for native Ceylon, yet holders are firm and obtained 48s to 48s 6d for good and of new import. In colory plantation many purchases were made, chiefly for home consumption, and former rates are well kept up, but pale and greyish met with little attention ; still in the value there is no change. Costa Rica Is wanted, and stiff rates are offered, but few parcels can be obtained. Mocha sells more freely, at last week's quotations. COCOA.—There is an increasing demand for West India, and supply being less than previously, stiffer rates are obtained, low to good Red Trinidad selling at 36s to 398, fineOs to 435, grey 32s to 365, and Grenada 31s to 375. TEA.—A reluctance is manifested to operate in low to good common Congou, and more desire is evinced to sell at 10d to 10 4 d per lb. Prices are not higher for other sorts, although there continues to be a larg e demand, rather blackish to blackish leaf selling at I.oid is, strong to Pekoe sorts is OAd to is 9d, and choice is 10d to 2s 2d, but chiefly is to is sd. Prices for green rule as follows : Hyson ord is ld to is 2d, mid is 3d to 1s sd, good is 6d to is 9d, fine is 10d to 2s 7d, superior 2s 8d to 3s. Young Hyson Canton 10d to Is, Hyson is 2d to is 10d. fine 2s to 2s 3d, Twankay 10d to is ld, Gunpowder Can ton 10d to is ld, Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9d, fine 3s to 3s 6d, Imperial Canton is to is 2d, Hyson sort is 3d to 2s 3d, Hyson skin 8d to is. Ricz.—To-day East India rice was held for full rates, but little was done privately, at auction 846 bags Bengal were taken in at 12s for good white.l SALTPETRE.—The present value of Calcutta is 24s 6d to 28s, fine 28s 6d to 29s 6d, and Madras 24s to 265. British refined is held for 29s 6d to 30s, yet little is doing. Nitrate of Soda is still on the rise, and sells at 19s 6d to 20s on the spot, at 19s for arrival. INDIGO.—Since the conclusion of the East India sales a good home and export demand has prevailed, and the ad vance established thereat is fully supported for all sorts. Spanish is wanted at previous prices, and a less amount is on offer. OILS.—A material increase is apparent in demand for Sperm, and there is an advance-881. to 901. having been obtained, and 901. to 931. for Headmatter. Seal is more plentiful, and not being much required prices have given w ay. TALLOW.—Although lower prices have been accepted for Russian on the spot, yet only a limited demand has been experienced, and fine yellow Candle is 44s to 44s 3d per cwt. Operations are immaterial for delivery, and at 44s there are sellers for last three months of the year. Home melted is cheaper, 44s to 44s 6d per cwt having been ac cepted, cash, yet the demand has been good. [ANGE—Tms DAY. 'Gibraltar •• .• •• •• .• .• •• .Leghorn ....•• ........30 10 Genoa ......... .25 45 Venice • • • ... Naples ••• • •• 41 % Palermo 124 % oilessina .............. 125 Lisbon ................ 53 % Oporto ................ 53% Rio Janeiro .. 27 Buenos Ayres... New York, 60 days' sight* Philadelphia ......•• •• PRICES OP BULLION, PER OZ. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...... 0 5 1% MA RKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From tke London New Price Current of ce. :l s t l i v. ::: Y ln •) din, SuGAR.--To-day there were ready buyers pri sugar for home consumption, and the fully equal to those of Friday both for grocery and refining are sorts, but business was checked by a scanty supply ni A ng t auction 300 hhds and 10 boxes Barbadoes went freely a t firm rates ; fine yellow at 39s to 40s, middling to g00d37. to 33s 6d ; 76 bads D emerara crysalized, brown 32s 6d t o 35,4 6d, and ordinary to good yellow 36 s to 39 s 6 d. Total o p er ations amount to 460 hhds, Sic., and the market closes with a firm aspect. REFINED.—To-day the home trade demand was active for refined sugar, and stiff prices were obtained ; brown lumps selling at 45s 6d, and low to fine grocery 46s to 48s CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DA T. ) OLD COURT. THE ALLEGED MURDER IN ACRE-LANE, BRIXTON. Mr. Clarkson applied to the Court this morning to postpone, until next sessions, the trial of Mrs. Vickers, who, it will be recollected, stands indicted, on a coro ner's inquisition, with the wilful murder of her master, Mr. Jones, in whose service she had been for some years as housekeeper. The graund on which the learned counsel made the application was, that the prisoner, for whom he appeared, would be unable to prepare her de fence during the - present session, as the indictment against her had just come into his hands ; and, more over, as the case was one of a very difficult and compli cated character. The Recorder thought it would be better to accede to to the application, as the case was a very important one and would occupy a considerable time, and as the judges were desirous to proceed to the assizes with as little delay as passible. The case was accordingly postponed until next session. LARCENY.—John Fowler, aged 40, and described as a clerk, surrendered to take his trial on an indictment charging him with embezzling and stealing the sum of 51., the money of John Henry Heep and others. He was also indicted for misdemeanour. Mr. Giffard prosecuted and Mr. Parry defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner was assistant-secretary and collector to the London Philan throphic Society, and in those capacities was intrusted with the collection of subscriptions and the payment of tradesmen's bills. It was his duty to account to the committee once a month for the monies which passed through his hands, but he was allowed on the score of illness to omit doing this for a considerable time. He delayed the production of his accounts, however, so long that the committee became impatient, and they at length, in December last, re quested to know the reason why he had kept them back; whereupon he said, " I may as well be candid with you —I have made free with the society's money—l am sorry for it, but I have had an action against me, and I was obliged to use your money." He then gave an account of his defalcations, from which it ap peared that he had appropriated to his own use three checks for 41. 14s. Bd., 51. Bs. Bd., and 41. Bs. 11d., which were intrusted to him for the payment of bills due to tradesmen for goods they had supplied to the society. It transpired in the course of the trial that the prisoner's salary was only 101. a year, and that during the two-and-a-half years he had been in the service of the society, he had not received more than 271. 10s., which included both his salary and commission ; that he was a married man and had a large family. At the conclusion of the evidence, the Recorder said he did not think the indictment could be maintained, the prisoner appeared always to have paid the tradesmen in cash, and before the jury could convict, they must be satisfied that at the time he took the cheques he mean to steal them. _ The jury at once returned a verdict of not guilty. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SOUTH-EASTERN EAlLWAT.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Feb. 26, 1853 £9,886 5 8 Corresponding week last year 9,625 18 10 Increase in 1853 £26o 6 10 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the week ending Feb. 26, 1853 £7,065 1 8 Corresponding week last year 7,669 10 3 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853. Total of the half-yest to this date, 1852 68,763 11 9 THE AUTHOR OF MARGARET MAITLAND.—The new novel, entitled "Harry Muir; a Story of Scottish Life," by the author of " Margaret Maitland," &c., in 3 vole., is published this day by Messrs. Hurst and Blackett, successors to Mr Colburn, and may now be had at all the libraries. Also just published-2. "The Dean's Daughter; or the Days We Live-In," by Mrs. Gore, 3 vols. 3. " The First Lieutenant's Story," by Lady Catherine Long, 3 vols. 4. " Castle Avon," by the author of " Emilia Wyndham," 3 vols. . " Unole Walter," by Mrs. Trollope, 3 vols. 6. "Broomhill ;or The County Beauties," 3 vols. NORFOLK RAILWAT.—The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this company was held yesterday at the office, Guildhall-buildings ; Mr. Peto, M.P., in the chair. The report stated that the revenue of the half year showed an increase of about 3,2001., as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, whilst no addition is made to the working expenses. The Eastern Counties Railway Company having declared a dividend of 6s. per share, the proprietors of the Norfolk stock will be entitled to a dividend of 1/. 10s. per 1001. stock, and of 4s. 6d. per share on the new 201. shares (151. paid up), and of 6s. on the like shares paid up in full. The dividend warrants will be payable on the 15th March next. The interest on the new 41. per cent. debenture stock will be calculated to this date, and pay able on the 15th March. A motion for the adoption of the report was put and carried unanimously ; after which the meeting separated. HEALTH OF MR. J. A. ROEBUCK, M.P.—lt affords us much gratification to be able to assure our readers that a letter from Dr. Gully has been received in Shef field, in which he expresses the strongest confidence of Mr. Roebuck's restoration to health after a not very protracted interval. Rest and quiet in the meantime are essential, but with these the Doctor gives an assur ance of our lamented member being enabled to resume his Parliamentary duties.—Sheffield Times. NEW Music.—A new song entitled, "Oh, then, I'll Think of Thee," has just been published in Dublin. It is a particular musical production, which has createl a greater sensation in Ireland than any song which has appeared there for years past. The words are by Thomas Dillon Jones, Esq., and the music by George Lindley, Esq., and the composition has already reached a third edition. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing a Scorbutic Eruption of Ton Years' Standing.—Mr. Mackridge, ships' store dealer, of Price's-street, Liverpool, was afflicted for upwards of 10 years with a violent scorbutic affection in the hand, - which gave him so much pain and agony that his bodily health became seriously affected. During this period he had the advice of several eminent practitioners, but without obtaining the slightest relief. He then pur chased, of Mr. Thompson, chemist, Stanhope-Aeet, Liverpool, some of Holl o w a y's ointment anduTills, which, by perseverance in their use, very shortly cured the disease, and restored him to perfect health and strength.—Sold by all druggists, and at Professor Hol loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1853 COURSE OF EXC. Amsterdam ............ 11 17% Ditto, three months .. 11 19 Rotterdam ............ 11 19 Antwerp .............. 25 3234 Brussels 25 32 y 4 _ _ _ klamburgh .... Altona .... .. .... Paris .... 25 12% Ditto, three monthsj.. 25 32% Marseilles........ • ... .. 25 35 Bourdeaux ............ _ _. Frankfort-on-Matne .. 120% Berlin Vienna .... 11 6 Trieste .. 11 8 Petersburgh 384 Madrid .... . . 50% Barcelona.. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. We have received the Paris papers of yesterday in due course, but they are entirely destitute of news of a political character. Several of the leaders of the Legitimist party have been offered seats in the Senate, but have re fused. Among those who have refused are the Duke de Mailly and the Comte de Clermont-Ton nerre. On the other hand, the Comte Wabsch- Serrent, M. de Gallifet, and M. Depeil have ac cepted, and their' nomination is expected to appear in the Moniteur of to-morrow. The Legislative Assembly sat yesterday; M. Bil lault, the President, in the chair. The President informed the assembly that he had received a letter from M. de Merode, sending in his resignation. The order of the day was the discussion of a bill granting a credit of 5,000 f. to pay the rent of the Ecole de Medecine. The articles were voted by assis et /eve, and then tho ballot was proceeded to on the ensemble of the bill. The news of the settlement of the Turkish ques- tion has given great satisfaction in Paris, as it is understood that there was great doubt if the French Government would join in any measure that might have been proposed by England for the protection of the Turkish Government. It is said, and upon respectable authority, that when the ac counts arrived of the threats held out both by Austria and Russia against the Porte, the English Government proposed to the French Government to send their squadrons to the Dardanelles, but that the French Government refused, on the ground that it would do nothing at present that could give umbrage to the Northern Powers. A frightful tempest visited the coast of Calais in the night of Thursday. The waves dashed with extraordinary violence on the jetties, and knocked down the guard and signal houses. Friday night also the tempest raged violently. The communication by electric telegraph with Marseilles has been interrupted by the violence of the wind having blown down a number of the posts on a part of the line, while most of the rail ways and roads to the south have been rendered impassable by heavy falls of snow. A report is current that a duel was fought yes terday morning between M. Mires, the new pro prietor of the Constitutionnel, and M. Dufresne, but the particulars are not known. . There was an improvement yesterday in the prices of all the French securities. The Three per Cent. Rentes were quoted , 10c. better than on Saturday for cash, and 25c. higher for the account ; the closing rates being 80f. 40c. for the former, and 80f. 20c. for the latter. The Four-and-a-half per Cents. also attained a similar improvement, being last called 106 f. sc. for cash, and 105 f. 90c. for the account. Bank Stock unaltered at 2,800 f., and a further decline in the prices of nearly all railway shares—the only exceptions being the Paris and Rouen, and Lyons and Mediterranean lines. The Paris and Lyons fell 15 francs, and the St. Ger mains 20 ; the others from 2 to 7 francs per share lower. ITALY. The Sardinian Minister of Finance represents that the financial state of the island has been steadily improving during the last few years ; that it has great abundance of the prime necessaries of life, exports wines to an enormous amount—olive oil, corn, and other articles of secondary importance in large quantities also ; that the working of mines, which had but lately been introduced, and had pro duced but 200,000 kilogrammes of lead in the first half-year of 1851, had produced upwards of 500,000 kilogrammes in the first half-year of 1852. The Bale Gazette states that on the 18th the Austrian Government had a note presented to the Federal' Council, demanding the expvlsion of all political refugees from Ticino, the seizure of the arms and ammunition intended for the insurgents of Lombardy, the prosecution of the Ticinese who have taken a part in the insurrection of Milan, and, finally, guarantees for the future. To this note was added a sort of printed address to the Ticinese, which had been spread about in the can ton, inviting them to join the revolt. The answer of the Federal Council is stated to be that it will await the report of Colonel Bourgeois before giving a - more explicit answer, that it had ordered the expulsion of the refugees from Ticino as early as 1848 ; that it would inquire whether its orders had been executed ; that it knows of no Ticinese engaged in the revolt ; that if such there be, the laws shall be executed against them, and that it hopes Austria will revoke the severe measures it has taken. The Opinione, of Turin, states that the steamer which arrived at Genoa from Leghorn, on the 22d, had brought the very improbable story that several sailors, belonging to a British corvette, had been arrested by the Austrians, while on shore, for crying " Viva l'ltalia." According to one account they have been given up to the captain of the cor vette ; according to another, the captain, after hav ing claimed his men in vain from- the Austrian authorities, had set sail for Malta to fetch the fleet and obtain reparation. AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna says ,the kitchen-knife which the assassin Lebenyi used against the Empe ror was a new one. It was very sharp, and at the point was sharpened on both sides. The Emperor lost so much blood that fer ten minutes he was un able to see with one eye, and for more than an hour with the other. His Majesty asked if his cure ,-would be long in being effected, as he was fearful of delaying public business. The assassin, when seized, declared it was not necessary to hold him, as he had no intention of flying. The troops. who were on duty in the cathedral of St. Stephen during the celebration of the Te Dewy. were Hun garians ; their shouts in honour of the Emperor were so loud that they drowned those of the people. Nearly all the Hungarians residing at Vienna at tended the ceremony in national costume. After the event became known the telegraph, almost hour after hour, brought expressions of regret and felicitation to his Majesty from all the courts of Europe. The Emperor Napoleon sent himself a dispatch direct to the Emperor. Letters of con gratulation have arrived from sovereigns by cou riers. Most of the ambassadors received orders to send news of his Majesty twice a-day to their re spective courts. A telegraphic dispatch from Vienna of the 26 th, in the Journal de Francfort, states that the heat in the forehead of the Emperor had increased, and that his sleep during the night of ,the 25th had not been regular. The Assemblee Nationale, however, states that it has received by telegraph from Vienna news of the Emperor dated Sunday, and that he was going on most favourably. Information from Pesth states that numerous arrests have been made. Thirty individuals are said to be compromised ; they are charged with having drunk the health of the assassin Lebenyi m a public-house. The authorities received an anony mous letter telling them that an attack was in tended to be made on the principal military post in the town, but nothing of the kind has taken place. Several passengers who have arrived here from Vienna by steam-boat, have been arrested. The rumour of the arrest of a man on a charge of hav ing been an accomplice of Lebenyi, and with having intended to assassinate the Archduke Albert, ap pears to be confirmed. The customs conferences closed on the 22d at Vienna. It is said that the plenipotentiaries are to meet again in a short time at Berlin. These conferences, says the Presse of Vienna, are essen tially connected with the conclusion of Austro- Prussian commercial treaty. The States of the coalition of Darmstadt have engaged to renew the Zollverein with Prussia, and not to throw any obstacle in the way of the extension of the union by the treaty of September. In fine, they are dis posed to conclude at a later period an Austro-Ger man customs' union. TURKEY, The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter from Constantinople stating that the Austrian Govern ment has given orders to its consuls in the East to forbid any more Austrian vessels from proceeding for the present to Constantinople, and that the Austrian Lloyds has received orders to withdraw its steamers from the Levant. The dispatches from Russia to the Turkish Government were, it is said, of a very menacing character. The Count de Leinengen had not, however, quitted Constanti nople, and the French Ambassador continued to have conferences with the Turkish Ministers. A telegraphic dispatch, dated Vienna, 26th, says :—" The Count de Leiningeu, who had been eharged with a diplomatic mission to the Ottoman Porte relative to the differences between the two Governments, has returned to Trieste. The Otto man Porte has yielded to all the demands and claims which Austria had made through that dip lomatist." Although this account contradicts all alarming reports accredited on the Bourse of Vienna, it meets with general credence. The message in question was addressed, by tele graph, by Comte v. Leinengen himself to the Ca binet of the Emperor. The Austrian troops on march to Croatia have received counter orders, but the Russian difficulty has yet to be settled. Letters fro m R agusa , o f the 11th, in the Augs burg Gazett e , among the M state that there is gre at disunion Montenegrin chiefs, and that the Turks aro at a distan ce o f f our l eag ues from Cettinje. I t was rumoured that three Austrian battalions, under Col. Stratomirovich, were to enter Motene gro, because Omer Pasha had refused to confer with Count Kellner, who had been sent to parley with him. THE SIIARB' MARKETS. Blueness dens this day. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Closing Prices this day. 'Aberdeen . Ambg. Nottng. Bost. & Eastn. Junc...... 3irmng. Wolverh Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lanesh. & Cheshire Jnnet Do. Chesh. & Birk ; £5O & £25 Cons Do., £2O Bristol & Exeter.. 'Caledonian. 'Chester & Holyhead Cork and Bandon.... (Cork, Black. & Pass, Dublin&Belfast June Dundee Perth &Aber deen Junction ...... D I Do. New . 1 East Anglian (£25 L. & E. & L. & D.) 1 o. , (.£lB E. & H.) 1 Eastern Counties 1 Eastern Union, Class A. late E. U. Sh 3 Do., do.. a Do., B. & C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk & Binning. June Edinburgh d; Glasgow. Edinb. and Peebles Edinb.Prth.&Dundee Glasgow & S.Western Great Northern Stk Do., A. StOck Do., B. Stock Gt. Stb.&West.(lre ) Great Wcsterii.. Irma South-Easters. Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds. Lancash. &Yorkshire Do., Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un. Leeds Northern..,.. Liv. Crsby. & So uthpi. London & Blackwall Lond. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond.Bright.& S.Cst. London & N. Western , Do. Fifths 1D0.,10/.Sh,,M&B Lon - don & S. Weste 'Do., Do., £40...... Lndndrry.&Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. lianch.Shef.&Lindn. Do., Man. &Lin. lin.' Midland ..... . . ......... Do. Birming.dz Derby slidland G. West. (Ir. ) Do. i Shares .......... Newcastle & Carlisle.., Newmarket . Do. Bury Extensionsi Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd. Newry & Enniskillen. Newry ' Warrenpoint & Rostrei'or N0rf01k........ Do., Nev► ..... Northn. Counties Un North British North Devon, No.l Do., No. 2. , h A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire North Western N. & S. Westrn. Juno Oxford Worcester & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scottish Midland Shrewsbury & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westu. Guaranteed Stock Shrewsby. & Herefd Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves, do o. Oswestry Shropshire Union South Devon South Eastern South Wales S. Yorksh. River Dun Do.. . Stockton & Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Rai1way........ IVale of Neath........ Waterfd. & Kilkenny' Waterford&Limerlok' ,West C0rnwa11........ Wmble don &Croydo Woodford York Newctl.&Berw Do. Extensions .. • Do. G.N.E. Purchas York & N. Midland 31. - 33 6i - 10 -10 i Gad - Zl - 22 8 —2A d 108 — , llO 6Q 651 23 23 18A 19 - 2Ap 8 - 9 53 -- 4 44 131 -13 i 11 - 11 8 - 4 s 75 77 57 60 76 - • 78 id ip 32 34 61 63 80} -81 i 44 46 122 - 124 107 108 914 92 64 7 92 97 13 14 p 78 78' 4i 16 —l6 8i - 9i - P 103 A -7 164 A 1191 -- 1204 2 -34 p 1/1 lfl p 90 -- 91 41 —31 d 4 3d 11 12 19 21 291 30/11 77 77 45 47 49 51 2-34 3 3 d 3g 3a 84 44. 56 58 8 84 21- 2$ d 36 —37 I di 2i 21 d 4 4ad 8 8a 3 i 4 i P 48 49 100 64 - 68 65 67 70 75 ... dis 18 20 9 10 14 15 1)-4 2 d 21 23 80 —80 i 86 37 13 4 4il 2i 21 15 - 16 91 - 91 28 - 30 9i - 10 p 70 71 7a 7 } d 60 bid PREFERENCE SHARER Aberdeen . . Do., No. 2, 7 p. C Brig. & Ex. 4 p. c. Do. 4 p. c. Shares Caledonian £lO Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent... l Cork&Bandon 51 p. c. Dundee Perth &Aber dem Junction....... ,EastAnglian (£3los. G per cent ..... Do: (25) 7 per cent.. Do. (27175) 7 p. ct.. Eastern Counties Ex tension, 5 p. e. No.l Do., No. Do., New 6 p. o. St.. Eastern Union, Scrip Guar. 6 per cent.... EastLancash. 6 p.cts. Edinb.Prth.&Dundee 5i per cent___... ..... (Glasgow di S.Weste: guar. 5 per cent Great Northn. 5 p.c Do. 5 p. c., Redeem , at 10 p. c. prem Gt. Southn. &Westn (Ireland) Eighths Gt. Westn. (Berks Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) G. West. fixed 4i p c. Lan. & York. F. £2O, ) Do., 6 p. c., Stock I London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e... i Do. Pref., sp. c. St.] 1 Do. Convertible, 5 p., c., 1852 ) Do. New Guar. 6 p.c. l i London & S.Western,' Con. Thirds. ) Londonderry& Coler.i iShares .......... ... il Londy. & Ennis. i • Sh ll Manch. ,Shef., & Lin., iShares, No. 1...... 11 Do. New, £lO ...... ... 3 Do., £6. 11 Marypt. &Carl. 4p. c. 11 Do. 41 per cent.... 8j _ o 1 100 6 100 100 Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent... Do. Pref. 41 per cent. Norfolk Extension... Do. Guar. 5) per et.. Do. Way. Val. 5 p o North British ......... all 100 all 100 North Staffordshire.. Oxford Worcester a Wolverh. £15,6 p. C. Do Shrews& Birm. N. G. Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor.W.Min),B p. c. Do. 5 per cent South Devon Do. New S. Eastern (Reading Ann.,) of £1 Os.6d, S. Yorish.4p. c. Guar, Waterfd. &ICilk.6p.c. York Newcastle and Berwick, 4 p.c.Pref. De. Yorkk N. Midland H & S. Purch [O6 - 108 LO6 . :11 - 167, 19 20 i d pa; 6i - 6i - 3i 3 - 4 - 1 p 14 -- 1t -- 1 k 1 14g - 14 - 18i -- 19 3 - 3. lia : 127 1111 - 113 8i 61 7i 105 , -107xd Par P ,150 152 xcl -- sci xd 1 31 -- P 10 -- 11 13,E -13 i -- 9 4 10f -11 A ••. - .•• I - l 4 p 146 -148x(1 1 22 - '3 P 5 2 . 2 - 2. 108 - 110 25 - 26 I li p 11 -11 A 17 -- 18 -- li 16 -- 1 7 P Par AP, 26 26. 20 21 id pa: [lOl - 103 5 -5: P - 11064 x d all all all all RAILWAYS. Bedford andl Blotchley.... ißirm. & dxfd. guarant,ee Do. without gr Birm.Wolv. & Dudley guar. Do.wthtguar. LBuckghamsh lydesdals Je. E. Lincoln. gr. 6 p. cent Glstr.&Dn.Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. Railway Hull & Selby Do. Shares Do. i Shares Lon. & Greenw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent Do. 6 per ct Manch.Bzton and Matlock Middlesbro' Redear Midld.Bradfd. I Northern and Eastern sp.c. Do. 6 per et.. Do.Fixedsp.c Prest. & Wyre 'Do. i Shares. Roystn. & Hit. o.Shepth.St. Shef. Roth. & Goole g.5.p.e S. StaffOrds - h 1 WearValleygr 6 per cent IDo. Wilts&Somrstl Closing Prices this day. Antworp&Rotterdam BelgianEastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin. Dijon and Besangon Dutch Rhenish East Indian Do. Extension .... Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France, Gt. Western of Canada Shares Lucca & Pistoja sp. o pr0f..... .• • • • • ..• Luxembourg IDo. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) , Do. 6 p. et. pref Lyons & Mediterran Madras Namur & Liege (with interest) Do. (ex interest) , Northern of France , Do. 201. 3 p. a. Bds, (tiny. B. &Ams. Shs ; NorwegianTraukPrei Paris and Lyons - • Paris and Orleanis , Paris and Rouen Paris and Strasbourg Ps.risCaen&Cherbrg.' Quebec &Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. 5 p. ct. pref Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders.. Do, 5A per c. Pref.. ; Western of France,. West. of Switzerlan, Zea1and........ ........ 1 idis 1 31 21 p 21 di s 6/ lor4 P 1P 2 —2P 2P 1 -I Pf 4 - 41 - - 1 1 9 - 11 p 2 - 2i 8 - 6 - 7 35/ - 36 14 -14 i 8 4 7 - 9 16t 7 40 -- 1 4 2 p 40? -41 i 32t -- 33 4i 5 p 1 9- gi 3 -- Lp --, 4 p 4. dig — Par 9i -- 1011) id -- a p -- 1 311 1 6i i 64i 51 23 19 134 g x 91i 108 2t ad 78i i Pm 16.1 15i 161 9 8i 104 x d 120 k 191 20i 2 141 [l9l x d 91 901 x d 76i 7 x d all 111 100 St r. Paid 50 all 1 304 all 304 all 304 all all 100 all 'lOO London dcl N. West. Gt.Westn Do L. CaN.W Caledon.. Gt. Notrhn Gt. Westn. Yk. New. & Berw Y. &N. Md Do Do S. Eastern, Do Norfolk Do Lu.&N.W & Midld Stckton & Darlingt. Midland E. Count Do Do I L. & . W iSiLn& Tk Do Gt.Northn Do Lancash. & Yorksh MrDiClean ,Stockt. & Darling . Do Gt.Westn, MINE; 111 '•• • • • 30 -31 29i -30 k 30 31 29 30 LO7 —lo9xd 52i —s3ixd, L5O - 152 32i -33 i Lll —ll3xcl 55 —s66xd 26 27xd 131 —14 i 25A —26 i 19 —l9ixd 24 26 3 - 3t :di 7- 1g 64 66xci ... xd ... xd - pm .52 - 154 .51 - 153 xd l id 32 - 33 LO3 - 104 Leasing Compans. Agua Fria ...... Anglo Californian Australasian Australian Australian Cordillera Australian Freehold Ave Maria Baden (Gd. Duchy of) British Austrin. Gold British Iron Brazilianlmp. (issued at £5 pm. Do. Cocaes & Cuiada Do. St. John Del Rey Carsons's Creek Cobre Copper Colonial Gold Copiapo Copper Min. of Eng. Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. English and Austin. Copper Smeltg. Co. General Great Nugget Vein... Great Polgooth Lake Bathurst Liberty Lond. &Californ. Gold Quartz Crush. Co Mariquita Mexican&S.Americn. New Granada Nouveau Monde Port Philip Quartz Rock Rhymme Iron Do. New Santiago de Cuba South Australian. Tin Croft .. . United Mexican Waller West Granada West Mariposa Yuba JOINT-STOP Australasia British N. American Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial Commercial of Lond English Scottish and Australian I Lond. Chart. Bk. o Australia London and , County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster National Prov. of Eng. Do. New National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation 544 3154 Do. New Provincial of Ireland Do. New Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp Co South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London__ Union of Madrid 50 - 52 78 - 80 8i - Si 501 1 761 9 81 MISCELLANEOUS 100 35 Australian Agricult. 2 255 ' 252 50 5 20 4 Australsn.Pcific. Mail 10 5 Austmln. Royal Mail 5i ... 38i Brit. American Land 53 100 326 Canada — 5 5 Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of France 20 1 Eastern Steam — •• • 1 1 Electric Teleg. of Ir — • • 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat — •.• 100 50 General Screw Steam ... 12 20 2i Irish Beetroot Sugar ... •• • 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel •• • 10 2 Netherlands Land ... 2I 21:1 24 Nrth.ofEuropeSteam 50 all Peninsular & Oriental ... 86 50 25 Do. 100 60 Royal Mail Steam . . 25 25 South Austral*Lana 60 G 2 62 60 1 1 Submar, Telegraph 2 Univeral Emigration and Colonization.......- 100 28A Van Diemen's Land 19 20 20a 194 20i 19i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL-FEB. 28. The City of Glasgow (screw steamer), from Philadelphia, which went ashore on Saturday, got off the next tide, and docked—very leaky. The Anna - Rich: from Boston, reported on shore on the Devil's Bank, is a complete wreck, having broken in two. The vessel reported as being in distress off Holyhead on Saturday, was towed into that port by one of the Railway Company's boats. She was the Gipsy, from Charleston, laden with cotton. The Cornelia, for Boston, has put back and docked, having been aground in the Main in the Rock Channel. She is leaky, and must discharge. The Prince Albert Edward, arrived from St. Michael's, in crossing the bar on Saturday evening, was struck by some heavy seas, which stove her boat, washed away the bulwarks and stancheons, and broke the leg of one of the crew. She was making water. The Cheshire and Rosetta, which were on shore at Knott's Hole, have got off. A clipper ship, under jury masts, having been dismantled close to the deck, was passed on 29th Jan., in lat. 51, by the Middlesex, arrived here. Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Encounter, Captain O'Cullaghan, (14), arrived here this morning, from Ports mouth, to remain as a guard-ship. The new screw steam-ship Alps, from hence, arrived at New York on the 17th, after a quick run for a screw steam. ship of fifteen days. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Madultar (?), about Feb. 10, lat. 49 N., long. 11 W. The Clifton, off bhe Cape of Good Hope. The Mary Imrie, for Valparaiso, Deo. 28, lat. 26 S., long. 37 W. The Springhill, for Melbourne, Jan. 2, lat. 24 S., long. 30 W. — Th e ; Queen of the West (I), Feb. 20, lat. 34 N., long 17 W. _ • The Wataga, Manilla to England, Nov. 29, off Anjer. The Mary Bannatyne, Manilla to Sydney, Nov. 27, lat. 6 S., long. 106 E. The Reindeer, China to Italy, Dec. 2, lat. 8 S., long. 102 E. The Blackheath (with emigrants), steering for the Cape of Good Hope, 14th. The Success, Shanghae to Liverpool, Dec. 6. The Elizabeth, from Manilla, same day, both in the Straits of Sunda. The John Wickliffe, from Bombay, Jan. 13, and Loch nagar, Port Philip to London, 18th, both off Cape of Good Hope. The Henry Hoyle, Nov. 22, long. 84 E., on the Line. The Douglas, Jan. 4, off Cape Agulhas. The Manilla, for Port Philip. The Ettrl of Ripon, for Mauritius, off Agulhas. The Monarchy, Nov. 20, lat. 4 S., long. 88 E. The Bangalore, 24th, lat. 8 S., long. 88 E. The Bengal, 26th, lat. 11 S., long. 87 E. The Pemberton, from Bombay, Dec. 12, off Cape of Good Hope. The Bell, Cape of Good Hope to Mauritius, lat. 28 S., long. 152 E. The Gem (brig), from Leghorn, standing to westward lat. 35 N., long. 13 W. ; out 42 days. CLOSING AND OPENING OF THE TRANSFER BOOKS AT THE BANK OF ENGLAND, SOUTH SEA HOUSE, AND EAST INDIA HOUSE.—The transfer books for the undermentioned annuities due the sth of April next, will be closed and opened as follows :—Bank Stock from Wednesday, the 9th Inst., till Friday, the 15th April ; Reduced, 31. per Cent. Annuities ; Long Annuities, and Annuities for terms of years ; ditto 31. ss. per Cent. Annuities, from Thursday, the 10th inst., till Tuesday, the 19th April ; the South Sea Stock Annuities, from Wednesday, the 9th inst., till Friday, the 15th April; the East India Stock from Thurs day next, the 3d inst., until Thursday, the 14th April next. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF DONCASTER PARISH CHURCH BY FIRE. —Yesterday morning, about one o'clock, the fine old parish church of Doncaster was discovered to be on fire, and in spite of every exertion, such was the ra pidity of the flames, the edifice, which is one of the finest specimens of the perpendicular style of architec ture, was totally destroyed in the short space of three hours. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained at present, but an inquiry has been already commenced. The value of the property destroyed is estimated at 100,0001., the church having been very recently entireiy refitted in the interior. 781 80 36.1 15j 94 80 294 70 x d 12i 4 i d 59A 61 601 ix 50 50 100 100 20 x i pm -1 p 2 —2i P p 7 -8 p Per — p par p par p P 7 9 4 4] 2t 2f 29 30 Par P 42i 434 3 3f 60 -- 70 7i i -- 1 1 7 -- 18 d 3 -- 31 p -- 1 p d • 1 P d I ) 6i -- 6i - P lip par -- pl 21 -- 23 p' 6i -- 74 par p 7 - 7A - 21,p 1 P P 'K BANKS. 95 - 97 21 - 3 -34 pl 6 i - 61131 coU :En COLCHESTER--FEB. 26. Prices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, 48sto red, 40s to 50s ; barley, 34s to 38s ; oats, 170 io 24s ; beans, Thi a.zagan, 30s to 32s ; middle and small, 343 to 380 ; p white, 40s to 42s ;eas, grey, 30s to 325. CIIELMSFORD--FEB. 25. a 41 sPrices to-day were as follow :—Wheat, white, to 58s Od, new 39s to 56s ; red, old 37s to 48s, new32s to 45s ; barley, 25s to 27s ; chevalier, 31s to 37s • gril' aing, 21s to 27s ; malt, 55s to 56s ; chevalier, 55s to 58s ; oat s, 19s to 25s ; peas, partridge, 30s to 35s ; white, 32s to 340; Oa boiling 38s to 41s ; dun, new, 29s to 33s ; beans' tick, 32 0 to 34s ; Harrow ticks, 31s to 36s ; Mazagan, 298 to 320. The following is the official statement of the q uantities of corn, &c., received in the port of London from the po. in Essex, from the 21st to the 26th February' , hot li 1/1 elusive : • • 5" , 0 d 1,1 0 g 1. 4 .---. -- Colchester Harwich Leigh Malden 1458 225 120 10 , 430 DALKEITH—FEB. 24. The relative weight per four bushels of the three er g ! of wheat were 18st 61b, 18st 0113, and 16st 131 b. 341 13st 81b, 12st 51b, and lOst 101 b. Barley, 16st 41b, 1 0 91b, and 15st 61b. Peas and beans, 19st 71b, 18st 111 b, 17st 0113. Qrs r• Best. Current. ' c nfe o ri o 0 Wheat ... £2 16 0 £2 8 0 £2 6 n 16 1 0 8 0 Oats 1 3 4 Barley. i7 l 14 0 18 6 0 Peas and beans 117 0 115 6 1 1 1 Average of wheat, 2/. 7s 9d. KIRKCALDY- FEB. 26. The following are the quotations for grain : Wheat. Barley. Oats. I BeO s ' pd I First Second 5OB Od Sls Od 21s Od Os Oa I Od Third 42s Od 288 Od 188 Od v 9° Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 29s Od to 306 u`" -FEB. 28. Le close of ths market : ' IN 0 .. Wallsend Bell ..........• e° 0 8e1m0nt...................... 6 Hett0n...................... 19 9 Lumley ................... 9 Pensher ................... 9 P1ummer.................. n Russell's Hetton ........... :r 9 Stewart's ..................... 71 Whitwell ................... :71 Carad0c.................... Ca550p...................... Hartlepool. ................. r 9 Heugh ............. .:0 South Hartlepool ..... .1 9 South Kenos ............... 19 Thornley • ................... f Whitworth .................. Backhouse ........... . ..... s Richardson's Tees .. . ...... ; 9 0 South Durham ............. St. Helen's Tees ........... ;(1 Tees ....................... ..... Woodhouse Close ....... s West Tees ................. 1 9 Derwentwater Hartley . 0 , Morgan's Stone ............... Victoria Steam .......... 7 I Sold 103• Busines, this day. It 42t 3 4t 31 4i 4 i COAL MAR Prices of Coal per ton at t] Bate's West Hartley 18 3 Carr's Hartey l9 0 H01ywe11...... ........... l9 6 Howard's West Hartley Netherton 19 0 Longridge's W. Hartley 19 31 New Tanfield 18 9' North Percy Hartley ...18 3 Pelton Main 17 61 R,avensworthW. Hartley 19 0 Stobart's Tees Hartley...l7 6 West Hartley 19 Wylam 17 6 Willington Hartley l2 0 .Wall's End, &c. Gosforth Halton Hebburn Johnson Killingsworth E Lawson Northumberland , Northumberland E Riddell Walker Wharneliffe Eden Main . Hetion Lyons Main ..19 31 ..19 4 ..18 9 _lB 9 _lB 0 -.18 6 -.18 3 ...18 0 ...19 3 ...19 61 ...19 ...20 6 ._2O 31 ships at market RAILWAY SHARI MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 28. been STOCK EXCHANGB.—The market for shares ha s f ed better to-day; but the business transacted has beenand small. The following are the quotations :—Dubl w Eas t Belfast Junction, 1 v. ; Eastern Counties, 13 3• 16 ; ;per' Lancashire, 19 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 7 8 1 i N o rth pool, Crosby, and Southport, 178 ; London and 301 Western, 119 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoll o ntli Midland, 77i ; Newry and Warrenpoint, 9i ; 1 '991) Eastern and Dover, 24 • York and North Midlands sh ow' Lancashire and Yo rkshire i 6 per sent., 161-1 6 ; 015— ter, Sheffield, and Lincoln 6/. new, 9-16 p. MANCHESTER, FEB. 28. hilt STOOK EXCHANGE.—The market has been steaS l J '3fick very limited business. Eastern Counties, 13 54 " ; lands, 77 ; Dovers, 23 15-16 ; Leeds, 77i ; London B ste t 119 ; East Lancashire, 18i ; Caledonians, 32 ; 31031„,,,c11:ifiela and Birmingham 0 Quarters, 1 9-16 prem. ; o" Preference, 12. LEEDS, FIB. 28. 0011, STOCK EXCHANGE. — the This was the first day of corj account, and, as is usual at the ena of the account/ die little business has been done by jobbers and others. T o. transactions on 'Change this morning were limited to "- cashire and Yorkshires, which were done at 77i. BIRMINGHAM, Fan. 28. STOCK EXCHANG)Z.—This market was steady to-clan :L.]; prices a shade firmer. Shrewsbury and Birmingham 01 ' was done at 65A to 66. SEABORNAILS. (N signifies that the mails are se nt front the Mural rc' sAit a/ce by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] ------ e Day when made up From wha t ,10 0 COUNTRIES. In General Post- Port , Eng l4 " Office, London. Dispatche u ' A"w ed .. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .. Liverpool •.. America (by United Sts. 1,2 !ari l packet) ..........N March 1 Liverpool . 0 • 1 0 America (by U States b oo , packet) ..........N March 18 Southampto n ' Australi (via Sou ", il ampton) Al th- 4th of March .... Southamp to n htP Apr r il Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March .... Dover 30 Ditto (via Cape of mood Marc' 15 Hope) N 22d of February .. Plymouth •• gen Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth • 'Z i on . 4 Alexandria.— NB, 9, 24, &30 vim. Dover •• •• ;i s rel , . 0 0 Alexandria .... ..M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 1. 0 , o in' Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Southampt o 'oil 1 6 Belgium Daily—. Dover .• • • l ore' 16 Brazil .......... —ll 9th of the mouth.. Southatnpton,„ocri A Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the month.. Southampton arc- 3p Cape of Good Hooe ..N 14th of the month Plymouth • Z a ra ) ,6 Cape of Good Hope ..14 2nd of April.... • Plymouth Zocli Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth 5 6 Ceylon (see India) a rc - hi. 11.1 p., Ceylon ............ _X 14th of the month Plymouth • •• 1 . 1 Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed Southampton o' o Chi 11.... ..M hd & 17th of month Sentluunpto u China (see India) li ar c „ 4 , Constantinople ...... N 7,8,17,21,3;27 of m. Dover .. .•• • .4 te'', s ll7 Constantinople ...... 314th & 20th of mon. Southampton F,,jou cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily _ Dover .. •• •• , 0 119 Egypt (see India) icc" I V e t, 5 France M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ..... vat Gibraltar .11 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampto n, Greece (see India) „.„11,farc i ' Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. SouthamPln,ro9.,, Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London •• • ',.,!sar c 'per Havannah 2nd of the month SouthamPl ° ' !moo , 16 Holland Honduras .... • ..... M 17th of the month. Southamptol, yoci, I India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. SouthamPl 0 1 )0 011 _ India (via Marseill e s)M Bth& 2 4th o f mon th D over .... • R lonian Isles (see India) vi Ireland 1 &1N Twice daily . Holyhead ••' 6 Lisbon orcriq M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southampton,olllo Madeira ............M 9th of the month SoutharoPl on "'Are' Madeira .......... N 23rd of the month Plymouth • • _,, 10 malts (see India) A Malta V' N 7,17,19,27, 30 am. Dover .• • • 26 Mauritius (see India) go re lO P Mauritius ,„ „N 14th of the month Plymouth • • 14 0 of 0 Mexico 2nd of the month.. SouthainO Wn ;hare, Na ples ••• • • ........N sthl6th2sthofmon.lDover .• •• • • 3iarc!!,sll l New Granada .... —ll 2d & 17th of montklSoutharnPl o° , pcei; - 0 New Zea1and .......... By private ship .. Yariouh Po rt ' far c , Papal States ........N Sthlsth2 s thofinon. Dover .. • • ar , c' Peninsula lthl7th27thoimon. Southampt on p,pr‘ , 26 Peru • M 7d & 17th of mon. South aniPl ° 60 0 1;2 Port Natal 14th of the month Plymouth • • 3 06 re,, 2 Sicily .... • .........N sthlSth2sthoimon. Dover .• •• •• mar_S, Tuscany ..........N Sth 1 sth2sthofmon. Dover .• • 2,25 P" Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month SoathainPt" Van Diemen's Land (see 0 2 ra il Australia) . West Indies ........ 11,2d & 17th of month Soathan3lol hfr g , [ADvßßTisiimiNT.l—The attention of al l cLT if 00 been attracted to the undeniable virtues of Par r'° iin 4 e, and a vast majority of the people have evinced thelr edi elli t ir lified approval of the high character awarded this and are daily becoming more and more convic° l ,. ° o , 17. 15; tonishing efficacy of this renovator of the human r 6 ";011 .0 q0. Pills are strongly recommended to those who f ro m c ons ti 4c e from headache or indigestion, whether arising fr°rdelei 10 tional inaction, biliary disarrangement, or over -10 to fal st , at the table, as they have never been kno ill a s , 6 1 ' 48 t; affording immediate relief. Sold by E. Edw 9l a - 00 -str",er, Paul's Churchyard ; Barclay and Sons, Farril l o g Ssg a 'os, Sutton and Co., Bow Churchyard ; HanneY 4 ,,, ° „' A nd in Oxford-street ; Baxter, High Holborn ; c ivilly). Smithfield, London ; and by most respectablegiotip medicine. Price 13id., 2s. 9d., and family P / each. On the 23d ult , at Nice D , l G E eo D r . g ------ , of Dowl i g . io• Bedford, after five . days' illness of influenza and vizahe'ie, On the 19th ult., at 26, Dalston - t°' liwe ' n ch °lli° jails Thichefs, bronchlkb, relict of He Howard, Es of Herasworth 1-1 iv] , of Herts, and formerly widowelo"f Sir John T raub' Roal Na y v, aged 71. a ft, °cl.' On the 23d ult Leonard's, Edward •.- 3 e a 68:, 0 0. Clerk of the Jou;nals of tho House of Lord s, tient,. yoa, On the 23d ult., at Catsfield-house, Suss°ll,4o9o Sir A. Pilkington, K.C.8., Colon el of her ~ 3f 3rill' Regiment of Foot, aged 77. ,i Ell e l ' On the 25th ult., the Hon. Boorm -. ed 16. . o t.• Butler, third daughter of Lord Dunboyne. r a t " , late 1 )" On the 25th ult., Henry Vernon Harcou _,, $, Colonel in the Grenadier Guards, aged W.._ _. si r NV On the 25th ult., in Brook-street, Lieut. urom Whish, K.C.8., of the Bengal Artillery. rfl o, LONDON : Printed and P ublished by latritp° S un Office I°'l of No. 112, Strand , Printer, at The , 10 Y N o ; Li Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in °a° CP Middlesex, Tuesday, March 1, 180. 9325 4iiii 7i i 7 i 13 i i i 35 1 i BIRTHS. Dir e ' OF A SON. 110 11 ' On the 25th ult.? at Sister-house, Claphara-c°ll C. T. Lucas. ife OF A DAUGHTER. On the 24th nit., at 38, Torrington-slusre' the W. H. Harrison, Esq. t On the 25th ult., at Abbotsley, Newto n A--° C. J. Brains, Esq. MARRIED. *0 g, On the 24th ult., at New Brentford, Franc! yal•%, Esq., M.D., of Richmond, Surrey, to Charloialaxese-g. daughter of George Cooper, Esq. of Brentford, On the 26th ult., at St. Mic'hael's, Stockvie. Warren Swete, Esq., fourth sou of the 1 3 f• A,i' 0 11 , 1 ,, prebendary of Kilbrittain, county' of CO.S.t itt ielc, Elizabeth, only daughter of Thomas ILlC'e' Ordnance Department, Pall-mall. 50 50 20 50 12i 12i 12 St. 10 25 10 1.0.6 10 20 20 20 100 all 3. 100 21s, 1 100 20 15 10 2 3 7 4i all :IGN. 8 1 i 80i 1 36i i 1471 1021 35 1 i 32 i 9 1 4 all all all all all 13.5 24i 32i 3 103 711 li i ita 2i I 5 4 it i 6i a 7i 7 I