The Northern Daily Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

I , . DOCK COMMITTEE.-_ V ESTERDAY, 5 j'''' committee held its usual weekly meeting at one other The Yesterday —Mr. Charles Turner in the chair. Palmer, heielr Members present were—Messrs. Shand,. st n u 1430 e, Brocklebank, Gregson, Rounthwaite, a Glad-- IT il h e t:Lanles Bolme, Barber, Mondell, Holden, Anderson, 11 '1 , },'iq Rankin Smith, Eyre Evans, and Lockett.. gliv - e"iee e sub'commit'tee produced tenders for the erection of of te"44g-houses on the dock quays, for the superintendent eeti''',..e Stanley warehouses, and the dockmasters of King's the off Aping Docks. The committee recommerd t e e d e t e li m at . I, Alet e e e " of Messrs. Jones and Jump be accepted, g co% " i e work by te first confirmed September, 1856. The re ,itllletidation was kr Richard . warehouse sub-committee recommended that eteientellard Davis should be appointed manifest_ and eeetito-house clerk at the Stanley dock at 1;120 per r esin In ed s . al arY, in place of Mr. Charles J. Moore, who had ttT,ELEGadtinIC COMMUNICATION WITH HOLVIS FAD. h th e e marine s ub - committee reported that, inasmuc tota e :L t of erecting and maintaining ele . ctric telegraphic as it unication along the line of coast is uncertain, and kid er ea nnot be carried out without an act of Parliament, t 4 01yO u ld be, except as regards communication m w i t i e h e r eestn ead ,0 doubtful advantage, totshe sub-com 't tele beadle that steps be taken ecure au electric h o co mmunication between Liverpool and the 4t. sn only. he e : Mendell complained that the report was rather 0 4 1 ,7. f o i e stated, that the ,electric teleeraph d c t o e m m p a a i n h y . t,,, ,T,,,construct the telegraph for 6, 1 Pealle off r s° ° l per annum. The magnetic telegraph com nolyh ered to construct the line trom Woodside to k rs ead f or 1. g ,000/ and 1301 for a cable across . the f 560/ per and to do all ' the work at the seven stations for 44 y falaltinn), ten hours a day. Therefore, if there was tort --•""` L° be placed in these companies, there could d I_ittle doubt as to the company having aseertaine Th er erY great nic etY the cost of constructing theline. through e was a little ambiguity as to the right of passage he eit anY land, between Point Lynas and Holyhead, Il e h' tni ght be considered prudent to diverge from Ighw a lit ated i y' He complained that the solicitor . had not Powe r „ e a ..„the first instance, that the committee had no Th e bout a new act. s oul' _-olicit ee ' blot observed that it was quite clear they 'the rikP li rehase land without a new act. e lie ll eti lci 01ra:1110 said all the information the committee ta le,,, had been obtained, and if Mr. Mondell had Was n ° ,, f el'inion that more information was required, d it stemeelee oPen to him to have proposed it. He with the l°freri'ateinn• The two companies which had made the be he i v ' r e Most respectable companies, and. therebtat the sat e , tenlbt that they meant what they . said , ferolee anylin n they all knew it would be quite impossible u to Zeyblii fey so exactly that. they would not have a we e, 0 er extras subsequently. He appealed to Mr. B r eit e . " any one acquainted with the construction of , e , °n okle, , e ks . Whether the cost did not invariably exceed ' Q at thl aul Y , the original estimate ! He also contended ,Priete; cost for. permission to traverse the land of pro ery en , where it would be found necessary,. would be eoteelensideraele. He supported the resolution of the ei reute;,._ ee as the best which could be adopted under the kr. rees. P °t herw• °l ree said he looked upon this as an instalment, . 11 "oliin i e se ee he should not be quite . clear that they were . b'Oerap s the best course for the interests of the public had Me. g• f r 'arber asked how the communication was to be Tee l e the top of the mountain ? k r , r,aairman said by a messenger. Yet?•'eladstone asked if any terms had been made as Th e , auth oe kliairtnan said the sub-committee did . not feel w 63 ofire ls e e d to enter into an • but if the committee now e(lta ttlit el tile report, it w y o ' uld be the duty of the su BA e,..." at once to take steps to ascertain the cost. zeer'ethened conversation followed, in which Mssrs. 'esultee,anit, Lockett, Smith, and others took part, which , Th e al the c onfirmation of the report. 4eeper:alpe su b - committee also recommended that the kee T ; ' the several telegraphic stations be instructed alvith le Correct record dof the state of wind and eyeathe l r nse4lerence to communications with sea, particularly ta lv t ti r tMs e u n a i an s 3s there was no communication with the the 1341derson said there was a feeling on the part o re f kive ilt le ttlat the present telegraphs might be made more ;Ne e .ageolls than they were. In the case of the Pacific, l ' ele ßal. /n neh anxiety revelled, it was thought that the f ife, -1/ ' Might have been made use of with much advan. Th e e .,, lvtohtehtle t'e?e_agriraulTl stated that he sent down express orders stations to communicate with the Canada Was 8 1 , 1 ! was corning up the river, and when th . e order t 4 ' l obe yed, the ship never answered the signals a te e. 1 ° 11 sti vai la: Yes, there must be two sides to every Te e , .1110 esolution was passed. lieut i ra e a r e ine committee reported the resignation, by etude' ---""u, of his office of marine surveyor, and recom iri that the resignation be accepted, and that a th e g allowance o f 4 , 290 per annum be granted during rio.tit!asure of the general committee. The committee seee_ve recommended that Lieut. M. T. Parkes, assistant of ~e_eYor, be promoted to the office of surveyor, at a salary he a' tP U Per annum, and that an assistant marine surveyor ffie l e ll3 ,r l ted at a salary of £2OO per annum, to fill the A ft :',.._ out to be vacated by Lieut. Parkes. . eotieeZ Sot conversation the recommendations were essrtse.erds w ere read f rom Messrs. M'Clure and Tamplin,Lamont, ! I `l..a r e e Ja mes Moss and Co., and -PPropeiall lq p. L a ted to them. asking to have Messrs. permanent about to oekett said there were several other applications 111 e, b e Made to the committee. it ' l nPos • tn t ith said the sub-committee found . it quite -ale stebtt° said with all the applications whichwere 'aall l'a upon this subject. t oast ers Y, the letters were referred to Prepare scorornittee, with the rcqu.c'` ett °me plan to lay before the general commits,_ I lee t,, er Wai read from Mr. S. 11. Richardson, in refer e'lleteereadn,;v4,4" rd m ade by arbitration ' for , some property er red t o the hy the committee's works. The letter was e 4 rep el :: Lue solicitor. ' fete ale g , was read from the head constable stating that .. e W as leinePaseeoger in the American ship Columbia, which ueare , ,eo,n l the Waterloo Dock, with 300 ssengers on , e a efeethceL fire to her clothes by lighting a match to see 'efor e : l e g near her berth. The flame was extinguished Bngeest-el da mage had been done. The head constable teitt ed ill that i; -.gins, guarded in lanterns, should be per- Was th e ‘., the coinssle A Tette berths under the care of an officer l'ia e referenrrP"e preventing accidents. The suggestion erred to the harbour masters' committee. I%stoo l , " was read from the collector and comptroller of , 48 ; if jilt cos the committee to reconsider the :th a e t Alan, one of the landing waiters, who met bee h e feevere accident in last October, in consequence rn e e ;.,n of the drawbridge of Regent-road having elltho-10,yed• Mr. Miall being unaware of the removal W ould e t :Fn, and received such injuries, as, it was statel, Would eeeerlY interfere with his performing his . duties le ge. Prive him he and his family of at least half his earn b:t la T--- eenunittee inquired into the case in N . ovem- I t n til te ° ve s e t' h ti not being of opinion that the chain was fic he matingny of their officers, declined doing any thing e ere. would r4l membersm embe rsexpressed their opinion, that they 6raatinut,ei establishing a very dangerous precedent, by Ai r . 4 anY thing in that case. cape anitin snegested that they should pay the medical lee r. 'e b : of the man, which were stated to be 201. 11 eaele 'uarber suggested that they should subscribe , kr, D ellaiic„`yan3 : I obect to that. That's bringing the , Te e e r e e o our own lips. (Laughter.) Lli t eli,h_‘-oairman suggested that they should recommend , kr-7,,c°flonlittee to grant 251 as a matter of charity. 411 g 6 —va ns : why, 25/! Is it because you are in a sport krenjour, • that you recommend a pony ? (Laughter.) rltebalallelll'llibitehr Said, this was a case where a very respect of society met with an accident, and he c lveele th° , o ,,ght they should avoid laughing and joking Th e 1 k n ear, hear.) the e ettee e Was finally, as we understood, referred to ue ue Masters' committee. This Was the whole of the general business. HEALTH COMMITTEE.-TESTEADAY st that they The Roman Catholic clergymanwh s o ad r i e er a i d , the e un b d u e r r ia a l sbearn ;eneral comet v i ce over the remains of Mr. John Richardson, i — lt t t h ro e nic p le e PRACTICAL by the ea - Mina . rth sheriffs court, on n for some idays' I J . --- o i eli cardinal.—Limerick r m o e . pits. The le l ruott £2, Monday, Miss E. Richardson was fined £4, or sixty imprisonment, and a servant girl, namFd . Ann . A , . days imprisonment, for administering a quantity instable slat or shirty hip Columbi of jalap and Groton oil, in December last, to a servant girl, th 300 passe na med Tainsh, by way of a practical joke. police office, lately, Mrs. Deborah Burke, of ling a mate fined £25 for selling as pure ne was exti Shandon street, grocer, was . At the Cork the The head t similar frauds, but, having terns, shoul coffee a mixture of chicory awl coffee. Other parties in trade were also prosecuted for . ~ he care of nts. The s informations were withdra v admitted their guilt to the commissioners of inla . nd,,rev , e n nu_e, and paid the penalty, the in committee. it and count Cork Constitution. ee to rema theperiod for which Ober, in co IS EW ACT (e JOINT STOOK BANKS,—An act of parlia ag waiters ment has just been printed to extend Regent-ro stock banks in Scotland existing before the act her Majesty may grant lette rs patent of incorporation, to joint ware of a of 1846. The term may be extended for years or in les, as, it v erformingany future act of parlia perpetuity, but so that the of same shall be dealt wi h by or under the provisions a least hal ment. the case GRATIFYING TES'TIMONIAL.—The Board of Trade have that the awarded to John Anderson and James Newham, two young lined doin seamen belonging ti the port of Shields, the sum of 50s. r opinion each, as a reward for their noble condu c t o n the occasion of the collision between the Josephine Willis and the Man gerton,;erous pr risk, succeeded could pay were on the inizen when they bravely, at great personal . in saving the lives of nine persons, who ated to 1:1( should f mast, and, after rowing half a mile, succeeded in rescuing a gentleman from a life buoy. That's outin one of FIRE in Docroas' Commolis.—On Wednesday night, at a few minutes before 10 o'clock, a fire broke ) should Mrs. the tall houses, numbered 4, St. Andrew's.hill, Doctors matter Commons, cccupied conjointly by Mr. Guy, a tailor, use you: Clark, Miss Clark, Mr. Basilan, and Mrs. Manley. The pony ? total loss must be very considerable, as n t fewer than fire 7here a or sx families have been burnt out, to say nothing of the an ace loss sustained by the surrounding neighbours. Only two laughin of the sufferers were insured. THE ALLEGED POISONING AT HARTLEPOOL.—OR Tuesday lerstoo the adjourned inquest on the body of Mary Taylor was busines resumed, and Mr. Green, surgeon, spoke to the results of the post snorteni examination. No trace of poison was found k. 4. detach in the stomach of deceased, neither was she enciente. The ar.,nient of 100 hospital orderlies has embarked at brain was in a congested state, and his opinion was that *mines for Constantinople. deceased died from natural causes. The frequent vomitings r e • 41rt DEPARTMEN 1 4 eetved intelligence MARCII 19.—Lord Panmure has might be ascribed to sympathy with the . brain. The jury from Sir W arch 15, that the armistice had been signed by W. Codrington, under date returned a verdict " That the deceased died from congestion elleraland that the the allied of the brain, produced by natural causes." ph_ e 13, theon the 16th. /3 L TIPPERARY BANK.—The first step delivery of the Empress was owing solely to those extreme 11 0 P • of the official of 4 , Nntment consequent on resources which science confides in such cases to the hands t oe _•winding -up of her representatives. The forceps has left on the face of tiit iti. , i t r oave-naraed concern, was taken on Wednesday, the imperial prince a few slight traces of bruises, but hef or u, s 2 L. James Sadleir was subjected to an examination which will speedily disappear. • The joy of the Emperor itif, t l 2 aaste r M ur phy, a t his own house, so that whatever when he heard that it was a son equalled the agony he lilt.l.7citation was elicited on the occasion the public are no t h ad suffered ; it was indescribable.As for the Empress, itY o become the wi s er f or it at present. she could hardly believe that all her hopes had been so Ish:c°l Ca tvEß BY HALF.—On Monday last, a gentleman, fully rea li se d ; she required the Emperor's own word to stre et ° , his banking b us i ness a t th e U n ion bank in Ingram c on fi rm i t b efore she gave herself UD to joy. The Emperor % I th , either dropped, or had his bank book stolen from him. has given to the Empress, for this solemn event, a reliquary t 0 thelfollowing morning he gave intima , ion to this effect he never _parted with. returns officials. In the course of half an hour after, a NAVAL. SHAM FIGIIT.—Rear-Admiral the Right Hon. and 1 ,,,,`` 4 convict, named James Neilson, entered the bank, Sir M. F. F. derkeley, K.C.8., M.P. the first naval lord of °ace a ' ese nting the book, coolly asked for ' £450. He was at the Admiralty, visited Portsmouth on' Wednesday, going .13ritilithe.aded, and handed over to the police.—North o . llt . to the , Motherban ‘. k in the Vivid, steam despatch vessel, a Ittisl i T ßl ' visiting aid inspecting the flotilla of screw gunboats „."'e en . 'CtIOULTIMAL STATTSTICS.—Further tables have stationed there. Other members of the Board of Admiralty -I . 4 •Pla nd Published showin g the estimated average produce of are expected down, and on Tuesday nex , her Majesty, the 1 011 0 ,,,,_ in the yew 1855. The general total gives the King of the Belgians, and the Court are expected to be Produce results :-1,524,182 qua' ters of wheat, the total present at a grand gunboat display and review, including au Pred il ' e : of' 44 5,620 acres ; 10,260,240 quart , rs of oats, the attack on the town by them. Should this spectacle come tile p r a 124. 2,1 16,898 acres ; 1,096 137 quarters of barley, off, of which no doubt is entertained, the affair will be a Proa 4 :l? . e of 2 26,454 acres; .57,404 quarters of here, the very splendid and a very novel one; it will be a peaceable dace, 4 i t, 11,347 acres ; 57,554 quarters of rye, the pro- rearesentation of the attack on Saveaborg. Ore Prod o t " 3 3 acres ; 69,569 quarters of beans and peas, FIRE AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, OXFORD.—WEDNES ea of 18,494 acres ; el I )° tato 49 871,192 (20 stone) barrels DAY.—Considerable alarm was created in the High-street s : turei„„ e %the produce of 982,028 acres ; 0,063,965 tons of this city this aftern sou by a report that the master's Tang o iEt t he produce of 366,311 acres ; 401,814 tons of lodgings at University College were on fire, and soon a tons of vvurtzel, the produce of 22,278 acres ; 312,510 large number of persons had congregated. Smoke was . st o eabba a e 0 . aax ge, the produce of 24,080 acres; 3,746,274 seen issuing; 1- to n . u the produce of 97,048 acres ; and 2,663,953 from the servants apartments, and the Un versify engine was soon in attendance. At first it was some extent f 1 123:,: the produce of 1 313,680 acres. The total what difficult to know what was burning ; it was however Wheat increased Crops was 5,684,607 acres. The produce of discovered to he some timber that ran into one of the kitchen 4 arters eased from 1 452 467 quarters to 1 524 182 fines, and was consequently not very easy to get at ; although 19 1 l'aa and th at " . nth -• h barrels Or potatoes, from 40,493,236 to there was no lack of water, or hare's to work the e igine, the formerfro The The produce of oats and barley declined it w, .s a considerable time before it was quite extinguished. '144 pad fronrioni 11,223,101 to 10,260,420 quarters, and The fire, we understand, has done but trifling damage, ' 14 4 aa4 1 566. 1 • 212 ,047 W 1 ,06,187 quattera f between j nothing equal to that done by the water thrown by the This body held its usual weekly meeting in the town hall at half-past two o'clock yesterday. Mr. Alderman Dover occupied the chair, and the other members present were Messrs. Godfrey, M`Guffic, Beckwith, Sheil, John son, Halhead, Holme, Haydock, Gladstone, Crosthwaite. The medical officer reported that the mortality of the borough continued to be considerably below the average of the same period of former years. The deaths registered last week were 210 against a corrected average of 240 in the corresponding weeks of 1848-55. Of the 210 deaths last week, 149 were in the parish, and 61 in the out-town ships; 47 deaths, a smaller number than usual, were caused by diseases of the zymotic class; of these, 15 were from hooping cough, 11 from scarlatina, 5 from diarrhoea, 4 from typhus, 2 from measles, 1 from small-pox, and 1 from syphilis. Diseases of the lungs were fatal to 75 persons-16 fewer than in the preceding week. A female, formerly a domestic set.% ant, died in St. Andrew-street at the advanced age of 100 years. Some conversation took place in reference to the subject of the gas-refuse on the gas company's works. It appeared that Mr. King had been before the sub-committee for the pupose of showing that the refuse was not dangerous to the public health ! Mr. Shell finally moved that the town clerk be directed to take steps to have the nuisance removed. This was agreed to Some conversation took place as to the necessity of improving the lower part of Wellington Road, Toxteth Park, in reference to which it was agreed that a deputa tion of members should inspect the locality, and report to the general meeting. Some conversation also arose with reference to the unlighted state of Newby Terrace, Belmont Road. It was agreed that permission be given to the watch committee to place lamps in front of that terrace. The borough engineer, building surveyor, and inspector of nuisances, reported various particulars of the opera tions in their several departments during the week, from which it appeared that 153 dilapidated privies and ashpits were altered and repaired, 1177 cesspools had been dis charged, 109 nuisances, complained of by inhabitants, had been inspected, and means taken to remedy them, 1170 houses in the unhealthiest districts, containing 3867 apart ments, and 449 cellars had been put under examination, with the view of improving their sanitary condition. A letter was read from Mr. W. R. Colborn, stating that in consequence of the advice he had received from counsel, he had withdrawn his appeal against the magi strates in the case of the Wallasey steamboat not con- suming her smoke. This concluded the public business of the committee, BIRKENHEAD POLICE COU aT.—YESTERDAY. Magistrates present—The Rev. Mr. Fielden, and Messrs Bryan and Barlow. SUNDAY TRADING.—Thomas Wingfield, the keeper of a public house in Grange-lane, and in Birkenhead, was summoned for keeping his house open on Sunday for the sale of liquors during the hours proscribed by act of Par liament. The case was proved by police-of f icers Davis and Hodgson. For the defence, Mr, Bretherton called the barmaid, Miss Courtney, who stated that her instructions from the defendant were, not to open the door to any person, but on:this occasion she heard a "knocking at the door," which she opened, when the man said he was going to mass, but as he felt rather queer, he wished to have a little rum. She drew him a glass in consequence of that representation. Mr. Fielden said he, and the bench, thought that the barmaid was more in fault than the house, but it was clear that the result must be a convic tion. As the barmaid had only been a short ; time in the house they would only inflict a penalty (of ,10s and the costs. George Hunter, a publican, living at the Chester Hotel. in Chester-street, (late Herdinan's), was summoned for a similar offence. Hodgson stated at twenty minutes to nine o'clock he visited the house and found a man dr inking there. The two females attending on the vaults admitted that they had given the drink because the person had stated that he was a traveller. Hodgson swore most positively that the man had drunk a glass of gin but the two females and the man himself distinctly swore that the glass of gi❑ had been drawn, but had never been drunk until Hodgson tasted of it. The bench dismissed the case. John Evans, a beer houqo keeper, was fined 303 and costs for selling beer on the Sunday. The defendant had been repeatedly fined for similar offences. EDINBURGH ADDRESS TO THE FRENCH EMPEROR A special meeting of the Town Council of Edinburgh was held on Tuesday forenoon for the purpose of consider ing the propriety of voting a congratulatory address to the Emperor of the French, on the occasion of the birth of an heir to the French throne. The Lord Provost, who presided, proposed the following address, which was unanimously agreed to:—" To his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of France. We, the Lord Provost, magistrates, and town council of the city of Edinburgh, humbly approach your Majesty to offer our warmest congratula tions on the auspicious event of the birth of an heir to the throne of France. We cordially sympathise with your Majesty, your august consort, and your peoplc, in your joy. We hail with delight the advent of a prince allied to our country by hereditary descent, and destined, we trust, to draw, still closer than even hitherto, the bonds of amity which have so long subsisted between the French and Scotch people. The efforts to restore tranquillity which are now being made by France and Great Britain, in conjunction with our Allies, will, we earnestly pray, be crowned with success, and thus constitute the prince the harbinger of peace to the world. It is our fervent hope that the prince may be spared to realise the fondest wishes of his illustrious parents, and that he may ------ ;)rove a signal blessing to the French nation, whose prosperity we shall never cease to regard with anxious solicitude. Signed in name, &e., Joutv MELviLLE, Lord Provost." the harbour ould I 112giL14 TEM NORTHERN TIMES.—LIVERPOiIo, FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 1866 TOWNSHIP OF GARSTON A meeting of the rate-pay'rs of the township of Garston was held last night, in the Aigburth Hotel, Aigburth, to consider the propriety of providing burial ground for the inhabitants of Aigburth, Grassendale, and Garston. Mr. J. A. Tinne, chairman of the local board of health, occu pied the chair ; and among the other gentlemen present were, Rev. Mr. Esker, Rev. Mr. Evans, Rev. Mr. Gibson, Messrs. Fletcher, itogers , Cooper, Morris, Plitt, Bevan, Goodwin, Leyland, Watts, &c. The meeting was con vened by the overseers on a requisition presented to them by a numerous body of the inhabitants. The Chairman after reading the act which extended the provision of the 15th and 16th Vic., cap. 85, in refer ence to burial grounds, to all townships, said the meet ing were sufficiently aware of the want, which the people of Garston suffered in respect of burial accomodation to render it unnecessary for him to dwell on it. Childwall church yard was closed, and many complaints had been frequently made to him as a magistrate by poor people of the distance which they ha 1 to travel, to inter their friends and relatives. He thought that under those cir cumstances, they should avail themselves of the powers of the act, and provide burial ground within the town ship. _ _ Mr. Alderman Cooper maintained that it was the duty of the vicar of Childwall to provide :burial ground for every parishioner, and that being so, he did not see why the township should be put to any expense in the matter. It was the ancient law of ;the land, that the vicar, in con sideration of the tithes and fees paid to him, should bury every parishioner, and provide ground for the purpose. The Chairman denied that such was the law, and stated that he had a legal opinion to that effect. Mr. Morris observed that the Vicar was quite willing to bury any parishioner, but Childwell churchyard was full, and he could not obtain any ground for its extension. The Rev. Mr. Evans thought - that even if the parish churchyard at Childwell were not full, there woul i still be an objection to it on the score of its distance from the township. Mr. Morris suggested that for the present the ground attached to the several churches in the township might supply the want so generally felt. _ _ The Chairman replied that it should be remembered they would have to Provide for the Roman Catholics and Dissenters of the township as well as for the Churchmen, and he therefore did not think ,that Mr. Morris' sugges tion would meet the purpose. . . After some further conversation a committee was appointed with instructions to inquire fully into the sub ject, and to report to an adjourned meeting. ADDITIONAL NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA Thursday, as announced in our first edition, advices from Melbourne to the 10th Dec. have been received via Ceylon. The production of gold was still kept up, and quartz crushing continued to increase. A great fire had occurred at Ballarat, in which about eight lives were lost, and £70,000 worth of property. The news of the fall of Sebastopol had been received with great demonstrations. A large discovery of plumbago is reported, in Victoria, at a place called Blackwood. Flour at Sydney was £3O per ton. Trade generally was reviving, but insolvencies were still numerous. In November, the number at Sydney was 22, for a total of £35,384. The receipts of gold at the Sydney mint, and the issue of sovereigns, were large. The total gold export of the year, up to the 10th of December, had been £9,836,448. The foregoing appeared in our second edition yesterday. We have since received, by the West India mail steamer, l'anama papers, with news from Sydney, to the date of the 15th December, from which we quote the follow ing t—The markets are dull and provisions heavy. Flour was falling in price, being now down to £25 per ton, with very heavy stocks on hand. In Melbourne no less than 8,000 tons of flour and wheat had been stored for want of sale, and several cargoes were on the way, so that there is no prospect of famine there. CANADA COMPANY. Yesterday afternoon the half-yearly general court of proprietors of this company, was held at Canada House, St. Helen's, Bishopsgate, Charles Franks, Esq., Governor of the Company, in the chair. _ The Chairman said, the first business to be disposed of was the question of a retiring allowance to the secretary, Mr. John Perry. This gentleman, who was nearly 80 years of age, had been 28 years in the service of the COM. pany, and the zeal and ability which he had displayed, well entitled him to the best consideration of the prop prietors. The court of directors had unanimously resolved to recommend the court of proprietors, to permit him to retire at midsummer next, on an allowance of £4OO a year. A resolution to this effect was then proposed from the chair, duly seconded, and carried by acclamation. Mr. Perry briefly thanked the proprietors for their liber ality, for which he should ever feel grateful. The Chairman then entered into a, statement of the general affairs of the company, which he represented to be in a most flourishing condition, and read the following comparative statement of transactions from Jan. 1 to Feb. 29. cres. Average. Acres. Avrage Land 501 d... .. 477 at 30s. 10d. 685 at 265. sd. La..d 2,176 at 465. 2d. 5,759 at 31s. S i. 2,053 at 433. 6cl. 6,444 at 30. 10d. Acres. Average. Acres. Average. Leases converted to 21 702 at 15s. 9d. 31.727 at 153 2d. is in Canada to ditto, 1836, .e28,48u 1855, 48,749 above st tteruent the fact st made up, there was a in I ondon of cash and securities of 36,C981; while a the balance in hand was 6,1841, The Chairman added -1..0 he accounts were Oa the motion of the Chairman, the report of the com pany's transactions for the yea: 1855 vas adopted, and ordercd to be circulated among the proprietors. Tile Chairman was then re-elected governor ; and Sir John Risthope, Bart., J. W. Freshfield, Esq., M.P., and W. Wilson, Esq., were re-elected directors; Robert Gil lespie, Esq. was re-elected auditor, and with this the business of the half yearly court terminated. A vote of thanks and confidence, was passed to the governor and the directors, and the meeting separated. The disorder of Prince Jerome progresses towards a happy termination. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,--The milk fever has come on in a regular and favourable manner. The health of his Highness, tLe Prince Imperial, is as good as possible. It has transpired that forgeries, in the shape of promissory notes, to the amount of £25,000, have been committed by the late John Sadleir, on Mr. Dargan. Omer Paella has arrived at Constantinople. There is great mortality among the French in the Crimea. The health of the grern•la at Constantinople is improving. The fortifications at Nicoldieff are being strengthened. General Luders has ordered all officers on furlough at Odessa to return. STAMPED RECEIPTS.—In a case of embezzlement heard at the Hammersmith police court, Mr. Beadon said that on examining one of the receipts produced he found that the stamp had been marked with the amount of the bill, and not with the name or initials of the receiver of the money, as revired by the act. A gentleman present said it was done every day, and he had seen it frequently among lawyers. Mr. Beadon said that th e ac t o f p ar li ament made it imperative to write upon th e stam p th e i n i t i a l s or name of the person receiving the money, and the receipt before him would not be valid in a court of law. PORTUGAL. — The steamer Rattler, Captain Rutherford, arrived in the Mersey yesterday, bringing dates from Lisbon up to the 14th inst. She also brought a large mail for the Post Office, and despatche4, from her Majesty's ship Blenheim, at anchor in the Tagus. Notwithstanding the prevalence of strong south-easterly gales during the home ward passage of this favourite steamer, she made the run in five days. It may be interesting to know that the Rattler left this for Lisbon on the night of the 2nd inc ant,' and has consequently made the round in 17 days, a performance which we believe to be unequalled in the steam trade to Lisbon. A curious incident caused some emotion at Paris during the firing of cannons at the Invalides on Sunday. After the twentieth discharge there was a pause, and only a minute afterwards the twenty-first salvo was heard. The invalid who fired off the guns, having a wooden leg, fell to the ground when he was walking back again from the last piece to the first one. The people who were waiting outside the palace to learn the result of the Empress's travail on Sunday morning, were apprised of the event by two candlelights being placed on one window ; had it been a princess only one light would have made its appearance. SUSPECTED POISONING—The inquest into the circum stances attending the death of Frederick Brown, a gunner in the royal marine artillery, quartered at the head quarters of that corps in Portsmouth, and whose death was alleged to have been caused by poison administered by a girl hi the town named Louisa Bullock, at a low beerhouse, was held on Wednesday afternoon, at Hasler hospital. The evidence was conflicting and inconclusive ; and Dr. Taylor, of Guy's hospital, deposing that, having made a minute analysis of the contents - of the stomach of deceased, be found no trace of poison, the jury returned a verdict to the effect that death had resulted from natural causes. THE ROBBERY OF THE ROYAL PLATE. —The following is the official list of the Royal plate stolen on Saturday last, and for the recovery of which, and conviction of the thief, or thieves, a reward of £2OO has been offered :—One silver mug, one dozen silver table sooons, two dozen large silver forks, one silver saucepan and lamp, two dozen large knives with silver handles, two pair of silver sugar to n g s, o ne silver salt cell ar , gilt inside, and one silver salt spoon , the whole bearing the royal crest, V. R Six silver d essert spoon (mar k ed , and the word " Nursery." P.W., P.A. , and P.L.), two small silver table racks, two dozen silver teaspoons (marked Royal Family), one silver salt spoon bearing the initial V., on e small silver knife and fork wit h i vory h an dl es, one small silv er spoon, handsomely dec orated silver teaspoons, a sma ll s il ver handled knife, fork, a silver saucepan and lamp, two and spoon, and a small plate box, contents unknown. U p to a late hour on Wednesday evening, not the sligh test trace of e i t h er the property or the thieved had been obtained by the police, although they hoe eino the robbery been unremitting in their exertions, COUNTY V COURT--__ESTERDA Y (BEFORE{ JOSEPH POLLOCK, ESQ , JUDGE HAYES V. HusoN.—ln this case Elizabeth Hayes, a domestic servant, claimed two months' wages in lieu of notice, from Eugene Huson, of 7, Huskisson-street, teacher of languages. Mr. Hime appeared for the defen dant. The plaintiff was a well-looking girl, 18 years of age, and stated that she was an orphan. It appeared that, when engagirg with defendant, an aAreement was made that, when she was permitted to visit her friends on Sunday nights, she should return to the house not later than nine o'clock. A short time since, she ex ceeded the limit, and her master locked her out for the night, and refused to let her return to her service. She stated that it was but five minutes after nine o'clock, and that she spoke to him, and told him what the hour was, and asked him to let her in ; but he locked the door in her face, and told her not to return again. His Honor asked defendant what was his reason for locking the girl out ? The defendant said he wished her to be in early as there was such temptations and dangers in the streets of Liverpool at night. His Honor : But, not withstanding these dangers and temptations, you turn out into the streets at night a girl 18 years of age ! His Honor animadverted on the conduct of the defendant, in thus straining the rule which he had made, to such an extent, under such circumstances, and gave a verdict for the plaintiff for two months' wages, and three weeks' wages in lien of notice, one week of her term having expired, in all £1 8s 4d. and costs. MUSICAL HONOURS The celebrated vocalist, Ronconi, has received the dignity of Commander at an installation of Knights of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, in the Chapel of the Orders of Knighthood at Madrid. RISE IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—On Tuesday morning, as it became known that a rise had taken place in the price of corn at Mark-lane on the previous day, many of the bakers throughout the metropolis took down the announcement from their windows " fall in the price of bread," and added a halfpenny to the previous price. BANDITS.—In the sitting of the 12th, of the Piedrnontese Senate, Senator La Marmora proposed that the Sardinian carbineers should be armed with double-barrelled rifles, in order the better to cope with the bandits, who all pos sessed the weapon in question, and were, moreover, pro vided with reconnoitering telescopes. The Minister of War trusted he should soon be enabled to exchange the old muskets for the others without any expense to the treasury. A Constantinople correspondent of a Brussels cotem porary says :—" The Turks, far from encouraging proselytism, combat it with every means in their power. They neglect nothing to prevent it, and even compel the person to first confer with an Ecclesiastic of his own persuasion. If he be a minor, they will not have him at all, and very recently Faud Pacha three times sent back to the Patriarch a young Greek who wished at all hazards to embrace Islamism." EXECUTION OF THE S NABESTO NE MU RDERE R. —J oink Fowkes, convicted at the last assizes of the murder of his nephew, John Acres Fowkes, at Snarestone, on November 25, 1855, was hung in front of the Leicester County Gaol, at eight o'clock on Wednesday morning. The executioner was Calcraft. At least 12,000 persons must have been present, notwithstanding a very wet morning. The demean our of the condemned man had much changed during the last few days. lle bad been most attentive to the spiritual instructions of the chaplain, had manifested symptoms of repentance, and had confessed to the commission of the murder. He did not inculpate any other person, as it was expected he might do, but stated that he intended the shot for his brother, Wm. Fowkes (who was the principal witness against him), and not for his nephew, and that he believed he had shot his brother until informed to the contrary. TAGISLATuRE IN TAE LORDS.—We find from the jour nals of the House of Lords that Lord Brougham has intro duced no less than three bills of a novel and important character. The first of them is a bill for the further relief of the subject from penalties and disabilities touching reli gion and religious worship. The bill states that" it is hurt ful to the interests of religion, and inconsistent with civil liberty, that any person should be subjected to any temporal pains, penalties, or disabilities whatsoever on account of his religious opinions or his mode of worship." It proposes to repeal several acts from the reign of Edward VI. to the 9th and 10th Wm. 111. The next measure is a Lill to repeal certain acts and parts of acts appointing the observance of certain holidays and fast days. Among the acts to be repealed is one passed in the third year of King James, entitled " An Acte for a Publique Thancksgiving to Almighty God everie yecre on the Fifte day of November." There are other acts to be repealed. The third measure which the noble and learned lord has laid on the table of their lordships' houee is a bill to repeal a part of another act whereby fathers are restrained from appointing popish recusants to be guardians of their infant children. The net referred to is the 12 Car. 11., c. 24, section S. his proposed to enact that no guardtan is to be deemed invalidly appoiuled by reason of being a popish recusant. NEW PA TENT FOR PAPER-MA ICING.--We have jus t learned that Captain Brown, of the Rob Roy steamer' plying on Loch Katrine during many years, has applied for and obtained a patent for the manufacture of paper from the plant known throughout the highlands generally as the " fern," or breachun. Such of our readers as have rambled much amid the Highlands of Scotland will be fully aware that, of the plant in question, there is such an abundant ant spontaneous crop annually, amongst grass, that the graziers and crofters would give a good deal to get quit of it. In Ireland, also, the plant is very abundant. We have had a specimen of paper manufac tured from this plant left at our office. One of the most extensive of our paper manufacturers has already had the material tested, and ano'her in the vicinity of Denny purposes, in a short time, making an experiment with it in the making of millboard, it being unnecessary to bleach the plant, as is done with other material. When this matter will have bee❑ somewhat more matured, we shall be able fully to furnish the particulars ; meanwhile we may remark that the saving in the manufacture into various kinds of paper will be very considerable, but especially in such qualities as are used for printing purposes.—Glasgow Daily Mail. MILITARY EXECUTION AT BouLooNE.—The soldier Ruchet, of the 6th Regiment of Artillery, con demned to death by court-martial for having, when in garrison at Neuf Brisach, murdered a serjeant-major named Rouillon, was executed on Tuesday morning, at Strasbourg. For a short time after his condemnation the man was very brutal in his language, and threatened several persons with death. One evening, when the gaoler entered his cell, he seized him violently by the head, and cried, " How dare you come to me at such ari hour? What is to prevent me from killing you ? But no," he added, " I will not kill any one to-day—so go !" After a while, however, the exhortations of the chaplain produced a strong effect on him, and he became recon ciled to religion and to the idea of death. He was on Tuesday conveyed under an escort to the Finckinatt, where all th troops of the garrison were drawn up under arms. The man on descending from the prison van, walked forward calmly to the place destined for him, and took off, without assistance, his stock, cap, and jacket. He twice refused to allow his eyes to be band aged, and requested that the platoon who were to fire at him might be brought so close as to be sure to hit him. He kissed a crucifix, embraced the chaplain, and knelt down. The judgment condemning him having been read, the signal to fire was given, and he fell struck by several balls; but, as he moved after falling, a non. commissioned officer discharged a pistol in his ear. The troops were made to march off before the dead body, which was afterwards removed to the hospital.—Galig nani. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Maria Johnson, a young woman, who appeared to be in a very weakly condition, and suffering great pain, was brought before Mr. Ingham, on Wednesday, at the Th ames P o li ce - cour t, c h arge d with attempting to commit self-destruction. Mrs. Mary Ann Lamb said, the prison e r hir e d a re ad y -furnished apartment for her hu s b an d th ree wee k s ago . He lived in the house alone until S a t ur d a y n i g h t , when the pri sonerjoined him, and said s h e h a d l e ft a situation, and where her husband was she had a right to be. On Tuesday morning, the prisoner ran down stairs in a great fright, only partially dressed, and said her husband had deserted her, and taken away her purse and money from under her pillow, and that she was ruined. She accompanied the prisoner to the station - house to give information of the husband's abandonment of his wife, and on her return to Church-street, the prisoner seemed to he labouring under great anguish. Witness persuaded her to lie down, and she did so. In the evening the prisoner suddenly rushed out of the house, and she saw no more of her until midnight when she was brought home by a gentleman, who said he found her crouched upon the steps of a door in Whitechapel. The prisoner was in a state of frenzy, and witness re mained in her room watching her, until four o'clock this morning, when the prisoner seemed to be very quiet and composed. Witness becoming fatigued, went to bed. About an hour afterwards she heard a noise in Mrs. Johnson's room, and on proceeding there found her lying on the floor with her throat cut and a knife by her side. She called in medical assistance, the wound was sewed up, and the prisoner was removed to th e station house. The prisoner, who sobbed loudl y , said she did not recollect going to her box and taking out the knife ; but all she re c ollected was, that she felt somethin g shar p at her throat and swooned. She was very sorry for what she had done. Her husband had twice deserted her, and yesterday morning he left her, taking with him his tools, which he used in his business of a ladies' shoemaker, and he also took away the whole of her money, which she had ho nes tly earned in service. She was quite des titute, and had no means of reaching her father, who lived at Crediton, in Devonshire. Mr. Ingham re manded the prisoner for a week, but, at her earnest request, allowed her to go to Whitechapel workhouse. The magistrate directed a police constable to request the relieving officers to take every possible care of the Uri. fortunate woman. POLICE COURT. v -- E STE RDAY, (BE FORB 1111. MANSFIE ID.) A BEGGING IMPOSTES CAUGHT.—Detective-officer Patrick brought up a person, apparently about forty years of age, on a charge of being a begging letter imposter. The prisoner gave his name as Charles Thomas Duncan, and, from cards and letters found on him, ho had assumed the following names also :---Thomas Douglas Munro, Thomas Douglas Gladstone, Thomas Douglas Chalmers, Thomas Douglas Logan, all of Bonnington, near Edinburgh. The prisoner had represented himself to gentlemen, whose surnames he had assumed, that he was the son of a certain gentleman of the above named locality, and claimed relationship with the gentlemen men tioned. He succeeded in obtaining 5s from Mr. Chalmers, of No. 93, Wellington-road (and Tably-street), and he pre sented himself at the house of Mr. M'Fie, and represented himself to a gentleman there that he was a distant relative of his, and sought for pecuniary assistance. The assistance (very properly) he got here was that of the officer, who took him to the station. He was sent to gaol for three months, as a cheat and imposter A MISTAKE. —Mr. Stone, the high bailiff of the County Court, summoned a gentleman, named Harrison, under the following circumstances :—lt appeared there was some arbi tration pending (the facts were not stated), in which the parties were engaged, and it seemed that an expression had been used by Mr. Harrison, in the course of conversation, to the effect that he would lose his life before he would lose his goods, and that the expressions were mistaken by Mr. Stone to mean " that he (Mr. H) would take his (Mr. Stone's) life before he would Lae his goods," this gave rise to the summons. The flatter being explained, the parties appeared satisfied, and withdrew. (BEFORE MR. BENN.) THE CHARGE OF SHOOTING ON BOARD THE CITY OF MOBlLE.—Marquis Doifo, late cook on board the City of Mobile, American ship, was brought up on remand. Mr. Bluck appeared for the prisoner. It may be remembered that the prisoner had been twice remanded on a charge of having shot a man named John Scanlan, a sailor on hoard the same vessel. The injured man was taken to the Northern Hospital, where he still remains. A certificate was put in, stating that although the wounded man was now out of danger, he could not yet attend. Mr. Bluck said the injured man made a statement in the hospital to the effect that he had not any ill feeling to the prisoner, and that the transaction was one of a purely accidental, nature. Under the circumstances, he trusted the bench would accept of bail for the prisoner. He had two respectable persons present who would enter into sureties for the appearance of 11;s client. his worship con sented to take bail : two sureties of £lO each. The prisoner was then set at liberty on bail. (BEFORE MESSRS. BENN AND ROMILY.) LADIES 1) IFFElt.—The difference of medical gentlemen, or at least the alleged difference said to exist between them, is nothing at all to that existing between ladies, particularly on certain matters. This was clearly perceptible in the case of Mrs. Catherine Wilberforce versus Mrs. Margaret Owens, both of Smithdown-lane, who came before the bench to ask them to arbitrate on a charge of assault preferred by the corn plainant against defendant. Mr Godfrey appeared for the former, and Mr. Bluck for the latter. Both persons, from their appearance, were respectable, and by no means such as generally resort to police courts to settle their differences, Mr. Godfrey commenced opening the case by going back for a period of two years, but the learned gentleman was at once stopped by Mr. Gluck, who insisted on his " learned friend" confining himself to the 10th of March, 1850, the day on which the assault complained of took place ; he urged this more strongly, as the case, lie said, was one of simple assault, and did not appertain to any " little affair" that might have taken place at so remote a period. Mr. Godfrey then proceeded, and detailed the facts which Mrs. Wilberforce (who is young and very handsome, as is also the other lady) proved, shortly, to be these :—Some time ago the parties wore good friends, but there arose a dispute, it did not clearly appear about what, but it was strongly suspgcted. The result of this falling out was an ill-feeling, that ended, on the 10th instant, in an assault on the compla nant, its Sluithdown.lane, as Mrs. Wilberforce was on her return home, in company of a friend with whom she had been shopping. •In reply to Mr. Bluck, the lady admitted, that Cafore and oiler she was struck, she called Mrs. Owens a swindler ; aye, and she could prove it too, by a young lady who was in court at present. Mr. Bluck contended that his client had not struck a blow, but even if she did she was justified, as he would be, in knocking down any one who 'mild dare to call him a swindler. The complaint was dismissed, and the ladies left the court looking daggers at each other. BEERROUSE CASES.—Mary Clarke, Milton street, fined 2s 6d and costs. George Smith, Springfield street, fined 53 and costs. William Gordon, Roger street, Windsor, fined 5s and costs. William Harrison, Hunter street, fined 5s and costs. John Stephenson, Clare street, fined 5s and costs. Edward Conolly, Clayton street, fined 5s and costs. Anna H. Jones, licensed publican, Key street, was summoned for per mitting drunkenness on the premises, fined 5s and costs. There was a second complaint against the same defendant, for allowing gaming by card playing in the house; dismissed. Ruth Devieo, beerbouee keeper, Rigby street, fined 63 end costs. Bridget Owens, Finch street, dismissed. ainuel Cooper, publican, Upper Harrington street, was summoned for Sunday trading, fined 108 and costs. Ellen O'Dowd, Oriel street, beer house keep , v, fined 20a and costs. Peter Capixr, Robert street, Park, fined 10s and costs. John Portland, Johnson street, dismissed. Thomas Jones, Chesterfield street, dismissed. Thomas Pennington, Hill street, Park, dismissed. Michael Caulfield, Chiseohale street, dismissed. John Webster, Burlington street, was summoned for refusing to admit the police on Saturday night, dismissed. Ellen Ennis, No. 1, court, Palk road, table beer house keeper, was summoned for selling beer ou Sunday morning. Inspector Hayden said he saw five men drinking there on Sunday morning. Inspector Chew said there were only 11 houses in the neighbourhood, and they all d sold ale ; fines to more than £47 had been inflicted, but it did not appear to cure the evil which was complained of in the papers by the inhabitants. The people used to get in beer on Saturday night, and sell it on Sunday morning. The locality was infested by all sorts of blackguards, brought together by the facilities which were afforded in procuring drink. Mr. Clough said the houses alluded to were all kept by servants of the Corporation. Tne defendant denied that she sold beer, but the evidence ,was considered sufficient, and a fine of £1 and costs were inflicted. APPALLING DISCLOSURES • WARNING TO PARENTS. At the Mansioii-house, Londin, an application was made to the sitting magistrate, Alderman Sir R. W. Carden on the sth instant, the particular circumstances connected with which are calculated to excite strong public sympathy, and will probably command the atten tion of those whose interposition m a y be effective in checking the tremendous evil which it exposed. A man of respectable appearance, named Thomas Evans, who resides in John-street, Parker's-row, Bermondsey, made the following statement:—His daughter Susannah, and a female acquaintance, were the day before, as they were going to their work, met at the corner of Fenchurch street by a Belgian Jewess, who appeared kn own t o t h e latter, and who in a very friendly manner asked them to go with her to see two or three young girls lik e th em se lves, who resided in Lambert-street, L eman - street, Goodman's-fields.. They consent e d, an d accompan i e d their inviter in a cab to a house situate as described, where they were introduced to two youn g fem a les in a room on the second floor. The appearance of the place and of the females was not satisfactory to Susannah Evans, who . expressed much anxiety to get away, but was prevailed upon by the Belgian lady to stay to dinner, while the two new acquaintances informed her that they were going next day to Hamburg to get into splendid situations, in which they would be enabled to live in style, wear gold watches and other jewellery, and supply their parents with the luxuries as well as the necessaries of life. The more desirous she was to go home the more they pressed her to stay, and at last she was prevailed upon to go to bed, after having in vain atteinpteu to leave the house. In the morning, at an early hour, there was a bustle in the house, and off she was hurried in a cab, with the two girls to whom she had been newly introduced, and deposited on board a steamer which lay near St. Katharine's wharf. Of these circumstances, the applicant said, he had been informed by the young girl with whom his daughter had been walking when she was accosted by the Bel g ian Jewess, and who bad contrived to escape from the house in which his daughter had been detained. Smith (572) and Morgan, the detective officer, were directed by Sir W.Carden t) make arrangements to meet the exigencies of the case, and to bri n g back the girl toher parents under any circumstances. Smith telegraphed ,, . to the police to intercept the m on arrival, and Linith went to Hamburg. After much trouble he rescued the girl, safely placed her on board the steamer, which was about to return. Smith soon learned that there were several new importations, and that the system, atrocious as it was, most extensively prevailed. He determined to bring back to Sir R. W. Carden all the informati on h e could collect; and certainly the description he gave of ' the condition of several poor English girls, who were detained by the procuresses and panderers, on th e p re t ext of debt, and who were anxious to return to their parents, was calculated, as the alderman said, t o fill any one's heart with compassionate anguish. He accordingly waited upon Colonel Hodges, the British consul and stated the circumstances und er w hi c h h e h a d visited Hamburg, and Colonel Hodges replied that nothing would give him higher gratification than the power of checking so monstrous an evil, but that the immediate interference of Lord Clarendon would, in his opinion, be necessary before much good could be effected in the way of counteraction, and that it would be advisable to present a memorial to that minister for an inquiry into the case. The two officers waited upon Sir R. W. Carden to make their report, and were accompanied by Susannah Evans and her father and mother, who with floods of tears ex pressed their gratitude to the alderman fur the wonders which had been done, as it were in an instant, for them, and they hoped for the community. The young woman detailed, but in an almost unintelligible manner, the scenes she had witnessed. Sir R. W. Carden said the officers had done their duty with the skill and propriety which he expected to see exercised by t h em upon all eueseione. TRADE REPORT.-THIIRSDAY. L IVERP 00L. COTTON : The cotton market during the past week has been dull and irregular, the demand has been moderate, and late arriv a l s h av i ng a ff or d e d more c h o i ce , b u y er s h ave been able to obtain American on about id per lb better terms than on Friday last. Brazil and Egyptian quiet but steady. Surat are in better supply, and quite id per lb lower. The sales for the five days are reported 31,850 bales, of which 2,400 are on speculation, and 1,660 are for export. This week. Import.' Sales. I Description Prices paid I Currt. Prices. (this week•l Mid. Fair. Stocks 1010 d. d. d. 3683 Sea Island - sto 34 12 , 4 890 Upland - - 5i to 61 51 .• 5010 Mobile- - 4t to 61 54 2238 13230 New Orleans 44 to 7i 5i 2310 Brazil - - 6,1 to 74 61 2129 1710 Egyptian --5/to 9- of •• 70 West India • 5i to 61 -1 •• 362 J East India • 4 to 5 44 8050 31859 Total d. 13 64 217300 60 61 551g0 3 650 16.0 22650 SCOTCH PIG IRON : Oar market for warrants closes at 70• cash ; one month fixed 695. 3+3370 The demand generally continues good, and very • wiles are 90 hhds &GAR full prices have been reaiiseu ; _ rara, at 37s to 39s ; 200 hhds Barbadoes, at 38s to 41er 6d ; 2,000 bags Madras, at 33s 61; 160 mats very low dark Mauritius, at 335, duty paid ; 64 cases, 2,280 bags, 35 b r l s Maceio, at 24s 6, and 60 cases Bahia, at 238 per cwt, in bond. taken place MOLASSES: Nothing Rust : Only 50 puns Demerara rates. )orted, at previous COFFEE: 110 bags Rio have been sold, at 42s to 445, and 50 bags St. Domingo, at 48s. 270 hags Bahia, at 39s per cwt The sales to day passed off with former rates were obtained, save in the ins COCOA TEA : fair activity Orange Peko sold rather c d scented RICE : Of the rice offered by auction . very little was sold, but 700 bags Bengal, by private, brought lOs per cwt. PIMENTO : 80 bap have been taken at 4, 1 ,1 per lb. PROVISIONS : Beef continues in good demand at steady prices, the sales of the week reaching 1,300 :.ierces. The feeling gains ground that the lowest point has been touched for the middling and good sorts. Owing to want of stock, we have nothing to report in pork ; a small parcel or two have arrived, but are not yet landed. From absolute scarcity at the moment, a temporary advance has been realitied on a small parcel of bacon ex steamer; we do not, however, alter our quotations. There has only been a moderate enquiry for lard during the week ; with mere choice, there would be more doing. Cheese moves .off quietly at late rates. Fine dairies continue scarce. In fluenced by the failure of a large_ speculator, the tallow market is very unsettled, and our reduced quotations are almost nominal. Linseed cake is a trifle lower this week, the weather having become moist and open. The improve ment in the corn market noted in our last was checked on Tuesday, and since then business passing has been limited, with prices the turn lower for all articles. To-morrow being Good Friday, there will be no further market this week. LONDON, COLONIAL WOOL: The public market closed to-lay, and will re-open on Wednesday next. SUGAR : The advance of 6d, established on Tuesday, has been fully supported, and a full amount of general business has been done, including two cargoes of Mauritius, and two of Pernambuco (afloat), by private cmtract. Refined grocery lumps, 50s to 525. - COFFEE : - Prices have been supported with a small amount of business done. TEA : The market has been rather dull, but there are more buyers than sellers of common Congou at sti per lb. RICE : A limited business done at last week's prices. SALTPETRE : A full amount of business done at t ,, e ex treme prices of last week. Refraction 51 sold at 375; re fraction 7i, 355; and 150 tons for arrival at 355. HEMP: Sun sold in public sale, Bengal £l2 to £l5; Madras, £l5 to £l6 58. OILS : Linseed quoted £33 10s; rape, brown, £4B 10s; English, £5l. IRON : Scotch pig declined to 70s. . COTTON.: No business of importance reported this week. TALLOW : The market is very quiet, without much doing. No recovery from the la•e fall is observable. Town tallow is quoted sls nett cash; Petersburg Y.C. on the spot, 43s 6d to 48s ; March to April, 47s 6d ; April to June, 47s ; Oct. to Dec., 47s to 47s 61. METROPOLITAN CATTLE.—The great annual lamb market was held here to-day, instead of Friday as heretofore. The number of lambs on offer was small, and the demand for them was brisk, at from 7s to 8s per 8 lbs. The show of beasts was moderate, and amongst the supply were 200 oxen from Oporto. The beet trade ruled heavy, and prices were a shade lower than on Monday. Sheep were in short supply and sluggish request, at barely stationary prices. The few calves in the markets sold steady, at full quotations. In pigs and milch cows scarcely any business was transacted. Beef, from 33 4d to 4s 4(1; Mutton, 3s to 4s 101 ; Lamb, 7s 8d to 83; Veal, 58 to 63 ; Pork, 3a 2.1 to 4s Bd—per 8 lbs, to sink the offal. Total Supply : Beasts, 810 ; foreign, 310 ; Cows, 90; Sheep, 6,900; Calves, 90; foreign, 22; Pigs, 200, Y ESTERDAY' S MARKETS. CORK CORK : White wheat, 37s to 38s Red do, 37s to 18s 91. Oats, 12s 5d to 15s. Hs 6d. Barley, 16s 91 Pork 35s to 44s per cwt. WAKEFIELD CORN : the market WS thinly attended by liners, owing to its being held off the usual day. Wheat in limited demand, and factors were compelled to ;_submit to a decline of 2s per qr from Friday's rates, in order to make sales. Fine malting barley in raquest and dearer. Oats, beans, and shelling unchanged. MANCHESTER CORN : The - e was a limited business done in wheat and flour, at an improvement of 3d per 70 lbs on the former, and Is per sack on the latter. Osts, oatmeal ar.• beans were held for full prices, with a slow sale. DUBLIN CATTLE: This morning, the great Easter market. The supply of every species of meat large, quality in general good; a fair demand and early clearance ; late prices main tained. In the pig market, the demand fur England con tinues active ; prices, 50s to 545.. GLASGOW CATTLE : The supply of cattle was 771, being 136 less than last week; the quality was better and the demand good, and a little improvement in prices over last week. Best scotch bullocks reached 60s ; best Irish, 52s 6d; 2nd qu.lity, 48s to 50s; middling and inferior, 42s to 463 per cwt, sinking the offal. There was only 1,535 sheep, which met ready sales, at from 61 to 7,11 per lb, All sold early. LIVERPOOL PRODUCE MARKET REVIEW OF TILE WEEK. A moderate business done in Ashes at 36s 61 to 37s for Pots, and 39s to 42s per cwt for Pearls. Brimstone has been in extensive demand, and little short of 2000 tons are reported on the spot and to arrive at £5 5s to £5 6s 3d for 3rds, and £5 105 to £5 12 61 for the best 2nds. Nitrate must be quoted 61 per cwt lower, 200 tons 5 per cent refraction selling at 16s 9d to 16s 6d per cwt. Saltpetre continues to advance, but the only sale worth reporting is 230 bags 5 per cent at 388 per cwt. Dyewoods.—Logwood. The transac tions are confined to 80 tons Jamaica at £7 2s 61 to £7 5s ; with small lots of Canipeachy at £8 153. F'ustic. 100 tons Curacoa at £5 10s, 35 tons Rio Hache at £5 15s, and 50 tons Maracaibo at £5 ss. Sapanwood. 7 tons at £l4 lOs; with a small lot of Nicaraguawood at £l2 101. Madder roots : 30 bales Bombay arc reported at 365. Madder : French firm at quotations. Argols : Perugia retail at quota tions ; a few casks of Florence red, 72s 6d. Tartars : Small sales of cream at 112 s 6d, and 13 casks fine Salerno brown at auction brought 90s 3d to 91s. Sumac is in good demand; 200 bags Palermo, S D P mark, selling at 12s 3d from quay ; 250 bags inferior, at lls 3d to u s 6d ; and 200 bags Miletello at 8s 9d ; 400 bags of Tyrol have arrived, for which 88 6d is wanted. Bark : Philadelphia quicitron : The small lots here are firmly held for the advanced rates; a few tons have been sold at 13s 6d, and 10 tons Baltimore to arrive at 115 6d. In Concentrated lemon juice we have nothing to report. Cutch retail in quotations. Gambier in small demand : a few tons of heated brought 17s. Gums : 131 serous Gedda, all faults, at 16r to 16s 6d; 3 cases vermicilli gum tragacauth at 91s per cwt. Sago flour : 800 bags at auction realised 20s to 20s 91 for sound, 193 3(1 for first class, 16s for 2nd class damaged. Myrabolams : 500 bags are reported at 8s 3d. Castor oil : A few cases sold at 6d per lb. Annatto : 50 baskets roll at Bd, and small sales of flag at 10Id per lb. Oils : Oli ve h as b een i n fa i r demand at rather lower rates ; the sales of the week will amount to 190 tuns, chiefly Gallipoli, which sold at prices not made public ; Malaga and Seville at £49 to £5O 10s, with Lisbon at £47 lOs to £4B 10s. Linseed : Rather more doing, small lots for consumption selling at 34s 6d per cwt, and about 70 to 86 tons for shipment at 35s to 35s 61 per cwt. Rape is dull, pale at 508 per cwt for English refined. Fish oils are rather easier, with sales of cod at £45 to £46 per tun. P. seal offers at £56 per tun. S. Whale nominal at £49 per tun. Palm : The week's business is about 500 tone at £3B to £39 per ton for sound, including 85 tons wrecked at £37 to £37 5s per ton. Lard : The prevalence of easterly winds keeping out yes sels, and the stork here being small, holders have been enabled to get 55s to 56s per cwt for about 150 tons, which comprise the week's business. Bees' Wax more inquired for ; fine Am e. rican held at £7 12s 61 to 15s, and French at £7 17s 6d per cwt. Linseed Cke : Demand has somewhat improved ; sales of American at within the range of the quotations. Seeds: The only sales worth repotting are 300 bags Calcutta Linseed at 60s to 61s per qr ; and 600 bags Rape at 57s per qr. for sound. Cloverseed : No Stock. Naval Stores : Turpentine. Nothing doing in rough. Spirits have been in improved demand, and sales to a fair extent reported, at 34s to 350 per cwt. for American, in barrels and puncheons ; holders now 1 ok for higher prices. Rosin : The late advance in common is well maintained, 1,500 barrels selling et 43 Ild to 5s per cwt.: fine more enquired for, but of extra quality there is none here. Tar : No sales. Chemicals.—Soda Ash steady at 24-d to 2 3-161. Bleaching Powder at Jll. Soda Crystals at £5 53, Tar taric Acid remains firm at last week's prices ; sales have been made at le bd on the spot, and le 6 d for forward. Bicatboute liods £l4. LATOF,