The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-07 00:00:00

AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA, The British and North American royal mail steamer Arabia, Captain Stone, arrived in the itersey yesterday morning, from Boston and -bfrtlifax, bringing 125,000 dollars in specie ; and e,...i.glity-two passengers. A mong . the latter are ..ja nt ain William of the Barque Romulus, Irora Bristol, which vessel had been abandoned at sea, waterlogg e d, an d t h e crew taken o ff b y t h e i .,"ariot of F ame, f rom Liverpool, and carried to -uoston. frollleTTetearners Quaker City and Persia, both .14vorool, had arrived out at New York. N ew the Arabia w e h ave our fil es o f papers f rom ,ew York to the 25th, Boston to the 26th, and al ifax to th e 2 7t h ult., all inclusive. The advices from New York are a week later than those pre 17101191 y to hand. Tile Money Market had not undergone any I.l:taterial change. On the 24th there was a good uSereand for c a pit a l , b ot h at t h e b an k s an d i n t h e totreet, at six t o seven per cent. on ca ll , an d seven l a ei rAt per cent. on pr i me b us i ness paper. Th e ofst re turn of the N ew Yo rk c ity b an k s s h ows a ga i n 4 9 , 5 4 2 .33 78 dols. i n l oans , 324,532 d o l s . i n s p ec i e , '' dell. in circulation, and 669,085 dols. in a e r Bi ts• Foreign Exchange was steady with wit otter supply of second class bills offering, but ch a „ l/ a good demand rates were nominally un fr ~,gi e d • The quotations on London ranged 109 i to 1091. The Stock Market was steady, Wa s paces Prices generally firm. The Cotton Market bp - t c luiet, With the sales averaging about 3,000 i na „' B „, Per day. There was only a moderate de- Were".or flour, but prices ruled steady. Freights f or „rather easier, the quotation at New York fl ou ' u n i verpool, being for grain 61d. to 60., for p er lC. to 2s. 40., and for cotton 9-32 d. to 5-16 d. A h e l d m eeting of English Chartists had been th e ( t▪ ti New York, at which a memorial to `/ Il een of England was adopted, pray- Frost for the unconditional pardon of John ti l.°l3t t I v ll o, in 1840, was sentenced to transporta o" t° 1 ,„,„ Van Dieman's Land for life, by the English /• pent, for having espoused the cause of the . 185118 n Chartists, and conditionally pardoned in in:: nd, subject to this condition, is at present 13 fr ° ( ,1_ ni ng in the United States, a suffering exile 4, l3 i ilia native land and family. I .,.: me llew York papers announce that the steamer ' e seon has been chartered for the Collins Liver- Pool 29th „ n , e of mail steamers, and would sail on the pa ssn "'t• She has already made eight successful ex t ,7geS across the Atlantic, some of them in lie r : lll ,,, l Y boisterous weather, and has proved 13 ,„„, --e u a strong and safe ship. Water-tight corn- Ltaents were being put into her, previous to her r t ure, to give additional security. 35c , life boat had been picked up at sea in lat belie 5 ' long. 75Q 03, which for som e ti me was p ved to h ave b elonge d to t h e m i ss i ng steamer 1 1 ,fie, but it turned out ot h erw i se. cr , Lie Proceedings in Congress had been chiefly ii nti ned to matters of local interest. In the Senate can r • Clayton had made a seech on Central Ai a affairs, and had adopted the idea, that for mer an ulicab le settlement with England, the Americans nut st ti Bh - - appeal from the British ministry to the Bri e() People. R es p ec ti ng t h e se i zure of t h e Trans i t Ty, In Pany's st eamers b y t h e Nicaraguan Govern tileall,t,,,lor alleg e d i n d e b te d ness, Mr. Clayton said t th Mr. Vand er bil t d en i ed such indebtedness, as •charge was utterly false. The Bill for the admission of Kansas had been P ii ti blished. It provides for the admission of Kan ils into th e U nion as a sovereign State, when she l have within her borders the requisite popu -111404 for the representation of one full member in tis e Popular branch of Congress. The bill provides (usual liberal allowances to the new State, ‘wlantsaan ready to come in,) i n th e way of public land whet salt springs, &c., but cuts off from the tlvestern end of the Territory a small strip of moun jina and valleys about equal in size to one-half w it! . area of the six New England States, a slice ~„.l e, _l l we suppose Mr. Douglas intends to appro "au to the Indians. In the meantime, the Robinson free State movement in Kansas has been perfected, even to the election of two Senators to Congress. The t n lug°lltslatre -ecounts reported that the new state met in joint session of the two ji ; ses had , and p rocee d e d to th e e l ec ti on o f t wo n 'ted States Senators. On the first ballot, Gov. 38 out of 56 votes ; , tler was e l ected Etlid Aon the s econd. saThr and ( ane was chosen by the Lane, are, &i e vote. (x( tors uere fere, duly anno t Kansa s . Th ere was very litt le 1 ° either. T he remaining proceedings-of the Zegislature were unimportant. An early adjourn eat was looked for, in order to permit members s:give attention to their crops. Gov. Robin tilhad sent in a Supplemental Message, y.anatory of the former one. He says his some misapprehension vas created by G - ,":"larks in relation to the powers of a State o 0: 4133 , ellt, and proceeds to make an explanation °A ews• He counsels non-resistance to the thederal au thorities, but declares that the people of kee,S,tate.possess the right of organising a govern ege;" ~of their own, and may enact laws, the Iliti n ii ,"° ll of which is contingent upon the rec, te n ,;," uY Congress of the acts of the people of the reic,"°l7. Prudence, caution, and forbearance are th-etilliended, and indeed this cause, obviously t ai .: 4 l 3 est, is the one which the people of the new State 'ntend to pursue. The internal affairs of the present no features of peculiar interest. s e , ll t he Senate on the 24+h, on the motion of Mr, ni c : r d, the President was called upon to commu tive-‘e all in formation in possession of the Execu - I sl relati ve le arn to revolutionary proceedings in the 'glut, to concerning the seizure of I,ll)roDerty of the Nicargua Transit Company. TEtriff e aew York papers publish at length the new by -1 -",1 1 , Which had been reported in the Senate Pie ß t r ,* da mes, of Rhode Island, and which occu- Con,, -° columns of the New York Journal of said-lree• Mr. James, in speaking of his measure, d utiwas framed on the principle of reducing %t e a ea foreign imports to a proper revenue for th ar cl, and stating that it did not impose duties , lohg 'hat PUrpose of protection. But is this so . - "ar the facts ? It places in the free list a totslilisporof articles chiefly used in manufacturing "ztulg, which now pay a moderate duty, the stn a lial tlo Unt of revenue derived from them being t his b,17 compared with those articles on which Worsted raises raises the rate of duty. On all cotton, fr o ' '" a nd silk goods, it is roposed to raise the and 0 0l 25 to 3 0 per cent. ; p and on linen goods bele:Loured blankets, from 20 to 30 per cent., tare Lt"ach dv ance of 50 per cent. on t h e present "" produces too great a revenue. United S Sena- Pro m 0, CANADA. - l an ada we learn that the ministry for the troessttelliet,;(lT ti ded over its difficulties. The small was of four, mentioned last week in etio with j ".week con J ude Duval, was on Thursday of 42, n house v,,rted into a favourable majority W ' of 112. of th e e th e not follo w the Parliamentary record l o e f . Leti)tr)oess under which this change took place. th haufrice to say, that only when reassured bY Go B v e L an ge, did ' the ministry present to the eot,l4."Qr General the request of the assembly, be refused it with their advice that its prayer should d Ilea"A'"ecl• An d refused it was. Sir Edmun h declinedlit a message down, explaining why d o n to act ; his main reasons as put forwaF th e g that he could not in any way interfere with eq b . ,Pr°ceedings of the bench. And so the Sz4luble„ende gs though it should be noted that to d en Duval has himself been stirred up of Nv e h ri.Y the correctness of the report, out Th e e h all these proceedings have sprung. the i. _question I.t seems likely to agitate most seriously. iq ~-..— th Logi2lative Hal nieh local ;-- va n ii . Lerests are deeply concerned. Shall hag ad as have a permanent, in place of a shift int'l rieat of governme n t? Th e reply i s decidedly thoi elloicel, affir mative. Sh a ll i t b e this city, or that, lo - of course being limited to a very few inetalities ? The answer is prompt, for now comes in to pla y a variety of motives, obvious to all who tc4alt the subject worth consideration. From cer deia tithe and votes so far recorded, the mind's eye i v _ ea not yet see the question definitely settled. t:7S.,John Young, indefatigable in all matters per 04111g to oneth commercial prosperity of his country, a °ting ehalf of the Montreal Board of Trade ,yroject no less interesting than ne He pro v'ees, at public Cost, a telegraphic cow.raraunicatioa Incr.. 901,588 172,884 j 441,e86 Dec.. ........ 368,253 Now : Scotch pig is unchanged, and there is very little doing ; last sales were made ati 36 dols to 37 dols, six months. LEAD : The market is dull. AIOLASSES : New Orleans is in fair demand, with sales of 250 brls at 41c to 46c. _ NAVAL STORES : Crude turpentine is nominal, at 4 dots 25c to 4 dols 50c. Spirits turpentine are very heavy, and since the sale of 700 brls at 31e, reported this morning, we have not heard of any further transactions. Rosins are held firmly, owing to the decline in freights, and there is more inquiry for common for shipment, at 1 dol 60c to 1 del 621 c per 310 lbs, delivered ; fine rosins are scarce and in good demand. Tar—nothing doing. OILS : Linseed oil continues in good demand, in lots from store at 85c ; we do not hear of any wholesale parcels changing hands. Crude whale remains quiet and firm at 82c to 83c; refined do. is in fair request at 90c for winter bleached, 4 mos. Crude sperm is steady at 1 dol 80c refined do. is selling in lots from store at 2 dots 10c to 2 do's: 15c for bleached and unbleached. Lard oil is quiet at 950 cash ; the stock is still light, and manufac turers are just beginning to resume operations. Palm oil is heavy ; last sales which transpired were made at 9ic per lb., but the market price is now below this rate. Puovistoris : Mess pork is easier, and closes heavily at 15 dols 8l c, with sales of 325 bbls ;"prime is scarce and nominal at 15 dols. Beef is heavy and dull, with sales 170 bbls at 9 dols 25c to 11 dols for country mess, 1 dol 25c to 8 dols 75c for country prime, and 11 dols to 13 dols 25c for repNcked Western. Beef hams are steady, with sales 200 bbls at 14 dots to 16 dols. Cut meats are without further change ; we notice sales 140 casks at 81e to 91c for hams, and 71c to 71c for shoulders. Bacon is quiet. (Arc' is unchanged, with sales of 260 tierces and bbls at 91c to lOic. Butter continues very heavy and dull. Cheese is quiet. RICE: Is dull, but prices remain unchanged. SALT: There has been more activity at fixed rates ; 650 bags Ashton's Liverpool fine were sold at 1 dol 50c, 2,450 sacks Marshall's at 1 del 37Lc, and 1,875 sacks Liverpool ground at 90. SUGAR: Is hardly as buoyant, with a fair:Zbusiness doing ; the sales are 650 hhds Cuba at 71 to 7i. FREIGHTS : Are easier ; to Liverpool, 35,000 bushels grain were taken at 61d to bid, in bulk. and 7d in ship's bags ; flour is quoted at 2s 3 , 1 to 2s 41d ; cotton, 9-32c1 to 5-16(1; 100 bales Sea Island, 7.16(1. MONEY AND STOCKS : There is no material change in our money market since our advices of the l Bth ult. The pay ment by the Sub-Treasury of about 1,500,000 dollars on account of the Mexican indemnity, has neutralised the effect produced by fears of specie exportations, which, however, are but slowly taking place. The news from Liverpool, of the Bth ult., unanimously confirming hopes of an early peace, al though occasioning in our stock market no great activity, has caused, for a short while, a rise, which is, however, barely sustained, and the market closes dull. With the exception of State Stocks, our table of daily quotations shows some im provement. TIE NORTHERN TIMES.—LIVERPOOL, MONDAY, APRIL 7,114 Se. AWFUL SHIPWRECK-TOTAL LOSS OF perhaps explained by a statement, not very clear, in a log found in the boat with Nye (kept probably by the mate), to the dffect that the water tanks of the ship bad been stove in a violent storm a few days before entering the ice. THE JOHN RUTLEDGE, AND 143 LIVES The New York papers received by the Arabia, supply us with the painful details of the loss of the ship John Rut ledge, on her voyage from Liverpool to New York, by which 143 lives are believed to have been lost. The ship foundered in consequence of damage sustained by collision in the ice; The only survivor, so far as is at present known, is a Mr. Nye, a seaman, who was picked up by the Ger mania, while on her passage from Havre to New Yoik, and which reached the latter port on the 24th ult. The Germania sailed from Havre on the 29th of January. On the 28th February observed a ship's boat ahead, hove to, and fou ,, d it to contain, alive, Thomas W. Nye, of New Bedford, the survivor of thirteen persons, the remainder having perished of starvation and cold. They had been in the boat nine days. Nye's hands and feet were very much The following are the - last entries in the log above spoken of : Feb. 18th.—A t eight a.m., the weather is thick and hazy— a drizzling rain falling. In the latter part of the day, strong breezes and rainy. Passed several icebergs on both sides—one within ten feet of the weather side. Lat. D. R. 45 dg. 34, lon. D. R. 46 dg. 56 N. W. Nine p.m., light winds and hazy. The vessel is surrounded with icebergs. It is very difficult to keep clear of them. At eight o'clock we tried to run clear of the ice. There being very little wind, the ice got down to the snip before we could get past it. The wind ding away, we could not steer clear of the ice. Eleven p.m. The ship is completely wedged in with drift ice, and there are very large icebergs in all directions. A breeze has sprung up aft, there is no alternative but to proceed. The further we go ahead the thicker the ice be e' M.'S, and the more numerous the icebergs. Midnight. Light winds, and the ship making little headway. Four a.m., 19th. The same. Eight a.m., steady breeze—ship making more headway. Passed some very large icebergs. The John Rutledge was a vessel of 1,008 tons register, built at Baltimore in 1851, and insured in New York and Philadelphia for 64,000 dollars, principally in New York. Freight and passage money insured for 6,000 dollars.• The cargo was an assorted one, valued at from 75,000 dollars to 100,000 dollars, and is largely covered by insurances in Wall-street. frozen. The bOat also contained the bodies of Mrs. Atkinson and three others, names unknown, all belonging to the ship John Rutledge, Captain Kelly, of New York. The John Rutledge left Liverpool for New York on the 16th of January ; fell in with ice on the 18th of February, in latitude 45 34 N., longitude 46 56 W. ; got into field ice the next day, but succeeded in working clear of it. She subsequently, however, ran into an iceberg, stove a hole in her bow, and was abandoned at six o'clock the same even ing. Five boats, filled with the passengers and crew, left the ship. It was the intention of Mr. Atkinson, the mate, to have left the vessel in the boat which was picked up, but she broke adrift, and he and several others went down w ith the wreck_ It is conjectured that the other boats, which were well manned and furnished with compasses, would pull for the Gulf Stream, as the weather was severely cold. They may, therefore, be picked up by passing vessels. The compass of the rescued boat was accidentally broken ; and it being cloudy, her crew could not shape their course. The John Rutledge belonged to Messrs. Howland and Ridg way, of New York. There were on board the Rutledge, at the time she struck the iceberg, 144 souls. Two had been lost overboard pre vious to that time. So far as we know, but one of that large number now survives. All but him, no doubt, ere this, have met with a terrible death. The calamity is appalling. And the feeling of horror which its details awaken, is rendered more intense by the certainty that now exists, that at least one other noble ship has met a similar fate, with not one, in all probability, left to reveal her sad story to hun dreds of anxious hearts. The Germania, after rescuing Mr. Nye, stood to the north west until dark, and then lay to until daylight, in hopes that some others of the drifting boats might be seen. None, however, were discovered, and she then sailed to the south west, keeping watch. At nine o'clock a.m. there came on a very thick snow storm, which cleared off at noon, but still no boats were to he seen. The Germania still kept to the south, as the other boats were better manned than the one found, had compasses on board, and it was supposed that they would pull for the Gulf stream. Mr.,Nye could not tell which way the other boats went, but a barque had come :out of the ice the same time, bound west, which may have possibly picked up some of them. If not, the probability is that those on board the boats have ere this perished. On the 11th of March, the Germania experienced another hurricane, west-north west, which lasted three days, driving her back 150 miles into the Gulf. It was very cold, and there was much snow. The Germania was 25 days to the westward of the Banks. The reader will not fail to notice that the track where the Germania encountered the ice on the 28th of February, and where the John Rutledge was lost upon it on the 19th of the same month, is about the same where the Arago encountered it on the 18th of January, the Atlantic on the 19th of February, the Arago on the 22nd, the Bal tic on the 27th of the same month, the Persia on the 31st of January, the Africa on the 2nd of March, and about the same as that where the Edinburgh on the 27th of March saw, what has been supposed by some to be-the wreck of the Pacific. An additional hope to that faint one which our ardent wishes still keep alive within us, that the Pacific has not been lost upon that same icy track, may possibly be derived from the fact, that neither the Germania nor the survivor from the John Rutledge, brings any report of having seen any vestige of wreck in that part of the ocean. We subjoin a statement made by Thos. •W Nye, the rescued sailor. The narrator was very low, and was much fatigued by the effort. A sailor before the mast cannot know many things of interest in connection with an event of this character, and yet the statement of Mr. Nye is full, concise and intelligent. STATEMENT OF THOMAS W. NYE The ship John Rutledge, Captain Alexander Kelly, sailed from Liverpool on the 16th of January for New York. She was loaded quite deep, and had on board an assorted cargo, including a large quantity of iron. She also had 120 passengers in the steerage. The officers and crew numbered twenty-six men. The name of the first mate was Atkinson, and he was from Philadelphia. We encountered the most tempestuous weather, and lost a man from the jib-boom. We also lost a passenger, who was washed overboard by a sea. On the 18th of February at noon, in long. 46° 56' West, lat. 45° 34', we en countered field ice, and in making our way through it, struck one or two heavy pieces projecting some four or five feet out of the water. The weather was hazy, and we could not see far ahead. The wind was aft, and the ship being closely surrounded by field ice, would not steer well. We could not keep clear of the heavy masses of ice. At last, early the next morning, the ship struck heavily upon an iceberg, and started planks from the forefoot. The pumps were sounded, and it was found that the ship was leaking at a fearful rate. Two pumps were set going, and the crew and passengers divided into watches of twelve each to work them. A quantity of salt and crates of crockery in great number were hoisted out of the hold and thrown overboard. By this means the leak was got at, and some pillows and clothilig were stuffed into it. But they seemed to do little good, and it soon became evident that the ship was filling rapidly. Preparations were then made to abandon her, and take to the boats. There were five boats attached to the ship, which I think would not have carried all on board. As it was, some twenty-five or thirty were left to go down with the wreck, of whom all but the mate and carpenter were passengers. The boat that I was in was the last fo shove off. It was the intention of the mate and carpenter to have joined us ; but they went to sound the pumps, and while so doing, our boat broke adrift. Indeed, had we lain alongside a few minutes longer, we should have been swamped. We soon lost sight of the ship, and found ourselves—. thirteen in number—upon the wide ocean, with but about a gallon of water, and six or eight pounds of bread. The party in the boat consisted of the boatswain, a Scotch sailor,—five men, four women, and a little girl, passen_ gers —and myself. One of the women was the mate's wife. The weather was intensely cold ; the boat shipped a great deal of water, and, from the effects of both, the sufferings that we were to encounter were not long delayed, The two other sailors, Mrs. Atkinson, and myself, were warmly • clothed ; but the passengers, with the exception of one lady, were not. That lady was wrapped up in two blankets. We had a compass in the boat, but Mrs. Atkinson, in jumping in, broke it It would ha • been of little use, the boat was so unsteady. We made no effort to reach any particular point—our only hope being that we should be seen and picked up by some passing vessel. Mrs. Atkinson took charge of the bread and water, and would give but little out. She and the boatswain drank most of the water. Both were soon exhausted, and then the bitter cold began to tell uFon. us. It is my opinion that if we had been well supplied with food and water, most of us could have with stood the cold. On the third day in the boat, a male passenger died. He was very thinly dressed—a light coat being his only one. He was followed the next day by a woman, whose husband survived her for a day or two. We this day saw a brig running free, with a light wind. Our hearts were cheered with a prospect of speedy relief. We raised a signal on an oar, and pulled for her with all our strength. We gained on her for some time, and I had begun to picture to myself the hearty welcome that would be extended to the shipwrecked by her captain and crew. But a breeze soon sprung up. and our hopes were crushed. She gradually left us. I thought we were near enough to be seen from her deck, but no notice, was taken of us. Notwith standing this great disappointment, I endeavoured to keep up my spirits. On the fifth day, all those in the beat with me began to drink sea water. I warned them against it, but they persisted. I got very little of the water taken from the ship, but I drank no sea water. When my mouth became very parched and dry, I rinsed it out with sea water, but swallowed none. Some snow fell one day, which I found a great relief. After the others began to drink the sea water they died in quick succession. On the seventh day the last one died, and left me the only living being in the boat. Tie dead who first succumbed were thrown overboard; but the four last were beyond my little remaining strength, and for more than two days, I was forced to sit with their distorted bodies before me, and with but little hope that a better fate would be mine. The last who died was a passenger--an English lady, of slight form— the mother of the little girl. Her daughter preceded her a few hours. I cannot remember the order in which the others died. The boatswain, the night before his death, became delirious and furious. He assaulted Mrs. Atkinson, bit her severely on the arm, and scratched her. He threw the bucket overboard, and attempted to throw the oars over board also. He assaulted me with the canteen, and struck me a blow on the face, the marks of which I still bear. He , died about noon, some hours before which he became list less and stupid. Nearly all the others became delirious. Mrs. Atkinson called in the most agonising tones for water —stretching out her hands to receive it. They all died like the boatswain, and in many instances the first notice I had that another victim had fallen, was by his pitching over when the boat lurched heavily. When all my mipanion's were dead, I fixed an oar upright, with a white woollen shirt and a red silk handker chief waving from the top as a signal. This was the first permanent signal that had been erected. My feet and legs had become very badly frozen, and I was hardly able to move. I lay in the bow of the boat. It would ship a sea occasionally, and I would rouse myself and bail it out. I would then lie down again. On the 28th of Feb., when I had been nine days in the boat, I saw a ship bearing down towards me. I was now confident that I would be rescued. I was directly in her path. As she neared me she hove• to and sent a boat to my relief. Myself and the boat which bad borne me so long in mid-ocean, were hoisted on board. The bodies were consigned to the deep. I found the ship to be the Gtrmfoa'a, Captain Wood, from Havre for New York. Captain Wood, who proved to be a townsman of mine, his wife, Mr. Papon (the steward), and the first mate, have been unremitting in their attentions. My frozen limbs were put in cold water, and then bran poultices were applied to them. To this, and other judicious treatment, which I received at the hands of my good friends on board the Germania, I shall be indebted for the restoration of my limbs to use. I belong in New Bedford, Mass. I have never supposed my constitution was especially rugged. I weighed about 146 pounds when I took to the boat. I at tribute the continuance of my existence beyond that of my companions to my abstaining trom the use of sea -water. I used some of the ice that formed upon the boat. It was only a little bitter, havin g lost the brakish taste p ecu li ar t o sea-water, and was without its injurious effect upon the system. My companions appeared to suffer great pain after they had drank sea-water. Regarding the scene on board the ship, when it was resolved to abandon her, the statement is silent. But we understand from the officers of the Germania, that Nye told them that some of those remained did so from choice—the mate and carpenter among the number. This does not agree with the above statement, nor harmonise with the presence of the mate's wife in the boat ; but undoubtedly has some foundation. It is not difficult to imagine that there were those who preferred the chances in a water logged ship to those in an open boat without food or water in midwinter: The want of an adequate supply of water is between Quebec and a point on the north shore of the Straits of Bellisle, 700 miles east of Quebec, and only 1878 west of Liverpool. There the Canadian line of steamers should touch. Thence the European news should be flashed along the wires, for the benefit of the Western World. The advantages of this plan, as regards time and distance, are manifest. NEW YORK MARKETS, MARCH 25 Assns : Remain quiet at 5 dots 871 c to 6 dot for pots, and 7 dots 75c to 8 dots for Pearls. BREADSTUITS : State and Western flour is hardly as buoyant, and the market is quiet ; the sales are 4,100 brls at 6 dots 75e to 6 dots 934 c for common to good State; 9 dots to 7 dols 25c for extra do; 6 dots 873 e to 7 dots for common to good Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin, and 7 dots 12ic to 9 dots 25c for extra do. Southern flqur is active, and rates of common have advanced 121 cents per brl ; the sales are 4,300 brls at 7 dots 62/e to 8 dots for mixed to good brands, and 8 dots 121 c to 9 dols for favourite, fancy and extra. Canadian flour is in fair request, with sales of 850 brls at 7 dots to 7 dots 50c for common to good superfine, and 7 dols 621 c to 8 dots 75c for extra; double extra 9 dots to 9 dots 25c. Wheat is unchanged, and prime parcels are held firmly ; 1,000 bushels very handsome white Southern were sold at 1 dot 90c, and 1,000 damaged red Southern at a price which is no criterion of the market. Corn is in active request for filling contracts maturing this month, and prices were sustained, although there was an increased supply offering; the sales are 42,000 bushels, at 65 dots to 66 dots, for mixed Southern, 66 dots to 68 dots for white do, and 69 dols to 70 dots for yellow. COTTON : Is in active demand, and we advance our quotations I I; the sales are 4,500 bales, and the market closes firmly. We quote : N. Y. Clas;ifitation. Upland. „; Floridalplobile.P.O. & Texas Ordinary B2 81 8i 81 Middling lOl 10k 104 10i Middling fair lOl 10/ 101 11 i Fair ll 11 12 114 COTTON STATEMENT. -Total Sept. to Receipts. Exports to Mar. Foreign Ports. 185 d 2,728,669 1,00,166 1805 1,827,081 917,262 Exports to I Stock and on Great Shipboard Britain. 1,768,451 1,327,365 684,140 315,877 LATEST BY TELEGRAPH NEW YORK, March 25, 6 p.m —Ashes firm, pots 6 dols, pearls 8. Cotton •firmer, sales 4,500 bales. Flour steady, sales 5,000 hrls, corn to straight State 6 dols 93c to 7 dols 25c, corn to good Ohio 7 dole 31c to 8 dols 70c ; Southern firm, sales 4,000 brls, mixed to good 7 dols 68c to 8 dols 6c, fancy and extra 8 dole 12c to 9 dols. Corn firm, sales 57,000 bus, mixed 64c to 66c for new, 68c to 70c old, white 66c to 70c, yellow 67c to 70c, round yellow, 65c to 70c. Pork easier, sales 400 brls, mess 15 dole 75c to 15 dols 81c, prime 15 dol., Western prime mess 16 dols to 17 dole. Beef steady, sales 250 brie. country mess 9 dole 25c to 11 dols, prime 8 dole 25c to 8 dole 75c, repacked Chicago 12 dole 75c to 13 dols 25c, prime mess 17 dole to 22 dole. Lard lower, 350 brie 9i dols to 10 dols. Bacon wanted, 1,000 boxes short ribbed middles for April 9 dols ; hams 8/ dole to 91 dolt ; shoulders 71 dole to 72 dole. Butter heavy, Ohio 17 dole to 19 dole, State 20 dole to 223 dols. Cheese dull at 8 dolt to 103 dols. Sugar heavy, sales 500 hhds, muse 7 dole to 73 dols. NO molasses 40 dols to 46 dole, muse 34 dole. Spirits of Tur— pentine dull, 100 brls 37 dolt to 38 dols. Iron firm, 75 tons Scotch 36 dole to 361 dols 6ms. Lead firm, 100 tons Spanish 6 dole 75c, cash ; English 7 dohs 12c, time. Tobacco firm, 40 bhds Ky 10 dole to 13 (lola. Rice : 100 brls 4 dole to 41 dole. Tallow dull at 101 c. Whalebone : 15,000 Oehotsk .55c for export cash. Freights to Liverpool firmer, flour 2s 43d to 2e 6d, grain 61-d to 73d, cotton 9-12 d to 5-16 d ; to Havre quiet, flour 75c, grain 20c, cotton *d to Id, rice 10 dols. STOCKS : For all other than Erie, market very firm, but not active. Illinois Central bonds 913; Nicaragua 15 ; N. Y. Central 921 ; Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati 102.1 ; Michigan Central 933; Michigan Southern 951 ; Erie 56 ; Reading 92 ; Hudson 343; Cleveland and Toledo 793 b6O; Chicago and Rock Island 96,1. NEW ORLEANS, March 25.—Cotton advanced slightly and very active, sales to-day 25,000 bales, at 9*c to 91c for middling. Sugar 7, 2 -c. Molasses 351 c. Barrel lard 9c. Freights : Cotton to Liverpool COST OF HONOURS.—The fees payable on making the Emperor Napoleon 111. a Knight of the Garter amounted to £479 13s 4d. They were defrayed out of the public funds. FIRE AT SEA.—The Jessie Miller, Captain Donald Taylor, arrived at Athens on the 16th March, from Liver pool, reports that, on the Bth March, a vessel on fire was sighted. The vessel proved to be the brig Nonpareil, of Brigham, bound to the Crimea, with a cargo of patent fuel. The crew, who had abandoned the burning vessel, were picked up by Captain Taylor, and conveyed to Athens, where they were landed. FATAL DUEL. IN FRANCE.-A duel took place on Tues day, at St. Germain, between two officers of the Guides. in which one of them was run through the body and killed on the spot. The quarrel arose out of a difference of opinion upon a matter of fact, one of the parties having affirmed that the army of Lyons would come to Paris for the review, and the other denying it ! The Baltic fleet no longer exists in official recognition ' • it was merged into the home fleet yesterday. on which day Admiral Dundas and Admiral Baynes gave up their respective appellations of Cornmander-in-Chief and second in command of the Baltic fleet. The captain of said fleet, the Hon. F. T. Pelham, changed his position at the same time. The whole fleet now at Portsmouth is placed under the command-in-chief of Admiral Sey mour, the Port Admiral. Immediately after the review it was rumoured that 10,000 seamen will be discharged from the fleet. These men consist for the most part of the men drawn from the coast guard at the outset of the war, and sueh others as have served fully and longer than the usual term of commission. It is said there will be a permanent channel fleet of exercise and training, consisting of twelve sail of the line. MR. BARRY SIILLIVAN.—We are very much gratified to perceive that Mr. Barry Sullivan has renewed for a short time his engagement at the Amphitheatre. The range of parts he has chosen for this engagement are peculiarly adopted to exhibit the highest development of his undoubted dramatic genius. Mr. Sullivan is an actor of an eminently intellectrai character. He never aims at bringing down a burst of sudden applause by the making of some startling 5-‘ 6 " and thea t-' e- Uric point, but ,tiibits a constant effort to be faithful to the ideal of the character he represents, and to seek no factitious and questionable admiration by being other than an identification with it. This ideal he follows boldly as well as faithfully, and casts fearlessly away the most time-honoured precedents and traditions of the stage, where reflection shews that their origin was not in the brain of the poet, but in the ill judging personal ambition of the actor. Mr. Sullivan does not strive to carry away his audience by a series of startling contrasts or picturesque effects, but appeals to the intellect and the appreciation of those who desire to see an embodiment of the poet's crea tion, rather than any individual and physical display. He has won his present position on the stage by no mere sudden seizing of popular caprice, and for the future can only progress upward, and need fear no revulsion of public favour. THE SMOKE NUISANCE There are few subjects of greater local,`'or general importance, than the prevention of smoke. It has now become a nuisance indeed, since the legislature has passed laws which expose every manufacturer and steam employer to the infliction of heavy penalties where smoke is suffered to be emitted from a chimney. We have already devoted a considerable portion of our space to the different inventions which have been brought out, with a view to remedy the evil sought to be removed ; and we shall continue to give our best attention to the subject, until some practical plan has been fixed upon, to relieve the manufacturer from the vexatious position in which he is now placed. 'We feel, also, no small additional concern for the public health, and all will hail with the liveliest satisfaction the formal adoption of some perfect preservative. _ - We were called upon on Saturday to inspect smoke con suming furnaces, on the largest scale, at the Waterloo station of the London and North Western Railway Com pany, and another at Messrs. Muspratt and Sons, chemical works, Vauxhall-road. The furnaces at both places are constructed on the principle of " O'Regan's patent smoke prevention furnace." We have already noticed this invention, but have never before seen it in operation on so large a scale. At the Waterloo station, a fifty horse power high pressure steam engine was effec tively worked at 451bs pressure to the square inch, with one boiler 30 feet long and 4 feet diameter. The cylinder is 24/ inches in diameter, stroke of piston 6 feet, making 14 revolutions a minute. In order to maintain steam on the old principle, the superficial surface of the furnace was 36 feet, but with the new furnace, this surface was reduced to 24 feet, or one third less. This change gave a greater heat for the generation of steam, the saving of fuel at the same time being considerable, as in exact propor tion to the reduction of the furnace. The reduction in the surface of the furnace alone would, in the opinion of engineers, justify a belief that coal is economised to a much greater extent; and this appears to be confirmed by the fact, that where it took one hour and a half to get up steam formerly, steam is now generated up to 45 lbs. pressure in less than an hour. It has hitherto been the practice to increase the size of boilers to economise fuel, but a practical proof has now been given, that that object can be obtained by limiting the surface of the furnace. And in order to accomplish the consumption of smoke with the ordinary furnace, by keeing its doors open, boilers three times the usual capacity have been used, at the suggestion of boiler makers and their employes, but with little success, as everything depends on the care of the stoker, for whose neglect or want of skill the law makes no allowance, and who, when pressed for steam, must close his doors, and commence vomiting forth smoke, regardless of penalties. Passing on to the Messrs. Muspratt's chemical works, we found the same furnace in operation. It was applied to a 16 horse-power engine, and that portion which is used separately for the prevention of smoke, was added to two " white ash" furnaces, which are said to be the worst description of chemical processes for producing that dense black smoke, which is seen to impregnate the atmosphere for a distance of miles. The volumes of foul and dele terious vapour thrown up from these large tanks, which are filled with liquid, and which the furnace eva porates awl carries away with its smoke, has been thought entirely beyond the reach of science, the Messrs. Muspratt having expended fully £60,000 in defend ing actions brought against them for nuisances, which have hitherto been thought to be an insuperable part of the manufacture of " white ash," and one or two other chemical products. There are about twenty distinct furnaces in these works, and as the new inven tion has only been applied to the engine and t wo " white ash " furnaces, it would be scarcely fair to expect to find a total prevention of smoke in a chimney which receives the vapour from several other fires. But we saw the " white ash" furnace charged heavily with small slack coal, and the flame, which was almost instantaneously produced, passed over the liquid in the tank, collecting the fumes of evaporation, but without generating smoke. This was shown by the chimney emitting, after the fresh coaling, nothing more than a light transparent v apo ur , suc h a s may be seen coming from a common house chimney, and that only lasted for about forty seconds. We have been informed that after a series of trials spread over a period of six weeks, smoke was not visible for more than one minute and a half, and then only in the most trifling volume or density. The Messrs. Muspratt, to be released from the persecu tion of the Corporation and the public generally, have left no means untried to prevent smoke, but without success. For upwards of twenty years they have laboured in vain, but may now set their tormentors at defiance. For chemical purposes the perfect combustion of the coal which we witnessed must be of great value, and when added to the saving of fuel, with the burning of all its gases, and the coal itself, to a twentieth part olthe cinders and other residuary products of ordinary furnaces are, to our mind the disederata sought. We think, in fact, that gas engineers would do well to study the extraordinary results attained in the combustion of coal by this furnace, as it pf•oves very clearly that it converts a much larger quan tity of the coal into gas than the common gas retorts now in use. The question of smoke prevention is, however, of such vast public importance, that all those who take an interest in it should avail themselves of the opportunity which is now afforded to them of witnessing what has been done, both at the Waterloo Railway station, aad at the well-known chemical works we have named. Finally, we may add that the simplicity of the invention, secures the ut most duration of the doors, firebars, and other parts of the furnace, and requires nothing more than the common atten tion of the stoker, while it lessens his labour very materially, as the bars are cleared of clinkers and other burnt refuse, by merely using a joggle shaft two or three times a-day. RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The anomalies in railway pro perty are perhaps greater-than in any other. There appears no certain guide to inverters in the traffic or capital involved in undertakings of this nature. Whilst a small traffic, in sonic instances, appears to give a large dividend, a large traffic frequently only results in a small one In some cases, with almost precisely the same traffic and capital, there is a difference of two per cent. in the dividend, and twenty to thirty per cent. in the value of the property. As an example of this we have the following :—Lancashire and Yorkshire weekly traffic £20,000, capital £13,000,000, dividend 41 per cent ; Midland weekly traffic £26,000, capital £19,500,000, dividend 31 per cent ; Eastern Counties weekly traffic £20,000, capital £13,000,000, dividend 2a per cent, If anything were wanting to confirm our views, so often expressed, against the character of railway management, it is the above table. Here is a line, with a capital of thirteen millions sterling, at present representing a loss of six millions to the holders, only p a ying per cent., whereas, by its traffic, it ought to pay quite as much as the Midland ; indeed, from the fact of there being no competition, it should, with a con scientious board of directors, be assimilated in its returns to the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. The materiel employed in the working of our railways has pretty nearly the same value throughout the kingdom—the cost of labour th° same. It is to remedy this scandalous state of things that there has been of late so much agitation; and after a large amount of personal suffering, in many cases, amongst the more dependant part of the shareholders, we have little doubt a remedy will be found. POLICE COURT.-SATURDAY. (BEFORE MR. ALDERMAN HOLME.) FLEECING JACK.—Two young females named Mary Arm strong and Mary Fitzgerald were charged by a seafaring young fellow named Richard A. Mayne with having stolen four five pound notes and four sovereigns from him. Mr. Block appeared for the prisoners. The prosecutor met one of the prisouers in Paul's-square, and she invited him to take some wine, the result of which was the loss of the money. The prisoners were remanded for a week, in order to look out for some of the notes.? Two BLACK CROWS.—If a black woman could by any possibility be called handsome, Matilda King might have come under that definition. She might have been the Princess of Otaheite, or the Queen of the Cannibal Islands, instead of a thnizen of Paul-street. She really was as fine a figure (for a black woman) as could be found in a day's perambulation through the streets of Liverpool. She was well and appropriately attired, a little gaudy, to he sure, but altogether she attracted the attention of all in court. She was put forward on a charge of having stolen a watch from a sable brother named John Silvey. Mr. Chilton appeared for the prisoner. Tne history of these `• two black crows," as collected from the story of "Master Silvay," was as follows :—On Thursday he arrived from sea, and went, as was his wont, to lodge at the house of the prisoner. He forgot his watch in one of the rooms, and it seemed the prisoner took it and wore it. The man requested his property, but she refused to re store it, at first alleging that she had not got it, although be had seen it in her possession. He was obliged to give her into custody; and officer 634 said, when he arrested her she admitted having taken the watch, and said she had been knocked down in the street, and the article stolen from her. This, however, proved untrue, for, on searching her at the station-house, the watch was found on her person. Mr. Chilton, for the prisoner, showed that prosecutor was in the habit of leaving his watch for safe keeping with the'prisotra-, and that it was so in the present instance, and that she was influenced by one John Barleycorn, who stole away her senses, but she had no notion of committing a felony. She was discharged, and the watch was:given up to " darkey," who "grinned horri bly a ghastly smile at the "charmer" as she left th ecourt. 6 ILLUSTRATING A PRINCIPLE "—COURTSHIP AND FELONY !—One of the most extraordinary cases of illus trating a principle, that perhaps was ever witnessed, occurred in this court on Saturday. Margaret Harris was brought up on a charge of stealing a cap, the history and description of which will be found hereafter. Mrs. Harris might have sat to any ancient painter, had she lived two or three centuries ago, or may now to any modern artist, as the original of the " witch of Endor." She was somewhat over three feet six inches above the earth, but this was only applicable to the right side of her body, for her left leg was nearly six inches shorter than her right, and she had no small difficulty in preserving a perpen dicular appearance ; when she stood in her natural posi tion, she looked like the celebrated tower of Pisa, over hanging its base, and apparently ready to tumble any moment. Indeed, so apparent was this, that on one or wo occasions when she tried to steady herself, bridewell keeper Campbell, who sat on one side of her, instinctively jumped from his chair and seized her, so as to prevent her falling, as he no doubt imagined, but she did'nt. Her little dark grey eyes peeped out from under the leaf of a bonnet, that was a perfect libel on modern fashions, and might have served for a sunshade for half a dozen young ladies in St. James's-park. The moment one cast a look on this "interesting" figure, the first impulse w as to laugh out right. The individual who charged her, was no less an object of admiration, and although the name he had given himself on the sheet favoured strongly of another sect, yet he was sworn as an Israelite, on the Old Testament—the name on the sheet was John Digman. The complainant, so far as his beard and hair went, might be likened to some antideluvi an patriarch. The only part of his face that was visible, was a portion lying between the but of his hair and eye brows. His coat was buttoned up as far under his chin as the crop of hair that sprouted from it would permit ; but the garment was by no means " a world too wide" for him, for it must have been a remarkably convulsive effort that got him within its folds without having made " shreds and patches "of it. When he stepped into the box, and gave a familiar nod of recognition to Mrs. Harris, which she attempted to return by raising herself on her good foot—a movement, as before remarked, ;that nearly upset her on Bridewell-keeper Campbell, an involuntary shout of laughter arose from all present, and even the gravity of the worthy alderman was not preserved, for he laughed as heartily as other people. " Silence" being proclaimed by Mr. Lloyd, the alderman asked the gentleman in the box what his complaint against Mrs. Harris was ? Mr. Dig man, for ought any one could tell, might have replied, but if he did, it was with the motion of his lips only—the tongue did not do its office, although, from the agitation of the hair about his mouth, there was a strong suspicion that he was endeavouring to say something. The alderman told him that he must speak out, and never was general obeyed by soldier with greater alacrity, for the gen tleman, in a voice resembling a miniature thunder clap, cried out, " She stole my smoking cap !" Alderman Holme: Might I ask what is your business or profession ? Witness : You might ; but, perhaps, I might not answer you ; but as you express some anxiety—its a laudable anxiety I admit —a thirst after knowledge, I will enlighten you. I am a lecturer on phrenology, and electricity, and drunkenness. I show how drunkenness acts on the brain of man and woman, and how destructive it is to the entire system of animal economy—its worse for the brain than for any other part of our system. Alderman Holme : I don't require a lecture, but it seems to me, from your present state and appearance, that you have been giving practical illustra tions of your own philosophy. Witness : That is a matter of private opinion, and may be accounted for on natural principles, thus : I have not been in bed, and as I am a genleman, I have not taken a glass of whiskey toddy since one 'clock this morning. Alderman Holme : It must have been rather potent, for there are visible effects of it yet. Witness : That is another matter of private opinion —but we shall not quarrel on the point. You see I came here from the Isle of Man, as I want to enlighten the people of Liverpool on electricity, and the baneful effcc's of drunken ness on the brain. I want to teach them, too, the science of phrenology, hut I had not been here many minutes when th It lady (bowing to Mrs. Harris) stole my smoking cap and gloves. Mr. Wybergh : What are you, sir Witness : This is mere seeking after knowledge—l'll tell, sir—l'm a gentleman—that is lam a gentleman in disguise—do you want to know more about me ? I'll tell you—l am a captain in the 11th Hussars—l am Doctor Bushea, esquire. of the same noble regiment. Now, are you satisfied ? Alderman Holme : Well, how did the prisoner steal your smoking cap and gloves ? Witness : Why, sir, to steal is as easy as lying. Nothing easier than to steal. I suppose it's quite sufficient for you to know that she took my smoking cap and gloves out of Mrs. Jones's in Cases-street, and that she levanted with the same identical articles, which were found in her pocket by the extraordinary vigilance of this policeman. Now, sir, I could endure the loss of all my property with patience, but the loss of my smoking cap I will not suffer at any price ; it's the most valuable thing on earth, is my smoking cap. Here this valuable article was held up by the policeman, amid a burs of laughter. It oonsisted of a piece of very common red cloth, with a blue tassel dangling from the top, and if so disposed, an " old clo"-m in might, in a fit of benevolence, be tempted to give a penny for it. The Alderman asked the prisoner it she could give any explanation in reference to the little red smoking cap ? She replied that at half past one o'clock the previous morning she went with Mrs. Jones to regale herself with a glass of Parry's brown ale. The complainant was there, and advised her not to drink cold ale, but to take hot whiskey, for which he paid. He then talked very " Cupid-like" to her. (A shout of laughter followed this wonderful announcement.) Alderman : Oh ! then there was a courtship between you, was there ? Prisoner : Oh, dear, yes sir, there was indeed ! Alderman Holme to complainant : You began to make love to her, did you? Complainant, in a voice that startled all in court : No sir. Alderman Holme ? Did you give her the cap ? Witness :No sir. make love to the like of her ? Do you think I'd disgrace the 11th Hussars ? Prisoner :'1 here were two gentlemen in the public-house, and one of them had that bit of a dishcloth (meaning the cap). Here the complainant flung his arms about in the wildest manner, exclaiming, in horrible accents, Oh, my smokirg cap, my smoking cap, to be called a dish clout. What has the world come to ?" The prisoner went on to state that one of the gentlemen had the clout on the top of a stick, whisking it about, and he gave it to her, and then Complainant : You old trollop, why treat my smoking cap with such indignity ; it was not enough for you to steal it, but sow you add insult to injury. Oh, my smoking cap, my smoking cap ! Alderman Holme : Well, I'll put an end to this smoking cap affair. I find the prisoner has been here several times for tricks of this sort ; had this been her first time I would discharge her, but, as she has been here so often, I will send her to gaol for one month. She was then removed, and, on leaving the court, the complainant shook her very cordially by the hand, and retired, amid a convulsive screech of laughter. THE WATCH BURGLARY. —James Brown, described as a grocer and provision dealer, having a shop in Peach-street, was brought up on remand by Inspector Murphy. It will be remembered that some time ago the country - house of Messrs. Dixon and Sons, Rumford-place, was broken into, and a box containing 12 watches stolen thereout. The prisoner was stopped offering some of the watches in pledge a few days after the robbery, and the inspector subsequently found eight of the watches in the prisoner's house, and three others which he had pledged. He got all the watches, but the only account the prisoner could give of where he got them was that he bought them from a man named M'Donnell or M'Donough, who told him he lived in Eldon place. The inspector nowproduced Mr. Heatly from London, who made the watches, and identified them. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. INGENIOUS SWINDLE.—A young woman named Elizabeth Goodier, was brought up by Wilson, detective, on a charge of having obtained considerable quantities of goods from grocers, provision dealers, drape's, and others. It appeared that for some time past the prisoner carried on an entensive trade in this way—She would order goods from shopkeepers, say she came from this or that hotel in the neighbourhood, would get a boy or girl sent with the things, saying she would send bail{ the money, and then she contrived to get the goods from the messengers, and gave them the slip. Several cases were fully proved against her, and she was committed for trial at the sessions. (BEFORE MR. MANSFIELD.) IMPORTANT TO EMIQRANTS.—Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, emigration agents, Regent-road, appeared to answer a complaint made by a person named Danis Delaney, under the 49th sec. of the emigration act. Mr. Pemberton appeared for the complainant, who was induced (as stated) to bring forward the case, by a man named Fennelly. Mr. Snowball was for the defendants. The complainant, who appeared to be about seventeen years of age, and his sister, who seemed about a year older, held a small child in her arms, It would appear that these persons resided in the county of Kilkenny with their mother, and that their father was in America. He made a contract with the house of Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, in New York, to send out his wife and three children, paying their passage. The house here was duly advised of the affair, and they wrote to Mrs. Delany, stating the fact, and that they would give her and her children a passage in the Wehard Robinson, that sailed on the 12th March. The instructions, however, given by Messrs. Sabel and Curtis, in their letter of advice, expressly stated that the parties must be in Liverpool two clear days before the ship sailed, in order to have everything arranged. On the night of the lOth, about twelve o'clock, the complainant and his sister, with the little child, arrived here, and the next day the boy presented himself at the office to the cashkeeper . O'Nie'l). The latter asked him if his mother had come with him ? and he replied she had. Mr. O'Neill that told them to come next day with their luggage, &c., to be ready. They called accor di ng l y, b ut shew hen wa th s e n g o i t rl th p e re m se o n t t h e e d r,gh herself,althou her brother at first it was at o nce ascerta i ne d that per sisted she was. The passage was for four persons, but only three presented themselves, and it wos sus- petted that there was some trick intended by the partie. At last the boy confesed that the girl was not his mother, hut his sister, and that she wanted to go in place of his mother. The defendants not having made any contract of this nature, refused to give a passage, as they would he erwards to the mother They, however, agreed to give them a pa girl procured letters from her mother (led the m the pa-ish priest and minister of the plriih where she resided, certifying the fact of the children being the persons whom they represented, and, also, that the mother was willin g to let the daughter go in her place. This proposition was agreed to, but of course it required some days to communi cate with Mrs. Delany. In the meantime the Richard Robinson had sailed. The complainants, when the proper authority arrived from their mother, were at once offered passages in two or three other vessels, but it would appear that they had fallen into the bands of some " emigrant runner," who had an ill feeling towards Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, and that person persuaded them not to go in any of the ships, but to summon the defendants for detention money, and for refusing them a passage in the Richard Robinson. In support of the charge, Anne Delany was examined by Mr. Pemberton, and she proved the faets as above stated. On cross examination by Mr. Snowball, she admitted that she was offered a passage, but she would not take it without getting money also. Mr. Snowball: Did you go before the government emigration officer and tell him the case ? Witness : Yes, we did. Mr. Snowball : He refused to give you redress when he had beard the facts and investigated the whole case ? Witness : He told us to go out of that, like a dog, and that there was no redress for us for what we had done. Mr. Snowball : And then you fell into the hands of Mr. Fennelly, who wants to make money out of you ? Witness : Yes. Mr. Pemberton Was it after that you were offered a ship ? Witness : Yes, they gave us leave to go in a ship on the 23d of March, but we refused. The brother of the girl was examined, and he admitted that he told a lie, in order to pass off hie sister for his mother. He'also admitted that Mr. O'Neill offered them a passage, and a out of charity, as they were very poor, but they were advised by Mr. Fennelly not to take it. In addressing the bench for the defendants, Mr. Snowball said Messrs. Sable and Cortis were most respectable, and would do nothing wrong. Finding that they were deceived in the first instanee, it became their duty to be very cautious. They could not send persons like this boy and girl, with the child, into New York, without entering into a bond, as children should have adults to take care of them. He then referred to the letters written to the mother, and the several. liberal offers made by the defendants, although they were not bound to make any offer at all. Messrs. Sabel and Cortis felt for the poor creatures, and in a manner that reflected oredit on them, offered them not only a passage (although in reality they were not hound to do so, as the contract was to carry out Mrs. Delany and her three children,) but also money. No doubt the com plainants would have been very glad to have accepted of these liberal and charitable offers, had they not fallen into the hands of designing persons, who thought to make money out of them, but he trusted the decision of the bench would teach such persons a lesson for the future. He called Mr. Owen O'Neill, who fully corroborated his statement, and' said he offered the complainants passages either on the 30th of March, or on the Sth of April, by ships which they had sailing on these days, and he also offered them a pound, but they refused. They were then taken before Capt. Schomberg and Captain Evans, emigration officers, who, on hearing the case, said they could do nothing, as Messrs. Sahel and Cortis had offered liberally, still they refused to go. Mr. Mansfield: Did they give any reason why they would not go? Mr. O'Neill: None, except that they wanted money. In reply to Mr. Pemberton, the witness said, I offered them the money out of charity, there was nothing peculiar about thorn, except that they appeared to be poor. Mr. Pemberton then replied on the part of the complainants, after which Mr. Mansfield delivered judgement, remarking that the conduct of Messrs. Sahel and Cortis was open and liberal ; they had a right to protect themselves, and he must say that the complainants were v..ry ill-advised in the whole affair. There was no breach of contract on the part of Messrs. Sabel and Cortis, and he agreed with Mr. Snow ball in that respect. It would have been wrong had they sent out the complainants, without knowing who they were, and taking the offers into account, which had been refused by the complainants. He could not, entertain the case at all, and, therefore, he must dismiss it. Mr. Snow ball : I am now instructed to say, that my clients will give them a passage in the Washington, that sails on the Bth, and will out of charitable feeling give them thirty shillings also. Mr. Mansfield : That is very liberal and kind on their part. THE RECTOR OF ST. GEORGE'S, 131.00MSBLIRY.—The rectory of St. George's, Bloomsbury, rendered vacant by the elevation to the episcopate of Dr. Villiers, has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor upon the Rev. 'Ernißus Bayley, vicar of Woburn. AGRICULTURAL STATISTIC3.—Lord Stal►ley of Alderley's bill for making provisions for the collection of agricultural statistics has been printed. There are 14 sections in the b 11, and two schedules. Yearly returns of land and live stock are to be made, and abstracts of the same are to be made and published. It is proposed that collectors and receivers of returns should be appointed. Penalties to be enforced for not making returns. DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNWITIP.—S. D; nixra i and a. Dixon. Leeds, dyers. J. Haldane and 3. White, Wake field, Yorkshire, malsters. J. Baker and T. Burtt, York, woollen drapers. James Birnes, W. Barnes, jun., C. Barnes, John Barnes, G. Barnes, and J. Ivison, Newton Heath, near Manchester, le a th er ace dressers. J. Edwards. and W. Singleton, Wow - Mouse Mill, near Huddersfield, and Iludder-fiell, woollen manufacturers. H. Guttman and Guttmanu, Sheffield, jewellers. F. M'Kinnell and G. Smith, Liverpool and Huyton Quarry, manufacturers, of airproof fabrics. S. Thomas and T. Joseph, Aberdare, Cardiff, and Briton Ferry, Glamorganshire, and London, Liverpool, and Southampton, coal merchants. W. Hynde, and H. Lawson, Liverpool, commission merchants. F, Dixon and T. J. Booth, Sutton, Lancashire, glass battle manufacturers. J. W. Saosom and J. D ivenport, Shef field, silver platers. W. Anderson and L. Allen, Manches ter, fringe manufacturers. W. Pollitt and J. Eastwood, Blackburn, Lancashire, manufacturers of the patent churn, for churning milk. J. B. S. Sturdy and W. Pickop, Black, burn, Lancashire, attorneys. J. Rawlinson and J. Shaw, Broughton, Lancashire, cement makers. R. Rambla and B. C. Bennett, Leeds, galvanised iron merchants. J. Law and N. Gould, Manchester, attorneys. J. W. Sraith, and E. Smith, Leeds and Bradford, tailors. 3. Haigh and G. Haigh, Halifax, merchants. J. Dearden and G. Dear den, Barnsley, Yorkshire, ironfounders. J. T. Simnett and A. Prince, Stockport, Cheshire, cotton waste dealers. Fr, Gibson, sen., T, Gibson, jun., and W. T. Gibson, Liver, pool, silk mercers, so far as regards , W. T. Gibson. J., West and Abrdaret Blackwell, - Sheffield andclrestgate: coachmakera. REMARKABLE INCIDENT AT SRAc -- -ATTIOng the startling aincidentsswit thath ha which va r the ene n p t l a y p e n r e s cu a r r r e e d fi l n l n e of + .'ie suffering alreonrakanCtounrfitenre, oefscatphee 02f5tthheosfhillp t ocean, the .Nitt: a. \ • r e i h s e , gives ns 'he following C flora Havre to New Y or k , from destruction,b a rl a i i g n h S tn c i o n t g t , and the unusual phenomena attending it will be read with interest :---The ship's position was let. 37.30 N., long. 70.40., W. Temperature of water, 69 deg., air, 28 deg. Fahrenheit. The weather dark and lowering, with sharp lightning, and barometer falling fast ; ship under double reefed topsails, foresail, and jib. At 2 a.m. commenced blowing hard, with heavy rain and sleet. At 2.30 a m., while shortening sail, an immense ball of fire struck the main-royal mast-head, and then fell on the main hatch, where it exploded with tremendous, force, filling the deck with fire and sparks, with continued explosions of the particles like detonating powder or tor pedoes. Owing to the ice, sleet, and snow, with which the decks, bulwarks, rigging and sails were covered, the fire, was soon extinguished. About ten minutes afterwards a second ball struck near the same place, but was driven, by the force of the wind just clear of the ship's side to leeward, when it exploded with a loud report, and great commotion. There were several men furling the jib at the time, and the concussion was so great that it lifted them nearly clear of the boom. The h ea tornadoirvery coldlasted and water 6 al l next day d a a n gd.,nciaguhsg an night from iNm.mWensebyeNxli T alation from the G u lf , which congealed as soon as it rose, and was driven furiously over the ship, excluding the very light of day. One of the crew was knocked down, and stunned for a time, but was not seriously injured. The mate was blinded by it, and probably will never recover the sight of both eyes. Had it not been for the ice sleet and rain, which deluged the ship, there can be no doubt but that she would have been on fire from the truck to the water. The fore-top -sail was blown out of the bolt rope, and the royal mast-head seared as it were with a red hot iron, being all the damage the ship received, which, to say the least, was very providential.