The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY AND CANAL AMALGAMATION. OFFICIAL REPORT. The committee of. the House of Commons on this sub ject haveiagreed to their report, deprecating amalgama. tion for the• present—under Parliamentary powers— though it is admitted it may be necessary ultimately to bring it 'about. This decision will go very far to dimi nish the private business of the 13 ession, and 'leave the companies open to effect such private traffic arrangements as may appear most condvcive to' their own interests and the accommodation of the public: The following is the v'• official report:— ' • ' v • Your committee have carefully considered the -evi dence which has, up to this period of their inquiry, been ,__. .laid before them on the subject of railway and canal amal , ation, and: they have come to the conclusion that it will not be proper to sanction the progress of bills no* before :•Parliament for that object, without adopting the most careful regulations, to secure the 'public against the risk of oppression from the virtual monopoly which would thus be created in the hands of amalgtinated companies. Your committee would willingly v have adopted any • - coursewhich might have secured the fair consideration of these several proposals upon their merit's in the present ses sion, had it been in their power to suggest any course of that kind, with a due regard to the just requirements of _ the community at large. It has, however, been generally admitted by the advo cates of more extensive amalgamation, that this question really involves, by no remote consequence, the union of all the railway interests of the kingdom in one body, or, at • any rate,, in a small number of great incorporations not materially differing in their effect upon the public interest from such an unkon. It would manifestly ; be unjust to per mit the combination of great companies in - particular die . ,triets Without, at the same time, guarding against any in -• ' jury to smaller companies whose railways might be situate r •-. 4 within the same districts, and against the inconvenience * which the public would sustain ,if the communications through these smaller systems were ; interfered with by the power thus vested in greater companies possessing rival branches. The proposars for amalgamation ,haw e been recom mended to your committee upon the ground that much bene* ti - • • fit would result to the sharholders from . the inc rease d confidence which the possessor s stock would feel under these arrangements, bylleing; to a great - extent, secured against the risk of future' cimpetition. — Speaking of this Mr. Stephenson has stated 'to -your committee, that, ifthe competition which-now prevaild betweeirthe London , and North-Western, and P.reati Western.• , Companies shall continue, a large property„ which now yields 52 percent. , will probably in t en y ears b e reduced to 3 p er cen t . In re .. t ` — turn for the advantage of,'lieing thus secured, it hag been proposed to give to the public, in the shape of ; reduced • charges, a share o f th e p ro fit w hi c h would, .froni time to - time arise from the increasing traffic, spread, as it would • • then be spread, OVer the Clain& amount only of expended svia capital. It has been proposedlo secure Se the public this. returns by a machinery comprising a olosed capital account, ..zu.estimatecl maximum dividends with a periodical revi- sion of tariff, by which the charges to the travelling public ,might be, front time to time, reduced ; and to vest in the Isoard of Trade, or in some, other Government board, a : , wide contr o l f or th e purpoge•of insuring the free, fair , and jeconomical, transit of persons and, merchandise - f.roin one -"liart'Of the kiriedorn to' the other, by the lines 07 111 , . existence, o r by lines'hereafter to be made. 3 ' - Itimay be inferred from the evidenCe, that, in so me s hape of &Wei; ultimate combination of interest Arill . i . esult from ' the;temperary dompetition of rival companies. It appears that, in Lancashire and Yorkshire, a district not the least I . 4 ,lenditive to,the advantages of • frOe c ompetition ; no such .„_,Tree s ; Coln is practically enjoye d . as regards communication. v“ - 'railway bit that, on the contrary, between ,Liverpciol and 111anchester, where five, different m odes of transit, ‘'''f'"lnOl'e lir leis competing with each Other in their inception, "!) hgve been established, viz., the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the railways by Bolton, Bnry, 'and Wigan, it the )• ..hands l of the. Lancashire and :Yorkshire.Conapany, and the East ,Laneashire - railways, the 'Bridgewater Canal,- the( OFid ;,,,,Liver Trust s all-five have,• more br legs; a' common under standing with each other, and no rivalrk exists bearingany anillegy , sto..thekeen competition of private individuals con tending in the same, trade- • , • •. - ,in, the „case of therLionden and North-Western P -Aird the Great Northern Rail Ways, a . 011 of traffic hhs been adopted,. under arbitration, by whieh the .whoile ..);!"-VcittnifyleiliaMora - lon Edinburgh:and GlasgOW is divvided -c.taeckirding to a• fixed 'plan, and ;rlValry bet Ween thegd tWo 4 , .t ru aneB •Of; centiarcOinmunication is; to eXterit, i s, extinguished. 'Between the Great Northern and:Eastern , Counties thbre exists an agreement, 'dividing into two parks r i Ahe country in the neighbourhood of these islands, and Of: .r.,,,,fectu-Ally putting an end to any real. competition in that = r• . ; Vick iliatances are cited; but they are only examp le s o f appliars to be the general tendenc,y in respect 940m 0tii ion anirdiinbination between railway pqmpanies, •i• •It is natural for traders to Compete where the ,o Poi th -. - nity: it'unHmiteirfor new riv a l s t o en t er th e field fi4iPin,time tirtinie; it is quit e . a s natural' 'traders - tb combine so:. , •••••! soon ass the particular tree:a in Which th e y are 'engaged, the) .whole 'number Of Possible competitors may be as - . tai.ned and limited. • • -; cer • Va9/a4,considera4ons, while they appear to. your n O i t tee, ' °--c Allatt'9d-to diminish the reliance which can be to Pla'ced upon competition as a security.for the public against „the 'abuse of power by.railway companies, incre,afie_in the: ' same. piopoitio n the necessity for vigilance in parting With, aterebritrOl which,'siti guardians of the public interest, the Le gislieteitellidy'pasetesS. The voluntary combinations to which your committee v+n thusiadvetted have tot generally the sanction or' fbrce ,;sof law. - „Tile relations which the• companies have b e e n • enabled to establish"by their means are not secure ; and it a tegt of the difference.in value between these arrangb-v *lents . and actual amalgamation under 'the authority of - Thrliament,4 that :the witnesses who recommend amalge,' /nation speak so strongly as _they d0,:0f4 the additional security which . .it, will confer upon the stock of the panics obtaining that advan' , vi Wig, therefore, manifest that, in conceding amalgarna a'utiort;Parliarbent'*ould Part with a power which it might _el-teal:arise fat the purpose-of securing to the public one of'•the t lii advantages: that a commercial country can enjoy, k 4.41 z., freedom and economy of transit for persons - and .mer-- clue:Wise frqm - one .part Of; the kingdom to another-9 And that so important a step shoilid not he taken Valeas these advantages be fully secured. , r !'!"`: When the first railway bills were passed, and the present • system of railway legislation was gradually acquiring shape, the ordinary traffic of the country was conducted upon the • roads and canals ;• and the new system offered to the .public the. optiot-Of an improved method Of transit, which was naturally accepted on the' terms on which it was offered. ' Nor can it •be doubted that railways iiieke, expected te vbb in practice what-they, are in contemplation of law, new high- - ' -ways freely-up:en to. ,the . public, to, ,pass with enginea, and carriages at_ their,Own discretion. But in .course. of time - 'the ancient methods of transit have necessarily falle n into disuse, and the railw a y s haVe •bedeme the only mode by;' which the greatest part of the:internal communications of the country can be conducted . ; 'while considerations of public safety, and other circumstances, haVe placed the management and use of - them exciusively'in the control of the railway.couipanies. _ In passing from the ruder to the ' more artificial Spitemv,.,Whlle the greatest advantages haie on the, one handlieen_ om attaitect the other hand some sacrifice has been made of .tha,freedom with-which indivi duals are able to exercise their cheipe of ronte, and to se lect the means • of` lecethotion. they employ. , Under these circumstances, the relation which ought to subsist between the Executive Goverinnent,Os the gimidian of the general interest, on the one halid; - ancrthe (whim's' of the railways , on the othor,, has .-become a question of the utmost im portance • and it would be in the highest degree unfortu nate if, by any precipitate step, Parliament wereprecluded from arriving at the conclusion hest calculated t 6 promote tlre.publie good in future years. • . • Is order to ensure this end it will .be necessary to estab lish; in :the clearest manner, what that relation Might to . be; and, as subordinate to this subject, to determine, among other things, for what purposes and to what ex tent, audit can be rendered effectual; whether it be pos sible to ascertain and define what portions of the expendi ture should be charged upon the capitalof the companies; whether the fixed amount of dividend which any company should enjoy before submitting to the proposed revision of tariff can be fairly assessed, and what degree of control it is right that any central authority should exercise, fOr the purpose of securing fair facilities for the transmission of traffic arriving at the points of junction between dif ferent lines ; or for the development, by new lines, of the traffic of the country, as circumstances may from time to time require. v.,. There are also-kinds of traffic, such as the conve y ance o f coals and minerals, in resp ec t f which maximum charges have been prescribed ; but it is doubtful whether the com panies have not the power, by denying to one person facili ties which they afford to others,. of materially interfering with the freedofli of trade; and frustrating the inte.nsions • Of ParliaMent. In - manof the most important districts of the. country canals have bean united with railways in travarsing„the whole or part of the same district ; and while precautions have been taken in ,seme of the sots for securing to trade the benefit of free'transit by such canals, much evidence' -- has been offered to your committee that these precautions - have been ineffectual, ' 'lnto these questions yoiir committee have entered with all the diligence which their limited time has hitherto ion ; deredixesible ; but other important evidence remains to 'be heard, and your committee are not prepared to. pre y'''. dge - the determination at which, When the whole inctlury shall have been centliided, it may be their duty to arrive. :47 That - it will be undesirable to PerMit the bills-now before Parliamentto proCeed, without having first arrived 'at a st: conclusion upon thav merits of the whole qteition, will be manifest, when it is considered that the bills promoted by . one company (the London and North-Western) have been stated to your committee to involve the union, under one . control, of a raised capital of 60,000,000 1 ., between o i e- s , fourtkand ope,fifth of the railwai.property of the kingd.... .—an annual revenue exceedimg,4,99o,9oo/.--and arc extent' ;"*. of railway communication of Up3vea . ,cfn_of 1,100 miles, or ' morethan one-sixth of the railways,in theVnited King \•-• dom, forming from the inipoitailee of 11i6 towns with: - which it is connected; a key , to the plinilipaltoramunica- • 1 , .. z • trios of the country. •- - - ••• • , Your committee are not prepared to adVine that your honourable house should part, at present, with any of the ; powers 711lchParlianient possesses iu respect of these great ( ' companies. The - • which it is absolUtePerilyod ue n ,( !he's , ts' i s ..6 ion had :now arrived at , regard to private a dedded course commend that the bills OUP committee, -therefore, re emalicamations,. sball.not r effecting the..more extensive 1 . 3 '1 1 4: 1 W0d,•,t0 proceed to a second where P. Class of bills in clUded samete—chni , cal description as bills of anatiag which are not open to the same objection, an d vro cai e gt e r t:_ i i t et . n t o ' be included within! - These „f w g . in the present sessiOn.. ' the rohibition against are. bills the object branch for the '•benefit of a Inch is t o particular district.nl;akBdaliocal ;' • the small and new- undertaking cannot prospe r s ince unite it in interest with the trank, of whi c h. v''''' e tt; necessity, be a mere branch or adjunct.,„ : Bub' 1 ' 1111 . 4 , of of this. naT. trre, instead of deserving restriction s rather need nr, l'e,genient, and ought, therefore, to, be subjected to n e o --- , j u i ; . ! railway legislation: :necessary, expense, and to none.of ; the haza rds of delay . Bow far, wider any improved sYSteni : of it may be possible to increase the facility for obtaining ,%,lines of local conv e nience, is a subject to which the atten tion Of your committee continue' tb 'be' carefully di rected. • •It remains-that .yonr comreitteenheuld submit the views 4p..• which they conceive should;.lietadoptediipending their in eia•ginry uponother subjects indixectlY affecting the question ...„of.amatgaation.. , ~• ~ • The first of. these stitjec4 ,that of :running, clauses, as '"" liey are usually termed ; in other words, of &needing to' s "'"One coinpany 3c ,- , tvers of traveilifir, without censenti the lines of ailether: 'Thiki practice as always been reonrded., ao questienable, from considc;ali? a and . '`'your coin - mated advise thut - th - p attention select. 44 ‘' •nlitteb upoit each b il l shoul d ' , evetrcar, be speci 4 thi s su bject, and that running cleats* . shot hl be 4% , ..taictedo • io .„, itte d w itii groat caution; and-O - nly , :itt cases whom- it is 14. o,z, 4wJ~a+ ~ti.... clearly shown that the apparently hostile clauses are no inserted as a eloak_ior.amalgamation; and also.that effect teal security may be and has been taken for conducting the trafdc without danger, if the companies continue indepen dent 'or each othdr. There- are also many railways before Parliament in the present session which may not appear to be in theiniselves claimants for amalgamation, and which yet may be in sub stance means of defence or. of. offence in the contests going on between different railway systems. It is impossible for your committee, not appointed for the purpose'of investi gating in detail particular schemes, and not having •time,to devote to their investigation, to' express an oPhlion upon each particular plan. But .yotir committee are satisfied that if the amalgamation, schemes of the great companies are suspended during this inquiry, it is, r i g ht t o take smite precaution for guarding them against an unfair opposition which may arise from other schem es , an d th a t the public will be benefited by limiting the legislation of this year to lines which it is intended not only to pass into law, but also to carry. into actual effect. Your con:Miittee, therefore,,would advise that all schemes for amalgamating two or more companies alreadyincorpo rated, should be arrested for the present session, and that no new , scheme should be permitt e d t o proceed without giving effectual security for its actual and immediate com pletion. They are fortified in thi , conclusion by the fact which has appeared in evidence, that 2,000 miles of railway involving more than 40,000,0001. of capital have been sanc tioned by Parliament, and afterwards abandoned without I the colsent of Parliament. Your committee have taken some evidence on the sub ject of public safety, with which the subject of amalgama tion is very materially connected. But as their present report is mainly directed to the course of proceeding which ought to be adopted with regard to the bills now before Parliament, and the question of safety is too important to be dealt with in a partial manner, your committee do not propose to offer their opinion tothe house until a future time. In order to give effect to these views, your committee have agreed to the following resolutions, andhave instructed their chairman t o move the house thereon. (See Parlia mentary business, page 2.) THE PIRATES OF BORNEO. By the following extract from a Sarawak letter, it will be seen that the S 2. rt on the part,. of this the long - suspension •of 83 1 P1 3 9 - ' - Sakarran Dyaks,. encouraged by country to the peaceably disposed portion of tho.som . lish•gentleroan named 'Lee l com munity, have broken* out afr h elh s. , - f and ll n th . a t t a o 3 :u n n u d n e g is h t understand the mea sures 'were erected by Sir James_ Brooke, ,after . f the extract properly,. it must be borne in mind : that these SureS Which led •to the destruction of the pirate fleet oo Sarebas arid' Sakarran by Captain - Farquhar, in 1849, had Been'' approved by the gevernment, and were in intended by Sir James_ as the best and Most humane mode of checking piracy, bypreventing the exit from their ,riverer .of the • pira,tically disposed Dyaks in their bankongs ,or , war .proas ; and .he trusted that, by en forcing, this rule for a few years, the people would be gradually weaned from their evil :habits. This for a tune was entirely successful,, .and many of the better- disposed: engaged in the peaceful avocations. of . fishing • and farming. Two yOung English r gentlemen, of :the names,Of Breietori and Lee, volunteered:to take charge: or .“.,0 RC : these forts, the one at Sakarran, the other tit , Linga ; while a third, on the4ejang, was, pl ac ed' un d er Mr,' Steele's command. -They were all depende n t en tirely OA - their . .own 'resources, or - such as Sir James - Brooke could - afford them; and 'they cheerfully under-' : took the.risks` and privations of such a life,' as",the pit); neersvof civilisation and,good gevernraent - a,Mong a wild' and aboriginal people. A very moderate: amount iif - support, or the occasional visit of a steamer,•would hate enabled* them to maintain their positiOn, - Such, hod- - ' ever, was not accorded Ahern, and hi s coun t rymen h a e now _; to. deplore 66.104 of a gentleman who ,so early ,d -, v,eloped those rarely combined , qualities„, an, inVillet e• courage with greap yqwers, of comnianil. i We i sulijo li the extract _r e f erre d to -- '' ' - '•' ' a I shall' now ;acteiupt : to . give yon some of,the p -' ticulara of * a most 'unfortunate occurrence that hasi - fallen, us: Rental) had* for :several inonthi past been collecting a liallah and taunting Br ere t o p. About 'pa, tOrtgiglit ago `he: sent word to Gasim and Lingi, an the . others • who - . had , been-;" friendly' With; . trerptoja,.' that unless - they . joined' him and forced their way kr' flpa, he would attack :,their .houses and take all , the t ir property. 13rereton, upon this , . determined to 4o up. the river and ~defend their house4s.. 4e. seiit for Lee and the .BalOWs : and: - tl2. Batang,Lapurs, and collecting as large a force *as he could, ,proceeded., to 13and4nes house, which -lle hastily fortified.„, - Rentab came down with only twobeats, was fired into, and ran away: llieret9n and Lee rushed to their ,boats, and, follow.ed.by one otheiMalay boat, and a few Balows In scampans, pursued the retreating _foe. The boats soon , scattered,, and. on 'the leading boat suddenly turninma sharp.point of.thorivef i .she was received with a shawfr. of ;.spears,, and four huge bankons. lying in:wait were upon her before her crew could get at their gu ns; • they fought, however, most-gallantly till Lee.came-,,up arid• took off' the atteiitipn9f two lotf the.enemy. - Lee-shot with his c „oun two men, right and left, but had, no time to reload. Brereton'Et fire also killed several men, but .. , his boat was soon swamped alongside the gigantic bah-r kong of Rentab, and he and her crew got to the shoie without•a weapon. - Boats, guns, rifles, everything fell into the Dyak hands. Whilst this was going_on the Bah)ws, who fought well. at first,. : finding they had' no chance in their small boats,.and.with;27 of their nurn ber, wounde4,. gave-away in, all directions.. Lee's men, some. 'killed - and • many wounded, , after vainly. urging, thpir lead,er to ,:fly, . jumped overboard, with • the- exception_ of *kw, who .gallantly .stuck to . him till all were'.wonnded. ". They begged and prayed him to junipoyerboard and get • .ashore.. *Though despe.,ratey wMinded; the gallant fellO w fought' on, saying he wou d never run an a,y, world euld die; .I?uf:never b e s h ame d y turning, and, as his lasit follower. jumped overbo ar d, Lee was seen 'to spring sword in hand into Rentah's boat, where he was soon dispatched, and so we have lost as gallant and noble an .English gentleman as ever steppe . I think•you scarce knew him,-- 7 he was,shy and retired at first, but on acquaintanee he much improved,. and s endeared himself* to all by many admirable dualities. Everyone in Sarawak; including' .Malays, deeply feel his, loss *;,he was 'a great favourite with all—his courage was Spartan. The: news froth iquowit is also unsatip factory. Briah Riab, got paSt the fort, with a lair ballah, and. h 4 tip ,the . *.tieja,ng. „Kum Nipa has been tring to getup a eonibined attack. on the fort, and and it is said; Pa XAmbung, r 4 i Sarebas,, is preparing la tremendous ballah fur ,t. 4., same . object.. I . have di-- patched tbeEacTier - ' with . Orders; to Steele to take evenly precaution, and withll. supplies _of muskets_ and pinmure tion;alSo strict; orders not to quit this fort. I miich-feir ICanowit; Safeba,S,. and Sakarran will break'eut thii sea son ; there are Vvident signs' of it. St, John has 6.5141 fora steamer, but I.shall not rely on his 'getting one* we must defend ourselves, and' thank God, . our peop.e are' ready'and willing, If the Dyiks should breal .out now,_ the mischief Will be terrible, not 'only .to the rapid. y• rising trade; but to hundreds y of unsuspecting People wl, o , are fishing and fanning on the _banks of the rivers, 41- mostto the sea." .' *** ' ' It may be mentioned that Mr. Brereton had - arri.vdd safely at Sarawak. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. CIISTOM , HOUSE-AFRIL 9. ENTERED INWARDS.--The James Cruickshank, from Demerara • Patriot; Temeriffe ; Pearl, C a di z ; U ran i a , Rouen ; Alliance, Guernsey ; Cossack, do. ; Marys, do. and Jersey ; . Yergus, Demerara ; Princess Royal, Hamburgh ; Seine,. Boulogne; Rudolph, Lisbon ; Melinka, Buenos Ayres ; Sandford, Hamburgh ; Trial, Barbadoes ; Panther, Ostend ; Amiable Pelag,ie, Caen ; Veritas, Guernsey ; UdCnia, Marans ; Ann and Rosetta, Caen. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADtNG.—The City of Lon don, for Dunkirk ; Adine, Leer ; Etoile, R ouen ; M ar y, Antwerp,: &c. ; Tourlingen, Hamburgh ; Ocean Queen, New York • James Cruickshank, St. Vincent ; Antoinette, Elsinore and St. Petersburgh ; Affeyoine; Constantinople and Odessa; Ada, Magadore ; City of Boulogne, Bou logne ; Fergus, Demerara ; Hercules, Melbourne:; Krem lin, Boston ; Lady Kennaway, Melbourne ; New, Orleans, do. ; Moselle, Rotterdam ; Wilbeiforce, Hamburgh ; De vonshire,.Swan River ; Panther, Ostend. • , n „ CLEARED OUTWARDS WITS CARGO.—TI Th ames, for Tramburgh ; .T t ulius Caesar, Malaga ' • Jessore, Port Philip ; Anne, Demerara ; Hibernia, Alebomi ; Maria Christina, Santander, &c. ; - llniverse;* Montreal ; Warrior. Queen, do. ; Princess Sophia, Sydney • "Antwerpen, Antwerp ; Batavier i Rotterdam ; Earl of 'Auckland, ;Margaret Evans; NeVi York ; Kenilworth,' Calcutta ; Soho "Havre ; Albion' Boulogne ; City of London, bunkirk John Russell, `Harlingen ; (Elbe, liainburgh ; Diana, Amster dam ; Tartai,:Algoa Bay. ' VESSELS - SPOKEN - WITH. The Akbar, Mimi:this 'to the Clyde, April 4, lat. 50'N., long. 10 W. ' •' ' "i • ' The Davenport, ef Liverpool,Aptil 7, off Tuskar. The Peter 1, to California,' Jan. 27, lat. 57 S., loner..' 66. . - • r • ' The Raymond, :Valparaiso to Liverpool, Feb. 5, lat. 47 S. long.-47 W. ' - 'r •itte Halifax, London 'to Madras, , 12th, -rat, 2 N., long. 17 W. . TbU Juawa', Liverpool to Bombay, sameslay. The Ape, .Loudon, to Valparaiso, 13th l „lat. 2 long. 18 • The Ciiinkbane, LiVerPool tO i ldelboiiine; 17th 1at..2 N. long: 28. The Oceah Wave, Boston to Singapore, Slarehl,lat. 7 N. leng.:2sW, - • - • ' ,The Chevalier, Liverpool to. New Orleans Feb., 27,. lat. 16'N.; Jong. : ;B,W. . ,1..1., .J .. . - .'~:i • .. . . i THE'DidisaN6s.—The number of diggers- a t th e Tan u s glild fields may now be estimated at - 100,0D0, ,- :and'lthe average earnings may probably still :be calculated at an ounce per man per week. There: has been - .a slight falling off inrt,h6 quantities sent down by-escort during.the last ,month ;-.but this is partly to be referred; to the departure of diggers to spend their Christmas at their ) respective homes. Mount Alexander, Balaarat, • and the pvens are",now • being adVantageously worked. The, asto nishing richnesi 'of Mount Alexander is evidegced in the large amounts .which:' it yref4s, xiOtwith statiding the immense' quantities that have already' been drawn from it. ' The' whole country' 'thereabouts' alsiBbiret. or appears to b e mor e' or ' le ss auriferous:— There - are va , spots throughout the territOl'wherb gold Some, of the o s u e rid ea l e y s e a xp re lo k re ep r t s„ se a c n r d e . t i , t ty pa t y h i e ver n gdils6 n o anti e t zs iesi ;i . ()tilers ktre knoz ni n, e l r 3 o ut the limited-extent. of the deposits' the 4laree fields numerous party from engaging them. `But prevents any the grand centres -of alre ady .ll_ , 4lFntioned may ,be considered There cannot - be aof gold -V o i f oto fi r n i e a r r , mechanical proCesses. weiihkeil follo*ed, by in the gold lot, but leavt a4,rge ' prodUctiyeness inc.t.eased residuum of gold in ,the aurifgegrOlU.F:as and 'clitraSy prdeess of the d' cannot, 6 rdinArY ,hasty, can only' e introduced by Ei,:conmsactiv' - ti But. Tn4c4l4erY I will '',ever be effective in its • Ope4ti n cins ; b n ut: n ' 9. c " r " ooinposed of associated miners antlieCo-opeillivt T a i t ' il iB ..- eilllo.=Lfftetsaurne Argefi. ,• .. . . '‘J ' ,' 0 1 .... siuni eiv..o.ll)luot, ~:~.: z!. Ifrx . rDe-EISITR OR a c :). CROWN COURT.—CHESTER, APRIL 8. OBTAINING CHARGE OF M URDER BURIAL FEES. Honor Gibbons, aged 21, and Bridget Gerratz, 40, wei placed at the bar on an indictment and inquisitio, charging them with th e w il ful murder of Mary Gibbon s , by the administ ra ti on o f o i l of vitriol, at Stockport, clin the 12th of M arc h last. - • . Mr. Davidson and Mr. Horatio Lloyd appeared ter the prosecution ; and Mr. Gifford for the prisoners. Mr. Davidson said the prisoners were indicted for t e i wilful murder. o f M ary Gibb ons, an infant of; the age f nine months. The learned gentleman then detailed the whole, of the facts, as afterwards given. in evidence, in ,the course of which he observed that the child had been entered in a burial society, arid. at the time of its death the mother was entitled to the sum of 4/. burial money. The following witnesses were then called : Hannah Hogan said- she -lodged with the prisoner Honer Gibbons up to the death of the child on the 12th of March, and three weeks previous. Thursday before the death of the child it appeared quite well. Slept in the room with the _prisoners. During the night the child cried several times.. The next morning saw the child,en the knee of Honor Gibbons. . The pink frock now produced was worn by deceased. Saw a bottle like the one now produced with yellow stuff in it. , Nancy Hogan, sister 'of the last witness, was then called.' She corroborated the evidence of her sister. Edward Molloy lodged with the prisoners, in Flet cher's-yard, Stockport, and had lodged there upwards of half a year, with his five children, one of whom is 18 Years old. The deceased was taken ill on the Monday night before her death. She died on the Saturday. Was not well on the day before and remained in the house the most of the day. The deceased did not en that day appear to be very sick. • Towards 'the latter end of Friday night was • awoke - by the crying of the child. It continued to cry until witness got up. Should think the 'child cried about three hours. 1 . G o t up in the morning of Saturday between nine - and ten o'clock: - The , mother had ' the child in her arms in the bed-room. . It was crying very much, and witness said to her, "Honor, your child is poorly all night and very sick." She said, "Yes." Witness 'asked to look at the child. She turned it towards me, and 'I said " The child looks very bad ; I think' she will not live long." The mother did not say anything,, bnt 'ad idle turned 'the child it 'vomited N'ery bad-Stuff. Ori going out saw Gerratz, who was'minding one of Hoganls children in 'the kitchen. - 'Sholtly after 'Honor Gibbons caine down stairs with ..the child in her arms. Mrs. ' Flannery then came in and said, ''" The child is very poorly; did.you bring it to a doctor I" Gibbons said, " Na." Mr., Flannery then - said, "Come along with me to the doctor," and both Went ' out together. Did not notice the 'dress 'the child had 'on' at that 'time. (The - witness identified the dresees worn by the mother and Child preiious to'the death of 't - lie latter.) • Saw some bottles in the house Two'ef them Were like thriee now produced.' They were 'in the same room in which the prisoners slept.' - -The bottle - containing the yellow stuff saw last on the chimney-piece in the kitchen. - Did net see the 'Other after the death of the child. :- (This con tained vitriol.) Did not see any stuff like the latteir used 'in' the house. ' - Croee-examined— The pis - ober Honer GibbOnS • 0- pearedlond of the child, ' and took Care of it. •' l `"' - ' Ann -M 4 Nainara 'said--She ' - lives in 'Grape-Street, StoCkport,' nearifie residence'-of the prisoners. anoWis Hon or - Gibber/is. '' ' ReCollecist her 'child dying. Was 4t her ' house the afternoon' - before, 'And saw the child. - Asked 'heritow the 'Child *MI ' • She"said it was` veriy ill. - Raw 'the child. ‘ She took it out 'of the cradle, air e d 'said' it was'swollen -en 'both 'sides-of the belly% The•sate eVeiling. went again to the house afterdark.' 'Asked h 4r how the child was, and she said,. ".A. little better." -Did not see the child nor hear it cry.. ' • , - .Tiilia Coyle, another of the neighborirs was at Gib ben' house theeVeniq before the death; and asked he: how the child was,` and she said " Very well." ' It aP -peaYed very Well ; and was lankhhig. Went there again the following day,- between II 'arid 12:e'clock. 'Saw the peisOnerEi and 'the child; the hitter' hi the - arms Of i:is mother: - The child-appeared Very poorly. • -Asked Gib bons' what was the reas o n of th e •Strokes on each side of the mouth of the bhild ? She said, "From the drink:" Looked at the child's 'Mouth, - and asked what was the reason of her mouth being'full of blisters, and the tongrie stroking to the upper lip ? She made no reply. • Bloqd came from the child's nose, and -1: asked her the reason of of it. Both the pri6oners answered, " FroM the drink it has taken." '-' ' ' '• ' By the -Court j-She did not'Say what the drink was.; Julia , Flannery, another-of the neighbourS,"deposed $o frequently seeing the child previous to its death. It was a fine baby. .Saw it again tirt - Saturday morning be tweed nine and ten o'clock. It was frothi ng o u t Of its mouth. = • • . • Peter 111`Namara lodged•with Gibbons up to a foi night before. the death of the. Child. Was ill, and had some medicine ; it was yellow stuff, and in a bottle like the one now produced. Had none like the oil of vitribl now produced.' I Patrick Flannery said he saw the prisoner Gibbons oh the evening the child died. At half-past seven the mule evening he accompanied her to 'the Red Bull, where the club is held. = , They went-with the president of the chill to Dr. Lowndes, whom the prisoner-Gibbons said had seen the child. Was , present= on Tuesday when a bottle was found in the ash-pit near the prisoner's house:- it is the one now produced, and-it contained a little mb4l of the oil of vitriol than there is at present. Isherwoo4 took thb bottle. - Cross-examined—The ash-pit is common to about I 1 houses. Harvey Lowndes, druggist at Stockport, stated that on Saturday, the 12th of March, the prisoner Gibbbts brought a child to his shop, and wished to give the child some medicine. The child lay in her aims 'with its mouth open, the tongue was turned up, and , the under part dry 'and charred. Asked her what she had given the child to cause. its mouth to be in that state. Slie said, s' I ha,ve given it •nothing." I said, "You Imo have given it something, or its mouth would not be in the state it is, and I shall not. mix any medicine for' i ; you had better 'take it to some one else, for the child is dying." There was a little discharge from the nostrilt, rather coloured, but not bloody. Asked her how lbng the child had beenill ? She said it had been poorly on the Monday, but: i3he had not taken any notice of i t until the. Friday night previous. Saw: her again that night along with Isherwood, president of the club, and the witness Patrick , Flannery.. Isherwood said he had come to see what was the cause of the child's death.' I I ; said , l could: not :tell him, for I had only examined: i s mouth, and it was a very suspicious case: ' , The prisoner f and Flannery said the child had died a i natural dea f . Isherwood said they must meet -him ;in about thr - quarters- of an hour,. at the Red Bull, .and he would s e whether he . could settle with them. They then we t Edward Isherwood, President a. the club, deposed to what took place between:the prisoner and -himself, es already detailed by Flannery and Lowndes; Charles Prince, one of the officers of the burial elute produced the books of the club; He said Gibbons came to him on Sunday night, the 3d of October, and entered herself and child as members. James Flanaghan ptit her. name down in the books. Afterwards saw the same child dead at the house of -Gibbons, the prisoner. The witness then deposed to seeing Gibbons a t, th e club house on the Sunday evening , after the child's' death, and she said if he (witness) would get her the money she would give, him one-half. James Flanaghan deposed, to , the .prisoner Gibbons and her child beinganembers of the club 4., . ;, . . Mr. W. Derbyshire, surgeon, of .Stockport, deposed - to going to Gibbons's house; on the day of the child's death.. Saw,some dark brown stains, as if somothing had ran out of its mouth. ,The lower part of the belly. was going black. - Asked _the prisoner Gibbons what she had given to the child 1.. She mentioned some Simple things in the way of food. Saw the child on the Sunday morning, and its tongue-was white and corroded, Cross-examined—On. the first .occasion the prisoner. said the. child had died a. , natural.'-death, and witness ,mightopen the body, ordo what he,liked.l.. .- . John Derbyshire, police, officer, .prodnced the clothes worn by the child- and, the , two prisoners, and 'a battle containing oil of vitriol, which; was , found initheashpit. Geerge .Cheatham deposed to the fact, of the prisoner_ Gerratz, giving herself up-on the 25th.of March. ' Mr.- John Rayner, surgeon i :of Stockport, deposed .to making a post mortem examination, of the body of , the,. child, and that its death was producedby mineralpoison such as oil of vitrol. He also produced .an , onalysis of the clothes worn by both prisoners, and also by the child, in all of which.he found oil of -vitriol.. He. also found, the same thing on, the inside pocket of the dresa, taken from Gerratz in the leck-up: .- - ..--, -.. ~ .-- This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Gifford addressed-the 'jury at considerable length. .in favour of the-- prisoners:- -- He contended that the charge against theyounger prisoner was a most impro, ; bable, one: The. prisoner- 1:4 ibbon a might , have, adminis tered the peison by mistake, . but as :against -the - other there was not the-slightest case:. - After :going ,over the - whole _facts of the, ,case ' the . learned;,,geutleraan..cen chided:With a. most powerful appeal to the jury in behalf of the prisoners. ,' .. ..„ , ~ - •_. , - The learned Judge gummed .up the,case to the jury. The jury retired,_ and, after being out of eourt an hour . and a half, found both prisoners Guilty, but recommended .. .. , them -to mercy. • ' His Lordship then 'put on the black cap,- .and pro ceeded-to pass sentence of -death- upon, the 'prisoners. , Hislordship said they had been-found . guilty, -after -the most careful consideration of their Case, - of a vile , and = cruel murder. They had had; the benefit , 'of+ being de,, fended with the greatest zeal and ability by the learned counsel who had kindly, ,undertaken their defence; but he, could see no reason whatever ,upon the evidence to : doubt the propriety of the conclusion! to which the jury had arrived. With respect `to Honor Gibbons,, she, for the basest motives of, gain, had unnaturally violated one of the deepest feelings of huMan , nature; and for the price of that unfortunate-infant's burial fees had had the -heart to:destroy her own child by - means the most cruel, unnatural, and barbarous.- -With respect to the other_ prisoner Gerratz, his lordship ~ o bs e rved that there-ap peared no adequate motive for herconduct, except some, . inherent dispesition to: join in, such a,deed. Afte r s t a t 7., ing that the recommendation of the jury should be for, • warded to the. proper, quartery-the, learned -judge prof. ceeded to pass the awful sentence. of 'the law upon • the prisoners, holding out uot..the slightest hope of a corn-. mutation of the sentence , as. far as Gibbons' was con cerped: - , . . the prisoners were thOn removed from the bar, sup ported by the -matron and turnkeys. • u z AnnowaooT.The Sydnei lEntßzre gays tUt arrow root equal to that procured from the Sbuth Sep Islaniiy. 1, 4, been prepared; from some' wild plants whiOli abn.ndantly near Sydney.' - 4 , , t s . _ THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1853. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE:: SLifirE. i tHE PA PE ( From the Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin.) Among those unfortunates guilty of loving freedom too we'll, was a young quadroon girl, named Emily Russell, whose mother is now living in Now York. The writer has seen and conversed with her. She is a pious woman, highly esteemed and respected, a member of a Christian church. By the avails of her own industry, she purchased her freedom, and also redeemed from bondage some of her children. Emily was a resident of Washington, D.C., a place which belongs not to any State, but to the United States, and there, under the laws of the United States, she was held, as a slave; She was of a gentle disposition, and amiable manners ; she had been early touched. with a sense of religious things, and was on the point of uniting herself to the Christian Church ; but her heart yearned after her widowed mother, and after freedom, and so, on the fatal night, when all the other poor vic tims sought escape by the Pearl, the child Emily went also among them. They were taken. The sin of the poor girl was inex piable. Because she longed for her mother's arms and for liberty, she would not be forgiven. Nothing would do for such a sin, but to throw her into the hands of the trader. She also was thrown into Bruin and Hill's gaol, in Alexandria. Her poor mother in New York received the following letter from her. Read it, Christian mo ther, and think what if your danghter had written it to you ? . _ "Alexandria, .Tan. 22, 1850. "My dear Mother,—l take this opportunity of writing you a few lines, to inform you that I am in Bruin's Gaol, and Aunt Sally, and all of her children, and Aunt Hagar and all her children, and grindmother is almost crazy. My dear mother,' will you please to come on as soon as you can ? I expect to go away very shortly. 0, mother ! my dear mother ! come now and see your distressed and heart broken daughter once more ! Mother, my dear mother ! do not forsake me, for I feel desolate. Please to come now. "Your daughter, " EMILY RUSSELL. "To Mrs. Nancy Cartwright, New York. " P.S. If you do not come as far as Alexandria, come to Washington, and do what you can." That letter, blotted and tear-soiled, was brought by this poor washerwethan to some Christian friends in New York, and shown to them. "What do you suppose they will ask fOr her ?" was her question. All that she had —her little house, her little furniture, her small earnings —all these pilior Nancy was willing'to throw in ; but all these were btit•as a drop in' th e b ue k et. The first thing to be done, then, was to ascertain what Emily could be redeemed for ; and, as it may be, an in teresting iteth of American trade, we give the reply of traders in full := !" " Alexandria ' Jan. 31, 1850. " Dear sir , ,—When I - received YOU/. letter r had not bought the negroes you spoke of, but since that time I have bought them:. All f have to say about the'matter is, that we paid very high for the negroes, and canna afford to sell the girl Emi4. f'o'r less than' eighteeh - hundred' dollars; This may seem a high price to you, but, cotton being very high, consequently slaves are high. We have two or three offers for Emily from - gentlemen from the south. She is said to be the finest-looking woman in this country. As for Hagar and her seven children, we will take two thousand five hundred dollars for them. Sally and her four children, we will take for th em t wo thoisand - eight hundred dollars; You may seem a little - surprised at - the difference in prices, but the difference in - the negroes makes the difference' in, price. We expect to start south'with the negroes on the Bth of February, and if you intend to do anything, you had, better do it soon.—Yours, Xepectfully, " Baum and HILL." This lettei'canie to - N6* - Yerk before the case of the. Edmousons had called the' attention of the community, to this sallject... The enormous price asked, entirely dis couraged effert, and, before anything of importance' , -was done, they heard--that the coffie: had departed, with. Emily in' it. • Hear, 0 heavens ! and give ear, .0 earth !. Let it be known, in all the countries of the earth, that the pricei of a beautiful Christian girl in America, when she is set up to be sold to‘a life of aflame, is from eighteen hundred to two thoTand dollars ; ,4nd , yet, judicatories in the church of C have said, in solemn_ conclave, that American slavery as it is is no evil! . . From the; table of the i4orament and from the san tuary of thel Church of, Christ this girl was torn away, because her beauty was a saleable - article in the Cave market in N ew Orleans ! Perhaps dome northern apologist for slavery will say she was kindly treated . here—not handcuffed by the wrist to' a chain, and forced to walk, as articles less choice are ; that a waggoh was provided ; and _that she rode ; and that food abundant was given her to eat, and that her clothing was warm and comfortable ' and - ',7iere • fore no harm .w as d one . We have heard it told us, again and again, that -there is no harmin slavery, if one is only warm enough, and full-fed, and comfortable. It is true that the slave-woman has no protection from the foulest dishonour and the utmost insult that can be offered to womanhood—none whatever in law or gospel ; but so long as she has enough to eat. and wear, our Christian fathers and mothers tell us. it •is not so bad ! ' Poor Emily could not think so.• There .was no eye to pity, and pone -to -help. The food of her accursed lot did not nourish her; the warmest clothing could not keep the chill of slavery from her heart. In the middle of the overland passage, sick, weary,, heartbroken, the child laid down her head and died, By that lonely pillow therg was no m o th er , but there was one Friend, who, loveth at all times, who, is closer than, a:brother. Could our eyes be touched by the • seal .of faith, where others see the only 'wilderness, and the dy;ng 'girl, we, perhaps, see' one clothed in celestial beauty, waiting for that short agony-'to be-over, that-He might redeem her from all iniquity, and present her - - faultless before, the preience of his grace with exceeding joy ? Even the hard-hearted trader was touched with her sad fate, and we are ,credibly informed •that he said he was sorry he had taken her. __ Bruin - and Hill wrote to New York that the girl Emily was dead. The• Quaker, William Harned, went with the letter to break the news to her mother. Since she had given up all hope of redeeming'her daughter from the dreadful doom to which she had been sold, the helpless mother had dropped like a stricken woman. She no longer lifted up her head, or seemed to take any interest in life., Whenl/Ir. Harned called op her, she asked, eagerly, "Haye you heard anything from my daughter ?" " Yes Illave," was the reply, "a. letter from Bruin and lid" " And what is the news ?" He thought it best to give a direct answer, . is dead." "Emily The poor mother elaiped her 'hands, and, looking up wards, said, " The Lord be thanked ! He has heard my prayers at last !" And now, will it•be said this is an exceptional case— it happens one time in a thoUsand ? - Though we know this is the foulest of falsehoods, and that the case is only a specimen of what is acting everyday 'in the American slave trade ' yet, for argum en t' s sa k e, l et us , f or o n ce, admit it to be true. If only once in this nation, under the protection of our law, a - Christian girl had been torn from the altar and the communion -table, and sold to foulest shame and dishonour, would that have been a light sin ? . • POPULATION.—It may ,be fairly assumed that more than 80,000 souls from all quarters of the world have lauded on our shores during the past year. The entire population of the colony at the present moment may be , stated at- more than '200,000 souls The principal in convenience felt - by ziew-comers is the want of house ac commodation. The abundance of money, and the defi • cienoy in , effective labour,- have raised the expenses of building far above the'point at which it would be a pro - fitable investment for capital., „The nuriaber of buildings erected in the city within the year, bears no proportion • to- the increase of - the population. - But already we dis cover symptoms of re-action in this respect ; and we think that the ensuing year will witness a revival - in the building trade, and a great extension and improvement - of the thty. . .Meantime ; the want is partially - Isupplied by tents and small wooden buildings in'the outskirts. On the southern bank of the YarraYarra there is a population • of font or five thointand living in tents ; and all' around • the boundaries of the city wooden 'cottages are daily springing.np. The scheme for affording tempOrary shel ter to' newly-airived - inamigrants has been carried for " ward with spirit. The private subscriptions amount to nearly 40091. ; to which the Government is to add 8,000/. • The. Wesleyan-Methodists 'have erected' a building for the temporary accommodation of immigrants, of their own-and -Other derMnii nations, in 'want df shelter. Despite all such efforts;'heweVer, there must be a peat amount of privation; as ive'have said ; but it will rarely sink to actual destitution, and' at worst: is only tem porary. The immigrant, once landed, if he has any self helpfulneSSat all, speedily finds means to ward off actual want, and sooner or later gains a footing from which it is his, own fault if hedoes not stride rapidly forward into competence and- comfort. —Melbourne 4 rgus. • - - CONFERENCE OF DELEoATE6 FROM THI PROTESTANT AtI , IAtfaO§ . 6IGREAT 11RiTAIN.—Con Frida'y'last a : meet ing 'war hild at Btimifighina; which the Proteitant Affianced' of - the folkiwing towns had been invited to wKen Man chester,Pl y erid . dele ß g i a r t m es in :L aal tild ß o r n i , st t o ei B n t li . u n rg e h l , en lr Month; Newcastle,• Stroud,' Sheffield, Worcester, Wol verhampton,-Stafford;'Leeds, Nottinghain, York, Chel tenham, Smith Shields,'Norwieh, Ryde, Stoke4tpon , Pretit, Ea,stliondon, TorqUay,' Leaming ton, Hull, Leicester,, Shrewsbury, Sentliatipton; Derby, • 'lslington,- DevonPdit,'"l34th, NeWbury, i Stonehouse, Tonbridge Wells,- Gravesend, Durham, l'eterborotigh, Stamford;' Hereford 'Blackheath,, Weyrhouth and Brad ford, Norwood,'Pieeton, Dorset, and Weston super-Flare: The bUsineal of the conference was com menced by a preliminary meeting:for arrangement, held at twelve o'clock, and from ' that hour ' until half-past five the delegates were engaged 'in discussion of the vari ous operations connected with the alliance. - The meet ing 'was not one of public demonstration, selely for private deliberation.- 'Among the subjects whieh'occu pied the attention of the:delegateS were the Modes of en lightening •the : Public with respect to popery, and pro tenant trtithe; 'by Meeting's, lectures, amnions, the press colperteurs, missionaries, sehools;:contro 'Venda} &c., Ste. From about twenty otthe more important alliances accOnnts were - furnished of the • Sti'deOis" attending - their ' efforts; "and the :energy With , whiclithe'Verk was'-carribd i dn'in Scotland was rega,rdbd bighly'enouraging. Was intimlfed also that `the Protestant Alliance, with - the 62 kindred associations connected' *Writ, was increasing'in efficiency every day. Attention Wasc' directed to the present Condition of po ' pery at 'hoine, in regard to which an inquiry into the ;teaching and effect s o f M a ynooth WaS , l'expeeted to be in stituted by the Housis'of Lords; and was to be in troduced into the Himise of Commons for the inspection 'and centre/ of 'nunneries, while the jaer§eoutin , cruelty etp6pery abrOdd hair teen eianally eXposeci ;u,(? . clefelted by the 'exertions eilled forth at the instance of the pro teetantATliailen on behalf of the released, prisoners l the ' • - fl ~„ SPORTING NOTES.—No. OCCOIX. NEWMAtItET CRAVEN' 'MEETING. This meeting, now in its eighty-second year, having been established in 1771, and named in compliment to the Earl of Craven, will commence to-day at half-past one with the CriiTen Stakei. I have already commented upon to-day's racing, and I have merely to add that Frantic and Gossip will receive forfeit in their respective matches. - The races commence to-morrow also at half-past one, I believe with the sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each for three years-old and upwards, over the first half of the A.B.M. This, with the 501. plate for two-years-old over the same course, does not close and name until this evening. A two-years old plate is a bit of a novelty at Newmarket in the Craven meeting—this being the first that I can recollect ever having been proposed. The Newmarket Handicap, the ninth of the series, out of a subsCription list of eighty-eight has obtained - fifty acceptances the field, however, will but little ex ceed a baker's dozen, if it does at all, the great fa vouritism of Contentment and Ethelbert frightening the majority of the animals away. The latest accounts name the following as the starters :—Weathergage, Contriore or Charley, Koh-i-Noor, The Little Salrage, Antigone, Herbert, Peacock, Grapeshot, Ethelbert, Jack the Giant Killer, Gavotte, Contentment, sister to Cara,- cara, and Nerva. Any addition to, or subtraction made from this list by five o'clock this evening will ap pear in the seven o'clock edition of The Sun. My opi nion of the result of the race I expressed last week, when I awarded the first, second, and third places to NERVA, ETHELBERT , and Contentment. A n ti gone and Herbert I exp ec t will be fourth and fifth, with Grape shot heading the ruck. The twentietli - Tuesday's Riddlesworth Stakes of 200 ' sovs. each, h ft, over the D. M., according to present arrangements—which may be capsized with respect to one horse, Constantine, by the running to-day—will be contested by erlenavon, Phrygia, Constantine, Diomedia, and perhaps Talfourd ; DIOMEDIA and GLENAVON being the probable occupants of the first and second places. A Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., over the D. M. will only have two at the post, the res u lt being—EsTBELLA (Nat), 1 ; Phrygia (Norman), 2. Another Sweepstakes' of 100 sovs. each, over the D. M., is uncertain in the number of starters ; for should Filbert put in an appearance he will have but a sohtary ofiponent, who, of course, will not be able to beat him. Should he, be reserved, however, for the Column on the foll ow i ng d a y, W ar Wh oop will have the felicity of beating Dabchick, Jupiter Tonans, and Cobnut. _ - THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF. TATTERSALL'S—SATURDAY. :NEWMARKET HANDICAP. 2to 1 agst Contentment (taken). 5 to 2 agst Ethelbert. sto 1 agst Nerves, CHESTER CUP. 8 to 1 agst Trifle, (taken). 10 to l'agst RiOnaond (taken and offered.) 20 to 1 dgst Newminster, (taken). • 33 to 1 agst Ann Page (taken). 40 to 1 agst Ann Eliza (taken). DERaiY. 10 to 1 agst Pharos (taken). 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 10 to 1 agst HinieYwood (taken). 14 to 1 agst Cineas.. . 16 to I,a,gst Umbriel. 18 to agst Ninnyhammer. 20 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 25 to 1 agst Ethelbert. 30 to '1 agst 40 to 1 a„gst Contentment. • STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday. MANCHRSTER,, April B.—Since Tuesday, there. has been a somewhat more marked quietness in yarns and goods than- was described "in our last report. In this respect we have sympathised with the state of.ttings 'at Liverpool, where spinners have operated warily, and only to` the' extent df their present wants. But, al though the buyers are less disposed for business, there is no further change among spinners than a modification of price on the part of such as were previously asking more than could be obtained. The amount of transac tions is very limited. Goods are affected, as regards demand, but not in an • equal dojree with yarns ; and prices remain steady. There- has been rather more call for longclotlls, which have consequently gained lid. to i _ 3d. per piece n price. ' GLASGOW, ' APRIL - B,=—The market has been steady throughout the . Week, and a fair amount of business has been transacted at the pijces current last Friday. NOTTINGHAM, APRIL 7.—There is some improVe ment in the demand for lace goods on the whole, although there are some, sorts for which there is not so much inquiry. We-do not specify these sorts, as when it is know there is an , accumulation of any kind •of stock, buyers are always on the look out to have them pretty much at their own price, and we have known fre quent instances where ;manifest, injury, has been sus tained by parties so _cirbumstanced. The hosiery trade continues in an : uninterupted state of activity for the home, colonial., and South American markets, and large orders for the United States are expected ; a few have already arrived,. The cotton market is hardening in Lancashire,-especially for fine numbers, and we shall not be surprised to hear of an advance on the price of lace yarn very soon.—Nottingham fournal. THE WEATHER IN THE METROPOLIS.—The metropolis was on Friday visited by a succession of atmospheric changes, but rarely witnessed at this season of the year. At an early period of the morning there was a brilliant sunshine, but this was of very temporary duration, for the wind, that had been veering between the west and the north, settled at the latter point, and about mid-day thick and dark clouds' completely obscured the north- western horizon; and this darkness was soon followed by a heavy fall of hailstones, accompanied by several smart claps of thunder:. This having passed over, it was suc ceeded by a copious fall of rain, and gusts of wind. After a time this subsided, and the sun again burst through the obscuring-clouds, but this was merely tem porary, and a, second and heavier fall of hail soon fol lowed, which alternated with showers of rain for the rest of the day. In the evening, between five and six o'clock, a fearful storm of hail took place, accompanied by rain, and although of bri e f d ura tion, it h as not b een exceeded in violence by any since the year 1846. The atmosphere was so partially darkened, that the places of business, shops, &c., had to be lighted by a r tifi c i a l means, and in about a quarter of an hour !the storm burst furiously; 'and in a short time increased in violence, rain and hail descending perpendicularly in sheets with such force as to cause considerable damage to skylights, and to premises roofed with glass of ordinary thickness ; rain descending:with the hail, the latter did not lie on the ground, but quickly liquified, deluking. streets :in consequence of the drains and sewers being for a time surcharged, and in many instances overflowing foot pavements, so as to render them impassable. These oc currences principally took place in the northern district, nevertheless the Surrey side of the river did not escape unscathed. The surfaces of macadamised roads in the outskirts were completely washed away. The roads i l after the storm had ceased, had the appearance of the bed of a torrent after much sultry weather. Market suburbs suffered severely from the v g i a o r l d e e n i c i e o groundth e instorm.the suburbs THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT WIGAN.--- 4 The coro ner's inquiry was brought to a close at a late hour on Thursday night, and the jury came to the following ver dict :—" We find the . death of Henry MaTsden, and fifty-six others, whose bodies we have viewed, wa s caused by an explosion of fire damp which occurred on the 23d of March- last, in the Arley Pit, situate in Ince, belonging to- the Ines Hall .Coal and Cannel Com pany ; and that the explosion occurred from gas which accumulated in No. 6 (Griffith's) and other drifts on the south side of No. 2, north'-jigger. There is no direct evidence to show how such gas ignited, or the accumu lation took plabe ; but tle jury are of opinion that it arose from the door on the south side of No. 2 north jigger being improperly left, open for a longer or shorter period. The jury cannot separate without strongly ex pressing their opinion that the rules for the regulation of the said colliery are very imperfectly carried into exe cution." A ROYAL TELL-TALE.—The poor King-Consort' of Spain is a sad tell-tale. A few days ago the Queen asked the Marquis of Mirafiores some questions about political matters, upon . which lie . , addressed her Majesty at some length on the subject, and concluded by giving it as his opinion that it would be highly conducive to her inte rests if het mother- and the Duke of Rianzares were to leave Spain.! The King-Consort was present, and is said to have (though the Queen eesired that nothing should be said 'about it).repeated the whole conversation to Queen Christina in half an hour afterwards. Queen Christina and the Duke:of Riahzares came to the palace next morning, -and there-was a regular sower de familia, the first reSu4.of which is that the Marquis of Mirafibres has been forbiddefi the 'palace, while some recrimina tion is 'said' to lave passed between much higher parties. A PARIS MATCH. —A man, a Unman by trade, recently arrived from the d e partment of the aers, te in abe wagered 1.50 fr, two days ago that he would walk twice round Paris .y the odroi wall (29k miles) in eight hours , on h conditionat at the tha that h ß e a , rri shr4 Barriers should dde be Se conveyed . llede across performed the feat in :fifty-tw o minutes less than the appointed time. ncvrd ormtehde river A FRENCHMAN'S NOTION OF TIIE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS.-The following description of a sitting in the House of Colimons is given in a recent feuilleton by Mery, one of the most celebrated poets and one of the most amusing writers of modern .France :—" Speeches are delivered.:in a psalm-singing tone ; members sleep here and' there, and everybody. yawns ; the Speaker does not use a bell, and no.one is ever called to order 1, there is never any agitation- on any of the benches ; ennui rains in torrentd ; Whigs and Tories share Amongst themselVes badly-baked biscuits ; a good deal of Barclay and Perkins; porter is drink; members go ont every movement to swallow a basin of turtle soup ; on their return they turn over collections of caricatures I Minis ters plarat short.whist to p,eorner ; those who are not asleep read romance of .Dickens; speakers seem not to cardieblut - being listened= to.'! A Fl6fAlLL'MtsErt)---Last - week an old woman; named Ann Dawes, was taken from a house in Strait's-mouth; in the lowest . stage of destitution, and conveyed to the Greenwich Union. On-her arrival at the union, the master,, gr. Ell 5, with his charactoeristic acti v it y , di, b rected e'r iclothek— or rather rags, t w ere in a most filthy condition. o n be burnt, as they a partment] banker 'S hook was found, Fearching her , f rom which it a ppeared that Dawes:Wa worth 150 t., s part of which ' was deposited in-the Islington_i Savings' Bank, and the r emainder in the - London and. County Bank...._Kentisk, Mercury. - , MISCHLLANEOUS. . , . , Dividend Amount Name of Company. . per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ---------- . - £ s. d. • ,X 8. ,e, , Assam Tea —.. •• .... ,50 0, 0 . 20 0 0 ,1034 auction' Mart••• ••• • • 0 . 21. ss. 50 0 " 35 kustrallan Agricttlturl I/. 100 0 0 35 ' 0 0 100 Australian Trust •• .. -61, per cent. —••. 35 0 0 . Australian Royal Mail --- 10 0. I) 2 (I 0 4% 38 10 0 % C i ng l o -Mexican Mint.. , 111..1)0 0 0 5 5 0s. . 10 0 0 , British Land 5 354 witea ........... ~ 61. percent% 100 0' 0 .32 .10 0 60 54 Do. 5 per cent Bonds Si. per cent. . - _ , , , ..... , 10 i 34 Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. __ . , -- 116 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. _ 97 Electric Telegraph (A) 25 0 0 ' 20 0 0 22U • Ditto:. ••,•• •• •• (B) • 25, 0 0 ..7.10 0 ,ID A Equitable Reversionry Si ; pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 117 Ditto lg ew... . . . . . , 50 0 0 10 0 0 Gen. Revers. & Invest. p. 5 c.& bs, 27 100 0 0 ' 100 0 0 Gen.SteamNavigation ,- 10 p• ct. 15 0 0 14 0 0 30% Hudson's Bay ...• • . • • Stock. 220 Hungerford...... •... .2/. 10s. 10Q 0 0 100 0 0 47% London Institution .• , • 78 15 0 10 5 0 L o ndon ReversiOnary • 5/. per cent . is 0 °. ' R us sell Institutiond••••• J 4, •• • - --- • 12 10 0 ~...-.. Trice'aratenteand. Co. JO/. pe: cent. 20 0 0 . _l7 10 0 2 Reversionary Int. Soc. 41 1 ,-,1. pr cent. 100 0 0 C O ' C O ' —6 Royal Mail Steam •• .. 41. p. share. 100 0 0 60 0 " S mth Australian ..... sf.per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 0 5 - 3 Trust and. Loan Comp. _ of, Ulmer Causda • ... , . ._ ..... - 20 0 0' 2 ft 'ft 20 0 -0' 3 .0 0 MELANCHOLY, AND FATAkAPcIDENT.—A satio thro ughout , was excited throu g h 't Painful sen , the yon Thursday, liy a lamentable accident which occurred on the works of the pi l l, ? An Great Exhibition building , caPsing the almost instantaneous death of 3 Alen, and such injuries to several others as, it is f ea T o -) some . of thein will not recover from. The following official aecount of the distressing occurrence was, furnished in the course of the afternoon by Inspector Stokes, of the metropolitan police force, who was on, dub, at , the works :--Between 10 and 11 o'cf.oc.k, this morning, a gang of painters, fifteen in , number, w ere engaged i n painting the arch of, the ma chin 9YY.-,court of the. !Great ,Exhibition, building, when suddenly the scaffolding on which they stood gave way, and thirteen of . the party were precipitated to the floors it IC --- tvfo having clung , to the ropes by which .11:te. Beall Aiding : bad been , suspended, and these only were saved uninjured. The injured sufferers were instantly con veyed_in cars to..Baggot-street Hospital, and placed immediately,. - under medical . arid , surgical treatment, but, we lament, to say, : that skill was unavailing in some eases, for, death speedily put a period to the sufferings of three. The:following are the names of the ,na t en, who fell,with the scaffolding :— William lig ginson, dead ; James Malone, ditto ; Nathaniel hooker, ditto ; Walter Anderson; not expected to recover, ;Ten j Potamislt, , :verelF . injured ;. .Charles Killeen, slightly injured ; James „Pam ditto ;, John Nelan, ditto; William Clarke ditto ; Edward Taylor, ditto ; Philip Hancock, ditto • William Cardiff, ditto; Peter Leary : thigh,l449 •k • • t MARRIED.: tb e On the 7th inst.', at the Abbey Church, Romsey, Rev. George Augustus Seymour, to Elizabeth We.,i o j, fifth daughter of the late lion. and R ev . G era ld T. I'4l/- canon of Winchester, and vicar of Romsey. DIED. Oh the 7th inst., at the Grove, Camberwell, Monsle Rabudy, aged 88. On the 7th inst., at Portsm ou th, Catherine Wors9jjj' relict of the late General F. Maitland, aged 84. On the 9th inst., the Hon. and Rev.,Armine Wodehoi, third son of the first Lord Wodehouse. LONDON : Printed an d Published by KURD° YOU i th of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the coUi Monday, April 11,1863, •l tai, }./:J~1•~ PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER CON PANIES' STOCK. From, the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5. JOINT-STOCK BANKS, ' Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. Annum, 6hare. £ s. d. X s. d. Australasia.... ...... . 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 92 British North American 6.. per cent. 50 0 0 1 •0 0 0 60 ComMercial of London. 61. per cent. 1 0 0 0 0 .0 0, 0 32 Coionial .............. 31. percent, 100 0 '0 25 0 0 lonian ............... 6/. re,' cent.. 25 00250 0 • - Lond•Char.Bk.of Ans. - 29 0. 0 210 0 17% London and County .. 6'. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - Londu and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 35% London Joint• Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 214 Provincial of Ireland... 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Ditto, New......... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 -- National of Ireland.... 4t. per cont. 50 0 0 22 10 , 0 - ; Nat. Provnelal of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 - Ditto, New .... •••• ' 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 - I Oriental Bank Corpora. ,81. p et. & b*. 25 0 0 25 0 0 55% South Australia .. .• . ;6/ p. et. & bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Union of Australia •:16 . p, et:& bs 25 0 0 25 0 0 78% Ditto - - 210 0 - Uni•ai of London ..... 7' per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 17% Union of Madrid - 40 0 0 40 00,. r - INSURANCE COMPANIES. • Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. I Price. Annum. Share. --- X s. d. X s. d Albion ••... •• .1.....• 31.105. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71. 14s. 6d. bs. 100: 0 0 ,11 0 d -- Ditto Marine....... 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 SQ, Anchor .... Atlas . i rgus Life .........•• 41. per cent.. 100 0 0 16 0 0 - British Commercial .. 7s 6d, 50 0 0 .5 0 0 '7 , Clericl.Med.& Gen. Life spr ct. & be. 100 0 0 10 0 0 2,‘% County .... ...... •• • • 1 4/. 100 0' 0 10 0 0 121 Crown .......... • ... 14s. 50 •0 0 50 0 17% Eagle.. s s, 50 0 0 50. 0 7% Equity and Law .. .... ~ ..N per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% Europdan Life lss. • 20 0 0 .111 paid. 2O 5 0 0 sa‘ Globe n 61. per cent. Sto c k._ . 1 &0 - ' ( luardian ............ 51. per cent 1 0 0. 0 0 45 0, 0 84 lipperial - Fire 0 0 _ Imperial Life ' . - 12 s. 100 0010 ,) 0 1 0 % Indemnity Marine-- ! /..h. & Cs. 100 0 0 2 0 0 0 58 Law Fire ............. 2s, k irs. bs.. 100 0 0 210 0 44 Law 7.fre........ .... - 100 00 !O 100, 50 Legal and Gene ra l Lif e --5000 2 0 0 5% LondonFirh .• fps & bs. 75 0 0 12 10 0 ' 28% London hip.... ..... .. 10s. 25 . 0 0 12 'lO 0 28% Marine.. ..... ....... Ms...per share 100 0 0 15 0. 0 ,: 22 Med. Inviid & Gen. Life I% c. per et. 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 Minerva • ...• • ... Sp. ct.& to 20 d 0 211 0 6 Moaarch ...... .... "`•• ~ - / 5' 0/ '0 10 0 21s. National Loan Fund.. 51... per cent.. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladiitin Lite.., Phcenix . :...,.. ... - - 1745 3 Peofessional Life.". 51. per cent. 6500 10 0 % 1' vident Lik Rock' IA re ......• 4p. ,5 30,010 0 8% Royal Cketistnae ...'., ' 6/. p,e l / 1 & bs Stock. all' 236 Sun • 1re....;/ 6 ' 108-• • 1, • - ~ • Ditto.. Life l'. 6s ~ • -,• • Uni.ed Kingdom .., .. 41, p. et. kba. 20 11 0 4 u 0 5. Universal Life . v ic , icria LW - ' 4 'IT' 6 8% .... .. • , . .. i _• • BRIDGES. . • Dividend ~ Amount. . Nape of Company. per ~pf , , Paid. P r i ce. , Annum. Share. , - £ s. d. X s. •d. d ungerford - - - 12 touthicark - 100 0 0 - - DVto New Of 7% p c 70s: percent: "50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo.. ... . . DUO Qld Ann. of 81, , i 21.,85. Od. ~ . -'....60 01 0 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 21. 2s. Od. -, 4a 026 0 22% Vauxhall ........ A v. 21, 70 10 3 - 21 .-, •t WATER-WORKS. / . '• .. • t - Dividend 1 Amount , Nentie tif Company.- ( • per of Paid.' Price. , , , _•. . ~ .,Annum.. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Haft Londoli ' 6/. per cnt.' ' Stock: - 125% Grand Junctioa 4i. . -41.• per cut. -50 0 0 - 69 Kent.- .........• • . 41. per cat. • 100 .0 0 - . 84% Lambeth ...... - .... , -10 Q 0 0 . - _ New Rit'er Company. 21. 1 105. ' "-- - 60 SouthwarkkVauxhall 51. per att.' 100 0 0 - 1,0 West• Middlesex ...... 61.05. pr cnt., - - 110 , . . DOCKS. ' • Dividend Amount 1 N_ me, of Comp...fly. . per • of .Paid. Price. 4 Annum. Share. . - • I ' l ' ' */ • ' X' s. d. X-s. d. Commercial ••• • ~ ..... 41, pr cent. Stock. East, and West India.. 6%1. pr cent., stpck .7- . 167 East Country.. - London ...-. -.•• •• • • 5/. pr cent . Stock. --' 127 Ditt B o onds 4l. per cent. ' 1 -- St•Kathazlne .. •. . • - 1- - Stock. - . 99% El nithampton .11. per cent. 50. 0 0 ; 50 0 0 , 37% Victoria .......... CA3tALB. • Names of I Dividend, „ rice. , Names Dividend of per Companies.' per Companies. a rriee. vi Annum. .I.shtnia Oldh 138 71. P. ct. 140 Macclesfield , . iOO 21. 10s. 50 Altrusle7—•• 'l6O Nestle •• •• 100 . I€l.' tlrknk&Abrg 1501 6/. .5254 0xf0rd...... ~ ion 13 , . • .132 Birmingham 40 41. lO% Pe4Forest. 78 3/, 18s. 70 Covp3try..•• 100 25/. Regent's.... 33 ti. Os. 16 , 4 Deft* ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale:... 85 24 42 Ell , dre&Chs 69 2% p.'et 3134 Seldrset Coal 50 GrandJunCtn 100 3i pr.ct. 68j; ,Do.LkirdSt 4 12 D ands Ct. 10, 61. In. ct. Stffrd &Wore 40 281. 405 Grthei 100; 24. 10i. Shrewsbury , ;rand Unfen 'lO5 11.10 s. • 'Eitettrbridge.. 1 45, 207. 290 Kennt& Avn 39i 6s. Od, 7 Severn and '•• . • Lancaster . 100. . Wye Rail. t 243 2/. Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 21., 550 Warwick & .1 1 4 , 40 Leibester 100' 51. -66 lairmlng. 100 4 •• Leicatt &Nth 53, • 45. 44% Warwicl & 3 , 28 Loughl7orogh 142 70'. 510 N ap t on..j. 100 .1 MountOtlthsh 109 Worcstr , & 78 ' allntgmerysh 100 Bi rm i ng. ) 31: 3leltnMwbrY 100 Wilts & Wks' —I 10S. Od. 7 • GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of. Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. British Ditto Provincial.... 1/. Bs. 20 0 ; (1 20 0 0 23 Brighton • • •• •• • • 5/, 20 0 0 20 0 0 16 City Of London ...... 61. 100 0 0 150 0 '0 125 Continental (3d Cap.)... 4/. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67% Equitable - •• •• 501. 10 0, 0 50 0 0 Great Central:"... 10 per pent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 Imperial ........ 31.& bones. 50 0 0 SO 0 0 83% Independent ..• 61. •40 0 0 40 0 0 46 London.. a. • ..• • • -- 50 0. 0 50 0 0 Do., Pail. Preference 6 ' per cent. 25. 0 0 25 0 0 24% Pacenia 3ii. per cent., 50 0 0 49 0 0 ItAtcliff „ 51. 'lOO 0 0 90 0 0 ' United General . — —1/. 150 0 0 60 0 0 20 Wastaalasterekartered Si. per cent, .60 .0 50.0 o 39 lYtto, New ••, 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 . 7% . . LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. ' • • Dividend T Amount • . Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. •a, d. £ 5... d. Bank of Scotland .... • • 71. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 188110 British Linen Comp-. 81. per cent. +OO 0 0 100 0 0 2111 0 Caledonian Bank • Bl. per sent 10 0 0 210 0 3/.lBs. City ofGlasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 .0113 s Clydesdale Bank-. •• •• 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 .10 0 0 12 14s Commercial Bank ...• 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1821 0 w.astern 8ank'......:. 61. par cent. 25 u 0 10 0 0 10/11s E linb &Glasgow National eip a n n k k . of l c . o . - • 100 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. Od 51% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 2 s Menke( Scotland Rank 51. percent. 20 " 0 0 • 2 "10 0 4/. 2s Royalßank ofScetland 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 , 5110 .Union Bank of Scot. Western Bank .... •• •• 71. per cent. .50 0 0 50 0 0 72/ lOs alliance Fire and 834 /. pr cent. 10 0- 0 10 0 0 241108 British Guarantee .... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. 8e Caledonian Fire Inset". 101. per mut. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261. Od Citrof Glasgow Lite* r 61. percent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 41. 30 8 Colonial Life ..... •• • • 5 /. per cent. 50 0 0 1 0 0 41. 7s Edinburgh Life Intlnr. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 15 ' 0 0 21/10s Eng. & Scot Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 41. Os Life Assoc. of Scetland 6/. per cent. to .0 0 110 0 4/. Os National Fire and Ltfe 6;. per cent. 10 0 1 0 0 11. 13s tilotth British . Insur." 4 Si. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 • 34/". Cs ScottishUnionlnsrnc. /;41. pr cent. 20 0 0 I.' 0 0' 11. las Standar d mt . :United, Dep.. ASSUSELIM3 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0.,11. O s *Ex Dividend. . COUNTRY MABKE2'S. -APRIL 8. HADDINGTO/ The following are the priel to-day : First Second :es of grain at our market WHEAT. BARLEY. . 54s Od 37s Od . 48s I.d. 34s ld OATS. BEANS. 25s Od 378 a 21s 5d 34s 6tl 198 Od 32s OIL 233 qrs., 239 sold 140 qrs., 128 sold 344 qrs., 226 sold 136 qrs., 109 sold urcl 4ls Od I 26s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, barley „ oats 71 , beans 7,1) ABERDEEN-APRIL 8. The prices of grain are—Old oats, OOs Od to 00s od, 401bs per b us h e l ; new oats, 17s Od to 00s Od, 401bs pet bushel ; here, 28s Od to 29s Od, 531bs per bushel ; 27s Gd to 28s Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 39s Od tv 40s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 46s Od to 48s 04 621bs per bushel • oatmeal, 14s Od to 15s Od p er b o ll ; flour, 37s Od. to 39s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb, 4d to 7d ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 8d ; pork, per lb, Os 5d to Os 6d ; salmon, per lb, 1s 6d to Os Od; rabbits, each, 7d to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, is to is 2d . ; butter, per lb, 8d to Os 9d; eggs, per doz, Os 7d to Os 8d ' • hens, per pair, 3s Od to 3s 641 ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 3s Od ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Os Od ; turkeys, each, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 74s to OOs Od; ditto (summer cured), OOs to OOs Od ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, kid to Od ; 4.1 b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 3id ; pork, fine small, Os Od to Os Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od ; lamb, per quarter, 7s 6d to lOs ; cheese, per imperisi stone, 5s 6d to 7s. CORK -APRIL 8. Brig. Currency. White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od-20 stone' 5 Redwheat 22s 6d to OOs Od Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 do. Ditto 00s Od to OOs Od Barley oos Od to OOs Od Ditto 068 Od to 00s Od 00s Od—l6 do. DiLo OOs Od to 00s Od Bere OOs Od to OOs Od Os Oil. 187 Oats los Od to lOs 10,1 Ditto 00s Od to COs Oct 10s Od do. Ditto oos Oct to OOs Od 85 ~Pigs 43s td to OOs Od OOs Od per cwt. Quantity sold at the highest prices : 00 barrels white wheat ; 27 r e d ; 80 b ar l ey ; 0 h ere ; 19 oats ; 1 pigs. Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week : Wheat, 79. Barley, 212. Bere, 00. Oats, 2,20. Pigs, 269. . . _ Return of cattle sold for week ending April 2 : Pigs, 499. • Sheep, 313. Cows, 73. CORK.—Flour— First, 15s od, to 165 Od ; extra, 17,., Od; seconds, 13s 6d to 14s 6d; households, lOs to 13s Od; th uds 7s Od to 108 per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 7s 9d to 88 3 ( 1 Oatmeal, 10s 6d to lls Od ; wheat meal, 108 to Its Od per cwt Indian corn, 71. 5s Od to 81 Os Od. per ton. Bran, 41 5s Od to 4( 12s 6d perton. Hay—Farmers, 28s Od to 40804 ; average , 345; dealers, 32s Od to 50s Od ; average, Os per ton. Straw - Farmers, 21s Od to 26s Od ; average, 24s ; dealers. 32s Od to 00s Od '; average, 'Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 7d to Od ; household ditto, 6d t o 00 per 41b.—F r esh b u tt er , 9 t° lid per lb. Eggs, 4s 4d to 486 d per hundred . Meat-be ef , 4.4 d to 8d ; muttor, 541 to 6id ; veal, 4i4 to qd ; pork, 5( 11 ; 64 ; baeon, 7d b . ; sausages, 6d per lb.—fish, Newfoluor laud 111. Os to Os per ton • Scotch lierrings, 318 to ON; Red, do., 308 per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9d to 104 ; Pinker lid to ' l2 d.—COals,'Newport, 21s; Lydney, 21s; Culm, 16$ Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gallon!, Hides, market, 30s to 36 5; S a lt e d , 30 s to 388 per cwt. O P skins, 3-Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 2/..175.,6d to 3/. per ton.'' Fleece wool, OOs to OO s per stone.—Hemp, 38/. to 42/ - - ton—Timber, Memel, 31. lOs ; red pine, 31. lOs ; yellow do:, Si. ss. per ton; deals, la to 18/. per hundred.—Bark, red' 81. to 101.=10s. per ton.—Tallow, 466 to 47s per OM.—HOP S ' 71. 10s to 01. per cwt.- Tar, Archangel, 19s. per brl.—Guano , Peruvian, 10/. 10s to W. per ton. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent from - the General Post-olt el by the night—and M by the morning —dispatch.] CQUNTRIES. Day when made up Fro m w h a t Whea! In - General Post- . Port' due in, Oftlee, London.* Dispatched. England America(byßrit.pack)N BVery Friday Liverpool ... Arrived America thy.,United Sts. . packet) .... ••• • —N APill 13 U. • • Liverpool April IS America (by: States - • k packet) ..... N April 18-r. Southampton April 2 1 Australia (via South- - ampton) ..........M 4th'Of May . .. .. Southampton April. 4 Ditto (via. Marseilles) N Bth of May • . ••• Dover ...... April 1 Ditto (via Cape of hood - Hope) of June Plymouth .. Marche Africa( West Coast)..N- 23rd of the month. Plymouth April 1S Alexandria.......... N 8,9, 24, & 3ff of m Dover pril 16 Alexandria.... ..M 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April 2-'_, Bahamas ........... ijoi of the month Southampton Ist of In v ' Belgium ............N Dover Daily Brazil ..............M 9th• o f th egnont h :. Southampton pril 16 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th'of the month.. Southampton April, Cape of Good Hope' 14th of the month Ply mout h pri1.20. 0 Cape of Good Hope ..N 2nd of June Plymouth .. March:, Cape de Verde ......N 14tH of the month Plymouth, April 27 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon ..............N l4th of the month Plymouth .. April - Channel Isles Mon.,Wed ,&Fitd. Southampton Tu. To.; & 17th of month Southampton April IP • China (see India) Constantinople 2 ,8,17,20,&27 of m D0ver...... April Constantinople ........ 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton April ?!,ti cont. of Europe M& N Twice daily Dover ...... Twi Egypt (see India) France & N Twice daily.... Dover Twic 6 Gibraltar .../11 4,7, 17,20, 27 o f m. Southampton ', Greece (see India) . ' Greytown ..........M 2nd & 17th of mon. South-mpton April 6 .r Harnburgh ..... • -....N Tuesday & Friday London ..... Tues vannah ........ M 2nd of the month Southampton Istoll' l ie Holland •• • . ..... •• M Wednesday & Sat. Lond on ..... Morlq; 3 6 Honduras 17th of the month Southampton April 1, India (vlaSouthampt.)l4 4th & 20th of mon. S ou th amp t on April-Y: 6 India (via Mar se ill es )M Bth & 24th of month Dover ...... .. .. .. .. . 7 2 , 3r 9 d , lonian Isles (see India) - • m. l o 7 t t & h e 2B m ° o f P 1 Ireland .... & Twice daily Holyhead .• • 16 Madeira ...... • . • ...M 9th of the. month Southampton dpi 12 Southampton Madeira yaiouth.. 16 Malta (see India) AP Malta ..............N 7,17,19,28, 30 et' m. hi) p /41 10 over Mauritius (see India) Mauritius ..N 14th of the in or th Plymouth .. April 2 6 _„, ' Mexico 2nd of the month. S ou th ampton Ist of Yr Naples..... .......N s thlstb2sthofmon. Dover pril 19, New Granada ......312d&17th of month Southampton April 16 New Zea1and........., By private ship Various portE Uncoil Papal States ........N stl,lsth2sthofrnon. Dover , April Peninsula M 7 thl7 th2B thofm on Southampton Pr, ll , 1 11; 6 Pert, - .........:....M Id & 27th of Trion Southampton Apr , Port Natal .......: ..N 14th of th e month 'Plymouh.l, April ~6 •Sicily :2 ..............N sthlsth2sthonnon, Do ver April : 1 Tuscany ............N sthisth26thofm o n . D over April 1 6 Venezuela 2cl & 17th of month Southa m pt on . Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... West Indies ........ 2d & 17th of month Southampt on April, * When any of these dates fall o n a S un d ay, th e mails W i ll 41, clispatehel on the following d a y, w ith th e exception of the India ~th Southampton), and the Malta, both o f w hi c h w ill be dispatched " day preceding: lr THE GRAVE 01 , MAGNUS, THE DANE.—A corresP O dent wish es ' to beinforMed. of the exact spot where the Scandinavian hero, Magnus, w as i n t erre d . In rep l Y, have to say th a t Mr. Warsaae, the Norwegian histor l , 3 l; some time, ago visited this town for the purpose of f1. 1,13 ' upon'the exact spot where Magnuslvas buried, and aft t , r , the most diligent se arc h , taken in connexion with matron afforded by manuscripts in the library of Cor o t hagen, - he c ame t o t h e coucluSion that the grave 0 Magnus is a little mound adjoining a clump of trees the extremity of the place formerly called "Islan 3 0 . , 1 0 ter," and now k nown b y t h e name of " The 130`; Island," on the: right of the new' road to: Ballydug 3 s, which island is now in the occupation of Mr. Thee' Henry,. of this town.—Dowapatrick Recorder. [ADvEunsEMENT.] ,—.The Earl of. Ald.borough ` Holloway's Pills.—An astounding cure by this miry lous medicine after every other means had failed. • extract from.his lordship's lett e r, dated "Villa Mess? , Leghorn, reb. 21, 1845. To ProfeSsor Holloway. Slf fa I beg to acquaint you that your pills have effected a c u s t of disorder in my liver and stomach which all the 0 3° ,,t 'eminent of th e f acu lt y at horde and all Over the contirle' o f had not been a bl e to effect—nay,.'not even. the water?,,, Carlsbad tor Marienbad. (Signed) AunioßouGo'.ver These -wond er f u l' p ill s w ill =cure any disorder of the or .stomach.--S o ld ( a l so H o ll oway ' s ' ointmen t ) at Pr ° fessor. Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, Lou and by all medicine vendorsthroughont the world. . , . . RAILWAY' SHARE MARKETS. / _li,P The 00L STOCK i sh , ar A e lll m ir a , xk 9 zt was d...... ihiS Yean day upon the l ea di ng - - 1 iCHA L N IVE GE. „ti day, and qu o t a ti ons closed i per cent, lo wer than ion, stocks. Dublin and B e lf as t Jun ° ' 2 . 4 pm. ; East Lancashire, 18# ; Lancashire and Yorkg • and 77 pm. Leeds Northern, 1 Live Cr°''' 'Fifth Southport, in ; London and North-Western, 120 - ;,1 j, ; shares,,24 pin. ; Midland, 75/ ;,North Stafforshire , ' 4 0,16 South-East ern an d Dover, 23 ; Manchester, (61:. new), ' pm.; Bt. Helen's Railway and Canal (4. percent.), 1 Pr° . Dutch Rhenish, 2 1-15 (1. • - MANCHESTER, APRIL 9. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-7There has been but a limited 10 i i A ness declining pzices, and only , six sales w ere recor ds` East An g li an P re f ., 7 per cen t ., ' 4 ; Sheffield, 101. e t it f, 11; ditt o , N ew 61. pre f ., par ; Mi dland ' Consols, 76; ?or British, 81. ; South-Eastern • and Dover, 231.16. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 9. • in STocK EXCHANGE.—There w as a steady business Xl 3 market to-day, with a better inquiry for railway stoe' li London and North-Western s c l osed at 1214; and at 76.4. LEEDS, An------- al, 9. SPOOR EXCHANGE. —On the whole the share mar ket r been -rather weaker to-day. The chief business done i r Tjj been in Midlands, which closed 75g. York and NO 0 1 Midlands wer e d one at 29i North British at n; o,t Manchester, Sh e ffi eld, and Lincolnshire (6/. per cents.), 10s. 6d. pm. .73IRTHS. OF A SON. On the 7th inst., at Haighlands, near Wigan, Xi t)(11 Frances Lindsay, wife of the Hon. Colin Lindsay. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 7th inst., at Epsom, Mrs. Joseph. M a it Ware. )