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THE MINERAL _RICHES OF NEW SOUTH WALES. ( From the Economist.) Among the curious items of information contained in the " Further Papers relative to the Recent Discovery of Gold in Australia," just published as a blue book, are some statements of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, c ommissioned eo ol by the Government of New South Wales to make . g gical surveys. So far as we can trace his researches on the map, they have all been south and west from Sydney, in that part of New South Wales which borders_ on Vic toria, a mountainous district, the sources of numberless creeks and rivers, and the highest part of the country, the water running from it in every direction. In that district the ardent geologist a lmost everywhere fi n d s in dications of gold. On looking at the map compiled by Mr. Arrowsmith from his researches and the researches of other gentlemen the whole district seems studded with gold fields. We cannot enumerate all the creeks —many with native and unpronounceable names—where he found gold. "The whole of the region," he says, " about the Bendoc and Delegete rivers is auriferous." " Gold is distributed, though in variable quantities, and of small commercial importance (at present), over a re gion which may be said to embrace an area of 16,000 square miles." In a later report—dated Nov. 24, 1852, —than is to be found in the blue book, Mr. Clarke says-" The more I se* of the great backbone of this continent the more I am impressed with the high pro bability of the extension of the gold fields far beyond the present limits of search. I report also, on more direct knowledge, that as regards the Peel and Hanging Rock fields, the opinion I have already expressed has been strengthened by more recent examination of the dis trict. The more information he gets, the stronger be comes his convictions that the south-eastern portion:of Australia is one large field of gold. "It may require," as he says, " a multiplied population of practical skill and energetic habits" to develope the mineral riches of Australia ; but if they exist to the extent he supposes, they may excite industry, and bestow on it ample re wards, of in immense population for ages. It is plain, too, unless some richer fields should be discovered, that as the, population multiplies, it will become commercially advantageous, particularly when gold digging shall not be suliject to a special tax, to work many of the creeks and gulleys and holes that now will not pay. Mr. Stntchbury, the geological surveyor, is satisfied that native mercury exists. He has found specimens of it, and he believes that it possibly may be found in quan tity. He has had shown to him various gems—topazes garnets, rubies, sapphires, &c., though not of such a large size as to mak e th em o any value. Copper is found in abundance in various places. There are many other mineral riches, then, in Australia, besides the gold, which only need hands to collect them. There was a time when the rude colonists very much despised the services of the natives, and sometimes, on slight pretexts, made away with tham. The gold dis coveries seem to have hastened the period when their services can be made valuable, and the blue book de scribes the natives as finding employment in every one of the colonies to which it refers. The commissioner for the Darling district of New South Wales reports in stances on the M'lntyre river of the blacks having been employed for one, two, or even three years as shepherds ; and Mr. Young, of Tingan, near Calandoon, has all his flocks tended by blacks. A Mr. Dines, in the same neighbourhood, has not a white man in his employment. Messrs. Norris and Co. have 12 blacks in charge of sheep. Three or four years ago the tribes frequenting the M'lntyre were the most savage and bloodthirsty of the district. "I am happy to say," adds the commis sioner, " that the scarcity of labour, consequent upon the drainage to the gold fields, is creating throughout the district a demand for the services of the abori gines which may be productive of very beneficial results, leading to their more confidential and per manent employment." The commissioner of the New England district reports :—" In many cases the ser vices of the natives have been in considerable repute as shepherds, grooins, and even as house servants. Their services, from the high price of white-labour in conse quence of the recent discovery of gold, have been ex tremely valuable, and in some cases they have received wages at the rate of 201. per annum." The commis sioner of the M'Leay district states there has been a considerable increase in the past year, both in the num ber of whites employing and of natives employed, in consequence of the drain to the gold mines of European labour. The commissioner for the district of Clarence river reports that the great dearth of labour, occasioned by the efflux of the working classes to the westward' in search of gold, has latterly forced the settlers to obtain aid from the natives. The sheep washing of last season was entirely performed by them. One gentleman in trusts about 10,000 sheep to their sole management. Although some instances are mentioned of depredations by the blacks, there are more than we have quoted( in these extracts of the aborigines having for months to gether tended the flocks of the colonists, and been amply rewarded for their fidelity and care. All the above extracts refer to New South Wales, but the reports from Victoria are not different. The commissioner of the Wimmera district says that 'all natives able and willing to work are sure to find em ployment. Some engage in permanent employment, and they get wages that in ordinary years would be looked upon as fair for European labour. The Maneero and Omeo tribes, another commissioner reports, still wander over the districts, encamping at the several flock stations. where they can obtain food. A very few of them are occasionally employed as stockmen. "All the aborigines of Gipps land," says Mr. Commissioner M'Crae, "have been employed i n th e i mme di a t e neigh bourhood of Atherton, on the property known as Orr's Special Survey. They worked steadily in field work as many hours as the whites. Two of them and one white man beat a party of three whites at a reaping !latch." It is the commissioner's opinion that if the employer gives a fair remuneration, keeps faith with the natives, and works with them, their labour may be made as available as that of the whites. From South Australia the Go vernor writes, " that upwards of 20,000 sheep are in charge of shepherds who are aborigines, and who have thus in some degree supplied the place of European shepherds, who have migrated to the gold fields." The commissioner from Koriko writes that the squatters on the Murray have received great and important services from the natives during the late scarcity of labour, and on several occasions natives have been left in the sole charge of the squatters' property. These facts are of great importance in reference to the future supply of wool. About the usual, if not a larger, quantity will come forward. The aborigines are not numerous, but the, employment of them is a new and somewhat unex pected supply of labour ; and it is a gratifying result of the gold discoveries that they contribute, by exciting in dustry, to humanise the stockholders and civilise the aborigines. We are happy to learn from the Empire, a Sydney paper, that New South Wales, as yet the most important of the colonies, is altogether in a prevalence of peace and order, and the ample remuneration it offers to labourers. That journal of December 28, says : " It is to be recollected that, notwithstanding the vast extent and the widely scattered positions of the gold fields of New South Wales, out of a population of 200,000, it is estimated that not more than 8,000 to 10,000 per sons are employed in mining at any one time. This will account for the fact that neither the pastoral, the agri cultural, nor the mechanical employments have stood still, or been less productive, as in Victoria. The in creased and continually finereasing demand for labour here does not arise from the desertion of ordinary pur suits for gold digging so much as from progress and ex pansion in all the several departments of industry. This surely indicates a far more healthy state of things than if we had a hundred thousand persons rushing in upon us all at once merely to dig gold —an occurrence that no sane person can wish to see. Such a train, with an ob ject so selfish, so vagrant, and so entirely unconnected with the development of the productive powers of the colony, might bring with it moral and physical disorder, but could never promote prosperity. It appears from various country correspondence that the harvest is every where highly abundant, the only want being that of hands to reap it. The crowded state of Sydney, indi cated by the great advance of rents throughout the city and suburbs, renders the inducement strong to maintain every article of consumption at very high prices. The effect of the harvest has, therefore, not been what might have been expected. The present price of best flour, 251. per ton, does not manifest much tendency to further dec rease. In truth, to reduce the articles of food to a perfectly fair average pr i ce, and to keep them there, the nonnecessity will b e great for a steadily augmented cultiva as well as of foreign supplies. There is, therefore, requisite, for the welfare of the colony, a continued stream of labouring immigration." Aifit be m stream of emigration is con ti nua ll y pour i ng i n, and ntirely and solely of labourers whose toils are to enrich those who are already in the colony, it is of a class which, generally Leaking, unites intelligence and independence with indu rY, and which will contribute much more to prosperity than a stream of Lascars, or any other mere intelligent worker s . Into Victoria there has pparently, too great a rush of people been, and continues a great public meeting that a considerable fund and pro and we read in the blue book of a adopted resolutins to accommodation vide temporary for honseless emigrants. This was in October. The Government assisted the under accommodation for 2,000 taking, and the result, no doubt, would be to provide, of emigrants as was proposed, temporary persons. Since then , however, the number to Melbourne must ave largely increased, a n d Victoria promises for the present to be overdone with gold seek ers. Numerous h an d s wou ld arrive about the period of the harvest, and some of them might find it as profitable to save the crops as to try for gold. Such circumstanc es beget an opinion that th e presen t con dition of th e colony will be altogether bette r th an h as b een anticipated at home, and they illuminate its future prospects. As to South Australia, the discoveries of gold at Echunga have turned out as yet of little importance. " They are nothing," according to Mr. Babbage, the Government assayer's statement, "but a limited surface digging, not likely to be remunerative, unless the work ing of them were confined to a few individuals." South Australia, however, by establishing an assay-office, has drawn to itself no inconsiderable quantity of the gold found in the other provinces. The local Government has resolved to issue tokens, or ingots stamped and assayed, which are already legal tenders at the banks, arid which will be a substitute for more finished coin. Their value is to be fixed at the legal rate, according to the Bullion Act of the colony, of 3/. lls. On the whole, it is quite plain that the gold is giving a mighty impulse to society in the colonies, extending industry, increasing its rewards, promoting ingenuity, and rapidly carrying forward civilisation there, as well as in England and all over the world. In all history, perha so strikingly marked and rapidl y developed an epoch ps s and means of social improvement including the first discove of ry Printing—is America and the inventi on of not to be found as the recent discoveries of long-hidden gold in the lands on the Pacific Ocean, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT:-LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29 ALEXANDER V. SYDDALL. This was an action for breach of promise of marriage. The Attorney-General for the County Palatine, and Mr. Wheeler appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Ser geant Wilkins for the defendant. It appeared that the plaintiff, who is a young Scotch woman, of 23 years of age, in the year 1851 went into the service of the defendant'i father, who is a calico printer at Marple, in this county. In the month of June, 1852, the plaintiff left her situation, and at the same time the defendant left his father's house, and together they proceeded to Gretna-greela, which place they reached at an early hour on the morning of the sth, and went to the Graham Arms, which is the hotel at the Gretna sta tion. They had breakfast, and afterwards walked out to the toll-bar. The defendant asked John Murray, who is considered the high-priest of Hymen at Gretna-green, if marrying was not done in a chapel, and Murray an swered that there was no chapel. The plaintiff and the defendant then walked 300 yards further into Scotland, and then returned to the station, and went by the train to Carlisle. They then went to Liverpool, and lived to gether as man and wife at a boarding hotel in Islington. They -stayed together in Liverpool for nearly two months, when defendant left the plaintiff, and returned to his father's house. While they were at Liverpool, viz., on the sth of June, the defendant wrote the follow ing letter to the parents of the plaintiff, who were then living in Scotland : " Liverpool, June 6, 1852. " Dear Mr. and Mrs Alexander,—You will, I am sure, be greatly surprised on receiving this letter from me, which I wrote at your daughter Agnes's request ; but I feel most positive that you will feel more surprised when I tell you that Agnes is now, by her own free will and con sent, my lawful wife. She left her situation last Friday morning, and we met soon after, and were fortwith united. I cannot tell what your pleasure may be in the matter, but I sincerely hope that neither you nor she may have the slightest cause for complaint or regret. The difference in our spheres in life has naturally caused some unpleasant ness with our family, although they are not positively ac quainted with the matter, but have been awarO, some time BMW, that there was a slight attachment betwixt us. I did not as much as tell them I was going to be married, or that it was not my intention to return home again when I left the house last Friday morning. However, I purpose writing to them in the course of a few days. " It is my particular desire that you do not make the matter known, as you are fully aware it might cause some unpleasantness, for the sake of revenge, from a third party, whom I am sorry to say you know but too well, and who has created a good deal of uneasiness to you. I need not mention any name, as you will perfectly well understand whom I mean. Agnes informs me (as was our previous arrangement) that you must expect her home on Tuesday next, but I am sorry to say we shall be under the necessity of disappointing you, for we must necessarily defer visiting you until the summer is passed. It is our intention of settling down here, and making Liverpool our residence. In the meantime we cannot give you any address, as we are now staying at a private hotel, but purpose going into private lodgings to morrow, until we can meet with a house that will suit AS ; therefore, in the course of a few days, we will write to you again, and give you a correct address. " Time will not permit me to say more to you on the matter, but I sincerely tru s t th a t w h a t h as t a k en p l ace will be entirely to your satisfaction. Agnes shall write to you upon getting settled, giving you our address, as I am most anxious to hear from you as soon as I possibly can. Agnes unites with kind love to you and the family, and believe me ever yours most faithfully, " J. LAWTON SYDDALL. " N. 8.—1 do not want your daughter Eliza to know of the affair at present. You see that lam particularly de sirous that everything should be kept as comfortably as possible, and without the slightest annoyance to your selves." The defendant having left, the plaintiff went to her father, and was, in the course of time, delivered of a child. Application was then made to the defendant to fulfil his promise, but he refused to do so. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury on behalf of the defendant, and contended that there was no evidence to show that the defendant had done anything with a design to lead the plaintiff aside from the path of recti tude. It was clear, from the conduct of the parties, that they had no notion of being married when they arrived at Gretna-green ; and there was no proof that the defendant was the father of the plaintiff's child. Even supposing the jury should think there was suffi cient evidence to establish the paternity of the child, that had nothing to do with this case. It explained nothing. It could not assist them in coming to a ver dict ; but it might, as it was intended to do, excite their sympathies, and induce them to give a verdict of indig nation instead of reason. If the defendant was the father of the plaintiff's child, she had her remedy. This action had nothing to do with seduction. It was an action for breach of promise of marriage, and supposing the promise was made out to the satisfaction of the jury, what damage had the plaintiff sustained ? It had not been proved that the defendant had a fixed salary. In all probability he was dependent upon his father for his bread. What had she lost ? Why, who could doubt that if such a marriage as this was realised it would be one of the most miserable ? There was no evidence of any promise at all. They might conjecture, they might have their surmises and suspicions, but there was no proof, or even presumptive evidenc e , o f a promise of marriage -, the presumptions were the other way ; and, so far from there being any seduction in the case, the conduct of the young woman showed that she was equally culpable with the young man. Had a contract been entered into ? Had it been broken? If so, what damages had the plaintiff sustained ? He submitted that there had been no con tract, and, if no contract, there was no breach of it, and there Would be no damages at all. His Lordship summed up, and concluded by observing that if they were satisfied that there was a promise, and no agreement to dissolve it, they would say what damages a young woman, twenty-three years of age, ought to receive from the son of her master, who had made that promise to marry her. The jury consulted a few minutes, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 501. SINGLETON V. SELKIRK. Mr. Sergeant Wilkins and Mr. Overend appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Hugh Hill, Q.C., for the defen dant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover compensation for the injury he had sustained by the seduction of his daughter by the defendant. Hannah Singleton I am the daughter -of John Singleton, and live with my parents at Gosforth, in Cumberland. I am twenty-six years of age, and have two brothers and two sisters. My father has an estate of about 100 acres. The defendant is the eldest son of Mr. Selkirk, who is a bacon curer and far mer in Cumberland, and resides near us. I first knew defendant in September, 1851. I met him at Eskdale fair, where I went with my brother. I saw him a fort night after at my father's. He said that William Her bert had shown him the way. After this he visited me fre - quently. My parents saw him once. He said he would marry me. He seduced me in December, 1851 ; and after this, in the month of July, I told him that I was in the family way, and he said that it could not be the case ; afterwards I told him again, and he gave me a bottle of stuff from the chemist's to take as medicine. I took two bottles of the medicine. I told him that I had taken it, and that it had not had any effect, and he got another bottle, which he gave to me at Whitehaven ; he took me to a shop, when he got the third bottle. I did not take the third bottle. His Lordship here asked if the plaintiff's counsel were going to show that the medicine had any effect upon the young woman ? MI:: Sergeant Wilkins—No, my lord. His Lordship—Then I decide that it is inadmissible as evidence. Examination continued—He continued his visits until December. The last bottle was obtained in December, and after this I never saw him again. I was delivered of a child in January last, and was attended by a medical man for some time. The defendant manages his father's business. I have been poorly ever since. Cross-examined—Th e defendant's father has seven children. There was a dance at the fair when I met the defendant. I was not known at the fair as a good dancer. I did not go to a great many dances. I stayed at the dance till eleven o'clock, and afterwards went home with the defendant. The Sunday week following he came to see me at half-past ten at night. My father and mother were gone to bed ; he knocked at the win dow and I let him in. Mary Singleton, a relative, was in the house. Whilst he was there I heard my mother talking, and say to my father, "It's one of them Gos forth lads ; get up and see." After this I took him out and lit him across a field, and he turned back, and at the fold-gates we met my father. I bad more than one lover before the defendant, who visited me at night and remained some hours. The week after the defendant came at night and stayed in the same way. I remember the dance at Thornholme, in July, 1852. I was there with the defendant, and we walked out into the fields. The defendant seduced me at home long before this. I did not write secretly to the defendant for a bottle of medicine. Re-examined—lt is a common thing for farmers' daughters to go to fairs. There were four of us in the cart when we went from the fair. He put me down about a mile from my house. I wrote to him before he came to see me at his request. I am not good friends with my cousin, Mary Singleton. In one part of the county it is common for young people to court late at night. I have never been with any man but the defendant. He first got the medicine in October, 1851 We had a party at our house on the 4th of June. The defendant was there. s William Herbert—l live near Gosforth, and know the plaintiff and defendant. On a Sunday, in Sept., 1851, the defendant came to my place, and inquired if I could direct him the way to the plaintiff's house, and I showed him the way. In June last I was at the party at Mr. Singleton's. The defendant was there. Isaac Singleton—l am the plaintiff's eldest son. Since the time my sister has been in the family way she has been unable to assist in the farm. I know the defendant, and recollect him being at the dance at Eskdale in Sept., 1851, and after that I often saw him at my father's house with my sister. He came to see her. Recollected the party on the 4th of June. The defendant was there. Since this action has been commenced, viz., in February last, the defendant came and said he wished to speak with me, and asked if I could settle the case, as he had, some money of his own p r i vately, and would pay it to me. I was to see the plaintiff, and to speak to the de fendant upon it on the Thursd ay f ollowing, but I ne ver saw him to speak to him. Stacy am a druggist at Whitehaven. The bottles produced are from my shop ; the medicine is compound decoction of aloes and compound decoction of steel, and is called Griffith's mixture. II know the de fendant and the plaintiff's daughter. I have seen them at my shop. Mr. Hill addressed the jury for the defendant, he said that a verdiot must be given in favour of the pl aintiff, and the only question was the amount of damages which THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1853. they would award. The child being born in January, early in February an attorney's letter was sent, and the defendant was prevented from coming to terms with the Singleton family, and avoiding further exposure. A father bringing his action for the seduction of his child usually came into court showing that he had taken all proper precautions to bring up his child in a virtuous manner, but a case might occur, like the present, where the child had had such license allowed as was inconsistent with a virtuous line of conduct. He did no limpugn the cha racter of the plaintiff ; and it was said that it was the custom of the country that the young men should court the young girls after nightfall at there father's house. He did not mean to say anything against such a custom, but if such a custom did exist, no action to recover dam ages for seduction should be allowed to be brought in that district. Looking at the facts of the case, ought the plaintiff to recover damages for that which was the consequence of his own conduct in allowing such a course of familiarity ? This was not an action for any injury sustained by the young woman, but for damage done to the father ; and no doubt the same haste and zeal which brought the present action for the purpose of enabling the attorney to recover costs, would produce another action by the young woman to recover compensation for the breach of promise of marriage. The young woman was not a young girl of 16, but of 25 years of age, who had fallen, and having fallen under the circumstances proved to them, the smallest damages would meet 'the justice of the case. His Lordship having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 50/. OXFORD CIRCUIT—HEREFORD, MARCH 28. The two courts sat this morning for the trial of pri• Boners. James Greenhaf, a collier, was charged with the wil ful murder of William Peake , at Hope Mansell, on the Bth of December last. Mr. Skinner and Mr. Cooke were counsel for the pro secution ; and Mr. Huddlestone for the defence. 1 The circumstances of this case were rather peculiar. The prisoner and the deceased were neighhours, and there was no evidence whatever of an quarrel or differ ence between them. Peake and a few acquaintances were at a beer-house called the Royal Oak, near the Forest of Dean, from about five to eleven o'clock, on Wednesday, the Bth December. The prisoner came in about eleven o'clock, and had some drink too, and be fore leaving was, like Peake, the worse for liquor. They both could talk and walk, and Peake was so much more sober than he usually was at night that a police con stable, who came in about eleven o'clock, said to him, "Peake, you are sober for a wonder !" He was a bigger and stronger man than the prisoner. In the course of the evening a farmer complained that he had had some sheep stolen from him, and Peake said (pointing to two gip sies who were in the room), "These are the men who are likely to have taken your sheep," at which the gip flies were very angry ; but he explained that he said it only in joke, and he and they became friends, and drank together, and they went away with the farmer in a di rection not very different from his (Peake's) way home. When the police sergeant came in Peake wanted him to drink, and pressed him to go home with him, but did not state his reasons. The constable said he could not go that night ; and thereupon the pri soner said he was going home, and would go with him part of the way, and they both went off to gether, and were heard talking loudly for about a hun dred yards. At about a quarter of a mile from the public-house the road the prisoner was to take branched off to the right, Peake's going straight towards Ross ; but before they came to that divergence there was another way, more hilly, and difficult and longer, which the prisoner, might take to reach his home, and which the prisoner, when arrested the next day, said he had taken, adding that he had not gone five yards with Peake. On the Thursday morning, about five o'clock, Peake was found dead on the road side, just at the corner where the roads diverged, lying on his back, with his hat on, the front of his dress quite clean and in proper order, with out any traces of any struggle on or near him, or of any injury whatever, except a woun d th roug h the left eye, which the surgeon said must have been inflicted with a knife or other very sharp instrument being driven with such force as to break the bone behind ball of the eye, and so deeply as to divide the ophthalmic artery. Death must have been instantaneous upon the blow, and he could never have moved afterwards. The injury was in such a direction that it was almost impossible for bim to have inflicted it on himself by falling. It was possible, • but very improbable. On the discovery of the body the neighbours assembled, and three or four persons ran to give the alarm. As the prisoner and his brother were going to work, they met a woman who was coming from the place where the body was discovered, and who told them if they had been earlier they would have seen a dead body; to which John Greenhaff said, " Is it Bill Peake, the sawyer ?" and she said it was. In explanation of this, it was elicited that many other persons had been to see the body, and might have met the prisoner and his brother previously. When the prisoner and his brother came up to where the body was, they stopped awhile and passed on without offering any assistance or going near the body. An answer to this was that there were sufficient, as there were ten or a dozen persons there to remove the body, and ten and twelve others standing by looking on. On the Thursday, the prisoner was seen using at dinner a white-handled knife, such as might inflict the wound that caused the death, and this could not be found on the Monday afterwards, when attention was called to it, and that day he was seen dropping something into a deep quarry in the neighbourhood ; but the witness who saw him do so admitted that he himself threw stones into the same quarry for the purpose of ascertaining whether the water was rising or sinking, and the quarry was afterwards drained, and no knife found in it. On the same Thursday a towel was found in the house of the prisoner's father, where the prisoner lived, on which there were some spots, which the police thought were from drops of blood, but which the surgeons, when they saw them a few days afterwards, could not undertake to say were blood. This towel was left at the house from the Thursday till the following Monday, and no attempt was made to wash out or remove the spots. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Huddlestone asked his lordship if he thought there was a case to go to the jury? His lordship said he could not withdraw the case from the jury. Two witnesses having been called to give the prisoner a character as a peaceable, quiet, and humane man, His Lordship recapitulated to the jury the main fea tures of the case, pointing out the insufficiency of the evidence to establish satisfactorily the charge against the prisoner, and desired them to consider for a few mo ments, and if they were disposed to find the prisoner guilty, he would read over the evidence to them. They deliberated for two minutes, and declared him not guilty. This was the last case at these assizes, which closed at a quarter-past three. To-morrow is the commission day at Monmouth, where, it is said, the business will be very light.. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.—The poor soldier, whose injuries, received in endeavouring to save the life of Sergeant Patterson of the City Police force, at the late fire on the premises of Mr. Button, the chemist of Holborn, have confined him to the hospital during the last three weeks, applied to the sitting magistrate for some assistance, when, from his statement and that of Police-constable White, 24, who accompanied him, it appeared that he belonged to the 7th company of the 9th battalion of Royal Artillery stationed at Woolwich, to which place he was returning at the expiration of his furlough on the night of the fire, when, perceiving the danger to which Sergeant Patterson was exposed, and no one offering to relieve him from his burning garments, he rushed to Patterson's assistance, and, although suffering from the burning phosphorus which fell continually upon him, he persevered until he had torn off all the unfortunate man's clothing. Notwithstanding this act of magnanimity, Patterson was only saved from the peril of the moment, for he died within a few days afterwards, leaving a widow and an orphan child to lament his loss ; and the worthy individual, who had acted with such courage and forti tude, was so severely injured that for several days after his admission to the hospital his life was despaired of, and even when the crisis was over it was apprehended he would have to lose both his arms, and with such a fearful anticipation before him he said he had only done his duty, and if it were to occur over again he would not shrink from it. Amputation has, ; however, been avoided ; but in consequence of the contraction of the muscles and tendons, he will never be fit for service again, which is the more unfortunate, as he bears four stripes of good conduct on his arm, and a good character in his regi ment, and six months' more servitude would have en titled him to a pension, of which it is probable his gene rous act of assistance will deprive him, as he was not on military service when disabled. Sir R. W. Carden inquired if Mr. Button had com pensated the poor fellow ?—•White said no application had been made, as the soldier had only just been dis charged from the hospital ; but he thought nothing might be expected from Mr. Button, for he had done nothing for the widow of Sergeant Patterson. Sir R. W. Carden asked the applicant what he in tended doing ?—The soldier said he was returning to his barracks at Woolwich to be tried by court-martial. Sir R. W. Carden (much surprised)—Tried by court martial ! For what ? The soldier said it was merely a court to inquire how far he had exceeded his duty in being absent from his regiment, after his furlough had expired, without leave. Sir R. Carden said the poor soldier's conduct was ex tremely meritorious, and he would reward him with 2/. from the poor-box. The worthy alderman expressed his regret that the funds at his disposal would not enable him to render him assistance that might be of some per manent benefit to him ; but he hoped, through the me dium of the press, who never refused their aid in works of charity, to place the applicant's case before the public, and he doubted not but that a second appeal to the sym pathies of the benevolent in behalf of so deserving an ob ject would be unnecessary. Sir R. W. Carden then gave the poor soldier 21. (for which he appeared exceed ingly thankful), and said he should be happy to receive any donations that might be forwarded to him. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. — Edward Taylor, a well-dressed young man, was brought before Mr. Hard wick, charged with maliciously stabbing Jane Hall with a carving -fork. The prosecutrix deposed that she was a widow, and lived at No. 10, Grosvenor-mews, and that she had been living with the prisoner as his wife for five or six years, and had had one child by him, now five years old. Sbe left him about three weeks ago. On Saturday night last, about eight o'clock, she mot the defendant at the post-office, and as she was putting a letter in the box he snatched it from her, and told her the child was ill, and she went to his lodgings to see it, and after some conversation with him, she agreed to pay the sum of 3s. a week towards maintaining it, and to pay 4s. in advance.. On Monday night she took the money to his lodgings, and before she gave it to him she told him she would have her watch that he had got. He said he would not give it up, and they quarrelled, and used a great deal of aggravating language towards each other. He then said he would finish her, and that one plunge would be enough. He then picked up a carving -fork from the table. She said if he finished her he would leave her child without a mother. He then stabbed at her with a fork, and the two prongs entered her shoulder. She seized his arms, and told him she would be a long time dying with a fork. he had better take a knife. He then took up a knife, and her hands got triflingly cut, but being stronger than the prisoner, she held him, and he threw down the knife and fork. She then got a policeman, and gave him into custody. At the station-house she looked at her shoulder and saw it was bleeding. The fork prodUced is the one he did it with. Hawes, 31 C, said he took the prisoner into custody, and at the station he examined prosecutrix's shoulder, and found blood oozing from the wounds. He applied the carving-fork to them, and found that •the prongs matched the wounds. He also found holes in her shawl and gown which corresponded with the fork. The pri soner denied stabbing her, and said she was drunk. They were both perfect!) , sober. In answer to the charge, the accused said they had had a quarrel, and she took up the knife, and he seized the fork to defend himself. He then took the knife out of her hand, and that was the way she had got herself cut, if at all. She struck at him with the knife, and he retaliated with the fork. Mr. Hardwick said he should send the case to a jury, and committed the prisoner for trial. BEALTII OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From toe Registrar -General's Report.) The deaths in London, which had declined to 1,274 in the previous week, rose again in the week that ended last Saturday to 1,321. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843 —52-the average number of deaths was 1,165, which, with a correction for increase of popula tion, gives a mortality for last week of 1,282. The ac tual number of deaths registered last week therefore exceeds the estimated amount by 39. In comparing the results of the last two weeks in re ference to fatal diseases, there appears a consid era bl e uniformity, except in phthisis, the mortality of which rose from 131 to 153, and pneumonia, which declined from 101 to 88. Bronchitis numbered in the two weeks 174 and 175 deaths, which is double the average at this period of the year; )cooping -cough 70 and 65, typhus 56 and 53. The mortality from scarlatina continued the same, and amounted in each week to 37. The son of an oilman, aged 4 months, died at 135, High-street, Kent road, on 21st March, of " cholera Angelica (4 days)." Last week the births of 752 boys and 728 girls, in all 1,480 children, were registered in London. In the eight corresponding weeks, of the years 1845-52 the average number was 1,556. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.762 in. The mean temperature of the week was 33.3 deg., or 9 deg. below the average of tha same week in 38 years. The mean temperature was about 8 deg. below the average on four days of the week, and on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the depression was more than 10 degrees. The mean dew point temperature was 26.6 deg. The wind blew generally from north-east. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERE D IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MARCH 26. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Seat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain. Nerves, and Senses 145 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 65 Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 322 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston 7l Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations 5 Premature Birth and Debility 29 Atrophy 39 Old Age . Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Inte m p erance 53 Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Deaths in corre- Deaths Enumerated. sponding week in the 18.51. of 1952. Week West Districts North Districts ...... 490,396 Central Districts 393,258 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals Males Females 1,219 1,321 687 634 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males 752 Females 728 Total .. 1,480 RAIL lAA T SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 29. The market for shares opened heavily this morning, but closed with a better tone and character than for the past few days :—Caledonian, 321—Great Southern and Western, 54—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 74.2 s—Lancaster and Car lisle, 93—Ditto (third shares), 13$ .—London and North- Western, 1171—Ditto (fifth shares), 2i p.—Midland, 72j i—North Staffordshire, 41 d.—South-Eastern and Dover, 23 I—York and North Midland, 29k—North Union A, 251. MANCHESTER, MARCH 29. A fair business was done, but at lower prices in the morning, but there was less activity in the afternoon and towards the close. London St oc k, 11817—East Anglian, Seven per Cents., 4—Ditto, Six per Cents., 3d—Eastern Counties, 121—Lancaster and Carlisle, 92i—Ditto, Thirds, 134 p.—Caledonians, 32—Le e d s stock, 74i—Dovers, West Riding, 3i d.—Midlands, 73} i—North Staffords, 4d.- -Blackburn, 7—Cheshire Junction, 61 d. BIRMINGHAM, MARoa 29. Shares were rather firmer in this market to-day, and more business was done. LEEDS, Mutes 29. There has been only a limited business done on 'Change thi s morn i n g. Midlands and Lancashire and Yorkshires have again declined, closing at their lowest point. The concluding transactions were as follows :—Midland. Stock, 734—Leeds Northerns, 1 6A—Lancashire and Yo r kshi res , 74i—North Westerns, 4—East Lancashire, 18. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD AND BIRMINGHAM, WOL VERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY.—On Friday next the Great Western Company will take formal possession of *se lines, in virtue of a deed of transfer. The whole will be opened to Birmingham early in the month ofJuly next. RAILWAY TO HAMPSTEAD.—During the last few days a large number of surveyors have been staking out a line of railway for an extension of the North and South- Western Junction Railway from Willesden, on the Lon don and North-western line, through Hampstead, to the Camden Town station of the East and West India Dock and Birmingham Junction, which will open a direct communication from Hampstead to the City. ANDOVER AND SALISBURY.—The works on this line, which have been suspended for some time, are to be forthwith resumed, under the auspices of the directors of the London and South-western Railway. All possible dispatch will be used by- the contractor to complete the line. The proposed line is 17 miles in length, and will connect the town of Andover and the city of Salisbury, with a direct communication with the metropolis. WATERFORD AND TRAMORE.—The directors of this line have settled all the claims on the line, and the land is now in the possession of Mr. Dargan. Almost all the land was obtained on the valuation of the company's officers. WATERFORD AND KILKENNY.-A deputation from the directors of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway, consisting of Mr. Vigors, Mr. E. Smithwick, and Mr. Josiah Bates, with Mr. Radcliffe, the company's English solicitor, had an interview last week with the Board of the Waterford and Limerick Company, and although it has not yet been finally arranged as to which company shall complete the line from Dunkit into Waterford, yet the general result of the conference has been of a nature highly satisfactory to all parties. 'Whichever company undertakes the work, it is at all events certain that it will be immediately commenced and carried out with spirit. In the meantime the directors of the Water ford and Kilkenny company above named have fully arranged with Messrs. Ellis and Husler, the contractors for having the line opened from Jerpoint Hill to Dunkit by the 4th of April. THE BOROUGH OF CHATHAM AND THE LATE ELECTION. —On Saturday a return showed that at the last election, out of 1,339 voters, 364 persons in the employ of Govern men voted, of which 171 voted for Sir F. Smith, and 133 for Sir James Stirling. Of the votes on the list, 318 were in the employ of Government, and 47 were half-pay offi cers, pensioners, &c. So that, after all the hard words about wholesale " bribery and corruption" at Chat ham, "flagitious exercise of Government influence," and the threats of disfranchisement, we find that no less than 133 voted against Sir F. Smith, the " Government candidate," whilst 171 voted in his favour and against Rear-Admiral Sir James Stirling, an ex-Lord of the Admiralty, and an officer who has had more than his share of the good things of the navy, and whose family have been pushed on most rapidly by Government influence. Could it be a matter of sur prise that in a borough like Chatham, Sir F. Smith, so well known and respected as he was from his long social and official connection with the plate, had a majority of 38 amongst the men in the employ of the Government, especially when it was known, too, in a naval port like Chatham, that it was mainly upon Sir Jas. Stirling's erroneous evidence that the naviga tion laws were destroyed, and the shipping interests of the country perilled. Had Sir James Stirling, the ex member of the Board of Admiralty, notorious fot its political jobbing in the dockyard boroughs, polled a majority of the dockyard men Dr other voters holding Government appointments, we should have heard very little of undue influence or " Government corruption at Chatham." FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE of YESTERDAY. DOWNING-STREET, MARCH 26. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Robert Hodgson, Esq., to be Chief Justice for Prince Edward Island, and Joseph Holroyd, Esq., to be a Member of the Legislative Council. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Robert Crosby Beete, Esq., to be First Puisne Judge of the colony of British Guiana. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Charles Douglas Stewart, Esq., to be her Majesty's Attorney- General, and James Clement Choppin, Esq., to be her Majesty's Solicitor-General for the Island of St. Vincent. Her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint George Rutherford, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the dis trict of Natal, in South Africa. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 28. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain Leopold Grimston Paget to be Adjutant, vice Radcliffe, who re signs the Adjutancy only, March 4, 1852; Second Captain Richard Phelips to be Adjutant, vice Mountain, who re signs the Adjutancy only, April 14, 1852; Second Captain Richard King Freeth to be Adjutant, vice Campbell, pro moted, June 21, 1852. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Wiltshire. William Chafyn Grove, Esq. ' • Alfred Morrison, E sq ., to be Deputy Lieuten an t s , M arc h 14. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Durham. Henry Pascoe Smith, Esq., to be Deputy Lieutenant, March 26. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Glamorgansbire. Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Militia—John Samuel, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, March 21. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. Ist Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Fitzroy Camp bell, Esq., late Lieutenant-Colonel Fusilier Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Feb. 14. Robert Grange, Esq., Cap tain H.E.1.C.5., Nov. 26, 1852; Charles Craven, Esq., late Captain Scots Greys, Feb. 7 ; Morgan Yeatman, Esq., Feb. 9; Chas. Stephen Barron, Esq., Feb. 10—to be Captains. Augustus Goldsmid, Esq., promoted, Jan. 20 ; William Prescott Hinds, Esq., Feb. 18 ; Thomas Sandon Kirk patrick, Esq., March 3; Oswald Lee Nash, Esq, March 4 to be Lientenants. 2d Regiment of Royal Surrey Militia—Joseph Godman, jun., Esq., Feb. 23, to be Lieutenant. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Oxfordshire. Oxfordshire Regiment of Militia—Captain Anthony Morris Storer, to be Major, vice Whitmore-Jones, deceased ; Edward Plobhouse, Esq. (lately Lieutenant and Captain Coldstream Guards), to be Captain, vice Storer, promoted ; Thomas Newton Harrison, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Watson, retired; Azim Salvator Birch, Gent., to be En sign, vice Hewlett, retired, March 26. North York Militia—Her Majesty has been pleased to direct that the North York Regiment of Militia shall be formed into a Rifle Corps, and called henceforth the " North York Rifle Regiment of Militia." BANKRUPTS. Thomas Dallaston Stearn, plumber, Ipswich, to Bur. render, April 13, at two, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Basing hall-street ; Morris, Stone, and Townson, Moorgate-street. John Turner, grocer and d ra p er , U c kteld, Sussex, April 8, at two, and May 10, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard. William Latham, shoemaker, Shelton, Staffordshire, April 13 and May 4, at twelve, at the Birmingham Dis trict Court. Christie, official assignee, Birmingham ; Lees, Burslem, and Hodgson, Birmingham. DIVIDENDS. In the Country. W. Mayfield, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer, May 6, at ten, at the Court, Nottingham—G. H. Tyerman, Plymouth, hosier, April 21, at half-past ten, at th e Hall of Commerce, Plymouth—J. Petrie, Plymouth and Devonport, confec tioner, April 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth—E. Tipping, Liverpool, soap boiler, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—T. N. Brickwood, Liverpool, merchant, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—C. F. Came and M. Telo, Liverpool, merchants, April 21, at eleven, at the Court, Liverpool—J. Keron, Altrincham, Cheshire, builder, April 20, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester—J. Greener, jun., Wigan, Lancashire, ironmonger, April 21, at twelve, at the Court, Manchester. NOTICES OF CERTIFICATES. In the Country-. W. Toms, jun., Honickowle, Devonshire, victualler, April 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Ply mouth—G. H. Tyerman, Plymouth, hosi e r, Ap r il 21, at half-past ten, at the Hall of Commerce, Plymouth. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, J. Higginbottotn, J. Whitworth, and G. Nabb, Bury, Lancashire, woollen-printers (as far as regards G. Nabb)— S. Wilkinson and L. E. Austin, Southampton-street, Camberwell, hosiers and drapers--H. G. Richardson and J. Hackwood, Birmingham, stainers of glass —W. Langton and E. Revill, Birmingham metal-spinners —W. Trevethick, W. Thom a s, an d S. Wilkinson, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, wood-merchants—T. Pierce and R. Smith, Nantwich, Cheshire, painters W. H. Matthews and W. G. Horncastle, auctioneers—W. Emberton and T. Emberton, Brownhills Staffordshire, earthenware manufacturers—R. Stannard, J. Stannard, and W. Stannard, Wiston Nayland, and Bures St. Mary, Suffolk—J. Baker and G. E. Webster, Shirley, South amptonshire, surgeons and apothecaries—J. Greaves and J. Taylor, Crompton and Royton, Lancashire, cotton spinners—J. Stanfield and W. Hepworth, akefield, letter-press printers—S. Hughes and R. Lewis, Tothill street, Westminster, and Warwick-street, Pimlico, linen drapers—C. Turton and J. Wilkinson, Bury, Lancashire, leather dealers—W. Worthington, R. Benson, H. Worth ington, and G. Ashworth, Droylsden and Manchester, cotton spinners and manufacturers—R. Coll inson and M. Richard son, Bridlington, Yorkshire, attorneys and solicitors— Edward Holmes and John Holmes, Pagan-hill, Glouces tershire, engineers—J. Vail and W. Vail, Cambridge, whitesmiths—T. Bevington, S. Bevington, and S. Morris, King William-street, City, and the Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, leather factors (so far as regards T. Beving ton)—Leah Nathan and J. Nathan, Upper Queen's-build ings, Brompton, butchers—J. Gott and A. Farquharson, Kendal, coachbuilders—P. S. Pemberton and B. Silvester, Manchester, linendrapers—Helen Carpenter, S. A. Car penter, and H. Yeomans, Birmingham and Birches-green, web and brace manufacturers (so far as regards Helen Car penter)—J. Needle and J. Nicholson, Beer-lane, Tower street, wine coopers—P. Pembridge and W. Hunt, Tot tenham-court-road, grocers--J. Cottee and G. Cottee, Witham, Essex, cabinet makers—H. Ogden and T. White head, Middleton, Lancashire, ironfounders - C. H. Richards and C. W. Wisbey, Bristol, printers—J. Robinson and W. Robinson, Barnsley, Ybrkshire, twine maufacturers. INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. Joseph Burrows, West Bars, Derbyshire, flour dealer. Solomon Stubberfield, St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, brickmaker. John Farnill Askam, Sheffield, coal dealer. Joseph Leigh Shipman, Sheffield, journeyman turner. John Bucklow, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, licensed victualler. Charles Powell, Sheffield, brush maker. Frederick Browning, East Malling, Kent, bailiff. Joseph Wells, Droitwich, Worcestershire, dealer in cattle. Williant Henry Wood, Little London, Staffordshire, padlock manufacturer. Mark Taylor, Pillgwenlly Monmouthshire, beer-house keeper. Daniel Robert Davie, Newport, Monmouthshire, hair dresser. Robert Sthith, Whaplode Drove, Lincolnshire farmer. Edward Ballerd, Princes End Staffordshire, retailer of ale. _ _ _ James Lo'max, Felpham, Sussex. James Hill, Bury, Sussex, baker. Robert Watts, jun., Spratton, Northamptonshire, sad. dler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. J. Alexander, Troon, merchant, to meet April 5, and April 26, at two, within the Portland Arms Hotel, Troon. J. Allan, Montrose, grocer, to meet April 4, and May 2, at twelve, within the Star Hotel, Montrose. J. Milne, Edinburgh, omnibus proprietor, to meet April 1, and April 22, at one, within Paxton's Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh. G. Chapman, Edinburgh, merchant, to meet April 4, and April 25, at one, at Dowell and Lyon's Rooms, Edin burgh. SHIPP IN° INTELLIGENCE. CIISTOM•HOIISE—MAEcu 29. ENTERED INWARDS.—The Hermann, from New Or leans ; Annerland, New York ; Azorian, St. Michael's ; Abraham, Marseilles ; Constantino, do. ; Catalina, Tarra gona and Almeria ; Antoinette, Oporto ; Daring, Rouon ; John and Catherine, do. ; Friends, Havre ; Lion, Grave lines ; St. Joseph, do. ; William Septimus de Septimo, Dunkirk ; Wilhelm Gustaf, Wifsta Varf ; Elizabeth, Rouen ; Delicid, St. Michael's ; Ellen, Rouen. _ _ _ ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Salvadora, for Memel ; Swithamley, Havannah ; Plantagenet, Syd ney ; Imda, Rouen ; William Stewart, Port Adelaide ; Calabar, Adelaide ; City of Paris, Boulogne ; Claud, San Francisco; Princess Helena, Valparaiso. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Calypso, for Melbourne ; Unicorn, do. ; Echo, Rouen ; Luisa, Cartha gena and Barcelona ; Comet, Madeira ; Ann, Madras ; Princess, Bahia ; Menai, Calais ; Wilberforce, Hamburgh ; Seine, Boulogne ; Panther, Ostend ; Concordia, Rotter dam ; Soho, Havre ; Ceres, Rotterdam. HAVANNAH, March 7.—The Carena, Cienfuegos to Swan sea, put in here on March 4, leaky, and with serious damage, having grounded on the shoals between Jardines and Isle of Pines, and will have to discharge. HALIFAX, N.S., March 17.—The Dahlia, of this port, from Porto Rico to New York, has put into Ragged Island in distress, having been in contact with a large ship, March 4, and will have to discharge her cargo. The Winchester, Liverpool to New York, which was assisted in here Feb. 28, with loss of all three topmasts, main and mizen mast heads, &c., left this, March 11, for New York, in tow of a steam-tug. The Catharine Cornelia, Konigsberg to Salcombe, reported yesterday as having passed the Sound on November 20, and not having since been heard of, arrived at Svinoer in January. That port and those in the neighbourhood were full of vessels detained. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Essex, Coquimbo to the Cape of Good Hope, March 14, lat. 42 N., long. 18 W. The Rachel and. Mary (British barque), bound W., Jan. 3, off Cape Horn. The British Merchant, Talcahuano to London, Jan. 25, lat. 25 S., long. 21 W. The Morning Star, for Van Diemen's Land, Feb. 5, lat. 6 8, long. 27 W. The Owen Glendower (supposed), homeward bound, March. 2, lat. 21 N., long. 2 W. The Adolphe, Reunion to Nantes, March 5, lat. 13 S., long. 8 W. The Seringapatam, Wellesley, and B arham, all home ward bound, March 6, lat. 11 S., long 11 W. The Evangeline, and Holyrood, March 25, lat. 42 N . long. 14 W. The Don Juan, Feb. 6, lat. 32 N., long. 39 W. The Jessie Craig, Feb. 11, lat. 19 N., long. W. 50 The Osprey, Feb. 13, lat. 18 N. long . W 54 W. The Augusta, Feb. 23, l a t . 16 N. long. 14 W. Th e Helen J ane , M arc h 5, lat. 23 N long. 84 W. MINISTERIAL DIFFICULTIES. —We believe contradiction, that there are divisions in the Cabinet upon question s deeply involving important public interests. This, how ever, cannot be a source of surprise to any one ac quainted with the heterogeneous material of which the Ministry is composed. But that the differences to which we are alluding will result in a break-up of the Cabinet, is not to be expected. The sweets of office are too valu able to- be sacr i f i ced on the altar of principle or consist eney.--Bell's Weekly lifewenger. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Front the London New Price Current of yesterday.) SUGAR.-The sugar market has been closed since Thursday, but will re-open on Wednesday, when a good demand is anticipated, consumption continuing on a large scale with light stocks held by the dealers, still higher prices are not expected for colonial or foreign. At present the public sales declared comprised 8,000 bags Madras, chiefly good an d fi ne grocery ; 12 , 000 b ags Maurit i us, 7,000 bags Penang and Bengal, 3,000 ohts yellow Havannah -140 cases and 250 bags brown Bahia. Stock of West India at this port is 2,900 tons deficient of last year, and the present value of brown is at 32s to 35s for low to fine, yellow 35s to 38s Gd, grey 33s to 38s, crystalised 34s to 395, and fine 40s to 435. REFINED.-Production being still barely adequate for home dealers' prices have ranged firm for all descriptions of refined. Brown lumps realised 46s ; tittlers, common to fine, 46s 6d to 49s 6d ; double, 80s ; Hambro loaves, 47s to 51s ; double, 52s to 54s • and standard l um p s , 47 s per cw t . There is, however, a reluctance to operate for delivery at these terms, but for the present refined sugar is not ex pected to be cheaper, stocks being light, consumption fully equal to last season, and no increase in supply of foreign is anticipated. Wet lumps are yet much required-low to middling at 42s 6d to 43s 6d ; and better sorts, 44s to 45s still at these terms a desire is evinced to sell. To-day re fined sugar was much wanted for home trade purposes, and stiffer rates paid ; brown lumps selling at 46s to 46s 6d per cwt. Crushed sells more freely for shipping on former terms. MAURITIUS.-Imports compared with last year show an increase of 400 tons ; deliveries are greater by 1,400, and stock is less by 2,400 tons. Privately, purchases have been on a small scale, and at previous rates a desire is evinced to sell, good to fine yellow at 37s to 38s 6d, mid to good mid 36s to 36s 6d, low 35s to 35s 6d, good to fine brown 32s 6d to 34s 6d, low to mid 29s to 31s, ord to fine refining 32s 6d to 375, grainy white 41s to 455, yellow 36s to 40s 6d, and brown 34s to 35s lid per cwt. EAST INDIA.-By private contract operations have been immaterial, and previous terms are barely supported ; there are sellers of grainy white at 39s to 445, good to fine grocery 36s to 38s 6d, low to mid 33s to 35s 6d, common to fine soft yellow 29s to 335, and brown 28s to 29s per cwt. The hulk of the supply yet consists of grocery sorts. FOREIGN.-Prices for brown Parabia rule at 20s to 20s Gd, Bahia 21s 6d to 21s 9d ; Pernambuco 20s to 20s 6d, white 25s 6d to 265, Meceio 24s 6d to 255, brown Havan nah 21s 6d to 225, for numbers 9 to 10, yellow 22s 3d to 25s 6d, for 104 to 16, white 27s to 28s ; Manilla clayed 20s to 21s 6d, and unclayed 18s 6d to 19s 6d per cwt. Several offers refused rather under these terms. To-day there was an active demand for floating cargoes of Foreign Sugar for exportation, and stiff rates are paid. Two of brown Per nams sold at 20s 6d for near ports, and 'Bahia 21s 6d per cwt. Duty paid parcels were operated in with more free dom, and realised fully last week's terms. RICE.-Prices are barely maintained for East India supply being on the increase with a reluctance on the part of exporters and home dealers to operate. Since this day weak total purchases have not exceeded 5,000 bags ; Java, good to fine white at lls 6d to 12s 6d, low to mid lOs to 11s, yellow 9s to 9s 6d, Bengal , good to fi ne w hit e lls to 12s, mid to good mid lOs 6d to 10s 9d, low and broken lOs to 10s 3d, Madras 9s 6d to 10s, and Aracan at 9s 3d to 9s 6d per cwt. Madras can be obtained at 9s 3d to Os 6d, and Arracan 9s to 9s 3d. To-day a limited busi ness was concluded in East India rice at the lower rates, mid white Bengal at 105 to I.os Gd per cwt. COFFEE.-There has been a reluctance on the part of exporters and home dealers to operate in native Ceylon since Tuesday, and prices have slightly given way. Since that time sales have not exceeded 3,000 bags at 48s 6d for good ordinary new import, and old at 48s per cwt. Plan tation continues much in request both for the home and foreign markets ; previous terms having been well main tained for all sorts. At the continental markets former rates are supported for coffee, the demand being good. To-day exporters and home dealers were reluctant to ope rate in coffee, and last week's terms ca nno t b e o bt a i ne d f or Colonial or orei.m. Native Ceylon of new import is 48s to 48s 6d per cwt. At present the public sales of coffee declared are not large. CHICORY. -There is less desire to operate, but supply being limited, and consumption favourable rates are firm. British Root at 141 to. 161, and powder 281 to 321 per ton. TEA.-For low to good congou a greater demand exists, and prices are on the advance, ruling at 104 d to 10id per lb. for sound ; several parcels have been bought by ex porters. Prices for green rule as follows :-Hyson, ord, is 4d to ls sd, mid is fid to is 7d, good is 8d to is 11d, fine 2s to 2s 7d, superior 2s 8d to 3s, Young Hyson Canton lld to ls, Hyson kind 1s 2d to ls 10d, fine 2s to 2s 4d, Twankay lld to ls ld, Gunpowder Canton lld to ls ld, Hyson kind is 2d to 2s 9d, fine 3s to 3s 6d, Imperial Can ton is to is 2d, Hyson sort ls 4d to 2s 3d, Hyson skin 9d to is. Flowery Pekoe is wanted, and prices are better, ruling for low good at is 4d to 2s, fine to superior 2s 2d to 3s Bd. An increasinc , demand for scented Caper, and rates range firm at 9d to 11 Bd, whilst supply is less than previ ously. Public sales are not declared. SALTPETRE. —At previous terms a good business is doing privately, and only a moderate quantity is on offer ; Cal cutta 24 to 5 per cent. realised 29s to 30s, 64 ditto 28s 6d, other sorts 25s to 28s, and Madras 24s d to 26s per cwt. Stock of Saltpetre is 1600 tons over last year. De liveries show an increase of 700, and prices for fine rule lower by 15 to 2s. A good demand for British refined at 30s to 30s 6d. FILUIT.—In currants few transactions have taken place ; holders are very . firm, and prices remain at 40s to 755. All the advices received from the islands confirm the reappear ance of blight, but we are disposed to think it is too early to form any positive opinion on the subject. In Valencia raisins a good business has been done at 31s to 445. Eleme raisins, off the stalk, are much inquired after, and large parcels have changed hands ; Black Smyrna hare met with unusual attention, in consequence of the trade introducing them as a substitute for currants—the market has been cleared of nearly all the parcels in first hands at 32s to 355. Figs are in limited demand ; Turkey 43s to 555. COCHINEAL.—Honduras silvers realised for low good to 4s to 4s 4d, fine 48 5d to 4s Bd, dead and pasty 3s 8d to 3011 d ; black, common to middling 4s 2d to 4s 9d, good to fine 4s 10d to 5s Bd, Teneriffe silvers 4s id to 4s 4d ; black 4s 3d to 4s Bd, Mexican 3s lid to 4s 6d, and silvers 3s 8d to 3s 10d per pound. OlLS.—There are still ready purchasers of cocoa nut, and prices are on the advance. About 600 hhds, &c., have been sold this day week ; Cochin at 40s to 41 s, an other sorts 38s 6d. to 39s 6d per cwt. Linseed oil is not in brisker request ; the value is 28s 6d to 28s 9d on the spot, and 29s to 29s 3d for delivery. Lard oil is cheaper. Olive re mains in small supply, and rates rule firm ; Gallipoli at 691. to 711., and other sorts 651. to 681. per tun. There is a reluctance to operate in seal ; pale can be obtained at 351., and other sorts at 321. to 341. Cod is dull of sale at 331. to 331. 10s. Southern attracts little notice, and the prices are 321. 10s. to 361. 10s. for common to fine. TALLOW.—Since this day week a decrease has taken place in operations iu. Russian on the spot, together with a decline in prices; fine yellow candle selling at 44s 6d per cwt. There are sellers for delivery in last three months of the year at 44s 9d, yet few buyers are to be met with. HOme melted is held for an advance, still not much busi ness has been concluded, but the supply is less plentiful, and 45s to 45s 6d is the value cash ; other sorts are cheaper, the quantity brought forward having exceeded dealers' wants. SPlCES.—Prices are fully as high for nutmegs, and seve ral transactions have taken place privately ; ord to mid brown at 2s 2d to . 2s 9d, good mid to good 2s 10d to 3s 6d, superior 3s 7d to 4s, and limed from is 8d to 2s 6d. At auction 30 boxes Batavia went at 2s 8d to 2s 9d for rather wormy. Of mace supply falls short of demand, and the the currency is firm ; ord to mid at 2s 5d to 2s 9d, and good to fine 2s 10d to 3s 2d. For pepper there is an in creasing demand, and rates well maintained for all sorts. supply being less than previously ; including parcels at auction, sales for the week are 3,000 bags ; Malabar h eav y at 30 to 4Ad , light to half heavy 30 to 3d ; Penang, dusty 3ad to 3d, and clean Sumatra 3d to 3d. Of white supply is not adequate for demand, and buyers are inclined to do business at 8d to 104 d, Coriander lld to As 3d. Cayenne is not in much request, and currency is low rul ing at 4d to 9d for low to good, fi ne a t 10d to is Od. Ginger is wanted mostly for home trade purposes, and sup ply being limited prices are firmer. African realised 26s 6d ; Jamaica, good to fine 100 s to 200 s, low to good mid 44s to 98s • Cochin and Calicut, common to good mid 34s to 48s, and better sorts 50s to 76s per cwt. Cloves are still offered sparingly for sale ; Bourbon and African 64d to 60, Penang lld to is 16d, and Amboyna 74d to Bd. A fair demand for cinnamon, and holders have confidence. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS.—Purchases in Lee ward Island Rum remain trifling at is lld to 2s per gallon proof. There are sellers for arrival rather under terms, and with few buyers. For East India the market is inactive, and is 10d to is 104 d the nearest value proof. Demerara met little notice, and there are sellers at 2s 6 ( 1 to 2s 9d for 28 to 40 per cent over proof. The chief part of the stock is in second hands. Havannah is worth is 9d to 1s 94d proof, but scarcely any business has been done. Brandy, Cognac best brands of the vintage of 18517 s 2d to 7s 3d, 1850 ditto 7s 2d to 7s 4d, 1849 ditto 7s 4d to 7s 6d, older 7s 10d to Bs, common to mid sorts 68 t o 7 3. The vineyard company are sellers 2d to 3d under these prices. An impression exists that brandy will be cheaper. Geneva met with a slow sale at 2s ld to 2s 2d for ordinary a n 4 fine 2s 7d to 2s Bd. A good demand prevails for BAtish made spirit, still there are sellers at 9s7d to 9s Bd, gin 22 but con under proof 8s 2d, and 17 ditto 8s 8d per gallon ; much reduced of Russian, the incregPaestee'rsburgh at 39/ still not much desirteoi3s9e/lOsc,edantdo sumption is on the ts little notice, but less is on offer, operate.it currency ia E ß mP h i smeSfia4trnlomile.kl;atsoaclt:olearila attracts and low to good held for 381 to 451. At auction 21 bales China sold at 19110 s to 21110 s. Jute is offered s p ar i ng l y terms offered for sale. Coir goods are much wanted, and l as t wee k' s espe cially of fine. supply at market is , h owever, small, s saISALE OF VALUABLE BOOES.—For several das the e of M r. Dawson Tur'ner's valu a bl e library has y been going on at Messrs. S o th e b y and Wilkinson's auction rooms, and is now completed. The collection, which was a very extensive one, realised altogether 4,5621. 15s. One of the principal features of the sale was the "Tiber studiorum," b y th e late Mr. Turner, the celebrated ar tist, consisting of a series of 70 plates, drawn and etched by him, and engraved chiefly by Charles Turner—all proofs. From an autograph letter it appears that this copy was obtained direct from the artist. It is a 4to, and sold for 1151. Besides this, a fine copy, being artist's proofs of Mr. Turner's views in England and Wales, dated 1832, sold for 361. The " Mus4e Francais," en gravings of the pictures and statues of that national col lection by Robillard, Peronville, and Laurent, for 421. ; and 48 engravings of the Woburn Abbey marbles, which originally were only printed for presents, for 301. ENGLISH OAR TIMBER (NAVY.—Among the Parlia mentary papers just issued, is one respecting the supply of English oak timber to the Admiralty. It appears that in February, 1840, an agreement was made, for 24,000 loads of timber, but reduced to 16,000, and a contract was ulti ma t e l y i n 184 1 for 13,812 loa d s ; in 1843, for 20,000 ; in 1845, for 2,625 loads ; in 1846, for 20,000 ; 1847, for 800 to 1,000 ; 1848, for 5,000 ; in 1849, for 940 ; and in 1850, for 16,500 loads. a [ADVERTISEMENT.]-H o ll oway ' s Oi n t men t an d Pills, certain and effectual Remedy for the Diseases. scrofula f ia tt o ie r Skin.—Ringworm, scurvy, leprosy, jaundice, scro _ 8. king's evil, sore heads, and the most inveterate skin di treated with a more certain, safe, and speedy remedy eases to which the human race is subject, cannot foreffectually whicht their cure than Holloway's Ointment and Nis, so peculiarly on the constitution, quickly purify the blood, that those diseases and d e cure Is obtained.. eradi cated from the system, and a lasting efficacious in curing These sovereign remedies are equally tumours, burns, scalds, glandular swellings, ulcerous wounds, rheumatis m , con t rac t e d and stiff joints.—S o ld at all drug g i s t s , an d a t P ro f essor Holloway's establish ment, 244, Strand, London. COUNTRY MARKETS. LIVERPOOL—MARca 29. At this day's market there was a moderate attendance of the trade, who purchased to a fair extent of wheat at about the prices of this day week. Flour, both American and French, was neglected, and easier to buy. Oats and oat meal were in rather better request,, and the turn dearer. Barley and peas were scarcely inquired for, an d beans were 6d per qr . l ower. Indian corn afloat was in better request, and rather dearer, but parcels on the spot were without material alteration in value. IPSWICH—MAEcit 29. The farmers are now very busy in field-work, that the attendance at market was lessened, and the quantity of corn on sale also small. Wheat sold steadily and was in demand, and inclining upwards in price ; indeed the turn was in favour of the seller. We noticed some few samples of malting barley, which fetched 34s to 36s per quarter. Beans and peas nominally as of late. PER QUARTER. PER QUAETBR. Wheat, red (old) 4os to 453 Barley, grinding ... 28s to 31s Ditto (new) Ditto, white (now) 48s to 54s Peas Ditto (old) Barley, malting ... 33s to 3Cs Flour, per sack 00s to 00s AFERAGEN FOR TEE WEEK MONNE MARSH 26,1853, Wheat Barley Oats Beans Peas HULL—MARCH 29. Arrivals of grain are very moderate, for although t he near continental p or t s are open, prices on the other si de are too high t o b e worked adyantageously to this market. To-day we had a fair supply of wheat from the fanners, and the best runs of red fetched fully the current rates d last week, and, i n d ee d, i n some instances, is more money was paid, 46s being the price generally paid by millers. Not much doing in foreign wheats, merely in retail t 4 ' local millers. A very li m it e d b us i ness i n barley, bu t heavy malting qualities maintain their value. Other kinds of spring corn without alteration. Without further arrivals of linseed the market is only flat ; a goo d Gen sumptive demand for linseed cakes at the decline." seed rather easier, but a little more enquiry for cakes. The following an ths.present prices of grain : s s Wheat, English, red 44 to 46, Ditto white 47 to 49 Dantzic and Konigs berg Psmeranian and Ham- Peas, gray and black Linseed, Black Sea... Ditto Petersburgh Ditto Riga and Arch • E. 35 to 3 , 7 49 to ' ! 42 to'C',,A 49 to 51 42 t 0,46 burgh Danish, Holstein, and Friesland 42 to 44 Russian and 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 44 to 461 angel Ditto Konigsberg and Memel 40 to 45 Per Ton. , Line. 0., Hull 815 s Od to 01 01 Ditto fine for.B/ Os Od 0/ ObOd Ditto inf. for 7l 10s to 71 150 Rapeseed 291105 to 01 Os Rape cakes s, English...... 42s to 458 Ditto foreign .. ... . 42s to 48s Guano 41 71 to 91 Od Bones 1008 to 102 8 6d Rye Meal .................. none CORK- MARCH 28 Brit. ------ —___ ___ Currency. White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od-20 stone. 4 Redwheat 22s 6d to 23s Od - Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 do.: Ditto Oos Od to OOs Od JJJ • 33 Barley l3s 6d to 14s Od Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 00s Od-16 do. Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od Bere OOs Od to 00s Od Os Od 234 Oats Os 2d to 9s 101 138 Ditto 95 10d t o 1/ s 8d 9s 10d 1 4 clo,, Ditto Oo s Al to 00s Od Pigs OOB Od to 00s Od. OOs Od per cwt.). Quantity sold at the highest prices : 00 barrels whit e w h ea t ; 3 re d ; 14 barley ; 0 bore oats ; 0 pigs. - - Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last weok 7 Wheat, 116. B ar l e y, 174. Bore, 0. Oats, 2,00 q. Pigs, 176. ‘ No quotations for butter, nor return of fir-king, until the .Ith of April. Return of cattle sold for week ending March 26 : Piga, 495. Sheep, 368. Cows, 120. CORK.—Flour- First, 15s Od to 168 Od; extra, 17s O,tl seconds, 14s Od to 14s 6d ; households, 10. to 13s 6d ; thitds 7s Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 6d to 8s 3d oatmeal, lOs 6d tolls Od ; wheat meal, lOs to 101 6d per eiVt Indian corn, • 71 2s 6d to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4 / 105 9 d to 4/ 1580 d per ton. Hay—Farmers, 2150 d to 37s 0d ; average, 335; dealers, 37$ Od to 5080 d ; average, Os per ton. Straw. — Farmers, 22s Od to 283 Od ; average, 24s ; dealers, 00$ Ocr.to 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d to Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9d to lld per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred. Meat -beef, 44c1 to 8d ; mutton, 54c1 to 64d ; veal, 44(1 to 6id ; pork, sdt c, 6d; bacon, 7d to lid ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, NewfonT4d land, 111. Os to 121 Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 31s to ON; Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9d to 10d ; Pinks, lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 21s ; Lydney, 211; Culm, 1 6 . Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 o. p. 6s Od per imperial gallon; --- Hides, market, 30s to 365; Salted, 30s to 38. per cwt. Calf skins, 34d per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per ton.- Fleece wool, 00s to 00s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to 421. per ton—Timber, Memel, 31. 103 ; red pine, 31. 10s ; yellow do., 31. ss. per ton; deals, 16/. to 181. per hundred.—Bark, red, Si. to 101. lOs. per ton.—Tallow, 465 to 47s per cwt.—Hops, 71. 10s to M. per cwt.—Tar, Arelwagel, 19s. per brl.— Guano, Peruvian, 101. 10a to ill. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-ofnce by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what When COUNTRIES. in General Post-Port due 111 Office, London. Dispatched, England. .:..•, America(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday America (by Unit e d St s. packet) .. ..'•N March 30 Liverpool ... April 4 , America (by U. States .... Liverpool ... Each Mom • • .. packet) .... •• • . ..N April 5 Australia (via S outh- ........ Southampton pill 8 • ampton) .....• • • —3l 4th of May •• ••.. Southampton . pril 4 Ditto (via Ma rse i lles) N Bth of May Ditto (via Cap e of t.4oed ...... Dover April I; arrn 10 Africa (West Coa s t) Rope) •••••••• • • —N 2d of Ap r il ... ... Plymouth .• , ---- ,- ..N 23rd of th e month. Plymouth April 1 4 Alexandria.. ....N 1,9, 24, &30of m Dover :March 29 Alexandria..... • . • ..31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton . Pill 4' Bahamas ..... • • • • 1.1 2nd of the month Southampton Ist of mon Belgium ... , ril 1 6 Brazil ....... •• • • ...M 9th of the month., Southampton P Buenos Ayres .... .. ..31 9th of the month.. Southampton April 10 eCaappee deof G v oo er d ds Ho . r ... ... N N 2 1 13. 4 1 ••• •N !sally— ... . .Dover.. Daily ' Cape of Good Hone ..N 14th of the mouth Plymouth rrived3o " of A tlre l m — ontik • Ceylon (see India) Ceylon. •. • • Channel 151e5..., • . ..N Mon.,Wed ,&Fr'd South Tu Tn. 5 April 1 Chili.... • • • • ....Al ~d & 17th of month Southampton China (see India) ~,.1, 30 Constantinople ......N 7,8,17,21,&270fra Dover .... • • March April 4 Constantinople ...• ..M 4th & 20th of mon Southampton daily E. P l icti me o u u th th March l;ont. of Europe al & N Twice daily ...... Dover ... • • • rwice Egypt (see In.dia) TwicedadY France .... •... M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...• •• - • 5 Arrived Gibraltar ...... ... 31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 ofro. southamp ton April Greece (sect India) Grey town ----Al • ) nd & 17th of mon. 4 outhampton April 11. . Harnburgh ..........N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Taes• ."' Havannah .....• • ... M 2nd of the month Southampton April I vt on. Thur Holland ...... .... M Wednesday & Sat London If Ilonduras .... • • •.. . NI 17th of the month Southampton April . India (viaSoutl la tamt.)3l 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April I In !la (via Marseilles)B Bth& 24th of month Dover ...• • • April Ireland .......M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead •• • lonian Isles (see India) a 11.9 rwi Id "n • • • • • • • • • • •• M 7,9, 17, & 28 of m. Southampton Apri l ,,., 16 Madeira ... •.. ..... .I t 9th of the month Southampton 4 '" 12 Madeira ...... ••• • .. 23rd of the month Plymouth .• April Malta (see India) M alta M auritius (see India) • • •• •• • • • • •.. ' .N 7,17,19 28, 30 of in. Dover ..... • 5 Tare h 2 9 ved Mauritius ..........N 14th of the month Plymouth MeliC° • • • • • • • • • • • .3 , 1 2nd of the month. Southampton Ist oi . 7 0 , Naples ... • ........N sth ifith2sthofmon Dover New Granada .. ••.. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampton APr_ . ,_,., New Zealand„ ... • • ... By private ship .. Variou. port , (inc . : l ir Papal States .... • . ..N -, thlsth2cthothion. Dover ...• • • A T...... a Peninsula .....• •.. . al ; thl7th2Bthcamon Southampton -‘l , ' , Peru • • •"""' Al )d & ';Bth of mon southampton Al 3 r!.!__•,, Port Natal 1 . .7.11 . .....N 14th of the month ' lymoutk .. ~Jrl72" Sicily .... ...... ..N s thl s th2sthotmon, Dover .....• April , 2 Twicany .. .. •••• ~ • •.N 5 tit 15th25thoftnon. Dover ...• • • ?PI:: 1 Venezuela ..........M 2d & 17th of month ..oitthampton APru Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .. • • West Indies ....... • . ..... Al 2cl & 17th of month Southampton April 1 COURSE OF EXCHANGE--YEsTERDAY. Amsterdam ......... 11 18 Gibraltar ...... •••••• • • •, -- 15 Ditto, three months .. 11 19% Leghorn .......• •••• • •,,`',- i 7 ;4 Rotterdam ............ 11 19% Genoa .... •• •• ••• • • ' "`"'" - Antwerp .............. 25 30 Milan ...••• •••••• • • " Brussels ............ 25 30 Venice .... —••••• • • • • • -- 4. af. ilamburgh ............ 13 8% Naples ........ „. ARona ................ _ Palermo .............. 124% Paris .......... .... .... 25 10 .Messina ........ .. Ditto, three months .. 25 32% Lisbon .........• •• •• • • !., 3 6 Marseilles. •••• . • • ...... 25 35 Oporto .......• •••• • • • • "Al Bourdeaux ............ Rio Janeiro .• ..... ••• • • Frankfort-on•Malne .... I 20k Buenos Ayres.. •••• • • • • 31 P Y e le a t d e n rs a d buirigihi ; ; .... .... .1.1 .1; ... .: ... ... 11 5 Berlin . .............. New York, 60 days' sight Trieste ...... .... •• •• 11 8 PRICES OP BULLION, PEI oz. 37% Foreign boo in Bus £3 17 Nu p o rtugalicl Coln .. 0 0 0 Cadiz._ ~, ......., „ „ Mexican Doll ars .. .. 0 0 0 Barcelona......— ••• • • • Icor Doll ...... 0 0 0 Philadelphia 41 ov rin bar 5...... 0 5 1 Seville ................ BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 26th inst., at 11, Herbert - place, place, Dublin, the wife of Edward M`Gwire, Esq. On the 18th inst., at Versailles, the wife of Professor Minssen, Dr. Ph. On the 25th inst., the lady of Lieutenant Blackmon), R.N. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 25th inst., at Pembroke Lodge, Lady J. Russell. On the 25th inst., at 27, Welbeck-street, the wife of Henry 3. Farquharson. On the 26th inst., at the Manor-house, Strathmore, the wife of Captain H. 0. Mayne, Madras Cavalry. MARRIED. March 29th, at Rollstone, by the Rev. J. H. Johnst one, Gilbert Heathcote, Esq., third son of William Heathc ote, Bart., of Hursley-park, H an t s to Elisa, eldest daughte r of Captain Wm. Arth ur HeathcOte, Rollstone,- Wilts. On the 28th of .January, at Howrah, near Calcutta, Captain Cubitt S. Rundle now Resident at SeramPor'! , of London. Bengal, to S o phi a, eldest daughter of Mr. John N. Sindall, DIED. On Easter-day, at her residence, Moor-house, in th e Parish o f Limpsfield Surrey, Mrs. Morrell, aged 84 . 0n th e 29th inst'., at Hde-park-square A nne Louise, relict o f t h e General Hon. Robert Mead; aged 68, a nd sister of Si r W. W. palling, Bart., of Earlsham-hou se, Norfolk. .On the 26th inst., at her residence, St. George's-hill, Bathampton, Bath, Denne, relict of the late Harry Salm"' Esq., aged 92. On the 26th inst., at the residence of Thomas Simpson, Esq., of 9, Notting-hill-terrace, after an illness of 18 yam' Miss Harriet Ann Madocks, aged 43. • LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG 2! , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Tice Sun Office, No. 11 Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy , in the t aunty 01 Middlesex. Wednesday, March 30, 1853. it. ~,l'