The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-16 00:00:00

rbirb 127attion SUN OF F'ICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALLS'—(This Evening.) WARWICK HANDICAP. 3to 1 agst Torn Thumb 4to 1 agsb Theory STEEPLECHASE. 3to 1 agst Jean du Quesne NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 agst St. Giles (taken) 6to 1 agst Sir Colin (taken) 7to 1 agst Skirmisher (taken) 9to 1 agst Codrington (taken) 12 to 1 agst Adamas (taken) 100 to 6 agst Porto Rico 30 to 1 agst Amati TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agst Vedette (taken) 11 to 1 agst Lord of ti.e Hills (`aken) 12 to 1 agst Apathy (taken) METROPOLITAN STAKES. 12 to 1 agst St. Giles (taken) 12 to 1 agst Madame Rachel 12 to 1 agst Logie o' Buchan 20 to 1 agst Gortschakoff OAKS. 4to 1 agat Blink Bonny (take sto 1) 6to 1 ag4t Lady Hawthorn (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agst Leamington (taken) 100 to 6 agst St. Giles (offered) 40 to 1 agst Yellow Jack (taken) 50 to 1 agst Tasmania (taken) DERBY. 12 to 1 agst Blink Bonny (taken) 14 to 1 agst M.D. 20 to 1 agst Bird in the Hand (taken) 25 to 1 agst Arsenal 25 to 1 agst Lady Hawthorn (taken) 25 to 1 agst Sprig of Shillelagh 30 to 1 agst Saunterer (taken) 40 to 1 agst Larnbourn (taken) ARRIVALS AT WARWICK. Mysterious Jack, Emigrant, Merry Sunshine, First of May, Royalty, Fisherman, Garnet, Gannymede, Typhon, Forest Queen, Warwick, Poodle, Gemma di Vergy, Lord Nelson,illlaley, D , camp, Del , s,Eatly Bird, Alembic, Octavia, Jesuit, Melissa, Malacca, Omer Pacha, Shoreharn, Casse Cou, Jean du Qaesne, Plau sible, Kockburn, Gunboat, Tom Thumb, and Prince of Orange. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS.—(This Evening.) The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at 5 o'clock. The Earl of ALBEMARLE said be bad a motion on the paper for Friday next, respecting torture in India, but he thought be should best serve the interests of the millions represented if he withdrew the motion until the assembling of the next Parliament. The Earl of EGLINTON presented petitions from dif ferent parts of Scotland, praying fur a restriction on the sale of spirits. MUTINY BILL. On the motion of the Earl GRANVILLE, this bill was read a first time. LIGHTING OF TOWNS (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of the Marquis of CLANRICARDE this bill was read a third time and passed. COMMISSIONERS OF SUPPLY (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill passed through committee. INCOME TAX BILL. On the motion for the socoad reading of this bill, The Earl of DERBY rose to call the attention of their lordships to the state of public affairs. The noble lord said it was not his intention to make any objection to the second reading of the bill that had just been moved. He thought it would have been much better if the mea• sure had been loft to the new Parliament to deal with, and he trusted one of the first things that would come under the consideration of that Parliament would be an entire examination of the finances of the country. The present income tax was universally condemned, and he had hoped to see it altogether repealed. (Hear, bear.) He regarded an income tax as a very useful engine in time of war, but it ought to be, altogether struck out of the list of taxation in a time of peace. He bad indulged the hope that in 1860 he should see the present tax entirely cease, which would only be a fulfilment of the pledge given in 1853, but from what had since transpired, he confessed he did not think that such would be the case, and that there would be no relief from the intolerable burden even at that period. The Chancellor of the Exchequer in the present year had calculated that he would have a sur plus of 500,0001. Now, one of the provisions of the act of 1853 was that in order to provide for the repeal of the tax, it should be reduced from 7d. t SJ. during the present year, and was to proceed at that rate of reduction until it entirely cea , ed in the Sear 1860, Now, in order to meet the extraordinary expenses of the late war, it bad been found necessary to double the tax, to raise it from 7d. to is. 2d., and eventually it was in creased to is. 4d., and the act, by which the the tax was increased to that amount, stated that it was only to remain at that sum for one year. By the peculiar wording of the act, it had turned out that the tax was to be continued for two years longer. All persons declaimed against such a proceeding, being at variance with the intentions of Parliament. Govern ment had said that they would not take advantage of an acciJoral wording of the act, but had they carried out that declaration ? The noble earl then proceeded to analyse the calcula tions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and said that according to present appearances there was little hope of a redemption of the tax at the period stated, and that it such was intendej, the only way to accomplish so desir able an object was to economise the expenditure from the present time until the year 1860. • LEFT SPEAKING. SOUSE OF COMVIONS—(Tnis Evening, The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'd , ck. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The followir, hills were considered, and ordered for a third reading :—lnverness and Nairn Railway ; l‘leri ten's and Ha en's SufftTAnee Wharves ; Peebles Rad- Way ; Rever , iionary Intem,t Sickty, an I Wycomb6 Railway. The foll.) A ing bills were read a secon d lime:--Bank of Lond on . and 'Natimed l'r inci I Insurance Associa tion (Ni., 2) ; Town and Dock Dues Nairt Helens CAcal and Railway (J impy))) ; Nevvquay Pier and Harbour arid R tilway ; Thirai of the Dead within the City and Liberiei of London ; Metrop-.litan Cattle Market. METROPOLITAN RAILWAY BILL. The order of the day for the s econd reading of this bill was discharged, and the bill was withdrawn. TELEGRAPEI TO INDIA. In answer to a que , tion from Sir D. NORRETS, The CHANCELLOR of the EXOEIEQUER said that a company was formed for carrying out a tel.'gr a ph to India by way or Silnria and the Persian Gulf, and that under certain arrangements the Government would give pecuniary asEistance to the company. The Go vernment wouli have no objection to lay the minute referring to it on the table of the hou.e. POSTAGE OF LETTERS. Viscount RA.YNHANI asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether her Majeity's Government would have anyobjection to permit prepaid letters which might pass through the Post- ffice with erong addresses to be re-transmitte•l withi❑ the space of three days by the same channel to the persons to whom they were ad dressed without any ix..ra charge ? The CHANCELLLOR of the EXCHEQUER, after referring to the present law, said that, so far as he was able to judge, he thought the existing law very reason able, and he saw /la r,?a,on f r aftering it. ... THE GUANO ISLANDS. Mr. SCOTT asked whether the papers relating to the cession of the Keoria MooriaLlands, and the correspon dence relative which bad beent ethesupply of guano. with the terms concluded with Mr. Ord and o th ers, would be laid on table before the tikFo!ution ; and also as to the removal. Americans ? of t,"thluo from the island s by th e L.)rd PALMERSTON ,o id information t ) giv e b eyon a the Government h a d no that already made t o t h e house on a lor mer oecasion.:o on the isl an d. There was a diff erence of opinion as to the quantity of g aa CHANCERY (IRELAND)t Mr. VANC E II . S Treas ury if asked toe First Lord of it was the intension of the Government to fir u c vacant Nrasterßhip in Chancery in Ira tnd ? ' --1) " e Lord PALMERSTON said the 6ul n • ~i . . . u---- wag und el . consideration. No decision had as yet been cline to. DUTY ON RAISINS Mr. W. EWART inquired of the Chancello r of the Exchequer whether the attention of the Government bad been called to the understandin4 which existed at a former change in the Customs Dutie: , , that on the fir.,t appropriate opportunity the duty on currants should be reduced to the same amount as the duty on raisin-? The. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could give no positive answer to the question. The was ono de serv i ng of consideration. TEM NIEG.X.RA. TROOP SHIP- , _... • In answer to a question from Sir J. LNG Mr. F. PEEL s:dJ that there was a r,gulation in ex istence by which the dun aged bag.age of officers was al lowed for, and an allowance made for time lost in franc port. He was not aware that the fact of the case of the Megaira would entitle the officer to such an allowance. THE SPEAKER'S RETIRENIENT BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. EXCHEQUER BILLS BILL. This bill was read a second time, and ordered to be coannittod. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH. 16, 1 fgs 7. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. NORTH BRITISH. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held at Edinburgh on Friday ; Mr. Hodgson in the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the approval of the -report, said, with regard to the results of the past half-year, he looked at them with unmitigated satisfaction. Their revenue had improved, their expenses had diminished, every portion of their property—plant, rolling stock, permanent way— was in excellent order, and, what was the main spring of the whole, their finances were fully cap able of meeting every demand that was likely to be made upon them. He could only express his con fident hope and expectation that future half-years would continue to show a progressive improvement. Their working expenses were now reduced 38 per cent. on the traffic receipts, so that they were now following closely on the heels of the Glasgow and South-Western, which last year was held up to them for imitation. He was glad to say that the shareholders seemed to be satisfied with the way in which the undertaking was managed, as a proof of which he might state that proxies bad been transmitted to him representing 11,000 votes, and thereby a large proportion of the capital of the company. With regard to the proposed Hawick and Carlisle line, no one would rejoice more than himself in the formation of that connecting link between their midland line to Hawick and the north-west counties of England, provided only that it was a free highway, open on reasonable terms to all corners from all quarters. But when he found that that line was to be handed over to a company which had no -interest to facilitate, and every inte rest to prevent, the free passage of this company's traffic on that line, and many other objections which he named, he thought it would be their duty to go forward to the committee of the House of Commons and ask for the insertion of clauses to protect their interests. If the bill should be amended as they wished, he should be one of the first to exhort the North British shareholders to afford to that company all the benefit which they would derive from the efficient working of that railway on favourable terms ; and, if Parliament ment chose, he saw no difficulty in the North Bri tish taking a subscription in the line to the extent of 50,000/. The report was unanimously adopted. In reply to Mr• ALLAN, The CHAIRMAN said the negotiations were now in progress with the directors of the North-Eastern Railway respecting an alliance of the nature of an amalgamation of the two lines. It would be an amalgamation strictly in accordance with the regu lations of Parliament and of the Board of Trade, inasmuch as the amalgamated railways would form a continuous line north and south. The chairman was re-elected a director, Mr. Ronald was appointed in place of Mr. Cheyne, and on a poll Mr. Leishman was elected by a majority of about 3,000 votes over Mr. Bain, one of the re tiring directors. The meeting then separated. • CALEDONIAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company washeld on Friday in Glasgow ; Mr. W. Johnston in the chair. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in The Sun, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, congratulated the shareholders on the divi dend the directors had recommended. During the half-year just brought to a close the earnings had exceeded those of the preceding half-year by about 40,0001., and that large increase had been earned by no increase in working expenses ; so that the whole of the increased amount was divisible among the ordinary shareholders. That increase was to them as nearly as possible 21 per cent. of dividend, and that being added to the 1 per cent. paid last half-year made the 3i per cent. of dividend now about to bo declared. One of the reasons for the diminished working expenses during the last half year was that, with the same amount of men and of plant, they had during the preceding half-year earned the increased amount. They could have earned as much during that half-year if the same facilities had presented themselves, but the colliers' strike and others prevented them from so doing. By new mineral depots being about to be made at Greenock, at Port Glasgow, and at Paisley, and by the increased traffic expected from the Lesmahagow Railway, there could be little doubt of an increase of the mineral traffic, and it was hoped that their passenger and goods traffic would also in crease. At all events, nothing should be wanting on the part of the directors, not only to increase the revenue, but to diminish the working expenses. During last half-year upwards of 23,0001, had been added to capital. The greater part of that amount had been expended in the Motherwell deviation line, still in progress, but exp ec t e d t o b e open at Midsummer, and in completing the Crofthead ex tension and the new workshops at St. Rollox. But there was a sum of about 3,4001. paid for plant. Under the award of Mr. Houldsworth a few hun dred pounds on a balance of accounts for the two last half-years may require to be paid to the Edin burgh and Glasg ow Company, but as th a t amoun t was not adjuste, no part of it had been debited to revenue. The company had now three bills in Parliament,—one for a branch to Granton, over which they expected to carry 100,000 tons of coal and mineral traffic annually. They would not only have dues for about 40 miles on the Caledonian Proper on all those minerals, but also dues on the Granton branch sufficient to make it pay. He then adverted to the proposed Carlisle and Hawick to authorise which there was a bill before Parlia ment, and if sanctioned would enable the Caledo nian to fulfil all their former engagements for branch lines. He complained of the Scottish Cen tral Company in diverting the traffic from the Caledonian line, and stated that, unless Parliament sanctioned one of their bills referring to that matter, they must have recourse to the courts of law, or some remedy must be obtained, as it would never do to submit to the proceedings of that company with respect to their traffic. He concluded by moving that the report be a d o pt e d, an d t h e divi dends therein recommended be declared payable on the 27th ins'. Mr. COLQUELOUN moved an amendment to the effect that the report be approved, and that the servants of the company be not required to per form any systemat'e work on the Lord's day. Mr. M‘MicKEN, one of the directors, seconded the amendment in reference to the Sabbath traffic. A sho v of hands having been taken, the chair men declared that the amendment was negatived. The forfeiture of certain shares was then co firmed, and the directors were authorised to se cancel, er otherwise dispose of the same. EASTERN COUNTIES. The dispute with reference to the Victoria (Nor wich) station on this line is about to be carrie&into the law courts. Certain inhabitants of Norwich contend that under the Eastern Counties, Eastern Unior, and Norfo;k Railways Arrangement Act, 1854, the Eastern Counties Company were bound to work the Victoria station, and that they had not oomplied with that provision. CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS COMPAN Y. The report of the directors of tYs company ad verts to the steady and continued improvement of the business, as shown by the annual gas rental during two years and a half the company have been at work. The gas-rental for the half-year ending 1854 amounted to 1,7361., for the year 1855 to 5,7081., and for the year 1856 to 6,5361. The com pany estimate that they are at present in possession of a gas rental of nearly 8,0001. per annum. The directors mention that a decrease has taken place in the value of coke, but they have laid in coals at a lower rate, have obtained a higher price for tar, and are carrying on successfully the conversion of am moniacal liquor into solid sulphate of ammonia. The arrears on calls amount to 7,446'. The profits on the year amount to 2,2971., out of which a divi dend of 51 per cent, per annum was declared on the paid-up capital of the company, setting aside 415/. 2 for depreciation ofplant, mains, &c., leaving a balance of 1071., for the next account. 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For further particulars respect ing this invaluable food our readers are referred to Du Barry's advertisement in another part of this paper. Naval and Military Intelligence. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, as Ge neral Commanding-in-Chief, held a levee at the Horse Guards on Saturday afternoon, when there was a nu merous attendance of officers. The squadron on the China station and the reinforce. ments will jointly muster a large and powerful arma ment for operation in the Chinese waters. This war, as well as that so recently terminated, shows the inutility of having ships and vessels of so deep a draught of water as to be useless for effectively coping with the agile ma rauder afloat, whose small junks must in such hordes as those which attacked the sloop Hornet and attempted to retake a fort. The ships and vessels now on the sta tion, or on the way, are the following : SAILING VESSELS, Calcutta, 84, flag of Sir M. Amethyst, 26, Cap. S. Green- Seymour, K.C.B. fell. Raleigh, 50, Commodore the Comus, 14, Com. Jenkins. Hon. H. Koppell, C.B. Racehorse, 14, Commander Barnard. Nankin, 50, Captain the Hon. Camilla, 16, Commander Col- K. Stewart ville Sybille, 40, Captain the Hon. Acorn, 12, Commander Hood C. Elliot Elk, 12, Command-..‘r Hamil- Pique, 40, Captain Sir F. ton Nicolson Minden, depot ship Spartan, 26, Captain Sir W. Alligator, ditto Hoste Sapphire, ditto STEAMERS. Tribune, 31, Captain Edgell Inflexible, 6, Commander Cox , Pearl, 20, Captain Sotheby bett Esk, 20, Captain Sir R. Barracouta, 6, Commander McClure Fortescuo Highflyer, 20, Captain Shad- Bustard, 2, Lieutenant Col. well linson Cruiser, 17, Commander Fel- Forester, 2, Lieutenant Innes lowes Haughty, 2, Lieutenant Ha- Hornet, 17, Commander C. milton Forsyth Opossum, 2, Lieutenant Niger, 14, Captain the Hon. Campbell A. Cochrane Plover, 2, Lieutenant K. Encounter, 14, Captain O'Cal. Stewart laghan Stanch, 2, Lieutenant Wild- Sampson, 6, Captain Hand man Fury, 6, Commander Leckie Starling, 2, Lieutenant Vil liers The reinforcements now going out with troops, stores, and munitions of war comprise the following ships and vessels (all steamers) : Sanspareil, 70, Captain Key Algerine, 2, Lieut. Forbes Shannon, 51, Captain Peel Brune, 2, Lieut. Hoskins Retribution, 22, Capt. Barker Firm, 2, Lieut. Nicolas Furious, 16, Captain Osborne Banterer, 2, Lieutenant Pim Transit, 6, Commander Cham- Bann, 2, Lieutenant Hudson ben Janus, 2, Lieutenant Jones Assistance, 6 Drake, 2, Lieutenant Arthur Himalaya, 6, Commander Watchful, 2, Lieutenant Whit- Priest shed Adventure, 6 Woodcock, 2, Lieutenant Nimrod, 6, Commander Dew Pollard Surprise, 4,Command er Cress- Kestrel, 2, Lieutenant Rason well Lee, 2, Lieutenant Graham Cormorant, 4, Commander Clown, 2, Lieutenant Leo Saumarcz Teaser, 2, Lieutenant Whits Viper, 4, Commander Bowden The latter are the effective squadron of gunboats al luded to by Lord Panmure in the House of Lords on Thursday night in the remark that, in addition to the large men-of-war and troopships, " 16 vessels, having only a small draught of water, would be employed, and small steamers would he drawn from the Pacifie and used with them." The only ships and vessels employed on that station are the Monarch, 84; Tribune, 31; Satellite, 21; Pearl, 20 ; Esk, 20 ; Magicienne, 111 ; Alarm, 26 ; Ha vannah, 19; Cockatrice, 4 ; Nereus, 6; and Naiad, 6. Of these the only steamers are the Tribuae, Pearl, and Esk, of the tonnage of about 2,000, 1,400, and 1,200 respectively. The Tribune, Pearl, and Esk have been ordered to join the China squadron ; therefore we have accounted for them therein, although they cannot have reached yet, and the Magicienne has not long been ordered to the Pacific from the Mediterranean ; she is upwards of 1,200 tons. The Himalaya will be at, Spithead by the 25th to em bark the 83d and other troops ; the Transit will he ready in a day or two to embark the 23d Fusiliers ; and the Furious will embark the 90th Regiment. Lloyd's have been applied to by the Admiralty to provide transports for the canveyance of the other troops, camp equipage, munitions, and stores. The Shannon frigate has not been able to leave Spithead, owing to the violent gales, or to ship the guns and stores she is to carry out to China ; the Echo steam-tug was to have been employed on Saturday in carrying out to her the guns and stores, but she could not have lain alongside the frigate to transship them could she have got out to her. The Shannon em barked on Saturday First-Lieutenant Studded, 1 ser geant, 1 corporal, 1 bombardier, and 22 gunners of the Royal Marine Artillery, for disposal by Rear Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, and each of the gun-boats will, we believe, carry half-a-dozsn or so of Marines or Marine Artillery. The Assistance and Adventure troop ships are being fitted out to bear their portions of the contin gent forces with the utmost expedition. Her Majesty having been pleased to grant a medal to the officers and crows of her Majesty's ships employed in the Baltic campaigns from the 28th of March, 1854, to the close of the naval operations of that year, and from the commencement to the close of the naval operations in 1855, the Accountant-General of the Navy has re quested the Colonels Commandant of the four divisions of Royal Marines to furniah him With lists of officers, non-commissioned officers, drummers and privates, now at head-quarters, entitled to that medal, in order that it may be forwarded to them for distribution with the least possible delay. The Colonel Commandant of the Woolwich Division of Royal Marines has received instructioirs to furnish 1 corporal and 4 privates to each of the following gun boats, about to be fitted out for service on the coast of China—viz., the Algerine, Bann, Brune, and Lee, to be fitted out at Woolwich, and the Woodcock and Watch ful, to be fitted out at Deptford. The Bann and Brune were on Saturday admitted into King William Dock at Woolwich to be furnished with Grant's patent condensing steam apparatus for distilling sea-water. Each of the vessels about to proceed on the Chinese expedition is or dered to be fitted out on the same principle. The Bann and Brune, built expressly for exploring the river Nile, are on the old paddle principle, and of an extremelj small draught of water. The head-quarters of the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, with their band, arrived at Chatham on Satur day morning from Canterbury, under orders to proceed to Hounslow Barracks. The Plowing o ffi cers were w i t h their head-quarters : Lieut.-C o l. E . P ee l , Brevet-Major E. Fellowes, Capt. W. Foster, Lieut. and Adjutant J. Yates, Lieut. It. lf. Dungate, Cornet D. S. Ste wert, Assistant- surgeon 0. B. Miler, and Veterinary Surgeon Anthony. The 2.1 and 3d Dragoon Guards, from Dublin, relieve the 11th Hussars at Canterbury. The authorities of the War Department have di rected that the whole of the available Purveyors, toge thir with the Commissariat officers, now attached to the home stations, be held in readiness to proceed to China with the troops under orders for embarkation, with a view to make every part of the service as complete as possible. In addition to the medical officers already selected the following have also been ordered to embark for China, viz. :—Second-Class Staff-Surgeons T: Parr and Wellington Poole, both of whom have been relieved from garrison duty at Chatham. B.M. sailing sloop Electra, 14, Commander William Morris (b), arrived at Spithead yesterday, from the Aus tralian station. She is 108 days from Melbourne, and 40 from Melbourne to the Falkland Islands ; she met with calms nearly the whole voyage. The Falklands were the only places she touched at ; there was only ore merchant ship there when she left. The Electra took in the cap tain and part of the crew of the Lord G. Ban tinck, trader, of London, which foundered at sea near the Falklands ; her crew and captain, 16 in al!, took to a boat and were cix days in her without any food but one pigeon ; four of the crew were drowned. The Electra brought home Mr. Cleveland, master of the Juno frigate on the Australian station, and 14,003 oz. of gold.. She wlli go into Ports mouth harbour to be paid off, having been four years and a half in commission. Capt. Richard O'Conne'l's 9th company, 3d battalion, Royal Artillery, at head-quarters, Woolwich, have been ordered to hold themselves in readiness to embark in a few days for the Mauritius; Captain M. B. Forbes's Ist company, 4th battalion, for the Cape of Good Hope ; Captain F. 11. Chancellor's let company, 14th battalion, for Canada; Captain C. Waller's 2d company, 14th bat talion, also for Canada; and Lieut.-Colonel S. E. Gor don's 4th compcny, 14th battalion ; and Captain R. K. Freeth's 3d company, for Nova Scotia. Major F. F. Lennox's company, No, 6 , let battalion, A, are under orders for Guernsey. Off icers who have appl i ed for an exchange of companies are ordered to join their origina companies for service, unless the exchange has been ra tifled. Mr. Thos. J. Rawneley, Military Store Department, Royal Ordnance, Woolwich,. has received orders to hold himself in readiness for duty in that branch of the mili tary department about to proceed to China. The following appointments have been made at the Ad_ miralty :—Lieut. A. R. Tinkler, to the Cambridge ; Lieut. A. S. TbruPP, to the Nimrod ; Lieutenant R. P. Cator, to the Furious ; Lieutenant William Spratt, to the Ajax ; H. 0. Gilbert, mate, to the Surprise; F. W. inglefield, mate (for disposal) to the Calcutta; G. S. Peard, mate, to the Cormorant ; P. J. Hankin, mate, to the Plumper ; the Hon. F . W. Charteris, mate, to t h e Pembroke; A. J. Erringt on, m i dshipman, to t h e R e t r i• bution; H. H. D. King, m id shipman, to t h e S ur p r i se; C. C. Gardner, naval cad e t, t o the Fur i ous ; S. C. Wayth, se cond master, to the S urprise; H. S. Loy, secon d mas ter, to the Cormorant; R. Gilpin,second master, to the Clown ; J. H. Blackford, second master, to the Janus ; W. L. Southey, second master, to the Lee ; J. G. Mor gan, second, master, to the Boxer ; 0. Samson, acting second master, to the Transit; J. M'Swiney, surgeon, to the Furious ; J. F. Pritchard, surgeor, to the Sur prise ; A. Wht,on, surgeon, to the Cormorant ; H. G. Ruby, assistant-surgeon, to the Furious; H. Tacker, as sistant paymaster, to the Edinburgh ; A. W. Brett, clerk, to the Cambridge; W. G. P. Saer, assistant-clerk, to the Formidable. his duty, and waa thus protected by the act. There wag no pretence for saying that the flour was unwholesome. The plaintiffs had completely v ndicatecl their character, and they were quite right in bringing this action. The act was one which gave very extraordinary powers, and he should advise people to be uncommonly cautious in putting it in force. In this case the effect had been that the plaintiff's receipts had been reduced from 1,000/. to 3001. per week which was a very serious matter. The parties then agreed to withdraw a juror, and so the cause ended. It was stated that thera was another action, in which the Mayor of Wakefield was the defen dant, and it was also arranged that that action should drop, each party paying his own costs. (Before Mr. Justice Crompton.) HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT HORSFORTH. Joh❑ Enamerson, 22, was charged with having, at Horsforth, on the 21st of November last, assaulted and robbed James Barrett of 141. 15s. ld., the property of his master, Samuel Gray. Mr. Middleton and Mr. Wheelhouse prosecuted ; Mr. Blanshard defended the prisoner. The prosecutor, Mr. Samuel Gray, h the owner and occupier of a mill called the Low Mill, about a mile from Horsforth, near Leeds. It is the custcm for the manager of this mill, when deficient of change for the payment of the workmen's wages, to send a lad named James Barrett, 15 years of age, to the village of Horsforth to obtain gold and silver in exchange for bank notes. On Friday afternoon, the 21st of November, Barrett was returning from liorsforth to the mill, having gold, silver, and copper amounting to 141. 155. ld. in a basket, when be met the prisoner, whom he knew previ ously. The lad was attacked and thrown down by the prisoner, who then seizd the basket and its contents, with which he ran off.—Guilty. Four years penal servitude. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) - -- - BILL: This bill, after a short discussion, was read a second time, and ordered to he committed. MUTINY BILL. The house went into committee on this bill. Col. BOLDERO asked if the troops about to be sent to China were to have an extra allowance of grog in con sequence of the climate being different to that tf India, and what arrangements had been made for the preserva tion of the health of the troops I Mr. F. PEEL said that the regiments now going out would be paid the same as those who were now stationed at Hong Kong. Every precaution would he taken to preserve the health of the troops. On the clause relative to the billeting soldiers in Scot land, Sir J. ANDERSON complained that no real relief was proposed to the inhabitants of Scotland by the clause relative to billeting soldiers in Scotland. It only shifted the annoyance from private families to publicans and sellers of spirits. Mr. S. KNOX inquired what was to be done for the wives and families of the soldiers about to be forwarded to China ? General CODRINGTON said it would be impossible to move troops in Scotland without billeting the soldiers on publicans the same as in England. Mr. EWART accepted the alteration as an improve. ment in the right direction, but the system required en tire revision. Colonel KNOX supported the clause, which was an assimilation of the law of England, and necessary for the removal of troops. After some remarks from Col. Boldero, Gen. Cod rington, and Mr. Ewart in explanation, Tao bill passed through committee. MARINE MUTINY BILL. This bill also passed through committee after a short conversation, in which Captain Scobell, Admiral Berkeley and Mr. Chambers took part, relative to striking out of the bill the punishment of death where it was never intended it should be carried out. Admiral Berkeley said that as the bill now stood, the words were " death, or such other punishment." The house then resumed, and the bills were both ordered to be read a third time to-morrow. THE CRIMEAN COMMISSIONERS. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in re ferring to the late debate on the services of Sir John M'Neil and Colonel Tullocb, said that it was stated in the arguments founded on the re report of the general officers, that the suffering of the army in the Crimea was mainly owing to the want of forage, which was traceable to the want of energy on the part of the Commissariat Department of the Treasury at home at not having sent out hay from this country. Sir C. Trevelyan bad denied the correctness of that de duction, and he had prepared some papers at the request of Lord Palmerston and himself (Chancellor of the Ex chequer) in explanation. He therefore moved for their production, and asked hon. members to suspend their judgment on the motion until after the production of the papers. After some remarks from Col. KNOX, who contended that Sir C. Trevelyan ought to have attended the Board and given evidence, Mr. CHAMBERS asked for information relative to the regulation that had been laid down by the Govern ment for the food and clothing of our soldiers in the per nicious climate of China. After a few words from Gen. COMMON, The motion was agreed to. INFANTICIDE. Viscount RAYMEIAM moved an address for return of the number of persons convicted of infanticide during the years 1852.56, inclusive, together with the sentence passed upon each person so convicted; specifying whether such sentence has been modified or reversed, and speci fying, also, whether a verdict given at the trial of each person has been accompanied by a recommendation to mercy, and, if so, the reason or reasons, if any, alleged for such recommendation. —Agreed to. EAST INDIA (NAWAB OF SURAT). Sir E. PERRY moved for a copy of the correspon dence between Mir Jafir Ali Khan and the Court of Di rectors, and between the same and the President of the Board of Control, respecting the property of the late Nawab of Surat, and asked Mr. Vernon Smith what were the intentions of the Government relating thereto. The hon. and learned hart. in moving for the return, entered at somo length into the claim of the Nawab of Surat, which was fully discussed last session, and was a rr petition of the facts then so fully stated by the various ktrs who addrez4.td the house, and now so well known to the public. Sir F. KELLY also addressed the house on the mo tion, contending that the Act of the Indian Legisla ture relative to this matter would be found to be void by the law of the country, on an appeal to the Privy Council, relative to the persons entitled to the pension of the Indian Government. After some remarks from Mr. W. CHAMBERS re lative to the prerogative of the Crown in hearing appeals, Mr. V. SMITH replied, and the motion was agreed to. The house adjourned at 20 minutes past 6 o'clock. IRELAND. DUBLIN, SATURDAY MORNING. Taking advantage of the present Parliamentary crisis Mr. Smith O'Brien. has once more entered the political arena, and has issued a three column address of counsel to " tho People of Ireland." In this lengthened effusion there is nothing very strik ing or original. Nearly all that is said has been said and mitten a thousand times over, not only by Mr. O'Brien himself, but by every Irish agitator from Daniel O'Connell down to his humblest imitator. There is, however, one passage in the manifesto, the subject -matter of which is just now uppermost in the public mind—namely, the conduct of Minis ters in reference to Chinese affairs. The broad facts of the case, according to the authority of Mr. O'Brien, are simply these : " For many years the English have, contrary to the wishes of the Chinese Government, carried on an im mense smuggling trade in the harbours of China, im porting into that country a poisonous drug (to the value of many millions sterling), which is used by the natives as a deleterious stimulus, destructive alike to their intel lectual, moral, and physical ene:gies ; in earrying on this contraband trade, the protection of the British flag has been habitually afforded to smugglers and pirates ; upon a question arising between the Viceroy of Canton and the representatives of Great Britain respecting the right of foreigners to give prott6;ion to Chinese out laws, the British authorities at Hong Kong usurped the prerogative which reserves to the Qeeen the right to de clare war, and usurped the privileges which give to Par liament the power to sanction such declaration of war ; after having thus invaded the rights of the Queen and of the representatives of the reople of their own coun try, they proceeded to destroy the lives and property of an unoffending population, burning and massacring in one indiscriminate slaughter the soldier and the citizen, the women and the children of one of the most popul me citizens of the world. Believing that there is a retribution for national misdeeds both in this world and in the nex',, I cannot but anticipate that the vengeance of the Most High wig overtake these who perpetrate or uphold such atrocities, and therefore earnestly pray that the Irish nation will refuse to sanc tion such ruthless barbarities. Let nee nut be iiiiscon etrued. I do not writ) this letter with a view to forward th e interests of one Briiish party rather than of another. me all British parties are alike. From the day when, in 1843, I joined the Repeal Association (a moment me morable on account of the suppression of the Clontsrf Meeting and of the prosecution of O'Connell) until the present hour, I have held that the Irish nation ought to abstain from connecting itself with any English party whatsoever. A considerable change has, indeed, taken place since that time in the sentiments of the Irish people with regard to their national interests, and the pledge of fidelity to Repeal, which in May, 1815, was solemnly ac cepted by the municipal representatives of almost every town in Iceland, in the presence of the illustrious apostle of the Repeal cause, appears now to be forgotten. lam far from wishing to revive now a mock agitation of the Rep-al question, but I owe it to truth to declare that, in retracing the history of our country during the period which has elapsed since 1343, I find little reason for the aband onment o f that pledge, except it be that situa tions under Government have been offered to and ac cepted by several of those who were foremost in pro moting the Repeal agitation." FIRES AND LOSS OF LIFE. About 2 o'clock yesterday morning it was discovered that a fire bad broken out in the premises belonging to Mr. Child, brush manufacturer, 20 and 21, Providence row, Worship-street, within a short distance of Fin,bury square. Before the arrival of the engines the fire bad ex tended to some other buildings in Providence-row, con sisting chiefly of workshops, stores, and sale rooms, and bad got to such a height in the building in which it com menced, that in spite of the united efforts of the parish, London, and West of England brigades, the roof tell in with a fearful crash, and the flames rose so high as to be distinctly visible from every part of London. Several hours t lapsed before the fire could be got under. Another fire took place yesterday at No. 5, Gower's. place, Mill-yard, Castle-street, Conamercial-road, East, belonging to Mrs. Lea:,, and sublet to various poor families. The building was three or four storeys high, and before the arrival of the fire-escapes a woman who lived on one of the upper floors, finding it impossible to descend by the staircase, threw a child out of the win dow and then jumped out herself. The child was not much hurt, but the poor woman received severe injuries, and was takes, to the Lotichol Ilospit;11. The fire was not extinguished before it had dearoyed the staircase, the flooring of the second and third storeys, and the greater part of the roof. On entering the building the firemen found the dead body of a Iran, named Jeremiah Bressan, burnt to a cinder, and that of a child two or three years old, who had apparently been suffocated. -,M2 LAUNCH. g O , n so Saturday a new steamer was house. She ia called th Son, Magnay's yard, at Lime ,aunched frornYoun eptune, and has been built for the Austrian Lloydt'heeei Steam Navigation Company, roflfeet. She is a fine clipper- , being the 63d ship o f 300-hnr,e power ; length built vessel, with engines and the between perpendicula rs , 231 ships in the river beam, 30 feet 8 inches ; k,eifeetf 6 inches ; breadth of inches ; burthen, 1,030 tons. Theor tonnage, 210 feet 5 were decorated with flags, launch had attracted a large concourse of spectators. THE CRYSTAL PALACE CONCERTS. The music rooms - was much crowded on Saturday, when the attractions the concert were enhanced by the wonderfulof perform ances of the blind Italian Picco on his simpl e pipe. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD CIRCUIT.—STAFFORD, March 14. Arthur Key, 40, bricklayer, and John Harvey, 25, shoemaker, were indicted for unlawfully and maliciously wounding John Lunn, on the 10th February last, at the parish of Armitage. There wera two other counts in the indictment. The case for the prosecu , ion was conducted by Mr. Kettle and Mr. Hill ; Mr. Kenealy defended Key, and Mr Mott , .ram the prisoner Harvey. From the evidence of Lunn, it appeared that, in the capacity of gamekeep. r to Josiah Spode, Esq,, he bad, on the 10th February, given evidence, at Rugeley, against two of the companions of the prisoners, and that on his way home to Armitage, in the company of a man named Conway, he was attacked by Harvey and another man who has not been apprehended. He was knocked down and kicked severely about the head, and it appeared from the evidence of Mr. Monckton, surgeon, of Rugeley, that two serious wounds had been inflicted upon his left temple, eight or ten teeth had been much loosened, one of the small bones near the left temple had been broken, a superficial wound had been inflicted behind the left ear, and at the right angle of his mouth his cheek had been torn to the length of an inch. The case against Key restdd solely upon the evidence of a convicted thief named Cops, who stated that he saw Key kick Lunn and Conway as they lay upon the ground, after the as sault by the other man. Mr. Kenealy having addressed the jury on behalf of his client, Mr. Motteram attempted to prove an alibi in the case of Harvey ; after which his lordship summed up, and the jury returned a verdict against Key of Guilty of a common assault, and a verdict of Gulty againet Harvey on the more serious charge. His lordship, in passing sentence, remarked that he should not say whether poaching was right or wrong, but while the law stood as at present gamekeepers must be protected in the discharge of their duty. No doubt motives of revenge had prompted Harvey to the commis sion of a brutal and da3tardly assault, and the court therefore sentenced him to 18 months' imprisonment with hard labour. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—AYLESBURY, March 14. LOVETT V. LOVETT.—FOURTH DAY. This ease was resumed this morning at nine o'clock, when the continuation of the witnesses for the Rev. R. Lovett, the defendant, was proceeded with. Mr. Sergeant Byles on behalf of the plaintiff, Captain Cosby Lovett, replied on the whole case, contending that there had not been the slightest evidence adduced to show that Miss Lovett, the testatrix, was labouring under any species of delusion, or that she had been af flicted with any of those peculiarities which do some times afflict poor mortal brains. Mr. Justice Erle, in summing up, said it did not ap• pear to him that he need occupy a great length of time, ' as the evidence on which he had to comment lay in a very short compass. The will might be impeached if made under undue influence. The case for the defen dant was, that her mind had been impaired as far back as 1852, and that she then came under the control of Marianne Lovett, and expressed not her will, but the will of Marianne. The ordinary course of inquiry had altered i❑ this trial, which took place at the order of the Vice-Chancellor; and here it was the plaintiff who af firmed that the testatrix was in a state of adequate mental capacity when she made the will which be queathed him the property ; and it was the defendant who deniel that allegation. It was necessary for the jury to look at the evidence of Mr. Randal, Miss Lovett's solicitor, and to ses whether he was a person likely to deceive them as to the state of her mind ; and, if they believed him, they must also believe that it was his firm opinion that she was in such a state of mind as to enable her to make freely and capably those testamentary acts which were now disputed. Down to 1851 there was no dispute• about Miss Lovell's sanity. It was after her illness that her sanity was questioned. The change which occurred in transferring her bequest from Robert Lovett was gradual in its course. The first intimation was that she intended to leave her pro party to his children, instead of to him ; and afterwards it appeared that she re - ,olved to defer his interest until after that of Cosby Lovett and his son. It seemed to him impossible that she could be other than a free agent, unless they disputed the testimony of Mr. Randall, and thought was unjustly trying to serve the interest he represented. Mr. Randall was a man who stood high in his profession, and would not, his lordship thought, state anything which he did not believe to have been true. It did appear to him, also, that the men who attested the will were men of good character and of high respectability. The banker's evidence was very remarkable for its straightforwardness as to her business transactions. The other witnesses were persons of her own rank of life, who would know in a moment if she was changed in her manner ; and all of them stated that she was a perfectly free agent, and had the entire possession of her mental faculties. None of the evidence showed that there had been any detention, or any force used in order to bring her to make the wills. The particular point for the jury was, did Marianne Lovett scheme to change the disposition of the lady's pro perty from Robert Lovett to Cosby Levett ? That lady denied in the most solemn manner that she had ever, by any act or in any manner, interfered to alter the inten tions of the testatrix. It was for the jury to say whether the wills had been brought about by an artful scheme, or whether they were the spontaneous result of the free will and mind of the testatrix. The jury consulted fur about a minute, and then re turned a verdict for the plaintiff (in Capt. Lovett's favour) on all three of the wills. NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—YORK, MARCH 14. NISI PRIUS COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) JACKSON V. JOHNSON.—SPECIAL JURY. Mr. Atherton, Q.C., Mr. D. Seymour, and Mr. Kerr were for the plaintiffs, Mr. Knowles, Q.C., Mr. Hill, Q.C., and Mr. Shaw for the defendant. The plaintiffs, the Messrs. Jackson, are corn millers at Fleet Mills, six or seven miles froM Wakefield. They have two places of business for the sale of flour by retail, in Wrengate arid Westgate, in the town of Wakefield. eThe defendant resides at Wakefield, and is the sanitary inspector there. The action was brought to recover da mages from the defendant in respect of what was alleged to be an inconsiderate wanton use or abuse of his official authority. The complaint of the plaintiffs was, that in Feb. of last year the defendant, without any application to a magistrate, and without any summons to the plain tiffs, or affording them an opportunity to explain or set right what might appear to him to be wrong, made a summary seizure of flour, the property of the plaintiffs, at each of their establishments in the town, on the ground that it contained deleterious ingredients which rendered it unfit for hutna-a food. Ou Feb. 25, 1856, the defendant entered the plaintiffs' shop at Wrengate, and took pos session of certain samples of flour apparently for the pur pose of examination, but of that the plaintiffs did not complain, their case being that the whole of their flour, at each of their shops, was as pure as . 11 itir could be, un mixed with aey foreign or deleterious ingredient, rnd therefore they had no objection to a fair investigation. The fact of what they did complain was, that in the course of the same day the defendant retuined to the shop at Wrengate and took away all the flour he found there. He also went to the shop in Westgate, and there, without taking any samples for examination, acted in the same way. On the following day the defendant again re moved all the flour he foana in the two shops, altogether some 82 bags. After the seizure certain informations were laid against the plaintiffs before the magistrates, the charge against them being that of having had on their premises flour that was unfit for sale. In support of the charge some gentlemen, amateur chemists, were called, and said the flour contained a very deleterious and im proper ingredient —sulphuricacid. The plaintiffs said the apparent presence of sulphuric acid in the flour warat tributahl 3 to the kind of chemical teat which those wit nesses had used, not designedly, but probably in ignorance; the deleterious mat er was brou;ht there by th e ver y t es t to which the flour w as su b m itt e d. The plaintiffs, with the cansent of the magistrates, availed themselves of the skill and experience of Prof. Taylor, and a portion of the flour having been submitted to him, he found that there was nothing in it that was not proper. The result was that the informations were dismissed ; but the plaintiffs, looking at the summary and extraordinary character of the seizure, and the injury that had been done to their repu tation, felt that that was not enough to set them right, and accordingly gave the defendant notice of action. Mr. Atherton admitted that the 26th section of the act 18 and 19 Victoria, c. 121, empowered an inspector of nuisances to inspect and examine certain articles, includ• ing corn, flour, and bread which is exposed for public sale, and that "if the same be found to be unfit for human food, it may be seized ;" but ho contended that that section would not avail the defendant for the purposes of a defence to this action, inasmuch as it im posed the condition•of examination, and an honest can clasion upon such examination that the article examined is unfit for human food, before it can be properly seized, and in this case there was no examination, either of the 82 bags or of the flour seized in Westgate ; besides which, another mode of proceeding might have been adopted by the defendant, which would have enabled the plaintiffs to give an explanation, and thus the great scandal that had occurred to them, and likewise the pre sent action, might have be m avoided. Mr. Knowles submitted that there was no case to go to the jury. The defendant, as the Sanitary Inspector of the Local Board, was bound to act upon his own judgment, the words of the statute being, that if the flour, &c., shall appear to him to be unfit for human food the same may be seized. In this case the defendant acted bona fide and to the best of his judgment, and he was, there fore, exempted by the act from personal liability. Mr. Baron Martin asked Mr. Knowles whether he considered that if the Bo ar d o f H ealth were to appoint a man utterly unfit to judge of the quality of flour, and that if such a man went and examined a sack of fl cur, and came to the conclusion it was bad, he might seize all the flour in a shop and carry it away ? Mr. Knowles argued that that would be so ; for it would be monstrous for a public officer to be subjected to heavy damages because he committed an error in judgment. Mr. Baron Martin said he believed the real meaning of the Act of Parliament was, that nothing should be touched that was not clearly bad. His lordship suggested an arrangement, which was assented to. His lordship said there was great difficulty in deciding upon the true construction of the sections of the act which had been referred to. He belieyed the defenchint intended to do MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—March 14. The jury in the case of Edward Jackson, indicted for having feloniously received a firkin of butter knowing it to have been stolen, being so divided iu their opinion that their agreeing to a verdict was next to impossible, the Assistant Judge, at ten o'clock on Friday night, di rected the court to be adjourned until Saturday morning at a quarter past nine, at which time they were brought into court. They looked exhausted, and several of them complained sorely of having been kept nearly twenty four hours without refreshment. The Assistant-Judge said he very much regretted that they had been unable to agree, and he had waited until ten the previous night, hoping► to prevent their being locked up un.til morning, should they have come to a de cision by that hour, but as they did not there was no alternative. The Foreman said there was not the least possible chance of their agreeing upon a verdict, even were they locked up for a week. The only alteration that had taken place was that one who bad been in the majority bad gone over to the minority. Mr. Lewis, jun., in the absence of counsel, said his client, the prisoner, would consent to the jury being at once discharged, and the prosecutor, he believed, had no desire to have the case retried. Probably, as the prisoner had been under aline peril of the charge, the court might sanction that course, al the late Mr. Sergeant Adams did in a celebrated case tried before him—a course which would not be inconsistent with the ends of justice, particularly as there was great doubt on the mils(' of some of the jurors, as they could not agree. The Assistant-Judge thought that would not be a con venient curse in this case. If the jury were discharged from giving a verdict, the case would stand as it did before the prisoner was given in charge to the jury ; in fact, it would be an untried case. He was sorry that the jury had been kept locked up all night, but even then he cool 1 not discharge them, unless there were reasons to apprehend A Juror said he suffered from asthma, and he only got relief by warmth and nursing, and longs: detention with out refreshment would be very dangerous to him. Two others complained of illness arising from exhaustion. The Assistant-Judge sent for — a medical gentleman, Mr. Barringer, of St. John-street, who examined the three complaining jurors, and, having been sworn, he stated that, will respect to two of them he apprehended danger if they were kept longer without refreshment. The Assistant-Judge thereupon ordered the jury to be discharged, and they at once left the court. Mr. Lewis asked that the prisoner might be admitted to bail. The Assistant-Judge declined to comply, and said the application could be made at Judges' Chambers. The witnesses for the prosecution were then directed to attend on the bail day of the adjourned sessions, and the court adjourned. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—May 14. BOW-STREET.—Joseph Petit, a stylishly dressed Frenchman, of about 35 years of age, was brought up on several charges of robbery from hotels. As he affected ignorance of the English language, Mr. Sudikatis was engaged as interpreter. It would appear that the prisoner has, for some time past, been in the habit of visiting respectable hotels for the purpose of plunder. His plan was to present him self at the hotel in the character of a gentleman on his travels, expensively got up, and provided with a neat little leather bag. Having engaged a room he would retire to it as soon as possible, and establishing himself there as a central position, would make excursions to the ad;on zg' r (tins as opportunity offered, collecting all the valuables he could lay his hands upon, and finally decamping at the first opportunity. On Thursday, the sth instant, he called at the Bedford Hotel in Covent garden, at about 6 in the evening, and asked if he c o uld have a bed. He was told th a t h could, and was shown to the room No. 19. The next morning, Friday, the 6th, a gentleman, named Wodehouse, who occupied the adjoining room, No. 20, missed his dressing-case, con taining amongst other Prticles five 51. Bank of England notes, and one 101. note. Suspicion fell upon the occu pant of No. 19, and the waiter on going into that room found that he bad disappeared. In the course of the same day, the 6th instant, the prisoner visited the Exe ter-hall Hotel at about one o'clock in the day, and en gaged a bed for that night. He at once took possession of the room. About 20 minutes after Mrs. Haxell, the landlady, went up stairs to her own room and missed her bracelets and some other articles of jewellery, valued altogether at about 301. It wrs then found that the pri soner had left the house unobserved. No clue to dis cover the thief was found until Wedne - day, when Ser geant Gummer, of t 40 division, went to Stevens's Hotel, Bond-street, ane, was shown into a room in which he found the prisoner's bag, which he searched. Among other articles it contained two "jemmies," of peculiar form ; and apparently of foreign manufacture, and a very handsome stiletto. The prisoner was out at the time, and the constable waited for him. He entered about one o'cicck in the morning. The constable showed him the " jemmies," and asked if they were his property. He said " No," and was at once taken into custody. The witnesses from the Bedford and Exeter-ball Hotel identified him rearS'ly, although his appearance was very much altered by the removel of a pair of very large black whiskers, and hair so remarkably black as to form an unpleasing c intra , t to his psllid complexion ; now his hair was only a moderately dark brown, and he had no whiskers or board, but only a slight moustache. When he was searched five Si. not , ;, 191. in gold, and a quan tity of jewellsry, chiefly consisting of very elegant rings, pins, and stuis, were found on him. Mr. Wod,houie was a 1 Is to identify four of the notes, but could not speak as to the other. It was intimated that there were numerous other cases against the prisoner. —He was remanded. WORS HIP - STREET.—Niessrs. Arthur M‘Namara, Fel x Carteret, and James Willing, managing directors of the London General Omnibus Company, were sum moned to answer a charge of having unlawfully used for hire certain hackney carriages, after having received a written notice from the Commissioners of Police that such vehicles were not in a fit and proper state fur public use. Mr. Charles Jeeks, the police inspector of hackney carriages, stated that one of the defendant!' omnibuses, which was about to start upoirits regular journey from Shoreditch Ch urc h to t h e El ep h an t an d Castle, exhibited such a dilapidated appearance that be examined it, and found the steps broken, the panels split, the seat cushions in the interior raggcl and dirty, and the door so much out of order that it was incapable of being closed. A written notice was subsequently served upon the defen dants, in which they were required to discontinue the uie of the carriage in question, but notwithstanding the injunction, which was followed up by a summons, the same omnibus bad been ever since employed in tra velling the road up to that morning. One of the New North-road omnibuv which . was equally ou t o f repair, had also been kept running in defiance of a similar pro hibition. Mr. Harnmill convicted the de r- mdants in a penalty of 30s. for each offence, with the d•stinct under standing that if such omnibuses were again used, the full forfeiture of 3/. would be imposed for each journey they performed in the disgraceful condition described by the officer. MARLI3 OROUGH-STREET.—Mr. Henry Tilbury, brass-founder and gal-fitter, 54, Upper Maryiebone street, was charged with ges stealing. For the last two or three years he had been surrepti tiously consuming the gas of the Imperial Gas Company by means of a secret pipe which was connected with the company's main, and which supplied 30 lights and six melting stoves. Mr. Tilbury pleaded guilty, and implored the magic trate to deal with the ease summarily. He was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. A similar charge against a licensed victualler in Mary lebone stands remanded at this court, MARYLEBONE.—The young man who had given his name W. Webb, and who had described himself as a sailor, underwent a re-examination before Mr. Long, on the charge of having attempted to murder Mr. A. Buck ler, by stabbing him with a butcher's dressing-knife, in a railway carriage. The wounded person, whose life was at one period aonsidered to be in extreme danger, said —I am assistant to Mr. Rollick, a draper, in High•street, Poplar. At a quarter to 8 o'clock in the evening, I got into a carriage on the Black wall Railway, and there was a change at Stepney. The carriage I was in was a second-clai.•s one, and my destination was the Hampstead-road. I took my ticket at Popfar, for the Camden-town station. All the passengers alighted, and left me alone in the carriage. This was at about 23 minutes past 8 o'clock. I saw the prisoner just as the train was about to start from there, look in at the window ; ho opened the door aui took his seat opposite to me ; directly he had done so the train was in motion. He asked me which was the next station and I told him " Hampstead-road," when he remarked That's right." He moved towards me and said, "It's half-past eight, isn't it ; what is r ea ll y the time 3" I took out my watch and told him it I'm tyfent7.llye.% .minutes past ei g ht, or a b out i t. I t urne d my bead to look c ,ut of the window, when ho struck me " 1 ' great till olence in the neck. I did not know at the roe: ment'with what instrument he had done it, and he al me o. the arm i n th e same manner. I spra ng to feet al id grappled with hi n t, and when I had, after .1 struggi e, nearly overpowered h i m, I saw a knife in WO left hank 1,, I caught at it with m y r i g ht by the bl ade, and succe ,tided i n p us hi ng hi m i nto the corner , where be had been sitti ng . With my l eft han d I h e ld his rig and gran ped him by th e nec k, struC ll this Mr. L 011 g—find you your h an d on the knife A time ? Prose , .!utor—l had, sir. Mr. Long —Did it cut you? Prosecutor—Yea; 31r. Long—After you were struck as you have sta Wdi did you find that you were bleeding Pr ostn - utor—Yes, t•ir, I bled m os t p ro fusely ; the , Pri t soner :bttempted t o d raw t h e k n i fe through my h a "' te -- called murde r as l ou d as I could ; we bad a deer r " strug ;le together, and I squeezed his throat with 1 0 / left h snd with all my might, ,jif Mr.. Long—The train was going on all this time, 11 , 9 ". 3 Pr asecutor—Yes, sir, but it had almost stopPeu bad neared the Hampstead station. I kept on el"',; ( 1 out murder, and as soon as the train came to S tdo the door of the carriage was opened by one of the gull' I , ',sr a porter. I then said, "this man has stabbed ird Blood was flowi ng f as t f rom t h e wounds which ba d received. The p r is oner remarked, "It's not me , it Il i ; tb at gentleman ; he tried to stab me. I took the fr( rm him, and, in self-defence, I stabbed him." I ga do, th,r knife to the porter. It was with both our b,a ° th i the prisoner havi ng h o ld o f t h e handle, an d I '9' blade. Mr. Long —He sa y s th a t you attac k ed h i m ! What do you say to that ? Pro;ecutor—lt is entirely false. tle' Mr. Robertson, surgeon t o t h e po li ce at Poplarf,..A scribed the natur e o f th e woun d s the prosec utor ' s ' r-- received ; and, 14' Sergeant Webb said he had ascertained that the 1; 0 4 soner was not a sailor but a butcher, and that his name was Levy. ea The prisoner, who h a d no thi ng t o say, was rellO nd till Thursday next. tA . the He was then remove d f rom t h e b ar by An s—d " the gaoler, and was conveyed in the Government van to House of Dete n ti on . A great num b er of person s e9ee m. bled around the vehicle to obtain a sight of him. Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET- 31180 . 1 3 ' WHEAT. I BARLEY OATS. I 1 " -- 014 First 69 s Od 528 Oct 1 37s 03 ow l 63 Second 4 Ol 45s 5d I 41s 3d 1 29s 7d) Oi Third 32s Oct 133 s Od 1 2 1 s 9d 0:0 Total quantity of wheat in market, 415 qrs., 3„,(,,,P1 ~ ~ barley ~ 368 qrs., 2w olti PP , oats ft PP beans 8! , 1 1 0 7 44 1 ci q r r s o .. : l a u , 3 ojti AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. 1 . Wheat, 2/. 5 5 9-12th s I B ar l ey, IP tii. ...21. 1- 1 3 -- 4210 Oats, ... 11. 9 7 7-12th s I B eans, ' 21. 0 60 DALKEITH GRAIN MARRTT—MIitaI 12 • jot :Qrs. Best. 111 01 0 j Current. ,,n, 260 Wheat 64s O d d 39s 4; d......... f', 01 9F6 Oats 38s Od 25s 3d ... ..... • 2 6 s 06 235 Barley 47s Od 363 Od ......••• 6 , 0 145 Peas & beans 54s Od _ 36s 0 1 d......... 2 ABERDEEN—MARca 13. mobi l Potato oats 21 s Od t o 22 s Od - Common oat s 20 s Od to 21s Od 1401bs per ' Bere ns Od to 36s Od 1 531b8 tt Barley 33 8 O d to 36s Od Wheat, red (spring)3ss Od to 37s Od ' 1621bs I , , white 3 os Od t o 45 s Od Oatmeal 17s 3d to 18s 6d per boll. Flour 478 Od to 48s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. - Beef, per lb 6d to 9d I Butter lb. 1. oil 0 on to 9d I b,.. .3r, p .s -,..„- let Mutton, per lb 6d t o 8d Eggs, p doz. Os S" ,3 0 0: Lamb, do., O s Od t o O r 4 0 .1 I Hens, p pair 3s Oa I '2 o 61 Veal, per lb ... ld to Os 9d I Chickens do. 2s Od tO 2 O 6; Pork, per 1b...0s 6d t o O s 8d Ducks, do., 2s Od t oo- 114 0J I Salmon, per lb O s t o O s Ducklings,cloos Od to vi, al Grouse, per b race O s t o Os Turkeys, each 4s Od t gi toga Tallow, p stone, Os to 12s 01 Potatoes, per peck, {Rabbits, each 3d to 4d. 1040 Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 10 6 d t° (1,1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen RETAIL PRICES. li Flour, 141b....0 3 Od t o 2 s 8d i Barley fl t o o, 1 04 tO o,l oa Oatmeal oatmeal ......0s Od to is 101 „ dust, tO Beremeal ....O s Od t o i s 10d „ per lb .......... 2d Peasemeal... Os Od t o 2 s 8d Sids, .......................... Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 44b. 10af...7d. 2-Ib. 10af...3id• DUBLIN, MARCH 13. White wheat, 31s Od t o 34 s 01 ; re d ditt o , 29s Od to Od: ditto new, — s ; b ar l ey , ma lti og, 16 s t o 25s 6cl ; ing, 15s to 20s 6d ; oats, old, Ils to 13s ; ditto, lot' 180 Od to 15s Od ; o a t mea l, 13 a t o 14 e 6d ; b ere, new , 16s 180 Od ; rapese,d, 306 Od to 32s Od per brl ; bakers' flour' y 0 6d to 25s Od per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 376 v" 480 lbs. AL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Kamm 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market is exceedingly q ui t and prices are again a s h a d e l ower. Birkenhead,L a° 3 - 61 shire, and Ch es hi re , 68—Blackburn, 81— Caledonian , _ — Eastern Counties, 108 1 —Lancashire and yorks hi l 1011—London and North Western, 104J—Manct r lb Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 37I—Midland, 8 3 j — " . 1 Staffordshire, sd—South Eastern, 221 3 28—st per cent. D, BIRMINGHAM, MARCH 14. STOCK EXCHANCL- Birmingham District Fire 0 11 9 were done at Zsk. Cl os i ng pr i cas —S tour Great Western Birmingham Guarantc3d Stock 73 , London and North Westerns, 1041 5 —Midlands,_ Bl %a. Crystal Palace, 20 I—Bi rm i ng h am Canal, 94—J4rm-- horn Bank, 33i—Birmingham Fire, 10. MANCHESTER, MARCH 14. theC tt# STOCK EXCHANGE.--The mar k e t opene d fl a t, u• was a little improvement towards the eloPe.Caledeni e lbil —Eastern Counties, 10,1—Lancashire and Yorkshire , tes —South-East ern an d D over, 22 13-16 22i 3--Gree- Vi ern of Canada new, 3i p. LEEDS, MARCH 14. 2 STOOK EU/HAMM—North-E as t ern (L ee d s ) No •3' 6 p.—Midlands, 81i. LIvIMPOOL, March 14.--The British and North • 11 '1 1 :; rican snail steamship Europa sailed from this 1 , 11 0 1 Boston to-day with 104 passengers. The Roya l j e st screw steamship Circassian, which Failed on Saturdild for Newfoundland, Halifar and Portland, returned this this post to-day, after experiencing a succession 01 ," -- „ to Sc gales off the coast of Ireland, which blew the sales ribands from the bowsprit. She is said to have su sta f ef e no material dam age , an d w ill b e able to resume her '":. age on Tuesday or Wednesday, a ft er rep l ac i n g her bo b , sprit and sails. The ship behaved well in the storm. , . passengers speak highly o f h er an d rema i n b y the 0 ; 1 1 1 , They have p resente d a complimentary address to consinaader, Captai n P owe ll. T he C rimea, one 01 'b e or Eagle line of A us t ra li an packets, sails hence t o day .1 , Melbourne with a valuable cargo and a full compleo o f passengers. t [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Jane Hallett, of Whitty aa aor e si near Netberbusy, Dorset, suffered f or many years Al"- a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had sere wounds, so that she was unabl e t o stan d or move altl/ the house. She tried a va r i e ty o f means and apPin i., n tions, but without obtai n i ng a cure. By the blessing ; God and using only three pots of Poor Man's Frie°7 and taking three boxes of pill;, she was perfectly cu re-. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds and sruPci tions of every d escr i ption, is sold in pots, ls. 11 in 2s. 9d. each. His Pilulm Antiscrophulw for all if purities of the blood, is sold in boxes is. 'ld 2 16 9 44. 6d., ll s. , and 22e. eacb, by all ' medicin e . vende r° throughout the United Kingdom and Colonies. l a of [ADTERTISEMENTJ— Holloway' s Pill s a Mirac le b Science and never-failing Remedy for Liver and Stosu 4 t Complaints.—Edward Robertson, of John-street. B r !" . tol, in a letter to Professor Holloway, respectfully forms him that he had suffered for many years disease of the li ver an d stomach, until his constitott became so enfe e bl e d an d d e bili tated that ho was entire ;" confined to his room. At thi s cr i s i s h e was strong ly commended to give Holloway's piths a trial. H e did a d for a few weeks, and was quite restored to health 1 ! 13 6 strength.—Sold by all medicine vendors throughout t 74 world • at Professor Holl owa y' s establishments, 21 Strand, Landon, and 80, M a id en -l ane , N ew Y ork ; hy*-.4 Stampa, Constanti no pl e; A. G u idi cy , S myrna; and "- Muir, Malta. BIRTHS. OP ♦ EON. On the 14th inst., at 5, Eaton-plats West Mrs. Re ber Capel Cure. On the 11th inst., at Addison-road, Hall. Kensington. Ks. '11%5 OF ♦ DAUGHTER.. On the 13th inst., at Kilburn House, Kilburn, the John T. Fletcher, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Westow-hill, Upper Norwoour tk wife of 'William Nicholas D e Alattos, Esq /*IR R I E D. ut. oti the 14th inst., a t St. James's, Piccadilly, John g daughter of Chas. Huishy, E sq., o f P all•mall. ch o in n se t n he As l p 2 in th wa i l, Esq., o f Cl enient ' s-inn, to Eweretta AWY ' n l st.' at St. John's, Hackney, Mr. 11 Spooner, of Park-road, Dalston ,t o Cl ement i va Taylor, u 1 11 1 / 0 fourth daughter o f th e late Charles Carly, Esq., Clorkenwe and Borough. DIED. On the 12th just at Kendal, Tobias Atkinson, Esq. aged 74. On the 13th inst. at Cambridge, William Patch, of St John's College, 8.A., second surviving son of John Patch Esq., of Upper Gower-street, and of the Middle Temple, b arrister-at-law. On the 14th inst., at 12, Frith-street, Soho-square, the wire of Ridley Thompson, Esq. On the 13th inst., at Deptford, Mr. Thomas Harrison, Custom-house agent. On the 131 h inst., at Maulesden,'Forfarshire, dale, only survi v i ng sou o f th e H on. Wm. Man i c. On the 12th inst., a t 17, M a t son ' s - terrace, Ki ngs l an d, John Mayhew, Esq., soli c it or , f ormer l y o f C ogges h a ll, Ess en, aged 53. Wm. Lauder LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG , of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No' 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the con! of Aliddlena l Monday. March 16,180 T.