The Sun. — London, England, 1853-03-09 00:00:00

rbitt Talittion4 DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap. nungerford St. Andrew Ten ran. The Optional Selling Stakes. The Gip Cripple Kate The Innkeepers' Plate was won by the Mundig filly, The Betting-room Stakes. Ethelbert... King David Eleven ran. The Northern Steeplechase was won by Chorister. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY; TWO O'CLOCK. The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at from 3,000 to 4,000 bales all to the trade. The market was flat, and prices of all kinds Were drooping. The sales comprised 110 Pernam and Maranham, at NIL to 60: ; 110 Bahia, at 6 d. to 6ifl ; 200 Egyptian, at qd. to lid. ; 200 Surat at 3id. to 41d., and the remainder American. Railway Shares were flat at lower prices. The ship Chance, arrived at Callao, had Mel bourne accounts of December 9, but the tenor of them is not known. The steamer Forerunner, with the African mails on board, brings 2,0000 z. of gold. The Niagara furnishes late dates from the United States and Canada. The mercantile advices read well, and the yield of gold in California was large. The steamer Orinoco brings about 190,0001. in specie on freight, 45,000 dollars being for the Mexi can bondholders. The accounts from Mexico lead to the conclusion that Santa Anna will certainly return to power, whether, however, to be more successful than his predecessor, remains to b: seen. Mr. Falconnet's letters are not so late as the Published advices. From Jamaica we learn that the expected proro- gation of the House of Assembly had not taken Place. Nothing had been done in reference to granting supplies, the revenue bills were in abey ance, and by some it was considered that the ses 'lion would last till April. There had been a flood at Port Maria, and the roads were impassible owing to the overflow of the Westermost river. The water is described as hav- Lug rushed through the houses and stores. The inhabitants in Stennetts Town had been driven from their houses, the water having attained the depth of 5 feet, but subsequently it had quite subsided. In Annotto B a y th e fl oo d h a d been tremendous, heavy rains having prevailed. The bridge on the Annotto River was entirely de -I,,reyed, • earth, trees, poultry, pi gs , goa t s , an d houses being carried away. Most of th e s t ores on 64 0 Bay suffered severely. Business was entirely Zu!Pended, all communications with the interior ;eing cut off. Falmouth, Hanover, Westmore and and Montego Bay had suffered also. Much i njury had been done to the cane fields. The suspension of payment of Mr. George Hen )lett, the railway contractor, has been announced, and the liabilities are said to be large. The Arctic Company is receiving, it is stated, v ery good support, and the Share list will be closed en Saturday. It is obvious that parties who join 8 2 10 /1 an undertaking must do so with the object of giving it full support as a jpational experiment, Pad such men, it is said, ItSve come forward both h ere and in Aberdeen. There was n.o alteration yesterday in the rates at W hich Bills' Of Exchange were negotiated upon the taken Paris, at 25 27-i• to 30 ; Hamburgh 13 7i• to 7f : "masterdam, 11 182 to 19 ; and Trieste 115 to 11 9. The Honourable East Idia Company drew bills durin g the last fortnight to the amount of 13,3031. * ,-• 2d., a t th e exc hange of 2s. ld. on Bengal, and 48 * ljd. on Bombay. The English Stock Market has risen again, Con :et 's being 99i for Money and Account. Bank Bsrock is worth 224 to 2281. Exchequer Bills are 3. to 13s. premium. The New Three-and-a vlarter per Cents. have been at 1031 The business doing in Greek Bonds is still active, and they have been done as high as 8* and 9. Brazilian New Stock is active at 97i to 98 for the Four-and-a -Half per Cents. Eqn dor Stock is at si, Sa r di n i an Bonds are 98i to9 s 9 a t e , t b t e e i r ng a scrc t ly e BO good. The Turkish Lo an i Spanish Certificates are up. Peruvian New na Scrip is sto premium. There has been an improved market for Railway Shares, but the dealings are still limited. Great Northern are up a little, and North Stafford and Waterford and Limerick. Chester and Holyhead are not so high. South-Western fluctuate, and North-Western are still depressed, as also York and North Midland. In French Shares there is very little doing, but they bring rather higher prices , owing to the im- , 'lovement at Paris. Upper India have been again , gone at premium. Gold Mine Shares continue inactive, and there is especially a decline in the Waller, the prospects of the mine being very different from what was re presented. This, we apprehend, will be the case With many of the other United States schemes that are now being foisted on the market, and if the d irectors who join them do their duty, they will in -B.lBt upon sending out a special agent to verify the , ' l Presentations made before they part with a eaxpence to the parties who introduce the affair (. .. ) ., 11 this side of the Atlantic. The Megant ic ePper Company did this, and the result was that the• director s as honest men, advised the shar e- riders not to go on with the concern, and fulfilled their promise by deducting only the amount origi y on for expenses. been the Land Company's Shares very little has n done, and they are nominally the same. „,,,T be Australian Bank Shares are generally rather cheape r „ -ale directors of the English and Australian Cop per Company have this day received advices from , 4 eir managers, dated Adelaide, 15th November t, by which they have been informed that over teamsters had been engaged to work on the i „?_rt Wakefield road, consequently, s h ow i ng that TheT our was becoming more abundant i n th e co l on y. manager writes :—" We have accumulated - 7cween 300 and 400 tons of coal at the works, and W e f ; anticipate that in the course of next week we tb all be able to light three or four furnaces, and " Copper produced will enable us 'to keep faith With the Burra Company." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (Front the Official List.) Business done. B ank Stock 3Per Cent. Reduced Annuities lOO i x e Per Ce n t, C onso l s A nnu iti es 103 # fi 1, 40 „ w 3 1 per . Cent. Annuities ... 6i 7-16 -g Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 1860 • 48 dig Bonds , £looo $0 nth C onsols Sea Old Annuities 9 9 94 1 -.llsols for Account 10th March .I .Xekiequer Bills lid. XlOOO £5OO 8 13 t s 2IIICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. - 'zilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. II Ditto Ne w , 1852, 4i per Cent 97 i 8 74 1140 13 Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 64 tpador Bonds 5l , e4 ada. Bonds, Deferred, 221 I.. .ii e itto Ex., Dec., 1849, Coupon- 4 m— 9 84 9 k e e ! ex over-due Coupons -,, z lcall 3 per Cent b _- tto for the Account 2si - ..._t.vian. Deferred 3 per Cent 65 Ditto ScriP • 5 Zactinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.......... 8 13 111 . 611 Bonds, 3 per Cent $W New Deferred, 3 per Cent 2# lush Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun B 3T aivecidBh Loan . li -,, l ish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 — ttitqto for the Account l4 ?1:1 Exchange per Cent — Ditto 4 Per cent. certificates......... - d P 0 P THREE O'CLOCK. Corlsola Ditto March Account 99 Frig •.,FESSION OF MURDER.—GLASGOW, MONDAY.—On NuaY evening last, a respectable looking young . m _ t er ,ed the central police-office, stating that he wished In idiFtiver himself up to justice as he could get no peace ia lalind from having recently committed a murder. Years states that his name is Joseph Crawford , aged 19 c1i e , 4 4 ,: 4 8 ' a Shawl printer by trade, and a native of Bed- months Corner, near Croydon, Surrey. Some eight eol i ;" ago, while at Longbank, on the banks of the 'iva,,6bu r nout 15 miles from London, an illegitimate child the 4 , 4 ,7 .0 him, and, after sundry consultations with and ~- 1 ?""er, be killed it by holding its head under water, W al3 'nen tossing the body into the stream. The body thi, l',lcoyered, he learnt, and an inquest held, but by toohe "me he had escaped. He came to work at Barr. Vlear Glasgow, as a calk() printer some ten weeks l,;,iut remorse would not let him rest, and he resolved h e ,i'Zeeder himself. Such is the man's account, which adilY perseveres in. lie is still detained waiti ng s , es f rorQ En g l an d on the subject. .•1 1 / 4 . t' 1111 PERIA rIAMENri. HOUSE OF. COMMONS—(THIS DAY). The SPEAKER took the chair at 12 o'clock. Mr. H. HERBERT reported, from the Southampton election committee, that H. E. Bower, a witness sum moned before the committee, had misbehaved himself, by refusing to give evidence, and he had, therefore, by the direction of the committee, committed the witness to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, to await the pleasure of the house. LONDON DRAINAGE BILL. Sir B. HALL moved that the consideration of this bill be postponed until the 6th of April. Mr. W. WILLIAMS seconded the motion. Mr. M. GIBSON said that the drainage of London was a great public work, which must be carried out by somebody. In answering a question on a former night, the Secretary of State for the. Home Department, said that it very much depended on the success which this great private company formed for the drainage of Lon don might have, whether the Government would bring in a measure to enable the Commissioners of Sewers to borrow money on the rates. This company proposed to drain the metropolis by two great arterial sewers, the expenses of working which were to be coyered by the profits of the manure which would be thus collected. The guarantee clauses, by which the profits of the com pany, should they fall below it, were to be made up to 3 per cent. would be better considered in committee, and he was not prepared to say that the company would give up their project if this guarantee were rejected. He should press the second reading now, in order that the details might be considered. Mr. T. DURCOMBE thought that the whole scheme was ridiculous and absurd. He understood that the manure when got would not be worth a farthing. He should vote against the second reading of the bill when ever it was presented. After a few words from Sir De Lacy Evans and Mr, Sotheron, Lord PALMERSTON said that some great system of drainage was absolutely necessary, and the question was whether it should be done by private enterprise or by the metropolis itself. He thought if a private com pany were disposed to undertake it, it would be much better to allow them to do so. Even when the works projected by this company were executed, there would still be a great sum needed for the repair of district sewers. He did not believe that this guarantee would be needed, but it was a matter for the considera tion of the committee, and he should, therefore, support the second reading of this bill, without any adjourn ment. Lord SEYMOUR supported the second reading of the bill, because he thought that, if this great work could be carried out by a private company, it would be an immense benefit to the metropolis. He had been in formed that to drain the north bank of the Thames alone would cost about 1,500,000/., and he did not think that was a burden which the metropolis would be readily brought to take upon itself. Sir J. V. SHELLEY said he looked with some sus picion on this bill, because he had reason to believe that it was backed up by the corporation of London, the Commissioners of Sewers, and the Board of Health-- the three great nuisances of the metropolis. (Hear.) Believing that the ratepayers of the metropolis ought to have time to consider this guarantee; he should vote for the amendment. After some remarks from Mr. V. Sculley, Mr. Divett, and Mr. Cayley, the house divided, when there ap peared-- For the second reading Against it Majority 111 16 . 105 The bill was read a second time. Mr. MACKENZIE presented a petition from the working men of Liverpool against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. A great number of petitions were presented against the admission of the Jews into Parliament. Mr. MIALL presented a petition praying for National Arbitration. Mr. SPOONER presented petitions from Staffordshire against the Maynooth grant. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS BILL. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved the second reading of this bill, which he explained was to remedy the defect in the present law on the subject, by which no appeal is allowed in convictions under 40s. The more immediate cause of his bringing in this bill was a case of injustice which had taken place in 1850, in the North of England, in which the magistrate had made the penalty 11. 19s 6d, in order that there might be no power of appeal. Other cases had also come to his notice, some in the metro polis, which convinced him that, the power of appeal ought to be altered. Sir G. GREY defended the conduct of the magistrates in the case alluded to by the hon. member for Finsbury. With regard to the bill, he thought there was no neces sity for it. Mr. FITZROY opposed the bill on the ground that the case to warrant it had not been made out. Persons convicted under chic act were in a much better situation with regard to the right of appeal than any other. He should, therefore, ask the house to reject this bill. (LEFT SITTING.) ELECTION COMMITTEES-(THIS DAY.) DERBY. At the sitting of the committee this morning, Mr. M. Smith announced to the committee that Mr. liorsfall had determined to drop all opposition to this petition, and withdraw himself from the representation of Derby. The petition against Mr. Bass would also be withdrawn. Mr. Horsfall was then examined, and gave a most emphatic denial to any knowledge of improper practices during the election. He had given his party clearly to understand that he would not sanction any illegal ex penses. He had transmitted 8001. to Derby, and out of that 5791. had been paid for his expenses. He had re ceived the balance. Mr. Fanshaw, the agent of Mr. Horsfall, was ex amined to a similar effect. He had drawn 5791. on ac count of Mr. Horsfall, to discharge his election expenses ; all the expenses were legal. He had no knowledge of any improper practices at the election. The room was then cleared, and the committee was then deliberating on its resolutions when our report left. SECONDARIES' COURT.-(TJJIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) TROST V. WISCOMBE.-A BILL TRANSACTION. This was an action to recover the sum of 51., the ba lance due on a bill of exchange of which the efendant was the acceptor. Defendant pleaded payment of 81., and paid 2/. 10s. into Court on account of balance and interest. Mr. Chidley, Gresham-square, appeared for defendant in support of the plea, and called him to prove the pay ment of 1/. to a person named Clarke, who held the bill, and two similar sums to the plaintiff, and subsequently 51., the latter sum being indorsed on the back of the bill. He denied that he had paid the 3/. for time from month to month. Mr. Anderson, for the plaintiff, said he approached the case with considerable difficulty, for he should have to call the plaintiff, who would most positively contra dict the defendant. He should also call a gentleman named Massey, who was a perfectly disinterested party, and who would in the main confirm the plaintiff, and it would then appear that the 31. was paid to induce the plaintiff to hold the bill over, as defendant was pressed. Plaintiff was not the holderof the bill at the time it became due, having paid it away to Clarke, but subsequently took it u Mr. Anderson contendedat a party could not at one p. time give a bonus to obtain time, ar and then plead it as part payment. The plaintiff was called, and gave evidence that two or three days before the bill became due he told defen dant he did not hold it, but it was in the hands of Clarke, and introduced defendant to him. He saw de fendant shortly after, and the latter said that he had settled with him to hold the bill over for a month, and had paid him 1/. to do so. Defendant afterwards paid him 11. for a further delay of a month, and another 11. for a similar purpose. He admitted also the receipt of Si. on account, but denied that he had ever agreed to take payment by instalments, and that the 3/. was paid on that account. Mr. Henry Massey, an attorney at Edmonton, where all the parties reside, said that he was instructed by plaintiff to apply for payment, and he did so and threatened proceedings un l ess t h e money was paid before 12 o'clock the next day. He had spoken to defendant previously on the subject, as defendant was his client. The 'Secondary said, that nothing said to witness as defendant's professional adviser ought to be given in evidence. Witness, in, cross-examination, denied that defendant ever told him anything about the payment of the 31., but he said that he did not care about the proceedings as he should go through. Mr. Chidley replied, and commented on the fact that, supposing the plaintiff to have spoken the truth, the de fendant was paying 120 per cent. by way of bonus, lie did not believe that the , jury would for a moment give credence to such evidence, but that they would at once give a verdict for defendant. The Learned Secondary said that money was a mar ketable commodity; and if persons would be foolish enough to "pay exorbitantly for it, they must abide by their bargain. The question for the jury was, whether the W. had been paid as a bonus or on account of the A juror asked what the bill was given for, and what .....arke gave for it? and was answered that it was for goods sold and work done. Clarke gave 91. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the defendant. ENCOURAGEMENT OF SOLDIERS IN FRANCE. -- In order to enhance the value of the new military medal, the Emperor has decided that every soldier wearing the medal shall be entitled to marks of respect from sentinels of his own rank not so decorated. This mark of respect is to consist in standing at attention, whether with arms ported or grounded. Sub-officers and corporals having the medal, are to receive regular military salutes from soldiers. On the decease of any sub-officer, brigadier, or soldier, decorated with the medal, he shall be entitled to funeral honours from a quarter of a detachment. No corporal, brigadier, or soldier can be cashiered except by the minister at war. These new regulations are analo gous to those now applicable to military members of the Legion of Honour, THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING„ MARCH 9, 1853. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The commemoration of the 50th anniversary —the firs jubilee—of the above society was held yesterday ir. Exeter-hall, and attended by a very numerous meeting of the various religious denominations, among which many of the Society of Friends' were observable. The proceedings of the day were opened by the Rev. Mr. Mellar reading the 61st chapter of Isaiah. The chair was taken by the Right Honourable the Earl of Shaftes bury, upon whose right the Rajah of Coorg attracted much attention. The Eastern prince was attired in a close-fitting surtout of blue cloth, richly embroidered with gold lace, and wore a small blue cap of the same materials. Upon the left of the chair the Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle and the Bishop of Winchester were seated. After the meeting had commenced his Grace the Duke of Argyll entered and took his seat to the right of the Rajah. The noble chairman read a letter from the Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Ambassador, ex pressive of the sorrow of his Excellency at his unavoid able absence, and referring to the approaching celebra tion on Sunday next at Berlin of the jubilee of the Prosian Foreign and Bible Society. The noble earl the'li proceeded to detail the rise and progress of the British society in a speech which was subsequently characterised by the rev. prelate on his left as rising to the exigencies of the occasion. it transpired that from the first institution of the society in March, 1804, after years of anxiety and labour, upwards of 8,000 societies, including Colonial, Irish, and Foreign bran c h es , had been establish e d. The criptures had been translated into no less than 148 languages and dialects, of which 121 had, prior to the establishment of the society, never appeared in type. Upwards of 43,000,000 of these translated copies had been disseminated among ,it was computed, not less than 600,000,000 of the human race. Of the languages into which these copies had been rendered, upwards of 25 had existed, hitherto, without an alphabet, and merely in an oral form. This society was essentially " a Free-trade Society," a "Peace Society," and a " Defence Society," —one, too, affording a " cheap defence to nations." The resolutions were then proposed and seconded by the various distinguished visitors stationed upon the plat form, the most important being the one for the establish- 16' ment of a jubilee fund to aid the further proceedings of St: the society. A voluminous extract from the report of 20 the society, circumstantially detailing past progress and 14 future auspices, was read, and listened to with much 50 attention. Letters from many of the presidents and 20 vice-presidents of the local societies were read, contain. 111 ing apologies for unavoidable absence —among the 10 rest, one from the Earl of Roden, president of the St. Dublin society, was rea d by th e no bl e c h a i rman. Th e speakers w ere generally received with much applause, 2010 more particularly th e E ar l o f Carlisle and the Rev. S t . Hugh Stowell. The Rev. Lord Bishop, the Rev. Mr. 60 James, and the Rev. Dr. Duff met with much applause 40 in their several modes of dealing with the topic in hand. 25 This, of course, mainly referred to the propagation of 25 the gospel, but general reference was likewise made to St. those subjects which, thOugh secular, still had more or 8 i less close relation to the principal subject of discussion. The despotism, anarchy, and Romanism of the Con- 5 0 tinent were the principal subjects adverted to, and were 25 freely handled. Allusion was likewise made to the sla- 100 very of America. Considerable eloquence was displayed St, by those who addressed the meeting, and the alternations 6 from the peculiar oratory of one to the other upon the 25 meeting was marked in its effect. The former presi- 50 dents of the society, and particularly Lord Bexley, had a 20 tribute of respect and esteem awarded them, as did likewise the former secretaries and other officials of the society. The noble earl in the chair was much eulogised for the support he had given the society, and his strenu ous efforts generally for the diffusion of knowledge and the amelioration of the intellectual condition of the work ing classes. Great respect was evinced for a Mr. Hughes, an itinerant preacher, formerly well known in the North, whose expression, while propagating a provincial Bible society, of the feasibility of making it one common to the whole empire, had been the germ of the present so ciety. The temporal, head of the Church was often alluded to with unfeigned respect, and the Rev. Dr. Duff described her gracious Majesty as having entwined herself into the deepest recesses of the hearts of her sub jects by her unswerving piety and Christian devotion. The subscriptions above 501. to the proposed fund were then read over. Two sums of 5001. were contri buted by Mr. Thomas Mines, M.P., and Mr. John Re mington Milnes, respectively, besides one or two others to the same amount. Two sums of 1,0001. by Mr. Farmer and Mr. James Foster, and an additional sum of 1,0001. from an individual who wished for the present to be anonymous. The SECRETARY, in bringing forward the list of sub scriptions, stated that he had come prepared to ask the meeting for a sum of 7,0001., but he was happy to say that sum had been already exceeded by the munificent donations above-mentioned and he would, therefore, merely express the hope that it would reach the sum of 10,0001. in the result of that day's proceedings. After a few more speakers had addressed the meeting, it broke up, at about half-past four, after the observation of the usual formula. BATTERSEA PARK. •The following proposal from Mr. Thomas Cubitt, the eminent builder, has just been made public in a Parlia mentary return:-- _ 3, Lyall-street, Belgrave-square, Feb. 11. Sir,—By the report in the Times paper of the 18th De cember last, Mr. Disraeli, then Chancellor of the Exche quer, made some very strong observations, in his speech on the previous night, with regard to Battersea-park; and as this park was suggested by me, I cannot help feeling much hurt by the way in which he spoke of it. I have always considered that that park was a proper subject for the Government to take up, and had it been carried on with out so many years' delay and so much loss of time, I am quite satisfied that it would have been a means of pecu niary profit, as well as of greet advantage to the metro polis.. _ Perhaps, however, this may not be the opinion o f th e present Government, who may not think it a subject worth prosecuting with the vigour that public works require to make them successful • but whatever may b e th e inten tions of the Government, I fear there will be no person who will, during so important a political juncture, think it a matter worth his answering ; and so that part of Mr. Disraeli's speech will be left to work upon the public mind. I now beg to make the following proposition, which I shall be glad to have accept e d ; an d it will, I think, show that my confidence in the success of improving that part of London is not altered. I therefore propose that, if the Government is not satis fied with the scheme, I will take the whole of the land that has been agreed to be purchased, whether it be paid for or not paid for, off their hands, at the cost price, though I do not know what the amount will be P • I will, also, if they desire it, take th e bridge at the cost price, with its new approach, nor do I know what that may be ; the country will only then have to lose the interest caused by the delay, and the law and professional expenses ; but in return, the public will get an immense improvement to the district, which is likely soon to become a very im portant part of London.—l have, &c. (Signed) THOMAS CUBITT. The Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. RETURN OF THE HON. COLONEL BOYLE FOR THE BOROUGH OF FROME.—This gentleman, who was re turned for Frome at the last general election, and was unseated on a petition by Mr. Hall Dare, as hating held an office of profit under the crown, the electors not b e i ng aware of the fact at the time of election, was again re turned for this liberal borough on Monday without opposition. - METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. Yesterday was printed a Parliamentary return, to the effect that the incumbrauces on the London-bridge approaches fund, on account of the metropolitan improvements, were 753,000/., some of which was borrowed at 34, 4, and some at 5 per cent. The arrears of interest now due amount to 296,302/. 7s. lid. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN MANOHESTER.—At 20 minutes past one o'clock on Monday. Mr. Howard, the keeper of a small jeweller's shop at the corner of Mar ket-street and Corporation-street, in Manchester, went to his dinner, leaving hisdaughter Miss Fanny Howard a girl about 18 years of age, in charg e o f th e s h o p during his absence. He had not been gone more than five minutes, when a gentlemanly-looking fellow walked in and asked the price of some article in the window. Miss Howard told him, and he then asked her for one of her father's address cards. She gave him one, and on looking at it he discovered that it did not name the street in which the shop was situate, and he requested Miss Howard to put it upon the card. She retired behind a counter, crossing the shop into a retired corner, followed by the man, who impudently lifted up a portion of the counter and went and stood looking over her shoulder. While he was doing so a second man entered the shop, on which the first fellow put his arm round Miss Howard's neck, and one hand upon her mouth, and sa strangled and gagged her that she could not give an alarm. The second man then stripped the window, or nearly so, of its contents, consisting of a large quan tity of jewellery. Having effected this, the man hold ing Miss Howard threw her down, and left the shop with his companion, who had the booty in his pockets. They hailed a cab as soon as they got into the street, and were soon on their way to London. They have since been appreehhenea,s valueddrediT at somehepropertyw hundreds hichwas o found f upon them, W peaunds. Mr. Howard was so much affected when he rd the news-(this being the second time within twelve h months e that he has been robbed), that he is now in the F a o d rtu h n e a en tel r y e a m c o a y s e e d co fr n o ta m ini t n h g e fw h o a inn n rd d do s ow o z f etn a h a m dti a m e m d i o c or a nn i l dn m rg not get them. i a n n t og . s be h cleaned, and the thieves did Home office, sat on Satur day, by an order from the SANITARY ofDr STATE Arnot oanFdCMROrT.D. ThomasON.— con sistingcpomagme,iscsi.oEn„ap d da i t y io , n fo o r f the he first tow n ti . meittofromnt o thethe evidencesanitary thencon given by several householders, that the drains were in a most defective state, and emitted noxious and intoler able stenches by which the health of their families had appearedinquire been seriously affected, and numerous cases of fever caused ; that the filter-house erected at the bottom of the town for carrying away the sewage produced considerable annoyance to the neighbours, whilst the river was also polluted by the drainage of the sewers into it. The discharge. had been so bad three times during the last week that the men employed upon the mills had been obliged to leave off work. The water could not now be used for any purposes. Some of the witnesses attributed the increase of effluvia to the system, although Health. he On acknowledged other hand, the of draina ge brought int o o p era ti on b y th e Board of h M ad r. sta C t l e os o e f , thae drainage, thought the present system of surface drainage had nothing to do with the recent feverleases. He had been Health, rs e oem a we l t t e. h .l TT a fh n oher m d e ne t e h cirw e lu tc e i w - ra e ea a ssihne adjourned.o n d told s e w rr ea e dh e t l n eo e ffo s en s n s W ni ee s in many houses b o th b e f ore an d s i nce the operations of ls i t smc h idda e oenurifoesfsftoH. Board r i ogoTufhhe. siz BILB T S. BRITISH RAILWAYS. Paid i RAILwAys. 100 Aberdeen Ambg. Nottng. Bost & Eastn. Junct.. all Birrng. Wolverh. & Stour Valley 28 Birkenhd. Lancsh. Cheshire Juliet. 11 Do. Cbcah. & Birk., • £5O and £25 C ons. 184 Do., £2O [OO Bristol and Exeter [OO Caledonian. .... • all Chester & Holyhead all Cork and Bandon .. _ all Cork, Blackrock and Passage. .. ..... 45 Dublin&Beitas June. a ll Dundee Perth&Aber deen Junction,,,,,, a ll Do. N ew ...... . . all East Anglian (25 . L. and E. & L. & D. all Do. Do. (181.(181.E.& H.) ) all Eastern Counties..,,, a ll Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) 83D0., do all Do., B. and C .00 East Lancashire . a ll East & West Ind. Dk. & Birming. June 100 'Edinburgh & Glasgow • 14 Edin. and Peebles_ 100 Edin. Prth. &Dundee 100 Glasgow &S. Western 100 Great Northern. Stk 100 Do., A. Stock 100 Do., B. Stock .... 100 Great Southern and Western (Ireland). 100 Great Western .. ..... 11 Irish South-Eastern. all Lancaster & Carlisle. j Do., Thirds 100 Lancash.& Yorkshire 15 Do., Fifths 114 Do., Wst. Riding Un a all 111 l all London & Blackwell L Le iv e . ds Crs N b ° 3 l, l h So ern uthpt. Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. 100 Lond. Brigt. &S. Cat. 100 London &N. Western 12 Do., Fifths. 1 D0.,X10 Sh.M.&B. C 100 London &S. Western 42i Do., £5O 34 Do., £4O all Londerry. &Coleraine all Lndndrry. & Ennisk. 100 Manch. Shef. &Lincln, , Man.& Lin. Un 1 100 Midland 100 Do. Birming. & Derby 47/ MidlandG. West.(lr.) 17 Do. j Shares all Neweasle & Carlisle 100 Newmarket Do. Bury Extension 10 Eew i. Aberg. &Hftd 7i Newry & Enniskillen all Newry, Warren . paint, and Restrevor 100 Norfolk all Do., New 34 Northn.Counties Un 100 North British 13 North Devon, No. 1 64 Do., No. 2 a ll Do., i Deterred g Do. ; B Guaranteed 174 North Staffordshire a ll North Western 10 N. &S. Westrn. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton 100 Scottish Central 100 Scot:,ish Midland 100 S'arewsbury & Birmg 100 Do., L. & N. Westn Guaranteed Stock 8 Shrewsby.& Hereford a ll Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) _ all Do. Halves do,, all Do r 3. Oswestry 6i Shropshire Union all South Devon 100 South Eastern all South Wales 15 S. Yorksh.River Dun 3 Do. 16i Stockton & Hartlepl 19 Thames Haven Dock and Railway' 17 Vale of Neath all Waterfd. & Kilkenny all Waterford& Limerick 13 West Cornwall 11. ls Wimbledon&Croydn 1 Woodford 100 York Newell. &Berw. 20 Do. Extensions 114 Do. G. N. E. Purchase 100 York & N. Midland St. St. 50 50 20 Closing Prices this 30 - 31 10 114 6i -- 21 -- 22 3 24 d 105 -- 107 634 644 22 -- 22 18i -- 1941 8 -- 9 20 20 10 St. St. St. St. 100 Aberdeen. all Do., No. 2,7 p. c 100 Eris. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 5 Do. 4p. c. Shares 100. Caledonian £lO all Chester & Holyhead Guar. 5i per cent. 3.J Cork&Bandon 53 P.C. all Dundeo, Perth, and • Aberdeen Junction all E. Aug. (705.) 6 p. c. all Do. (£5), 7 per cent. 2 Do. (1.7 17s), 7. pet. all Eastern Counties Ex ' tension, 5 p. c. No.l all Do., No. 2 all Do., New 6p. o. St all Edstern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts all Edinb. Prth.&Dund 100 Olasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent 100 Great Northn. 5 p., o 1 100 Do. 5 p. e., Redeem at 10 p. o. prem.. , 1 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights 6 Gt. Wreath.. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 100 Great Western, fixed 4i per cent 1 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O 100 Do., 6 p. e., Stock t 100 Londouand Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. c 100 Do. Pref. 5 p. c., St all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 100 Do. New Guar. 6p. e 5 London &S. West 3.'n, Con. Thirds. ..... 124 10 Londonderry & Coler. Shares ..... 124 all Londndry. & Ennisk. A Shares 25 all Manch., Shef.,& Lin., Shares, No. 1.... 10 all Do., New, £lO 6 3 Do., £6 12A all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.e 123 all Do. 44 per cent.... . 84 Do . ••• ••• ••• •• •. . . it. 100 Mid. 'Consol. 6 p Si. it. 100 Do, Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 161 5 Do. Pref. 44 percent 20 all Norfolk Extension S all De. Guar. 54 per ct 2 all Do. Wrveney Valley 5 per cent 100 North British .. all North Staffordshire 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh. £15,6p. a. 9 Do. all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor. W. (Min), 3 p.c. 10 Do. 5 per cent. all South Devon 14 Do. New all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. all S.Yorksh .4p. a. Guar. 3 Waterfd. &Kilk. 6p. c 100 York, Newcastle, and 13orwick, 4 p. c. Prof 5 Do 10 York & N. Midland, & S. Purchase 10 25 10 1 0 ( FORE: 3 Antwrp4Rotterdam 3 Belgian Eastn. Junct. all Charleroi & Erquelinl 8 Dijon and Besangon 8 Dutch Rbenish all East Indian 1 Do. Extension...... all Gt. Indian Peninsula 7. Gd. Junct. of France, 15i Gt. Westn. of Shares 1 Lucca and Pistoja, 5 ' per cent. pr0f...... 15 Luxeml:iourg 10 Do. (Railway) 2 Do Canadal 3 Do. (Canal) 2 Do. 6p. cent. pref 7 Lyons & Medterran l 4i Madras 29 Maria Antonia 10 Do. New all Namur & Liege (with interest all Do. (ex interest) all Northern of France all Do. 201. 3 p. a. Bds (fmy. B. & Ams. Shs. all Norwegian Trnk. Pre 10 Paris and Lyons all Paris and Orleans all Paris and Rouen all Paris and Strasbo 4 Paris Caen &Cherbrg. 54- Quebec & Richmond all Rouen and Havre all Sambre and Mouse 4 Do. 5i percent. pref 4 Southern of France 2s. Upper India Scrip a ll West Flanders.. 6 Do. 5i per c. Pref 9 Western of France 2 West. of Switzerland 3 . Now ZOidaild..c.- - 11 i) 5 -- 5i 4 -- 121 -- 13 11 - 111 73 - 75 157 -- GO 76 -- 78 d 32 -- 34 I 61 63' 81i 44 --46 1 121 -- 123 107 -- 108 9 Gi 914 6i - 7 7 90 -- 95 13 —l4 p, 77 -- 77 -- 41 d l a di -- 161 1 -- 9k '1 -- 2'p 104 -- 105 119 1191 2i,-- 3 p 1 P 90 --3 I 5 i -- 4 3 d 11 L- 12 19 -- 21 29 -- 30 3 -- (1! 1 46 -- 76A1 45 471 50 - - 88 3 -- 3 (1 1 3 Si 80 53 -- 55 -- 84 2f -- 2i d 350 -36 i 6f -- 64 (1 2k — 4 2i - 4,1 d 8 8 Bi 4p 47 - 48 100 - 102 64 - 66 65 - 67 70 75 ... —dad 18 20 9 10 14 15 111 = t d 21 23 7n 784 36 37 13 13 4 41 15 -15 2 k 9k - 10 29 - 31 94 - 10 ia- ip 69 70 71 d 2 2d 58 47 1001 78} 361 58 i PREFERENCE SHARES. - - 108 Liia 107 19 20 id -6, 3, - ,3j -4" - 1-2 p 1$ -- 1i p 14g -14 j 18i -- 19 3 - ;, - 128 11 - 113 81 -- 9 61 -- 74xd LO5 -- 107 P .50 —152 8 4 3 iP .o 131 -13 i 8 - 9 114 .114 P - 148 - iP - 23 - 21, - 109 - 26 11 17 16 —14 p 18 —14 p 17 P —26 i 21 par - 102 -- 51 par :CAN. 1 1 - 131 - 2 - 2 - 6 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 3 1 I 47 108 74 i - iI) 61 —7lxin 4 —4 xin lf —1 xin 1 —lgxin ?., dis i 9 —ll p 2 21 p 26 i 26i 211 i 61 . . 7i -- 84 6 -- 7 351 -3 6 k 144 -14 i 8 -- 9 42 17 --17Ap 4A 421 421, 33 -33 i 4 - 54 p - zui -20 t 9 - 94 5 -- a p d 10/ -- 10/pi id 72: 14 a 271 42 424 33 20 i 751 6 Business done this day. 1051 644 224 121 13 81 80 454 124 901 i 1 pm ri 161 16 .1181 i 19i 37i 90f 1 90} 1 RAILWAYS. Bedford and Bletchley. Birm. & ()aid. guarantee.... Do. withoutgr Birm. Wolv. &] Dudley guar. Do. wtht guar. Buckghamsh. Clydesdale Jc. E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Glstr.& Dn. Fr Hrtlpl. Dk. & Railway Hull & Selby Do. ShPres. Do. Shares. Lon.&Grecnw Do. Preference Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Do. 6 per et. Mauch. Bxtu. and Matlock Middlesbro' & Itedeztr Midld.Bradfd Northern and Easternsp.e. Do. 6 per ct. Do. Fixedspc Prest. & Wyre Do. i Shares. Roystn.& Hit. Do. Shepth.S t Shof. Roth.and Goole g. 5 p. c. S. Staffordsh. Wear Valleygr 6 per cent Do Wilts&Somrsi 30 31 291 —3Ol 30 31 29 30 !05 —lo7xd, 521 —s3lxcli [5l - 153 32 -33 i 111 55i .--564xd 264 -274xd 13t -- 144 254 -26 i 19 -19 pl 25 - 27 3 - a .074 - 108. 64 -66 x, . ad; 152 - 164 151 - 153 ad i —id ad 321 - 33. 103 - 104 Leasing Compane. London & N. West.' ID Gt o .Westn Do Do L. &N. W Caledon Gt.Nrthn. Gt. Westn Yk. New. & Berw. Y.&Nlid Do IS. Easternl Norfolk Do L.& N. W. & Midld. Stckton & Darlingt. Midland.. E. Count Do L. &N.W StLnkirk Do Gt Northn D 0...... ... Lancash& Yorksh. M.MClean Stockt. & Darlingt Do IGtWestn.l Closing Prices this lay. Business this day WEST INDIA MAIL. The royal mail steam_ hips Orinoco, Lieutenant Phillip Hast, R.N., commander, arrived at South ampton on Tuesday evening, bringing the West India, Mexican, and Pacific mails, in charge of Lieutenant Dennehy, R. N., Admiralty agent. Her dates are— Vera Cruz Feb. 7 Grenada ..............Feb. 11 Tampico — 10 Carriacou ............ 11 Havannah — 15 St. Vincent.......... --13 Greytown — 3 St. Lucia ............. 13 Chagres — 8 Marti n i que .......... --12 Carthagena — 11 Guadaloupe ......... 14 Santa Martha Jan. 26 Dominica ............ Kingston Feb. 12 Antigua l2 Jacmel(Hayti) —l3 Montserrat • 11 San Juan — 15 Nevis l2 Berbice — 8 . St. Kitts l3 Georgetown — 9' Tortola - 15 Tobago — 8 St. Thomas' — 21 Port of Spain —ll Nassau (Bahamas). --- 8 j Bridgetown ...... —l3 Puerto C a b e ll o —-10 1 The Orinoco also brings mails from the Pacific, received at Panama by the Pacific Steam Naviga tion Company's ship Bogota, which vessel had treasure value $lBO,OOO for conveyance to the Bank of England, and dates— Valparaiso ... Jan. 15 Arica Coquimbo 16 Islay Huasco 16 Pisco Caldera 17 Callao Cobija 'l9 I Payta Iquique .. 19 The Orinoco has performed the voyage from S. Thomas in 14 days. She brings 50 passengers The Rev. Mr. Osborne died at sea on the 27th ult, On, freight this steamer has specie value $1,443,106, or say 288,6211. sterling, of which $45,000 is for account of the Committee of Mexican Bondholders. The freight list also comprises 340 serons cochineal, 41 serons indigo, 4 serons jalap, 69 cases cigars, 102 bales tobacco, 7 casks coffee, 79 bales sarsa parilla, 1 case tortoiseshell, 31 cases succades, 9 cases beeswax, 9 cases balsam of Tolu, and sundry merchandise. The news from Mexico is up to the 7th Feb. The letters from the capital are to the 3d Feb. The inhabitants of Vera Cruz were convinced that General Santa Anna was the only man cap able of governing the country with honour and credit at home and abroad, and they, therefore, on the 7th of February, pronounced in his favour, and sent commissioners by the packet to invite him to return to his country. There was no doubt that he would accept the invitation, and it was expected that he would arrive before the Ist of March. General Uraga and the troops in the city of Mexico had also pronounced in favour of General Santa Anna, and a resolution requesting the Ge neral to return had been passed. Our intelligence from Jamaica is to the 13th of February, on which day the Orinoco left Kingston. Neither the' files of island papers, nor the private correspondence, contain any news of importance. Mr. Westmoreland's resolution, limiting the public expenditure for the current year to 165,000/., was brought forward on the night of the 2d of Feb ruary, and, after a lengthy debate, was carried by a very large majority, only two members voting against it. Emigration to Australia and to the Isthmus was proceeding apace. The Government ship Glentun ner was in Kingston for the purpose of taking pas sengers to the former place. It was said that 90 persons, principally of the better s or t, h a d a l rea d y engaged berths on board of the Glentunner, and it was expected that a great many more applications would be made. About 200 passengers, among whom were many of the labouring classes, were about to sail in the Royal Mail Company's steamer Conway for the Isthmus. The labourers were to be employed on the railway. Business remained as dull as ever. The weather was good, and the public health had considerably improved. The sugar crop had commenced, and was ex pected to reach from 30,000 to 35,000 hhds. At Barbadoes the fever had nearly disappeared, and the islands generally were healthy. Her Ma jesty's steam-frigate Dauntless was still there. The Amended Health Act had been under the conside ration of the House of Assembly. Several fires had occurred on the sugar plantations, supposed to be occasioned by th e con ti nuance of dry weather. Our accounts from British Guiana are to the 10th ultimo. On the subject of the yellow fever the Royal Gazette says Fever, in a malignant state, still prevails, and, strange enough to say, other diseases, as they approach a fatal termination, assume the type of yellow fever. The authorities appear at last roused to the necessity for action. The epidemic, from whatever cause arising, is no doubt increased in virulence by the unwholesome state of the atmosphere. No efficient means have yet been taken either to drain or cleanse a city affording sin gular facilities for having both done cheaply." This colony was quiet and prosperous, and the planters and merchants in good spirits. The crop of the preceding year, which reached nearly 56,000 hogsheads, had been all shipped, and the prospects for this year were most encouraging. By the Golden Gate, which left San Francisco on the 15th of January, there is little news. The weather still continued rainy and the country flooded, with scarcity of provisions, suffering, and embarrassments in some districts. Flour was selling at a dollar per pound, and in many parts of the milling districts beans and acorns were the only food. In San Francisco, however, flour had fallen to 31 dolls. per barrel. Nevada county had taken the initiatory step towards perfecting the quartz mining laws of the State, by accepting a code which should secure permanent rights in the tenure of mining property of this nature, and the people of San Francisco were rejoicing in the im proved value of city property since the advent of their first upright town-council. In the shipping news we have the loss of the British Ship Aberdeen on the same spot where the Samoset was lost—the rocks off Fort Point, three or four miles within the Heads. The ships Courtenay, from Cardiff, and Abyssinia, from Sydney, the barks Radiant, Globe, and Lady Louisa, from Liverpool, and the Ocean Queen, from Hong-kong, had arrived, besides 50 sail, mostly American. Her Majesty's ship Am phitrite had sailed, and the Thetis was still at Vancouver's Island. The Trinidad journals were discussing the sub ject of reform in the Government of that island. The sugar crop had commenced, but the canes were not yielding satisfactorily. There appears to be abundant labour in certain localities; and for the general want, about 1,500 coolies and 1,000 Chinese are eaid to be expected for distribution upon the work of the present crop. The first coolie ship of the season arrived on the 23d ult., in 96 days from Calcutta, with 204 men, 47 women, and 6 children. A project is on foot to put a suitable vessel on the berth to sail from Trinidad to Port Philip, carrying cargo and passengers, and bringing back cargo. We regret to notice the existence of malignant fever at Port of Spain. The Gazette, of the 26th of January, records a fatal case of typhus, which the medical men ascribed " entirely to the filthy, pestilential state of the premises ' in which it occurred. x d x d x d THE UNITED STATES ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. Jan. 20 The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Niagara, Captain Lang, arrived at Liver pool on Tuesday morning with the usual mails, 27 passengers, and 250,000 dollars specie on freight. She sailed on the 24th ult., one day later than her fixed day, owing to the heavy swell on the bar rendering it unsafe to cross. She has made the voyage in 11 days 2 hours, an average passage. She reports the arrival of the United States mail steamer Pacific at New York on the 21st, and the Arabia on the 23d. These fine vessels sailed hence on the 9th and 12th ult. respectively, the advan tage being about 16 hours in favour of the Arabia. The news in Congress is not important. General Pierce, on being officially notified of his election as president, gave the following reply : " You will please communicate to the respective houses of Congress my acceptance of the trust con fided to me ; and at the same time express to them my grateful acknowledgments, and assure them of the deep sense of obligation with which I regard this manifestation of confidence on the part of my countrymen, and it will be my earnest desire to prove that their confidence has not been 1111S placed." Nothing certain was known about the cabinet. with his son, Mr. In addition to the former statements, it is now States next month re ported that Mr. Buchannan will be aPPoted mi m ni r st . e e r x t - o pr t e h s e id c e or v o a f n L i o 3 n u d re o n n : Europe. ship Ericsson, M. Van Buren, will leave the on the 16th the most ample on T a h tour o trial a i l n of ie satisfaction Feb rua ry,a appears a a r s l l whoto Lave r were i N ii - e n board. From the gook o till she reached the she ran in time of her leavipnogtSomanadcy gales, _and thou mouth of the heavy yprit under water, her engines gthhefrfeagcue frequently f tly a pitching succession her o f performed with th:s fireman w -a machinery was_ continually 1:1).1i:col: re a g t u a larity, and her wheels made six-a n d Only on e alf revolutions per minute. time, and her . i 5 quite a failure, at least of 73 hours. It is, h uite certain that in point of that however uite . the Ericsson great requisite , speed, a. ; th i s trisl - is demonstrative of her powers. h usband ,i, her ~ Mrs. Harriet Beech . Beecher Stowe, w" — o f their Dr. St () other memberbthe steam we, and some f amily) proceed ship 26th of March. direct to Glasgow, which sails from --"'" California dates of the Scotland -NT Y y ork on the 2d February have been insonlofartion for a period x d. Ei x d MINES. 1 all Agua Fria lOs all Anglo Californian._ I p 10 2 Australasian 20 5 Australian 1 all Australian Cordillera 4 die— 4 p 1 1 all Australian Freehold. 1 # p 11 1 all Ave Maria - 1 p 14 r all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all BriLish Austrin. Gold g p 14 20 13.5 BrL i sh Iron 7 -- 9 p 35 243 Brazilian Imp.(issued at £5 pm.) 4 44 44 1- 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 21 - 24 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek par 1 p 40 all Cobra Copper 43 —45 45 A4l 1 Colonial Gold 24 21 p 34 14 Copiapo St. all CopperMinersof Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Preference 74 —B4 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co ll 4 d 20 all General l7 —lB 17} 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 —24 p q 3 all Great Polgooth li —lg p " 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 die— par 1 all Liberty — 1 P 1 4 1 all Lond.&Californ.Gold Quartz Crush. Co fi d 1 all Mariquita d par 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 6. 7 1 all NOW Granada .... . . p 1 all Nouveau Monde 1 1 p 2 4 5 1 Port Philip — 1 p 21 2 1 all Quartz Rock par— p 50 all Rhymney Iron 22 —24 15 Do. New — 30 101 Santiago de Cuba 1 all South Australian par 4 p 10 7 Tin Croft ll 12 281 all United Mexican 65 7 64 i 1 all Waller — pll 1 all West Granada 1 p 11, 1 1 all West Mariposa par— 1p 11 1 all Yuba I P JOINT-STOOK BANKS. 40 all Australasia 913 - - 923 91 2 50 all British N. American 20 2 Chrtd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China 14 —14 p 100 25 Colonial — 100 20 Commercial of Lon don — 4 English Scottish and Australian 23 21Ip 63 20 73 Lord. Chart. Bk. o Australia 4l 5 p 123 1 50 20 London and County ... 50 10 London Joint Stock 100 20 Loud. & Westminster 20 2 London Bank of MIS - traliP, and India 4 4p 2i 50 224 National of Ireland 25 all Oriental Bank Corporation. 543 —55 j 54 25 5 too. New — 100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... 10 all Do. New — 5 1 Royal Australn.Bkg. & Gold Imp. Co.. par— 1 11 25 25 South Australia 5O 52 51 25 all Union of Australia_ 77 78 77 6 7 2A Do. New B4 9 9 50 10 Union of London — 40 all Union of Madrid — MISCELLANEOUS. 100 35 Australian A us t n.p A c f i , , f t; c i ell , t ,i i , 1 3 00 x P - 001 / 1 1 x 0 d1 104 100 L a 7 n x c r e x el 10 5 Anstraln. Royal Mail ... ... i 1 38A,Brit. Americo. Land ... - ... 100 323' Canada 5 5 'Crystal Palace 4 2 Crystal Pal. of Franc e ... ... 20 1 Eastern Steam 1 1 Electric. Teleg. of Ir ~. ... 15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat . ... [OO 50 General Screw Steam , ... ... 20 23 Irish Beetroot Sugar ... ... 1 all Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel ... ... 10 2 Netherlands Land...,' ... ... 2A 20 23 Nrth. of Europe Steam ... ... 50 all Peninsular &Oriental ... ... 50 25 Do. Do. .. ... 100 60 Royal Mail Steam , ... -- ... 82 2 1 5 2 1 5 ♦ s S i o l u bm th A ar. u T s e t l i e n g l ra . La ph 7 . l . 5 .. 3 . -- 5 .. 5 . 5 1 3 tt 6 2 Universal Emigration 10 and Colonisation... ... ... .00 283' Van Diemen's Land.. 16 18 , 17 16h 17 164 MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAT.) CORN EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that our market to-day was very moderately supplied with all kinds of English wheat, the demand for that article ruled dull, and Monday's prices were barely supported. The general condition of the samples was inferior. For forward delivery next to nothing was doing. The imports of foreign wheat amounted to 3,240 qrs., chiefly from the westward. Good heavy samples changed hands slowly, at previous currencies ; but inferior parcels were very dull, and rather lower to purchase. In floating cargoes very few sales were reported. Barley—the supply of which was small—moved off steadily, at late rates. Malt sold at extreme quotations. The supply of Irish oats was good—that of English and foreign limited. The trade ruled dull, at late figures. Beans, peas, and flour sold slowly ; in prices no change took place. ARRiTALS THIS WEEK. Whciat. I • Barley. } Malt. Oath. Flour. 1.420 610 1,530 !1,354 i 930 8,310 I 7,920 English .. Irish .... Foreign .. 3,240 WHITECHAPEL. For each kind of moat at this market to-day the inquiry was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, 2s 6(1 to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, as Od to 4s 4d; pork, 2s 6d to 4s Od per 81bs by the carcase. • BOROUGH HOP. The deMand for most kinds of hops is steady, at fully .he late advance in the quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 9.—Wind at Noon, W.S.W., light airs, and fine clear mild weather. SOUTHAMPTON, March B.—Wind, N.W. Arrived— Orinoco (s), West Inpies—on freight, 238,6211. DEAL, March B.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived Broughton, South Seas. Arrived from the River—John Bunyan, for Shanghao ; Countess of Seafield, do. ; Ceres, Sierra Le one ; Wesconson, New York ; Hope, Nassau. FALMOUTH, March B.—Wind., W. to W.S.W. Arrived --Amelia,,Bahia ; Gem, New Orleans. OFF PORTSMOUTH, March B.—Walmer Castle, Calcutta. BRISTOL, March B.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Urgent, Cuba ; - Nimroud, New York. LIVERPOOL, March B.—Wind, S.S.W. Arrived—Jean nette Marie, Laguna ; Tonawanda, Phi'adelphia ; Electric, Calcutta ; Water-lily, do. ; Hibernia, Bombay ; Mercutio, Buenos Ayres ; Menalto, Monte Video • Venelia, Ri o Orande ; Harrison Chilton, Maranham ; 'Wanderer, Gal veston Zane Henderson, Now Orleans ; Marshfield, do. ; Wm. Nelson, do. • Elizabeth, do. ; Post, do. ; Comm erce , do. ; Imperial, do. ' • Adonas, do. ; New England, Sa vannah ; Admiral, Charleston ; Mersey, do. ; Lamella, Baltimore ; Great Western, New York ; Chas. Crooker, do. ; Goldfinder, St. John's, N.B. Sailed—Antelope (s), Melbourne ; Propontes, Monte Video ; Vanguard, New York. Off Port—Elizabeth Moore, Bahia • Windsor Castle, do. ; Sutley, Wild Wave, Portland, Warlock, and Fidget. The Anna Rich, bound to Boston, which got on shore on the Devil's Bank, on the 27th ult., has been got off, with much damage. QUEENSTOWN, March 7.—Arrived—lngleberough, Mau ritius. BELFAST.—Arrived—Mungo, New York. DUNDEE.—Sailed—Elizabeth, Melbourne. LOWESTOFFE, March B.—Wind, S.W., foggy. Ar rived—Active, Sunderland, for London, and Maria, Col chester, for Newcastle, both making water. The Ann Mills, St. John's, N. 8., to Grimsby, which was on shore, abandoned, has been got off. FATAL, Feb. 23.—0 n the 17th Feb., it blew a heavy gale at S.E., during which the Ellen Gillman, from Liver 1, and the Salamandre, were driven on shore, wrec k ed, and have been sold. The 10, from Boston , dragged her anchors, and cut away her main a n d foremasts to prevent going on Dec . shore 4 . The Hope, from Liverpool t o Boston, put i e , leaky, and is repairin g . Th e report of her arrival at New York was erroneous. ANTWERP, March 7.—The Normandie, Pernambuco t o Marseilles, h as pu t i n w i th loss of part of her masts sa rig : ging, &c., and pa r t o f cargo, &c,, overboard, , il, 36 A 6 13i i 1 xd 1/ • pm 111 112 111. 106i6 I 1 6 1 7 xin x in a is x in nh i i 9 Pm 19i ad 26 received in New Orleans, only 18 days from San Francisco. They were brought from Acapulco to Vera Cruz in 5i- days, and thence by the steam-ship Albatross to New Orleans, being the shortest time on record. The mining intelligence is of a highly favourable character. The census returns show the present population of the state of California to be 224 000. _ _ _ The'markets had been unfavourably affected by unusually large marine arrivals. Flour and pro visions generally had declined from the late ex orbitant quotations, good sweet flour being now quoted at 20 dollars a barrel. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, FEB. 23. MONEY.—The market closed lower for sterling, with but a moderate amount of transactions. All the leading bankers were drawing freely at 101, and some at 10 per cent. First class commercial bills were sold at 91 per cent. The importers are too busy paying up duties to remit largely by this steamer. There was an increased supply of mercantile and southern bills on the market, giving an impression that exchange may decline some what, which feeling also tended to check remittances. Francs, 5 124 to 5 114. Corrox.—Thc market here is unsettled and quotations nominal, with sales for the past three days of 2,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool —Engagements at 3-16 d. BREABSTUFFS.—In breadstulli there has been but little done, and prices are quoted lower, Western Canal flour being quoted at 5 dols. to - 5 dols. 124 c. steady ; Indian meal, 3 dols. 374 c. to 3 dols. 50c. PROVISIONS had been in good demand, and prices pretty steady. FREIGHTS.—With a better supply of vessels the en gagements of the last fortnight have been on easier terms, but at the close of business yesterday there was less room, and the rates asked were—to Liverpool, 2s. 9d. to 3s. pet barrel on flour, and Bd. per bushel on grain ; London, 3s. ditto, and Bd. to 9d. ditto ; Glasgow, 3s. 3d. ditto, and 9d. ditto. AFRICA. The African Steam Navigation Company's steamer Forerunner, Commander J. B. Atkins, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. She left Fernando Po, January 30 ; La gos, February 4 ; Cape Coast Castle, 7 ; Sierra Leone, 14 ; Goree, 21 ; Teneriffe, 22 and Ma deira, 28. She brings 70 tons of palm oil, 25 tons of ginger and pepper, 15 tons of beeswax, 35 bags of cochineal, and 2,000 ounces of gold. On the outward passage, Commander Lynch, of the United States Navy, went in her from Tene rife to Jamaica, where he joined the United States ship-of-war John Adams, and proceeded down the coast via Sierra Leone ' to survey and find a suitable pl ace t o w hi c h the Americans could emigrate. Al Fernando Po were her Majesty's steamer Electro, the barque Gambia, and the brig Daisy. At Cameroons, January 30, were the barque Gar roon, and the brigs Mary, Mohawk, and Timbuc too. At Old Calabar, February 1, were the ships Africa and Tapley, and the b arque D ec i ma . At Bonny, February 2, were the ships Elizabeth Bibby and Polonia, the barques Roe and Cleopatra, the brigs Swiftsure and Mary Ann, and the schooner Visitor. At Lagos were her Majesty's brig Brito mart and the steamer Electro ; the Italian brig Indicator, the Hamburg brigs Julia, Hamburg, Time, Asia, and Portuguese schooner Belos. At Whydah, February 4, were the French brig-of war Messager, and the British barques Anna Wat son and Foam. The African mail packet Faith arrived at Sierra Leone, all well, on the 17th of February. The barque Lady Horsley, abandoned by Capt. Salter, at Bonny, has been recovered by Messrs. Wylde and Thompson. THE FRENCH EMPIRE. A decree in yesterday's Moni teur announces that Chinese crapes, imported from the British do minions, will no longer be subjected to the restric tive ordinance of 1826. Yesterday the Siècle received a "warning," in consequence of an article deemed offensive to the Government. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, British ambassador to Constantinople, is expected in Paris, where he will remain for some days. A trifling improvement was observable on the Bourse yesterday, in the prices of the Rentes gene rally, for the end of the month, as compared with Monday ; but there was no substantial advance in the cash quotations of any description. The Four and-a-Half per Cents., which closed on Monday at 104 f. 70c., left off at 105 f. for the settlement, while the closing price of the same stock on Monday, for cash, was 106 f. 50c., and yesterday 104 f. 70c. The Three per Cents., also, were reported 15c. better for the account, being last called at 81f. Bank Stock closed at 2,769 f., which marked a fur ther decline of 6f. There was nothing of impor tance transacted in railway stocks. The corvette Eurydice ' fitting at Toulon, the transports Prevoyante, at Cherbourg, and Sarcelle, at Brest, are about to sail for the Pacific. GERMANY. In the sitting of the Germanic Diet on the sth inst., the reinforcement of the federal military ser vice was negatived. Switzerland has acceded to the demands of Aus tria relative to the security of all foreign refugees in the Helvetic territories. The political condition of Bavaria is stated to be extremely critical, military precautions are re doubled, and the Council of Ministers have for warded a dispatch to King Maximilian, who is at present in Naples, urgi ng his immediate return to his capital. At Lindau, a few - days since, every house in which an officer resided was marked by a red cross. The British Envoy at Munich has commenced a suit against the editor of the Volksboten for ca lumny._ The Wurtemberg Chamber has decided against the Government that the penalty of death shall, in future, be only applied to criminals convicted of attempts against the person of the Sovereign, and to common murderers, but not to those convicted of attempts against the State. According to accounts from Pesth, of the Ist, Noslopy, chief of the guerillas, and three of his ac complices —one of whom is the tutor of Kossuth's children—were to be executed on the 3d. It is said that the Austrian troops on the fron tier of Switzerland number upwards of 15,000 strong. The Emperor is rapidly recovering from the effects of the assassin's wound ; but though his health is generally good, it is feared his eyesight will continue to be seriously affected. TURKEY. A special firman will shortly be issued by the Sultan, ordering the removal, from Bosnia, of all objects hostile to the Christians, and adopting the most effectual means to protect that part of the population. SPAIN. The Ministry have sustained a defeat in the Se nate. The four secretaries elected belong to the Opposition. The Senate refused to admit the new senators before the constitution. The Three per Cents. were at 43. CUNTRO?ERTED ELECTIONS. COMMITTEES CONCLUDED. chairman).—Reporte d want of qualifies,. LANCASTER (Mr. Divett, chairman).—Reported Feb. 21, Mr. Armstrong not duly elected ; guilty by his agents of bribery and treating. v 2117 Mr.ooiE (Lord Carterß n . o Grosvenor, du y elected . time. Mr. R. Phillimore duly elected. CANTERBURY (Mr. K. Beymer, chairman). Re Feb. TA Feb. 21, Mr. H. P. Gipps and Ho n . H . 13. p orted not duly elected ; guilty by their agents of bribery,Johnstone BLACKBURN (Mr. Deedes, chairinan). Reported Feb. 24, Mr. Eccles not duly elected • ; Platy by his agents of bribery. NEWRY (Mr. Seymo ur h • c airman).—Reported Feb. 24, Mr. Birk duly elected' CLITHEROE (Mr. *J. M. G - askell, h a : c irman .- ) Reported Feb. 24, Mr. M. Wilson not duly gu ilty by his elected ; agents of bribery and treating, F ROME (Mr a • - • A. Hamilton, chairman). --Reported Feb. 28, Hon. holding an R. Boyle not duly ' elected ; office of profit under the Crown. ,4,..i an).R BRIDGNORTII (Hon. E. Bouverie, -nil R. Ported Feb. 28, Mr. Whitmore duly elected. bribery. Sir Pigot not duly elected ; guilty by his agen ts ai o a l n.—. CAMBRIDGE (Mr. Vernon Stnith' Mr. J. H. Astell ported March 1, Mr. K. Macaulay an d ents of bribery. not duly elected ; guilty by their a gents 0. Stanley, chair -WATERFORD COUNTY (11 ;I n r: Esmonde duly elected. raan).—Reted March 4,c. ._ man )._Reported . March RYE (Sir J.S. .T Pakingtop elected ; 7, Mr. Mackinnon not duly of treating. chere, c hairman).—M r. . b HuLL (Mr. Labou elected ; guilty y guilty by his agents n ) —Mr. Clay and agents of Lord Goderich not d ul y bribery. (Lord Seymour, c ha irman).—Mr. Mangles GIIILDFORL. and lti - r- Bell duly elect ed. to ', chairman). Reported Marc- 7, Smith not duly elected ; guilty by his Sir F. ac - en ts of bri bery. North-Western A MONSTERTRAIN.—One of the new express engines recently con sisting o a London and experimental train con f not less than 34 carriages, loaded to five tons each, 6 from Birmingham to London in three hours., Thi s a c y tec l i z f o o u r g t h h t e e is ve c r on a s e i c d o e m re p d li t s o he b d e btyhe amsoinstgleextlrreormdiontaivrye performance la R : i c i n vv i a lyco e n ste st r r d u has confirmed the expectations formed of the merits o f I th n e m a a rr n a y ng p e a T t e ß n o ts f trheec jeonutlrynepyatethnet:dpebeyd M had r . diminished in cons equence of the bad stateo t° f tbhee m r o u ad, ch and there is no doubt, when these defects are remedied, the two hours' trip, with a train of 15 carriages, will be salad into effect. 151 2