The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-21 00:00:00

fourtt Wbition SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. Bto 1 agst Contentment. Bto 1 agst Lampedo• 9to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill). 13 to 1 agst Richmond. 20 to 1 agst Terpsichore (taken). CHESTER CUP. 10 to 1 agst Trifle. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn (taken). 30 to 1 agst St. Michael. 40 to 1 agst Friday. 50 to 1 agst Ann Page. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. 6to 1 agst Hobby Horse. sto 1 agst Defiance. 12 to 1 agst Llanforda. DEBBY. 9to 1 agst West Australian. 13 to 1 agst Cineas. 16 to 1 agst Honeywood. 18 to 1 agst Ninnyhammer. 33 to 1 agst Varrderdecken. 33 to 1 agst Queen Colt. THE FIRE AT WINDSOR CASTLE. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS. WINDSOR, MONDAY MORNING. At 10 o'clock this morning an inquiry was held at, the Castle, respecting the cause of the fire. It was attended by Prince Albert, the Lord Chamberlain, and most of the principal officers of the Royal Household. Among the witnesses examined was Mr. James Braidwood, the Superintendent of the London Fire Brigade, who, we believe, was7of opinion that it arose from a defect in one of the flues in the Prince of Wales's Tower. From the calcined state of the brickwork forming the flues, there is every appearance of a fire having been smouldering for several days. The inquiry was strictly private. A report, however, will be framed on the evi dence adduced, and that will be made public. The London Fire Brigade, with their engines, con tinue to have charge of that portion of the Castle where the fire broke out. Some surprise has been expressed at the delay exhi bited in sending for the aid of the London brigade, two hours having elapsed from the period of the fire being discovered to the message being sent to town. It is con sidered just possible that, had Mr. Braidwood been ap prised of the outbreak at an earlier stage, he could have got a number of engines drawn within an hour, and could have rendered important service in pre venting the progress of the destructive element to the extent it unfortunately did. In such a case of emer gency it might be expected that the authorities would have taken care, when the London engines were sent for, to have had the line clear for the special train. However, such was not the case, its progress was much retarded by goods train, and the brigade did not reach the Castle until 2 o'clock. The gates of the Castle are strictly closed to the pub lic, and will remain so for a few days. ACTION FOR LIBEL AGAINST THE "FREEMAN'S JOURNAL." JAMES BIRCH V. JOHN GRAY AND GEORGE ATKINSON. This case, which excited a good deal of interest, came on at the Kildare assizes on Friday. The plaintiff was the proprietor of the World newspaper, and the action was for a libel, alleged to have been published in the Freeman'..? Journal. The plaintiff had been brought down to Naas, under a writ of habeas corpus, from the Richmond Bridewell, where he is still undergoing twelve months' imprisonment for a criminal libel upon the character of a lady. The court was crowded with spec tators and others who had been summoned as jurors and witnesses in the case. Dr. Hayes, Q.C., Mr. O'Driscoll, and Mr. Mont gomery were counsel for the plaintiff. - Mr. M`Donough, Q.C., Dr. Battersby, Q.C., and George Woods Maunsell were counsel for the defendants. Before the names of the jury had been called over, The Lord Chief Justice, having looked over the re cord and the abstract of it, said—l have handed up to me to enable me to discharge the duty of trying this record an abstract, consisting of 558 pages. I should very much disregard my duty and very imperfectly attempt to discharge it, if I were to set out upon the trial of this record with such an abstract. For me now to set about collecting from this document—to do that which is the rules of the attorney for the plaintiff to do—would be impossible. and equally improper. It would be vio lating the settled rules of the law, it would he degrading the office I hold, and it would he encouraging the gross reeeet of those who are concerned for the plaintiff. I therefore order this record to be struck out. Dr. Hayes, Q.C.—I trust that where the parties have gone to a great expense on both sides--where gentlemen have been summoned here as special jurors and as wit nesses, and great expense has been incurred, your lord ship will, at all events, give us an opportunity of reme dying the defect as far as possible. Mr. Birch—l think it is very hard that I should be sacrificed for the fault Hof my attorney ; I employed counsel ; I have been imprisoned ; I have been slandered. I thought I had employed the best counsel and attorney. The expenses of the law in this country are so great, so enormous, that it has cost me more than 1001. already to bring this case to trial. I have done so to vindicate my character against ruffians who beset me in every way. . . The plaintiff was here checked by his counsel. Mr. Maunsell—My lord, I object to Mr. Birch making a statement of this kind. Chief Justice—l must object to this on the part of the court. I have made my order. Mr. Kinder—My loi:C1, I am the plaintiff's attorney. I consulted counsel on the subject, and it was he who drew up the abstract. I looked into the general rule, and I found that it only applied to cases tried in Dublin, and therefore I did not think it necessary to go into any length of abstract. Lord Chief Justice—Every reason that makes the rule applicable to cases tried in town makes it equally appli cable to those for trial in the country. Mr. MDonough said that the rule was perfectly settled. Dr. Hayes—Probably your lordship would kindly consent to adjourn the matter for half an hour. Lord Chief Justice—l cannot alter my decision. Dr. Hayes—Really, my lord, it is a very grievous order in its effect on my client. Probably your lordship would consent to the case standing over, on the under standing that the costs of the day should be paid. Lord Chief Justice—l cannot do so—it is not a ques tion of costs. _ Dr. Hayes—lf your lordship would consent to only half an hour's adjournment, I will undertake to lay a full abstract before you. _... ... . ._ The Lord Chief Justice—Half an hour nor half a day would not enable me to put myself in possession of this case. I do, not pretend to say what the present case is, because I do not know ; but if it be like a case which I have seen an account of lately, in which a party takes upon him to utter and publish a libel, by which he declaims in general terms—not imputing any illegal offence—but imputing general defamation, and afterwards comes to justify himself by specifying a number of matters—not charging any illegal offence, but matters still defama tory ; and if this could be allowed, first to publish a general defamatory libel, and then to publish a number of detailed libels, because if the matters suggested in the pleas are not true they are all libels ; and yet under colou r of those pleas for which he will not be answerable in damages, to defame his adversary instead of bringing forward his putchary in the face of his declaration, upon which if he ; em he would be answerable for them in damages the law is such that that course can be taken, it is high indeed the courts e for the Legislature to interfere if Prius to meet a have not themselves the power at Nisi Case of this sort in a way that will pre vent such an abuse and perversion of the law. It is, therefore, that I feel d oubly tir bound to be put in full pos session of every part of that I might be ena bledNth:toll:lei:, I could not deal with to make up my mind a case of that sort in a way th at ena ou i ll e prevent that per version of the law which would another, and to aggravate the cane a man to defame !zry any number of additional libels without bein g re sponsible for those addi tional libels. Mr. Birch—l thank your lordship. The Lord Chief Justice—l don't say that that • the case, for I am not a c q uainted with it so as t o be able say so ; but if this be that sort of case, I sho uld feel to it my duty to consider w hether, even in this Court of Nisi Prius, I could not meet it in such a way as to prevent such a gross perversion of the law. Mr. Birch—Thank your lordship. Mr. Kinder was about to speak, but His Lordship said he could not suffer the business o f the court to be interrupted any further. Mr. O'Driscoll subsequently applied on behalf of the plaintiff to have the record given back; and there being no opposition on the other side, the record was accord ingly returned. DESPERATE OUTEAGE.--AS Mr. Samuel E. Collins, of Brookeville, in this county, was sitting in his drawing room, about eight o'clock on Friday evening, the 4th inst., two shots were fired on the lawn in front of the house, and several bullets and slugs passed through the glass of the window near where he sat. Mr. Collins has , lately come to reside in this county, keeps a mill, and glle,/..mt L emive einelzrnent. The reason assigned for tl / 4 tWaftrAtk i ,if not assassinate, Mr. Collins, ti', ce i of a dispute he has had as to V's County Chronicle. eilot ir p ar t NF . LUENZA.—The influenza has ,Itbistaf e W t k; , , s i n Melbourne. It temporarily - 'habits of eriebirie{f tions, but perso ns g i ven u p t o t to be brought to the grave ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.-EXETER, MARCH 18. CROWN COURT. George Sparkes and James Hitchcock: were indicted for the wilful murder of William Blackmore, at Cloghydon, on the 6th of February last. Mr. Collier and Mr. Kerslake were counsel for the prosecution, Mr. King defended Hitchcock, Mr. Cole ridge and Mr. Bere defended Sparkes. Mr. Collier opened the case in a clear and able man ner. The evidence being for the most part of a circum stantial nature will best be understood in the form of a narrative. The scene of the dreadful murder which it is our duty to relate was at Cloghydon, a village near Wel lington. The unfortunate deceased, Mr. William Black more, was a farmer, living at Cloghydon. He was also a collector of rates and tithes. He was a married man, with one son, and was much respected. On the sth of February last he left his house in perfect health, for the purpose of collecting tithes. On the next morning, at about four o'clock, he was found on the road, near his house, lying on his back, dead, bleeding, his skull dread fully fractured and his face lacerated. His purse was lying on his chest, and by it two Si. notes ; but it was subsequently discovered that he had been robbed of about 11/, in gold. His watch was also on his person ; it was bruised, and had stopped at twenty minutes to two o'clock, not being run down. There was, therefore, no doubt that the unfortunate man had been murdered by some one, the injuries on his head being such as could not be the result of accident or suicide. The evidence to connect the prisoners with the commission of the crime was as follows :—Mr. Blackmon) was shown to have left his house on the morning of the sth Feb. at about 11 o'clock. He went to a Mr. Honeyball's, a far mer, to collect tithes. He got Si. there. He next called at a Mr. Barford's, and here he got Si. more. Soon after this he met Mr. Moneyball near a place called Cross-keys-hill. The two prisoners were in Honeyball's employ as farm labourers. Blackmore said, " I have been to your house, Mr. Honeyball, for some money, and have got Si. , and am going to Farmer Warren's for some more. The prisoners must have heard this. Some further conversation passed, and Blackmore went on. He called at one or two other places, and collected altogether near 201., of which between 81. and 9/. was in gold, the rest in two 51. notes and silver. After he had done collecting, he got to an inn called the White Horse, soon after eight o'clock in the evening—that is about a mile and a quarter from his home. Soon after he arrived there the prisoners both came there. They, it appeared, had left Mr. Honeyball's at about six o'clock, having received from him their wages—Sparkes 35., and Hitchcock 2s. 4d. Some little time before they went into the White Horse they were seen to go down a dark lane together. Sparkes was outside the door when Mr. Blackmore arrived there. They talked to gether and then went in, and Blackmore remained there drinking with the two prisoners and another man, Ed ward Sparkes, a brother of the prisoner. They played cards, and drank beer and gin, till twenty minutes past one on the Sunday morning, when they left together. Shortly before they left, Sparkes made a signal to Hitch cock, and they went out together ; they were out a short time, and then returned into the room again. Mr. Black more seemed to have some fear of being robbed, for on pay ing for same beer he did so in a half-crown, saying it was all the money he had. Shortly after they left, a man named Marks met Mr. Blackmore and the two prisoners in company together, going towards Cloghydon, near a place called the French Nut-tree. He was never seen alive after. Not coming home, his family became alarmed, and went out with lanthorns to look for him. This was at four o'clock in the morning ; and on the road, near a place called the Lower How-gate, they dis covered the body of Mr. Bl a ckmore dead, and injured in the dreadful manner described. No foot-marks of any persons except those of the prisoners and the deceased were found. Suspicion immediately fell on the pri soners, and in less than two hours they were both taken into custody at their own cottages. When asked where they left Mr. Blackmore, they stated that they parted from him at the French Nut-tree, which is close to the prisoner Sparkes's cottage, and then went home. Ed ward Sparkes was also taken up, but afterwards dis charged. Important evidence to connect the prisoners with the commission of the murder consisted of tracking. It had frozen very hard that night, but had rained dur ing the day, and consequently footsteps made that night were frozen hard, sharp, and clear. The prisoners' shoes were taken from them, and happened to be very peculiar ones, and it was discovered that they corre sponded to tracks which went along the road up to where the body was found, and some quite fresh marks were found close to the Lower Howgate, some being just inside the gate. Mark s was a l so f oun d in the fields, by which it seemed that one person bad got round the fields and headed the deceased, and met him, and the other came behind him. The prisoners were shown to have arrived home at about three o'clock in the morning, so that they were absent from home at a time when they might have committed the murder. On being appre hended, a trifling sum of money was found on each of them ; but in a back place at Sparkes's cottage was found the sum of eight sovereigns and five half sove reigns wrapped up in a pie c e o f rag . Thi s corres p on d e d exactly, with the exception of one half-sovereign, with the sum that Blackmore had collected in gold. On find ing the money, the constable told Sparkes of it, he being at that time in custody. Sparkes said, "Itis no use to tell any lies about it. I took the part of a pair of tongs from Redward's" (tile White Horse). He then took up a pair of tongs in the room, and then said, " And I struck him thus" (describing a violent blow). " I hit him backhanded." He afterwards said that he had thrown the tongs into the river, near Cloghydon-bridge, A search was made there, and the half of an old pair of tongs was found. It was a most formidable weapon, about three feet long, and very heavy. It was also shown that this piece of the tongs had been in a back house at the White Horse on the night the prisoners and Mr. Blackmore had heen there ; and the surgeon said it was just such a weapon as might have produced the in juries found on Mr. Blackmorc's head. When before the coroner Sparkes made a further statement. He said, " I can say nothing about the money. I think I killed Mr. Blackmore the first blow. I did not mean to kill him, but to rob him. Hitchcock is innocent, I was alone." Hitchcock made a statement to the effect that he had been drinking with the deceased and the other prisoner, and that they had walked part of the way home together. That they had both left deceased at the place called the French Nut-tree, and had then gone home. Sparkes also made a statement that he had thrown one half-sovereign away. The court adjourned at ten o'clock, there being many witnesses for the prosecution. The jury were kept together, under the care of the under-sheriff. MARCH 19. This case was resumed this morning at half-past eight o'clock. The case for the prosecution having finished, IP. King then addressed the jury for Hitchcock, ask ihg for a general acquittal. Mr. Coleridge addressed the jury for Sparkes, in a speech of great power, not asking for an acquittal, but urging that the blow had been struck in a quarrel between Blackmore and Sparkes, both excited by drink, and that the offence, therefore, only amounted to manslaughter. Mr. Justice Crompton summed up with great care and firmness. The jury having retired for some time, found Sparkes guilty and acquitted Hitchcock. The learned Judge passed sentence of death upon Sparkes. His lordship was dreadfully overcome, and sobbed audibly. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.-COVENTRY, MARCH 18. CROWN COURT. Mary Minn, aged 26, was indicted for the wilful murder of William Barnes, at Atherstone, on the 9th of August last. Mr. O'Brien prosecuted, and Mr. Macaulay, Q.C., defended the prisoner. From the evidence adduced orl, the part of the prose cution, it appeared that the deceased was a child of two years old, and that on the day in question he was in the arms of his brother, a boy about 12 years of age, when the prisoner, who lived with her father and mother in the same street, came into the house and asked the little boy to go and fetch her mother, at the same time taking the child from him. When the prisoner's mother returned with the little boy they found the door of the house fastened ; an alarm was immediately given, and the boy was put in at the window. The prisoner was then discovered standing by a tub of water, in which was the body of the child, with its head under the water. Means were used to restore animation, but in vain ; and the medical man who was in attendance then turned to the prisoner and inquired how she came to do it. She appeared quite pleased at what she had done, and replied that she wished to die ; that she should have time to repent, and should go to heaven, and that the child, not having committed any sin, would certainly go to heaven. She was in a very wild and ex cited state, and the doctor was clearly of opinion that she did not know that she had done a wrong thing. On the part of the prisoner still further evidence was given to show that she was insai,e when she committed the offence. Her father and aunt were examined for this purpose, as well as Dr. Parsey, the superintendent of the county lunatic asylum, and from their statements it ap peared that the prisoner had been a very well-behaved girl up to the age of 18, and had been out in service, but at that age she began to complain of her head, to be subject to extraordinary delusions, and to be unable to do her ordinary work. She sometimes fancied that her clothes were covered with worms, and required them to be shaken off ; at others she insisted upon wiping the faces of her father or aunt, asserting that there was something upon them which would injure them. She would get up in the middle of the night with scarcely anything on, and wish to run out of the house. At one time she complained to Dr. Parsey, who was requested by some friends to visit her, of her head being drawn down by the ends of her nerves, of the ends of her nerves starting from her brain, and of her inability to walk, be cause her head was drawn forward by her nerves. She also felt as if everything she did would injure some in sect or dumb animal ; and even after she was in gaol she continued subject to such delusions. She once insisted upon wiping the pump, upon which she said she had put some soap, for fear it should poison the other prisoners. Under these circumstances Dr. Parsey's opinion was that at the time of the commission of the offence the pri soner was labouring under a delusion, which would render her incapable of distinguishing right from wrong. The learned Judge then put it to the jury whether they were satisfied with that evidence of the prisoner's insanity. The jury immediately found a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of insanity ; upon which the prisoner was ordered to be detained during her Majesty's plea sure. George *Milton, Thomas Buckler, George Ridgway, and William Lepton, were indicted for the manslaughter of John Neale, at Nuneaton, on the 19th of November last. Mr. Adams prosecuted, and Mr. O'Brien defended. The deceased and George Shilton were the principals in a prizefight which took place at Nuneaton on the 10th of November last, and the other three prisoners were the seconds upon that occasion. After fighting 41 rounds Neale was carried off the field very much beaten, and he died in nine days afterwards ; but upon the post mortem examination of the brain the surgeon was unable to say that death was occasioned either by blows or falls during the fight. The vessels all over the brain were very much congested, but none of them were ruptured ; it was impossible therefore to say that the death was not produced by the mere excitement and exertion of the conflict. The prisoners were consequently acquitted. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH.—The Hon. G. C. Norton was for some time engaged in investigating a case of a delicate and exceedingly suspicious character. Some days since information reached his worship to the effect that, since the beginning of January last, no less than three females, all of them from the country, and of great apparent respectability, had been delivered of still-born infants, and some months before their pro per time, in the same apartment, in a board and lodg ing-house in the vicinity of the Waterloo•road. It was also stated by the person conveying this information, that those females had all been introduced to the house by a person representing himself as a surgeon, but of whose qualifications there are some doubts, and who, it was further stated, is in the habit of advertising in the newspapers, offering to attend and take care of ladies in a certain situation during their trouble. When made acquainted with the above particulars, the magistrate sent for Hayes, one of the detectives belonging to the L division, and placed the case in his hands. Hayes now brought to his worship a decent-looking middle-aged female, who acknowledged that she had at tended all three females, and who gave, in answers to the questions of Mr. Norton, the following account of the affair :—She said that in the month of November last she was engaged by a lady stopping at the house of Mrs. ,to attend her during her confinement. In the early part of January she was sent for, and the lady after three days' illness, was delivered of a still-born in fant, which had not come to maturity by two or three months. She represesented herself as wife of a shipping clerk at Southampton, but witness did not believe her. She seemed to witness to be too dashing for the wife of a person in medium circumstances, and she told witness that she had come to town to be confined, knowing that she should have superior attention and advice to what she could receive at Southampton. The witness went on to say that after this person left she attended two other ladies. Mr. Norton--Were they also delivered of still-born children !—Female—Yes, sir. Mr. Norton—Did it not strike you as exceedingly ex traordinary, if not very suspicious, that these females, all from the country, should have been delivered of still born infants !—Female--It certainly did, your wor ship, and I candidly acknowledge that I should not like to attend any other lady there. Hayes—l understand, your worship, that the same room is now engaged for another lady, who is coming from the country to be confined there. Mr. Norton—l must say thrt the whole affair has a startling and suspicious appearance. Quite enough has been shown to prove the necessity for a further investi gation. His worship then directed Hayes, the officer, to call on the medical man, and tell him that his p ro f ess i ona l character was much involved in the disclosure, and that he wished him to attend before him and explain his con duct in the matter. HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG-HOUNDS. Bath—To-morrow, Corsham ; Saturday, Hunter's-hall— at half-past eleven. Cheltenham—Wednesday, the Balloon-inn----at twelve. Baron Rothschild's—Wednesday, Stewkley—at eleven. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 21, 1853. NISI PRIUS COURT. Pierre Adolphus Augustine Sebire was indicted for having feloniously discharged a loaded pistol at Emma Hillyer, at Plymouth, on the 12th of December last, With intent to kill and murder her. There were other counts in the indictment varying the charge. Mr. H. T. Cole was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. Cox defended the prisoner. This was a very extraordinary case. It appeared that the prisoner, who was a fine, sailor-looking young man, was a native of Jersey, the owner of several vessels trad ing from Jersey to Plymouth, one of which he com manded himself, called the Medora. In November last he happened to be at Plymouth with his vessel, and became acquainted with Mrs. Hillyer, the mother of the girl he was charged with attempting to murder. Hear ing that she had a pretty daughter living with her uncle and aunt at Devonport, he asked the mother to intro duce him to her, and accordingly on the 24th of Novem ber he went to Devonport with the mother, and called at the uncle's, and they took the girl out for a walk. She is a very pretty interesting girl of between 17 and 18, and she gave her evidence with great propriety. During the walk the prisoner appeared to be much pleased With her, and before she returned home asked her if she should like him for a husband. She said she thought she should. He then said he would marry her on the following Tues day, and gave her his gold watch and chain, saying it should be a pledge for the performance of his promise, and that if he did not marry her it was to be forfeited. On the Monday he made an excuse for not marrying her the next day, saying he could not complete some busi ness which he had. All went on harmoniously till the 11th of December, when the prisoner called on the mother of the girl and said he would be married on the next Sunday; that he had taken lodgings for them, and bought the ring, and wished the girl to go out with him and get the licence. The mother assented, and they went out together. While out he made an excuse to go into an ironmonger's shop for some article, leaving the girl -outside, but it afterwards appeared that he there bought a brace of pistols for 31., and gun powder, caps, and balls. He then took the girl to see the lodgings. Sh e sa t d own on a so f a , but perceiving th a t p s was endeavouring to take the key from the out of th e d oor s h e thought he meant to lock the door Vtake lib er ti es w i t h h er, and b ecame a l arme d an d de he r escape and went home. The prisoner came a there also, and in the evening they all went, as had been before arranged, to the prisoner's lodgings , her m o th er sleeping on a sofa-bed inthe parlour. r.The next day they we i nt he out for a walk, and returned in the ai ng beingo tea. aa. out withoutlpri Boner seemed rather annoyed at their passed. eve While tea was pa h r i e m p.a , ri b n u g t th n e oth p i r n i g son p e a r rt a ie s u k la ed r Mrs. Hillyer to fetch him ge pi e z u t iltl of ih b o : ut e ri r, tae and while she was absent he said, ~ Emma , night ke e a; hew dasl said d ? 1 ' She said she should not : "Wont you ?" She replied, "N o? , am not ashamed to look at you ;" to which J l ie sa re replied, ~ N o r am I ashamed to look at you. ,, lie then p said "One for you and one for me —one in each hand." . ' p ' as H sed e, then raised his hand, in which was a pistol, and levelled it straight at her head, and T fired. He Il ni e was at this time a es no Qa th p e e r , about 6 feet from her . h the room, her. The girl, dreadfully alarmed , thh hrooln, just over her head and l i o a dg m e e d d i , n r t a h n e sh nn u h t t e te n r p f te pistol discharged.then The prisoner f out m e ade ear h d is screaming, and just as she went and was not seen again till three er our days after,When, he was apprehended, at which time he had two loaded pistols in his pocket. Mr. Cox addressed the jury for the prisoner, contend ing that he was in such a state of mind at the time he did the act that he was hardly responsible for his actions, and therefore could not be said to entertain the dreadful intention of murdering the poor girl to whom it appeared he lo'red so deeply. Mr. Justice Erie having summed up, The jury found the prisoner guilty of shooting with intent to do grievous bodily harm. He was then sen tenced to 15 years' transportation. HOME CIRCUIT—KINGSTON, MARCH 19. CROWN COURT. (Before Mr. Justieo Coleridge.) Mary Anne Temple, 36, was indicted for the wiful murder of her female illegitimate child by suffocating it. Mr. Locke conducted the prosecution. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Lilley. The circumstances under which this charge was pre ferred against the prisoner lay in a very narrow com pass. It appeared that she had had two other children besides the one in question, and that at the time the oc currence took place she was in the service of a respect able family at Chertsey. It would seem that she was delivered of the child on the morning of the 7th of March, and a very short time afterwards the prisoner went to the house of a woman named Humphreys, who lives at Chertsey, and she produced the infant, which was at the time wrapped up in a shawl, and asked her to take care of it for her for a short time. The woman, ob serving from the appearance of the child that it had evi dently only recently come into the world, was somewhat alarmed, and she put some questions to the prisoner, who said that the mother of the child had given it to her to take care of. Mrs. Humphreys inquired who the mother was, but the prisoner refused to tell her, as she said she had promised not to do so, and Mrs. Hum phreys said that under such circumstances she would have nothing to do with the child, and she must take it away. The infant, which at the time appeared to be perfectly healthy and well, was accordingly again wrapped up in the shawl, and also in a flannel petticoat, and the prisoner placed it under her arm, and went away with it, and from this time the infant was never again seen alive. In consequence of something that transpired ♦ery shortly afterwards, Mr. Biddelcomb, the superintendent of the Surrey constabulary stationed at Chertsey, felt it to be his duty to go to the house of the prisoner's mother, where he saw her, and asked her to tell him what had become of the child she had taken to Mrs. Humphreys, and afterwards carried away under the circumstances stated. The prisoner told him she had taken the child to its mothe-, but she said she did not know where the mother lived, and she added that she bad given her the child at the church, and she took it away with her, and she knew nothing more about it. Upon hearing this story, Mr. Biddelcomb obtained the assistance of a medical gentleman, and upon the fact being ascertained that the prisoner had very recently been delivered of a child, the officer took her into cus tody, and placed her in the Chertsey police-station. He very soon afterwards received further information, which induced him to go to a cottage in the neighbourhood of Chertsey, which had been occupied by the prisoner's father, but which was at the time empty, accompanied by a constable named Moore, and upon making a search they found a hole in the floor, which was covered with a bundle of rags ; and on the constable putting his hand into the hole, he pulled out the dead body of an in fant. This turned out to be the same child that had been taken by the prisoner to the house of Mrs. Humphreys, and the surgeon stated that it was a full-grown and appa rently healthy child, and the result of a post mortern exa mination clearly showed that death was the result of suffocation ; it was suggested on the part of the prosecu tion that when the prisoner took the child away from Mrs. Humphreys she had wilfully suffocated it by press ing it forcibly in her arms while it was enveloped in the shawl and petticoat. There was, of course, no direct evidence of the fact ; but it was proved that while the prisoner was left in the charge of a woman, the wife of one of the constables, at the station-house, she appeared in a very low and desponding state, and she asked the woman whether she thought that she should be hung, and on her replying that she did not know, the prisoner said, "I did it." The woman then asked her what she had done, and she replied, " I suffocated the child ; but I must have been out of my senses at the time, and the devil tempted me." The prisoner then went on to state that it was her intention to have destroyed herself, and she said that she went home to her master's and sat up all night, and if her master and mistress had not been about she should have jumped out of the window. It also appeared, upon searching the prisoner's box, that she had not provided clothes or necessaries of any des cription for the infant which she must have known she was about to bring into the world. Mr. Lilley made a most earnest and forcible address to the jury on behalf of the prisoner, urging upon their attention that the main evidence against her consisted of her own statements, which, he said, in her wretched and miserable condition ought not to have full effect given to them, at all events to the extent of taking them as ad missions that she was guilty of the crime of wilful mur der ; and he submitted the possibility that, in her alarm and excitement at the moment, she had carelessly pressed the child so as to cause its death, lie likewise urged upon the jury the possibility of the child's death having been the result of mere accident, taking into considera tion the manner in which it was packed up as it were in the shawl and petticoat, when it was taken away by the prisoner. _ _ - The learned Judge summed up the case in his usual kind and impartial manner. He said that if the jury thought the child was accidentally suffocated by the pri soner, of course she was entitled to an acquittal altoge ther. If, otherwise, they should think it was not an accidental occurrence, but that the prisoner by gross negligence and want of proper consideration for the frail being she was conveying had caused its death, in that case it would still amount to the crime of manslaughter. If they should, however, be of opinion that the prisoner had deliberately caused the death of the child, in that case it would be their duty to find her guilty of the crime of wilful murder. The jury, after deliberating a short time, found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter, but recommended her to mercy on account of the condition of mind she was in at the time. The learned Judge, in passing sentence upon the pri soner, said that the jury had taken a most merciful view of her case. The crime of infantcide appeared to be greatly on the increase, and the judges in the course of their duties could not now go into any county in Eng land without finding one or two, and frequenting more, of such cases in the calendar. There were some very dreadful circumstances in her case. The infant in ques tion was not her first child, and she must have been per fectly well aware of her condition, and yet she had pro vided no clothes or other necessaries for the infant ; and it was difficult to account for her taking the child and concealing it in this unoccupied cottage in any other way than by supposing it was her intention that its should be sacrificed. The jury had, however, very mercifully ac quitted her of the crime of wilful murder, and had only found her guilty of manslaughter, but upon that verdict he felt that he should be neglecting his duty if he did not pass upon her a severe sentence. He then ordered the prisoner to be transported for 15 years. Just before the grand jury were discharged, they re turned a true bill against Edmond Allain Etienne Bar ronnet, Emanuel Barthelemy, and Phillippe Eugene Mornet, for murder. It will be remembered that the prisoners, who are Frenchmen, are charged with killing one of their coun trymen in a duel at Egham, in the autumn of last y ear . Upon the application of Mr. Parry, who appears for one of the defendants, the trial was fixed to take place on Monday (to-day). Mr. M. Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Ballantine are also retained for the defence. NORFOLK CIRCUIT-NORWICH, MARCH 18. CROWN COURT. Samuel Borth., aged 38, was indicted for assaulting Ann Proudfoot, at Yarmouth, on the 14th of October, and attempting to murder her by placing a pitch-plaster over her mouth and nose. Mr. Palmer and Mr. Bulwer were counsel for the prosecution; and Mr. Prendergast, Q.C., defended the prisoner. The prosecutrix is a woman 38 years of age, who had bad four illegitimate children in Yarmouth b y different fathers, and would appear to have formed a similar con nection with the prisoner, who was at the time a fellow servant of her's, the result of which was that she again became enceinte. As soon as she became aware of it, , she acquainted him with her situation, demanding money, which seemed to perplex him. Plowever, they met by appointment on the Denes, a large sandy district just outside the town, on the evening of the 14th of Oc tober last, for the purpose of discussing the matter. As they were sitting down so engaged near the Northum berland Arms Inn, the prisoner all of a sudden jumped up, and, applying a plaster to the face of his unsuspect ing paramour, attempted to hold her down. She, how ever, managed to get on her legs, and, tearing off the plaster from her face, fled from him. He pursued her, and, overtaking her ' renewed the attempt to apply the plaster, and made a ferocious attack on her, tho violence of which may be conceived when the surgeon, who was called in by those who, being alarmed by her cries, discovered ber lying insensible, and on her face near the inn, stated that her front teeth were knocked in, and her whole face swollen to a level with her nose, while on her throat were pieces of pitch. Being taken to the hospital the prosecutrix was soon ascertained to be free from vital injury; but she was an inmate of that establishment for a fortnight before she could resume he usual business. When her cries attracted the landlord of the inn to her, a pitch plaster adhered to her gown, and a brace was found lying by her side ; but no one was near her. As soon as she recovered her senses she charged the prisoner with having attempted to burk her with a plaster, which even then was hanging by her side and seemed to have been made of tar or pitch, spread upon a small piece of cloth. As soon as she made known the person of het assailant, the police went to the house of the prisoner, whom they found sitting composedly with his wife and children, and enjoying a pipe; but, on examining his person, it was found that he ha but one brace on, while his left hand was all smeared with pitch and tar, and a tar-pot and brush were discovered in the house. Mr. Prendergast then addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and, having contended that there was no proof of the.capital charge, even if the jury should be of opinion that the prisoner was in any way connected with this extraordinary case, proceeded to call witnesses, who gave him an excellent character. The jury found the prisoner guilty of attempting to put a plaster over the face of the prosecutrix, but not with the intent to murder her. Sentence—ighteen months' . imprisonment. FOX-HOUNDS. Albrighton—To-morrow, the Squirel ; Thursday, Light wood ' • Saturday, Woodhouse-mills—at eleven. B e d a l e —Wednesday, Tanfield; Saturday, Thornton See ward—at eleven. Berkshire Old—To-morrow, Kingston-park ; Thursday, Coxwell-wood ; Saturday, Blake's-oak—at half-past ten. Carmarthenshire--To-morrow, Cwm Mydrim ; Friday, Landowror—at ten. South Devon—Thursday, Force's-cross. Mr. Drake's—To-morrow, Barton-common; Thursday, Horton-common ; Saturday, Thenford-house--at a quarter to eleven. Hambledon—Wednesday, Westmeon-hut ; Thursday, Fisher's-pond—at a quarter to eleven. H. IL—To-morrow, Matterley-gate ; Thursday, Nutley Church ; Saturday, Marsh-house, Bentley—at a quarter to eleven. Ilerefordshire--To-morrow, England's-gate ; Thursday, Dorrnington—ateleven. Hursiey—Wednesday, Crabwood-farm, at a quarter past eleven ; Saturday, Hursley-pound—at a quarter to eleven. Hurworth—To-morrow, High Worsen Toll-bar ; Satur day, Kennels—at half-past ten. Mr. W. S. Loundes—To-morrow, Saldon-windmill; Sa turday, Kennels—at eleven. Mr. Lushington's--To-morrow, Squirrels ; Thursday, Pett-place, Charing—at eleven. Mr. Luxton's--Thursday, Bagford-mill—at half-past ten. New Forest--To-morrow, Pulley; Saturday, the Earl doms —at eleven. Mr. Newton's—To-morrow, Lofton-park; Thursday, Okehampton—at ten. South Oilordribire—Waterperry - common — at a quarter to eleven.. Pembroke--To-morrow, Crosswell-quay ; Saturday, Kennel —at ten. Raby—To-morrow, Kellerby ; Thursday, Wackerfield ; Saturday, Hartforth—at eleven. Sir H enry Seale's—Thursday, Gara - bridge. "nungton—To-morrow, Tyb.ss-bridge ; Thursday, Rica'. bridge—at ten. Southdown—Thursday, The Links, Eastbourne ; Satur day, Trevor-arms, Glynde--at eleven. Mr. Lee's harriers--Thursday, Hayes. Tivyside--Thursday, Eglwyvwr—at ten. Tredegar—To-morrow, Cleppa-park ; Wednesday, Bas saleg Red-b • Th u rsday, Castletown ; Saturday, Duffryn ara —at a q uar t er eleven. • Trelawney's—To-morrow; St. Anne's-chapel, Big bury ; S a t ur d ay , W a dh a m—half-past ten. Mr. Trevor's—Wednesday, Rabley-heath ; Thursday, Kennel—at ten. Vine —Wednesday, Silehester-common—at ten. Mr. Wheble's--To-morrow, Thatcham-gate ; Thursday, Englefield---Lat eleven. South Wilts—Wednesday, Elston; Saturday, Thornhills. Saturda SCOTCH. Duke of E nee l euc h` e —To-morrow, Newton-don ; Thurs day, Lurdenl a w ; Saturday, East Gordon — at half - past ten. Lanarkshi re an d R e nfrowshire—To-morrow, Garnkirk ; y, Cr a i gn ethan. Linlithgow and Stirlingshire—To-morrow, Lee-house • Thursday, Dolphinton ; Saturday, Hu ntfield—at a q uart(); 'before eleven. IiABRIEBS. Mr. Deacon's -- Wednesday, Prince-town : Saturday, Long-cross—at ten. High-park —Tuesday, Duke of York ; ThursdaYoffin ster-ttumpike-gate ; Saturday, Newhaven —at eleven. Mr. Hildyard's—Saturday, Pinchingthorpe—at half-past ten. Captain H. Lewis'—Wednesday, C*lton---at eleven. Morpeth—To-morroN+, Horsley-meg ; Saturday, Mor peth Low -common—at ,calf-past ten. West Norfolk—Wednesday, Foulsham (deer )—at eleven. Mr. Okeover's—To-naorrow, ; iFriday, Mixon Hay—at eleven. A THRILLING INCIDENT AT SEA-SIXTEEN LIVES SAVED. (From the New York Tribune.) We have been kindly favoured with the following extract of a private letter from Marcus Spring, Esq., of this city, giving an account of the saving of the crew of the Scotch barque Jesse Stevens, by the steamer Pacific, on her last passage from here to Liverpool. We are sure that no one can read this simple narrative without something of the emotions it so vividly ex presses : One morning, while lying wrapped up in blankets, overcoats, &c., on the sofa, the wind, and sleet, and snowi roaring round the heaving ship, one of the pas sengers came down and reported that a wreck had been seen in the midst of the storm, and men clinging to it, and calling out, " Sa ve us ! S ave us !" Though so nearly stupified as to care for nothing, even if we had been the wrecked ones ourselves, and hardly believing, at first, if it could be so, I roused myself; and sure enough, all my own stupid and selfish feelings, all nausea and headache, and all murmuring spirit in view of our own condition, were instantly dissipated, and gate place to the heartiest sympathy and earnest prayers for sixteen poor fellows in a shattered barque, with sails torn and streaming in the wind ; masts all wrenched off and swept away, and the water rushing through the sides of the vessel, as she rose now and then on a high wave, the sea rolling over her, a perfect flood, every minute. Our ship had stopped her engines, and was hovering about, coming near enough, in the brief intervals of the storm, for Captain Nye to speak through his trumpet a word of encouragement. The captain had been sick with a violent cold and inflammation of the lungs (the first time, I think, since he became a captain), but this had called him from his bed, and, dressed in his great tarpaulin coat, with his hat drawnl over his ears, a sailor holding him from falling as he stood upon the steep deck, the ship tumbling almost over on its sides at every roll, his fine face flushed with excitement, as the wind and sleet dashed into it, and against him, as if they would take him off his feet • his trumpet in his hand, and, raisi ng a b ove t h e roar of the storm his yoke of command to engineers, sailors, &c., to go on or s t o p, or go to the oth er s id e of the wreck, trying to keep near it, and avoid dashing against it, to the certain ruin of all. All this lasted for an hour or more, while we pas sengers on the upper deck, holding on to ropes to keep us from being dashed overboard, and watching the poor fellows, when the mists, and clouds, and s pray, g ave u s an opportunity to see them climbing the wave in their shattered barque, all looking anx i ous l y towar d s us , an d waving hats and hands. The rolling of the sea, some movement on deck, and something I heard the Captain say, made me fear it was a hopeless case, and we should have to go and leave them, when all at once a gleam of light broke from above, and a splendid rainbow appeared on a dark background of clouds behind us. It seemed, indeed, a Heaven-sent sign of hope and promise, and I eagerly scanned the upturned faces of the wretched crew to see if they did not hail it as such, but I since learn they interpreted it in accordance to the sailor's adage : " A rainbow in the morning, Is the sailor's warning ; A rainbow at night Is the sailor's delight." While I supposed the bow of promise was filling their hearts, as it was mine, with joy and gratitude, the Cap. taro seized the moment of a lull in the storm to say to Tompkins, his third officer (blessed be the noble-hearted fellow !), "Are you willing to risk going in the life-boat to their rescue ?" " Ready and willing," was the prompt reply ; and soon the beautiful boat, with Tompkins and three sailors, was bounding over the foaming waves. They had a rope soon drawn from ship to barque, passing through the life-boat. The brave little company were soon under the stern of the wreck, receiving with their open arms, as they were dropped or thrown down (for some were so stupified with wet and cold, they had to be thrown into the beat), the dripping sailors of the Jesse Stevens. The waves ran so high it was un safe to lie near the wreck, so the boat was hauled up by rope, at intervals, near enough for them to drop in one or two, men—then they would slacken the rope and let the boat recede, before the returning wave should come and dash them together ; then they would return, in like manner, for one or two more ; and finally all were safe in the boat, and we only hoped that they would get it back to the ship with its freight of saved lives. Proudly again it bounded over the billows with its heavy load, as if it had been a swan or a sea-bird, and though several times, when it went out of sight in the trough of the sea, we trembled lest we had seen it for the last time, it still mounted the top of the next , wave and dashed down the watery hill-side towards us, again to rise and descend till they reached our ship's side, when a hundred men, with boisterous shouts and ropes let down, with nooses at the ends, soon hauled up every man of them. And so sixteen nice, respectable Scotchmen, from Augustine, on their way home from Canada, with a load of lumber, are fellow passengers with us, with thankful hearts only and no lumber, and will reach home before they are looked for to tell of their marvellous escape. Since this incident, certainly the most heart-thrilling and sublime it has been my lot to witness, and well worth, we all say, all the sufferings of the voyage, we have all been in better spirits, and have slept, I imagine, with more grateful and happy dreams. We had a meet ing of passengers, and raised five hundred dollars as a purse for Tompkins and the three men who aided him. Tompkins looks very happy as he walks the deck, and is a great favourite with us all. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE-MARCH 19. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Panther, from Ostend ; Sala mandren, Fieoerekstadt ; Rapid, Nieuport ; Rosita, Va lencia, Calpe, and Altea ; St. Michael, Amsterdam ; John Bull, Hamburgh ; Seine, Boulogne ; Cairo, Jamaica. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Panther, for Ostend ; Unity, Rouen ; Dunrobin, Konigsberg ; Helen Lindsay, Port Philip ; Amaranth, Hobart Town ; Heinrich Brandt, Bremen ; Cuba, Algoa Bay ; Toronto, Hobart Town ; Tyne, Melbourne ; Soracier, Portland Bay, Mel bourne ; Vivid, Roueu ; Minto, Cape Coast Castle ; City of Boulogne, Boulogne ; Curlew, Hamburgh ; Menai, Syd ney, N. S . IV. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Columbine, for Havre ; Elizabeth Marie, CopeAlinen ; Courier, Val paraiso and Limps; Koh-i-Noor, Sydney; Oscar the First, Port Philip ; Lavinia, Madras ; Dannebrog, 2 Hobart Town • Earl of Auckland, Rotterdam ; Albion, Boulog ne ; Ba tavier, Rotterdam ; City of Rotterdam, Dunkirk ; Baron Osy, Antwerp ; Soho, New York ; Gem, Grenada ; De merara, Dominica. PARIS, March 19.—The Sirene, of and for Caen, came in collision, on the night of the 14th March, six miles off Bar flour, with the Vigilant, of and from Fecamp, and was abandoned ; crew saved by the latter. FAYAL, -Feb. 24.—The Angelo ship, of Boston, from Mauritius to London, has just put in leaky, and will be surveyed. FEDARWARDERHAFEN, March 10.—The Gerhardina Bertha, from Sunderland to Vegesack, which was aground on the 4th of March, has suffered serious damage. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Calcutta, from Plymouth to Adelaide, Dec. 9, lat 31 S., long. 20 W. The Anna, Bristol to St. Vincent, Feb. 5, lat. 25 N. long. 30 W. Tho Xerezano, London to St. Helena, lat. 42 N., long 11W. A STRANGE SIGHT.-At Banff, in the north of Scot land, on the afternoon of Saturday last, there was seen coming in from the sea a huge pile of water, of a circu lar form, progressing rapidly towards the shore with a gyratory motion. When first observed, it was appa rently about three miles off. As it approached it was more distinctly seen, and was apparently about one hun dred yards in height and about thirty feet in diameter. 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OrknkatAbris 150 51. 82% Oxford.. —•• 100 131. 132 Birmingham 40 41. 105% Peak Forest. 78 31. 18a. 70 Devextry..• • 100 451. Regent's •• -• 38 11. Oa. 16% Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale.... 08 21. 42 Ellsmre&Chs 69,2% p. ct. 3 ,1 / 2 Somrset Coal 150 4randJunctn 100 3/ pr. ct. 68 Do.Lk Fd St 12 Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. Stfrrd &Wore 1 40 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. 108. Shrewsbury.. 125 Lirand Union 100 11.10 s. 24 Stourbridgu.. 1451 201. 290 Kennt& Avn 39 6s. Ofl. 7 Severa and Lancaster . 100 Wye Rail. i 26 i 21. Os. 24 Leeds&Livrp 100 251. 850 Warwick& Leicester.... 100 51. 66 12 irming. 3 100 4l• 40 Leicstr&Nth 83' 41. 44 36 Warwick&l Loughborogh 142 701. 510 Napton.. 4 100 3'. 28 Sionmouthsh 100 svorcstr & Nintgemrysh lOO Bi nn i ng. 781 31. bieitnMwbry l loo Wilts & Brkti - 2 10s. Od. 7 10s. Od.l GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ a. d. B 'High .............. Ditto PrOvincial.... 11. Be. 20 0 0 20 001 23 Brighton .....• ••• • . 51. 20 00200 0 ' 16 City of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 8 0 125 Continental (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0043 10 0 67M Equitable., .. .... •• .• 60e. 50 0 0 50 00' 27 Great Central:— •• •• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 1444 Imperial .......• •• .. 31.& bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 83N Independent ......... 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London.. .. .. .. .. .... 50 0 0 50 0 0 Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Phoenix ....... •• •• .. ni, per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27 Ratcliff ..... .• •• • 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 United General ...... 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ' 19% WeatniinsterClaartered 51. per cent. 60 0 50 6 0 39 Ditto, New ..... •.. 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland 71. per cent. 101, u 0 100 0 0 192/ 0 British Linen Comp.... 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 110/10 Caledonian Bank •• .•• WI. per cent. 10 0 0 210 03 . 18s. City ofGlasgow Bank 5/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0/ 13s Clyde.dale Bank-. •• •• 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 12 121 Commercial Bank ..•• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 821 0 Eastern Bank ........ 61. percent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/ 9s Edinb.&Glasgow 31. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 41. 10s Eaehange Bnk of Scot.. 100 0 0 31 5 0 9s. ed National Bank 636 percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s Morthof Scotlandßank 51. percent. 20 0 0 2 10 0 W. lqs Royalßank officetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I+sllo Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. percent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 921 ss Western Bank -••• • • • • 7/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 72/ lOs Alliance Fire and Life.. INl.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 21/ 12s British Guarantee .. •• 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 9s Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Od City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4t. 13 s Cdonlal Life ..... •• • • 5 /. p er cent. 50 0 0 1 0 O V. 7 8 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 lb 0 0 121110 s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 13/ 7 s Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. percent. 10 0 0 110 0 '3/. 1 7. National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. : North British Incur. •• 41 . per cen t. 200 0 0 20 0 0 351 . 0 ! ScottishUnionlnarnc. 7 1 41. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 1 1/ . Standard Life •••• • • . 51. per cont. 50 0 0 7 0 012/ to , United Dep. Assurance 51 . per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 20a. 0 1 * Ex Dividend. 4 MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company* per of Paid. Price. . Annum. Share. ------ -- ------------ t s. d. I £ a. d. Assam Tea ••••• • • • ~ 50 0 0 20 0 0 Jt. ss. 50 0 0 35 II 100 0 0 35 0 0 110 &ustra Trust •• 61. per cent. 35 0 0 25 Australian kuction ua M n Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 2 0 0 5 Aus a l t ir . i Cu . it . u . r : l knglo-Mezican Mint.. 11. 10s, 10 0 0 10 0 0 23% ri 15s. 8 8 1 0 0 52 C B an t a is d h a A . m .. e . r ! c . an ... L . an .. d . 61. perc en t . 100 0 0 32 10 0 5i 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. Do. — Dit N to ay . 6igpartioctn. Bondsnenae tt i . ppeerr cent. .._.-- 117% City — 97 Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 20 0 0 22% Ditto.. —.• ... (5) 25 0 0 710 0 11 Equitable Reverslenry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 120 Ditto New ....... 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. Revers. Er Invest „5 p. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 102% G ea•SteamNavigation 10 p.ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30 Hudson's Bay ........ Stock. 220 Hangerfopd .......• .. 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution ... 78 15 0 London Reversionary 5/. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 14 Russell Institution.... 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26 Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 Inyal Mail Steam.... 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 81% 8 nith Australian ....• 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 59% Trust and Loan Comp. of Upper Canada.... . ,20 0 0 3 0 0 RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL-31AR ca 19. STOCK Ex ciTAXG — E.--:-The — sh;; - "lailet has declined again, but at the reduced rates a considerable business has been transacted. The stocks most pressed upon the market have been Midlands and Leeds. The latest quotations are as follows : Caledonian, 32i ; London and North-Western, 1181; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 298 ; Midland, 74 ; South-Eastern and Dover, 23i ; Whitehaven and Furness, 5i ; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 171 ; York and North Midland, 29a ; North Union A, 252 ; Dutch Rhenish, 2d. MANCHESTER-7gAucll W. STOCK EXCHANGE. — The market was flat, and prices continue to decline. East Anglian Pref. 6 per cent., 36 ; East Lancashire, 18k; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 76 ; Man chester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire , 29 , 1 ; ditto, New 6/. Pref., 1 pm. ; Midland Railway Consols, 75i ; South-East ern and Dover, 23g. LEEDS—MARCH 19. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a languid market for shares of all kinds this morning, yet with no materi a l change in quotations. Th e closing transactions were as follows :—Caledonians, 32k ; East Lancashires, 184 . Lan cashire and Yorkshires, 7G ; Leeds Northerns, 1714 ; 1( - lands, 75 ; York and North Midlands, 291. In mines, Nouveau Monde were done at 24. COUNTRY MARKETS. DALKEITH—MARcu 17. The relative weight per four bushels of the three priced of wheat were 18st 61b, 18st 01b, nod 16st 121 b. Oats, 13st alb, 12st 51b, and list 41b. Barley, 16st 61b, 15st 41b, and lOst 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b, 18st 111 b, and 17st 71b. Qrs Best. Current. 291 Wheat. .. . £2 15 0 £2 8 0 1,298 Oats 1 3 4 1 0 8 265 Barley .1 15 0 1 8 6 105 Peas and beans...l 17 0 1 14 0 Average of wheat, 2/. 6s lid. Inferior. .£1 18 0 0 17 4 1 8 0 1 10 0 HADDINGTON—MAncH 18. The following are the prices of grain - at our market to-day : Vi'llEAT. BARLEY. I OATS. I BEA"' First s7s Oct 39 s Od 25s Od 395 CO Second 47s 5,1 33s 9d I 21s lld 1 33s ld Third 36s 6cl 30s Oct 1 17 s 3d I 31s od Total quantity of wheat in market, 435 qrs., 363 sold lf .1 f barley „ 3 6 7 qrs., 251 sold , f 21 oats II 743 qrs., 500 sol i )7 ll If beans 9 00 qrs., 21 3 sold ABERDEEN—MARciI 18. The prices of grain are—Old oats, OOs Od to 00$ o a , 401bs per bushel ; new oats, 16s Gd to 17s Od, 401bs pa bushel ; bear, 27s Gd to 28s Gd, 531bs per bushel ; barley , 37s Gd to 283 Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 40s Od to 42s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 48s Od to 50s 0(1 ) . 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 14 s Od to 15s Od per boll flour, 39s 0(1 to 40s Od per sack. P r o v i s i ons —B ee f, per lb,. 4d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; -veal, ditto, 6(1 to 8( pork, per stone, 5s Od to Os 0(1 ; lamb, per lb, Od to Ocl rabbits, each, 7(1 to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 4$ CA : potatoes, per peck, is to is 2d ; b u t: ;er, per lb , 9d t o Os 11as egg_ per doz, Os Od to Os 11(1; hens, per pair, 3s Od , t° 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Gd to 3 s Od ; ducks, ditto, 2s d to 3s Od ; ducklings, diV:,o, Os Od to Os Od ; turke ys' each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese, ditt o , 3 s 6d t o 48 Od ; but , Od' for exportation (present cure), p er cw - t, 80s to 84 5 Y``,,' ditto (summer cured), OOs to OO s Od ; eggs, wholesale Pric! per dozen, 6(1 to Od ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b l oa f, 31d ;per fine small, Os Od to Os Od. ; pork, large, O s Od t o Os pd. INVERNESS.—MARCR 15. CORN.—Wheat, per quarter, w e i g hi ng 621 b per -tas--hell , i , 48s Od to 52s Od • barley, ditto, 541 b ditt o , 28 s Od to 30s Oats, ditto, 421 b ditto, 20s Od to 21s Od. MEAL.—Oatmeal, per imp. boll. 16s 8d to Os Od. ; Otto second, 15s Gd to Os Od; barleymeal, lls 6cl to Osr,A' peasemeal, 15s Od to Os Od ; bran, per stone, Os 7d to Os_ ra Ist flour, per 2301 b, 40s Od to 42 s Od ; 2d ditt o, 30 s 32s Od ; oatmeal, beat, per st. of 141 b imperial, is to Os Od ; ditto second, is Gd to Os Od ; barleymeal IS .A . to Os Od ; peasemeal, is Gd to 0 3 Od ; I s t fl our , 2 s 9d c" . "' 3s Od credit ; 2cl ditto, 2s 3d cash, 2s id credit. r PROVISIONS.—P. o:: , .toes, per stone, 6d to Od ; Beef, lb, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 4d to 5d ; mutton, ditto, *a„ d; 6d ; pork, ditto, 3d to 4d ; fo w l s , eac h, 10d to ? chickens, per pair, 10d to 12d ; ducks, each, lid to 1 , 6 0 i; eggs per dozen, 6d. to 7d ; butter, fresh, pe r lb., 9d to l oci; ditto, salt, per lb., 9d to 10d ; crou di e ( cur d s ) , 2d 10 id. four-pound loaf, fine, 7d to 7Ad ; ditt o , secon d, 6d to ' coals, per cwt., 9d to Od; hay, per stole, 101 to 12d- CORK— MARcu 18. Brls. Currency. White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od-- 20 0 0/16 24 Redwheat 22s Od to 23s od' Ditto 00s Od t o 00 s Od 00s Od-20 do. Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od 48 Barley l3s Od to 14s Od Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 100 s Od-16 cl°' Ditto 00s Od to 008 Od Bere 00s Od to 00s Oct Os 041 190 Oats 116 Ditto 9s 10d to lls Od 9s 10d do. Ditto OOs 01 to OOs Od 20 Pigs 42s Od to 44s Od 00s Od per co t " Quantity sold at the highest prices : 16 00 barrels whit e w h ea t ; 5 re d ; 6 b ar l ey ; 0 bere; oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 193. Barley, 318. Bens, 0. Oats, Pigs, 149. ti No quotations for b u tt er , nor re t urn o f firkins, llut tb 11th of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 12 Pigs, 662. Sheep, 287. Cows, 104. CORR. —Flour— First, 15s Od t o 16 s Od ; ex t r a,_ in , Oa cl 5 seconds,sl3s 6d to 34s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s , 10 5 t o 13 s Od ; tb sd 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to Ss if t oatmeal, 10s 6d to llsOd ; whe a t mea l , 10 8 6d t o Ils Pe. r , ;64 Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 8/ O s Od p er t on . B r an, 4 1 "". ra geo to 4/ 1550 d perton. Hay—F armers, 26 5 0 d t o 34 s Od; " 30s; dealers, 32s Od to 4550 d ; average, Os per ton. 5 1d0 Farmers, 19s Od to 25s Od ; a verage , 20 5 ; d ea lers, 005 Id to average,3os Od ; Os. per ton. Bread—Wh ea ten loaf , 9 j, to Od ; householeditto, bd to Od per 41b.—Fresh butte , ,beeft lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4 s 6d p er h un d re d. Meat 540 4Ad to 8d ; mutton,-5,1d to bid ; Teal, 4Ad to 6Ad ; Por'P 04' 6d ; bacon, 7d to 7Ad ; sausages, 6d per lb.—fish, Nele0000; land, ill. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 285 ° INDIO/ Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potat oes , w hit e , 9d to 10d; - - Os lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperW ga' ° o4li Hides, market, 25s to 32s ; Salted, 26s to 32s per r/et1 0 ,..... skins, 3id per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. P O 4 ; p er Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to " 1 604 ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 105; red pine, 31. 10s ; yeuO A 0 4, 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 161. to 181. per hundred.—Bar' ic A or ,s. Si. to Si. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 46r to 47s per 71. 10s to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.--l" -- Peruvian, 10/. 10s to 11/. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. #.ooc e (N signifies that the m a il s are sent from the General Do. - by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day w hpn made up From what In jut COUNTRIES. in General lost- Port ed. England. Office, London. Dispstch America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday .... Liverpool *" ac E h Mon. America (by United Sts. packet) ..........N M arc h 22 .... LiVerP ool •• • i A P ril 4 America (by U States 26 Australia 'April 4 ampton) IN 4th of May Southampton April 1 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Sth of May Dover •• •• •• A P Ditto (via Cape of Good March 30 i v • i • a • • •g u • t • h -N . March 28 ........ SoUtbamptOnlifarch Hope) ............N 2d of April ...... Plymouth .• 19 Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth •• Ap ril 18 18 Alexandria.. 8,9, 24, &30of m Dover .. ••• • Al 20 Alexandria .. IN 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Mar o , , _ OO Bahamas ...........M 2nd of the month Southam Belgium ............N Dover ..... • Dahl Brazil ..............M 9th of the month.. Southampton Afr„ 1 6 ' Buenos Ayres ........31 9th of the month.. Southampton • 1 3 r2 c . 1 1 : 2 6 Cape of Good Hope N 14th of the month Plymouth • • March 30 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of Apri1....., Plymouth • • M a !,, b 26 Cape de Verds ......N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Mil" Ceylon (see India) ~,fArcb 26 Ceylon .............N 14th of the month Plymouth • • pton Ist 1 m• Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed ,&Fed, Southampton Tu 16 Chili .... & 17th of month Southampton Mare. China (see India) vecil 20 Constantinople 7,8,17,24,&27 ofm Dover .. •• •• 211 Constantinople .. M. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Natro na Cont. of Europe M& N Twice d a ily Dover .. •• • • p ffi Egypt (see India) e dyll9 France ........ & N Twice dai1y...... Dover • • r wje c h 1 6 Gibraltar ..........M 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofm. douthampton Greece (see India) 16 Grey town .......... M 2nd & 17th of mon. 4 onthampton 0 " - ", Ss' Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London • • T ue ..ii Havannah ...........M 2nd of the month Southampton Apri l 1 Holland Wednesday & Sat London • • .., 11° _,"), 16 Honduras ..........M 17th of the month Southampton Marc h 20 India (viaSouthampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Mar 1 India (via Marseilles)M,Bth&24th of month Dover . • April lonian Isles (see India) iv cos ° Ireland ...... &Ni Twice daily ... Holyhead .• • - 16 Lisbon... • •• • ..... Ml 7, 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton AP4 16 Madeira ............111,9th of the mont h S out h amp ton -IP A ' 12 Madeira ............ N of the month Plymouth .• Malta (see India) r e ) 16 Malta N 7,17,19,27, 30 ef m, Dover • • ' s ' 4 Mauritius ........ ..Nll4th of the month Plymouth .. 3111 10u' Mauritius (see India) b 26 Mexico , ••• • • • •.....31, 1 2nd of the month. Southampton li; c h 99 N aples •••• • .• ..Nsthlsth2sthof mon Dover .. .• • • 3 ;l:',.11 1 6 New Granada .... —111;2d & 17th of month Southampton . — „ - r taift New Zealand By private ship .. ports 22 Papal States s thlsth2sthofmon. Dover rch 96 Peninsula M 7th I 7th27tholmon Southampton March.,_,. lb P eru • • -, & 17th of mon outhampton N'", l , 26 Port Natal N 14th of the month Plymoutk .• fll ar c h2l Sicily ..............Nlstlllsth2sthofmon, Dover .... Sl a m 2 1 Tuscany ............N'sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover 16 Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of mo n th S ou th am pton 3181. Van Diemen's Land (see! Australia) . . l6 West Indies ........ 111'2d & 17th of month Southampton HoNoUR TO THE BRAVE.—A gratifying scene oc enrreci o at the Cavalry Depot, o n F r id a y afternoon last, wi e % general parade assembled, by order of the comman ds 0 to witness the presentation of a medal and clasps those of the non-commissioned o ffi cers an d men °L +lO depot troop of the 3d Light D ragoons w h o s hared inji, victories of the late Punjaub campaign. Colonel ' l l. fiths, in an eloquent and appropriate speech, con 9t lated the gallant fellows on the distinguished h ° : ll , 4 ° D g conferred on them ; a n d t o th e y oung and asP"'" - soldiers of the garrison, p o i n t e d ou t th e value of the r e ; ward which a grateful nation bestowed upon its defended for eminent conduct in the field. The non-commissiop officers and men entitled to th e honour were called re the front, and the garrison sergeant-major performed t o ' pleasing duty of fastening the medals on their bre3s r's most of them already decorated with similar honot?da received for former memorable Asiatic victories.—Ma i atone Journal. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 18th inst., at Earlsgood, Reigate, the wif° Clare Sewell, Esq. OF A DAUGHTER. On the sth inst., in the Castle, a t Z an t e , the w ife 1)f Captain Brooke, R.E. On the 15th inst. , a t F ulwood, Liverpool, the wif e °I C. P. Dodson, Esq. MARRIED. _ c h u rch On Saturday t he 13 th inst., at St. Pancras Rev. Mr. Dale, Edward Ansell, Esq., of Clement 8e younges t son of the lat e H enry Anse ll , Esq., i..(llsßepstv'S gen eral of the water-guard d epar t men t o f her - 5 "-h t its CuC.oms, to Mary Jenner, eldest daughter of the Thomas Bugden, Esq. On the 17th inst., at Carriham, H. H. of I n eldest son of Nicholas Bacon Esq., and grandson rfon,, late Sir E. Bacon, Bart., of' Raven'ingham-hall , ingham-hall , N° al t,., to Elizabeth, younger (laughter of Sir T. Beckett, A' of Somerby-park, Lincolnshire. Bacon, Est; On the 18th inst., ra , A nd 3 c ° fourth on of Edward Royd Rice, Esq., ALF . ' at Da D ne lE Cott, Kent, George Willif'ta mander in the Roy ageds. -,, L ,„ or On the 14th insta l , a 6. New - Stene, Brighton, -[" -- t tl so' eldest (laughter of the late, and sister of the pres en William Domville, Bart. Pet er, o .n Vie 11th inst , at Liskeard, Cornwall , S imon Esq., solicitor, aged 32. lict °f On the 14th inst., at Brock-house, Marga ret, ressn' , the lat e E. G reena l g h, E sq ., of Myerscough-hall , Lane '' aged 93. erable On the 17th inst., Catherine, the wife of the Ven John B. Colly€r, Archdeacon of Norwich. vng7 ,l( f , LONDON : Printed and Published by MIMEO 02? of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, 1 0 ' ar of Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the conu" Middlesex, Monday, March 21, 1853. _ f • ' : t! ‘ 'I . !:1