The Sun.
London, England, 1853-03-28 00:00:00

itt itton.

SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS.

On Saturday last we were present at a private view of
the pictures exhibited this year by the Society of British
Artists. The exhibition is more distinguished for pro-
fusion than perfection, and though, on the whole, the
society has collected together a pretty good set of pic-
tures, we were unable to discover anything on the walls
sufficiently prominently excellent and striking, as to jus-
tify us to felicitate ourselves on the progress which the
artistical talent of this country has been making during
the past year. Mr. Hurlstone, the president, bears
away the palm of honour, both in number and quality.
His " First Appearance of Columbus in Spain is the
facile princeps of the whole exhibition. The different
attitudes of the three figures are very fine, and the co-
louring has that rich mellow tint which suits a
Spanish subject. His other pictures, which are
mostly studies of Italian heads, a la Murillo, under
various titles, are also very successful, both in composi-
tion and execution, and fully equal to Mr. Hurlstone's
reputation. Of the other historical pictures, there are none
which call for particular mention, except, perhaps Mr.
Wageman's "Henry IV.'s Soliloquy on Sleep," which is
painted with all the care and minuteness of what is now
called the Pre-Raphaelite School. The anxious and
deeply thoughtful face of the monarch, however, seems
more fitted for the soliloquy of the King in Hamlet.
The landscapes, as a class, are by far the most prominent
and excellent works of the whole exhibition. Mr. Bod-
dington is there with an unusual number of his bright
sunny views, and Mr. West also, with his bold power-
fully painted waterfalls, some from Norway, and others
from England and iiTales. This artistt seems to
revel in Welsh scenery, and some of the views which he
has presented us with from that land of mountains are
most excellent. " Margate Sands," by Mr. Tennant,
is remarkable for the beautifully clear and transparent
tone in which it is painted ; and Mr. Clint's coast
views—" Castle Cliff, Hastings," and "Lovers' Seat"—
are among the most meritorious of this class. Mr.
Ward, Mr. Cole, and the Messrs. Williams are also
contributors in this class of very creditable specimens.
Mr. Pettitt's " Seventh Vial," which we suppose, for
want of a better title, we must also call a landscape, is a
monstrosity of the first order. Its composition, which
is an utter failure as to effect, shows how difficult and im-
possible it is to realise scenes so vast and terrible as those
which were presented to the imagination of the Apostle.
As for the execution, a mass of green and red colours
divide the canvass between them, and it is only by dint
of hard staring that the spectator at last discerns some
falling columns in the foreground, a few flying figures
and toppling rocks behind—the sight which, according
to Mr. Pettitt's idea, the Apostle saw on the opening of
the Seventh Vial. We hope that this will be the last
we shall hear of Mr. Pettitt on the Revelations. Ano-
ther picture by the same hand, " A Scene from the
Creation," which represents all the beasts of the field
marshalled together in a row as if on parade, speaks
more of zoological knowledge and manual skill than of
the higher powers of a genuine artist. There is the usual
proportion of nude and demi-nude figures, a pro-
pos of mythological or fancy subjects, which, as
the best thing to do we pass over in silence. There
are none of any particular merit, and though in
many the faces are pretty and well painted, there are
some, we regret to say, which, without any counter-
balancing excellence, rather overstep the line which good
taste has prescribed with regard to such pictures. Among
the most objectionable in an artistic point of view, is
"the nosegay" where the nymph favours us with a sight
of a pair of shoulders, &c., which for breadth and mus-
cular development might, we believe, belonged to Milo
the oak splitter. The portraits are unusually uninter-
esting ; among the best are Signor Gardono, by Buck-
ner, and " Miss Adujo," by F. Hurlstone. Mr. Buckner
has also contributed several studies of heads, two
of which " from a Sicilian Exile" and of a Ro-
man Head," are of very considerable merit. There
are several subjects exhibited from Mrs. Beecher
Stowe's novel, of which a head of "Uncle Tom," by Mr,
C. H. White, drawn well and without affectation,
is by far the best. Mr. Dessurne's " Fall of the Angels"
ought to be classed with the " Seventh Vial" as a mon-
strosity. Such a conglomeration of arms and legs stick-
ing up in the air, upside down, we never saw on canvass
before. There is neither taste, design, nor effect in the
picture, so far as we could perceive, though it would
take a contortionist of the first order to get a proper
view of it. If Mr. Sands, the ceiling-walker, wishes to
have his portrait taken as engaged in that exciting feat,
we should recommend him to Mr. Dessurne.

The Messrs. Wilson exhibit several good sea-pieces,

of which "A Fresh Sea-breeze," by -Mr. J.'Wilson,
"Off the Coast of Holland," and " St. Michael's Mount,"
by Mr. J. Wilson, jun., deserve especial notice.
Among the animals, Mr. Earl's " Disowned " a little
terrier who had evidently been recently kicked out of
doors, is by far the best. The deprecating forlorn air of
the outcast tells its own tale in an instant, and the
picture will be a great favourite with that large sec-
tion of the public most readily struck by this class of
paintings. Among the water colours, the most merito-
rious are some luscious fruits and flowers by Mrs. Duf-
field, two drawings of dead game by Miss Bouvier, and
an Ophelia beautifully painted by Mr. G. B. Boyce. A
numerous fashionable crowd of visitors thronged the
rooms all day on Saturday.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

THREATENING THE MEMBERS OF THE JUNIOR UNITED

SERVICE CLUB.

Lieutenant Frederick .Mundell, 4, King-street, Port-
man-square, was brought up in custody of Sergeant
Bewley, of the D division, charged, on a warrant signed
by P. Bingham, Esq., one of the magistrates of this
court, for that he did, by means of a menacing letter,
unlawfully threaten one Samuel Pole, and other members
of the Junior United Service Club, whereby the said
Samuel Pole apprehends that he and others are in danger
of some bodily harm from him, the said Frederick
Mundell.

Several gentlemen, members of the club, were in at
tendance to watch the case.

Mr. Samuel Pole said ho was a Major in the army,
and one of the members of the Junior United Service
Club. The letter which he now produced had been re-
ceived by the chairman and committee of the club from
the defendant. He did not know whether the letter was
in the handwriting of the defendant or not, but believed
it was.

Mr. Leadley, the chief clerk, read the letter above al-
luded to, in which the writer complained that he had
been treated in an unjust and ungentlemanly manner by
the committee and members of the club, by their ejecting
him from the club, of which he had been a member, that
he demanded to be restored to his membership, and
called upon Mr. Pole and the other members to act to-
wards him as became gentlemen and officers, and that if
they did not do him justice he would wreak summary
vengeance upon the whole of them. The letter was
signed Frederick. Mundell.
Mr. Bingham said the matter need not go any fur-
ther ; and told the defendant that a letter couched in
such language as the one first read was not allowed by
law. If he (defendant) was the writer of that letter, to
save further trouble, he (Mr. Bingham) should order him
to enter into his own recognisance in 2501. to be of good
behaviour for the next three months. And he should
also call upon him as a gentleman of honour to promise
not to use threats towards complainant and the other
gentlemen connected with the club.
The defendant faithfully promised not to repeat the
offence, and having entered into the required recogni-
sance, left the court.

THE BURIALS IN MARYLEBONE.—On Saturday, a
meeting of the parocial authorities was held at the Court-
house, Marylebone, for the purpose of taking steps to
close the vaults under the parish church, Christ Church,
of Trinity. Church, and St. John's-wood Chapel. Mr.
Churchwarden Stephens presided. On the motion of
Sir J. J. Hamilton, Bart., seconded by Mr. Harlowe,
the report of the burial vault committee, which recom-
mended the closing of the vaults under the above
churches, and that when interments should take place
in the unoccupied portions of them they should be only
used as catacombs and be hermetically sealed, was
unanimously adopted.
AN EMIGRANT SHIP ON THE GOODWIN SANDS.—
On Saturday intelligence was received at Lloyds, that,
at ten o'clock that morning, a large Dutch vessel,
called the Febro, had gone on to the Goodwin Sands.
wanedrse.
Immediately on the vessel striking, signal
fired, and it being ascertained that she had 300 emi-
grants on board, the Deal boatmen and others put off
in their luggers to render assistance and save the pas-
sengers. On nearing the vessel it was found that the
sea was making a clear breach over her ; and, a line
being got out, the women and children were dragged on
board the luggers, and subsequently the men. Some of
the latter, however, in their eagerness to escape, fell
overboard, and were carried away by the sea, six un-
fortunately perishing. The remainder, however, were
safely landed at Deal, where they received the most
hospitable attention. Fortunately the weather mode-
sated, and permitted the Deal boatmen to lighten the
vessel by casting a considerable portion of her cargo
overboard, and thus prevented -her sinking into the
sands ; and it is hoped she will get off with the flood.
Unfortunately, however, in order to save the e ship, the
all
privat
sacre
ifice effecd.ts of the poor emigrants have
been nearly
maiIsLONDON
for
THE ORIENTAL COMPANY'S STEAMER CITY
of
left Southampton yesterday with ship letter
period o d f
theo
Gibraltar, Malta, and Constantinople. -
starting from Southampton has been Her
dr
29th to the 27th of the month, in
order that she may
reach Malta on her homeward passage in time to trans-
fer her passengers and merchandise from Turkey and the
Black Sea, destined for France, to the Malta and Mar-
seilles mail packet.
LIVERPOOL, March 26.--The Royal mail steamer
Europa, Shannon, commander, sailed from the Mersey
this, for New York, with the usual mails and ya
large number of passengers. The -steam-ship Cambria,
with advices from New York to the 15th, and Boston to
the 16th inst., may be expected to arrive here on Mon-
day ; and the steamer Baltic, with New York advices to
the may be expected here on Wednesday next

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MARCH 26.
The Queen and Prince wallied in the Home-park this
morning.

The royal children took their usual morning exercise.
Prince Albert rode out on horseback this forenoon
attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, and
visited the new model lodging-houses at Windsor.
Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
were driven out in an open carriage to-day.
The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at the Castle this after-
noon on a visit to her Majesty.
The Queen and Prince drove out in an open carriage
In the afternoon. Colonel Bouverie and Captain the
Hon. Dudley de Ros were in attendance on horseback,
The Prince of Wales and. Prince Alfred also drove out
in an open carriage and four, attended by Madame Rol-
lande.

The following had the honour of dining with her Ma-
jesty this day :—The Duchess of Kent, the Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Lady
in Waiting to the Duchess of Kent, the Baroness de
Speth, Sir George Couper, Colonel Dixon, commanding
cfficer Ist Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards and Lieut.-
Colonel Williams, commanding officer 2d Life Guards.

MARCH 27.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal and Princess Alice, the Duchess of Kent,
Princess Adelaide of Holienlohe, the Earl of Aberdeen,
and the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, also the do-
mestic household, attended divine service this morning
in the private chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Rev.
G. Wellesley officiated.

Dispatches Were received at the Colonial-office on
Saturday, from the Governors of Gibraltar and Ber-
muda.

Viscount Palmerston left town on Saturday afternoon,
For his seat, Broadlands, Hants.

A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office,
Downing-street, on Saturday afternoon. The Ministers
present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord J. Russell,
Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir
Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and
Sir William Molesworth. The council sat two hours
and a half. Earl Granville arrived in town on Satur-
day morning to attend the Cabinet Council from Alden-
ham Park, Bridgnorth. Viscount Palmerston arrived
in town on Saturday morning from Brighton. The Earl
of Aberdeen left town after the Cabinet Council on Sa-
turday, from Windsor Castle.

THE INCOME TAX.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Liverpool, 26th March, 1853.

Sni,—The mercantile world is much indebted to you
for the able and persevering advocacy in The Sun in
favour of exempting the commercial community from
the continued enforcement of the present objectionable
clauses of the Income Tax. But the strong and insur-
mountable objection which mercantile men have to this
Income Tax is not to its amount, but to the very prin-
ciple of the tax itself. It is the exposure of a man's
circumstances which constitutes its odious principle,
and from this cruel and hateful principle you cannot
divest the tax. The Commissioners must have power to
investigate ..the truth of a man's return of his income;
and consider the odiousness of this power. Men of
landed property have no objection to their circumstances
being known, because their source of income being from
rents, requires no concealment—it is known to all their
tenants as well as to himself, and therefore he has no
repugnance to returning the amount of his income. An ex-
amination before the Commissioners would not injure him,
but to a merchant the case would be essentially different.
You know that a merchant's business depends merely
upon his credit—destroy his credit and you ruin his
business. What consigner abroad would consign a cargo
of produce to any merchant here who was reputed to be
in difficulties, or who was supposed to have lost so much
as to have rendered his stability precarious ? No one
would consign to him, or execute his order abroad ;
and ruin would probably ensue. But, admit that no
such exposure or suspicion had taken place, he might
have continued his business as usual, and probably have
recovered his previous respectable standing amongst his
fellow-merchants. But you may say, the Commissioners
are bound to secrecy. This is a very slender security; they
have mercantile friends to whom they may give a hint, al-
though they may not plainly reveal the whole truth. They
may have a banker—a friend whom they think it right to
guard against the danger of loss by some indirect mode
of communication ; and they have clerks, who may not
think themselves bound to preserve silence. Indeed,
sometimes Income-tax bills are left at offices un-
sealed. But it is not only the prolytbility of ex-
posure, and the ruinous consequence attending
such exposure, but it is the degradation of a mer-
chant or any respectable mercantile man being com-
pelled to appear before these Income-tax Judges, like
criminals before a Spanish Inquisition, and to be tortured
with prying questions as to his affairs, which he would
not communica.to to his most intimate friend. It is an
odious, degrading situation, to which no Englishman
ought to be compelled to submit. It is not the
amount of the sum which he has to pay, pro-
vided) he were justly assessed ; but it is the hateful
degradation he feels in being compelled to appear
like a criminal before men of his own standard perhaps,
and to answer all the prying questions which they must
put to him, in order to extract the real state of his
affairs. Can any man so situated avoid feeling a most
exasperated hatred against the power which so tyranni-
cally forces him to reveal his most private affairs. Men
out of business cannot enter into the feelings of men in
business, who are thus compelled to appear before this
odious tribunal. You may recollect that two or three
years ago, there was a great decline in cotton—the prin-
cipal article of our import. The value of our cotton im-
ports in 1851 was about 15 millions sterling; the price fell
during the year about 50 per cent. Consider the immense
loss to those who owned this immense value. What would
have been the consequence had even one interested in this
article and participating in the loss, been brought before the
Commissioners, and been cross-questioned by them as to
the altered situation of their affairs ? Some few failures
did take place, but.the probability is, that the majority
paid their assessments rather than be called before the
Commissioners, although, most probably, they had lost
large amounts instead of having gained any income.
This shows that the tax is cruel and unjust—unjust
where men, through fear of discredit, pay a tax on in-
come where they bad received none, or cruel when
they are compelled to appear before Commissioners,
and to expose their private affairs, which they would wish
to conceal from their nearest friend. But you may
think it is unfair to exempt mercantile men
whilst other classes coming under schedule D have rea,
son to complain of hardship in their own case. Well,
no doubt, it is to them also a cruel tax, for even then
it requires an exposure of circumstances which all men
detest. It is abhorrent to an Englishman—perfectly
hateful.
What, then, can be done ? Why, abolish schedule D
—this is the only remedy. But do not suppose that the
mercantile and professional classes would thus totally
escape the Income Tax. Look at • the immense property
held by all these classes, and which would still be subject
to the Income Tax. Look at the houses, buildings, and land
held by mercantile and professional men in London, Man-
chester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and all the large towns. Be-
sides this funded property, it is impossible to calculate
how many millions of money would still be subject to the
Income Tax, even allowing schedule 1) to be repealed.
It would be a useful problem in statistics to ascertain
how much the classes now under D would pay under all
the other letters—so much, probably, as might reconcile
Government to bestow this mighty boon upon mercan-
tile and professional men. What a glow of enthusiastic
attachment to the Government would prevail through
the nation—how ardently would the loyalty to the
Queen be increased !
Devise any other mode of taxation you please, pro-
vide it do not cause an exposure of theidrepsiidievraatteurncir,cubmut
stances, and I verily believe the commercial communitY
wouldousubmit
r. tdoi
Editor,
r cannotithout a
effect murmur.
You,
you do not know the influence which ably argued arti-
cles in The Sun may produce even on the Government
itself.

ANGLICUS.

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS TO BRAZIL.--
The following notice has been issued by the General Post-
concludedlB 53.—A postal agreement having been
offieelVi a
wricthh, the Government of Brazil, on and from
the Ist of April next, the British rate of postage upon
letters conveyed by packet to or from Brazil will be re-
duced to-15. for a letter not exceeding 4oz. in weight ;
2s. for a letter exceeding loz. and not exceeding loz. ;
4s. for a letter exceeding loz. and not exceeding 2oz. ;
and so on, according to the scale in operation for charg-
ing inland letters. Upon letters sent to Brazil, these
rates of postage must be taken in advance. Newspapers
may be forwarded to Brazil, by packet, free of postage,
under the usual regulations.
THE ACCIDENT AT MASBRO'.—The unfortunate man
who was killed in so frightful a manner on Tuesday
evening from imprudently getting out of a train while it
was moving alongside the west platform at the Masbro'
station (Midland Railway), near Sheffield, and who was
then unknown, was on the following day identified as
Mr. Edward Cuthbertson, of Arundel-street, Sheffield,
and one of the managers for Messrs. Spear and Jackson,
manufacturers. He was returning from visiting a sick
brother at Derby. He has left a wife and three children.
The inquest was held at the Prince of Wales Inn,
Masbro', on Thursday, when Sir Isaac Morley, one of
the directors of the Midland Railway Company, was
present. The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental
death," and they and the coroner (Mr. Thomas Badger)
regretted that it was the too frequent practice for per-
sons to get into and out of railway trains while in motion,
and expressed a hope that railway authorities would put
down this dangerous practice by enforcing the penalty
provided for that offence.
RUSSIAN DUTCH LOAN. By a return
'
Saturday it appears that the Russian Dutch Loan last
year was, in principal, 16,000,000 florins, and
the in-
terest 793,750 florins. issued on
RATE OF EXCHANGE.—The commercial
New York show, as was anticipated,
a rates of discount
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as reaction from the recent panic. Thedden accountstendfein•oemy
of confidence and a general rally in most
ceopftitbhlee
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prevent gold being sent from this country—namely,
380. to Mid,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

SPORTING NOTES.—No. CCCXCIX.

In addition to the seven flat race meetings for this
week, we also have the Birmingham and Oldham Steeple-
chases to-clay, St. Alban's and Beckford to-morrow,
Driffield on Wednesday, Stretford and Tanfield on Thurs-
day, Abergavenny on Friday, and Newton on Saturday
—plenty of work for one week, both for the regulars
and irregulars.

The meeting at Catterick-bridge to-morrow is, for the
first time for some years, a failure.. The couple of stakes
with the greatest number of entries will be most unin-
teresting, as but two, or three at the outside, will be the
utmost that will start for either. The stakes I allude to
arc the Early Triennials. The four years old one will, I
believe, have only Songstress and Evadne at the post ;
and the three years old, Catspaw, Elspeth, and Ante-
verta.

The remaining stakes are not important enough to
call for a remark.

No movement worth recording transpired yesterday
with respect to the Northampton events.
It seems to be pretty generally understood that
Kingston will not show for the Trial Stakes, and that
Russborough also will be on the missing list.
I shall enter fully into particulars concerning the first
day's racing to-morrow.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

CHELTENHAM SPR
STEEPLECHA
Weights for the Grand Ann

ING MEETING AND
N.SES, APRIL 5.

mai Steeplechase Handicap.
Yrs st lb
Talisman
Leporello
Friendless a 9- 6
View Halloo a 9 6
Gulnare a 9 4
Dearest Mae a 9' 4
Little Charley a 9 2
Betsey Prig a 9 0
Honest Tom a 8 12
Pontiff S 12

Yrs st lb
Peter Simple a 11 10
Peter a 11 2
Sir Peter Laurie a 11 1
Vain Hope a 11 0
British Yeoman a 10 10
Miss Mowbray a 10 10
Bourton a 10 8
Oscar a 10 5
Shinrone
Maurice Daley a 910
Charlton
Weights for the Free Handicap Selling Steeplechase.
st lb st lb
Gulnare ll 7 Harriott lO 4
The Rejected
Legislator
The Unknon ...
Trust-me-Not
Bullfincher lO 11 Bosworth
Gipsey Bess lO 11 Stanley lO 0
Tulip, gelding
Telegraph
lodine lO 7 Theodine
Greatheart gelding.. 10 7 Wings 9 10
Acceptances to be signified in writing by the 31st March.
Weights for the United hunters' Stakes.

st lb
Melford ll 8
The Miner ll 2
Gaylad lO 12
Tom Gurney lO 10
Thurgarton lO 10
Maurice Daly lO. 8
Tulip gelding lO 8
Justice lO 8
Doctor Husband lO 6
Reindeer lO 6
Weights for the Free

st lb
Volunteer lO 6
The Unknown lO 6
Charlton lO 6
Gipsey Bess.. ..••
The Fawn lO 2
Heron fill lO 2
Cinderella lO 0
Diana
Annie Laurie lO 0
Theodine lO 0
[andicap Hurdle Race.

st lbl
Half-and-Half ll 41
View Halloo ll 01
Melford. lO 12
0 diha m lO 12
The Miner lO 5
Tom Gurney lO 4
Gay Lad... lO 2
Unknown
Janus lO 0
Nonsuch 9 10
Acceptances to be signifil
the 31st of March.

st lb
Bosworth 9 10
Harriott 9 S
Pontiff 9 8
Annie Laurie 9 8
Charlton 9 S
Sir Harry 9 6
Landlord 9 6
Gerard 9 6
Theodine 9 6
Doctor Husband 9 6

[, in writing, on or before

RAILWAY TRIALS.-CONVICTIONS FOR

NEGLECT OF DUTY:

The High Court of Justiciary met at Edinburgh on
Thursday last for the trial of the officials of the North
British Railway, implicated in the collision that took
place at Portobello, on the Bth of October last. The
panels were five in number, of whom three were tried
on Thursday.

John M`bonald, engine-driver, Thomas Wilson, eta-
tion-master, Portobello, and John Hogarth, porter,
Portobello, were placed at the bar, charged with cul-
pable homicide, as also culpable neglect of duty ; in so
far as on the Bth October last, a goods-train, consisting
of eighteen trucks or waggons, drawn by a locomotive-
engine, in charge of M`Donald, having arrived at Porto-
bello from Edinburgh station at or about fifty-five mi-
nutes past five o'clock, or at all events within fifteen
minutes of the expected arrival of the 5.55 mail
train from Edinburgh, Hogarth, in violation of his
duty, neglected to present the fixed station signal at
the west of the station to warn the mail train that
the station was not clear, and Wilson neglected to
see that the said signal was duly presented,- and con-
tinued to be presented, while Wilson also neglected
to take proper measures, and to issue the necessary
orders for the clearing of the line for the passage of the
mail-train ; and 111‘Donald, aware of the starting of the
said train, neglected his duty to proceed with his own
train to the first offset or siding, at the station, which
would hold it clear of the main line • in consequence of
all which, or part thereof, the mail train' came into TR)"
lent collision with the goods train, the porter of the
goods train, named Stewart Ogilvie, was killed, and
several of the passengers of the mail train were bruised
and injured.
At the close of the evidence for the prosecution, the
charge against Hogarth was withdrawn,
and the evidence
on the subject of the signals being contradictory, the
court directed the jury only to consider the other point.
The jury found Wilson guilty of culpable neglect of
duty in not clearing the station, and M`Donald id s°
guilty, in not removing his engine and train from the
line, with this extenuation, that he was undertthe
pression that he should attend to the orders of the guard'
Sentence was delayed till next day.
On Friday William Lyall, superintendent of the
goods department, Edinburgh and Alex. RainsapYg,
,
foreman porter, and acting as day pilot-guard, charged with culpable homicide, or culpable neglect of
duty, in so far as, on the Bth of October, they or-
dered or permitted the irregular train to lea" the
Edinburgh station at about 5.45 p.m, or, t
least, within 15 minutes of the time advertised for the
starting of the mail train, with the object of depositing
some of the trucks at the Portobello station, and son?,
at Leith junction ; in consequence of which, the Ina!
train having started from Edinburgh at or about its usual
time, the collision occurred as above stated.
as
The charge against Lyall was withdrawn, and he w
accordingly acquitted. The jury found the case against
Ramsay not proven.
sentence,
and
ddwere M`Donaldawar
ed were—Wilson
then
lofht
and 111`Donald four months', imprisonment.
and
especially the court, animadverted strongly at the lal2-'
Throughout the trials the counsel on both sidesi
on the part of the servants of the thatcompanyvic"
led tx)
placedeigh eighteen n the
months,
countenanced by their superior officers,
marked that the disclosures that had been made,
it would
pretty evident that on a similar case occurring
inferior ser-
such danger to the public. The Lord Jaunsdtiwc_enClnierakderrt
responsible,
vants of the company, that would be held
should this laxity be allowed to continue.
be the manager or the directors, and not the

CAPTAIN JOHNSON AND THE WIDOW.—It will be recol-
lected that when the soi-disant Captain Johnson was
committed to take his trial at the Old Bailey for robbing
Mrs. Stewart of railway shares and cash to a considera-
ble amount, bail was accepted for his appearance. The
trial was afterwards postponed till the following ses-
sions. As soon as the captain was released from prison
he at once proceeded to the house of his victim,
and, singular to say, on presenting himself before
that aged but infatuated lady, she threw herself
into his arms, and declared that no power on earth
should induce her to prosecute the object of ber
admiration. So convinced was Johnson of the weak-
ness of his victim that he had been frequently heard to
say that all ho required was to be once more admitted into
her presence to make all right. As the sessions ap-
proached, the prisoner's anxiety to procure bail beca,rne
the more urgent, and the price for the requisite sureties
became increased, and ultimately 201. a-piece was knowo
to be the sum paid to the bail upon which he was libe-
rated. As was anticipated, he did not make his apPar"
ance at the ensuing sessions ; and the consequence was'
that his recognisance of 400/., ras well as the recogols-
ances of his two sureties of 2001. each, were estreated,
and a warrant was granted by the judge for his aPPre.
hension. From what transpired, no doubt remained on
the minds of those acquainted with the circumstances
that a part of the arrangement was, that Captain John;
son should leave the country, and that Mrs. Stewart-
should join him ; and the sequel proves, the justice
effects of Mrs. Stewart were sold by auction by
of the
that opinion. On Wednesday last the whole
gessrs.
Lockwood, on the premises, No. 20, Brunswick-place,
Barnsbu road. The house was stored with furniture
and effects of the most costly and elegant descrip;
and amongst other things sold were 400 ounces of plate'
a flue-toned harmonicum, and 200 volumes of elegan sal
e
bound standard works. The sum realised by this
was very considerable.--Observer.
AN Per
GOOD-SERVICE PENSIONS.—The pension of
annum "for good and meritorious service,
lapsed to the Admiralty patronage by the death oei Sir
Thomas Ca el G.C.8., has been conferred onnding
miral Sir George Seymour, C. 8., CIL, comma
the squadron on the West India station. And the. Pt,
sion of 150/. per annum, which.reverted to the Ad
au ral.t.Y_
patronage by the promotion of Captain Boxer _to tt:
rank of Rear-Admiral, has been conferred on o.PT.,
Michael Seymour, commodore-superintendent et he
Majesty's dockyard, Deyonport.

MARKET NEWS-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE.

The country markets held on Saturday were fairly sup-
plied with wheat. Selected samples moved off steadily, at
full prices; but low and middling qualities were much
neglected. All kinds of barley, the supplies of which were
on the increase, changed hands slowly, on somewhat easier
terms. For malt very little was doing. Oats, beans,
peas, and flour commanded scarcely any attention.
In the Continental markets the transactions in grain on
English account have continued limited. The flour trade
in the United States has been very inactive.
Up to our market, last week, the receipts of English
grain were on a moderate scale. From abroad we received
9,943 quarters of wheat, 8,890 barley, 4,150 oats, 4,818
rye, 2,620 beans, 260 seeds, 4,518 sacks and 1,817 barrels
of flour.
The receipts of wheat put up to this morning's market,
coastwise from Kent, were but moderate, and in very
middling condition. From Essex, the supply was small,
but of somewhat improved weight. By land carriage the
arrivals were on a limited scale. Notwithstanding that
the show of samples of both red and white was small, the
demand for most kinds, owing to the falling off in the at-
tendance of buyers, was rather inactive ; nevertheless,
most of the samples were disposed of at prices about equal
to those obtained on Monday last.
For forward delivery, the busineso doing was compara-
tively small • yet growers in general evinced no anxiety to
press sales, although' the stocks of wheat in the midland
counties are represented as good.
With foreign wheat, fresh as well as ex-granary we were
tolerably well, but not largely, supplied, Good heavy
qualities sold at full rates of currency ; but all other kinds
moved off slowly, at barely stationary prices.
Floating cargoes—the arrivals of which off Falmouth
have not increased—sold at full quotationr.
The total supply of barley being somewhat extensive,
that article was in sluggish request. Fine malting parcels
sold at full quotations ; but grinding and distilling sorts
were dull, and lower to purchase.
We had only a moderate supply of malt on offer. Fine
parcels sold at extreme rates. In other kinds, very few
transactions took place.
The show of Irish oats was tolerably good—that of
English and foreign limited. All kinds met a slow inquiry,
but no change took place in the quotations.
Very few English beans were brought forward ; but the
supply of foreign was good. All kinds sold heavily, at late
rates.
Although the show of peas was limited, the trade ruled
dull, but no actual decline took place in the currencies.
The show of flour was good. -All kinds moved off slowly,
at previous rates. The stock of foreign is on the increase.

CURRENCY PER DC

'ERIILL MEASIYEZ.

- ------- - - -
Wheat—Essex & Kent, Malt—Chevalier • • • • 61s to 63s
Red •• .. new 42e to 48s Oats Yorkshire and
Ditto.. • • .... .. .. old 505 sis Llncolnsk., Feed 16s 22e
Ditto, White new 44s 5431 Potato .. .. 21: 2431
Ditto.. • • .... old 495 60s Yonghal and Cork
Nurfulk and Lin- Black. ••• • • • 16s 19s
coin, lied, old 471 53s Cork, White ... • • 16s 25s
Ditto new ...... 375 47e Scotch, Feed. •• .. 215 25s
iire—Old .......... .. 29s 815 Beans—Tick ......... 84s 28s
New .. •.•... .. .. 295 31s Pigeons .... 363 44s
Parley—Grinding .•• • • 28s 80s Peas—Grey .. ••-• • • • 31s Ms
Malting . .... .. .. 3l s 34, Maple. ••••• • • • • • 33, 363
Chevalier .. .• ... 0 s 88s White..• ••••• • • • 3G 405
Malt—Saffolk and Nor- Boilers ••••• • • • • 383 4 4
folk ........ .. .. 154 s 585 Flour—Town-made... 415 46s
Drown ... .. .. ...... .. 46s 51a Suffolk ••••• • • • -84 s 8' s
Kingston and Ware 57s 60s Stockta & Norfolk 34s Its
SMITHFIELD. _ _

Owing to the severity of the weather, the imports of
foreign stock into London, last week, were on a very mo-
derate scale, viz., 2,037 head, against 1,525 ditto during
the same period in 1852, 2,041 in 1851, 1,382 in 1850, 972
in 1849, and 1,494 in 1848.

Prom

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST WRY.
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs.
155 ...

Ostend ... •

tiarlingen 3OO ...
kntwerp......... 10 ...
Ramburgh
Rotterdam— 183 •••

88 ... 55
M. ... -
786 ... -

Calves. Pigs

3 ... 11
43 -

265 ...

Total 493 1,167 ... 55 ... 311 ... 11
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calyces. Pigs.
1852 281 967 ... ... 277
1851 3BO 1,396 ... 200 66
1850 492 700 ... 135

1849 363 492
1848 853 ... 502
For the time of year, the supply of foreign stock on sale
in to-day's market was tolerably good, and in fair average
condition.
From our own grazing districts, as well as from Scotland,
the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were by no
means extensive ; nevertheless, they were quite equal to
the wants of the butchers, most of whom purchased with
extreme caution, owing to the prevailing comparatively
high prices. On the whole, the beef trade ruled steady,
at last Monday's advance in the quotations. A few very
superior Scots realised 4s 4d, but the general top figure for
that breed was 4s 2d per 81bs.
The receipts from Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, and Cam-
bridgeshire, amounted to 1,800 Scots and short horns ;
from other parts of England, 800 Herefords, runts, Doyens,
Ike. • and from Scotland, 620 Scots.
Although there was a slight increase in the arrivals of
sheep, the supply of that description of stock was very
limited, the time of year considered. For all breeds, the
demand was in a very inactive state, at a decline in prices
of 2d per 81bs. Prime Down sheep, in the wool, realised
15s 2d to, in some few instances, 58 4d ; out of the wool,
Is 2d per 81b s.
Lambs—the supply of which was but moderate—moved
off slowly, at 58 4d to 6s per Blbs.
We had only a moderate inquiry for calves, yet late
rates were supported. The primest veal sold at from 4s 4d
to 4s 8d per 81bs.
Pigs moved off slowly ; but no change took place in tho
quotations.

.. 139

Per 81bs to sink the offals.
s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Inferior Beasts ...3 oto 3 2 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 2
Second quality ...3 4 3 6 Large crse. calves 3 4 4 2
Prime large oxen 3 8 310 Prime small do 4 4 4 8
Prime Scots, &c. 4 0 4 2 Large hogs 210 3 2
Inferior sheep ...3 10 4 0 Small porkers 3 6 4 0
Second quality ...4 2 4 6 Suckling calves 20 0 25 0
Prime crso.-wlled.4 8 410 Quarter old pigs 19 0 24 0
Lambs . ....... 55 4d to 6s Od.

FOREIGN SUPPLY.

TOTAL SUPPLY.
Beasts
Sheep and Lambs 17 ,760 Sheep
Calves
Pigs
230 Pigs ........................
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of fat
stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, on
Monday, March 29, 1852, and this day, Monday, March 28,
1853.

Per Blbs, to sink the offals.
March 29, 1852.
s. d. s. d.
2 2to 2 4
2 6 2 10
30 2 2
32 3 4
26 2 8
... 210 3 4
86 3 8
310 4 2
3 0 3.8
.3 10 4 2
. 2 6 3
. 3 8 310
4,4; 9.
24,750.
,143
. 395

Mar. 28,1853
s. d. a. d.
3 oto 3 2
34 8 6
3 8 31°
0 4 2
3 4 10 0
42 4 a
4 8 410
50 5 2
34 4 2
44 4 8
210 3 2
36 4 0
4,046
17,030
192
220

Coarse and inferior beasts ... ...
Second quality ditto ... .•. ...
Prime large oxen ... ... ...
Prime Scots, &c ...
Coarse and inferior sheep
Second quality ditto ...
Prime coarse woolled ditto ...
Prime Southdown ditto ...
Large coarse calves ...
Prime small ditto ...
Large hogs ...
Neat small porkers

Beasts... ...
Sheep ... ...
Calves... ...
Pigs ... ...

SUPPLIES ON SALE, March 31, 1851.—Beasts, 4,017 ; sheep
and lambs, 20,060; calves, 130; pigs, 340.