The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-19 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals. (From, the Daily News) The " Palmerstonians and nothing else" coolly assume that the English people approved of the Peace of Paris. It would be a more correct expres sion to say that they acquiesced in it. The general sen-e of the nation at the time was that Russia had been let off too easily. It was believed that the R ii , s t an . Government had not been sufficiently humbled to teach it the necessity of restraining its aggressive propensities in all time coming. It was feaeed that the check it had experienced would only irritate, and render it eager to embrace the first opportunity to console its wounded vanity by some dazzling encroachment on some weaker neighbour. The arguments by which the aversion to the treaty inspired by these considerations was overcome were twofold. It was insinuated, rather than asserted, that the exhausted state of the French Exchequer had determined the Emperor to niake peace ; and that if England resolved to carry on the war she must carry it on without the aid of France. And it was argued that Russia had been so much weak ened that she would be obliged to remain quiet for meny years ; and that before she could again be in a condition to resume offensive operations, the Turkish Government might, by a system of judi cious policy, render the Ottoman Empire too strong to be assailed with impunity. These considerations were allowed to have so much weight that the English people acquiesced, but reluctantly, in the conditions of the treaty. But a degree of eclat was undoubtedly given to the Peace of Paris by an incident in the Conferences which had no necessary connection with the war or its termination. The representatives of Sardinia—as the representatives of the only independent State of the Italian Peninsula, availed themselves of the assembly of the Great European Powers in Congress to invite their attention to the grieVances of the Italian people. They pointed out how the whole of Italy, with the exception of the Sardinian terri tories, was in a state of chronic anarchy, bordering on revolutien. They showed that this was owing to the misgovernment of the native prince, who were encouraged to persevere in their migovernment by the protection afforded by foreign bayonets. They re Ainded the Congress that a revolution in Italy would inevitably spread over the whole of Europe. Trey called upon the Great Powers represented in C regress to interpose their good offices, with a view to save Italy and Europe from revolution. And they declarol that this could only be aecorn p'ished by withdrawing all foreign armaments from the independent States of It ily, and thus teaching the native princes that the stability of their thrones depended upon their adoption of a more energetic, a more wise, and a more humane system of domestic policy. The answer made to this appeal by the representatives of France and Eng laid in Congress was manly and generous. They admitted the grave character of the grievances com plained of by the Italians. They recognised the necessity of the adoption of a more humane policy le; the King of Naples ; and of the reform of the Pitital Government, by inft - eduss a larger lay ad mixture into the composition of its Administration. .Ah the all, they recognised the urgent necessity for the immediate adoption of measures having in view the ultimate withdrawal of all foreign troops— Austrian and French—from all the native Italian St ates. The avowal of these views by the Go v tinments of France and England breathed a new life into the patriots of Italy. The moderate, prac tit al Italian reformers, who had so long felt them e lees in a position of the greatest difficulty between a' solutism on the one side, and ultia-republicanism o s the other, looked forward with confidence to a 1 otter future. The peace and prosperity of It sly seemed assured by legitimate, peaceable means. There was not a humane and liberal heart in Eu lope that did not beat more freely. The honour se n by the representatives of Frame and Entsland i I Congress, through their frank, generous, and humane declarations in favour of good government a id liberty in Italy, reflected a glory on the equi ,eal peace they had concluded, and universal satis faction prevailed. This was in the beginning of April, 1956. In a few weeks we shall have reached the beginning of April, 1857. What has been done for Fitly during tee year that has nearly completed its circle ? We say nothing at present of the proceedings in rela tion to Naples, the result of which. however, it tray be remarked, appears to be much more likely to be the precipitating than the averting of an Ita lian revolution. But, we ask, what has been done fur the centre and the north of Italy ? Not a French soldier has been withdrawn from Rome, not a movement made indicating that they are about to be withdrawn. The Austrian troops have evacu a ed one or two unimportant posts in the neigh bouring territories. But, on the other hand, Aus tria has increased her army in Lombardy and Venice ; she has strengthened her pesitions and in creased her gar' icons all along the line of the Po ; et:e is rapidly cornplet . ng those maritime fortifica -Cons on the east coast of the Adriatic which are a "standing menace to Italy;'' she has established a fortified tele de pont at Ancona for the steam bridge with which she has bridged the Adriatic. Instead of preparing to evacuate the independent States of Italy, the Austrian troops are intrenching them selves more strongly in their territories. No re forms have been made in the Papal Government ; the persecution of liberal poli icians is persevered in ; the chronic anarchy of society is on the in crease. In vain has the Sardinian Government called the attention of France and England to this melancholy' sta' eof affairs. Its importunities are disregarded, replied to—if at all—with discour t,ons impatience. Austria, taking heart of grace et the obvious coldness of France and England, ee'ss to fasten a quarrel on Sardinia. Au I this is- the • moment embraced by an English Minister to boast in the House of Lords of the • growing cordiality of the English and Austrian Governments, and to laud the policy of Austria iu Italy. A. conviction is rapidly gaining ground t 1 r;ughout Italy that it has been betrayed by the Western Powers. Indignation at such treatment is driving the most judicious and temperate Italians ft antic. The risk of a revolutionary crisis in It sly is daily increasing. The condition and prospects of that country are worse than they were on the Bth of April, 1856 ; and they have bees reaalered worse by the disappointment of the legitimate hopes which tto language u-e - !.. on that day by the represenca t ves of Fiance and England awakened. We this day publish a document, which throws a melancholy light on the apathy and inaction of tie last twelve months, which have been pregnant with such fatal results to Italy. It is a Report on the condition and prospects of the States of the Church, and of Italy in general, addressed by the French envoy at Rome to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, on the 14th of May of 1846. It is a labour e d an d Jesuitical attempt to demonstrate that the Italians are incapable of constitutional go vernment ; and that the time never can arrive ashen it will be sate to withdraw the troops of France from Civita Vecchia, or those of Austria from Ancona. We are in daily expectation of a reply to this document, prepared by several Italians td - ' world-acknowledged ability and experience in The affairs of state, exposing the utter falsity of the alleged facts on which the arguments of the Report r. st. But, in fact, no answer is needed. The, puerility of the theory of races upon which its rea i,ouing rests is transparent ; and the fear and ha tred of constitutional government by which the jedament of the writer is bass ed cannot escape the insa,t obtuse. The damning fact is incontrover tible, that one little month ater the French Gov unguent had publicly declared its adherence to a just, wise and Inunaste policy as regards Italy, the French Minister at Rome was strenuously apOlogis ing for all the shortcomings of the Roman Govern- T ent, calumniously aspersing Pi e d mon t , a d voca ti ng be permanent occupation of Italy by foreign troops, and all this in a confident and complacent tone, which betrays what good grounds lie had for feeling assured that in the Emperor and his Minister for Forei gn -A-traits he had two sympathising and ap proving auditors. In short, it is clear to demon etration that in htle more than a month after the French Ministe_r O l o v f er Foreign Affairs had publicly declared that feastt hat ". r" amental reforms and the re gn t . Ps from Italy were necessary t prevent an Italian, a Eiatirsorarean revolution, the French Governinent an d eeerting themselves to preven t ghnts were secretly the carrying of these second ary Govern mentes into effect. The conduct or motives of th e Ater of only se are fits us a m wsry c-nic-rn the latter, it true, are suni c i e „ tly - • die anxious craving of the French Etwearor Pi t7, i rc I:iinself crowned—a la Charlemagne —at ne e , i , v ,,5 by the Pope, is not :rions. The _ _ _orgiversation of lee French Government, and its truckling to tio lily. See, is sufficiently twounted for o n t i e , g •ound. Whether it has been successful, or a s h es ""r' ng is new currently reported, Austrian dip'.-. 1 - lacy has our - gmeralled French diplomacy at the I I.77)itit of Rome, is to us ;t matter of utter e ice. It in with our own Government we have t de. Unfortunately, accidental circumstances have pr, , vented our giving publicity to the report of the ..i'rench Minister at Roma nn i 1 it is too late for any aovement to be taken upon it in Parliament. But t .d country ought to insist upon knowing, and we ) , ope it will insist upon kno w i ng, whether the En glish Government has been aware of the double laced gime which their Imperial ally in the Tuile )i,is .4 . s been playing. Lords Palmerston and Cla , endon succeeded in building for themselves a re 7_Nttati,n upb*,the course they pursued with regard to Italy in the Paris Conftrences. The bloth and apathy they hive since &splayed have materially THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1857. dimmed that reputation. But if they have been cognisant of the despatch which we now present to tho English public—if they have allowed the French Government to act as a remora upon their action in regard to Italy, kno wing its objects—England, Italy, the world, will have a far more serious cause of quarrel with them. This Italian question has been far too long neglected by Englishmen. Frank and unreserved explanations on this head ought to be demanded at the hustings from every candidate who presents himself as a pattisan of Lord Palmer ston on account of his Foreign Policy. (Prom the Times.) After reading forty or fifty electioneering ad dresses in succession one arrives at some interesting general results One is, that no two of them are — incredible as it may appear—exactly alike. Even the same precise past and the same precise future, the same acts and the same promises, the self-same opinions on Parliamentary Reform, Ballot, the Maynooth question, Church rates, and Sir John Bowring, assume a different external mould and form. Some adapt the short, pithy, and other the long, sonorous style. Some have obviously read the Spectator at one time of their lives, and affect elegance. Frankness, humility, ze 11, and discre tion we find to be all in their turn electioneering virtues, and each is represented. The pe:t talks of the seven ages of man, but the ages of electioneer ing man may, perhaps, be reduced to three. There is, in the first place, the ardour of first courtship, when the untried candidate breathes the freshness of early promise, and longs for the opportunity of exhibiting proofs of his generous devotion. To this class belongs the address of Mr. Neate, at Oxford, who runs full tilt at " the increasing power and the increasing selfishness of the aristocracy of wealth,' which have made it almost impossibl e " f or h o nest industry to better its lot, or unendowed talent to rise to its proper level." He is prepared to lead a crusade against this monster abuse, and repeat the combat of St. George with the Dragon in right earnest. These spring candidates are in keeping with the time of the year ; but there are varieties of them, and the young heir-apparent who comes forward at the age of 21 to supply the place of a retiring father or grandfather is the early snowdrop or crocus of electioneering horticulture. The ardour of first courtship is succeeded again by the sober affection of wedded love, when the cand.- date has represented the constituency in some three or four Parliament.. This is the second elec tioneering age, when the hon. member alludes modestly to past services, regular attendance at the house, judicissus votes, and, at any rate, the very best intentions. The third and last age is repre sented in the address of Sir Charles Burrell to the electors of Shoreham, in which he says that, "hav ing represented the constituency upwards of 50 years, there is no occasionlfor him to enter into any explatia•ion of his political priuciples." The Chinese question is of course prominent, and after one or two vague generalities the can didate usually begins his Chinese paragraph. • But here we note a great difference. The supporter of Government evidently likes tit) subject, as being, in the electioneering sense, a good one. He appeals at once to great national principles, on which he knows the papules. feel ing will be with him ; he denounces fact'ous c alt tion wish a swing, and his sentence goes off like the crack of a whip. He feels his advantage on that question with a constituency of which the leading and moving part is perfeetly able to see through the thin humanitarian disguise which the struggle for office has assumed. But the member who has voted iu the majority as evidently does not like the subject, though he knows he must face it. He swallows the pill by an effort, and is very glad to get it over. Thera are, however, different ways even of doing this. There is the prosy apolo getic, like Mr. Rust's, who goes over the Chinese question again with the electors of lluntingdou shire, and conclu les with a great deal about c scientious conviction, sense of duty, impa.tial con sideration of the subject, and the like, the value of which, whew it all happens exactly to coincide with the Opposition side of the helms, iu very obvious. There is the short apologetic, whoa the candidate disposes of a disagreeable subject by one uneasy bolt, such as Colonel Stuart adopts to the electors of Cardiff. "On the Chinese question he is not ashamed to find himself agreeing with Mr. Cobden." This is short and summary, and the Colonel has mas tered the policy so often recommended of stating a conclusion without giving the reasons. But, though it is only one mouthful, it is obviously an unplea sant one. Why does Colonel Stuart say be is "not ashamed" of his vote ? That is a very poor thing to say ; he ought by rights to be proud of it, t be glad to point to it, to wear it as a feather in his cap. Is this all that a man who has just aided in a great philanthropic triumph, a splendid victory of benevolence and justice over unprincipled cruelty, can say—that he is " not ashamed" of it There could not he a clearer sign that Col. Stuart wad ashamed of his vole ; indeed, as a rule, when a man assures us he is not ashamed, it may generally be inferred that he is. Nor has it less the appear ance of this when the Colonel attempts, as he does, to cover his obnoxious vote with a whole cloud of literal promises and cries—the Ballot, Extension of the Suffrage, and Abolition of Church rates. We must observe that even Mr. Bright is short on this subject :—" I en t irelyapprove the resolution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibson on the subject of the melancholy events at Canton." We might have expected something more from Mr. Bright upon a great philanthropic triumph than the very short matter-of-fact statement, which he words with a sort of dry exactness, " the reso lution moved by Mr. Cobden and seconded by Mr. Gibson." This is not quite the way in which a man alludes to a topic which he loves. Why does not Mr. Bright enlarge upon this " glorious victory," this br ght spot in the annals of Parliament, when a majority of the House of Com mons generously declared for the rights of humanity, and protected the defenceless against the strong. What is it which holds his pen, and stops the steam of congra'ulatory eloquence ? Surely, having been prevented by a reason which we must all lament from expressing himself in Parliament on this question,. he was the more bound to use the opportunity which an address to his constituents afforded ; but lie rather ungraciously dispo,:es of the whole subject in these two words, and immediately goes off to the Persian war, upon which he spends a long paragraph. Is Mr. Bright aware that a large part of the constituency of Manchester shares the feeling which a great mercantile nation must have on this subject, and resents the insult offered to British commerce in making our commercial con nexions with the vast empii e of China the mere tool for a party move and advancement to offise ? And why, we ask with some surprise, does Mr. Cobden himself wholly omit his own subject in his farewell address to the West Riding ? Was it from bashful reluctance to allude to his own victory, or because he did not think it would be a very pleasant one ? It is very symptomatic that several candidates in their addresses imeiediately rush from the disagreeable subject of the vote by which the Ministry was left in a minority in this Par liament to general promises of support to Lord Palmerston's Government in the next Parlia ment. Sir Henry Meux promises Lord Palmerston " his unhesitating support in any measure which may be necessary for the speedy and effectual ter mination of the war in China and the conclusion of peace upon terms which will be consistent with the dignity of Great B r itai n ,"— an an nou nc em en t which leaves the hon. member as much room as ihe most devoted supporter of Lord Palmerston could want. Me-srs. Ker Seyrner, Royer, and Sturt, in their joint addre ss , assure the electors of Dorsetshir e that " since the formation of the Government of Lord Palmerston they have on many occasions given him their support, and have no intention of chano ins,,the course hitherto pur sue d b y them.' In ex plaining their vo , e against Mi n i s t ers cand i dates feel it is rubtaug again's!, the grain, it is one continual disclaimer, and anxious disavowal of motives which they know nine-tenths of the world w . :. h ll e a n t , tr a il b n o it u e t to a them. If tliey can say anything, pport in pro wise for Lord Palmerston, they take immediate refuge in the future as a harbour of safety and protection from the past, where in still water they can at last enjoy a little repose, and not be tossed about by the adverse winds of popular dis gust. 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Thomas King, and many other respectable persons, whose health has been restored by it, after all other means of cure. had failed. For further partieu!ars.re.pect ink this invaluable food our readers aro referred toDu Barry's advertiffeincut in another part of - this paper. , ' Naval and IYlilitai yr Intelligence. Of the three regiments quartered in Portsmouth Garrison which are under orders for China the fol lowing officers remain with their depots :-23d Roy:.l Welsh Fusiliers—Captain Vane, Lieutenants the Hon. N. Fiennes and T. F. Lewis, and Ensign H. C. Willis ; 82d Regiment—Captain Bailie, Lieutenants Spencer and Dickson, and Ensign T. Ryan ; 90th Regiment—Captain ammond, Lieu tenants Trencher and Barwell, and Ensign Handy. Forty-two officers and 750 men of the 90th Regi ment will embark in her Majesty's steam troop ship Transit, Commander Chambers, at Port smoutb, on Tuesday, the 24th inst., as at present ordered. One field officer, one medical officer, and compa nies' officers remain with the other 250 to go in some other ship, No horses are to go by this con veyance. Moun+ed officers are to be supplied with horses by the Commissariat on arrival at Hong Kong. . _ Orders were received at Portsmouth Dockyard yesterday for the Princess Charlotte, 104, old sail ing three-decker, to be brought from the ordinary for intnediate commission, and for service in China, it is presumed as an hospital or other depot ship She was launched about 35 years ago, and has only been once commissioned. She bore the flag of Ad miral Sir Robert Stopford at Acre. She will pro bably carry out troops. The iron troop-ships Adventure and Assistance, fitting for troop service, are nearly rigged, and will be speedily ready for the pendant. The Cormorant, 4, screw despatch gun-vessel, Commander Saumarez, was docked yesterday to be examined, and to have a few defects repaired. Yesterday the troops stationed at Chatham gar rison, consisting of about 6,000 men, were reviewed on Chatham Lines by Col. W. H. Eden, Comman dant of the garrison. The troops, comprising the Previsional battalion, under the command of Col. H. Jervis ; the Royal Engineers, commanded by Col. H. Sandham ; and the Royal Marine Light Infantry, under the command of Col. E. A. Par ker, assembled on their respective parade grounds, from which they marched to Chatham Lines, where the regiments of the line formed into two battalions, eemmandod. by Col. Jervis and Col. R. N. Phillips, took up their position in the centre, with the Royal Engineers and the Royal Marines on their right and left. The entire brigade was then put through a variety of movements by Cql. Eden, including forming into contiguous columns ; deploying into Kite on No. 1 of third battalion, marching past in quick time, advancing in open columns of com panies from inward flanks of battalion, forming mass on third battalion, and wheeling into con tiguous column ; changing front to the rear by the counts sotarch of sub-divisions round the centre of b vttalions ; deploying into contiguous column on the rear battalion, and changing front to the right by retiring in direct echelon, from :the right. The various movements were gone through by the troops in a highly creditable manner, and gave much satisfaction to the commanding field officer. The paddle-wheel steam store-ship Rhadaman thus yesterday morning commenced reloading with steam-engines and machinery iu Woolwich basin for Portsmouth dockyard. She brought a number of superniimeraries for Sheerness, who were con veyed to their quarters by the Hart, tender to the Waterloo at Sheerness. The Hart brought a number of seamen to Woolwich for disposal in the gun-boats fitting out in that dockyard for service in China. The Furious, 16, paddle, Captain Sherard Osborne, C.B.—An order has been issued from the board that none other but continuous service men are to be entered on board ships now fitting for China. The Duke of Wellington, 131, screw, Captain Henry Caldwell (flag of Rear-Admiral R. S. Dhndas), may be expected to arrive at Spithead, from Lisbon, on or about the 26th inst. The Melville, old 71, having undergone exten sive repairs and alterations, fitting for an hospital ship on the China station, by the Messrs. White, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, will come out of the Medina dock the next spring, and be towed to this port, to be completed for service. His Prussian Majesty's frigate Thetis, 40, Capt. Sundewal, after wintering and refitting, left Ports mouth harbour yesterday afternoon. She anchored at Spithead. Mr. John Davy, Royal Naval Engineer of the first class, has been promoted to be Inspector of Steam Machinery afloat, and appointed to take charge of the machinery of the China steam squad ron ; he goes out in the Pera from Southampton to-morrow. Mr. Knapp, Purveyor, in the Com missariat department, goes out also in the Pera, being ordered to Hong Kong. The paddlewheel steam frigate Retribution, 28, Captain Charles Barker, left Plymouth Sound ou Monday for South America. The screw steamship Sanspareil, 71, Capt. A. C. Key, sailed from IPlymouth on Tuesday evening with marines and ordnance for China. Surprise, despatch gun vessel, at Devonport, has been commissioned by Commander S. G. Cress well. Banterer, gunboat, at Devonport, has been com missioned by Lieut. Bedford Pim. The screw steam vessel Plumper, 12, Captain George Richards, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday from•Spithead. The merchant ship William Hammond, Captain Richardson, w;th 274 officers and men of the 67th Regiment, from St. Lucia, West Indies, February 19th, arrived all well in Plymouth Sound on Tues day night. . . The - following appointments were made yester day at the Admiralty : Commander William Bowden to the Medusa, vice Raby, invalided ; Charles F. A. Courtney, William Telfer, Charles Sproull, and Robt. Irvine, surgeons, to the Calcutta : Commander Richard Williams has been appointed mail agent on the An,tralian station. THE ROY AL BRITISH RANK. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—YrzTERDAY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) ____ The examination of Mr. Edward Esdaile, the late governor of the bank, was continued at the sitting of the court. The court was much crowded. Mr. Yenning : Sir, Mr, Esdaile, in reading over the transcript of the shorthand writer's notes of his examination taken last week, finds that there are certain parts of it which he is unwilling to sign, became he has run into some errors in some of his statements, and he wishes your Honour to afford him an opportunity of explaining. The Commissioner : Yes, certainly. The explanations having been given at gre4t length by Mr. Esdaile, his examination was re sumed as to the proposal in 1855 to get in new men as directors, and more capital from new share holders, and how far Mr. Alderman Kennedy Was a party to such a suggestion. This was in May, 1855. He bad no motive in carrying on the bank but, for the advantage of the bank itself. He was a man of sub stance at that time, although he stood indebted to his father for his capital. He never paid a farthing of the 501. call on the shares, but transferred 4,0001. capital (after the doors of the bank were shut) off his own books to his father. That was what his father had supplied to him. In January, 1856, he began to wish to retire from the governorihip of the bank, and sent in his resignation, because he saw some of the directors shirking attendance at the board. He wrote a letter to Deputy-Governor, Mr. Owen, on the 15th of January, 1857 , in which he said—" Our highest policy is to present a solid front to the public—our weakest conduct is to dan gle a rope of sand before them. We want courage and coolness, and with God's blessing all our diffi culiies will be surmounted." After that, on the Ist of February, they made a report to the share holders that the bank was flourishing; declar ing a dividend of 6 per cent., announcing the com pletion of a second addition of a million to the sub scribed capital, and advising that 3,000 additional shares of 501. each should be issued at a premium of W. each. The new director, the Hon. Mr. Stapleton, was not informed of the true condition of the bank. On the Ist August, 1856, another flattering and falsified report was issued to the shareholders, and a dividend of 4 per cent. declared "to enable them to make more than ordinary pro vision for bad and doubtful debts." Cameron, who owed 20,0001., was at this time displaced by the directors. Mr. Crawford, their general mana ger, refused to sign the report of 1856, as also did Mr. Paddison. He had endeavoured in July, 1856, to get persons to take shares in the bank. Ho had told Mr. Goddard, a share holder, who inquired why the shares ' were at a discount, that there was no cause for it, and that if he would go into the market and buy the shares, the bank would lend him 1,0001. to do it with. The bank, of course, supported the price of its own shares in the market. It was not until Cameron left, in 1856, that Mr. Owen and himself knew from examining the "green pocket ledger" that Mr. Humphrey Brawn owed 70,0001. to the bank. When he assumed the chair of governor, Mr. Brown owed only 25,0001. ; when the bank closed, the debt had grown to 75,0001. A gay letter to Cameron from witness was read, speaking of the "game" to be brought down in his journey to Scotland, and pointing out how Sir James Ma'hewson might be brought in as a direc tor as well as a trustee. Mr. Humphrey Brown said the witness had pledged five ships to the bank, and afterwards sold them himself without the bank's sanction The case was then adjourned until Monday, at aleven o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE.—March 18. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. (Before Mr. Commissioner Murphy.) IN RE LUKE JAMES ALLEN. -SINGULAR CASE. This insolvent, who had been captain of a trading vessel, was opnosed by Mr. Sargood for the detain ng creditor, Wiliam Read, a shipowner at Ipswich Mr. Reed supported. In 1851 the insolvent sailed as captain of the ship Dazzler, and in 1855 Mr. Read, the owner, sent out a Captain Cloid, who seized the ship and sold it. Subsequently the insolvent came to England, and when he was about to sail as captain of another vessel he was arrested, on a judge's order, at Sun derland, for an alleged debt of 7701., One to Mr. Read for freight. He was arrested in February, 1855, and had been in prison thirteen months. When he was about to be heard by the county court at Durham, ho was removed by Read up to London by a writ of habeas corpus, and he appeared to be heard in this court. There had been an arbi tration about the alleged debt, but the time had expired. There was a long and warm discussion, and there was, as the !earned conirnissioner termed it, a good deal of " fiery zeal" by Mr. Reed, who said he felt that his client had been oppressed. Mr. Commissioner Murphy eventually adjourned the case for the insolvent to file accounts respecting the vessel. In allusion' to the " fiery zeal," he said it reminded him of an anecdote of Garrick. A child said to her mother, " Oh, mamma, what a passion Mr. Garrick is in."—" Be quiet, child," replied the mamma, "he is paid for it." (A. laugh.) ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yong, MARSH 17. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Crompton CONSPIRACY TO FORGE A WILL. The trial of John Oldershaw, Joseph Sills, the elder, Joseph Sill 4, the younger, William Wragg, Mary Wragg and Sarah Radbourne, charged with conspiracy and perjury to pass off a forgery as the will of John Jackson, EN., of Stapleford, in Not tinghamshire was continued this day, Mr. Temple addressing the jury in defence of the prisoners except the two Sills. The facts of the case were fully stated in the Sun, yesterday. The counsel for the defence remarked that the prosecution had adopted a sin gular course in endeavouring to prove that the will in favour of Sarah Rlabourne was a forgery. They had travelled out of the county of Nottingham to Yorkshire to establish their case, and had dragged to the bar six persons who ought never to have been proceeded against in a criminal court. The right course to adopt in the first instance was to institute civil proceedings. The prosecution might have filed their bill in Chancery, an action of eject ment would have followed, and such action would have been tried in a civil court. The validity of the will in question would in such case have been put to the test, the whole of the persons then in the dock might have been called as witnesses, and they would have told their own story, but, unfortu nately, their mouths were closed. Their testimony would in a civil action be opposed by evidence tending to show that the will was not a genuine document, and the jury, after comparing the state ments on one side and the other, would have had an opportunity of arriving at a right conclusion. Instead, however, of pursuing this straightforward line of conduct, the prosecution commenced opera tions by preferring a charge of forgery against the accused before the magistrates of Nottingham, but the affair signally failed, as the bench dismissed the case. Notwithstanding this defeat further proceed ings were instituted against the prisoners. Being unable to gain their object, the prosecution, as he had before said, travelled out of the county of Not tingham to prove an offence, if any existed, which he disputed. They arrived in Yorkshire, cast their net over the whole of the persons capable of giving any account of the execution of the will in ques tion, and then asked the jury to give a verdict of guilty against them. The case for the prosecu tion, the learned counsel contended, had entirely failed, the charge against the prisoners had not been substantiated by the evidence. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty against the two Wraggs, Oldershaw, and Sarah Radbourne, but Acquitted thetwo Sills. His 10 - rd ship, in sentencing the prisoners, observed that he considered it extremely wrong for them to be indicted for a misdemeanour only and in his opinion it was a defeating )f the ends of justice. They ought to have been charged with forgery in the county of Nottingham, for not only were they guilty, in his judgment, of the enormous crime of forgery, but of conspiracy also. They were not persons in the poorest classes of society, possessed of no education, and afflicted with poverty, and consequently more liable to temptation in com mitting crimes ; but they were individuals in a higher station of life, and therefore there was no excuse whatever fur Om. They had endeavoured by forgery and conspiracy to get a large estate into their possession, but had signally failed, for it was clear that neither Sarah Radbotutne nor any of them had any title to it. He had some doubts in his mind whether he ought not to have directed a charge of forgery to be preferred against them, as the evidence which lad been adduced was sufficient to prove such an offence. The result of a convic tion for forgery, ins-mad of conspiracy and uttering only, the punishment would have been much greAter—transportation, or, at least, penal servi tude. They, however, had been found guilty of a misdemeanour, and igreeing with the conclusion at which the jury had arrived, he felt it to be his duty to pronounce the lighest puni s h men t w hi c h th e law allowed, natneY, that th e y b e severa ll y im prisoned and kept a; hard labour f or t wo years. The two Sills were acquitted, b u t b e f ore th ey were allowed to leav the court, his l or d s hi p inti mated that there was a probability of some other charge arising out of this will transaction being preferred against them. - POLICE INTEILICIENCE.—March 18. MANSION- HoU,Sß—John Cox and Eli za Jones were brought up before the Lord Mayor, charged with having attempted to pick pockets in Fenchurch-street. • They had been followed for a considerable time by a policeman, who, having known the man as a thief for some time, watched the operations of the two, and took them into custody. The woman had made several ineffectual efforts to get held of pro perty, but did not succeed. When they were taken into custody, the woman said :—"Well, well, there's no use in my trying, for what ever I do I am sure to be caught." The man said he was a very honest man indeed, and never thought of such a thing as a robbery. The woman said nog a word, and did not deny even by a look that she had been an unsuccessful adventurer in the pilfering line. The Lord Mayor sentenced the prisoners to im. prisonment with hard labour for six weeks. WORSHIP-STREET.—Thom as Kyle, a porter in the service of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, was charged with stealing a quantity of tea from the warehouse of the goods department at the London Terminus. Inspector Teakle stated that complaints of rob beries from packages entrusted to the company for transit were now so frequent that directions had teen given to the officers on duty at all the gates to keep a strict look out when the servants left for their meals, or at the conclusion of their daily la bour. This had in some measure checked the evil, and it was resolved to prosecute in every instance of detection. _ _ John Wyman, a constable, proved taking the prisoner into custody at eleven o'clock the pre vious night, when leaving the goods department. Witness asked hint what he had in his pocket, and the prisoner replied, "My grub." Witness then took a quantity of tea from his coat pocket, wrapped in his handkerchief. He said he pur chased it, but could not tell where, and when ques tioned as to its description, be said "mixed." On the contrary, it was all " black.'' The Inspector proved that prisoner had been employed during the day in removing chests of tea to the trucks, and the package from which this had been stolen was now in the hands of the owner, who would doubtless soon complain. The accused, who has been in the company's ser vice about six months, made no defenco, and was remanded. CLERKENWELL.—Thomas Lay was chatged with assaulting Mrs. Sarah Hulme, a married woman, with whom he had for some months co habited. Compl .inant stated that he had been in the habit of b:•ating and kicking her, but added, " I don't wish to hurt him, your worship, although he has so ill-used me. I would not hurt a hair of the poor fellow's head. I only,wish him to keep away from me in future, and never come near me any more. Since I took out the summons he cut his throat, and attempted to cut mine, and I am afraid, and go in danger of my life." The prisoner, whose throat was bandaged up, and who was unable to tarn his heal, said that he was sorry for what he had done, but was " aggravated to do it " by Mrs. Hulme, who was a woman of Violent temper. . Mr. Collie fined him 10s. and costs, or a week's imprisonment MARLBOROUGH -STREET.--Mr. H. Thomp son, of No. 29, Norfolk-crescent, Edgeware-road, was summoned before Mr. Beadon for au assault on Henry Harrison, snvant to Captain Alexander. The complainant said he was passing through Park-lane, on the 10th inst., when he was sud denly knocked down by a blow on the body. The defendant, an entire stranger to him, was the indi vidual who committed the ass vult. When he got up he demanded of the defendant why he had struck him. The defendant replied that he made it a rule to knock every man down who in sulted him. He did nothing whatever to provoke the defendant, who, as he passed, sprang upon bim more like a wild beast than a man. • A solicitor in court said he was acquainted with the defendant, who was in a highly respectable position, and he would put a question or two to the complainant. Solicitor—Did you not laugh at the defendant as he was coming towards you Complainant—l did not. Solicitor—Did you smile at him ? Complainant—l did not. Ido not recollect seeing the gentleman at all. I did nothing by word or act that could have attracted his attention. The defendant, whose appearance and manner indicated great eccentricity, said he was going through Park lane in one direction, as the com plainant was coming in the opposite direction. He noticed the complainant look at him, and laugh. He said to himself, " What is the stupid fellow laughing at ?" The complainant laughed again ; and, believing that it was intended for an insult to him, he certainly did give the complainant a push, or a blow, as he passed him. With respect to the words attributed to him, he did not make use of them. The complainant followed him, and said he should give him into custody, unless he obtained his address. He gave the complainant his address, expecting to hear no more about the affair. Richard Goodall stated that he was in Park-lane at the time. He saw the complainant coming along, looking as if he was buried in thought. The com plainant did not laugh or smile. He did not see the blow, but he saw the complainant getting up from the ground, and he heard two men in a cart tell the complainant to give the gentleman into stody. The Solicits said it was impossible to deny that an assault had been committed. The defendant must have laboured under some misapprehension at the time, and he did act in a way which could not be justified. The only circumstance in mitigation he could offer was that the defendant gave bis name and address when called upon to do so. Mr. Beadon said he should call upon the defen dant to find two sureties in 201. each, to keep the peace for three months. After a short consultation with the defendant. the Solicitor begged the magistrate to reconsider his judgment, as the providing of sureties would necessitate an unpleasant exposure of the situation in which the defendant was now placed. Mr. Beadoa said as the case was entirely unde fended, he could do no less than inflict the highest paralty—namely, 51. including costs. The money was paid. LAMBETH.—Thomas Fuller Bacon and Mar tha Bacon, his wife, who have been in custody for several weeks charged with the murder of Edwin Fuller Bacon, aged two and a half yean, and Sarah Ann, aged eleven monthg, were brought up for final examination. Mr. Woodward, the solicitor, as on former occa sions attended on behalf of Bacon, and Mr. Crouch for his wife. Long before the time appointed for the examina tion the court was crammed with well dressed and respect able persons, all of whom evinced the greitest possible anxiety to catch a glimpie of the accused persons, and more particularly of the male prisoner, and to witness the proceedings. The depositiong, which were very voluminous, of the various witnesses in the case, were read over. No n• w evidence was given. Mr. Woodward requested that the statement made by the prisoner to Inspector Young en taking the charge might appear on the face of the deposi tions. Mr. Young said that, after the reading of the statement of Mrs. Bacon on the 21st of January, her husband, the male prisoner, was taken into cus tody in the court, and removed t ) the station-house, to have the charge entered against him in the usual way ; while the charge was in the course of being taken, the prisoner exclaimed, "Oh, Mr. Young, is it not shocking for her to say I did it ? Oh, dear, that she should say I did it. I don't fear. The Lord will kelp me through it. My dear boy. I could not hurt a hair of his head. The truth will always go the farthest." during the reading of this statement Bacon bunt into tears. Mr. Elliott asked Mr. Woodward if it was his wish to offer any remarks before the committal of his client, and he replied not ; that as his worship, as ho understood, had made up his mind to send the case before a jury, he should reserve his de fence. The prisoners were then committed for trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. THAMES.—JuIia Wells, a prostitute of the lowest class, who has been frequently in custody for desperate assaults, robberies, and other offences, was brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with as saulting and wounding George Bird, a seaman. The magistrate received a medical certificate, stating that Bird, who is a man of colour, was in the London Hospital in a state of danger, and that he had received a severe wound on the head. It appeared that the prisoner was quarrelling with another woman at her dwelling in Crown court, Glasshouse-street, Rosemary-lane, and after destroying a number of images and crockery on the mantel-shelf of her rival Ellen Mullins, took up an earthenware vessel, and made a blow at Mullins, which she evaded, and the b'ow fell on the seaman's head, and he fell senseless on the floor. He bled copiously, and was removed to the hospital. The prisoner, on being taken into custody, expreSsed her sorrow, and said that she intended the blow for Mullins. A policeman said that Bird was in a very pre carious condition, and he could not raise his head from his pillow. The wound was a very extensive one. Mr. Yardley remanded her for a week. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AN]) GREAT LOSS OF LIFE. A fire, involving a serious amount of property, and unfortunately the lives of five persons—a mo ther and four children—happened at a late hour on Tuesday night, and was not extinguished until an advanced hour yesterday. The scene of this terrible catastrophe was No. 8, St. Mary's-terrace, Walworth-road ; four doors from Camb.3r well-gate, on the premises belonging to Mr. G. Rayner, termed the South London Bonnet, Millinery, Mantle, and Fancy Depot. From inquiries made by a witness of the out break it appears that shortly after the warehouse had been closed the unfortunate proprietor left the house to transact some private business in the neighbourhood, and almost immediately afterwards a man, who was putting up the shutters in the next house, had his attention directed to an unusual glare of light in Mr. Rayner's house. Se. imme diately raised an alarm. Assistance arriving some one injudiciouslybroke open the door, which caused the fire—which was then confined to one portion of the warehouse—to spread in every direction round the place, lighting and seizing the staircase, rolled up the same, igniting room after room in rapid succession, and cutting off all escape for Mrs. Rayner and the four unfortunate children ; the former having previously succeeded in bringing down ono of her children and handing it to the ser vant, and she then returned, regardless of losing her own life, to endeavour to save the other four children. The scene at this period became of a fearful charac ter. The people in the st r e e t, knowing that at le as t five human beings were in the house, cried most pite ously for help ; but unfortunately the .nearest fire escape belonging to the Royal Society was at the corner of the London-road, about one mile and a half distant. The moment the news reached the' station the conductor started with the fire escape, and arrived before an engine. He then found the flames belching forth from several of the windows ; but being told that persons hail been seen at the attic-window, he at once pitched his machine be tween the burning premise 3 and the adjoining house, ping to be able to ascend the fire escape and rescue the persons whose lives were so greatly endangered. Unfortunately, however, when he had got half-way up the fire escape the flames ruched through another window, and fired the es cape from the middle to the top ; but if this had not taken place, the persons must have been burnt to death, owing to the distance the fire escape had to come. The engines of the London Brigade, West of England and parish, arrived as quickly as possible when they found an abundant supply of water flowing from the mains of the district ; the firemen taking advantage of the same, set their engines to work, under the able direction of Mr. R. Hender son, the district foreman, and Mr. Conuorton, of the West of England, but it was not extinguished until the prem;ses were nearly burnt out. As soon as the ruins were doled, Engineers Flyn and Holloway discovered the mother and four children, burnt almost to cinders. The remains were forthwith removed to the deadhouse, to await an inquest. The cause of the fire is unknown. PORTSHOIITH, Welnesday.—Another stabbing case has occurred at the Convict Prison, which, wd believe will consummate another murder. The case will be brought before a bench of magistrates, on Friday next, I at the Guildhall. PRICES OF SHARES. From the Official Last. rUBLISITED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1857. CANALS. Names of Companies. g Dividend 4 per Annum. Price.l Names of Companies. Ashtn &Ora Birmingham Coventry.... Derby .. •... GrandJunctn Do., 6 pr. Ct. Grand Union Kennt & Avn Leeds &Livrp Leicester.... Leiestr &Ntli Loughtorogh Macclesfield. Neath 9 71. p. ct. 40 4l: 100 111. 100 61. 15s. 100 21. pr. ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. 100 7s. 6d 40 61. 100 251. iOO, 51. 83 11.55. 143 701 ICO 21. 10s. 100 161. 100 Name of Company. Berlin East London Do 4 per Cent. Pref. . _ Do. 5 per Cent. Pref. Grand Junction ...... Do. New ••• • • • Kent................ Lambeth ............ New River Company.. Scuthwark do Vauxhall West Middlesex ...... Do. Do, ...... Name of Company. flungerford•• •• .• •• •• Southwark ......••.. Ditto New of 734 p.c. Waterloo ..... ........ Ditto Old Ann. of Si. Ditto Nw ditto of 71. Vauxhall ............ Name of Company Commercial .......... Do. Preference East and West India.. Grand Surry D. & Canal Do. Loan Notes .. .. Do. 5 per cent. Fret'. London . • • ••• •• • • St. Katharine •• •• •• •• l outhampton •• .• .• •• Victoria ••••••• • •• •• Ditto New •• •• •• •• GAS-LIGN Name of Company. British Frovinelel Brighton City of London .. •• Equitable-, •• •• •• •• •• European .... .•• • • Treat Central Imperial .. • • Ditto New Ditto Debentures.. Do. Continental Ist Cap. Do. Do. 2d Cap. Do. Do. 3d Cap. Do. Do. 4th Cap. independent ... • • • • .• Condon Parl. Preferen. Phoonix ••• •• •• •• •• Rateliff .... • .. •• •• •• Surrey Consumers .... United General ...... Westminster Chartered Ditto, New .... • • .. Western A Ditto B • • • • .. Name of Company. Albion Alliance Brit. and For. Ditto Marina Athenmum • • • • • • • • • • Atlas .. A.rgus Life ........... British Commercial .. Church of England .. City of London Gen. Life County . • •• •• • • •• •• • • Crown .............. Eagle .. Equity and Law.. .... European Life Family Endowment.. General • • • • • • • • • • •• die Globe •• •• •• •• •• Gresham Life . Do. D 0... Guardian ............ Imperial Fire..... .... Imperial Life Indemnity Marine.... Law Fire • • •• • • •• • • •• Law Legal and General Life London _ London & Prov. Law Marine ..... .. .. • • • • • • UM. Invlid & Gen. Life Minerva •• •• •• •• •• •• Monarch • • •• • • • • .. New Equitable Pelican •• • • •• •• •• .. •• Phrenix •• .•• •• .. Professional Life . . .• .• Provident Life .... .. .• Rock Life ............ Royal Exchange ...... Sun Fire Ditto Life ..... United :kingdom Universal Life Victoria Life Name of Company. Peak Forest. Regem t's • • • • Rochdale.... Stilrd &Work Stoirbridge. Severn and Wye Rail. j Warwick & Birming. Warwick & Napton.. !Worcstr & Birming. Wilts & Britt WATER-WORKS. Dividend per Annum. 5/., per cnt. 6i. per cnt. 4/. percent. 51. per cent. 41. per cat. 51. per cnt, 41. per cent. BRIDQ Dividend per Annum. 10$ per cent! 11. 12s. Od. 11. SS. Od. 28s. DOCKS, Dividend per Annum. 51. pr cent. 61. pr cent. 41. per cent. M. pr cent. 4►%1. per cnt. 4 per cent. 51. Os per c. :T AND Cow: Dividend per Annum. 71. per cent. 51. per cent. 21. per cent. ' 21. 61. per cent. 8/. per cent 101. per cent. r3l. bs. 41. 1.55. 41. 10s. 61. per cent. . per cnt 51. 81. per cent. 16s Od per sh, 7;per cent. 'RANCE CO: Dividend per Annum. EPANIES. Amount of SIN'.. 71. per c. 71. 143.6 d. 61. p.c.& bs. 158.0 d. k bs 41. per cent. 71. 10s. 71. 10s. 5 pr ct.& ha. 11._ per share It. Ids. s pier cent. 41. per cent. 6 per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent.l 121. per cent. 1 :14s. St. p. et. &bs. 2e & 2s bons 24i. per eh. 4s. per share 18s. & bs. 434 per cent 51. per cent. 51. per cent. 6 per cent 5/ p. ct. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 1234 per c. 7s. 8 p. c. & bs 63‘ p.c.& bs. U. I ts. 41. & bonus. W. & bonus. 51. & bonus TINT-STOCK Dividend per Annum. Amount of Share. X s. d. 10 0 0 Stock. 25 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 cl 0 0 5 1 8 Amount of Share. X i. d. 25 • 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 60 0 0 40 0 0 70 10 3 Amount cf Share. X 5. d. Stock. Stock. Stock. 100 • 0 100 5 0 25 0 0 Stock. Stock. 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 COMP. Amount of Share. Z z. d. 20 4) 0 20 0 0 150 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 $0 0 0 Stock 50 0 0 60 9 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 40 0 0 25 0 0 60 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 50 0 0 10 • 0 10 0 0 a. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 1 0 0 50 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 1100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 too o 0 500 0 0 too o 0 100 0 0 too 0 0 too 0 0 ao 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 s o 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 20 0 0 [OO 0 0 ' , LNIES. .E c d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 25 0 0 Amount of Share. Australasia......... Bank of Egypt Bank of London British North American Ch. Bk. Ind. Aust & Ch. City Colonial Commercial of London. Eng. Scot. & Aust. Ch. Gond. Char. Bk. of Ana. 101. per cent.) X a. d. 40 0 0 25 0 0 :00 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 I 20 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 j 4 a. d. all 18 15 0 80 0 0 51. per cent. 9 per cent. 4t. per cent. Si. per cent. all 6 0 0 50 • 0 25 0, 0 20 0 0 7 1 . P. & bs. C. per cent. 51. percent. Do. New London and County Lon. & Eastn. Bnkg. C. London Joint-Stock Londn wad Westminatr Nat. Provincial of Eng. Ditto. New .. • Ditto ditto National Bank New oath Wales Oriental Bank Corpora. Ottoman Bank lit. per cent. G. per cent. 2i per cent. 18!. per cent. ;16p c. &be 20 . 6 0 50 00 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 o'o 10 0 0 0 0 22 10 0 11 41. per cent. 20'. per cent. 101. per cent. Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New...;.:::: South Australia ...... Union of Australia.... 4 1 so L I p .. . pp c ee r ccee b nn s tt ... 51 . per cent. it/. per cent. 15 "b 0 25 0 0 Ditto .............. Union of Hamburg.... Union of London."... Unity Mutual ........ Western Bank of Londn all all 2 10 0 2 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 BO 0 0 51. per cent. 15 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend I Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. ----. d sank of Scotland .... 71;per cent. 100 C 0 . 100 0 0 199/10 British Linen Company Si. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 223105 Caledonian Bank ..... 81. per cent. 10 0 0 210 031 16s City of Glasgow Bank 51. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 131 2s Clydesdwie Bank .... 5%1. p cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0 141 3s Commercial Barak .. 71. per cent. 500 0 0 100 0 0 2411/05 Eastern 8ank........ 61. per cent. 25 0 0 10 0 0 131125 Edinb. & Glasgow.... 3% 1. p cent. 1 0 1 5 0 0 51 2s National Bank ...• .. 6% per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 192110 Northof Scotland Bank 51. per cent 10 0 0 210 051 73 Royal Bank of S cotl. .. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 1401 I's Union Bank of Scot... Sl.per cent. 100 0 0 SO 0 0 105110 VVesternßank•• .. •• •• 7l.per cent. 50 0 0 SO 0 0 841 Pi Alliance Fire and Life— 8541. pr cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 17113 s British Guarantee ... 41. per cent. 10 0 0 2 0 01/ I2s Caledonian Fire Insur . 10t.per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 251 Os City of Glasgow Life.. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 ti 55 Colonial Life ......... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 8 0 051 bs Edinburgh Life Insur. 61. percent. 100 0 0 15 0 0 291 Os Eng. & Scot, Law Life 510er cent. 50 0 0 3 5 0 41 65 Life Assoc. of Scotland 61. per cent. 40 0 0 3 0 061 lOs Nationai Fire and Life 61. per cent. 10 0 0 1 4 0 11 19s' North British Insur... 71. per cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 37/ Os Northern Assurance Co. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11 14s Scottish Provincial .... 50 0 0 2 0 031 5s Scottish Union Insrnc. 7%1. prcent. 20 0 1 1 0 0 11 145 Standard Life ........ 51. per cent. 50 0 I 7 0 0 201 Os MISCELLANEOUS. B I R T H.S. ' Dividend Amount • •F A SON. Name of Company. per oflit, Annum. Share, Paid. Prim On the 17th inst at Kingston-grove, Oxon, the rio• • , Caulfield Pratt. G. 11. £ s. d. .£ 1. d. - On the 18th inst., at Woolwich, the wife of Capt. Acadian Charcoal Iron .. 10 0 0 20 0 - Fraser, Royal Artillery. African Steam Ship .. • • 20 0 0 10 0 0 - Assam lea .......... 61, per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 0 - OF • DAUGHTER,. Auction Mart.. •• .• •• Nlper cent. 50 0 0 - - Australian Agricffiturl - 25 0019 0 0 2414 On the 16th inst., at B'andford, the wife of W. Col on Australian Trust .... 81. pr cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 - Oak, Esq. Ifrh Australian Royal Mail - 10 0 6 611 - On the 16th inst., at !1., , Ladbroke Villa s Notting-b ill . • . Angio-blexican Mint, 11. 10s. 10 Q 0 all ' - John Campbell, jun. British American Land 51. per cent. 50 0 0 40 0 0 - Canada ... .. .. -.. .. 61. per cent 100- 0 0 32 10 0 155 • RA. Int 1E D Do. 5 per cent Bonds 51. per cent Stock 100 0 0 - • . • On the 18th inst., a t L aSut.reCntm e p n o t u 'a n t C n h e u;c ia h n , e Eae , fit. Ditto, 5 per cent bds 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Ditto. 6 per cent. .. 61. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Henry Zarhorst, o to ic rit i g P'beth • Ditto, 6p c. bds 1874 51. per cent. Stock 100 0 0 - Emma, the third daughter of Mr. Charles Coles, of Ditto, 6p c. bds 1876 61. per cent Stock 100 0 0 Preference ,71 pr. cent. 0 Os Crys. Palace of France - 40 0 all _ Dr. George Williamson, M . D ., to S ara h A rms trong, City Navigation Bonds 3)4/. per cent - - - daughter of Dr. Samuel A. Piper, of Rochester. , Electric Telegraph . 61. per ceat . Stock. 100 0 0 933, Eng.&Aus. Cop. Smelt.. - 50 0 all 134 DIE D. Eng.&lris. Mag. T. Co. - 50 0 0 all - Equitable Reversionry 51per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - On the 17th instat B' t ' G., rix on-rise, eorg Ditto New - 50 0022 10 0 e- late of Carey-street, Chancery-lane, aged 53. Orr , Gen. Revers. & Invest. 51. p e and 11. 100 0 0 100 0 0 - On the 17th inst., William Gillum, Esq., of tillesth Gen. I. Sc. Col. (Lim.) - 25 0 0 all - Leicestershire, aged 88. .) Gen.SteamNavigation 101. per ct. & 15 0 0 14 0 0 - IrorStec 4)4 On the 17th inst ,at Park-lodge, Streatham, Wm. London Gen. Omnibus 121. per cent 4 0 0 all lie, °` Hudson's Bay 5/. per cent. Stock Stock - Lapelio, Esq 'of the late L'ent Col LaP B ~ yonuges., son - • e Hepburn) ESCI•I Hungerford 2l. ss. 100 0 0 all - the 39th Regt., aged 33. thie-Y llll4 Lou. Ne. &Na. Mauso. - 10 00 - all - On the 17th inst., Mr. Benjamin Massey, London Reversionary 51 , per cent. 1s 0 o all tte Mex. &S. American - 10 0 0 all - Queen's -mad, St. John's-wood. - of Thorn Nat. Discount Comp - 25 0 0 50 0 4% On the 17th inst., Arthur Turing, second son ...,, Ag o. N .S.W . 00v.5p.c. Deb, Si. per cent - 100 0 0 - A eland Law ford, Esq ,of Glocestor-tei race, Hyde-Par'' . of Go_ Nor. Br i. Australasian 6d. 10 0 all :1 years and 2 months. 1 ~,,,ket. North of Europe, Stm. Si. per cent. 20 0 0 17 10 • 0 - On the 16th inst., at Willingham House, net: '°"-' 21 0 0 all Price's Patent Cand. Co - 50 0 ail - rasen, Lincolnshire, Ayseoglio Boucherett, Esq., B . oc d , uv o ° o3 o4 Peel River Land&Min. - 2}4 On the 15th inst., at Cheltenham, Rear Ad miral Am Pen. & Oriental Steam 71. per cent. 50 0 0 all 68 Ditto New - 50 0 0 10 0 0 14N Whinyates, aged 79. Reversionary Int. Soc 4141. pr cent 100 0 0 all ~........._....._...............-_____l Ditto New ........ 4 154 1 .. / . pp . p e rs r hcce ant.nt .. 1 1 0 0 01 0 00 0 00 0 : 0 0 al i n o :-..; - Royal Mail Steam.. . 71. pleprr3c. cent. 20 0 00 0 : 2: l a 1 0 41 0 35- Scottish Aus. Inves . t.LONDON : Printed and Published abtyruM-URszDinOcZeljlii,°o:. of No, 112, Strand, Printer, South Australian Lalld " - IStrand, Van Diemen's Land.. Trust and Loan Corn?. 7%1. Vic. Gov. 6 per ct. Eds. 6 percent. , _ • ..et, ••••• I ... e. of Middlesex, Thursday, March 19, 185 T. in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the colloU Dividend per Annum si. Os. 17s. 281. 121. 10s. 11. 16s. 10s. 7s. Od. Paid. A s. d. 100 all 490 4 i. d. A a. d. Stock. 100 0 0 ,00 0 • 5 0 0 stock. 60 - 0 0 20 0 0 14 0 0 Z s. d. all 150 0 all 12 10 0 !WO 0 0 42 15 0 41 0 0 43 10 0 41 0 0 all 5206 16 0 0 all 10 0 0 4 0 0 o 10 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 5 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 Alf - OMER BOAT ACCIDENT OFT SHOREHAM. It is onr painful duty to record another fatal' accident off Shoreham, and it is somewhat singular that it should have oc curre d t o a b oa t belonging to the same port as that which lost its crew last week/ and the number of lives lost also the same. The nano of the vessel is the Martha of Colchester and , the pro perty of Mr. T. W e lh am , was engaged in the oyster trade; and the facts relating to the cannell are given by the only survivor of the crew, a young man named Charles Barn es , aged 22, a native,' Brightlingsea, a few mil es from Golchester. "L' e. states that they were on their return to Shorelua harbour on Friday, from the dredging ground? with oysters, and when about 25 miles Off I at half-past three in the afternoon, there bereta very heavy sea on, and th e wind blowing a gale from the south-east, the smack 0111 " hove to," the captain seeing a tremend e i l wave rolling towards them, an d b e shoute d out, ' Look out, my lads, here's something comi n g' He and three others held on t o th e quarter-bea''' and Barnes clutched round the stern-bench ; but thei had scarcely done so when the wa b:•oke over the% c irryin,,o. away the quarter-board, the bulwarks he i l e sides aft, the companion, and ever ythi ng me/ea" on deck ; and stove in the small boat. The fee who had hold of the quarter-boa r d were washed °L et at the same time, and drift e d away, shrieking "' i. help, which Baines was unable to give ; a nd he se e ' „' lost sight of them. He then set about PT I paring for his own safety, and as soon as he cou he trimmed the oysters, which were all thrown:f p ' one side by the lurching of the smack, and 3 '7 being nearly 24 hours in a roug h sea , h e , unassiate brought the damaged smack into harbour. His fortunate companions were—Wm. Death, Ine s erV, aged 40, leaving a widow and seven children deplore their loss ; F. Hiddo c ks, 22, o f Ardley Arthur, 20, of Little Bentley; and F. Dent, 2 1 , ° d Ardley. The last three wer e all s i ng le men / ! li f t had been out of their apprenti ces hip but a Ble e d time. Neither of the bodies have yet been Pit' re up, and it is anticipated that th e y w ill wash aw e to the east of Brighton. A l arge num ber of of —between 400 and 500—yearly leave the po_r t g Colchester, engaged in fi s hi ng , an d the case i lu`' es „ g . previous to last year hav e b een ra th er nuraert: but last year they all returned b u t one , ant he :e " ;i ~ lost off Beachy Head by falling from the hoWsPr i " . Brighton Examiner. Country Markets. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET . MARCI 17. Supplies of all kinds these last six days again large' Oat straw, from 6s Od to 10s Od per kemple of 16 °tit:noi gs , tron; wheat do., 6s Od t o 8 s 6d; barley do., 61 01 - Od. Hay from is to'ls. 3d. EDINBITRGFI MEAL—MAROFI 17. , .. 812 There were in the market to-day 13 sacks mai:newt weighing 2301 b imperial, which sold at 37e and DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—MA/tot 1. 6 . °of ' There were in the mark e t t o -d ay 13 b ags o f oatinci a ' • barleymeal, and 0 pot barley. 'Sales ready. , r hird. - ' Oatmeal,. per sack of 2301bs Ti rs t. S eco nd. o l" Oi. imperial 13arleymeal, per ditto Peasemeal, per ditt o Flour, new, per ditto.... . ._-,, . - oi • Pot-barley, new, pe r ditto —s Od s Od -- DUBLIN, MA CH 17. ha l We had an exceedingly slow market at our corn ( l e RA O this morning. The supply of eati:e wheat very h i t e tiO; prices without alteration. Oats dull, and lower quallt ro ol; turn cheaper. Barley firm. No change in value of / *win foreign wheat, or Indian corn. Flour depressed, at PO • favour of the purchaser. Od SP) White wheat, 31s Od to 34 s Od ; re d ditt o , 298 0d; ditto new, —a ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; ing, 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, 'Le t 188 Od to 15s Od ; oatmeal, 13 s t o 14 s 6d ; b ero , ne w, 1' IM Od ; rapese. d, 30s Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' fill tit 64 to 25s Od per cwt; Indi an corn, 31 s Od to 378 : 480 lbs. BRISTOL SUGAR—MARem 18. to the The very high' prices d eman d e d b y i mpor ters as trade in all descriptions of sugar to be restricted , s_," 10$: transactions of any magnitude h ave t a k en pl a ce since aul ti d, report. In rums both the supply and the demand are DA" and there is but little doing. . • GOAL Prices of Coals per ton at • Tanfield Moor l3 0 r e Tanfield Moor Butes 13 0 L am bt on ................•••j A 1 0 /, Walker Primrose 13 6 Hatton Lyons M a i n ;1; Bebside's Hartley 17 0 Russell ' s Hett0n.......... 6 Eden Main l6 0 itowart ' s. ................ 'Wantland, Ita. Hartlepool H e tton ....... South Hetton 17 3 ships at market... 4' ...Man CR 18. the close of the market% ( Sold . . 34 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, MARgii 18. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The tendency of the shoo Ole o today is very active, and prices full. The followigg I, the transactions :— C aledonian , 344 Dutch Rhenish , I roo Lancashire and York s hi re , 98a 9 i—Ditto new 94 ir issued at 1 di e .), 16 s . 3d. pm.—Eastern Counties , London and North Western, 1044—Midland, 81 11 4 , Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 6 per cent, hi' South Eastern, 22i 4—Grand Trunk of Canada, is 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow, 28g. BIRMINGHAM, MAECU 18. Of, j ... STOCK EXCHANGB.—There was a fair market -.... London and North Western, 1041—Midlands, 04.1. 6 t'" Crystal Palace, 2l—Birmingham District Fire, °,,i' is ' . if Worcester an Birmingham Canals at 16—Swg r— - • and Kidderminster Bank, 14. MANCHESTER, MAitcH 18. bu t 30 1 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t was wear, 99) proved, and closed firm. Dovere, 224 3-16 --Le--( ffi e ,," . 1 PO, Shaelds, 374 4 L ee d s new 91. shares, d.*" cashire, 96I—Grand Trunk of Canada, 13 7-16. The Lyons journals say that great sensation was cau e l e l ; in that city on S a t ur d a y by th e appearance i n the e t c r i c ot of a priest, who h a d hi s nose , ears, an d r i g ht 121411 Abbe off. On inqui r y it a pp eare d th at h e was the: e - d si Beloc, mission ar y t o Chi na , an d t h at b e bad bete Lyons from Marseilles, on his way to Benne, T' be his family resides ; a l so th a t th e f r i g h t f u l mu tilation e displayed had been inflicted by the savage onPe lati°ll Penang Kiou, which is at the mouth of the Tchou at the extremity of China. Four missionaries, 1111 .. „ 0 0 leagues, were, he states, mut'lated in the same 11:1*- 0 to as himself, and were then decapitated. He also /v ier have been put to d ea tb, b u t was rescue d by some fr lish sailors. lot 114 [ADYERTISE2dENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitey —,„. 0 near Netherbury, Dorset, su ff ered for many yearn ' l O l a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it bad set no t wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move 141 '7, 4 . the house. She tried a variety of means and apP" o f tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessiog& God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friti, and taking three boxes of pill , she was perfectly o , l ' o . Dr. Roberts's Poor Mau's Friend, for wounds and e'7,l tions of every description, is sold in pots, ls. il i t a 2s. 9d. each. His Pilulre A n ti scrop h nlas for al l d , , purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, is. 14d., 211 %4'0 4s. 6d., lls., and 22 5 . eac h , b y all medicine yen throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. 40 [ADTERTIBEMENT.J—HoIieWay's ow' f o r has been constantly increasing in public estimati° ll do r years, and is now acknowledged to be the most 10 1° ,4, ful remedy i n th e wo ad. I t acts di rect l y on the 0 / 8 :10 removing all obstructions f r o m th e s t omac h, IWO' di. the springs of life, and purifying the blood, totally 41 If eating liver complaint, that main spring of a ° w7 aft diseases, indigestion, loss o f a pp e tit e , pa i n in be litbe and general debility. It is also a remedy on 1 41 ° 1 01 asthmatic may place the greatest dependence and ob perfect restoration to health.—S o ld by a ll m edicine %V dors throughout the world ; at Professor Hollyl n . establishments, 244, Strand, London, and 80, 3 0 e 1 „ lane, New York ; by A. Stampa, C ons t an tinopl • Guidicy, Smyrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. Price, Price bli 106% 24% rald. Paid. Paid. Paid. Paid. Price. Pries. - 100 U Price, Price. 6% 314 214 30% 375 20% 101% 3% _6% Price.