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

'et Erb laitionf SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Postulant (taken). METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, 6to 1 agst Contentment (taken). 11 to 1 agst Lampedo (taken). 14 to 1 agst Peggy. CHESTER CUP. 30 to 1 agst Constantine. DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Orestes (taken). 18 to 1 agst Sittingbourne (taken) 20 to 1 agst Honeywood. 25 to 1 agst Ethelbert (taken). IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack at five o'clock. The Duke of ARGYLL presented petitions from dif ferent parts of Scotland, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays, and against the Maynooth grant. roe Earl of BEAUCHAMP presented petitions from plz,ces in Worcestershire, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY presented a great number of petitions to the same effect. The Duke of MONTROSE presented petitions from different parts of Scotland, praying for the inspection of nutmeries upd against the Maynooth grant. The Esrlr of EGLINTON presented a petition to the Tame effee6 ; the noble lord also moved for copies of all papers and correspondence respecting the reinstatement in the Irish magistracy of Mr. Kirwan. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from Cam bridge, praying for inquiry into the corrupt practices prevalent there at the last election. • The Designs Act Extension Bill was read a first time. LAW OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE BILL. Lord BROUGHAM moved the second reading of this bill. The objects proposed by this bill were, first, to amend the law with respect to the admission of the evi dence of husband and wife, and to allow them to be called against each other in all cases except those which might be deemed privileged communications ; the second object was to take away the privilege which witnesses at present possess—of refusing to give answers to questions which they might think might criminate themselves, giving them however an assurance that their testimony should not be used against them on any future occasion. [LEFT f3PEA,XING.I HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. Mr. HEYWORTH took the oaths and his seat for Derby. Col, BOYLE took the oaths and his seat for Frome. RAILWAY AMALGAMATION. Mr. CARDWELL moved that no railway or canal bill, containing any powers of amalgamation, lease, working arrangement, or other combination of interest between different companies, be read a second time befo re the 11th day of April next, unless the parties in terested in promoting such bill shall elect to proceed with the same on the terms of striking out in committee all such powers aforesaid.—Agreed to. MALDON ELECTION. The committee appointed to inquire into the allega tions in the petition against the return for Maldon w ere called to the table and sworn. The committee, of which Lord R. Grosvenor is chairman, was appointed to sit at 12 to-morrow. PETITIONS. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from a parish in Warwickshire in favour of the abolition of church rates. Mr. T. PARKER presented a petition from Preston against the attorney's certificate duty. Mr. TURNER presented a petition from Liverpool against the endowment of Maynooth. Mr. A. PELLAIT presented a petition from South wark against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sun day. CIRENCESTER ELECTION. The committee appointed to inquire into the allega tions against the return for Cirencester was called to the table and sworn. The committee, of which Mr. Lascelles is chairman, was appointed to sit to-morrow at eleven. Mr. FORBES MACKENZIE presented a petition from Liverpool, praying for legislation in regard to !ravings banks. Mr. SOTHERON presented a petition from working men in Wiltshire, against the Crystal Palace being opened on Sunday. Mr. V. SMITH presented a petition from Cambridge, praying for some inquiry into the corrupt practices which prevailed in the borough at the last election. Mr. SULLIVAN presented a petition from sixteen solicitors of Kilkenny against the attorney's certificate duty. Ski- J. Y. BULLER presented several petitions from yin:icing men against the opening of the Crystal Palace or, Sunday. Mr. Sergeant SHEE presented several petitions from the county of Donegal praying for the passing of the Tenant Right Bill ; also a petition from the county of Down, complaining of the intimidation at the last elec. tion for that county, and praying for the protection of the ballot. (Hear.) Mr. COLLIER presented a petition from the Law Society of Plymouth against the attorney's certificate duty. 6ir J. SHELLEY presented a petition from certain elf;ctors of Bridgnorth, complaining of the gross bribery and treating at the last election and previous elections for that borough, and praying for inquiry. The hon. member gave notice that to-morrow he would move that the petition be printed, as he intended to found a motion upon it. Mr. CAYLEY presented a petition from Newcastle on-Tyree, complaining of the loss of life in coal mines, and pr aying for legislation. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS. PHINN gave notice- that, at an early day, he would move for leave to bring in a bill to enabk penal ties to be recovered in county courts against persons who have been guilty of bribery at elections. WATER COMPANIES. Lord R. GROSVENOR, not seeing the right hon. the President of the Board of Trade in his place, wished to ask the noble lord at the head of the Home Department what were the intentions of the Government with regard to bills for the supply of water to the metropo lis, introduced, or to be introduced, in the present ses sion. It was understoOd last session that no new Water Bill Was to be passed until the existing companies had had an opportunity of testing their plans, and he wanted to know if that understanding was to be adhered to ? Lord PALMERSTON was not aware of any stipu lation having been come to which should prevent the present Parliament from dealing with any water bill, and passing it if they so thought fit, but if he was asked what were the opinions of the Government with regard to the expediency of granting such new bills; he should say that it was most desirable that no new bill should be passed until the existing companies had had a fair trial, and had been allowed sufficient time to test the feasibility of their scheme for supplying the metropolis with an ample quantity of good water. The government would therefore be disposed to recommend the house to abstain from establishing any new water company for the present. VALUE OF GOLD. Mr. DRUMMOND said, in the year 1810, the report of_ a committee which s a t u p on th e su bj ect of the value of cold was l a id upon t h e ta b le of the house. Upon t br it committee the late Sir R. Peel was placed by the Gove nam ent of the day to support their erroneous ,opinions but he (Sir Robert Peel) became a convert "''' e s °und principles of Locke and Newton, and from that v i ews had le o ri e h od down to the present time the same value of gole taken by various Governments of the occurred of an ecently, however, circumstances had culated to overthro unprecedented character, which were cal ask the Chancellor Ofrtthheose Principles ; and he wished to Government had take xchequer whether her Majesty's of noTo consideration the effects of the reduced value 3 . the consequences of this re duction of value upon gthe triou s classes, and espe cially upon contributors touts he did not think it advisableirongs banks ; and whether of the a committee to inquire into the altered value standard, and to suggest some remedy for any ev il tha e arise. t may be likely to The CHANCELLOR of the EXCRE GA - L ,„ -- , 1 1 1 1, 2 , -Lx, said, in answer to his Honourable friend, h e that the Government had carefully Watched an d o to state the cours e o f re cent transactions, espe c i a ll y With bserved Brto influx and e fflux of gold into and out of this co r u e n but they had failed to perceive so clearly as th el Z et .; member that they were calculated to depreciate the value of gold, and therefore they had no intention of appoint ing a committee of inquiry into the matter. (Hear.) ATTORNIES' CERTIFICATE DUTY. Lord R. GROSVFNOR then rose for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the attornies' and solicitors' annual eirctificate duty. Refore he went into the merits of the ease he wished to brine , under the notice of the house the positi on i n which ' the question was now placed . For twenty years the attornies and solicitors of England had never cetued to petition the house to be relieved from this tax, and in 1849 he gave notice of his inten tion to move for the repeal of the tax. In 1849, how ever, he was not able to bring the question before the house, but in the following year, 1850. He then asked for leave to bring in his bill ; and although he was op posed by the Government of the day, the house yet ac ceded t o t h e propriety of his motion. He carried the I ,l o l , 4s t hrough several s t ages w i t h t h e assistance of the horse, until the end of the session drew near, when, 71ag,etotnethese di ffi culties that were incidental to every Private fell i xb u e l r who attempted individual legislation, the t t i o ea th e gelritsiln the following year, 1851, owing s, and the debate on the Ecclesias ' 1 Titl es s ill he hsuecweas unable to bring his motion on, but last successful renewed his motion, and no doubt, had his fries formined in office, there would elr troubling the h have been no necessity Thus stood the question 111 and were thepres ent n ouse now. owot. a new Parliamedt, which had not pronounced its opinion upon the matter, he should have contented himself with simply moving his Motion as it stood upon the paper. The history of the certificate duty was very simple. Towards the close of the last century Mr. Pitt was in great distress for money, and he proposed this and seve ral other taxes—not as a part of any general scheme of finance, but because they were more likely to obtain the sanction of the house. From that time up to the present the tax had been 'gradually augmented, and it now amounted to 121. for metropolitan, and 81. for provincial solicitors. The operation of the tax was most unjust to the profession, for while the more wealthy members of it only paid at the rate of a quarter or a half per cent, on their profits, the poorer members had to pay five, six, and sometimes even seven (per cent. He did not see why attorneys should be taxed any more than barristers, surgeons, apothecaries, painters, or architects, In fact, they might be more fai rly taxed, as they had not to contribute to the State at the outset of their , career so large a sum as solicitors. It was sometimes said that attorneys were extortioners, blood-suckers, and vampires ; indeed, a certain member of the house on being asked what was the difference between an attorney and a solicitor, said the difference between a crocodile and an alligator. So far, however, from the attorneys being extortioners, he thought the Executive deserved that character, in retaining an unfair and unjust tax of this kind. He had hoped that the Char cellor of the Exchequer would have consented to its repeal, and thus relieved him (Lord R. Grosvenor) from the necessity of again addressing the house on the subject. If he ac ceded to his motion, it would only involve 120,0001., and he thought, even if there was not a suffi cient surplus to enable that sum to be repealed, a case had notwithstanding been made out which war ranted the house in at once relieving the profession of the burden which they had now to bear. Mr. COWAN briefly seconded the motion. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER considered that no person holding his office could under any circumstances consent to the repeal of a particular tax until he had heard the arguments for its aboli tion in connection with the arguments for the abolition of other taxes. (Hear, hear.) He entirely disagreed in the opinion that the annual certificate duty was un just. Tha imposts which were borne by trades, and to which they had been accustomed, were far from being the worst description of duties. There were many others which had a far stronger claim for abolition. (Hear, hear.) He admitted, however, that when the proper time arrived, the whole of the different duties which pressed on attorneys would well deserve consider tion, such as the duty of 1251. on the admission of attorneys, which was excluded from the noble lord's motion, but which had 64 effect of making the profession a monopoly by operating as a great burden on young men who were about entering upon it. He thought that it would be much better to diminish this duty on admissions, in order to give the public the benefit of freer competition in the profession, rather than abolish the annual certificate duty. He protested against the practice of dealing with isolated cases of taxation, as if persevered in it would prove most destructive to the finances of the country. If, however, the noble lord thought there was such an exception as to require particular discussion, the proper time to submit it to the consideration of the house was after the Chancellor of the Exchequer had laid his financial plans before the house. He should on these grounds oppose the motion of the noble lord. Sir F. THESIGER considered that if the noble lord consented to postpone his motion to an in definite period, as suggested by the Chancellor of the Exchequer he would entirely fail in ever attaining his object. He thought there was no better time than the present to bring forward this subject, as it was desirable that the Chancellor of the Exchequer should have an opportunity of hearing the opinions of the house upon it, before he prefiented his Budget. He saw no reason whatever why the noble lord should not be allowed to bring in a bill for the abolition of such a gross and shameful tax. Mr. FITZGERALD supported the motion. Mr. HUME would give the noble lord his support if he would propose the abolition of the imposts on all the other thirty-five trades which were compelled to pay duty to the state, but he could not think of relieving one class while others were liable% similar burdens. After a words in reply to Lord R. GROSVENOR, The house divided, when there appeared— For the motion 219 Against it 167 Majority in favour of the 52 Leave was accordingly given to bring in the bill. OATHS. Mr. PELLATT then rose to move the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the subject of Oaths, and the operation of the Act 1 and 2 Will. 4, c. 4, and the Act 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 62, for the substitu tion of Declarations in hew of Oaths in the Customs, Excise, Public Offices, and Corporations named in the said acts, and the advantage of extending the principle of those acts to the courts of law, and further to inquire into the oaths now taken by members of Parliament at the table of the house, with the view of substituting one uniform declaration for members of all religions persuasions, and to report thereon from time to time, and was . (LEFT SPBAKING.) ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) ( Continued from our First Edition.) SOUTHAMPTON. The committee were occupied during the afternoon in hearing evidenoe to prove agency. Evidence was also called to show that Mr. Andrews, the mayor, had acted in a spirit of partiality and partisanship not befitting his position as returning officer. THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.—A meeting, attended by several members of Parliament and other gentlemen interested in the affairs of India was held on Wednesday night at the St. Alban's Hotel, Charles-street, when it was agreed that any precipitate legislation on the subject of the future Government of India was to be deprecated, and that another meeting should be held on 'Saturday next, at which members of Parliament will be Invited to attend, and an association will be formed for the purpose of obtaining and disseminating complete information respecting the administration of India, and the mutual interests of that country and of England. ELECTION COMMITTEES—March 9. DERBY. The room was then cleared, and on parties being re admitted the committee announced that they had come to the following resolutions : " That Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., is duly elected a burgess to serve in this present Parlament for the bo rough of Derby. "That Thoinas Berry Horsfall, Esq., is not duly elected a burgess to serve in the present Parliament for the borough of Derby. " That Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., was duly elected, and ought to have been returned, to serve as a burgess in the present Parliament for the said borough. " That the committee have altered the poll at the last election for the said borough by striking therefrom, for having received bribes, the names of William Harris, William Morley, Thomas - Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis Radford, John Taylor, Henry Needham, John Swan, F. Staley, Charl es C oc k ayne, Edwin Cockayne, William Oliver, and H. Sharrack. " That Thomas Berry Horsfall, Esq., was, by his agents, guilty of bribery at the last election for the said borough ; but it has been proved to the satisfaction of the committee that the bribery was committed without the concurrence or privity of the said T. B. Horsfall, Esq. a That William Harris, Thomas Blake, Richard Walcop, Francis Radford, John Taylor, Henry Need ham, John Swan, Francis Staley, Charles Cockayne, Edwin Cockayne, and H. Sharrack were bribed by the sum of 21. each ; that William Morley was bribed by the payment of 21., with the supplementary payment of 1/. in the month of October last, subsequent to the election, and that William Oliver was bribed with the payment of 1/. _ _ - That Thomas Morgan appears to have been the person principally engaged in the above acts of bribery, and that the funds for that purpose appear to have been furnished to Morgan by the intervention of a man named Lund. "That George Clayton, John Ford, and Henry Ackerman were also engaged in various act of bribery and corruption. " That it it has been proved to the committee, as to •several of the above-named persons, that at former elec tions also they have received money for their votes, and the committee have reason to believe that such corrupt practices have been prevalent in the said borough, and they desire to state their opinion that the parties reported to the house as guilty of bribery should for the future be disqualified from the exercise of the electoral franchise. " That it appears to the committee that the petition of Wm. Poole, so far as regards the return of Michael S. Bass, Esq., was frivolous and vexatious." The proceedings then terminated. SUSPECTED MURDER IN GLASGOW.—There is good reason to believe that a man of the name of Morrison has come to his death by murderous violence, but few particulars of the sad occurrence are yet known. So far as we have been able to learn, Morrison, who is a painter by trade, was to enter on Thursday last into employment in a shop at the west end of the city, the men of which were out on strik e . Thi s f act o f t h e str ik e i s wort h y o f notic e , as it may possibly have connection with the melan tchheolmy morning, m O o n rrion th e ed , ay referred t o , a b ou t 7 o ' c l oc k i n who sleeps in a house in a back court in Vi rg,inia-street, was necessitated from illness to proceed to a convenienc e in the same court. His move ments must have been observed, for, when he was within the closet, three men came upon him, while a fourth kept watch, and, thrusting him between the door and the wall, there subjeHow lo cted him to th e whole crushing pow er of their bodies. ng this agonising process lasted cannot be said.; but Morrison, though suffering severely, Las enabled to proceed to the h ouse of his daughter in l s on-street, Tradeston. This is the statement of the unfintunate man himself, no person having witnessed gradually sank, and expired the same Morrison received the surgical attendance nece soary, up to the present time, The police, have ob tained ing. the attack b murderous out ut he declared that he could not identify rage, and Morriso n . scarcely probable, however, wherein them. It is taine,cl no clue to the perpetrators of the any oi so many were con cerned, that they will remain lon g has / row gone to murder has never been cam. more , c r u el • and heartless . 1. _ M mitted; Glasgow.—Nor t h, his account to b e strictl y correct, a ASSIZE INTEALIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIDSTONE, MARCH 9. (Before Mr. Justice Coleridge.) ATTEMPT TO MURDER. Frederick Lovell, 45, was indicted for the capital of fence of feloniously attempting to discharge a loaded pistol at Sarah Smith, with intent to murder her. Mr. Deedes, who appeared for the prosecution, stated the facts of the case, which were of rather an extraordi nary character, and the following evidence was then adduced : Sarah Smith, the prosecutrix, a good looking young woman, deposed that she had been for five years and a half housemaid in the family of Mr. Wackerberth, a gen tleman residing at Sevenoaks. A woman, named Anne Brown, was cook in the family, and the prisoner acted as coachman and butler. In August last year, the prisoner had the charge of the house during the ab sence of her master, and Mr. Wackerberth had pur chased him a revolving pistol with six barrels for the purpose of his protection. About this time she had ob served that the prisoner was very strange in his conduct, and that he appeared yery excitable and violent, and she noticed it particularly on the 6th of August, the day on which this occurrence happened. About ten o'clock in the morning the prisoner went out upon the lawn, and he then discharged all the barrels of his pistol. At half-past one o'clock they all sat down to dinner, but the prisoner did not eat anything, and his appearance alarmed her so much that she left the parlour and went up to her own room, and shortly after wards she heard the prisoner go to his room and take the pistol out of the drawer in which it was kept, and she then heard a noise which she thought was the report of a pistol. In consequence of these proceedings of the prisoner she and her fellow servant, Anne Brown, went out and applied to the magistrate for a warrant against the prisoner, and she accompanied the constable Hindley to her master's house. She then saw the prisoner sit ting near the door, and on her going in he addressed her, and said, " You have done this—it is all your fault." He then pulled a letter out of his pocket, and asked her if she had written it, and she told him she had. She had written the letter the same morning and placed it in an open desk, from whence the prisoner must have taken it. The moment she told the prisoner that she had written the letter he exclaimed, "Take that," and she screamed and turned her head, and• at the same moment she heard the click of a pistol, but there was no report. The officers immediately upon this secured the prisoner. On the following morning she found a percussion cap on the floor which appeared to have been trodden on, and when she th r ew it into the fire it exploded. She had not had any quarrel with the prisoner before this took place. A short time before August the prisoner was very ill and kept his bed, and after this illness she noticed a good deal of difference in his conduct. The letter referred to by the prosecutrix was put in and read. It was addressed to a female acquaintance, and, among other matters, it contained a complaint of the prisoner's conduct, and stated that Mr. Wackerberth would be ready to discharge the prisoner if she and the other servants desired it, but she was unwilling that this step should be taken as the prisoner was a married man, and she hoped he would mend. In answer to a question put by Mr. Deedes, the pro secutrix said that the prisoner had never attempted any improper familiarities with her. Cross-examined —The prisoner had only been about a year in the service of Mr. Wackerberth in the country at at that time, but he had been in that gentleman's service in London four or five years before. Up to the period of his illness he always' behaved very well. He was at tacked with intermittent fever, and after he recovered he frequently complained of his head. She was not aware that he was out of his senses at any period of his illness, but afterwards he was frequently very excited and quar relsome, and he frequently said that he was a much worse man since his illness. It was after his illness that her master procured him the pistol to protect his house and property. She did not hear the prisoner say after the transaction that if he had shot her he intended to have shot himself She and the cook were alarmed at his con duct, and they wished to have him bound over to keep the peace, but the prisoner was not aware of it being their intention to make such an application against him. By the Court—The prisoner had frequently professed an attachment for her. She did not consider it was love but merely friendship. He never made any improper overtures to her. She knew he was a married man, and therefore paid very little attention to what he said. She had no doubt that the prisoner entertained an affection for her, and she did not discourage his advances so much as she should have done, because she was afraid of him. His excited manners and behaviour caused her to feel great alarm on his account, and she was fearful that he would do her some violence. Anne Brown, the cook, doposed that on the day in question, after prosecutrix had left the room, the prisoner became very violent, and on her remonstrating with him he made use of very bad language, and said he did not care a curse for her or Sarah, or his master. Cross-examined--Until the prisoner was ill he always appeared to be a quiet, inoffensive man. She was not aware that the prisoner had been drinking on this day. Elizabeth Morris, the daughter of the gardener, proved that after the two women had gone out to apply for the warrant, the prisoner came to her father's cottage and asked if Sarah was there, and on her telling him she was not, he ran up stairs to look for her. He appeared in such an excited state that her mother said to him, " Oh, Lovell, what is the matter with you?" The prisoner replied, "It is of no use ; I will have my revenge." James Handley, the superintendent of the police at Sevenoaks, spoke to the presentation of the pistol to the first witness. After the prisoner was in custody he said it was a good job that the pistol had missed fire, for if he had killed the girl he intended to have also destroyed himself. Blackman, the other constable, corroborated the evi dence of Mr. Handley, and said that while he was struggling with the prisoner, and the pistol was resting upon his arm, he discharged four of the barrels. Mr. Horn then addressed the jury for the prisoner, and after observing upon the extraordinary nature of the case, he submittal that the jury would be fully war ranted upon the evidence that had been adduced in coming to the conclusion that at the time the prisoner committed the desperate act with which he was charged he was not in such a state of mind as to render him re sponsible for his actions. Mr. Justice Coleridge having summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be transported for twenty years. ¶IIIE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10,_16150. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—Sir Robert W. Carden, upon taking the chair, yesterday for the Lord Mayor, said he thought it necessary to make a few observations upon the subject of the reported proceedings of the day before in the Court of Aldermen. It would appear, from the words attributed to him in the discussion upon the ques tion proposed by Alderman Wire, that he might be sup posed to have included in his condemnation of the course pursued by pretended brokers, the conduct of the mem bers of the Stock Exchange. Nothing could be more erroneous than such a supposition. He could not be guilty of libelling a body of gentlemen, with whose honourable principles and liberal dealings he had been for so many years well acquainted, by comparing them with the persons whom he was in the habit of denouncing in the Court of Alderman, for practising a system of pludder which the regulations of the court, if strictly acted upon, would, he had no doubt, considerably dimi nish, if not altogether put an end to, and he felt the deepest regret that any misconception or misrepresen tation of what had fallen from him should have occa sioned a painful feeling amongst his brethren of the Stock Exchange. Upon the repeated occasions on which he had called the attention of the Court of Aldermen to the objectionable transactions of persons who had acted as brokers, and against whom complaints had been made in the Court of Aldermen, he had drawn a contrast between the characters of such persons and that of the gentlemen of the house, and nothing could be more re mote from his disposition or intention than the *lea of ascribing to the latter a discreditable motive in any of their transactions. Of the high sense of honour by which their dealings were characterised, there were con stantly recurring proof, in the enormous amounts of money which passed between them upon mere verbal agreements. Michael Thomas Bedford was charged under the fol lowing circumstances : James Tyrell (City police) said, this day as I was in the Mansion-house,. the prisoner called me aside, and said he wanted to speak to me privately. He then said that he wished to give himself up for having committed embezzlement ; that he had taken money belonging to his employers, and applied it to his own and his family's use ; that he had been secretary to the General Ceme tery Company at Sheffield, and had absconded on Tues day week from that place. I asked him why he had absconded, and he replied that by casting up his accounts he found that there was a greater deficiency than he had expected, and he thought it best to leave, and that he got into a train accidentally and came to London. Upon searching him I found a pocket-book, a silver watch, and a small pistol in his pockets. He told me the amount of the deficiency was about 1701., but be could not exactly say, and that he had been to a guarantee society, where he had been guaranteed to the amount of 2001., that he had brought 13/. away with him, and that he had left 101. with the society.' The prisoner—l wish to state that I was at first un certain whether I should go to the chairman and make a full disclosure to him, or whether I should leave the town, and while I was reflecting what to do, I got to the station, and the London train happening to be the first, I got into it. If the northern train had been there I would have gone by that, no doubt. Remanded. SINGULAR AND SHOCKING A/TAIL—A most melan choly case of mental aberration has been noted to us. Mr. Mann, the cashier at the works of the British Iron Company, Acrefair, gave notice to the manager, Mr.. Wood, that he should quit the service, which notice was accepted. On Friday morning, the un fortunate man made a journey to Wrexham, where ho purchased two canisters, each containing a pound of gunpowder, which he conveyed home. It appears that he made his way to the office where Mr. Wood was employed, carrying a canister of the gunpowder in either hand, with a fuse in each, which ho had calbu lated would explode the powder. In endeavouring to open the door, one fuse fell to the ground, the other ig nited the powder in the canister. The explosion threw down the partition, carried away the ear and part of the scalp of the unfortunate man, and shattered his hand severely, Mr. Wood was, of course, much alarmed. a-binzeeia.v_gicglizebt.oovuruentaph, co ollyn eighbourho od.—North otdeNwoar Wrexhamtl e Wales a o l u e 3ltn Infirmary, nh r t o h an e r place, iyc,let.o s tookseek ic s surgical c a a r 1 , The affair has produced great•sensation in the THE ARMY. Prince Albert is no feather-bed soldier. Let the Scots Fusiliers prove that. His attention to his regi ment was most exemplary, and as Mr. Herbert very truly remarked, very little of his 2,0001. allow ances did he pocket—expending well-nigh the whole sum in increasing the comforts and multiplying the con veniences of the men under his charge. They are sorry to part with him, but his successor, with as princely a heart as his own, is an active, zealous, and skilful sol dier ; and the regiment will prosper in his hands no doubt. By the way, we learn Prince Albert is, at his own expense, about to increase the Grenadiers' band, bringing it up in point of numbers and efficiency, to an equality with the most renowned regimental bands in Austria or Prussia.—Plymouth Mail. GENERAL INSPECTION.—Major-General Sir Harry Smith, G.C.8., inspected the 7th and 35th Regiments and Royal Marines, on the parade, Mount Wise, on Monday. The gallant general appears determined to keep the troops under his command in prime " service condition." He took the command on the ground, and gave the " word" himself with a voice fully equal to the task. The various evolutions were gone through in the most admirable style by the whole of the troops ; but from the contracted space afforded by the parade ground, there was no moving the troops in a body, or forming a continuous line.— P.raouth The Emerald Isle, freight-chip, 537 tons, having on board the second (head-quarter) division of the service companies of the Ist battalion 71st Regiment, for con veyance to Corfu, sailed from Cork harbour, for her des tination on the sth inst. The following are the numbers embarked in this vessel, and the names of the officers. Numbers embarked :-1 field officer, 2 captains, 2 sub alterns, 2 staff, and 222 serjeants, drummers, and rank and file, with 15 women and 13 children. Names of the officers :—Lieut. Colonel W. Denny, Capts. F. J. C. Halkett and H. L. Wilson, Lieut. R. C. W. Stewart, Ensign C. Pringle, Lieut. and Adjutant J. Home, and Assistant Surgeon R. C. Todd. The freight-ship Flora is hourly expected to arrive in Cork harbour, from Dept ford, for the conveyance to Corfu of the third and last division of the above corps. The following movements have taken place or are about to take place :—One company of the 14th Foot from Limerick to Nenagh; the 68th depot from Nenagh to Birr ; the 16th depot from Birr to Castlebar ; the 3d depot from Castlebar to Naas ; the 92d depot from Naas to Galway ; and the 89th Regiment from Butte vant to Cork. Major-General M'Donald, C. 8., left his residence, Kilcreene, near Kilkenny, on Tuesday, on leave of ab sence until the end of the month. Colonel Williams, K.H., A.A.G., takes command of the Kilkenny military district until the return of General MPonald. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, m -ABCH 9. The Agamemnon, 91, screw, Captain Sir T. Mait• land.—A few fresh cases have discovered themselves to. day, on board the Camperdown (receiving-hulk) along• side. The Blenheim, 60, screw guard-ship, Captain W. H. Henderson, C. 8., has been taken up alongside the Col lingwood, 80, to-day, while some alterations are made in her moorings. The Sidon, 22, Captain Goldsmith, and the Odin, 16, Captain Francis Scott (paddle-frigates), will be paid ad vance on Friday. The Royal yacht Victoria and Albert, Captain Cris pin, is in dock, undergoing her refit, which will be com plete about the end of June. The Banshee, steam-packet, Lieutenant Hosken com manding, will be ready for sea on the 12th inst. The hulk Menai, 28, which has been for some time a target for the xcellent gunnery students, is now or dered to be taken up. The Elfin, Royal dispatch yacht, Master-Commander Balliston, with Captain Crispin on board, went out yes terday on a cruise, as far as the Southampton-water. The Illustrious, old 74, now converting to a block guard-ship, has stripped off three streaks of old copper from the water-line downwards, and is busy caulking and paying her seams. She is a handsome ship of the old school, and powerfully built. We have had very thick foggy weather the whole day. Wind S.E. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 8. The Encounter, 14, screw, Captain George W. D. O'Callaghan, arrived this morning. She has been unsuc cessful in raising hands, not having any. Two boys deserted from her at Liverpool. The Devon, lighter, Bond, master, sailed this day, with stores, for Pembroke. THE SCREW-SHIP SANSPAREIL.—The Sanspareil, 81, Captain Sidney Dacres, arrived here on Friday afternoon from Lisbon, which she left on the 19th ul6. She steamed out of the Tagus, and under sail from thence to Cape Finisterre. Steamed and sailed across the bay into the English Channel, until she made the Lizard, the wind being foul, shortened all sail, and steamed to this port. Her performance home can scarcely be spoken of as a test of her sailing capabilities, as little or no sail could with prudence be made. Her speed under the canvas, power and steam, was about what would be made by a well-conditioned frigate. She came into har bour on Friday evening, and is now being dismantled and returning her sails, spars, &c., to store. It is understood she is to receive a fourth-rate's masts, yards, &c. Her engines are evidently not equal in strength to the power at which they were intended to work. 51 knots are the maximum that can well be got out of them. If they are attempted to be worked beyond this, the vibration is so great as to cause constant apprehension of something giving way, in fact, they are never set in anything like motion without some portion or other being damaged. Captain Dacres has been summoned to the Admiralty, it tis presumed in reference to the general character of the ship and engines. It is said that a remedy is to be found for some of her rolling pro pensities by the removal of all the guns from her upper deck. To make up the deficiency in weight of metal, which will thus result, it is proposed to place four heavy guns on the main deck, two forward and two midships, but this must depend upon the space the deck affords for working them. The gunnery practice of the crew in the Tagus astonished all who witnessed it.—Plymouth, Mail. WOOLWICH, MARCH 9. APPOINTMENTS. Master Edward Rose (1823), to the Saturn at Fein broke. Clerks.—Robert T. Mason (1848), from the Ajax, 58, screw steam flagship at Cork, t• the Impregnable flag ship, at Plymouth ; W. N. Rowe, to the Horatio, 24, screw steam guard-ship, at Sheerness. Second Master Frank Inglis (1847), recently serving the Castor, 50, on the Cape of Good Hope station, to the Sidon, 22, paddle-wheel steam-frigate at Ports mouth. The Cyclops paddlewheel steam-frigate arrived at Woolwich this forenoon from Sheerness, having brought up to this port the masts, spars, and rigging of the Tri bune, 30, screw steam-frigate, fitting in the basin, with her engines, by Maudslay, Sons, an d Fi e ld. Th e yclops was taken into the basin at high water. The Dover steam-vessel has had her old boilers taken out, and was taken into -dock to-day, preparatory to having new boilers put on board. The officers and men of the Firebrand steam-frigate, fitted out at Woolwich, left that port in a highly credit able manner, honourably payi ng every claim which they had incurred previous to their departure for Portsmouth and the Mediterranean station. Orders have been received here that the hoisting ap paratus of the Hannibal, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Deptford ; the Algiers, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Plymouth ; the James Watt, 90, screw steam-ship, building at Pembroke ; and the Nile, 90, screw steam ship, building at Plymouth, are to be the same in the stern fittings of the ships it being intended that all the screws of these ships shall be capable of being shipped in any of the ships of 400-horse power fitting by John Penn and Son, and by Maudslay, Sons, and Field, and that all the screws shall be three feet long. An arrange ment of this kind has long been a desideratum in the Royal Navy, where so much diversity in marine engines has hitherto existed that it is a matter of great difficulty to apply the still useful parts of old engines and their screws to any other vessel than the one for which they were originally constructed. THE SCREW-FRIGATE DAUNTLESS. We have been favoured with the following extract of another private letter about this ill-fated ship. It will be most gratifying to the friends of the survivors t. know that the fearful malady is stayed : " Barbadoes, Feb. 12, 1853. " It will be gratifying to a number of people to know that the Dauntless has not produced a single case of fever since the 22d ult., and that all those who were attacked and did not die are out of hospital, and on the fair road of perfect recovery. Out of 180 cases of fever 85 have died from the commencement of the awful visitation up to this time. But notwithstanding our present healthy state, to guard against risking more lives, it has been decided on by a board of talented medical men, presided over by Dr. Connell, sur geon to the forces, to recommend that nothing should be done in the shape of re-embarking until, I believe, about 30 days have elapsed from the date of the last case of fever. After that time it is reported that we shall steam as quickly as possible into cold weather, and most likely Bermuda will be our destination. I think I have nothing more to add. The 34th Regiment have returned from their tented ground on Britton's Hill into barracks, and the crew of the Daunt less now occupy a portion of the vacated encampment on that comparatively elevated position, where they are in the eivoyment of perfect health, but as usual appear quite adlift on shore, and long to be on board their ship again Jack's natural and legitimate home." THE CLAIMS OF ARCTIC OFFICERS TO PROMOTION. The following letter has been • addressed to us by a friend of Commander Inglefield : " Sir,—Reading an article in your paper of the 23d ult. on the Arctic Expedition of 1853, under Commander In glefield, who is a friend of mine, I beg to offer the follow ing remarks iu consequence of the assertion therein, that ' several other Arctic officers are more deserving of pro motion than Commander Inglefield.' The reasons are stated. " Now, I freely admit the claims of each of those intre pid voyagers to the gratitude of their countrymen, and a reward for their services ; yet, I must remind you— " First, that Commander Pullen was rewarded by pro motion for the privations endured in the boat expedition, and has barely served his time for a higher reward. " Secondly, Commander M'Clintock was also promoted for Arctic services under Captain Austin, and now, in command of the Intrepid, has not completed the service he is engaged upon. " Lastly, Commander Forsyth, it is true, w ent out in a private expedition, but it was in company. f many vessels, at no personal expense, and returned with no information beyond such as the dispatches from Captain Austin, of which he was the bearer, conveyed. " Now, on the other hand, Commander Inglefield is nearly eight years a commander, commanded several ships, and has just carried out, at his own expense and risk, one of the most extraordinary voyages on record—having, in a short space of time, and alone in his solitary vessel, skirted the shores of Baffin's Bay, discovered two wide straits lead ing into the Polar basin, and added to the Arctic chart 600 miles of new coast line—going far out of his road be sides, as the winter forced him from the northward, to bring home to his countrymen the latest news of Sir Ed ward Belcher's squadron. " However odious are comparisons, these have their origin in the article referred to, andj trust to your can dour for their insertion." We regret that Commander Inglefield has a friend so injudicious as to pursue any comparison between Com- Blander Inglefield's claims and the services of officers who have been engaged in Arctic services, for his friend must naturally suffer in consequence. In the first place, Commander Pullen, for an old mate and an experienced surveying -officer, was promoted, for his Arctic services, in 1849; but subsequently that officer, in command of the boat expedition on the north coast of North America, continuing the search, suffered privations unparalleled in the history of Arctic service. Commander Pullen was unsuccessful in penetrating to Leopold Island. It was impossible for him to do so ; but all that man could do he accomplished, and in his small boats was subjected to dangers and accidents which Commander Inglefield, in his amateur voyage, could not have encountered. Moreover, Commander Pullen has been in command of an Arctic ship for more than a year, and we believe has served more than double the neces sary time for promotion, " Secondly. Commander M'Clintoek has not only served his time for his next step, but he has served more in the Arctic regions than any other officer on the list. He was recommended by Sir James Ross, but was shamefully neglected ; and in Captain Austin's expedi tion, by his unprecedented exertions in travelling further than any party had previously reached, he performed the principal service of Captain Austin's expedition. This officer has been in command of the screw-tender Intrepid since February 10, 1852, in Sir E. Belcher's squadron, and is held to have claims for advancement inferior to no officer that has been promoted since the war. " Lastly,"— Commander Forsyth is an officer who was specially promoted for surveying, and other important services he rendered at the Cape of Good Hope ; and the log of the Prince Albert,, which vessel he commanded at great personal and private sacrifice, that has been pub lished in the columns of the Morning Herald, although not written in so florid a style as the narration of Com mander Inglefield's voyage of last year, has nevertheless shown that he made one of the most extraordinary trips to the Arctic Regions on record. He was alone in those solitary regions a great portion of the time, and the in formation he contributed to the general history of the search was as valuable, if not so interesting, as Com mander Inglefield's detailed account of his praiseworthy proceedings. Under all the circumstances, therefore, we are quite sure that the service and the public will agree with us in opinion, that, although Commander Inglefield may be entitled to encouragement and advancement, yet it would be unjust to Commanders Pullen, M'Clintock, and Forsyth to promote him before those officers. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER SPRING MEETING. WEDNESDAY. OPTIONAL SELLING STAKES of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added : for 3-yr-olds, let 101 b ; four, 9st 101 b ; five, lOst 41b ;, six and aged, lOst 101 b ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; maidens having started twice, 41b ; three or more, 61b ; the winner to be sold for 120 sovs. if demanded, &c., and allowances if to be sold for less ; the second to save his stake. One mile. Mr. H. S. Thompson's The Gip, 3 yrs, Est 31b (401.) (J. Brown) 1 Mr. Tempest's Cripple Kate, 5 yrs, Bst 31b (301.) (W. Johnson) 2 Mr. Boynton's Newport, aged, 9st (301.) (Stockens) 3 Mr. Gibbs's Nancy Martinson, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (301.) (Harrison) 0 Mr. Nicholson's The Nun, 4 yrs, Bst 91b (601.) (Monte) 0 Mr. R. Nelson's Vine Leaf, 4 yrs, 7st 11Ib (301.) (Charlton) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst The Gip and 3to 1 agst Cripple Kate. Won in a canter by two lengths ; a length be tween second and third. Run in 1 mm. 54 sec. The winner was sold by auction for 62 guineas. INNKEEPER'S STAKE of 1 soy. each, with 10 added, for half-bred horses ; 3-yr-olds, 9st 51b; four, list 31b ; five, 12st ; six and aged, 12st 71b ; the winner to be sold for 30 Boys., and allowances if to be sold for less ; mares and geldings allowed 31b ; winners extra. T.Y.C. Mr. Taft's ch m by Don John, 5 yrs, 11st 51b (251.) (A. Taylor) 1 Mr. Moorhouse ns br g Paddy, aged, list (151.) _ __ . . (Moorhouse) 2 Mr. C. L. Thorpe's Knight of the Pipe, aged, list 71b (201.) (H. Lamplugh) 0 Betting-7 to 2on Don John mare, who won in the commonest of canters by ten lengths. The Knight of the Pipe did not pass the post. The winner was sold by auction for 38 guineas. Uun in 2 min. 1 sec. DONCASTER HANDICAP STAKES of 10 sovs. each, 5 ft, and 3 only if declared, &c., with 100 added ; winners extra ; the second to save his stake. St. Leger Course. Mr. Morris's Hungerford, 5 yrs, 7st 131 b (Basham) 1 Mr. Switt ns St. Andrew, 3yrs, sst (F. Bates) 2 Mr. Sargent ns Bardolph, 4 yrs, 7st 41b (inc. 71b extra (Charlton) 3 Mr. Eglinton's Llanforda, 3yrs sst 81b (inc. 71b extra) (Aspinall) 4 Mr. Balfe's Isabella, 6 yrs; 7st 21b (P. Keagan) 0 Lord Eglinton's Pelopidas, 4 yrs, 6st 1 llb (Aldcroft) 0 Mr. Harrison's Burndale, 4 yrs, est ...(Waddington) 0 Baron Rothschild's Break o'day Boy, 3 yrs, sst 1 llb (Hayloe) 0 Mr. Osborne's Bold Davie, 3 yrs. sst 1 llb ... (Carroll) 0 Lord Chesterfield's Jaqueline, 3 y s, sst(carried sst 21b) (Admen) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Llanforda, 4to 1 agst Hunger ford, 6 to 1 agst Burndale, 7 to 1 each agst Bardolph, Jacqueline, and St. Andrew, and 10 to 1 agst Isabella. Won by half a length, a length between second and third, Llanforda beaten two lengths from Bard°lph. Run in 3 min. 33 sec. ----- - - NORTHERN STEEPLE CHASE of 3 sovs. each, with 25 added : for 4-yr-olds, lOst 61b ; five, list 41b ; six and aged, 12st. A winner of any Steeple Chase or Hurdle Race of the clear value of 50 sovs in 1851, 1852, or 1853 to carry 51b extra ; mares and geldings allowed 31b. About three miles and three quar t ers . Mr. C. L. Thorpe's Chorister, aged, 11st 111 b (H. Lamplugh) 1 Mr. Foster's Sir Charles,' aged, list 1 11b (Smith) 2 Mr J. Smithies' Pathfinder, aged, list 1 llb (Parnell) 3 Betting-6 to 4 each agst Chorister and Sir Charles, and 2to 1 agst Pathfinder. Sir Charles and Pathfinder were out of the race after the first round, leaving the winner to canter over alone. Time 17 min. BETTING ROO3I STAKES of 5 sous. each, with 50 added, for two-year olds, Est 121 b, and three, 9st. ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. ; winners extra and allowances for maidens ; the second to save his stake. Red House in. Mr J. Oliver's Ethelbert, 3 yrs, Bst 91b (Yates) 1 Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Bst 61b...(Basham) 2 Mr. T. Cunningham's The Jewess, 2 yrs, Est 9lb (Ashman) 0 Lord Eglinton's The Norseman, 2 yrs, 6st 121 b (Wells) 0 Mr. D. Holtby's Rosa, May, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Waddington) 0 Mr. R. E. Olivier's fby Birdcatcher out of Grace Darling, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Templeman) 0 Mr. J. Osborle's Bridesmaid, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Carrol) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Lambton, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Winterbottom) 0 Mr. H. Smith's Bright May, 2 yrs, Est 91b (Kendal) 0 Mr. B. Way's The President, 2 yrs, Est 12ib (Harrison) 0 Mr. Halford's Eliza, 3 yrs, Bst 61b (Whitehouse) 0 Betting-2 to 1 agst Ethelbert, '3 to 1 agst Brides maid, and 6to 1 agst Bright May and Eliza. Won in a canter by a length. The President a good third, and Grace Darling filly fourth. Run in imin. 21 sec. SCURRY STAKES (handicap) of 3 sovs. each, with 20 added ; a winner after the publication of the weights to carry 71b extra, and the second to save his stake. Red House in. Mr. Holtby's Ross Lee, 4 yrs, Est 71b (Wells) 1 Mr. Morris's King David, 3 yrs, Est 61b (Carroll) 2 Mr. Boynton's liewport, aged, 9st 41b ° (Owner) 0 Mr. J. Osborne's Lady Agnes, 4 yrs, 7st 131 b (J. Osborne) 0 Mr. Harper ns Worcester, 5 yrs, 7st 91b (Waldie) 0 Mr. A. Thursby's Talisman, 6 yrs, 7st 71b (E. Keegan) 0 Mr. G. S. Thompson's All's Lost Now, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Cooper) 0 Mr. R. Nelson's. Luck's All, 5 yrs (h b), (Kendall)... 0 BEI TING ON TI 1E COURSE. DEBBY. 9 to 1 apt West Australian. 12 to 1 Orestes. 16 to 1 Sittingbourne. 20 to 1 lioneywood. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 20 tto 1 --- Trifle. AYLI ISBITRY STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. SWEEPSTAKES aof 5 sovs. each, and 50 added. 4 miles. Mr. Price's Bi illfincher, list (Owner) 1 Mr. Symond's The Dean, list 51b 2 Mr. Balchin's Ex-Minister, lOst 71b 3 Mr. Tollites 1 he Rejected, list 101 b Mr. Higgins's Peter Simple, list 51b Mr. Thompsoi is Melon, list 0 Mr. Golby's C o .ntractor, list Mr. Perrin's Pi tcenix, list Mr. Davidson's Starch, lOst 71b 0 `Von by six L 3ngths. Starch broke his back. Bull fincher is object ed to as the winner of a hurdle race at Rochester, and the stakes are withheld. VALE OF Ar LESBURY HUNT STEEPLECHASE PLATE of 100 sovs. for to ,rmers' horses, &c. 4 miles. Mr. Elliott's F 'airplay Mr. Holdhar A:olus Mr. John B town's Troy Mr. John P rOwn ' s Hastoe Mr. Hodge' Dreadnought Won by a length A Puns g 'of 50 soya., 3 miles, was won in a canter by Mr. Price' s Legislator (owner), beating Mr. A. Elliott's Jenny L . iud, Mr. Holland's St. Patrick, Mr. Tollitt's Pay-the- Way, Mr. Holdham's Flirt, and Mr. Garner% Kate. ....(Boxall) 1 RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD. The half-yearly meeting of proprietors took place yesterday, as the Euston Terminus ; Mr. Peto, M.P., in the chair. From the report, which was read by the secretary, it appeared that the total income of the railway for the half-year ending December 31, 1852, amounted to 97,8091. lie. 6d., that of the corresponding half-year in 1851 having been 85,347/. 6s. 7d.; while the charges in the former period amounted to 55,0021. ss. 10d. and in the latter to 40,7821. ss. 4d. Under the head of steam boats the receipts in the half-year of 1852 were 8,734/. ss. 7d., and the charges 7,3981. 2s. 7d. ; in that of 1851 the receipts were 9,9511. is. Bd., and the expenses 6,8051. 12s. id. In the last half-year the number of passengers was 307,257, the tonnage of goods 103,264; in the corresponding period of 1851, these items were respectively 252,743 and 90,513. The gross increase of receipts from traffic was, the report said, 11,2451. Bs. 10d., the increase on the railway being 12,462/. 4s. 11d., of which a portion must be attributed to the opening of the line from Bangor to Carnarvon. A de crease of 1,2161. 16s. ld. appeared on the steam-boat re ceipts, but the comparison as respected 1851 was with a period during which the attractions of the Great Exhibi tion were drawing an unusual number of passengers to London : compared with the proceeds of 1850, the re sults 'were satisfactory. The increase of expenditure during the half-year amounted to 14,220/. ; but under this head were included two items, which did not appear in the corresponding entry for 1851, being the amount estimated to be payable to the Bangor and Carnarvon Company, and the extraordinary charges in opening the Irish merchandise traffic. With respect to the latter item the directors, with the view of developing the re sources of the line, had resolved to extend to goods traffic the system of through booking, which had here tofore been confined to passengers. In carrying out their views the directors had received cordial co-opera tion from the London and North-Western Board, but not from the directors of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. The accounts showed a gross balance to the credit of revenue of 44,746/. 4s. ld. ; or, deduct ing 23,7731. 10s. 6d. as interest due on debentures, a net balance of 20,9721. 13s. 7d. ; from which the direc tors recommended that a dividend of Bs. 3d. per share should be declared on the first preference shares, payable on and after the 21st instant, and that the balance should be earned over to the next half-year. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the re port, said during the last half-year the directors had steadily applied themselves to what muskultimately, in their judgment, tend to the full development of the re sources of the undertaking. With regard to the Irish traffic, they had made a commencement ; and although it had been attended with difficulties—he referred espe cially to the difficulties which arose from the want of cordial co-operation on the part of the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company—he would not dwell upon the subject, because his doing so might widen the breach. It was the desire of the directors that the three directo rates should act harmoniously for the benefit of those whom they represented ; and as far as the North Western Company was concerned, he saw nothing which was likely to interrupt cordial co-operation. The slate traffic already amounted to an average, of 1,000 tons per week, or upwards of 50,000 tons a year ; and they were only prevented from obtaining a very large increase by the circumstance that the quarries with which they were then in contract were insufficient to supply the large demand upon them. The local goods traffic and the Irish traffic were also increasing ; and the fact that, i during the present year, up to the sth of March, the gross increase of traffic on the line exceeded 7,0001., showed that some of the seed sown, and the charge for which had fallen so heavily on the revenue of the last half-year, was beginning to tell in the fruits which they were reaping. (Hear, hear.) During the present half year the directors anticipated considerable benefit from the exertions which were being made in Dublin in con- , nection with the Exhibition ; and they were prepared, in conjunction with the London and North-Western board, to give every possible facility for visiting Ireland while the Exhibition was open. They also contem plated making similar arrangements to those made last year with respect to the tourist traffic, with many ex tensions. The debenture interest would in future exhibit a considerable decrease. He was happy to tell the meeting that during the last half-year all the de bentures which fell in were renewed at 3i, 31, or 4 per cent. ; and as the previous average was 5 per cent., a considerable saving under that head might now be anticipated. A vacancy in the auditorship would have to be supplied, in consequence of the death of Mr. John Prevost ; and the directors recommended that it should be filled by a gentleman who resided near the line, and would be able, therefore, to carry on a continuous audit from month to month. He had nothing to and, unless it was that as the traffic' had largely increased in the past year, so the directors anticipated a still larger in crease in the present year; and that they were deter mined to persevere in their efforts for the removal of difficulties, until the traffic of the entire line had been fully and fairly developed. A PROPRIETOR inquired why the dividend was to be only Bs. 3d., when the balance would give 9s. 9d. ? The CHAIRMAN said the directors would leave the question to the meeting. A motion was then carried for declaring a dividend of 98. 9d. ; and, with that alteration, the report was adopted. The retiring directors were re-elected ; and Mr. E. Humble, of Liverpool, chosen auditor in the room of Mr. Prevost, deceased. The meeting terminate(' with the usual vote of thanks to the chairman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE—MARCH 9. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Pax, from New Orleans ; Ellenborough, Calcutta and Demerara, ; Rosaline, Caen ; Albion, Rotterdam ; Lionne, Gravelines ; Curlew, Calais ; Sea Witch, Shanghai. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The William Car son, for Boston, - U.S. ; Thames, Sydney • Marys, Guern sey ; Reine des Agnes, Ro c h e f or t and Charente ; Planter, Demerara ; Geertina, Tarel ; Hamlet, Adelaide • Matilda Luckie, Demerara; Lisb on , St . John ' s, N.B. ; dempsyke, Port Philip ; Echo, Antwerp ; Sky Rocket, Melbourne. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Enie, for New York ; Amis, Ceylon ; Diamond, Hamburgh ; Moselle, Antwerp; Grecian Queen, Melbourne ; Argantyr, Ri o Janelko • Jonge Albert, Antwerp ; Agenora, Rouen • City of London, Dunkirk ; Fy enoor d, R o tt er d am ; Christian Carldino, Copenhagen. LIVERPOOL, March 9.—The National Eagle arrived from New Orleans this day, passed, Feb. 26, the wreck of a dis masted and waterlogged brig, painted black, with a white streak ; a house on deck, painted white, &c. ; had appar ently been abandoned some time. GRAVESEND, March 9.—Arrived—The Albion, from Rotterdam ; Lion, Gravelines ; Sea Witch, Shanghai. PARIS, March B.—The General Guilleminot, from Dun kirk, was abandoned in a sinking state, previous to Feb. 28 ; crew taken on board the Carl, at Toulon. March 9. A brigantine, belonging to Wilmington, *United States, painted black, with white ribband, and full of water, abandoned, and with loss of i adder, was passed 18th Feb., in lat. 42 N., long. 11 W., by the Havre and Gaudalonpe, arrived at Havre. BERBICE, Jan. 24.—The Queen of Britain, which was on shore on the mud, near this port, Jan. 8, got off, and put back on the 11th, with rudder broken, has since been repaired, and will proceed to-day. NASSAU, N.P., Feb. s.—The Pearl, of Sunderland, from St. Jago de Cuba, for Swansea, put in Jan. 14, leaky, and crew sick ; has been surveyed, discharged part of her cargo, repaired, and will be ready for sea in about a fortnight. The Susannah, from St. D om i ngo t o N ew Y or k, put in Jan. 29, leaky. The Hero, Mantanzas to the Clyde, was wrecked near Beak's Key, Jan. 24 ; part of the cargo has been saved, and brought here. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Cornubia, Feb. 1, off Madeira. The Jane Anderson, Liverpool to Melbourne, Feb. 19, lat. 40 N., long. 14 W. The Derigo, bound west, Feb. 24, lat. 48 N., long. 34 W. The Cressy, Calcutta to Demerara, Jan. 8, lat. 30 S., long. 12 E. The Bangalore, Pub Penang to London, Jan. 16, lat. 16 S., long. 5 W. The Ipswich, Mauritius to Queenstown, Jan. 23,1 at. 4 S., long. 18 W. The Amaranth, Madras to London, Jan. 25, lat. 1. S., long. 20 W. The Delaware, London to New Orleans, Feb. 10, lat. 30 N. long. 37 W. The Marian, standing to the S.E., Feb. 12, lat. 33 N., long. 37 W. The Camata, from the Mauritius, Feb. 26, lat. 48 N., long. 29 W. The Guatemala (British ship), bound south, Nov. 13, lat. 40 S., long. 43 W. The Una (ship), Liverpool to Australia, Nov. 13, off the Cape of Good Hope. The Floretta, Plymouth to Australia, Jan. 11, lit. 2 N., long. 25 W. The Ipswich Lass, outward bound, March 1, lat. 49 N., long. 5 W. The Harriet, for Callao, Feb. 5, lat. 4 N., long. 14 W. The Ervine, Feb. 14, lat. 41 N., long. 12 W. The Enda, of an d f rom Liverpool to Calcutta, Feb. 16, lat. 43 N., long. 14 W. f dfpaid ne :' od o ta x ikei o ll N r.ai U sHe L d L o swA TEß LAXE.—A few days ago the a m tt ous pack of foxh oun d s b e l ong i ng to M r. G e ld er d , o f a w e f o v x e r t t h h e e e , fells a n n e g a U o f lls t w h e at h e r o , u but aroused another fox, which made off in a contrary direc tion to the sound, to the lake, near Hallsteads, into which it plunged, and swam across to near Howtown Bay, the width of the lake at that place being fully a mile.—Carlisle Patriot. [ADVERTISEMENT.]-THE ROYAL EXHIBITION. —A valuable newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat pocket glass, the size of a walnut,,by which a person can be seen and known 1 3 / 4 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race course, at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles ; they are invaluable for shooting, deer stalking, yachting, to sportsmen gentlemen, game keepers, and tourists. — To be had at 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly—observe, opposite the York Hotel. Telescopes.—A new and most important invention in telescopes, possessing such extra ordinary powers, that some, 3 3 / 4 inches, with an extra eye piece, will show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars. With the same telescope, weighing only three ounces, can be seen a person s countenance 3i miles distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They supersede every other kind for the waist coat pocket, and are of larger, and all sizes with increas ing powers accordingly, Opera and race-course glasses, with wonderful powers. An object can be clearly seen from 14 to 16 miles distant. Messrs. S. &B. Solomons, opticians, have invented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses ; immediately they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears clear and distinct ; the most aged defective sight becomes bri g ht and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural, and original state. The invisible organic vibrator, and all kinds of acoustic in- . "struments for relief of extreme deafness.-39, Albemarle : street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel. AF MORTALITY IN THE METBOPOLLS NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 5. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. • l3 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations ............................................... 69 . 216 • 160 • 60 Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden ---.. ........................................................ Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance........ 35 Causes not specified ....................................... 18 .. 1,427 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. *pc:al.:Bug week In 1851. of 1852. week. . 376,427 - 490,396 - 393,256 - 485,522 _ 616,635 West Districts North Districts Central Districts East Districts South Districts Totals Males Females 2,362,236 1,128 1,427 733 694 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males... Females Total 1,671 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET MARCH 8. There were in the market to-clay, 7 aacka oatmeal, each weighing 2801bs imperial, which sold thns-6 at 1/ Ns, and 1 at 1/ 9s. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET MARCH 8. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large. Oat straw, from 5s Od to 6s 6d per kemple of 16 stones tron ; wheat do., 6s Od to 6s 6d ; barley do., 4s 6d to 5s 6d. Hay from 9d to lld per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET-MARCH 7. There were in the market to-day 90 bags oatmeal, 20 of barleymeal, and 6 bags of pot-barley ; sales dull. The top and second prices of oatmeal 6d per bag down ; pot' barley is per bag down. Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. Third ... ; imperial Bai'eymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —s Od —l§ O d Pot-barley, per ditto COAL MARKET—MIacn 9. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : .... 0 s. d. . d. Bate's West Hartley 16 9 Johnson 17 0 Carr's Hartey l7 0 Lawson l7 0 Hasting's Hartley 17 0 Washington, nnscreened 14 6 Holywell .. _ ... ... lB 0 Eden Main .....1920 0 0 Howard's West . Hartley Hetton 2O 0 „ Netherton 17 0 Haswell 20 V North Percy Hartl e y ... 16 9 St ewar t' s Pelton Main 16 6 South Kelloe 18 6 Ravensworth W. Hartl e y 17 0 Cl aver i ng T ees l6 0 ° Tanfield Moor Bute s 16 6 T ees 2 0 West Hartley 17 6 Woodhouse Close ......... 1 6 . West Wylam Trader 16 0 Anthracite 5team...,..... 25 " Wylam _ ___ _ 17 9 Birchgrove Graigola ...... 23 6 Wall's End, &c. entwater Hartley 17 °. Gosforth 17 91 Derw Gwaen Cae Gurwen ...... 2 8 u Ships at market , .04 I Sold 34. RAILWAY' SHARE MARKETS. LI V ERPOOL—MAucH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to-day continues a fttf with very little doing. Quotations were as follows Caledonian, 2 ; Eastern C oun ti es , 12 i ; Lancashire an Yorkshire, 77g ; Lancaster and Carlisle Third shares, , prem. ; Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 1711 c. ; Mid land,, 76i ; North British, 9; North Staffordshire, 4a do . ' York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17i ; Blackburn 6 Pe r cent., 27/. MANCHESTER—MARCH 9. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The business to-day has not be en particularly brisk ; prices were somewhat weaker in th e morning, but closed with more firmness in the afternoon' The closing sales were :—Ambergate, Nottingham, Bosto;•, and Eastern Junction, 2 dis. ; Caledonian, 32; Dotal' Counties, 12 8 ; East Lancashire, 188 ; ditto Pref. Fifths; prem. ; Lancashire an d Yorkshire, 771 ; London and North Western, 1184 ; Manchester, Sheffield, ands ot' colnshire, 29a ; Midland Railway Consols, 76i ; t i ' Eastern, 23g. BIRMINGHAM, MAnen 9. STOCK EXCHANGE. —Thore waa no businorso of Atli amount or impot Lance transacted on 'Change to-day, an d quotations varied little from those of yesterday. The London market almost entirely rules the share market business of Birmingham. BRISTOL, MARCH 9. . 0 001 ,3 °.: STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market t o -d a y coot.nti s i oi amd what flat, th e t ransac ti ons b eing confined to l 3 ,T ri ea th, J 5 l Exeters, at 1051 ex di v., and the Vale o f ex div. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the Gollere "-- by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day whon made up From what Whe : ' „ COUNTRIES, in General Post- Port tae vogland• Office, London. Dispatched. • America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ... AIVA America (by. United Sts. h 1 5 packet) ..........N March 11 Liverpool ..• Ma r c America (by U. States 1 0 packet) ..........N March 18 ........ Southampton , M Australia (via South. ril 4 arnpton) 4th of May •• SouthamptOn'Ap , Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of March Dover APru Ditto (via Cape of toed 3O Hope) ............N 2d of April .... Plymouth .. March Africa (West Coast)..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. Arrived , 6 Alexandria..9,3o of m. Dover Ar! 2 0 Alexandria.. .. .• ....M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Blerc ll ooo Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Sonthamptonllst of Belgium ............N Dever 16 Brazil 9th of the mouth.. Southamptonpller c `; 6 Buenos Ayres.. Id 9th of the month.. SouthamptoniMerciti e 6 Cape of . Good Hone ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Ma re , 30 arch Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of April.. Plymouth .. Mar c h 96 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. Mar' Ceylon (see India) 26 Ceylon ............ 14th of the month Plymouth .. Ma 7 is, Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed ,&Frid. Southampton Ta.l .O A Chili.... id &17th of month Southampton A rlo China (see India) , • lO Constantinople ..N 7,8,17,24,&27 o f m. D0ver. ..... 2 44 .`"" . .„„ 90 Constantinople ......M 4th 20th of mon. Southampton March cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily Dover ...• .• Egypt (see India) ally France ........ & N Twice dai1y...... Dover .... • • Tvbs:,," 16 Gibraltar .... • .....M 4,7, 17 , 20 , 27 ofm. Southampton Mal , — Greece (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton A t rige set. Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London „, „ Tees' Havannah ,ych • • • • • • .... M 2nd of the month Southampton T our Holland . ........... M. Wednesday & Sat. London Mo n ' 6 h 1 Honduras 11 17th of the month. Southamptonado rc h 20 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Marc h 16 India (via Marsellles)ll Bth&24th of month Dover lonian Isles (see India) ally Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead Twie ii 1 6 Lisbon ..... .........M 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southsurepton Ma rc. 16 Madeira ...„ 'nth of the month Southampton M ar , el i i 18 Madeira :..123rd of the month Plymouth .. Ma r es Malta (L:e India) h 10 Malta ver —N 1 7,17,19,27, SO ofm. Dover .. c Mauritius (see India) h 25 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth .• Mar Mexico 2nd of the month.. Southampton Ist Mares New Naples ..... ........N sthlsth2sthofroon. Dover ...• • • New Granada ......M 2d & 17th of month Southampton 1 41 1 1 : I ved et r ri pt New Zealand By private ship .. Various ports 1 : 71 ! . .. c0 19 Papal States ........N sthlsth2Bthofmon. Dover .... • • 16 Peninsula M 7thl7th27thormon. Southampton a... 7,2 Peru ..............M 2d & 17th of mon 4 Southampton t 96 Pert Natal 14th of the month Plymouth Sicily ..............N sthlsth2sthofmon,,Dover .... • • .., 4 11 Tuscany sthlsth2sthofmon.!Dover ...• • • Venezuela 2d & 17th of month Southampton Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) ..... Ar rived West Indies .... ..M 2d & 17th of month Southampton [ADVERTISEMENT].—BELL'S LIBB IN LONDON, f„ Sunday next, March 13, will contain full and ex clio"- reports of the Doncaster Spring Meeting, Races, Kirkham, Wetherby and Henley-in-Aci,„eall Steeple-chases, Remarks on the Waterloo Cour3,7 Meeting, by " Tribune," Observations on Donc3B,lo; and anticipations of Warwick, &c. Also, every ra.,,, 3 ;0 _ - , relating to Hunting, Aquatics, Pedestrianism, the &c., &c. Bell's Life in London is published on Sr"; Adv day morning, in time for all the early trains. tisements not received after five o'clock on Friday ~.,;;;a noon. In future the latest edition of Bell's Life, pubL i T a . on Sunday mornings, will contain a Summary oc A P`„7 O l day's news up to the hour of going to press. P 4"" Bell's Life, 30,000.—Office, 170, Strand. SalisblitY BIRTHS. OF A SON. the On the 7th inst., it 17, Coates-crescent, Edinburgh, wife of Alexander Cunningham, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. the wife On the 6th inst. , at Haldon - honse, Devons hire, of Lawrence Palk, Esq. __...------'-' MARRIED. Gee On the Ist inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly , rge Horsley Robinson, Esq., second son of the late Sir LL,ecibur Ab er crombie Robinson, Bart., to Anna, widow of Raises, Esq., late of the Bengal Civil Service. , pr. On the Bth inst., at St. John's, Waterloo-row, o,Bst Neale, of Ombersley, Worcestershire, to Eliza, run' daughter of the late Edward Ledger, Esq., of±leni On the 7th inst., at Buckhurst, Sunninghill, the Rev 0. Hunt, aed 67. On the g 7th inst., aged 82, Elizabeth, wi fo of the 114301 ii S. Master, rector of Croston, Lancashire, an d danghte, r ,..f. ~ the late Sir J. P. M ose l e y, Bart., of Rolleston-hall, '''"- fordshire. Bl4' , moOronhtahn, Glasgow.e t 6thult., at Kingston, Jamaica , J. Taylor, wife of O s n ir tt y e . 6t s h . inst., Thomas,at W Ba e rt ym , ocuetmh,mThanodrnoras, B.N. v , er ,s4ii ) po, On the Gth inst., Elizabeth, wife of Captain LP. — barrack-master, Regent's-park. ------r2-- ,---- LONDON : Printed and Published by llirltDO 12. of No. 112, Strand, Printer , at The SW:, Office, IsTo• .1- o f Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, i n the county Middlesex, Thursday, March 10, 1853.