The Sun. — London, England, 1853-04-21 00:00:00

IgPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEArgli took =the chair shortly after twelve o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. Mr. SOTHERON moved, that in the case of the London and South Western Railway (Basingstoke and Salisbury branch) petition for a bill, the standing order No. 151 be dispensed with.; and that the petition for the bill may be presented to the house, notwithstanding that more than three clear days have elapsed slice the same was endorsed by the examiner of petitions for pri vate bills ; and that on the presentation of the said pe tition, the report from the standing orders committee thereupon be read, and that leave be given to bring in the bill, notwithstanding more than three clear days have elapsed since the said report from the standing orders committee has been presented ; and that Mr. Francis Scott and Mr. Danby Seymour do prepare and bring it in. Agreed to. On the motion of Mr. BAYTER, the following mem bers were nominated to serve on the Select Committee on Whichwood Forest Bill :—Mr. Wilson, Col. North, Lord Seymour, Mr. Granville Harcourt, the Marquis of Chandos, Mr. Lankston ; five members to be added by the Committee of Selection. PETITIONS, Sir E. FILMER presented a petition from Kent, against the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. WCANN presented a petition, signed by the Mayor and 496 inhabitants of the county of the town of Drogheda, comprising the influential merchants and traders oithe . town; praying for an additional member to represent its several important manufacturing, commer cial, and shipping interest in Parliament. Several petitions were presented in favour of the Public Houses (Scotland) Bill ; and a number of peti tions were also presented against the same bill. Mr. F. MACKENZIE presented a petition from Edinburgh against - the abolition of the university tests in Scotland ; also several petitions from Liverpool against the opening of the Crystal Palace on Sundays. SALE AND PURCHASE OF LAND . BILL. On the motion of Mr. DRITMMOND, the second reading of this bill was postponed. PETITIONS. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition from Lin colnshire, in favour of the alteration of the law of settle ment for the poor; also two petitions from Gains borough, in favour of the distribution of Parliamentary papers to literary societies. Mr. J. MACGREGOR presented a petition from Zent, against all taxes on knowledge. Mr. MACAULAY presented three petitions from Edinburgh, praying for the abolition of the taxes on gradations in the universities in Scotland ; also, several petitions, numerously signed, against the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill. Mr. FORBES presented a petition from the county of Fife, against the abolition of the Scotch university tests. POOR LAW. - Mr. VERNON moved for returns of all applications made to the Poor Law Board, according to the provi sions of so mucl of the act 13 and 14 Vic. c. 57, as re lates to preventing the holding of vestry or other meet ings in churches ; such returns to specify the applica tions granted and refused : of all cases where, under the provisions of the said act, lands or premises have been taken on lease or purchased, and sales or exchanges have been effected for the purpose of obtaining building suit able for vestry meeting : of all cases where the Poor Law Commissioners have given authority for money to be borrowed for such purposes, and charged to the Poor Rate : and, of all appointments of vestry clerks under the said act. Agreed to. Sir J. WALMESLY moved for returns showing the amount of annuities for lives and for terms of years granted in each of the years ending-tlie sth day of January, 1852 and 1853, and the amount 01 capital stock cancelled in each of the said years on account of such terminable annuities : and, of the amount of the annui ties for lives and for terms of years which have ceased in each of the said years, ending the sth day of January, 1852 and 1853 (in continuation of Parliamentary Paper, No. 657, of Session 1851). Agreed to. REPEAL OF DUTIES ON SOAP. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he wished to make a statement with regard to an error in the custom resolutions he had laid on the table,for which he took blame. Among the class of articles on which he proposed to reduce duties, was that of soap, and in the resolutions it appeared that the duty on hard soap was to be reduced to 16s. ; on soft soap, 18s. ; and on Naples soap, 16s. These figures were prepared by him before he had an opportunity of submitting to the Government his proposition for abolishing altogether the Excise duty on soap, and before it had been determined to submit that proposition to Parliament, and owing to the pressure of business, it had escaped him to strike these duties out of the resolutions. It was his intention that the duty on the importation of foreign soap should cease altogether when the Excise duty was remitted at home. (Hear.) PUBLIC HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. The house then went into committee on this bill, Mr. Bouverie in the chair. 0a the first clause being proposed, Sir F. H. DAVIE moved the insertion of an amend ment for the purpose of preserving the life interest of grocers in the sale of spirits, on the ground that some protection should be afforded to those who had invested their capital in business in expectation that they would be allowed to deal in spirits. Mr. F. MACKENZIE considered that grocers could not have a vested interest in the sale of spirits in Scot land, as their licenses had to be renewed every year. His object was to put an end to a practice which was productive of the greatest mischief in Scotland ; he alluded to persons who went to shops to purchase small groceries, spending their small balances of coppers, or the discount they received, in whiskey. Tho principle of the bill was the separation of grocers from dealers in whiskey, and to this the amendment of the honourable gentleman was directly opposed. He considered that combining grocers and victualling shops was the cause of the chief evils which existed in Scotland in regard to drunkenness. Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR supported the amend ment, and protested against the principle of the bill, which he did not think would have the effect of remedying the evils of drunkenness which he grieved to say existed to a great extent in the country. Mr. KWART said every Scotch member .must be anxious to remove from their country the dreadful stigma which now rested upon it, but he had very great doubts of the government success of Legislation upon such matters, for it was contrary to the principle of freedom of trade. Mr. C. BRUCE, considering that the main cause of drunkenness in Scotland was to be attributed to the facility of selling spirits over the counter in grocer's shops, he would vote against the amendment, because if it were agreed to, it would defeat the real object of the bill. Mr. HUME suggested that the bill should be post pond in order that an inquiry might be made by select committee into the licensing system in Scotland, similar to that which was about to take place on the same sub ject in England. Mr. F. MACKENZIE said a select committee was appointed many years ago on the Scotch licensing sys tem. It was composed of men of all parties who were well acquainted with Scotland, and the present bill had boerrfounded on their report. He could not assent to the suggestion of the hon. member. Mr. S. WORTLEY hoped the house would not con sent to any postponement of the bill. He knew that intemperance in Scotland was greatly on the increase, and it was absolutely necessary that some remedy should be immediately applied. Mr. COWAN opposed the amendment, but admitted that in remote villages and towns, where there were no public-horses, grocers might be allowed to sell spirits. He would have no objection to the amendment if it were limited to that object. Mr. Craufurd, Mr. Dunlop, and Mr. Fergus sup ported the clause as it stood. The LORD ADVOCATE did not think it was fair to task for the postponement of the bill at this stage of its progress. The subject matter of the bill was a crying evil, almost great enough to overshadow almost every other in Scotland, and he would gladly have seen a more efficient remedy than that provided by this bill. He believed, however, that it would tend to remove one very great and injurious temptation to the lower classes. Be would not enter into the causes of drunkenness in Scotland, but he met its at every step he took in his ca pacity in that country, and it was impossible to conceal from himself that it was on the increase. He could not, tinder these circumstances, refuse to give his assent to the clause. Mr. L. HEYWORTH gave his hearty concurrence to the bill, and only regretted that it had not gone further. After a few words from Mr. STAPLETON, Mr. HUME thought that nothing effectual could be done except by going to the root of the evil, and by extirpating intemperate habits from domes tic circle s where ct young persons were contaminated by the exv of their parents. So far from objecting to t ake he was ready any steps to diminish drunken ness,s to introduce a Maine l aw f or prohibit ing the sale of pirituous liquors in England a nd Scotland. (Laughte r.) What he intended to say was, that the house was deluding itself in thinki ng th a t th e bill was a remedy w h en it After some discussion, in not . m „,,, ELLIOT, and Mr. DUNCA:two w h i ch ... - U - REGOR, . - 1 -' t wish to be under ' Mr. DRITMMOND said a i d' be supposed to Btood as saying anything vihpircoll'pdeight called the desecra tion or tolerate what was tion of the Sunday, but he must sa y th at very g r eat cause s tious reverence which was paid to y thesupersti tious the lost caste the Lord's Day '- Scotland was in his opinion one of the People of drunkenness in that country. in respectable religious assemblies if eeep almost to take a walk on the Sunday? ' Ce N :i r e e ,,, of "Oh, oh.") He should be very sorry to pro ceed to give instances which had occurred within iris own knowledge. He believed he was speaking i n the presence of many gentlemen who knew the truth of what he said. (Hear, hear.) If they restrained the people from those ordinary recreations which they, in js opinion, were religiously entitled to, the y . would force them to resort to their only other enjoyment, w hich vvas perpetual drunkenness. (Hear.) He spoke from authority when he said that, in the town of Glas gow alone, 30,000 .person? every Saturday n ight and laid by in . a steeped themselves in whisky, perfect state of insensibility until Monday morning. ow w as tbis to be corrected I Certainly not by the Legislature, but by the common sense of the higher classes putting no, faith in these absurd superstitions, and by giving an example of common sense to the people, who would readily follow them, and by finding some better way of managing their Sunday than tithing anise and cuninun,, and forgetting matters of law. (Hear.) Mr. A. HASTIE agreed that Scotchmen consumed a great deal of Whisky; but they were not much worse in that respect than the people of many towns in England. He did not think the bill - would do much good, but in deference to the feelings' of the people in Scotland, he would sr la g v F e his assent. A viE said as the opinion of the house was against him, be, would not put it to the trouble of a division. • The amendment was then withdrawn, and the clause with some verbal alterations was agreed to. Clauses 2,3, 4, and 5 were agreed to. Clauses 6,7, and 8 were postponed. Clauses 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15. 16, 17, and 18 were agreed to. In schedule A, Mr. MACKENZIE then moved a clause, by which hotels were prohibited from selling spirits off their pre mises on Sundays, and all other public•houses should be closed altogether on Sundays. Mr. HUME said he had no objection to try the es periment, although he doubted whether it would succeed. Sir J. ANDERSON thought that the claims of public houses on Sundays would be acceptable to all classes in Scotland. Mr. COWAN supported the clause ; which was agreed to. Mr. HASTIE moved a clause giving a magistrate in Parliamentary boroughs the same powers as those pos sessed by magistrates in Royal boroughs. Mr. F. MACKENZIE opposed the clause. The committee then divided, and the numbers were — For the cla use 93 Against it 81 Majority for the clause The remaining clauses were then agreed to, and the house resumed. Sir T2TROLLOPE reported from the general corn- Mittee of elections that they had nominated the commit tees to try and determine the Berwick-on-Tweed and Hereford petitions. '"\ MAYO ELECTION. Lord H. VANE reported from the Mayo election committee that G. H. Moore, Esq., and G. G. 0. Higgins, Esq., were duly , elected, and that it appeared from the evidence given that there had been great abuse of the spiritual influence on the part of the great body of the Roman Catholic priesthood at the last election. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING., APRIL 21, r ,elB6B. JUDGES_EXCLUSION BILL. ' On the motion that the Speaker do leave the chair for going into committee on this bill, ' Mr H. DRUMMOND said it had been his intention to move that the Speaker do not leave the chair until this day six months. (A laugh.) That was, that the bill be not committed until this day six months ; but he Should reserve his opposition for the third reading. The house then went into committee on the bill, and the clauses were agreed to. Mr. HUME said he wished to make a proviso to the effect that, provided always that the Recorder of the city of London, after the present Parliament, shall during his continuance in office as such recorder be in capable of being elected or sitting as a member of the House of Commons. He wished this proviso to apply only to future recorders, not to the present right hon. gentleman who held the office. The RECORDER of LONDON was much obliged to the honourable gentleman for the exception he wished to make in his favour, but the committee 'should remember that there was a great distinction between the position of the offices under discussion, and that of the judges contemplated by this bill. The Re corder of London did not hold his office under the Crown, nor had he any jurisdiction beyond the limits of the i City. The office conferred . no title or distinction on the holder, while the duties attached to it, which consisted !of acting as law adviser to the Corporation— acting as its mouthpiece on State occasions, and 'officiating as Speaker with the Lord Mayor, could in no way prevent the holder from fulfil ling the functions of a legislator. True he had to at tend for a week in every month in the Central Criminal i Court, but in that respect his situation was only ana logous to that of an hon. member who attended quarter isessions as a magistrate. There was in . fact a wide differ ence between the Recorder of London and a judge who held his appointment from the Crown, and who was considered to hold too exalted a position, or to" be too much occupied with his public duties, to be able to per form the duties of a member of Parliament. In his own case or that of the Speaker of the House, there was no humiliation in being called upon to take part in the turmoil of a contested election, and though he should abstain from voting on the question, he could assure the house that, inasmuch as it was part of his duty to be constantly on the spot in the metropolis, he expe rienced no difficulty whatever in performing the public duties which were demanded of him as a legislator. (Cheers.) Mr. HUME argued that the duties of the Recorder of the City of London were by far too onerous and mul tifarious to admit of his being an efficient member of Parliament, and he must therefore persevere with his proviso. Sir G. GREY entirely disapproved of the spirit and principle of the bill ; but with regard to the amendment under discussion, he could see no reason for excluding the Recorder for the City of London from Parliament any more than for excluding the Recorder of Bristol, Liverpool, or any other large town. Mr. WHITESIDE also opposed the proviso. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL believed that the amendment, 'if carried, would be pushing the principle of the bill too far, and he must, therefore, resist its introduction. Mr. LABOUCHERE contended that this question ought to be left to the decision of the constituencies themselves. They were the best judges of who should represent them, and it was unjust to push this bill to the extent that was now demanded. Already they had excluded two men of talent and emi nence from the house, and the house should now draw the line where these exclusions should stop. Mr. ATHERTON insisted that the exclusion from Parliament ought only to extend to judges of the superior courts, and he should therfore oppose the amendment. Viscount MONCK opposed the amendment. Mr. HENLEY suggested that the amendment should be deferred until the bringing up of the report, as if it it were inserted now it might endanger the passing of the bill by strengthening the hands of its opponents. Sir R. H. INGLIS was opposed alike to the bill and the amendment. Mr. HUME announced his intention to accede - to the proposal of the right hon. gentle/limn the member for Ox fordshire, and withdrew his amendment on the under standing that he should move it again upon the • bring ing up of the report. After a few words from Lord HOTHAM, Mr. VERNON, Mr. Sergeant MURPHY, and Mr. Mum, the amend ment was withdrawn. The whole of the clauses in the schedule were then agreed to, and the house having resumed, the Chairman reported the bill. The report was ordered to be received this day week. COUNTY ELECTIONS POLL (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill as amended was considered, the amendments were agreed to, and the bill was ordered to be read a third time on Thursday, the 28th instant. COCKERMOUTH ELECTION. On the motion of Mr. C. BERKELEY, the evidence taken before the Cockermouth election committee was ordered to be laid before the house. The other orders were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at half-past five o'clock. ADDITIONAL COLONIAL BISHOPRICS. Yesterday a very crowded meeting of the clergy and laity was held at Willis's Rooms, King-street, St. James's, for the purpose of considering " the great benefits which would accrue to the Church and depen denc:es of the British Empire, by the erection of bishoprics to those• provinces which are virtually cut off from episcopal superintendence ;" and also to " take measures for raising contributions towards the endow ment of addititional colonial bishoprics." Among those present we noticed the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Chi chester, Lord Harrowby ; the Bishops of London, Ox ford, Winchester, Chester, Exeter, Norwich, St. Asaph, Lyttleton, Quebec, Cape Town, and the Bishop Elect of Lincoln ; 'Archdeacon' Hale and Sir R. H. Inglis ; the Rev. Xessrs. Howarth, J. S. M. Anderson, Dalton, Beresford, Hope, and a great number of the principal clergy of the metropolis. Shortly after three o'clock the chair was taken by The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, who, in opening the proceedings, , said he could noV express the feeling of satisfaction with which the presence of so lirge an assemblage inspired him. The proceedings of the after noon he Would briefly explain was the foundation of new colonial bishoprics. A simple reference to facts will show that rarely has a meeting of Churchmen met with more gratifying results than have followed from the meeting held in this room twelve years ago; for the erection and endowments of additional bishoprics. The °result of. the pre - sent assemblage he was surciwould not be less satisfactory. His Grace then called upon the secre tary 'to read the report of the Council for Colonial Bishops. The Bishop of LONDON moved the first resolution, to the effect that the blessed results following the exten sion of the episcopacy ought to be regarded with feelings of great thankfulness. The Right Rev. Prelate then entered into a statement of facts of good effects following the establishment of colonial bishoprics. - - The Earl of CHICHESTER briefly seconded the resolu tion, which was put to the meeting and cat ried unan mously. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, in proposing the second 'resolution, said that when he entered that room he had not the slightest idea of taking part in the proceedings. At the request, however, of many of his noble friends, he had been called upon to propose a resolution, which he had scarcely had time to read. -Occupying the posi tion he did, he thought he was merely fulfilling one of its duties by being present to-day ; and their former suc cess The Much was a source of the highest satisfaction to him. had been d one , b ut muc h rema i ne d to b e d one. unfortunate. occurrences at the Cape having termi nated, he had every hop%wit the blessing of Almighty God, th a t t h e olive branof h everlastingly embraced. —The rpeseoalcueti that two new bi shoprics be foundedohne,lwdvasiozu.t,to wtheGraham's u e l d ff e be te Town and Nat a l. The Bishop o f C APE To - wx, in comi ng forward to second the resoluti on , was received with mar k s of great aP -T i3r he b r l e t s kn. olution . having been put to the meeting it was carried "unanimously ; as were also some others. The meeting tennittatet with a vote of thanks to the 3 1 , ~ chirman. ..... LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER—APRIL 20. (Sittings in Banco.) EMERSON V. DIXON. This case was tried before Mr. Baron Martin at the last assizes at Durham, when a verdict was found for the plaintiff for 73/. Mr. H. Hill now moved, pursuant to leave reserved, to set aside the verdict and enter a nonsuit. -- The plaintiff is the secretary of a coursing club in Northumberland. The defeildant entered a dog to run for the stakes, and his dog was declared the winner, whereupon the plaintiff, who acted as stakeholder, handed over the stakes to the_ defendant. It was after wards discovered that the defendant had fraudulently substituted another dog for the one originally entered. The present action was brought by the plaintiff, to re cover back the stakes paid to the defendant. The counsel for the defendant contended that the plaintiff had not such a property as enabled him to sue. The action should have been brought by the real winner of the race. The court, however, were of opinion that, as it was the plaintiff's duty to pay the stakes to the real winner, which he had been prevented from doing by the defen dant's fraud, he was entitled to recover back the money, for the purpose of giving it to the person entitled to it. —Rule refused. -------- (Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Mr. Baron Alderson and a Common Jury.) WATTS V. HAMBLEDON. This was an action by a coachman to recover the sum of 171., for wages and the value of a suit of livery, he having been dismissed without the necessary notice, and without having been supplied with the number of suits of livery to which he was entitled. The defendant pleaded that she was not indebted, and payment of 1/. 125., a week's wages, into court. Mr. Fry appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Manisty for the defendant. _ _ _ The plaintiff had beea' engaged in the service of the defendant as coachman, . on the terms of having 1/. 12s. a week wages, to live over the stables, and to have two suits of livery in the course of the year. After remain ing with Mrs. Hambleton for ten months, he was dis missed at a week's notice, his mistress refusing to allow him. anything for the second of the two liveries with which he had not been provided. His lordship left it to the jury to say whether in their opinion defendant was entitled, under the terms of the agreement entered into with Mrs. Hambledon, to recover the value of his livery. After a short consultation, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages M., beyond the sum paid into court. WEDNESDAY. (Sittings in Banco.) MORRISON V. THE GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. This was an action brought by the owner of the brig Valiant, for injuries done to it by the alleged negligence of the defendants' servants in the navigation of the steamer Albion. The cause was tried by the Lord Chief Baron, in the city of London, when a verdict passed for the defendants. Mr. Watson now moved for a new trial, on the ground of misdirection. It appeared that the Valiant was lying in the river, near Gravesend, on the night of the accident, without any light being exhibited on board of her. The Albion, on her voyage to Boulogne, steamed down the river, and not seeing the brig, ran into her, and caused the damage compl a i ne d o f. By the 14th and 15th of Victoria, chapter 79, section 26, the Admiralty have general powers to make regulations as to lights "within such places, and under such circumstances," as they shall think fit." Under this authority the Ad miralty framed rules directing vessels at , anchor to have a light at their masthead, except in harbours, where other regulations as to lights exist. In the port of Lon don the corporation have made regulations as to lights which, it was contended by the plaintiff, do not require sailing vessels in the position in which the Valiant was to have any light. Under these circumstances, his lordship ruled that the Admiralty regulations applied to the brig, and left it to the jury to say whether the fact of the Valiant having no light contributed to the acci dent. The jury found that it did. The learned counsel now contended that the Admiralty regalations did not apply, and that the rules of the corporation alone were to be regarded. He also contended that the Albion might have avoided the brig, notwithstanding the ab sence of any light. The Court intimated that as the construction to be put upon the Admiralty regulations was a matter of public importance, it would be well to have the point further discussed, and therefore granted the rule. DUSTMAN'S PAILS. Yesterday at the Kensington Petty Sessions, Mr. Williams, dust contractor, was summoned on the charge of having refused to.take away the dust of a housekeeper, whereby he had subjected himself to a penalty of five pounds. As an attempt to put a stop to the system of giving the contractor's men beer money, without which they habitually refuse to take away the dust, the case excited much interest. A case was proved in which a person not in the habit of giving the dustman beer, or money in lieu, was unable, after many attempts, to prevail on them to do their duty. The defendant said he paid his men good wages, and had discharged at least twenty upon similar complaints. He thought it was as much the fault of those who made a practice of giving beer money, as the men for taking it. He had done, and would continue to do, all in his power to put an end to it. - Mr. Nixon, the chairman of the magistrates, said he certainly must plead guilty to the failing of giving the men money, but he would give it up. Mr. Bellworthy, the chairman of the Kensington Im provement Commissioners, said he had to blame hims e lf for giving them money, and for which he was rewarded by having his dust binn emptied much oftener thau it required. It had come to his knowledge that the prac tice bore very hard upon poor people, who had great difficulty in getting their dust removed, or to pay for it. Mr. Wilson, a magistrate, said he was another guilty of bribing the dustmen. Complaints like this could not be looked over. Unprotected females called aloud upon them for redress. The Chairman said the contractor had met the charge in a, proper way, and this being the first public com plaint, the bench would only inflict a fine of 10s. and costs. If others were proved, the full penalty would be enforced. The defendant said he would go home and discharge every man. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.— William Morley was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to defraud Messrs. Hankey, the bankers, of the sum of 2001., by means of a forged bill of exchange. Mr. Mullins, of the firm of Bush and Mullins, solici tors to the committee of bankers for protection against forgeries and frauds, attended for the prosecution. Mr. George Bott, of the Crown Hotel, in Rupert street, Haymarket, said, on the 13th inst. I received the following letter :-- "Leeds, April 12, 1853. " Mr. Bott.—Dear Sir,—Can I trouble you to get me the enclosed cheque cashed at Messrs. Hankey in notes, and forward it to me at York, where I shall be staying Thurs day and Friday next. I shall be in London next month, and shall stay a few days with you, being the first time since I was with you at the Exhibition.—You will greatly oblige, dear sir, yours, &c., " WM. WALKER. " N.8.--Direct for m 6 at the Post-Office, York." (Copy of the enclosed cheque.) " 7, Fenchurch-street, London. " Messrs. Hankey, pay to Mr. W. Walker or bearer, the sum of two hundred pounds. ARTHIIR LASOELLES." I presented the cheque at Hankey's bank, and in con sequence of a communication with that establishment, I addressed the following letter to Mr. W. Walker, Post-office, York, and transmitted it : " Crown Hotel, 57, Rupert-street, Haymarket, April, 15, 1853.. " Dear Sir,—l have presented the cheque, as you re quested, but as I was advised that it would be dangerous to send such a sum of money by p os t,. I was advised t o pay the money to a bank at York to your credit. You will therefore have to apply for it at the York Union Banking Company in York, producing this letter. Hoping you will find it right, I am, sir, your obedient servant, " G. BOTT. " Mr. William Walker, Post-office, Yosk." • The Prisoner—Does Mr. Bott say that I sent any letter to him Witness—l say nothing of the kind. Ido not know you at all. - The Prisoner—l called at the Post-office by the re. quest of another person. Mr. Mullins—The letter just read, signed "G. Bott," was found in the prisoner's possession when he . was ap prehended. Mr. G. R. Whitworth, clerk at the Post-office, York, said—On Saturday last this letter was at the Post-office ,at York. In the afternoon of the same day a boy came to the Post-office, and asked for Mr. Walker's letter. I made a communication to the boy, who then went away, and the prisoner ten minutes afterwards came to the window and asked for a letter for Mr. Walker. In answer to questions put by me he said that he was from London, and that his name was William Walker. I told him I should require his signature to the receipt, which I put before him, - and he signed the name " Wil liam Walker" at the foot of it. I then gave him the letter, and said to him, " It's yours, is it not ? It's all right, is it ?" and he said, "Yes," and took it away. In answer to a question from the prisoner, The witness said—l told the boy that Mr. Walker must come himself. Brett (the City detective) said—On Saturday I was at the Post-office at York, and saw the prisoner leave it, after he received the letter from the clerk. I saw him open and read the letter, and then put it in his trovriers pocket. Afterwards I spoke to him in Peter-lane, York. I said, " Mr. Walker." He turned round and stopped, but made no answer. I said, "Is your name not Walker ?" He hesitated and said, " No." I said, "But you have been to the Post-office for a letter ad.. dressed to Mr. Walker. Where is Mr. Walker, then ?" He said he did not know, nor did he know where Mr. Walker lived ; nor did Mr. Walker know where he lived. In answer to other questions, the prisoner sait4 he was to take the letter to Church Fenton, in York shire ' • that he had met Mr. Walk er th a t morn i ng , w ho asked him, if he was going to York, to fetch a letter roc him from the Post-office there, and he'did so. I tool hirn to the station-house, and found upon him the letter written by Mr. Bott; and a piece of paper which I be lieve ;t o b e a genuine cheque givelfiatthe . lion. MA , • t.e.o Lascelles to the prisoner for 2/.os. 3d. The following is a copy of the cheque : " 7, Fechurch-street. " Messrs. TTankey,---Pay Mr—Morley, n or bearer, two pounds and threepence. " ARTHUR LASCELLES." Mr. J. Legge, cashier at Hankey's, said the Hon. A. Lascelles keeps an account with us. We have received a communication from him - relative to this cheque for 2001„ and we believe it to. be forged. Upon the completion of the evidence by Mr. Lascelles. the prisoner will be committed for trial. GIFILDHALL.—SamueI Marshall Legge was charged with conspiring with his two sons, who had lately be come bankrupts, to defraud Mr. Joseph Nicholson, of 107, Shoreditch, and others, of goods to the value *of 1,400/. The evidence taken on the last examination showed that the_prisoner had been living at 4, York-terrace, Southampton, and that he an d J osep h L egge, one o f the bankrupts, were found there in possession of a large quantity of property belonging to the estate, and iden tified by the creditors, on Sunday, th e 4th' of the present month. The prisoner passed under the name of Marshall only, and denied all knowledge of the bankrupts until after Joseph Legge was in custody, when he admitted the relationship existing between them. Mr. Clarkson then said that Joseph Legge had been committed to the Queen's Prison under the warrant of one of the. Commissioners in Bankruptcy, from which place he had been brought up on a habeas corpus, to be charged in this court. Joseph Legge was then ordered to stand in the dock. Mr. Clarkson briefly stated that about 15 months ago Joseph and John Legge set up in business as cabinet makers and upholsterers in Churton-street, Pimlico, where they opened a shop, as the learned counsel alleged, for the purpose of getting into their possession the goods of honest tradesmen without paying for them, which they disposed of, with the agency of their father, who established himself in _Southampton and different parts of the conntry, and received the goods which the bank rupts consigned to him in various names, and would doubtless have parted with them by auction or other wise had not a vigilant officer traced them out soon after their delivery at the prisoner's house in Southamp ton and taken possession of them on behalf of the bank rupts' creditors. In support of this statement a number of witnesses were called, who proved the dispatch of considerable quantities of valuable property by railway at Southamp ton by the younger Legges, and its receipt at Southamp ton by the elder prisoner sometimes in one and some times in another name. A creditor identified a portion of the goods discovered at Southampton as his property. The prisoners were remanded, as was also the wife of the elder Legge, who was examined at a subsequent part of the day. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Elizabeth Anthony was charged with having wilfully set fire to her master's house, No: 82, Brewer-street, Golden-square. The evidence presented a case of strong suspicion, as the house, in which the prisoner was a domestic, was set on fire three times - in four days, under circumstances which left no doubt of wilful incendiarism. Prisoner was remanded. WORSHIP-STREET. John Lewis Robertson was charged with having deserted his wife, Euphemia, who had since become chargeable to the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch. The prisoner cultivated the acquaintance of the com plainant towards the end of last year, when she was comfortably settled in a small way of business, with 501. in the savings' bank, and at Christmas married her. After ill-treating her for three weeks he deserted her, taking with him not only the ready money of her busi ness, reserved for paying liabilities, but also the remains of the store in the savings' bank. The loss of her money ruined her, and she was reduced to the parish. Prisoner made 'a lame excuse about his wife's temper, and said he had not spent all the money, and was willing to live with-her again. • Mr. D'Eyncourt adjourned the case for a week, to give the prisoner a space for repentance and reparation. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The thirty-eighth anniversary festival of this excellent society, established to afford relief to decayed artists of the United Kingdona, and for• affording assistance to their widovis and orphans, was celebrated at the Free masons' Tavern on Saturday evening, the Right Hon. the Earl Granville presiding. Upon the removal of the cloth the health of " Her Majesty," "His Royal Highness Prince Albert (the patron of the society), Albert, Prince of Wales, and the other members of the Royal family," not forgetting the illustrious stranger, whose name the noble earl said he was not at liberty to announce, " The Army and Navy," and other customary toasts, were drunk with all the honours. The Noble CHAIRMAN said he had next to propose Prosperity to th e A r ti s t s ' G enera l Benevolent In stitution." (Cheers.) In recommending that toast to their notice he did no t thi n k i t would be necessary for him to detain them with a long speech, indeed he had an objection to long speeches or. these festive occasions. He felt that institution was most important to the inter ests of artists, and in pleading its claims to support he could not but refer back with pleasure to the time when the place he had then the honour to fill had been occu pied by the late Sir Robert Peel. He found that upon that occasion their distinguished president showed that the - principle on which the relief was afforded from that institution was such as most to conduce to the benefit of the artist, merit and distress constituting the only claim to relief; and he was happy to see that the insti tution had been generally well supported by the public. In looking over the report of the year when Sir Robert was president, and comparing with that o f thi s y ear , h e regretted to find that the receipts were 2001. less than upon that occasion ; but, on the ,other hand, he was gratified to find that, whereas, .n 1852, relief was afforded to 24 artists, last year only 15 artists had re ceived relief, those who had been assisted being chiefly the widows and daughters of artists. He though that a gratifying fact, as showing the increased prosperity existing amongst artists. He thought it was impos sible to read the first item on the list of relief afforded —an eminent landscape and portrait painter 501. without feeling what distress of mind and bodily suffer ing might be alleviated by such a donation, properly bestowed. When they consider how many men of genius might be incapacitated for a time, by sickness or misfortune, from gaining their livelihood, he was sure they . would all feel with hi m th at i t was their duty to support the institution to the utmost of their power. (Cheers.) The toast having been drunk with great enthusiasm, Sir CHAS. EASTLAKE proposed "The health of the noble chairman, the right. hon. the Earl Granville," and in doing se briefly alluded to an article which appeared in one of our morning contemporaries last week, relative to public dinners, assuring the meeting that every eco nomyin conducting the aff a i rs o f th e society. The Twas toast exerc ised_ hving been en drunk with all the honours, a The Noble CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the way in which his health . had been proposed and responded to. His friend Sir Charles Eastlake had alluded to an article which had appeared in a public print relative to there dinners in aid of charitable institutions. He . did not deny that the article was written with considerable humour, but he could-not agree with the writer that as much money would be collected for the charities without these festive reunions, RS he believed there was no time when a man was more disposed to be generous than after a good dinner—(laughter)—and that they had decidedly had that day, for he counted on the bill of fare no less than fifty recherche dishes, the whole of which had been served up in a style that would not well be surpassed. (Cheers.) Though he was their chairman, he did not possess a red riband, and he had left his white waistcoat at home—(laughter)—and so far from being surrounded by excessively dull-looking men, he did pot think he had ever seen so many intellectual countenances before ; whilst the business of the evening had been most agree ably relieved by music admirably performed. Therefore, their dinner did not agree with that described in the paper alluded to ; and though, perhaps, in some of these festivals there had been too much of the donations ex pended in their management, the accounts of their so ciety showed that was not the case with them; (Hear, hear.) He had had the honour of attending two public dinners abroad, which he might be allowed briefly to describe. The first occasion was at Pesth, a few years since, on the opening of a railway, and the dinner was laid out in a tent adjoining the station. The whole of the company, with the exception of himself, were dressed in the picturesque costume of the Magyars, with Hes sian boots, velvets, furs, jewels, &c. ; and towards the conclusion of the dinner he was somewhat astonished by five gentlemen rising at one time and all speaking together— (laughter) —and presently afterwards one gentleman, more animated than the rest, jumped upon the table and addressed the company with great volubility. That gentleman he afterwards learned to be M. Kossuth, of whom they had since great majority rema i n i ng thheeardcorospo n m y u b ch ro . ke A u t p, th conclusion of thi s speec h th e e to dance polkas and quadrilles with the peasant girls and ladies assembled to witness the festivities. Now, he did not know how well prepared Sir Charles East lake might be to follow his profession next day, if he were to come there booted and furred, and remain Id dance pollias—(laughter)—but he had no doubt a great saving of time would be effected if five gentlemen were to speak simultaneously, though 'it might not be altogether intelligible. (Laughter.) The other dinner he had the honour to attend was at the Hotel de Ville last year, when the dinner was brought to a conclusion, four speeches delivered, and the company out of the room in an hour and a quarter from entering it—(laughter)— and on their return shortly afterwards, when the cloth was removed, they were entertained with some excellent music. Now, though he did not think it would be quite agreeable to Englishmen to equal their neighbours in expedition, he thought there might be some improve ments in conducting these dinners. He would have a little music with the dessert, then the speeches of the evening, and then a great deal of music —(cheers)—and he thought that the knowledge of the entertainment awaiting them would conduce to short speeches (cheers)--and at the same time gentlemen who were en: gaged in business throughout the day would be happy to attend the festivals of the different institutions, being assured of spending a pleasant evening, and getting home at a reasonable hour. (Cheers.) He begged once more to thank them for the honour conferred dpon him, and to assure them Pat he had had the g r eat e st pleasure in being present to press the claims o f th a t i ns tit u tion on publiclsupport._ (Cheers.) " Sir Charles Lock Eastlake and the Royal Aca r "The British Institution, and all the other So, oieties established for the promotion of the Fine Arts i" "The Artists' Annuity --and: Benevolent Funds," and other toasts having been drunk, the - company separated about half-past 10, -- the collections of the evening amounting to 5501. The musical arrangements were under the direction of Mr. Hobbs, who was most ably supported by Miss Eyles, Miss Emma Phillips , Mr. Francis, Mr. Manvers, Mr. Cummings, and Mr. H. Phillips. We may observe that, by an arrangement peculiar to the stewards of public dinners, the representatives of the press were placed at so great a distance from the speakers as to make it a matter of great difficulty to catch even the import of what fell from the chairman or the other gentlemen who addressed the company. THE WORK OF HUSBAND.RY (From the Economist.) From week to week the varying character of the weather gives an unusual amount of interest to the ope rations of husbandry at this season, commonly one of the most critical of the husbandman's year. The very late season, the backward state of all kinds of farm-work, and the extraordinary severity of the March weather, have combined to render the lets and hindrances to the anxious toil of the farmer—this year more numerous than usual —more worthy of frequent notice than in ordinary seasons. That there musts be a deficient breadth of wheat is now beyond doubt, and unless the season should prove such as to produce an exuberant yield, the quantity of wheat grown in England this year will necessarily be below an average. We do not profess to regard this proSpect with serious apprehension, either in regard to the prospects of the farmers or the con suming public. As to the farmers, they will in many instances be compelled this year to rely less than hitherto on their wheat crops, and, from the favourable st a t e o f the stock-markets, they will be induced to increase their breadths of green cropping, and thus, by a sort of com pulsion, learn that there are surer and safer roads to profit in husbandry than by grasping too eagerly at corn growing. As to the consumers, a steady and unrestricted foreign trade will now supply any deficiency which may exist in our domestic produce of wheat. The result of the past and present years has placed this beyond doubt. Though it is probable the quantity of wheat yielded by the last harvest was not less, and was perhaps beyond an average, the quality has in general proved so in ferior, that for all- practical purposes there has been a considerable deficiency of wheat suitable for the manu facture of flour. Well, though the price has been higher than last year—and the range of prices between the best and the worst wheat has been very much greater—there has been no such an advance in wheat as to seriously affect the consumers. Yet the rise of price has been sufficient to induce large importations. Thus, for the three months ending the 26th of March, 1853, the im portation of foreign wheat has been 138,919 quarters, against 63,700. quarters in the corresponding three months of 1852 ; and of flour the importations of the same period of 1853 have_been 49,107 sacks and 61,783 barrels, against 16,133 sacks and 49,979 barrels in the first three months of 1852. - In barley and oats though. both have been relatively higher than wheat, there has been no great increase of importation ; thus showing that it is wheat we can most reaily obtain from abroad. This is a lesson, if rightly read by our farmers, which should warn them against too much reliance on large breadths of wheat. Let their object be a large acreable yield of wheat, to accomplish which their wheat land must be in high condition and well prepared. The necessity of draining and other permanent improvements is becoming forcibly felt and strongly expressed by far mers, and such expression is to some, though most in adequate, extent responded to by the owners of land. The following passages from some of the local agricril tuial notices will afford information similar to that we supplied last week in different districts : In South Yorkshire it is stated, that " the crops gene rally present anything but a cheerful character. In the first place, the wheat plant has received partial injury by the extreme frosts • and in no place does it present that exuberant and pleasing appearance we have of late years been wont to see. The breadth sown was considerably diminished by the rains in the three con cluding months of last year. It was hence desirable that, with an open spring, advantage of a favourable sea son might be taken, and the land left unsown last year receive the seed as early as possible this. With very few exceptions, no such opportunity has presented itself and other crops will have to take the place of land intended for wheat.. The frost has likewise been a great drawback upon sowing beans. We shall have, therefore, a much larger quantity than usual of land under barley and oat culture. So far the lambing season has been very partial in its success. With many farmers the general average has been good ; while others have lost not only the lambs but Also the ewes : we are afraid the result will prove unsatisfactory. The quantity of stock held by our farmers is not only less in numbers than in former years, but the weight is likewise considerably de ficient, arising from the unfavourable season for fatten ing. In Somersetshire the account is somewhat more favourable. There, it is said, " altogether the season has been very beneficial to the arable lands ; and al though the wheat-plant has been put back, it has, on the whole, come up better than was expected, and there is less deficiency in the winter-sown than we anticipated. That which has gone in since the frost and dry weather have set in, has come up, and is coming nicely. The land is working remarkably well. A good deal of Nursery and Talavera has been put in this month ; and now April wheat has been in demand for seed, and a I much larger quantity than usual will go in. Winter beans have been very much cut by the frost, and were injured by the wet. The prospect is not equal to former years. A great many spring beans have been well put in, mostly large ones. Oats and barley are now in progress of sowing ; and the land is very kindly." In this country there seems to have been a consider. able loss of both sheep and lambs, but other stock has been healthy. Here, too, a goo d deal of attention has been called to the deficient drainage of the low lands, and a general assent exists as to the necessity for doing something to prevent the recurrence of such floods as they have suffered from during the past winter. From Berkshire we learn that "the long-continued wet weather and the frosts have much retarded field operations, and but little spring corn has as yet been sown ; but the land is getting into a good state, and every hour and hand must now be made the most of. The autumn and winter-sown wheats continue looking looking very blind ; and as much of the plant has failed, it is now being mended with Talavera and other spring wheat, many pieces of which have been sown. The Nursery kind seems also much in favour, and millers speak well of it. Beans and peas are being planted, and we have observed a few fields of oats and barley being sown. Rye and tares appear rusty, but the plants hold good. Winter beans are sadly cut up, and where the floods have been over them they are quite a failure. Few winter peas have been sown this season. The young grasses are much cut." Stock, as elsewhere, is the farmer's present hope : " The stock of beef and mutton in the farmers' hands is short, and, should the weather be more favourable for shearing, it is expected that there will be many more tegs come-to market, as the price of wool is tempting. Many have prudently held back, rather than expose those newly-shorn sheep to the late inclement weather. The ri,pid rise in the price of bacon and pork has brought forward a better supply, and the prices have somewhat receded. Pigs being fatted much quicker than beef or mutton, a deficiency in the supply is more easily made up ; the top price is now 10s. 6d. doper n s o c t o r u e o . m e S t t o o r e m s a h r e k e e p t m and e t a f a i b r s r i s in k sale. ae 0 n The d iti o tegscondition so good as usual, but there is no fall in the price. Cow stock of all kinds sells readily at fair rates, as all kinds of store pigs. Useful horses meet ready purchasers. Hay is scarce and dear. The lambing season is now concluded ; and in the'eastern part of the county, where the flocks are small, and the breeding for the sale of fat lambs is pursued, the result has been favourable. An unusual number of twins has been produced; but the' accounts from the larger flock -masters have not been so propitious, as we have heard of some losing many ewes, and that the lambs are affected with scouring about three days after birth, which has carried off a' great number." In Norfolk it is reported that "the weather could not well have been more unpropitious for spring cropping ; sharp frosts at , night and daily snowstorms, quickly melted by the powerful influence of a warm meridian sun, rendered even the lighter soils so soft, loose, and spongy. -that it has been impossible to work them. Field-work of every kind is unusually backward, and very little spring corn sown at present. Fewer beans and peas will be grown than usual, as it is now full late ; indeed, quite out of season for either. Oats will now be put in, as quickly as possible, to be followed by barley." Ix Dorsetshire, it is said, "farmers' wheat is in re quest at fully the prices it would have realised a month since. Our millers are keeping light stock generally,' and farmers a re di spose d to hold the wheat i n the i r hands until nearer harvest, as the present prospect is backward, and quantity sown very short of an average. The early-sown wheats are looking very favourable ; some of thedate-sown will require sowing again. In Cornwall, since the 30th of March, when the wind shifted to the south-west, " vegetation made great pro gress. The seeds and old pastures have already assumed a spring appearance; and the wheats, were not affected by the wire-worm or injured by the frost, are rapidly improving. Rye and winter oats are looking well, and so are vetches in sheltered situations, and it is only in such that they are found to answer. Every advantage has been taken of a few fine days to sow Talavera flockseww lihibutwhich hat havet those gdhrieffie aes difficult el deal sustained e ore and other spring wheats ; but little barley has been tilled, or oats, except on light lands. Swedes and portion better turnips than o o f f a kindsl hfaoyr s ios are nearly consumed, e ar s exhausted, past.t does Although b n u o t t t haey advancek e largep t o e l dm a in kavye b e pr e byt d e accountd e ua a rt r it f l ni yo. severeigr hamnausdcnh litter,o in price. p g r o item to . u Straw aube loins close, request. i a ' scarce . sdthe reportsT hßeede llambing mr f o o bm r ntgthhaetcflh seasonoi flock masters masters are generally favourable. In Sussex the flocks have now nearly finished lambing, but with various success. Some have been exceedingly but so fortunate , m some losses both of ewes and lambs. We have heard of an instance in one flock where as many as fifty ewes have t btb h hue e eetsen w ed i l n too t s . periodical e t ti h . e ra F lta r o nli m onssesrseos inm; experience we have found it best to g k e e n ep era t l h ly em fal i i n ing m o o n de t r b a o t s e e ckoenpdtittiooon, btihgeb,garnedatoeust otherslos s e s o morn the ore late particularly that are badly kept. REPRIEVE OF WILLIAM TYRRELL.-At a late hou r on Tuesday night we rec e i ve d a telegraphil communication to the effect that . William Tyrrell, the youth at present lying under sentence of death at Kirkdale, and about whom so much interest has been excited in this neigh bourhood, had that day been, reprieved.---Manchestr Examiner, MISCELLANEOUS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of I Paid. Price. Annum. Share. -- -- X s. d. X s. d. Assam feu ••,,• • . • • . 50 0 u 20 0 0 10% A uctism rl art ••.• • • • • 2/. ss. 50 0 0 35 kustralian Alriculturi 11. 100 0 0 35 0 0 80 Australian Trust •• .. 6/. per cent. 35 0 0 30 Australian Royal Mail 10 0 0 2 0 0 knglo-Mexican Mint.. 11. 10s. 10 0 0 10 0 0 —.. British American Land 15s. 3 8 10 0 80 can , d . ............. 61. percen t . 100 0 0 32 10 0 70 Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent. ___ Ditto, 6pr ct. Bonds 61. per cent. _ 116 City Navigation Bonds 31 per cent. Electric Telegraph (A) 25 00 20 0 2951% Ditto .. • • •••• .. (B) 25 0 0 7 . 10 0 Equ Neitable R w eversienry Si pr. cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 116% Ditto ........ 50 0 U ll O 0 0 Oen. Revers. 8; Invest. sp. c.Bt bs, 21 100 0 0 100 Gen •Steam Navigation 10 p. ct• 15 0 0 1 0 0 30% 40 0 Hudson's 8ay........ stock. Ilungerford •• •• •• •• .. 2/. 10s. 100 0 0 220 100 0 0 47% London Institution ... 78 Russ d el 0 Lononl Institution.... Reversionary Si. per cent. 1 5 0 0 15 12 10 0 15 0 0 Price's Patent Cand. Co. 101 . per cent. 20 Reversionary Int. Soc , 4 0 0 17 10 0 24 It , yal Mail Steam.... d cent, cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 10514 S .uth Australian ... •, ‘l , / . . p. share , 100 0 0 60 0 0 74 .g Per share. 25 0 0 25 0 0 49 % Trust and Loan C omp. of Upper Canada 20 0 0i 3 0 0 GREAT EXPEDITION IN WRITING.—On the recent hearing of the evidence on the Huddersfield Election Petition before a committee of the House of Commons, our reporter received much assistance in preparing the voluminou s notes which have appeared in this journal during the progress of the inquiry. Mr. Kerr, the well known law stationer, of Chichester Rents, Chancery lane, London, w i t h h i s large staff of writers, on several occasions verified the old adage, " many hands make light work." On the afternoon of the 10th of March ultimo, our reporter's minutes of the evidence were ex ceedingly heavy, and at a few minutes to five o'clock he waited on Mr. Kerr and told him he must have a copy to send to the Examiner by seven o'clock that evening. The copy alluded to occupied one hundred and thirty sheets open foolscap, each sheet containing forty-two lines, and each line supposed to contain about twenty words, or in the whole nearly one hundred and nine thousand two hundred words. Mr. Kerr readily under took to complete the work, and when our reporter called in little more than two hours, this large volume of writing was lying on Mr. Kerr's counter quite ready, and in a few minutes was in the mail train on its way to the printing-office of this paper. Great praise is due to every one connected with Mr. Kerr's establishment, not only for the expeditious manner, but also for the beautifully clear writing, in which the notes for the Ex miner were transcribed. The punctuality, civility, and intelligence displayed warrant us in recommending others to patronise the very useful and respectable es tablishment already mentioned.—Huddersfield Examiner. P ItIQES - f►P SHARE, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING, LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 19. JOIN T-S rocs BANKS Name of Company. Dividend per I Amount Annum. I Share. British North American Commercial of London. Co!onial lonian . Load. Char. Bk. of Aus. London and County .. Londe and Westminstr London Joint •Stock Froviacial of Ireland.. 61. per cent. 64. per cent. 61. per cent. 31. per cent. 61. rer cent., £ s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 1"0 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 2Q 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 ?5 0 0 25 0 0 6'. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. 81. per cent. 41. per cent. 61. per cent. Q. per cent. ,81. P. et. & ba. 161. p. et. & bs. 6'. p.ct.&bs. 61. per cent. 7k per cent. Ditto, National of Ireland.... Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto, New Oriental Bank Corpora. South Australia Union of Australia.... D.tto ........ Uni n of London .. Union of Madrid .. 50 0 0 40 0 0 P Ice, ►IPANIES INSURANCE CO: Dividend Amount Name of Company, p er o f Paid. i Price. Annum. • Share. --- - -, Albion £ a. d. £ s. d. li .........• •• .. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 0 ./ 90 Alliance Brit. and For. 71.13 8 .8d.be. 10 0 0 0 11 • - Ditto Marine.,..... 61. p.c.& be. 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 Anchor .............. 6 per cen.. 5 0 0 1 0 0 - Atlas Nils Life - British Commercial Clericl•Med.& Gen• Life 6pr ct. & bs. 100 0 0 10 0 0 20% 41. 100 0 0 10 0 0 121 Crown Eagle . Equity and Law...... 4% per cent. 100 0 0 5 0 0 5% European Life lss. 20 0 0 All paid. , 20% Genera 1........ -- .. - 5 0 0 Globe ....... ... Pi 5 %.... 61. per cent. Sto c k. • 150 (guardian -- - .... .• 5/. p 0 er cent 100 0 0 45 7) 0 61 % Imperial Fire ... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 - Imperial Life .. . Indemnity Marine.... ,I. sh. & % 8 . 100 0 0 20 0 0 58 Law Fire .. .. ..... ... 25.& 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4 % Law Life... .. .. _ .... - 100 0010 0 0 50 Legal and General Lif e - 50 0 0 2 0 0 - London Fire •. Lo idon ' , hip.- - 108 & bs. 25 0 0 12 10 0 28% Mar.re.......... •• • . 15s,per share 100 0 0 lb 0 0 25 Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4%1. per ct . 50 0 0 2 0 0 3 Niinerva ...... -•• .. sp. c/. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0 0 6 Molarch • ... - 5 0 0 1 0 0 21s. Natio.ial Loan Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2% Palladium Lite... Pelican - - - 45 l'hcenix ••. • . ..... - - - 173 Professional Life Si. per cent. 65 0 010 0 % P v.-went Life.. -.• • Rock Life ...... „ Royal Exchange ....• • 61. p.c._ &bs Stock. all 236 Sun 'ire .. 61. irs - - Ditto Life • •• . 1/. 6s, - 65 United Kingdoin .. .. 4/, p. ct. & 138. 20 0 0 4 0 0 5 Universal Life .• • Victoria Life ...... • • 51. per cent. - 412 6 5% BRIDGES. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of • Paid. Price. Annum, Share. ---- X s. d. £ s. d. Hungerford - ........ - - 12 4 outhwark .......... - 100 0 0 - - Ditto New of 7% pc. 70s. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16 Waterloo .... ......• • • - 100 0 0 -3% Dittl Old Ann. of 81. 21 . B s . Od. •r- 60 0 0 26 l'itto Nw ditto of 71. 2/. 2s. Od. - 40 0 0 22% Vauxhall ...... - Av. 2/. 70 10 3 - 21 WATER-WORKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company, per of Paid. Price. i Annum. Share. East London £ s. d. £ s. d. 61. per cnt. Stock. 100 125% Grand Junctioa Kent-- .. ...• •• - - 41. per cat. 100 0 0 - 84% Lambeth ---•• •• . . - 100 0 0 - - New River Company 2l. 10s. - - 60 Southwark &Vauxhall 51. per cnt. 100 0 0 - 90 West Middlesex - - 110 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. - -.--- - X 's. d. £ s. d. Commercial ........ •. 41. pr cent. Stock. - East and - West India.. 6341. pr cent, S tock. - 164 East Country.. 2os. per sit. 100 0 0 - - London •• •..• • • • - 126 Ditto Bonds 4l. per cent. - - - S-Katharine ...... •• 4 per cent. Stock. - 100 8 . nthampton Victoria .........• - , 20 0 6% CANALS. Names of Dividend Names of ei Dividend Price. Companies. Is per Companies. .'' l An P n er- . Price. as Annum. c 2 1 --- - - - ----- - 4 £ ' Aghuitc Oldh 98 71 . p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 100, 1 2l. 10s. 50 Barnsley.. • • 160 - • - Neatk -- • • 100, 161. - Urkuk&Ahrg 150 Si. 52% 0xf0rd...... titrmingham 40 41. 105% Peak FOrest. 1 7 0 8 01 3/. 13 16 . 5. 70 Cove itry.. • . 100 251, - Regent's •• . • 33 11. Os. Derby ••• • • 100 61. 63 Rochdale,,,, 85 2/. 161 Ell ~ .rt&Chs 69 2% p. ct. 34% Semrset Coal 42 , - 501 - , GrandJunctn 100 at pr.ct. --,..- Do.Lk Fd St ' - 1)o., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/ . D r. ct. - Stffrel &Vi'orc 4 0 -. 0 281. 405 Grand Surrey 100 21. 10s. - Shrewsbury ., , . ,;rand Union 100 11.10 s. 12% St our b rldge.. 1 25 - 45 207, 290 K - mut & Avli 39 6s. 08, 7-!,',, Severn and 1 ' Lancaster . 100 - - Wyeßail. 4 26 21. Os. 24 Leeds& Livrp 100 251. 850 Warwick& Leicester_,.. 100 5/. 66 }firming. 3 160 4L 40 L ncstr &Nth 83 41. 44% Warwick& 1 , .lighboregh 142 70'. 510 N ap t on... s 1 00 34 28 M mmouthsh 100 - - Worcstr &1 . 8 31. Mntgmerysh 100 - - Bi im i ng. MeltnMwbry , 100 •-- Wilts & Brks -I 10s. Od. 7'.1 10s. Od. GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price, Annum. Share. British .- s. d. £ s. d. •• •• •• Ditto Provincial•• • • . Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23 Brighton City of London .. •• •• 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125 C intinental (3d Cap.) 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67% •• • 501. 50 0 0 50 0 0 - Great Centrar• • •• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 14 1 , 4 Imperial .. • • -• • 31.& bonus. 150 0 0 50 0 0 8314 Independent ....• 61. 140 0 0 40 0 0 46 ,i 50 0 0 50 0 0 p oßn i - Do., t x . Parl. Preference 61 p er cent. ,25 0 0 25 0 0 24% •• •• •• 31/ per cent.i 50 0 0 49 0 0 28 R Atellff 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 United General 1/. 150 0 0 50 00 1 20 wpstrainster Chartered 51. per cent, 50 0 50 0 0 39 iftto. New 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 7% LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per , of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. £ s. d. £ s. d. Bank of Scotland . 7l. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 190/ 0 British Linen Comp 8/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 2111 0 :aledonian Bank City of Glasgow Bank Si. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 !0/14s lydesdale Bank • • 6/. per cent. 20 0 0 10 00 12 15s omrnercial Bank 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 1841 0 ,lastern Bank.. •• •• 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 10/12s E link &Glasgow .. • • 3/. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 4/. 8s Exchange:Bnk of Scot lOO 0 0 31 5 0 Bs. 01 National Bank •• •• •• 6% per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 161 5s North of Scotlandßanli sLper cent, 20 0 0 210 0 41356 d itoyalßank of Scotland 5/. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 I'sllo :Talon Bank of Scot. Western Bank .••• • • • 71. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 721 104 Alliance Fire and Life B%l.pr cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 241 lOs British Guarantee .• -, 41. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 88 Iledonian Fire fuser. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 261 pd City of Glasgow Lilt* 6/. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 4t. lOs Colonial Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 I 0 0 417 s 601 Edinburgh Life Incur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 21/ 10s Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 41. Os Life Assoc. of Scotland 6/. per cent. 10 0 0 110 0 41. Os National Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1/. 13s North British Instil. * 61. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 1 341. rs BcottishUnionlnsrnc. 75,/. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 00, IL 148 , tan lard ife •••• .• - • 51. per cent. 50 0 0 7 0 0 131 Os , United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent 10 0 0 1 0 0 110sUd * Ex Dividend. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NOTICE To dz SIARINERS. New Lights at Palermo, Milazzo, and Torre di Fem. I? Sicily.—Notice h as b een rece i ve d at Lloyd ' s from the Slea" lian Consulate, that the lights at the three lighthouse °, situated on one of the towers of the pierhead at Pale n° —the second at Torre di Faro—and the third on the Or montory of Milazzo, will be replaced by Catadiopl Lights of the f our th c l ass on th e I st of April, 20th ° April, and Ist of May respectively. ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CI3STOIIf-Hol7o' APRIL 20. The Thames, from Hamburgh ; Eole, Gravelinen bion, Boulogne ; William Pitt, Guernsey ; Julia, Gueriv sey ; John Bull, Guernsey ; Batavier, Rotterdam : Resollr tion, Dram ; Jeune Augustine, Calais ; Kron Prins Fr e. derick, Sarpsborg , Triton, Ostend ; Choice, Leghorn; Cumberland, Hamburg ; George and Mary,'Caen ; Dorettl' Alexandria ; S ara h , Palermo • Ruby, Odessa ; City of 1 0 " . terdam, Dunkirk ; Avenir, Havre. LIVERPOOL—APRIL 20. The Calpe (s.s.), which arrived yesterday afternoon fl Marseilles, left th a t p oi t on th e 10 t h i nst., and enco nnteriev a heavy northerly gale the same day, with a high sea. v the 17th and 18th th e wea th er was very calm, and the '3l smooth as glass ; p asse d a grea t num b er of vesse l s , btl could not report whether in or outward bound. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADING.—Th e Th ame s, fo r Hamburg ; Concordia, Elsinore, &c. ; Batavier, RottV dam : Lark, Cherbourg ; Lewe Van Nyenstem, Port A ue ; laide ; Triton, Ostend ; City of Rotterdam, Dunkin" Bridget, Mogadore. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGO.—The Margareil * . for Bremen ; Helvellyn, Algoa Bay ; Jane Margaret, J burg ; Tweelin gen , H am b urg; S tadt Dordrecht, Dord7°! Cygnet, Demerara; Lark, Cherbourg; Fyenoord, Rott e d dam ; Ravensbourne, Antwerp ; Laurin, Messina 01 , 4 Palermo • Rowallan, Melbourne • John Barrow, 11° ' Philip and Sydney ; H o p e , Tonerike and Fernando Po. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The James Cunard, Cardiff to Quebec, April 15, lat. 6° N., long. 13 W. The General List, Liverpool to Port Philip, January s, lat. 30. The Hannibal, London to Canton, March 9, lat. 1 long. 26 W. The Unity, Boston to Algoa Bay, same day. The Canute, Shields to Calcutta, February 22,1at.1 long 29 W. The Mantanzas, Liverpool to Rio Janeiro, lat. 13 S'' long. 29 W. The Chieftain, of London, steering S., lat. 13 S., 1013g* 29 W. The Standerings, steering S., March 25, lat. 7 S., I°l4 ' 27 W. The Jenny Lind, from Panama, March 27, lat. long. 27 W. The Daniel Ross, Calvet a to Bremerhaven, March if, lat. 23 N., long. 27 W. COUNTRY MARKETS. - - EDINBURGH MEAL MARKTIT—APRIL 19. There were in th e mar k e t to - day, 6 sacks oatmeal, etoft weighing 2801bs imperial. Fair sold thus-1 at 1111 0 3 at 1/ 10s Od. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET-** APRIL 19. Supplies were aga i n large. - Oat straw, from 6s Od. to 8s Od per kemple of 16 tron ; wheat do., 7s Od to 8s Od ; barley do., 4s Od to 543 • Hay from 9d to .11d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—Arm, 18. There were in the market to-day 75 bags oatmeal, of barleyme a l, an d 2 b ags pot-barley ; sales ready. °:#l. meal same on the top ; second quality 3d per bag do Barleymeal and pot-barley the same as last week. Oatmeal,. per sack o f 2801b s Fi rst. Second. 11'1,1 imper al Barleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, al per ditto Flour, per ditto —s Od —8 Od — 0 al Pot-barley, per ditto 'g-Apßu, 20. he dose of the market : —a, 111. 4 Belmont 1 7 u 0 Lambton lB 6 Lyons l7 0 Russell's Hetton 17 18 0 Scarborough 6 Stewart's 18 6 Whitwell l6 Cassop l7 6 o West Kelloe 17 0 West Whitworth l5 0 Clavering Tees is 6 Tees lB 0 Perkin's Anthracite . .... • „. 25 „ . 0 Powell's Duffryn Steam 1 25 1 Sold 67. Paid. B. d. 40 0 0 ;.0 0 0 '4O 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 22 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 40 0 0 COAL MARK] Prices of Coal per ton at t Burnhope s. d. 14 0 Carr's Hartley : - -,.15 6 Longridge's W. Hartley 15 6 New Tanfield .. . ,,._ 15 6 Portland West lia;iley 14 6 Stewart's Hartley 15 0 Tanfield Moor Butes l4 9 West Wylam Trader -15 6 Wall's End, &e. Gibson - 16 0 Harvey Wylam, uns. ...13 6 Riddell Eden Main 17 6 Lambton Primrose 17 9 Bell 17 6 Ships at market l' RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LI V ERPOOL, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The shar e mar k e t h as been flat day, but prices closed a shade better. The following 14; the quotations :—Caledonian, 328 ; East Lancashire, ~1 4 , Kendal and Winderm ere , 14i ; L ancas hi re an d Y or or:i i ; 76 ; Lancaster and Carlisle (third shares), 13 , 1c r :rob don and No r th Western, 1194 • Midland, 744 ; P 461. Eastern an d Dover, 23,3 ; Lancashire and Yoris . ng `tall F shares), 1-16 p. ; Midland (4i per cent.), p.; Rhenish, 11-16 cr. MANCHESTER, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —There was a fair amount of bug ness, but prices were l ower. Blackburn 71 ; Leeds St4 l ; 77 ; London St oc k , 119 i ; Dovers, 228 ; Midlands, i• Sheffield Stock, 30 ; Caledonian, 321 ; East Lancashire' 181 ; Chester and Holyhead, 221; Sheffield Pref., 11. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 20. alla STOCK EXCHANGE.—This m ar k e t was dull to-day, wer° prices a shade weaker. Birmingh am an d S tour Valley done at 10 3-16. LEEDS, APRIL 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market has been tg ibill ,, e 3 languid this mornin g . Th e t ransac ti ons h ave been cnnu'ilt to a few of th e h eav i er s t oc k s, which have been done t rather easier t erms . L ancas hi re and Yorkshire closed 764 ; and Midlands at 74. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the mails are sent front the General post-414 ' iby the night—and Mby the morning —dispatch.] COUNTRIES. Day when m ade up F rom what 'Mitl' in General Post- Port due Office, .r.ondon.* Dispatched. Eng-- be -, A merica(byßrit.pack)N E very Friday .... Liverpool ... -----10,0 America (by United Sts. Amer packet) ..........N A pr il 19 ....".... Liverpool ... April 21 erica (by U. States Packet) .. ...... .. N April 18 ........ Southampton Arriv ed Australia (via South. ampton) ........ hi 4th of May ...... So u th amp t on APTit 4 - Ditto (via M arse il les) N Bth of May ... ... Dover .... „ 1 April Ditto (via Cape of Good ~, 0 Hops) ............N 2d of June .. .... Plymouth .. mar--... Africa (West Coast) .. N 23rd of the month. Plymouth .. May 1 2 1, AlemA ndria..........N 8,9, 24, &30of m Dover .... • • Pi ll ,,n Alexandria ..........31 4th & 20th of coon. Southampton May .. .."011 Bahamas ....... ....NI 2nd of the month Southampton Ist Wm' Belgium .......... ..N Daily .. .. .... .. .. Dover ... • • Ipal l Y,6 I A Brazil • • ............M 9th of the month.. Southampton May . 4 Buenos Ayres ........M 9th of the monil • . Southampton l MaY 1 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N 14th of the month Plymouth .. April j 6 Cape of Good Hope ..N ,2nd of June .. .. .. Plymouth .. May, f 76 Cape de Verds .....N 14th of the month. Plymouth .. April • Ceylon (see India) 6 Ceylon .......• • • .... N 14th of the month Plymouth .. Ap ,. n 2 op Channel Isles ........N Mon.,Wed.,&Frid. Southampton Tu.'l' o 4 Chili. •• • • • • • • • • • ...M 2d & 17th of month Southampton (April ' China (see India) Constantinople .....,N 7,8,17,24,&27 o f m. Dover •. .. .. April 30. Constantinople .... • . .. 4th & 20th of mon. Southampton,May, 4 olf Cont. of Europ e M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ...... Twic." Egypt (see India) ditd France .... •••. M & N Twice daily. ..... Dover Gibraltar .. •• . t. -31 4,7, 17, 20, 27 of m. SouthamptonlA pl. - Greece (see India) Grey town .... • • .... Ai 2nd & 17th of mon. SouthamptonlApril 1 1 6 5 0„ Harnburgh .....• • • ..N Tuesday & Friday London .•• . inie s .' Havannah .. .. . • • . .. At 2nd of the month Southam.ptori!istoil:,„lt Holland ............ M Wednesday & Sat. London .., „ :Mon."• 4l '. a Honduras - India (via Marseilles)M Bth& 24th of month Dover ......IMay 1 lonian Isles (see India) Ireland .... -..M & N Twice daily . Holyhead ... tTsvice,l6 o ..... on Ma Lisbon ..............31 7,9, 17, &28o: m. Southampton 1 Madeira ...... • ... .. M , 6 91h of the mo n th S out h ampton Ma y M adeira .. .. ...... Is 23rd of the month Plymouth ~May l''' . Malta (see India) Malta ...... ...... ..N 7,17,19,28, 30 of m. Dover ...... APrI l 20 Mauritius (see India) M 1 auritius ..........N 14th of the month Ply mou th .. Alirll 26 , w ok Mexico ...... ...... 34 2nd of the month.. Southampton'lst 0 , ~, Naples ..... ......N sthlsth2sthofrnon. Dover ...... l Apfl . l f 6 April New New Granada .... .. 31 2d & 17th of month Southampton New Zea1and.......... By private ship .. Various porte UnCerl - Papal States ........N ith 1 sth2sthormon. Dover ......!April i 6 Peninsula .......... iv; Ith 17 th2Bthofmon Southampton APri l ,6 Pet u ............ „.14 'd & 27th of mon Southampton April . 2 .., Port Natal ..........N 14th of the month, Plymouth .. (April , 2 , ; Si c il y .......... „ „N sth 15th25thofiron,!Dover ......lAPri,i ; 2 Tuscany ..., „ „ „ „N ith 15 th 25 thotino - t.' Dover „..... April , 6 Venezuela .. .. .. .. .. AI 2d & 17th of month Soathampton April 1 Van Diemen's Land (see Australia) .......... West Indies .. .. .. .. M 2d& 17th o f month Southampton,Apr • 14 il _.....• * When any of these c dispatched on the followii Southampton), and the Ic day preceding. fates fall on a Sunday, the mails Trill be ng day, with th e except i on of the In dia (; 0 falta, both of which will be dispatched BIRTHS. OF A BON. On the 18th inst.. at 5, Porteus-road, th e wife of Dr. John Guise Westmacott, stillborn. OF A DAUGHER. On the 19th inst., a t West-end, T Hampstead, Mrs. Betts. MARRIED. On the 19th inst., a t St . Mark's-church, St. John's- 17 ° ea' D John, son of the l a t e R ev. P. Inchbald, o f Adiv e o f hall, near Doncaster, to Julia Frances, eldest daught er si, Charles Merrick Elderton, Esq., of 4, Abercorn-place' John's-wood, barrister-at-law. On the 3d of Janua ry , at aulnah, R. G. J o nes t. VB6l 2d Madras Light Cavalry, you nges t son o f the la t e Gen. Sir R. Jones, K.C.8., to Caroline Diana 313 ' 1 ;4 daughter of the l a t e M a j or C. H. Campbell, of the Ben' Artillery. DIED. On the 17th inst., at Guildford-l o d go , U ppe rlse - the aged 52, J. M. Rainbow, Esq, for twenty-eight years no much val ue d actuary of the Crown Life Assu rs Company. On the 18th inst., at 4, Low er P ar k- v ill as, PlumPte al. common, Kent, L. J. 11. Ori, Esq., aged 58. 50, LONDON : Printed an d P u bli shed by MURDO Y0Q12,, of No. 112, St ran d , P r i nter, at The Sun Office, l l c ;' tc o f Strand, in the P rec i nc t of the Savoy, is the cow ` Middlesex, Thursday, April 21, 1853.