The Sun. — London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION AT LUND HILL. A short time since we stated that it was not un likely that some of the bodies might rise and float to the surface of the water i❑ the shaft. Our anti cipations have been realised, and the first body was found between 11 and 12 o'clock on Friday night. The men employed in connection with the drawing out of the water work eight hour shifts, and every time they commence their shifts they descend to the surface of the water to see if any bodies have risen or if thane is any debris wants removing. For this purpose, a little after 11 o'croCk on Friday night, John Warhurst, Wm. Bevors, and John South, the men on duty, descended, and observed something floating on the water, which on closer examination proved to be the remains of one of the unfortunate men. They immediately came out of the shaft and made preparations for bringing out the remains, and again descended with a quantity of cotton, which they placed in the water, and drew nnder the body, by which they brought it out of the shaft. The spectacle presented was of a most awful character. The features were fright fully distorted, the legs and arms broken, the feet cut off, and the head and other parts so crushed as to render it the appearance of one shapeless mass of flesh, and entirely unrecognisable. The remains were carefully placed in a coffin and removed to the shed erected for the purpose of receiving the bodies, where it will remain till viewed by the coroner and jury. The intelligence of the recovery created quite a sensation in the neighbourhood. The body when brought out was in a far ad vanced state of decomposition, and, although dis infectants were freely used, the operatfons of bring ing it out and placing it, in the coffin made one of the men engaged in the task ill. After the body had been brought out some hours were spent in repairing the conductors, which bad been damaged at the bottom of the shaft, by the explosion, and it was not until 3 o'clock in the morning that, the operations of drawing the water again fairly commenced. At 11 o'clock on Saturday it was found that the water lowered within one foot of the chair which is imbedded at the bottom, and as one of the buckets only could fill, and the conductors wanted repairing, a stoppage of six or seven hours again took place, or there is no doubt but by Saturday evening the water would have been Unrcofe 1. The height of the water in the shaft is now about nine feet, and this, if no great delay takes place in removing the chair and debris at the bot tom, will be got out in a few days. The action of the buckets when dipping and corn ing out of the water, now it has so neatly reached the bottom, is such as to be likely to cause other bodies to rise to the surface, to meet which emer gency a number .f coffins ara ready for immediate use. The graves at Darfield and other places are now nearly completed. About 160 of the bodies (if so many can be recovered) are to be interred at Dar field. The graves are made sufficiently deep to hold several coffins which will be placed one above another, a layer dbricks being placed between the different. tiers. In the centre will be placed a monument bearing the names of the men and the cause of their death. EXPLOSION AT TII E ROUNSLOW POW DER MILLS. An accident took place on Saturday last, at a few minutes after noon, in the premises belonging to Messrs. Curtis and Harvey, gunpowder manu facturers to the Government, &e., at Hounslow. The factory in question is probably the most ex tensive of any near the metropolis, and is con structed with due regaid for the safety of the vari ous, persons employed in such a pl ace ; f or i ns t ance , the grinding and corning mills are built apart on one part of the ground, whibt the composition houses, the mixing rooms, and other compartments, are formed either of brick, or timber and slate, and guarded by poplar trees, hedges, and water-courses. A few years ago a terrible accident took place in precisely the same part of the factory as the present. . On Saturday, last, some four or five hands, prin cipally youths, were engaged in what is termed the composition mill, a building not more than 30 feet long, and not nearly so wide, but which contained a great quantity of saltpetre, sulphur, and other art clew used in making gunpowder. All of a sud den three of the lads employed in the mill had their attention directed to the north-west end of the building, by seeing a blue, and at frst a slow light flickering round the place. Knowing at once what WPS likely to ensue amongst so much combustible matter, an instant cry of + Fire, and run for your your lives," was raised. The various persons in the place made an attempt to run out, and three were fortunate enough to reach the open ground, hut the other two met the " blast" as they were running away, the ho &t of which severely scorched them, and considerably Injured the f - ot and heel of one. At the same instant the whole of the stock in the place becoming ignited went off; blowing the roof away, and before a lad, named Warwick, could get clear of the place he was struck on the head and severely injured by a beam filling upon him. Before the extent of the mischief done in the composition mill could be ascertained two explo sions followed, which blew two of the mills almost to ruins. The engines of the firm havin; b?ea got out, they were set to work from th) mill s'reams on the groundq, and the fire was soon subdued, but not until the mill in which the disaster commenced was burned down, and its contents of composition consumed. P.RIGIITFUL EXPLOSION AT STOCKPORT. STOCKPORT, APRIL 11. The Bredbury New Pit belongs to Messrs. J. and J. Jowett, who are also the owners of two other .pits the immediate neighbourhood. The pit at which the explosion occurred was only opene i for about six months, and it is not even yet worked to its fail extent. The number of men employed in it at present is only 12, but there is also a simi lar number of boys. This morning the colliers assembled, as usual at 6 o'clock at the mouth of the pit, and they were let down in the "cages," and nothing wrong was at that time noticed. The shaft is 157 yards deep, and when the men arrived at the bottom they . dis persed in various directions and proceeded with their work. The part of the mine which is known as the No. 7 level was worked ,by Samuel Platt, who was assisted by a boy named Hopwood. In the next, or No. 6 level, were William Holworth sometimes called Whitehewl) and his two sons, Joseph and Samuel. Everything proceeded as usual till about a quarter to 7 o'clock, when a loud ex plosion took place in the Not 7 level, worked by Platt. The explosion was heard not only in every part of the pit, but also for some distance in the neighbourhood. The fire rushed along the various workings, and frightfully barnt those of the colliers who had not taken the precaution to throw them selves on their fa ces . Th e di s t ance f rom the bot- torn of the shaft at which the explosion occurred was 78 yards. Platt, who was frightfully burnt • and bruised, contrived to crawl to the shaft's mouth. The lad Hopwood attempted to follow him, but missed his way, and fell a distance of 30 feet, thereby severely injuring his back. He neverthe less, by some miraculous means, groped his way to the month of the shaft. The occupants of No. 6 level, William Hol worth and his two sons, were not so fortunate. The father and his two bvs were both killed, not, it is supposed, by the fire, but by the choking vapours which succeeded the ex plosion. As we have said the report of the explo sion was heard by the inhabitants residing in the locality,and a largenumber of persons were quickly on the ',Pot. Without a moment's delay the cage was hoisted and the living men taken up from the shaft, many of them being horribly disfi?ured by burning. After nearly an hour had elapsed all were thus taken out, with the exception of the Hol worths. An unfortunate delay then occurred in consequence of the sulphur having beconie so strong in the pit as to prevent the men going down. At length, however, ventilation was so far restored as to enable them to descend, and shortly after ten riclock the bodies of Holworth and his sons were recovered. The father breathed once after he was taken out, but the two sons were quite dead. Of the other men five were severely wounded, most of them being both burnt and bruised. Their names are :—Samuel Platt, burnt, and 'very much bruised , about the be a d ; Ri chard Lomas, ribs broken, about the head, and burnt ; John Andrew, frightful injuries on the head and burns ; Thomas 'Redfern, very much burnt ; Henry Hop wood (boy), dreadfully burnt, and injured by his fall. There IS very little doubt- that the lamentable accident was caused by the culpable negligence of Platt in working with his naked candle. Some of the workmen assert that he did not use a lamp at all, though one is provided for each man ; but w e believe Platt himself says that he had a lamp, but that he removed the top of it, and that the explo . mom took place immediately. 4 l There is no fireman employed in this pit to go down and examine the workings before the men commenced work. There is a general manager, named George Way, who goes 1„ down into the pit generely every day to see that all is right. lie states that he made a thor3ugh examination of it on Wednesday last, and that there was then no damp. li e also made a partial exa mination on Thursday, but did not then visit the No. 7 level, worked by Platt. Good Friday f-+ lowed, and the men did not work, so that the mine had not been tllorouarwy examined for two' rii.E SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, EXAMINATIoN OF TIC E KIDDER MINSTER BIOTERS. On Saturday, between 20 and 30 persons—among them several gentlemen of influence in the borough and numerous tradesmen—were examined at Kid derminster on the charge of inciting and assisting 'in the attack on Mr. Lowe. Three barristers of the Oxford Circuit were engaged, viz., Mr. Kettle, for the prosecution ; Mr. Byrne, for Mr. A. Tal bot; and Mr. Huddleston, for the other defen dants. The names of the accused are—Mr. A. Talbot,. gentleman ; Mr. H. Chillingwortb, gentleman; Mr. Pitt, butcher ' - and W. Wollings, R. West wood, H. Westwood, J. Drury, Wm. Wood, John Bu.thell, W. Biggs, G. Barker, A. Perrins, John Cook, G. Parker, S. Everett, G. Smith, S. Payne, B. Potter, Eliza Bentley, B. Jeavon, G. Bishop, W. Ayres, R. Davis, E. Keysall, G. Chalk, and J. Williams. The accused Drury, Bushell, Biggs, Smith, Eliza Bentley, and Chalk, had not surren dered. The court was crowded to suffocation. Mr. Kettle having opened the case, called Mr. Ebenezer Guest, bailiff to the county court, who deposed that just after he arrived at the hust ings he saw• Mr. Alfred Talbot in an elevated posi tion in front of the hustings on the platform raised for the reporters. He was making motions to the crowd, as if ha wished them to be quiet that they might hear him Up to this time witness had seen no stones thrown. Mr. Talbot, addressing the mob, said—" Now, lads, don't throw stones." Then there was a bit of a laugh, which drowned the remainder of his' observation. Almost immedi ately afterwards, when Mr. Talbot-had descended from his position, there came a volley of stones into,the booth (where witness was). The stones appeared to be thrown at that part of the hustings where Mr. Lowe and his friends were standing. The volley broke the inkstands of the poll clerks, who were scattered in all directions, some of them getting under the tables and screening them selves as well as they could. Mr. A. Talbot then came forward, and charged the mayor with having illegally closed the poll. He appeared in a very excited state, and said, ‘C I protest against it"— " You have no business to close the poll," &c., on which the mayor said, " I have not closed the poll. I am ready to receive any votes that may be .ten dered." Mr. Alfred Talbot then left the booth. As the stones appeared to be directed against Mr. Lowe, they got him to change his position, and he and several other persons stood up before him to screen him. After that witness saw Mr. William Pitt ; a butcher, and one of the accused, on the left side of the booth, leaning on his arm. Witness thought he appeared to be taking it very cool, and looking at him saw him making motions to the mob with his hands in front of his person, beckoning them in a particular manner—(witness imitated the motion)—and then with his thumb pointing over his shoulder, but so that his shoulder 'con cealed the motion from those in the booth. His thumb was pointing in the direction where Mr. Lowe was sitting. After that the stones came in the direction where Mr. Lowe was, he having changed his place after the first volley. The stones struck Mr. Joseph Stockall, who was standing by Mr. Lowe. On this they again moved Mr. Lowe, and called. the attention of the town clerk to Mr. Pitt, in consequence of which Mr. Pitt left the place where he was standing. Mr. Lowe was again, moved to a bench close to the back entrance to the booth, and Wellings and the two Westwoods pointed the crowd in that direction, waving to them to go to the back of the hustin g s. A num ier of "roughs" then rushed in that direction. Wellings attempted several times to force his way through the back door, and the bottom hinges Of the door were forced off. Wellings and the West woods very violent and excited, and said they would have the return. After the authorities had been called upon several times to read the Riot Act, Mr. Lowe and his friends got out of the booth and peoceeded towards the town, having special con stables on each side of them. They went three and three, Mr. Lowe having Mr. James Pardee on one side and Mr. Joseph Hooman on the other. No attempt was made to touch them by the crowd except by m;ssiles. The mob continued to sheutbefore they left the hustings, and afterwards— " Throw them out ;" "Kill the pink-eye" (a name which had been given to Mr. Lowe) • Pitch out the —." The most violent appeared to be brick layers, masons, and stone-getters, and not weavers of Kidderminster. Saw Drury, Wood, 'Bushell, and Biggs there. Wood was throwing stones at the " procession," as it was called • one man who had hold of witness's arm was knocked down. They had to pass along the road where there were raised banks, from which the people were throwing stones upon them. After the witness had described the progress of the procession, amidst pretty constant stoning, to Mr. Sheppard's house, he was cross-examined. He stated that at the nomination, on the previous day, Mr. Lowe had addressed the people amidst much noise, first as "gentlemen," then as " ladies and gentlemen," and then as "children." The evi dence of this witness was corroborated by several 'others. Joseph Brewer, ostler, added that when Mr. Alfred Talbot descended into the crowd from the booth, he heard some of the crowd say, "Mr. Tal bot for ever." Mr. Talbot then said, "Go it, lads." The Rev. J. G. Sheppard gave a lengthened ac count of what he saw from his house, which com manded a view of the hustings. When Mr. Lowe's party came opposite to the house, being in a dan gerous position, he rushed to his front gate, which he reached about the same time as Mr. Lowe. leound the gate locked, and shouted; "Make for the other gate," to which he ran, and got it open, and dragged Mr. Lowe in, and opposed his own person to the entrance of the mob, who were all the time directing missiles at those at the gate, a number of which struck him. Mr. Lowe's face was covered with blood. Mr. Stretton, surgeon, stated that he found Mr. Lowe suffering from a severe wound on the right side of the head, with a fracture of the bone. There were other severe contusions ou the face and ear, and other injuries on other parts of his' person. The wound on the side of the head was decidedly of a dangerous character. Also examined a police man, who had received a severe fracture of the nasal bone. The case for the prosecution having been con eluded, the magistrates adjourned the further hear. ing of all the cases till Friday next. ELECTION RIOTS AT COLAJRAINE.- FATAL CONFLICT. (From Saunders's News Letter.) At the close of the poll on Friday houses were smashed, public-houses were attacked, the proprie tors of which fired on the mob, wounding two dan gerously and one slightly —one dead. (Fr'ont Freeman's Journal.) A correspondence informs us that at the close of the poll in Coleraine serious rioting occurred. Several houses were, it appears, attacked by the mob, who were fired upon by the owners, and no lem than nine are said to have been shot—two dan gerously and one slightly wounded. THE NEW .R0,;.7) orrER THE ISVIIMUS • OF TEHUANTEPEC. This new interoceanic route is by the river Coat zacoalcos to Suchil, something over 100 miles from the sea, all the windings included, thence overland by stage to Ventosa, 130 to 140 miles, making It altogether about 24 0 miles from the Atlantic to the Pacific, to be accomplished in a day and a half from the sea. The distance will be materially diminished —the time still more so—on completion of a pro jected road from Minatitlan to Suchil, a'ready sur veyed. From the mouth of the river to Mina titian, 20 miles, the channel is exce ll en t, capa cious enough for the largee, ocean steamships. The depth of water on the bar at low, tide is 15 to 16 feet (Major Barnard says 13), . and only one obstruction, a large rock, has been diicovered, and that easily avoidable. From Minatitlan to Suchil the river becomes more difficult, and must be traversed by river boats. The Leonora built in New York, and placed on this portion o f ri ver a short time since, is of too large draught. ,The current is about two miles and a half an hour— from Suchil to Minatitlan, 36 hours. These are the termini of .the projected railway by which, when completed, a distance of 45 miles will be saved. From Suchil to Ventosa ' on the Pacific, 130 to 140 miles, the route i s by the newly-made stage road over a rough and sometimes mountainous coun try. The heaviest work has been on this end of the road, where also the river Puerta, fordable 'at times, hut high and marshy in the rainy season, is to be spanned by a bridge a mile and a half in length. Some compensation is made on the other side of the mountain, however, by an old road, which' has proved available from Chivela Pass to the Pacific plain. The time contracted for on the stage road is 5 miles per hour-26 to 28 hours; between Minatitlan and Suchil, the iissage by steatn-boat will be from 6 to 8 hours, in all about 35 hours, or a day and a-half from ocean to ocean. The harbour of Vento sa i s good, but the. breakwater will be necessary. , As to the probable amount of travel and business on the Tehuantepec road, when in full operation, we have no further information than is already in various speculations before the public. Being the shortest route from England,' New Xork, and New Orleans; to the ports of the PaCifle,..the most flattering expectations are of course entertained respecting it. SUFFOLK, EAST. Lord Henniker Sr F. Kolly SURREY, EAST. Mr. Locke King Mr. Alcock SURREY, WEST. Mr. Briscoe Mr. 11. Drummond. Erdyn. (C.) SUSSEX, EAST. Mr. Dodson Lord Pevensey... Fuller (C.) SUSSEX, WEST. Earl of March Capt. Wyndham WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Spooner Mr. Newdegate,„ WARWICKSHIRE, SOUTH. - - Mr. E. P. Shirley ~, ~. Mr. B. 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Lockhart ... days. No accident of this nature has occurred in the neighbourhoJd for many years, and this, per haps, made the men less cautious. Platt, it is said, has been a collier for upwards of twenty years. The wounded men have been removed to their homes, and are attended by surgeons, but it is feared that some of them cannot survive their in juries, which are of a very frightful nature. The coroner for the district has bean communicated with, and he has fixed Monday next for opening the inquest. It is probable, however, that the inquiry. will be adjourned to enable the Government ' In spector to visit the mine. ANOTHER COLLIERY BIPLOSION. SWANSEA, APRIL 10. An explosion of firedamp occurred last night at the Gorse Colliery, the property of Messrs. Richards and Glassbrook, whereby three persons were killed and several others seriously injured. It appears that the men who were to take the night turn proceeded to their work as usual at six o'clock, and that nothing extraordinary happened until about 11 o'clock, when on,e of the men en gaged in the pit proceeded to a part of the work where it was necessary the safety lamps should be used. He carried a safty lamp himself, but for some reason he had taken the cap off, so that the light was exposed. Some of his fellow-workmen, it is said, remonstrated with him upon his conduct, and requested hith to replace the cap, but he paid no attention to their injunctions, and the conse quence was that the air, which was of a highly in flammable nature, became ignited, and an explo sion took place. As sotin as it was known that an explOsion,had taken place in the pit measures were immediately taken to ascertain its extent and to afford assist ance to those engaged in the colliery. Mr. Joseph Evans, the agent to the collie r y, an d a man name d John Matthews, descended into the pit, and the whole of the persons employed at the time, with the exception of four, were sent to the month of the pit in safety. Six of these it was found had suffered from the effects of the explosion, being all more or less burnt, some of them having received severe contusions in consequence of the violence with which they were thrown against the sid.es,,of the pit or other objects in their immediate neigh bourhood. As soon as these persons were removed, Mr. Evans and John Matthews proceeded to search for those who were missing, but had not gone far before they were overcome by the after damp, and fell down in a state of exhaustion. They were speedily removed to a place where the air was more pure, and upon their recovery the search wasresumed ; but for four hours their efforts to rescue the unfortunate men were fruitless, and when at length they succeeded it was found that three of the poor fellows were past hopes of recovery, having been suffocated by the choke, or afterdamp. The names of the men are—. John Griffith., aged 35 ; and John Mort, 16 ; and a lad, John Knight, 13. The fourth, a lad named Stephen., about 14 years of age, was found to be insensible, but upon proper remedies being resorted to he recovered his consciousness, and hopes are entertained that he will not long suffer from the effects of the explosion, as be is but slightly burnt. This lad might have escaped without injury, but seeing a companion about his own age (John Knight, who was killed), lying upon the ground insensible, he nobly resolved to stay behind to render him assistance if possible, but the gallant little fellow was himself soon rendered insensible by the afterdamp, and it is miraculous how he escaped being suffocated. John Griffiths, the oldest of the sufferers. might, it is said, also have escaped, but in - Le confusion of the moment he went in an opposite direction to that which he should have taken, and thus met the volume of flame which was advai.cing. When discovered, his body presented a frightful appearance, being com pletely charred. The bodies were removed to the respective homes of the deceased for the coroner's in quest. THE GREAT COMET. The following let'er has been communicated by the eminent German astronomer, Von Littrow, to the Vienna Gazette : " Inquiries have been so often made of late about the great comet, the arrival of which has been ex pected, that we think it desirable to state briefly the actual state of the case. About the middle of the last century observers first perceived the resem blance between the orbit of the comet of 1264 and of that of 1556, and began to conjecture that they were in fact one and the same body, which accordingly might be expected to appear every 300 years. Cal culations subsequently made confirmed this view, but, owing to the extremely defective observations made, those imperfect data which we have received concerning those two comets could serve only as a ground for conjecture. The whole question was sinking into ;oblivion, till the undersigned hap pened to discover last year three new sources of in formation respecting the comet of 1556, which, considering their date, contained definitions unusu ally clear and perfect. The undersigned, however, ventured even at that time to state his opinion that valuable as this discovery was in itself, and serviceable as it would be for the recognition of that cometary body in case of its re-appearance, there was little or no ground for a prediction be forehand. Several astronomers, however, in con sequence of these fresh sources being opened to thew, were induced to investigate the s ubj ec t anew . M. }look; at Leyden, obtained some results most unfavourable to the supposed identity cf these comets of 1264 and 1556 ; and Signor Carlini, at Milan, likewise started some doubts not easily to be solved; but, on the ether hand, M. Vale, at Marseilles, disputes Hoek's views, and finds the return of the comet probable. Professor Hind, in London, is also of opinion from these fresh data that the original conjectures are corroborated, and it would be excessively difLult to say which of these antagonistic opinions is the correct one ; whether the decision incline this way or that way must depend upon rather arbitrary explanations of the old authors ; and only this is certain, that we may see the comet between the present year of 1857 and that of 1860. The greatest astronomical 'authority of this century, Gauss of Gottingen, has always been of this opinion. Hitherto, therefore, so far as the matter has publicly transpired, the whole subject would be reduced to a little useless talk and expectations prematurely excited. But recently a certain individual, having nothing better to do, thought proper to invest it with renewed interest by giving out, absurdly enough, that the comet would reappear on a certain day, the 13th of June this year, and, at the same time, he connected the event with some piquant predictions about the de struction of the world, and the like. Unfortunately our nineteenth century, notwithstanding its much vaunted enlightenment, still contains a great deal of soil only too favourable for the growth of such seed. The false prophet has found credulous lis teners, and, what is yet worse, called forth un bidden cemforten. Now upon this last-mentioned question let us remark in a few words, that from facts which fortunately render th e vacillating argu ments of the physicist Babinet quite superfluouq, it is irrefutably certain that the matter of which comets consist forms an extremely loose texture, that comets are in reality not coherent masses, but mere agglomerations of small corpuscules, separated from one another by large interstices. Highly im probable as it is, because it could only take place by a concurrence of circumstances hardly conceiv able, that a collision of the earth and nucleus of a comet should ensue, such an event, far from en tailing destruction on this world, could only be compared at the most with the fall of a meteor, and in itsseffects would barely equal those produced by our thunder storms and hurricanes. A mere pass ing of the earth through the luminous appendages of one of these bodies, which it is true might more easily happen, would be unattended by any injuri ous consequences, since the matter of which comets consist is not coherent substance, nor is it even an atmosphere such as we could not inhale. With re gard to the comet of 1556, its orbit is so situated that it cannot approach the earth within some five millions of miles, and therefore in its nearest possible advance would still be about nineteen times more remote than the mood. It is, to say the least of it ) a waste of words, if it be not practising upon the credulity of ignorant people, to attribute to this most innocent among the inn icent heavenly bodies evil designs of any sort' against this earth of ours. Incredible as it may appear, we hear it from too trustworthy a source not to believe it, that in Austria, too, the country folks, in expectation of what is to happen, have ceased to till their fields, and are wasting their time in idleness. Such a de lusion might provoke a smile if it were not too la mentable. Whatever the use of comets may be in the universe, assuredly it is not that of libefeting us men from the care of the future. Besides, a man must be very young who bas not already outlived without injury many similar destructions of the world. To conclude, I take this opportunity of mentioning, by way of correcting some reports in the journals, that the comet recently discovered by Professor d'Arrest at Leipsic, and which is now visible, is an entirely different body from the comet of 1556 —that the Emperor Charles V., long before the appearanCe of that comet in 1556, had taken the resolution of abdicating his crown, atid' that the very rumour of his doing so was craftily taken ad vantage of by the astrologers of that time to connect the expected event with the comet. It is natural that inquiries should have been made upon the ap pearance of every comet during the last few years, in order to see whether it had anything in common with' that of 1556, but in no one instance as yet has any sufficient proof of its identity been perceived.' MEMBERS RETURNED FOR THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The following is a list of the members re turned by English acd Welsh counties and Irish and Scotch constituencies, arranged according to their gene ral political opinions. Radicals are included among the Liberals, and the members of the " Irish Independent party " are ranked as they usually vote—with the Conservatives. The late members who have been de feated, or have not presented themselves for re-election, are marked in Italics : ENGLISH AND WELSH COUNTIES. Liberal. Ceneerrative ANGLESEY. Sir R. Bolkeloy BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. F. H. Russell Col. Gilpin BERKSHIRE. Mr. R. Palmer Hon. E. P. Bouverie Mr. G. H. Vausittart Lord Barrington (C.) BRECONSHIRE. Sir J. Bailey BUCKS. .H •011 1 SOO 0 • il• 1 ... ... ••• 0 ::: 1 ••• 69. 0 006 1 ••• 1 ••• 0 ••• 0 IGO 1 ... se. 0 ... 1 - Right Hon. B. Disraeli *** Mr. Caledon George du Pre Hon. C. C. Cavendish CAMBRIDGESHIRE. Hon. E. T. Yorke Mr. E. Ball Mr. Adeane Lord G. Manners (C.) CARDIGANSHIRE. Lord Lisburne CARMARTHENSHIRE. Mr. D. Jones Mr. D. S. Davies CARNARVONSHIRE. Hon. E. D. G. Pennant CHESHIRE, NORTH. Mr. W. T. Egerton Mr. G. C. Legh CHESHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Tollemaehe Sir P. Egerton CORNWALL, EAST. Mr. Robartes Mr. Kendall 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ••• 1 ~. 0 0 •.• 1 ••• ••• ... 0 ••• 1 ... 41 Gall .e. 0 SOS 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ...• ... 0 ... 1 0 ... 1 IMP ••• 0 ... 1 0011 ... 0 ... 1 • . • ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ••• ... 1 ... 0 ••• ... 0 ... 1 CORNWALL, WEST. Mr. K. Williams Mr. Davey CUMBERLAND, EAST. Hon. C. W. G. Howard Mr. C. Marshall , CUMBERLAND, WEST. General Wyndham • Captain Lowther Mr. Irton (C.) DENBIGHSHIRE. • Colonel Biddnlph Sir W. W. Wynn DERBYSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Thornhill . . Hon. G. Cavendish DERBYSHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. Evans Mr. Colville Mr. Mundy (62) DEVONSHIRE, 'NORTH, Mr. J. W. Buller Hon. C. Tre fusis Sir T. Acland (C.) Col. Buck (C.) DEVONSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Y. Buller Mr. Palk DORSETSHIRE. . Mr. Portman Mr. Ker Seymer Mr. Stud ... Floyer (C.) DURHAM, NORTH. Lord A. V. Tempest ... Mr. R. D. Shafto DURHAM, SOUTH. Mr. Pease Loyd H. Vane Mr. Farrer (C.) ESSEX, NORTH. Hon. W. Beresford Mr. Du Cane Sir John Tyrrill (C.) ESSEX, SOUTH. Mr. Brameton , Mr. Wingfield .. . Sir W. B. Smijth (C.) FLINTSHIRE. • Hon. T. E. L. Mostyn... GLAMORGANSHIRE. Mr. C. H. Talbot Mr. H. Vivian Sir G. Tyler (C.) GLOUCESTERSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Holford Sir C. W. Codrington GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Roll . . Colonel Kingiscote Mr. R. B. Hall (0.) HANTS. NORTH Mr. Beach Mr. Selater Mr. Portal (C.) Viscount Evereley (L.) HANTS, SOUTH. Hon. R. Dutton Sir J,. Jervoise Lord W. Cholmondeley (C.) H. C Compton (C.) HEREFORDSHIRE. Sir H. G. Cotterell Mr. Blakemore... Mr. K. King Hon. C. Hanbury (C.) HERTFORDSHIRE. Sir H. Meta Sir E. B. Lytton Mr. C. Puller ••• ..• Mr. Abel Smith, jun. (0.) HUNTINGDONSHIRE. Mr. Rust Mr. J. M. Heatheote IDoublo j Mr. Fellowes return KENT EAST. Sir R. Bridges • Sir E. Dering „ Mr. Deede-s (C.) KENT, WEST. Mr. W. Martin... Mr. Whatman M. Smith (CI) LANCASHIRE, NORTH. Col. J. Patten „ Lord Cavendish Mr. J. Heywood (L.) LANCASHIRE, SOUTH. Mr. W. Brown Mr, Cheetham LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH. Lord J. Manners • Mr. Farnham , LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Curzon , Mr. Packe Sir H. Halford (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. B. Stanhope Sir Montague Cholmelty kr. R. H. Nisbet (C.) LINCOLNSHIRE, SOUTH. Sir J. Trollope „, Mr. Wilson „, Lord Burghley (C.) MERIONETHSHIRE. Mr. W. W. E. Wynne... MIDDLESEX. Lord R. Grosvenor Mr. R. Hanbury, jun. B. Osborne (L.) MONMOUTHSHIRE. Mr. C. 0. S. Morgan Lieut.-Col. E. A. Somerset ... MONTGOM ERYSHIRE. Lieut.-Col. H. W. W, Wynn NORFOLK, EAST, Sir E. N. Buxton ... General Wyndham Sir H. Stracey (C.) H. N. Burrougha (C.) NORFOLK, WEST. Mr. H. Bentinck Mr, B. Guidon... Mr. Bagge (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTH. Lord Burghley ,„ Mr. A. Stafford Mr .Mauneelt (C.) NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Althorp Mr. Knightley Col. Vyse (C.) NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTH. Lord Lovable Lord Ossulston... ••• ..• NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTH. ' Mr. W. E. Beaumont... Hon 3 .G. Liddell ... NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTH. Lord R. Clinton Mr. J. E. Denison ... Lord H, Bentinck (C.) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, SOUTH. Viscount Newark ..• - Mr. W. H. Barrow ••• OXFORDSHIRE. Right Hon. J. W. Henley Mr. G. V. Harcourt Colonel North PEMBROKESHIRE . Viscount Emlyn RADNORSHIRE. Sir J. B. Walsh RUTLANDSHIRE, Hon. G. J. Heathcote Hon. G. J. Noel SHROPSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. J. W. Dod... Mr. Hill Mr. W. Gore (O. ) SHROPSHIRE, SOUTH. Lord Newport ... • Hon. R. W, Clive ... SOMERSETSHIRE, EAST. Mr. Mile s Col. Knatchbull.. SOMERSETSHIRE, WEST. Mr. Mood y Mr. H. Langton ' • • STAFFORDSHIRE, NORTH. Mr. Adderloy Mr. Child STAFFORDSHIR E, Mr. Foley . Mr. Forster Hon. E. Littleton (C.) _Earl of Uxbridge (L.) SUFFOLK, WEST. Capt.-Bennet ... Mr. Wu ldingtoll ... ... 1 ... 0 410.1 040 1 ... 0 ... 1 .., 0 ... ... 1 ... 0 ... 11101 II" 1 it. 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I 0 ... 1 •• • • • 1 0 • • • •••• • • 0 1 •• • ••• I ••• 1 0 •.• 1 ... 1 0 0 1 , ••• 0 1 ••• ••• ••• 1 •11. 0 ~. 0 ... 1 ~. 0 ~. 1 N• 1 ••• 1 •• ••• 0 1 ..• ~ 0 ..; 1 ••• w• 0 ••• 1 ••• 1 ••• 0 0 ••• 1 ••• ••• . ••• ••• 0 - ... 1 0 1 ••• ..••• ... ..... 0 ... 1 - -- 0 ..• ..• 1 1101; ; 1 ~. 0 ... 1 ..• .....• ... 1 ... 0 ••• ',... 0 ... 1 ~. 0 ... 1 ••• ...• 1 ..• 0 1 „. 0 •.• .... 0 ois 1 0 .., 1 ST. ANDREW'S BURGHS. Mr. Ellice, jun. STIRLING. - Sir J.iAnderson STIRLINGSHIRE. Mr. Blackburn... SUTHERLANDSHIRE. Marquis of Stafford WIGTON BURGHS. Sir W. Dunbar Sir J. M•Taggart (L.) WIGTONSIHRE. Sir A. Agnew ... ... ... WICK. Lord J. Hay ... ... ... BERWICK. Mr. Stapleton ... ... 1 ••• 0 Mr. D. C. Marjorlbanks 1 ... 0 Mr. J. Forster (L.) IRELAND. ARMAGH. Mr. S. Miller Mr. .1. W. Bond (C.) ARMAGH, COUNTY. Sir W. Veruer ~ Mr. C.oso ATHLONE. I Mr. Ennis Hon. Capt. Handcock (C.) BANDON. Capt. - Bernard BELFAST. Mr. Cairns Mr. Davison 0 ••• 1 ••• 0 ..• 0 ...... ..• 1 ... 0 ... 0 ••• 1 ... .., 0 ... 1 6 1 ••• ••• CARLOW. Mr. J. Alexandor CARLOW, COUNTY. Mr. Bruen Captain Bunbur7 —.l. Ball (L.) CARRICKFERGUS. •.• 0 «. 1 ... ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 • 7. 1 Mr. Dobbs Major Cotton (C.) CASHELt, Sir T. O'Brien'... CAVAN, COUNTY. Colonel Maxwell Hon. Capt. Annesley Mr. Burrows (C.) CLONMEL. Mr. Bagwell ... COLERAINE. Mr. Boyd ... Lord Naas (C.) CORK (CITY). Mr. Fagan Mr. Beamish CORK, COUNTY. Mr. Deasy ... Mr. Maearthy V. Scully. DONEGAL, COUNTY. Major Conolly Sir E. Hayes DOWN, COUNTY. Lord A. E. Hill Mr. W. B. Fordo Mr. D. S. Ker (C.) DOWNPATRICK, Mr. R. Ker •.. DROGHEDA. Mr. M'Cann DUBLIN (CITY). Mr. Grogan ~. Mr. Vance DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Mr. Napier —. Mr. G. A. Hamilton «. DUNDALK. Mr. Bowyer ... DUNGANNON. Hon. W. S. Knox DUNGARVON Mr. Maguire ENNIS. Mr. Fitzgerald ENNISKILLEN. Mr. Whiteside ... FERMANAGH. Captain Arch& ill Hon A. H. Colo GALWAY. Lord Dunkellin Mr. O'FlahertY...." 1117*. Mato (L) 0 N. •• • 1 •m 0 ... .N 0 1 010 090 00• 0 000 1 ••• ... 1 ... 0 SOO 0 ... 1 ... ... ••• 1 0 1 --- 0 ..• ..• ... 1 ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 0 ••• 1 , ••• 400 0 ••• ..... 0.0 ••• o ... 1 0... 1 0 SOO 1 SOS SOO 1 ... ° 4 , 00 ••• 0 ••• 1 ••• ••• 0 ••• 0 S 1 b•• .41 0 SOW 1 •011 1 4111• 0 .1. ... 0 ... 1 ... 0 ••• 1 • 1 0 • w GO• •11. 0 . .0; 1 CIO 0 ... 1 SOO 0 ... 1 ... 1 ... 0 to. 1 ... 0 GALWAY, COUNTY. Sir T. Burke .. Mr. Gregory .. lew (L.) KERRY, COUNTY. Hon. Arthur Herbert ... Right Hon. Viscount Castlerosse KILDARE, COUNTY. Mr. Henehy Mr. Cogan KILKENNY BOROUGH. Mr. Sullivan • •-. ~, KILKENNY, COUNTY. Hon. A. Ellis Mr. J. Greene Mr. Sergeant Shee (L.) KING'S COUNTY. Mr. P. O'Brien... ... Mr. Bland KINSALE. Mr. J. I. Heard ... LIMERICK (CITY). Mr. F. W. Russell Sergeant O'Brien LIMERICK, COUNTY, Mr. Monsell Mr. De Yore LISBURN. Mr. Richardson APRIL 13, 1857. Liberal. Conservative. LONDONDERRY (CITY). Sir R. Ferguson ... LONDONDERRY, COUNT Y. Mr. Clark ... Mr. Greer ... Captain Jones (C.) Captain Bateson (C.) LOUTH, COUNTY. Mr. C. S. Fortescuo Mr. M'Clintock T. Kennedy (L.) MALLOW. Sir D. Norreys ... ... MAYO, COUNTY. G. H. Moore ... ~. Capt. Palmer ... ... MEATH:COUNTY. Major Connolly .., Mr. M'Evoy Corbally (L.) MONAGHAN, COUNTY. Sir G. Forster Mr. C. P. Leslie NEW ROSS. Mr. Tottenham NFWRY. Mr Kirk PORTARLINGTON. Col. Darner Col. Dunne (C.) QUEEN'S COUNTY. Sir C. Coote Mr. Dunne ROSCOMMON, COUNTY. Mr. Grace ~. Col. French SLIGO, BOROUGH.. Mr. J. P. Somers A12'..1. Wynne (C,) SLIGO, COUNTY. Sir R. G. Booth Mr. E. J. Cooper Mr. Swift (L.) TRALEE. Captain D. O'Connell TYRONE; COUNTY. Lord C. Hamilton Mr. T. L. Corry WATERFORD, CITY, Mr, Blake Mr. Hassard Mr. Meagher (L.) Mr. Keatinge (L.) WATERFORD, COUNTY. Mr. Power Mr. Esmonde WESTMEATH, COUNTY. Mr. Magan Sir R. Loving° Mr. P. Urquhart (L.) WEXFORD (BOROUGH). Mr. J. Devereux WEXFORD, COUNTY. Mr. Y. Mahon ... Mr. J. George ... ... YOUGHAL. ➢Zr. I. Butt ... ... RAILWAY DIRECTORS IN PARLIAMENT. (Front the Railway Times.) HOUSE OF LORDS. Bateman, Lord—Shrewsbury and Hereford; Leominster and Kington. _ Bath, Marquis —East Somerset. Bessborough, Earl—Waterford and Kilkenny. Breadalbane, Marquis—Scottish Central. Burlington, Earl—Furness. Charlemont, Earl—Dublin and Belfast Junction. Cloncurry, Lord—Great Southern and Western. 'Cork, Earl—East Somerset. Devon, Earl—Bombay, Baroda, and Central India. Erne, Earl—Dundalk and Enniskillen. Exeter, Marquis—Stamford and Essendine. Gleogail, Earl—G.)rk and Youghal. Howden, Lord—Hartlepool. Kinnaird, Lord—Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen. Lonsdale, Earl—Whitehaven Junction, &c. Monteagle, Lord—Limerick and Foynes. Montrose, Duke—Forth and Clyde unction. Morley, Earl—South Devon and Tavistock. Paninure, Lord—Perth and Dunkeld. Portsmouth, Earl—North Devon. IPo wis, Earl —Oats estry and Newtown ; Shrewsbury and Welshpool, Shropshire Union. Seafield, Earl—lnverness and Aberdeen Junction, Sundes, Lord—East Kent. Strad broke, Earl—East Suffolk. Talbot, Earl—North Staffordshire. To wnshend, Marquis—Hertford and Welwyn Junction. Yarborough, Earl—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire. HOUSE OF COMMONS. Akroyd, E. (Huddersfield)—Leeds, Bradford, and Hall. fax Junction. Alexander, J. (Carlow)—Bagenalstown and Wexford. Ayrton, A. S. (Tower klamlets)—Metropolitan ; Great Indian Peninsula. Bagahaw, R. J. (Harwich)—Northern and Eastern, Eastern Counties. Bailey, C. (Monmoutb)—Cole ford, Monmouth, Usk, and Pontypool ; Ely Tidal ; Monmouthshire ; Vale of Towey ; New Brunswick and Canada. Bailey, Sir J. (Brecknockshire)—Shrewsbury and Here- E (CambridgesLire)—Newmarket and Bury Ex. tension. Baring, T. (Huntingdon)—Grand Trunk of Canada. Bale, S. (Derby)—Midland, Sout4 Thivon, South Staf fordshire, West Eod and Crystal Palace, Westminster Terminus Extension ; Royal Danish. Blackburn, P. (Stirlingshire)—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Caledonian and Dumbartonshire. Blake, J. (Waterford) —Midland Great Western. Blakemore, T. W. B. (Herefordshire) —Monmouthshire. Bruce, H. A. (Merthyr) —Aberdare, Rhymney, Vale of Neath. Buchanan, W. (Glasgow)—General Terminus and Glas gow Harbour; G ago w, Dumbarton, and Helensburgh. Buller, J. W. (North Devon)—Bristol and Exeter, Cornwall, Exeter and Crediton, South Devon, Butt, I. (Youghal)—Cork and Youghal. Carden Sir R. W. (Gloucester)—East Kent. Cayley, E.S. Riding)—Eastern Union, Norwich and Spalding, Stamford and Essendine. Child, S. (North Stafford)—North Staffordshire. Clay, J. (Hull) Londonderry and Enniskillen, London derry and Culeraine, Whitehaven and Furness. Clifford, Col. (Hereford) Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford. Clive, G. (ilereford)—Worcester and Hereford. Clive, R. W. (South Shropshire)—Ely Tidal, Great Western, Shrewsbury and Hereford. Cobbold, J. C.l(lpswich)—Eastern Union, Norwich and Spalding. Conizighain, W. (Brighton)—Brighton. Cowan, C. (Edinburgh) —Edinburgh and Glasgow. Cowper, W. (Hertford) Hertford and Welwyn ; Cr L aw ut fo o r n d , , D ß u . n w sta . b(lLe,otiniaddonW)_elwEayn (London)—East J ln u d n i c a t n io. . n Denison, E. B. (West Riding)—Great Northern. Divett, (Exeter) —Bristol and Exeter. Dunbar, (Wigtown)—Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee. Sir W. Duncan, Viscount (Forfarshire)—Buckinghamshire. Dutton, R. H. (South Harnp.hire)—Soutia-Western. Ellice, E. (St. An dre w's)—Ed in burgh, Perth, and Dundee. Ennis, J. (Athlone) —Midland Great Western. Ewart, J. C. (Liverpool)—London and North-Western, North London, North Union. Finlay, A. S. (Argyleshire)—Monkland. Forester, Colonel (Wenlock)—Severn Foster C: (Wal,all)—South Staffordshire. Gilpin, C. (Northampton)—South-Eastern, Milford, Rhymney, Italian Junction. Glyn, G. C. (Kendal)—London and North-Western, Buckinghamshire, • Hampstead Junction, Royal Da nish, Grand Trunk of Canada. Greenall, G. (Warrington)—St. He!en' s . Grogan, E. (Dublin)—Bagenalstown and Wexford, Irish South-Eastern. Hamilton, G. A. (Dublin University)—Chester and Holyhead. Hastie, A. (Paisley)—Northern and Eastern. Herbert, H. (Kerry)__Tralee and Killarney. Hildyard, R. C. (Whitehaven)— \Vhitehaven and Fur ness. Hindley, C. ( As hton)—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin colnshire,. Hodgson, K. D. (Bridport)—Bridport, Grand Trunk of Canada. Hodgson, W. N. (Carlisle)—Lancaster and Carlisle. Hornby, W. H. (Blackburn)—Blackburn. Howard, Carlisle. Ingram, H Jackson. C. W. G. (East Cumberland) —Lancaster and (Boston)—Boston, Sleafo rd, and Mid land Junction. Holyhead, Jackson, W. Portsmouth,(Newcastles-uevnedrenr-T.Lnee)y—. Chester and H King, K. (Herefordshire) .--Leominster and Kington. Kinnaird, A. (Perth) —Chester and Holyhead. Lowther, Colonel (West Cumberland)—Lancaster and Carlisle. Luce, T. (Malmesbury)—Great Western. Mangles, R. D. (G u ildford) —London and North- Western ; Buckinghamshire ; Chester and Holyhead; Epsom and Leatherhead ; North London ; North and South-Western Junction ; Portsmouth. Mangles, Captain C. E. (Newport, Me of Wight)— South -Western ; Black a all. Marshal l , W. (E Cumberland)—Lancaster and Car lisle ; Port Carlisle. Matheson, A. (Inverness)—lnverness and Aberdeen Junction. ',APIs, T. (Totnes) 7 —Nortbern and Eastern. Monvel!, W. (County of Limerick)--Limerick and Ennis. Montgomery, Sir G. (Peeblesehire)—Peebles; Fife and Kinrose. Liberal. Conservative Moore, Jramley (Maidon)—North Staffordshire. Norris, J. bing,!or.)—E,,t,ro Counties. O'Brier, S)- T. (C,shel)- Grea , Western. Pag,et, Lord A. (I.4:hi& l'i!—N , rtb. Staffirdshire. Paxton, Sir J. (Coventry)—NianciAstsr, Buxton, and Matlock ; Midland ; West-end and Crystal-Palace. Pease, H. (Si:uth Durharo)—Darlington and Barnard -Castle ; Middlesborough and Guisborough ; Stockton and Darlington. Pilkington, J. (Blackburn)--Ea2t Lancashire. Price, W. P. (Gloucester)—Gloucester and Dean Forest; Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester ; Midland ; Newport, Ahergavenny, and Hereford ; Worcester and Here ford. Pugh, D. (Montgomery)-oswestry and Newtoßb. Ricardo, J. L. (Stoke-upon-Trent) —North Stafford. shire ; Metropolitan ; Norwegian Trunk ; Ir )yal Danish. Rich, H. (Richmond)--South-Eastern. Robarts, T. J. (Cornwall)—Cornwall. Seymour, H. D. (Poole)—Darset Central ; Salisbury and Yeovil ; Somerset Central. Smollett, A. (Dumbartonshire)—Caledonian and Duni. bartonshire. Stafford, Marquis of (Seherlandshire)—London . and North-Western ; North London; Inverness and Aber. deen Junction. Stanley, W. 0. (Beaumarie)—Cheeter and Holyhead. Stuart, Lord J. (Ayrshire) -Taff Vale. Talbot, C. (Glamorganshire)—South Wales ; CJrk and Youghal. The, W. (Bath)---North Devon ; Bideford Extension. Verney, S,r H, (Buckingham)—Buckinghamshire. Walpole, H. S. (Cambridge University)—Great Western. Watkin, E. (Yarmouth)—Oxford, Worcester, and Wol verhampton. Westhead, J. P. B. (York)—Shropshire Union. Wickham, H. W. (B ra df or d)—L ancas hi re an d Y or k' shire ; New Brunswick and Canada. Wyndham, General (West Cumberland)—Whitehavens Cleator, and Egremont. Wyndham, Wrn. (South Wilts),--Salisbury and Yeovil. Wynne, Sir W. W. (Denbighshire) —Great Western; Oewestry and Newtown. Wyvid, M. (Richmond)—Bedale aud Leyburn. Directors in the House of Lords „ iu the House of Commons 93 Total directors in Parliament...l2o Country Markets. HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 10. WIISAT. BARLEY I OATS. I BEA,NO, First 570 Od 45s 6d I 34s Od I 42s o°l Second 3ss 2d 1 359 4d 1 263 5d ) 343 1 0 d Third 26s 6d 1 30 3 0.1 1 22s Od i 31s oa Total quantity of wheat in market, 1000 qrs., 938 sol d ~ ,P barley „ 2 77 qrs., 192 so!, oats ~,, 399 qrs., 397 g"iu beans 31 219 qrs., 209 ad AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat ' 1/. 15 2 10-12ths 1 Barley, ...1/. 15 4 0-12 to Oats, ... 11. 6 5 3.l2ths I Beans, .....11. 14 10 4.12t10 , AP DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—APRIL 9. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferio r 534 Wheat 55s 01 62G Oats 27s 6,1 24s 4d .... ..... 15 , 207 Barley 393 0.1 353 01 49 Peas & beans 42s 01 _ 37s 21 ABERDEEN-APRIL 10. Potato oats 1 Common oats 2 2 0 1 5 s Od Od 21 22 s 0d 0 0 3 41 Bere qls Od to 33 s Od 1 • 401bs per buebel 531bs Barley 31s 03 to 33 s Od It } 621bs Wheat, red (spring)33s Od to 37s 03 „ white 3os Oil to 45s 03 „ Oatmeal 16s 63 to 18s 01 per boll. Flour.. 45s Od to —s Od per sack. . PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 63 to Sd I Butter, p lb. 18 Od to 0 3 0 J Mutton, per-lb 6d to Sd I Eggs, p doz. Os 8(1 to 03 ! , i Lamb, do., Os 041 to 0h• 0 • 1 Hens, p pair 3s 03 to 33 ",j Veal, Der lb ... 103 to is Od Cbi c k ens ,d o .2 s Od t o 20 `,.1 Pork, per 1b...0s 63 to Os 7d Du c k s , do., 2s 03 to 23 11 1 Salmon, per lb ......Os to Os Ducklings,o Os 03 to 0- 0 1, Grouse, per brace Os to Os Turkey s , eac h 4 s 03 t o 54 t i 'i Tallow, p stone, Os to 10s 63 Potato es , p er p oc k, 93 to 1 , Rabbits, each 3d to 43. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt. 103 s to 1 0 : Eggs, wholesale price, pe r d ozen . . RETAIL PRICES. 0 Flour, 141b....0s 03 to 2s 6d B ar l ey fl our, l4lb . O s t o 23 4 Oatmeal Os Od to is 103 „ d us t , Beremeal ....Os 03 to Is 103 per lb 2d to 21 1 Peasemsal... Os Od to 2s 8d Sa . s, Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. 03. to 4s 63 4-lb. 10af...7d. 1 2-Ib. 10af...3id. DUBLIN, APRIL 10. Our markOt this morning was exceedingly dull. Wh " scarce, at the rates of last week. Oats much depresso tif and the turn cheaper. Barley also very dull, at prices favour of the buyer. Oatmeal sells in a retail way at /1, week's rates. In foreign wheat or Indian corn no too t " actions reported, but holders would take less money effect sales. Bakers purchase dour to meet their ds'" wants at prices rather under those of Friday. ,0 White wheat, 31s 0.1. to 34s Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 01; ditto new, —s ; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6 ( 1 ; grio /0 ing, 15s to 203 61 ; oats, old, lls to 13s ; ditto, new, i go Oct to 15s Od ; oat mea l, 13 s t o 14 s 6d ; b ere , new , 16 s to i's# Od; rapes • d, 30 3 Od t o 32 s 01 per b r l ; b a k ers ' flour , 1 # Ga to 253 Oct per cwt; Indian corn, 31s 01 to 37 s Od 1 480 lbs.. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LEEDS, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was quiet to-dal/to prices without much variation. North Western, 71 —Midlands, 81I—York and North Midland, 32. MANCHESTER, APRIL 11. - --• STOCK EXORANGE. — The market had a quiet apP° l ; day. Este anco to-day, and prices were ab ou t th e same as on Tbu c t o , -Great Western of Cale i , Snaeilierldu Counties, 11 Eastern and Dover; 22g Lancashire and Yorkshire, 104. BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 11. STOCK EXCIIIANGE. -- The market was chiefly ,„er lated by the prices transmitted by telegraph from Lond°_, doing.but there was comparatively little doing. The busin g to-day was limited, at about Thursday's quotations. THE GLASGOW POISONING CASE.—Miss Madeleine Smith, the young lady who (as stated in a recent di zaj o i ber of The Sun) was apprehended on the suspicion g ' having ad m i n i stere d poison to her sweetheart, a yon French gentleman named L'Angelier, was formally co d i ; mit'ed on Friday last to stand her trial on the cht 4 l of murder. The r esu lt h as b een arrived at after t 0 ",,. consultation with the Crown au th or i t i es i n Edinbu rg:; So far as motive is concerned, the grounds of t u o charge are understood t o b e th a t Mi ss S m i th was at 26 14 to cast L'Angelier off i n consequence o f h av i ng rece it and accepted an offer of marriage from a gentled° who occupies a much more elevated position iu f ocielj so far as wealth i s concerne d . L'A nge li er wag resolvroi to maintain his ascendancy, and had some power 4 blasting the young lady's reputation i n th e even t of ! ha marrying his rival. Hence the catastrophe. That , 4, young lady procured arsenic about the time of L gelier's death, that he died from the effects of arse and that there is no reason to believe he c o mmit suicide, are matters undoubted. The event has et - vat' much , riiterneot in G'asgow. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A most interesti ng recovery from ~ complication of diseases, such as indigestion (dyspoPs'o,', flatulency, constipation, nervous, bilious, and liver ef,„ plaints, cough, asthma, consumption, and debill";; without the aid of medicine, by Du Barry's lenta Arabica Food, is recorded in the following ter :—Curo 52,422.—" Bridgehouso, Frimloy, 3d AP: I 4 1854. I have suffered these 33 years continn, from diseased lungs, spitting of blood, li ver deranged°lloo deafness, singing in thei ears, constipation, y, debilit short o of breath, and cou g h, an d during that period taken so id u f $ medicine that I can saf e l y say I have laid out upwards 010 thousand pounds at th e c h em i sts and doctors. Indeed 1 1 . , 1 in utter despai r , an d never expected to get over it, wheviie was fortunate en oug h t o b ecome acquainted with your Re i s lenta Arabica, which, Heaven be praised, restored a'? g, a state of health w hi c h I l ong s i nce despaired of attaid'°of, My lungs, liver, stomach, head, and ears are all right, my I °o ing perfect, and my r ecovery i s a marvel to all my acqu l / antes. I am, respectfully, J AMES ROBERTS, wood.- merchan t' Supported by testimoni a l s f rom th e ce l e b rate d P ro f ess oro ; Chemistry, Dr. Andrew Ure ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvt Dr. Campbell; Dr. Gattiker ; Dr. Wurzer; Dr. Ingra7 o , Lord Stuart de Decie s ; • the Dowager Countess of Cas'os Stuart; Major-Gen. Thomas King, and many other respect „ persons, whose health has been restored by it, afterall 0 means of cure had failed. For further particulars reFiwo log this invaluable food our readers are referred'ato Du Barr' advertisement in another part of this paper. B I R, T,11,5. OF A SON. On the 11th inst., at 22, Talbot-road, Upper Holloo/j the wife of William Pitman, Esq. c rif. On tho 9th inst., at 3, Ma r y on - roa d , W oo l w i c h , the • of Captain John J. Wilson, R.E. OF A DAUGHTER. On the Bth inst., at Canford Vicarage, the Lady TA lli° Ponsonby. On the 10th inst., at 18, Upper Bedford-place, Buss e square, Mrs. A. H Hart. MARRIED. On the 11th inst., at St. James's Church, Westboal: terrace, James Neville, Est, of Clarence.cottage, 11 : Ic d mond, to Adelaide, second d aug ht er o f J o h n liaise, -° of Paddington-green. is ft On the 11th inst., at the pa r i s h c h urc h o f St. ...„ o t l, Islington, Mr. Alfred C. Go o dy, t o C aro li ne , the young.;l l , daughter of the late Benjamin Duncan, of Br'D ton. DIED. On the 9th inst., at the Castle, Parsontown, Ireland , ' 0 ( Hon. John Parsons, second son of the Earl and Countes s Ross, th ° On the 6th inst., at Bothwell C as tl e, Lanarkshire% i Right Hon. James, Lord Douglas, of Douglas, aged 7%51 On the 10th inst., at Cheam, Henry Thomas, yollv. fl is a t' son of the Hon. James and the late Lady Elizabeth ton, aged 14. Cha rles on the 10th inst., at Flollycombe, Sussex, Sir C ll9 " r W On the lltilliam Tayh loinst.,3r Bart., Ir. George Hoby, of 123, ido aged 87. at' street, Berkeley- square, age d 3 3 . 0 Onthe 12th i ns t ., a t Alb er t- s t ree t , Regent's-park, Co mauder ames Wood R.N., aged 74. On th J 11th inst. , at l5, Glocester-square, Hyde-P s ' James William Smith, Esq., aged 87. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOU I 6 of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mop ' l f 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the O uji of Middlesex, Monday, Aprill3, 185/. k ce La Pr eta tei S at rate! draw net( ton i of Se sells the u day. of th, build peret Mt the s chin Da as fru tarn Brits distir of Ifs " fen Oni c , day a _ ri tract, raisso the Th COrnn of th APPII Of w men patie sive the T year: "en, 4 o'c Whe all t tarp Joh, and Pre. Joni pea lien efle clue tior ttor 20, and the in Dili fro tlti suc