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

4 4 if Ottrtl' 2 Wtt 3 SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. NORTHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (EY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) THE TRIENNIAL STAKES• Frantic .... Convulsion HER MAJESTY'S GUINEAS Weathergage Deerhound STATE OF TRADE. 0 (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, March 29. —The American - advices of the 15th inst. report the total receipts at the ports to be 2,536,00 0 against 2,015,000, showing an excess of 521,000, or 1,000 more than by the last packet. The week's receipts are 105,000 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 prices 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 id. 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 sterdiness which cot tons from "good middling" 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 enquired 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 e x t reme ly 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.—Thf 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, and prices rather on the ad vance. MACCLESFIELD, March 29.—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 the day 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 haudloorn 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, during the last twelve months. is said to be overstock ing the markets, and competition in the auction marts has reduced prices.—Aris'3 Birmingham Gazette. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKETS.—March. 29. There is no new feature in our produce 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 froth 10Id. to lOid. per lb., but not many buyees. _ _ 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 463. The public sales to-day, how ever, went off with less spirit, and of 1,800 bags brought forward, about 650 were taken at 265. 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 3,000 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. Rice-470 tierces Carolina have been disposed of at 21s to 22s ; 1,200 bags Arracan, from the quay, at Os 6d ; and 1,000 bags Bengal, chiefly at Os 6d to Os 9d, for broken, up to 11s 9d per cwt. for very good white. Dyewoods.—Upwards of 100 tons Campeachy logwood have brought 7117 s 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, a n d 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 3d. to 15s. for Palermo, and at 7s Ca to 7s 9d per cwt. for Ty rol. Brimstone is in fair request, about 103 tons selling 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 90 ; a few casks discoloured tartar, at 71s ; 50 ' bags cutch, a t 26 s • 50 chests plate la c , at 43s to 43s 3d ; a small quantity of African beeswax, at 51. 5s to 71.; 2,000 bags Myrabolams, at Ils to 133 9d ; 100 bags sago flour, at 21s; 100 tons nitrate of so d a , ex s t ore, at 18 s 6d to 10s Per cwt.; and 30 chests lac dye, J. 3/I`R. at 13s per lb. Oils---Olive oil being still in compass commands full rates been with limited inquiry. About 150 cases cas t or o il have latt purchased, at 3.jd to 4d per lb ; but c hi e fly a t th e •er co. Of Jute 650 bales are reported to arrive, but the price has not transpired. 40 bales Manilla hemp have brought 42/. per ton. 500 b ags Bombay linseed, at 50s per quarter; and 100 bags black Pepper, at 3id per lb. SALE OF VALUABLZ go ngs.--For several days the valuable library has been sale of Mr. Dawson Turner's on at Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson's rooms, and is now complreteeadu.se( altogether collection, which _ e auction sale 4,562/. 15s. was a - very extensive one, One of the principal features of the studiorum," by the late Mr. Turner, a t : e was the "liber tilt, consisting of a series of 70 plates, . i. celebrated ar by him, and engraved chiefly by `iCharlesaw drawn and etched proofs. From an autograph letter it appears thatrier—all copy was obtained direct from the artist. 1.. s this and sold for 1151. Besides this, a fine copy, beitn,„' artist's 4 . th, proofs of Mr. Turner's views in England and t, Wales ,tit's dated 1832, sold for 361. The "Musee Francais," en gravings of the pictures and statues of that national col lection by Robillard, Peronville, and La urent, for 421. - and 48 engravings of the Woburn Abbey marbles, which originally were only printed for presents, for 301. ENGLISH OAR TIMBER (NAVY). —Among the Parlia mentary papers just issued, is one respecting the supply of English oak timber to the Admiralty. It appears that in February, 1840, an agreement was made for 24,000 loads of timber, but reduced to 16.000, and a contract was ultimately in 1841 for 13,812 loads; in 1843, for 20,000 ; in 1345, for 2,625 loads ; in 1846, for 20,000 ; 1347, for FOO to 1,000 ; 1848, for 5,000 ; in 1849, for 940 ; and in 1850, for 16,500 loads. 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Among the curious items of information contained in the " Further Papers relative to the Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia," just published as a blue book, are some statements of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, commissioned by the Government of New South Wales to make geolo gical surveys. So far as we can trace his researches on the map, they have all been south and west from Sydney, in that part of New South Wales which borders on Vic toria, a mountainous district, the sources of numberless creeks and rivers, and the highest part of the country, the water running from it in every direction. In that district the ardent geologist almost everywhere finds in dications of gold. On looking at the map compiled by Mr. Arrowsmith from his researches and the researches of other gentlemen, the whole district seems studded with gold fields. We cannot enumerate all the creeks —many with native and unpronounceable names— where he found gold. "The whole of the region," he says, "about the Bendoc and Delegete rivers is auriferous." " Gold is distributed, though in variable quantities, and of small commercial importance (at present), over a re gion which may be said to embrace an area of 16,000 square miles." In a later report—dated Nov. 24, 1852, —than is to be found in the blue book, Mr. Clarke says :—" The more I see of the great backbone of this continent the more I am impressed with the high pro bability of the extension of the gold fields far beyond the present limits of search. I report also, on more direct knowledge, that as regards the Peel and Han g ing Rock fields, the opinion I have already expressed has been strengthened by more recent examination of the dis trict." The more information he gets, the stronger be comes his convictions that the south-eastern portion 'of Australia is one large field of gold. "It may require," as he says, " a multiplied population of practical skill and energetic habits" to develope the mineral riches of Australia ; but if they exist to the extent he supposes, they may excite industry, and bestow on it ample re wards, of an immense population for ages. It is plain, too, unless some richer fields should be discovered, that as the population multiplies, it will become commercially advantageous, particularly when gold digging shall not be subject to a special tax, to work many of the creeks and gulleys and holes that now will not pay. Mr. Stutchbury, the geological surveyor, is satisfied that native mercury exists. He has found specimens of it, and he believes that it possibly may be found in quan tity. He has had shown to him various gems—topazes garnets, rubies, sapphires, &c., though not of such large size as to make them of any value. Copper is found in abundance in various places. There are many other mineral riches, then, in Australia, besides the gold, which only need hands to collect them. There was a time when the rude colonists very much despised the services of the natives, and sometimes, on slight pretexts, made away with thaw. The gold dis coveries seem to have hastened the period when their services can be made valuable, and the blue book de scribes the natives as finding employment in every one of the colonies to which it refers. The commissioner for the Darling district of New South Wales reports in stances on the M'lntyre river of the blacks having been employed for one, two, or even three years as shepherds ; and Mr. Young, of Tingan, near Calandoon, has all his flocks tended by blacks. A Mr. Dines, in the same neighbourhood, has not a white man in his employment. Messrs. Norris and Co. have 12 blacks in charge of sheep. Three or four years ago the tribes frequenting the Mclntyre were the most savage and bloodthirsty of the district. "I am happy to say," adds the commis sioner, "that the scarcity of labour, consequent upon the drainage to the gold fields, is creating throughout the district a demand for the services of the abori gines which may be productive of very beneficial results, leading to their more confidential and per manent employment." The commissioner of the New England district reports :—" In many cases the ser vices of the natives have been in considerable repute as shepherds, grooms, and even as house servants. Their services, from the high price of White-labour in conse quence of the recent discovery of gold, have been ex tremely valuable, and in some cases they have received wages at the rate of 201. per annum." The commis sioner of the McLeay district states there has been a considerable increase in the past year, both in the num ber of whites employing and of natives employed, in consequence of the drain to the gold mines of European labour. The commissioner for the district of Clarence river reports that the great dearth of labour, occasioned by the efflux of the working classes to the westward in search of gold, has latterly forced the settlers to obtain aid from the natives. The sheep washing of last season was entirely performed by them. One gentleman in trusts about 10,000 sheep to their sole management. Although some instances are mentioned of depredations by the blacks, there are more than we have quoted in these extracts of the aborigines having for months to gether tended the flocks of the colonists, and been amply rewarded for their fidelity and care. All the above extracts refer to New South Wales, but the reports from Victoria are not different. The commissioner of the Wimmera district says that all natives able and willing to work are sure to find em ployment. Some engage in permanent employment, and they get wages that in ordinary years would be looked upon as fair for European labour. The Maneero and Omeo tribes, another commissioner reports, still wander over the districts, encamping at the several flock stations where they can obtain food. A very few of them are occasionally employed as stockmen. " All the aborigines of Gipps land," says Mr. Commissioner. M'Crae, "have been employed in the immediate neigh bourhood of Alberton, on the property known as Orr's Special Survey. They worked steadily in field work as many hours as the whites. Two of them and one white man beat a party of three whites at a reaping match." It is the commissioner's opinion that if the employer gives a fair remuneration, keeps faith with the natives, and works with them, their labour may ba made as available as that of the whites. From South Australia the Go- vernor writes, "that upwards of 20,000 sheep are in charge of shepherds who are aborigines, and who have thus in some degree supplied the place of European shepherds, who have migrated to the gold fields." The commissioner from Bonk° writes that the squatters on the Murray have received great and important services from the natives during the late scarcity of labour, and on several occasions natives have been left in the sole charge of the squatters' property. These facts are of great importance in reference to the future supply of wool. About the usual, if not a larger, quantity will come forward. The aborigines are not numerous, but the employment of them is a new and somewhat unex pected supply of labour ; and it is a gratifying result of the gold discoveries that they contribute, by exciting in dustry, to humanise the stockholders and civilise the aborigines. We are happy to learn from the 2'mpire, a Sydney paper, that New South Wales, as yet the most important of the colonies, is altogether in a prevalence of peace and order, and the ample remuneration it offers to labourers. That journal of December 28, says : " It is to be recollected that, notwithstanding the vast extent and the widely scattered positions of the gold fields of New South Wales, out of a population of 200,000, it is estimated that not more than 8,000 to 10,000 per sons are employed in mining at any one time. This will account for the fact that neither the pastoral, the agri cultural, nor the mechanical employments have stood still, or been less productive, as iu Victoria. The in creased and continually ; increasing demand for labour here does not arise from the desertion of ordinary pur suits for gold digging so much as from progress and ex pansion in all the several departments of industry. This surely indicates a far more healthy state of things than if we had a hundred thousand persons rushing in upon us all at once merely to dig gold —an occurrence that no sane person can wish to see. Such a train, with an ob ject so selfish, so vagrant, and so entirely unconnected with the development of the productive powers of the colony, might bring with it moral and physical disorder, but could never promote proscerity. It appears from various countrycorrespondence that the harvest is every where highly abundant, the only want being that of hands to reap it. The crowded state of Sydney, indi cated by the great advance of rents throughout the city and suburbs, renders the inducement strong to maintain every article of consumption at very high prices. The effect of the harvest has, therefore, not been what might have been expected. The present price of best flour, 251. per ton, does not manifest much tendency to further decrease. In truth, to reduce the articles of food to a perfectly fair average price, and to keep them there, the necessity will be great for a steadily augme n t e d cultiva tion, as well as of foreign supplies. There is, therefore, requisite, for the welfare of the colony, a continued stream of labouring immigration." A stream of immigration is continually pouring in, and if it be not entirely and solely of labourers whose t oils are to enrich those who are already in the colony, it is of a class which, generally speaking, unites intelligence and independence with industry, and which will contribute much more to prosperity than a stream of Lascars, or any other mere intelligent workers. Into Victoria there has been, and continues apparently, too great a rush of people and we read in the blue book of a great public meeting that adopted resolutions to raise a considerable fund and pro vide temporary accommodation for houseless emigrants. This was in October. The Government assisted the under taking, and the result, no doubt, would be to provide, as was proposed, temporary accommodation for 2,000 persons. Since then, however, the number of emigrants to Melbourne must have largely increased, and Victoria promises for the present to be overdone with gold seek ers. Numerous hands would arrive about the period of the harvest, and some of them might find it as profitable to save the crops as to try for gold. Such circumstances beget an opinion that the present condition of the colony will be altogether better than has been anticipated at home, and they illuminate its future prospects. As to South Australia, the discoveries of gold at Echunga have turned out as yet of little importance. "They are nothing," according to Mr. Babbage, the Government... assayer's statement, "but a limited surface Ai n n i u g g g sot i n rfa l ha n e,m e h t ow l w ik eer e ve ly e: t o be remunerative, unless th , e work nbfineesdtatboliashf.ew in a d n lvi as d s u ay al - s o . ffice S , o h u a th s fdoruanwdnintotihteselofthneor inc y onsiderabl i e ng quantity of the gold Provinces. The local Government has resolved to issue tokens, or ingots stamped and assayed, which are already legal tenders at the banks, ti ttu thee for more a m l or rate e finished accordi ng coin. vhaielhuewiislitobeba b e fisxueil a to t Ta h nh e deir wßullion Act of the colony, of 3/. lls. On the whole, it is quite plain that the gold is giving a mighty impulse to society in the colonies, extending industry, increasing its rewards, promoting ingenuity, and rapidly carrying so striking l y cv meanseyooff forward civilisation there, as well as in England and all over the world. In all history, pu;ereplois.efiphrss,ta printing—is not to be As m om a c r iea k ril ed z a ia n pn d rd g , t ii 2e d e li nt d _ v e ia l ci EV ill an p found as the recent discoveries of long-hidden gold- in the lands on the Pacific Ocean. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCIIIT.-LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29 ALEXANDER V. SYDDALL. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The Attorney-General for the County Palatine, and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Ser geant Wilkins for the defendant. It appearpd that the plaintiff, who is a young Scotch woman, of 23 years of age, in the year 1851 went into the service of the defendant's father, who is a calico printer at Marple, in this county. In the month of June, 1852, the plaintiff left her situation, and at the same time the defendant left his father's house, and together they proceeded to Gretna-green, which place they reached at an early hour on the morning of the sth, and went to the Graham Arms, which is the hotel at the Gretna sta tion. They had breakfast, and afterwards walked out to the toll-bar. The defendant asked John Murray, who is considered the high-priest of Hymen at Gretna-green, if marrying was not done in a chapel, and Murray an swered that there was no chapel. The plaintiff and the defendant then walked 300 yards further into Scotland, and then returned to the station, and went by the train to Carlisle. They then went to Liverpool, and lived to gether as man and wife at a boarding hotel in Islington. They stayed together in Liverpool for nearly two months, when defendant left the plaintiff, and returned to his father's house. While they were at Liverpool, viz., on the sth of June, the defendant wrote the follow ing letter to the parents of the plaintiff, who were then living in Scotland : "Liverpool, June 6, 1852. " Dear Mr. and Mrs Alexander,—You will, I am sure, be greatly surprised on receiving this letter from me, which I wrote at your daughter Agnes's request ; but I feel most positive that you will feel more surprised when I tell you that Agnes is now, by her own free will and con sent, my lawful wife. She left her situation last Friday morning, and we met soon after, and were fortwith united. I cannot tell what your pleasure may be in the matter, but I sincerely hope that neither you nor she may have the slightest cause for complaint or regret. The difference in our spheres in life has naturally caused some unpleasant ness with our family, although they are not positively ac quainted with the matter, but have been aware, some time since, that there was a slight attachment betwixt us. I did not as much as tell them I was going to be married, or that it was not my intention to return home again when I left the house last Friday morning. However, I purpose writing to them in the course of a few days. " It is my particular desire that you do not make the matter known, as you are fully aware it might cause some unpleasantness, for the sake of revenge, from a third party, whom I am sorry to say you know but too well, and who has created a good deal of uneasiness to you. I need not mention any name, as you will perfectly well understand whom I mean. Agnes informs me (as was our previous arrangement) that you must expect her home on Tuesday next, but I am sorry to say we shall be under the necessity of disappointing you, for we must necessarily defer visiting you until the summer is passed. It is our intention of settling down here, and making Liverpool our residence. In the meantime we cannot give you any address, as we are now staying at a private hotel, but purpose going into private lodgings to morrow, until we can meet with a house that will suit us ; therefore, in the course of a few days, we will write to you again, and give you a correct address. " Time will not permit me to say more to you on the matter, but I sincerely trust that what has taken place will be entirely to your satisfaction. Agnes shall write to you upon getting settled, giving you our address, as I am most anxious to hear from you as soon as I possibly can. Agnes unites with kind love to you and the family, and believe me ever yours most faithfully, " J. LAWTON SYDDALL. " N. 8.—1 do not want your daughter Eliza to know of the affair at present. You see that lam particularly de sirous that everything should be kept as comfortably as possible, and without the slightest annoyance to your selves." The defendant having left, the plaintiff went to her father, and was, in the course of time, delivered of a child. Application was then made to the defendant to fulfil his promise, but he refused to do so. Mr. Sergeant WilkinS addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended that there was no evidence to show that the defendant had done anything with a design to lead the plaintiff aside from the path of recti tude. It was clear, from the conduct of the parties, that they had no notion of being married when they arrived at Gretna-green ; and there was no proof that the defendant was the father of the plaintiff's child. Even supposing the jury should think there was suffi cient evidence to establish the paternity of the child, that had nothing to do with this case. It explained nothing. It could not assist them in coming to a ver dict ; but it might, as it was intended to do, excite their sympathies, and induce them to give a verdict of indig nation instead of reason. If the defendant was the father of the plaintiff's child, she had her remedy. This action had nothing to do with seduction. It was an action for breach of promise of marriage, and supposing the promise was made out to the satisfaction of the jury, what damage had the plaintiff sustained ? It had not been proved that the defendant had a fixed salary. In all probability he was dependent upon his father for his bread. What had she lost ? Why, who could doubt that if such a marriage as this was realised it would be one of the most miserable ? There was no evidence of any promise at all. They might conjecture, they might have their surmises and suspicions, but there was no proof, or even presumptive evidence, of a promise of marriage ; the presumptions were the other way ; and, so far from there being any seduction in the case, the conduct of the young woman showed that she was equally culpable with the young man. Had a contract been entered into 7 Had it been broken? If so, what damages had the plaintiff sustained ? Ho submitted that there had been no con tract, and, if no contract, there was no breach of it, and there would be no damages at all. His Lordship summed up, and concluded by observing that if they were satisfied that there was a promise, and no agreement to dissolve it, they would say what damages a young woman, twenty-three years of age, ou g ht t o receive from the son of her master, who had made that promise to marry her. The jury consulted a few minutes, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 501. SINGLETON V. SELKIRK. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Overend appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., for the defen dant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the injury he had sustained by the seduction of his daughter by the defendant. • Hannah Singleton I am the daughter of John Singleton, and live with my parents at Gosforth, in Cumberland. I am twenty-six years of age, and have two brothers and two sisters. My father has an estate of about 100 acres. The defendant is the eldest son of Mr. Selkirk, who is a bacon curer and far mer in Cumberland, and resides near us. I first knew defendant in September, 1851. I met him at Eskdale fair, where I went with my brother. I saw him a fort night after at my father's. He said that William Her bert had shown him the way. After this he visited me frequently. My parents saw him once. He said he would marry me. He seduced me in December, 1851 ; and after this, in the month of July, I told him that I was in the family way, and he said that it could not be the case ; afterwards I told him again, and he gave me a bottle of stuff from the chemist's to take as medicine. I took two bottles of the medicine. I told him that I had taken it, and that it had not had any effect, and he got another bottle, which he gave to me at Whitehaven ; he took me to a shop, when he got the third bottle. I did not take the third bottle. His Lordship here asked if the plaintiff's counsel were going to show that the medicine had any effect upon the young woman ? Mr. Sergeant Wilkins—No, my lord. His Lordship—Then I decide that it is inadmissible as evidence. Examination continued—He continued his visits until December. The last bottle was obtained in December, and after this-I never saw him again. I was delivered of a child in January last, and was attended by a medical man for some time. The defendant manages his father's business. I have been poorly ever since. Cross-examined--The defendant's father has seven children. There was a dance at the fair when rmet the defendant. I was not known at the fair as a good dancer. I did not go to a great many dances. I stayed at the dance till eleven o'clock, and afterwards went home with the defendant. The Sunday week following he came to see me at half-past ten at night. My father and mother were gone to bed ; he knocked at the win dow and I let him in. Mary Singleton, a relative, was in the house. Whilst he was there I heard my mother talking, and say to my father, "It's one of them Gos forth lads ; get up and see." After this I took him out and lit him across a field, and he turned back, and at the fold-gates we met my father. I had more than one lover before the defendant, who visited me at night and remained some hours. The week after the defendant came at night and stayed in the same way. I remember the dance at Thornholme, in July, 1852. I was there with the defendant, and we walked out into the fields. The defendant seduced me at home long before this. I did not write secretly to the defendant for a bottle of medicine. Re-examined—lt is a common thing for farmers' daughters to go to fairs. There were four of us in the cart when we went from the fair. He put me down about a mile from my house. I wrote to him before he came to see me at his request. I am not good friends with my cousin, Mary Singleton. In one part of the county it is common for young people to court late at night. I have never been with any man but the defendant. He first got the medicine in October, 1852- We had a party at our house on the 4th of June. The defendant was there. William Herbert—l live near Gosfortb, and know the plaintiff and defendant. On a Sunday, in Sept., 1851, the defendant came to my place, and inquired if I could direct him the way to the plaintiff's house, and I showed him the way. In June last I was at the party at Mr. Singleton's. The defendant was there. Isaac Singleton—l am the plaintiff's eldest son. Since the time my sister has been in the family way she has been unable to assist in the farm. I know the defendant, and recollect him being at the dance at Eskdale in Sept., 1851, and after that I often saw him at my father's house with my sister, He came to see her. Recollected the party on the 4th of June. The defendant was there. Since this action has been commenced, viz., in February last, the defendant came and said he wished to speak with me, and asked if I could settle the case, as he had some money of his own privately, and would pay it to me. I was to see the plaintiff, and to speak to the de fendant upon it on the Thursday following, but I- never saw him to speak to him. Stacy Gee—l am a druggist at Whitehaven. The bottles produced are from my shop ; the medicine is compound decoction of aloes and compound decoction of steel, and is called Griffith's mixture. II know the de fendant and the plaintiff's daughter. I have seen them at my shop. Mr. Hill addressed the jury for the defendant, he said that a verdiet,must 1)e given in favour of the plaintiff, and the only question was the amount of damages which THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 18 53 they would award. The child being born in January, early in February an attorney's letter was sent, and the defendant was prevented from coming to terms with the Singleton family, and avoiding further exposure. A father bringing his action for the seduction of his child usually came into court showing that he had taken all proper precautions to bring up his child in a virtuous manner, but a case might occur, like the present, where the child had had such license allowed as was inconsistent with a virtuous line of conduct. He did no timpugn the cha racter of the plaintiff ; and it was said that it was the custom of the conntry that the young men should court the young girls after nightfall at there father's house. He did not mean to say anything against such a custom, but if such a custom did exist, no action to recover dam ages for seduction should be allowed to be brought in that district. Looking at the facts of the case, ought the plaintiff to recover damages for that which was the consequence of his own conduct in allowing such a course of -familiarity ? This was not an action for any injury sustained by the young woman, but for damage done to the father ; and no doubt the same haste and zeal which brought the present action for the purpose of enabling the attorney to recover costs, would produce another action by the young woman to recover compensation for the breach of promise of marriage. The young woman was not a young girl of 16, but of 25 years of age, who had fallen, and having fallen under the circumstances proved to them, the smallest damages would meet Ithe justice of the case. His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 501. OXFORD CIRCUIT—HEREFORD, MARCH 28. The two courts sat this morning for the trial of pri Boners. Tames Greenhaf, a collier, was charged with the wil ful murder of William Peake, at Hope Mansell, on the Bth of December last. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Cooke were counsel for the pro secution ; and Mr. Iluddlestone for the defence. The circumstances of this case were rather peculiar. The prisoner and the deceased were neighhours, and there was no evidence whatever of an quarrel or differ ence between them. Peake and a few acquaintances were at a beer-house called the Royal Oak, near the Forest of Dean, from about five to eleven o'clock, on Wednesday, the Bth December. The prisoner came in about eleven o'clock, and had some drink too, and be fore leaving was, like Peake, the worse for liquor. They both could talk and walk, and Peake was so much more sober than he usually was at night that a police con stable, who came in about e le ven o ' c l oc k, sa id t o hi m , "Peake, you are sober for a wonder !" He was a bigger and stronger man than the prisoner. In the course of the evening a farmer complained that be had had some sheep stolen from him, and Peake said (pointing to two gip sies who were in the- room), "These are the men who are likely to have taken your sheep," at which the gip sies were very angry ; but he explained that he said it only in joke, and he and they became friends, and drank together, and they went away with the farmer in a di rection not very different from his (Peake's) way home. When the police sergeant came in Peake wanted him to drink, and pressed him to go home with him, but did not state his reasons. The constable said he could not go that night ; and thereupon the pri soner said he was going home, and would go with him part of the way, and they both went off to gether, and were heard talking loudly for about a hun dred yards. At about a quarter of a mile from the public-house the road the prisoner was to take branched off to the right, Peake's going straight towards Ross ; but before they came to that divergence there was another way, more hilly, and difficult and longer, which the prisoner, might take to reach his home, and which the prisoner, when arrested the next day, said he had taken, adding that he had not gone five yards with Peake. On the Thursday morning, about five o'clock, Peake was found dead on th e r o a d side, just at the corner where the roads diverged, lying on his back, with his hat on, the front of his dress quite clean and in proper order, with out any traces of any struggle on or near him, or of any injury whatever, except a wound th roug h th e left eye, which the surgeon said must have been inflicted with a knife or other very sharp instrument being driven with such force as to break the bone behind ball of the eye, and so deeply as to divide the ophthalmic artery. Death must have been instantaneous upon the blow, and he could never have moved afterwards. The injury was in such a direction that it was almost impossible for him to have inflicted it on himself by falling. It was possible, but very improbable. On the discovery of the body the neighbours assembled, and three or four persons ran to give the alarm. As the prisoner and his brother were going to work, they met a woman who was coming from the place where the body was discovered, and wbo told them if they had been earlier they would have seen a dead body; to which John Greenhaff said, "Is it Bill Peake, the sawyer?" and she said it was. In explanation of this, it was elicited that many other persons had been to see the body, and might have met theprisoner and his brother previously. When the prisoner and his brother came up to where the body was, they stopped awhile and passed on without offering any assistance or going near the body. An answer to this was that there were sufficient, as there were ten or a dozen persons there to remove the body, and ten and twelve others standing by looking on. On the Thursday, the prisoner was seen using at dinner a white-handled knife, such as might inflict the wound that caused the death, and this could not be found on the Monday afterwards, when attention was called to it, and that day he was seen dropping something into a deep quarry in the neighbourhood ; but the witness who saw him do so admitted that be himself threw stones into the same quarry for the purpose of ascertaining whether the water was rising or sinking, and the quarry was afterwards drained, and no knife found in it. On the same Thursday a towel was found in the house of the prisoner's father, where the prisoner lived, on which there were some spots, which the police thought were from• drops of blood, but which the surgeons, when they saw them a few days afterwards, could not undertake to say were blood. This towel was left at the house from the Thursday till the following Monday, and no attempt was made to wash out or remove the spots. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Huddlestone asked his lordship if he thought there was a case to go to the jury? His lordship said he could not withdraw the case from the jury. Two witnesses having been called to give the prisoner a character as a peaceable, quiet, and humane man, His Lordship recapitulated to the jury the main fea tures of the case, pointing out the insufficiency of the evidence to establish satisfactorily the charge against the prisoner, and desired them to consider for a few mo ments, and if they were disposed to find the prisoner guilty, he would read over the evidence to them. They deliberated for two minutes, and declared him not guilty. This was the last case at these assizes, which closed at a, quarter-past three. To-morrow is the commission day at Monmouth, where, it is said, the business will be very light. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GIIILDHALL.—The poor soldier, whose injuries, received in endeavouring to save the life of Sergeant Patterson of the City Police force, at the late fire on the premises of Mr. Button, the chemist of Holborn, have confined him to the hospital during the last three applied to the sitting magistrate for some assistance, when, from his statement and that of Police-constable White, 24, who accompanied him, it appeared that he belonged to the 7th company of the 9th battalion of Royal Artillery stationed at Woolwich, to which place he was returning at the expiration of his furlough on the night of the fire, when, perceiving the danger to which Sergeant Patterson was exposed, and no one offering to relieve him from his burning garments, he rushed to Patterson's assistance, and, although suffering from the burning phosphorus which fell continually upon him, he persevered until he had torn off all the unfortunate man's clothing. Notwithstanding this act of magnanimity, Patterson was only saved from the peril of the moment, for he died within a few days afterwards, leaving a widow and an orphan child'to lament his loss ; and the worthy individual, who had acted with such courage and forti tude, was so severely injured that for several days after his admission to the hospital his life was despaired of, and even when the crisis was over it was apprehended he would have to lose both his arms, and with such a fearful anticipation before him ho said he had only done his duty, and if it were to occur over again he would not shrink from it. Amputation has,' however, been avoided ; but in consequence of the contraction of the muscles and tendons, he will never be fit for service again, which is the more unfortunate, as he bears four stripes of good conduct on his arm, and a good character in his regi ment, and six months' more servitude would have en titled him to a pension, of which it is probable his gene rous act of assistance will deprive him, as he was not on military service when disabled. _ _ _ Sir R. W. Carden inquired if Mr. Button had com pensated the poor fellow 7—White said no application had been made, as the soldier bad only just been dis charged from the hospital ; but he thought nothing might be expected from Mr. Button, for he had done nothing for the widow of Sergeant Patterson. Sir R. W. Carden asked the applicant what he in tended doing ?—The soldier said he was returning to his barracks at Woolwich to be tried by court-martial. Sir R. W. Carden (much surprised)—Tried by court martial !_ For what 3 . . . - . The soldier said it was merely a court to inquire how far he had exceeded his duty in being absent from his regiment, after his furlough had expired, without leave. Sir R. Carden said the poor soldier's conduct was ex tremely meritorious, and he would reward him with 2/. from the poor-box. The worthy alderman expressed his regret that the funds at his disposal would not enable him to render him assistance that might be of some per manent benefit to him ; but he hoped, through the me dium of the press, who never refused their aid in works of charity, to place the applicant's case before the public, and he doubted not but that a second appeal to the sym pathies of the benevolent in behalf of so deserving an ob ject would be unnecessary. Sir R. W. Carden then gb,ve the poor soldier 2/. (for which he appeared exceed ingly thankful), and said he should be happy to receive any donations that might be forwarded to him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —Edward Taylor, a well-dressed young man, wa s brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with maliciously stabbing Jane Hall with a carving -fork. The prosecutrix deposed that she was a widow, and lived at No. 10, Grosvenor-mews, and that she had been living with the prisoner as his wife for five or six years, and had had one child by him, now five years old. She left hind about three weeks ago. On Saturday night last, about eight o'clock, she md the defendant at the post-office, and as she was putting a letter in the box he snatched it from her, and told her the child was ill, and she went to his lodgings to see it, and after some conversation with him, she agreed to pay the sum of , as. a week towards maintaining it, and to pay 4s. in advance. On Moiiday night she took the money to his lodgin g s , and before she gave it to him she told him she would have her watch that he had got. He said he would not give it up, and. they quarrelled, and used a great deal of aggravating: language towards each other. He then said he would'. finish her, and that one plunge would be enough. He, then picked up a carving-fork from the table. She said. if he finished her he would leave her child without a. , mother. He then stabbed at her with a fork, and the f. two prongs entered her shoulder. She §eized his arms, and told him she would be a long time dying with a fork. he had better take a knife. He then took up a knife, and her hands got triflingly cut, but being stronger than the prisoner, she held him, and he threw down the knife and fork. She then got a policeman, and gave him into custody. At the station-house she looked at her shoulder and saw it was bleeding. The fork produced is the one he did it with. Hawes, 31 C, said he took the prisoner into custody, and at the station he examined prosecutrix's shoulder, and found blood oozing from the wounds. He applied the carving-fork to them, and found that the prongs matched the wounds. He also found holes in her shawl and gown which corresponded with the fork. The pri soner denied stabbing her, and said she was drunk. They were both perfectly sober. In answer to the charge, the accused said they had had a quarrel, and she took up the knife, and he seized the fork to defend himself. He then took the knife out of her hand, and that was the way she had got herself cut, if at all. She struck at him with the knife, and he retaliated with the fork. Mr. Hardwick said he should send the case to a jury, and committed the prisoner for trial. HEALTH 01? LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Report.) The deaths in London, which had declined to 1,274 in the previous week, rose again in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,321. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843 —52 the average number of deaths was 1,165, which, with a correction for increase of popula tion, gives a mortality for last week of 1,282. The ac tual number of deaths registered last week' therefore exceeds the estimated amount by 39. In comparing the results of the last two weeks in ze ference to fatal diseases, there appears a considerabl e uniformity, except in phthisis, the mortality of which rose from 131 to 153, and pneumonia, which declined from 101 to 88. Bronchitis numbered in the two weeks 174 and 175 deaths, which is double the average at this period of the year; pooping-cough 70 and 65, typhus .56 and 53. The mortality from scarlatina continued the same, and amounted in each week to 37. The son of an oilman, aged 4 months, died at 135, High-street, Kent road, on 21st March, of cholera Angelica (4 days)." Last week the births of 752 boys and 728 girls, in all 1,480 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,556. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.762 in. The mean temperature of the week was 33.3 deg., or 9 deg. below the average of tha same week in 38 years. The mean temperature was about 8 deg. below the average on four days of the week, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the depression was more than 10 degrees.• The mean dew point temperature was 26.6 deg. The wind blew generally from north-east. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAWR 26. 233 Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses 145 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 65 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 5 Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy 39 Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance 53 Causes not specified . 322 1,321 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 1681. of 1852. Week West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females.. 1,321 687 .... 634 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males.... Females. Total 752 728 1,480 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Itutca 29. The market for shares opened heavily this morning, but closed with a better tone and character than for the past few clays :—Caledonian, 324—Great Southern and Western, 54—Lancashire and Yorkshire, mi s—Lancaster and Car lisle, 93—Ditto (third shares), ln p.—London and North- Western, 1174—Ditto (fifth shares), 23 p.—Midland, 723 1 -I—North Staffordshire, 41 d.—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 3—York and North Midland, 293—North Union A, 251. MANCHESTER, MARCH 29. A fair business was done, but at lower prices in the morning, but there was less activity in the afternoon and towards the close. London Stock, 11817 I—East Anglian, Seven per Cents., 4—Ditto, Six per Cents., 3t—Eastern Counties, 121—Lancaster and Carhsle, 92i—Ditto, Thirds, 13i p.—Caledonians, 32—Leeds stock, 741—Dovers, 231 — West Riding, 3i d.—Midlands, 73i —North Staffords. 41 d.---Blackburn, 7—Cheshire Junction, 68 d. BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 29. Shares were rather firmer in this market to-day, and more business was done. LEEDS, MARCH 29. There has been only a limited business done on 'Change this morning. Midlands and Lancashire and Yorkshires have again declined, closing at their lowest point. The concluding transactions were as follows :—Midland Stock, TN—Leeds Northorns, 16i—Lancashire and Yorkshires, 74i—North Westerns, Bk—East Lancashire, 18. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM, WOL VERHAMPTON, AND DIIDLEY.—On Friday next the Great Western Company will take formal possession of these lines, in virtue of a deed of transfer. The whole will be opened to Birmingham early in the month of July next. RAILWAY TO HAMPSTEAD.—During the last few days a large number of surveyors have been staking out a line of railway for an extension of the North and South- Western Junction Railway from Willesden, on the Lon don and North-western line, through Hampstead, to the Camden Town station of the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction, which will open a direct communication from Hampstead to the City. ANDOVER AND SALISBURY.--The works on this line, which have been suspended for some time, are to be forthwith resumed, under the auspices of the directors of the London and South-western Railway. All possible dispatch will be used by the contractor to complete the line. The proposed line is 17 miles in length, and will connect the town of Andover and the city of Salisbury, with a direct communication with the metropolis. WATERFORD AND TRAMORE.—The directors of this line have settled all the claims on the line, and the land is now in the possession of Mr. Dargan. Almost all the land was obtained on the valuation of the company's officers. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.—A deputation from the directors of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, consisting of Mr. Vigors, Mr. E. Smithwick, and Mr. Josiah Bates, with Mr. Radcliffe, the company's English solicitor, had an interview last week with the Board of the Waterford and Limerick Company, and although it has not yet been finally arranged as to which company shall complete the line from Dunkit into Waterford, yet the general result of the conference has been of a nature highly satisfactory to all parties. Whichever company undertakes the work, it is at all events certain that it will be immediately commenced and carried out with spirit. In the meantime the directors of the Water ford and Kilkenny company above named have fully arranged with Messrs. Ellis and Husler, the contractors for having the line opened from Jerpoint Hill to Dunkit by the 4th of April. THE BOROUGH OF CHATHAM AND THE LATE ELECTION. —On Saturday a return showed that at the last election, out of 1,339 voters, 364 persons in the employ of Govern men voted, of which 171 voted for Sir F. Smith, and 133 for Sir James Stirling. Of the votes on the list, 318 were in the employ of Government, and 47 were half-pay offi cers, pensioners, &c. So that, after all the hard words about wholesale " bribery and corruption" at Chat ham, "flagitious exercise of Government influence," and the threats of disfranchisement, we find that no less than 133 voted against Sir F. Smith, th e " G overnment candidate," whilst 171 voted in hi s favour and against Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, a n ex-Lord of the Admiralty, and an officer who has had more than his share of the good things of the navy, and whose family have been push e d on most rapidly Government influence. Could it b e a matter of by Government his prise that in a borough like Chatham, Sir F so well known and respe c t e d as he, was fr . on long social and official c onnect i on with the plate, had a majority of 33 amongst the men in the employ of the Government, especially when it was kn own, too, in a naval port like Ch a th am, that it was mainly upon Sir Jas. Stirling's erroneous evidence that the naviga tion laws were destroyed, and the shipping interests of the country perilled. Had Sir James Stirling, the ex member of the Board of Admiralty, notorious for its political jobbin g i n the dockyard boroughs, polled a majority of th e d oc k yard men or othervoters holding Government appointments, we should h ave h eard very little of undue influence or' " Governm en t corruption at' Chatham," FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDA Y. DOWNING-STREET, 31Anca 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Hodgson, Esq., to be Chief Justice for Prince Edward Island, and Joseph Holroyd, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council. Her Majesty has also been please 3 to appoint Robert Crosby Beete, Esq., to be First Puisne Judge of the colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas Stewart, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General, and James Clement Choppin, Esq., to be her Majesty's Soli c it or -G enera l f or th e Island of St. Vincent. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Rutherford, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the dis trict of Natal, in South Africa. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Leopold Gr imston Paget to be Adjutant, vice Radcliffe, who re signs the Adjutancy only, March 4, 1852; Second Captain Ri , thard Phelips to be Adjutant, vice Mountain, who re osig,ns the Adjutancy only, April 14, 1852; Second Captain R. 4 ,chard King Freeth to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, pro 3noted, June 21, 1852. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. William Chafyn Grove, Esq. ' • Alfred Morrison, Esq., to be Deputy Lie u t enan t s , March 14. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Henry Pascoe Smith, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, , March 26. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorganshire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—John Samuel, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 21. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Fitzroy Camp bell, Esq., late Lieutenant-Colonel Fusilier Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Feb. 14. Robert Grange, Esq., Cap tain H.E.1.C.5., Nov. 26, 1852; Charles Craven, Esq., late Captain S co t s G reys, F e b . 7 ; Morgan Yeatman, Esq., Feb. 9; Chas. St e ph en B arron, E sq., Feb. 10—to be Captains. Augustus Goldsmid, Esq., promoted, Jan. 20 ; William Prescott Hinds, E sq ., Fb. 18 ; Thomas Sandon Kirk patrick, Esq., March 3; Oswald Lee Nash, Esq, March 4 to be Lientenants. 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Joseph Godman, jun., Esq., Feb. 23, to be Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Anthony Morris Storer, to be Major, vice Whitmore-Jones, deceased ; Edward Hobhouse, Esq. (lately Lieutenant and Captain Coldstream Guards), to be Captain, vice Storer, promoted ; Thomas Newton Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Watson, retired ; Azim Salvator Birch, Gent., to be En sign, vice Hewlett, retired, March 26. North York Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the North York Regiment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps, and called henceforth the " North York Rifle Regiment of Militia." BANKRUPTS. Thomas Dallaston Stearn, plumber, Ipswich, to sur render, April 13, at two,, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Morris, Si,one, and Townson, Moorgate-street. John Turner, grocer and draper, - Uckfield, Sussex, April 8, at two, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard. William Latham, shoemaker, Shelton, Staffordshire, April 13 and May 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lees, Burslem, and Hodgson, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. W. Mayfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer, May 6, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—G. H. Tyerman, Plymouth, hosier, April 21, at h a lf-p as t t ea , a t th e H a ll o f Commerce, Plymouth—J. Petrie, Plymouth and Devonport, confec tioner, April 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth—E. Tipping, Liverpool, soap boiler, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. N. Brickwood, Liverpool, merchant, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. F. Came and M. Telo, Liverpool, merchants, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool-L-4. Keron, Altrincham, Cheshire, builder, April 20, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Greener, jun., Wigan, Lancashire, ironmonger, April 21, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country. W. Toms, jun., Honickowle, Devonshire, victualler, April 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Ply mouth—G. H. Tyerman, Plymouth, hosier, April 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Higginbottom, J. Whitworth, and G. Nabb, Bury, Lancashire, woollen-printers (as far as regards G. Nabb)— S. Wilkinson and L. E. Austin, Southampton-street, Camberwell, hosiers and drapers--H. G. Richardson and J. Hackwood, Birmingham, stainers of glass —W. Langton and E. Revill, Birmingham, metal-spinners —W. Trevethick, W. Thomas, and S. Wilkinson, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire ; wood-merchants--T. Pierce and R. Smith, Nantwich, Cheshire, painters W. H. Matthews and W. G. Horncastle, auctioneers—W. Emberton and T. Emberton, Brownhills, Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers—R. Stannard, J. Stannard, and W. Stannard, Wiston Nayland, and Bures St. Mary, Suffolk—J. Baker and G. E. Webster, Shirley, South amptonshire, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Greaves and J. Taylor, Crompton and Royton, Lancashire, cotton spinners —J. Stanfield and W. Hepworth, Wakefield, letter-press printers—S. Hughes and R. Lewis, Tothill street, Westminster, and Warwick-street, Pimlico, linen drapers—C. Turton and J. Wilkinson, Bury, Lancashire, leather dealers—W. Worthington, R. Benson, H. Worth ington, and G. Ashworth, Droylsden and Manchester, cotton spinners and manufacturers—R. Collinson and M. Richard son, Bridlington, Yorkshire, attorneys and solicitors — Edward Holmes and John Holmes, Pagan-hill, Glouces tershire, engineers—J. Vail and W. Vail, Cambridge, whitesmiths—T. Bevington, S. Bevington, and S. Morris, King William-street, City, and the Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, leather factors (so far as regards T. Beving ton)—Leah Nathan and J. Nathan, Upper Queen's-build ings Brompton, butchers—J. Gott and A. F arqu h arson, Kendal, coachbuilders—P. S. Pemberton and B. Silvester, Manchester, linendrapers—Hel en C ar p en t er , S. A. Car penter, and H. Yeomans, Birmingham and Birches-green, web and brace manufacturers (so far as regards Helen Car penter)—J. Needle and J. Nicholson, Beer-lane, Tower street, wine coopers--P. Penthridge and W. Hunt, Tot tenham-court-road, grocers—J. Cottee and G. Cottee, Witham, Essex, cabinet makers—H. Ogden and T. White head, Middleton, Lancashire, ironfounders -C. H. Richards and C. W. Wisbey, Bristol, printers—J. Robinson and W. Robinson, Barnsley, Yorkshire, twine maufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Burrows, West Bars, Derbyshire, flour dealer. Solomon Stubberfield, St. Leonards-on.-Sea, Sussex, brickmaker. John Farnill Askam, Sheffield, coal dealer. Joseph Leigh Shipman, Sheffield, journeyman turner. John Bucklow, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, licensed victualler. Charles Powell, Sheffield, brush maker. Frederick Browning, East Mailing, Kent, bailiff. Joseph Wells, Droitwich, Worcestershire, dealer in cattle. William Henry Wood, Little London, Staffordshire, padlock manufacturer. Mark Taylor, Pillgwenlly Monmouthshire, beer-houso keeper. Daniel Robert Davie, Newport, Monmouthshire, hair• dresser. Robert Smith, Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire farmer. Edward Ballerd, Princes End Staffordshire, retailer of ale. James Lomax, Felpham, Sussex. James Hill, Bury, Sussex, baker. Robert Watts, jun., Spratton, Northamptonshire, sad SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Alexander, Troon, merchant, to meet April 5, and April 26, at two, within the Portr an d A rms H otel, Troon. J. Allan, Montrose, grocer, to meet April 4, an d M ay 2 , at twelve, within the Star otel, Montrose. J. Milne, Edinburgh, omnibus proprietor, to meet April 1, and April 22, at one, within Paxton's Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. , G. Chapman, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet April 4 and April 25, at one, at Dowell a n d L yon ' s Rooms, Edin : burgh. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARC H 29. - -- - ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hermann, from New Or leans ; Annerland, New York ; Azorian, St. Michael's ; Abraham, Marseilles ; Constantino, do. ; Catalina, Tarra gona and Almeria ; Antoinette, Oporto ; Daring, Rouen ; John and Catherine, do. ; Friends, Havre ; Lion, Grave lines ; St. Joseph, do. ; William Septimus de Septimo Dunkirk ; Wilhelm Gustaf, Wifsta Varf ; Elizabeth', Rouen ; Delicicj, St. Michael's ; Ellen, Rouen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.--The Salvadora, for Memel ; Swithamley, Havannah ; Plantagenet, Syd ney; Imda, Roueu; William Stewart, Port Adelaide Calabar, Adelaide ; City of Paris, Boulogne ; Cl au d , San Francisco ; Princess Helena, Valparaiso. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO. —The C alypso, for Melbourne ; Unicorn, do. ; Echo, Rouen ; Luisa, Cartha gena and Barcelona ; Comet, Madeira - -ra ; Ann, Madras Princess, Bahia ; Menai, Calais ; -W'ilberforce, Hamburgh ; Seine, Boulogne ; Panther, Ostend •; Concordia, Rotter: Rotter dam ; Soho, Havre ; Ceres, Rotterdam. HAVANNAH, March 7.—The Carena, Cienfuegos to Swan sea, put in here on March 4 leaky, an d w i th serious damage, having grounded on the shoals between Jardines and Isle of Pines, and will h ave to discharge. HALIFX, N.S., March 17. —The Dahlia, of this port, from Porto Rico to New York, has put into Ragged Island in distress, having been in contact with a large ship, March 4, and will have to discharge her cargo. The Winchester, Liverpool to New York, which was assisted in here Feb. 28, with loss of all three topmasts, main and raizon mast heads, &c., left this, March 11, for New York, in tow of a steam-tug. The Catharina Cornelia, Konigsberg to Salcombe, reported yesterday as having passed the Sound on November 20, and not having since been heard of, arrived at Svinoer in January. That port and those in the neighbourhood were full of vessels detained. VE SP WITH. The Essex, Coquimbo SSELS to the Cape of Good Hope, March 14, lat. 42 N., long. 18 W. The Rachel and Mary (British barque), bound W., Jan. 3, off Cape Horn. The British Merchant, Talcahuano to London, Jan. 25, lat. 25 S., long. 21 W. The Morning Star, for Van Diemen's Land, Feb. 5, lat. 6 S, long. 27 W. The Owen Glendower (supposed), homeward bound, March 2, lat. 21 N., long. 2 IV. The Adolphe, Reunion to Nantes, March 5, let. 13 S., long. 8 W. The Seringapatam, Wellesley, and Barham, all home ward bound; March 6, lat. 11 S., long 11 W. The Evangeline, and Holyrood, March 25, lat. 42 N., long. 14 W. The Don Juan, Feb. 6, lat. 32 N. long. 39 W. The Jessi e C ra i g, F e b . 11, let. 19 , N., long. 50 W. The Osprey, Feb. 13, let. 18 N., long. 54 W. The Augusta, Feb. 23, lat. 16 N. long. 14 W. The Helen Jane, M arc h 5, l e t . 23 N., long. 84 W. MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES.—We believe we may affirm without the chance of successful contradiction, that there are divisions in the Cabinet upon questions deeply involving important public interests. This, how ever, cannot be a source of surprise to any one ac quainted with the heterogeneous material of which the Ministry is composed. But that the differences to which we are alluding will result in a break-up of the Cabinet, is not to be expected. The sweets of office are too valu able to be sacrificed on the altar of principle or coneia enoy,--Beel'a Weekly Maserizger. COUNTRY MARTCE2'S. LIVERPOOL-MARCH 29. At this day's market there was a moderate attendance of the trade, who purchased to a fair extent of wheat at about the prices of this day week. Flour, both American and French, was neglected, and easier to buy. Oats and oat meal were in rather bettor request, and the turn dearer. Barley and peas were scarcely inquired for, and beans were 6d per qr. lower. Indian corn afloat was in better request, and rather dearer, but parcels on the spot were without material alteration in value. - IPSWICH—MARCH 29. The farmers are now very busy in field-work, that the attendance at mark e t was lessened, and the quantity of corn on sale also small. Wheat sold steadily and was in demand, and inclining upwards in price ; indeed the turn was in favour of the seller. We noticed some few samples of malting barley, which fetched 34s to 36s per quarter. Beans and peas nominally as of late. PER. QUARTER.' PER QUARTER• Wheat, red (old) 4os to 45s Barley, grinding ... 28s to 31s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 48s to 54s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 33s to 3Cs Flour, Per sack AVERAGES FOR THE R'F.ER ENDING MARC[f 26, ISO, Wheat Barley „ Oats Berms Peas HULL-MARCH 29, Arrivals of grain aro very moderato, for although the near continental ports are open, prices on the` other side are too high to be worked advantageously to this market. To-day we had a fair supply of wheat from the farmers' and the best ru ns o f re d f e t c h e d fully the current rates of last week, a n d, i n d ee d , i n some instances, is more money was paid, 46s being the price generally paid by mille rs ' Not much doing i n f ore i gn w h eats mere l y i n re tail to local millers. A very limited business in barley, but heavy malting qualities maintain their value. Other kinds of spring corn without alteration. Without further arrivals of linseed the market is only flat ; a good e °n• sumptive demand for linseed cakes at the decline. Rope' seed rather easier, but a little more enquiry for cakes. The following are the present prices of grain Wheat, English, red 44 to 46 Peas, gray and black Ditto whiLe 47 to 49 Linseed, Black Sea... Dantzic and Konigs- . Ditto Petersburgh berg 49 to 51 Ditto Riga and Arch Pomeranian and Ham- angel burgh Danish, Holstein, and Kernel Friesland Russian And Odessa Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Frlesland Ditto Russian Barley, malting Ditto grinding Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel s e. 35 to 3 ' 49 to 51 42 to 49 42 to 46 40 to 45 42 to 44 Per Ton• 40 to 43 Lins. e., Hull 815 s Od to 0100 19 to 22 Ditto fine for.B/ Od 0/ OtOd 16 to 18 Ditto inf. for 7l 10s to 71 150 19 to 22 Rapeseed 291 lOs to 0/ Os 18 to 19 Rape cakes 32 to 34 Tares, English 42s to 45s 28 to 29 Ditto foreign .. 34 to 38 Guano 41 71 to 91 Od 34 to 36 Bones 100 s to 102 s Gil 38 to 40 Rye Meal .................. none CORK— lSrancif 28. Brls. Currency. White wheat 00s 0(1 to 00s Od Os Od-20 stone. 4 Redwhcat 22s 6d to 23s Od Ditto 00s ad to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s 04 33 Barley l3s ad to 14s Od Ditto 00s Od t o Oo s Od 00s Od-16 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od - Bere OO3 Od to 00s Od Os Oil 234 Oats 9s 2d to 9s 103 138 Ditto 9s 10d to 11s 84 9s 10d 14 do. Ditto 00s 04 to Oos Od Pigs oos Od to OOs 04 OOs Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices : 00 barrels white wh ea t; , 3 re d ; 14 barley; 0 bore ; oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : Wheat, 116. Barley, 174. Bere, 0. Oats, 2,003. Pigs, 176. No quotations for butter, nor return of firkins, until the 11th of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 26 : Pigs, 495. Sheep, 368. Cows, 120. CORIL-Flour-- First, 15s Od to 165 Od ; extra, 17s Od; seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d ; households, lOs to 13s 6d ; thirds 7s Oct to 108 per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s Gd to 8s 3d ; oatmeal, lOs 6d to 11s Od ; wheat meal, lOs to lOs Oct per 0 5 ' 6 . Indian corn, 71 2s 6d to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4 / 10s Oa to 411580 d per ton. Hay—Farmers, 2150 d to 3750 d ; average. 335; dealers, 37s Od to 50s Od ; average, Os per ton. Straw-- Farmers, 22s Od to 28s Od ; average, 24s ; dealers, 00s Ocl to 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d to Od ; household ditto, Oct to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9d t 4 lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Meat -beef, 4Ad to 8d ; mutton, sid to bid ; veal, 4Acl to bid ; pork, 5.1 t ° 6d ; bacon, 7d to 7.±,c1; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newfound' land, 111. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 31s to 00s; Red, do., 30s per bd.—Potatoes, white, Od to 10c1; pinkS, , lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Calm, 165 Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., Os Od per imperial gallon.-- Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 305 to 38s per cwt. CO skins, 3,d per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 3/. per ton.- - Fleece wool, 00s to 00s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to 421. per ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. lOs ; red pine, 31. 10s ; yellow do., 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred.—Bark, led, Si. to 10/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 4tir to 47s per cwt.—Hops, 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 195. per bd.— Guano, Peruvian, 101. lOs to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-Ake 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. •--•• Ame rica(by it.pack)N Every Friday .. Liverpool ... Each Mon. America (by United Sts packet) .......... N March 30 ...... Liverpool April 4 America (by U State.. packet) .......... N April 5 ........ Southampton . pril 8 Australia (via South ampton) ..• 4th of May ...... Southampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May Dover ...... April 1 Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) •••• • • • . ..N 25 of April ...... Plymouth .. arch 30 Africa ( West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. April 12 Alexandria..........N 8,9, 24, & 30 of m Dover Mar h 29 Alexandria........ 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 Bahamas ..... —3l 2nd of the month Southampton Ist of mon Belgium ............N Dover ...... Dally Brazil 9th of the month.. Southampton pr.l 16 Buenos Ayres ----11 l 9th of the month.. Southampton April 16 Cape of Good Hope —IC 14th of the month Plymouth .. iTive d Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of Apri1......, Plymouth .. March 30 Cape de Yards • 14th of the month Plymouth .. Arrived Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the month Plymouth .. Arrived Channel Isles ........N M on.,Wed ,&Frld. Southampton fu.Tn. ~ 3.1 2d & 17th of month Seuthsunpton April 1 CCohnitsiataiitisee India) 17,24,&27 of m D0ver...... M arc h 30 Constantinople 4th & 20th of mo n Southampton April 4 Cont. of Europe M & N Twi ce d a il y Dover . • • • • • Ewlcedau, Egypt (see .India) France ........ M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Twiced aily Gibraltar • . •..M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o f m . Southampton April 5 Greece (see India) Greytown • 2nd & 17th of mo n . `onthamptOn April 1 Hamburgh ..........N T uesday & Friday London Toes. S at. Ilavannala ' 2nd of the month S ou thampton April Holland 31 Wednesday & S a t L on d o n ... • • II °n ; ha Honduras ..........M 17th of the month Southampton April 16 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 India (via Marseilles)3l Bth& 21 th ef month Dover ...... April 1 lonian Isles (see India) Ireland ........31 & N Twice dail Ly • Holyhead • • w-- , , i Mon •.• .. AI 7,9, 17, &28of m . S ou thampton April • - Madeira .Madeira Mauritius Mauritius (see India) Naplesed 31exieo . 3 I N 5 2 t r h u l o o t f ti t 2 h s e t ho fm mouth. on D P Southampton l o o3m e e r rou . . t r h. .:.: A l t s p r t r i ° l ; New Granada ..M 2d & 17th of mo n th Southampton Apri l New By private ship .. Variou, ports Ulle.erl ain Papal States ........N Athlsth2f,thofmon. Dover ...... April 2 Peru Papal St M Ith 17 th2B thofmon Southampton April 5 • • • • •••• • • • • ..M 75 & 28th o f mon s o uthampton April 1 Port • Natal ... • ....N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Arrived T 2 Sicil Y ••••• • • • .• ..N sthl!qh2sthohn on , Dover ••• • • • A p ri l e 2 tp eallY sthlsth2§thocrnon. Dover • • -, . V enezuela ..........M 2d & of month Southampton April • Van Diemen's Llnd (see Australia) • West Indies .....• . ::31,2d& 17th of month Soutbamptor, April_ 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. RotterdamA Antwerpm s t e Ditto, r threea m . . 211 1 511 1 31 1 90: yQ G e noa iilnoGibraltar Leghorn : : 2350 . 7 4 Brwsels .............. 25 30 Venice; ...• •• •• ..... • • liamburgh ............ 13 8% I Naples ........ - Altona ......,.. 25 10 12:sesninnso Ditto, three months .. 25 32% I Lisbon .....• •• • ....... 5 114 Marseilles. 25 35 Oporto ......... ...... . Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro .......• •• • • Frankiort-on-Maine .... 120% Buenos Ayres .....• •• • • Berlin . .............. New York, 60 days' sight Vienna .. • . ...... 11 5 Philadelphia .. •••• • • • • Trieste 8 PRICES OF ntrimorf. PLa Petereiburgh.... • • ...... 37% Foreign Gold in Bars X 3 1 0 7 r ) Cadiz... ........ .... .... m ri; s rt xe u h : a a l npon O no l i d 4 ,. C . :; 4l 0 0 ° 0 0 0 0 Barwiona • • •• •• .• Seville „ „ :ilvor •• i n bars ...... 0 5 IN BIRTHS. OF A soN. On the 26th inst., at 11, Herbert -place, Dublin, the wife of Edward 31 4 C4wire, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Versailles, the wife of Professor Minssen, Dr. Ph. On the 25th inst., the lady of Lieutenant Blickmore , R.N. - - - OF A DAUGHTER. On the 25th inst., at Pembroke Lodge, Lady J. Russell• On the 25th inst., at 27, Welbeck-street, the wife of Henry J. F a rquharson. On the 26th i nst., at the Manor-house, StrathMore, the wife of Captain H. O. Mayne, Madras Cavalry. MA Itltl ED. March 29th, at Rollstoue, by the Rev. J. H. Joh nstone, Gilb er t Heathcote, Esq., third son of William Heathcotet Bart., of Hursley-park, Hants, to Elise., eldest daughter of Captain Win; Arthur Heathcote, Rollgtone, Wilts. On the 28th of January, at Howrah, near Calcutta, Captain Cubitt S. Rundle, now Resident at Serampore, B e ngal, to Sophia, e ld es t daughter of Mr. John N. S indali of London. DIED. On Easter-day, at her residence, Moor - h ouse, in the parish of Lim afield Surrey, Mrs. Morrell , aged 84. On the 29th inst., at Tlyde-park-square, Anne Loan' uise; relict of th e G enera l H on . R o b er t Mead. aged 68, sister of Si r W . W. Mailing, Bart. , of Earlsham-bou.se, Norfolk. s -hill On the 26th in s t., at her residence, St. George' , Bathampton, Bath, Deane, relict of the late Harry Salmon, Esq., aged 92. On the 26th inst., at the residence of Th omas Situ Pal" ion, Esq., of 9, Notting-hill-terrace, after an i llness of 18 Ye Miss Harriet Ann Madocks, aged 43. LONDON : Printed and Published by 111IIIIDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offieo,No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, IA tho -oar at' Middlesex, Wednesday, Marsh PI 1804 1;1, ,