The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-02 00:00:00

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stit,—To venture to give an opinion as to the precise cause of the most lamentable, and too frequently called " unaccountable " railway accidents, which have so re cently come under the public notice, would seem to be a task that would involve considerable difficulty, as the testimonies, adduced, and great attention paid by the most e minent engineers, seem materially to confirm t on fact that great negligence and mismanagement exist on the part of railway authorities. From evidence given, and the essential service most willingly rendered by the press (whose voice is always so instrumental in these searching inquiries), the public would naturally infer that the most stringent measures would be instituted by directors themselves to insure the public safety, for otherwise, in truth, they have no will of their own in such matters—they are utterly destitute of all control, and totally incapable of providing the re quisite means ; consequently, having no power of them selves to help themselves, these " far-reached intellects , " instead of directing merely sanction their engineer's pro positions, who, on his part, will see that the necessary orders are rigorously enforced, and thanks the Board for its valuable suggestions. What, then, is the result ? A. superficial remedy on such occasions is immediately re sorted to ; precautions are taken professing to counter act existing evils, which in reality have never been dis covered. If they had, why so many conflicting opinions ? Engineers and servants under their employers tender evidence so obscure and abstruse that the public are led to suppose it arises more from a fear of their directors than from love to their fellow-creatures ; it thus seems they are actually encouraged in this unwarrantable sys tem in baffling every effort to discover truth. This may be substantially correct ; for, from a statement made by one of the plate-layers, at the recent examination at Manchester, the witness would have reluctantly with held certain particulars from fear of being dismissed ; the substance of which, however, was, that there were only two persons, and in some instances only one, per mile for the repairs of the permanent way. Lord Harrowby justly remarked that one great cause why railway accidents were so numerous, was chiefly owing to "excessive economy on the part of the com panies." Thus the lives of passengers are to be endan gered through the gross neglect and imprudence of these specimens of ability. Is it because the railways are not in so prosperous a condition ? If so, I beg to state that whether they are or not,a large number of labourers ought to be appointed to maintain in order that part of the permanent way which is curved. The accident which occurred only last year on the Kirkham curve, on the York and Scarborough line, which resulted in the express running off the line, would probably not have happened if an efficient staff had been employed ; in fact, it seems to be a general rule amongst engineers to employ the same n umber of men per mile irrespective of the curvature of the way. Again, another cause proves the inattention of railway directors. Lord Malmesbury makes mention of the complaints brought forward by Mr. Spence relative to the dangerous state of the bridge on the North Shields Railway. The result was an accident only eleven days after that negotiation took place. Probably if Mr. Spence had been residing near the Whitby Railway, he could have foretold the unsafe state of the bridge, which was totally swept away during the floods of last year. In 1847, the Dee Bridge over the Chester and Holy head Railway (an iron structure) gave way, when a frightful loss of life ensued. The bridge over the Ouse on the Scarborough line is similar in construction, but the officials, happily, in this instance, took the neces sary precautions, by having its defects rectified, or, pro bably, it would have shared the fate of its predecessor ; for, in their construction, no attention was paid to sta tical pressure and impact ; in fact, previous to the ma thematical investigation which subsequently took place, their construction seemed to be regarded more as an expe riment than as a means of conveying our fellow-creatures, While the repairs at this bridge were in progress, through engineering negligence it seems no attention was paid to the two bridges between the Hutton and Malton sta tions, on the same line. These bridges, the first from Malton, are subject to considerable deflexion, especially when engines of a heavy construction pass over tkem ; they will no doubt be considered to be in an efficient state of repair until the engine drivers dare prove to the contrary, without the danger of dismissal. In the House of Lords, on the 15th ult., their Lord ships appeared to be unanimous in their opinion, that, should Government resolve to take the responsibility from the railway companies, it would be transferring the burden from those who were capable of carrying out a judicious system of management to those who were not. They certainly could not make the present system worse than it is, for by enforcing the various companies to appoint an inspector at every terminus, to examine the arrival and departure of all trains, the claims of the public would be satisfied, their Jives ensured, besides a source of gratification to think that Government had so readily interposed. Moreover, by increasing the staff of labourers at certain points. and by authorising the engine drivers and others connected with the trains to notify to their engineer should any irregularity occur,. these means being strictly adhered to, the high speeds might still be maintained without any visible increase in the expenditure ; on the contrary, a mutual benefit would accrue both to the proprietors themselves and the public at large. By calling your attention to these statements, your readers will be made fully aware of the present system of management, the continuance of which will be fraught with the utmost peril.—l am, Sir, yours obediently, ROBERT CHAMPLEYS. Scarborough, March 22d, 1853. ANNUAL DINNER IN AID OF THE WESTERN JEWS' FREE SCHOOLS. The annual dinner in aid of the funds of this merito rious charity was held on Wednesday, at Willis's Rooms, when about 120 gentlemen, chiefly of the Jewish per suasion, sat down to an excellent dinner. The objects which this institution has in view are the care and edu cation of Jewish orphans, who receive an excellent prac tical education, and are subsequently apprenticed to useful trades. There are two schools, one for girls and one for boys, the former being considered the more an- cient foundation. The boys' school was founded in 1816, and since that time has educated an average of 70 boys, having, as is the case in most of the Jewish schools, a Hebrew and an English master. The girls' school was established in 1846, and has maintained since its foun dation an average of 60 pupils. Both boys and girls were marched round the room after dinner on Wednesday evening, and were much admired for their intelligent and orderly deportment. The chair was taken by Mr. Alderman Salomons, who, on the removal of the cloth, proceeded to give the customary loyal toasts. The health of the Queen was enthusiastically received, after which the National Anthem was sung, a young Jewish lady, Miss Marian Taylor, eliciting general applause by her manner of singing the solos. An occasional ode, in Hebrew, composed by the Rev. M. B. Levy, was re cited by one of the boys, and subsequently a copy of verses, by one of the female pupils. After these preli minaries, The CHAIRMAN proceeded to give " Success to the Western Jews' Free schools." In doing so, he called attention to the important fact, that nothing was so important a consideration in every civilised country as the case of the destitute poor, and the more civilised the country, the greater was the amount of solicitude evinced on the subject. In furtherance of that object, they met there for the first time round the social board to strengthen, by their pre sence, the cause of the Western Jewish Free Schools. (Cheers.) The worthy Alderman having given the de tails respecting the schools (which we have mentioned above), proceeded to remind the meeting of the contrast there was exhibited between the past and present con dition of the Jewish nation. The prejudice and tyranny of the dark ages had driven them to Holland and to England, where, although they had found shelter, they were still obliged to live in one neighbourhood, for mutual counsel, for consolation, and, it might be, for defence. (Cheers.) During the greatest part of the last century they had been confined within the city of London, and even there they did not enjoy the ordinary privileges of citizenship, nor were they allowed to learn handicraft trades, because the trades of the city of London were then all close corporations and admitted none to their privileges except members of the Established Church. Even dissenters were excluded, and what chance had the Jews ? (Hear.) How different and how much better was the position of the Jews at the present moment (Loud cheers.) Jews held office all over the country, and he was on the present.occasion supported by several members of the corporation of the city of London. It behoved the Jews to show that they were worthy of their improved circumstances, and they could not do that • better than by attending to the charities of their respec tive districts. There was now a large Jewish population in the western districts of London, and he trusted the poorer members would not be neglected. The Legisla ture had long turned a deaf ear to the educational wants of the people, but at last they had attended to the prayer of the Jews, whose schools were now assisted by a portion of the Parliamentary grant. This was a great encouragement, and he hoped would induce those who heard him to !perform their duty more efficiently, as it is well known that the schools of the western districts were insufficient for the purpose intended. Much, however, had been done, and among the most zearous of the supporters of the schools, he was proud to reckon the Baroness Rothschild. (Cheers.) It was a trite subject to dilate upon the value of education, but he believed that, after all, there was nothing that would prove so permanently useful. A traveller who had seen the magic celerity with which the Americans regularly rebuilt San Francisco after its weekly confla gration, attributed all the energy and confidence of our transatlantic brethren to their early education, and the completeness of their intellectual development. (Cheers.) lie believed there was something in that, and he hoped it would form an additional argument to induce the com pany to support an institution with which education was the great if not the sole object. (Cheers.) The SECRETARY then read the list of subscriptions, and a collection was made, the total amount of both being nearly 5001. The CHAIRMAN next gave the health of the Chief Rabbi, the Rev. Dr. Adler, with a high eulogium on that gentleman's piety and scholastic attainments. The CHIEF RABBI returned thanks. Mr. C. PEARSON gave the health of the Chairman, humorously reminding him that forty years before they had both, as boys, met at Mr. Richardson's shop, and prophesied the great advances in toleration which had since come to pass. Having sketched the exertions of the chairman in promotion of the great cause of Jewish - emancipation, Mr. Pearson concluded by again propos ing his health to the company. The CHAIRMAN having returned thanks, the remaining toasts were disposed of, and the company separated. We are requested to state that the dinner was pre pared by Messrs, J. Myers and eon. EXTRAMURAL TY SEPULTURE .FOR THE OF LONDON The following extracts contain the prominent parts of the report of Mr. Haywood, the surveyor to the City Commissioners of Sewers, ordered to be printed by the court on the 28th of February : Pursuant to your instructions I beg to submit to you a report giving an outline of the preliminary considerations involved in the important question of providing a place of extramural sepulture for those lying withM the jurisdiction of the City of London or having present right of burial in the churchyards, Szc., situated within its limits. I will at once proceed to submit to you an outline of the considerations which occur to me as those immediately concerning the question of providing a place of extramural sepulture for the inhabitants of the City of London. the The primary considerat ions appear to be—First, site ; secondly, the area. As to the site-1. The situation or site for the proposed cemetery is, to a certain extent, defined by the 9th clause of the Interment Act, which is to the following effect : No new burial-ground or cemetery (parochial or non parochial) shall be provided and used in the metropolis, or within two miles of any part thereof, without the previous approval of one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. By this clause it appears that it is possible that objec tions may be held to apply against every site within two miles of the metropolis. Now for the purpose of the Inter ment Act the metropolis is clearly defined by its interpre tation clauses, and includes a district of large area, and a radius of three or four miles from the centre, although I apprehend, whatever that interpretation might have been, your committee would have preferred a site well placed beyond existing houses, as well as removed from the pro bable encroachments of the metropolis for at least tw o or three generations to come. The existing cemeteries, which sprung into existence by the commercial enterprise of our people, and which, deficient in their management and sys tem, as they may seem when tested by any imaginative standard of perfection, certainly made a vast stride in the right direction, and paved the way to the improved and now universal ideas upon the subject of sepulture, illus trate the necessity of adopting a site at a considerable dis tance from the metropolis, for the whole of them, with the exception of that at Kensall-green, are already surrounded, more or less, by dwelling's, and some of them closely sur- rounded by them. The objection may be started of the difficulty and ex pense of reaching a place of sepulture so far distant from the place of death, but this objection will to a great extent fall to the ground, when it is considered that any site that can, under any circumstances or considerations, be selected, even if the 9th clause of the Burial Act be interpreted in the least restricted sense, cannot well be less than upon a four-and-a-half or five miles radius from the centre of the metropolis, and that probably the cost or difficulty of pro curing suitable ground may place it at the least a mile further off. This, indeed, determines the mode of con ducting funerals of every description for the future. Walk ing funerals for all classes must be abandoned. Funerals can be effected by vehicular transit alone, and the cost of conveyance a mile or two more or less, after the working of the system for a year or so, and when all the economies which may be expected to be gained by time and expe rience have been realised, will, I submit there are fair grounds to imagine, be an insignificant item in the general expense, whilst the advantages of the further distance will be felt to be greater and greater every year as the popula tion increases, and approaches the place of sepulture with • its dwellings. 2dly. The selection of the site may be'in a degree influ enced by considerations of the street traffic upon the route to it, It is manifestly advisable, if possible, to select a site which will enable the funeral processions to reach it without encountering or-being interrupted by a dense and concentrated traffic. If there is truth in this, crossing the river by the bridges would be most objectionable, and the question of site for a City Cemetery appears to be so far narrowed by the northern districts being thus at once in dicated for the purpose. A very considerable range of country is nevertheless still left open to choice, even with this restriction. The evidence collected by the Board of Health is in favour of a north-eastern situation and a high level (provided the soil is suitable), and that the higher the elevation of a cemetery the nearer it may be permitted to be to a city, the reasons given being that "S. and S. W. winds being usually moist hold the putrefactive gases in solution more readily than the W. or N. E. winds, which are dry;" but with adequate area, and with well-devised regulations in other respects, I submit this point is not a primary essential. 3dly. The nature of the soil is, however, next to that of the distance from the metropolis, the most important consideration in the selection of the site ; as it not only has the most direct bearing upon the sanitary consideration in volved in the subject, but as it determines almost entirely the rate of decomposition of the human remains, so it re gulates largely the area of ground that will be required, and upon the area required so will tho first outlay for ground, fencing, and planting, &c., depend. After quoting evidence advising a gravelly soil, not too compact in its nature, and reasonably dry, Mr. Haywood proceeds—" Clay appears to be a soil the worst adapted for interments. It is stated that in a metropolitan cemetery, where there are ' two kinds of soil,' clay and marl, coffins which have been interred 8 years in the former are sound and undecayed, whilst coffins interred in the latter are en tirely decomposed, and their contents dissolved, except part of the bones." But the objections to a clayey soil, or a most boggy soil, are various. Not only do such soils appear to retard de composition, but they are subject, like receptacles herme tically closed, to retain, and under certain circumstances to evolve rapidly, quantities of concentrated and dangerous gases, the products of decomposition. As to the area. Firstly, this depends upon whether it is needful to provide space for the whole number of those who upon an average of years die within the City, or in addition thereto to provide also space for those having right of burial within the City, whether they die in the City or not ; or whether it is needful to provide space only for such a number as, from an average of past years, may be shown to have been buried within the City, upon the assumption that it presents a fair average of the inter ments that may be expected to take place annually in the new cemetery, From the tables prepared by your officer of health, and given in his last annual report, it appears that the total number of deaths in the City were -1848-49 3,763 1849-50 1850-51 1851-52 Average, 3,139 per annum. It may, I think, safely be inferred that nearly the whole of those dying , and included in the average annual number of 3,139, had right of burial within the City, and would have the same right in the new place of sepulture. The number dying out of the City, but with a right of burial within it, as in vaults and family graves, &c., must neces sarily be very limited. I have at present no means of ascer taining this number. From the return furnished you by the Board of Health, showing the number of interments within the City for the seven years ending 1848, the total number of interments was 12,669, the average number per annum being 1,810. Thelexcess of the number dying within the City over those actually buried there, it will be seen is as much as 734. por cent. These figures do not give perhaps a strictly correct proportion, as the returns of the burials are for dif ferent years from those of the mortality by your officer of health, but for this purpose they approximate, I have no doubt, sufficiently close. I have heard that certain parishes have, within the last few years, contracted with cemetery companies for the burial of their poor, and no longer bury within the City. For many years past, also, public feeling upon the subject of intramural interment has induced the middle and wealthier classes to choose their resting-place in the suburban cemeteries ; the actual number of burials has therefore declined of late years, but it may be a question whether, upon the provision of a suitable place of interment, the whole of the City parishes will not at once choose ;it as the legitimate place of burial for their poor, as well as from its probably being the cheapest. The middle classes might resort there as their rightful place of burial, and also upon the grounds of eco nomy; and the wealthier classes might—if in the selection of the sites, the laying out, and in the decency and order of its regulations and maintenance, it approached the me tropolitan cemeteries—choose it as willingly, if not by preference, to any other places of sepulture; and thus in the coarse of a few years the burials within the City Ceme tery might boar a far larger proportion to the deaths within the City than the burials within the City churchyards now do. This is the first point to be determined in reference b the question of area, and I submit that the various considerations here given would tend to show the expe diency of determining the area in reference to the actual number of deaths annually taking place within the City, rather than by the average number of those buried within the City for some years past. The question of area is somewhat narrowed by the City population not being subject to progressive increase like a suburban district — indeed, the houses within the City are yearly becoming numerically less, and the resident population, although according to the decennial returns shown to fluctuate slightly, has been nearly a fixed quantity for the last fifty years. The recommendation given by the Board of Health in their report upon extramural sepulture in 1850 was, " that it be unlawful to inter in any burial ground more than one corpse in a grave." Dr. Sutherland stated to the board, after having made extensive inquiries upon the Continent as to the mode of sepulture there adopted—" In all the cemeteries I visited, with one exception, it appeared to be either the law or the practice to bury only one body in a grave. I found the advantage and necessity of this fully appreciated. From various reports upon extramural se pulture, I gather that at Stuttgard and Munich, the ave rage space required for an adult's grave is about 32 square feet, and the average throughout the Continent appeared to be from 30 to 40 square feet. The depths at which the graves are fixed upon various parts of the Con= tinent are as follows :—At Stuttgard, where the depths vary according to the age of the deceased, the average is about 5 feet 2 inches ; at Glasshulle, 3 feet 5 inches ; at Frankfort, 5 feet 7 inches ; at Munich, 6 feet 7 inches ; in France, from 4 feet 10 inches to 6 feet ; in Austria, if lime is used, 6 feet 2 inches ; and in somes portion of Ger many, from 7 feet to 11 feet. The time which is fixed be tween the reopening a grave for interments, is fixed at Paris 5 years, Munich about 9 years, Leipsic about 15 years, Prussiar2o years, Frankfort 20 years, Stuttgard 4 ls to 18 years. tlnd.eed, the general tendency in the evidence and reports of competent judges is, that from 7 to 10 years is the least time that should elapse between the burial of one eorpse, and the re-opening of the ground for fresh inter ment, it being always understood that the soil of the ceme'!. tery is of a suitable nature. There are strong arguments tp be adduced in favour of burial of but one body in a grave; there are almost equally strong arguments in favour of as signing such a space for each coffin as may prevent their being uncovered when graves are dug adjacent to them ; the rule which places a corpse at such a depth which will ear able decay to proceed gradually is for the same reason good, and the nearer to the abodes of men the more needful that regulations similar to those should be strictly adhered to. The clause 110, in your Sewers Act of 1848, which enacts that five feet should be the least depth between the sur face of the ground and the top of any coffin, appears to have been framed with the soundest wisdom, and should be adhered to whatever way the other points may be determined. If you should determine that more than one body should be permitted to be interred in a grave, then to prevent the denudation of coffins containing human re mains, or the chance of those remains being turned up and exposed, as is so frequently the case, it would be expedient that at least two feet six inches, or three feet of earth should remain between the top of one coffin and the bottom of the other, and to regulate this the most care ful registrations of every depth of grave and every in terment that takes place in it , would be needful. But for sanitary reasons, for the prevention of injurious ema nations, and chance of the exposure of human remains, for the simplification in the management of the ground, faci litation of registration, and other reasons, the interment of but one body in one grave at suitable depths appears to be best. Irrespective of tho other considerations which it ap pearstoof me having at once suggest themselves and urge the pro priety an adequate to aelvl9eicdtingigvillwhgietteslulf9ltletlearYyinagn-oonavtreearanc,rdopaildendtoinilge"si appea ra n ce, aliei lendeeentt THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1853. greatest aid, vegetation is considered of essential use in ' preventing the escape of emanations from the decaying re mains, the power of appropriating the various products given off by the decomposition of organic matter possessed by the vegetable world, the wonderful manner in which roots are known to seek nourishment from remote situations, are facts which need not be referred to to illustrate the self evident efficacy of encouraging a full but appropriate vege tation in a place of sepulture. It appears to be considered that the vegetation that may be cultivated over a grave is only capable of effectually appropriating the material of one interment. -It appears to be the rule upon the Continent to forbid the approach of building within certain distances of the cemeteries, the distances being from about 200 to 600 feet. The site which you may select may be remote from any dwellings or the immediate probability of their erection contiguous to it, yet I beg to submit that its continuance in isolation is a question of time only, and that without any disturbing or retarding causes take place, the time almost may be calculated when dwellings will approach it, and as they do so from the consequently increased price of ground, it would be then more difficult and expensive to purchase the land, in order to prevent their approach to them at present, if land sufficient to fulfil this pur pose when needful was now bought, in all probability it might be let as grass land, or for other purposes, at a rental which would practically prevent both now and ever much loss by the purchase. The area required will be affected by the extent to which ground may be abstracted in the future, by the purchase of the exclusive right of burial in perpetuity in portions of it. The extent of aliena tion by this may indeed greatly depend upon the fees and regulations that may be made in regard to such purchases ; for such sums might by future regulations be required, as would be a prohibition to the custom. The area required will be dependent in a small degree upon the necessity that may exist for providing distinct burial grounds for citizens of various religious denominations. This is a ques tion which will require investigation. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG HOUNDS. Her Majesty's—Monday, Gerrard's-cross ; Wednesday, Knaphill ; Friday, Slough=at half-past eleven. Bath—Tuesday, Wedhampton ; T hursday, Codford ;'Sa turday, Stonehenge—at half-past eleven. Baron Rothschild's—Monday, Grandborough ; Thursday, Rowsham—at eleven. FOX HOUNDS,. Atherstone—Monday, Shelton Village. Duke of Beaufort's—Monday, Boxwell ; Wednesday, George Inn, Sandy-lane ; Thursday, Trouble House ;Sa turday, Yates-rocks. Badsworth—Tuesday, Darfield ; Saturday, Darton Inn —at half-past 10. Bramhem Moor—Monday, The Wild Man ; Wednesday, Gateforth ; Friday, Alwoodley-crag ; Saturday, Beckwith shaw—at eleven. Berkshire— Monday, Milton-hill ; Tuesday, Wet Sand ford ; Friday, Bagley-wood ; Saturday, Bradley-farm—at half-past ten. Cambridgeshire —Monday, Sandy Warren ; Friday, Megre Wood—at half-past ten. Cottesmore—Monday, Witham-on-the-Hill ; Wednes day, Tilfon Wood ; Thursday, The Bull, Witham Common; Stoke-end—at eleven.‘ Durham County—Tuesday, Harperley Toll-bar •; Friday, Storey-gate, at half-past ten. East Essex —Tuesday, Sturmer Lion 2 • Thursday, Moor Gardens ; Saturday, Panfield Green — at half-past ten. Essex and Suffolk—Tuesday, Stour-wood ; Friday, Box field-street--at a quarter to eleven. Herefordshire —Tuesday—Hampton Court—at eleven. Heythrop—Monday, Heythrop ; Wednesday, Ditchley ;. Friday, Farmington-grove ; Saturday, Blenheim—at half past ten. Holderness Monday, Lissett ; Tuesday, Kilnwick Percy ; Thursday, Humbleton ; Friday, Coltingham Castle —at a quarter to eleven. Hurworth—Tuesday, Wellsery ; Saturday, High Wor sell-tollbar—at half-past ten. Isle of Wight--Monday, Parkhurst-forest; Thursday, Appuldurcombe-park — at half-past ten. East Kent—Monday, Stone-cross, near Bilsington ; Thursday, Waltham-street—at half-past ten. Oakley—Monday, Cowper's-oak ; Thursday, Snelson ; Saturday, Dungee-corner—at a quarter to eleven. Ledbury— Monday, Aston Ingham ; Friday, Edwin's wood—at half-past ten. Ludlow—Tuesday, Hope Bagot-park ; Friday, Wigmore Rolls—at half-past ten. Mr. Lumley's Monday, Jockey-house ; Wednesday, Barlbro'—at eleven. Mr. Morgan's—Monday, Horse-bridge ; Thursday,White rooks—at half-past ten. New Forest —Monday, Bolton-bench—at Tues eleven. Tytchley—Monday, Sywell-wood ; da, Rushton y ; Thursday, Dingley ; Saturday, Rockingham—at a quarter to eleven. Raby—Monday, Hartforth ; Wednesday, Kennel ; Fri day, Grove—at eleven. Duke of Rutland's—Monday, Cmxton-park ; Thursday, Belvoir ; Friday, Syston-park—at half-past ten. Somerset Subscription—Tuesday, Langham-brake ; Fri day, Asholt-wood—at half-past ten. Shropshire, Monday, Picklecote-village—at half-past 10. Lord Southampton's, Monday, Foster's-booth, at 11 ; Wednesday, Canon's Ashby, at 12 ; Friday, Westen-wild ; Saturday, Tile-house—at 11. Suffolk, Tuesday, Rushbrooke-hall ; Thursday, Horse heath-mill—at a quarter to 11. Surrey Union, Monday, Fair-mile • Thursday, Ewhurst village ; Saturday, Duckhurst—at h alf-past 10. Sir R. Sutton's, Monday, Staunton Harold-park ; Tues day, Grooby-village ; Friday, Bardon-hall—at 11. Warwickshire, Monday, Earl's Wood-common; Tuesday, Mitford-bridge; Thursday, Cubbington-gate, at quarter to 11; Friday, Kineton, at 12. Wheatland, Tuesday, Cressage-park—at half-past 10. Worcestershire, Monday, Bedford-gate ; Tuesday, Mart , ley ; Thursday, Severn-stoke ; Friday, Round-hill—at half -past 10. RAILWAY RETURNS. TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK. Miles opened, NAME OF RAILWAY. BRITOIL Aberdeen ..e• •• •• ••• •• •• •• • •• •• Belfast and Ballymena • ..... ........ Belfast and County Down•. • Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Bolton, Blackburn, and West York Bristol and Exeter •••••••••••••••••• Caledonian... ....... Chester and H01yhead............... Cork, Blackrock, and Passage .• •• • • Cork and Bandon .. • • .............. Dublin and Belfast Junction • Dublin and Drogheda• • •• .. ......... Dublin and Kingstown • • .. • • • • ...... Dundee and Arbroath •• • • .. ••.. • • .. Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction i Dundalk and Enniskillen.• 3 East Anglian.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 East Lancashire • • . ..... Eastern Counties and N0rf01k ...•.... EastemUnion•••••• •• •• •••••• •••••• Edinburgh and Glasgow . • ........ Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee....•• Exeter and Crediton.. •• . ..... •••••• Furness Railway ... ............ Glasgow, and South-Western........ Great Northern and E. L..... •• .. Great Southern and Westerngreland) Great Western •• • • .............. Irish South Eastern • • • • • • • • .• • • • • • • Lancaster and Carlisle • • Lancashire and Y0rk5hire............ Leeds Northern .. • . • • .......... Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport.... London and North Western . . • • London and Blackwall.• • • • • • • .• London, Brighton, and South Coast.. London and South Western. • • ...... Londonderry and Enniskillen • Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Manchester and South Junction • • .... Maryport and Carlisle ..... Midland Midland Great Western (Irish) ...... Monklandsi •••• • • • • ••••••• • •• •• • • _ _ Newcastle and Carlisle.. • • North British •••••••••••••••••••••• North Staffordshire .. North-West•irn ..... Scottish Central Scottish Midland •• •• •• •• ••• •• • • Shrewsbury and Birmingham Shrewsbury and Chester •••• • Shropshire Union .. •• •• •• •• •••• •• . South Devon••••••••••••••• •••••• • South Ea5tern..................... South Wales ••••••••••••• • •• • • •• • South York., Doncaster, and Goole • Taff Vale •••• •• •••••••• •••••••••• • Ulster. •••• •• • . Waterford and Limerick •• ... West Cornwall •• •• •• •• •• ••• Whitehaven Junction York and Newcastle, and Berwick.. York and North Midland. • • • iroznoti. Dutch Rhenish ................... Maria Antonia •• .• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• • Montereau and Troyes ............. Namur and Liege .. •• •• •• •• •• •• •• . 4435 i 577 240 Northern of France_ • • • • • • • • • • Orleans and Central* .. ••••••• Paris and Lyons •• •• •• •••• •• •• •• • Paris and Rosen• •••••• •••• •• •••• Paris and Strasburgh ••...•••••..• Rosen and Havre• ••• ...... ..• . Western of France 891 154 941 1,069 20,092 19,627 11,745 6,405 8,618 2,7 6 3,340 1,447 23,679 25,602 11,375 7,936 15,292 2,938 3,662 * The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines. GREAT SHAKESPERIAN FESTIVAL IN WARWICKSHIRE. —A grand county demonstration to commemorate the birth of the immortal Shakespeare, is appointed to take place at Stratford-on-Avon, on Tuesday, April 26. In the morning the company will make a pilgrimage to the home and grave of the illustrious bard. At the former place an address will be delivered by Mr. G. Linnaeus Banks, of Birmingham and at the latter another by Mr. James Bennett, tragedian, and on each occasion the ad dress will be followed by Steven's glee—" The Cloud capt Tower," which will be sung by a monster choir. A musical festival will also be given in the afternoon, in the Shakespeare Rooms. During the interval, Mr. Vandenhoff will deliver an oration upon the genius and writings of the poet. The interesting proceedings will terminate by a dinner at the Town-Hall, when the chair will be taken by Mr. Benjamin Webster, the lessee of the Adelphi Theatre. We have no doubt the festival will attract an immense number of the admirers of the great English bard from all parts of the kingdom. CURIOUS DEATH OF A SEAMAN.— On Monday morning week, John Smith, a seaman, fell,asleep in the kitchen of a lodging-house in Union-street, kept by Mrs. Evans. In the morning the laridlady heard him crying out in the yard, and, on her son's wife going there, she found him with his clothes in a blaze. While in liquor he had care lessly put his lighted pipe in his coat poCket, which it is supposed set his clorthes on fire. He was immediately conveyed to the Nt 'Ahern Hospital, where he died yes terday morning-:--/ tit/07)001 Times. [ADvßaTissmitrr..]—Holloway's Ointment and Pills, a certain and effect ual Remedy for the Diseases of the Skia.—Ringworm , scurvy, leprosy, jaundice, scrofula or king's evil, sore l' leads, and the most inveterate skin dis eases to which the human race is subject, cannot be treated with a 'more certain, saft and speedy remedy for their cure than, Holloway's Ointment and Pills, which act so peculiarly .on the constitution, and so effectually , purify the lalood, that those diseases are quickly eradi cated fre'm the system and a lasting cure is obtained. These sovereign remedies are equally efficacious in curing tumours, buries;' 8 - Falds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds * rheumati4Tn contracted and stiff joints.—Sold at all eouggists, an d at grofessor 110119waY'r ( 7 4 4 0 440 14 ' . ment, 04t Stran ) d, London, FROM THE LON. of YESTERDAY. WHITEHALL, MARCH 31. The Queen has been pleased by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, bearing date the 29th day of March instant, to ordain and declare that the borough of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster shall be a City, and shall be called and styled "The City of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster." CROWN-OFFICE, MARCH 30. MEMBERS RETURNED.TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of Bridgnorth—John Pritchard, of Broseley, in the county of Salop, Esq., in the room of Sir Robert Pigott, Bart., whose election has been declared void. April 1. Borough of Blackburn.—Montague Joseph Fielden, of Feniscowles, in the county of Lancaster, Esq., in the room of William Eccles, Esq., whose election has been declared void. WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 1. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class Cosmo Gordon Logie, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice George Gulliver, who retires upon half-pay, April 1. 3rd Dragoon Guards —Lieutenant Henry Heywood Lonsdale to be Captain, by purchase, vice Broughton, who retires ; Cornet John David Hay Hill to be Lieutenant by purchase, vice Lonsdale, April 1. Ist Dragoons—Lieutenant George Campbell to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Morgan, who retires • Cornet St. John William Chiverton Charlton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Campbell, April 1. Coldstream Guards—Assistant-Surgeon John Wyatt, from the sth Dragoon Guards, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Skelton, promoted, April 1. Ist Regiment of Foot—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Bur ton Daveney to be Major, without purchase, vice Brevet- Lieutenant-Colonel Deane, deceased ; Lieutenant Spencer Vansittart to be Captain, without purchase, vice Daveney ; Ensign Montague Adam I. Legge to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Vansittart, Match 19. 13th Foot—Captain William Henry Underwood, from half-pay 21st Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice Mein, who exchanges ; Lieutenant John Busby to be Captain, by purchase, vice Underwood, who retires ; Ensign Edward Boyd to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Busby, April 1. 2Gth Foot—Ensign Edward. Halford Pierce Elderton to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Roberts promoted ; Lieutenant William Edward Wallace to be Adjutant, vice Roberts, promoted, April 1. 27th Foot—Ensign Joseph P. O'Loghlin, from the 95th Foot, to be Ensign, vice J. W. B. O'Loghlin, promoted, April I._ 30th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Wm. Johnstone Fyffe, M.D., from the Staff, tb be Assistant-Surgeon, vice John Macnamara, M.D., who retires upon half-pay, April 1. 46th Foot—Ensign Alfred Henry Waldy, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Eustace, who retires, April 1. 79th Foot—James Nicholas Bell, Gent., to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Scot, promoted in the 48th Foot, April 1. 98th Foot—Major Daniel Rainier, to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Sir Colonel Campbell, K.C.8., who retires upon half-pay, as a Lieu tenant-Colonel, unattached ; Brevet-Major Edmund Hay thorne to be Major, by purchase, vice Rainier ; Lieutenant Octavius Latouche to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hay thorne ; Ensign Norris Goddardto be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice Latouche• ' Serjeant-Major John Gillespie to b e Quarter-Master, vice John Riordan, who retires upon half pay, April 1. 2d West India Regiment.—Major Herbert Mends to be Lieutenant-Colonel,without purchase, vice Jones, deceased, Feb.' 14; Captain Henry Wase Whitfield to be Major, without purchase, vice Mends • Captain Herbert Wat kin Williams ynn from the 7th Foot, to be Major, by purchase, vice Whitfield, whose promotion, by pur chase, on Feb. 15, has been cancelled ; Lieutenant William Elliot Mockler, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Whit field ; Ensign Horatio James Wise, to be Lieutenant, with out purchase, vice Mockler ; Garrison-Serjeant-Major John Kavanagh, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Wise, April 1. HOSPITAL STAFF. Robert Ferguson, Gent., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Lapsley, appointed to the 74th Foot, April 1. MEMORANDIIM.—Major-General Sir Henry Floyd, Bart. (Lieutenant-Colonel on half-pay, Unattached), has been permitted to retire from the service by the sale of his com mission, April 1. The promotion of Lieutenant James Owen Bovill, of the 2d West India Regiment , by purchase, on Feb. 15, in suc cession to Captain Whitfield, has been cancelled. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE-APRIL 1. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Lieutenant-General Sir Robert William Gardiner, K.C.8., to be Colonel Com mandant, vice Lieutenant-General James Webber Smith, C. 8., deceased, March 22. Corps of Royal Engineers—Brevet-Major Robt. Kears ley Dawson to be Lieutenant-Colonel; Brevet-Major Henry Tucker to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Forbes, deceased; Second Captain Chas. Duesbery Robertson to be Captain, vice Tucker, March 29. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Ist Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's own Militia— Lieutenant Clarence Horatio Cary to be Captain, March 21. Lancashire Hussars—Adolphus Monbert, Gent., to be Cornet, vice Hawarden Gillibrand Fazackerley, deceased. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—Charles Henry Knox, Esq., a Captain, unattached, in her Majesty's Land Forces, to be Major, March 21. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Staffordshire. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Joseph Challinor to be Lieutenant, vice Cruso, resigned ; Sergison Hyde Smith, Gent., to be Cor net, vice Challinor, promoted, March 26. Essex Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the East Essex Regiment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps. Benjamin Bunting, B s A en N ., K ß ß e lj nj P a T in S in Bunting, jun., and Robert Durrant, tallow chandlers, Norwich, to surrender April 8, at two, and May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. 011211931, official assignee, Aldermanbuiy ; Hudson, Sparrow, and Coupland, Bucklersbury, and Bailey, Norwich. John Broome, licensed victualler, late of Air-street, Pic cadilly, now of Birmingham, April 13 and May 12, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; East, Birmingham. Thomas Nathaniel Ashman, currier, Yeovil, April 12 , and May 4, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Smith, Bristol; Stogdon, Exeter. Alexander Walker, brewer, Somerset, April 14, and May 12, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court, Hutton, official assignee, Bristol ; Sheard and Baker, Old Jewry ; Whittington and Gribble, Bristol. John Fare, miller, Marton, Lancashire, April 12, at twelve, and May 3, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Liddell, Foul ton-le-Fylde ; Atkinson, Liverpool. Henry Crowther, cabinet maker, Titchbourne-street, Eclgeware-road, April 9 and M a y 7, a t half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Roscoe, King-street, Finsbury. DIVIDENDS. At the Court, Basinghall-street. S. Handley, Brixton, builder, April 22, at eleven—G. Enser and G. Pearce, Bethnal-green-road, grocers, April 22, at twelve—C. M. Darby, Regent-street, Marylebone, printer, April 22, at one—J. Mariott, Gracechurch-street, oil and Italian warehouseman, April 26, at one—C. Walker,iLiinghall-street, and Leeds, woollen cloth-manu• facturer, April 26, at half-past twelve. In the Country. T. Young, Hartlepool, grocer, April 29, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—A. Frazer, Newcastle-upon Tyne, corn-merchant, April 22, at one,•at the Court, New castle-upon-Tyne—W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gunmaker, April 29, at twelve, at the Court, Newcastle upon-Tyne—D. Gibson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer, April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne-- 3. Hawkins, Nottingham, currier, April 22, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham. PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS. S. Wagstaffe and T. Bayliss, Kidderminster, carpet manufacturers, second dividend of is. O)d., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. W. J. Buck, Queen's-road, Dalston, dealer, is. 2d., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall street. J. Bryant, Stoke Newington, builder, Did., on Tues day, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennell, Basinghall-street. R. F. Long and R. W. Long. Gray's-inn-place' and Warwick-street, Regent-street, Middlesex, builders, W., on Tuesday, April 5, or any subsequent Tuesday, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Pennel, Basinghall street. S. P. Willis, Portsea, trader, 3s. 2d., on Saturday next, and the three subsequent Saturdays, between eleven and two, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. At the Court, Basinghall-street. J. Pugh, Peckham tailor, April 22, at half-past twelve, In the COuntry. W. Davison, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gunmaker, April 29, at half-past twelve, at the Court, Newcastle-upon-Tyne — S. Dudgeon, Litchurch,i Derby, builder, April 22, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—T. Gaunt, Newark-upon- Trent, Nottinghamshire, coal merchant, April 25, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—J. Fass, Far Town, Huddersfield, innkeeper, April 22, at eleven, at the Court, Leeds. CERTIFICATES GRANTED. • - R. Tate, jun., irxiariige-moor, Middlesex, miller, certi ficate of the second class—H. Clavert, Petersfield, South ampton, woollen draper, certificate of the second class— H. N. Humphreys, Dorchester-place, Middlesex, book seller, certificate of the second class—W. S. Rumsay, Queen-street•place, Upper Thames-street, druggist, certi ficate of the third class—W. Hodge, Great Marlborough street, Westminster, wholesale stationer, certificate of the third class—J. Oliver, Liverpool, draper, certificate of the class, subject to a suspension of twelvemonths from the 12th day of March last. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. - - - • C. Beaumont and J. Beaumont, Huddersfield, Yorkshire —J. A. Blogden' and R. Turner, Petworth, Sussex, sur geons—G. Mold, and J. Mold, Northampton, builders —J. Boothroyd, T. Haywood, and W. Warriner, Shef field, cabinet-makers—H. Boyle, J. Gill, W. Men nell, and J. Pitts, Leeds, flax spinners—E. Henry, R. L. Henry, and J. Valery, Budge-aow, City, im porters of foreign goods (so far as regards R. L. Henry) J. Smorthwaite and W. Smorthwaite, Barking, bread and biscuit bakers—T. Lamb, A. Magraw, and R. Hodg son, Liverpool, house and ship joiners —G. Wilkin and R. Cockburn, Monkwearrnouth, Durham, ale and porter mer chants—G. S. Amsinck and J. Matthews, Wood-street, Westminster, brewers—W. Astins and R. A. Fish, engra vers and printers—H Grace, son., and H. Grace, jun, Egham, tailep—J. Spencer and J. Ratcliff, Bradford, Yorkshire, medical botanists—C. E. Bedoe, W. T. Gant, and R. Brook, Bradford, Yorkshire, linendrapors—D. Hill and T. Wood, Manchester, wholesale clothiers --E. Kovacs and H. Oswald, Manchester, foreign booksellers --J. Bram well and J.Bramwell,Glossop,Derbyshire,wholesale grocers mann -faclttiu..Searnsdeorfs and F. (331warraradsa,nBdellCI.sleB, Maiden-lane,rr wickahire, farmers—W. G ars tang and A. Platt, h As ton-m- Mackerfield s , Lancashire, coal merchants —C. Co,dle and T if. J. Ferriss, Newent, Gloucestershire, mercer —Mary Gr as,Larigioy, fiths and F. A. Jacobs, Cheltenham, livery stable-keepers —G. C. Kewley and W. Mason, Huyton, Lancashire, manu facturing chemists—J. Thimbleby and J. Thimbleby, Chip ping Barnet, Hertfordshire, pawnbrokers—J. Firth and W. Nussoy, Leeds, linendrapers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. William Hanson, Lindley, Yorkshire, wool trader. James Wallas, Wigton , Cumberland, shoemaker. James Yeomans, Camph ouse, Cumberland, joiner. Henry Browne, St. Margaret, Norfolk, porter. James Partridge, Sharnbreois Bedfordshire, wheel wright, John Butler, St. Ives, carpenter. James Case, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, bricklayer. Hannah Kenworthy, Openshaw, Lancashire, plasterer. John Pownall, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, shopman. John Leak, Preston, Lancashire, shopkeeper. Evan Davies, George Town, Glamorganshire, fitter-up. John Powell, Dowlais, Glamorganshire, wheelwright. William Clayton, Warrington, Lancashire, currier. Joseph Vince, Layer Marney, Essex, veterinary surgeon. Alfred Medealf, Braintree, Essex, butcher. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. J. Kirk, Drumdryan, Edinburgh, brewer, to meet April 8, and April 29, at two, within the Chambers of Messrs. Rolland' and Thomson, Edinburgh. BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account pursuant to the Act 7th and Hth Victoria, cap 32, for the Week ending on Saturday the 26th day of March, 1853. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued .. • • .. .. 32,584,005 Government debt.... 11,015,100 Other securities ...... 2,984,000 Gold coin and bullion 18,561,851 Silver bu1'10n........ 19,151 £32,581,005 I £32,584,005 M. MiIISHAIL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 31st day of March, 1853. BANKING DEPARTMENT. Proprietors' capital .. 14,553,000 Rest .......... 3,630,633 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Say ing's Banks, and Government securities (includg.Dead Weight Annuity) 13,461,538 Other seenrWes...... 15,931,447 No ZCS • • .. .. 10,790,310 Gold and silver coin.. 638,991 Dlvidend Accounts) 8,483,758 Other deposi , s Seven Day and other 8i115.... ..... 1,351,103 £40,725,286 240,725,286 MARSTIA.LL, Chief Cashier. Dated ti.o 31st day of March, 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 29th day of March, 1853, is 275. 7d. per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the im portation thereof into Great Britain. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-APRIL 1. ENTERED INWARDS. — The Lord John Russell, from Harlingen ; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Secret, Rouen ; Nuovo Albano, Malta ; Briery Hall, ditto ; Francisca Guiseppina, Leghorn ; Diana, Amsterdam ; City of Bou logne, Boulogne. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.--The City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk ; Ocean, Havre ; Albion, Bou logne ; Leontine, Bremen ; Moselle, Rotterdam ; Gibson Craig, Port Philip ; Baretto Junior, ; Dalmatic, Con stantinople ; Cairo, Jamaica. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Sophie, for Sydney ; Caroline, Rouen • Prince Rupert, Quebec, &c. ; Kleine Maria, Dantzic • Flecha, Ghent ; Triton, Ostend ; Fame, Calais ; Moselle, ; John Bull, Hamburg; Fergus, Memel ; Princess Helene, Valparaiso ; Catherine Greene, St. Kitt's ; Antilles, Melbourne ; Arnais, Bombay; Secundo, Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. The sloop Platina, of Chester, sunk near Puffin's Island —crew saved by lifeboat. The Parana, arrived from Maceio, on the 9th of March, in lat. 29 N., long 43 W. , experienced a shock as if the vessel had struck on a rock or sunken wreck. The Star of Brunswick, for Bideford, parted her chains last night, and drove ashore last night on Crosby Point, where she remains. A brigantine was seen to founder off the Skerries on the 30th March, by the Three Brothers, arrived from Cardiff. The Daring, arrived from St. Domingo, was making water the entire voyage. On the 10th of March, in lat. 44 N. long. 23 W., she encountered a heavy gale from S.W., which swept away stancheons, bulwarks, and everything loose on deck. A small schooner grounded off Holyhead this day. Three men took to the boats, which upset, and they were drowned. A barque, with loss of main and mizen topmasts, was off Holyhead. at 12 o'clock. The Blanch, from New Orleans, is the vessel seen off Gun Key, with sails clewed up, by the Emma Fields. Two men have fallen overboard, one of whom was lost. • ELSINEUR, March 23.—The Eurydice, M`Kinlay, arrived here from London, reports having seen nine ships on shore off Laesbe on the 20th March. WARKWORTH, March 31.—The Fame, which was on shore on the Boulmer Rocks on the 28th, was got off. GRIMSBY, March 30.—The Abeyne, which ran on shore below this place on the 24th February, was got off the beach, after being sold, and towed in here. NAPLES, March 26.—The Eos, Alexandria to England, put in yesterday, leaky, with cargo shifted, and may hare to discharge. NEW YORK, March 19.—The Cambyses, New Orleans to Liverpool, which struck on Florida Reef on the 9th Feb ruar7 and had been condemned, has been refitted, and is loading for New York. The Catherine Augusta, hence for Australia, which put into Rio Janeiro in December, leaky, is expected to be condemned. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Glen Huntley, from Batavia, in the Straitsof Sands, on the 14th Dec. The Camertonian, from Calcutta, Jan. 16. The Siren, from AlgOa. Bay, Jan. 22. The Mary Ridley, London to Bombay, Fob. 1, lat. 23 S., long. 28 W. The Bellona, Liverpool to Demerara, Feb. 27, lat. 17 N., _ _ long. 37 W. - The Leodes, for Australia, Jan. 28, lat. 25, S., long. 28 W. The Henrietta, Lima to Swansea, Feb. 13, lat. 2 N. long. 25 W. The Undine, Demerara to Liverpool, March 12, off Flores. The Niagara, steamer, for Boston, 22nd lat. 51 N., long. 20 W. The Australia, Amoy to Trinidad, Dec. 28, lat. 8 S., long. 103 E. The Astoria, Shanghai to Liverpool, Jan. 8, lat. 21 S., long. 77 E. The Simoom, Singapore to Liverpool, 20th, lat. 30 S., long. 11 E. The Lord George Bentinck, Calcutta to Demerara, 31st, lat. 33 S., long . 15 E. The Earl of onsdale, Liverpool to Singapore, Feb. 23, lat. 2 N., long 22 W. The Australia, Cardiff to Bahia, 20th, lat. 4 N., long 24 W. The Kron Princesse Caroline, London to Rio Janeiro, Feb. 26, lat. 1 N„ long. 19 W. No. 7,681 2nd dist. pend., Singapore to the Clyde, March 3, lat. 6 N., long. 22 W. The Mona, Mauritius to Queenstown, sth, lat. 10 N., long. 27 W. The Borneo, Mauritius to London, 11th, lat. 24 N., long. 40 W. The Adroit, steering E., 27th, lat. 46 N., low". 10 W. The Auguste, steering S.W. , 28 th , lat. 49 N. long. 7 W. The Florentian , for Australia, Jan. 30. Ist:24 S., long. 26 W. The Emerald, Cardiff to Barbadoes, Feb. 22, lat. 18 N., long. 39 W. The Mary Bibby, Liverpool to Antigua, 24th, lat. 21 N., long. 38 W. The Laura, Liverpool to St. Kitt's 25th, lat. 31 N., long. 37 W. The Elvira. Owens, Liverpool to New Orleans, 28th, lat. 26 N., long. 36 W, The Laura, Boston to Australia, March 7, lat 35 N. long. 39 W. The General List, steering S., Jan. 25, lat. 23 S., long. 27 W. The Eliza, from Plymouth, 31st, lat. 15 S., long. 27 W. The Brookery, of London, from Plymouth, Feb. 11, lat. 3 N., long. 21 W. The William Frederick, from Newport, 14th, lat. - 4 N., long. 24 W. The Harkaway, Calcutta to Trinidad, Jan. 7, lat. 35 S., long. 22 E. The Caller, London to Sydney, New South Wales, Feb. 8, lat 3 N., long. 21 W. The Alice Maud, London to Algoa Bay, same day. The John Cooper, London to Bombay, Feb. 9, lat. 5 N., long. 21 W. The Guardian, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, Feb. 10, lat. SN. long. 22 W. The Sea Nymph, Newcastle to Baltimore, Feb. 17, lat. 48 N., long. 10 W. The Akbar, Mauritius to the Clyde, March 4, lat. 8 N., long. 25 W. The Petrel, Calabar to Liverpool, March 12, lat. 29 N., long 38 W. The Vine, Demerara to London, March 20, lat. 37 N., long. 31 W. The Triton, Hamburg to Sydney, New South Woks, Feb. 14, on the line. The Ydun, Portsmouth to Bahia, Chieftain, an d Cen turion, both London to Bombay, all same day. The John Wickliffe, Bombay to London, M ar ch 11, lat. 34 N., long. 38 W. The Governor Doherty, March 14, lat . 38 N., long. 37 W. The Rialto, from London, bound West, March 20, lat. 42 N., long. 28 W. March 17, W . The Priesnitz, Liverpool to New York , 45 N., long. 23 W. The Retriever, from Dundee , bound Wfoersts,ansamFeradancy. Francisco, The Acteon barque, of Liverpool, March 29, 50 miles E. of Cape Horn. Cardiff to Sa n Francisco, The John Ormford, of Lo ndon, Jan. 12, lat. 38 S., long. 41 The Swift brig, Port W ndon, March 24, lat. Philip W. Lo 48 N., long. 20 W. The Halifax barque,London to P ort Phili p , Fob. 20, 'at. 12 S., long. 26 W. m 25 W. March 12, l toa t. Q 4 u S eels l t o o n w g. n 2 , The Hebe schooner, Feb.. 23, auxiti The Isabel barque, tat. 31 N., long. 43 W. Falmouth, March 14 lat. 36 N The Jamaica, Bahia to , „ long 39 W. 01, t o Panama, Nov. 24, lat. 36 S Th e Emma, Liven% ) long. 75 W. Cardiff to San Francisco, Dec. 18, lat 5 S The Fanny, • long. 65 W. Th e Senator, Liverpool to San Francisco, Nov. 14, off Cape Horn. •,,,h r y Gardn, Liverpool to San F ranc i sco , Jan. 17, lat. 17 ---el3 /4., long. erll2 • The Decision, Cardiff to San Francisco, about Feb. 3, off Santa Barbara Island. The Cumberland, Liverpool to San Francisco, Dec. 29. TIM ROYAL DOCKYARD LEIGADE.—The Plymouth Mail says •.—" The Lords of the Admiralty have signi fied to the ununiformed officers and men of the dockyard battalions that they will not be granted new clothing this year. Their lordships are determined, it would ap. tear, that no efforts of theirs shall be wanting to render this branch of the service as ludicrous as possible in the sight of the public. The treatment the officers have ex perienced from their worthy lords and masters have so disgusted them, that the majority would'hail the sweep ing away of what has been reared to become a nuisance to them with no little delight. The various dances they have been compelled to perform since its infancy have been so numerous that it is with difficulty they can be remembered. First, minuet—next, polka—and now quadrilles. What will take place before the " Dead March" it is impossible to conceive, but we would sug gest that whatever is finally i n t en d e d s h ou ld, in cons' : deration of the feelings of all concerned, be announced . forthwith, rather than th e f arce • o f c i v il soldiering should continue any longer." 72 263 85% 189 M 941 i _634 171% 285% 188 319% 181 1553% 17314 253 U 34% 11% 167% 9ii 28 498% 126 288 131 304)6 279 Receipts. 1852. 1858. 1,590 .£1,5 42 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the London Ncw Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.—Of colonial there is a plentiful supply, and home dealers not being disposed to make large purchases prices have declined for all sorts, still consumption is not smaller and stocks are much under last year. To-day there was a better assortment of West India sugar. Home dealers operated with reluctance, and sales were only 64 hhds, &c., making for the week 291. Prices, compared with those current previous to the holidays, show a decline of 6d per cwt for both refining and grocery sorts. REFINED.—SuppIy is yet scanty of all sorts of refined, and home dealers having been desirous to operate, full prices obtained. Sales of brown lumps made at 465, Tittlers low to fine 46s 6d to 49s 6d, double 508 to' 528, Hamburgh loaves 47s to 51, double 52s to 545, standard lumps 475. Wet lumps are less required, there are sellers of low to mid. at 41s 6d to 42s 6d, good to fine 43s to 445, whilst production is evidently on the increase. To-day Refined Sugar met with little notice for home trade purposes, yet at present brown lumps cannot be obtained under 46s per cwt. Few buyers of crushed sugar for shipping, and in some cases there are sellers at rather lower prices. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon the quantity of Mauritius Sugar offered at public sale amounted to 3,500 bags. The demand was limited and 2,600 sold at lower rates, making Leanne for the week 'of Gd and in some miles of is per cwt, fine and good yellow went at 3G3 to 37s 6d, low to mid 31s 6d to 35s 6d, good to fine brown 33s to 345, mid to fine grainy yellow . 36s to 39A, and refining 33s to 36s 6d EAST INDIA.—Of grainy Madras supply is large, and prices have given way 6d per cwt, still a good demand prevails. This afternoon Bengal sugar was only in limited request. Of 3,900 bags at auction only 2,000 sold at 6d per cwt decline, making a fall of 6d to is for the week — good to fine grainy yellow went at 38s to 39s 6d, fair to mid white do 40s to 41s 6d ; Benares, fine 38s to 38s 6d, low to good 35s 6d to 37s Gd. Of Madras 2,000 bags were in part disposed of at lower terms, ord to mid grocery at 33s to 365, good 36s 6d to 37s 6d, and low to fine soft yel low 29s to 32s 6d. FORElGN.—Continental accounts do not represent any further advance for Sugar, yet supply does not exceed the demand. To-day there was less inquiry after floating car goes of Foreign Sugar, and previous terms cannot bo ob tained. Duty paid parcels met with little novice, and prices continue to give way. COCOA.—A reluctance is evinced to operate in West India, and prices have a downward tendency, although larger parcels are not on offer. The value of Trinidad is for low to mid red 35s 6d to 38s, better sorts 38s Gd to 43s grey from 31s to 355, and Grenada 30s to 36s per cwt. Stock still exceeds that of last year, but consumption is favourable. In Foreign sales have been trifling -- Bahia at 25s to 25s 6d, P ara 26 s t o 27 5 , an d Guay a quil' 34s to 365. Stock is almost the same as last year. MOLASSES.—The currency is still 16s to 18s for low to fine West India, the market however has a quiet appear ance, and supply is rather larger. Prices for Bengal and Mauritius rule at 14s Od to 15s, Cuba and Porto Rico 17s to 18s, but few buyers are to be met with. Honey is fully as dear, . and in good demand, with a limited supply. Tamarindslwanted—West India at 26s to 465, and East India Os to 14s per cwt. COFFEE.— In Native Ceylon purchases have been upon a small scale for all purposes this week, and prices are rather lower, ruling for good ord new import at 48s, and old 76s 6d per cwt. To day there was no public sale of any sort of coffee, and privately purchases were trifling, both by ex porters and home dealers, prices closing with a downward tendency, both for colonial and foreign. There are sellers of good ord Native new import at 48s, and low to good ord 478 3d to 47s 6d per cwt. TEA.—Green continues in extensive request for home trade purposes, and speculators have been again operating ; last week's improved terms are well sustained, at which there are not generally sellers. Rum.—To-day rice met with little notice privately, and in auction 2,000 bags Bengal were taken in at lls to Ils 6d for very good white. SPlCES.—Although nutmegs are in larger supply, still full rates have been obtained. At auction 60 cases sold freely, common to low brown at 2s to 2s 6d, mid to good mid 2s 7d to 3s, good. 3s id to 3s sd, and fine 3s 6d to 38 7d per lb. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—The better sorts of Jamaica rum have been in brisker request since our last report, and stock being light an advance has been obtained. There is still a reluctance to do business in lower kinds, yet in the currency we have no change to record. COCHINEAL. — The demand continues active, and there -is a further advance of ld per lb. In auction 230 bags were disposed of ; Teneriffe, silvers at 4 s 2 d to 4 s 4 d , blacE-. 4s 6d to 4s 9d, Mexican silvers good to fine 4s to 4s 2d, ord to good black 4s to 4s 4d, Honduras ord to mid silvers 4s to 4s 3d. To-day there was no increase in demand for rough salt petre, and at auction 990 bags Calcutta were taken in at 2s 6.1 for B?,> to 7i per cent. refraction, being barely the former value. INDIGO.—The market for East India is in a firm posi tion, several purchases have been made by exporters and home dealers, the terms obtained are 2d, and in some cases 3d per lb above last quarterly sales. Previous advanced prices are well supported for Spanish, and a good demand exists, Guatemala Flores, at 5s 8d to 6s, Sobres 4s 5d to 5s 7d, Cortes 3s to 4s 4d, and Carracas 3s 2d to 5s 10d per lb. None has been offered at auction this week. TALLOW.—A larger demand has been experienced for Russian on the spot since last week, and prices have advanced. Fine yellow Candle selling at 44s 9d to 45s per cwt. For delivery in last three months of the year many contracts have been concluded, and 45s to 45s 3d is now the currency. Home melted in limited supply, and cannot be obtained under 45s 6d cash. This afternoon tallow was in good demand at the public sales, and stiffer rates were paid. Of Australian 1,100 casks were mostly sold ; low to fine beef at 41s to 42s 6d, mutton 40s 6d to 45s ; 76 casks Italian 43s 6d. to 44s 6d ; and 81 casks Petersburgh 43s 6d to 43s 9d per cwt. Stock of tallow is 10,000 casks less than last year. OILS.—The demand for cocoa nut continues active, and rates rule firm, Cochin at 40s to 41s, and other sorts 38s to 39s Gd per cwt. A large demand exists for palm, and 32s to 33s paid for mid to fine quality. Rape oil sells more freely, yet brown can be obtained at 33s to 345, refined 36s to 36s Gd, and foreign 37s 61. Lard oil is cheaper, 60s to 61s having been accepted. Olive remains in small supply and rates rule firm ; Gallipoli at 691 to 71/, and other sorts 651 to 681 per tun. Ground nut wanted at 46s to 46s 6d, and Gingelly at 47s to 455. There is a reluctance to operate in seal ; pale can be obtained at 341 to 34110 d, and other sorts at 311 to 34/. Cod is dull of sale at 331 to 331105. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS.—March 31. SUGAR has been in fair demand, but the transactions are rather confined, on account of the market having been par tially closed. About 400 hhds Demerara have been dis posed of at 33s 6d to 35s 6cl ; 7,500 bags East India, in cluding Benares, at 39s 6d ' • dates at 36s 6d to 375; low dingy to low middling white Bengal at 36s to 37 s 6d ; and Khaur at 29s 6cl. Also about 400 bags white Pernams at 22s 6d to 23s per cwt. MOLASSES.—A large business has been done for arrival, two parcels of Antigua having changed hands at casks(in 19s ; a cargo of Cuba Muscovado at 18s 6d. ; a nd 700 direct, via Halifax) at 18s per cwt. have been sold at RUM.—Nearly 400 puns Demerara rather easier prices. and of 1800 bags so . . COFFEE.—At the public sales on Tuesday there was not much desire to operate for export , offered about 650 were sold, at 46s 6d for St. Domin , for Maracaibo. 37s tos2s6clfor Bahia ; and at 60s 6d to 62s ad per cwt. g at 9s 6cl to Os 9d for broken, up to 11s 6 RlCE.—About 2,000 bags Bens have goodbdeenfotrakveenrychi.efly wh T i E te A ; .— al Th so e 2o m o ar ti k er e c t e r s e C m a a r i o n l s iu g a u , is with reported off the coast. quiet but p fi e rm r c , w a t n . d out any new feature. Several vesselsatf3roimd Shanghaito oBdper l a b re . 150 bags black pepper are reported andD R a Y bo s u Ar J tonss.— t 61 lOs to 6/ 15s per ton for nitrate saitpe tr e o , f soda eh ierl y a are t ta r k im en str e has been in fair request, reported thirds tto best a t 1 seconds c o 6 n d d ; s Tyrol rlo4ls .3cialstoopelfroscrsw ß f t o . e r nga ,_ 30s for East India re 28s 6d for 5 per cent. refraction , exs , s for Argo _ s, i which cora ;anadboult4olooobtotaognss fined. A steady demnd i t Nothing worthy of moment has trans mend full prices. lOO bags Sumac have b ac e gh e s n eFst a ls o a l ot d ef Aired in madder roots. Palermo, and at 7s 6cl to 7s 9d for 100 bags 01b0 By sagoy publi cflou ' sale a xe..: 2 a l t s . iyesterday,asn9dds to 6d for 4s 2cl to 4sMadras, and at 4s indigo went at Bengal • 1 9 5b0 Singapore lac, al'39s 5s 7d per lb shells, at 616 s to 6116 s ; 20 casks discoloured tartar, pearl POO bags Myrabolamq at 77s ; an d 1 cwt. DYEWOODS.—The transactions comprise some parcels of ounpeachy logwood, at 71 17s 6d to 81, with St. Do mingo at 61 7s Gd to 61 lOs ; 220 tons Zapote Fustic, at 5/ lOs to Si 12s 6d ; 150 tons Brazil wood, at 131 28 6d to 13/ 7s 6cl; and 15 tons Lima wood, at 1412 s Gd to 141 lOs per t o n. JUTE is without alteration, and about 700 bales have changed hands for arrival at prices not reported. HIDES.—The market is firmer, and about 2,000 salted mother-of pearl t h3eBddr .potefor_ Australian ox and cow brought at auction on Tuesday 40 to 5d per lb, being advanced prices. OILS.—Of palm oil a few hundred tons have been sold, chiefly at 331 lOs per ton. Fish are in limited demand, without material change. The tallow market remains quiet, with yellow candle at 465. Lard is nominally worth 52s to 535 per cwt. Some parcels of turpentine have been sold at 12s 3d per cwt. A small lot of Calcutta linseed is reported at 49s per quarter. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET-MARCH 31. The sales since the 23rd instant are 60,000 bags, of which 28,000 are taken on speculation and for export. To-day's sales are 25,000 bags, 15,000 of them being taken on specu lation and for export. Prices are advanced this week nearly id per lb. The arrivals are 17 vessels from the United States, 5 from Brazil, 1 from Egypt, and 2 from Bombay. CO U. VR2'S. LIVERPOOL-Arm 1. There was a slender attendance of millers and dealer at the Corn-exchange this morning, and the genera business was as limited as we have experienced for a length of time. Wheat was considered ld per bushel, flour 6d per barrel and sack, and Indian corn 6d per qr.- under the prices obtained on Tuesday. Oatmeal supported late rates. There was no observable change in the value of other articles of the trade, all of them moved slowly. WAKEFIELD—APRIL 1. We have a short supply of grain reported this week. The wheat trade is very quiet to-day, and last week's prices cannot be exceeded; ..Fine heavy barley fully as dear; but for other sorts, the demand is very limited. Beans dull sale. In oats and shelling no alteration. BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 1. There has been but little business doing in raw sugars, indeed we are so close upon the holidays that business has been scarcely resumed yet. In the few sales effected, prices have not been supported. These remarks will also apply to the refined market, the transactions in which have been but to a limited extent, and with prices weaker than on this day se'nnight. The sales of rum have been quite in retail, so that prices could scarcely be quoted. EXETER—APRIL 1. CORN EXCHANGE.—For prime samples of wheat Gs 9d; the ruling figure is 6s 6d ; barley, 3s 9d to 4s 3d ; oats, 2s Gd to 3s per bushel. Flour—fine, 36s to 38s ; secondot 31s`to 36s per sack. CATTLE MARKET. —Prime beef, 9sod. to OsOdper score ; 2d quality, is 9d to 8s 6d ; cows and calves, 9/ to 12/ 12s ; steers, 00/ to 0l; butcher's calves, lid to 5d per lb; sheep, prime wethers, 7d t o Od ; ewes, 60. to Od ; store hogs, 30s to 00s each. PANNlER.—Turkeys, ss6d to 8s ; geese, Os to Os Od. each; ducks, ssodto 6sod; fowls, 3s6d to 5s Od pr cple; roasters, Os to Os ; hares, 2s Od. to Os Od ; rabbits, 10d to is each ; snipes, is 3d ; pheasants, Os Od to Os ; partridges, Os Od, Os ; wood • cocks, 4s Od to Os per brace ; pigeons, 2s Od to Os ditto ; butter, is 3d to is 4d per lb. ; eggs, 18 to 20 fora shilling. INVERNESS.-MARCH 29. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 621 b per bushel, 49s Od to 50s Od ; barley, ditto, 541 b ditto, 27s 6d to 29s Od Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 23s Od to 24s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8d to Os Od ; ditto second,- 15s 6d to Os Od; barleymeal, us 6d to Os Od; peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Or 7d to Os Od ; Ist flour, per 2801 b, 40s Oct to 42s Od ; 2d ditto, 30s Od to 32s Od; oatmeal, best, per st. of 141 b imperial, is to Os Od. ; ditto second, is 6d to Os Od ' • barleymeal i s 4d to Os Od ; peasemeal, is 6d to Os Od. ; Ist flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s Od credit ; 2d ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s 7d credit. PROVISIONS.—Potatoes, per stone, 6d to Od ; Beef, pet lb, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fowls, each, 10d to 12d ; chickens, per pair, 10d. to 12d ; ducks, each, lld to 16d.; eggs per dozen, Gd to 7d ; butter, fresh, per lb., Od to 10a; ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 10d. ; croudie (curds), 2d to Od ; four-pound loaf, fine, 7d to 'lad ; ditto, second, 6d to Gad; coals, per cwt., 9cl to Oct ; hay, per stone, 10d. to 12d. COAL MARKET—Aram 1. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : s. d.I 8. cl• Bate's West Hart1ey......16 0 Willington Hartley l5 6 Hasting's Hartley 16 6 1 Wy1am....1 l7 0 Hedley's Hartley l5 61 Wall's End, &c. Holywell 17 9 1 Killingsworth E l6 0 Howard's West Hartley Northumberland l6 6 Netherton ' 16 0 Belmont 19 0 Jonassohn's Hartley 15 01Hetton 2O 0 Longridge's W. Hartley 16 3Haswell 20 9, New Tanfield. 16 oRussell's Hetton 19 D. North Percy Hartley ...16 o,Stewart's 20 : v Redheugh Main 15 6Caradoc 19 1 Stewart's Hartley 1 5 6 Heugh Hall 19 w. Tanfield Moor l5 6Pease's West 16 "v. Tanfield Moor Butes 15 6,Riehardson's Tees 17 - v Tyne Main ... ..... . ..... —.15 6 1 Tees 2O 0 g West Hartley 16 3. Squborwen Merthyr 21 • w Ships at market...... 81 I Sold 4 B. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market opened flat this morning, but improved in the afternoon, and c l ose d With a better feeling. There was an inquiry for Leeds and Lon: don stock.—Caledonian, 31/ ; Eastern Counties, 12 15-10 Great Southern and Western, 53 i ; Lancashire and York' shire, 741 ; ditto Fifth shares, 5 d. ; London and Nort h Western, 117? ; ditto Fifth shares, 2 p. ; Manchester , Sheffield, and Lincoln, 29/ 30 ; Midland, 73/ ; North British, 88 ; York and North Midland, 298 ; Dutch Rhenish, 2.4 d. ; Quebec and Richmond (Debenture 6 Per cent.), 106 g. MANCHESTER, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a flat market, with declining prices. Glasgow and South Western, 61. i; Sheffield, 3011 ; Midland, 73a ; Dovers, 22 16 • White haven and Furness, ; Leeds, 74i ; London Stock, 1171; Caledonians 31i ; East Lancashire, 18 ; West Riding/ 3i d. LEEDS, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been flatter again this morning. Transactions has been very few 01/ 'Change, being confined to Lancashire and Yorkshirek which closed at 74i, and East Lancashire Prefs., which closed at 9s. In mines there is nothing at present, and transactions in railways are chiefly in the lighter stocks. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market was languid to-dsP and shares generally lower. Shrewsbury and Birmix hams were done at 64b.,. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-YESTERDAY. Amsterdam.... • • ...... 11 17% Gibraltar .............. Ditto, three months .. 11 191 4 Leghorn .. Rotterdam ...... 11 19 $4 Genoa 25 35 Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ........... - Brussels .......• ...... 25 30 Venice Ilamburgh . ...... .13 S Naples . , 4 I !.), Altona ....... Palermo . 124 Paris • • .... •.•• • • •• 25 744 ;idessioa „....... .. Ditto, three months .. 25 3244 Lisbon Marseilles...... •• • • 25 32y4 Oport o .......... ..... 53Y§ Bourdeaux 'Rio Janeiro . ..... Frankiort-on Maine .... 12044 Buenos Ayres Berlin . ........ ••• • • • ,New York, 60 days' siglit _ Vienna ••. • .11 G Philalelphta Trieste ...... • • .. 11 8 PRICES OF BULLION, PER oz• PeterAburgli.. •• • • ...... 37% Foreign Gold 'ii Bits „fa 17 9 slat Lid ................ 50 1 4 Portugal Gold Coin 00 0 Cadiz.-- ........ 50 %, Mexican Dollars 0 0 Barcelona.. New Dollars ...... 0 0 ", Seville Silver in bars .. 0 5 1.;11 SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails aro sent from the General cost-ofllo by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] • Day when made up From what When ! COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port due In Office, London.* Dispatched. England. America(hyßrit.pack)N Every Friday Liverpool .7. Each 310 1 America (by United Sts. packet) •• • • ..N March 30 .... •• .. Liverpool ... April 13 America (by U. States packet) .. .. • • ....N April 5 ........ Sow.hamptonApril 8 Australia (via South runpton) 4th of May ...... SoutbamptonlAprll 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May ...... Dover . .lApts 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ..... ....N 2d of April Plymouth ..INlarch t . . t . ) N N 82,3r9d, 24t&h e 3 m o 0 0 111 : 1 r . D Plymouth . .... l A A pp ......April i l l 1 1 2 A l e Africax a n ( d % r V i a " . of Alexandria.. .. . • 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton'Apru 4 Bahamas„. •• • • • • • .... M 2ud of the month Southampton 'lst of 1 30 lie igium • • • • • • • • ....N Dover ...... !Daily 31 9th of the mouth.. Southampton April 16 Buenos Ayres„ ..31 9th of the month.. Southampton April 1 6 Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth ..lApril 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of Apra Plymouth .. March 33 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26 . Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 26_ . Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed ,&Fr'd. Southampton Tu.Tn. • . td & 17th of mouth SeuthamptoutApril 1 China (see India) Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&27 of na D0ver...... April 10 Constantinople ......31 4th Sa 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 „, Cont. of Europe 51 & N Twice daily Dover ...... Twicedo w Egypt (see India) France ........ 31 & N Twice dai1y...... Dover ......Twiced G u i r b e r e a c l e ta o r ee . l ... d . ..31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. Southampton April 5 ) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. ^ OUttlfiMptoll, i Apra 1 t. HaMbUrgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ITaes. H av annah .......... m 2nd of the month Southampton April 1 _ Holland . _llloll.Thu' Honduras .. 31 17th of the mo n th . Southampton April 1 6 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton!April 4 India (via Marseilles) sl Bth& 24th of month D over lonian Isles (see India) ily Ireland ........M & N Twice daily Holyhead T w icet. 6 Lisbon 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton April Madeira ............N 9th of the month Southampton April 10 Madeira N 23rd of the month Plymouth .. April 12 Malta (see India) Malta ...... •• • • N 7,17,19,28, 30 ofm. Dover pril 10 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth Mexico Naples..... .. •:.• • • • • 11 1s1 5 2 th ild t5 o t f h t 2 h 5 e tlro o fm nt o h n - . S DO u v t e h r am .. l2 . t . ° ?. ll A ls p t t o il f New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month SouthamptontAprii 1 _ New Zealand.... ••• By private ship .. Variou, ports Uncerts iw Papal States ....•••••• •N -, thlsth 2s thonnon. Dover ......lApril 2 preerunins.ul. a ......... .. ....... * m th a l7t ., h B 2 t B h th of ofm mo o n n s So ou u t t h ham am p p t to on nlA A p p r r i i l l 5 1 Port Natal . • •••••••• •••• ..N 14th of the month Plymoutk April 26 Sicily .. ...• ..N sthlsth2sthonnon, Dover April 2. Tuscany ..• • • • •—N sthl s th 2s thofmon. Dover April 2 -- (sec 2d & 17th of month Southampt on pill 1 Ir V a en n e D zu je el m a e ,; Land Australia) .... • • • • • • West Indies 2d& 17th of month Southampton April 1 * When any of these dispatches on the follow Southampton), and the day preceding. dates fall on fi Sunday, the mails w ll l , Pd o ing day, with the exception of the India i;;; 0 Malta, both of which will be dispatched SALES AND IMPORT OF COTTON INTO LIVERPOOL. BIRTHS. • OF A SON. On the 30th ult., at Lee-park, the wife of Robert . 11 ' Sales. Imports. Anderson, Esq. Description. --_______ —__— _— OF A DAUGHTER. Week Pri ce s .On the 30th ult., at 1, Wilton-terrace, Kensington, th ending ending e Week Jan. 1 wife of J. S. Valentine, Esq., C.E. Mar. 24. Mar. 24. to : ia.24. _./ ------ --- _ MA R RI ED. Bags. d. d. 1852. 1852. -u" c 1 •1 On the 20th ult., at Cawthorne, P. A. Pickering, -.. 8 , Sea 151 and........... 50 22 to 32 B Bags. ags • of the Inner Temple, barrister-at-law, to Anna 31 0 . f. ...; Ditto, stained 340 4 —2l 9386 513567 Wilhelmina, eldest daughter of John Spencer Stanhope Upland 9220' 44 63 Esq., of Cannon-hall, near Barnsley, Yorkshire, and La d/ Orleans & Alabama 21310 4 9 2080 nif 8 "' 3199_ _1 Elizabeth Spencer Stanhope. Pernambuco Maranham l3OO 6h 7 On the 30th nit., at St. Pancras-church, T. H. Fisclleif; of Lincoln's-inn, banister-at-law, • second son of the I` Bahia, &c 4BO 6 6i ... 21840 •,,of Major Fischer, of the Bengal Army, - to Agnes Adan ll . „, third daughter of the..late Major General Hogg, of Wl' Egyptian - 14 } Demerara 4O 0 —8 i bledon, Surrey. 805 ---" West India, &c 7O O—GA c ••• • East India 6330 58 8 . 43068 DIED. —' On the 31st ult at Copped-hall, Epping, aged 71, fl. Total 45540 938 G 614271 J. Conyers, Esq. " ---:-f the Import into Great Britain for On the 22d nit., at Brussels, Ann Frances, relict o o f 12 weeks E xpor t . late Sir F. Falkiner, Bart., late of Abbotstown, conn t l ending March 24. Dublin. On the 29th ult., at 28, Osnaburg-streot, Regent's - 1 ,4' Year 1852. Year 1851. Year 1852. W. H. Thompson, M.D., aged 92. th e ---- On the 27th ult., at Belgrave-villa, St. John's-woo d ' American • 549710 341791 14000 wife of Edmund Pead, Esq. Brazil Egyptian - ___------ ~_ 111` 1.1 "" Demerara, W.lndia,&c. 8 23 479 LONDON : Printed and Published b y MURDO YO iii, East India - _____—, Total uumbor of bags 678993 1 391991 38000 , Istilliesex i Saturday, April 2, lA% _ 191 1,360 585 4,396 13,120 1,988 3,278 2,292 487 3,769 10,80 4,617 15,266 127 4,05 15,891 288 42,363 - 898 8,043 9,264 251 6,372 564 21,758 2,735 475 ),^59 3,2 M 186 13.282 7,301 214 1,916 788 4,196 8,871 3,231 1,23 i 1,108 887 425 680 9,791 10,159 312 7,333 :647 495 23,113 2,072 900 2,363 3,619 622 1,917 12,270 2, , 02 1,654 2,711 233 14,794 7,863