The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

-311ibitiOlt SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. DERBY RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) STEEPLECHASE. Spring Shinrone Four ran. STATE OF TRADE. (Prom the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MANCHESTER, March 22.—1 n our last report, we stated that the little excitement in cotton, got up at the beginning of the week, by way of "making things plea sant" to the speculators, was passing away, and leaving, our market in an ina,nimate• state, yet evidently steady ing itself at rather better prices than such as, in many in stances, were accepted under the fit of apprehension which had come over us in the previous week. To-day, the course of business has been sluggish, and its amount incon siderable ; but, in the department of yarns, there is a rathermore evident recovery of firmness than was percep tible on Friday and Saturday. Some effect has no doubt been produced by the American advices, received yester day, which report rather higher prices at New Orleans, Mobile, Charleston, and Savannah, as well as at New York, occasioned partly by a smaller decline than was expected having taken. plaCe at Liverpool ; partly by the somewhat favourable accounts respecting cotton from France and other parts of the European continent ; and partly by a falling off of 13,000 bales, in the week's receipts„ at the ports of the Union, as com pared with the corresponding week of last year, al though, as we learn from Wright's circular, telegra phic advices showed that the following week would exhibit an increase. The state of the cotton question is such as to render buyers in this market exceedingly cau tious ; and any positive advance of prices, any attempt at more than a steady hold of the ,rates of a fortnight back, would stop the limited operations now going on. On the other hand, yarns from 80's upwards are still hardening, and a further rise is determined on by the spinners. In domestics, there is somewhat more doinc , at the previous prices ; but printing cloths are quiet, and 40-inch shirtino.s dull. ROCHDALE, March 21.—We have had a more than usually good attendance of buyers in the market to-day, especially from the London houses. At present the stocks on hand are very light, which enables the manu facturers to obtain more for their pieces. Many refuse to sell at last week's prices, and those who have pur chased have given an advance. Wool continues to ad vance, and some sorts of English wool are becoming very scarce. MACCLESFIELD, March 22.—Our manufacturers con tinue very active, with considerable orders on hand. The production is only circumscribed* by want of weavers, the scarcity of whom has been so much felt for some years. The stocks on hand of silk manufactured goods are very light. Thrown Silks—The sales to the home trade 'have been considerable, and stocks are everywhere reduced to a very low ebb. The orders from the continent continue to some extent, but there is literally nothing at market to execute them with. Raw Silks—The market remains firm for all descriptions excepting Italians, which are rather drooping in price : the consumption of Chinas is beyond all precedent. HUDDERSFIELD, March 22.—The market to-day has been quiet, there not having been a very good attend ance of either buyers or sellers. Anything in new pat terns for the spring trade meet with ready purchasers. Most of the shippers in town are very busy with orders both for the continent and America, but cannot get them fitted up in anything like the usual time, the ma nufacturers having so many heavy orders on hand. HALIFAX, March 19. There has been a little inquiry to-day in our piece hall for goods of low quality ; but the sales have not been very extensive, as the merchants are not willing to give prices proportioned to the pre sent cost of yarn. The spinners are asking, and in some instances obtaining, advanced rates for most descriptions of yarn, and there is a pretty fair demand for home con sumption ; but the shipping houses are almost out of the market. Another rise has taken place in wool, and some sorts are now very scarce. BIRMINGHAM, March - 21.—We are again able to revert with satisfaction to the opinion we strongly expressed at the commencement of the present quarter, as to the pro bable stability of the prices of iron then declared. Although, comparatively speaking, they were fixed upon a rather higher scale, it did not appear that they advanced further than the actual relation between the demand- and powers of production would jus• tify, divested of any speculative considerations. This position has been assailed again and again, from different quarters, by assertions and arguments of various descriptions, and has been most severely tested by the steady withholding of orders on the part of deal ers and consumers, the manufacturers having assisted to the utmost of their power by generally abstaining from entering into their usual engagements for raw metals, as if by common consent, in the expectation, no doubt, that a failing demand or accumulating stock would operate favourably for purchasers, but such has not been the case. We find ourselves now, within ten days of the close of the quarter, without any intimation of an ap proaching reduction. The utmost firmness is still ex hibited on all hands, and though in pig iron the transac tions of the quarter have been limited, the demand for rails, sheets, and bars is unabated. Our m ill s an d f orges are all employed—labour and materials of every descrip tion arc equally scarce—the consumption is fully covering the mike--and the parsimonious transactions of the last three months induce a settled conviction that a large de mand must ensue. Our exports, also, notwithstanding reiterated predictions to the contrary, have continued to exhibit an increase : and more than proportionately high rates are well sustained in other metals, as copper, tin, and brass, while the means of payment are everywhere unusually plentiful. Under these circumstances there appears no reason to expect any material alteration in the prices of iron, and the approaching preliminary meet ing is looked forward to with less interest than usual ; though, from the secresy with which information is pre served, and the peculiarities by which the deliberations of its members are influenced, confidence will not be wholly established till its resolutions are known.--Aril's Birmingham Gazette. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. QUARANTINE NOTICE. SURINAM, Feb. 19.—A1l vessels from DemerPra without a clean bill of health have to undergo a regulated quaran tine here. CUSTOM-HOUSE—Msatcu 22. ENTERED INWARDS.—The City of Paris, from Bou logne ; Mary, Leghorn ; Margaret Evans, New York • Lionne, Gravelines ; Lion, Graveli nes ; CEolus, K rageroe Eleanor, Demerara ; Prima, Lauvrig ; Active, Seville ; Amphion, Droback • Alicia, Rouen ; Ocean, H avre ; Cress well, Stavenger ; Ark, do. ; * Handy, Guernsey andjersey ; Lord Panmure, Odessa ; Maria Christina, Santander ; Sydney, Sydney, Port Adelaide, Port Philip, and King George's Sound ; Lady Rebow, St. Michael's ; Star, Marans , • Dalmato, Bruges. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Ocean, for Havre ; City of Paris, Boulogne • Annegiena, Amsterdam ; Salmander, Christiana, Dram, andi Moss ; Margaret Evans, New York ; Fanny Gann, Melbourne ; Maria Christina, Santander, Gijon, Carril, and Cadiz ; Acis, Genoa ; Parsee, San Francisco ; Melchure, Thisted and Venice ; Produce, Elsinore and St. Petersburgh ; Princess, Victoria and Melbourne ; Martha Ellen, do. ; Emma and Mary, Konigsberg ; Echo, Ronen ; St. Vergur, Memel ; Amor, Altona ; Afghan, Calcutta; Ellen Douglas, do. ; For tunato, St. Lucia. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Geertina, for Varel ' • Chanticleer, Newfoundland ; Panther, O s t en d ; Seine, Boulogne ; Bona Fide, Montreal ; Maria, Dunkirk ; Wilshire, Galatz and Ibrael ; Ker, Hobart Town ; Provi dential, Genoa • Concordia, Rotterdam ; M ena i, C a l a i s ; Johanna Copenhagen ; Pearl, Montreal. LIVERPooL, March 22.—The brig Wanderer, from this to Cardiff, is ashore on the spit of East Hoyle bank, full of water, and abandoned by the crew. The Sister, arrived to-day from Mobile, was in contact on the 17th Feb. in lat. 24, long. 31, with th e s hi p A . H . Kimball, from New Orleans, Philadelphia, and lost fore sail, foretopmast, backstay, &c., and received considerable damag e to bulwarks and top sides. The A. H. Kimball also received damage. March 8.---The Fairy, from Smyrna to Boston, which put into St. Thomas's in distress, on Feb. 5, has been con demned and sold there. Her cargo was transhipping on board the Zidon (barque), of Lubec. An English barque, with topmasts g o ne, full of water, Sand abandoned, was passed on the 11th of Feb in lat '46 l 47 b Pelican State. at Philadelphia. • (mg. , y the The ship reported seen on fire on Feb. 22, by the Empire, arrived at Philadelphia is s upposed to have been the from New Orleans to Genoa, which was seen derelitaly, th PORTA PLATA, Feb. 14.--arohne Italian 20th. brig Glorioso, bound to Porto Rico, in leavingthi s on the reef and has become a total wreck. Feb. * Pau Muick D GIBRALTAR, March 15.—Tho PernambuCo, which put in here on the 12th inst.,hufha's from admitted to pratique, and is dischar g i ng. BEBBICE, Feb. 24.—The Cybele, from London, got on shore on a mud flat to the windward of thi s 1.22er, but came off without damage, and arrived here Feb. SHIELDS, March 19.—day, Alexandrina, from Moulm ein which arrived here to-day, experienced heavy Wes her 2. the Western Islands, when she sprung a leak, and L e Vt .. tinned to make water . In entering this harbour, she struck three times very heavily. RAMSGATE, March 22.—The Colombo , from Sicily t o Newcastle, has put in here, after being ashore on the Good win Sands, and throwing part of cargo overboard. CARTHAGENA, Jan. 27.--The Middleton, of Maryport, from Liverpool and Santa Martha, in making for this port, Jan. 27, struck on Teeira Bomba, but was assisted off on the 9th, with loss Of an anchor, and making tgn inches of water per hour. After discharging part of cargo, was hove down and repaired. Feb. 26.—The Middleton, sailed hence Feb. 4, for Savanilla, and from the 13th to the 21st encountered very bad weather, sprung a leak, and was abandoned on the 22d, with 11 feet of water in her hold, and sank off Galera. Zamba ; crew landed here Feb. 23 and 24. The Anna Maria, from Queenstown, with troops, got ashore on the night of March 6, eight miles from Corfu, but was got off on the 9th, and arrived at Corfu. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The St. Vincent, bound to Jamaica, Feb. 14, lat. 20 N., . . rra Kenn (ship), March 9, off New York. axe. Scith Esk. Liverpool to Wilmington, March 5, lat. 39 `N•ylvrtk. 23 W. IciTittriggA ship, of about 400 tons, flying . St. Geol . c eusign, 2d dig. pendt., lat. 64 40 'miles oast of eztp Good Hope, March 14. • THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 23, 18.5 3. THE TV.RECS OF THE QUEEN VICTORIA. The following is the report of Captain Walker, who was ordered to hold an inquiry as to the nature, circum stances, and causes attending the late wreck of the steam ship Queen Victoria, of Dublin, by striking on the rocks off Howth-head, in the county of Dublin, on the morn ing of the 15th instant, on her passage from Liverpool to Dublin : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS OF THE COM3IITTEE OF PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. "My Lords,—Pursuant to your Lordships' warrant of the 16th of February, directing me to hold an inquiry into the causes and circumstances attending the wreck of the steamer Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, I proceeded to Dublin, where I arrived on the 20th instant. On the following morning (Monday) I called on the Collector of Customs, Samuel Price Edwards, Esq., who kindly gave me a room in the Custom-house to conduct the investigation. " I found that the managing director of the company, Mr. Watson, had arrived from London, and I apprised him of the purport of my visit to Dublin, and mentioned ttie persons belonging to the vessel I should wish to examine. He cheerfully offered. every assistance and information he could give me. In consequence of the mate and part of the crew being summoned to Kingstown, as witnesses be fore the coroner's jury, I was obliged to defer my investi gation until the termination of the inquest. Considering that I should be carrying out the wishes of your Lordships by being present at the examination, and collecting evi dence which might elicit every particular as to the loss of this unfortunate vessel, I accordingly proceeded to Kings town, and have to express my obligation to Mr. Davis, the coroner, for giving me a seat on the bench, with permission to put any questions to the witnesses which I might think necessary, and which I occasionally did, through him. For three successive days I attended this inquiry, until its ter mination on the evening of the 23d. "At 10 o'clock on the following morning I commenced my duties at the Custom-house, and took the depositions on oath of the following witnesses, whose evidence is an nexed hereto : " Thomas Davis, the mate, who had charge of the watch when the vessel struck. " Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., marine superintendent to the steam-packet company. " Phineas Howell, secretary to the company. " Henry Vereker, ballast-master, and for many years secretary to the Corporation of the Ballast Board of Dub lin. " Charles Ralph, Patrick Darcey, and Matthew Maguire, passengers ; and " Andrew Robertson and John Jackson, seamen belong ing to the vessel. After the investigation was concluded, the Dublin Steam-packet Company kindly furnished me with a steamer to visit the scene of the accident, when I found the wreck of the unfortunate vessel lying in 12 or 13 fathoms water, with a portion of the broken mainmast a few feet above the water, about 150 yards from the point whereon the Bailey lighthouse is situated. "Having elicited the particulars attending the loss of the vessel, and carefully considered the evidence, I have now the honour to report, for your lordships' information, that the steam-ship Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of Dublin Steam-packet Company, of 337 tons register, and propelled by engines of 250 horse-power, left Liverpool for Dublin on the afternoon of the 14th of February, at about 3 o'clock, and passed the N.W. Light-ship at 23 minutes past 4, with the wind moderate from the N.E., and the weather fine, but cloudy. The crew consisted of 24 per sons, including the master and three mates, and there appears to have been 12 cabin and 75 deck passengers, be sides the stewardess, making a total of 112 persons. The ship was properly equipped, and, in addition to what is re quired by the Steam Navigation Act, she had an extra life boat and 90 cork jackets placed in boxes on the quarter deck under the seats. The officers had the character of being careful and experienced men. The master had been 25 years in the service of the company.; Mr. Davis, the mate, 28 years in the samo employ, 13 of which he had filled the situation as first mate. It appears by the evidence of Davis that the two quarter-boats would each contain 20 persons, and the two life-boats would hold double that number, but unfortunately- these boats, instead of being suspended over the side, were placed upon chocks on board, and it was ne cessary to raise them about three feet, and reverse the davits, before they could be lowered into the wate r — an operation easily performed by a practised and well-discip lined crew, but a work of time in a vessel with a large num ber of passengers in a state of confusion. The instructions issued by the company to their officers direct the com manders not to go at full speed in thick or foggy weather. I regret those orders were not attended to. After leaving tiSe N.W. Light-ship, the Victoria shaped a proper course, and at 8.30 sighted the Skerries-light, the weather still continuing moderate. At 50 minutes past midnight the Bailey-light was seen right ahead, or a very little on the starboard bow, and about two o'clock a.m. the lights on the Kish were also observed. About this time a snow shower came on, which obscured everything, and in less than half an hour the vessel ran with the speed of eight or nine knots upon the rocks. The engines were reversed, and in a few minutes she sunk in deep water. "In accordance with my instructions, it now becomes my duty to refer to the evidence, and to submit to your Lordships' attention the conduct of those in charge of the vessel. "As regards Captain Church, the master of the Queen Victoria, whose character up to the time of the loss of the vessel appears to have been praiseworthy, and whose expe rience from having been so many years in the service ofthe steam-packet-company must have been considerable, I re gret that it is my painful duty to condemn his conduct most strongly. Havin g been called at 50 minutes past midnight, and told that the Bailey-light was in sight, and having been again told at ten ,minutes before two o'clock that the weather was so thick from a snow shower as to obscure the lights, and to prevent objects from being seen the length of the vessel, instead of giving orders to slow the engines, or going immediately upon the deck, he said to the mate, ' There is no fear of the land, the danger is from meeting vessels.' About two o'clock he appears to have gone on deck; but the evidence upon this point is conflicting. Whether he did so or not, it is proved that the ship was then going at 8 speed of eight or nine knots an hour, that the Kish-lights had been seen a few minutes before, bearing a point or two abaft the beam, which with the Bailey-light W.N.W., would place the vessel within three miles of the shore, and the course steered was directly for it. Captain Church was not heard to give any orders. He had lead and log lines on board, but he neither sounded nor ascertained how fast she was going, nor did he slacken speed, or adopt any precaution to pre vent the fearful accident which took place. After the vessel struck, his presence of mind seems entirely to have deserted him. He ordered her to be backed from the rocks : but it was soon found she was sinking. The snow shower had passed over ; the morning was fine, and the water smoota t ; the boats might easily have been pre pared, and the lives of the people saved; but no directions were given. One quarter-boat succeeded in getting away with 17 passengers, and reached the shore in safety, not a sailor belonging to the steamer being in her. The other quarter-boat was improperly lowered, and the people in her precipitated into the sea, and drowned. The two life boats, which ought to have saved the lives of so many, ap pear to have gone down with the vessel. The result is, that thus the lives of 59 persons, including the unfortunate master, have been sacrificed for want of proper care and. attention. If, when the thick weather came on, the di rection of the steamer's head had been altered, and the engines slowed, the disaster would, in my opinion, not have taken place. "The conduct of Thomas Davis, the mate, was greatly to blame. He acted in obedience to his orders in calling the master when the Bailey-light was first seen ; also when the change took place in the weather. He states that he ordered four bells to be struck (2 o'clock), and told the men to ' keep a good look out,' for that the ca pt a i n was no t upon deck ; but that he had seen the Kish-light a point or two abaft the beam, and ought to have known he was close to the land, and he should then have stopped the engines, and have informed the master, and I consider him very cul pable in not having done so. In his evidence he states that after she struck, he appointed persons by name to prepare the boats ; but none of the Witnesses hoard these orders given to any individual in particular, and they do not ap pear to have been acted upon. Mr. Davis considers ho would have been guilty of a breach of discipline in stopping the vessel without the orders of the captain, and he ap pears to have been vigilant in watching the men on the look out from the time of his coming on deck and after the accident he made signals of distress, by which the position of the wreck was denoted to the steamer Roscommon on, her way from Dublin to Liverpool, and the lives of several persons saved in consequence. " I now beg to refer your lordships to the evidence of Mr. Vereker, ballast-master, and for many years secretary to the Ballast Board of Dublin, from which it appears that, in consequence of a steamer called the Prince, be longing to the same company, having struck her bowsprit against the rocks under the Hill of Howth in 1846, a cor respondence took place between Mr. Howell, the secretary, and the corporation, the former suggesting, and the latter admitting the necessity of having a fog-bell on the Bailey lighthouse, and that a resolution to have one there was passed at a board meeting, and was entered in the minute book • that a bell was procured from London and forwarded • to Dublin, but that it had not been put up, in conse quence, as he stated, of matters of more importance in ducing the inspector to , postpone its erection ; but, he added, it is now the intention of the corporation to have it put up with as little delay as possible. Your lordships will, however, perceive that upwards of six years have elapsed since the Ballast Board admitted the necessity of having a bell on the Bailey, and up to the present time it has not been put up ; and Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., Mr. Howell, the secretary of the steam-packet company, and Mr. Davis, the mate, are all of opinion (with which I con cur), that had there been a bell to have given an alarm, the vessel would not have been lost, and it is to be hoped that no time will be lost in placing ono in that situation. Having attended the coroner's inquest, I cannot refrain from remarking on a portion of the evidence, by which it appears that four hours before the Victoria struck there was no person 'on watch in the lighthouse—the person in charge awoke by hearing the cries of the shipwrecked par ties on the rocks-41nd that one of the keepers, from in firmity of age, being between 70 and 80, could scarcely be expected efficiently to perform the duties of his station. "It now becomes my pleasing duty' to bring to the no tice of your lordships the conduct of Patrick Darcy, the young seaman who, by his presence of mind, in putting his finger in the plug-hole of the boat, and by unremitting exertions, prevented her from sinking, and in company with the two other passengers (Ralph and Kerb succeeded in landing 14 persons, and, on going a second time to the wreck, in saving four others who had taken refuge in the riggin g of the vessel when she went down. "To conclude, the result of my investigation is as fol lows : "1. The Victoria was lost through the negligence of the master in not sounding, stopping the engines, or taking proper precautions when the shower came on. the 2 • The was er conduct of the mate was t o bl ame . H e sup posed the master was below, a nd oug ht t o h ave k nown th a t taminent and should have stopped the speed of the vessel. "3. The steamer was well found in all respects, with the exception th a t th e b oats were not so placed as to be ready for immediate use. "4. Had there been a fog-bell on the Bailey-light it is probable the accident reighehave been prevented. 5. That the lighthous e wag not properly att9inl ed to. " The question of the fog-bell and the condition of the lighthouse and its establishment are for your Lordship's cons ideration. With regard to theb e ts i; t l he d p e r e e m sen i t t an my d s tate my opinion, founded former t erc o ases of accident, and to suggest that it would be very desirable if in all cases the boats of steamers were so placed as to be inimediately ready for use, and if the officers in charge were instructed to station portions of the crew io the boats, and to hold them responsible for their use and efficiency when required. "I have, &c. "w. H. WALIi.ER, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD. CIRCIIIT—STArronD, MARCH 22. (Before Mr. Justice Talfourd.) THE MURDER AT ASH FLATS. After three days' protracted sitting, the trial of the perpetrators of this barbarous deed was brought to a close late last evening. The prisoners were Henry Blackburn, Charles Moore, and Edward Walsh, who were severally charged with the wilful murder of John and Jane Blackburn, on the morning of the 25th of October, at Ash Flats, near this town. Peter Kerwcin was also arraigned upon the coroner's inquisition, the grand jury having ignored the bill, but no evidence was offered against him, and he was subsequently discharged. The coroner's jury • had in their verdict exculpated Blackburn, who was a son of the deceased, from any participation in the crime, but the magistrates having committed him, and the grand inquisition having found a bill against him, he was accordingly put on his trial. The hearing of the evidence lasted two days, nearly fifty witnesses being examined. The following, how ever, will be found to contain the main facts which were adduced. The deceased, John Blackburn, who was 78 years of age, was formerly a malster, bad retired from business, and, with his wife, aged 73, lived in a place called Ash Flats, about two miles and a half from Stafford. Al though possessed of some property, having 60 or 70 act es of freehold land, their cottage was but very meanly and dirtily furnished. They kept no servant, and lived by themselves, sleeping in different apartments. They were miserly in their habits, and old Blackburn was known to have considerable sums of money in his place at times. TheY had a large family grown up, some being married. The last time the old couple were seen alive was on the evening of Sunday, the 24th of October, when they were observed to be in good health. On the following morning, about half-past seven, a gentleman named Spilsby was going by the cottage, when 'he per ceived smoke issuing from the roof. He obtained assis tance, and the door was broken open by a crowbar, which happened to be on the spot. After some time the fire was subdued ; and on going up stairs to the old man's bedroom, a shocking spectacle presented itself. On the burnt bedstead were lying the bodies of the old couple ; they were charred considerably, and the fire had almost made them trunkless. The man was lying on his back on the top of the bed, and the woman across the bottom of the bed. A brief examination sufficed to show that the old people had died by violence, and not from fire, The head of the old man had been severely wounded in several places. There were two places near the eyes where the skull.had actually been forced in ; there was a large wound on the right side of the forehead, and a severe wound on the top, of the head. On the body of Mrs. Blackburn there was a severe wound on the right eye, and also on the back of the head, and it was clear that something hid been tied round the throat as if to cause strangulation. Her bed -room was but little disordered. A pool of blood was discovered at the bottom of the stairs leading to her door and blood on the wall of the staircase, and it would seem that the old lady was in bed at the time, and hearing a noise she came out and encountered the wretches, who afterwards took her lbody upstairs and threw it on the bed where it was found. There was a strong smell of resin and pitch in the cottage, and the bodies appeared to have been be smeared with such inflammable matter, so as to hasten their destruction. Mr. Richards, the superintendent of the Salford' (town) police, and other officers of the con stabulary, were quickly apprised of the tragedy, and on reaching the scene a careful examination of the place was made. A well outside the cottage was searched, and in it was found an axe, with blood and hair upon it, and a dog with his head smashed in. The animal be longed to the prisoner Blackburn, and he had taken it to his parents' abode about three weeks previous. A flat iron besmeared with gore was also found in the house. The fact being clear that the place had been entered, that the deceased couple had been barbarously murdered, and that the guilty parties contemplated destroying all trace of the crime in the conflagration of the entire building, the police directed their attention to the per petrators. On the morning of the murder, some few hours after it had been discovered, the police were in duced to arrest Henry Blackburn, who himself had ex pressed some belief that Moore, who was in the service of the deceased, had some hand in the horrible deed. Some days transpired, and nothing satisfactory was elicited until the receipt of some anonymous letters by Mr, Richards, of the Stafford police, and Mr. Hatton, the chief of the county force. The letters described how the murders were committed, and who were the guilty parties. They were peculiarly worded, and evidently showed the writer to be a very illiterate person. At the examination of Blackburn, Moore was examined as a witness, and on his signing the deposition Mr. Richards was struck with the similarity of his writing to that of the letters. Moore had also made use of the words, " The man that helped Philip to mow the hay," which were in one of the communications, and this more than strengthened the belief of the officer that he was the party who wrote them. Mr. Hatton, the chief of the constabulary. was consulted, and Moore having been spoken to respecting some material difference he' had made in his evidence, he desired to make a more length ened statement in writing, and, in doing so, sufficient was traced to warrant his arrest, when he admitted writing two of them. His place was searched, and a child's rattle was found, the end of which had been used in sealing and stamping the letters. Moore then made some other statements, in which he observed that he had been engaged by one Podmore to write them. The truth is, I put my arm through a broken pane in the window next to the door, and unfastened the catch. Walsh was put through the window, when he opened the back door, and let Peter Kerwan in. I went to the end of the house next the road to watch, and on looking through the window I sayr Peter Kerwan, with a can& in one hand, knock down the old woman with his other hand at the bottom of the stairs. I did not see whether he had anything in his hand or not. I afterwards saw Kerwan and Walsh go through the orchard, and through the field at the end of the orchard, and returned to Stafford and went to bed. Other circumstances then arose which led to the apprehension of Walsh, whpse daughter cohabited with Moore ; he made a statement showing a knowledge of what was going to be done at the Ash flats. He stated that Moore had told him— " If you will come with me to-night, we shall get what will put as over the water comfortably. The place I mean is the Blackburn ; they are a very old couple, and have no servants, either boy or girl, in the house ' • their son Henry left for Wolverhampton on Saturday, and will not be back until Monday, and shall be certain to get from eight to ten sovereigns, the price of the cart they are about to buy ; at all events, we shall get some money, and if all fails we shall be sure to get a bit of bacon." Walsh also mentioned that Moore stated, " This will stop them from telling tales," and he held up a knife in his hand to which he had put a new handle, which was made of a portion of the handle of a hatchet. On Walsh's left hend was noticed the marks of a burn ing, and on his trousers were traced the stains of blood. It also appeared that Moore wore a kind of red plush waistcoat, the materials of which corresponded with a piece of stuff found on the broken window of the de ceased's cottage. Other statements which Moore had given of the transaction were then detailed by several witnesses, and they all set forth different stories. Walsh was missed from his abode early on the morning of the murder, and Moore and he were found to be in sudden possession of money. As regards the case against Henry Blackburn, it would appear that it mainly rested upon some remarks which had fallen from him previous to the murders, that ho would come into possession of some property on his father's death, and that he was picked out of a batch of prisoners as having bought several pounds of resin at a shop in Wolverhampton on the Friday previous to the perpetration of the atrocious crime. Moore had endeavoured to fix him in his state ments, but there was nothing like consistency in his representations. Mr. William Webb, the surgeon of Hatton Infirmary, detailed at some length the injuries inflicted upon the deceased couple. There were three wounds on the head of John Blackburn—one between the eyes, another on the right side of the forehead, and a third on the head. The b ones were d r i ven in. The axe produced would inflict such wounds. The axe had hair upon it corresponding with the hair on the man's forehead. The blows were decidedly inflicted be fore death. The deceased man must have been in a recum bent position when the blows were struck. The body of the woman was much more burnt than that of the man. The scalp was completely carbonised. There was a frac ture of the right eye extending backwards, and there was another fracture at the back of the head. Believed she was in an upright or semi-recumbent position when she received the blow. The case for the prosecution haring closed, Mr. Serjeant Allen addressed the jury at great length for the prisoner Henry Blackburn. Mr. Serjeant Thomas and Mr. C. Evans followed for Moore and Walsh. Mr. Justice Talfourd then summed up, and having pointed out the evidence as it affected the different pri-• soners, left the jury to determine their guilt. The jury then deliberated, and found the prisoners Charles Moore and Edward Walsh guilty, and Henry Blackburn not guilty. His lordship then assumed the black cap, and in a most impressive address, pointing out the enormity of the crime which the wretched men had committed, passed sentence of death upon them, holding out not the slightest hope of mercy. The two miserable convicts were then led away. In the course of the evening it was stated that after they had returned to the gaol they made a confession of their guilt. In closing our notice of the trial, it is only fair to re mark that the conviction of the culprits Moore and Walsh, was in a great measure to be attributed to the zeal and activity of Mr. Richards, the chief of' the Staf ford police, who was the first to detect the fact of Moore writing the anonymous letters, and who arrested both prisoners. SHREWSBURY, MARCH 22. The commission for this county was opened at a late hour last night by Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams, Mr. Justice Talfourd being detained by the amount of crimi nal*business at Stafford. The calendar contains the names of forty-three pri soners, of whom there are for feloniously cutting and wounding, 3 ; burglary, 1 ; uttering forged receipts, 1 ; concealing birth of child, 1 ; unlawfully entering land by night in pursuit of game ; bigamy, 1 ; stealing a bullock and a cow, 1 ; assault, 5 ; together with several cases of larceny and o stealing from the person. One of the poaching cases, in which six persons are impli cated, is likely to prove very serious. HOUSE ON THE WATER.--A few days since, a two story house was removed from the foot of Jay-street to Red Hook Point, by water. The house with contents was placed upon two large barges and towed to its new loca tion by a steam-tug,—.lVoq York Time, HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. ( From the Registrar-General's Report.) The effect of sudden changes of temperature does not immediately become perceptible to its full extent in the register of deaths. A period of more genial weather succeeded the low temperature that marked the month of February, and the mortality at length appears to have yielded slightly to its influence ; for the deaths in Lon don, which had continuously risen during six weeks till they numbered 1,436, fell in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,274. How far the sudden severity that changed the character of the weather last week has affected human life remains to be seen in future returns. The following are the principal meteorological facts of last week :—On Sunday, 13th instant, the highest tem perature was 60.5°, the mean was 48.8°, or 7,6°, above the average. The mean daily temperature was below the average on the three following days ; and on Thurs day the highest temperature was only 34.8° ; the mean was 29.2°, or 12.6° below the average. On Friday the mean was 28.5°, or 13.3° below the average ; on Satur day it was 10.2° below the average. The lowest tempe rature of the week occurred on Saturday, and was 24.2°, showing a range of temperature in the week of 36°. The mean dew point temperature was 31.1°. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 the average number of deaths was 1,095, which, if raised in proportion to increase of population, gives a mortality for last week of 1,205. The 1,274 deaths actually regis tered last week therefore exceeded the estimated amount by 69. _ Fatal eases arising from zymotic diseases decreased from 244 in the preceding week to. 229 in the last, though the mortality of hooping-cough, which is consi derable, remains at nearly the same amount. Phthisis decreased from 167 to 131 ; other diseases of the respi ratory organs from 391 to 332. In the latter class are included bronchitis, which declined from 233 to 174, and pneumonia which was fatal to 101 persons, or about the same number as in some previous weeks. In City-road sub-district, at 11, Ratcliffe-row, on 16th March, a cooper, aged 29 years, died of " disease of lungs, kidneys and heart." (Post-mortem.) Mr. Hamlin, the Registrar, observes :—" There is a grating over the sewer in the street in front of this house, of which the inhabitants are continually complaining. When passing the spot I have repeatedly been obliged to cover my mouth with my hand to avoid the smell. In Pentonville, at 20, White Lion-street, on 14th March, the son of a locksmith, aged 5 years, died of " hooping-cough (8 weeks), scarlatina (4 weeks)." Mr. Upjohn, deputy -registrar, sayi :—" I have twice before referrred to, the great mortality in this house, in which five deaths have now occurred from hooping-cough within a period of five weeks. In the present case hooping-cough was followed by scarlatina, and the child was taken to the Fever Hospital ; but as the medical attendants gave no hope of its recovery, the parents had it removed home again. There are now two children suffering from hooping-cough in the same house, whose recovery is considered hopeless by the medical attendant. There does not appear to be any local cir cumstance to account for so unusual a fatality." In St. George, Bloomsbury, at 3, Russell-mews, on the 15th of' - March, the daughter of a servant, aged 1 year and 9 months, died of "diarrhcea some months since, and subsequently b r o nc h o -p neumon i a ." Wi t h regard to this case, Dr. Richards writes that "it was treated homcepathically, under which system the com plaint was allowed to progress, and he was called in just the final to witness a life lost, in all probability, from want of active treatment." In the sub-district of St, Paul, St. George-in-the- East, at 20, Martha street, a child, the son of a mariner aged 10 hours, died of " convulsions from premature birth," on the 30th of January. Mr. Chatwood, the registrar, mentions that " the mother of this boy, who came to register the births of twins, states that the de ceased was buried at' a chapel ground as still-born al thoUgh the medical certificate given at the time stated that he lived 10 hours." The following six deaths occurred at the London Fever Hospital between the 9th and 15th of March in clusive : A girl, aged 4 years from the Newington Workhouse, measles (duration unknown). In hospital 2 days. (Post mortem.) A man, aged 56 years, from Holborn Union, typhus (duration unknown). In hospital 6 days. A woman, aged 19 years, a servant from Wands worth, typhoid fever (duration unknown), incipient ul ceration of Peyer's glands. In hospital 2 days. (Post mortem.) A woman, aged 24 years, from Neptune-Court, St. George-in-the East, typhus (about 17 days). In hospi tal 9 days. A man, aged 35 years, a labourer from Hartshorn court, Fore-street, pleuro-pneumonia (9 days). In hos pital 6 days. A man, aged 22 years, a labourer from Catherine wheel-alley, East London, phthisis (long standing), pleuritis (10 days). In hospital 5 days. The following additional cases are selected from the returns :—On 10th March, at 3, Artillery-place, Fins bury, a drawing-master, aged 51 years, died of "the Croydon fever (3 months), ulceration of the small intes tines." (Poit mortem.) The son of a shipwright, aged 5 years, died of "enlarged tonsils (2 years), excision of tonsils (2 months ago), croup (2 days)." A baker, aged 18 years, died of " phlebitis of ophthalmic veins" in Guy's Hospital. In Herne-place, Water-lane, Brixton, on 17th March, a gardener. aged 43 years, di e d o f " furunculus days), debilitated constitution." There were four deaths from abscess :—ln Charing Cross Hos pital, a woman, aged 51 years, "chronic abscess (6 months), debility (3 months);" in St. George's Hospital, a Chelsea pensioner, agdd 47 years, amputation of toe of right foot, abscess in left leg, diseased heart ;" in Middlesex Hospital, a man-servant, aged 53 years, " ab scess of thumb, inflammation of arteries (post mortem );" at 4, Elm-terrace, Brompton, a female servant, aged 32 years, " cerebral effusion from fever occasioned by ex treme inflammation and abscess of the thumb." Two fatal cases are ascribed to privation, and registered thus: ---In the Workhouse, Westminster, on 18th March, a single woman, aged 50 years, " destitution ;" at 1, Three King-court, Aldgate, on 12th March, the wife of a cooper' aged 62 years, " want of proper food in sufficient quan tity; typhus." Last week the births of 855 boys and 812 girls, in all 1,6q7 children, were registered in London. The average number in 8 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52, was 1484. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.685 in.; on Saturday it was 30.034 in. The mean temperature of the week was 36.6 deg., or 5 deg. below the average of the same week in 38 years. The wind blew from the south on the first 3 days, and from the north-east during the remainder of the period. RA IL WAY SHARE MARKETS. Li YERPOOL—MAncs 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to day, but the buying continues of rather a weak character, and very little business was done. The following were the quotations :—Caledonians, 32i ; Chester and Holyherd, 21i ; Eastern Counties, 12 15-16 ' • Lancashire and York shire, 75$ • ' ditto , Fifth shares, 4 dis. ; Liverpool, C ros b y , and Southport, 17 ; London and North Western, 118 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and -Lincoln, 301 ; Midland, 74 ; North British,' 8i ; South Eastern and Dover, 23i. MANCHESTER-Mum 22. - --- STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was a fair amount of busi ness transacted, but prices had a downward tendency. London stock, 118$ ; Eastern Counties, 13 ; Chester and Holyhead,'2li ; Sheffields, 301 ; ditto Pref., 11; ditto New Pref., 9-16 p. ; Midlands, 74j ; Dovers, 23 3-16 ; Cheshire Junction, si die. ; Leeds stock, 75i ; North British, 8,1. LEEDS—MAR ell 22. STOCK EXCHAN4E.—There has been a slight rally in the share market this morning, in all kinds of stock. The following are the closing transactions :—Lancashire and Yorkshires, 753 ea div. ; Midland stock, 743 ; South Eastern and Dovers, 23k ; York and North Midlands, 29a ; Caledonians, 32k. APPALLING ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening, a poor widow, named Catherine Heafy, employed in the milling concerns of Mr. James Bannatyne, near Mount kennett, was accidentally dragged between two rapidly revolving wheels (one perpendicular, the other horizon tal), while engaged screening upon the ground floor, and her head coming in direct contact with the cogs, was literally shattered to pieces, and the right arm frightfully mangle ppa d a .l lng It is supposed her dress caught i n th e machinery, and th at s h e was i ns t antaneously dragged in. A more spectacle than her mutilated body pre sented was never witnessed. 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The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Bernhard, I Amsberg as Consul at Port Adelaide for the Free Han. seatic City of Hamburg. The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. N., Chr. Mathiasen as Consul at Gibraltar for the Grand Duker of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. John Henry Thomas Manners Sutton, Charles Ramsay Drink water Bethune, Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and Captain in the Royal Navy, and. Colin Blackburn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to b e h e r Ma jesty's Commissioners for inquiring into local charges upon. shipping. WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 22. 7th Dragoon Guards—Major-General Robert Burd Ga briel, C. 8., to be Colonel, vice Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Murray, C. 8., removed to the 14th Light Dragoons, March 18. 14th Light Dragoons— Lieutenant-General the Hon. Henry Murray, C. 8., from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be Colonel, vice General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., deceased, March 18. MEMORANDUM.—Major-Gencral Robert Bard Gabriel, C. 8., has repaid the difference he received upon exchang ing from the 2d Dragoon Guards to half-pay of 22d Light Dragoons, Jan. 10, 1852, March 18. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second-Captain Henry Lynedoch Gardiner to be Captain vice Wynne, retired upon full pay ; First-Lieutenant Robert Emilius Fazake ley Craufurd to be Second-Captain, vice Gardiner ; Second- Lieutenant Ralph Gore to be First-Lieutenant, vice Crau furd, March 22.. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. Charles Frederic Thruston, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute nant ; Edward Owens, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Robert Davies Jones, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; The Reverend John irilliams Ellis to be Deputy-Lieu tenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire. Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart., M.P., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, March 15. Commissions by the Lord• Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. John Mirehouse, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, March 18. Castlemartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry.—Thomas Stokes, Esq., to bo Cornet. March 18. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal South Gloucester Regiment of Militia—Conway Whithorne Lovesy, Gent., to be Ensign, March 19. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire. East York Regiment of Militia.—George John, Lloyd, Esq., to be Captain, vice Lenthall resigned, March 17. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex. West Essex Militia—Horatio Edenborough to be Cap tain, vice Button, resigned, March 16. Commissions by thelord-Lieutenant of Cheshire. Royal Cheshire Militia—Charles George Cholmondeley, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 24 ; Wilbraham Frederic Tolle mache, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 25. Royal Montgomeryshire Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the Royal Montgomeryshire Regi ment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps. BANKRUPTS. Charles Lane, plumber, Hastings, to surrender, March 31, at twelve, and April 28, at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. James Rogerson Hunt, draper Great Marlow, March 31 and April 28, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Spicer, Chan cery-lane. Robert Bond, wine merchant, Mitre-court, Hatton-Gar den, April 4, at twelve, and May 5, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build ings ; Robinson and Hine, Charter-house-square. James Horder, market gardener, Wimborne, Dorset shire, March 30 and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Wilde, Rees, Humphrey, and Wilde, College-hill. Thomas Ballard, apothecary, Southwick-place, Padding ton, April 1, at half -past one , an d M ay 7, atwelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Randall, Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Jewry. Thomas Thorne, plasterer, Bohemia-road, Hastings, April 2 at two, and May 7 at one, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. Henry Butt, linen-draper, 21, Mortimer-street, Caven dish-square, Middlesex, April 5, at one, and April 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official 'as signee, 12, Abchurch-lane, Ki ng Willi am -street ; Sole, Turner, and Turner, 68, Aldermanbury. George Augustus Eades, grocer, Landport, Portsea, Hants, April 2, at twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence, 12, Bread-street, Cheapside. John Hogben Rolfe, hosier, Faversham, Kent, April 5, at two, and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, King William street ; Lawrence, Bread-street, Cheapside. Richard Henry David, money scrivener, Wellington, March 31, at one, and April 27, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter ; Rodham, Wellington ; Stogdon, Exeter. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. At Portugal-street. J. Tilley, Elizabeth-place, - Asylum-road, coal merchant ---T. J. Algar, Page-street, Horseferry-road, and Tufton street, Westminster, coach painter—J. Bennett, Copenha gen-street West, Islington chemist—W. S. Gray, High street, Camden-town, auctioneer—W. S. Elms, Chryssell road, North Brixton, carman—G. Bilton, jun., Wilson terrace, Bromley, chemist—J. Dorey, Woolwich, labourer in the carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal—W. Boale, King-street, Islington, furniture dealer—A. H. Johnson. Poppin's-court, City, bricklayer—R. J. Da.nnan, Tavistockl terrace, Upper Holloway, draper—E. C. Peebles Wood bridge-street, Clerkenwell, grocer—T. Corbey, Ranelagh mews, Camden-town, horse dealer-LW. Ward, Grange-road and Goat-street, Horsleydown, egg dealer —W. H. Manners, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, shopman to an oilman—W. Smith, St. Mary-at-Hill, City, builder—J. Nightingale, Water lane, Brixton-hill, , grocer—E. H. Longstaff, Hi,,h-street, Camden-town—W. Cutress, Winchester-place, Southwark, builder—G. Rees, Ives-street, Chelsea, travelling tinker — T. Milner, Canterbury-grove, Lower Norwoosi, plumber— T. Williams, Hendon, Middlesex, clerk—T. Browne, Cole man-street, Islington, shawl fringer—J. D. Hebert , New Gloucester-place, Hoxton New-town, house agent—E. E. Gauntlett, Raymond-buildings Gray's-inn, attorney—F. Fatten Alfred-place, Bedford-place, captain in the Royal Navy—G. W. Dyson, South-square, Gray's-inn—Hannah Wicks, Berwick-street, Soho—H. Dowland, Bemerton terrace, Caledonian-road, broker—Catherine Selsby Reeve, Victoria-road, Pimlico, stationer—J. Crisp, Queen's-road West, Chelsea, lieutenant in the Royal Navy on half-pay— G. Paine, Penton-street, Walworth-road, coach builder- - W. H. Bidmead, Brownlow-street, Holborn, enfraver—A. Cook, Shaftesbury-street, Hoxton—J. Vaughan, Belgrave street South, Pimlico, coach builder—C. T. Webb, Den bigh-street, Pimlico, traveller—R. W. Webb, Surrey street, Strand, and Conholt-terrace, Brixton, attorney—G. Lidiard, Seabright-street, Bethnal -green - road, licensed vic tualler —J. B. Davies, Southgate-road, Hackney, and Bond-court, City, wine cooper. DIVIDENDS. - - April 8. H. Capper ' Gravesend, Kent, licensed victual ler—April 9. R. C. R. Cocq, St. George's-terrace, Liver pool-road, Islington, merchant —April 9. T. Bull, Green wich, Kent, licensed victualler —April 13. J. Elliott, Northampton, builder—April 13. H. Stagg. Croydon, Surrey, grocer—April 13. G. Creed, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, commission agent—April 13 . J. G. Marsh, Church-street, Minories, City, carpenter—April 13. F. eas tern, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe, City, merchant—April 15. A. Crosfield, Ty Mawr, Lanwonne, Glamorganshire, coal miner, and Newport, Monmouthshire, common brewer —April 16. H. Clark-a, Sheffield, Yorkshire, builder— April 16. W. Beckitt, Doncaster, Yorkshire, money scri vener. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause bo shown to the contrary on the day of meeting. April 8. R. C. R. Cocq, St. George's-terrace, Islington, merchant—April 12. J. W. Munch, Beal's-wharf, Tooley street, general merchant—April 13. J. Tall and J. Mingay, Crawford-street and Welsteml-yard, Bryanstone-square, and Titchbourne-street, Edgeware-road, mechanical tool manufacturers—April 12. J Langdale, Liverpool, laceman —April 12. J. Fletcher, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. _ - T. Sidney, C. Wells, and J. Manduell, Ludgate-hill, City, tea dealers, so far as regards J. Manduell—T. Sidney and J. Manduell, tea dealers, Bristol—B. W. Noble, J. Noble, and T. R. Hoare, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, colour manufacturers, so far as regards B. W. Noble—A. Farnie and J—Farnie, Sheffield, Yorkshire, drapers—J. Brereton and J. T. Eardley, Manchester, carvers—J. Brooke and E. Brooke, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, wool staplers—G. Lee and J. C. Bremer, London, ship agents—R. Tay lor and W. Binns, Scale Gill Mill, Kirkby, Yorkshire, cotton spinners— T. Wilson and G. Harrop, Manches ter, woollen merchants —S. Sutcliffe and J. Rawson, Bradford and Manningham, Yorkshire, cotton spinners —W. Parr and A. W. Lewin, Birmingham, jewellers -A. Toy and J. Joel, the Soho, near Birmingham, Soho Patent Tube Company—R. Hill and J. Catstree, Bir mingham, brass founders—J. Taylor J. Walton, and G. F. Maberly, Upper Gower-street, and Ivy-lane, City, booksellers, so far as regards J. Taylor—J. Derrington, D. Moseley, and J. Chadwick, Manchester, patentees of im provements in cocks and valves foi liquids and steam, so far as regards J. Chadwick—T. E. Poole and F. F. A. Steele, Frome, Somersetshire, attorneys-at-law—James Dungey and John Dungey, Chatham, and Brompton, Kent, tea dealers—S. Ritchie and J. S. Haycraft, Greenwich, Kent, timber merchants—T. D. Barry and J. Murray, Li verpo4l, architects—T. Crossley and J. Crossley, Bury , Lan cashire, joiners-W. Richardson, Peterborough, Northamp tonshire, and N. Binney, Fletton, Huntingdonshire , brewers —H. L. Lumsden, Auchindor, so far as regards the London and Westminster Bank, the United General Gas Comptny of London, the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, the Provincial Bank of England, the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, the North of Scotland Banking Company , the North British Insurance Company, the City of Glasgow Bank, the Aber deen Commercial Company, the Aberdeen Locblands Joint lm A sl b ie c , rd a e n e d n_ C E om . pany, b rewers Eglinton, C. glinton, Stock Company, the North British Australasian Loan and Investment Company; the Southern Bank of Scotland, th e North British Australasian Bank , the Gilcomston Brew er y Companti di a s n t y ille a rs nd , Dearie, and R. Eglinton, Glasgow, m erc h ants. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION S . William Cowan, John Fyfe, and William Patton, Tort Glasgow, tanners, March 28 and April 21, at the S aracen ' s Thomson,Gilcomston, E Head Inn, Paisley. Samuel Cochrane Johnson, Edinburgh, tavern keeper, March 24 and April 14 , at Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh, Janet Doeglas, Port Dundas, Glasgow, carrier, March 25 and April 18, at the Crow Hotel, Glasgow. William Grossett, Chirnside, Berwick, joiner, March 28 and April 25, at the White Swan Inn, Dunse. LONDONDERRY AND COLERAINE RAILWAY. —There was a meeting of the proprietors of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Company yesterday. The line had been further opened to Newtown Limavady, and was enpected to be- opened to Coleraine, in the course of the summer. The accounts showed the total receipts of the company to be 421,925/., and the balance at the banker's was 2,3141. 11s, 6d, The report was adopted unani mously. PitICEN OP ~311. ARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CON PANIES' STOCK. Front the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 22. COUNTRY MARK ETS. LIVERPOOL-MARCH 22. At this clay's market there Was a moderately good attendance- of town and country trade, and a fair • amount of busin ess was d one i n w h ea t , c hi e fl y of t h e finer descriptions, at the prices of Friday, being about ld per 701 b. over those of this day week. American flour met with a moderate retail sale at late rates, but sack-flour was neglected, and rather easier to buy. Oats were without alteration either in value orAlemand, but oatmeal was in request, and 3d to 6d per load dearer. Barley and peas maintained their value in the few sales made ; but Egyptian beans were is per quarter lower. Indian corn on the spot was unaltered in value, but cargoes afloat and arrived off the coast were the turn in favour of the seller. Floating cargoes of wheat arrived off the coast were also dearer. . IPS . The wheat trade evi Wl nced CH—MAncu 22 a firmnes s again to-day; sales were made on te rms f u ll y equal to last week, with a tell' dency upwards rather ; the supply was not large. A few samples of malting barley appeared ; these. went about, the maltsters showing no great disposition to purchase. The select qualities did bring 3324 per qr. ' but generallya de cline of is pox. qr. must b e written. .Tire noticed some felf samples of beans on sale at 35s per qr. PER QUARTER. i PER OtrAltr 3 l . Wheat, red (old) 4os to 44stBarley, grinding ... 30s to 315 Ditto (new) Ditto, white (new) 48s to 54s Peas 31s t? 32s Ditto (old) Batley, malting ... 33s to 3 's(Flour, per sack AVERAGES FOR TILE WEEK ENDING MARCII 19, 1853, Wheat Barley Oats ~22s 6d BL..:lns Peas HULL—MARCH 22. The arrivals of grain continue on a small scale, and t . 128 trade remains very q ui e t ; , th oug h a somewhat better feeling begins to be perceptible. At to-day's market, we were well supplied with wheat by our farmers, which met a NI sale at the rates of last week. Foreign wheat.withou t change, there being hardly any transactions to report. In spring corn of all ki n d s th ere i s very little passing, we note no change in prices. The arrivals of linseed are considerable, and, though mostly for crushers' account' depress the market, and cause somewhat lower prices to be submitted to. Linseed cakes continue rather to P. i re ° on the market, th e d eman d b e i ng unaccountably li m ited Rapeseed unaltered. R a p e ca k es rat h er more enquiry for, but not much business resulting. The following are the present prices of grain : 5 6 Wheat, English, red 44 to 46 Di t ;:o whs:,e 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg 49 to 51 Pomeranian and Ham burgh 'Danish, Holstein, and Friesland Russian arid Odessa 40 to 43' Oats, English Ditto Danish Ditto Friesland Ditto Russian lB to 19 Barley, malting Ditto grinding 2B to 29 Beans Ditto foreign Peas, white and yel 3B to 40 S. Peas, gray and black 35 to , 31 , Linseed, Black Sea - 49 to D A ' Ditto Petersburgh 42 to 47 Ditto Riga and Arch angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 4O to 45 Per TO Lins. c., Hull 8/ 5s Od to 01 0 . Ditto fine for.B/ Us Od 8125 6 Ditto inf. for. 71 15s to 01 O. Rapeseed 291 lOs to 01 05 Rape cakes 97s 6d to 100 5 Tares, English 42s to 450 Ditto foreign Guano 41 71 to 91 Bones 100 s to 1025 6 u Rye Meal CORK-31Aaca 21. Brig. Currency. White wbeat 00s Od to 00s Od Os Od-20 ston e ' 4 Redwheat 23s 6d to 00s 0:1 Ditto 003 Od to 00s Od 00s Od-20 do. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 31 Barley l3s 6d to 14s 4d' Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 00s Od-16 do. Ditto Oos Od to 00s Od Bere 00s Od to Oos Od Os Od 112 Oats 9s 2d to 10s 10d 125 Ditto . 9s 10d to ils Oct 98 10d do. Ditto. .......... 00s Od to 00s Od 44 Pigs 43s 6d to 458 Od 44s Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices 00 barrels white whe a t ; 0 re d ; 8 b arley ; 0 bore ; °". oats ; 2 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 163. Barley, 441. Bere, 0. Oats, 3,13 6 • Pigs, 157. No quotations for butter, nor return of firkins, until tl i° 11th of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 19 :-- Pigs, 628. Sheep, 336. Cows, 100. CORK. —Flour- First, 15s Od to 16s Od ; extra,' 175 1)° 1 seconds, 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 13s Od ; thiru" 8s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8s Od to Ss oatmeal, lOs Gd to 11s0d; wheat meal, 10s 6d to Ils per e Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 81 Os Od per ton. Bran, 41125 to 4/ 158 Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 24s Od to 36s Od; averag e ' 30s; dealers, 32s Oct to 40 4 0 d ; average, O s per t on . Strso . _ Farmers, 19s Od to 25s Od ; avera ge , 22s ; dealers, 00 5 Odt 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d t; , to Od ; household ditto, 641 to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter th' lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4 s 6d p er h un d re d. Ma - bl e u; 4Ad to 8d ; mutton, bid to 6id - ; veal, 4Ld to 64d ; pork, sd ; bacon, 7d to 7Ad ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newfouna• land, 111. Os to 1211.1 s per ton ; Scotch herrings, 28s to 001, Red, do., 30s per brl.—P o t a t oes , w hit e , 9d t o 10d; 0°,6; lld to 12d.— Coals, Newport, 21 s ; Lyd ney, 21 s ; Culm, Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0 .p., 6 s Od per i mper i a l galleiz Hides, market, 25s to 32s ; Salt e d, 26 s t o 32 s per cw t. CPIt skins, 3d per lb.—Baugor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per ton• - ; Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per st one . —H emp, 3 81. to 421. P°' ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 108 ; red pine, 31. 10s; yellow d o ' 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 16/. t o 18 1. per hundred.—Bur,;, re 4 ,' Si. to 81. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 4tiF to 47s per cwt.—Flops, 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl, Guano , Peruvian, 10/. 10s to 111. per ton. (N signifies that the a by the night—and M by BORNE MAILS. tails are sent from the General Post-office the morniug --dispatch.] JOINT-SrOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, p er o f Paid. . i r ice. Annum. Share. . - - -------' , . £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia... ..... ... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 931, British North American 6. per cent. 50 0 0 0 6 0 - Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1 0 0 0 .0 , 0 - Co onial .............. 3'. per cent. 100 0 0 ?, 0 0 - lonian ..... .......... 6 / 4 er cent. 25 0 0 35 0 0 Lend. Char. Bk. of A.us. - • 20 0 0 2ln 0 17% London and County .. 6/. nor cant. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londe anal Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 35 London Joint Stock ... 61. per cent. 53 0 0 10 0 0 -- Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 - Ditto, New......• • . 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 - , National of Ireland..., 4f. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 - Icat. Provncial of ling. 61.. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 Ditto, New .....• • . iii. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - •Oriental Bank Corpora. Bl.p ct.Schs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 57% c, , oniii Australia ... • . 11c p. et. & bs. s 5 0 0 25 0 0 Union of ..ustralia...• 6` p. ct.& b 3 25 0 0 a° .• 0 78 Ditto .. ..... • ..... 6+. per cent. - 210 0 Mil- cc of London ..... 71. per cont. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% 1 TlllOll of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 - I N ;UR ANCE COMPANI F. A. Dividend Amount Name of Company ; per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. Albion ... ......... .. X a. d. X s d 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brig . and For. 71. I is. hc. b.. 100 0 0 11 0 0 25% Ditto Marine......, 61. p.c.& ha. 100 0 0 25 0 0 5a Anchor ............., 6 per cent. 5 0 0 1 0 0 Atlas .. ........ ...... 133.65. 50 0 0 510 0 :11,4 A t• - c - ts Life ....... , 41. per cent. 100 0 0 16 0 0 British Commercial . , 7s. 6d 50 0 0 5 5 0 7 CleTicl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & ba. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21'34 County ...... ..... ... 4/. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 Crown ~ „ .......... 14s. 50 0 0 5 0 0 1714 Eagle .. ........ ...... 5O 0 0 5 0 0 7% Equity and Law....., 4% percent. 100 0 0 50 0 !. % Eivopean Life...... ... 15s. 20 0 0 4.11 paid. 20 General...... „ Globe ...... -5 0 0 u• 511 i . Guardian . ..... ............Si. per cent 100 o k. o 45 0 150 0 61% Iniperial Fire.-- .... 12/. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 310 Iraperial Life ....... 124. 100 0010 0 0 19% Indemnity , Marine.,,, 1 c.. 11. & Na. 100 00200 0 58 , Law Fire Law Life • .... ....... ... 2 s & 2s. ba. 100 0 0 210 0 4 14 _ ....... Legal and General Lif e - 5 100 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 50 0 0 London 5% ' Lodon Fire .... ' hip.... ..... Marine ..... ...... • • Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per et. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva • • .... •• • • 11Icmarch • ... National Loan Fund Si. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 234 Palladium IAN... Pelican .... ••••• • • • • • - - 45 Phcenix • - - - 173 Processional Life....., 51. per ce n t. 6 5 0 010 0 % P - , uent Life........ 1/. 58. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 1 41 Rock Life .. .......• .. ' ss. 53 0 010 0 8% Pc,al Exchange ....• • 61. p.ct. & bat Stock, all 236 Sun -ire 6l. 103 - •• - Ditto Life • -..... 11. 6. - --- f P 1 United Kingdom .... 41. p. ct. & 1 bs. 20 0 0 4 0 5% Universal Life ... Vienna Life ...... • • 51. ner cent. - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. • per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. X a. d. £ 's. d. Hungerford .. .• .• • - - - 12 Southmark ...... • • -.- - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% p.c 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo ..... .... - - - 100 0 0 - 3 ,, f DUO Old Ann, of 81. 2/. Bs. Od. , - 60 0 0 26 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21 . 2 s. Od. • - 40 0 0 ,21 - _, Vauxhall ........ Av. 21. 70 10 3 - 21 . . WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ a. d. £ s. d. East London -125 1 i Grand Junction ..... • 41. per cnt. 50 0 0 - 69 Kent.-- Lambeth . ... • • 4l. per cat. 100 0 0 - 8 4% 100 0 0 - - New River Comp an y 2f . 10s. - - 61 - - Southwark & Vauxhall At. per cnt. 100 0 0 9O West Middlesex - - 110 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per 'of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----- ' .- X s. d. £ s. d. Commercial - •..... •• 41. pr cent. Stock. - - East and West India., 6%1. pr cent Stock - East C0untry........., 20s. p er s h. 10 0 0 0 - - - London •. . .••• • • • 51. pr cent. Stock. - 128 Ditto Bonds .• ...... 41. per cent. - - - S.. aatharlue .. -.• • • 4 per cent. Stock. - - 8 cthampton ........ 11. per cent. Su u 0 50 0 0 - Victoria .......... - c n 11 bU u 0 l 50 0 0 2 0 0 CANALS. .; 1 ti Dividend Names of E Dividend Names of c.> Price 1-. per Companies. . 1 per - Companies. cs Price. 43 ..g Annum. ch Annum. v., , ---, X Ashtnit 0160 b,B 71. p. et. 140 Macelestela . Jul 2/. 10s. 53 Barnsley •• • • 160 Neatla ••• • • • 100 16, Urknk&Abrg 1501 51. 62% . Oxford.. • 100 13 . 112 Birmingham 40 41. 105}i Peak Forest. 78' 3/. 152. 70 Cove - ttry..•• 100 251. Regent's •• .• 331 Is. Os. 16 1 ,4 Derby • •... 100 61. 63 Rochdale.... 251 21. 42 Ell ~.r. &Chß 69 , 25{ p. et 3' y, A.rnreet Coal 1501 GranclJune.c2 100 31 pr.ct. 68 Do . LkFdBt 12, -- Do.. 6 pr. Ct. 1061 . pr. ct. StlTr4 &Wore 1401 281. 40.5 Grand Surrey 100; 21. 103. Shrewsbury.. 125 1 i;rand Union 100; 11.108. 24 Stoarbridge.. , A5 l 201. 290 Kannt & Avn 39; 6 s . W. 7 SeVerE andi '' La-master .100' Wye nail. i 24 21.05. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100' 251. 650 Vtrarwick& I Leicester.... 100 51. 66 Firming . i 100 41. 40 1 Latcst3 &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& i ousthborozh 142 70 1. 510 NaptOn, . 1 100 3 • 28 6t mmouthsti 100, W orcstr &I 3lntgmerysh 100 [firming. 78 3/, With Alwbry , 100 Wilts k !Irks —10 s. Od. 1 ---------__ --- . - 1 ••• tits Sc !Irks' --' 10s. Od.l 7 - COUNTRIES. Day w.hon m ado up From what When h T r , GAS-LIGHT AND CO KE COMPANIES. in General Post- Port , Divide nd Amount Paid. Price ' America (by United Ste. - Office, London. Dispatched. Engla nd' ..... mot .. Name of Company, per of A merlca(byßrit.pack)N Every Frid a y .... Li verpool ... r,....... Anhum. Sh are. --------- -------- - packet) ..........N March 22 ...... - Liverpool ... April 4 ____-- America (by U States British -•••• . .. .• X s. d. X s. d. packet) ..........N March 28 .... .... Southampton Mardi 28 Ditto Provincial.... n . Bs. 20 - 0 0 2 - - Australia (via South. 0 0 0 23 Brighton •• •••••• • • • . 5/. 20 00200 0 1 16 ampton) .. -.. .. -St 4th of May .. .... Southampton APO' 4 . Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of 3lay ...... Dover .. April 1 City of London .. •• . Groat r o ge n ua t i t i t n ac e be n i en t at Central'....... a ( . 3 1.. d : .. C .. a .. p .: • .. ... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 Ditto (via Cape of t,ood ....h 30 4/. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67% Hops) ............N 2d of April ...... Plymouth - „ 60s 50 0 0 50 00; 2; Africa (West Coast) ..N 23rd of the month. Plymouth April 1,..) 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 % Alexandria.......... NB, 9, 24, &30of m Dover Llmperial .. •......... 31. & bonus. 50 0050 0 0 gas. Independent ......... 61. ... Alexandria.... ....31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 00 40 0 0 40 0 0 46 Bahamas ....... ....M 2nd of the month Southampton let of in 0nd0n.... .... - •• •• - 50 0050 0 0 - Belgium ............N Dai1y............ Dover .... - Daily Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24% Brazil ..,.......... .. 319th of the month.. Southampton . prl 16 .. R4tclP icenix ........, .... . ii. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 27 BuenosAyres........M 9th of the month.. Sonthamp.on April le,„ iff ..... ., , 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 - Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymoath United General ...... 11. 50 00nn 0 0 1934 Cape of Good Hope ..N 24th of Apr.l.. .. Plymouth - march 0 : W ult hainsterCharteree 51 - . per cent. 50 0 50 0 0 39 Cape de Verde ......N 14th of the month Plymouth D:tto, New ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 a 0 7% Ceylon (see India) Ceylon .......... .. ..N 14th of th e month Plymouth Marc h 2 6 _„,, LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPAN IES ' PRICES. Channel Isles .... .. .. N Mon.,Wed ,&Frd. Southampton Th_Tn• D" Dividend Amount Chi1i.............. .. ➢3l • ,d & 17th o f mon th S out h ampton April 1 Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. China (see India) Annum. Share. Constantinople ......N 7,6,17,21,&27 of m D over ...••• Marc h 30 Constantinople .. - ..314th & 20th of mon Southampton April 4 s. d £ s. d. _,,,, X cont. of Europe M & N Twice ...... Dover Twitteda' . Bank of Scotland V. per cent, 106 0 0 to t u 0 1921 0 Egypt (see India) France ... • .... M & N Twice d a i1 y...... D over ...... Twlce e British Li nen C omp Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 ' 11/10 Gibraltar .... ••...31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. 6outhampton March Xe Oaledonian Bank Greece (see Indi a) • City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 0/ I3s Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. 'outhampton pril 1 , Clydesdale Bank .....• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 , 2 124 Hamburgh •.- - .. ..N Tuesday & Friday London ..... ues• Sa t ' Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 821 0 Havannah Eastern 5ank......., 61. percent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 It/ 91 Holland Eiinlo.&Olasgow s.. •• 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 IS 0 0 4/. 109 Ilondip•as .... •• • ... AI 17th of the month Southampton . pril 1 6 Exchange Bnk of Scot.. - 100 0031 5 0 98. ed India (viaSoutnampt.)M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 4 National Bank ...• •• 6% percent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2s I o n i a (via M arseilles)3lBth&24th of month Dover April 1 Northot Scotland Bank 5 / .percent , 20 0 0 210 0 3/. IQs In Isles (see India) Royal Bank of Scotland Si. per cent. 100 0 0 001 0 0 1 5110 Ireland .... •...31 & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead TWicedni l2 Union Bank of Scot. .. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 92/ 5s Li5h0n......., „„„m7, 9, 17, &270 f m. Southampton April 1 6 Madeira ............M 91h of the month Qouthampton April 1 6 Western Bank .... .. .. , 71. per cent . 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 lOs Alliance Fire and Li2e.. 4341. pr cent . 10 0 0 10 0 0 21112 s Madeira ............ N 23rd of the month Plymouth „Apra 1 2 &lush Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 I 0 0 1/. 81s 111 a l t s (see India) Caledonian Fire incur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 . 2 1 61 td s 1 0 0 21110788 Mauritius (see India) Malta ..............N 7,17,19,27, 30 ofm. Dover „March 22 Cite of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 13 1 Colonial Life ......... 15/. per cent. 50 0 0 Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymon:h .. march 2 6 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61, per cent. 100 0 0 15 2 1 1 0 7 0 6 1 1; 17: Mexico ...... .... .. N end of the month. South amp t on tarot New Granada .. .... M2d & 17 t h o f mont h S outhampton Apr! 1 mee' Life Assoc . of S co tl an d 6/. p ercen t . 10 0 0 Eng. & Scot, L aw Lif e 5 / .per cent. 5 0 0 0 1 10 0 3/ , 17. Naples Nr th 45tt 25thofmon Dover Morel' 22 National Fire and Life 62. per cent 10 0 0 . 8 New Zealand... ..... .. By private shipport. Uncertain North British Insnr. - AL per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 35/, n s Papal States .. .. ..N 'ithisth2 ,, thofmon. Dover ....., march 2 2, BoOttishUnionlnsrac. 7%1. pr cent, 20 0 0 I 0 0 1/. I3s Peninsula .... .•... NI * thl7th27thotnion Southampton March 20 Standard T.ife ...... • 51. per cent 50 0 0 7 0 0 'l2/ Ins Peru . ... •.:•:. .. 31 9 cl & 1 ith of 'mon •orthampton April 1 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 20s. Od Port Na tal •• ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth „ march 9 6 * Ex Dividend. Sicily .... .. .. .. ....N sthl'ith2stholtnon, Dover ...... march 2 2 Tuscany ............N sth 15th25thofmon. Dover .. „ „ march 22 MISCELLANEOUS. • • Venezuela ..... .... 51 2d& 17th of mon:hi .Qoathampton pail l Van I "omen's Land (tee Dividend Amc unt Australia) .......... of Paid. Price. West Indies ........ 34 2d & 17th of month Southampton APrll I Name of Company. Annum. Per Share, _---- ....1 - ------ , ---____ • £ s. d. X s. d. COURSE OF EXCHANGE-Y2STERDAY. ' Assam Tea .• •• .. .• •• - 21. ss. 5 0 0 0 20 0 0 1014 Auction Mart- •••• • ._ 5 0 0 0 - 35 11. cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 102- Am5terdam............ 11 18 Gibraltar .............. Australian Agriculturl 25 40 61 perßotterdam .......• • .... 11 19'!,:, Genoa .... .• ••••• • • • • • Ditto, three months .. 11 194 Leghorn .............. 30 15 Australian Trust .... . _ 35 0 0 25 Mail - Antwerp .............. 25 32% Milan ........... ..... Australian Roya l 10 0 0 20 0 4% nt.. Brussels .............. 25 32 v Ven:es .... .. ..... ..... -% kngio-31exican al. d 17 ~, . '• ••• ..3 10 0 0 10 0 0 23Y 153. r liamburgh ...... •..... 13 is, 4 Naples .. •••• • • • - 28 18 0 65 Altona ............ •• .. - Palermo ••••• • • • • ..... 124% 61 .percent. c Canada ••••'•• " " • • • • P ent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 .- Paris • • ........ •• • • .... 25 10 id essina ••••••• • • • • • • • 125 • Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. - Navigation Bonds 3i pm' cent. - - 105% Ditto, three months .• 25 30 Lisbon •••••••• • • • • • • .. 5:z34 Brirt,iisttho:American Lan 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. - - 1 ,.,q,* Marseilles........ • • .... 25 32% Oporto ••••• • • • • ....... 533 i City - •" Bourdeaux ............ - Rio Jalleiro .. • - Electric Telegraph (A) - 25 0 0 20 0 0 221 A Franktort•on.blaine .... 120 Buenos Ayres..., „ .... - •E Ditto .• ••• • •. (B) bii ht - 10 0 11 _ N ew York, 60 days' quitable ReverSienry Si pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 120 ••••••••• • • • • • • 1 10 Phiiadelphia ....., - Berlin Vienna .. • • . ..... ...... 1 Ditto New .. mem OF BULLION, pla oZ. - 50 0 0 10 0 0 - Trieste ........... 11 11 Gen. Revers. & Invest. sp. c.&bs, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 10234 ptesb • h..- - Foreign Gold In Bars .f,3 17 9 Gen. Steam Navigation 10 p. et. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30 Ar e f,d .r rid u . rg . ........ 50 u Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Hudson's Bay .....„ .. ............. 50;ti Mexl• an Dollars .... o ' 0 0 - Stock. - 220 Cadiz •••••••• New Dollars ..., 0 0 0 Hungerfood ......... 2/ 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% Bareg;o • tia • •••. •.: • • . - , London Institution .. •••• • • • • ••_ •silv , ar in bars - - - 78 15 0 - s mile ................ .... London Reversionary 51. per cent. lb 0 0 15 0 0 14 Russell Institution- •••••• ••••••--.•••••fiso•jr, __----- • - - 12 10 0 - Price's Patente and. Co. 10/. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 0 26 BIRTHS. R e v ersionary Int. Soc. 4341. pr cent. 10 0 0 0 100 0 0 105 A DAU H II )yal Mail Stem.... 41. p, share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 - OF GTER. Szuth Australian ...•• 51. per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 54 On the 19th inst., at Extoll -park, Rutland, the 11°12. Trust and Loan C omp . Mrs. Henry nry Noel. of Upper Canada ... • - 20 0 0 30 0 - On the 19th tract. , . t at No. 0 1 --,,, Chester street, Grosvenor' place, the wife of Captain Douglas Galton, R.E. . ACCIDENT ON THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.—On Monday morning an accident occurred to one of the Great Northern mineral trains on the South Yorkshire Railway, which, though unattended with loss of life, has occasioned the destruction of considerable property. The scene of the accident was the Mexborough junction, connecting the South Yorkshire with the Midland Rail ' way, one line being the route for Sheffield, Derby, itc., and the other Barnsley, Wakefield, &c. About twenty minutes past seven on Monday morning a coal train, running between Doncaster and the old Silkstone coal pits,.left the former place, and when the train arrived at the Mexborough junction the engine was suddenly thrown off the rails on its side, and several carriages were by the accident literally broken to pieces. The engin e-driver and the fireman were both thrown a distance from the engine; but fortunately the latter received no injuries beyond a severe shaking by the fall. One of the arms of the engine driver, however, was injured, but not to such an extent as to apprehend danger. The earth was ploughed up for several yards, and the whole scene at the time of the occurrence was one mass of steam. Information was dispatched to Doncaster, whence a body of men were immediately sent to remove the engine and debris, t o make way for the ordinary passenger traffic. The line was blocked up, and the trains from Doncaster to Shef field, Barnsley, and other places, were delayed in con• sequence. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's, Newington, Surrey', Key Harley, Esq., surgeon, of Great Carter-lane, 1) .?,; : tor's-commons, to Sarah, youngest daughter of P. W . Pigott, Esq., of Walworth, Surrey. On the 25th of November, at Adelaide, at St. John , s i church, John, eld es t son of John Braithwaite, Esq., - Bedford-square, London, to Susan, only daughter of George Freem an, of Wakefield, South Australia. DI ED. On the 19th inst. suddenly, having been thrown from his gig, the Rev. Wm. Beauchamp, rector of Chedgralg' Norfolk, and son of Sir W. Beauchamp Proctor, Bart. On the 21st iait , at St. Thomas street, Portsmouth' Com mander Alexander Gilmour, aged 86. On the 15th inst. , Friar-street, Youghal, Anne, relictof Lieutenant - C o l one l Marsden 11.E.1.C.5. On the 18th u lt ., at C o b urg, r 6 Canada West, aged i Manners, Esq„ late British Consul at Boston, U.S. On the 20th inst., at Oaken-grove, Great Marlow, BUC K ' Mr. W. Smith, aged 97. On the 18th inst., a t G ran h am , Marlborough, "Otis William roach Hillier, Esq., banker, aged 81. 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