The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-23 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

•- CORPORATION REFORM, -
Yesterday, a numerously attended meeting of the gen-
tlemen connected with the above-named body, ." in Com-
mon Council assembled," was held in their chamber at
the Guildhall. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor pre-
sided.

The three motions upon the subject placed upon the
paper of business were as follows :
"By Mr. Henry Blake.—That it be referred to the free-
dom committee, to prepare a bill for extending the franchise
for the wardmote elections in the city of London to all per-
sons occupying premises rated at 101. per annum ; and to
confer with her Majesty's Government thereon."
" By Mr. Deputy Pewtress.—To take into consideration
the propriety of introducing into Parliament a bill to effect
suitable alterations in the Corporation of London, and to
obtain the support of Government to the measure."
" By Mr. Henry Lowman Taylor.—That it be referred
to a committee of the whole Court to consider what suit-
able reforms are required in the Court of Aldermen and
Common Council, for the purpose of introducing a bill into
Parliament, and to obtain the support of Government to
the measure."

Mr. BLAKE, in introducing his motion, remarked that
the question of the freedom was intimately connected
with the franchise of the City. Many of the by-laws
and ancient customs of the Corporation had become
obsolete, but there were others which still lingered
amongst them. One of these was, the practice of requir-
ing all parties who wished to vote for their municipal
representatives to purchase the freedom of the City. The
principle was recognised some centuries ago in Magna
Charta, that no man should be taxed who had not the
right of voting for the party qualified to make the taxes.
Parliament, also, in later days, had carried out the same
principle in the 14th clause of municipal Bill, which
provided, that the powers given to ancient corporations
in this respect should be altogether abolished. This had
been done in all cases except in the city of London.
(Hear.) He knew that some parties had hugged to
themselves the delusion that the Corporation of that
great city was so pure that such a stringent measure was
not required. This was not the fact, indeed it was quite
the reverse. If one party was compelled to take up the
freedom, no doubt all ought to be so compelled. (Hear.)
The public out of doors were anxious for this reform of
the Corporation as a first measure ; and he being satis-
fied of its necessity, and that if they did not reform
themselves, the Government would soon do so, most
willingly submitted his motion. (Cheers.)
Mr. ABRAHAM, in seconding the resolution, said he
felt confident that, if they did not reform themselves,
the Government would do so by legislative enactment
before long.
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR remarked, that any one who had
heard the two previous speakers, would suppose that
that was the first time the subject had been mooted in
that Court. The Court had repudiated the idea ofgoing
to Parliament for an isolated part of a necessary whole.
Such a proposition again renewed, therefore, he could
not but regard as an insult to the Court. What use was
it for them to attempt to go to Parliahlent for that which
never would be granted by the Government—namely,
merely an extension of the municipal franchise ? (Hear.)
All of them were agreed, that this was essential, but
was that all ? No ; they must go also for a Reform of
the Court of Aldermen. (Hear.) He for one would not
be a party to their entertaining any such an abstract
question, nor would he agree to go to Parliament for any
such a farce as this mere extension of the franchise.
Such a proposition would neither satisfy the city, the
public nor the Parliament. (Hear.) Besides the motion
was impracticable. They would not go to the house
this session without the sanction of the Government,
and they might depend upon it that such sanction never
would be obtained unless they desire much more exten-
sively to reform the Corporation. (Hear.) Believing
that it would be far better, therefore, to propose a plan
of reform upon a much larger scale, he would move the
" previous question."
Mr. BARKLEY seconded the amendment.

Mr. Wm. JONES supported the enlarged proposition,
and hoped that a well-matured measure of reform would
be introduced, such as would be worthy of the Corpora-
tion and the time in which they lived. (Hear.)
Mr. ANDERTON reiterated his opinion that the Court
of Common Council would never reform itself. (Laughter.)
Upon many occasions they had attempted to do so, but
what had been the result ? Why the matter had turned
out to be nothing less than a bubble, which had soon
burst. (Hear, and laughter.) Every one of the propo-
sitions had been negatived. The Court would never re-
form itself. This " mushroom reform" was nonsense,
and Government, he was certain, would have to do the
necessary business. He should like to know, that day,
what the Court of Aldermen intended to do in the matter
of reform. What did they propose ? Did they desire to
give up the practice of putting their hands into the privy
purse of the Corporation, and recognise the right of the
whole of that body to deal with the funds ? Applications
had been made in past years by the Ward of Cripple-
gate, by Lord Brougham, by the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sioners, and others, for the reform of the Court of Al-
dermen, as well as the extension of the franchise. Th e
propositions in the Municipal Act were good for Liver-
pool, Manchester, Hull, and other places, why then
should they not work well in the city of London ?
(Hear.)
Sir JAMES DUKE suggested the amalgamation of the
motions on the paper.
Mr. NORRIS congratulated the Court upon the unani-
mity exhibited amongst its members upon the subject of
the extension of the franchise. So long as the prescrip-
tive rights of the corporation could be preserved, they
might defy either Sir 13. Hall, or any other person, but
it would be ruin to them to resist something like a full
and effective, but at the same time gradual reform. To
pursue men as they were now pursuing them under an
ancient bye-law, was to obtain money under false pre-
tences. (Hear, and " No.") Men ought to be encou-
raged to trade in the City rather than be driven away
from it. It was the fact that they as a corporation were
compelled to turn common in:mmers in order to effect
the object. (Hear, hear.) In this state they would be
perpetually kept if they did not reform themselves. He
knew that when the charter of Richard 11. was given,
in the consideration of the valour of Sir Wm. Walworth
for the defeat of Wat Tyler, as depicted on the wall
above him, they had the right to make certain regula-
tions against aggression of foreigners. Some year ago
this might be necessary for such a purpose, but the prac-
tice ought not now to be followed. The operation of
this principle had destroyed one corporation, and over-
thrown the Church, and insulted the Throne, and if they
(the corporation)• continued in their course of persecu-
tion, they would be overthrown also. (Cheers.) From
a return he had obtained from the Chamberlain's office,
it was clear that their fellow-citizens were against the
system. They had sent 1,240 summonses, 156 had paid
the fine, 293 had begged for mercy. (No.) Those who said
" no" might go, as he had done to the Chamberlain's-
office and inquire. 492 had taken no notice of the sum-
monses. These were gallant men, and he hoped they
would succeed. (Hear.) 299 had pleaded that they
were wholesale dealers, but surely they would not permit
these men to escape while the poor were thus persecuted
and driven to destitution. (Hear.) It had been said by
some of the antiquated men in the corporation, that if
they went to Parliament, they would be ruined. No such
thing. So it was said as to the building of Putney-
bridge in 1671, when a bill was promoted for that pur-
pose in the House of Commons. He . could not help
saying that if they had determined to care y out these
matters, they ought to do so against all parties, not
merely those who are poor and destitute. He was pre-
pared to vote for periodical election of aldermen, and
many other extensive reforms, but he thought the first
and honest mode of dealing with the subject was, to ob-
tain the sanction of Parliament to a bill largely increasing
the municipal franchise of the city of London. (Loud
cheers.)

Mr. T. H. HALL thought it very inexpedient for the
court to go into one question only. If they were to go
to Parliament for one thing only, might not Sir B. Hall
obtain more power than he could if it was a larger mea-
sure ? No doubt of it. Sir Benjamin would say, "This
meagre measure will not do ;:it's all nonsense."
Alderman SIDNEY considered that the reference of the
subject again to a committee to report what were suita-
ble reforms, would be to lose a golden opportunity of
doing themselves what, if they failed or hesitated to do,
would be attempted by ether and less experienced hands.
(Hear, hear.) The time thus consumed would prevent
the court from approaching Parliament during the pre-
sent session, and afford to the opponents of the munici-
pal institutions of the City the opportunity of dealing
with the question in a manner the least beneficial to the
citizens generally, while it must be admitted by all that,,
preliminary to all tither reforms must be the extension
of the constituency.; Hence he regretted that the mo-
tion of Mr. Blake should be met by an amendment of
the previous question. He trusted the court would nega-
tive that amendment, and thus allow his friend, Sir
James Duke, to bring in, as a substantive amendment,
a resolution which should meet with the unanimous con-
currence of those around him. He strenuously advised
the corporation not to encumber their bill to Parliament
by asking the Legislature to do that which they could
better do themselves. He must remind the court that
before Parliament itself was in existence, the representa-
tive principle was acted upon in the city of London. The
corporation had existed for centuries, and for centuries
had represented, and properly so, public opinion. It was
not until the year 1725, that an act obtained in the
reign of George I. interfered with the properly consti-
tuted representative principle, which for ages had worked
most advantageously ; and it was the fact, that the in-
terference of Parliament by the Act of the 2d George 1.,
and the further tinkering of that statute within the last
few years, made it necessary now to apply, in the first
place, for a repeal of those obnoxious acts. (Hear, hear.)
Now, those statutes limited the extension of the tranchise ;
and if they were repealed, and a measure founded upon a
residency of a year and a day—the old and popular
franchise, under which the city flourished for many
an
ap-
plication cen-
turies—then such other reforms as time might have made
necessary would follow as a matter of course. But, it
had been said that Parliament would not tolerate
of so limited a nature. He could
such a bill, which received the approval of thesaHneo
tuiroseenpe
dloyf
that the Government of Lord John Russell only
Commons, by being read a second time ; and there could
be no doubt that if such a bill Werec_ again introduced, it
speakers
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Aldermen
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hitherto stood in the way of all
reform, and anndiethraeftotnnhe.
uponeon constituency
it subject.thuaetney must
necessarilyevil of the day was the want
e(rtnaugghter.) Much fallacy prevailed
affeectlbeaorth.ththateacnoyuerxtet
ofnded
Al-
dermen and the Court of Common Council. Bach member
of either court must, in the event of his continuing a member
of the corporate body, be flibject to the re-eiection ofthe new
constituency ; but there had been heaped upon the body
of which he was an unworthy member, a great amount of
calumny, and it was left to be inferred that the Court of
Aldermen must be the corrupt part of the Corporation,
and that, failing to represent the wealth,
site
and population of the City, it undoubtedly stood In need

of a scrupulous reform. _But did such a charge of cor
ruption come with a good grace from members of the
Common Council. For who were the members of the
Court of Aldermen ? (Hear, hear.) Why, during the
last ten years, fifteen elections for aldermen had taken
place ; and out of the fifteen so elected, nine had been
chosen from the Court of Common Council. Again, it
had been urged in disparagement of the aldermanic body,
that they did not sufficiently represent the upper classes
of the citizens ; but, notwithstanding such a charge, the
present court numbered no less than twelve who either
were, or had been, members of Parliament; but pUtting
aside such imputations, no body of men were more de-
sirous of truly representing their fellow-citizens than the
aldermen themselves, and as they were desirous to stand
well with their fellow-citizens, they were unanimously of
opinion, that the time had fully arrived when the Corpo-
ration of London should be extended on the widest basis
suitable to the age. (Hear.)
Mr. BARNES defended the Corporation from the innuen-
does which had been cast upon it by many parties. He
was in favour, of extensive reform. He thought that
London ought not to be considered as being upon one
side of the river merely, but that the area of the City
should be enlarged. What he wanted to see was a whole
and solid reform. (Hear.) He opposed the motion, be-
cause it was too vague, and therefore worthless.
Mr. PEAD reminded the Court that the chamberlain's
list was not all that had occurred in connexion with the
affair. A poor man by the name of Gentry had been
seized upon, and his goods sold.
Mr. Cox rose to order.
The LORD MAYOR.--I think ' his matter has no refer-
en^ e to the question before the Court.
Mr. PEAD.—Then I will give notice of motion, my
Lord, so that the whole of the question may be brought
before the Court.

The LORD MAYOR.—That you may do at the close of
debate, but not now. (Hear.)
Mr. Cox contended that the apathy of the public was
no more roused at the present time than it had been
when they went to Parliament the year before, upon
which occasion the preamble of their bill was declared
not to be proved. They had had no public demonstra-
tion, and therefore he would oppose the application.
Mr. BENNOCH declared that he regarded the motion
c" Mr. Blake as embodying the greatest and soundest
principles of reform, and he thought they ought to en-
deavour to obtain that at all events. He regretted
that the discussion had taken such a turn, as he hoped
the whole of the resolutions would have been considered
and carried together ; and he trusted a special com-
mittee would be chosen, to act day by day, until the
question was matured, and the bill prepared for pre-
sentation. (Cheers.) He would suggest that the whole
of the resolutions should be embraced in one motion.

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Deputy CORNEY defended the corporation as to the
fines. The Court had agreed to lower the freedom fine
to 6s. Bd. if the Government would take off the 2/.
stamp duty, but the Chancellor of the Exchequer could
not afford it. (Laughter.) He hoped it would be known
that this was the fact, so that the odium might no longer
lie at the door of the corporation.
Mr. W. A. ROSE hoped that the reform mooted by
the three motions would be entertained in one. He
did not wish it to go to the Freedoms' Committee, but
he hoped that the Court would agree to the suggestion
of Deputy Bennoch, and send the'merits to be inquired
into to a special committee, as he thought that the
Freedoms' Committee was not altogether unbiassed upon
that question. (Hear, hear.)
Alderman LAWRENCE advocated the principle of re-
form contained in Mr. Blake's motion. If they obtained
a new constituency, he did not believe that the Court of
Common Council would be better than at present ; nor
.did he think, as some did, that bankers, merchants, or
others, would even then be found in the Corporation.
(Laughter.)
_

Some fUrther discussion took place, and a variety of
suggestions were made with a view of arriving at an
unanimous determination.

Mr. Deputy PEWTEESS rose to move the incorporation
of Mr. Blake's motion with that of which he had himself
given notice, to the following effect :
" That it be referred to a committee to prepare and
present to this court a bill for extending the franchise
for the wardmote elections in the City of London, to all
persons occupying premises within the city, and rated
to the amount of 10/, per annum. The bill to include
such other suitable alterations in the Corporation as may
be deemed advisable, and the committee to obtain the
support of the Government to the measure, and to re-
port forthwiti."
Mr. BLARE and Mr. H. L. TAYLOR at once consented
to withdraw the motion and the amendment, and the
court unanimously agreed to Mr. Pewtress's proposition
amidst acclamations.

It was then resolved that the committee should be a
ward committee, consisting of five of the aldermen pre-
sent, and one member of the Court of Common Council
from each ward.—The court then adjourned.

THE CABMEN AND THE NEW POLICE REGULATIONS.—
Last night a crowded meeting of the members of the
hackney carriage trade was held in St. Martin's-hall,
Long-acre, to take into consideration the measures to
be adopted in consequence of the regulations recently
issued by the Commissioners of Police relating to hack-
ney carriages. Mr. James Scully took the chair, and
commenced the proceedings by remarking on the nu-
merous hardships endured by persons engaged in the
trade, and urged upon the meeting the necessity of
seeking redress by peaceable means. The recently
issued regulations of the Commissioners of Police were
most arbitrary and unjust. The law provided for the
protection of the public, but the cab-drivers were
treated without any consideration. (Hear, hear.);—
Mr. Williams moved that a petition be drawn up for
presentation to the Secretary of State, setting forth the
grievances complained of, and praying for redress. (Hear,
hear.) Nothing, he said, could be more absurd than
the conflicting state of the law with respect to the alleged
infringement of the cab regulations, for nearly every
magistrate had, adjudicated in a different manner upon
similar cases. By the new rules the cab-driver was not
only prohibited from drinking or smoking, but from dis-
mounting his box while on the rank, and must not leave
it even to get refreshment after being out for many
hours. (Hear, hear.) There were 15,000 of them, who
were compelled to pay 10d. for a scrap, which he defied
any one to say was worth more than 3d. (Hear hear.)
Mr. Wellbeloyed seconded the resolution, which was
carried unanimously. A committee was then appointed
to take stepS to, obtain redress of their grievances.
Several speakers then addressed the meeting, which ter-
minated at a late hour.

ABSCONDING DEBTORS.— Yesterday a bill before Par-
liament was printed to facilitate the more speedy arrest
of absconding debtors from Ireland. The bill is similar
to the act now in force in England. It is declared that
frauds are perpetrated on creditors residing at a distance
from Dublin by debtors embarking for distant countries
from various towns and seaports in Ireland.
THE SUICIDE AT BETHNAL-GREEN.—Yesterday after-
noon the body of the person found on Sunday morning
last in the garden attached to the White-house Lunatic
Asylum, Cambridge-heath-road, Bethnal-green, was iden-
tified by his relatives, and was proved to In Mr. Andrew
Bennett Maurder, aged 68 years, a man of independent
property, residing at 30, Cannon-street-road, St. George's-
in-the-East. He had formerly held a lucrative appoint-
ment in the revenue department of the Excise-office.
Mr. William Baker, the coroner for Middlesex, has is-
sued his warrant for the inquest, which will be held to-
morrow. The relatives of the deceased are completely
at a loss to account for the rash act, as he was in affluent
circumstances and of good intellect.
RESPITE OF THE CONVICT SAUNDERS.—The convict
Charles Saunders, who was convicted in February last
of the wilful murder of Thomas Samuel Toiler, and sent
to the county gaol of Essex for execution, was respited
yesterday evening for the space of a week, the do-
cument being brought from the Home-office by Mr.
Gipps, the under-sheriff. Since his condemnation the
relatives of the criminal have exerted every endeavour to
obtain a commutation of his sentence, and in the course
of last week they presented a petition to the Home
Secretary, setting forth in strong terms their conviction
that he was not in a frame of mind to enable him to dis-
tinguish right from wrong, and giving many passages in
his life which seemed to indicate a deranged intellect.
Lord Palmerston, with a view of ascertaining the truth
of these allegations, caused inquiries to be made, the re-
sult of which induced him to send yesterday for Mr.
Gipps, the under-sheriff of the county of Essex. After
a lengthened interview his lordship decided upon respit-
ing the convict for a week, desiring at the same tine
that no hopes of an ultimate commutation should be held
out. In the meantime, further inquiries will be set on
foot, and the convict will be examined by competent
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WRECK OF THE Sin POWELL BUXTON. The follow-
ing particulars relative to the wreck, on the coast
of South America, of this vessel, while on her
voyage to Port Philip with
emigrants, are con-
tained in a letter from one of the sufferers :—" Paraiba,
Feb. 12, 1853._y
ou have no doubt heard of the wreck
of our ill-fated ship, the Sir Powell Buxton. On the 16th
December all the pa,,ieng ers were in bed. when about
two o'clock in the morning, we were dreadfully alarmed
by the ship running aound. The alarm and confugion
You may better imagine than I can describe to you. In
a short time we found we bid run upon a sandbank,
about three miles from the shore, and it was fortunatee
for us it was a sandbank, for had we bbeena few
wes
farther down the coast, probabilityxie you would
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length
our never have had these lines froman meties were in some
morning came, and
measure allayed by
assurancesere landed, we encamped.
danger. When, at last, we
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for several days (200 inw
s from the heat of the sun. I had
lected bushes to shield
collected two or three boxes together that we might have
a few things to wear,
but they were sodden with salt
to my cabin before we
, as the water had risen up .
water, the hold,
My other necessaries were in
left the ship.
and are all lost. We were put on
board a small craft,
and sent round coast,
the casting anchor every night,
for a whole day. Here we are, 300 miles
and one time
from the place where we were wrecked. The inhabitants
are about 500, and they behave kindly to us. Many of
us are living in an old convent. We expect a ship from
Pernambuco, to take us away in about three weeks.
Providentially no lives were lost"
SACRED RELICS.—The Archbishop of Paris went, on
Sunday morning, to the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, for
the benediction of the palms, and the exhibition of the
relics connected with the Passion of our Saviour.
These relics are declared to be a large piece of the true
cross, of the crown of thorns, and two of the nails used
at the crucifixion, all which will be publicly exhibited at
Notre-Dame to-morrow and Good Friday.

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IN BANKS, ASSURA.NCE, AND OTHER COM-
The following is the report of Captain Walker, who OXFORD CIRCUIT-STAFFORD, MARCH 22.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Ars (From the London New Price Current of yesterday.)
1 The effect of sudden changes of temperature does not 1
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was ordered to hold an inquiry as to the nature, circum-
I immediately become perceptible to its full extent in the • mand Pictets Esq.,- now British Consular Agent, to be her &MAR.-There having been a more plentiful supply of
(Before Mr. Justice Talfourd.)
From the Official List.
stances, and causes attending the late wreck of the steam- •
register of deaths. A period of more genial weather Majesty's Consiil at Geneva. colonial, prices have declined for nearly every description, '
THE MURDER AT ASH FLATS.
still operations by home dealers are important, they hold- PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING,
;succeeded the low temperature that marked the month :
, The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Bernhard
ship Queen Victoria, of Dublin, by striking on the rocks
After three days' protracted sitting, the trial of the hag light stocks, and consumption being satisfactory. For LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 22.
off Howth-head, in the county of Dublin, on the morn- lof February, and the mortality at length appears to have - Amsberg as Consul at Port Adelaide for the Free Han-. hi'Thursday 90 hhds 50 barrels Demerara
perpetrators of this barbarous deed was brought to a • • deaths • Lon- seatic City of II b
yielded slightly to its influence ; for the in Yam burg,
pn lc sale on
ing of the 15th instant, on her passage`from Liverpool to close late last evening. The prisoners were Henrycrystalised; 750 baskets Java, and 2,000 bags Bengal JOINT-STOCK BANKS. •
don, which had continuously risen during six weeks till The Queen has also been pleased- to approve of Mr. N. sugar are declared. To-day West India sugar met with
Dublin :- Blackburn, Charles Moore, and Edward Walsh, who they numbered 1,436, fell in the week that ended last Chr. Mathiasen as Consul at Gibraltar for the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, little attention from grocers or refiners ; whilst in some - Dividend 1 Amount '
Name of Company. I per of Paid. P ice.
"TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE or were severally charged with the wilful murder of John Saturday to 1,274. How far the sudden severity thatcases the rates taken are 6cl per cwt. under Friday, there
PRIVY COUNCIL FOR TRADE. ' and Jane Blackburn, on the morning of the 25th of changed the character of the weather last week has WHITEHALL, MARCH 19. being rather a larger amount on offer. The auctions of 144 . Annum. Share.
"My Lords,-Pursuant to your Lordships' warrant of October, at Ash Flats, near this town. Peter Kerwan
The Queen has been pleased:to appoint the Hon. John hhds 14 tierces and 50 bags crystalised Demerara went at
affected human life remains to beseen in future returns. . . _
Henry Thomas Manners Sutton, axles Ramsay Drink- ,
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the.l6th of February, directing me to hold an inquiry into was also arraigned upon the coroner's inquisition, the The following are the principal meteorological facts of rather lower terms •; brown at 33s 6d to 35s 6d, ordinary to Australasia .... 61. per cent. 4O 0040 0 0 934
the causes and circumstances attending the wreck of the grand jury having ignored the bill, bat no evidenCe was last week :-On Sunday, 13th instant, the highest tour- water Bethune,. Esq., Companion of the Most Honourable good greyish 36s to 39s 6d, and one lot fine 43s per cwt. British 1s orthAmerican 6, per cent. 50 0 0 0 0 -
steamer Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of Dublin offered against him, and he was subsequently discharged. perature was 60.5°,- the mean was 48.8°, or 7,60, above Order of the Bath and Captain in the Royal Navy, and Total purchases were 258 hh - auction C ds., &c. There was no • iof London. 61. per cent. ;1 00 n <0 0 -
pommercia
Co'onial .............. 31. per cent. 100 0 0 a 0 0 -
Stearnacket Company, I proceeded to Dublin, where I The coroners jury had in their verdict exculpated the average The mean daily temperature was below Colin Blackburn, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, to be hex Ma- of Barbadoes.
Prices for bro 1 1 t4s6dto 46 • lonian ............... 6/. pe, cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 -
arrived on the 20th instant. On the following .morning Blackhns_
ru, who was a son of the deceased, shaving
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Tittlers, common to fine, 46s 6d to 49s 6d ; double, 50s to nd.Char:Bk.of us. - 28 0 0 2 -10, 0 17%
London and County .. 61. per cent. 50 0 0 to 0 0 -
(Monday) I called on the Collector of Customs, Samuel participation in the crime, but the magistrateg
day the highest temperature was only 34.8° - the mean
e, . PP g
WAR-OFFICE, MARCH 22. 52s • Hambro' loaves, 47s to 51s ; double, 528 to 54s ; and Londn and Westminsir 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 35
Price Edwards, Esq., who kindly gave me a room in the committed him and the grand inquisition having found
Custom-house to conduct the investigation.was 29.2°, or 12.6 below the average. On Friday the 7th Dragoon Guards-Major-General Robert Burd Ga- t. For standard lumps, 47s per cwdelivery there are few London Joint Stock ... 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 -
Ibill him,'
he was accordingly put on his trial.
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 -
buyers at these terms, and some buyers are disposed to sell. . . 0 .
" found that the managing director of the company, a against
.. lasted mean was 28.5°, or 13.3° below the average ;on Satur- brief, C B to be Colonel, vice
, . ~ Lieutenant-General the Ditto. New...:, t.. 81. per cem. 10 0 0
.1 i, 0 -
The hearing of the evidence two days, nearly
Wet lumps are yet much ,
in demand • low to mid at 4256 d.
Mr. Watson, had arrived from London, and I apprised himday it was .10 2° below the average. The lowest tempo- Hon. Henry Murray, C.B, removed to the 14th Light
~ N ational of L eland. ... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 22 10 0 -
to 43s 6d, and better sorts 445. to 455. To-day home dealers
fifty witnesses being examined. The following, how-
of the purport of my visit to Dublin, and mentioned the ,
will . rature of the week occurred on Saturday, and was Dragoons, March 18. - . Nat Provincial of Eng. 61. per cent. 100 0 0 35 e 0
persons belonging to the vessel I should wish to examine.the main factswhich
ever, be found to contain - Lieutenant-General the Hon. were desirous to operate in refined sugar, and,- supply Ditto New ...... 61. per cent. 20 0 8 10 0 0 -
IN cheerfully offered every assistance and information he adduced.
36°. The mean dew point temperature was 31.1°.obtained-brownlumps Oriental Bank Corpora. B!.p. ct. bs. 25 0 0 25 0 0 57%
stiff rates were ' -
HenryHemy Murray, from the 7th Dragoon Guards, to be keeping. scanty,• • • & o
could give me. In consequence of the mate and part of The deceased, John Blackburn, who was 78 years of In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1843-52 C. 8., _
Colonel, vice General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., 1e.C.8., selling at 465, and low to fine grocery 46s 6d to 50s. South Australia ..... 6, p, ct. be. 25 0 0 25 0
Union of • ustralia.... 6 p.ct.&bs 25 0 0 mt. “ 0 78
Treacle is dearer, andselling at 17' 6d to 195.. Crushed
the crevr being inunmonad to Kingstown, as witnesses be- age, was formerly a moister, had retired from business, deceased, March 18.
the average number of deaths was 1,095, which, if raised Ditto .. ........... 61. per ten:. - 210 0 -
fore the coroner's jury, I was obliged to defer my invests- and, with his wife, aged 73, lived in a place called Ash MEIdORANDCM.-Major-General Robert Burd Gabriel, sugar is much wanted. by exporters, at former
terms with
, Union of London ..... 7i. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0, 0 17%
in proportion to increase of population, •
mortality
gives a
few sellers. Union of Madrid ..... - 40 0 0 40 0 0 -
gallon until the termination of the inquest. Considering Flats, about two miles and a half from Stafford. Al-
week of
C. 8..., has rep difference he received upon exchang-
MAURITIUS -This afternoon there was a reluctance to
for last 1,205. . _y gl ing from the 2d Dragoon Guards to' half-pay of 22d Light . • . .
that I should be calving out the wishes of your Lordships though possessed of some property, having 60 or 70
drather Irates INSURANCE COMPANIEA.
by being present at the examination, and collecting evil- tared last week therefore exceeded the estimated amount Dragoons, Jan. 10,
.1852, March 18. operate in Mauritius sugar, an lower acres of freehold land, their cottage was but very meanly
were taken. Of 6,500 bags at auction, only 3,500
dance which might elicit every particular as to the loss of . . b69 OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MARCH 22. Dividend Amount
this unfortunate vessel, I accordingly proceeded to Kings- and furnished,.
and y •
dirtily They kept no servant, lived .
Fatal cases arising from zymotic diseases decreased Royal Regiment of 'Artillery-Second-Cantain Henryound buyers ; mid to good brown at , .
32s to 34s 6d ord to Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
town, and have to express my obligation to Mr. Davis, theby themselves,sleeping
in different apartments. They
from 244 in the preceding week to 229 in the last, L d. 11 Gardiner to • •
yrte oe be Captain, vice Wynne,- .17 good yellow 35s to 37s 6d, and refining 33s to 37s per cwt.
retired - Annum. Share.
EAST INDIA.-In Madras purchases have been rather —
coroner, for giving me a seat on the bench, with permission were miserly in their habits, and old Blackburn was
though the mortality of hooping-cough, which is consi- upon full pay ; First-Lieutenant Robert Emilius Fazake- •X s. d. X s d.
important, but 1 terns. At auction 5 500 bags
to put any questions to the witnesses which I might think known to have considerable sums of money in his place
derable, remains at nearly the same amount. Phthisis ley eraufurd to be Second Captain, vice Gardiner ; Second- ImPe
sold-ord d upon. ewer Albion ..........• •• •.. 3/. 10s. 500 0 0 50 0 0 90
necessary, and which I occasionally did, through him. For at times. They had a large family grown up, some
decreased from 167 to 131 ; other diseases of the respi- Lieutenant Ralph Gore to be First-Lieutenant, vice erau- were so -or and mid grainy white at 40s to 41s'
6d, fine Alliance
i,o3Barri. end For. 71.1 +s, 100 0 0
.11 21,fi
three successive days I attended this inquiry, until its ter- being married. The last time the old couple were seen
story organs from 391 to 332. In the latter class are ford, March 22. grocery yellow 38s to 395, ord to goo sd34 to 37s 6d, and sme ....... 61. p.c.& bs. 100 0 u 45 3 u 5a
urination on the evening of the 23d. alive was on the evening of Sunday, the 24th of October,
• bronchitis, .which declined from 233 to 174, Commissions by. the Lord-Lieutenant of Merionethshire. soft yellow from 29s 9d to 335. To-day Madras sugar was Anchor ........•• .... 6 per cent. 50 0 10 0 -
includedless in request, and supply being plentiful, prices declined Atlas .
"At 10 o'clock on the following morning I commenced when they were observed to be in good health. On the
and •which fatalt 101 about
pneumonia waso persons, or Charles Frederic Thruston, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieute-
-6(1 to is - per cwt. Of 16,000 bags at auction not above . rgus Life •• 41. Per cent. 100 A 0 16 0 0 -
my duties at the Custom-house, and took the depositions following morning, about half-past seven, a gentlemannant Edward Owens, Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ;
6,000 found buyers ; ord to good grainy white at 39s to ci . m
British Commercial .. 7s. 641 50 0 0 5 ) 0 7
the same number as in some previous weeks. ' Robert Davies Jones , Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant ;encl. ed.& Gen. Life spr ct.& bs 100 0010 0 1 2,,y,,
on oath of the following witnesses, whose evidence is an- named Spilsby was going by the cottage, when he per-
In City-road 11 R liff
sub-district; at , Ratcliffe-row, e-row, onos 6d. good to fine grocery yellow 36s to 38s 6d, low to County -••••• • • • 41 • 100 0010 0 I 1
The Reverend John WWilliamsl Ellis to be Deputy-Lieu- 21
nosed hereto :-
ceived smoke issuing from the roof. He obtained assis-
mid 33s to 35s 6d, and soft yellow 29s to 335. Bengal is crown :. :..... :..:.: 14s: 50 0 0 0,,
16th March, a cooper, aged 29 years, died of " disease swims.
i 7
Thomas Davis, the mate, who had charge of the watch tance, and the door was broken open by crowba,r
not much required, and rather declined. Eagle ..
when the -vessel struck.
which happened to be on the spot. After some time the
' of lungs, kidneys and heart." (Post-mortem.) Mr. Commission by-the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding
Hamlin, the Registrar,•• " There is
observes .- a grating of Yorkshire.Equity and Law...... 4per cowl, 100 0 0 5 - MOLASSES. -There is a quiet market, but prices are pre- li
'o ean Life ...... ... 15s, 20 0 0 411 paid. 20
" Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., marine superintendent to sir •
e was subdued ; and on going up stairs to the old over the sewer in the street in front of this house, of Sir William Payne Gallwey, Bart ALP to be Deputy- vented from dec , .
lining by a scanty supplty of West India. Eu p
General... . - 50 0 „ 5%
~ ~ The value of Antigua and Barbadoes is Is6d to 18s, De-the steam-packet company.
man's bedroom, a shocking spectacle presented itself. which the inhabitants are centinually complaining. Lieutenant, March s.Globe
"Phineas Howell, secretary to the company. , On the burnt bedstead were lying the bodies of the old merara 170 and other sorts 16s to 16s 6d. Bengal and When passing the spot I have.repeatedly been obliged Commissions by the • Lords Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire. Mauritius ' t 'l,l. 1 1 .1 16 Cuba d -51 per cent 000 45 0
Guardian ........ •• • • • P t 1 U a 611.4
me. with a slow sale at --s to -s, an Imperial Fire......... 121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 310
"Henry Vereker, ballast-master, and for many years couple ;`they were charred considerably, and the fire had. to cover my mouth with my hand to avoid the smell. • John Mirehouse, . Esq., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, Porto Rico 16s to 17's per cwt. Imperial Life . . 12s. 100 0010 0 0 1.9%
secretary to the Corporation of the Ballast Board of Dub- almost made them trunkless. The man was lying on his
In Pentonville, at 20, White Lion-street on. filth
March 18. , •
COPPEE.-To-day the stiff rates demanded for native Indemnity marine-. , sh. & ss. ton . 0 20 0- O 58
lin. back on the top of the bed, and the woman across the
March, the son of a locksmith aged 5 years, died of Castlemartin Corps of Yeomanry Cavalrys-Thomas Ceylon checked business, and privately only limited parcels Law Fire .......... - 213 & 2s. bs. 100 0 0 210 0 4Li
" Charles Ralph, Patrick Darcey, and Matthew Maguire, bottom of the bed. A brief examination sufficed to show Stokes, Esq., to be Cornet, March 18. , - ' 100 0010 0 0 50
" hooping-cough (8 weeks), scarlatina (4 weeks)." Mr. were sold, good old import at 48s to 48s 6d, ord new 48s 6d
passengers ; and that the old people had died by violence, and not from fire,
Legal and General Life 50 0 0 2 e 0 5%
Upjohn, deputy-registrar, says :-" I have twice 'before Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant .of Gloucestershire. to 495. At auction 800 bags were in part disposed of at London Fire ..
" Andrew Robertson and John Jackson, seamen belong- The head of the old man had been severely wounded in
reerrresi to the mortality • great inthis house, -which
in Royal South Gloucester Regiment of Militia-Conway 48s to 48s 6d for low to good ord, and damaged 46s 6d to London hip..-,
ing to the vessel.
several places. There were two places near the' eyes whereWhithorne Lovesy, Gent., to be Ensign, March 19. 47s 6d. Plantation, however, remains much in request, Marine. ............... 15s.per share 100 0 0 15 0 0 22
five deaths have now occurred from hooping-cou h
After the investigation was concluded, the Dublin the skull had actually been forced in ; there was a large
and the business done privately was at stiff prices. At Med. Invlid & Gen. Life 4141. per et . 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Yorkshire.
Steam-packet Company kindly furnished me with a steamer wound on the right side of the forehead, and a severe within • dof five weeks, In the t g
a perm
East York Regiment of Militia.-George John Lloyd, public sale 120 casks and 50 bags found buyers, good mid
Minerva ...... ••• • • • sp• et. & bs. 20 0 0 2 0
10 0 6
to visit the scene of the accident, when I found the wreck wound on the top of the head. On the bedof Mrs, hooping-cough was followed by scarlatina, and the child Esq. to be Captain Vice Lenthall resigned March 17. sorts 50s 6(.1 to to good at 6ls to 645, mid 58s to 60s, other so Monarch - 50 0
. •• •• 0 20s.
National Loan Fend.. 51. per cent. 20 0 0 210 0 2%
of the unfortunate vessel lying in 12 or 13 fathoms water,
Si. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
with a portion of the broken mainmast a few feet abovewound on the • ht
Blackburn there was a severe
attendants gave no hope of its recovery, the parents • Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Essex.
, For all other sorts of coffee there is a firm market with a Pelican .... •• •• -••- - - - 45
West Essex Militia-Horatio Edenboro h to, be Ca ug
the water, about 150 yards from the point whereon the and also on the' back of the head, and it was clearthat
had it removed home again. There ' are now two -v- good home and export demand at previous rates. Plicania ....... .... - - 173
tain, vice Button, resigned,March
16.
Bailey lighthouse is situated. something had been tied round the throat as if to cause children suffering from hooping-cough in the same. house, TEA..-An improvement has taken place in the export Proiessional Life ...... 5L per cent. '6 5 0 010 0 %
" Havins elicited the particulars attending the loss of the -little
strangulation. Her bed room was but disordered.
whotte recovery is considered hopeless by the medical Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cheshire.
R 1 Che la• Mili • I C 1 d 1
oya s ire. tia-Char es George ho mon e ey, severalpar-demand for low to good common,congou, and P 'dem Lire ........ I/. ss. & be. 100 0010 0 1 41
Rock UM.. /.. !Ss 5 3 0 010 0 8%
vessel, and carefully considered the evidence, I have now A pool of blood was discovered at the bottom of the attendant. There does not appear to be any local cir- Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 24 ; .Wilbraham Frederic Tolle- in firm eels have been sold at 104 to 104 d. per lb, the market haw- Ro_ai „_
_hang,•
......
61. p.ct. &bs Stock. all 236
the honour to report, for your lordships' information, that stairs leading to her door and blood on the wall of the cumstance to account for so unusual a fatality." mache, Esq., to be Captain, Feb. 25. g a appearance. ' ere is ye a arge 'There 't 1 business doing 5..; "
.- ire ... . .. • ....... 61. lOs _
t,
the steam-ship Queen Victoria belonging to the City of staircase, and it would seem that the old lady was in
in better Sorts for home consumption at a small advance in Ditto Life ... .. 11. 6. - ~ -
In St. George, Bloomsbury, at 3, Russell-mews, on
Dublin Steam-packet Company,of 337 tons register, and '
bed at the time, and hearing a noise she came out and the 15th of March, the daughter of a servant, aged 1 Royal Mont ours hi• h been some cases ;rather blackish . _to blackish leaf 10A,1 to is 0/d, United Kingdom .. .. 4/. p, ct. & bs. 20 0 0 40 0 8%
2s 2d • Universal Life
rys re Militia-Her Majesty as strong to pekoe sorts is id to is 9(1, choice is 104 to ,
..
propelled by engines of 250 horse power, left Liverpool for encountered the wretches, who afterwards took her
• sisrsris sure 412 6 5%
Dublin on the afternoon of the 14th of February, at about bod upstairs and threw it on the bed where it was •
year and 9 months died of " diarrhoea some months pleased to direct that the Royal Montgomeryshire Regi- but•t Itol 7d S chong remains in nun- .••.. •. ,t. per cent -
principally a s s . ou
3 o'clock, and passed the N.W. Light-ship at 23 minutes
f( yd
- There strong smellof resin andpitch in am .wasa.
h • "meat of Militia shall intoßifle
since, and subsequently ronc o-pneumonia. . `'Pithbe formed a CoCrps. ted supply, and is much war :fed : the parcels sold were-
BRIDGES.
past 4, with the wind moderate from the N.E., and theregard to this case, Dr. Richards writes that "it was BANICRITPTS. fine, at is 8(.1 to 2s 6d ; fair to good, is 24 to is 6d ; and
the cottage, and the
.bodies appeared to have been be-
weather fine, but cloudy. The crew consisted of 24 per- treated homcepathically, under which system the corn- Charles Lane, plumber, Hastings, to surrender, March common, lid to is ld. The following is now the currency
eons, including the master and three mates, and there smeared with such inflammable matter, so as to hasten plaint was allowed to progress, and he was called in just 31, at twelve, and April 28, at one, at the Court of Bank- for granary :-Hyson, ordinary, is 3d to is 4d ; middling, Name of Company.
Annum.
of Paid. Price.
appears to have been. 1 cabin arid 5 deck passengers, be their destruction. Mr. Richarde the superintendent of the final to witness a life lost, in all probability, from rnptcy. Bell, official assignee Coleman-street-buildings •; is 5d to la 6d ; good, is 7d. to is 9d. ; fine, 1s 10d to 28 7d. ;
sides the stewardess, making a total of 112 persons. The the Salford (town) police, and other officers of the con- want of active treatment." ' Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. superior, 2s 8d to 3s. Young Hyson Canton, 10d to is ; .
£ s. s. £ s. ,i.
ship was properly equipped, and, in addition to what is re- stabalary; were quickly apprised of the tragedy, and on In the sub-district of St. Paul, St. George-in-the- James Rogerson Hunt, draper, Great Marlow, March 31 Hyson kind, le 2d. to is 10d ; fine, 2s to 2s 4d ; Twankay, Dungerford ...... ~, .. - - - 12
quired by the Steam Navigation Act, she had an extra life- reaching the scene a careful examination of the place and April 28, at two, at - -the Court of Bankruptcy. lid to is 14 ; Gunpowder' Canton, lid to is ld ; Hyson soetbzures ..... .... - 100 0 0 - -
East, at 20, Martha street, a child, the son of a mariner
boat and 90 cork jackets placed in boxes on the quarter- was made.' A well outside the 'cottage was searched, died Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Spicer, Chan- in ls 2d to 2s 9d ; fine, 3s to 3s 6d. ; Imperial anton,
___ll:erloNlo..w.of 7% p.c 705. per cent. 50 0 0 - 16
of "convulsions from
. aged 10 hours,
100 0 0 -3%
cet -lane is
to ls 2d; Hyson sort, is 4(1 to 2s 3d; Hyson skin, 9d w
deck under the Seats The officers had the character of
• an in i was found an axe, with blood and hair upon it, d • 't
birth," on the 30th of January, Mr. Chatwoocl, the, cony-lane.
*Ditto Old A..r;n:•0;87. -
2/, 85. Od. - 60 0 0 26
being careful and experienced men. The master had been and a dog with his head smashed in. The animal be- Robert Bond, wine merchant, Mitre-court, Hatton-Gar- to ls. Iftto Nw ditto of 71 2. 2s. od. - 40 0 0 22%
25 years in the service of the company; Mr. Davis, the mate, registrar, mentions that " the mother of this boy, who den April 4, at twelve,and May 5, atat the Courtof RICE,-There •
only limited b • doing' Cleaned; -
one, - 21
28 years in the same employ, 13 -of which he had filled the the prisoner Blackburn, and he had taken it to longed to - . came to register the births of twins, states- that the de- Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build- sellers are willing to accept for Carolina, first sort, 30s
his parents' abode about three weeks previous. A.
.flat situation as first mate. It appears by the evidence of Davis ceased was buried at a chapel ground as still born al- lugs ; Robinson and Hine, Charter-house-square. to 328 ; seeond ditto, 228 to 239 ; low to fine Patna, 13s to
that the two quarter-boats would each contain 20 persons, iron besmeared with gore was also found in the house.
though the medical certificate given at the time stated James Horder, market gardener, Wimborne, Dorset- 17a ; broken, 11s 6d ; and American cleaned, 21s 6d to 245. WATER-WORKS.
and the two life-boats would hold double that niunber, but The fact being clear that the place had been entered,
that he lived 10 hours." shire March 30 and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of To-day the market for East India rice plesented a dull Name , Dividend Amount
unfortunately these boats, instead of being suspended over that the deceased couple had been barbarously murdered,
The following , six deaths occurred at . the London Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Wilde, Rees, aspect, and rates are barely kept up. Of 2,267 bags Ben- of Company. per of
Annum. Share. Paid. Price.
the side, were placed upon chocks on board, and it was ne- and that the guilty parties contemplated destroying all Fever Hospital between the 9th and 15th of March in Humphrey, and Wilde, College-hill. gal at auction, a part only sold at 103 6d tolls 6d for mid
pessary to raise them about three feet, and. reverse the trace of the crime in the conflagration of the entire
.- - ' Thomas Ballard, apdtheoary, Southwick-place Padding- to fine white, and ord lOs to lOs 6d. £s.d.£ s. d.
elusive . .
davits, before they could be lowered into the water-an building, the police directed their attention to the Per- ton, April 1, at half -past one, and May 7, at'twelve, at TALLOW., There having been a larger demand for Rue- East London . 6/. per ant. Stock. - 1251
operation easily performed by a practised. and well-discil3- petrators. On the morning of the murder, some few A girl, aged 4 years from the qssessisgson workhouse, the Court of Bankruptcy. -Pennell, official assignees Guild- sian on the snot, holders are enabled to obtain an advance, Grand Junctioa •
4t, per cut 50 0 0 - 69
Lined crew, but a work of time in a vessel with a large nuns- -
84 '
measles (duration unknown). In hospital 2 days. (Post- hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Randall, Welbeck-street, and fine yellow Candle realised 44s 9d to•4ss per cwt. At Fent, •••••• • ••• •• • ••• •• • 1 41. per cat. 100 0 0 -
after it had been discovered, the police were in-
hours
- 100 0 0 - _
bar of passengers in a state of confusion. The instructions Morton.) Cavendish-square ; • Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old Auction 390 casks old sold at 4-3 s 3d to 4356 d. Operations
LambethNew River C;;p• • • • • • '
Blaekb who himself had
duped to arrest Henry urn, w.
Company„ : 21. 10s. -- - 60
issued by the company to their officers direct the tom-ex- A man, aged 56 years, from •Holborn Union, typhus Jewry, for delivery in last three months of the year are important, South
es Vauxhall il, per cut 100 0 0 0
slanders not to go at full speed in thick or foggy weather. Pressed some belief that Moore, who was in the service (duration unknown). In hospital 6 days. • Thomas Thorne, plasterer, Bohemia-road, Hastings, and there are few sellers under 455. Home melted is in st eat Middlesex •• • ... 61.05. pr cat.. , - - 110
I regret those orders were not attended to. After leaving of the deceased, had some hand in the horrible deed.
the N.W. Light-ship, the Victoria shaped a proper course, Some days transpired, and nothing satisfactory was A woman, aged •19 years, a servant from Wands- April 2at two, and May 7at one, at the Court of Bank- more active request, and prices rather improved, 44s 6d.
worth, typhoid fever (duration unknown), incipient ul- raptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers, having been currently, paid cash. Other sorts advanced. • DOCKS•
snd at 8.30 sighted the Skerries-light, the weather still elicited until the receipt of some anonymous letters by •Basinghall-streets Hewitt, Nicholas-lane. 6d per cwt •in auction 800 cases Australian mostly sold ;
Payer's glands, In hospital 2
ration of days. (Post
Dividend Amount
santinuing moderate. At 50 minutes past midnight the Mr. Richards, of the Stafford police, and Mr. Hatton, neTits,,s NHenry Butt, linen-draper, 21, Mortimer-street, Coven- beef 41s Gets 42s 2d, and mutton 41s 9d to 45s per cwt. Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Bailey-light was seen right ahead, or a very little on the the chief of the countY fc'rce• The letters described how T—' dish-square, Middlesex, Aril 5, at one, and April 3at Tallow is 8s to 9s dearer than last year. Stock is 10,000 Annum. Share.
tarboard bow, and about two o'clock a.m. the lights on the murders were committed, and who were the guilty woman, ged. 24 ears, from Neptune-Court, St• twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy,' •'l
deliveries•smaller. 0 Friday 12 000
Groom, official as- casks less, remain n ,
he Kish were also observed. About this time a snow • They h East typhus (about 1 days I
George-in-t e ,7 ). n hospi- signee, 12, Abchurch-lane, King William-street ; Sole, casks will be offered at auction. £s.d.£ s. d.
Parties, ey were peculiarly worded, and evidently hower came on, which obscured everything, and in lesstai 9 d
Turner, and Turner, 68, Alderrnanbury. OILS.-A further increase has token place in demand trimercial ........... 41. pr cent. Stock. - -
Psh d the writer to be a very illiterate rson. At the aYa`
person,
East and West India.. sit,pr cent, Stock
- -
,ban half an hour the vessel ran with the speed of eight or owe
t Blackburn,' A man, aged 35 years,' a labourer from Hartshorn- George Augustus Eades, grocer, Landport, Portsea, for, cocoa nut, together with an advance. Cochin 40s to j'ais i
Moore was examined as a
t Country.. 2os. .per slim 100 0 0 - -
tine knots upon the rocks. The engines were reversed, examination im 'ofcourt, Fore-street, pleuro-pneumonia (9 days). In hos- Hants April 2, at twelve, and May 7; at one, at the Court 41s, Ceylon 39s to 39s 6d, and other sorts 38s to 38s 6d• London .. .•. • . - 128
ind in a few minutes she sunk in deep water. witnegs, and on his signing the deposition Mr. Richards pilaf 6 days of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall- Several purchases made in Palm, and 338 to 343 paid for Ditto Bonds •. .... •• 41. per cent. -
Was struck with the similarity of his writing to that of •
"In accordance with my instructions, it now becomesA man, aged 22 years, a labourer from Catherine- chambers, Basinghall-street ;' Lawrence, 12, Bread-street, good to fine quality. Linseed at 29s to 29s 3d on the spot, S.. satharine - -
ny duty to refer to the evidence, and to submit to your the letters. Moore had also made use of the words, wheel-alley, East London, phthisis (long standing), Cheapside. and at 29s 6d to 30s for early delivery. Rape oil met with tlssmeton -
sordships' attention the conduct of those in charge of the "The man that helped Philip to mow the hay," which
s, pleuritis (10 days). In hospital 5 days. John Hogben Rcilfe, hosier, Faversham Kent April 5, little notice, pale selling at 375, brown 35s to 35s 6d, and Victoria
... ~ , _ 2 0 0 -
ressel. were in one or the communications. and this mere MOM ..... .. .. . ... - -

" Charles Ralph, Patrick Darcey, and Matthew Maguire,
passengers ; and
" Andrew Robertson and John Jackson, seamen belong.
ing to the vessel.
After the investigation was concluded, the Dublin
Steam-packet Company kindly furnished me with a steamer
to visit the scene of the accident, when I found the wreck
of the unfortunate vessel lying in 12 or 13 fathoms water,
with a portion of the broken mainmast a few feet above
the water, about 150 yards from the point whereon the
Bailey lighthouse is situated.
" Having elicited the particulars attending the loss of the
vessel, and carefully considered the evidence, I have now
the honour to report, for your lordships' information, that
the steam-ship Queen Victoria, belonging to the City of
Dublin Steam-packet Company, of 337 tons register, and
propelled by engines of 250 horse-power, left Liverpool for
Dublin on the afternoon of the 14th of February, at about
3 o'clock, and passed the N.W. Light-ship at 23 minutes
past 4, with the wind moderate from the N.E., and the
weather fine, but cloudy. The crew consisted of 24 per-
sons, including the master and three mates, and there
appears to have been 12 cabin and 75 deck passengers, be-
sides the stewardess, making a total of 112 persons. The
ship was properly equipped, and, in addition to what is re-
quired by the Steam Navigation Act, she had an extra life-
boat and 90 cork jackets placed in boxes on the quarter-
deck under the seats. The officers had the character of
being careful and experienced men. The master had been
25 years in the service of the company; Mr. Davis, the mate,
28 years in the same employ, 13 of which he had filled the
situation as first mate. It appears by the evidence of Davis
that the two quarter-boats would each contain 20 persons,
and the two life-boats would hold double that number, but
unfortunately these boats, instead of being suspended over
the side, were placed upon chocks on board, and it was ne-
cessary to raise them about three feet, and reverse the
davits, before they could be lowered into the water—an
operation easily performed by a practised and well-discip-
lined crew, but a work of time in a vessel with a large num-
ber of passengers in a state of confusion. The instructions
issued by the company to their officers direct the com-
manders not to go at full speed in thick or foggy weather.
I regret those orders were not attended to. After leaving
the N.W. Light-ship, the Victoria shaped a proper course,
and at 8.30 sighted the Skerries-light, the weather still
continuing moderate. At 50 minutes past midnight the
Bailey-light was seen right ahead, or a very little on the
starboard bow, and about two o'clock a.m. the lights on
the Kish were also observed. About this time a snow
shower came on, which obscured everything, and in less
than half an hour the vessel ran with the speed of eight or
nine knots upon the rocks. The engines were reversed,
and in a few minutes she sunk in deep water.
" In accordance with my instructions, it now becomes
my duty to refer to the evidence, and to submit to your
Lordships' attention the conduct of those in charge of the
vessel.
"As regards Captain Church, the master of the Queen
Victoria, whose character up to the time of the loss of the
vessel appears to have been praiseworthy, and whose expe-
rience from having been so many years in the service of the
steam-packet-company must have been considerable, I re-
gret that it is my painful duty to condemn his conduct
most strongly. Having been called at 50 minutes past
midnight, and told that the Bailey-light was in sight, and
having been again told at ten minutes before two o'clock
that the weather was so thick from a snow shower as to
obscure the lights, and to prevent objects from being seen
the length of the vessel, instead of giving orders to slow
the engines, or going immediately upon the deck, he said
to the mate, ' There is no fear of the land, the danger is
from meeting vessels.' About two o'clock he appears to
have gone on deck ; but the evidence upon this point is
conflicting. Whether he did so or not, it is proved tha t
the ship was then going at a speed of eight or nine knots
an hour, that the Kish-lights had been seen a few minutes
before, bearing a point or two abaft the beam, which
with the Bailey-light W.N.W., would place the vessel
within three miles of the shore, and the course steered was
directly for it. Captain Church was not heard to give
any orders. He had lead and log lines on board, but he
neither sounded nor ascertained how fast she was going,
nor did he slacken speed, or adopt any precaution to pre-
vent the fearful accident which took place. After the
vessel struck, his presence of mind seems entirely to have
deserted him: He ordered her to be backed from the
rocks : but it was soon found she ,vas sinking. The
snow shower had passed over; the morning was fine, and
the water smooth ; the boats might easily have been pre-
pared, and the lives of the people saved; but no directions
were given. One quarter-boat succeeded in getting away
with 17 passengers, and reached the shore in safety, not a
sailor belonging to the steamer being in her. The other
quarter-boat was improperly lowered, and the people in
her precipitated into the sea, and drowned. The two life-
boats, which ought to have saved the lives of so many, ap-
pear to have gone down with the vessel. The result is,
that thus the lives of 59 persons, including the unfortunate
master, have been sacrificed for want of proper care and
attention. If, when the thick weather came on, the di-
rection of the steamer's head had been altered, and the
engines slowed, the disaster would, in my opinion, not
have taken place.
" The conduct of Thomas Davis, the mate, was greatly
to blame. He acted in obedience to his orders in calling
the master when the Bailey-light was first seen ; also when.
the change took place in the weather. He states that he
ordered four bells to be struck (2 o'clock), and told the men
to ' keep a good look out,' for that the captain was not
upon deck ; but that he had seen the Kish-light a point or
two abaft the beam, and ought to have known he was close
to the land, and he should then ,have stopped the engines,
and have informed the master, and I consider him very cul-
pable in not having done so. In his evidence he states that
after she struck, he appointed persons by name to prepare
the boats; but none of the witnesses heard these orders
given to any individual in particular, and they do not ap-
pear to have been acted upon. Mr. Davis considers be
would have been guilty of a breach of discipline in stopping
the. vessel without the orders of the captain, and he ap-
pears to have been vigilant in watching the men on the
look out from the time of his coming on deck and after the
accident he made signals of distress, by which the position
of the wreck was denoted to the steamer Roscommoit on
her way from Dublin to Liverpool, and the lives of several
persons saved in consequence.
" I now beg •to refer your lordships to the evidence of
Mr. Vereker, ballast-master, and for many years secretary
to the Ballast Board of-Dublin, from which it appears
that, in consequence of a steamer called the Prince, be-
longing to the same company, having struck her bowsprit
against the rocks under the Hill of Howthin 1846, a cor-
respondence took place between Mr. Howell, the secretary,
and the corporation, the former suggesting, and the latter
admitting the necessity of having a fog-bell on the Bailey-
lighthouse, and that a resolution to have one there was
passed at a board meeting, and was entered in the minute-
book ; that a bell was procured from London and forwarded
to Dublin, but that it had not been put up, in conse-
quence, as he stated, of matters of more importance in-
ducing the inspector to postpone its erection ; but, he
added, it is now the intention of the eerporation to have
it put up with as little delay as possible. Your lordships
will, however, perceive that upwards of six years have
elapsed since the Ballast Board admitted the necessity of
having a bell on the Bailey, and up to the present time it
has not been put np ; and Lieutenant Sarsfield, R.N., Mr.
Howell, the secretary of the steam-packet companye -and
Ho. Davis, the mate, are all of opinion (with which I con-
cur), that had there been -bell to have given an alarm,
that vessel would.. not have eea lost, and it is to be hoped
that no time, will be lost in placing one in that situation.
Having attended. the coroner's inquest, I cannot refrain
froM remarking on a portion of the evidence, by which it
appears that four hours before the Victoria struck there
was no person on watch in the lighthouse
the person in
charge awoke by hearingthe cries of the
thatone of the rtehiPl"ecked par-
ties on the rocks—and _
and
80, I epees, from in.
firmity of age, being between 70 could scarcely be
expected efficiently to perform the
duties of his stat'e
n.
to bring toof Pat 'cD
" It now becomes my pleasing dutylethe no-
tice of your lordships the conduct ", the
young seaman who,by
his presence of mind, putting
is
boat, and by finger in the plug-hole of the
andunremitting
in company
exertions, prevented her from
sinking,
Segg), succeeded
with the two other passengers (Ralph an
in landing 14 persons, and, on going a second time to the
wreck, in saving four others who had taken refuge in the
rigging of the vessel when she went down.
"To conclude, the result of my investigation is as fol-
lows :
"1. The Victoria was lost through the negligence of the
.
ng
master in not sounding, stopping the engines, taking
proper ta
proper precautions when the shower came on.
"2. The conduct of the mate was to blame. He sup-
posed the master was below, and ought to have known that
the danger was imminent, and should have stopped the
speed of vessel.
"3. The steamer was well found in all respects, with
the exception that the boats were not so placed as to be
ready for immediate use.
"4. Had there been a fog-bell on the Bailey-light it is
probable the accident might have been prevented.
" 5. That the lighthouse 'was not properly attended to.
" The question of the fog-bell and the condition of the
lighthouse and its establishment are for your Lordship's
consideration. With regard to the boats, I deem it my
duty to state my opinion, founded on the present and
former cases of accident, and to suggest that it would he
very desirable if in all cases the boats of steamers were 30
placed as . to be immediately ready for use, and if the
officere in charge were instructed to station portions of the
crew io the boats, amt hold them responsible for their
use and efficiency when required.
" I have, &c.

THE IittEDER AT ASH FLATS.
After three days' protracted sitting, the trial of the
perpetrators of this barbarous deed was brought to a
close late last evening. The prisoners were Henry
Blackburn, Charles Moore, and Edward Walsh, who
were severally charged with the wilful murder of John
and Jane Blackburn, on the morning of the 25th of
October, at Ash Flats, near this town. Peter Kerwan
was also arraigned upon the coroner's inquisition, the
grand jury having ignored the bill, bat no evidenCe was
offered against him, and he was subsequently discharged.
The coroner's jury had in their verdict exculpated
Blackburn, who was a son of the deceased, from any
participation in the crime, but the magistrates haying
committed him and the grand inquisition having found
a bill against Min, he was accordingly put on his trial.
The hearing of the evidence lasted two days, nearly
fifty witnesses being examined. The following, how-
ever, will be found to contain the main facts which were
adduced.
The deceased, John Blackburn, who was 78 years of
age, was formerly a =later, had retired from business,
and, with his wife, aged 73, lived in a place called Ash
Flats, about two miles and a half from Stafford. Al-
though possessed of some property, having 60 or 70
acres of freehold land, their cottage was but very meanly
and dirtily furnished. They kept no servant, and lived
by themselves, sleeping in different apartments. They
were miserly in their habits, and old Blackburn was
known to have considerable sums of money in his place
at times. They had a large family grown up, some
being married. The last time the old couple were seen
alive was on the evening of Sunday, the 24th of October,
when they were observed to be in good health. On the
following morning, about half-past seven, a gentleman
named Spilsby was going by the cottage, when he per-
ceived smoke issuing from the roof. He obtained assis-
tance, and the door was broken open by a crowbar,
which happened to be on the spot. After some time the
fire was subdued ; and on going up stairs to the old
man's bedroom, a shocking spectacle presented itself.
On the burnt bedstead were lying the bodies of the old
couple ; they were charred considerably, and 'the fire had
almost made them trunkless. The man was lying on his
back on the top of the bed, and the woman across the
bottom of the bed. A brief examination sufficed to show
that the old people had died by violence, and not from fire,
The head of the old man had been severely wounded in
several places. There were two places near the eyes where
the skull had actually been forced in ; there was a large
wound on the right side of the forehead, and a severe
wound on the top of the head. On the body of Mrs.
Blackburn there was a severe wound on the right eye,
and also on the' back of the head, and it was clear that
something had been tied round the throat as if to cause
strangulation. Her bed-room was but little disordered.
A pool of blood was discovered at the bottom of the
stairs leading to her door and blood on the wall of the
staircase, and it would seem that the old lady was in
bed at the time, and hearing a noise she came out and
encountered the wretches, who afterwards took her
body upstairs and threw it on the bed where it was,
found. There was a strong smell of resin and pitch in
the cottage, and the bodies appeared to have been be-
smeared with such inflammable matter, so as to hasten
their destruction. Mr. Richards, the superintendent of
the Salford (town) police, and other officers of the con-
stabulary; were quickly apprised of the tragedy, and on
reaching the scene a careful examination of the place
was made. A well outside the cottage was searched,
and in it was found an axe, with blood and hair upon it,
and a dog with his head smashed in. The animal be-
longed to the prisoner Blackburn, and he had taken it to
his parents' abode about three weeks previous. A fiat
iron besmeared with gore was also found in the heuse.
The fact being clear that the place had been entered,
that the deceased couple had been barbarously murdered,
and that the guilty parties contemplated destroying all
trace of the crime in the conflagration of the entire
building, the police directed their attention to the per-
petrators. On the morning of the murder, some few
hours after it had been discovered, the police were in-
duced to arrest Henry Blackburn, who himself had ex-
pressed some belief that Moore, who was in the service
of the deceased, had some hand in the horrible deed.
Some days transpired, and nothing satisfactory was
elicited until the receipt of some anonymous letters by
Mr. Richards, of the Stafford police, and Mr. Hatton,
the chief of the county force. The letters described how
the murders were committed, and who were the guilty
parties. They were peculiarly worded, and evidently
showed the writer to be a very illiterate person. At the
examination 'of Blackburn, Moore was examined as a
witness,' and on his signing, the deposition Mr. Richards
was struck with the similarity of his writing to that of
the letters. Moore had also made use of the words,
"The man that helped Philip to mow the hay," which
were in one of the communications, and this more than
strengthened the belief of the officer that he was the
party who wrote them. Mr. Hatton, the chief of the
constabulary was consulted, and Moore having been
spoken to respecting some material difference he had
made in his evidence, he desired to make a more length-
ened statement in writing, and, in doing so, sufficient
was traced to warrant his arrest, when he admitted
writing two of them. His place was searched, and a
child's rattle was found, the end of which had been used
in sealing and stamping the letters. Moore then made
some other statements, in which he observed that he
had been engaged by one Podraore to write them.
The truth is, I put my arm through a broken pane in the
window next to the door, and unfastened the catch.
Walsh was put through the window, when he opened the
back door, and let Peter Kerwan in. I went to the
end of the house next the road to watch, and on looking Jj
thrpugh the window I saw Peter Kerwan, with a, candle
in one hand, knock down the old woman with his other
hand at the bottom of the stairs. I did not see whether
he had anything in his hand or not. I afterwards saw
Kerwan and Walsh go through-the orchard, and through
the field at the end of the orchard, and returned to
Stafford and Went to bed. 'Other circumstances then
arose which led to the apprehension of Walsh, whose
daughter cohabited with Moore ; he made a statement
showing a knowledge of what was going to be done at
the Ash flats. He stated that Moore had told him—
" If you will 'come with me to-night, we shall get what
will put as over the water comfortably. The place I
mean is the Blackburn ; they are a very old couple, and
have no servants, either boy or girl, in the house • their
son Henry left for Wolverhampton on Saturday, and
will not be back until 'Monday, and shall be certain to
get from eight-to ten sovereigns, the price of the cart
they are about to hay ; a't all events, we shall get some
money, and if all fails we shall be sure to get a bit of
bacon." Walsh also mentioned that Moore stated,
" This will stop them from telling tales," and he held up
a knife in his hand to which he had put a new handle,
which was made of a portion of the handle of a hatchet.
On Walsh's left hend was noticed the marks of a burn-
ing, and on his trousers were traded the stains of blood.
It also appeared that Moore wore a kind of red plush
waistcoat, the materials of which corresponded with a
piece of stuff found on the broken window of the de-
ceased's cottage. Other statements which Moore had
given of the transaction were then detailed by several
witnesses, and they all set forth different stories. Walsh
was missed from his abode early on the morning of the
murder, and Moore and he were found to be in sudden
possession of money. As regards the case against Henry
Blackburn, it would appear that it mainly rested upon
some remarks which had fallen from him previous to the
murders, that he would come into possession of some
property on his father's death, and that he was picked
out of a batch of prisoners as having bought several
pounds of resin at a shop in Wolverhampton on the
Friday previous to the perpetration of the atrocious
crime. ' Moore had endeavoured to fix him in his state-
ments but there was nothing like consistency in his
representations. Mr. William Webb, the surgeon of
Hatton InfirMary, detaikd at some length the injuries
inflicted upon the deceased couple. There were three
wounds on the head of John Blackburn—one between
the eyes, another on the right side of the forehead,
and a third on the head. The bones were driven in.
The axe produced would inflict such wounds. The axe
had'hair upon- it corresponding with .the hair on the
man's forehead. The blows were decidedly inflicted be-
fore death. The deceased man must have been in a recum-
bent position when the blows wet-6'6track. The body of
the woman was much more burntthan that of the man.
The scalp was Completely carbonised. There was a frac-
ture 'of the right eye extending backwards, and there
was another fracture at the back of the head. Believed
she was in an upright or semi-recumbent position when
she received the blow.
The case for the prosecution having closed,
Mr. Serjeant Allen addressed the jury at great length
for the prisoner Henry Blackburn. Mr. Serjeant
Thomas and Mr. C. Evans followed for Moore and
Walsh.
Mr. Justice Talfourd then summed up, and having
pointed out the 'evidence as it affected' the different pri-
soners, left the jury to determine their guilt.
The jury then deliberated, and found the prisoners
Charles Moore and Edward Walsh guilty, and Henry
Blackburn not guilty.
His lordship then assumed the black cap, and in a.
most impressive address, pointing out the enormity of
the crime which the' *retched men had committed,
passed sentence of death upon them; holding out not the
slightest hope of mercy.' •
The two miserable convicts were then led away. In
the course of the evening it was stated that after 'they
had returned to the gaol they made a confession of their
guilt.

A woman, aged 24 years, from Neptune-Court, St.
George-in-the East, typhus (about 17 days). In hospi-
tal 9 days.
A man, aged 35 years,' a labourer from Hartshorn-
court, Fore-street, pleuro-pneumonia (9 days). In hos-
pital 6 days.
A man, aged 22 years, a labourer from Catherine-
wheel-alley, East London, phthisis (long standing),
pleuritis (10 days). In hospital 5 days.
The following additional cases are selected from the
returns :—On 10th March, at 3, Artillery-place, Fins-
bury,
a drawing-master, aged 51 years, died of "the
Croydon fever (3 months), ulceration of the small intes-
tines." (Post mortem.) The son of a shipwright, aged
5 years, died of " enlarged :tonsils (2 years), excision of
tonsils (2 months ago), croup (2 days)." A baker, aged
18 years, died of " phlebitis of ophthalmic veins" in
Guy's Hospital. In Herne-place, Water-lane, Brixton,
on 17th March, a gardener, aged 43 years, died of
" furunculus (8 days), debilitated constitution." There
were four deaths from abscess :—ln Charing Cross Hos-
pital, a woman, aged 51 years, "chronic abscess (6
months), debility (3 months);" in St. George's Hospital,
a Chelsea pensioner, aged 47 years, amputation of toe
of right-foot, abscess in left , leg, diseased heart ;" in
Middlesex Hospital, a man-servant, aged 53 years, "ab-
scess of thumb, inflammation of arteries (post mortem );"
at 4, Elm-terrace, Brompton, a female servant, aged 32
years, " cerebral effusion from fever occasioned by ex-
treme inflammation and abscess of the thumb." Two
fatal cases are ascribed to privation, and registered thus:
—ln the Workhouse, Westminster, on 18th March, a
single woman, aged 50 years, " destitution ;" at 1, Three
King-court, Aldgate, on 12th March, the wife of a cooper
aged 62 years, " want of proper food in sufficient quan-
tity; typhus."
Last week the births of 8,55 boyi and 812 girls, in all
1,667 children, were registered in London. The average
number in 8 corresponding weeks of the years 1845-52,
was 1484.

Robert Bond, wine merchant, Mitre-court, Hatton-Gar-
den, April 4, at twelve, and May 5, at one, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-build-
ings ; Robinson and Hine, Charter-house-square.
James Horder, market gardener, Wimborne, Dorset-
shire, March 30 and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of
Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Wilde, Rees,
Humphrey, and Wilde, College-hill.
Thomas Ballard, apothecary, Southwick-place' Padding-
ton, April 1, at half -past one, and May 7, at twelve, at
the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guild-
hall-chambers, Basinghall-street ; Randall, Welbeck-itreet,
Cavendish-square ; Lawrence, Plews, and Boyer, Old
J Thomas Thorne, plasterer, Bohemia-road, Hastings,
April 2 at two, and May 7 at one, at the Court of Bank-
niptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-chambers,
Basinghall-street.; Hewitt, Nicholas-lane.
Henry Butt, linen-draper, 21., Mortimer-street, Caven-
dish-square, Middlesex, April 5, at one, and April 3, at
twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official as-
signee, 1.2, Abchnrch-lane, King William-street ; Sole,
Turner, and Turner, 68, Aldermanbury.
George Augustus Rules, grocer, Landport, Portsea,
Hants, April 2, at twelve, and May 7, at one, at the Court
of Bankruptcy.
Pennell, official assignee, 3, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street ;' Lawrence, 12, Bread-street,
Cheapside.
John Hogben Rolfe' hosier, Faversham, Kent, April 5,
at two; and May 3, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy.
Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, King William-
street ; Lawrence, Bread-street, Cheapside.
Richard Henry Davie, money scrivener, Wellington,
March 31, at one, and April 27, at eleven, at the Exeter
District Court. Hernaman, official assignee, Exeter;
Rodham, Wellington ; Stogdon, Exeter.
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS. ~
_ Portugal-street.
'J. Title-Y, Elizabeth-place, Asylum-road, coal merchant
- --T. J. Algar, Page-street, Horseferry-road, and Tufton-
street, Westminster, coach painter—J. Bennett, Copenha-
gen-street West, Islington chemist—W. S. Gray, High-
street, Camden-town, auctioneer—W. S. Elms, Chryssell-
road, North Brixton, carman—G. Bilton, jun., Wilson-
terrace, Bromley, chemist—J. Dorey, Woolwich, labourer
in the carriage department of Woolwich Arsenal—W. Bogle,
King-street, Islington, furniture dealer—A. H. Johnson,
Poppin's-court, City, bricklayer—fß. J. Dannan, Tavistock-
terrace, Upper Holloway, draper—E. C. Peebles, Wood-
bridge-street, Clerkenwell, grocer—T. Corbey, Ranelagh-
mews, Ca:mtlen-town, horse deals—W. Ward, Grange-road
and Goat-street, Horsleydown, egg dealer—W. H. Manners,
tower Marsh, Lambeth, shopmaii to an oilman—W. Smith,
S. Mary-at-Hill, City, builder—J. Nightingale, Water-
lane, Brixton-hill, grocer—E. H. Longstaff, PLO-street,
Camden-town—W., Cutress, Winchester-place, Southwark,
builder—G. Rees, Ives-street, Chelsea, travelling tinker—
T. Milner, Canterbury-grove Lower Norwood, plumber—
Tr Williams' Hendon,. Middlesex, clerk—T. Browne, Cole-
man-street, Islington, shawl fringer—J. D. Hebert, New
Gloucester-place, Roxton New-town, house agent—E. E.
Gauntlett, Raymond-buildings Gray's-inn, attorney—F.
Patten Alfred-place, Bedford-place, captain in the Royal
Navy-LG. W. Dyson, South-square, Gray's-inn—Hannah
Wicks, Berwick-street, Soho—H. Dowland, Bemerton-
terrace, Caledonian-road, broker—Catherine Selsby Reeve,
Victoria-road, Pimlico, stationer--J. Crisp, Queen's-road
West, Chelsea, lieutenant in the Royal Navy on half-pay--
C 4. Paine, Penton-street, Walworth-road, coach builder--
W. H. Bidmead, Brotivnlow-street, Holborn, enfraver—A.
Cook, Shaftesbury-street, Hoxton—J, Vaughan, Belgrave-
street South, Pimlico, coach builder—C. T. Webb, Den-
bigh-street, Pimlico, traveller—R. W. Webb, Surrey-
street, Strand, and Conholt-terrace, Brixton, attorney—G.
Lidiard, Seabright-street, Bethnal-green-road, licensed vic-
tualler —J. B. Davies, Southgate-road, Hackney, and
Bond-court, City, wine cooper.

Ls.—A further increase has taken place in demand
for, cocoa nut, together with an advance. Cochin 40s to
41s, Ceylon 39s to 39s 6d, and other sorts 38s to 38s 6d.
Several purchases made in palm, and 33s to 34s paid for
good to fine quality. Linseed at 29s to 29s 3d on the spot,
and at 29s 6d to 30s for early delivery. Rape oil met with
little notice, pale selling at 375, brown 35s to 35s 6d, and
refined foreign 37s 6d to 38s. Lard oil realised 61s to 635.
Olive is wanted ; sales made at 691. to 711. for Gallipoli ;
at 651 to 681 per pun for other sorts. Cod remains in a dull
state, sellers at 331 to 331105. Southern remains in small
supply, and is held for 321 10s to 351105, fine 361 to 371,
yet dealers are reluctant to operate. Sperm continues to
be wanted ; the terms obtained are 901 to 921 for fair to
fine, and headmatter 931 to 951.

i CANALS.
Names of i ,s-
Companies. 5 per
Companies. rs Per I Prim.
rt. Annum. 4 Annum.u.,
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AsOtnet,..)lAn ,8174. p. Ct. 140 Atseelestiele. 100 21. 10s. 50
I.lernsley .• 160' —, Neath •• •• •• 100 16.
14r1/711014Abrg 1501 si. 62% Oxford— —•• 100 13 . 132
Birrnin,harri 401 41. 105% Yeak Forest. 73 at. Is. l
Coventry.... 100: 251. liegent's •- - - 33 1/. Os 1514
Deiby ••• •• 100 61. 53 Rochdale...• 415 2L 42
Eli •tr. &ells 69 234 p. ct 3' A Asmrset Coal 150, —. _
Gr/IndJ loan 100,31 pr. ct. 68 Do.Lk led St 12!
Du., 6 pr. Ct. 10 61. pr. ct. Stffrd &Wore 140 281. ' 405
Gritnd Surrey 100 a. 10s. Shrewsbury*. 1251
..;rand union 100 11. 108. 24 Stourbrldge.. 145 201, 290
Kennt & Avn 39 6s. Od. 7 Severn and 7
Lancaster . 100!
Leeds& Livrp 100, 251. 55-0
Leicester.... 100' 5i..66 Birming. 5 11: m 41. 40
Latest) &Nth 83i 41. 44% Warwick& 1_ _
28
Manmontbsb 100 tvorcstr &
blntgmerysh 100 Birming. 176
, 31.
Wilts....-
& larks ! — Od. 7
,11chburegh 142! 701. 810 Napton.. i 1" 3 •
bfeltnAiwbry 100 wWayrwe Rail. 26 21. 01,, 24

"W. H. WALKER.

In closing our notice of the trial, it is only fair to re-
mark that the conviction of the culprits, Moore and
Walsh, was in a great measure to be attributed to the
zeal and activity of Mr. Richards, the chief of the Staf-
ford police, who was the first to detect the fact of Moore
writing the anonyincius letters, and who arrested both
prisoners.

.SH. REWSITCRY, MARCH 22.
is county
The commission for this
detained Vaughan Williams, Mr.
hour last night by m, Justicewas opened at a late
Justice Talfourd being
efonrainfeelosnfiously cutting and
nal business at Stafford.
Of forty-three pH-
by the amount of crirai-
nTehrse, c.:fle
whom otnhtearien sat
r he
so
wounding, 3 ; burglary, 1
; utterin
concealing.birth of child, 1 ; unlagwtoirged receipts, 1 ;
by night in pursuit of game . bigamy,lly eptering land
bullock and a cow, 1 . assault, i; together ; stealing a
cases of larceny and of stealing from the person.with several
of the poaching cases, in which six persons One
are irspii_
cated, is likely to prove very serious.

liousE ON rHE WATER.-4. f
ewdays since, a 'tivt"
story house wa.-.1 removed from the foot of Jai-aiieet to
Rekilook Point, by water. Thp229l,se with 99p t..29ta
placed upon 'aiacr tower io its neviiiieg-
tion by a steam-tug.--New Tork Times.

At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.685 in.; on
Saturday it was 30.034 in. The mean' temperature of
the week was 36.6 deg., or 5 deg. below the average of
the same week in 38 years. The wind blew from the
south on the first 3 days, and from the north-east during
the remainder of the period.

RAILWAY' SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL-2,lAlica 22.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was better to
day, but the buying continues of rather a weak character,
and very little business was done. The following were
the quotations :—Caledonians, 321 ; Chester and Holyhead,
21i ; Eastern Counties, 212 15-16 • Lancashire and York-
shire, 75$ • ditto, Fifth ' shares, 41-dis. ; Liverpool, Crosby,
and Southport, 17i ; London and North Western, 1181;
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, 30i ; Midland, 74 ;
North British, 84 ; South Eastern and Dover, 231.

DIVIDENDS.
•
April 8. H. Capper, Gravesend, Kent, licensed victual-
ler—April 9. R. C. R. Cocq, St. George's-terrace, Liver-
pool-road, Islington, merchant--April 9. T. Bull, Green-
wich, Kent, licensed victualler—April 13. J. Elliott,
Northampton, builder—April 13. H. Stagg, Croydon,
Surrey, grocer—April 13. G. Creed, Hemel Hempstead,
Hertfordshire, commission agent—April 13. J. G. Marsh,
Church-street, 31inories, City, carpenter—April 13. F. Cas-
telli, Bury-court, St. Mary Axe, City, merchant—April
15. A. Crosfield, Ty Mawr, Lanwonne, Glaraorganshire,
coal miner, and Newport, Monmouthshire, common brewer
—April 16. H. Clarke, Sheffield, Yorkshire, builder—
'April 16. W. Beckitt; Doncaster Yorkshire, money scri-
vener.

CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to
the Contrary on the day of meeting.
April 8. R. C. R. Coe_l__ St. George's-terrace, Islington,
merchant--April 12. J. W. Munch, Beal's-wharf, Tooley.
street, general merchant—April 13. J. Tall and J. Mingay,
Crawford-street and Welstead-yard, Bryanstone-square,
and Titchbourne-street, Edgeware-road, mechanical tool
manufacturers—April 12. J. Langdale, Liverpool, laceman
—April 12. J. Fletcher, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T. Sidney, C. Wells, and. J.' Manduell, Ludgate-hill,
City, tea dealers, so far as regards J. Manduell—T. Sidney
and J. Manduell, tea dealers,: Bristol—B. W. Noble, J:
Noble, and T. R. Hoare, Cornwall-road, Lambeth, colour
manufacturers, so far assnsgards B. W. Noble—A. Farnie
and J. Farnie, Sheffield, Yorkshire, drapers—J. Brereton
and J. T. Eardley, Manchester; carvers—J. Brooke and
E: Brooke, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, wool staplers—G.
Lee and J. C. Bremer, London, ship agents —R. Tay,.
for and W. Binns; Scale Gill Mill, Kirkby, Yorkshire;
cotton spinners —T. Wilson and G. Han-op, Manches- •
ter, woollen merchants —S. Sutcliffe and J. Rawson,
Bradford and Manningham, Yorkshire, cotton spinners
W. Parr and A. W. Lewin, , Birmingham, jewellers—
A. Toy and J. Joel, .the-Soho,i "Lear Birmingham, , Soho
Patent Tube Company—R. gill and J. Catstree, Bir-
mingham, brass founders--J. Taylor J. Walton, and G.
F. Maberly, Upper Gower-street, and Ivy-lane, City,
booksellers, so far as i6garcl., J. Taylor—J. Derrington, D.
Moseley, and J. Chadwick, Manchester, patentees of ini-
provements in cocks and valves for liquids and steam, so
far as regards J.
Chadwick—T. E. Poole and F. F. A.
Steele, Promo, Somersetshire, attorneys-at-law—James
Dungey and John D.ungey, Chatham, and Brompton, Rent,
D. Barry and J. Murray, tea dealers—S. Ritchie and J. S. Haycraft, Greenwich,
Kent, timber merchants—T.
Li-
verpool, architects—T. Crossley and J. Crossley, Bury, Lan-
cashire, joiners—W. Richardson, Peterborough, Northamp-
tonshire, and N. Binney„Fletton, Huntingdonshire, brewers
—H. L. Lumsdent -Auchindor, so far as regards the Londdn
And Westminster Bank, the 'United General Gas Company
Of London, the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank,
the Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank, the Provincial Bank Of
England, the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company, the
North of Scotland Banking ComPany, the Mirth British
Insurance Company,em
theau City
the Aberdeen Lochlands Joint
of Glasgow Bank, the Aber-
deen Commercial'Stock Company, the North'British Australasian Loan and
Investment Company the Southern Bank of Scotland, the
opt,
North British Auatralasian Bank, the Gilcomston Brewery
Company, and Thomsen, Elinslie, and. Company, brewers
and distillers, Gacomston, • Aberdeen—R. Eglinton, C.
Dearie, and R. L.lEglinton,`Glaigow, merchants.
SCOTCH' SEQUESTRATIONS. i
' William Cowan; John_Fyfe, and William Patton, Port
Glasgow. tanners,' March 28 and April 21, at the Saracen's
Head Inn, Paisley.
Samuel Cochrane Johnson, Edinburgh, tavern keepeT,
March 24 ands April 14, at Stevenson's Rooms, Edinburgh.
Janet Douglas, Port Dundas, Glasgow, carrier, March2s
and April 18, at t e Crow Hotel, Glasgow.
I William Grosset, Chirnside, Berwick, joiner, March 28
and April 25, at t e White Swan Inn, Dunse.

1 .
' LONDONDERRY PIND COLERAINE RAILWAY.—There was
I
a meeting of th proprietors of the Londonderry and
Coleraine Railw y Company yesterday. The line had
Len further op toil to Newtown Limavady, anti. was
enpeeted to be o eqed to Coleraine in the course of the,
summer. The a colinte slidwed the-total receipts lathe(
company to be 4 1,925/., and he balance at the banker's
-was 2,3141. lls.,&l. The report was adopted unani-
mously.

COCHINEAL.—To-day prices advanced id to 2d per
pound for Cochineal, and 235 bags at auction were mostly
sold Teneriffe Silvers at 4s 2d to 4s 4d, black 4a 5d to ba
7d, Honduras Silvers 4s to 4s 6d, very bold 4s Bd, dead
and pasty grain 3s 7d to 3s lid, Mexican Silvers, ord 3s Bd,
and mid black 4s 5d per pound.
SALTPETRE.—Prices are not lower for rough, still there
is a reluctance on the part of exporters, and home dealers
to operate. The value of Madras is 24s 6d to 26s ; Calcutta
29s to 29s 6d for 6 per cent. or under, and over 6 per cent.
25s to 28s 6d per cwt, Stock is 1,100 tons more than last
year, but consumption keeps large.

- -
SPlCES.—Pimento sells more freely at from 5d to 6d
for ord to good, but a large parcel has arrived. A further
increase is apparent in demand for nutmegs, together with
an advance of id per lb. There is more disposition to
operate in pepper, yet prices have not improved. Penang,
rather dusty at 3d to 3d, and clean Sumatra 3d to 3d.
White is scanty supply, and wanted ; prices in conseqnence
incline upwaids, ruling at 8d to 100, and Coriander lid
to is 3d. Cayenne is more plentiful, at 7d to 9d for mid
to good, and very. ord 34d to 30. For ginger orders are
decidedly on the increase, and rates rule firm. At auction
800 bags African sold at 25s 6d to 26s 6d ; and 13 casks 247
bags Jamaica at 44s to 103 s for ord to good.

COUNTRY MARKE2'S.

Li vERPOOL—Menca 22.

At this day's market there was a moderately good
attendance of town and country trade, and a lair amount
of business was done in wheat, chiefly .3 f the finer
descriptions, at the prices of Friday, being about id per
701 b. over those of this day week. American flour met
with a moderate retail sale at late rates, but EU ‘ck flour was
neglected, and rather easier to buy. Oats were without
alteration either in value or demand, but oat meal was in
request, and 3d to 6d per load dearer. Bar :ley and peas
maintained their value in the few sales made ; but
Egyptian beans were is per quarter lower. Indian corn
on the spot was unaltered in value, but cargoes afloat and
arrived off the coast were the turn in favour of the seller.
Floating cargoes of wheat arrived off the cotist were also
dearer.

IPSWICH—Men= 22.
The wheat trade evinced a firmness again to-day; sales
were made on terms fully equal to last wee', with a ten-
dency upwards rather ; the supply was not large. A few
samples of malting barley appeared ; these we Int about, the
maltsters showing no great disposition to pm rchase. The
select qualities did bring 36s per qr., but ge enerally a do-
cline of is per qr. must be written. We noticed some few
samples of beans on sale at 358 per qr.
£55. QUAJTER. rsa QUARTER•
Wheat, red (old) 405 to 44s Barley, grinding: ... 305 to 31s
Ditto (new)
Ditto, white (new) 48s to 54s Peas
Ditto (old)
Barley, malting ... 33s to 36stFlour, per sack ... 005 to 00s

AVIRAGIS FOR TEE WEIR ZYDING MARSH 191, 1853,
Wheat
Barley
Oats
Beans
Peas 26 „ 31a 5d

HULL—MARCH 22.
The arrivals of grain continue on a small scale, and the
trade remains very quiet, though a somewhat better feeling
begins to be perceptible. At to-day's market, we were
well supplied with wheat by our farmers, which met a fair
sale at the rates of last week. Foreign wheat without
change, there being hardly any transactions to report. In
spring corn of all kinds there is very little passing, and
we note no change in prices. The arrivals of linseed are
considerable, and, though, mostly for crushers' account,
depress the market, and cause somewhat lower prices to be
submitted to. Linseed cakes continue rather to press
on the market, the demand being unaccountably limited.
Rapeseed unaltered. Rape cakes rather more enquired
for, but not much business resulting.
The following are the present prices of grain :
s
Wheat, English, red 44 to 46
Ditto white 47 to 49
Dantzic and Konigs-
berg
Pomeranian and Ham-

49 to 5]

burgh
Danish, Holstein, and

44 to 461

I.
Peas, gray and black 35 to 37
Linseed, Black Sea 49 to 51
Ditto Petersburgh 42 to 49
Ditto Riga and Arch-
angel
Ditto Konigsberg and
Memel 4O to 45

Friesland 42 to 44
Russian and Odessa 40 to 43
Oats, English
Ditto Danish
Ditto Friesland
Ditto Russian lB to 19
Barley, malting
Ditto grinding 2B to 29
Beans
Ditto foreign
Peas, white and, yel 3B to 40

Per Ton.
Lins. c., Hull 8154 Od to 0100
Ditto fine for.Blos Od 81256 d
Ditto inf. for 7l 15s to 01 Os
Rapeseed 291 lOs to 01 Os
Rape cakes 97s 6d to 1005
Tares, English 42s to 455
Ditto foreign
Guano 41 71 to 91 Od
Bones 1005 to 102 s 6d
Rye Meal

CORK-31

[ARCH 21.

Currency.
White wheat 00s Od to OOs Od Os Od-20 stone.
4 Redwheat 23s 6d to 00s 0:1
Ditto OOs Od to OOs Od .00s Od-20 do.
Ditto Oos Od to OOs Od JJJ
31 Barley l3s 6d to 14s 4d .
Dittq OGs. Od to 00s Od 00s Od-16 do.
Dit'w OOs Od to OOs Od
Ben OOs Od to OOs Od Os Od
112 Oats 9s 2d to lOs 10d.
125 Ditto 9s 10d to Ils Od 9s 10d do.
.Ditto Oos Od to Oos ,Od
44 Pigs 43s 6d to 45s Od 44s Od per cwt.
Quantity sold at the highest prices :-
00 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 8 barley ; 0 bere ; 23
oats ; 2 pigs.
Quantity of grain and number of pigs sold last week :
Wheat, 163. Barley, 441. Bere, 0. Oats, 3,136.
Pigs, 157.

Brls.

No quotations for butter, nor return of firkins, until Vie
Ilth of April.
Return of cattle sold for week ending March 19 :
Pigs, 628. Sheep, 336. Cows, 100.

CORK.—Flour— First, 158 Od to 168 Od ; extra, 178 Od;
seconds, 13s 6d to 148 6d; households, 108 to 13s Od ; thirds
88 Od to lOs per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, 8. Od to 8. 63 ;
oatmeal, 10s 6d to llsOd ; wheat meal, 108 6d to 118 per cwt
Indian corn, 71 58 Od to 8/ Os Od per ton. Bran, 4112 s 6d
to 4/ 1580 d per ton. Hay—Farmers, 2480 d to 3680 d ; average,
30s; dealers, 328 Od to 4080 d ; average, Os per ton. Straw--
Farmers, 19s Od to 25s Od; average, 22s • dealers 00s Od to
00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf, 7d to
Od ; household ditto, 6d to Od per 41b.—Fresh butter, 9d to
lld per 11). Eggs, 48 4d to 48 63 per hundred. Meat —beef,
4id to 8d ; mutton, sid to bid ; veal, 4Ad to 64d ; pork, bdtc
6d ; bacon, 7d to 76d ; sausages, fid per lb.—Fish, Newfound-
land, 11/. Os to 12/ Os per ton ; Scotch herrings, 288 to 00s;
Red, do., 30s per brl.—Potatoes, white, 9d to 10d; Pinks,
11d to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 213 ; Lydney, 21s ; Culm,
Od per ton.—Whiskey, 25 0.p., 6s Od per imperial gallon.---
Hides, market, 25s to 328; Salted, 268 to 328 per cwt. Calf
skins, 3Ad per lb.—Bangor slates 21. 17s. 6d to 31. per ton.—.-
Fleece wool, 15s to 16s per stone.—liemp, 381. to 421. per
ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 10s ; red pine, 3/. 108; yellow do.,
31. ss. per ton; deals, 16/. to 181. Per hundred.—Bark, re,
8/. to 8/. 10s. per ton.—Tallow, 46; to 47s per cwt.—Hops,
71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 195 per b 1 Guastok''''
Peruvian, 101. 10. to ill. per ton. r