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

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 t rade. The market was flat, and prices of all kinds Were drooping. The sales comprised 110 Pernam and Maranham, at sd. to 6d. ; 110 Bahia, at 6 (1. to G a d • 200 Egyptian, at 611 to lid. ; 200 Surat at nd. 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 be 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 sion would last till April. There had been a flood at Port Maria, and the roads were impassible owing to the overflow of the .17 esterrnost river. The water is described as hav- Illg 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 Bay the flood had b een tremendous, heavy rains having prevailed. The bridge on the Annotto River was entirely de stroyed, earth, trees, poultry, pigs, goats, and houses being carried away. Most of the stores on the Bay suffered severely. Business was entirely ZuBPended, all communications with the interior being cut off. Falmouth, Hanover, Westmore land and Montego Bay had suffered also. Much 113 Jury had been done to the cane fields. The suspension of payment of Mr. George Hen nett, the railway contractor, has been announced, and the liabilities are said to be large. The Arctic Company is receiving, it is stated, ✓ ery good support, and the Share list will be closed on Saturday. It is obvious that parties who join such an undertaking must do so with the object of giving it full support as a national experiment, and such men, it is said, have come forward both here and in Aberdeen. There was no alteration yesterday in the rates at Which Bills of Exchange were negotiated upon the Principal Continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken a t 25 27i to 30 ; Hamburgh 13 74 2 - to 7i : Amsterdam, 11 18i to 19 ; and Trieste 115 to 11 9 . The Honourable East ndia Company drew bills during the last fortnight to the amou nt of 13,3031. A _ • 2d.,. at the exchange of 2s. ld. on Bengal, and 28 . lid. on Bombay. The English Stock Market has risen again, Con -B'3lB being 99i ft for Money and Account. Bank Stock is worth 227/ to 2281. Exchequer Bills are ? 8 . to 13s. premium. The New Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents. have been at 1031 A. The business doing in Greek Bonds is still active, and they have been done as high as 8' and 9. tauzriliannd New Sto c k is active at 97i to 98 for the si. --p•-yalf per C en t s . E qua d or St oc k i s a t Sardinian Bonds are 98i to pok t b t e e ing scarcely BO good. The Turkish Loa n better, the Spanish Certificates are up. P l e s ruvian New 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 provement at Paris. Upper India have been again don e 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 directors who join them do their duty, they will in sist upon sending out a special agent to verify the representations made before they part with a slxpence to the parties who introduce the affair on this side of the Atlantic. The Megantic Copper Company did this, and the result was that the directors, as honest men, advised the share holders no t t o go on with the concern, and fulfilled their promise by deducting only the amount origi nally agreed on for expenses. , In the Land Company's Shares very little has neen done, and they are nominally the same. The Australian Bank Shares are generally rather cheaper. The directors of the English and Australian Cop- Per Company have this day received advices from their managers, dated Adelaide, 15th November Last, by which they have been informed that over 70 teamsters had been engaged to work on the red Wakefield road, consequently, showing that labour was becoming more abundant in the colony. ;I:he manager writes :—" We have accumulated between 300 and 400 tons of coal at the works, and We anticipate that in the course of next week we shall be able to light three or four furnaces, and the copper produced will enable us to keep faith With the Burra Company." BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. tank Stock 3 Per Cent. Reduced Annuities .looi 4 4 Per Cent. Consols Annuities New 31 p er C en t. A nnu ities l O3. $ a ' o ng Annuities, Expire sth Jan., 18 60 6i 716 I ndia Bonds, £lOOO 4B South Sea Old Annuities 994 i Consols for Account 10th March 99i i Exchequer Bills lid. £l000 s 8 13 X5OO PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. ... . Ditto New, 1852, 4i per Cent ......... . ...Thlenos Ayres B on d s , 6 p er Cent ............. 64 - " -I quador Bonds SA Grenada 114 g ' Bonds, Deferred, 22/ Ditto Ex,' Dec.,Dec 1849, Coupon.. 4l . Greek ex over-du . o Coupons .................. 98i 9 . 248 Mexic an 3 per Cent Ditto for the Account 25 Peruvian Deferred 3 per Cent Ditto Sc • gar • • riP dima n Bonds, 5 per Cent........... ........ 99 Si Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent 47 :Danish New Deferred, 3 per Cent .... .. . .... 23 R S panish Committee Cert. of Coup. not fun 87i S wedish Loan . li i Turkish Loan, 6 per Cent., 1852 ... ..., Ditto for the Ac coun t Dutch Exchange 2Lper Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates......... - ••• 981 d P C Consols . Ditto March Account.. __ it p THREE O'CLOCK. 993 993 CO NFESSION OF MURDER.—GLASGOW, MONDAY. On Friday evening last, a respectable looking young man entered the central police-office, stating that he wished deliver himself up to justice as he could get no peace 1 - 11 his mind f rom h av i ng recent l y comm i tted a mur d er . -Qe states that his name is Joseph Crawford , aged 19 agars, a sh aw l pr i nter b y t ra d e, an d a native o f Bed ngton Corner, near Croydon, Surrey. Some eight Col the ago. w hil e a t L ong b an k, on th e b an k s o f t h e eine, about 15 miles from London, an illegitimate child h°e born to him, and, after sundry consultations with o tnother, he killed it by holding its head un d er wa t er , and then t oss i ng the b o d y i nto t h e stream. The body this time he learnt, and au inquest h e ld, b ut b y rm tim e he had escaped. He came to work at Barr "ad, nea r Gl asgow, as a ca li co pr i n t er some ten weeks t a g°, but remorse would not let him rest, and he resolved b° Sur render himself. Such is the man's account, w hi c h 14 0 1 steadily perseveres in. He is still detained waitin ices from England on the subject. g IMP ElliA L PARLIAMENT. - -~- 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 carrXeg. 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 brit t 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 covered 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. DUNCOMBE 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. Ditett, and Mr. Cayley, the house divided, when there ap peared— For the second reading Against it 111 16 Majority 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 cans, 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.. Horsfall 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 579/. 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.-(THIS DI Y.) (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) TROST V. WISCOMBIL — A BILL TRANSACTION. This was an action to recover the sum of 51. the ba lance due on a bill of exchan g e of which the defendant 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 11. 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 31. 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 holder of the bill at the time it became due, having paid it away to Clarke, but subsequently took it up. 111 r. Anderson contended that a party could not at one time give en on us to obtain time , and then plead it as part pay m. The plaintiff was called, and gave evide nce 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 11. to do so. Defendant afterwards paid him 11. for a further delay of a month, and another U. for a similar purpose. He admitted also the receipt of Si. on account, but denied that he bad ever agreed to take payment by instalments, and that the 31. was paid on that account. Mr. Henry Massey, an attorney at Edmonton, where paropcpelyedifn; payment, unless he andmoneyhe did waso all the parties reside, said that he was inst ructed by th ia r i e n a t t ifr ened to defendant before 12 o'clock the next d a y. He had spoke n to paid and 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. He 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 31. had been paid as a bonus or on account of the A juror asked what the bill was given for, and what Clarke ,gave for it? and was answered that it was for goods sold and work do n e. Clarke gave 9 /. The jury, after a short consultation, gave a verdict for the defendant. ENCOURAGEMENT OF SOLDIERS IN FRANCIS. In order to enhance the value of the new military medal, the Emperor has decided that' eveu 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-ffiocer, bradier ed , or soldier, decora ted with the medal, he shall Lee titl 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. artrz:VO 4 .. 4 ; u. g lo w ishf 9 e" 30—issui DONCASTER RACES. (THIS DAY.) (3Y ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) Handicap. liungerford St. Andrew Ten ran. The Optional Selling Stakes. The Gip Cripple Kate The Innkeepers' Plate was won by the Mundig filly. Ethelbert Xing David The Betting-room Stakes. Eleven ran. The Northern Steeplechase was won by Chorister. BRITISH AND FOREIGN BIBLE SOCIETY. The commemoration of the 50th anniversary—the first jubilee—of the above society was held yesterday in 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, eiltered and took his seat to the right of the Rajah. The noble chairman read a rette'r 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 Prwsian Foreign and Bible Society. The noble earl their 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 branches, had been established. The Scriptures 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 ment of a jubilee fund to aid the further proceedings of the society. A voluminous extract from the report of the society, circumstantially detailing past progress and future auspices, was read, and listened to with much attention. Letters from many of the presidents and vice-presidents of the local societies were read, contain ing apologies for unavoidable absence—among the rest, one from the Earl of Roden, president of the Dublin society, was read by the noble chairman. The speakers were generally received with much applause, more particularly the Earl of Carlisle and the Rev. Hugh Stowell. The Rev. Lord Bishop, the Rev. Mr. James, and the Rev. Dr. Duff met with much applause in their several modes of dealing with the topic in hand. This, of course, mainly referred to the propagation of the gospel, but general reference was likewise made to those subjects which, though secular, still had more or less close relation to the principal subject of discussion. The despotism, anarchy, and Romanism of the Con tinent were the principal subjects adverted to, and were freely handled. Allusion was likewise made to the sla very of America. Considerable eloquence was displayed by those who addressed the meeting, and the alternations from the peculiar oratory of one to the other upon the meeting was marked in its effect. The former presi dents of the society, and particularly Lord Bexley, had a 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 Milnes, 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 ?arils, 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 of the 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 be the 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 accepted ; and 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 ; I will, also, if they desire it, take the 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 having held an office of profit under the crown, the electors not being a ware 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 incumbrances on the London-bridge approaches fund, on account of the metropolitan improvements, were 753,0001., some of which was borrowed at 3i, 4, and some at 5 per cent. The arrears of interest now due amount to 296,302/. 7s. lid. EXTRAORDINARY ROBBERY IN MANCHESTER.—At 20 minutes past one o'elock 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 his daughter Miss Fanny Howard a girl about 18 years of age, in charge of the shop 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 4nd stood, looking over he shoulder.. While he was doing so a second man entered the shop, on which the first fellow put his arm room 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 apprehended. The v T a h l e ns p d rop at ert s y ean w e hic b h u w nd a r s e f d o s un e d f upon them, M Howard was so much affected when he pounds. news ( h t this be in the eb second ) time e s within new twelve t h e had been removed fro the dical man. Fortunately a case containing to be cleaned, and the thieves did morn rings _ m heard irafwioaiddtdsoh o t wso h z fte e thnahandt t r i ur not get them. sisting of Dr. Arno the Home-office, sat on Satur day,SANITARY STATE t OanFdCMROrY.DTONh.;! Crare,iscsi.ClEß.,coanp: pointed by an order from ! ng con dition of the town. It appeared from t given by several householders, that the drains were in for the first time, to inquire into thehe evidence sanitary then most defective state, and emitted noxious and intoler able stenches, by which the health of their families had been seriously affected, and numerous cases of fever o th d u m c e o d f theea u s e t c! ) ; w that a f t the () r carrying filt r-h o a u w s e re a y e t c h t e e d s a e t w the a ge bottom 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 of drainage brought into operation by the Board of Health. On the other hand, Mr. Close, a plumber, although he acknowledged the bad state of the drainage, thought the present system of surface drainage had nothing to do with the recent fevericases. He had been in many houses both before and since the operations of the Board of Health, and the increased sweetness was manifest. The smells formerly were intolerable on one side of High-street. There were a hundred offensive odours for one now. The inquiry was adjourned. THE SHARE . MARKET .. BRITISH RAILWAYS. RAILWAYS. Aberdeen Arnbg. Nottng. Bost, & Eastn. Jiinct. Birmg. Wolverh. & Stour Valley Birkenhd. Lancsh. & Cheshire Junet Do. Che9h. & £5O and £25 Cons. Do., £2O Bristol and Exeter Caledonian Chaster. & Ifoiyhead. Cork and, Bandon.... Cork, -Black.rock and Passage . ........... Dublin&Belfast June. Dundee Perth&Abe deen Junction...... Do. New East Anglian (£25 L. and E. & L. & D.) Do. Do. (18/. E.& H.) Eastern Counties__ I Eastern Union, Class A. (late E. U. Sh.) ,Do., do Do., B. and C East Lancashire East & West Ind. Dk Birming. June Edinburgh & Glasgow Edin. and Peebles Edir. . Prth. &Dundee Glasgow & S. Western Great Northern Stk D 0.,. A. Stock Do., B. Stock Great Southern and Western (Ireland). Great Western Irish South-Eastern Lancaster & Carlisle Do., Thirds Lancash.& Yorkshire Do Fifths Do., Wst. Riding Un Leeds Northern Liv. Crsby. &Sonthpt. Loudon & Blackwall Loud. Tilb. & Sthend. Lond. Brigt. & S. Cst. London & N. Western Do., Fifths D0.,,£10 Sh.M.&B. C London & S. Western Do., £5O Do., £4O Londerry. &Coleraine Lndndrry. & Ennisk. Manch. Shef. &Lincln Do., Man. & Lin. Un jMidland Do. Binning. & Derby Midland G. West.(lr.) Do. Shares 'eNewa - s'ae & Carlisle 'Newmarket Do. Bury Extension. Newp. Aberg.&Hftd. Newly & Enraskillen Newry, Warrenpoint, and Re strevor , Noirolk Do., New Northn.Counties Un, North British North Devon, No. 1 Do., No. 2 Do., A Deferred Do., B Guaranteed North Staffordshire Nor& Western N. & S. Westrn. June Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverhampton Scottish Central Scot:Ash Midland S'arewsbuty & Birmg. Do., L. & N. Westn. Guaranteed Stock. Shrewsby.& Hereford Shrewsby. & Chester (Nor. W. Min.) Do. Halves do IDo Do : Oswestiy. Shropshire Union : South Devon South Eastern South Wales S.Yorksh.Riyer Dun, Do. 'Stockton &' Hartlepl. Thames Haven Dock and Railway.. Vale of Neath 1.. Waterfd. & Kilkenny Waterford& Limerick West Cornwall Wimbledon&Croydn. Woodford York Newetl. &Berw. Do. Extensions Do. G. N. E. Purchase York & N. Midland Closing Prices this day. 30 - 31 - 6 10 10; 6i -- 646 21 -- 22 3 2i (I 105 -- 107 63i -- 644 18 ii li I - Pi 8 • - 9 5a 4 12 13 11 —11 i . Bil 73 75 157 60 76 78 32 d 3 4 61 63 80i —81 i 44 46 , 1 121 123 1 107 jog —91 i 90 — e 95 13 14 p 77 4 77 A 1d ,Bt d 151 _ 164 gi lf -- 2 p 104 -- 105 119 -119 i 2i -- 3 lt P 90 al 5 a -- 4Ad 4 -- 3d 11 -- 12 19 -- 21 29 -- 3 d 76, -- 76 l a -- 47 I 50 52 3 38 3 3d 3. 31 53 5 5 81 2 —2a d 35 —36 i 6t 61 d 2i -- 2i t -- d 4a -- 4i d 3 i -- 4p 47 -- 48 100 -- 102 64 -- 68 65 -- 67 70 75 ~. dad, 18 20 9 10 14 15 3 dj 21 23 771 36 37 13 134 4 41 15 --15 1 94 -- 10 29 -- 31 9 -- 10 id— ip 69 - T- ii) 2 i -- 7td $ 2d 581 -- 594 69. 12 5S i PREFERENCE SHARES. St. 100 Aberdeen ....... -- 5 all Do., No. 2,7 p. c ... St. 100 Brie. & Ex. 4 p. c. St 106 - - 108 St. 100 5 £lO 106 . 15 all Chester & Holyhead C, D al o. ed 4 o p nia c n . Guar. 54 per cent. 19 20 6 4 1 3i Cork&Bandon 51 p.c. d all Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 64 6 3. all E. Aug. (708.) 6p. c. 3$ 3 5 all Do. (E. 5), 7 per cent. 34 4 7 2 Do. 17s), 7. p ct. lap 61 all Eastern Counties Ex- tension, sp. c. No.l 1 2 p 11 pm 64 all Do., No. 2 - 4 p 10 all Do., New 6p.e. St l4a —14 i 20 all Eastern Union Scrip Guar. 6 per cent lB4 19 St. 100 East Lancash. 6p. cts 5 all Edinb. Prth.&Dund 3 34 St. 100 Glasgow &S. Western Guar. 5 per cent._ St. 100 Great Northn. sp. e. 126 128 127 St. 100 Do. sp. e., Redeem. at 10 p. e. prem , 111 113 112 111 64 all Gt.S outhn. & Westn. (Ireland) Eights Bl 9 50 6 Gt. Westn. (Berke & Hants Ex. 5 p. c.) 7ixd St. 100 Great Western, fixed 44 per cent lO5 107 103 A 6 16 6 Lan. & York. F. £2O p St. 100 Do., 6 p. e., Stock ls op —152 St. 100 London and Brighton Guaranteed 5 p. e — St. 100 Do. Pref. sp. c., St 60 all Do. Convertible, 5 p c., 1852 • •• • St. 100 Do. New Guar. 6.p. e 50 5 London &S. West 11, Con. Thirds 124 10 Londonderry & Co ler Shares . 124 all Londndry. & Ennisk. Shares ... .... ... . 134 —13 i 25 all Manch. , She. ,& , Shares, No. 1.... 8 9 10 all Do., New, £lO ..... 101. lid 6 3 Do., £6 12A all Marypt. & Carl. 4 p.e. 124 all Do. 44 per cent....... 123 84 Do ••• ..• St. 100 Mid. Consol. 6p.e. St St. 100 Do. Consol. Bristol & Birm. 6 per cent 16i 5 Do. Pref. 44 percent — 20 all Norfolk Extension 22A —23 S all De. Guar. 54 per ct 54 64 54 2 all Do. Waveney Valley 5 per cent 2 21 St. 100 North British ... 20 all North Staffordshire 25 26 St. 100 Oxford, Worcester, & Wolverh..£ls,6p. c. 15 9 Do. — lop 8 all Shrewsbury & Birm. New Guaranteed ll ill 10 all Shrewsby. & Chester Nor.W. (Min), 3 p.c. 17 18 10 10 Do. 5 per cent. 25 all South Devon l6 1 7 p 10 14 Do. New par A p 10 6 all S. Eastern (Reading Ann.) f£l Os. 6d. 26 264 26j 20 all S.Yorksb.4p.e.Guar: 20 21 t 6 3 aterfd.&tilk.6p:c. 4 d par St. V 100 VA, Neireastle, and Berwick, 4p. c. Prof. IC3 102 17 SDo 25 10 York &N. Midland, H. &S. Purchase.., pa r p FOREIGN. A.ntwrp.,SEßotterdam 'Belgian Eastn. Junct. Charleroi & Erquelin Dijon aud Besanon. Dutch Rhenish East Indian... Do. Extension Gt. Indian Peninsula Gd. Junct. of France Gt. Westn. of Canada Shares Lucca and Pistoja, 5 per cent. prof Luxembourg Do. (Railway) Do. Do. (Canal) Do. 6 p. cent. pref Lyons & Medikerrau, Madras Maria Antonia Do. New • ,Namur & Liege (wits 1 interest Do. (ex interest) :Northern of France Do. 201. 3 p. e. Bds• (:my. B. &Ams. Shs. 1 Norwegian Truk. Prof Paris and Lyons Pars and Orleans Paris and Rouen Pa'•is and Strasbourg Paris Caen &Cher:mg. Quebec & Richmond Rouen and Havre Sambre and Meuse Do. t per cent. pref. Southern of France Upper India Scrip West Flanders Do. .5i per c. Pref IWestern of France West. of Switzerland ,New Zealand.., 1 3 - Oi d 1. 2 131 13 --2 2 —1- d , 6 6 . 1 —1 - i ) 2,f, , 1 1 -- li 1-3 i - ip 4 —7lxin —4/xin 1/ —l4xin 1 —lixin 6 dis -- 9 —ll p 2 26 p 7t - gi 6 - 7 35i -30 A 141 -14 i 17 -17 A 42 -- 4 3 p 421 -- 4 --51 i p 20 --- P 1 -- - 20 i i 9 9A $ P 4i -- 5} *4l 10 $ d 4 -10 ii i 1 4 —1 ] 4 6i 7 a ill X in I in I in BustKss done his day. 50 20 11i 10 50 40 25 25 50 St. 16 16 20 20 10 St. St. St. St. St. 26i 13i 20 20 50 184 100 100 all •all all- 100' 100 100 100 100 100 all 11i 100 11i all all all 100 42i 34 all all 100 100 - 100 47. 17 all 100 100 all 36 100 174 all 10 100 100 100 100 100 all LOO all 1/.lsl 1051 64# 22# 12 13 81 80i 45i 124 9(WI pm 77i 16h 16 1181 191 90/ 1.90} 1 MI 6 3616 13i I i xd 47 1001 78 i 36i N 9 I A pm LINES LEASED AT FIXF,D RENTALS Shr. raid. RAILWAYS. Leasing Closing Prices Business Compans. this Jay. this day 50 all Bedford and London & Bletchley. ... N. West ... 304 all Birm. & Oxfd. gua.ranteo..„ Gt.Westn 30 31 304 all Do. withoutgr Do 294 —304 304 all Birm.Wolv. dz Dudley guar. Do 3O 31 301 all Do.wtht guar. Do 29 30 St. 100 Buckghamsh. L.&N. W. 105 —lo7xd x d 50 all Clydesdale Jc. Caledon„, 524 —s3lad x d St. 100 E. Lincoln gr. 6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 151 153 151 2 25 all Glstr.& Dn. Fr Gt. Westn 324 334 100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New. Railway '& Berw. 56 ail Htill & Selby . &NMd 111 4-113xd , x d 25 all Do. a Shares. Do 554 —s64ad x 12A all Do. Shares. Do 264 -274xd x d 13i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern 134 141 20 all Do.Prcference o 254 264 20 all Lowestoft gr. 4 per cent. Norfolk l9 —l94xd 19i x d 20 all Do. 6 per ct. Do 25 27 26 54 all Manch. Bab- L.& N. W and Matlock & Midld 3 34 50 all Middleebro' & Stckton & Redcar Darlingt. 100 all Midld.Bradfd. Midland 1074 1084 103 50 all Northern and Easternsp.c. E. Count. 64 66xd x d 50 all Do. 6 per ct. Do — ad x d 50 all Do. Fixeds pc Do — ad x d 25 all Prest. & Wyre L. &N. W &Ln&Yk 124 114 Do. 4 Shares. Do — Pm St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. GtNorthn 15.2 154 St. 100 Do.Shepth.St Do 151 153 25 181 Shef.Rothand Lancash & • Goole g. 5 p.c. Yorksh. ad a d 12 94 S. Staffordsh. M.MClean —ld zd x 60 all Wear Valleygr Stockt. & 6 per cent... Darlingt. 25 all Do Do St. 100 Wilts&Somrst GtWestn 10 3324 32 MINES. 1 all Agua Fria 10s all Anglo Californian 1 p 10 2 Australasian.. -2/ p 31 20 5 A.usti.diau 1 all Australian 'Cordillera a die— 4 p 1 1 all Australian Freehold. a 4 p 1, 1 ,- 1 all Ave Maria - 1 p 14 1 all Baden (Gd. Duchy of) par p 1 all British Austrlu. Gold 1 ip 20 13.5 British Iron 7 9 p 35 244 Brazilian Imp. (issued at X 5 pm.) 4 41 44 30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiaba 24 - 24- 20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 29 —3O 1 4 Carson's Creek par 4 p 40 all Cobra Copper 43 —45 45 j4l 6 1 Colonial Gold 24 2 p 34 g 14 Copiapo St. all CopperMinersof Eng 6O 70 25 all Do. Preference 74 — B 4 p 5 all English and Austin Copper Smeltg. Co l4 d 20 all General l7 —lB 17A 2 all Great Nugget Vein 2 —24 p 4i 3 all Great Polgooth 1 —ll p 1 all Lake Bathurst 1 is— par 1 all Liberty a— 1 p 11 1 all Lond. &Californ. Gold Qi.nrtz Crush. Co — j d 1 all Marivita d par • 10 9 Mexican &S. Americ 64 7 1 all New Granada — # P 1 all Nouveau Monde l4 —l/ p 21 a / a 5 1 Port Philip -4 p p 2 4 2 1 all Quartz Rock pa— r-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 —l2 284 all United Mexican — 7 64 1 all Waller — p 11 1 all West Granada p 1 1 i 1 all West Mariposa par— p 14 1 all Yuba — A P JOINT-STOCK BANKS. Australasia British N. American Clutd. Bnk. of India, Australia, & China Colonial. Commercial of Lon don - - 92, 91 2 - English Scottish and Australian Loud. Chart. Bk. of Australia - 2/Ip 4 1 - 5p London and County London Joint Stock Lond. & Westminster London Bank of Aus tralia and India National of Ireland Oriental Bank of Corporation I - IP 54i - 55 I rDo. Now Provincial of Ireland o. New ••• .-." ••• Royal Australn.Bkg & Gold Imp. Co, South Australia Union of Australia Do. New Union of London Union of Madrid par -50 52 77 78 9 3 a i G 4 55 4 , 1 5i li 51 77 G 7 9 MISCELLANEOUS. Australian Agricult Austrlasn.Pcific.Mail Australn. Royal Mail, ,'Brit. Arnelien. Land' :Canada 100 110 ! [ex Peel kxcli Crystal Palace .. Crystal Pal. of France Eastern Steam 14 50 24 all 20 50 50 100 25 2i all 25 60 25 Electric. Teleg. of Ir. Gen. Steam Navigat.. General Screw Steam. Irish Beetroot Sugar Nat. Pat. Steam Fuel Netherlands Nrth . of Europe Steam Peninsular & Oriental] Do. Do. Royal Mail Steam.... South Austral. Land Submar. Telegraph... Universal Emigration , .. ..--. .. 53 - 55 and Colonisation...) Van Diemen's Land.. i*6 :- i• 1104 103 7xPeel [and xd 6 i I 6 17 16i MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.) CORN• EXCHANGE. Notwithstanding that our market to-clay 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 bands 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. ARRIVALS THIS WERE. English .. Irish .... Foreign .. VVhaat. 1,420 8,240 Barley. 610 Malt. Oats. 1,580 X 1,854 8,340 Flour. 930 7,920 WHITECHAPEL. For each kind of moat at this mrrket to-day the inquiry was in a sluggish state, at barely stationary prices. Beef, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; veal, 38 Od to 4s 4d; pork, 28 6d to 4s Od per Blbs by the carcase. BOROUGH HOP. The demand for most kinds of hops is steady, at fully the late advance in the quotations. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.) LONDON, March 9.—Wind at Noon, W.S.W., light airs, and. find 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 Shanghae ; Countess of Seafield, do. ; Ceres, Sierra Leone ; Wesconson, New York ; Hope, Nassau. FALMOUTH, March B.—Wind, W. to W.S.W. Anived —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, Philadelphia ; Electric, Calcutta ; Water-lily, do. ; Hibernia, Bombay ; Mercutio, Buenos Ayres ; Menalto, Monte Video ; Venelia, Rio Orande ; Harrison Chilton, Maranham ; Wanderer, Gal veston ; Jane Henderson, New Orleans ; Marshfield, do. ; Wm. Nelson, do. • Elizabeth, do. ; Post, do. ; Commerce, do. ; Imperial, do. P • Adonas, do. ; New England, Sa vannah ; Admiral, Charleston ; Mersey, do. ; Lemena, 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, Po rtland, 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. D uNDEE. —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 pool, and the Salamandre, were driven on sh ore , wrec k ed, and have been sold. The 10, from Boston, dragged her anchors, and cut away her main and foremasts to p revent going on shore. The Hop?, from . Liverpool to Boston, pat, in here Dec. 4, leaky, and is rep Paring. The report of her arrival at New York was erroneous. ANTWERP, March 7.—The Normandie, P ern a / a line° to rigging, has put in with loss of part of her masts, sails, rigging, &e., and part of cargo, &c., overboard. - sal WEST INDIA MAIL. The royal mail steam-ship 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 Tampico — 10 Havannah — 15 Greytown 3 Chagres — 8 Carthagena — 11 Santa Martha._ Jan. 26 Kingston Feb. 12 Jacmel (Hayti) — 13 San Juan — 15 Berbice — 8 Grenada Feb. 11 Carriacou — 11 St. Vincent — 13 St. Lucia - 13 Martinique — 12 Guadaloupe — 14 Dominica — 14 Antigua — 12 Montserrat Nevis .... St. Kitts ... 11 --- 12 13 Georgetown — 9 Tortola Tobago — a St. Thomas' — 21 Port of Spain — 11 Nassau (Bahamas). 8 13ridgetown ...... - 13 I _Puerto Cabello — 10 The Orinoco also brings nytils 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— - 15 Valparaiso Coquimbo Jan. 15 16 Arica Islay ____ Jan. 20 21 -- 23 26 29 livasco Caldera Cobija -- 16 - 17 - 19 . - Paco Callao Pay ta Iquique . . The Orinoco has performed the voyage from St. 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 165,0001., 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 sort, had already 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 the continuance 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 tilt planters andinerchants 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 mining districts beaus 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 said 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. THE UNITED STATES ARRIVAL OF THE NIAGARA. 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 mis placed." Nothing certain was known about the cabinet, po ln r a ted addition to mr. toth . e f ß or u m eh e a r n s n tem an w e in nts b , e it is now treed with his so n , M r. minis r t . e e r x t - o pr t e h s e id c e o n u f t v o a f n L ß on u d re o n n : Mr. M. Van Buren, will leave the States next month Ericsson, on th e 16th Europe.caloric ship the most amp l e o n T a h tour trial ailnofthe e board. n February, appears t o have iv satisfaction to all w h o were g o Hookntill i she r eac h e d th e mouth of the P otomac she ran Fromface o f the a time of her lea v i ng S andy n the gales, pitching her bowtslerituLun. and though frequently succession of heavy performed m ed ade wi s ost regularity, der water, her engines Only one fireman t ix h .and_a_ , machinery was co • of 73 hours. point of that is quite a failure, is demonstrative . Mrs. H • and her half revolutions per minute. , is ntinually in motion for a period w as on duty at a time, and her It however, quite certain that in great requisite, speed, the at least so far as this of Harriet Beecher Stowe,her withbers Stowe, and some other Ineln. familY, proceed direct to scotltipeawthis E trip her husband, of 'their the steam- Epesso.n York on the ship Glasgow, which sails fronl .L '' 26th of March. have been California' d a tes of the 2d February received in New Orleans, only 18 dayssfrom Situ Francisco. They were brought from Acapulco to Vera Cruz in si. 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, FIB. 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, 5 121 to 5 11k. COTTON.—The market here is unsettled and quotations nominal, with sales for the past three, days of 2,000 bales. Freight to Liverpool—Engagements at 346 d. BREADSTUFFS.—In breadstuffs there has been but little done, and prices are quoted lower, Western Canal flour being quoted at 5 d o l s . t o 5 dols.l2lc. steady ; Indian meal, 3 dols. 37/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. per barrel on flour, and Bd. per bushel on grain ; London, 3s. ditto, and Bd. to Id. ditto ; Glasgow, 3s. 3d. ditto, and 9d. ditto. AFRICA. The Africa/I Steam Navigation Company's steamer Forerun;_ter, Commander J. B. Atkins, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday evening at eight o'clock. She left PeruAndo Pa, 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 pah'n 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 &ova Tene rife to Jamaica, where he joined the ljnited States ship-of-war John Adams, and proceeded down the coast via Sierra Leone, to survey ond find a suitable pl ace t o w hi c h the Americans cou.ld emigrate. _ At 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 barque Decima. 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 &Me received a "warning," in consequence of an article deem e d 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, urging 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 let, 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 &man - Will shortly be issued by tha Sultan, ordering the removal, from Bosnia, of all objects hostile to the Christians, and adopting tho 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. CONTROVERTED ELECTIONS. COMMITTEES CONCLUDED. LANCASTER (Mr. Divett, chairman). — Reported Feb. 21, Mr. Armstrong not duly elected ; guilty by his agents of bribery and treating. TAVISTOCK (Lord R. Grosvenor, chairman).—Reported Feb. 21, Mr. Carter not duly elected ; want of qualifioor. tire. Mr. R. Phillimore duly elected. CANTERBURY (Mr. K. Seymer, chairman).—Reported Feb. 21, Mr. H. P. Gipps and lion. U. B. Johnstone not duly elected ; guitty by their agents of bribery. BLACKBURN (Mr. Deedes, chairrnan)._,epo ited . 24, Mr. Eccles n o t d u l y elected ; guilty b ß y his agents Feb of bribery. NEWRY (Mr. H. D. Seymour, chairman).—Reported Feb. 24, Mr. Kirk duly elected. CLITHEEDE (Mr. J. M. Gaskell, chairman). —Reported Feb. 24, Mr. M. Wilson not duly elected ; guilty by h is agents of bribery and treating. Puma (Mr. G. A. Hamilton , chairman).—ReY°rtedan Feb. 28 Eon. R. Boyle not duly elected ; office of profit under the Crown. BRIDGNORTH (Hon. E. Bouveri chairman). —Re ported Feb. 28, Mr. Whitmore duly e e Pigot not duly elected CAMBRIDGE (Mr. Vernon ep ted.Sir B. agentsel of bribery. ;guilty by hisi;uhairman).—Re uSinvit a nd Mr. J. H. Aston ported March 1, Mr. K. Maca , e - i i r a- agen ts of bribe ry. WATERFORD duly elected ; guilty by W. O. c chair man).. WATERFORD COuNTT h ,1 m r . Esmonde duly elected. man).—Reported RYE (Sir J.S. Pakiongd L , 7, Mr. Mackinnon n of treating. HULL (Mr. La Lord Goderich not March 4 , chairman).----R ep i' ° u ly elected ; guil ty b y bouchere, chairm duly elected ; g holding it March his agents a n).—Mr. Clay and udty by agents of bribery. Gumor Mr. Bel l duly elected. chairman). Reported and • guilty by his ORD (Lord CraTuAm Smith not duly elec ted, 7, Sir F. March bribery. a gents of ' ,gen chairman .—Mr. Mangles Seymour, c _ A . MONSTER TRAIN.—One o f the new an d North x pre s - s w e n o g i s t e n n l e Rai , a recent l y constructe d for lsrly yesterday brought an experimental train con slating of not less than 34 carriages , loaded to five tons ea ch, from Birmingham to London in three hours. This is considered to be the most extraordinary perfor mance the London ever accomplished by a single locomotive engine, and speedby M had r. M to ‘ h C e on m n u el o l h . In patented the has confirmed the expectations f orme d o f t h e merits of the arrangements parts ngemenot; the re journeycently diminished in consequence of the bad date of the road, and there is no doubt, when these defects are remedied, the two hours' trip, with a train of 15 carriages, will be arried into effect. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 1853. 2CA 2 A 27i 42 42i 33 20 i