The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-30 00:00:00

AMERICAN SLAVERY. ( From the Times.) What is slavery " A slave," says Dr. Noah Webster, in his dictionary published at New York, " is a person wholly subject to the will of another ; one who has no will of his own, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of an other." The learned lexicographer—and surely at New York men should be acquainted with the rights of the subject—proceeds to inform us that in the early ages of the world prisoners of war were considered and treated as slaves. " The slaves of modern times," he adds, " are generally purchased like horses or oxen." Our own Dr. Johnson de fines a slave as being one " mameipated to a master" —not a freeman—a de pe ndent--one who has lost the power of resistance." Mr. Charles Richardson, on the other hand, considers a slave as a person " who is reduced to captivity—to servitude--to bondage • who is bound or compelled to serve, la bour, or toil for another." There is always s ome little trouble about a definition, and probably it re quires the cobbling and filing of more than one generation to produce anything like a perfect one. There are, however, certain conditions of life which any lexicographer would endeavour to include in his dragnet, if he were attempting to give a defini tion of slavery. We are all agreed about the Uncle Toms and coloured population of the southern states of the American Union. They are slaves—not only in name but in fact—kindly treated, we believe, in the majority of instances—but still esentially slaves. When we endeavour to go a little further we find ourselves considerably embarrassed. A man is the slave of his own bad passions,—of his lust after gain or power. But this will scarcely do, for by enlarg ing the definition too much the essence and reality of the thing to be defined is altogether lost. It may perhaps be better to begin at the other end, and ascend from particulars to generals. Granting that the negro gangs who are worked on the cotton grounds of the southern states of North America, or in the sugar planta tions of Brazil, are slaves, in what way should we speak of persons who are circumstanced in the manner we are about to relate ? Let us consider them as inhabitants of a distant region— say of New Orleans—no matter about the colour of their skins, and then ask ourselves what should be our opinion of a nation in which such things are tolerated. They are of a sex and age the least qualified to struggle with the hardships of their lot—young women, for the most part, between 16 and 30 years of age. As we would not deal in ex aggerations, we would premise that we take them at their busy season, just as writers upon American slavery are careful to select the season of cotton picking and sugar-crushing as illustrations of their theories. The young female slaves, then, of whom we speak, are worked in gangs in ill-ventilated rooms, or rooms that are not ventilate) at all, for it is found by experience that,.if air be admitted, it brings with it " blacks" of another kind, which damage the work upon which the seamstresses are employed. Their occupation is to sew from morning, till night and night till morning—stitch, stitch, stitch, without pause—without speech— without a smile—without a sigh. In the gray of the morning they must be at work—say at 6 o'clock —having a quarter of an hour allowed for breaking their fast. The food served out to them is scanty and miserable enough, but still, in all probability, more than their fevered system can digest. We do not, however , wish to make out a case of starva tion • the suffering is of another kind—equally dreadful of endurance. From 6 o'clock, then, till 11 it is stitch, stitch. At 11 a small piece of dry bread is served to each seamstress, but still she must stitch on. At 1 o'clock 20 minutes are allowed for dinner—a slice of meat and a potato, with a glass of toast-and-water to each workwoman. Then again to work—stitch, stitch—until 5 o'clock, when 15 minutes are again allowed for tea. The needles are then set in motion once more—stitch, stitch—until 9 o'clock, when 15 minutes are allowed for supper —a piece of dry bread and cheese, and a glass of beer. From nine o'clock at night until one, two, and three o'clock in the morning, stitch, stitch ; the only break in this long period being a minute or twe—just time enough to swallow a cup of strong tea, which is supplied lest the young people should " feel sleepy." At three o'clock a.m., to bed ;at six o'clock a.m., out of it again to resume the duties of the following day. There must be a good deal of monotony in the occupation. But when we have said that for certain months of the year these unfortunate young persons are worked in the manner we describe, we have not said all. Even during the few hours allotted to sleep--should we not rather say to a feverish cessa tion from toil ?—their miseries continue. They are cooped up in sleeping-pens, ten in a room which would perhaps be sufficient for the accommodation of two persons. The alternation is from the tread mill—and what a treadmill !—to the Black Hole of Calcutta. Not a word of remonstrance is allowed, or is possible. The seamstresses may leave the mill, no doubt, but what awaits them on the other side of the door ?—starvation, if they be honest—if not, in all probability, prostitution, and its consequences. They would scarcely escape from slavery that way. Surely this is a very terrible state of things, and one which claims the anxious consideration of the ladies of England, who have pronounced themselves so loudly against the horrors of negro slavery in the United States. Had this system of oppression against persons of their own sex been really exer cised in New Orleans, it would have elicited from them many expressions of sympathy for the suffer ers, and of abhorence for the cruel taskmasters who could so cruelly overwork wretched creatures so unfitted to the toil. It is idle to use any further mystification in the matter. The scenes of misery we have described exist at our own doors, and in the most fashionable quarters of luxurious Lon don. It is in the dressmaking and millinery establishments of the " West-end" that the system is steadily pursued. The continuous labour is bestowed upon the gay garments in which the "ladies of England" love to adorn themselves. It is to satisfy their whims and caprices that their wretched sisters undergo these days and nights of suffering and toil. It is but right that we should confess the fault does not lie so much at the door of the customers as with the principals of these establishments. The milliners and dressmakers of the metropolis will not employ hands enough to do the work. They increase their profits from the blood and life of the wretched creatures in their employ. Certainly the prices charged for articles of dress at any of the great West end establishments are sufficiently high —as most English heads of families know to their cost—to enable the proprietors to retain a competent staff of workpeople, and at the same time to secure a very handsome profit to themselves. Wherein, then, lies the remedy? Will the case of these poor seamstresses be bettered if the ladies of England abstain partially, or in great measure, from giving their usual orders to their usual houses ? In that case it may be said some of the seamstresses will be dismissed to starvation, and the remainder will be overworked as before. We freely confess we do not see our way through the difficulty ; for we hold the most improbable event in our social arrangements to be the fact that a lady of fashion will employ a second-rate instead of a first-rate house for the purchase of her annual finery. The leading milliners and dressmakers of London have hold of English society at both ends. They hold the ladies by their vanity and their love of fine clothes, and the seamstresses by what app ears t o be their interest, and by their love of life. N ow , love of fin e c l o thes' and love of life are two very strong motive springs of human action. A correspondent who has addressed us upon this subject suggests that the ladies of England—the censurers of American slavery—with the Duchess of Sutherland at their head, . the refuse to give their patrona ge to any houses in w hich twelve hour system w as not strict ly adhered to. We con fess we see diffieniti ee in the way, but not greater th a n " women's vie might overcome 2 if fairly principals, the s eamstresses, are all women. brought to bear won the ques ti on. The custom ers, the They are more competent to deal with eac h other than men could by any possibility be. If the Suther land-house Committee would fairl y u out their desi gn w ith 343 the ex ample, and carry wholesale difficulty vigilance, we doubt not they co u ld execute the co task. They did not . k fro mgi the raantua difficulty of emancipating Unitedthe 3,000,000 or 4,000,000 negroes Londo tates---wh Y hesitate at grapp li ng with the existence of the th g makers who are dependent for t h ei r the goodwill and patronage of th eir customers ? No doubt their intelligence will fin d . a way o u t of difficulties which puzzle the masculine brain. yv e should be glad indeed to see any effe ctive move ment afoot which would compel the millin ers of the metropolis to employ a sufficient .number of hands, and consequently to work only for a limited num ber of hours. God knows, twelve hours of labour and confinement are quite sufficient for any young woman to go through in the course of a day. For ourselves, we can but point to other climates where toil meets with its appropriate reward, and urge these unfortunates to leave their native shores as soon as passage-money can be scraped together. Those who go will find a better England at the other side of the globe, and these who remain will find the market in a more wholesome condition. Almost every week we have to record a strike for increase of wages among certain classes of male labourers--it is time that the turn of the over worked women had come. - 'X AT NARV A. — lntelligence has been revived of a /1 7 ;47..4 bz,Sire*Warva, in the Gulf of Pinland, by which about 4 —_:.-106-,;e9V roubles of Russian produce is said to have been Ltiliarqati• L - kt SmaA THE FRENCH BUDGET OF 1854, The following is the expose des motifs of the French Budget for 1854 : " Gentleman,—We have the honour to submit to your deliberation the bill which fixes the receipts and expen diture for 1854. The Government has the satisfac tion of presenting you this financial project in a much better condition than those of previous years. To those anticipations of considerable though decreas ing deficits which successively amounted to 92, 63, 54, and 34 millions, and under which our last four budgets were fixed, has at length succeeded the well-founded ' hope of an equilibrium which is to come to the aid of public credit, encourage the spirit of enterprise, and restore confidence in the resources of the country, as well as in the wisdom of the Government. The prin cipal basis of this new anticipation is, it must be con essed, particularly founded on that remarkable law of progression in the indirect receipts which so constantly testifies the favourable influence of a strong and stable authority over the movement of transactions and the development of consumption. Thanks to this influence, the year 1852 attained the amount of the produce of 1846, which was the most prosperous of any which pre ceded the revolution of 1848. " France, therefore, is, we flatter ourselves, about to commence from next year a fresh upward movement. The indirect revenues of 1854 have been estimated by the Government at 851,756,050 f. This amount exceeds by about 42 millions the produce of the indirect revenues of 1852. But experience has shown that the produce of this kind of receipts increases in times of security and quiet. The produce of the indirect revenues rope, for instance, from about 569 millions in 1833 to 828 millions in 1846, or at the average rate of 20 millions a year. The calculation of improvement which we have reck oned on is therefore borne out by the experience of the past. The extreme probability of its correct ness may be seen when it is considered that the com- mencementof 1852 was subjected to the influence of the political crisis connected With the events of the 2d of December. The produce of the indirect taxes during the interval from the Ist of March, 1852, to the Ist of March of the present year amounted to 821,286,000 f. In order to arrive at the anticipations which we have adopted relative to 1854, it will be seen that it is only necessary to suppose an increase of 15 millions a year, and it is difficult to entertain a more moderate hope than that which, in a pacific state of things, supposes such an increase. The ensemble of the receipts for 1854 being estimated at 1,520,039,572 f., and the expenditure at 1,519,250,942 f., the general budget presents a surplus of 1,388,630 f. This surplus would even have amounted to 2,734,957 f., if we had not placed among the expenses the annuities regulated by the vote of the bills for the re-purchase of the different canals. Such a result is the more advantageous, as it is to be attained without ,the aid of any new taxes, and also in taking a large part in the construction of railways, which, although they have become a periodical element of our budgets, constitute, as regards the development which is given to them, a somewhat transitory charge on our public expenses. "We had the honour last year to speak to you of sacrifices to be consented to for the development of those public works which, directed with prudent acti vity, would have the happy result of placing France in that respect in the eminent rank which civilisation had already assigned to her among European nations, and which revolutions have hitherto prevented her attaining.' You have joined in this idea of the Government, and you will soon see the happy fruits of it develope themselves. The capital of France will be shortly united by railways to the most important points of the seas which wash our coast, and the countries which join our frontiers. Great wants which have been long felt will be satisfied, and this state of affairs will, with the aid of time, allow of others being satisfied which are more recent, but not less deserving of interest. " We are pleased to hope that the equilibrium of the budget which is calculated on in the bill now submitted to your deliberations will not be materially changed by the opening of ulterior credits, if, as there is reason to desire, the supplementary credits should disappear from our budgets for the future, except in exceptional cases, such, for instance, as in 1854, the establishment of the lines of Transatlantic packets, or the insufficiency of the credits voted for the bounties'allowed on goods exported. The power of transfer from one chapter to another,' as the Minister of Finance said in the document white we have before quoted, will suppress almost all the extinctions of credit, and it must therefore also suppress in the same manner almost the whole of the supple mentary credits.' These are words to the authority of which it would be difficult for us to add anything, but which we are happy to quote in consequence of the in tentions which they manifest. "The ensemble of the financial situation resulting from preceding estimates has already been, on the part of the Minister of Finance, the object of explanations so ex tended that it is unnecessary for us to add anything on the subject. We shall merely say that the floating debt, which when the report was made, on the 7th of February last, amounted to 690 millions, was on the 15th inst. 646 millions, including only, it is true, the part reim bursable in 1853 of the Treasury bonds given to the bank as a guarantee for the loan of 75 millions. The ordinary expenses at the charge of the State voted in 1852 by the Legislative Body for the general service of the Ministries during 1853 amounted to 674,254,177 f. In the present budget they are 639,142,161 f. A part of this difference is, doubtless, due to the transfer to the charge of the public debt of the grants made to the retiring pension funds of the different Ministries. But independently of this transfer, you will remark on several points in the preparation of the budget of 1854 the application of an idea of economy, the results of which show the care evinced by the Government not to increase the burdens of the people, and its desire to keep the public expenses within the closest limits consistent with the exigencies of the service. As an example of the efforts of the Government on this subject, you will observe that the sums devoted by a Presidential decree to the completion of the Louvre during 1853 have been. reduced from six millions to five millions. The budget of the Ministry of the Interior and of Agriculture has also undergone diminutions of a certain importance. You will remark also with saticfaction, in a financial and political point of view, that the credit of the War Department, voted last year to the amount of 324,232,663 f. for 1853, have been brought down for 1854 to 308,386,046 f. "The details of the Budget of each Ministry will en able you to see that the same idea of economy has per vaded the whole-of the public expenses. It remains for us, lastly, to call your attention to a new article intro duced this yeal..in the finance law, and which has for its object a partial modification of our law on patents rela tive to men working at their own houses. The weaving trade is carried on in two different modes, which the law on patents has differently charged. In the first place, a manufacturer assembles in his establishment a number of workmen who transform the raw material into a manufactured article. In the second place, this same manufacturer delivers over to workmen out of his own premises the raw materials, and they work them up by the aid of their families and apprentices, as would have been done in the general workshop. The manufacturer, that is to say, the general undertaker, who speculates on the creation of the manufactured produce, pays a fixed duty on all the looms which he employs, whether on his own premises or abroad. The workmen outside, who is aided only by his wife or un married children, is exempt from all duty. If he em ploys one or more apprentices or journeyman, and uses • less than ten looms, he pays for each loom a fixed duty equal to the half of that paid by the manufacturer for the same looms. If he uses more than ten looms, he pays, independently of the fixed duty, another in pro portion to the rent of his habitation and his industrial premises. Such is the economy of this legislation, the spirit of which has for its object to exempt absolutely the labour of the family, to exonerate in a certain mea sure the work done within the limits of domestic life, and to reach more completely that which takes the character of an industrial speculation. "But the favour this law has desired to accord to la. bour executed at the workman's residence has not ap peared sufficient. The workmen of Lyons, and the com mercial organs of that city, call for an exemption from the patente duty for such workmen as use less than ten looms even when they employ workmen other than their own children or wives ; they, in fact, ask to extend to domestic labour the exemption which the law conceded only to work done by members of the workman's family. The claim appears well-founded, as it is in fact, only equitable to favour a labour which is effected at the domestic hearth, within the restricted circle of the family and of some apprentices or journeymen who have not, in most cases, as yet attained the degree of cleverness or prac tice which constitutes the good workman. But the exemp tion cannot be accorded to the workmen of Lyons with out leading to well-founded demands from other classes of workmen in the same conditions of labour, such as those of Sedan, Louviers, Elbeuf, St. Quentin, Roubaix, Tourcoing, &c. To prevent such claims, it is conse quently important to generalise the measure by applying it to every kind of industry in which workmen can do work at their own residences. • The sacrifice which the favour :accorded to this kind of work, considered in some measure as domestic, would impose on the Treasury, would not amount to more than 80,000 f. or 100,000 f. a year, and we the less hesitate to pro pose it to the Legislative Body that the general produce of the patent duty is gradually augmenting. and follows the development of the public wealth. That sacrifice, besides, would be compensated by the salutary effect of a- measure which tends to moralise the work man, by removing him from the factory and attaching him more closely to the family circle, " Such are the motives which have led us to propose the provision which will be found in the 13th article of the present bill. "You have, gentlemen, to vote the second law of fi• nance presented to you since you have been elected to seats in this house. Since that period, France, more and more strengthened by a tutelary authority, has resum e her course of prosperity. You will, therefore, vote with confidence the resources asked for at present, after a mature examination by the Government, to whom the country has itself con fid e d so large a share in its destinies. " E. D. PARIEII President of the Section of Finance. ' ", STOURM Councillor of St a t e . ' VIIITRY, Councillor of State." ..............__ PORT Or HeanunTh Hanoverian Government have caused a notice tog,beoelestebueed that the circumstance Elhe, having owing ur to the r ece w n i t ll Customs' treaty be ceased to payable beof t a h e free Port port,of H arb to no teco as me ha p s a be tween Prussia and Hanover , of f - T a is stated rumoured, cause the Stade 'duty there. EDUCATION IN ENGLAND AND w zyits. in the amended votes and proceedings Commons, printed since the ad j ourn ment, that on M ouse of day next " Lord John R ussell is to sta te the intentions of the Government with re s p ect to educat ion in Englandb and Wales, and to move for leave to bring in a on the subject." ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTON, MARCH 29. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) CROCKER V. MOORE.—BREACH OF PROMISE. Mr. Slade, Q.C., and Mr. Karslake, were for the plaintiff ; and for the defendant, Mr. Sergeant Kinglake and Mr. M. Smith. The defendant had pleaded that he had made the promise under the belief that the plaintiff was a person of chastity and virtue, but had found that she was not, and that she had had an illegitimate child. Mr. Slade briefly opened the case to the jury, observe ing that he did not put it before them as one of blighted affections, but as that of a young woman who had been shamefully abused and deceived. She was a person of very humble circumstances in life, being the daughter of a glazier, living in the fo r e s t o f Exmoor. The defen dant was a wealthy farmer of the same locality ; and in 1849 the plaintiff went to live with him in the capacity of a servant. It would be shown that the defendant exhibited great partiality for the plaintiff, and that he manifested considerable jealousy towards a person named Rawel, with whom it was thought the plaintiff was keeping company, and that he at length pre vailed on her to withdraw her company from *awel, and to bestow it on himself. He was continually visit ing her when she was at her father's house. He got her father to write letters to her, persuading her to accept him as her suitor ; and although there were not many of those amusing letters which usually enlivened cases of this description, he should be able to produce two or three, which would distinctly show the relations existing between the parties. It would also appear that the de fendant was in the habit of following the patriarchal custom of having his flocks and herds driven before the plaintiffs father's door, and telling her that all these should be hers if she would be his. By these means the plaintiff was induced to return to the service of the de fendant (which she had temporarily left), and in the spring of 1852 she became pregnant by the defendant, and bore a child ; and he had now the audacity to throw this fact in her teeth, and to endeavour to take advan tage of his own wrong doing. After some further remarks, the learned counsel proceeded to call witnesses. John Crocker, father of the plaintiff, deposed to various facts mentioned by Mr. Slade, in his opening speech, adding, that after his daughter was confined, the defen dant promised several times to come and see her, and asked how she was getting on, but he never came to the house afterwards. In cross-examination, it was elicited that since plaintiff's confinement, witness had seen her drinking spirits and water with Rawle, the man alluded to as a former lover. Mary Crocker, aunt of the plaintiff, deposed to having seen the defendant frequently with her niece. He paid her every attention, and witness had heard him say he intended to make her his wife. Two letters written by the father to the plaintiff, at defendant's request, were then put in, and two other let ters written by the defendant to the plaintiff, were also read. In one of them he says : " Elizbeth Crocker, my dear, I love you, dear, true and sincere ; I cannot express my mind, But my heart is truly thine." " I tell you as plainly as man can speak I love you as true as my life, And I shall never be easy, my dear, Until you become my wife. If you object to me, I never will ask woman again For one year, two, or ten." In the other letter defendant repeated his protestations of love. Clarissa Crocker and Richard Crocker were called to prnvc that the defendant had probised plaintiff marriage, and that he had recognised her child. John Bryant, sexton of Minehead, proved that an ap plication was made on the part of the defendant respect ing the price of a licence ; and a silversmith was called to state that the plaintiff had looked at some wedding rings. Mr. Serjeant Kinglake having addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, a great number of witnesses were called to prove unchastity on the part of the plain tiff, among others the man Rawle, referred to in Mr. Slade's speech. Mr. Slade made a forcible reply, and the learned judge having summed up, the jury found for the plaintiff= damages 3001. The case lasted till past 9 o'clock. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—March 30. (Before Mr. Sergeant Adams, Assistant Judge.) Timothy Mahoney was indicted for having stolen two bottles and three pints of porter, the property of the London Dock Company, from their dock. This case rested on the evidence of a cooper employed in the dock of the name of Dickens, who deposed to seeing a person, whom he was certain was the prisoner, who was an extra labourer, leave a part of the premises where he had no business to be, and that he pursued him. He only saw the back of ? the person he was fol lowing, but he was able to identify him by the " jumper" or smock-frock he had on, and to say that it was the prisoner. The person finding he was pursued threw down two bottles of porter, and got out of sight. The witness went to the foreman of the gang in which the prisoner was working, and picked him out. In cross-examination Dickens said he was in principle a Quaker, though he was not actually a member of the Society of Friends. He had taken the oath, and consi dered it binding upon his conscience ; but he had been examined without taking the oath, before the Commis sioners of Customs. He had made complaints before, and on one occasion a person whom he charged was committed for eight days. Mr. Duncan, for the defence, urged that th e ev id ence of Dickens did not prove the prisoner's identity beyond doubt, and that the witness had shown a strange zeal in making charges against his fellow-workmen. The learned counsel observed that there was also something strange about the witness professing the principles of a Quaker, and at the same time taking the oath, declaring that was binding on his conscience, and admitting that pre viously he had given evidence without taking the oath. The jury found the prisoner not guilty, and the fore man said they were not satisfied with the evidence of the first witness, Dickens. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-110IISE.—Elizabeth,M‘MilIan, domestic servant to Mr. Tyler, butcher, of Bishopsgate-street Without, was brought before the Lord Mayor, for final examination, on the charge of having stolen 161. in gold and silver, a shawl, and other goods, the property of her master. Finnis (the detective officer), upon being informed of the robbery, went to the lodgings of the prisoner, and found there the stolen shawl. She acknowledged that she had stolen the whole of the property described. Mr. Tyler identified the shawl. The cash-box had (he said) been broken open, and the prisoner left her place immediately after the robbery, without having given no tice, leaving some of her clothes behind her. The prisoner was committed for trial. BOW-STREET. —An elderly respectable-looking man, who gave the name of Edward Langley, and de scribed himself as private secretary to a gentleman, but afterwards admitted that his name was Fores, and that he was secretary and treasurer of the Camden-town Auxiliary Association in connection with the City of London Mission, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with stealing two newspapers from a coffee-shop. The prosecutor ' Henry Wheeler, st a t e d th a t h e k ep t the Commercial Coffee-house, in Chandos-street. At about half-past 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening witness saw the prisoner in the coffee-room, and, having had oc casion to suspect him previously, watched his move ments. Shortly afterwards he saw him fold up two newspapers and place them in his pocket ; and when he left, witness followed him into the street and taxed him with the robbery. The prisoner then took the papers out of his pocket, and said, " Oh, Mr. Wheeler, here are your newspapers," at the same time throwing them down. Accordingly witness gave him into custody. The officer produced a number of prints, tracts, papers, &c., which he found upon the prisoner. The latter included a list of subscriptions to the Pratt -street Auxiliary Association. The Prisoner—Believe me, your worship, I cannot think what possessed me to take up these papers. I deny that I ever took any before. I had plenty of money to purchase them if I wished to do so. I had been drinking with a friend, and my mind must have been affected. Mr. Henry—Can you refer me to any person who knows you, to speak to your character ? The Prisoner—l could do so, but it would be my rain. If this goes forth I am a lost man. Mr. Henry—But it must go forth. All I know of you is that you have committed a robbery, and I shall com mit you for trial at once if you decline to state where you live. I see by this subscription list that there are several contributors of a guinea each to some religious association. Can you refer to any one of them ? The Prisoner—That list was the result of a meeting at the chapel of the Rev. Mr. Rogers, in behalf of our mis sion. They do not know me except as a servant in the cause. Mr. Henry—Then you decline to give any reference ? The Prisoner (after a pause)— Then I must confess that my name is not Langley, and it would be idle to say that I was drunk. I was not intoxicated. My name is Fores. lam very well known—even in this neighbour hood—as a respectable man. I cannot account for this folly. The Prosecutor—Last Monday week I saw him sepa rate four pages of the Weekly Dispatch from the other portion of the paper ; and after he was gone the pages were missing. The Prisoner No, no ; I never read the Weekly Dis patch. Never, believe me. - Mr. HenryL-I shall remand you for a week, in order that the officer may make some inquiries about you. The prisoner begged his worship not to detain him, but he was committed. HAMMERSMITH.—Ambrose Milian, an Italian organ-grinder, was charged with having unlawfully played an organ, after having been required to depart on account of illness. Mr. David Pearce, of No. 24, Kensington-crescent, deposed that his wife was lying at home dangerously ill, and her physician had directed that she should be kept very quiet and free from any disturbance. For some time past the prisoner and seven or eight other organ grinders had incessantly annoyed them by playing their organs almost the one after the other every day, in front of a gentleman's house two doors from his residence ; and, in fact, they were never free from them. He be lieved the gentleman's family were out of town, and the organ-men were encouraged by the servants. He had repeatedly requested them to go away on account of his wife's illness, but they took no notice of his request, and very often played the more. He sent his servant to the prisoner o* the previous day when he was playing, but he refused to go, and said he was not in front of wit ness's house. Mr. Beadon inquired of Mr. Pearce if he requested the prisoner to go away that morning when he was playing ? The prisoner replied in the negative ; he merely passed him, and on seeing a constable he a t once gave hi m i nto custody. Mr. Beadon could not convict the prisoner, as no re quest had been made to the prisoner to cease from play ing his organ on account of illness, which was necessary for the witness to have done, under the Act of Parlia ment, before he could punish the man. The Witness said he had requested the prisoner on a former occasion. Mr. Beadon said that was no use. He ought to have requested the prisoner to leave off playing on that morn ing, before he gave him into custody. If he had done soy and the prisoner had only played for half a minute afterwards, he would have inflicted the full penalty of 40s. This was a case where a fine ought to have been imposed, but he was prohibited from punishing the pri soner in consequence of the complainant not having requested him to go away on account of illness. The prisoner addressed his worship in Italian, to the effect that the complainant did not request him to leave off playing * and he was not to know there was illness in his house unless he (the prisoner) was told. Mr. Beadon said it was quite clear from the observa tions of the prisoner that he was perfectly well ac quainted with the law upon the subject, and that he could speak English. MUNIFICENT BEQUEST TO THE CITY OF LONDON CBABITIES. A munificent bequest has just been distributed amongst City charities by the trustees of the will of Miss Hard wick, late of Chesterfield, in Derbyshire. This lady's father was in early life a surgeon in the mercantile navy, slid for some years before his decease carried on business in Bishopsgate-street as a wholesale chemist. Miss Hardwick, his only daughter at his death, withdrew her self entirely from the world and lived an eccentric life in a small cottage, where her property was permitted to accumulate, as she did not expend upon her establish ment a hundred a year. She died about a year ago, in the mayoralty of Alderman Hunter, leaving the bulk of her property to the Lord Mayor of London, and the chamberlain for the time being to act with her executor, Joseph Shipton, Esq., an eminent solicitor at Chester field, as trustees, to be distributed amongst such of the charities of the City of London as they might in their discretion select for the purpose. It was thought that it would be necessary to invoke the aid of the Court of Chancery by a friendly suit to have trusts of the will recognised and expounded, but two of the trustees being solicitors, they were not unacquainted with the con sumption of time and money that too often has at tended the progress of that mysterious proceeding " a friendly suit," in its way through the sinuosities of that celebrated court. The executor, therefore, opened a communication with the next of kin of the deceaSed, furnishing them with the names of the respect able medical man who had attended the lady for some years before her death, to satisfy them of her medical capacity at the period the will was made, and up to the time of her decease. The relations were as unwilling as the trustees that any portion of her intended munificence should be diverted from the channel in which she had de sired that it should flow ; it was, therefore, determined to administer the fund in conformity with the construc tion to be put upon the will by Mr. Bethell and Mr. Baggelley, the counsel retained by the City Solicitor to advise for the interest of all parties as to the limits which would properly bound the discretion of the trustees in the selection of the charities, leaving it to them to de termine the proportions in which it should be distributed. The executor immediately placed at the disposal of the trustees the sum of 18,0001., the apparent amount of the residue, after the satisfaction of trifling debts and le gacies left by the testators, and the following is a list of the charities elected as recipients, with the amounts awarded to each. In consequence of advertisements, several times repeated in the daily and other papers, numerous applications were received from several most meritorious charities, with which the trustees would have been glad to comply. It was, however, the opi nion of counsel that it was the intention of the testator to restrict her benefactions to charities within the city. The trustees have been occupied several days in making the requisite investigations previously to the execu tion of their award, when, fortunately for the chari ties, a letter, addressed to the deceased lady, was re ceived by the executor, to the effect that if she would send a guinea to the writer of the letter, she " should hear of something to her advantage." Upon application to the writer of the letter, whose conditions of beneficial intelligence were immediately complied with, he gave information which led to the discovery that there was a sum of 2,2501. four per cent. stock in Miss Hardwick's name, with 27 years dividend, trans ferred to the Commissioners for the Redemption of the National Debt. The authorities of the Bank of England gave every facility in their power for the recovery of the amount, which (about 4,0001.), as soon as the usual facilities can be complied with, will be transferred to the trustees. The execution of the award, in consequence of the receipt of this piece of good news, was delayed, and under the advice of counsel, the sum in hand has been distri buted amongst the various charities, and the form of the award has been obtained so as to include the appro priation of the 4,0001. as soon as it shall be received amongst the various charities in the same proportions as the sums they have already received. It is one of the peculiarities of the case that if either of the three trus tees had died before the execution of the award, or if they had disagreed in the mode of distributing the money, the whole amount would, in the opinion of the lawyers, have lapsed in the next of kin, as the power to select the charities and to apportion the money having been vested in the discretion of the three trustees, it was necessary that it should be the discretion of the three conjointly, and the want of unanimity could not be sup plied by any other authority : EDUCATIONAL CHARITIES.-Marine Society, 550/. ; Christ's Hospital, 1,100/. ; City Sunday School, 1101. ; Royal British School (boys), 110/. ; London British School, 110/. ; Christ's Church School, 110/. ; Trinity Church Infant School (Gough -square), 1101. ; Fiald lane Ragged School, 2201. ; Juan-street Wesleyan Sun day School, 1101. ; National School (City of London), 5501. ; City of London Ragged School, 2201. ; Fetter lane Infant School, 110/. ; Angel-alley Sunday and In fant School, 110/. ; London Protestant Charity School, 110/. ; Sunday and Day Schools, Poultney Chapel, 2201.; St. Ann's Society Royal Asylum, 1101. ; Cripplegate li Infant School, 1101. ; Barbican Chapel Day School, 110/. ; Salter's-hall Chapel Sunday School, 1101. The, following were apportioned 100 guineas each :-London Society Protestants' School, Silver-street Sunday School, Plumtree-court Ragged School, New Broad-street Day and Infant School, St. Swithin's Sunday School, New court, Old Bailey Sunday School, Bishopsgate Chapel Girls' Day and Sunday School. 200 guineas each were granted to the Weigh-house Chapel Schools and the Fox and-Knot-court Day and Sunday Schools. MEDICAL CHARITIES.-Hospital for Diseases of the Chest, 5501. ; St. Bartholmew's Hospital, 1,1001. ; ditto Samaritan Fund, 3001. ; ditto ditto Maternity Charity, 2201. ; Royal Maternity Charity, 330/. ; City Truss So ciety, 3301. ; Royal General Dispensary, 330/. ; Western City Dispensary, 2201. ; City Dispensary, Queen-street, 3301. ; Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, 5501. ; Far ringdon General Dispensary, 330/. ; Metropolitan Free Hospital, 550/. ; Metropolitan Dispensary, 330/. ; Lon don Opthalmic Hospital, 5501. ; Seamen's Hospital Society, 5501. ; Relief of City Kitchen, 2201. ; Sheriff Fund, 2201. WARD SCHOOLS.-Bishopgate-without, 3301. ; Cripple gate-without, 2201. ; Farringdon-within, 2201. ; Tower, 2201. ; Bridge, Candlewick, and Dowgate, 2201. ; Cole man-street, 2201. ; Coleman-street Infant School, 110/. ; Bishopsgate-street Within, St. Ethelburga Society Society School, 2201. ; Aldersgate-street, 2201. ; Broad street, 2201. ; Cornhill and Lime-street, 2201. ; Vintry, 2201. ; Aldgate, 2201. ; Castle Baynard, 2201. ; Cord wainers' and Bread-street, 2201. ; Langbourn, 2201. ; Billingsgate, 2201. ; Queenhithe, 2201. ; Farringdon Without, ; St. Sepulcre's Parochial Girl's School, 2201. ; St. Bride's and Bridewell Precinct Parochial School, 2201. ; St. Sepulchres Boys' School, 2201. ; St. Sepulchres Infant School, 110/. ; St. Bride's and Bride well precinct Infant School, 110/. ; St. Dunstan-in-the- West Parochial and Infant School, 2201. NARRATIVE OF ♦ JOURNEY ROUND THE WORLD. By F. Gerstdecker. 3 vols.—Starting from Bremen for Ca lifornia, the author of this narrative proceeded to Rio, and thence to Buenos Ayres, where he exchanged the wild seas for the yet wilder Pampas, and made his way on horseback to Valparaiso across the Cordilleras--a winter passage full of difficulty and danger. From Val paraiso he sailed to California, and visited San Francisco, Sacramento, and the mining districts generally. Thence he steered his course to the South Sea Islands, resting at Honolulu, Tahiti, and other gems of the sea in that quarter, and from thence to Sydney, marching through the Murray Valley, and inspecting the Adelaide district. From Australia he dashed onward toJava, riding through the interior, anti taking a general survey of Batavia, with a glance a Japan and the Japanese. An active, intelli gent, observant man, the notes he made of his adventures are full of variety and interest. His descriptions of places and persons are lively, and his remarks on natural productions, and the phenomena of earth, sea, and sky, are always sensible, and made with a view to practical results. Those portions of the narrative which refer to California and Australia are replete with vivid sketches ; and indeed the whole work abounds with living and picturesque descriptions of men, manners, and locali ties.—Globe. MOB BY ST RONG-MINDED WOMEN.--The Cleveland Herald (U.S.) says that on the Ist inst. some 30 women, well backed by gentlemen, proceeded to the grocery of Anthony Jacobs, in Ashland, and asked him to discon tinue the sale of liquor and the use of a bagatelle-board, which had enticed many of the youth and some of the married men from their homes. He refused, and the ladies chopped his bagatelle-table into kindling wood and emptied his liquors into the street. They then visited another grocery and a tavern, both of which capitulated. POOR LAW RELIEF IN IRELAND.--According to a re turn to Parliament (yesterday published) there has been a decrease of pauperism in Ireland on the quarter ended the 31st December last, compared with the corresponding quarter of the preceding year. There has been a de crease in the numbers for the last five years ending at the same quarters. In the four provinces of Ireland the ordinary expenses as poor relief in the quarter ended the 31st December last were 187,0901., while in the same period of 1851 they were 200,4281. In the last quarter of 1848 there were as many as 585,106 in the relief lists ; in the like period of 1849 the number was reduced to 290,015; in 1850, to 200,533; in 1851, to 166,225; and in 1852, to 141,822. The weekly mortality per 1,000 inmates of workhouses in the December quarter last was 2.4 ; in the like period of 1848 it was 6.6 STATE OF TRADE. (Front the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.) MANCHESTER, March 29. —The American advices of the 15th inst. report the total receipts at the ports to be 2,536,000 against 2,015,000, showing an excess of 521,000, or 1,000 more than by the last packet. The week's receipts are 103,000 against 106,000. Next week the comparison will be with 120,000 last year, which will occasion a falling off. The stock, deducting the 20,000 destroyed by fire at New Orleans, is 775,000 bales. During the week the New York market had been inanimate, and pieces rather in favour of buyers ; but the southern market has continued steady, and the business at New Orleans large. From Mobile, on the 11th, the market was, however, telegraphed as quiet, and the freight to Liverpool had declined to Qd. per lb. No telegraph so late had been received from New Orleans. Accounts to the 26th ult. reporting a dull state of things in Liverpool and Manchester, with a de cline of id. in the former and rather more in the latter, were received at New York on the 14th instant, the day before this packet left that port. Monetary appear. ances in the States were somewhat more favourable. Yesterday; without these accounts, the Liverpool mar ket exhibited some increase of the steadiness which cot. tons from " good midiling" upwards had previously shown ; and to-day the market is telegraphed as rather dearer, with a good business. In our market, the some what increasing firmness of last week has been rather strengthened by the transatlantic advices, and by the hardening tendency manifested in Liverpool. The buyers of yarns have not been able to supply themselves on quite as favourable terms, in most counts and descrip tions, as they could have done last week. Spinners are firmer than they were, and slightly dearer in some kinds. In the department of goods, there has been a greater inquiry for India and China shirtings and madapollams, and some fair purchases have been made in 40-inch shirtings weighing from 61b to 71b. Yarns suitable for the East are also more inquired after. In printing cloths there is no change. It is, we understand, considered certain that the makers of domestics will agree, at the meeting to be held on Thursday, to con tinue the working of only four days a week for an other month ' • and is one reason why so extremely little yarn has been bought to-day for their class of goods. The India and China mails are telegraphed to-day from Trieste, and trade is stated to be "brisk " at Bombay and Calcutta. The same statement was made on the last occasion, but the fact turned out the reverse. ROCHDALE, March 28.—The market to-day has been rather quieter, and less amount of business transacted, which arises principally from the unwillingness of the manufacturer to take the low prices offered by the mer chants. There is little change in the wool market ; the demand continues steady, an d p r i ces ra th er on th ad vance. MACCLESFIELD, March 20.—We have but little al teration to note since our last. The demand for silk manufactured goods keeps full pace with production, and no accumulation of stocks is perceptible. The prices ob tained are also more satisfactory. Thrown Silks—The market is extremely bare of all descriptions, so that manufacturers now find difficulty in supplying their wants with the finer qualities. Raw Silks—The mar ket remains very firm. The deliveries to the trade con tinue on a very extensive scale. HALIFAX, March 26.—Very few merchants or buyers of any description have visited our piece hall to-day, and almost the only kind of goods asked for was grandrell crapes ; but the prices offered were so low as not to cover the cost of production. Yarns are purchased more freely, under the conviction that the rates cannot be lower ; but the current prices are far from being re munerative to the spinner. Fair quantities of wool are changing hands, and the quotations have still an upward tendency. HUDDERSFIELD, March 29.—The demand for woollens of all kinds still continues good—the middle and lower qualities are in greatest request, for which a little advance in price is readily given, scarcely as remunerative to the manufacturer as he would wish, taking into considera tion the serious advances in the price of wool, oil, and all the raw material. To-day's market has been quiet, which may be attributed to the scarcity of goods, manufacturers having none on hand ; also to th e d a y being a holiday, as at such times we never have an average business done either in slack or busy seasons. There has been a rumour of a strike amongst the woollen hands, but as yet in this district there has been no move of this kind, though handloom weavers have obtained an advance ; we believe that all other kinds of hands are still working at former rates. BIRMINGHAM, March 28.—The metal market during the past week has been languid ; copper, however, sold at less than 1401. per ton, but except for immediate use the manufacturers are not purchasing. Tin remains stationary at the last high quotations of 1235. per cwt. There is, however, no scarcity of the article in the mar ket, and consequently no impediment to the execution of orders. All Britannia metal and common tin articles have greatly risen in price. For the Australian market consignments are becoming limited to bond fide orders. The enormous quantity of every description of goods sent to Sydney, Melbourne, Port Philip, and Adelaide, Auring the last twelve months, is said to be overstock ing the markets, and competition in the auction marts has reduced prices.—Aris's Birmingham Gazette. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE M ARKETS.—March 29. There is no new feature in our produco markets, and the transactions for the week are only on a limited scale, owing to the intervention of the Easter holidays. The tea market remains quiet, and prices are unaltered, common Congou ruling from 104 d. to mid. per lb., but not many buyers. Coffee has continued in good demand, chiefly for export, at full rates, and the sales consist of 20 tierces Jamaica ; 300 bags native Ceylon, at 48s. 6d. ; and 1,600 bags St. Domingo, at 455. to 465. The public sales to-day, how ever, went off with less spirit, and of 1,800 bags brought forward, about 650 were taken at 465. 6d. for St. Domingo, 475. to 525. 6d. for Bahia ; and at 60s. 6d. to 625. 6d. per cwt., for Maracaibo. Sugar operations have been almost suspended until to day, when rather more has been doing, still the total sales are confined to 40 hogsheads Demerara, at 35s to 35s 6d ; and 3,200 bags East India, chiefly Benares, at 36s to 37s 6d ; with a few dates, at 375. per cwt. Rum.-150 puncheons Demerara have been disposed of, at rather easier rates. Dyewoods.—Upwards of 100 tons Campeachy logwood have brought 71 17s 6d to 817 s 6d; 120 tons St. Domingo, and Honduras 61. 10s. A few tons of Camwood, 301.; and 10 tons red sanders wood, 6/. per ton ; 200 tons Zapote Fustic will be offered to-morrow. Drysalteries.—Argols continue in steady demand, with moderate supply; and prices are fully maintained. In berries no change to report ; the market is dull, and seve ral fresh parcels have arrived since our last. More inquiry exists for French madders ; nothing worthy of notice in roots. The sales of sumac are about 1,000 bags, at 14s 3 to 15s. for Palermo, and at 7s Gd to 7s 9d per cwt. for T rol. Brimstone is in fair request, about 100 tons sellin at 61. lOs to 61. 15s per ton, for thirds to best seconds. Nothing has taken place in saltpetre. 500 bags Bengal turmeric have been sold, at 11s 3d; 5 bales ditto safflower, at 72s 6d to 90s ; a few casks discoloured tartar, at 71s ; 50 bags cutch, at 26s ' • 50 chests plate lac, at 43s to 43s 3d ; a small quantity of African beeswax, at 51. 5s to 71.; 2,000 bags Myrabolams, at 11s to 13s 9d; 100 bags sago flour, at 21s; 100 tons nitrate of soda, ex store, at 18s 6d to lOs per cwt.; and 30 chests lac dye, J. MT,. at 13s per lb. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 30. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Lena, from Demerara ' • Kong Oscar, St. Domingo ; Steftsaintman Hage ru p, New York ; Royal George, St. Michael's ; Slater Rebow, do. ; Janet, Alexandria ; Victoria, Ibrail ; Wind, do. ; Zor, Constan tinople ; Karen Louise, do. ; John Thomas C arr , d o. ; Traffic, St. - nes • ' Deolinda, Oporto ; Charl es , H avre ; Agenoria, Dunkirk. Unition, Guernsey ; Adonis, B remen ; Trident, Hamburgli; Verbena, Lowestoff ; Thames, Ham burgh ; Albion, Boulogne ; Batavier, Rotterdam ; An'.,- werpen, Antwerp ; Triton, Ost en d ; Augustine, Havre ; Neptune, Hamburgh. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The John Bull, for Hamburgh ; Adonis, Bremen ; Briton, Hobart Town ; Clontarf, Sydney ; Batavier, Rotterdam ; Bangalore, Singapore ; Auguste Adolphe, Dantzic ; Britannia, Ro stock ; Crescent, Elsineur and Riga ; Levia, Barbadoes ; Factory, Geelong and Melbourne ; Jacobus, Geelong ; Dolores, Lisbon ; Wanderer, Bombay ; Thames, Ham burgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Anna, for Altona ; Arena, Jamaica ; Gertruda, Syra and Athens ; Gustav, Konigsberg ; Jenny Lind, Algoa Bay ; Persever ance, Sydney; Ann Nelson, Penang and Singapore ; Allan, Konigsberg ; John Knox, Shanghai ; Princess Vic toria, Melbourne ; Anna, Bremen ; Ravensbourne, Ant werp ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Fyenoord, Rotterdam ; Moro Castle, Halifax. LIVERPOOL, March 30.—The Emma Fields arrived here on the 28th, from New Orleans ; saw on the 23d a ship, apparently English, off Gun Key light, clew up all her sails suddenly, supposed in consequence of some accident to her rudder. Another vessel bore down to her on the 18th March, in lat. 49 N., long. 25 W. Passed a vessel steering East, under jury -masts, apparently a brig; bore up for her, but she kept on her course. On the 25th March, off Waterford, passed a barque steering east, with mainmast and foretop gallant-mmt gone. PARIS, March 30.—The Euchafis, from Charleston to Bordeaux, which put into St. Thomas's Feb. 7, leaky, has been condemned at that island. NEW YORK, March 11.—A brig, waterlogged and aban doned, marked on her stern "Washington," or " Wilming ton," of N.C., was passed on the 14th Feb. March 12. — The wreck of the Triton, from Malaga to Boston, was passed on the 22d Nov., in lat. 36 N.. long. 52. The Earl ofßii) ° n a n dhas since b not r! m Mateaenn heard z as on o Nov. f. 2O last, for Fal mouth, VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. M B a e r d c f h o r 2 d 4 ; off ar e ß h a dss,e lat. 49 The Susan (ship), bound The Falcon , Newport to New N., long. 10 W. The Heloise, Prince to London, March 16, l at. 49 N., long. 8 Port au . The Franklin (s), and George Washington (A mer i can ship), steering W., March 22, lat. 48 N„ lon g . 42 W . The James Long, steering W., March 23, lat. 50 N., long. 36 W. The Dauntless, bound to Liverpool, and John Campbell, bound E., March 26, lat. 52, long. 19 W. The Sarah Louisa, Liverpool to Ne w Y or k , March 2, lat. 40 long. 72. The I. Z., New York to Liverpool, March 8, off Nan tucket. The Lady Franklin, New York to Liverpool, March 7, lat. 40. The Liverpool (ship), bound E., March 1, lat. 42, long. 58. The 7, lat 37, Sabinl ong. e, 66. supposed from C a l cu t ta to Boston, March The Walter Morrice, Hong Kong to London, Dec. 2 lat. 35 S. long. 21 E. , H.M. St. Torch, steering S.E. Jan. 2. The Oregon, Liverp oo l to dew Orleans, with loss of spars, Feb. 9, lat. 20, long. 50. The Cerro Gordo, New Orleans for Liverpool, 28th, lat. 34, long. 76. The Canton, New York to Australia, March 6 lat. 40, long. 72. PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM. PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUE , DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29. JOINT-STOCK BANKS Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. P ice. Annum. Share. X a. d. X s. d. Australasia........... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 92 British IN orthAmerican 6 . per cent. 50 0 0 .0 c 0 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1'•0 0 0 .0 0 0 Colonial .............. 3 , . per cent. 100 0 0 2; 0 0 loniaa •• • .... .. 61. ke- cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 Lond. Char Bk. of Aus. 29 0 0 210 0 17% London and County .. 6. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 8 Loadon Joint Stock ... 61. ow cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 21U Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 48 Ditto, ew......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 . National of Ireland.... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 Nat. Provncial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New ...... W. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 Oriental Bank Corpora. 81. p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 59 1 4 South Australia .• .. 6/, p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 5l Union of Australia.. 6 1 . p. ct. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 ' 7731 Ditto .. ...... • ... 61. per cent. 210 0 Union of London ..... per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% Union of Madrid ..... 40 0 0 40 0 0 INSURANCE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ------ - £ s. d. £ s. 6 Albion .......... •• .. 31 . 105 . 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.148. 6d.bs. 100 0 0 11 0 0 25% Ditto Marine ....... 61. p.c,& bs. 103 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor ........ ••- . . 6 per cent. 5 0 0 10 0 - Atlas Argus Life ......... • . 41. per cent. 100 8 0 16 0 0 - British Comae cial .. 7s. 6d. 50 0 0 5a 0 7 Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% County ...... ..... ... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 17% Eagle .. Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5 % European Life .. 15s. 20 0 0 All paid. 20 General... ..... ...... - 5 0 0 11 5% Globe ... • ... 6.. per cant. Stock, 150 Guardian .... ..... ... 51. per cen t 100 0 0 45 0 0 61% Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 - Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... i r.eh.& I ,a. 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 Law Fire ............ 2s. & .'s bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 1 4 Law Life... .. .... .... - 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 Legal and General Life s% London Fire .. 105 & bs. 25 0 0 1 2 IO 0 29% London -hip-. Marine...., ...... •.. 158. per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 22 Med. Daylid & Gen. Life 4;4/. per et. 50 0 0 2' 0 0 3 Minerva ........ -.. sp. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Monarch -- .. ...... - 5 0 0 I 0 0 20s. National Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Lite .. Pelican - - - 45 Phoenix .. • • ...... - - - - - 173 Professional Life-- P . Yl , ltiva Life Rock Li fe..,,.,,,.,,„ ss. 5 3 0 010 0 8% Royal .9:xch an ee ....• • 6/. is.ci &ha Stock, & 1 236 Sun wire ...... 6'. 108. - f 1 .-- Ditto Life . 11. 6s - ~ - United Kingdom .. .. 4/, p. ct. & bs. 20 0 0 4 11 0 514 Universal Life . . Vicieria Life ...... • • 51. per cent. - 412 6 b% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ilungerford - - - 12 -"outhy a tli - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p c 70s. per cent 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ....... - 100 0 0 -3% DUO Old Ann. of 8/. 2/. is. Od. - 60 0 0 26 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 28. Od. - 40 0 0 ~2% Vauxhall -- - - Av. 27. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. ' Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X s. d. £ s. d. East London - 125% Grand Junction .... • • 4/. per cnt 50 0 0 - 69 Kent.... - ...• - 84% Lambeth .. - 100 0 0 - - New River Company.. 21. 108. - ' - 60 Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 k - 90 West Middlesex -- - 61.05. pr cut. - . . '. - 110 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of ', Paid. Price. Annum, Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Commercial .......... 41. pr cent. Stock. --- East and West India.. 6%1. pr cent. Stock. - - East C0untry.......... 208. per sh. 100 0 0 - - London .... .••• • • • 51. pr cent. Stock, - 127 Ditto Bonds - 41. per cent. - - - S.. iiatharine ...... • • 4 per cent. Stock. - - S uthampton ........ 1/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Victoria ........ - - - 2 0 0 6% CANALS. Names of Ei ( Dividend Names of . Dividend per Companies. d per Price. Companies. cli Annum. Price. .sa cn Annum. • £ Ashtn& Oldh 98 1/. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield 100 21. 10s. 50 Barnsley •• • • 160 Neatk • • 1001 161. grknk&Abrg 150 5/. 82% Oxford.... •• 100 13i. 182 Birmingham 40 4/. 105% Peak Forest. 78 3/. 18s. 70 Coventry..• • 100 251. Regent's ~.. 33 11. Os. 16% Derby ••• • • 100, 6/. 63 Rochdate...• g 5 21. 42 Ell 1m re&Chs 69 2N p. et. 3^4 Somrset Coal 150 GrandJunetn 100 31. pr. ct. 68 Do.LkFd St 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. In.. a. Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21.101. Sbrowsbuty.. 25 Grand Union 00' il. 10s. 24 stonrbridge.. 145 20/. 290 Renate. Avn 39 6s. 04. Severn and 1 Lancaster • 10C, —2/ Oh 9 4 Wye Rail. ( ' • - Leeds& LiTtp 100, 251. 550 Warwicl & Leicester.... 100! Si. 66 Birming. S 100 41 • 40 Leicstr&Nth 88 41. 44% girarwichBo Loughbotegh 142 701. 510 Naptom j 100 3s. 28 Monmonthsb 100 j Worcstr & Mntgmerysh 100, . Bliminss.S 78 31. Wilts & Brks MeltnMwbry 100 -- 10s. Od, GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend .Arriet nt Name of Company. per of l'aid. Price. Annum. Share. British • • s, d. s. d. • • •• Ditto Provincial 11. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 Brighton •• •• •• •t•• •• 51. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City of London .. •• 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Continental (3d Cap.) 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67 y, Equitable., •. , 50/ . 50 0050 0 0 27 Great Centrar.. •• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 _ 14!, 4 Imperial ...• 3l. & bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 gib Independent 6L 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London.• 5O 0 0 150 0 0 Do., Parl. Preference 61 per cent. ,25 0 0 25 0 0 24% 31.1. per cent. , 50 0 0 49 0 0 51. 1100 '0 0 90 0 0 United General . 11. 50 0050 0 n 20 Westminster Chartered Si. p er cent, 50 0 50 0 0 89 Ditto, New - - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% LIST OF SCOTTISEI COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland •• 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1921 0 British Linen Comp Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 210/10 Caledonian Bank City otGlasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 10/13s rlydebdale Bank •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12' 123 Commercial Bank 7‘. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 182/ 0 Eastern Bank.. •• .• •• 61. por cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/10s Elinb.&Glasgow •• 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 8s Exchange:Bnk of Scot lOO 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. ed National Bank ...• 654 per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s Northof Scotland Bank bl.percent. 20 0 0 210 0 41. 2s ROyalßank otScetiand 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 5110 Union Bank of Scot. Western Bank •• •• .• 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 10s Alliance Fire and Life B}4/. pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 241108 British Guarantee Caledonian Fire Insur lO/.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Od City of Glasgow Lice 6l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4/. 138 Colonial Life Edinburgh Life Irvin 61. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21110 5 Eng. & Scot, Law Live 51. per cert. 50 0 0 217 6 4 1. (25 Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 4'. 1 Oy National Fire and Life 6'. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 _l. _l3 , North British Insur. •• Si. ner cen t . 2 00 0 0 20 0 0 3 1. 5 18 0 ; licOttighlTnionlnsrne. preen.. 20 0 0 1 Standard Life ...... • • 5L ner cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 0 ,13111., f_ss United Dep. Assurance 51. Per cent 10 0 0 , 11". u * Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price, Annum. Share. _ —...........____ —__ 50 f 306 d . 21 s. O d. O g Assam Tea • • ........ Auction Mart • • • • • • .• Australian Agricalturi 100 0 0 35 0 0 103 IL 85 0 0 25 /' 10 0 20 0 5 61. percent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 4.ng10-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0(p 23 % lbs. 38 10 0 65 C B al l ad o : h o s Am p • e q e ce ' rl ' e n ' an Z d . : W. per cent. A Aus ust r r al alla an n ._ Trust ßoyal xf—a•il 6/ . p er c e nt. _ _ % Ditto, 6pr et. Bondi. 61. per cent. ._ lo ' City Navigation Bonds 3 :lper cent. __117% 51 pr — . cent. 10025 0 0 20 — 0 0 22 25 0 0 00 1007 lg 0 1 1 1, 1 7 1 A Electric Telegraph (A) Ditto • • • • • • • • • • 03) sp. c.& bs, 200 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 iO l O O 0 0 0 0 ___ e n v :7 . 7 . 1e . ! r e y . 1(12% E G G:e D n i l dl .. t s t Ir a t e b e v i fe m r s s . a & vi l g n a v t e i r i; , 0 P•ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30% Hudson's Hay,. ...... 21. - 10 a. 100 14° O ck. 0 100 — 0 0 Hungerford .......... 51. per cent. 2 4 2 7 0 % London Institution ... London Reversionary 78 15 0 15 0 0 15 0 0 14 ltPrusicsee:PrantestinttaCttnd...C.O. 10/ pae cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26 . Reversionary Int. Soc. , ” 4 1 . 1 , pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Royal 3h Mail Steam ..., .. . . P. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 78 51.. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 54 Trust and Loan Comp.. of Upper Canada.. 2O 0 0 3 0 0 SLAVERY. SAD AND SIGNIFICANT. —A Georgiana correspondent of the .Tanus a German p a p er i n N ew York, s a y s th at he was at Cedartown lately, when a ne gress was hanged, and thus relates the case :—The mas ter of the negress told her that he had sold her four chil dren to a man to whom they were to be delivered next duy. The purchaser was known through the neighbour hood as a tyrant and miser, who not only half-starved his slaves, but beat them brutally at every opportunity. The mother, who tenderly loved her children, was over come with grief at the thought of having them sold to such a monster. She begged her master on her knees to keep the children, or, if they must be sold, to let them go to a more humane master. But, after all her efforts proving vain, and being driven to desperation, she on the following night murdered the children. This was the crime for which she was hanged. THROWING OLD SHOES FOR LUCK.—The custom of throwing a shoe, taken from the left foot, after persons for good luck, has been practised in Norfolk from time immemorial, not on ly a t we ddi ngs, b ut on all occas i o ns where good luck is required. Some forty years ago a cattle dealer desired his wife to " trull her left shoe arter him," when he started for Norwich to buy a lottery ticket. As h e d rove o ff on h i s errand, he l oo k e d round to see if sh e p er f orme d t h e charm, and consequently he received the shoe i n hi s f ace with such force as to blacl, his eyes. He went and bought his ticket, which turned up a prize of 600/. ; and his son has assured me that his father always attributed his luck to the extra dose of shoe which he got. E, G, R.—Notes and Queries, COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—Minim 29. There were in the market to-day, 6 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thus-2 at 11-11 s Od, and 4 at ii 10s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET — MARCH 29. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 5s 6d. to 7s Od per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s 6d to 8s Od ; barley do., 5s Od to 62 Od. Hay from 9d to lld per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MARCH 28. There were in the market to-day 51 bags oatmeal, 16 of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales ready. Oat meal the same as last week on the top and second prices pet-barley is per bag up. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs imperial Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flow, per ditto Pot-barley, per ditto First Second, Third. . 129 s 6d 128s 9d l 28s 3d . I 24s Od I 238 6d I —8 Od • —5 Od. —s Od -s Od • —5 Od —a Od —a Od 29s 6d —a Od —a Olt COAL MARK Plices of Coal per ton at tl a. d. Bate's West Hartley 16 C Carr's Hartley l6 6 Chester Main 16 Hartlepool West Hartley 16 0 Hasting's Hartley 16 6 Hedley's Hartley l5 0 Holywell 18 0 Howard's West Hartley Neth erton 16 0 Jonassohn's Hartley 15 6 Longridge's W. Hartley 16 New Tanfield North Percy Hartley l6 0 Redheugh Main 15 6 Stewart's Hartley 15 6 Stobart's Hartley 15 0 Tanfield Moor l5 9 Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6 Townley 17 ( Tyne Main ......15 West Hartley 16 C West Wylain Trader 16 9 Wall's End, &c. Gosforth 18 6 Harton IR 6 Hedley 18 3 Killingsworth E l6 0 Lawson l7 6 Northumberland E. l6 0 Riddell lB 6 Washington, l6 0 Eden Main . Ships at market, ET—MaitcH 30. ,he close of thy market : s. d. Hetton & Lyons mixed-19 3 Hetton Lyons l9 0 Bell .. 19 0 Belmont 19 0 Braddyll 19 3 Hetton 2O 0 Haswell 20 0 Lambton l9 6 Lumley 18 6 Pensher . lB 6 Richmund 19 9 Russell's Hetton 19 6 I Scarborough 18 6 'Stewart's 20 0 Caradoc 19 3 Cassop l9 6 Denison Hartlepool 20 0 Heugh Hall 19 0 Kelloe 19 6 South Hartlepool South Kelloe 19 0 Phornley l9 0 Pep se's West 16 0 Richare son's Tees 17 0 St. Helen's Tees 17 0 'Pees 2O 0 West Tees l7 3 Derwentwater Hartley 18 9 6 Gawber Hall St eam , 15 Nixon Merthyr's& Cardiff 22 6 Victoria Steam 17 0 07 J Sold 246. RAILWAY . SHARE iIIA.REETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been rather better, and a little more business doing at improved prices : Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 6i dis. ; Chester and Holyhead, 21 ; Eastern Counties, 12 15-16 • Lan cashire and Yorkshir e , 75 ; L ancas t er an d Carlisle Thud Shares, 13g c. p. ; London and North Western, 117 i ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29i c. ; Midland, 731 ; North British, 8g ; North Staffordshire, 4/ c. d. ; Sontl i Eastern and Dover, 228 ; Northern Union A, 252. 111ANC1IESTER, MARCH 30. limpe d STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a very -- business, at full prices. East Lancashire, 224 ex div. ; L ee d s , 75 ; Midl an d, 74 ; Sheffield, Dover, d, 30t; ditto Pref., 11. 18 n. • BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This mar k e t was flat to - daY' and all railway shares rather lower. LEEDS, Melton 30. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The little business done this morn ing has been chiefly on s p ecu l a ti on f or the account, middle of April. Prices are about the same as yesterday. The following are the closing transactions :—Lancashire and Yorkshires, ai ; Leeds Northern Extensions No. 3, par ; North Western Preference, 15i ; South Eastern and Dovers, 23i. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THH GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending March 20, 1853 (283 miles) £14,185 3 9 10 Corresponding. week last year (2411 miles) 10,867 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 27, 1853 218,101 15 -7 Corresponding week last year 15,891 10 -3 - - CHESTER ANliTtoiSHEAti ItAiLWAY.—Traffic return for railway and steam-boats for the week ending Morch 27, 1853 £3,230 15 1 Corresponding week last year 2,342 5 5 Increase in 1853 £BBB 9 8 GLASGOW AND 'SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAL—Traffic re turn for the week ending March 26, 1853 24,329 9 7 Corresponding week last year 3,769 5,2 2560 4 5 CORK AND BANDON RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending March 26, 1853 2176 6 9 Corresponding week last year 147 1 8 Increase in 1853. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-ornee by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made In From what When COUNTRIES. .in General Post- Port due in Office, London. Dispatched. England. America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... Each Mon. America (by. United Sts. packet) March 30 Liverpool ... April 4 America (by U. States packet) ..N A pril 5 .. Southampton April 8 Australia (via South ampton) 4th of May Southampton pril 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover ...... April 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hops) ..N 2d of ...... Plymouth .. arch 30 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. April 12 Alexandria NB, 9, 24, &30of m Dover .... • • pril Alexandria.. 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton pril 4 Bahamas Eelgium ............N ...... Dover .. Daily Brazil 31 9th of the mouth.. Southampton pril 16 Buenos Ayres ........ 31 9th of the month.. Southampton April 16 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Cape of Good Hope • 2nd of Apri1...... Plymouth .. March 30 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the month Plymouth April 26 (see India) ..„ 1 ,8,17,24,&27 ofm D0ver...... March 30 Channel Isles .:..N Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Tu.Tn. SS. ..N Chili.. .• •• • 3l 2d & 17th of month Southampton April 1 Constantinople Constantinople ..31 4th & 20th of mon Southampton April 4 Cont. of Europe .M & N Twice daily Dover Twicedalli Egypt (see India) France M & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ...... Twicedally Gibraltar —3l 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of in. Southampton April b. Greece (sea India) Greytown ........ 31 2nd 8617th of mon. Southampton April 1 Harnburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Toes. 8 _a._ r• Havannah 2nd of the month Southampton April I. Holland ............111 Wednesday & Sat London ... M on. Tb_a r Honduras Al 17th of the month. Southampton . pril 1 6 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 India (via Marseilles)sl 8i118624th of month Dover .....• pril lonian Isles (sea India) Ireland & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... rwiced a " Lisbon ...... kl 7,9, 17, & 28 of m . S ou thampton April it! Madeira 9th of the month Southampton April 16 Madeira ............ N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. April 12 Malta (see India) Malta ... .......N 7,17,19,28, 30 o f m . Dover •..• 29 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius • • • ...N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 Mexico •••••• • • • • .. Ind of the month. Southampton ist o f mots. Naples.. ... ........N sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Pin 2 New Granada .. • 31 2d & 17th of month Southampton April 1 New Zealand By private ship .. Various ports Uncertain Papal States sthl sth2sthofmon. Dover ...• • • April ,;1 Peninsula ' thi7tb2Bthonnon Southampton Ap ril Port •••• • • • • —AI 2d & 28th of mon. Southampton April . 1 ,, art Natal •14th of the month Plymouth .• 4 1 3 _,r 1 , 1 r Sicily sth l sth2sthofmon, Dover .. • • P r " Tuscany • •• sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover .. April 2 Venezuela ...... 2d & 17th of month Southampton P ril Van Diernen's Land (see Australia) West Indies Id 2d & 17th of month Southampton April I [ADVERTISEMENT.] - The Earl of Aldborough and Holloway's Pills.—An astounding Cure by this miracu lous medicine after every other means had failed. —See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Mes sina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. Sir-- I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach which all the most eminent of the faculty at home and all over the continent had not been able to effect—nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Marienbad. (Signed) ALDBOROUGH."--- These wonderful pills will cure any disorder of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's ointment) London ,Pro fessor Holloway's ce stablishment, 24 4 , Strand, , and by all medicine vendorsthroughont the world. BIRTHS. OF A Bog. On the 29th inst., at Guildford-street, the wife of Thos. Wakley, Esq., F.R.C.8., stillbor n. On the 29th inst., at 20, Park - s treet, Grosvenor-s q uare, the wife of H. B. .W. Wynn, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 28th inst., at 13, Queen-street, Cheapside, the wife of W. S. Saunders, 31.1). MARRIED. On the 29th inst., at St. Margaret's, Westminster, the Rev. Henry Jerome Salis, rector of Frinford, youngest son of the late Count de Sails, to Grace Elizabeth, third daughter of the Right Hon. J. W. Henley, M.P., of Waterperry, Oxon. On the 26th inst., at St. John's-church, Clifton, Win. Raymond King, Esq., of Bath, to Mary Ann Revell, second daughter of the late George Taylor, Esq., of Bristol. DIED. On the 26th inst„ at Brompton-crescent, aged 50, MO garet, widow of the late Thomas Davidson, M.D. , u 'On the 29th inst., at Spalding, Lincolnshire, TheeP a " - Fairfax Johnson Esq., one of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, and Deputy-Lieutenant, aged 63. On the 21st inst., at Stonehouse, Devon, J. N orcock, Esq., Paymaster o f the Royal Navy. On the 26th inst. at at North-town-house, Taunton, aged 58, Major G. S. Blundell, late of H.E.I.C.'s 51st Regiment Bengal N.I. On the 27th i ns t., at Llangattock-place, Breconshire, 39° Hugh Hilton Bradshaw, late of the 1 lth Hussa rs, a g ed ' On the 18th i ns t. in London, Lieut.-Colonel William Cameron Forbes, Royal Engineers. On Good Friday, at the Mount, York , in her 91st g ent ea Mrs. Townshend, sister of the late and aunt of the pres Sir W. M. Milner, Bart. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD() YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun O ffi ce, No. 1 12, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conat7 Middle* ) ; nurodah Much a, OA THE SUN, LONDON,' tHURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 31, 1853. I