The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS--(YESTERDAY.) (Continued from our First. Edition of yesterday.) CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. After a few words from Mr. AGLIONBY and Mr. ELLIOTT, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said he could not give his assent to the second reading of this bill. He would not enter into the case referred to by the hon. member for Finsbury. The legislation in that house ought not to be regulated by any single case which might be ad duced. If the power of appeal were granted, it would entail additional expense on the informer. Sir DE LACY EVANS quite agreed with the opinion of the Attorney-General. He should oppose the second reading of the bill. After a few words from Mr. DIINCOM3II, the house divided, when the numbers were— For the second reading Against it. . 17 . 91 Majority 74 The bill was thus lost. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE this bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 20th of April. COURTS OF COMMON LAW (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL this bill was postponed in consequence of the absence of the Attorney-General for Ireland until next Wednesday. LAND IMPROVEMENT (IRELAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, and all the clauses were agreed to. The house then resumed, and the bill was ordered to be reported on Friday next. DERBY ELECTION COMMITTEE. Mr. INGHAM br'eught up the report of this com mittee, which was to the effect, that the committee, having deliberated, came to a resolution declaring Mr, Horsfall not duly elected, and giving his seat to Mr. Heyworth, who was duly elected, and ought to have been returned as a member at the last election. They also struck off the poll the names of thirteen voters, all of whom they found to have been bribed by the pay 4 went of 2/. The committee were of opinion that this bribery had been carried on without the know ledge of Mr. Horsfall. They also proved that bribery had been prevalent at several elections in Derby, and recommended that the parties proved to have been bribed before this committee should be disqualified from the ex-I ercise of the franchise. On the motion of the hon. memi ber the evidence was ordered to be laid before the house. CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS BILL, This bill was considered as amended, and ordered to! be read a third time. INDEMNITY BILL. This bill then passed through committee, and on the house resuming, was ordered to be read a third time to morrow. GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH. Sir G. B. PECHELL called the attention of the house to the operation of the Public Health Act, 1848, anti to the system of legislating by means of pro visional orders issued by the General. Board of Health to the several cities, towns, and dis tricts. The ho n . mem b er complained loudly of the proceedings of the General Board of Health, in reference to local boards, and contended that there was no necessity for continuing the general board. The, general board did nothing but obstruct the operationz of local boards, or perform some trifling act for the sake of keeping up their salaries, and the sooner it was abolished or rendered more useful and effective the better. The board acted, by way of provisional orders, in dealing with towns or cities, under local authorities, but it was always impossible to ascertain what was meant or what was required by a "provisional order." He had ascer tained, by returns made up to June last, the Board of Health Act of 1848 had been applied by provisional orders to 71 towns--to 66 by order in Council, while 23 were under consideration for a provisional order, and 6 for an order in Council. To twelve towns, which included Birmingham, Whitehaven, and Cambridge, the General Board of Health reported it was not expedient to apply the act. Portsmouth, Bromyard, Worcester, and Swaffham had been the loudest in their complaints against the conduct and proceedings of the General Board of Health. The board had attempted to apply the act to Bromyard, because their officer had reported that while he was there on a mission of inquiry, three persons died, but so far from that being proof of the unhealthy state of the town, it appeared that each of those persons who had so died was 83 years of age. (A laugh.) All these towns had petitioned against the conduct of the General Board, and he really did think their case was well worthy the attention of the house. lie therefore called upon the Government to institute an inquiry into the matter, and, to facilitate that inquiry, he would move for +he following returns, viz.:— Returns of all places which have petitioned the General Board of Health for the application of the Public Health Act, 1848, with . the dates when such petitions were re ceived, distinguishing the towns where provisional orders have been confirmed, and where orders in Council have been issued, with the dates of such provisional orders and orders in Council, stating whether an original or an amended order, with the dates of any such amended orders that have been issued to such towns ; of the towns that have been struck out of the schedules of the several confirmatory bills in Parliament, with the dates when they were so struck out, distinguishing those towns whose provisional orders have subsequently been confirmed by Parliament ; of the names of any places to which inquiries have been directed with the view to the application of the Public Health Act, with out any local application for the same ; of the places which have sentmemorials to the General Board complaining of the manner in which the Public Health Act has operated, or of the manner in which it is proposediby the General Board to apply the same to their town ; with the number of petitions for the amendment of the said act which have been presented to this house ; and, account of the ex penses of applying the Public Health Act by provisional order, and order in Council, with the total amount expended in the application of the said act, distinguish ing the expenses of each preliminary inquiry, and of the printing and publication of the several reports and state ments sanctioned by the board'in relation thereto. Mr. LASLETT seconded the motion, and, as mem ber for Worcester, he could state that it was the opinion of the inhabitants of that city that the Board of Health Act had been introduced into their town under false pretences. The inhabitants of Worcester were opposed to act under the General Board of Health, and unless the house instituted an inquiry into the case, the Board of Health Act would remain a dead letter so far as Wor cester was concerned. Sir W. MOLESWORTH did not rise to defend all the acts of the General Board of Health, though he thought the operation of the Health of Towns' Act had conferred great benefit upon the public. That act was passed for the purpose of placing the water supply and sewerage of large towns under efficient local management ; and he believed the General Board of Health, in carrying out the provisions of the act, had acted in the capacity of a select committee on a private bill. Before the act passed, the water sup ply or sewerage of large towns could not be improved without the authority of a local act. Now, a local act cost, on the average, 2,4001., while a provisional or d er under this ac t on l y cost 1021. ; but to bring this motion to an end, he would readily admit that there were great defects in the details of the existing law, and the whol e ma tt er , b u t more espec i ally the case of 'Vor cester, was under the anxious consideration of the Go vernment, with the view of devising some plan for re moving those evils and defects complained of. Lord SEYMOUR was glad to hear the last observa tion of the right hon. baronet. There was no doubt that the law was grossly defective, and required imme diate amendment. After a few words from Mr. EVBIAN, Mr. HENLEY understood that it was intended to revise the constitution of the Board of Health ; he thought that was a most desirable object to obtain, and the sooner an attempt was made to accomplish it the better. Mr. WHALLEY complained of the mode in which t he private business of the house was carried on. The • xpenses of those proceedings were excessive, and the machinery grossly defective, and that was the root of all the evils at the foot of legislation in local matters. . Mr. BROTHERTON denied this assertion, and said t W as hioill . (A y presumptive in a young member to make ~,augh.) Mr b een Stated. as an old member, could confirm what had highly def„jd. The proceedings on private bills were (Hear, hear.) l vey and called loudly for amendment. motio n The was then agreed to. SOITTRAmpT ON ELECTION. The having bee reportn read of the S outhampton Election Committee , Mr. H. HERBERT, the aChairman, stated that the committee had committed witness named Bower for refusing to make the deelaratio scribed by act of Parliament. 1 ,(,)f a Separatist as pre and a s he witness was a mate rial one for the inquiry, Separatist, there was no custody of th e alternative but to hand him ove r to the Qs Sergeant. He had now to move th at and do directeaker do issue his warrant to keep him in custod y, the Sergeant to bring the man befor e the committee from time to time, as they might require. After a few words from Mr. HUME, who thought the legislation of the house upon the taking of a n oath was wrong, the motion was agreed to. NORWICH AND CHATHAM ELECTIONS. Mr. MACKENZIE moved that Sir Wm. Jolliffe be added to.the select committee on Norwich petitions. Mr. A. STAFFORD took the opportunity of request ing the house to suspend its judgment on the Chatham case. He gave an unqualified contradiction to the charge made against the late Board of Admiralty in con nection with the Chatham petition. CRIME IN IRELAND. Mr. INVMAHON moved for a return of the number of cases in which bills for murder or manslaughter against police, yeomen, or military, have been pre sented to grand juries in Ireland since the year 1820, specifying, in each case, whether the bill was found true or ignored ; and also specifying the locality in which the loss of life took place, and the number of persons killed ; M i n also w h et h er the parties against whom bills have found have been convicted or acquitted by the Petty j ury. Agreed to. Air. BLACK BURN ELECTION. I ether w WlLS ith thON FATTENPAEN moved that th e re p or t, to, i I Agreed t o . ge Proceedi ngs and evidence on the Black burn Election Com mittee, be p r i nted. • 1 • THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1853. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS (REPAY MENT OUT OF CONSOLIDATED FUND) BILL. On the question that this bill be committed, Sir W. JOLLIFFE said there were grave objections to the principle of the bill. It proposed to capitalise the interest of the Landon Bridge Approaches Fund, but be could not consent to that until he had been satisfied that there had been no misappropriation of that fund. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, when they got into committee, which would be the proper place to make it in, he should be prepared to de liver a statement of the objects and principle of the bill. Mr. HUME objected to place a tax of 296,0001. upon the Consolidated Fund, and suggested that the bill should be referred to a committee up-stairs. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the bill would not in any way affect the taxation of the metropolis or the coal tax ; but its simple object was to decide the department that should have the management of the fund. The public was paying 1501. a-day as long as this bill was delayed from being passed. The case stood thus :—A sum of 895,0001. had been borrowed for the improvements of the city of London, and upon that sum 134,0001. of interest had been paid. Now this bill was to enable the Government to save to the public tie payment of that interest, by paying off the original debt out of the balances which stood to the credit of the improvements which have been carried out in the city, and were now in the national ex chequer. The absolute liability at present was 895,0001. for principal, and 134,0001. for interest ; but the Westminster and Southwark improvements which had been carried out by loans were likely to get into the same favourable position as the City improve ments, and it was ;therefore proposed to take the maximum charge upon the Consolidated Fund at 1,216,0001. The assets which would be derived from the revenues of the London-bridge approaches fund would yield about 1,240,0001., and by making the arrangement which the bill proposed, would save the public 1501. a-day. Six o'clock arrived before the discussion closed, and the Speaker, therefore, declared the house to be ad journed. ELECTION COMMITTEES—March 9. 'ON. The committee resumed its sittings at 11 o'clock this morning ; Mr. Sidney Herbert in the chair. At the sitting of the committee a witness of the name of Bower, who refused to take the usual oath yesterday, was brought in, and beinc , asked by the Chairman, if he still persisted in his refusal ' to take the oath, Mr. Bower said he had conscientious scruples, founded on the New Testament, against taking any oath what ever. The Chairman said that in that case all the committee had to do was to report the fact to the house, and it would be for the house to deal with the matter as it thought fit. The witness having refused to take any oath whatever, although he was neither a Quaker, Moravian, nor Sepa ratist, he was commited to the custody of the Serjeant at-Arms until the pleasure of the house should be known. The committee then adjourned for the purpose of re porting the refusal of the witness to the house. On the committee re-assembling, Several witnesses were called and examined, the sub stance of whose evidence was that Mr. Andrews, the Mayor of Southampton, at the time of the election of 1852, had been seen conversing with voters, attending public meetings, and in the case of a voter of the name of Oakley, that he had said to him that if he voted for the Liberals it would be all right. The committee adjourned shortly before 4 o'clock. DERBY. The room was then cleared, and on parties being re admitted the committee announced that they had come to the following resolutions : " That Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., is duly elected a burgess to serve in this present Parliament for the bo rough of Derby. " That Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., is not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Darby. " That Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., was duly elected, and ought to have been returned, to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament for the said borough. " That the committee have altered the poll at the last election for the said borough by striking therefrom, for having received bribes, the names of William Harris, William Morley, Thomas Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis Radford, John Taylor, Henry Needham, John Swan, F. Staley, Charles Cockayne, Ed w in Cockayne, William Oliver, and H. Sharrack. " That Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., was, by his agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for the said borough ; but it has been proved to the satisfaction of the committee that the bribery was committed without the concurrence or privity of the said T. B. Horsfall, Esq. " That William Harris, Thomas Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis Radford, John Taylor, Henry Need ham, John Swan, Francis Staley, Charles Cockayne, Edwin Cockayne, and H. Sharrack were bribed by the sum of 21. each ; that William Morley was bribed by the payment of 21., with the supplementary payment of 1/. in the month of October last, subsequent to the election, and that William Oliver was bribed with the payment of 1/. " Than Thomas Morgan appears to have been the person principally engaged in the above acts of bribery, and that the funds for that purpose appear to have been furnished to Morgan by the intervention of a man named Lund. "That George Clayton, John Ford, and Henry Ackerman were also engaged in various act of bribery and corruption. " That it it has been proved to the committee, as to several of the above-named persons, that at former elec tions also they have received money for their votes, and the committee have reason to believe that such corrupt practices have been prevalent iii the said borough, and they desire to state their opinion that the parties reported to the house as guilty of bribery should for the future be disqualified from the exercise of the electoral franchise. " That it appears to the committee that the petition of Wm. Poole, so far as regards the return of Michael S. Bass, Esq., was frivolous and vexatious." The proceedings then terminated. STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, March 3.—At the latter end of last week, and also yesterday, there was a tendency in our market to become steadier, to stop, apparently, in that declining course which has been gradually in progress for some time. This arose from the remarkable firmness exhibited by cotton above "middling," under the pres sure of increasing receipts at the American ports. The steamer which arrived this morning, however, has sur prised our Exchange by the extent of the receipts reported in the last week, which have swollen the excess, as com pared with the same time last year, to the enormous amount of 540,000 bales. As this excess points to a yield of something like 3,500,000 bales, its effect on our market is to cause buyers again to hold back their orders, or to offer reduced prices where they bid at all ; and, taking the medium and lower counts of water and mule yarns, they are to be had on rather lower terms than were prac ticable this day week. Twist and weft cops, such as are used at Blackburn in the manufacture of jacconets, shirtings, and printing cloths, are more affected than other kinds, having lost .Id. to id. per lb. Warps and pincops for domestics, being already much cheaper, have not suffered in the same degree ; nor have reeled yarns, with certain limited exceptions. The finer spinnings from Sea Islands are still hardening. In domestics there is no alteration, but other cloths are slightly in favour of buyers. In both yarns and goods the day's transac tions have been altogether inconsiderable. MACCLESFIELD, March 3.—Since our last report there has been a fair inquiry for those descriptions of Bilk manufactured goods which are suitable for the spring trade, , and prices are a little better. Thrown Silks.—There is no alteration ; the market is still very bare of stock. The advices from Lyons report a large demand for throwns, with prices still advancing. Raw Silk.—The operations in Chinas are to a mode rate extent, and prices are firmer—the last advices from Shanghae reporting an advance in price, with the ex• change also higher. • Bengal Silk.—Without alteration. NEW CHURCHES.—A Parliamentary paper just issued contains the following statement of the expenditure and receipts of the commissioners for building new churches since the year 1840, in continuation of a Parliamentary paper of that year. The receipts during that period have been 1,050,1451. Bs. sd. derived from the follow ing sources :—The balance Of receipts and expenditure contained in the above return, 100,990/. 7s. 7d. ; sub scriptions from voluntary contributions, local rate, loans, &c., 871,5021. 3s. lid. ; interest and profit in the building account from the sale and exchange of Ex chequer-bills, and upon loans due since the above men tioned period, 3,876/. 11s. ; drawback of duty allowed on materials used in churches built by the board, 4,7661. 12s. 9d. ; amount of interest and profit on the drawback Account arising on Exchequer-bills sold and exchanged, 25,6081. 7s. sd. ; received by the board in further part payment of sums advanced on loans on church rates, 41,311/. ss. 9d. ; legacies left to the board, 2,0901. The expenditure during the same period has been as follows : —Amount expended in the erection and completion of 273 churches and chapels, and on account of three other churches and chapels in progress of building or about to be built by the board, and for sites, plans, law and other charges since the 26th of March, 1850, as per statement, 0n°?7,8391. 17s. 3d. No moneys have been advanced on P tl 7 e s e d b u iuldriidnegr account,the 7, following 234l. three l2 s. s heads d comprised since this date. The balance is 42,305/. lls. 2d., drawback; cash on account, 1,4701. 18s. 9d. ; Exchequer bills account, 33,6001. The estimated amount of the present means of the board either applied or I applicable to further church accommodation is as fol lows :—Balance as above i Exchequer bills, 42,3051. 11s. 2d. ; amount n of unpaidcash and 15s. 3d.,• unpaid subscriptions, l o loan s , 15,4841. 6s. 6d. The liabilities of the board' s °l. ; total, 58,8401 . Estimated outstanding claims respecting thus estimat e d :- - seven churches in which the accounts are not yet settled, 15, a . 9 • es timated value of certain annuities to clerks and' sexto 8. 59 Geo. 111., s ec. 134, 2241. 48 . 6 d. ; condiiioalns, n on certain terms bein g com p lied with for grants building 93 other churches and chapels, 21,6221. ; special subscri tion towards build in g a p arsona g e-house in t he parish Poi in the receipts above and n Margate, included . ot appli -2001. • balance in favour of the com cable for grants, loans and subscriptions be realised, sinners, if the unpaid • making the present estimated amount 21,771/. 12s. 11d. , of the liabilities, 58,8401.65. sd. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, MARCH 9. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) ATTEMPT TO MURDER. Frederick Lovell, 45, was indicted for the capital of fence of feloniously attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at Sarah Smith, with intent to murder her. Mr. Deedes, who appeared for the prosecution, stated the facts of the case, which were of rather an extraordi nary character, and the following evidence was then adduced : Sarah Smith, the prosecutrix, a good looking young woman, deposed that she had been for five years and a half housemaid in the family of Mr. Wackerberth, a gen tleman residing at Sevenoaks. A woman, named Anne Brown, was cook in the family, and the prisoner acted as coachman and butler. In August last year, the prisoner had the charge of the house during the ab sence of her master, and Mr. Wackerberth had pur chased him a revolving pistol with six barrels for the purpose of his protection. About this time she had ob served that the prisoner was very strange in his conduct, and that he appeared very excitable and violent, and she noticed it particularly on the 6th of August, the day on which this occurrence happened. About ten o'clock in the morning the prisoner went out upon the lawn, and he then discharged all the barrels of his pistol. At half-past one o'clock they all sat down to dinner, but the prisoner did not eat anything, and his appearance alarmed her so much that she left the parlour and went up to her own room, and shortly after wards she heard the prisoner go to his room and take the pistol out of the drawer in which it was kept, and she then heard a noise which she thought was the report of a pistol. In consequence of these proceedings of the prisoner she and her fellow servant, Anne Brown, went out and applied to the magistrate for a warrant against the prisoner, and she accompanied the constable Hindley to her master's house. She then saw the prisoner sit ting near the door, and on her going in he addressed her, and said, "You have done this—it is all your fault." He then pulled a letter out of his pocket, and asked her if she had written it, and she told him she had. She had written the letter the same morning and placed it in an open desk, from whence the prisoner must have taken it. The moment she told the prisoner that she had written the letter he exclaimed, "Take that," and she screamed and turned her head, and at the same moment she heard the click of a pistol, but there was no report. The officers immediately upon this secured the prisoner. On the following morning she found a percussion cap on the floor which appeared to have been trodden on, and when she threw it into the fire it exploded. She had not had any quarrel with 'the prisoner before this took place. A short time before August the prisoner was very ill and kept his bed, and after this illness she noticed a good deal of difference in his conduct. The letter referred to by the prosecutrix was put in and read. It was addressed to a female acquaintance, and, among other matters, it contained a complaint of the prisoner's conduct, and stated that Mr. Wackerberth would be ready to discharge the prisoner if she and the other servants desired it, but she was unwilling that this step should be taken as the prisoner was a married man, and she hoped he would mend. In answer to a question put By Mr. Deedes, the pro secutrix said that the prisoner had never attempted any improper familiarities with her. • Cross-examined—The prisoner had only been about a year in the service of Mr. Wackerberth in the country at at that time, but he had been in that gentleman's service in London four or five years before. Up to the period of his illness he always behaved very well. He was at tacked with intermittent fever, and after he recovered he frequently complained of his head. She was not aware that he was out of his senses at any period of his illness, but afterwards he was frequently very excited and quar relsome, and he frequently said that he was a much worse man since his illness. It was after his illness that her master procured him the pistol to protect his house and property. She did not hear the prisoner say after the transaction that if he had shot her he intended to have shot himself She and the nook were alarmed at his con duct, and they wished to have _ him bound over to keep the peace, but the prisoner was not aware of it being their intention to make such an application against him. By the Court—The prisoner had frequently professed an attachment for her. She did not consider it was love but merely friendship. He never made any improper overtures to her. She knew he was a married man, and therefore paid very little attention to what he said. She had no doubt that the prisoner entertained an affection for her, and she did not discourage his advances so much as she should have done, because she was afraid of him. His excited manners and behaviour caused her to feel great alarm on his account, and she was fearful that he would do her some violence. Anne Brown, the cook, deposed that on the day in question, after prosecutrix had left the room, the prisoner became very violent, and on her remonstrating with him he made use of very bad language, and said he did not care a curse for her or Sarah, or his master. Cross-examined--Until the prisoner was ill he always appeared to be a quiet, inoffensive man. She was not aware that the prisoner had been drinking on this day. Elizabeth Morris, the daughter of the gardener, proved that after the two women had gone out to apply for the warrant, the prisoner came to her father's cottage and asked if Sarah was there, and an her telling him she was not, he ran up stairs to look for her. He appeared in such an excited state that her mother said to him, " Oh, Lovell, what is the matter with you?" The prisoner replied, "It is of no use ; I will have my revenge." James Handley, the superintendent of the police at Sevenoaks, spoke to the presentation of the pistol to the first witness. After the prisoner was in custody he said it was a good job that the pistol had missed fire, for if he had killed the girl he intended to have also destroyed kimself. Blackman, the other constable, corroborated the evi dence of Mr. Handley, and said that while he was struggling with the prisoner, and the pistol was resting upon his arm, he discharged four of the barrels. Mr. Horn then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and after observing upon the extraordinary nature of the case, he submitted that the jury would be fully war ranted upon the evidence that had been adduced in coming to the conclusion that at the time the prisoner committed the desperate act with which he was charged he was not in such a state of mind as to render him re sponsible for his actions. Mr. Justice Coleridge having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be traisported for twenty years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Sir Robert W. Carden, upon taking the chair, yesterday for the Lord Mayor, said he thought it necessary to make a few observations upon the subject of the reported proceedings of the day before in the Court of Aldermen. It would appear, from the words attributed to him in the discussion upon the ques tion proposed by Alderman Wire, that he might be sup posed to have included in his condemnation of the course pursued by pretended brokers, the conduct of the mem bers of the Stock Exchange. Nothing could be more erroneous than such a supposition. He could not be guilty of libelling a body of gentlemen, with whose honourable principles and liberal dealings he had been for so many years well acquainted, by comparing them with the persons whom he was in the habit of denouncing in the Court of Alderman, for practising a system of pludder which the regulations of the court, if strictly acted upon, would, he had no doubt, considerably dimi nish, if not altogether put an end to, and he felt the deepest regret that any misconception or • misrepresen tation of what had fallen,from him should have occa sioned a painful feeling amongst his brethren of the Stock Exchange. Upon the repeated occasions on which he had called the attention of the Court of Aldermen to the objectionable transactions of persons who had acted as brokers, and against whom complaints had been made in the Court of Aldermen, he had drawn a contrast between the characters of such persons and that of the gentlemen of the house, and nothing could be more re mote from his disposition or intention than the idea of ascribing to the latter a discreditable motive in any of their transactions. Of the high sense of honour by which their dealings were characterised, there were con stantly recurring proof, in the enormous amounts of money which passed between them upon mere verbal agreements.„ Michael Thomas Bedford was charged under the fol lowing circumstances : James Tyrell (City police) said, this day as I was in the Mansion-house, the prisoner called me aside, and said he wanted to speak to me privately. He then said that he wished to give himself up for having committed embezzlement ; that he had taken money belonging to his employers, and applied it to his own and his family's use ; that he had been secretary to the General Ceme tery Company at Sheffield, and had absconded on Tues day week from that place. I asked him why he had absconded, and he replied that by casting up his accounts he found that there was a greater deficiency than he had expected, and he thought it best to leave, and that he got into a train accidentally and came to London. Upon searching him I found a pocket-book, a silver watch, and a small pistol in his pockets. He told me the amount of thd deficiency was about 1701., but he could not exactly say, and that he had been to a guarantee society, where he had been guaranteed to the amount of 2001., that he had brought 131. away with him, and that he had left 101. with the society. The prisoner—l wish to state that I was at first un certain whether I should go to the chairman and make a full disclosure to him, or whether I should leave the town, and while I was reflecting what to do, I got to the station, and the London train happening to be the first, I got into it. If the northern train had been there I would have gone by that, no doubt. ReManded. , SINGULAR AND SHOCKING AFFAIR.—A most melan choly case of mental aberration has been noted to us. Mr. Mann, the cashier at the works of the British Iron Company, Acrefair, gaVe notice to the manager, Mr. Wood, that he should quit the service, which notice was accepted. On Friday morning, the un fortunate man made a journey to Wrexham, where he purchased two canisters, each containing a pound of gunpowder, which he conveyed home. It appears that he made his way to the office where Mr. Wood was employed, carrying a canister of the gunpowder in either hand, with a fuse in each, which he had calcu lated would explode the powder. In endeavouring to open the door, one fuse fell to the ground, the other ig nited the powder in the canister. The explosion threw down the partition, carried away the ear and part of the scalp of the unfortunate man, and shattered his hand severely. Mr: Wood was, of course, much alarmed. He got up, coolly walked cut of the place, took a car, and drove to the Wrexham Infi r ma r y, t o see k sur gical advice. The affair has produced great sensation in the nei ghbourhood.—North. Wales Chronicle. THE ARMY. Prince Albert is no feather-bed soldier. Let the Scots Fusiliers prove that. His attention to his regi ment was most exemplary, and as Mr. Herbert very truly remarked, very little of his 2,0001. allow ances did he pocket—expending well-nigh the whole sum• in increasing the comforts and multiplying the con veniences of the men under his charge. They are sorry to part with him, but his successor, with as princely a heart as his own, is an active, zealous, and skilful sol dier • and the regiment will prosper in his hands no doubt. By the way, we learn Prince Albert is, at his own expense, about to increase the Grenadiers' band, bringing it up in point of numbers and efficiency, to an equality with the most renowned regimental bands in Austria or Prussia.—Plymouth Mail. GENERAL INSPECTION.—Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G-.C.8., inspected the 7th and 35th Regiments and Royal Marines, on the parade, Mount Wise, on Monday. The gallant general appears determined to keep the troops under his command in prime " service condition." He took the command on the ground, and gave the " word" himself with a voice fully equal to the task. The various evolutions were gone through in the most admirable style by the whole of the troops ; but from the contracted Space afforded by the parade ground, there was no moving the troops in a body, or forming a continuous line.— Plymouth Mail. The Emerald Isle, freight-ship, 537 tons, having on board the second (head-quart e r) divisi o n of the service companies of the ht battalion 71st Regiment, for con veyance to Corfu, sailed from Cork harbour, for her des tination on the sth inst. The following are the numbers embarked in this vessel, and the names of the officers. Numbers embarked :-1 field officer, 2 captains, 2 sub alterns, 2 staff, and 222 ser j ean t s drummers, and rank and file, with 15 women and 13 children. Names of the officers :—Lieut. Colonel W. Denny, Copts. F. J. C. Halkett and H. L. Wilson, Lieut. R. C. W. Stewart, Ensign C. Pringle, Lieut. and Adjutant J. Horne, and Assistant Surgeon R. C. Todd. The freight-ship Flora is hourly expected to arrive in Cork harbour, from Dept ford, for the conveyance to Corfu of the third and last division of the above corps. The following movements have taken place or are about to take place :—One company of the 14th Foot from Limerick to Nenagh; the 68th depot from Nenagh to Birr ; the 16th depot from Birr to Castlebar ; the 3d depot from Castlebar to Naas ; the 92d depot from Naas to Galway ; and the 89th Regiment from Butte vant to Cork. Major-General MTons.ld, C. 8., left his residence, Kilcreene, near Kilkenny, on Tuesday, on leave of ab sence until the end of the month. Colonel Williams, K. 13., takes command of the Kilkenny military district until the return of Genera] 311‘Donald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MABCIi 9. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Sir T. Malt land.—A few fresh cases have discovered themselves to. day, on board the Camperdown (receiving-hulk) along. side. The Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, Captain W.' H. Henderson, C. 8., has been taken up alongside the Col lingwood, 80, to-day, while some alterations are made in her moorings. The Sidon, 22, Captain Goldsmith, and the Odin, 16, Captain Francis Scott (paddle-frigates), will be paid ad vance on Friday. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Cris pin, is in dock, undergoing her refit, which will be com plete about the end of June. The Banshee, steam-packet, Lieutenant Hosken com manding, will be ready for sea on the 12th inst. The hulk Menai, 28, which has been for some time a target for the Excellent gunnery students, is now or dered to be taken up. The Elfin, Royal dispatch yacht, Master-Commander Balliston, with Captain Crispin on board, went out yes terday on a cruise, as far as the Southampton-water. The Illustrious, old 74, now converting to a block guard-ship, has stripped off three streaks of old copper from the water-line downwards, and is busy caulking and paying her seams. She is a handsome ship of the old school, and powerfully built. We have had very thick foggy weather the whole day. Wind S.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8. The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain George W. D. O'Callaghan, arrived this morning. She has been unsuc cessful in raising hands, not having any. Two boys deserted from her at Liverpool. The Devon, lighter, Bond, master, sailed this day, with stores, for Pembroke. THE SCREW-SHIP SANSPAREIL.—The Sanspareil, 81, Captain Sidney Dacres, arrived here on Friday afternoon from Lisbon, which she left on the 19th ult. She steamed out of the Tagus, and under sail from thence to Cape Finisterre. Steamed and sailed across the bay into the English Channel, until she made the Lizard, the wind being foul, shortened all sail, and steamed to this port. Her performance home can scarcely be spoken of as a test of her sailing capabilities as little or no sail could with prudence be made. Her speed under the canvas, power and steam, was about what would be made by a well-conditioned frigate. She came into har bour on Friday evening, and is now being dismantled and returning her sails, spars, &c., to store. It is understood she is to receive a fourth-rate's masts, yards, &c. Her engines are evidently not equal in strength to the power at which they were intended to work. 54 knots are the maximum that can well be got out of them. If they are attempted to be worked beyond this, the vibration is so great as to cause constant apprehension of something giving way, in fact, they are never set in anything like motion without some portion or other being damaged. Captain Dacres has been summoned to the Admiralty, it is presumed in reference to the general character of the ship and engines. It is said that a remedy is to be found for some of her rolling pro pensities by the removal of all the guns from her upper deck. To make up the deficiency in weight of metal, which will thus result, it is proposed to place four heavy guns on the main deck, two forward and two midships, but this must depend upon the space the deck affords for working them. The gunnery practice of the crew in the Tagus astonished all who witnessed it.—Plymouth, Mail. WOOLWICH, MARCH 9. APPOINTMENTS. Master Edward Rose (1823), to the Saturn at Pem. broke. Clerks.—Robert T. Mason (1848), from the Ajax, 58, screw steam flag-ship at Cork, to the Impregnable flag ship, at Plymouth ; W. N. Rowe, to the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness. Second Master Frank Inglis (1847), recently serving the Castor, 50, on the Cape of Good Hope station, to the Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam-frigate at -Ports mouth. The Cyclops paddlewheel steam-frigate arrived at Woolwich this forenoon from Sheerness, having brought up to this port the masts, spars, and rigging of the Tri bune, 30, screw steam-frigate, fitting in the basin, with her engines, by Maudslay, S ons , an d Fi e ld. The Cyclops was taken into the basin at high water. The Dover steam-vessel has had her old boilers taken out, and was taken into dock to-day, preparatory to having new boilers put on board. The officers and men of the — Firebrand steam-frigate, fitted out at Woolwich, left that port in a highly credit able manner, honourably paying every claim which they had incurred previous to their departure for Portsmouth and the Mediterranean station. Orders have been received here that the hoisting ap paratus of the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Deptford ; the Algiers, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Plymouth; the James Watt, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Pembroke ; and the Nile, 90, screw steam ship, building at Plymouth, are to be the same in the stern fittings of the ships, it being intended that all the screws of these ships shall be capable of being shipped in any of the ships of 400-horse power fitting by John Penn and Son, and by Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and that all the screws shall be three feet long. An arrange ment of this kind has long been a desideratum in the Royal Navy, where so much diversity in marine engines has hitherto existed that it is a matter of great difficulty to apply the still useful parts of old engines and their screws to any other vessel than the one for which they were originally constructed. THE SCREW-FRIGATE DAUNTLESS. We have been favoured with the following extract of another private letter about this ill-fated ship. It will be most gratifying to the friends of the survivors to know that the fearful malady is stayed : Barbaaoes, Feb. 12, 1853. " It will be gratifying to a number of people to know that the Dauntless has not produced a single case of fever since the 22d ult., and that all those who were attacked and did not die are out of hospital, and on the fair road of perfect recovery. Out of 180 cases of fever 85 have died from the commencement of the awful visitation up to this time. But notwithstanding our present healthy state, to guard against risking more lives, it has been decided on by a board of talented medical men, presided over by Dr. Connell, sur geon to the forces, to recommend that nothing should be done in the shape of re-embarking until, I believe, about 30 days have elapsed from the date of the last case of fever. After that time it is reported that we shall steam as quickly as possible into cold weather, and most likely Bermuda will be our destination. I think I have nothing more to add. The 34th Regiment have returned from their tented ground on Britton's 11111 into barracks, and the crew of the Daunt less now occupy a portion of the vacated encampment on that comparatively elevated position, where they are in the enjoyment of perfect health, but as usual appear quite adrift on shore, and long to be on board their ship again Jack's natural and legitimate home." THE CLAIMS OF ARCTIC OFFICERS TO PROMOTION. The following letter has been addressed to us by a friend of Commander Inglefield : " Sir,—Reading an article in your paper of the 23d ult. on the Arctic Expedition of 1853, under Commander In glefield, who is a friend of mine, I beg to offer the follow ing remarks in consequence of the assertion therein, that several other Arctic officers are more deserving of pro motion than Commander Inglefield.' The reasons are stated. " Now, I freely admit the claims of each of those intre pid voyagers to the gratitude of their countrymen, and a reward for their services ; yet, I must remind you— First, that Commander Pullen was rewarded by pro motion for the privations endured in the boat expedition, and has barely served his time for a higher reward. " Secondly, Commander 31‘Clintock was also promoted for Arctic services under Captain Austin, and now, in command of the Intrepid, has not completed the service he is engaged upon. " Lastly, Commander Forsyth, it is true, went out in a private expedition, but it was in company of many vessels, at no personal expense, and returned with no information beyond such as the dispatches from Captain Austin, of which he was the bearer, conveyed. " Now, on the other hand, Commander Inglofield is nearly eight years a commander, commanded several ships, and has just cairied out, at his own expense and risk, one of the most extraordinary voyages on record—having, in a short space of time, and alone in his solitary vessel, skirted the shores of Baffin's Bay, discovered two wide straits lead ing into the Polar basin, and added to the Arctic chart 600 miles of new coast line—going far out of his road be sides, as the winter forced him from the northward, to bring home to his countrymen the latest news of Sir Ed ward Belcher's squadron. " However odious are comparisons, these have their origin in the article referred to, and I trust to your can dour for their insertion." We regret that Commander Inglefield has a friend so injudicious as to pursue any comparison between Com mander Inglefield's claims and the services of officers who have been engaged in Arctic services, for his friend must naturally suffer in consequence. In the first place, Commander Pullen, for an old mate and an experienced surveying -officer, was promoted, for his Arctic services, in 1849 ; but subsequently that officer, in command of the boat expedition on the north coast of North America, continuing the search, suffered privations unparalleled in the history of Arctic service. Commander Pullen was unsuccessful in penetrating to Leopold Island. It was impossible for him to do so ; but all that man could do he accomplished, and in his small boats was subjected to dangers and accidents which Commander Inglefield, in his amateur voyage, could not have encountered. Moreover, Commander Pullen has been in command of an Arctic ship. for more than a year, and we believe has served more than double the neces sary time for promotion. " Secondly.y Commander M'Clintock has not only served his time for his next step, but he has served mere in the Arctic regions than any other officer on the list. He was recommended by Sir James Ross, but was shamefully neglected ; and in Captain Austin's expedi tion, by his unprecedented exertions in travelling further than any party had previously reached, he performed the principal service of Captain Austin's expedition. This officer has been in command of the screw-tender Intrepid since. February 10, 1852, in Sir E. Belcher's squadron, and is held to have claims for advancement inferior to no officer that has been promoted since the war. • " Lastly,"— Commander Forsyth is an officer who was specially promoted for surveying, and other important services he rendered at the Cape of Good Hope ; and the log of the Prince Albert, which vessel he commanded at great personal and private sacrifice, that has been pub lished in the columns of the Morning Herald, although not written in so florid a style as the narration of Com mander Inglefield's voyage of last year, has nevertheless shown that he made one of the most extraordinary tripe to the Arctic Regions on record. He was alone in those solitary regions a great portion of the time, and the in formation he contributed to the general history of the search was as valuable, if not so interesting, as Com mander Inglefield's detailed account of his praiseworthy proceedings. Under all the circumstances, therefore, we are quite sure that the service and the public will agree with us in opinion, that, although Commander Inglefield may be entitled to encouragement and advancement, yet it would be unjust to Commanders Pullen, M'Clintock, and Forsyth to promote him before those officers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 3 sous. each, with 25 added : for 3-yr-olds, 7st 101 b ; four, 9st 101 b ; five, lOst 41b ; six and aged, lOst 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maidens having started twice, 41b ; three or more, 61b ; the winner to be sold for 120 soya. if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less ; the second to save his stake. One mile. Mr. H. S. Thompson's The Gip, 3 yrs, 6st 31b (401.) (J. Brown) 1 Mr. Tempest's Cripple Kate, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (301.) (W. Johnson) 2 Mr. Boynton's Newport, aged, 9st (301.) (Stockens) 3 Mr. Gibbs's Nancy Martinson, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (301.) (Harrison) 0 Mr. Nicholson's The Nun, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (601.) (Moate) 0 Mr. R. Nelson's Vine Leaf, 4 yrs, 7st 111 b (301.) (Charlton) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst The Gip and 3to 1 agst Cripple Kate. Won in a canter by two lengths ; a length be tween second and third. Run in 1 mm. 54 sec. The winner was sold by auction for 62 guineas. INNKEEPER'S STAKE of 1 soy. each, with 10 added, for half-bred horses ; 3-yr-olds, 9st 51b; four, list 31b ; five, 12st ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 30 sows., and allowances if to be sold for less ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra, T.Y.C. Mr. Tsft's ch m by Don John, 5 yrs, list 51b (251.) - - . (A. T4lor) 1 Mr. Moorhouso ns br g Paddy, aged, , _llst . (151.) — (Moorhouse) 2 Mr. C. L. Thorpe's Knight of the Pipe, aged, list 71b (201.) (H. Lamplugh) 0 Betting-7 to 2on Don John mare, who won in the commonest of canters by ten lengths. The Knight of the Pipe did not pass the post. The winner was sold by auction for 38 guineas. Run in 2 min. 1 sec. DONCASTER HANDICAP STAKES of 10 soys. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Basham) 1 Mr. Switt ns St. Andrew, 3 yrs, sst (F. Bates) 2 Mr. Sargent ns Bardolph, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (inc. 71b extra (Charlton) 3 Mr. Eglinton's Llanforda, 3 yrs sst 81b (inc. 71b extra) (Aspinall) 4 Mr. Balfe's Isabella, 6 yrs, 7st 21b (P. Meagan) 0 Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b (Aldcroft) 0 Mr. Harrison's Burndale, 4 yrs, Est ... (Waddington) 0 Baron Rothschild's Break o'day Boy, 3 yrs, sst 111 b _ _ (Hayloe) 0 Mr. Osborne's Bold Davie, 3 yrs. sst 111 b ...(Carroll) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Japeline, 3 yrs, sst(carried sst 21b) (Ashmell) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Llanforda, 4to 1 agst Hunger ford, 6 to 1 agst Burndale, 7 to 1 each agst Bard°lph, Jacqueline, and St. Andrew, and 10 to 1 agst Won by half a length, a length between second and third, Llanforda beaten two lengths from Bardolph. Run in 3 min. 33 sec. NORTHERN STEEPLE CHASE of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added : for 4-yr-olds, lOst 61b ; five, list 41b ; six and aged, 12st. A winner of any Steeple Chase or Hurdle Race of the clear value of 50 sovs in 1851, 1852, or 1853 to carry 51b extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. About three miles and three quarters. . Mr. C. L. Thorpe's Chorister, aged, list 111 b (H. Lamplugh) 1 Mr. Foster's Sir Charles, aged, list 111b...(Smith) 2 Mr J. Smithies' Pathfinder, aged, list 111 b (Parnell) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Chorister and Sir Charles, and 2to 1 agst Pathfinder. Sir Charles and Pathfinder were out of the race after the first round, leaving ;the winner to canter over alone. Time 17 min. BETTING Room STAKES of 5 sous. each, with 50 added, for two-year olds, 6st 121 b, and three, 9st. ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. ; winners extra and allowances for maidens ; the second to save his stake. Red House in. Mr J. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Yates) 1 Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Bst 61b...(Basham) 2 Mr. T. Cunningham's The Jewess, 2 yrs, Est 9lb (Ashmall) 0 Lord Eglinton's The Norseman, 2 yrs, Est 121 b (Wells) 0 Mr. D. Holtby's Rosa May, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Waddington) 0 Mr. R. E. Olivier's fby Birdcatcher out of Grace Darling, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Templeman) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Bridesmaid, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Carrol) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Lambton, 2 yrs, Est 91b _ w (VVinterbottom) 0 Mr. H. Smith's Bright May, 2 yrs, 6st 91b (Kendal) 0 Mr. B. Way's The President, 2 yrs, Est 12113 _ . (Harrison) 0 Mr. Halford's Eliza, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Whitehouse) 0 Belting-2 to 1 agst Ethelbert, 3to 1 agst Brides maid, and 6to 1 agst Bright May and Eliza. Won in a canter by a length. The President a good third, and Grace Darling filly fourth. Run in lmin. 21 sec. SCURRY STARER (handicap) of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; a winner after the publication of the weights to carry 71b extra, and the second to save his stake. Red House in. Mr. Holtby's Rosa Lee, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Boynton's Newport, aged, 9st 41b (Owner) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Harper ns Worcester, 5 yrs,. 7st 91b (Waldie) 0 Mr. A. Thursby's Talisman, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (E. Keegan) 0 Mr. G. S. Thompson's All's Lost Now, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Cooper) 0 Mr. R. Nelson's Luck's All, 5 yrs (h b), (Kendall)... BETTING ON THE COURSE. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst West Australian. 12 to 1 Orestes. 16 to 1 Sittingbourne. 20 to 1 Honeywood. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 20 to 1 Trifle. AYLESBURY STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. SWEEPsTAHES of 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. 4 miles. Mr. Price's Bullfincher, list (Owner) 1 Mr. Symond's The Dean, list 51b 2 Mr. Balchin's Ex-Minister, 10st 71b 3 Mr. Tollitt's The Rejected, list 101 b Mr. Higgins's Peter Simple, list 51b Mr. Thompson's Melon; list 0 Mr. Golby's Contractor, list 0 Mr. Perrin's Pho3nix, list 0 Mr. Davidson's Starch, 10st 71b Won by six lengths. Starch broke his back. Bull fincher is objected to as the winner of a hurdle race at Rochester, and the stakes are withheld. - VALE OF AYLESBURY HUNT STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 100 sovs. for farmers horses, &c. 4 miles. Mr. Elliott's Fairplay (Boxall) 1 Mr. Holdhanfslus 2 Mr. John Brown's Troy 3 Mr. John Brown's Hastoe 0 Mr. Hodge's Dreadnought 0 miles, w Won by a length. A PURSE of 50 so us ., 3 won in a canter by Mr. Price's Legislato r (owner), beatin g a Mr. A. Elliott's Jenny Lind, Mr. H o ll an d' s St. Patrick, Mr. Tollitt's Pay-the• Way, Mr. Holdharn's Flirt, and Mr. Garner's Kate. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors took place yesterday, as the Euston Terminus ; Mr. Peto, in the chair. From the report, which was read by the secretary, it appeared that the total income of the railway for the half-year ending December 31, 1852, amounted to 97,8091. 11s.' 6d., that of the corresponding half-year in 1851 having been 85,347/. 6s. 7d. ; while the charges in the former period amounted to 55,0021. ss. 10d., and in the latter to 40,782/. ss. 4d. Under the head of steam boats the receipts in the half-year of 1852 were 8,734/. ss. 7d., and the charges 7,3981. 2i. 7d. ; in that of 1851 the receipts were 9,9511. ls. Bd., and the expenses 6,8051. 12s. ld. In the last half-year the number of passengers was 307,257, the tonnage of goods 103,264 ; in the corresponding period of 1851, these items were respectively 252,743 and 90,513. The gross increase of receipts from traffic was, the report said, 11,2451. Bs. 10d., the increase on the railway being 12,4621. 4s. lid., of which a portion must be attributed to the opening of the line from Bangor to Carnarvon. A de crease of 1,2161. 16s. id. appeared on the steam-boat re ceipts, but the comparison as respected 1851 was with a period during which the attractions of the Great Exhibi tion were drawing an unusual number of passengers to London : compared with the proceeds of 1850, the re sults 'were satisfactory. The increase of expenditure during the half-year amounted to 14,220/. ; but under this head were included two items, which did not appear in the corresponding entry for 1851, being the amount estimated to be payable to the Bangor and Carnarvon Company, and the extraordinary charges in opening the Irish merchandise traffic. With respect to the latter item the directors, with the view of developing the re sources of the line, had resolved to extend to goods traffic the system of through booking, which had here tofore been confined to passengers. In carrying out their views the directors had received cordial co-opera tion from the Landon and North-Western Board, but not from the directors of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. The accounts showed a gross balance to the credit of revenue of 44,746/. 4s. id. ; or, dedUct ing 23,7731. 10s. 6d. as interest due on debentures, a net balance of 20,9721. 13s. 7d. ; from which the direc tors recommended that a dividend of Bs. 3d. per share should be declared on the first preference shares, payable on and after the 21st instant, and that the balance should be carried over to the next half-year. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said during the last half-year the directors had steadily applied themselves to what must ultimately, in their judgment, tend to the full development of the re sources of the undertaking. With regard to the Irish traffic, they had made a commencem en t ; an d a l t h oug h it had been attended with difficulties—h e referred espe cially to the difficulties which arose from the want of cordial co-operation on the part of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company—he would not dwell upon the subject, because his doing so might widen the breach. It was the desire of the directors that the three directo rates should act harmoniously for the benefit of those whom they represented ; and as far .as the North Western Company was concerned, he saw nothing which was likely to interrupt cordial co-operation. The slate traffic already amounted to an average of 1,000 tons per week, or upwards of 50,000 tons a year ; and they were only prevented from obtaining a very large increase by the circumstance that the quarries with which they were then in contract were insufficient to supply the large demand upon them. The local goods traffic and the Irish traffic were also. increasing ; and the fact that, during the present year, up to the sth of March, the gross increase of traffic on the line exceeded 7,0001., showed that some of the seed sown, and the charge for which had fallen so heavily on the revenue of the last half-year, was beginning to tell in the fruits which they were reaping. (Hear, hear.) During the present half year the directors anticipated considerable benefit from the exertions which were being made in Dublin in con nection with the Exhibition ; and they were prepared, in conjunction with the London and North-Western board, to give every possible facility for visiting Ireland while the Exhibition was open. They also contem plated making similar arrangements to , those made last year with respect to the tourist traffic, with many ex-, tensions. The debenture interest would in future exhibit a considerable decrease. He was happy to tell the meeting that during the last half-year all the de bentures which fell in were renewed at 31, 34, or 4 per cent. ; and as the previous average was 5 per cent., a considerable saving und er th a t head might now be anticipated. A vacancy in the auditorship would have to be supplied, in consequence of the death of Mr. John Prevost ; and the directors recommended that it should be filled by a gentleman who resided near the line, and would be able, therefore, to carry on a continuous audit from month to month. He had nothing to and, unless it was that as the traffic had largely increased in the past year, so the directors anticipated a still larger in crease in the present year; and that they were deter mined to persevere in their efforts for the removal of difficulties, until the traffic of the enti re li ne h a d b een fully and airly developed. A PROPRIETOR inquired why the dividend was to be' only Bs. 3d., when the balance would give 9s. 9d. The CHAIRMAN said the directors would leave the question to the meeting. A motion was then carried for declaring a dividend of 9s. 9d. ; and, with th a t a lt era ti on, th e report was adopted. The retiring directors were re-elected ; and Mr. E. Humble, of Liverpool, chosen auditor in the room of Mr. Prevost, deceased. The meeting terminated with the usual rote of thanks to the chairman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—MARCH 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Pax, from New Orleans ; Ellenborough, Calcutta and Demerara ; Rosaline, Caen ; Albion, Rotterdam; Lionne, Gravelines ; Curlew, Calais; Sea Witch, Shanghai. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The William Car son, for Boston, U.S. ; Thames, Sydney ' • Marys, Guern sey ; Reine des Agnes, Rochefort an d Charente ; Planter, Demerara ; Geertina, Varel ; Hamlet, Adelaide • Matilda Luckie, Demerara ; Lisbon, St. John's, N.B. ; gempsyke, Port Philip ; Echo, Antwerp ; Sky Rocket, Melbourne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Enie, for New York ; Amis, Ceylon ; Diamond, Hamburgh ; Moselle, Antwerp ; Grecian Queen, Melbourne ; Argantyr, Rio Janeiro • Jonge Albert, Antwerp ; Agenora, Rouen • City of London, Dunkirk ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam ; Christian Carldine, Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL, March 9.—The National Eagle arrived from New Orleans this clay, passed, Feb. 26, the wreck of a dis masted and waterlogged brig, painted black, with a white streak ; a house on deck, painted white, &c. ; had appar ently been abandoned some time. GRAVESEND, March 9.—Arrived—The Albion, from Rotterdam ; Lion, Gravelines ; Sea Witch, Shanghai. PARIS, March B.—The General Guilleminot, from Dun kirk, was abandoned in a sinking state, previous to Feb. 28 ; crew taken on board the Carl, at Toulon. March 9. A brigantine, belonging to Wilmington, United States, painted black, with white ribband, and full of water, abandoned, and with loss of rudder, was passed 18th Feb., in lat. 42 N., long. 41 W., by the Havre and Gaudaloupe, arrived at Havre. BERBICE, Jan. 24.—The Queen of Britain, which was on shore on the mud, near this port, Jan. 8, got off, and put back on the 11th, with rudder broken, has since been repaired, and will proceed to-day. NASSAU, N.P., Feb. s.—*The Pearl, of Sunderland, from St. Jago de Cuba, for Swansea, put in Jan. 14, leaky, and crew sick ; has been surveyed, discharged part of her cargo, repaired, and will be ready for sea in about a fortnight. The Susannah, from St. Domingo to New York, put in Jan. 29, leaky. The Hero, Mantanzas to the Clyde, was wrecked near Beak's Key, Jan. 24 ; part of the cargo has been saved, and brought here. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Cornubia, Feb. 1, off Madeira. The Jane Anderson, Liverpool to Melbourne, Feb. 19 , lat. 40 N., long. 14 W. T Te D hhe Cressy, erige bound Calcutta a es t t Feb. o, Demerara, m . er 4 ara , J 4 a B n N . 3 3 4 W. os. long. 12 E. S. T i h o e nt, B ... a s ng w al . ore, Pulo Penang to London, Jan. 1 6, lat. 16 The Ipswich, Mauritius to Queenstown, Jan. 23, lat. 4 S., long. 18 W. The Amaranth, Madras to London, Jan. 25, lat. 1. S., long. 20 W. The Delaware, London to Now Orleans, Feb. 10, lat. 30 N.,long. 37 W. he Marian, standing to the S.E., Feb. 12, lat. 33 N., long. 37 W. The Camata, from the Mauritius, Feb. 26, lat. 48 N., long. 29 W. The Guatemala (British ship), b ound south, Nov. 13, lat. 40 S., long. 43 W. The Una (ship), Liverpool to Australia, Nov. 13, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Floretta, Plymouth to Australia, Jan. 11, lat. 2 N., long. 25 W. The Ipswich Lass, outward bound, March 1, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. The Harriet, for Callao, Feb. 5, lat. 4 N., long. 14 W. The Ervine, Feb. 14, lat. 41 N., long. 12 W. The Enda, of a n d from Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 16, lat. 43 N., long. 14 W. A Fox ON ULLSWATER LAKE.—A few days ago the famous pack of foxhounds belonging to Mr. Gelderd, of Patterdale, raised a fox on the fells near Ullswater, but did not kill. However, the " chang" of the hounds aroused another fox, which made off in a contrary direc tion to the sound, to the lake, near Hallsteads, into which it plunged, and swam across to near Howtown Bay, the width of the lake at that place being fully a mile.--Carlisle Patriot. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—TH E ROYAL EXHIBITION. —A valuable newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 14 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles ; they are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists.— To be h a d a t 39 , Albemarle-street, Piccadilly—observe, opposite the York Hotel. Telescopes.—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 34 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope, weighing, on ly th ree ounces , can b e seen a p er son's countenance 34 miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. Th e y su p erse d e ever y o th er ki n d for the waist coat pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes with increas ing powe r s accor di ng ly. Op er a an d racecourse glasses, clearly with wonderful powers. An object can be _ o seen mo os from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. & I opticians, have invented invaluable p , reservin imperfect preserving spectacle lenses ; immediately they are placed a dias before vision, every object appears clear and aged defective sight becomes bright o ti d nct br ; il t l h ia e n m t, os is t lThestate invisible organic vibrator, and all kinds of acoustic in struments for relief of extreme deafness. -39 , Albemarle street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, Mews 5. Zymotic Diseases 69 Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of th e B ra i n. N erves , an d S ense s l6O Diseases of the H ear t an d Bl oo d- vesse ls 6O Diseases of the Lungs and. other Organs of Respiration . . Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston 13 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &e. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden P-* ▪ 3 • 4 . • 24 • 33 • 32 10 ,35 i iolence, 'rivation, Cold, and Intemperance Causes not specified DEATHS PEON ALL CAUSES 1,4 27 Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. spout:ling week in t" • 1851. of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts .---- . - Totals Males Females, BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females.. Total 1,671 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET MARCH S. There were in the market to-day, 7 sacks oatmeal, e ach weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus-6 at 11 10s, and 1 at 119 s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET — MARCH 8. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 5s Od to Cs 6d per kemple of 16 stony tron ; wheat do., Gs Od. to Gs 6d. ; barley do., 4s 6d to 5 0 6a• Hay from 9d to lid per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MA.ROH 7. nr , There were in the market to-day 90 bags oatmeal,of barloymeal, and 6 b ags o f po t-b ar l ey ; sa l es dull. 1 1 top and second prices of oatmeal 6d per bag down ; P () " . barley is per bag down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Thi rd. imperial ~,i Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto — s Od — s Od —s " od Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARICET—Mann 9. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d. Bate's West Hartley l6 9 Carr's Hartey l7 0 Hasting's Hartley 17 0 18Holywell 0 Howard's West Hartley Ne Ll• erton 17 0 1N o :•th Percy Hartley l6 9 Pel;:ou Main l6 6 Bavensworth W. Hartley 17 0 Taufield Moor Butes 16 6 West Hartley 17 6 Wesi Wylam Trader 16 0 Wylam 17 9 Wall's End, &c. Gosforth 17 .9, Ships at market ll -- - I Johnson 17 0 I Lawson l7 0 I Washington, uuscreened 14 b I Eden Main .19 ° Hetton 2O a t Haswell 2 0 0 I Stewart's 20 0 ;South Kelloe 1 8 6 I Clavering Tees l6 /3 ; Tees 2O 0 ; Woodhouse Close l6 , 5 1 Anthracite Steam ...... ` 1 ! - I Birchgrove Graigela ........ ' 4 ? 0 0 Derwentwater Hartley 1 7 n I Gwaen Cae Gurwen .....•28 6 .04 I Sold 34. RAIL WA T SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day continues flat' with very little doing. Quotations were as follows Caledonian, 2 ; E as t ern Counties, 12 1 • Lancashire 31 , 1 4 Yorkshire, 77i ; L ancas t er and Carlisle 'Third. share. B ,.' d , prom. ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 17i o• • cl ,. - land, 76i ; North British, 9 ; N or th St a ff or d s hi r e, 4 ' l ;. York, Newcastle, and B erw i c k, 17i ; Bl ac kb ur n 6 cent., 27i. MANCHESTER—MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day has not bail. partieularly brisk ; prices were so m ew h a t weaker in the morning, but closed with more firmness in the afternoon. The closinc , sales were :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bost on, and Eastern Junction, 2 dis. ; Caledonian 32 ; Ess tera Counties, 128 ; East Lancashire, 184 ; ditto , Pref. Fifths; prem. • Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 774 ; London an North Western, 118 i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin: colnshire, 29# ; Midl an d R a il wa y C onso l s , 76i ; ". Eastern, 233. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was no business of an/ amount or importance transacteo. on 'Change to-day, and quotations varied little from those of yesterday. The ,London market almost entirely rules the share market business of Birmingham. BRISTOL, MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The mar k e t t o -d ay continues 0003e what flat, the transactions being confined to Bristol 'Ai Exeters, at 1054 ex div., and the Vale of Neath , ex div. EAOR MAILS. (v signifies that t i e mail B s ar N e se E nt on the Gellerg t-oflice by the night—and M by the morning—dispatch.] Day wiien e u,• From what COUNTRIES. - In General Yost- Port Orrice, London. Dispatched. —"- - Arrived America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ..• America (by. United Sts. 10 5 mare packet) .........,N March 11 ...... Liverpool ... America (by U. States h 16 packet) ..........N March 18 ........ Southampton Marc Australia (via South ampton) ..........M 4th of May .. Southampton April 4 1 Ditto (via Marseilles) N dth of March .... Dover ...... Apr" Ditto (via Cape of Good • March ~3 ° Hope) .. -.........N 2d of April ... ... Plymouth .. M Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Arrive (6 Alexandria.......... N 3, 9, 24, & 30-of m Dover .....• Mar c l i 2 0 Alexandria .. vale:nit Old Bahamas ,,M 2nd of the month Southampton Ist of Inv Belgium ............N Daily„ Dever „ „ DOB' 16 Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton March : 6 Buenos Ayres .... 31 9th of the month.. Southampton'M arch 4 Cape of Good Hope ..IS 14th of the month Plymouth .. March Cape of Good Hope „Ii 210 of April_ .... Plymouth .. March L' Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth March Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the mo n th Plym ou th „ March 26 Channel Isles .... ....N Mon.,Wed ,&Frid. Southampton Tu.T"', Chili.... ..111 ‘d & 17th of month Southampton Arrived China (see India) Constantinople •.....N 1,8,17,24,&27 of m D0 ve r...... March Constantinople . . 1 2 6 0 4th & 20th of mon Southampton March vi cont. of Europe * M . & N Twice daily Dover Twice° Egypt (see India) wised R6' France ........ &IS Twice dai1y...... Dover .... Gibraltar .... • . —II 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. louthampto . n . 'Maw I Greece (see India) Greytown .... • • —34 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Arrivltit. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Toes. IH l n i o a di v ilaa a n n (vid nah a.s.o .. u .. t .. h .. a .. m .... p t ... ) .. : 14 2nd of the month Southampton March I Honduras . ... .... ....................... 41W1htedh&noe2fIlieyom&f month. Southampton Southampton . pp . tto . o . nn .l 3f : aritr on ce l h , l 6 l mfonanddilaa:(avils.al.e..sMo. arseines)3l Bth& 24th of month Dover Mai" Ireland „it ft , Twice •• •.. Elolyhea.d „, Twicedsl,7 Li5b0n.....,, y r9d, of l7 the 6 270 f . m month.PlymouthSouthampton .. Mad M 9th of the month Southampton Marc Maarr2cll 1 2 Malta (see India) Malta 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover arch I° Mauritius (see India) 26 Mauritius ....N 14th of the month Plymouth . —.As Mexico ...... 2nd of the month. Southampton Ist (a •- 11 Naples ..... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon Dover Marti New Granada .. Di 2d & 17th of month ' So u th am pt on Arriv_, An New Zea1and.......... By private ship Various ports Uncerli i , Papal States ........N ithl sth2sthofmon. Dover Peninsula ...... thl7th27tbofmon Southampton march d Peru & 17th of mon Southampton rri_796 Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month _ Plymouth Mar"", iq Sicily ..............N sthlsth2sthormon,'Dover Tuscany ............N sthlsth2sthofmo n . Dover Marsh Venezuela ... 2d & 17th of month Southamptonh od Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. .. West Indies •.. 2d& 17th of month Southampton Anil° [ADVERTISEMENT].—BE LL ' S Luz IN LONDOP I ° f Sunday next, March 13, will contain full and exclugivn reports of the Doncaster Spring Meeting, Salisbu r f Races, Kirkham, W e th er by an d H en l e y-in-A:l e :. Steeple-chases, Remarks on th e W a t er l oo Course 14 Meeting, by " Tribune," Observations on Doncaster, er and anticipations of Wa rw i c k, & c . Al so , ever y re, 3 , t „ t e , relating to Hunting, Aquatics, Pedestrianism, the &c., &c. Bell's Life in London is published o n SAW .- day morning, in time for all the early trains. At e ,.. r. tisements not received afte r five o'clock on Friday a',"'" E ;a noon. In future the latest edition of Bell's Life, pub/is m on Sunday mornings, will contain a Summary o f Satu'i day's news up to the hour of going to p re ss. Sale Bell's Life, 30,000.-office, 170, Strand. BIRTHS. OF A SON. the On the 7th inst., at 17, Coates-crescent, Edinburgh , wife of Alexander Cunningham, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. Wif e On the 6th inst., at Haldon-house, Devonshire, the of Lawrence Palk, Esq. MARRIED. 6 / 1 On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly; larsll ,rge widow Horsley Robinson, Esq., second son of the late Sir shot Ab e rcrombie Robinson, Bart., to Anna, wd of 4-1 ' Raises, Esq., late of the Ben ga l Civil Service. On the Bth inst., at St. John's, Waterloo-road, pro. Neale, of Ombersley, Worcestershire, to Eliza, 9 °lllige daughter of the late Ed war d L e d ger, E sq., o f London DIED. On the 7th inst., at Buckhurst, Sunninghill, th e Bev. G. Hunt, aged 67. o f the i tev i daugh te r the 7th i ns t., age d 82, Eliza b eth, w if e o S. Master, r ec t or o f Croston, Lancashire, and daugn t o. the late Sir J. P. Moseley, Bait, of Rolleston-hall , P fordsbire. On the Gth u lt ., at Kingston, Jamaica', J. Taylor, VFA merchant, Glsgow st. . fa •On the 6th in, at Weymouth, Thomasin Oliver, I C. of Sir W. S. Th omas, B art., C omman d er , R.N.tain KL „,:iiro, On the 6th i ns t., Eli za b e th, w ife of Cap " barrack-m as t er , Regent's-park. LONDON : Printed and Published by JSITTR , DO ---13 Y 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , No. 1 o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is the COQ " Middlesex, Thursday, March 10, 1863. f ~