The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-30 00:00:00

THE .RESUL Front the Times.) The most decisive replies to this grand appeal come from the more commercial part of the empire. It is in its own birthplace that the League has been extinguished. How is this ? If we might venture to interpret the voice of the people, they feel very much about this Chinese affair as one of our highest commercial author:ties, and a man of undoubted honour, has expressed himself. The opinion of Baron Rothschild is entitled to all the more weight - as it is given freely, and not extorted by political pressure. "He had been asked," be said in Guildhall on Friday, "how be would have voted on the China question. Now, as a commercial man, he would state, without entering into the merits or the details of the question, that he should unhesitatingly have voted with Government. The Government ought to avoid every occasion for plunging the country unnecessarily into the miseries of war ; but as a commercial man he thought it well for the principal to confirm the acts and contracts which his agents were empowered to enter into and had a right to make. He knew the disadvantage that agents laboured under when the confirmation of their ac's was doubted, and the effect which that doubt and uncertainty would have in the negotiation of other great questions." This is a common-sense, and, as we believe, an un answerable, view of the case. It is necessary that we should have Plenipotentiaries with the fullest powers, and naval and military officers to co operate with them, for the preservation of our great interests and rights in those dis tant regions. Of course for the selection of these Plenipotentiaries the Governments at home are seriously responsible ; but, unless the case he very strong indeed against them, we must adopt their acts, or otherwise we shall never get men of real honour and competent ability to accept such a position or do their duty in it. In this instance all sides are agreed to adopt the acts of our Plenipo tentiary ; nor is there any other possible course. The only difference is one which, if it is no differ ence as regards the present question, is a most tre mendous difference as regards the national character and the future position of British Plenipoten tiaries in distant regions, surrounded by difficul ties, and in the face of cruel and treacherous foes. The difference we allude to is simply this :—While Lord Palmerston's Government takes the regular course of simply backing without censure proceed ings which it sees no reason to censure, the Oppo sition were for censuring by woal, but backing up in deed ; for disclaiming the author, but assuming his work ; denouncing the seed, but gathering in the crop. Hypocrisy or this sort is not only mean ness. In the East it would be well understood ; for it is the way of the worst plotters and su borners to accept the deed and disown the doer. The attempt now defeat e d b y th e peop l e of Eng land is a notable improv emen t on thi s very stale hypocrisy. It aimed to procu re no t th e comm i ss i on of a crime, but the imputation putation of one ; and so oh thin not o n l y the spoils of the alleged victim, but also the place of the alleged criminal. COLLIERS AND CAxnr.ts.—Like other men, miners have opinions and prejudiess ; hut, in their own call they take them from their niasters and their overlookees, to the wants of health ; they know, Masters continue par after year to hoist! cottages with out due atten moreover, that arms and legs are broken by the acci protect the dental fall of s;,iiiies wide in?"' d escend the shaft ; neyertheless, they do not properly f ace b and pit mouth. They know that men are b urnt in the pit, and are generous to them, feel a true comp aß ,i on for them in their suffering ; but they do not exert themselves sufficiently to strike the root of all such accidents ; because, as the working of pits has been, Ao it shall be. Nothing can be done wiL,h the miner except through the master. If the master come to the opinion that all his men ought, for their own safety and for the credit of his mine, to work with safety lamps —any practical Improvement necessary to the lamps being fir it duly made—he has only to say so to his manager, explaining clearly why he is of that opinion, and that be has firmly made up his own mind upon it, and such lamps will be used. A master resident on the spot has so much influen,) that, if he be in earnes t, b e will himself speak to the charter masters who are in atithorii:y over working companies ; or, better still, to ad the men in public, and in pr i vate to those whom he knows to be more ob3tinate than their neighbours, or more influential. The men thus prompted would not be slow to see their own advantage; and, in a very short; time, they themselves would extinguish any naked candle employed bya refractory companion. — Household IVords. The appeal to the people has been answered with a force and distinctness beyond our anticipations —we may even say our wishes. A mild rebuke and moderate discouragement were the utmost that we hoped or desired for a policy which was rather fac tious and mischievous than wholly unprincipled, and we certainly did not expect the signal retribu tion which bas fallen on the heads of its authors. The League has disappeared from Parliament. Cobden has been beaten by 246 votes at Hudders field • Bright and Milner Gibson by from 2,000 to 3,000 votes at Manchester; Armitage is beaten at Salford by a Ministerial stranger only two or three days in the field ; Walmsley is thrown out at Lei cester, and, nearer home, at the Tower Hamlets, we lose the familiar nam e o f Sir W. Clay. Layard loses his seat at Aylesbury, and Sir F. Baring his scarcely saved his at PortsmosTh l which he has re presented for 25 years. Mr. Gladstone loses the noisy support of Mr. Phillimore, who has been paired out with his brother, an d, for the present at least, the quieter vote of Sir S. Northcote. On the other side are two remarkable casualties. Mr. F. Peel has been beaten at Bury, and Admiral Ber keley, First Naval Lord, has been turned out of his seat at Gloucester by Sir R W. Carden. Among the new members, the return of Coning barn for Brighton counts at least one against the loss of some strong Liberals elsewhere, and King lake at Bridgewater is compensation for the loss of Layard. The results of two severe struggles may be set off one against the other. Lord J. Russell has come in third on the poll in the City, throwing out his antagonist, Mr. Raikes Currie ; and Mr. Bernal Osborne brought in his colleague with him self against a powerful opposition at Dover. Lord John Russell owes his return partly to the Tories and partly to the grateful exertions of the commu nity whose political rights he has advocated with so much perseverance and so little success, but whose claims cannot be again postponed after the reite rated decision of the constituency in their favour. Such are some of the incidents of only half the general election. The Ministerial gain already is over 20, and more may confidently be expected from the counties and other constituencies yet to declare themselves. The moral of all this is very plain. The British people do not like dictation. They will not be de liberately negotiated and sold by a coalition. They will not be tripped up by a sudden and unforeseen combination. They will not be snugly disposed of by associations, or made the vulgar bondsmen of a league. It is against tyrannies of the latter sort that the constituencies both of London and Manchester have successfully revolted. You have only to prove to an Englishman that he has been superseded in the exercise of his conscience, his judgment, or his political rights, by some people who think them selves wiser and better than ho is, and he is sure to rise in insurrection. But what he hates the most is hypocrisy, organised or not. H e w ill no t se ll hi s conscience at a moment's warning to any set of gentlemen who may want a better warranty than their own for a convenient opinion, an extempore principle, or a f ac ti ous censure. n this instance the whole British people were suddenly called on to censure, not only the conduct of a British Plenipo tentiary under most difficult circumstances and in a course utterly impossible to be retraced, but, what was more absurd still, the conduct of her Majesty's Government, for not condemning and repudiating what it is admitted on all sides they must, good or bad, follow up. These self-constituted guardians of public morality, finding England involved, through her agents as they chose to think, in a national sin, of which they fully intended not only to share, but, if pots ble, to monopolise the fruits, conceived the splendid idea of making the Government the scapegoat, and then stepping in thems _dyes, to reap with a clean conscience the harvest of crime. Nobody at home could prevent, or even remedy, what had been done. Nobody even suggested the idea of making amends. The most obstreperous conscience-mongers did not, dare to whi s p er resti tution. It was assumed on all sides, by the most sanctimonious as well as by the least pretending, that, be the beginning bad or good, we must go on with it. But these t , affickers in conscience, these buyers and sellers of public morality, and hucksters of national reputation, thought it world be a pro fitable day's work if they could wigmatise what they had not the least thought of revoking, and so blast the character o f th e i r own country before all the world, for the sake. of damaging the position of their political rivals. Now, this is precisely what the English do not choose to do, or to have done for them. They will not hold their consciences at the bidding of political speculators. They admit themselves to be fallible ; they may be seduced into erroneous judgments ; they are addicted to various fanaticisms of a religious and self-damaging character, but they will not be th e rea d y s l aves o f a gainful hypocrisy; they will not suddenly pre sent themselves like a stap troop of devotees, to shriek, in the words of a master, some morbid sen timent or some frantic objurgation. They will think and fuel for themselves. They will, too, be both just and consistent. They will not save themselves by heaping criminality on others not less innocent ; nor do they think so lightly and conveniently of a grave moral censure as to pro nounce it and set it at nought at one and the same time. THE CONTESTED ELECTIONS , FINAL STATE OF THE POLL. CITY OF LONDON. Duke Rothschild Russell Crawford Currie 7, 752 7,123 7,043 6,429 5,040 FINSBIJRY. Duncombe ... Cox... ... Parry ... Reed ... 6,359 3,771 3,750 2,222 TOWER HAMLETS. Ayrton Butler Clay ... ANDOVER. Cubitt Fortescue Coles 143 120 102 AYLESBURY. The following were the numbers at the close of the poll : Bernard ... ... ... 546 Bethel! ... 501 Layard ... ... 439 The official proclamation was made on the steps of the County-hall, immediately after the termination of the polling. The two successful candidates having briefly returned thanks, Mr. LAYABD came forward and said,—Gentlemeo,— It now becomes my duty to take leave of you, and to thank you for the support which you have given me on past occasions, and the confidence with which you have honoured me during the last five years. I have also to thank those who have supported me, though unsucceql fully, I am sorry to say ; but if I was to lose your confi dence, and any one was to be placed in my stead, you could not have chosen a better, a more trustworthy mar, or one more worthy of your confidence than Mr. Ber nard. Without making any personal observations, as the defeated candidate I may be allowed to express my opinion as to the reasons which have led to the result of this election. I attribute the return of my friend, Mr. Bernard, whose principles are Conservative, to two causes—first, to the fatal move made by Lord Palmer. ston. I was always of opinion that the course taken by Lord Palmerston would lead to the triumph of Tory principles in many parts of England. The reports to day from many boroughs in this kingdom show that these apprehensions were well founded. In many parts a Liberal has been sacrificed to a Tory, because a man whose heart is at enmity with all liberal principles will not fail to sacrifice a Liberal member. I do not often agree with Mr. Disraeli, but I do agree with him when he said that Lord Palmerston is the Tory chief of a Radical Cabinet. I much fear the re sult will have a bad effect on the political state of the country until we have a new Parliament. I know my friend, Mr. Bernard, has taken ari vantage of the cry for Lord Palmerston, and he is perfectly right. Ido not believe he would support Lord Palmerston if he brings forward liberal measures, but he will support him be cause be will bring forward measures in accordance with his own Conservative opinions. Mr. Lava rd, in con clusion, complained bitterly of undue influence having been brought to bear upon the electors. BANBURY. Tancred ... ... Yates ... ... . ... 260 ... 58 Stapleton . Marjoribooks Gordon Forster DeniFon Glover Wells.. BERWICK. BEVERLEY. BODMIN. The nomination for this borough took place in the Guildhall on Friday. The candidates were four in num ber :—Dr. Michell, one of the late members; Mr. Wyld, who represented the borough previous to 1852 ; the Hon. Captain Vivian, and Mr. J. Harvey Lewis. Dr. MICHELL said he was a Liberal, and an indepen dent supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, with which he bad voted in the division on the China qoee tion. He referrtd to his constant attendance at the House, having voted since returned in 1852 in 720 divi sions. He was infavour of a more equitable adjustment of the income tax; was opposed to the grant to Maynooth, and to the voting of public money for the religious teaching of any particular sect, or for any local improve. ment ; would vote for the ballot carried out in the same way as in America, France, or Belgium, and was a strenuous advocate of administrative reform. Mr. WILD, although he deprecated the great powers now vested in our commanders abroad, was a supporter of Lord Palmerston. He opposed the application of the State money to any particular sect ; was in favour of administrative reform, of vote by ballot, and of a sys tem of education based on the Scriptures—voluntary as far as possible, but carried out where necessary by the State. Captain VIVIAN was also an Administrative Reformer and a Liberal. He was a strenuous supporter of Lord Palmerston's Government, and was strongly opposed in feeling to Mr. Gladstone and the Tractarian party. He was in favour of the application of public money to those great improvements essential to the health of the poorer classes. Mr. LEWIS was also strongly in favour of Lord Pal merston, not only for his foreign policy, but his Protes tant tendencies, which bad been well indicated by his late appointment of bishops. He was a warm advocate of the ballot, and of national education ; was opposed to the Maynooth grant or any other of the kind, and should support a more equitable adjustment of the income tax. The show of hands was declared to be in favour of Mr. Lewis and Mr. Wyld. A poll was demanded on behalf of the other candidates. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Captain Vivian ... . Mr. Wyli Dr. Michell Mr. Lewis 244 190 169 31 BOLTON. Gray Crook Barnes Tynte Kinglake Follet BRIDGE WATER. Pech ell Cuningham Hervey BRIGHTON. Verney Hall BUCKINGHAM. Cavendish 13ux BURY. ... 936 ... 897 ... 834 ... 330 ... 301 ... 203 2,278 1,900 1,080 ... 193 ... 151 ... 134 ... 32 Phillips Peel ... 561 ... 530 BURY ST, EDMUNDS. Jermyn... ... ... ... Ha rdcastle ... ... ... Oakes ... ... Johnstone Somerville Cooper Smith CANTERBURY. Romaine Grosvenor Salisbury Grenfell Boldero Nisbet Ly t ley Bathurst Mullings Ponsonby Miller Redbow Havens Neeld Goddard Monck 344 320 266 ... 817 ... 759 ... 476 CHATHAM. ... 667 ... 637 1,243 ... 924 ••• 765 ... 175 • 150 - 133 ... 307 ••• 200 198 ... 599 ••• t'Bl ••• 48 • 777 • 768 • 325 Caird Hay ne ... 120 ... 93 Bass ... B.ala ... Mackenzie ... 882 ... 844 ... 429 CHESTER. CHIPPENHAU. CIRENCESTER. COLCHESTER. CRICKDALE. DARTMOUTH. DERBY. DEVISES. Taylor... Griffith Gladstone 230 159 118 DOVER. The polling at this place was throughout in favour of two Liberal candidates, Mr. Bernal Osborne and the Russell, and, at the close, the numbers were : Sir Russell --- ... ... 958 Cerk ••• ... ..• 695 157. 0 s borne ... ... ... ... 989 Hope "' 574 The official declaration having b een made, Mr. B. OSBORNE said that, after victory, nothing so ... 339 ... 271 ... 269 ... 250 ... 566 537 ... 492 7,068 6,947 6,433 TECTIONS. IRE SUN, LONIDON, much became a man as moderation in his triumph. He was, in the first plat-, bound to return his sincere and heartfelt thanks to those freemen and electors who, un invited, and also nnflattered by him, had placed him in the proud position which he then occupied, and then, perhaps, he might be allowed to address a few words to his late opponents, and that was to say that for the can didates who had been opposed to him he had long felt nothing but respect, and, in one instance, friendship. He hoped that during the contest he had made no enemies. If he had it would be odd, for if it was the part of Joe Miller to raise a smile the arrows that shot from that bow bad no barb. (Hear, and laughter.) Those gentlemen who had been so constant from first to last in opposing him—he meant the melodious gentle men below—(a laugh) —would find that he had an ear to listen even to their complaints, and a heart not deaf to any claim that might be made, and as long as he pos sessed the energy and spirit he at present did possess he should never tire in speaking of their cause. Sir W. RussELL also returned thanks. After some observations from Sir G. CUBE and Mr. ,Horz, _ _ . - A vote of thanks to the Mayor, moved and oeconded by the unsuccessful candidates, was carried by acclama tion, and, his worship having acknowledged the compli ment, the proceedings terminated. Holland Willoughby Addison EVESHAM. .. ... ••• ... 171 ... ... 171 •.•• ... 61 FROME. Nichol ... ... 162 Boyle ... 92 Thyone ..• ... 72 .GLOUCESTER. Sir R. W. Carden ... 743 Mr. Price ... •.• ... 717 Admiral Berkeley ... 710 GRANTHAM. Welby Tolleniacbe ... 393 Graham 308 GREENWICH. Codrington • 2,957 Townsend • 9,771 Chambers ... 2,044 GUILDFORD. Mangles ... ... 349 Bevil! ~, ~, ~; 349 Bell ... 165 HA.VERFORDWEST. No poll announced—majority for Phillipps supposed to be 2. HALIFAX. Crossley ... ••• ... 856 Wood ... 845 Edwards 840 Bagsbaw Warburton Jervis Greene HARWICH. - ... ... ... 176 - - ... ... 148 • ... ... 114 ... ... 98 HORSHAM. Fitzgerald returned by • majority of 56 over Scott. HITDDERSFIELD. -- - The election for this borough terminated at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon in the defeat of Mr. Cobden by a majority of 246. The numbers for the respective midi datee at the close of the poll were... Mr. Akroyd ... ... 833 Mr. Cobden ••• ••• ••• 587 The returning officer will make the official declaration to-day. The Huddersfield contest has excited as much -interest as that of any borough in the kingdom, and many of the electors gave their votes, not so much as an eawessi m of their opinion as to whether Mr. Akroyd or Mr. Cobden would make the better member of the Legislature, but as a manifestation of their approval of the course pursued by Lord Palmerston's Government to uphold the honour of the British flag and the interests of this country in reference to the Chinere affair, and also in condemnation of the views of Mr. Cobden. The total number of electors on the register is 1,552, and it will be seen that 1,420 have recorded their votes. The state of the poll was inquired after with great interest during the day throughout the whole of the West Rid ing. A great many persons went to Huddersfield from the surrounding towns and villages, and shortly before the close of the contest an immense crowd had assem bled in St. George's•square—far larger than was present on the nomination-day. It is nut an overestimated computation to say that there were not less than 30,000 people present. A Lev; minutes after 4 o'clock Mr. Akroyd, the suc cessful candidate, presented himself at one of the win dows of the George Hotel and briefly addressed the large assembly. He was moat loudly cheered. Clay BULL. Lo;d •Lord Compton. Seymour Ram den Hankey Cobbold Selwin Martibara Adair Harris Biggs HYTIIE. IPSWICH- LEICESTER. Wal in sley .. Sibthorp Heneage Palmer Lowe. LINCOLN. ... 2,359 ... 2,288 ... 1,389 ... 433 KIDDERMINSTER. Boycott ... 490 ... 258 LANCASTER. ... 780 ... 759 ... 738 -. 709 Gregson Garnett Gladstone . LEEDS. ... 1,653 ... 1,628 ... 1,459 Baines Hall Mills - 829 • 641 ▪ 541 LISKEARD. ... 234 ... 146 Grey... Gordon ▪ 827 • 773 • 528 LITERPOOL. Horsfall Ewart ••• "' ... 2,329 ... 2,237 ... 2,143 ... 172 ... 122 Turner LYAIINGTON. Mackinnon Carnac Peacock Johnstone MACCLESFIELD. Brocklehurst Egerton ••• —• —• ••• Huggins MAIDSTONE. Hope Scott Lee Mildmay Western Moore 7,536 7,086 6,282 ?eacocke ... 194 ... 188 ... 84 ▪ 637 • 556 ... 805 ... 763 ... 688 ... 659 ... 427 ... 305 MALDON. MANCHESTER. Potter . ... ... ... 8,118 Turner —. ... ... 7,695 Bright ... ... ... Gibson ... ... ... 5,389 5,329 The town was in a great state of excitement through , out the day, vast numbers of people flocking in from distant towns and crowding the streets ; but there WWI no violence or disorder. After the close of the poll the successful candidates addressed a large concourse of people in front of the Albion Hotel, Piccadi'ly, and were received with great cheering. Sir J. POTTER, in returning thanks, said he was un able to state the exact figures, but it was quite cer t a i n that M r . T urner and himself had P been elected by over whelming majorities. (Cheers.) There could be no mis take as to the opinion of that great electoral body. At the same time they would not go to Parliament to repre sent any particular clique. They were fully sensible of the high honour that had been conferred upon them, and hoped to show it by a faithful endeavour to discharge the duties imposed upon them. (Cheers.) Mr. J. A. TURNER also returned thanks, and hoped that, now the coutest was eecided, every feeling of un kindness one, animosity which might have existed among different parties would subside. (Cheers.) He should go into Parliament to serve all his constituents, whether they bad voted for him or not. (Hear, hear.) Mr. M. GrliSON addressed his friends at Newall's buildiegs after his defeat, and thanked them for the kindness with which he had been received by them dur ing the 15 years he had represented Manchester. He bore no resentment to those who had thought fit to differ from him, and for the future, whether in Parliament or out of it, be should always be glad to work for the in terests of Manchester. • Mr. VAUGHAN then spoke on behalf of his brother-in law, Mr. B-ight, who, he said, would feel disappointed, not on his own behalf, but because the people of Man cheater had deserted those great principles to which he was attached. Thete were calls for Mr. Alderman Watkins, but he declined to speak ; addressee, however, were delivered by Messrs. Joseph Simpson and Thomas Cooper, who said that they were not disheartened by the result of the. election. A large number of persons who were unable to gain admissioa called for Mr. Gibson to address them 'MONDAY EVENING,, MARCH 30, 1857. outside ; he got upon the balcony for that purpose, but finding that he could not speak from it, he was accom panied by his friends to a room over the Examiner office, at the corner of Market street and Cross-street, from the window of which he said a few words. The crowd outside, numbering several thousand persons, then gradually dispersed. took place when he was in drink. Very seldom saw hi n the worse for liquor. Mr. Ellis,.firtner, of 13romborougb, had known the plaintiff for the last 20 yearA, and the defen dant for the last four years. In June, 1854, wit ness attended a sale in Chester, where the defen dant purchased several its of land, situate at Behington. Thought he paid out about 1,5001. or 1,6001. for them. Believed the defendant to be in good circumstances, and he was apparently well off. Cross-examined by Mr. Knowles—He keeps one servant. Did not know that the land at Bebing ton was mortgaged. Mark Lowe paid he was a servant of the defen dant, who rented a shop in the London-road, at 401. a year. Cross-examined by Mr. Knowles—Did not know that the shop was mortgaged. Mr. James having summed up, Mr. Attorney-General Knowles addressed the jury for the defence. He said, his learned friend had appealed to their feelings with regard to the alleged scandalou s re p or t s ab out t h e young lady, but he must remind them that it was not the de fendant who brought these slanders into that court--it was the plaintiff's own friends, and it was themselves alone they had to thank for the publicity then given to them. But to dispose of this romancing case as well as he could. Who were the parties ? The plaintiff was filling the very respectable situation of barmaid at the Sports man's Arms, and, although his learned friend had tried to conceal that fact, he (Mr. Knowles) did not think it a reproach. The defendant was a retired ropemaker—it would be much better if he never had retired, apparently—and feeling lonely in his house at N ew F erry h a d been induced to drop in at Mrs. Jones's for the comfort of a glass, and there he had been charmed with the barmaid, who mixed him his drop of gin -and-water, sweet ening it with the fascination of her manner, till at last, poor fellow, he fell in love, and then he begun to be under a " breaching" mania—though it would have been well for him never to have talked about " breaches" at all ; for it had come to pass in his individual case. It is really not wonderful that while the handsome barmaid was stirring up his glass he should have become fuddled, and be a little amorous, and so he fell into the temptation —though he had better have made a rope for him self. (Laughter.) The learned counsel drew atten tion to the shortness of the courtship, only four months, and said he was not so rich a man as the witness had represented ; and, as he was not there to deny the breach of the promise given, he could only say that he th oug h t very light damages would beTquite sufficient for the loss of four months' court ship. His Lordship, in summing up, said, it did. ap pear a very heartless thing to send a lawyer to break off the match, and that, too,'almost at the very altar. There was certainly nothing brought for ward in the evidence against the character of the young woman showing sufficient reason for the breaking off of the marriage in such a wanto❑ man ner. It was evident that the marriage not taking place was a great loss to the plaintiff in a pecuniary point of view, besides the injury done to her feel ings by the heartless conduct of the defendant. He thought she was justly entitled to their verdict, and it would be for them to say what damages they thought she was entitled to. The jury, after a few minutes' consideration, re turiaed a verdict for the plaintiff—damages 4001. The Criminal Court to-day has been occupied with the trial of two sailors, American citizens, for the manslaughter of a man named George, who was on board an American ship coming to this port. The case was not concluded when our despatch left, HOME CIRCUIT—KINGSTON, March 28. THE QUEEN V. HAWKINS AND OTHERS. This was an indictment preferred by the Corpo ration of the City of London against the defendant, Mr. Hawkins, who is the chairman, and other re sponsible officers, of the London Gas Company, for a nuisance. Mr. E. James, Q.C., Mr. Bodkin, Mr. Lush, and Mr. Sharpe appeared on behalf of the corpora tion to conduct the prosecution ; Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Bushby appeared for the de fendants. Mr. E. James, in opening the case, said that the Corporation of the City of London had felt it their duty as conservators of the river Thames to insti tute the pres-ntproceedings against the defendants, in order to put a stop to a nuisance of the most serious character, and one that was calculated most materially to affect the lives and health of the public. The defendants represented the London Gas-works; and they had a large establishment at Vauxhall ; and, what was complained of them was, that they caused the refuse matter from the gas to be thrown into the river opposite their works. He need hardly inform the jury that the gas refuse was of the most disgusting description. It was knawu by persons connected with the trade by the cogno men of " blue billy," and it appeared that it evolved a gas known among scientific persons as " sulphu retied hydrogen," which, he believed, was the most deleterious - Co human life, and of the most offen sive character. The defendants appeared to be perfectly well aware that they had no right to dis pose of the refuse from the works in this manner, as they adopted a very ingenious proceeding with a view to prevent it from being known that the of fensive matter came from their works, and instead of casting it into the river openly, they contrived by means of a six-inch iron pipe to convey the re fuse matter into the middle of the river, where it was cast out by means of a steam engine, and mixed with the water. The city authorities, however, were not to be so easily deceived, and, suspecting that there was something wrong about the use of this pipe, they sent a barge with hose and attached the hose to the pipe ; the barge was moored near the spot, and the persons employed for the purpose quietly awaited the result. They had not remained. long, however, before the operation commenced, and the refuse, of course, instead of going into the river, came into the barge ; and it was then directly seen what had been going on, and the present prosecu tion was the result; the object of the corporation being, of course, only to abate what they considered to be a very dangerous nuisance. Mr. Sergeant BALLANTINE, when Mr. James had concluded, addressed the Court, and said that there was no desire on the part of the company whom he had the honour to represent to oppose the present proceeding, which be admitted was a very proper one, with a view to prevent the pollution of the river ; and the company were ready to do all in their power to effect the object. He begged at the same time to state that, although the defendant, Mr. Hawkins, was no doubt legally responsible in his po= sition as chairman of the company, yet that he was known as a gentleman of high respectability and a member of their profession, and he knew nothing whatever of the proceeding complained of, and the :moment it was brought to his knowledge, he ordered it to be discontinued. The company were now making arrangements to remove all their refuse matter to a distance, and had incurred great expense with that object, and were ready to do everything that was . necessary to effect it. A plea of " guilty" might, therefore, be taken as to some of the defendants, and they would enter into any recognizauces that might be required as a security that the nuisance complained of should be discontinued. Mr. James consented to this course on the part of the corporation, and a plea of " Guilty" was ac cordingly taken against the chairman and the engi neer of the company, and recognizauces were entered into by them for carrying out the obje of the prosecution. This case concluded the business of the assizes. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY. CIVIL COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) HUTCHINSON V. CONROY. This was an action for breach of prona;se of mar• riage. Mr. E. James, Q. C., and Mr. Brett appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. Attorney-General Knowles and Mr. Raffles for the defendant. Mr. James, in opening the case for the plaintiff, said she was a young lady, 28 or 29 years of age, and was the daughter of a late supervisor of excise, residing at Bromborough, in the county of Chester. At her father's death, in 1853, she went to reside with Mrs. Jones, landlady of the Sportsman's Arms public-house at Bromborough. The defendant was a rope manufacturer, but retired from business, re siding at New Ferry, and being in the habit of call ing at the Sportsman's Arms he had been smitten with the charms of the plaintiff, to whom he com menced paying his addresses in March last year, often walking out with her, and showing her the general attention of a lover, this being approved of by her brother and friends. Affairs proceeded in such a satisfactory manner with the lovers that in the month of May he bought the wedding ring, and in the presence of her brother and several friends announced the forthcoming marriage, which was to take place on 31st July. The dresses were bought, the marriage lioense was procured, a house was exa mined in order to be repaired as the future abode of the happy oouple, the wedding breakfast was or dered, and every preparation made for the auspici ous event, when, at the last moment, the defendant altered his mind. On the evening of July 30—the night before the intended marriage —he sent his so licitor to the plaintiff to inform her that he had changed his mind. The wedding being thus so suddenly and strangely prevented, the brother called upon the defendant to inquire the reasons for such unaccountable conduct, but the only answer he could get was, that though he loved his sister Maria very dearly, he had heard that of her cha racter which induced bim to break it off, for he was sure they could never be happy after what he had heard. He would not further explain himself, nor give up the authors of his information ; but from this time, said the learned counsel, he continued to promulgate the most atrocious slanders repect ing the lady, until, on the of Nov. last, the plain tiff's attorney sent him a letter, threatening that if he did not retract the calumnies an action would be commenced against himfor slander, in addition to the present action for breach of promise. These calum nies were without the slightest foundation what ever ; and he (Mr. James) dared him to come into court and repeat the aspersions he had cast upon her. Tip. learned counsel concluded his address by an eloquent appeal to the jury to give such ample damages as would, in some measure, compensate the plaintiff for the wanton injuries inflicted upon her. Thos. Jas. Hutchinson examined.—He was the brother of the plaintiff, and an architect, residing at Birkenhead. He knew the defendant, who was living at Bromborough, retired from business. On the 3d of March, 1856, the defendant came to wit ness's house at Birkenhead in company with his sister. He often saw them together after that. On the 15th of May they were at tea at his house, and the defendant said, " Well, Tom, I've made sure of your sister Maria." Witness said, "In what way ?" Defendant said to his sister " Show Tom what I've been purchasing," and she produced the wed ding ring, he saying, " Now, if she should run in, I shall have an action for breach of promise." (Laughter.) Another day witness went to Bebing ton with the defendant to look at some property—. a farm house and laud, the value of which he should estimate at about 2,0001. Defendant asked his opinion respecting the value of the land, as he in tended turning it into building land, by which he thought ke could make it worth 4,0001. Witness afterwards visited. Bebington churchyard, where defendant pointed out his daughter's grave, saying, if, after their marriage, his wife should die first, he should bury her there. (A laugh.) At another time, when they came to take tea at witness's house, defendant said, " Come, take off your b onne t, M rs. Conroy. " She answered, "I am not Mrs. Conroy." He then said, " Well, if you are not that now, you will very soon be so, Mrs. Conroy, or there will be an action for breach." On the 27th of June the wife of Maness asked him when the marriage was to take plane, and he said, " nave told Mari a , an d I dare Eay she has told yeti," afterwards mentioning the 31st of Tuly as the happy day. On the 28th, three days before the intended marriage, defendant came to witness with two wedding waistcoats to be made up forthwith. ln the evening of the same day he went to Liverpool with him to the Surrogate's to procure the marriage license, and afterwards to his house at New Ferry. At 10 o'clock, when witness was taking his leave, defendant said, "Give my love to Maria; tell her I shall be sure to be there on Wed nesday, but if not, Thursday, in time for the wed ding." Witness did not again see the defendant until the 2d of August, when he went to his house at New Ferry to ask the reason of his conduct. He said, "I love Maria dearly, but I've heard that of her character that if I had been married I should never have been happy." Witness then asked him to explain what it was, and at first he said he would. Witness then asked him to go to the par Hes who had told him, but he said, " No, I won't go." Witness then said he would know what it was, and defendant made answer, " I know lam i n your power for what I h ave done, and if it is money you want you shall have all I am worth." On the af ternoon of the same day he went to Mrs..Jones's, at Bromborough, where he again met the defen dant, who made use of the same expressions as he had done in the morning, still ref using t g i ve the -names a his informants unless compelled. The plaintiff had lived with Mrs. Jones since her father's death. Mrs. Jones was a widow, and had no daughter of her own. Cross-examined by Mr. Knowles.—ls that hand some waistcoat that I see you have on the wedding waistcoat spoken so much of ? Witness—l believe it is, sir. (Laughter.) Mr. Knowles-0k it's come in at last, then. Witness, in continuation.—The defendant was about 50 years of age. He was a widower, retired from the pursuit of making ropes. His sister was living at the Sportsman's Arms, not exactly as bar maid. Did not think it the fact when defendant called for his glass of gin-and-water she stirred it pretty strong, so that from being warm he.got fud dled, and got from bad to worse, till at last he fell in love. Could not say whether she had ever been engaged Wore ; knew she was not now. (Laughter.) It was 12 months ago since she was courted by a Mr. Ellis. It was on the 30th of March that he first heard of the engagement. When defendant said " Tom, I've made sure of your sister," his sister did not reply "Sartin sure"—(laughter) —but he (witness) thought they might have got married unknown to him, and therefore said "In what way ?" (Laughter.) It was in May that defendant began to talk about "breaches of promise." Was not aware that he had a mania for " breaches." The land at Bebington was about nine acres ; defendant said he could make 4,0001. of it by building upon it. Had never seen him the worse for drink. When they visited the churchyard defendant said "I have not got my first wife there, but I hope to have my second with me." (Laughter.) [Mr. Knowl ? s.— Then, contrary to the poet, who says " From grave to gay, &c.," he went from gay to the grave t] (Laughter.) Witness was a married man, and was not to be the groomsman ; he was to give his sister away. He thought the defendant could, but would not, tell who the parties were that circulated the rumours about his sister. Mrs. Sarah Jane Hutchinson, wife of the last witness, said, she had heard the evidence her hus band had given, and she could corroborate it in nearly every particular. She often saw the plain tiff and defendant together, and they appeared very loving and affectionate. He was not in the habit of getting drunk; at least when she saw him. Re collected Mr. Conway, the defendant's solicitor, calling on the 30th of July—the night before the wedding-day. He said Ur the plaintiff that the de fendant would not come, as he had altered his mind ; that she had better go and see him, and try to compromise the mattes By Mr. Knowles.—The plaintiff had told her re cently that she had heard that the defendant was dangerously ill. She (witness) had once said she thought it was a good thing that her sister-in-law had escaped the marriage ; but it was after this ac tion was commenced. (Laughter.) Mrs. Mary Jones said, sh e lived at Bromborough and kept a public-house there, called the Sports man's Arms. Had k nown the plaintiff all her life. She had been with her nearly 14 years, and bad lived with her since her father's death, in 1853. She left in J u ly i n order to be married. Had often seen the defendant in company with the plaintiff at her house, and he seemed very fond of her. Plaintiff stopped with her as a companion, not as a barmaid, and was not paid wages like a barmaid. Cross-examined by Mr. Knowles—She occasion ally assisted in the bar, and witness often made her presents. Had known Mr. Conroy about two years. He often came in to have a drop at the bar. Plaintiff did not always mix him his gin and-water, nor did the plaintiff " stir it up strong for him." (Laughter.) She was a widow herself, and of course knew all about love affairs. (Con tinued laughter.) Re-examined by Mr. James—There is no f dation for the supposition that all the love-making LIVERPOOL, March 28.—The British and North American mail steam-ship Niagara sailed hence to-day for Boston, with 74 passengers and a full cargo. REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO THE ISLAND OF ASCENSION.-0a and from the ist April next, the postage upon letters convey d either by packet or by private ship, between the United Kingc'om and Ascen sion, will be reduced to an uniform rate of—For a letter not exceeding half an ounce in weight, 6cl. ; ditto, exceeding half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, is. ; ditto, exceeding one ounce, aad not exceeding two ounces, 2s. ; and so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce, cr fraction of an ounce. The postage of letters to Ascension must, in all cases, be paid in advance. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty Head near Netherbury, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cure. By the blessing 0 God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Friend, and taking three boxes of pills, she was perfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man'i Friend, for wounds and erup tions of every description, is sold in pots, is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. His Paula) Antiscrophulm, for all im purities of the blood, is sold in boxes, ls. 10., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls., and 225. each, by all medicine vendors th-oughout the United Kingdom and Cc,lonics. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills the Unrivall e d C ura ti ves o f t h e Age.—John Swift, of Deptford, in a letter to Professor Holloway, dated September 19, 1856, states that his wile suffered nearly four years with an ulcerated leg. She consulted the most eminent of the faculty without obtaining t h e slightest alleviation of pain ; at last, advised to use Rol lo way's Ointment and Pills, the wounds were quickly hsal -I He concludes by expressing his heartfelt gra t.tude to one who bad been the means, under Divine Providence, of restoring his wifo to perfect health.__ Sold by all medicine vendors throughout the world ; at Professor's Holloway's e-,tablishmects, 244, S',,r.nd, London ; and SO, Maiden-lane, N ew York ;by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A. Guidi c y, S myrna ; and E. Muir, Malta. MARLBOROUGH. Bruce ••• ••• ••. 184 Baring ••• ••• ... 125 Lewir ••• ••• 51 NEWCASTLE•ON-TYNE. Ridley ... ... ... 2,445 Headlam ... ... ... 2,133 Carstairs ... ... 1,672 NEWPORT (ISLE OF WIGHT). Mangles ... 305 Buxton ... ▪ ... 294 Kennard ••• ••• ••• 283 Ruse ... • ... 257 NORTHALLERTON. Wrightson ... •.. ... 129 Lascellea ••• 126 NORTHAMPTON. Smith ••• ••• 1,077 Gilpin ••• ••• ....• 1,010 Hunt ... ••• ••• 815 NORWICH. Schneider Bury .. Bignold ••• 2,235 ••• 2,227 ••• 1,631 PETERBOROIJGH. Fitzwilliam ••• ... 302 Hankey •.• 251 Whalley ..• (resigned) 176 PONTEFRACT. 438 ... 375 ... 319 POOLE. Mille ... Woods •• Oliveira.. Seymour Franklyn Italy ••• ••• 211 ... ... 189 ••• 98 PORTSMOUTH. Elphinstone ••• ••• 1,522 Baring .". ". 1,496 . Monck 1,476 PLYMOUTU. 1,167 White Col lier ••• 1,166 Hardy ••• ••• 622 REIGATE. Ilackblock 228 Rawlioson ... 123 Massey .. Armitage SALFORD. • - ... ... 1,880 ••• ••• ...1,264 • SAND WICH. Hnghesen ... ••• ... 547 Net ... ... ... 503 M'Gregor ••• ... •• • 322 Lang. ... ... ... •• . 24 SCARBOROUGH. Johnstone 540 Mulgrare 508 Bayford SHEFFIELD. Roebuck Hadfield Overend ... ••• 3,210 ..• 2,875 ... ••• 2,053 SHREWSBURY. Tomlinis ... 706 Blaney ... •.. ... ... 95 Huddlestone ... ... ... 548 Phibbs ... ... ... ... 484 STAFFORD. Wise ... . Ingestre . Cadogan ... 03 ... 745 ... 286 STOCKPORT. Kershaw Smith ... 860 ... 616 ... 588 Tibbs STOKE -UPON-TRENT. Copeland Ricardo Gower SUNDERLAND. Fen-wick Hudson Walters .- 1,261 -. 827 761 TAUNTON. Labouchere Mills Campbell ... 1,122 ... 1,080 ... 862 TAVISTOCK. Byng Trelawney Carter ... 443 ... 403 ... 357 ••• . ... 242 ••• ... *l9B ••• ••• 107 Lygon Martin Brown Cv TEWKESBURY. TOTNES. Gifford Mills .. ... 200 ... 169 ... 127 ... 25" Mackenzie Gregory WALLINGFORD. Malin§ Sartori§ WEYMOUTF. Freestun ••• Caron bell ... Butt ... ... 171 ... 159 ... 118 ... 51 WIGAN. Powell ... Woods ... Lindsay • 149 • 135 WINCHESTER. Carter rag . - 447 348 ... 251 Portal ... WORCESTER. Laslett Ricardo Sidney ... YARMOUTH. WCullagh Viatkin Lacon Vereker ... 493 ... 417 308 YORE. Viregthead Smith ... 395 ... 385 ... 250 Lewin Ogilvy ... 1,137 ~. 1,003 ... 615 DUNDEE. Armitstead Ellice ST..ANDRE W'S. Douglas ... 606 ... 589 ... 502 ... 433 ... 1,548 ... 1,530 ... 1,006 ... 1,092 ... 847 -. 357 202 LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Xenon 28. STOCK Exemoran.—The market has been quiet to-day, and prices at previous quotations. Eastern Counties, 11 11/. ls. 3d.—Midl an d, i—Caledoni an, 341 4 London and N orth Western, 10,4 i—Blackburn, C 1--- South Ea s t ern, 22i i—Lancashire and Yorkshire, new 9/., in. at 1 dia.,19.1., BIRMINGHAM, DI Cer.on 2S. Sroo BXORANGE.—The mark et continues dull, and the following were the only quot ationa :—Midlands 82i —London and North Westerns, 10t q—Birmingham C ana l, 92— Manchester and Sheffields, 31 )I—Shropshire Unionsj 48. L env sartsamzirr.l--The greatest I sappiness of a joulaalist is to introduce to his readers some new discovery calculated to benefit that vast portion of our fellow-creatures which has the strongest claims upon our t sympathies. It is with this feeling that we call the attention of invalids to the following extracts from Du Barry interesting Report of Cures without medicine of Indigestiot 2 (Dyspepsia), Flatulency, Constipation, Nervous, Bilious, and Liver complaints, C o u g h, Asthma, Consumption, and Debility by Du Barry's Reva lenta Arabica Food. Cure No. 180. —Twenty-five year3' ner vousness, constipation, indigestion, end debility, from which I had suffered great misery, and wl hich no medicine could remove or relieve, have been effectually cured by Du Barry's food in a very short time.— W. R. R. eeves, 181, Fleet-street, London. Cure No. 1,784.—N0t ex petted to live six days longer, I was cured by Du Barry's adr nirablo Health-restoring Arabica Food. — Magdalena Purvis, Moffat, Scotland. Cure No. s , 46 l.—Sixty years' partial pal alysis, affecting one-half of my frame, and which had resist e 4 t all other remedies, has yielded to Du Ba rry ' s H ealth-restor ',ng Food, and I now con sider myself a stranger to.all complai ints excepting a hearty old age.—Wm. Hunt, barrister-at -law, : King's College, Cambridge. Supported by testimonials from tit a celebrated Professors of Chemistry Dr. Andrew Ure ; D:. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey Dr. Campbell ; Dr. Gattiker i • r n Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram ; Lord Stuart de D ec i es ; the D. 'ager Countess of Castle stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, said many other respectable persons, whose health has been r e stored by it, after all other means of cure had failed. For f. 3 rther particulars respect. ing this invaluable food our readej x are referred toDu Barry's adverts' mesa in another part of t t cis paper. MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND STEEL. Le Conamissi aa.rs of Patents have just issued an epitome of the steeificatious enrolled from the earliest period to the present time, with reference to the manufacture of iron and steel, which to in ventors, and the industrial world generally, will be of infinite value. The atnotmt of money lost by the re-patenting of inventions must have been enor mous, and to the poorer class of inventors a source of the greatest annoyance and disappoint ment. The fiat patent appears to be that of Simon Sturtevant, in 1612, which was to con tinue in force for 31 years (this was about the first attempt to introduce the use of raw coal in smelting iron in place of charcoal, which at that time was becoming scarce in England), and in ac cordance with the conditions of the patent he published a description of his discoveries in 01 " Metallica." His process, however, appears to have failed ou a large scale, and he surrendered his patent in the rollowitn4 year. The second was John Stevenson in 1612, who also pub lished a " Metallica," and likewise surrendere d his patent, as did several other inventors. In 1 621 Lord Dudley obtained his patent, of which an account is given by his son, Dud Dudley, i n his " Metallum Mavis (these three treatises have, recently been repri n t e d b y Th omas . Simpson , Wolverhampton, and are published at amut 78. 6d ,, ) Lord Dudley w as ena bl e d t o make 3 tons per week, which was then considered extraordinary. After a period of more than 150 years, w e tonneto the invention s o f H enry C ort, for puddling an d rolling, which appears to be the next practical im provements (1783 and 1784), and we may then proceed without much interruption until w e reach 1817, when the specification of AthonY Hill shows that a process slightly analo gous to, although not sufficiently so to injure, the claims of Bessemer and Martien wes tried at that time, but whibt the in v e n tor could appreciate th e value of allowing the iron to be " blown or acted upon by the air," he distinctly adds that the iron "must be made into bar-iron by puddling, reheating, and rolling, or by any oth er known means," thus proving that the idea of blow ing pig-iron into malleable iron is new, although f the blowing p rocess i tse lf i s b ut a modification of an expired patent. In 1828 we come to the invention of James 13 ' Neilson, for introducing the h o t-bl as t. I n 1 8365. J. Hawkins invented the construction of the mouth of the "blowing-pipe," so as to deliver the blast "in their sheets," instead of in a dense stream, E° that the blast might possess a great surface in pro portion to its bulk, impart its oxygen immediately to a large quantity of the ignited fuel, and also avoid the chilling effect. In the same year George Cran e i n t ro d uce d the hot- bl as t with anthracite •, in 1842 a somewhat similar inven tion but for us i ng cold-blast, was invented by J. a Palmer Budd, w h o employed blast of at .least pounds pressure on the square inch. In 1838, Messrs. Bradley, Burrows, and Josepb H a ll, in troduced "tap ci n d er " as a protection for the bet' tom and sides of p u ddli ng -f urnaces. In the same o year Charles Sa n d erson , o f Sh e ffi e l d, patente d b t i process for smeltin g a t a l ow temperature, so as dissolve the ear thly part i c l es of the ore withou t melting the metal. The iron was never in a core; plete state of fusion. The iron, when separate' from the sc or i a , was remove d with tongs, or lean/ other convenient manlier. In 1839 comes the important invention of Jos h Marshall Heath f or th e manufacture of i ron , an which as reards steel w as as great a stride i ln ia the manufacture as comp are d with any, previe be process as the pro cess o f U c h at i us i s at the present time. Th e d urat i on of th i s patent was, after much litigation, prolonged, by application to the Privy Council, for se V ' w , years. Althon_h the principle of Heath's n vention had been previously described, and eve n as early as 1799 William Reynold Pat en a. the employment of oxide of manganese or 11 1 nese in the conversion of pig iron into malleable 3 iron or steel, but gave no proportions or detaii,,_ l ,„ appears that until the introduction of Heath patent no practical results were arrived at. t t' In 1839 th ere was a patent obtained f or cc o taining metal f rom pyr it es or mundic , by Joseph Jennings, and as there can be no doubt that much good would resu lt f rom a c h eap process f or trettt ing mundic, attention might be advantageo n q given to the subj ec t. I n 1840 Si r J . J . G ue st an homas Evans patented the introduction of stop" into the re fi ner y or pu ddli ng furnace, "forced upon or into, or in contact w.th the naetal." suitable means might be employed. The first practical attempt at utilising the ga ses from iron f urnaces appears t o h ave b een ma de b.. Robt. Gardner, in 1788, although John Payn e, in 1728, re f erre d t o it i n a vague manner. The next claimant was Moses Teague, in 1832, Wl!' proposed to use the flame and heated gas usually discharged into the open air, for heating th e charge before it was introduced into th e furnace. The sp ec ifi cat i on o f Louis Nicholas de Meckei.h e i m , i n 18 4 2 , is too long one , complicated to admit of a fair analysis, b iz ! the object was to utilise the superabundant gag e ' cooled by blast or other furnaces, by the use of fur naces of improved construction, and receivers, re ' torts, &c. I n 1843, A. M. Perkins patented t he use of highly-heated steam in place of the hot or cold air-blast. The specifications enrolled since March, 1843, will form a separate series, and be re" I ' ferred to hereafter.—Mining Journal. Country IVlarket.% I, , DALRRTTH GRAIN MARKET—MA.Rou 27. Qrs. B es t . Current. infer i or 432 Wheat .........60s Oct 813 Oats 3ls Od 24 s 11i 263 d. d 203 307 Barley . . ....... 46 s 0 d......... 36s 9d ... .....qn 93 Peas & bean s 44 s Od 3B* 33d Od . --' ABERDEEN—MAUI:I 27. Potato oats 21s Od to 22s Od 401 h per bushel Common oats 20s Od to 21s Od f Bere 33s Od to 36s Od 531bs It .Barley 3 3s Od to 36s Od I Wheat, red (spring)37s Od to 3-a Od 621bs „ white 355 Od to 44 s Od Oatmeal 17s Od to 18s Od per boll. Flour 46s Od to 47s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 6d to 8d Butter, p lb. is Od to is ld 0 ,1 Mutton, per lb 7d to 9d I Eggs, p doz. Os 7d to 011_, Lamb, do., Os Od to 0:, 0 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 35 "",, Veal, per lb ... 10d to is Od Chickensdo. 28 Od to 25- -, D u , Pork, per 1b...0s 6d to Os Od Ducks, do, 2s Od to 2s n ° l l Salmon, per lb os to Os Ducklings,oOs Od to 0- v" Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkeys, each 4s Od to 5 , , 9 1 Tallow, p ston e, O s to lOs 6.1 Potatoes, per p oc k, 9d to lv Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 1005 to 10 45 6d to Eggs, wholes a l e p r i ce, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. Flour,l4lb 0s Od to 2s 8d Barley f10ur,141b.03 to 2s 1 Oatmeal Os Od to is 10(i ~ dust, Beremeal ....Os Od to is 10t1 „ per lb 2d t 2id Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 8d Bids, 6d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 4-lb. 10af...7d. 1 2-lb. 10af...3id. DUBLIN, MARCH 27. White wheat, 31s 01 to 34s 01 ; red ditto, 29s 01 to 323 01; ditto new, —s; barley, m a lti ng, 16 s to 25s 6d ; grin"; ing, 15s to 20 6d - ; oats, o ld, It s to 13 s; ditto, new, --- Od to 153 01; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6d; bare, new, 16s to 18 6 01; rape-w , d, 303 Od. to 32s 01 per brl ; bakers' flour, 189 6d to 25s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s Od to 37a 01 peg 480 lbs. BIRTHS. OF A SOZT. On the 28th inst., a t 71, Park-street, Gro svenor-square , the wife of Colonel N ew t o n, Coldstream G uards. On the 27th inst., the wife of D. Ward Chapman, Esq. On the 28th inst., at 59, Montagu-sq Pollock. "re, Mrs. Frederick at 1, Lowndes-street, the Hon. Airg• or A DM:MUTER. at IT On the 26th inst., vpper Brook-street, Grosvenor. i Henry On t he 2 Spencer7h inst., s a t ; ~ . w if e o f the Re .G. A. Oddie, square, tne MARRIED. On the 26th inst., at the Church of the Holy Trinity Belgravia , Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Claude Nicolas Brue, of the French Imperial Infantry of Marines, to Rosiva Aida, third daughter of Charles Eicke, Esq. On the 26th inst., at the Church of St. Stephen-the' Martyr, St. John's -wood, Richard Tho mas S m ith A n d r ew, of Tunbridge- we ll s, Rent, solicitor, to H anna h, w id ow of the late John Morton Esq. DIED. On the 28th inst., at 23, Osborne-terrace, Clapham-road, Adam Leffler, the popular vocalist, aged 49. Oa the 26th inst , at Lindfield, Sussex, Miss Sarah Tuppen. On the 25th inst., at 52, Berkeley-square, Caroline Mow bray, re li ct o f C olonel Edward Boscawen Frederick, aged 72. On the 27th inst., Caroline, wife of Joseph Martineau, Esq., of Basing-park, Hampshire. On the 27th inst., at Grange Villas, Tring, Mary Dims dale Faithful!, aged 73. On the 26th inst., at Kirton House, near Boston, Lin colnshire, Wm. Simonds, Esq., aged 75. On the 26th inst., Thomas Knox Kelly, surgeon, of 19, Addington-place, Camberwell. On the 21st inst., at Bath, Henry William Collison, sen., Esq., aged 75. LONDON : Printed and Pnbiighed by KURD() YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, NO• 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,. of Middlesex, Monday, March 30, 185 T. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—MABOH 27 * ~. wmgAT. I BARLEY I 1 OATS. "Ald First Second Third ba wheat in market, 557 qrs., - :old oats ~ 3" qrs.' 2" „Id oats si 521 qrs., 480 Sold OP beans IP 163 qrs., 146 sold AVERAGES PER IIMPETUAL QUARTER. Wheat, 2/. 1 4 9-12th s I Barley, ...V. 19 2 6.12 6 0 Oats, ... 11. 6 1 8-12th s I 8 eau5,!..... 1/. 19 6 0.12°0 i