The Sun.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

T'4 E

EVENING, MARCH 95, 1852.

moval, and then British ships and British seamen may
enter on the competition without being overweighted.
There is nothing to fear with fair play ; on the con-
trary, all will yet be well.

We heartily commend Mr. SEYMOUR'S admirable
address to the electors not only of Sunderland, where
we believe it is already fully appreciated, but to every
constituency about to exercise its high privilege, so
that there may be a clear understanding of what
should be expected from candidates before they can
hope for a favourable reception. Mr. SEYMoUR'S
election iF, we believe, a matter of perfect certainty.
It is such men who should be sent to the popular
branch of the Legislature, who have patience to
learn, and intellect to understand, and eloquence to
put for ward their views with respect to the leading
questions of the day.

The veteran Member for Montrose has given ex •
pression to his views on the important question of the
malt-tax, in a letter, which will be found in another
column, and to which we invite the attention of ag7!-
culturists. It will show that the Free-traders are
really the farmers' friends in every matter where they
can fairly and justly render their assistance. The
Hon. Gentleman clearly and distinctly points out the
objections to the tax against which he has voted on
every occasion when a division hes taken place
during the last thirty years. He considers it a
bad tax, not only "as violating the rules
of political economy and of commercial policy,"
but also " as being injurious to the morality and
social happiness of the industrious classes of the
community."

These are grave objections, and any impost that is
really open to such charges, cannot justly be main-
tained, unless under an overwhelming necessity. We
are aware that it has been insisted that there is such
a necessity—that if the tax were abolished, we should
not be in a position to liquidate the interest on the
public dsbt, or to maintain efficiently the national
establishments. This, however, we distinctly and
positively deny. If a just and wise economy were
practised in every department—we do not mean
that there should be petty cheese-paring or stingy
parsimony in dealing with the public service, but
a strict avoidance of every unnecessary expense, and,
above all, a strenuous determination to put down
" jobs and jobbi❑g"—much could be effected. But
why should there not be a re-adjustment of taxation ?
abolishing indirect imposts', and substituting direct
charges on property, which could be more easily and
cheaply collected.

Yeit to the charge on bread there is perhaps none
more objectionable than that on "malt." It attacks
the poor man's beverage, and prevents the working
classes from obtaining a cheap, wholesome, and nu-
tritious article. It unquestionably limits the con-
sumption of agricultural produce, and is therefore ex-
ceedingly prejudicial to the farmer. But although the
corn-growers have reasonable and just ground of
complaint, so far as their interests are concerned, we
look upon it in a still broader point of view, and con-
sider it chisfly as a consumer's question, which more
than doubles the price and materially de-
teriorates the quality of that which may be
considered essential to his health and comfort.
We are aware that there are many men who, be-
cause they do not like fermented liquors, or perhaps
because they have become teetotallers, desire
the continuance of the tax. Away with the flimsy
pretext ! Why should they wrong their
brethren who differ in opinion from them-
selves, and compel them to take that
which is dear and bad, in place of what is cheap
and good ? Do they for a moment believe that
there would be an increase of drunkenness by the
change ? Far from it. They must be aware that,
in wine-growing countries, where drink can be
easily obtained, intoxication, or even intemperance, is
of rare occurrence. It is the difficulties imposed in
the way of obtaining wholesome beer that create the
demand for unwholesome spirits, and stimulate the
desire for drinking. If good, pure, home-brewed
beer could be procured in the cottages of the poor
you would not see men haunting " Jerry shops,"
or seduced into crime by the temptations and the
bad company to which they are there exposed.
The labourers would, after their day's work,
remain by their own fire-sides contented and
happy. Their domestic happiness would be in-
creased, and there would be a considerable dimi-
nution in the charges for gaols and prosecutions.
Poaching might not flourish quite so much as at pre-
sent, if a vigorous exertion be made at the
ensuing elections. The impost, as well as the still
more obnoxious hop duty, will be entirely got rid of.
Is it not worth an effort, then, to accomplish such ob-
jects ? We are convinced that every consistent Free-
trader and fiscal reformer will gladly co-
operate, so that if the taxes be retained,
it will be chiefly ascribable to those who
call themselves the farmers' friends, and let it
not be forgotten that the malt-tax was, as stated by
Mr. Hume, imposed and continued in Parliament,
where the territorial aristocracy were in the ascen-
dant, and where the landlords might have got rid of
it if they pleased. Let electors understand these
matters before recording their votes on the hustings.
Let them clearly understand the opinions of the rival
candidates on these questions, in which their healths
and pockets are so deeply concerned.

THE SHARE MARKETS.

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

Rai! iv am

Pad.

Neminal Prices.

Bnsinoas done
to-day.

Aberdeen - • •. • • • •
A.,-_,3bergate, Not tirgb.ron,
Boston, & E. Jun, ton
Wolverhanip.,
and Ste-.lr Valley •
Blikenh., Lan., & Chesh
June., late 331.65. Bd..
Da. Chest. &
&251. Consolidated)
Do., do., 201. ..
Bristol and Exeter ••
Caledonian • • • • . •
Chester and liolyhead .•
Dublin and Belfast Janet.
Dundalk and Enniskillen'
Dandee, Perth, and Aber-

leen Junction .. .

Do.. New .. .
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) ••
Do, (181. E. & IL) ••
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, class A,
lite E. 11. shares • •
Do. do. do. ..

Dn. de., B k C shares
Ent Lanca.shiro • • ••

DE New quarters • -
East & West India Docks

and Birm. June. ..
East & West York. June.
Edinburgh and Glasgsw
Min., Perth, and Dundee
GlasgEw and South-West.
Ore3t Northern .. • •

Do halves, A, deferred
.

Do. halves, 11, 6 per ct.
Great Southern and
Western, Ireland ••
Great Western .. • •
Lancaster and Carlisle .•I

Do_ thirds • • • • • •
La:lca:lllre ani Yorkshire
Do. quarter lia area ..

Do. fifths

Do. West Riding Union
Leeds Northern • • • •
Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport .. • •
London and Blackwall
London, Brighton, and

Month Coast .. • •
London And N.-Western
De. do. quarters • •

Do. flfthi

Do. 101. sh., M. & B (c)
London and S.-Western .

Do. new 501.

Do. new 40/.
Sfa.nehester, Buxton, and

Matlock ..
Manchester, Sheffield, &
Lincolnshire
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln ITaion ••
Midland .. •• . ,

Do. Birming & Derby
Midland Gt. West. (Ire.)
Newcastle and Carlisle • .
Do. quarter shares ..
Newmarket • • ..
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford .. • •
Norfolk
Do. New 20/. shares • •
Northern Comities Union
North
North Devon .. • •
North Staffordshire ••
Nerth-Western .• • •
North & Sth .-West. June.
Ozsord, Worcester and
Wolverhampton..
Scottish Central .. • •
Scottish Midland
Do. new ..
i4rews.& Birm., Class A
Do. Class 8.. ..
Shrews. & Hereford., Old
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. MM.) .. ..

•
Do. Halves ••
Do. Oswestry ••
Shropshire Union •• • •
Do., A, B, C, & D, Hilly
paid up at per cent • •
South Devon ..
South-Eastern .. • •

South W ales.. ~ • •
'Zoutt, Vorksh. and Paver

Dun .. .. • • ..
gheff., Roth., and Goole,

South DiVI3IOR
airling and Dunfermline
!:?tookton and Hartlepool
Taff Vale ..
Thames Haven Deck and

Railway
Vale of Neath
Waterford and Kilkenny
Waterford and Limerick
Waterford, Wei., Wick.'

and Dublin •• ••
West Cornwall ..
West Lo oa

York, News., Pc Berwick
Ditto and Newcastle

Extension

Ditto G.N.E. purchase
York itsd North Midland

LINES LEAS

, 8%

171,4
100

100
42

4 2 0
100
100
47y,

all
all
all
6%

16 2-3
126

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13% to 13%

G!')

9,i - 10!i

12 —ll d. x.(l

1634 17% z.d
90:ii '

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21% —214
17 15 d. x.d

6 - 7

4; -4%
3 -3
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7 -7%

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49% - 5034

28 —29 z.d
b 534

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6% —6%
14% —14% x.d

3i —37 z.d
88% 89
77 —BO x.d
8% 9%p. x.d
72 72% x.d

6tni 4.
4 d. z.d
16 —l7

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7% -7%

98 -- 99

123 -124

C 4 -5 p.
3 - 4 p.
lii - 2 p.
87 -88

634 6 dis.
6 5 dig.

13% N

2% —2% x.d

- 34%

65%

3!(— 234 dirs.
63i —63%
32 —34

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31 —35
It —LO die.
3% 3 die.
7% 8
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8% 8 dia.
dis.
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1”4 16
10 10% x.d

7 7i
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4 3 die.

15 -17
7%- $
11 - 12

31,‘ 2h d.

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211,i 21% x.d
33 x.d

2 dis. 1 dis x.d

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63i d.
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27 2634 Bi%

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21 Ali
3314 43 x.d

5% [24
24 23% 24%

'ASS.

Le
Railways. ming Paid. Nominal Prioes. BUSIMIS
Companies. m. done to-day.
0.1••••
Bcdf. & Bletch-
ley • • •• Lon. & N.W. all
Binning: & Ox-
ford Junction,
guaranteed • • Gt. Western all 29% 3034 30%
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do • • all 28 —29
Wolver.,
& Dudley, gua-
ranteed •• Do 7;•7 .. all 29% 3034
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do • • • . all 28 —29
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 17% —lB 17%
Clydesdale June Caledonian all 45 —47
E. Lin., Guar. 6
ear Cent. •• G. Northern all 35 —36 35%
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 22% 3 4 p
Hartlepl Dock c Yrk, New.,"
and Railway t and Iter. j
Hull and Selby Yk. &N. 3d. all 107 109 108
Do. % Shares Do .. .. all 53% - 51%
Do. % Shares Do • • all 25 —27
Leeds and Brad. Midland • • all 101 —.102
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .. all 12% 1254 12%
Do., Pref. .. Do all 24% 25%
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
por Cent. .• Norfolk •• all 16% 17% x.d
De.. 6 per cent Do ..all..
Liiddlesbro' and
Recicar, 6p. ct Stocktik Dar all
N. & East, 6
per Cent. E. Counties . all • ,De
Do., 5 per cent. Do. .. all 59 —6l
Do. New .. Do • • • • all
Preston and S L. &N. W.}
Wy re . • .. tEa La.& Y all 44 —46 7EA
Do. % Shares ADo • • • • 11 9 —lO p x.d
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern .• all 22 2216 22 %
Roy. & Hitchin G. Northern 6 % 8% —8 s,
•o. Shop. Ex.. Do •• all 89‘ —B%
Sher., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lanc. & York 18 11 6 ..
south Staffords. Mr. M'Clean I%m,
Wear Val. 6 per
Cont. gua. Stock.& Dar. all ..
Do. do. •• Do .. • • 25 29
Do. do. .. Do • • .. all ..
Wilts &somers, Gt. Western 100 94 —95

.se.mrir

suastas,

Paid. I Nominal Prices.

Easiness dote
to-day.

1% yi disH

dis.
xal
8%
I"'

8% 8%:x.(11
17% 17% i.d
5 534 x.d
3 —3i

3'4 54
3%
1 pm
12% 13 pm
13% % %

% - 13ip
%- % P
12%--13

13 - 13%

2%
•• ••
14% —l5
I% 1% p
7% 836 x.d

•• -- •• p.

114 1 dis.x.d

.. -.. p

.. -.. p

•• ..-. Oil

3 -350.
11 -12

HU -11%
12% - 12%
%- % P

3% %

13634 137

5% %

iron:

IN %

271 6s ti4l
8%
all

7 6%
13% 12N
10%

21%
11% %

1% 23(

Agua Fria

Anglo dalifornian•
A.sturiazi •• ••
Australian •• • • ~..
Australian Freehold ....
Ave Maria .

Blaenarvon Iron & Coal
British Australian Gold
British Iron ............
Brazilian Imp, (is. 5/7 p.)

Do. Cacaos said Cuitib

Do. St. John del Rey..
Cobre Copper . • ....
Copiapo ***** " ••
Eng. & Australian Copper
General.. •• . • ....... •• 1
Gold Mountain •• • • .. • •
Great Polgooth
Mexican& S. American
Nouveau M0nde...... ••
Santiago de Cuba ......
Tin Croft .....• ........
United Mexican
West Mariposa

.70IN1

Aastralasia ............
British North America..
Colonial ..............
Commercial of London..
London Joint Stock ....

London and Westminster'
National Provincial Eng.
Ds. New ...... • • • • • •
National of Ireland
Oriental Bank Corporat.
Provincial of Ireland....

Do. New .. • ••• • .
Union of Australia .

Do. New
Union of London ....
Union of Madrid

DIX

Canada .......
Easteni Steam ........
Gen. Steana Navigation .
Penin. & Oriental Steam.
Ditt• ditto
Royal Mail Steam ......
rWe cannot be answer,
W.ll not be influenced by

aid.

ti,;:ninal Frees.

1%- 170
- P

%
% % dis.
%dis par

1% dis 6 dig

24% 2
all 11,4 1
15 ,8
40 30 —3l
14 4 5
5 M 3G P
all 9% —1034
1 5b %
all 1% p
9 3l 4
1% P
ION 6 7
7 10 —ll
all
1 %tbs. par

>n's Creek, 13y

STOCK BAN]
all 38 39%
50 4734 49
25 1134 1234
20 24 —25 34
16 18% —17%
20 2934 30
as.. ••

17% 17
30 —311 A
42% 43%
15A 163
35 —86,4
3 —3%
144-Ib%

ICEL!
31
28.

.11NEOU0.
48 - 49%

27% - 28%
60 -81

Lble for th,

interest

1-418Inet CIOR
to-day.

21( %
IY6

53,4 % 30
0% 10

die.
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•

79 80% 1
to errors of the Official Lists, an
I correspondents.]

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCK.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were esti-
mated at from 4,000 to 5,000 bales, all to the trade.
The market closed heavily, with American under s*d.
per lb. nearly id. per lb. below the rates of Fri-
day last ; American above 54d were well sup-
ported ; Brazil id. up, and Surat and Eygptian
steady. The sales comprised 150 Pernam and Maranham
at Gd. to 6d., 100 Bahia at 6d., 100 Egyptian at
500 Surat at aid. to 4id., and the remainder American.
—The Share Market was quiet without material aPera-
tion in prices.

The six weeks' average price of Wheat is 42i. 7d,
per quarter.

Tne South Sea Company have had their half-yearly
meeting this morning. The Bond Debt is without
alteration.

At the public sales of Coffee this morning Costa Rica
was taken in at 425. to 48s. for fine and fine fine ord, and
Plantation Ceylon at 50s. to 535. for fine fine ord. There
are no auctions of Sugar.
The Amsterdam Stock Market on the 23d inst. was
animated, the Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. being
60 1-16 to Spanish Bonds were brisk. Venezuela
further advanced, and Grenada were good.
The total number of steamboats now running on the
Mississippi and Ohio rivers is estimated to exceed 600,
forming an aggregate of more than 150,000 tons; and it
is computed, in a document on the subject ordered to be
printed by the United States Senate, that the net value
of the trade of the western rivers, in 1849, was 256,233,
820 dollars. The value of vessels employed in this trade
was stated, in the same paper, to bs 18..661,500 dollars.
The English Funds are maintained at fully the pre-
vious rates, and there is a good deal doing in the way
of investment. Consols bring 98 to if for Transfer,
and at present are about 9SI if. The pre-
mium upon Exchequer-bills is 683. to 705., and
upon; India Bonds 78s. The letters from the Paris
Bourse augur more favourably for the:,[conversion, and
the great capitalists, who influence their clients, having
acquiesced, there is no longer any risk of failure.
Foreign Stocks are much gaiter. Mexican have not
been higher than 321 Equador are sf, Grenada, 24;
and Peruvian Deferred, 6* Spanish Five per Cents,
have been done as high as 24, andrnowirealise 251 to
The Deferred are only 19i to R, and the
Certificates 24 per cent. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. have been 601 to 61. Sardinian Old Bonds are
quoted 93i to 4.

Railway Shares have become weaker, and the advance
of the last day or two has induced parties to sell and
take their profits. The French lines are steady.
Paris and Strasbourg have improved, and Namur and
Liege look better. The English lines which have most
declined are Eastern Counties, Shrewsbury, and Bir-
mingham, owing to the alleged misunderstanding with
the Great Western, York, and North Midland, North
Western, and Lancashire and Yorkshire.
The shares of the gold mine companies have been in
some request at about the previous rates. A new com-
pany, the Australian Consols Gold and Copper Mines
Company has been announced, the particulars of which
appear, or will appear, in our advertising columns, and it
would seem to be brought out under highly respectable
auspices and to offer fair claims to public,tfavour. The
company have made arrangements for the purchase of
an extensive property in the Hunter River district,
where gold, silver, and other metals abound. The cop-
per companies on the Hunter River have been obliged
to increase their buildings and machinery, so successful
have theyFproved.

The last week's Railway receipts, ascertained up to
this day, are in round figures as under:—

1852. 1851.
Great Western £15,043 £13,204
North-Western
South-Western 9,358 7,969
Brighton
Midland
South• Eastern 10,516 ' 8,747
North Stafford 4,828 4,740
Caledonian
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire
York and North Midland
Newcastle and Berwick
QUARTER TO THREE.
... 981
.1
i
... 981

Console . _ ...
Ditto Account, April 13 ...

NG
PRICES OF BR ONEITISTI FUNDS O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 98%h %7B 98%
tong Antis. to expire Jan.lB6o
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5,1860. . .
India Bonds, 1,0001 ........... 78 78 p
Ditto under 1,000/.......• .. ..... .... 78 p p 7B p
Cansols for Account .. ............... 98% % 98%
Exchequer Bills. I%d.
1,0001.
5001.
Small, ..
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS, O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. .... ..... 101%
Ditto, New, 1829 and 1839 ... 1001,E
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent....... 741,4
Equador Bonds 5% 5%
Grenada Bonds, 1% per Cent —
Do. Ex Dec., 1849 Coupons 24 24
1113xican. 3 per Cent., 1816
Ditto Account.. ... ..... 32%% 32%
Peruvian Bonds, 5 per Cent—
Ditto, Deferred
Russian Bonds ...... --
03%
Ditto, 4% per Cent
934
2
Sardinian Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Spanish 5 per Cant. 1840 26% '26%
Ditto, Passive 6%
....-
Ditto. 3 per Cent — 43%
Ditto, Account ..... .... ......
Ditto. New Deferred 195% 2% per cent.
Spanish Corn. Cert. Coup. not funded 2% 461,4
Venezuela Bonds, 3% per Cent — 45
Ditto, Account
Dividends on the above payable in ioof. 624 e.
French Rentes, 5 per Cent.......... 2'f. 35c.
70f.
Exchange
25f. 40c.
93%
Exchange ........................ French Rentes, 3 per Cent........::......... ----_.
Belgian, 4% per Conti.. ....
Cent. 2 'Guild..." 61 60% 607;1
Dutch 2% 94%
Ditto 4 per Cent. eCentn. Certifleates ... 95 94%

:t-(nToonHINS.ND.E.A, lightY
LLOYD'S SHIPPING--(THIS
~,Eat,3TOWN, MARCH 23.—Wind
`44°— • ldahana Bay; Juverna, Valparaiso;.•
Xarifa, ba El Teide
BKILLY EGS, MARCH 23.—The Hawk, of Annen,
otudcyg.
breeze
from Liverpool, is on shore, but expected off next tide.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind E., light breeze.—
Arrd. Maypo, Siert.° Leone; Jeane mma, Honduras.
NEWPORT, MARCH 24.—Wind N.E., strong.—Sld.
Ides, St. Thomas.
SWANSEA, MARCH 24.—Wind N.E.—Arrd. Helena,
Hardy, Cube.
POOLE, MARCH 24.—Wind variable.—Sld. Hearts of
OaDicE NewAL, YMAnocit.24.—Wind calm;
P. 3r. E.N.E., fresh.—
And. from the River and sld. Alice Maud, Singapore;
Devonshire, Algoa Bay; Albion, Jamaica; Ceylon, SA-
-1'11'1401; Emil, Quebec; Morley, St. Andrew.
LIVERPOOL. MARCH 24.—Wind E.—Arrd. Sophia, Rio
de la Fische; Pant nil, Hill, Mobile; Beejapore, Mobile;
New World, New York. Sid. Acorn, Havannab; Suc-
cess, Hong Kong; Winifri d Calcutta; Consbrook,
Africa; Yeoman, San Francisco; Disraeli, Rio Janeiro;
Johann C. Simoni, Santos; Helen, Para; Komeet, La
G uayra; Bhurspoor, New Orleans; William Pirie, ditto;
Margaret, Charleston; William Patten, Baltimore;
Baltic steamer. New York; Colonist, ditto; Ticondtrola,
ditto; Frances P, Sage, ditto; Pyramid, ditto.
KINSALE, MARCH 23.—The Amy of London, from
Honduras, struck on the south-west side of the Seven
Heads, near Barry's Cove, this morning, and almost
immediately went to pieces ; crow, except three,
MARCHe n
s2t3o
w—nT, hi
onN Nuevo Zoenl a
an t er,o
rock
drowned,sKinßE REEN,
bTertiweseteen, 61C haarolaotkztoven and Long Island Channel, and is
breaking up ; cargo and five men drowned.
WESTPORT, MARCH 24.—The Eraclis (Ottoman
vessel), Constantinople to Queenstown or Falmouth,
has put very leaky, and mutt discharge.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)
Their Lordships sat this morning to hear spiv,"
The Peers present were the Lord Chancellor, Lord
Broul'ham, and Lord Truro.

LEWES V. HILL3LIN.
This case, which was partially opened on Monc
was an appeal against a decree of Lord Chancellor Cot-
teninm, which had a reversed a decree of the Vice Cho'
cello!. of England, made on a petition presented to the
Court under the Act of 1847, for the better administra-
tion of equity in matters of trust funds. Two quests
were r.ii4,ed on this appeal. First, whether, on a petition
under thin statute for the payment of money, lvcured
under a deed, the Court of Chancery c-uld make a de-
cree declaring the deed invalid; and secondly, whether
there was anything in the circumstances of the case to
invalidate the th,ed,
The arguments were proceeding when our report left.

SHERIFFS' COURT-(THIS DAY*)
(adore Mr. W. BURCHELL )

WALL V. BRITTLEBANR.
This was an action brought by the plaintiff to recover.
the sum of 320/. and interest, for money had and received
by the deferdant, to and for the use of the plaintiff.
Mr. COOPER, for the plaintiff, said that defendant was
mvia.cting clerk. to his father, who was
In 1850 plaintiff became entitled to a large sum of eloe,Yei
and defendant was authorised to receive the money, a,u
he received the sum in question, with instructions to JO
it out on mortgage. ll,fendant had admitted that the
money had come to his hands, but bad not paid it or
rendered any satisfactory ace, unt.
Mr. BLOWER, the plaintiff's solicitor, proved en out
plaintiff's solicitor.
mission by the defendant, who said the money was "f
on mirtgage, but he refused to execute a declaration 0_
trust, as he said the money could be had at any women"'
The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed.
NICHOLLS V. LEGGE.
This was an action to recover the sum of 191. 19g., the,
balance of an attorney's bill of 271., for taking defendaa''
through the Insolvent Court.
r
There was no defence, and the jury gavea
far the amount.

NIARLBRO'-STREET—( THIS DAY'I
GENTLEMANLY AMUSEMENT.— William Richards 111,11:1.,
John Case, two " gentlemen," were brought before
Bingham, charged with beating a cat to death.
ree
Freeman, C 10, stated that this morning, about t-h be
o clock, he was on duty in New Bond-street, wile° ;di
saw the defendants run after a cat, and beat it
their walking sticks till it was dead. The witness '-'
mediately went up and took thetninto custody. ~t
The defendants did not deny the charge, and said t,
the persons who brought them up did nut teach th""
that killing a cat was an act of cruelty.
Mr. BINCIIIM severely censured the defendsetBl,9:
the r, au Cou act of cruelty thy bcco fiuilty ", -
fined them 31. each.
The money was immediately paid.
John Debbit was chargd before Mr. Bingham with
being drunk, and making use of abusive and is
language towards Dr. Taylor Gordon, 26, Bryest°l/-
square.
The complainant said on the be
was proceeding along Oxford•street, and when ells
Burners-straet, he saw the defendant coming t° to
him with a large basket on his shoulder. In order
avoid a collision witness, who was walking -lovi•IY al°l3ri;
got close to the kerb stone, when the defendant cam°
onosb
previous afternoon

contact with him with such violence that he Was • •th
knocked into the road. Complainant expostulated 'rib.,
the prisoner, who, instead of civilly apologising four
conduct, abased him in the most vulgar and istltuf,
terms. As ho persisted in his abuse, witness "lied
„do
constable and gave him in charge, on public grounds
al
Harvey, 99 E, corroborated the latter portion of tl°
complainant's evidence.
Defendant, who expressed his sorrow for what be bad
done, was fined lOs., or seven days.

THE FRE-Nut! REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris journals of yesterday.
Their leading columns are very barren of interest.
The Constitutionnel has an article on the overthrow of
11,0sas, in which it says :
"In 1845, when Franca and England decided to act
tOpther against Rosas, Brazil was for a moment ad-
mitted into the alliance. Afterwards, the two great
toners deiermined not to avail themselves of the co-opo-
ration of Brazil, but to net by them-.Ayes. It was not,
however, without their being informed of the services
which their auxiliary could render them. One of the
m-ist witty diplomatists of Brazil even said to Lord
Aberdeen, Thware what 3ou are doing; remember the
fable of the lion and the mouse.' Lard Aberdeen paid
no attention to the warnirg, and perhaps he has often
Since regretted not having clone W. Were the two lions
failed, the patience of the mouse has succeeded. Eng-
land and France could obtain nothing from Roses, and
from the Nery beginning R )sas put aside the really
grave point of the matter—the fri e navigati,,n of the
rivers, declaring that the treaty of Vienna did not con-
cern him. Thanks to the new situation which now arises
from the fall of Rosar, South America will make her
°4ll treaty of Vienna fur the navigation of the rivers,
. and that is bet:er than all the conventions that could
have been imposed on her by force of arms; for the
Young Ametican natives do not like to see foreign powers
taking part in her affairs, and they will execute thole
stipulations the-more freely that they freely consent to
The ltioniteur states that up to the evening of the
23d the applications for reimbursement of the Five
Per Cents., registered at Paris, and those of which
the departments had given notice, only amounted to
the number of 130, representing 34,843 francs of
rente.
The opposition candidate, M. HENON, has been re-
turned at Lyons.
Railway interests appear to be much looked
after at present in France. A decree of the
PRESIDENT of the Republic convokes the Coun-
cil General of the Seine-Inferieure for the
24th inst., to deliberate on different questions
relative to the execution of the railway from Paris
to Cherbourg, and other important affairs to be sub-
, flatted to it by the Prefect of the department. The
• Municipal Council of Auxonne has voted a sum of
150,000 f. to be disposed of in the purchase of shares
la the railway from Dijon to Besancon • and the
:Council-General of the department of Calvados has
voted a million for the execution of the railway from
Paris to Cherbourg, of which sum 500,000 f. are ap-
Prapriated to the section from Paris to Caen, and
1414R,Anne Tkav
Council-General offers besides a subvention of a mil-
lion for the branch line to Medzion, in case the Go-
vernment should determine to have it executed.
Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE died on Tues.
Ally in Paris, of an attack of apoplexy. The funeral
service will take placa to-morrow morning, at eleven
o'clock, at the church of the Madeleine.
,„A sfeamer arrived on Monday at Havre, from
eatorlaix, having on board 36 prisoners, who Lad been
released from the Duguesciin, on condition of their
Proceeding to a foreign country, which would be fixed
"as their place of exile. Among them are MM.
v. '44.VIER DURRIBU and DE KESLER, ex-editors of the
lievo/iaion ; LACHAMBAUDIE, an author of fables ;
GAD
--Ann, a statuary; GUERIN, a cheviot ; PAULUS,
IELAVILLE, A. LEMAITRE, E. LEMAITRE, AGARD,
Q) dVUT,
DREVET, PUJET, D'HOUDT, LACAZF, and
'AltaiGaz.
The Emancipation of Brussels states that Count
.11, liAussoNyILLE and M. ALEXANDRE THOMAS, On
Zaviog the Court of Assizes after their acquittal,
,were cheered by the people outside. Orders were
Plrnediately given to them by the Government to
"aye Belgium.
The Emancipation of Brussels gives the following
!4 Ininunication from a correspondent :—" A young
tc)urnalist showed me a letter of a very rare charac-
nip and which does the greatest honour to its writer,
'4" DB MORNY. One day this journalist published
II!' extract from a Belgian journal, which contained a
,2811 eulogium on the Minister. M. DE MOUNT
im-
mediately wrote the following letter :--‘ Monsieur,—
jhen the authorities do not permit criticism, they
titlight not to allow eulogium ; have the kindness,
erefore, for the future, not to publish anything
41,.Itive to me.' "
M. TURGOT, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and M.
Dg MattipAs, the Minister of Police, have been pro-
!ted to the grade of Commander of the Legion of
clod
to the Patrie, M. VAVIN, charged to
ilLtid up the affairs of the Civil List of King Louis
I,4ltaribr, states in his report on the subject, that
it7destruction of porcelain in the pillage of the
Royal and the Palace of Neuilly, in 1848, was
considerable that not less than 10,884 f. 50c. were
tk
Ztained from the manufactory of Sevres, for the gold
the broken pieces collected.
L ,i• hs_ great number of beggars have for some time
occupied a large house in the Quarter de la
14?iniere, and have formed amongst themselves a
Fraternal Association" for duping the public. Some
ant into the streets, and pretended to be labouring
passed
severe infirmities, others hired children and
them off as their own, others visited respecta-
ke People in their own houses, an Englishwoman
rllially confined her labours to the English cons-
ti4,llitY, a degraded ecclesiastic victimised the clergy,
o some of the band remained at home to manutac-
Iv.re begging letters and petitions. The money which
*." Collected, amounting to a considerable sum daily,
1,,°.a carried to a common fund, out of which the house
Rl' kept. Every evening the whole band dined to-
gether in good style, and, it seems, amused them-
4vee in drinking toasts to their dupes. On Tues-
bihY the police put an end to the operations of the
40'1.1 by arresting the whole of them just as they were
to,u,t to sit down to dinner. Tney were carried off
Pe Prefecture of Police.
there securities were firm at the Bourse, but
th4r° was not much business transacted. Railway
.N,tes were heavy. The Five per Cents. opened at
1,7)4 25c., and closed at 100 f. 40c. for the end of the
,z,114i; the Three per Cents. closed at 70f. 85c.; the
httr-and.a-Half per Cents. at 101 f. 15e.; Orleans Rail-
Shares, 1,175 f.; Rouen, 7101.; Havre, 291 f. 25e.;
CM Northern, 650 f.; Avignon, 265 f.; VierzJe, 555 f.;
41,"3, 231 f. 25c.; Bordeaux, 5551..; Paris and Sin's-
5. 555 E;; Tours and Nantes, 3401. ; Paris and Lyons,
ItsTESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
.1„. LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 24.
th,7lll9trna and Amiens, 13%—Central of France (Orleans
kilyierzon), 2214—Charleroi and Erquelines,
3X—Namur and Liege, 67—Northers of France,
21. Orleans and Bordeaux, 1314—Paris and Strasbourg,
11'017Rouen and Havre, 114—Sambre and Meuse, OA—
'4-4 and Nantes,lo%.

GERMANY.
;4'. telegraphic dispatch from Hamburgb, dated
Os
tit 138a-ay, states that General JACOBI had just arrived
remen. An immediate intervention of the Fe-
"ral troops was feared. '
,xhe States of Baden were closed on Saturday
k'ritth the usual formalities, in virtue of a decree
I,lned by the Prince FREDERICK, son of the GRAND
The Second Chamber of Prussia, in its sitting of
baturday, proceeded to discuss the War Budget. M.
4 VINCILE proposed sundry reductions, but he was
defeated hy 168 votes to ; and all te increased
;edits demanded by the Government were granted.
"t. one time the debate became rather violent. The
d?)urnment of the Chambeys has been decided on,
"t only for twelve days, as is usual at Easter.
ta A Vienna letter states that the Austrian Govern-
ment has ordered -a severe control to be exercised, in
biblicalp ro.
afi;.er to prevent the gratuitous distribution of Bibles,
reties
have been sent out to Austria by
lieties in London, with a view of making
"1%1 to the Protestant religion.
to ',Elk° Germanic Diet has voted 60,000 thalers
*ue pay of the officers and crews of the German
3et.
titiqreat misery exists in nearly all parts of_Germ. any,
1404 especially in Westphalia, Cassel, the Tyrott,
.
Ipt Ili owing to the scarcity of grain and po
_aaonecis
of `"e Duchy of Posen, says a Belgian journal, b
4tobbers have been formed, and detachments of
5 81ry have to scour the country to prevent theirt
tiblt/re(lations. In Westphalia the people, unable o
%:11,11 rye bread, mix boiled the
with roots.ln
kek,,e',en also the people are suffering dreadfully from
t4)043'. At WTermeland and Oettant they are
%tp 'Reel to live on the , bark of trees and chopped
fo,r4reat numbers of German emigrants are leaving
1, America by the French and Belgian ports. From
11143 en, Hamburgh, and other German ports, also
th,‘`ePartures are very numerous. From the let to
Nil 13th March not fewer than 3,276 emigrants
tl,:cl from the mouth of the Weser, and on the latter
to„'' between 700 and 800 were waiting for vessels to
-4'7 them.