The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

gourtbnrifitio:_ SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENING.) The LORD CILUICELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. The Bishop of EXETER presented petitions against the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. , Lord CAMPBELL presented a petition from Cupar, in Fifeshire, in favour of the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. The Earl of WICKLOW presented a petition from Alderman Salomons in favour of the Jew Bill. The Earl of CARLISLE presented petitions from Kendal, and other places, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. The Bishop of LONDON presented petitions against the Jew Bill, and against the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. The Earl of EGLINTON presented petitions from the Presbytery of Dalkeith, and other places, against the Canada Clergy Reserves Bill. The Earl of WINCHILSEA presented petitions against the Maynooth Grant. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE presented petitions from the Protestant Dissenters of Birmingham, and also from Southampton, in favour of the Jew Bill. THE TURKISH QUESTION. In answer to the Marquis of CLANRICARDE, who entered into the events which have lately taken place in , Turkey, all of which have been detailed at great length in the public prints, and asked for information as to the present state of the negotiations, The Earl of CLARENDON said that, as a portion of the negotiations were still pending, he must decline to furnish any information on the subject at present. He might state, however, that her Majesty's Government felt to the utmost the great importance of maintaining the integrity of the Ottoman Empire, and from the com munications which he had had, he might assure their lordships that that would be the guiding principle of the policy of all the great European Powers towards Turkey. The Turkish empire had nothing to fear from external aggressions if the Porte would only pay greater atten tion to her internal policy, and more particularly to the treatment of its Christian subjects. It was with a view to pressing this subject on the attention of the Porte that Lord Stratford had been ordered to repair to his post at Constantinople, and a special character was for that purpose given to.his mission. With regard to the mission of Princ e M ensc hi koff, it had reference t o th e question of the Holy Shrines. The reports of disturbances having occurred within the last few days were greatly exagge rated, if not wholly false, as a telegraphic dispatch had been received from Lord Stratford, stating that, on the 14th instant, all was quiet at Constantinople. There was not, he believed, the slightest danger of the peace of Eure l e being disturbed by any misunderstanding on this question. Lord BEAUMONT rose, and was [LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS—(THIS EVENING., The SPEAKER took the Chair at four o'clock. KNARESBOROUGH ELECTION. Mr. WA LPOLE brought up the report of the Knares borough Election Committee, unseating Mr. Westhead and declaring Mr. Wood and Mr. Dent duly elected. PRIVATE BUSINESS. East and West India Docks, and Birmingham Junc tion R a il wa y (No. 2) Bill, was read a second time. PETITIONS. Mr. E. BALL presented a petition from Cambridge shire, against the malt tax ; also a petition in favour of the ocean penny postage. Mr. THORNELY presented a petition from Wil len'nall, in favour of international arbitration. Mr. A. PELLATT presented a petition from Brixton, against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Mr. CRAUFURD presented a petition from the cor poration of Ayr, in favour of the abolution of the Scotch University Tests. Mr. HADFIELD presented a petition from Sheffield against the Government Scheme of Education. Mr. BRIGHT presented a petition from a public meet ing at Manchester, praying that the Government of India be carried on by ministers directly responsible to the Crown. Mr. DIVETT presented a petition from Exeter against the proposed increase in the cost of licenses to dealers in tobacco and tea. Mr. LOWE presented a petition from Kidderminster against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sunday. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented a petition from Bris tol against the occupation of Rome by the French and Austrian troops. - NEW MEMBER. Lord GODERICH took the oaths and his seat for Hud dersfield. MAYO ELECTION, On the motion of Lord H. VANE, the evidence taken before this committee was ordered to be printed. FINSBURY ELECTION. The SPEAKER said he had received a communication from Mr. Baker, the Parliamentary agent, stating that it was not intended to proceed with the petition against the return for Finsbury. MUNICIPAL CORPOR4TIONS. Mr. TUFNELL asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether it was the intention of the Govern ment to introduce, during the present session, any bill to extend the provisions of the acts 6 and 7 Will. 4, c. 104, 7 Will. 4, and 1 Vic. c. 78, to municipal corpora tions not included in the schedule to the Municipal Cor porations Act, 5 and 6 Will. 4, c. 76. Mr. FITZROY said it was not the intention of the Government to introduce such a measure at present, but if the right hon. gentleman would bring in a bill on the subject it would receive the best consideration of the Government. LETTER CARRIERS. 'ln reply to Sir DE L. EVANS, Mr. WILSON said the Postmaster-General did not see how it was possible, consistent with the public con venience, to comply with the prayer of a memorial which he had received for limiting the hours of letter-sorters in the Post-office to nine instead of ten o'clock in the even ing. Mr. DUNCOMBE presented several petitions from the metropolis, in favour of opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays ; also petitions from Leeds, Carlisle, and other places against the occupation of Rome by French troops. BERWICK-UPON-TWEED ELECTION. Mr. KER SEYMER brought up the report (already published in the Sum) of the committee on this election, unseating Mr. Stapleton and Mr. Forster for Berwick. DURHAM ELECTION. Mr. BENTINCK gave notice that, on the 3d of May, Ife would move for the appointment of n select committee to inquire into the circumstances connected with the with drawal of the Durham election petition. THE LATE SEIZURE OF ROCKETS. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that on Thursday he would move for the correspondence, in the possession of the Treasury, relative to Mr. Hale's invention for making rockets. DRAWBACKS ON MALT AND TAX ON SHEP- HERDS' DOGS, In reply to Mr. E. BALL, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, he was afraid it was impossible, with safety to the revenue, to grantany allowance on malt used by farmers and their ser vants. With regard to the tax on shepherds' dogs, no alter ation was intended to be made. The tax was always 6 voted in general terms, and the exemptions were matters of detail to be afterwards dealt with. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. BRIGHT wished to know whether the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in imposing the income tax on incomes of 1001. a-year, intended to include the earnings of junior members of a family, or only the wages of the husband, or the head of the family. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the question was one of very great importance, but he was not in a condition to give a conclusive reply without looking back to see what was done under the old income tax act. Under the new act such a case had not arisen. REGISTRAR OF BIRTHS, &c., AT MONMOUTH, In reply to Mr. C. 0. MORGAN, Lord PALMERSTON said, in allusion to the irregu larities committed by a registrar in Monmouth, the Registrar-General did not think it was a case in which it was right to throw on the public the burden and ex pense of a prosecution ; but the guardians of the poor could institute :proceedings against him if they thought proper. POST-OFFICE, Mr. WARNER wished to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, whether the Government will be willing to take into consideration the case of sorters and other per sons employed by the Post-office not being letter car riers, wi t h a view to increasing their pay, in cases where it may appear inad equate to the services they have to pe. Mr. WILSON said the Postmaster-General would e quite ready to consider the case of the sorters. SOAP DUTIES. In reply to an Hon. IVIEmB ER The CHANCELLOR o f the EXCHEQUER said it w as proposed to abolish the duty on the importation of manufactured soap, but not the duty on the raw mate rial. METROPOLITAN BUILDING ACT. In reply to Lord D. STUART, Sir W. MOLESWORTH said it was not intended to introduce any bill this session to amend the Metropoli tan Building Act, but an inquiry would be instituted this year with the view to legislation next session. THE MODERN GUNPOWDER PLOT. In reply to M. T. DUNCOMBE,r Lord PALMERSTON said he had been misinformed w ith r espect to the gunpowder found at Rotherhithe. He stated on a fmner occasion that 500 lbs. of gun powder were found upon the premises, but it now ap peared that he was SOUTH wron SEA g in inak inSTOCg th K. at statement.. In reply to Sir F. KELLY, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said be proposed to take the report on the South Sea Stock con version bill to-night. He should afterwards lay a new clause upon the table which he should propose to intro duce into the bill, on the motion for the third resding of the bill. The object of this clause he stated on Friday last. INDIAN TERRITORIES. In reply to Mr. DISRAELI, Lord J. RUSSELL said he would state to-morrow when he should propose to make the Government statement on the subject of Indian territories. M. KOSSUTH. On the motion for going into committee of Ways and Means, Lord D. STUART took the opportunity of again drawing under the notice of the house the circumstances relating to the recent discovery of arms and amunitions of war in Rotherhithe. It had been stated in some of the public journals that M. Kossuth was in some way or other connected with this discovery, but he (Lord D. Stuart) held in his hand a letter from that illustrious man denying, in the most positive terms, that he had anything whatever to do with this affair. The motion was then agreed to, and the house went into committee. PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moved the following resolution : "That it is the opinion of this committee that, towards raising the supply granted to her Majesty, there shall be raised annually, during the terms hereinafter limited, the several rates and duties following (that is to say) : For and in respect of the property in any lands, £. s. tenements, or hereditaments, in the united kingdom, and , for and in respect of every annuity, pension, or stipend, payable by her Majesty, or out of the public revenue of the united kingdom ; and for and in respect of all interest of money, annuities, dividends, and shares of annuities, payable to any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, companies or societies, whether corporate or not corpo rate ; and for and in respect of the annual :profits or gains arising or accruing to any person or persons whatever, resident in the united kingdom, from any kind of property whatever, whether situate in the united king dom or elsewhere, or from any annuities, al lowances, or stipends, or from any profession, trade, or vocation, 'whether the same shall be respectively exercised in the united kingdom or elsewhere ; and for and in respect of the annual piofits or gains arising or accruing to any person or persons not resident within the united kingdom from any property whatever in the united kingdom, or from any trade, profession, or vocation exercised in the united kingdom ; for every 20s. of the annual value or amount thereof :-- For two years from April 5, 1853 ... And for two years from April 5, 1855 ... And for three years from April 5, 1857 ... And that on April 5, 1860, except as the collection of moneys then due, the said rates and duties shall cease and deter mine. And for and in respect of the occupation of such lands, tenements or hereditaments (other than a dwelling-house occupied by a tenant distinct from a farm of lands), for every 20s. of the annual value thereof, one moiety of each of the said sums of 7d., 6d., and 5d., for the above-named times respectively." Sir E. L. BULWER denounced the tax as now pro posed to be enacted, as being both unjust and impolitic. He granted that there was much in the Budget worthy of advocating, but still it was perfectly clear that it was not necessary to continue the income tax in the shape now proposed. If the income tax was to be continued it must be rendered less unjust in its operation. As it was now proposed to be re-enacted, rio distinction was drawn between -certain and pre 00 00 00 carious incomes, but independently of that omission, was now seriouzly proposed to continue the tax for seven years without any guarantee that it would be abolished even at the expiration of that period. True, the right hon. gentleman calculated that, at the end of 1859 or 1860, the national balance sheet would be in such a flourishing state as to enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to abandon the income tax, but, at the same time, the right honourable gentleman forgot that in the meanwhile attacks might be made upon his sources of revenue which would lead to the utter annihilation of his anticipated surplus. The Go vernment proposed to abandon an extraordinary amount of taxation in the hope that the law of reproduction would help to make good the deficiency, but those who argued in that strain forgot that many of the articles re lieved from this taxation were articles of luxury, which were not likely to obtain an increased demand in con sumption from being thus relieved from paying duties to the Excise or the Customs. He, however, objected to the continuation of this tax for so long a period as seven years, though he might be disposed to reinact it for a limited time. The han& of Parliament ought not to be tied up in that way, and he should certainly resist this part of the budget. It was proposed also to extend the tax to Ireland, but in referrinc , to this point of the finan cial scheme, he did not wish to discuss the expediency of this proposal so much as to point out the im propriety of the terms upon which this tax was to be fixed upon Ireland. The sister kingdom was coolly told that if she would consent to pay a general income tax for a period of seven years, a debt should be foregone in_ her favour which had been contracted by only a portion of her community. The consideration was grossly disproportioned to the amount of obligation to be imposed upon Ireland. But here, again, came in the objection of inequality. Why should settled and certain incomes be placed upon the same footing as pre carious incomes ? How could the man who had nothing but industry for his capital and health for his security be expected to contribute the same amount of income tax as the millionaire, with certain, though un limited income derived from freehold estates, or other equally sure resources. The one was required to pay upon his income to-day, which might be gone to morrow, at the same rate as the man whose income could not possibly be shaken or disturbed during a lifetime at least. Such a law was very impolitic and unjust, and he would, with the permission of the committee, con clude by moving an amendment to that effect. (Cheers.) Ml. E. DENISON found fault with the hon. bart. for not having given notice of his amendment ; but lay ing aside that objection, what did the hon. bart. really want ? He (Mr. Denison) had listened most attentively to his speech, but he had been at a loss to dis . . cover what his real object was. The honoura ble baronet did not appear to oppose the con- tinuance of the tax, he onfy" objected to its inequalities ; but the honorable baronet omitted to tell the committee what his notions of equality were. Did the hon. baronet wish to adopt the equality recommended by the actuaries ? because, if he did, he, for one, could assure the hon. baronet that the tax, if based upon that plan would assume an appearance of confiscation. The hon. baronet wanted to make a distinction between land and capital embarked in banks, breweries, &c., but he was at a loss to recognise such a distinction. The only distinction which he could recognise was that con veyed in the well-known couplet, which says— " When houses and land are gone and spent, Then learning is most excellent." But as for making a distinction between the case of an income tax he certainly thought it was quite out of the question. For his part he highly approved of the budget, and he believed the country must feel as the house must have felt the other night—that a great mind had been at work fot its benefit. The rare intelli- gence and truthful honesty which the Bright Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer had brought to bear upon his subject would find their reward in the triumphant success of the Budget, which was the one best calculated to meet the wishes of the people, and promote the wel fare of the country. (Cheers.) Mr. BOOKER rose, and was (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DA Y.) CUTBILL'S DIVORCE. Their lordship's sat this afternoon at two o'clock, to hear evidence in support of this bill. The peers present were the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Devon, Lord Waldegrave, and Lord Strangford. Mr. Ed. James appeared for the petitioner in support of the bill ; Mr. Kerr appeared for the youngest child of Mrs. Cutbill, born since her separation from her hus band. Mr. JAMES briefly stated the case. He said the petitioner, Mr. Cutbill, was the manager of the Commercial Bank, 3, Moorgate-street, and was Mar= tied to his wife in Ha. They lived happily together until the year 1843, when the alleged adul tery took place. It appeared that, in the early part of that year, a Mr. Higley, formerly of Demerara, and now of Constantinople, was paying his addresses to Mr. Cutbill's sister, and took advantage of the introduction which this circumstance gave him to the family, to carry on a course of conduct with Mrs. Cutbill, which ulti mately ended in the commission of acts of criminality, on which the present bill was founded. It could be proved that, in the months of February and March of that year, on several occasions, when Mr. Cutbill was absent from home, Mr. Higley bad visited the house, and had remained alone with Mrs. Cutbill until past eleven o'clock ; and on another occasion, in consequence of suspicions which had been aroused, Miss Cutbill, to whom Higley was then paying his addresses, and another lady, having placed them selves opposite to the Bank, had watched Mrs. Cutbill come out of the house, and being immediately joined by Mr. Higley, who was waiting for her in the street, both walked off in the direction of Moorfields. They were followed and accosted, when Mrs. Cutbill appeared in a great state of agitation, and endeavoured to make it appear that it was an accidental meeting. This led to an explanation, and subsequently Mrs. Cutbill admitted to Mr. Imrie, the godfather to one of her children, that on two occasions criminal intercourse had taken place between herself and Higley. Proceedings were imme diately taken in Doctors' Commons, and a decree pro nounced in the August of the same year; but Mr. Cut bill's means at that time being limited, he had been obliged to postpone the proceedings for a divorce a vincylo matrimonii until the present time. Mr. Wm. John Hellier proved the serving of the usual notices and papers on Mrs. Cutbill, and also pro duced the register of marriage. and M April, 4 C 3 a ,t r h r saht s e ai w d a t s ha l t iv i i n ng F i e n hr t u h a e ry, ser a v n i d ce M of a i‘ rc i h r ,. Cut! ill , Commercial who at ß a nk, o h n e e r ev m e i n s i t i r i evening i re occupied the upper part of the M o re :r i gate-street. She remembered letter part of February of that ress saen.ndtCutbill,hr out Higley. Her mist . c t a o m tl e i e h b o u m tc e h w er i ' t s h . M S h r e . was out half-an-hour, on her returning Mrs. Cut billrooigley was there with her sent her bed. - and had not gone mistiess in the drr.win..y. NvenTir,t, ing.ree to bed. There away wh en witness witness Mr. was a sofa in the draw came again on the following Monday,Mr. Higley Cutbill was out, and remained till after gone to bed, which was about 11 o'clock, Mrs. in eCssukildl. and Higley were together in the drawing-room alone on that occasion also. About a fortnight after, Mr. Cut bill being out of town on business, Mrs. Cutbill went out in the evening, and Mr. Higley brought her home and remained with her in the drawing-room about three• quarters of an hour. Cross-examined by Mr. Kerr—Mrs. Cutbill remained at Mr. Cutbill's until the month of May. Mrs. Bell, formerly Miss Cutbill, sister of the peti tioner, said that in the spring of 1843 Mr. Edward Hig ley tas paying his addresses to her. It was against her brother's consent, and he would not consent to receive Mr. Higley on terms of friendship at his home. Mr. Higley met Mrs. Cutbill at the house of witness's mother. On one occasion, being together at the Bank, witness, turning sharp round, saw Mr. Higley put his hand on Mrs. Cutbill's bosom. She remonstrated both with Mrs. Cutbill and Mr. Higley. On the evening of the 25th of March, 1843, in conse quence of suspicions which had. been excited, witness and another lady went to Moorgate-street, and placed themselves opposite to the bank. After waiting a short time, they saw Mrs. Cutbill come out and walk up the street, until met by Mr. Higley, who drew her arm into his, and then they walked together towards Moorfields. Witness followed and accosted them, when Mrs. Cutbill seemed very-agitated, and tried to exculpate herself by saying that it was a casual meeting. Examined by Lord Chancellor—Witness did not tell her brother of what had taken place, because Mrs. Cut bill begged her not to do so. Martha Ann Cutbill, sister of the last witness, said, that on the 25th of March, 1847, she remembered Mrs. Cutbill coming to her house late in the evening ' • she seemed very agitated, an d sa id s h e h a d j us t me t Mrs. Bell, the last witness, who had behaved very strangely to her. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Bell came home, and then it all came out about Mrs. Bell meeting Mr. Higley and Mrs. Cutbill together. Mrs. Cutbill begged witness and her sister not to tell Mr. Cutbill, and they promised not to do so. They told Mr. Imrie, who was godfather to one of Mr. Cutbill's children, of what had occurred. Mr. Imrie stated that, in consequence of a communi cation which was made to him by the last witness, the sister, he had a conversation with Mrs. Cutbill, who, to his great surprise, confessed that, on two occasions, criminal intercourse had taken place between herself and Mr. Higley, in her own drawing-room, once when her husband was out of town, and on another occasion when she came home with Higley in a cab. Witness was quite unprepared for any such statements ; he had no idea that matters had gone so far. Mrs. Cutbill , mother of the petitioner, deposed to having heard Mrs. Cutbill and her son's wife express great contrition after her separation from her husband. Mrs. Lanless, formerly Mrs. Soyer, corroborated Mrs. Bell's statement. The following letter from Mrs. Cutbill to her husband, written shortly after their separation, was then put in : " I most positively declare I have never sent any letter to Providence row, or any others than I have acknowledged. I cannot sufficiently express my thanks for your kindness in sending the dressing-case. I do not deserve the extreme kindness I have received from one I have so much injured, but may God look down upon a penitent sinner,l and grant me forgiveness for my dreadful sin in injuring you so much. I have read with great pain the letter sent by your mother this morning. I know the burning of your brain, and the grief at your heart, ani the grief which a wretched -hearted womam who you have treated with every kindness, has caused you ; one who has lost all, even her own esteem. That you are suffering dreadfully I know. Ob, how sincerely I repent, you cannot imagine. May God bless you and my children—they are not conscious what a disgraced being they have to call mother. I repeat in this letter I have nothing more to confess. Good-eye, and God bless you, and grant forgiveness to one who trembles to sign herself, " Your wife, "ELIZABETH." Mr. Cutbill was then called, and stated that the rea son why these proceedings were not taken before the present time was that he was not then in a position to afford the cost of them, and he was consequently obliged to limit the proceedings to move in the Ecclesiastical Courts. On the motion of the Lord Chancellor, the bill was read a second time, and the evidenc, was ordered to be printed. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-HOUSE, APRIL 23. ENTERED INWAP.DS.—The Galatea, from Guernsey ; Prosperous, St. Michael's ; St. Maria, Emden ; Tom Cringle, St. Übes ; Frederich Johanna, Groningen ; Idea, Rotterdam ; Brunswick, Guernsey ' • Johannes, Ditzum ; Frau Margareth a , Carolinensiel • Antina, Hambrrgh ; Secundus, Alexandria ; Woodville, lionig,sbur i g ; George and Elizabeth, Rouen ; Barham, Calcutta ; City of Bou logne, Boulogne ; Thornsey, Swendborg ; Star, Antwerp ; Minerva, Hans ; Tarbet Castle. Escomlorera ; Christina Johanna, Groningen ; Jenne Josephs, Dunkirk ; Jeune Victor, do. ; Gezuster Ball, Groningen ; Seine, Boulogne ; Ceres, Memel ; Sophia, North Sea ; Anna Henrietta, Ham burgh ; Hawk, Dunkirk ; Panther, Ostend ; Salvator, Porsgrand ; Venice, Charente ; Juno, Wyck Hilkea ; Johanna, Hamburgh ; Aurora, Sennesand. ; Apollo, Dram; Flora, Sarpsborg ; Hoffnung, Hamburgh ; Claudine, Struer ; Mette Catharine, • Copenhagen ; Marie Agnetha, Cullenborg ;- Heabets Anker, Christiansund ; Laurin, Emden. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—The Tiger, for Hambro' ; Forfarshire, Madras ; City of Boulogne, Bou logne ; Imtra Giezen, Rotterdam ; Thornsung, Copen hagen ; English Rose, Bremen ; Victoria, Cape of Good Hope, and Australia ; Ingram, Cadiz ; Ire, Stockholm ; Agneta, Harburg ; Panther, Ostend. ; Ruby, Elsinore and St. Petersburg ; Poblana, Bilboa and Santander ; Joseph Freidlander, Rio Janeiro; Queen of Britain, Trinidad. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Equator, for Algoa Bay ; James and Emma, Brussels ; Herman, Ham burg; August Adolphe, Dantzic; Attwood, Prince Ed ward's Island ; Bonne Marie, Nantes ; Eliza and Maria, Oporto; Condor, Rotterdam; Ocean, Havre; Countess of Lonsdale, Hamburg ; Thames, ditto ; Batavier, Rotter dam ; Earl of Auckland, ditto ; Albion, Boulogne ; Diana, Amsterdam ; City of London, Dunkirk ; Lord John Rus sell, Harlingen ; Calabar, Adelaide ; Highland Lad, Mel bourne ; Ocean, Hamburg ; Antwerpen, Antwerp; Foyle, Jersey and Guernsey ; Bullfinch, Elsinore. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Tigris, from Calcutta for Liverpool, March 1, lat. 17 S., long. 4 W. The Scotia, from Bombay to London, April 5, lat. 13 S., long 9 W. The Meridian, from Ceylon for London, March 7, lat. 9 S. long. 12 W. The Seringapatam, from Bombay for London, March 10, _at. 5 S., long. 21 W. The Fleet, from Liverpool for Melbourne, April 17, lat. 49 N., long. 7W. - The Leon, from London for Madras, March 13, lat. 1 S., long. 20 W., with damage in her upper works. The Nora, from London, April 4, lat. 35 S., long. 13 W. The Clara Anna Maria, from Cardiff to Shanghae, March 16, lat 2 N., long. 21 W. The Alliance, for Calcutta, March 7, lat. 18 S., long. 30 W. The Baroness, from London for California, March 8, lat. 16 S., long. 31 W. The Medora, from Plymouth for Port Philip, April 15, lat. 46 N., long. 9 W. The Elizabeth, from Cardiff for New York, April, 3, lat. 44 N.. long. 41 W. The Pallas, from Clyde for Quebec, April 15, lat. 55 N., long; 10 W. SERIOUS COLLISION ON THE RIVER, AND Loss OF PROPERTY.—Thursday afternoon, between 12 and 1 o'clock, a most serious collision took place on the river, under the following circumstances :—lt appears that for some weeks past a number of mechanics in the service of the London Dock Company have been, at suitable intervals, engaged in repairing the outer gates of the chief entrance at Wapping. It was, therefore, necessary to have the use of a patent diving bell, which was placed on board a barge, and was generally made secure to the Dock Company's moorings abreast the gates. By some means yesterday the brig Tom Cringle came in violent collision *ith the diving-bell barge, 'which soon filled and went down with the whole of the costly apparatus. The barge in several parts received extensive damage, but fortunately the men were at dinner, or the loss of life must have been very serious. The whole affair has to be fully investipied before the magistrates at the Thames Police Court ; but at present sufficient time has not tianspired to enable the officers of the company to make the necessary inquiry. The officers of the Thames Police, under the direction of Inspector White, are also making inquiries into the real cause of the accident. EXTRAORDINARY CASE.—A remarkable case of dispute and decision came before the Nottingham magistrates on Tuesday last. It appeared that a man named Oxpring was taking a walk accompanied by his (log, when a young man of the name of Reuben Harrison accosted him, and claimed his canine companion. High words arose, and a policeman being near, fearful of worse con sequences, took possession of the animal, and advised the men to appear at lhe police-office, and allow the dis pute to be settlel by the magiatratcs. This was agreed to, and at the appointed time and place each of the parties appeared, and produced witnesses. The magis trates, however, being unable to settle the matter by their own judgment, they determined to leave it to the decision of the clog. The men were seated apart from each other in they justice room, and the dog was intro duced with alt due ceremony. After searching about some time, and passing Harrison and his witness with the most contemptuous indifference, the dog perceived Oxpring, to whom he at once hastened, joyfully wagging his tail, placing his feet on his knees, and attempting to lick his face. The testimony of the dumb witness was considered conclusive, and Oxpring was declared to be the rightful owner. _ . . CHEPSTOW TUBULAR BRIDGE.—This structure is at length completed, and after havinglmdergone an exami nation by the Government Inspector of Railways has been certified to be fit for traffic. TRAFFIC RETURNS.- The traffic returns on railways in the week ending April 16 amounted to 296,8141., and for the corresponding week of last year to 275,501., showing an increase of 21,1641., or 7.68 per cent. The gross receipts for the eight railways [having th eir ter mini in the metropolis amounted for the week ending as above to 134,9011., and for the corresponding week of last year to 127,2591:, showing an increase of 7,6421., or 6 per cent. The increase on the Eastern Counties Railway amounted to 1,542/. ; on the Great Northern, to 4,136/. ; on the Great Western, to 1,049/. ; and on the London and North-Western, to 4,704/. ; total, 11,4311. But from this sum must be deducted 36/., the decrease on the London and Blackwall ; 1,503/., the decrease on the London, Brighton, and South Coast ; 1,329/. on 'the London and South-Western ; and 9211. on the South-Eastern ; together, 3,789/. leaving the in crease as above, 7,642/, The receipts on the other lines in the united kingdom amounted to 162.9131., and for the corresponding period of 1852 to 148,3911., show ing an increase of 14,522/. in the receipts of these lines, which, added to the increase on the metropolitan lines of 7,6421., makes the total increase 21,1641. over the corresponding week of 1852. _ L THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1853, SECRETS OF THE COALITION. (From the Standard of Sciturddy night.) The Times of this morning, with its usual indis cretion, charges the Conservative party with a conspiracy with the Irish Brigade, the object of the alleged conspiracy being to obtain the defeat of the Ministry on condition of exempting Ireland from the income tax. We are now in a position to disclose the follow ing revelation of the means by which the majority. of December last, against Lord Derby's Govern ment, was obtained, and our readers will probably judge to whom the charge of conspiracy is ap plicable. A few days before the division on Mr. Disraeli's Budget, which drove Lord Derby's Ministry from power, a meeting of the Irish Brigade was held, to determine the course which they should pursue. One of the stipulations demanded by some of that party was, that in the event of a change of Minis try, an income tax for Ireland should not be pro posed by their successors. A right honourable gentleman who now fills a high office conveyed a pledge to that meeting that an income tax would not be proposed by the party then in opposition, in the event of their accession to power. The pledge was conveyed to the meet ing by three Irish members, one representing a western county, the two others representing south ern boroughs. We can further inform the Times that within the last 24 hours, when the right hon. gentleman was upbraided with the violation of his pledge, his reply was, that he had pledged himself for the old Whig Ministry, and had given none for the Cabinet now in power. Comment upon this transaction would be thrown away. (Frora, the Morning Herald.) It is our duty this morning to bring before our readers a transaction which, take it all in all, from its inception to its end, from the giving of a discre ditable promise to its still more discreditable viola tion, we do not designate too strongly when we say that it constitutes an intrigue as disgraceful as any by which power was ever obtained through the secret machinations of profligate politicians. We are now in a position to unkennel one portion' at least of the - underhand conspiracy which, in Decem ber last, plotted and accomplished the overthrow of Lord Derby's Administration. We proceed to lay the narrative of the transaction before our readers, and Englishmen will judge whether we have applied to it expressions too strong. It now appears that in December last, upon that vote on the budget which we have been so often assured was the result of no factious combination, but the pure and disinterested and accidental agree ment of different hostile parties to reject an unwise measure of finance—it now appears, we say, that the vote rejecting the proposals of Mr. Disraeli was obtained by the employment of that peculiar ma chinery of political negotiations of which the con venience of party assigns the management to the gentleman who fills, or is expected to fill, that very delicate office, the duties of which are not very in distinctly, although very decorously, expressed by the title of " Patronage Secretary to the Trea sury." _ _ Our readers are aware that under the ancient regime of Lord John Russell, the official duties of the post, for which the above is the plausible euphe mism, were ably and efficiently discharged by the Right Hon. Wm. Goodenough Hayter, the repre sentative of the borough of Wells. They know also that, under the Ministry of Lord Aberdeen, he has returned to his former office, and still makes his gentle suggestions in the lobby previous to a division in the evening, and still dispenses in the morning at Whitehall the small favours of " tide waiterships," and " clerkships," and " gauger ships," and all other little " ships," by which inde pendent supporters of the Minister are so marvel lously gratified for their country's good. Premising so much, let us ask the attention of all honest men to the revelations which elsewhere we transcribe from the columns of our admirable contemporary the Standard. We do not seek to shelter ourselves behind the high character of that journal. We repeat the statement on our own re sponsibility, as we were in possession of the facts on Saturday afternoon, and as we would have stated them this morning, whether we had been anticipated by the accident of the hours of publi cation of any other journal or not. The facts are these :—ln December last, a few days before the division on the budget, a negotia tion was opened between the leaders of the Opposi tion and that particular section of the House of Commons to whom we long since affixed the now familiar designation of " the Pope's Brass Band," the object of that negociation being to induce these respectable gentlemen to add their moral weight and numerical influence to the motley levy of divers tongues and nations—the gathering of the clans, which was then organising to destroy the Ministry against which they had but one bond of union—a common hatred of Conservatism. All the terms of the treaty, unhappily, we are riot able to disclose. Among the stipulations, how ever, insisted upon by some of the Irishmen, was a distinct pledge that in ,the event of their combining with the expectant placemen to drive Lord Derby from power, his successors would not propose an income tax for Ireland. The result was, that at a full meeting of those Irish members who chose to call themselves the popular party, three of their body were authorised by a personage " now and formerly holding high office," to give, on behalf of the opposition leaders, the required pledge, and on the distinct faith of that pledge " the Irish party " voted against Mr. Disraeli's budget, and the Minis try of Lord Derby fell. The pledge, we need not say, has been wholly disregarded. One touch, and one only, is still wanting to complete this exquisite picture. When the " personage in high office" was taxed with the breach of faith, to the indignant upbraidings of the bearers of his message he is said to have replied that he had pledged himself, indeed, for the Whigs if they succeeded to power, but that he had no authority to give :a pledge for the present Cabinet or Mr. Gladstone. Nay, something . still more amusing is behind. On Saturday morning the Ti mes h a d th e indescrib able folly to assail with rather gross vituperation the members of the Irish Bri ga d e , an d c h arge th em in terms distinguished by the usual courtesies of the Ministerial journal with conspiring by falsehood and lies with the Conservative party to exempt Ireland from the income tax. It must not be won dered at if flesh and blood could not stand this. It was bad enough to have been fooled ; but after this to be reviled ! ! The admirable discretion that dictated the coarse attack of the Times will be per fectly appreciated when these wretched conspirators for place shall feel the full consequences o f th e scorn and indignation that must follow the provoked exposure of their . unprincipled intrigues. Some lessons, indeed, there may be for all par ties in these revelations. For those Irish gentle men who suffered themselves by such miserable pretences to be drawn into a combination against the only Ministry that has existed of late years disposed to do justice to their coun t r y, we con f ess we have very little compassion, either under their betrayal or the revilings that have been poured upon them. From right-minded m en th e y w ill probably receive very little pity of any other kind than that which we have heard more than once ex pressed for them in a homely phrase, which uncere moniously refers them for a redress of their griev ances to a personage not more particularly to be named. The Irish people may perhaps be entitled to a little more pity, and be somewhat more capa ble of instruction. We doubt not that many of those who were taught at the hustings to shout " Down with Lord Mummery Russell," will be a little perplexed when they discover that the patriots for whom they roared had scarcely reached St. Stephen's when they were caught in the very centre of a nice little negotiation to restore the said Lord Mummery to power. Even grave John Bull, we suspect, may rub his eyes with amazement when Lord John Russell is detected in the very fact of sending btllets•doux to the brass band. It will not be forgotten that it was from the Russell section of the Cabinet that this negotiation proceeded. We have been already assured by a Lord of the Treasury that between the Irish Brigade and that miserable faction who abuse the name of Peel, the closest and most cor dial union existed. We confess we should have been slow to believe that the writer of the Durham letter would have been the author of an embassy to catch the political alliance of the nominees of Car dinal Wiseman and the Pope. The people of the whole realm may learn something of the way in which the Governmeut of this great intriguers. Lord is marred and interrupted by Lord Derby was driven from office, not because his measures were disapproved of by the House of Com mons, but because the Whigs had the good fortune to have a negotiator of tact and dexterity enough to win upon the favour of his opponents—and be cause the Whig leaders were unprincipled enough to authorise him to give any pledge that might be demanded by the nominees of the Irish priests as the price of their support. We may all, perhaps, learn something of the blessings of a united Cabinet, when we find that the authorised official of _the Ministry exculpates himself from the violation of a distiLo and solemn , pledge, by the excuse that he gave it for one sec tion of the Ministry but not fdr the other. The matter, let us earnestly hope, will not be suffered to rest. We have not thought it right to print the names of the three Irish members who were employed to convey the assurance ; but since the statement in the Standard, those names have rung in every club in town. It would be affecta tion to deny that we have not directly pointed at the right honourable official, who retain his old office, presumes at what we may believe is found the most efficient centre of unity, the identity of the new party with the old. There can be no longer any reserve in the affair. What has been whispered in secret has been published on the house-tops. Explations, we anticipate, rather racy ones, must be elicited from all parties in the course of the coming debate. Then arises the ques tion whether Parliament can do nothing to check such a system of wholesale traffic in the votes of legislators ?—whether, in fact, the whole negotia tion be not a high misdemeanor and contempt of the privileges of the house, which calls itself a de liberative assembly ? We do not undertake now to answer these grave questions. We, at least, have done our duty. We have laid the facts as we believe them capable of being substantiated before the British public, and we conclude as we began by declaring our convic tion that the annals of political profligacy supply no instance of an intrigue more entirely unprinci pled than that to which we must not forget each individual member of the Aberdeen Cabinet is at this moment personally indebted for his place and his salary as a Minister of the Crown. (From the Daily News.) The anger of Toryism is kindled against Minis ters because they propose to reform the legacy duty. For generations land has enjoyed unjust exemptions from the tax on successions by death ; and instead of being grateful for all it has hitherto enjoyed_by grace especial, and conscience-stricken and silent on the announcement of its discontinu ance, Toryism affects a tone of injured virtue, and threatens loudly to take vengeance upon those who would put an end to its unvirtuous privilege. Con scious, however, of the utter weakness of its cause in this particular, Toryism naturally prefers to take issue upon other ground. The unamended income tax will in many respects serve its purpose better, and upon this, therefore, the chiefs of the Carlton have, it is understood, determined to offer battle. This battle of the session begins to-night, and will probably last some days. To what extent a counter-coalition may have been formed between the Irish Catholic party and the Derbyites, we do not undertake to say. But we record the numerical strength, or rather weakness of the former, and can therefore be neither by its own gasconade, nor by the affectation of fear, somewhat clumsily assumed respecting it in certain quarters. The entire con tingent that acknowledge the leadership of Mr. Lucas hardly exceeded a score, and there are about as many who have given in their adhesion from the outset to the Coalition Ministry. The votes of some half dozen Irish Whigs may be doubtful, but most of them will either stay away altogether or support the Government. Admitting, however, that from sixty to seventy Irish members of all creeds and opinions concur in declaring that they do not wish to pay the same tax upon incomes which, for ten years, has been exclusively borne by the people of England, how much nearer will that bring Mr. Forbes Mackenzie to his former post of Secretary of the Treasury ? An evening contemporary tells, with all the air of circumstan tial gravity, a story respecting the arts which are said to have been used to gain a decisive majority against the late Administration. Certain Irish members continued, as the story goes, undecided until the last moment ; no genial arguments or blandishments could fix their wavering resolve, un less Mr. Hayter could o bt a i n f or th em a pledge from the coalition chiefs that, were they in office, they would not extend the income tax to Ireland, these intractable gentlemen would not help to turn Mr. Mackenzie out and to put Mr. Hayter in. After some negotiation, the pledge, it is pre tended, was given ; and now these gentlemen, ac cording to the Standard, are fully justified in mak ing reprisals by voting against the whole Bud get, or any part thereof they do not happen to like. The story is only worth repeating as illustrative of the state of decadence and despair which pervades the party now in opposition. If they had any great principle or any great cause to invoke, we should not hear of such tales of broken faith, or of appeals to such miserable motives as these on the eve of a great party conflict. It is pretty well understood, however, that the more sensible men among Lord Derby's followers have no desire to reopen the old quarrel between town and country. Many of them have concealed their regret at • having been mi s l e d i n t o d esert i on. o f Si r Roert Peel, and since the humiliation to which they were exposed in December last, when at the end of a six years' mutiny they heard every prin ciple of that illustrious statesman practically adopt ed by Mr. Disraeli, these sober-minded gentlemen have made no secret of their determination never to be run away with again by any insurgent genius. They feel that in the main the order to which they belong has everything to lose and nothing to gain by setting itself against the common sense and general interest of the com munity at large. Free Trade has already begun to convince even them of its compensating ad vantages. The price of agricultural produce has not for a long time been so remunerative, and even country gentlemen are beginning to under stand that low and just taxation is better for every body than high and unequal imposts. We believe if such persons were to speak the thought which is uppermost in their minds just now, it is an un feigned regret that the Peelites were not induced to join Lord Derby in the place of Lord John Russell. Between Mr. Gladstone's scheme for the renewal of the income tax, and that of Mr. Dis raeli there is no substantial difference, which re commends the latter to the approval of country gentlemen. Whatever faith they ever may have had in their Arab chief, utterly died out - within them before Christmas last, and of the two, they would infinitely rather follow Mr. Gladstone as their future leader than his more venturous rival. To this it may some day or other come, and mean. time we shall not be surprised at finding the names of many respectable county members ini3sing in the list of the division on the renewal for seven years of the income tax. Like the tax they may not, but they like the notion of a dissolution less, and will not easily be induced, therefore, to neglect their " heavy colds" or " urgent private business" in the country to come to town in order to precipi tate a ministerial crisis. If, upon the other hand, there be some gaps in, the ministerial ranks on the present occasion, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has only to thank himself for causing them. He knows as well as any man the strength and intensity of the objec tions so long entertained out of doors by men of all shades of opinion to the undiscriminating tariff of incomes. He knows full well the justice of such objections ; and he must feel that, sooner or later, they are destined to prevail. But he seems in this and some other respects more anxious to walk in the shadow of Peel than to emulate those practical qualities of flexibility and adaptation which so eminently characterised his master. There was no thing of detail, of shape, or form which Peel was not ready to sacrifice sooner than endanger a great object. Mr. Gladstone admits—as it is impossible indeed, for him to deny—the prevalence and ear nestness of the opposition to an indiscriminate rating of incomes. But, sooner than forego a literal and unreasoning adherence to the formula of the tax, as originally cast by Peel, lie offers to dribble it away year by year, and at last to abolish it altogether. Nobody, except Mr. Gladstone himself, seriously believes that the latter result is likely to arise in our time. Long before 1860 many circumstances will have occurred in the natural progress of events which may render such an abolition impossible ; and long before then we doubt not that we shall see the just and natural principle asserted of dis crimination between fixed and fluctuating incomes. THE RECENT MANSLAUGHTER AT CHELTENHAM.— We reported a few days ago the circumstances attending a brutal attack made in the streets of Cheltenham, upon a man named Richard Mann, by two women and a man, who beat and kicked him in such a manner that he died from the injuries. It will be remembered that the out rage was committed between ten and and eleven o'clock at night, and that although the disturbance occasioned by the affray occupied at least half an hour, no police man was to be found ; and the unfortunate deceased re mained bleeding in the street until three o'clock next morning, when a policeman found him insensible, but left him in the street for anothex hour before he had him removed: These circumstances coming to the knowledge of Earl Fitzhardinge, Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, through the medium of the newspapers, his lordship di rected that an inquiry into the conduct of the police should be instituted by the magistrates of Cheltenham. Accordingly this inquiry has just taken place before eleven of the local magistrates, his lordship being pre vented from attending by an attack of gout, Mr. Lefroy, the chief constable of the Gloucestershire constabulary, was also present. It appeared the outrage occurred on tie night of the Cheltenham Steeplechases, and nearly the whole of the police force were in attendance on the race course all day, so that the night police did not go on duty until after ten o'clock, and the town was left for at least an hour without a single policeman being on duty. After hearing the statements of the police, the bench came to the decision that on the night in question the town was not protected by the police in the way in wh'oal it ought to have been, notwithstanding the ex( u e about their engagement on the race-course. ' They a s resolved that "if steeplechase races again take place in the vicinity of the town, the stewards or parties pro moting them should, at their own expense, provide the meessary means for their being properly conducted." THE OPENING. OF THE OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY. —The third section cf this line, from Evesham to Wolvercot, near Oxford, will be opened on the 7th of May, instead of the 2d, as recently announced. The delay has arisen from the consequence of a slip at that great difficulty on the line, the Mickle ton tunnel and embankment, • LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER. —APRIL 23. IN RE THOS. HENP.Y CA.MABAII, AN AFRICAN PRINCE. HABEAS CORPUS. In this case Mr. fiance had obtained a rule for a writ of habeas corpus before Mr. Baron Platt, at chambers, to bring up the body of Thomas Henry Camabah,, a co loured youth, about seven years of age, now in the care and custody of Mr. Swinton: It appeared that the youth was the son of an African chief, called King Camabah, whose territory was near Sierra Leone, and with whom Mr. Swinton, the captain of a merchant ship, now residing at Liverpool, had had some commercial transactions, and his father had en trusted the boy to the care of Mr. Swinton, to get him educated in England. Some correspondence had passed between them, by which it appeared that Mr. Swinton had demanded, in one of his letters to King Camabah, the sum of 2501., which he alleged to be due to him in some business matters, and threatened, unless it were paid, to keep the young prince and make him his ser vant. The writ of habeas corpus was obtained at the instance of Mr. Wilcox, hon. secretary to the Countess of Huntingdon's Society, who have a missionary station in the dominions of King Camabah, on the coast of Africa, and who alleged that they had authority to obtain posses sion of the child and educate him in the Christian faith. The rule was made returnable in the full court, and Mr. Swinton now presented himself with his youthful charge, who was of perfectly sable hue, and appeared to be an interesting and intelligent boy of his age. Mr. Willes showed cause against the rule, and said that Capt. Swinton never for a moment entertained the idea of making the boy his servant, although he might have used such a threat to his father. He had about 2 years ago, undertaken to get the child educated, and had been instructed by his father, the King, not to pay attention to any application respecting him which did not bear the impression of a seal. The authority to ob tain possession of the child produced by Mr. Wilcox was written by a person on behalf of the father, but did not bear the impress of the necessary seal. An application had been made to Prince Albert, with a view of obtain ing for the boy a nomination at Christ's Hospital. Mr. Hance having been heard in support of the rule, and having urged the importance of the society obtain ing possession of the young prince, in order that they might educate him in the Christian religion, with a view to its being promulgated and adopted eventually in the dominions over which he might be called to rule. The Chief Baron, and other members of the court, conferred with the young prince, who spoke broken English, to ascertain his feelings on the subject ; and ultimately decided that he should remain in the care of Capt. Swinton, who should undertake not to remove him out of the jurisdiction of the courts of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The parties then withdrew. RENEAux v. TEAXLE.--LIABILITY OF A HUSBAND TO' PAY DEBTS CONTRACTED BY HIS WIFE.—IMPORTANT CASE. This was an action by a milliner to recover the amount of a bill for goods supplied to the defendant's wife. It appeared that the defendant resided in the Acacia-road, St. John's-wood, and had an income of about 300/. a year. He allowed his wife, who lived with him and took care of their children, 30/. a year to provide her self with clothes, and the plaintiff was aware of this fact One of the witness at the trial swore that the defen dant's wife was in the habit of dressing herself very finely after her husband had left home in the morning and going out, always returning shortly before he came home, and then changing her dress. The defence at the trial was, that the goods had been supplied to Mrs. Teakle without the defendant's knowledge or authority. The jury, however, found a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. Mr. Baron Platt at the trial re fused to admit evidence of many similar claims having been sent into the defendant, amounting altogether to 1501. A rule was subsequently obtained to set aside the verdict, and for a new trial. Mr. Brewer now showed cause against the rule, and urged that the defendant was liable, the goods obtained having been suitable to Mrs. Teakle's station of life. The Chief Baron—Supposing a gentleman of ascetic habits chose to say that his wife should wear only surge, the tradespeople to whom he had given notice of it had no right to supply her with anything she might order. Mr. Baron Martin—lf a man tells his wife, " You shall not have such a thing ;" she cannot pledge his authority for it. Mr. Brewer said it had been decided by Lord Ellen borough that where a man was living with his wife, he was liable for any goods he permitted her to receive. The Chief Baron—A tradesman is not entitled to trust a man's wife without his authority. Mr. Brewer—But see, my lord, what the consequence of such a doctrine would be, if tradesmen were to refuse to supply ladies entering their shops with goods without first making inquiry of their husbands whether they had given them authority to do so or not. The Chief Baron—lt may not be necessary to mike direct inquiry of the husband ; but a .tradesman may find out who the lady is before he gives her credit ; and whether she is in a position of life to warrant her pur chasing the goods she had selected. Mr. Baron Martin—lf a respectable woman goes into a shop, it may be presumed that she has authority to order goods for herself and children ; but if the husband says, " I gave her no authority to do so, and supplied her with other goods," the tradesman cannot recover. It is a question of authority, the same as with any other servant. Mr. Gray, in support of the rule, quoted "Ben e di c t v.iMontagu," (3 B arn , an d Cres.,63l) in which Mr. Justice Holroyd laid down the doctrine that where a tradesman supplied goods to a wife, without ascertain ing whether necessity for her having them existed, he supplied them at his own peril ; and the burden of the proof of the assent of the husband lay on the party sup plying the goods, and who acted upon the supposed au thority of the husband. The Chief Baron—We are all of opinion that there ought to be a new trial. Mule absolute. COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEAL.—APRIL 23. THE QUEEN V. ELIZABETH BROOKS.-A WIFE RECEIVING STOLEN GOODS FROM HER HUSBAND. This case was sent up by the Recorder of Liverpool, before whom the prisoner had been convicted, of receiv ing goods knowing them to have been stolen ; and the point for the determination of the Court was, whether a wife could be convicted of such an offence, she having received the goods in question from her husband, by whom they had been stolen. On behalf of the prosecution, Mr. Brett contended that although the presumption of law in such a case was, that the wife had acted under the influence and control of her husband, yet there might be evidence to show that she had acted voluntarily. Mr. Baron Parke said it was perfectly clear that a wife receiving stolen goods from her husband could not, under any circumstances, be an offence. The conviction must, therefore, be set aside. Conviction quashed. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. —Thomas James Lee was charged with obtaining money under false pretences. The prisoner wrote to the Rev. Ralph Lindsay, of Loughborough, offering to communicate "something to his advantage," on the receipt of one guinea, and at the same time represented that there was certain property to which the rev. gentleman was entitled through his uncle, Mr. Lindsay, of St. Thomas's -street, in the borough of Southwark, and who, the Rev. Mr. Lindsay was led to believe, was not at present in the land of the living. The prisoner's letters were, however, answered, and afterwards forwarded to Mr. Ralph Lindsay, of Basinghall-street, the gentleman supposed to be dead, who paid the prisoner the fee he demanded, and received in exchange some written information that there was money in stock and unclaimed dividends lying dormant, which might be recovered by the clergyman, as nephew and next of kin to the complainant, who therefore gave the prisoner into custody. Mr. Lind-ay said he was not yet dead, as the prisoner had represented, neither had he any interest in stock or unclaimed dividends. He remembered many years back having 5101. in stock, but he sold out 5001. of it twenty years ago, and left the other 101. to go to the Commis sioners for the Reduction of the National Debt. Sir R. W. Carden said there was no false pretences proved yet, for the'prisoner might have obtained the in formation he gave from an old unclaimed dividend book in which the name of Mr. Lindsay appeared for the amount he bad not sold out. From what he knew of the prisoner, he did not helieve he had any fraudulent in tion, for he was mainly instrumental in the matter of Miss Hardwick's charity in recovering the sum of about 4,0001. stock, and unclaimed dividends, which had been standing in the bank-books from the year 1827. On that occasion he required a guinea for his information, and on its turning out "greatly to the advantage" of the party to whom it was communicated, the prisoner was rewarded with a gift of 251., and it was remarked that, although he was following in the line of Joseph Ady, he appeared a shrewder. man, inasmuch as he did not trouble the wrong parties. The alderman then lectured the prisoner upon the impropriety of obtaining a living by the same discreditable means adopted by the late Joseph Ady, and recommended him to be more careful for the future, or he would get himself into very unpleasant difficulties. The prisoner was then discharged. W ESTMINSTER. --Two well-dressed men, who gave the names of James .111`Mullen and Gcorge Wilson, were charged with picking ladies' pockets at the confir mation held by the Bishop of London at the new church in Rochester-row, Westminster. The two prisoners were seen by a detective officer outside the church in close conversation just before the termination of the service, and when the doors of the church were opened they both went in and mixed with the crowd coming out. Each was seen to take a purse from the pockets of ladies, and both were at once secured by the detective officer, who was in plain clothes watch in them. The prisoners were committed. Besides the above robberies, one lady lost a gold watch ; another lady lost 251. ; and a third her pulse upon the occasion in question. GUERNSEY LIGHTHOUSES.--A Parliamentary paper, printed on Friday last, contains an estimate of the erec tion and expense of maintenance of an iron lighthouse on the west end of the island of Guernsey, obtained by the Admiralty from Mr. Alexander Gordon. The ex pense of constructing the tower is estimated at 5,6001. ; but, if with a green stone tower, the work would not cast less than 10,000/., and could not be finished in less than 18 months' time. Mr. Gordon also states that the cost of maintenance ought notto exceed 5001. per annum: COUNTRY MARKE2'S. HADDINGTO3 The following are the prig to-day : —APRIL PRI a N 22 . es o grain t our mark kot Tn a/Gl. WHEAT. BARLEY. OATS. .--- 0 ,1 First s os 6d . 36s Od 22s 6d 35s Od Second 47s 2d 33 s 5d 20 s lid 33s od Third 42s Od 31s 6d 17s, 6d Ws il Total quanbity of whe a t i n market, 319 qrs., 31 9 5° 1,1 JP Pp barley „ 272 qrs., 21 4 SO, L I PP Pl oats IP 154 qrs., 141 5,°11,1 IP pl beans ~ 154 qrs., 117 s°' AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Average of wheat £2 7 2 Ditto of Barley. Ditto of Oats Ditto of Beans 3-12ths S-12ths 2-12 tbs 1-12ths ABERDEEN—APRIL 22. The prices of grain are—Old oats, OOs Od to 00s ° 4l ; 401b3 per bushel ; new oats, 17s Od to OOs od, 401bs bushel ; be re , 28s Od to 29s Od, 531bs per bushel ; bolo f?Bs Od to 28s 6d, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 398 Od m, 40s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 46a Od to 48 8 vi ; 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Od per bc 'ib, flour, 37s Od to 39s' Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, Pera 4d to 7d ; =Atha, ditto, M to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to n: pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 6d ; salmon, per lb, is 6d to Os ° 4 3 rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 4s l; 00 1 potatoes, per p ec k, i s t o i s 4d ; b utter, per lb, 8d to 0 eggs, per doz, Os 5d to Os 7d • hens per pair, 3s 0- ' 6 ,1 3s 6cl ; chickens, ditt o , 2 s 6d to 2 3s Od; ducks, ditto, 42 % to 3s Od ; d uc klings, ditto, Os Od. to Os Od ; , each, Os Od t o 4 s 6d ; geese, ditto, 3s 6d t o 4 3 Od for exportaVon (present cure), p er cw t, 78 s t o 80s r dditto(sammer cu re d), OO s t o OO s Od ; eggs, wholesale pr" , ' per dozen, 41d t o 00d ; 4 1 b loaf, 6d ; 21Cloaf, 3d ; fine small, Oa 0,1 to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os 0. 1,1 lamb, per quarter, 7s 6d to 10s; cheese, per imP eri stone, 55 6d -. ..0 713. CORK APRIL Brls. Currency White wheat 00s Odto OOs Od Os Od -20 tl° Redwheat OOs Od to 00$ 01 ) Ditto OOs 6d to OOs Od OOs Od-201°' Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od J 12 Barley l4s Od to 14s Od Ditto OGs Od to 00s Od 00s Od—l6 1 ) . Ditto OOs Od to 00s Od Bore 00s Od to OOs Od Os Oil 145 Oats Ditto OOs Od to 00s 04 les Od (I° ' Ditto 00$ 04 to 00$ Od Pigs oos Od to 00s Od 00s O i l per o' 4 " Quantity sold at the highest prices : 3 00 barrels white wheat ; 00 red ; 0 barley ; 0 bore / oats ; 0 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week Wheat, 16. Barley, 561. Bere, 00. Oats, 1, 6 ' Pigs, 15. Return of cattle sold for week ending April 16 : Pigs, 651. Sheep, 400. Cows, 99. PRICES OF ,BUTTER. CANT. CURRENCY. First quality lo6s First quality ............... 9 n , t , l° Second quality lo2o Second quality ............ Fil Third quality 96s Third quality 7 74 Fourth quality Fifth quality 72s Fifth quality ,• 5 10 Sixth quality 6os Sixth quality CORR.—Flour- First, 15s Od t o 16 s Od ; ex t ra, 17' od; do, seconds, 14s Od t o 14 s 6d ; h ouse h o ld s, lO s t o 13s Od ; tbir3; 7s Od to 10s pe r cw t. M ea l—l n di an meal, 8 s Od to ~ oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls Od ; wheat meal, lOs to lls Od per c" t o Indian cor n , 71 5 s Od to 8/ O s Od per ton. Bran, 41 50., to 4112 s 6d per t on . H ay —F armers, 26 s Od to 40s Od; avcr'°,! 365; dealers, 40s Od to 60s Od ; average, Os per ton. St ra it° Farmers, 25s Od to 27s Od ; average, 24s • dealers, 00s OL ci 003 Od ; average, Os. per ton. Brea—Wheaten loaf, 7 ,, A to Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 11 ' f lid per lb. Eggs, 4s Od to 4s 23 per hundred. Meat -b e , e : 44d to 8d ; mutton, 50 to 7d ; veal, 5d to 8d ; pork, b u 6d ; bacon, 7d to 8d ; sausages, 6d per lb.—Fish, Newfot o • ; land, 11/. O s t o 121 O s per t on ; S cotch herrings, 310 to Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, Iod to 12d ; n i V,O 12d to 15d.—C oa l s, N ewport, 21s ; Lydney, 21s ; Cu l ni , Od per ton.—Whiskey ' 25 0.p., 6s 10d per imp er i a l galloto Hides, market, 30s t o 365; Salted, 30s to 38s per cwt. skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 3/. per ton_,' Fleece wool, 00s t o 00 s per stone.—Hemp, 381. to 421. T. ton—Timber, M eme l , 3/ . 158; red pine, 3/. 15s; yellow , 3i. ss. per ton ; deals, 191. to 201. per hundred.—Barkil,,,, 81. to 101.10 8 . per ton.—Tallow, 47s to 47s tid per evrt.— , °!a 71. 108 to 0/. per cw t.- T ar, Archangel, 194. per brl.—Oe, Peruvian, 101. 10s to 11/. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23. " 111 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t was steady ad., day, closed firmly at the quotations :—Chester and Holyb_e r . 22 1 1 4 ; Eastern Counties, 134 5-16 ; Lancashire and Y . , ; shire, 774 ; Lancaster and Preston (twelfth shares,,) , London an North-Western, 1191 • Manchester, She and Lincoln, 3N ; Midland, 744 ; 'York, Newcastle , Berwick, 174 ; Preference Shares—Lancashire and Y m °. ic i, shire 6 per Cent., 15 1-16 • Leased at fixed Rentals tcl l land (Leicester and Swanslon), 201 ; Foreign lines--" il Rhenish, 11-16 d. ; Quebec and Richmond, p. LEEDS, APRIL 23. nthSTOCK EXCHANGE.—The market f or s h a res stagnant this morning, and prices in general remain f o r out change. Great N or th erns are th e on l y exce pti°' 0 which higher prices are asked, b u t no t ransac tion ill L h° took place to-day. Lan cas hi re an d Y or k s hi re have " done at 77i, and Midlands at 74g. MANCHESTER, APRIL 23. ifi er STOCK EXCHANGE. -The share market has 110011 leiv firmer, but th ere h as b een a 'very limit e d business. mVI; bury ankHereford, 31-16 dis.; Midland, 74i ; Dover 3) London and North-Western Stock, 120. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 23. ~,L tr il! STOCK EXCHANGE.—This market has b e en, as '""weis railway shares, very active to-day, and prices We at supported. London and North-Westerns were dove 120. SEABORNE MALLS. - (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General roil by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] Day when made up From what WTl°ja COUNTRIES, i n G eneral Post- Port d Office, London.* Dispatched. En l America(byßrit.pa c k)N Every Friday .... Liverpool ...Arrlvc `i America (by United Sts. packet) .... • . N April 19 Liverpool ... API 27 -- America (by U St a t es packet) .... • • ...N April 18 ........ SouthamptontMaY 4 Australia (via South.. ampton) .......... At 4th of May Southampton April 4 Ditto (via Marseilles) N Bth of May Dover ...... Ditto (via Cape of Good Hope) ............N 2d of June Plymouth .. Africa (West Coast) 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. blaY g 9 Alexandria 31 8,9, 24, &30of m. Dover ...• • • AP__,, P ' Alexandria„ 31 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton 3 d al 01 2 Bahamas Ai 2nd of the month South amp t on of ‘ Belgium ...... t ... Dover .. Dal vl6 Brazil M 9th of Cie mouth.. Southampton 310- B 6 uenos Ayres ........M 9th o f the month.. Southampton M a Y Cape of Good H one .. N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April 1,0 11 0 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of June Plymouth .. g arC l 6 Cape de Verds 14th of the month. Plymouth .. APri Ceylon (see India) Ceylon 14th of the month Plymouth .. APII I 26 ei4 Channel Isles ........N Mon ~Wed ,&Ird. Southampton Tu ' Chili • •• • .• .. • • ....M -d & 17th of month Southampton May China (see India) 3 Constantinople ..N 7,8,17,21,&27 ofm D0ver...... 1 1 4 11 , Constantinople of n E tin n o r p t ie ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampt o n Map n Pe ia ) 31 & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... cdSil France ........ M& N Twice daily -- Dover Tyr''e 6 Egypt (see Id Gibraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 o:m. SouthamptoU 112aY Greece (see India) Greytown .......... 31 2nd & 17th of mon. southampton May 1 toi, Hambnrgh „N Tuesday & Friday London Tac s ",,, o o, Havannah .......... II 2nd of the mont h S ou th ampton Istollio Holland ............ 1 • • 1 Wednesday & Sat London .• • M °n " 6 • Y Honduras ... • ..... M 17th of the month. Southampton Ma 4 India (vlaSo u th ampt.) NI 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton Mar India (via Marseilles)3l Bth& 24th of month Dover May lonian Isles (see India) r ced i° Ireland .... •••. M & N Twice daily ... Holyhead - Madeira 97419' o l f 7, th & e 2B m o o f n .m t . h . SSocaudthhamampPttoonn v 1 6 Madei (see India) ra N 23rd of the mouth Plymouth Mal ' Malta alalta 7 ,17,19,78, 30 of m. Dover „April 29 Mauritius (see India) Mauritius .... • • ....N 14 th of the month Plymouth .. AP;26 /Mexico ...• •.. ..... 31 end of the month. Southampton Ist of Rl Naples..... .• .....N sth I bfr.2sthofmon Dover • • New Granada 2d & 17th of month Southampton May It~ New Zea1and........., By prh ate ship .. Various pert, Papal 'States 'thlsth2 s tholinon. Dover . May Peninsula M 'th 1 7th2Btholmon Southampton MaY 16 Peru & 27th Of mon southampton gY Port Natal 14th of the month Ply mout h ..April Sicily • • sthl th2sthol mon, Dover ...... aY Tuscany N s tl , lsth2sthofmon, Dover MaY 1 Venezuela . „ill 2d & 17th of month Southampton May Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) May 1 West Indies hi 2d & 17th of month Southamptor.i: * When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails - dispatchel on the following day. with the exception of the 1 0 Southampton), and the Malta, both of whi c h w ill b e d i spa tches day preceding. ADVERTISEMENT.—HoIIoway's Pills for the eu re „i;il Indignstion, Liver md Bilious Complaints . — These 'Leji• are the finest stomachic and the most invigorating ra t . oe tines ever known fo r wea k s t omac h s. Persons feet most delicate constituti on may use t h em w i t h Per OD, safety. it few doses improve the tone of the 40 1113 0 and induce healthy di ges ti on , b y w hi c h means suffe r restored to a st a t e o f v i gorous h ealth, which t;l4 had never dared to anticipate. Holloway's pills 0 , equally efficacious for bile, sick headaches, liver e°,4 plaints, and aff ec ti ons o f t h e l ungs, and may be reso r ro to at any season without fear of danger arising . 1. 0„0, catching cold whilst taking them. Sold by all drugf, and at Professor Holloway's establishment, 244, Str London. BIRTHS. OF A SON. 01 1 W. the 20th inst., at 14, Argyl e - square, St . Panel's wife of the Rev. Norman. ri On the 20th inst., at Compt on -P aunee f o t Re° l4 Somerset, the wife of Rev. J. Senior. OF A DAUGHTER. • • On the 21st inst., at Lower Clapton, Middlesex, Albert Savory. On the 19th of Feb., at Hong Kong, the wife of J• Esq., 59th regiment, A.D.C. MA RRI ED. Jofi le t On the 21st inst., at blonkstown Church, Georg?, IP! eldest son of G. von Dadelzen, Esq., of Blackhealm! n uicA , don, to Margaret, seventh daughter of the late J•Esq. • DIED. Ole On the 22nd inst., at No. 22, Portland-place , G Hammond, Esq., aged 91. On the 20th inst., at No. 1, Randolph-cresce nt, burgh, Kirby Dalrymple Esq., aged 8.3. _..........0% LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO Y ,/ . ° 0 1 1 ! I of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offi o, Strand, in the P rec i nc t of the Savoy, la tn e Monday, April 25, 1853.