The Sun. — London, England, 1853-05-16 00:00:00

Zbirb SUN OFFICE, Six o'Clock. TATTERSALL'S (THIS EVENING.) DERBY. 3to 1 agst West Australian. Bto 1 agst Honeywood. 9to 1 agst SittingLourne (taken). 10 to 1 agst 11 to 1 agst Orestes. 11 to 1 agst Pharos. 12 to 1 agst 25 to 1 agst Ninnyharnmer. 25 to i agst Jerry Keat. 40 to 1 agst Ethellert. 40 to 1 agst Peggy. 50 to 1 agst Filbert. 100 to 1 wist Golden Plover. OAKS, 4 to 1 agst Mistletoe. SOMERSETSIIIRE STAKES. 7 to 4 agst Audubon (taken). 5 to 2 agst Diomedia (taken). 7 to 1 agst Red Lion (taken). FEARFUL OCC&RRENCE NEAR OXFORD- STREET. On Saturday night last, between the hours of eleven and twelve, the inhabitants of Wells-street, Oxford street, were greatly terrified in consequence of the fol lowing occurrence, which destroyed the household goods of some seven or eight families, and was nearly attended vitt). the loss of 17 human lives. From the inquiries instituted it appeared that a builder, named Baker, had for some time past been engaged in laying the foundations of some premises to extend from Wells-street to opposite the old stage entrance of the Princess's Theatre, in Adam and Eve-court. To protect the houses on either side of the opening made, wooden struts were placed across ; but all of a sudden one of these sup ports either fell or snapped asunder by the weight bearing on it, for certain it is that one of the lengths dropped, and almost instantaneously afterwards the side wall opened, when a bedstead and chest of drawers, as if by magic, fell to the ground. The entire side of the building next fell, with a crash resembling the discharge of a piece of ordnance, carrying with it chairs, tables, &c. For some time the neighbourhood became covered with dust, so that the inhabitants were ignorant of the nature of the occurrence. Many imagined that the theatre had taken fire, and they forthwith proceeded to call the en gines and fire-escape, which was exceedingly fortunate, as the latter was the means of saving the lives of some of the inmates. As soon as the dust had in some measure cleared away, it was found that in the building which had partially fallen there not fewer than 17 or 18 persons, some of whom were able to save their lives by running down stairs, but all escape by that means was quickly cut off by the centre flight of stairs falling. What to do for the hest the re mainder of the affrighted occupants hardly knew, for the building was rocking like a cradle with the wind, and nothing short of death seemed to stare them in the face. Fortunately at that conjuncture the Royal Society's fire-escape arrived, and the conductor having taken the machide down the court, and raised it in front of the aemainidg walls, happily succeeded in rescuing all the inmates. One person, named Joseph Smart, who was in bed, was placed in such jeopardy that had he got out of bed he must have fallen frm the upper story into the ruins. He, therefore, remained where he was until ex tricated by tne escape-man. The house was the property of Mr. Hutton, corn chandler, of Castle-street, Oxford-market, and was let out in tenements. Amongst the parties whose furniture has been damaged are Messrs. Murphy, Smart, Matthew son, Hicks, Gee, and Hicks, jun. The fire•escape man and the police are deserving of great praise for the manner they exerted themselves on the occasion. SNOW-BOUND RAILWA Y TRAINS IN MAY. The incidents of railway transit this week on the lines west and north-west of Sheffield are quite suggestive of the published records of the famous marine adventures in search of the north-passage. We append a few ex amples. The Huddersfield passenger train left Sheffield as usual at 7.36 p.m. on Monday evening, and having the advantage of following in the wake of a powerful goods engine, the train worked its way through the snow without much difficulty as far as Penistone, a distance of 13 miles. Diverging at this point from the mainline of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway, and proceeding on the Huddersfield and Penistone branch, the further progress of the passenger train was greatly im peded by the snow, which was very deep. When it had travelled on the branch about a mile the train came to a dead lock. The conductor alighted, and found that the snow was about a yard in depth. All efforts at further progress proving futile, they conducted the passengers— some 14 or 15 in number—back to Penistone, the guard, engine -driver, and fireman piloting the way with their lamps. The passengers fonnd solace at the inns, but the three poor fellows who had led the van, acting under a stern consciousness of duty trudged back to the snow bound train. The pitiless snow came down all the while with blinding intensity, and so it continued till mid night. Had it gone on the unlucky trio would probably have been buried in a grave of snow. They were by no means secure as it was, for they were wet to the skin, benumbed with cold, and without a particle of food. Manfully they stood by their colours till relief came to hand. It seems that at daybreak on Tuesday morn ing the helpless position of the tram was discovered from the main line, and the tidings having been conveyed to Sheffield a powerful pilot engine was sent to its relief, and reached the spot at 5 a.m. The engine be longing to the train was then dug out of its white en closure walls, and having nearly exhausted its stock of water, took advantage of the path opened by the pilot engine to return to Penistone for a fresh supply of liquid for the boiler and fOr its freight of passengers, The pilot engine, meanwhile, was engaged in cutting open the road ahead, and having partially cleared the line for the distance of a mile or so it returned for the benighted train, with which it succeeded in ploughing its way through the snow to its destination at Huddersfield, the other engine following in the wake. By the aid of sti mulants and external warmth, procured as soon as they reached Huddersfield, the three men who had been exposed ',all night to the storm were gradually restorel. The train was taken back to Sheffield by the two engines with little or no difficulty, the bulk of snow having considerably diminished under the action of the sun. Perilous and difficult as the road to Huddersfield evidently was, the transit per railway be tween Sheffield and Manchester was scarcely less adven turous. The 3 p.m. passenger train from Sheffield to Manchester entirely failed to accomplish the journey. It fought its way as far as Penistone, but the snow was so deep that the engine was not of sufficient calibre to continue the uphill journey, the line being on the rise for at least six miles further. A debarcation of passengers took place at Penistone, and an attempt was made to take the empty train back to Sheffield, which place it reached at half-past one o'clock in the morning. The next train from Sheffield to Manchester, which starts at 3.50 p.m., having the advantage o f ! a very large engine, was more successful than its predecessor. It took in the westward passengers who had alighted at Penistone, and, we suppose, succeeded in completing the journey, tke snow in the worst places having been partially cleared away by the persevering exertions of a number of engine drivers and others with the aid of locomotive engines belonging to the weather-bound goods train. The circumstance: attending the transit of pas t anger trains in the opposite direction from Sheffield to Manchester on that memorable 9th cf May are equally interesting and not less striking. The train due at Sheffield at 4 p.m. arrived two hours too late, and . as the snow on the ground was rapidly increasing much anxiety was felt with respect to the next arrival, which, in the ordinary course, ought to have reached Sheffield at half past S. An hour after that time information was received at Sheffield that the train and its animated freight were firmly embedde I in the snow at Oxspring, a distance of about a dozen miles. Mr. Taylor, the sta tion master at the Victoria station, caused a pilot en gine to be got ready immediately, and with it set out in search of the lost train with the intention of rendering aid. Such was the state of the line, : however, that the pilot engine could not get within a mile of Oxspring. Its crew, having sufficient reason to feel apprehensive or their own safety—for the snow was falling so thick and fast as almost to blind them—then made an effort to return on the same line to the place whence they had come ; but lo I the engine was motionless as a rock. By the appl'cation of levers to the wheels, however, and making desperate exertions, they succeeded ultimately in gaining a start, and when they had retraced their steps three miles and reached Wortley station (nine miles from Sheffield) they were overtaken by the train of which they had been in quest. It appears that three of the goods li c e o ngines that had suspended operations at Penistone 441 me to the relief of the paralysed passenger train, a fo n u d r w en it gi l l u t e h s, is .t accessi on of motive power, having now after nauch t .t s load of passengers reached Sheffield, ribulation, at a quarter past one on Tuesday morning. 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Notice to this effect have been issued, and measures are being taken for its im- M3diate repair. The bridge is still open to pedestrians who choose to risk themselves in crossing i t.—lnverness Courier. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. The last mail took to England intelligence of the submission of the Kafir chief Kreili, and the terms of that submission as drawn up by General Cath cart. The latest accounts from the frontier bring full details of the termination of hostilities with the more powerful Gaika chief Sandilli. In the course of the negotiations with Kreili, if the communica tions with that leader can be so called, two special messengers from Sandilli himself waited on Colonel Maclean, Commissioner to British Kaffraria, charged with a petition from the rebel chief praying for peace, and desiring to know from the English com mander to what district he and his tribe should re tire. The petition containedanacknowledg,ment that " he had no more strength to fight the English," that he had been driven front his country, and that he had obeyed the Governor's " word" by crossing the Kei—in short, that he had abandoned the struggle. In consequence of this intimation Gene ral Cathcart sent Mr. Charles Brownlee to meet Suudilli and the secondary chiefs of the Gaika tribe at a place within the territory of Umhala, a chief who has remained at peace with us during the whole of the hostilities. On Mr. Brownlee's arri val Sandilli was sent for, and appeared before the Governor's envoy, on Sunday, the 27th of Feb ruary. The draught of the conditions General Cathcart was ready to grant was then read to San- dilli and the rest of the chiefs. The following is, the official copy of this document : ‘ 4 PROCLANIATION. "By his Excellency Lieutenant-General the Hon. G. Cathcart, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the settlement of the Cape of Good Hope, in South Africa, and of the dependencies thereof, Ordinary and Vice- Admiral of the same, and her Majesty's High Com missioner for the settling and adjustment of the affairs of the territories in Southern Africa, adjacent and contiguous to the eastern and north-eastern fron tier of the said colony, and Governor of British Kaffraria. _ " Whereas the rebellious Gaika people have now been driven ont of the Amatolas and all other Gaika lands, and are dispersed—some having fled beyond the Kei, and others wandering about without homes : " And whereas the said people have ceased, for several months past, to resist the Queen's troops, or to commit thefts of cattle or offences against her Majesty's loyal subjects : " And whereas the hereditary chief Sandilli, to whose fortunes, although deposed, the said people have con tinued devotedly attached, and other minor chiefs asso ciated with him, who have caused all these evils, have at length, in obedience to the Governor's word,' crossed the Kei, and have acknowledged that they have been subdued, and humbly crave pardon and an allotment of some other land where they may be allowed to rest in peace : " And whereas it appears that the time has arrived when an opportunity ought to be given to this misguided people to be restored to habits of peace and good order, and to be placed in a situation to return to their duty and allegiance to her Majesty, under the efficient restraint and control of some acknowledged and responsible chief : " Now, therefore, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that, considering her Majesty's authority has been vindicated, and that sufficient punishment has been inflicted, and with a view to the re-establishment of peace and good order, I hereby extend the Royal mercy and pardon to the said chief Sandilli and the Gaika people. "Ai;d f further proclaim, declare, and make known that, although the said chief and chieftains and the Gaika people cannot be allowed to return to tho Amatolas and their other former lands, which have all been forfeited to the Crown, are now in possession of her Majesty's troops, and will be reserved as Crown lands, to be dis posed of according to her Majesty's pleasure, they will nevertheless be permitted, under the responsibility of their hereditary chief Sandilli, to live in peace in another portion of British Kaffraria further removed from the colonial frontier--that is to say, the country between the Kei and the great north road leading to the Windvogel berg, and bounded on the north by the Thomas River, and on the south by the country of the chief Umhala, on the following conditions : " 1. That the chief Sandilli, in token of submission, shall deliver up one hundred guns, in addition to the arms stolen by the Kafir police, and become responsible for the good conduct of the Gaika tribe. "2. That the chief Sandilli and all the people under him shall in all things remain true and faithful in their allegiance to the Queen, and obedient to her Majesty's commands, conveyed through the Governor and the Chief Commissioner, Colonel Maclean, or his deputies, as heretofore. " 3. That each minor chief lately in rebellion, before he be permitted to reside in British Kaffraria, shall de liver up, in token of his submission, his own arms, and bind himself to obey her Majesty's commands, conveyed as aforesaid, under the responsibility and control of the said chief Sandilli, failing which he will continue to be held to be an outlaw, and dealt with accordingly. "4. That the said chief Sandilli shall make an allot ment of land to each of the said minor chiefs, his depen dents, who may have returned to their allegiance, within the country hereby allotted to him, wherein they shall dwell :under his responsibility for their true and loyal conduct in future. " 5. That the said chief Sandilli shall also be held re sponsible for the security of the great high road and the property of travellers frequenting it, in the same man ner as Pato and Siwani are bouud to protect the high roads which pass through their country. "Be it, however, hereby made known that this gene ral pardon will not extend beyond British Kaffraria, and that any Kafir chief, or others, who may enter and be apprehended within the colony, will, notwithstanding this pardon, be amenable to justice, according to colo nial law, for any crimes they may have committed within the said colony ; and, if found trespassing within the Amatolas, they will be dealt with by summary jus tice under martial law. " And, lastly, I do hereby proclaim, declare, and make known, that no Hottentot will be allowed to settle within the country hereby allotted to the said Gaika tribes without special sanction being first obtained from me. " God save the Queen ! "Given under my hand and seal, at King William's Town, this 2d day of March, 1853. " GEORGE CATHCART, " governor and High Commissioner. " By command of his Excellency the Governor and High Commissioner. W. F. LIDDLE, Secretary to his Excellency the Governor and her Majesty's High Com missioner." The chiefs listened attentively while the above terms were read and carefully explained to them ; they then retired and held a consultation among themselves, which lasted four hours. Their opinions a the conditions may be gathered from the speech of Sandilli on their return to the Envoy. He thanked the Governor for his message. He said, however, that the territory assigned was not large enough to support them ; and was, besides, partly the property of Umhala, partly that of Kreili, both chiefs at peace with the English. Thrown upon this territory, the Gaikas would be intruders, and this would lead to war. As to delivering up the guns, this, he said, would be just with regard to the arms of the native police who had departed from the English ; they were dishon ourably obtained ; but the men were now scattered among all the different tribes, and it would require much time to collect all the guns together. He would give up a hundred muskets as a token of submission, but their own arms they would keep, "to fight for the Queen of the English." Sandilli repeated that the ground assigned them by the Governor was not enough ; and, as he supposed his Excellency could not alter the conditions by which the Gaikas were expelled from their own country, ho hoped the General would send a sup plication on their behalf to the Queen of England, that their lands might be restored to them, or they would have "to go to war with each other for grass !" The conference then broke up. It is by no means improbable that the contingency anticipated by Sandilli at the close of his address will sooner or later arrive, and that this condition of the present peace contains the germ of another war. If the Kafirs are driven to fight each other `for grass," or, in other words, for existence, they will very likely prefer joining together and trying another conflict with us for the recovery of the territory they evidently still regard as their own. Persons who know the country state that the first drought will be speedily followed by a renewal of hostilities. For the moment, however, there is an inclination here to hope the best, and to think that General Cathcart has good reasons for exacting this condi tion. The Cape Town Commercial Advertiser remarks asto the treaty— " The terms thus granted are moderate and humane, and therefore wise. It is believed by those who know the Kafirs that no terms more severe would have been accepted by them. It is time to treat with them as men, which they have proved themselves to be, both in the field and in the council. The grand error with many is to regard them as children, and to speak of them as beasts. They are neither the one nor the other." It should be added that by the colonists on and near the frontier the expulsion of the Gaikas beyond the Kei is fully approved they have, indeed, stated that the Governor would not do his duty if he con cluded peace on any other terms. The conditions of the treaty having been accepted by the Kafir chiefs, General Cathcart appointed a day for an interview with them laimaelf ; it took Lace on the 9th of March, at the Yellow Woods, even miles from King William's Torin. About 60 Kafirs attended the meeting ; the official report gives the following list of the Gaika chiefs present on the occasion : "Sandilli and his son Dundas (90 named after Lieute nant-Colonel Dundas, formerly Landrost of this district, and who is hold in friendly remembrance by the neigh bouring Kafirs). " Macomo and his sons —namely Numbs, KonOs Riliho, and Quabe. "Tolman and hi s son Vandalla. " Umfundise (a T'Slambie chief who went over from Umhala and joined the war party. if Dota (orother of Stock, who WaB not present). " Each chief was attended by his Amapakati, or councillors." The Governor himself read the treaty to the chiefs, Mr. Brownlee acting as interpreter. They appeared to be in good spirits, said, " They were glad to be taken ou t o f the bush," and thanked his Excellency " for giving them a coutry to live in ;" repeating, however, their objection, that it was "too small, altogether too small ;" it comprised only the territory formerly held by a petty chief called Toise, and therefore would " never be enough for so large a tribe as themselves," and again urged the Governor to present their prayer to the Queen with regard to it. The Graham's Town Journal publishes, by authority, a report of the whole conference, in the form of a dialogue be tween the Governor and Macomo, who was the spokesman of the Kafirs on the occasion. Macomo is the elder brother of Sandilli, who, it is said, in commencing this and the former war, acted against his advice. On the part of the Governor the fol lowing address was read to the chiefs by the inter preter : " Chiefe,—l am glad that I am now able to meet you as friends, and as good subjects of our good and great Queen. " Chiefs—l look to you for the good conduct of your people. " I have seen how truly your people have adhered to you, their chiefs, and how you can make them happy or miserable by leading them right or wrong, as you choose. Let me see that you, Sandilli, and you, Macomo, as well as the other Gaika chiefs, are as good and as true to the Queen, our great chief, as your people have been to you. " The chiefs Pato, Siwani, Umliala, Kama, and Toise, with others, wisely refused to join you in rebellion ; they listened to the words of Maclean, and remained unmolested, enjoying the pleasure of peace. "Maclean is now in the place of Mackinnon, and he, as my mouth, will live among you and govern you under me, in the Queen's name. " While it is war between us, I cannot talk with the enemies of the Queen until they are subdued, and beg for peace, and are forgiven. " Now that you are forgiven, and it is peace with you, Sandilli, my ears will be open to hear your word, and I have placed Brownlee here, to listen to your wishes regarding the welfare of your people, and he will carry them to Maclean and me. He will give you good advice, which if you listen to, you and your people will escape much trouble. " Let there be no more cattle-stealing, and then I shall hope to see you sitting happily in peace, your gar dens flourishing, and your cattle feeding and increasing along the rivers, and that the Queen's army will never be called upon to punish any chief or tribe of Kafirs for crimes committed against the colony, or for rebellion against the Queen." His Excellency added, that if the chiefs wished to say anything ho was ready to hear them. Ma como replied : "We have but one word to say, and to thank. We thank the Governor for taking us out of the bush, and for giving us a place to live in. " When a chief errs, he is punished and forgiven. This young man (Sandilli) erred, and has been punished, and is now forgiven, but the country you have given him is too small. Toise, who formerly occupied it, had but a small tribe. Sandilli has a large one, which will not find room there. " Governor.—These are things you should have thought of before you went to war. I know that Toise has but a small tribe, and that it never half filled the country allotted him. " Macomo.—We look to you to speak for us, and to represent our case to the Queen. We are her subjects. When settled in the country allotted us, Kreili, Uinhala, and Toise will affect to be satisfied, but will regard us as intruders, and this will cause constant heartburmngs between us. " Governor,—l will send your words to the Queen, but I will give you no hope of ever again occupying the Amatolas, as when you were there you were constantly plotting mischief, and cannot be trusted there again." At the conclusion of the meeting, and after the Governor had left, the chiefs and their people thronged round Colonel Maclean, their new Chief Commissioner, whom they greeted with great cor diality. There are no later accounts from the frontier. Subjoined are a few extracts from thq colonial journals on the termination of the war : (Eastern Province News, March 5.) "We have already noticed the evacuation of the Ama tolas. The expulsion of the Gaikas from that fine territory is a very important measure. The Gaikas have been fighting for their lands, and they 4.'ve been worsted. In the memory of living men their frontiers once touched the TJitenhage township borders ; now, through a suc cession of wars extending over no long period, they are driven back some 200 miles, without hope of recovering again an inch of their forfeited territory. The colonists have suffered by these wars, but it amounts to some thing worse than absurdity to affirm that the Kafirs have not been yet far greater losers. What progress have they made in wealth, or in acquisition of any kind, during the last quarter of a century of wars, compared with that which they would have undoubtedly made during a like period of peace ? How poor their condi tion, compared with that of the Basutos, who have had peace for the last 15 years ! We trust that war will at last appear even to the Gaikas the very losing game which it proves. There is nothing to be recovered by it. Each war carries them further backward and down ward. Their next effort may leave them without any territory wherein to rest." (From the Cape Town Commercial Advertiser, March 21.) " The frontier post of Saturday brought no news. The `peace' is criticised with much severity in the frontier journals, more moderately in some of the Port Elizabeth papers. That the peace must long be an armed one, if the present frontier is to be preserved, is clear, but this would not have been less clear had the war been prosecuted until the Gaikas were exterminated or driven over the Kei. It is for military men to deter mine what amount and description of force will be re quired to protect the colonial frontier, to preserve obe dience within British Caffraria, and to present a front to the tribes beyond tha Kei and the Orange River. Speaking of British Caffraria only, Sir George Napier and Sir t Peregrin Maitland suggested 5,000 or 7,000 men ; experience in the war just closed, and the exten sion of British sovereignty to the Vaal River, will pro bably incline them to add 3,000 more. Taking all charges into account for the support of such an army, in such a country, the British Treasury would scarcely come out under a million sterling a-year. This can hardly be expected, and therefore some less expensive means of defence for the old colony will have to be de vised." That there are many;persons dissatisfied with the change to a state of peace is proved by the neces sity of publishing the following general order, which was issued by Governor Cathcart immedia tely after his return to King William's Town : " Head-quarters, King William's Town, March 8. " The Commander-in-Chief has reason to believe that there are certain persons, followers of the army in Bri tish Caffraria, resident within the military rayon of the post of King William's Town, who have been so base as to attempt to obstruct the restoration of peace by their evil designs, false rumours, and other nefarious means, with a view to prolong their own profitable deal ings, which the restoration of peace may probably limit in extent. " Be it known, therefore, that such conduct amounts to high treason, and will be dealt with accordingly. " It is hereby commanded that all officers, non-com missioned officers, and soldiers, and all magistrates, do use their utmost endeavours to.detect and bring to jus tice miscreants so offending. " Such offenders, when so brought to justice, should they not be summarily dealt with as they deserve, by the infliction of the immediate punishment of death under martial law, but be mercifully brought to a general court-martial, either in British Caffraria or other dis tricts, in which martial ]aw prevails, and be duly con victed of the said heinous offence, the president and members of such general courts-martial are hereby re minded, that the prisoner being tried under the 108th article of war, the powers of the Court extend to im prisonment with hard labour for life ; and their sentence, when duly approved, will be carried into effect in one of the convict stations within the colony of the Cape of Good Hope, under a colonial ordinance which has been passed as a provision for such cases. "A. J. CLOETE, Quartermaster-General. "By command of his Excellency the Governor and Commander of the Forces. " CHARLES SEYMOUR, Lieutenant-Colonel, Military Secretary." Some of the " traders, general dealers, and in habitants " of King William's Town felt aggrieved by the above order, and drew up an address, pray ing his Excellency to allow them to disprove the " base and malicious insinuations made by some evil person or persons," on which they supposed the order was founded ; 38 signatures were placed to it. This address received the following reply " King William's Town, March 9. "Gentlemen,—l am directed by his Excellency the Governor to acknowledge the receipt of your memorial of this date. " His Excellency has no reason to doubt that the in habitants of King William's Town who signed the me morial are all honest men and loyal subjects, and, if they are so, the general order can have no reference to them. " I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, "Your most obedient humble servant, " W. F. LIDDLE, Private Secretary. "M. Hart, Esq., and the other Gentlemen who signd the Memorial." The General Screw Steam Navigation Company's ship Harbinger, Captain Lane, from Southampton, to Port Phillip and Sydney, arrived here at 8 o'clock last night, all well. The Harbinger has had a very fine passage of 37 days from Southampton ; she will take in coal and water, and proceed im mediately to Port Phillip. The Queen of the South, Captain Norman, be longing to the same company, from Southampton to the Mauritius and India, arrived here on the 20th, after a splendid passage of 32 days from Plymouth. The Australian Royal Mail steamer Adelaide, Captain Jackson, arrived here at 2 p.m. yesterday (the 21st) ; she has been twice detained on her voyage for want of coals, and the passage has been much longer than anticipated ; she left Plymouth for the second time on the 3d of January, and arrived. at St. Vincent's on the 17th. Here she THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 16, 1853, was detained for 17 days and a half, not being able to get a sufficient supply of fuel ; she left for the Cape, but on the IGth of February was compelled to make for St. Helena., which she reached on the 20th ; here also no coals were to be had, and, after a second detention of 14 days, she left for the Cape with a supply of wood ; she has found an ample stock of coal here, and the passengers hope that the rest of her voyage will be more favourable. THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA. CAPE COAST CASTLE, APRIL 13. The colony of Cape Coast has been threatened by the Ashantees, they having crossed the river Praa, the Eng lish boundary, for the purpose of making a descent on the neighbouring town, and eventually marching on Cape Coast Castle, to attempt the liberation of two chiefs of the Ashantee nation, who, with between 200 and 300 of their followers, were imprisoned in the castle, having some months ago been taken in the act of making a small " border war' of their own. The following is just an outline of the particulars : On the morning of the 30th of March a fast-sailing English schooner, the Aurora, arrived at Lagos, and delivered dispatches from the Governor of Cape Coast Castle to Captain Heseltine, of the Britomart, senior officer, requesting immediate aid, as the Ashantees, to the number of 10,000 or 12,000, were within three days' march of the castle. The Alecto, lying at Lagos, with the Britomart, was ordered to get her steam up immediately, and both ves sels started—Britomart in tow of Alecto—for Cape Coast, where they anchored on the evening of the Ist of April. The arrival of the two men-of-war evidently inspired the natives with great confidence. The Ashantees to the number before mentioned (10,000 or 12,000), on finding about 140 officers and men of the Gold Coast Corps, together with about 6,000 Native Auxiliaries, prepared to check their further progress, came to a halt. One of the English officers (Lieutenant Brownhill), who had full powers from the Governor to enter into negotiations, very gallantly gave himself up to the Ashantees as a hostage for the prisoners confined in the castle. On this being communicated to Governor Hill, the two Ashantee Chiefs, with their followers, were immediately liberated and escorted to the Ashantee camp ; but the Ashantees were not so ready to give back Lieutenant Brownhill, and several days' tedious negotiation was the result. The Governor, however, seeing nothing could be done in that way, sent and called out the neighbouring tribes under British protec tion to his assistance, and in the short space of 48 hours an addition was made to our auxiliary force of nearly 8,000 men. A message was then sent to the head chief of the Ashantee army, informing him that if he did not within 24 hours liberate Lieutenant Brown hill, and express proper contrition for their aggressive act, war would be formally declared, and immediate measures taken for overrunning their country and marching on Coomassie, their capital. The Ashantees, finding, for once, the English " deter mined," and not inclined to put up with their vacilla tion, thought discretion the better part of valour, and not only immediately liberated Lieutenant Brownhill with all honours and everything else required of them, but commenced their immediate march into their own country. So at present rests the affair. The chiefs of tribes under our protection pronounce this ready obedience of the Ashantees as only a blind to measures ultimately intended, and disappointment rather than exultation at the pacific result appears to prevail. Could Coomassie, the Ashantee capital, be taken, the greatest highway to the civilisation of Africa would be opened, and it could be done much more easily than is generally imagined. It must have been very gratifying to the Governor of Cape Coast to find the summons he sent to the few tribes thee so ourse re o a f di t ly obeyed, woni and months safo i r t ee is well orreg known olaroertai t o h l a y t ) i o n f 30,000 men would be ready to act in concert with the English. The country about and beyond Coomassie is rich in gold, and the climate is spoken of as most salubrious. e rtsheed presentin chTarhaectepreva iling these e belief ple am i o s, ng th t a i r s a e fte v r the Ashantees will make another and more or ganised descent. Should they do so, their re peated aggressions will certainly deserve punish ment, and should the opinion of the present energetic Governor of the colony have its due weight three months will see Coomassie ours. The King of Daho mey, with less powerful, but not less troublesome, chiefs, will, on finding us so determined, be too ready to act in concert with us for the amelioration of Africa, if they do not actually place themselves under the British flag.. _ The above has been the state of affairs at Cape Coast for the last three weeks. Three English men-of-war are lying off the place, but they now disperse to their dif ferent stations—Britomart and Alecto to Ascension, and the Polyphemus, lately arrived, to Lagos. The slave trade is evidently showing signs of returning animation. The Ferret took a prize a week or two ago ; no slaves, but about 200 doubloons on board. Several vessels are reported to have got away with slaves—not from any want of activity among the cruisers, but be cause they come over fully protected, by flying the American flag and having American papers. They are, on their arrival, sold to the slave dealers ; the American portion of the crew are landed, others take their place, and a vessel that at 8 o'clock in the morning was a bona fide American, at 8 o'clock in the evening is a Brazilian with 400 slaves on board, and starting on her voyage. As a case in point, the captain of a vessel called the Jasper, under American colours, sold his vessel, and took his passage in the last packet (the Faith) for England. LAGOS, 11 , 11 - acH 28. Lagos at present has quite an animated appearance. There are nine sail of merchant vessels lying here, al though where the palm oil that they say they are come for is to be procured I know not. The late misunderstanding between the Abeyakoutan chiefs and missionaries on one side, and the political measures of the senior officer of the Bights' division on the other, was very happily settled by the timely arrival of the admiral. A large town, about 60 miles from Abeyakouta, called Accha, has been made a missionary station, the Rev. Mr. Hinderer with his amiable wife having taken up their resi dence there. Three missionaries were landed from this last packet. One remains at Lagos, one goes to Abeya kouta, and one to Accha. The Rev. Mr. Golmer, resi dent missionary here, is most indefatigable in his ardu ous duties, and we cannot but admire men who give up all for the good cause. Mr. Fraser, the present Vice• Consul, is to be super seded by Mr. Benjamin Campbell, a resident of 20 years on the coast, and a gentleman every way conversant with the native character, who will doubtless prove him self a very valuable acquisition to this rising town and its dependencies. THE ARMY. CIRCULAR MEMORANDUM. Horse Guards, March 28, 1853. In reference to article 2, page 91, of the Queen's regulations and orders for the army, commanding-officers of regiments and depots are requested, in making appli cations for the exchange of arms, &c., to transmit dupli cate returns in the prescribed form to the Adjutant- General, instead of sending one to the agents, as has hitherto been the practice ; and, in the case of drums and bugles, it is to be particularly stated whether they are required in kind, or whether the allowance in lieu thereof is desired. By command, G. BROWN, Adjutant-General. THE CAMP AT CHomiAm.--100 men of the 95th Regi ment of Foot, stationed at Chatham, left their barracks there on Friday last, and came up by the North Kent Railway from Strood to London, and thence to the Waterloo terminus, en route to the station at Chertsey, being the nearest station of the railway to Chobham-com mon. The company of Sappers, who arrived on the same day, and the detachment of the 95th, slept under canvas on the common. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIJSTOM-110IISE, MAY 14. ENTERED INWARDS. —The Amphitrite, from Sarpsborg ; Krageroe, Krageroe ; California, Rotterdam ; Sara, Aal borg ; Pilgrim, Gothenburg ; Jacob, Stromstad ; Dorothea, Thalewalla ; Sjofina, do. ; Ariel, Caen ; Sir George Ander son, Mauritius ; Peter Johansen, Aarhuus ; Daring, Rot terdam ; Ve Vrow Laktje, Ditzum ; Svalin, Aarhuus ; Christian, Tjellbacha. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Charlotte, for Hamburgh ; Tiger, do. ; Eliza and Roster, San Francisco ; Christiania, Constantinople, &c. ; Sir George Anderson, Mauritius ; Ellenborough, Sydney ; Johanna Fredrika, Altona ; Julia, Now York ; John Lawson, Hobart Town ; Twelling Brodrene, Korsoer ; Calypso, Stavanger ; Ca tharina, Hamburgh. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Isabel, for Fayal ; Venus, Gothenburg ; Graf von Bulow, Stettin ; David, Dantzic ; West, Batavia ; Rufina, Bilboa ; Ame rican Eagle, New York ; Garland, Jamaica ; Lagston, Frederickswierk ; Citizen, Bordeaux ; Calcutta, Boston ; Lady Katharine Barham, Jamaica ; Charlotte, Hamburgh ; Joseph Friedlander, Rio Janeiro ; Accra, Port Adelaide. LIVERPOOL, MAY 14. -- - The Emma C. Jones (whaler, of New Bedford), was spoken March 1, lat. 34 S.,long. 49 W. The Uranus, Richmond to Bahia, was spoken April 3, lat. 2 N., long. 28 W. The Ben. Howard, New York W. to San Francisco, was spoken April 6, lat. 4 N., long. 29 The Chester, Callao to Queenstown, was spoken April 22, lat. 32 N.long. 38 W. The Dawn was spoken May 9, off Tuskar. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH, The Ruby, Sydney, New South Wales, to London, April 23, lat. 34 N., long. 37 W. The Caroline, Pernambuco to Penzance, .April 24, lat, 36 N., long. 35 W. THE ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSION.—A P arliamentary paper, published on Saturday, contains a, return of all the sums received by the Ecclesiastic al Commission, arising from the suspended canonries, changt KI deaneries, and any other sources within the diocese .of Durham. The sum thus received amounted in 1852 to 12,826/., and the total of the sums received since the passing of the act, in 1841, is 90,4641. The various items of ex penditure on the Durham University, in augl nentations of livings, the construction of parsonage houses, &e.) amounted to 4,2511. in 1852 ; and the total of such ex penditure since 1841 is 35,2801. The retunm was ob tained on the motion of Lord Adolphus Vane, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, MAY 9 The Indus arrived this afternoon, and will leave at midnight for England. The Sultan, for Marseilles, will leave at 9 p.m. The news from India is interesting, In matter of local intelligence there is little to an nounce. The Vengeance, 84, has arrived • the Modeste sloop has proceeded to the coast ; and the Spitfire sur vey-ship has resumed her surveys. A tragic event is said to have lately occurred at Sa lamis. A midshipman in the French navy, in a state of of mutinous conduct, threatened to fire the powder magazine of one of the ships, was detected, brought to a court-martial, and shot. The tale is current here, and may be true, but no advices received from Athens men tion the fact. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 15. A Board of Admiralty, with the First Lord, are ex pected to visit this port to-morrow. The Black Eagle arrived yesterday to attend on them. The followiniofficers (mates and midshipmen) passed examinations qualifying for the rank of lieutenant, at the Royal Naval College, on Thursday :—Messrs. W. H. Goold, C. E. K. Brett, W. Menzie, and J. H. Whitshed. The following were found qualified at the same time for entry into the service : As Masters' Assistants.—Messrs. George Christie and C. H. J. Baker. As Naval Cadets—Messrs. H. T. Price, A. C. H. Paget, S. M°Dougall, Lord Charles Thomas Scott, R. S. Hunt, and W. H. de Burgh. As Clerks' Assistants—Messrs. F. J. P. Shapcote, J. K. Tasker, and H. M. Bernard. As Marine Cadets, and have joined the Excellent— Messrs. J. W. F. Arbuckle, A. Molone, H. H. Nott, M. P. Newall, H. Dixon, A. R. Studdart, and A. Don ellan. The Star, 8, Commander Warren, arrived at Spithead yesterday, from Chatham. Some important and interesting practice was exhibited yesterday and Friday from the Excellent's two-gun battery upon the York, 74, hulk, moored as a butt for shot and shell experiments. A quantity of live shell and powder was placed on board the York, between her beams overhead and in other situations, hitherto sup posed out of the reach of danger. The object was to test the practicability of blowing the ship up. During the trial several shells have exploded, but the " blowing up" was not accomplished. The Port-Admiral, Admiral- Superintendent, the officers of the fleet, and others of the military service, have been present at the experi ments, which will be continued. Prince Albert was expected to have been present on Friday, but the weather, it is said, prevented his Royal Highness making the trip. The ^ lllustrious, 72, having been partially prepared, at no inconsiderable expense, for three different purposes, and applied to none, remains at Haslar-creek, a stand ing, or rather floating, joke upon Admiralty harmony of intention and consistency. Originally fitted for a block ship, then found to be too weak, she was rigged as a gunnery-ship and for exercising newly-raised men. That project, we believe, was the First Lord's, and, carried out by Captain Chads, would h ave be en of utility. This was upset, and the unfortunate Illustrious was fitted for an hospital-ship, the Agamemnon fever having again changed the Admiralty cue, but the "hospital-ship" has had no patients, nor is she ever likely to have any. THE STEAM RESERVE. The Blenheim, screw, 60, Captain Henderson, C. 13., has been exercising her crew in firing blank cartridge, and they are regularly trained and carefully instructed in all their exercises—boys and ordinary seamen with sails and yards daily, in addition to the duties of the reserve. The Gorgon, paddle, 6, is rigged, and ships her guns this week. The Conflict, screw, 9, waits orders relative to her propeller, but is otherwise ready to join the first or ad vanced division. The Stromboli, paddle, 6, shifted outwards on Friday, and removed 600 officers and men, women, and children of the 85th Regiment, from Cowes to Southampton, yes terday morning, en route by railway to Bristol. The Stromboli was in charge of Commander Gardner and Lieutenant Reynolds, of the Blenheim. The Vesuvius, paddle, 6, the Hecla , paddle, 6, and the Bulldog, paddle, 6, remain ready for service. The latter received her now tanks on Friday. The Plumper, screw, 9, is being rigged for commis- sion by Lieutenant L. Reynolds, with a division from the Blenheim. WOOLWICH, MAY 14.& APPOINTMENTS. Captain the Hon. S. T. Carnegie (1841), from the com mand of the Horatio, 24, screw steam-guard-ship, at Sheerness, to command the Tribune, 30, screw steam frigate, commissioned this d a y a t Woolwich. Lieutenant Henry W. Wright (1848) to the Nerbudda, 12, brig, at Chatham. kate - -Henry J. Urquhart (1852), from the Rodney, 90, to the Comus, 14, sloop, at Sheerness. ____ Second Master—John P. Dillon (1848) to the Fisgard flag-ship, at Wocilwich. Naval Cadet—C. J. Pears() to the London, 90, on the Mediterranean station. The Black Eagle steam-vessel, Master Commander John E. Petley, received orders at a late hour on Friday evening to proceed with the least possible delay round to Portsmouth, and left Woolwich at 4 o'clock a.m. to day for that destination. The Phoenix, screw steam-sloop, Commander Edward A. Inglefield, left Woolwich about half-past five o'clock a.m. to-day, having Mr. Taplin, second assistant to the chief engineer, on board, to report on her speed and working of the engines when tried with all her stores on board and complete in every respect for her intended voyage. On arriving at the measured mile at Sea Reach the time was taken, and on the average of four runs, two down and two up, her speed was found to be 7 2-10 knots per hour, the engines working very satisfactorily. The Phoenix returned to Greenhithe, and was brought up at moorings at that station to have her compasses adjusted. The Diligence, store-ship, left Woolwich shortly after four o'clock a.m. to-day, towed by the Monkey, and will be brought up and remain at the Nore until the whole of the vessels of the Arctic squadron leave the river on their enterprising expedition. The Desperate screw steam-sloop, Captain William W. Chambers, loft Woolwich this afternoon for Green hithe, where she will remain until the Phoenix has had her compasses adjusted, and some experiments made in taking distance ; and when these are completed the Desperate will take the Phcenix in tow as far as the Orkney Islands, in order that the latter vessel may hus band her coals, and enter the Arctic regions under the most favourable circumstances. _ _ The Manceuvrer lighter has taken on board a por tion of the castings and machinery of the James Watt, 90, screw steam-ship, for conveyance to Devonport. The Rhadamanthus, Master-Commander Belam, is undergoing a thorough renovation at this port, prepara tory to further service in the conveyance of troops. MORE DESERTIONS IN THE NAVY.—lmprisonment and flogging seom to have little effect in deterring men from running away. The crew of the iron screw troop-ship Vulcan, Commander Von Donop, at Portsmouth, had leave of absence some time since, which expired the early part of last week. Upwards of 30 have entirely forgotten to return ; and of those that did, some eight or ten made a clean bolt on the same day. It is rumoured that this ship will have a captain's commis sion. THE INDIAN RIVERS AND INDIAN IRRIGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. have just seen in your paper of this day an able and interesting article on the Godavery and Kistnah Indian rivers. You therein describe one of the innumerable acts of misgovernment of the "Supreme Lords of India," and you describe some of the dreadful results. You have, in that article, referred to neglects, delays, and, in fine, to omis sions. Will you allow me to state, not an omission, but an act committed, with regard to a river as im portant as either the Godavery or the Kistnah— 'lamely, the Indus ? The prosperity of Scinde depends, in a great measure, upon controlling the waters of this great river. Its periodical inundations at times subside prematurely for agriculture ; the higher parts of that portion of the land inundated are, in such cases, either not reached by the waters, or left dry and exposed to the powerful sun too soon, and so burnt up. Innumerable large ditches, called in India " nullahs," run at right angles from the river to all those lands, like the legs of a centipede from its body. Up these ditches the waters of the innundation flow, and by cutting them propor tionally deeper, the said waters reach further inland, passing the limits of the innundation itself, however high that may be. Now, it required no conjuror to see, that by a proper arrangement of dams, with sluice-gates, the waters of the iunundation, when at their highest elevation, could be retained in the aforesaid nullahs, and thus the power of irrigation be continued, in defiance of any premature abatement of the innundation, till the operations of the agriculturist no longer required them ; he then would open his sluice-gates, and let the waters rush back to their parent river. There are also, vast results which would accrue from such a system to the health of the people. To enter upon these last would make my letter too long, These views I submitted to Lord Ellenborough, who immediately ordered me to form a department, under engineer officers, exclusively appropriated to the execution of this great work—viz., to take the necessary levels, to cut large main nullahs, and to deepen the nullahs already existing. This department was im mediately formed, and continued in full operation, under Lieutenant-Colonel Scott, of the Bombay Engineers, while I remained Governor of Scinde. I have no papers in London to which I can refer. I speak from memory when I say that the whole expense of this department was under the sum of 15,0001. a• year. A few years would have completed the operations, and the preservation of each portion of the general work fallen to the charge of local magistrates. See the " History of the Administration of Scinde " for a more detailed account. Now then for the part taken in this important project for the improvement of Scinde by the " Supreme Lords of India." The moment I left the government of Scinde the Canal Department was abolished, and the expense or several years 1 lbour in taking levels and forming canals was then thrown' away—whether by the Court of Direc tors, by the Governor-General, or by the Bombay Go vernment I do not pretend to say. I think, Sir, that this picture on the Indus, as regards Indiar hydraulics, forms a tolerable pendant for yours of the Godavery and Kistnah.—l remain your obedient servant, C, J. NAron, Lt.• Gen. London, May 11, PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CO:sI PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUE'DAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 13. JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per I of Paid. P ice. Annum. Share. s. d. 4 s. d. Australa5ia....... British North American 61. per cent. 50 0 0 t 0 0 0 Commercial of London. 61. per cent. 1(0 0 0 0 0 0 Colonial . 3l. per cent. 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Law Life 51. percent. 50 0 0 217 6 141. Os Life essoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 10 IV. Os National Fire and Life Gl. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 ,1/. 13s North British Insur. * Cl. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 ,35110 s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7141. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11/. 14d etanlard Life •• •• .. • • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 15/ Cs United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 i 1 0 0 lils fi s * Ex Dividend. MISCELLANEOUS . Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. 1 X s. d. Assam Tea • • — 50 0 0 20 0 0 10% BuctiBn Mart.. •• •• •• 2/. ss. 50 0 0 35 Australian Azriculturl 1/. 100 0 0 35 0 0 83 Australian Trust 6!. per cent. 35 0 0 30 Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 2 0 0 4% knglo-Mexican Mint 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 British American Land 15s. 35 10 0 76 Canada .•.• • •• 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 32 10 0 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 5/. per cent. —1023 j Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. 116% City Navigation Bonds 3} per cent. Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 20 0 0 22 Ditto .. •••• .- •• (B) 25 0 0 710 0 Equitable Reversionry 51 pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116% Ditto New — 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. Revers. It Invest. sp. c.& los, 21 100 0 0 100 0 0 Gen. Steam Navigation 10 p. ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 31 Hudson's Bay ...... • • Stock. 214 Hungerford ...... • • 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution — _ 78 15 0 London Reversionary 51. per cent. 15 0 0 15 0 0 Russell Institution 12 10 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co. 101. p er cen t . 20 0 0 17 10 0 " A % Reversionary Int. Soc. 4%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 106 Royal Mail Steam 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 0 77 South Australian 5l. per share. 25 0 0 26 0 0 46 Trust and Loan Comp of Ironer Canada — go 0 0 3 0 0 THE NEW ACT FOR THE REDUCTION ON THE NATIONAL DEBT.—The new act to reduce the National Debt which received the Royal assent a few days back, has just been printed. It extends to 42 provisions, and is entitled "An Act for redeeming or commuting the annuity pay able to the South Sea Company and certain annuities of three pounds per centum per annum, and for creating new annuities of three pounds ten shillings per centum per annum, and issuing Exchequer Bonds." After a very long preamble it is enacted that the annuity on the capital stock of the South Sea Company, con tinued under the 6th George 111., chap. 28, and certain Three per Cent. Stocks —viz., the Old and New South Sea Annuities, the Bank Annuities, 1726, created by the 12th George 1., chap. 2, and the Three per Cent. Annuities, 1751, created by the 24th Geo. 11., chap. 2., "shall be paid off and redeemed or com muted as hereinafter mentioned." On or before Friday the 3d of June next parties are to give notice of their assent to receive other stock instead of money. Pro prietors of the said Three per Cents. may for 1001. of their stock receive 821. 10s. New Three-and-a-Half per Cent., or 1001. exchequer bond, carrying interest at 21. 15s. per cent., not later than the Ist of September, 1864, and after at 21. 10s. per cent. Certain South Sea Annuities, &c., are to case from the sth of January, 1854, and dividends on Old South Sea Annuities are to cease from the sth of April next. Persons not assent ing are to receive on the sth of January, 1854, 1001. for 1001. stock. There are a number of provisions in the act to carry it hit? Force. Exchequer b9mls are limited to 30,000,0001. COUNTRY MARE. HADDINGTO. The following are the prig to-day : IN—MAY 13. xls of grain at our rvaka WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. "II 49s Od. 34s 9d 22s 6(1. 34 5 ii ...5e con d 44s 6d 33s 3d 20s Scl- 333 01 Third 36s Od 29s Od 19s 6d 32 id Total quantity of wheat in market, 344 qrs.) 291 5 %1 If ~ barley ~ 194 qrs., 191 nil oats 333 qrs., 22.„91dia beans '' 76 qrs., Da , v 7., ~ , f AVERAGES !ER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 12th 3 Average of wheat £2 4 S-12t Ditto of Barley Ditto of Oats . -12ths Ditto of Beaus First DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET —MAY 3:-. °A t* A large supply of grain to-day. Sales ready for IA peas, and beans, but wheat and barley me t a dull deo, . Qrs. Best. Current. i n tern', 40s 322 Wheat tP 48s Od ....... .. 45s Od ......... ~ 01 920 Oats 2ls 4d 110 Barley 34s 6d 55 Peas & beans 38s 6d Average of wheat, 2 331 1. 529a: 4s 0°8 9id : .. : ... .................. LI: CI ABERDEEN—MAY I'. 64 , The prices of grain are—Old oats, 00s Od t°,, gb , per 401bs er bushel ; new oats, 17s Od to 00s Od, bushel; bore, 28s Od to 28s Gd, 531bs per bushel ; p i' 00 27s 6tl to 28,1 6d, 531bs er bushel • wheat, red, Is s 38s Od, G2lbs per bushel;; wheat, white, 46s Od to bo ll; 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s P r er , e ribt flour, 37s Od to 38s ' Od per sack. Provisions—Bee'; la; 6d. to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 6d to 7d ; veal, ditto' 6d t o : Oil; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os Gd ; salmon, per lb, is 64 4 ns 641 ! rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 48 Od potatoes, per peck, is to is 4d ; butter, per lb, 10d t° eggs, per doz, Os 5d to Os 6d • h ens , per pair, ~! 0 5 6 ,1 3s 6d. ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to' 3s Od ; ducks, dit7.l;riet to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od. to Os alb but° each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 3s Gd to 4s 1 0N ; Bss Oa; for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 86 ollepril ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Od ; e gs, r per dozen, 4-id to 00d ••41b loaf, 6d , g 21b loaf, ur 'o s o , ,ij fine small, Os Od to Os ' ; pork, large, Os al ' 4 %1)0' lamb, per quarter, 7s Gd to lOs ; cheese, Pe t '— stone, 5s Gd o 75. Brls. oi r reocP sot o. a d 0 5 ' White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 0$ v --- 12 Redwheat 21s Od to 21s 6. - 1 A a 20 ° ' Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 00s v ---- Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 1 Barley l3s Od to 00s Od 1 6 0. Ditto OGs Od to OOs 04000 1 : 1--. Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 00s Od to 00s Od Ow IS Bere 244 Oats Ditto 00s Od to 00s O ctllo " Ditto 00s Oct to OOs Od , „ e t Ow' Pigs .. ....... oos Od to 00s Od 00s O d r- .i i Quantity sold at the highest prices :--"„ be ; 00 barrels white wheat ; 4 red ; 15 barley; " CORK-MAy 13. oats ; 0 pigs. et Quantity of grain and number of pi g s sold last meth, 1, Wheat, 51. Barley, 341. Bere, 00. Pigs, 00. Return of cattle sold for week ending MaY 7 Pigs, 204. Sheep, 341. Cows, 29' • PRICES OF BUTTER. CANT. caltlU o ' .. di First quality 104 s First quality ................. c 66, Second quality 98s Second quality ••'' .. Third quality 94s Third quality ...•••' 15, Fourth quality Fifth quality B4s Fifth quality ........ • .„ Li; Sixth quality 66s Sixth quality ......... '165 .1 7 4 CORK.—Flour—First, 14s 6d to 15s 6d ; end • WO, seconds, 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; households, 10s to 1 0 % to ' .5 5 4 4., 7s to 9s 6d per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7 9 pCr oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls ; wheatmeal, 9s 6d to 1 05 4i 1 ° 4 41 Indian corn, 71 5s Od to 71 15s Od per ton. Bran' af t ' i i , to 41 15s Od perton. H a y—F armers , 30 s Od to 45 8 " StrtA 38s; dealers, 42s Od to 50s Od ; average, Os per ton. o pira to Farmers, 18s Od to 27s Od; average, 245 ; dealerlof, a OOs Oct; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheate n tv r, Od; household ditt o, 6d t o Od per 41b.—Fresh t ° lld per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4s 23 per hundred. r i;, of 4Ad to 8d ; mutton, 5,3 d to 7d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; Pf.' 4 ,040 0 , 6a; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.- 415b 'opot ° ,,A! , land, 11/. Os to 12/ Os per ton ; Scotch herriog s tod;,,,'l o Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white 10d to 12d to 15d.—Coals, Newport, 20s ; Lydney, o.° ap Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s 10d per in l P°` o ft. 0 ,/ Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38s P o e ,' ° eV tlf skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 0 ,.'" 1 0 P . p., Fleece wool, OOs to OOs per stone.—HemP, ~3 ' ;.( 8 110 „ 1 • 01 , ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 15s ; red pine, 31. 11 gO, 81. 3/. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundrou• - ..", 8/. to 10/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 48s 6d to 49s Per b e r vo 71. lOs to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 190. Per Peruvian, 121. Os to 001. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARS-05". LIVERPOOL, MAY 14. all ' WI fi s t ; blo, r STOCK EICCHANGE.—The market has been P 4 1 1 ,i? and prices have declined. Quotations at the e' ° c rellt e b ness stood thus :—Birkenhead, Lancashire, s i n 0 0 15 9 '0; Junction, 64 d. ; Caledonian, 341 ; Chester en"„ o tiel e r, 23 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen, 16i ; Eastern ":""sorwor Lancashire and Yorkshire, 798, ; lie ° "l, g te fc 16 ; London and North Western, 118 A ; martemetirSo field, and Lincoln, 30A ; Midlad, 75, 4 ;, S° l and Dover, 22A ; York and North Midland, 3 1 LEEDS, MAY 14. beello4. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The share market h rally weaker thi s morning. The transactiough- , 0, to-day have be en confined to Midlands, whi c li f° at 751 for account end of May, and closed at ' rent account. • MANCHESTER, MAY 1 4 • al io, vior STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t has been. re 0 3 0 1) change of pri ces . C a l e d on i an, 34 ; Lancaeli 5; shire, 79;1 ; Midland Railway Consols, s Eastern and Duyer, 22 7-16 g. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 1 4 ' o i l lefei;e, /1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—There w a s n ot muck b a li 9 ofor o fej sacted in this share market to-d a y, but Pr ic- o f supported, and the transactions in the co urse m od° have been much more extensive than usual' North Westerns closed at 118.1 a. SEABORNE MAILS. ____._. er>l (N signifies that the m a il s are sent f rom the a e° by the night—and 31 by the morning —dispatch.] dbe i r - 11 , wiist dal, Day when made up Fr o m a y . COUNTRIES. in General Post- ' a ielea• „ a d Office, London.* D10' ........... ;/Ar' - -- Liverpool ..• 51 90Pt i ) pif 11 America(byßrit,pack)N Every Friday .. • • II ° America (by. United Sts. .... no l ... 18 packet) ..........N May 17 ........ bilt.. l-11 I fiti America (by U. States packet) .........N May 25 .... •• • • gu uth , Australia (ria South- 1.0,010 °0 1) 01 ,p anipton) MlJuly 4 .......... Ste - „•••1 jrc y Ditto (via Marseilles) N l July 8 .• • D uvet .. 1/ 1 a i l " Ditto (via Cape of Good 0 th ' . .1 0 , 4 , " - 1 6 Hope) .. .. .... .. .. N .....„ piyeen oti .•04., 51 Africa (Vest Coast) ..N;23rd of the month. PlYin u , ... 0 ' Sa / 1 Alexandria .......... N '5, 9, 24,& 30 of m• D oW oiP,„ t° o .l , l, ° ty Alexandria.. Bahamas ...........34,2nd of the mouth B D °ut er • i i . o . fi t i ef 1 Belgium .......... ..N llally .. .. .... . • • • -° „ v tpati;r t o ,4ll -6 50 Brazil ............ -AI 9th of the month.. nu„ - ; 111 011 , ' -Ar a d', Buenos Ayres ........31'9th of the month.. S°,''' o uch '. V a al" Cape of Good Hope ..N , 14th of the month ri.Y_ , ..,: ou to ' AP - , Cape of Good Hope .. N 14th of the month PlY l L, l ' ou tli •' ri l Pg, Cape de Verde ......N i 14th of the month. PIP * " • AP 01 Ceylon (see India) utlf '' Iv' 1 6 1 ino tor , *nil Ceylon ..............N .I4th of the month I' ) $ 011 , ,,,, P Channel Isles .. Chill. .. ... ..........3I; A & 17th of mouth S' s " • lki" 59 .' Nifo;,„o China (see India) 1 ~ ~er •• to 1 '...ti Constantinople .... -II ; 7,8,17,24,&27 alit . 4 ~ ,,,AtOP .3- . l if Constantinople ........14th & 20th of mon, Sou Cont. ~.• ' T ed" Dov e TO 6 1 Cont. of Europe M & N 'Twice daily ...• • • tl f Egypt (see India) • •• ", Al &. 3NI 4,7, 2 a 0 11 , y 2 . 7 . ( . 4 ; . 6 , -D li v t e ll r . ---I%Ptpi dlif 16 0 1 ' Francat i brlt a . r . . : : : : : . M . . „ p 4 ,pto'' Taw' , Greece (see India) 'oo° l.- • " fl ae, fp w. Greytown ......... 31 2nd & 17th of Mon. .7,,,,i0n •:, t op ./ 00 ,16 Hamburgh ..........N Tuesday & FridaY r at hagir . o f 0 Has - annals .......... Al 2nd of the month n° o o o o .1 0 0 g d li Holland ............ 31 Wednesday & Sat . , 11 ..; o utho lliP teo 'gal Honduras .......... M 17th of the month. •- . ,..,0 1 0 1 1 ) . .. A il,/ India (vlaSoutliampt.)ll 4th & 20th of "non. ~.'',:,0 0 . • ••• ~,ic7, India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of Mouth IP' 1 0 ... i k iii / j 7 lonian Isles (see India) oot/; o ' pto U ., ilt.f. IS Ireland M & N Twice daily .•• • • • soall'' - o ploP al , " Lisbon., 3, 3 l l a a d d e e l i r r a a ........................111 2 9 3 t1Lo o f f thethe month F lyn 3ol o- of Malta (see India) 1 Dols . " Aill Malta ..............N '7,17,19,28, 30m : ininth ' 111..:: 0 .90 : Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..........N 14th of the Mexico ............ 31 '2nd of the mont _• ;Ter ' o ;pto 9 , OP 53 Naples .....• ........Nisthlhth2sthofmol!. = „ sta tDa o _ ni l, j o i j New Granada • ...... DI ;2(.1 & 17th of mouth 7 ar iou . v: .. T. 0 fp New Zealand .......... IBy private shit ) i• • Do ver .ro 'pten ,ass t 0 Papal States ........N i .115012501°1Mo:: so utb s _, p tell orl 0 Peninsula Peru ............. 31 id & 27th of moth o pi r off . : .. ,. of i i i Port Natal ..........N 14. h of the monT . Do ve . • ...• 55$ Sicily ,., .....N sth, Sth2sthofinofil Do ver 'top . sthohno i on ' lb Tuscany ......., ..N sthlsthl ono ~...o JO a Venezuela .......... 31 2cl & 17 th of ra ~,,pio l' ~ 11 - Van Dfemen's Land (see mot L'iirtou;-p.te..P. 5,1,04. Australia) .......... ,3 16 0 11 0 0 1 e ''- II e.l month 7: 1 : , to ,0 11 V West Indies ...... -II 2d & 17th of ..,aus , L., o• ....a. iiii,il: „0.0 0 ,0 . i p , Sun„ oe, th , 11 0 01 . When any of these dates fall on a „r",tion a.ciievAt dispatched on the following day. with the 1 .'..111 he Southampton), and the Malta, both of which " day preceding. BIBTIIS. EV" P OF A. 1 3 01 4T • •fe of 1:" . ' a On the 12th inst., at Maids -hilly th e wi 9; son. , 0 0 ' On the 12th inst., the wifo of IleurY le. " - 1 ginlOF A DAUGIITEIt. ~e, , vao Y Octaviustee 11th inst, at Paris, Mrs. G. .0,;,.001100, 2a3theirt., at Norfolk-streot, ri.. 02 . : A 4 Allet.Rltl.o. WOO 17 il l° On the 12th inst., at St. Georg's, Poe vrocitd. Francis Lethbidge second son ef Segi. Astley, Bart., to A.;vinsta, Helen, 000. late James Cockburn, V I .4ace, pe RiOvenrstdaheie,la2gthed i7n9s.t., atD5llE,DC.ad°Ol r twill: . 0.,, ikt W hit On the 12th inst , Grace, -wife of AN"1110 -pt Ilg`P f of Plymouth-grove, Manchester. if fit T. $, goo° On the 12th inst., at Brenchlel, P• e- ' Seat ' Esq., aged 62• 00 yoor fpet On the 11th inst. at Exeter, Dafic11,1)010'000V Lieutenant Francis N• Cleric, RS ~„°' Icioe° 11. On the 12th inst. at the Iricar"-.-' les 14ie° Hants, Elizabeth, Wife of the Rev. Cib" l. ..foo P° I°sl LONDON : Printed and. Published. 11 e fi 00100 0 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at l'Ae Po it , 00 Strand, in the :'reiuct of the ,L9'14.1 Middlesex, Monday, Aday 10, l am ' 4