The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-28 00:00:00

SICILY

Intelligence from Naples states that Admiral BAU-
DIN has offered his mediation alone between the King
of NAPLES and the Sicilians, which has been accepted
by the Sicilian house of Peers, without a division ; by
the Sicilian House of Commons, by a majority of 48
to 33. The object of the outcry of Lord ABERDEEN
and Co. is now evident; it was to destroy all Bri-
tish influence in Sicily for the purpose of inflicting
" a heavy blow and a great discouragement " upon
British commercial interests, the sacrifice of which
they ardently desire, because they think commercial
prosperity incompatible with landed ascendancy.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS DAY.)

HOUSE OF -COMMONS.

Tho SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve
o'clock.
POOR•LAW (IRELAND)—RATE IN AID BILL.
This Bill, as amended, waa further considered, and the
report was brought up and agreed to, and the Bill was
ordered to be read a third time on Monday.
SUPPLY.

Mr. BERNAL brought up of the Committee
of Supply.

EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the EX-
CHEQUER, the Exchcgaer•bills (17,786,7001.) Bill
went through Committee.

The CH ANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in mov-
ing the adjournment of the House, gave notice of his
intention, on Friday next, to move for a Committee of
the whole House, to consider of the advances to he made
to Ireland.
The House then adjourned.

THE BANQUET AT THE 111 ANSION-HOUSE.--We are
requoated to state that Lord Minto, Lady Charlotte
Elliot, and Lady John Russel', who wss mentioned as
having been present at the dinner at the Mansion-house
on Wednesday last, were; prevented attending, in con-
sequence of the dangerous illness of Miss Frances Eton.
THE LATE BOILER EXPLOSION IN ST. GEOIiGE-
INI-THE-EA.ST.—A coroner's inquest was held before
Mr. Baker, at the Red Lion, thtty-street, Com-
mercial-road East, on the body of Elizabeth Ann
Bailey, aged 57 years, who died from fright occa-
sioned by the explosion of the boiler at Mr. Key's saw-
mills in Back Church-lane. The particulars of the
accident arlaL:h caused the unfortunato woman's deAli
have already appeared in The Sun. Verdict—" Natural
death." It was stated that the other suff,rors ty the
explosion were recovering from the effects of tho injuries
they Irsd received.
Havre cotton report sates that the market
was less active and price:: manifested a tendency to de-
cline. In other produce there was also little doing, and
/Mimosa was generally regarded as flat.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The financial Quarter having terminated, the changes
in the Bank of England return are proportionably
smaller; nor are they such as to indicate an increme of
business, the loans being again smaller. The bullion
was diminished a little, and the unemployed balances
of private individuals were larger. A comparison with
the previous week shows the following results :
Notes Issued ... 27,769,625
Decrease ... ... 158,775
... 3,124,487
••• 2,335
... 2,806,747
••• 677,316
... 11,815,217
34 961
1,132,069
2,608
... 13,952;241
400,000
.. 10,047.336
••• 14,534
Notes 8,691,680
Decrease ... 184200
Bullion 14,509,888
Decrease 197,448
Active Circulation 19,077,945
Increase 25,430
The Foreign Exchanges were quoted yesterday after.
noon, for three months' bills, as follows :—Paris 25, 52i
to 56, a thade lower; Amsterdam 12, 2 to 21, being a
trifling advance; an Hamburgh 13, 11,i to 121, or the
same as ( n Tueeday. Paper on Italy and Belgium was
negotiated at about the previous rates.
In the Mai k?ts for Colonial and other produce there
has 'Rem a moderate business doing this week, but buyers
have had the advantage as regards ,all the principal
staples.

Rest
Increase
Public Deposits ...
Dceresse
Other Deposits ...
Increase ...
Seven Day and other Bills ...
Increase ...
Government 'e..:ecurities
Di crease ...
Other Aecurities
Decrease

A very interesting movement is now being made in
connexion with the indebtedness of foreign countries to
British capitalists. Greece has for a series of years
evinced the most unmitigated disregard for the claims
of its foreign creditors, who, however, supported by
Messrs. Ricardo, and as it appears they will be, by Lord
Palmerston also, will probably open to themselves a
better prospect. The committee formed some years
since have adopted an exeellk nt memorial to the Greek
Government, and the following is a ropy:—
" fhe Greek bondholders have again called upon the
committee to address the Government of Greece on the
sulject of the claims arising out of the loans contracted
for in the years 1824 and 1825.
" The long period that these claims have been allowed
to remain in suspense, and the unsuccessful attempts
which have been made from time to time to draw the at-
tention of the Greek Government to the subject, render
it imperative on the committee to repeat their remon-
strances against this continued neglect, lest it be as-
sumed that they have abandoned ail expectation of ar-
rangement.
" llowevcr great the difficulties the Greek nation
may have had to encounter iu her financial position, the
country cannot fail to be in a state of advancement—
relieved from external aggression, with an increasing
population, and improved resources, the elements of
prosperity exist; and only require a wise administration
fully to develop them, the means could then easily be
found of making some provision for the liquidation of
the claims of the foreign creditors.
" The committee cannot for a moment believe that the
Greek Government has the slightest intention of setting
aside their claims, or breaking faith with the bond-
holders, but that their adjustment is merely deferred till
the improved state of the finances of the country shall
furnish the means of a satisfactory arrangement.
" The bondholders hare been for so long a period
disappointed in their expectations that their demands
would meet attention, and the Stock is in so depressed a
condition at the present moment, terms might be pro-
posed to them which could be made, in the first instance,
to press but lightly on the resources of the Greek nation,
the burden to increase as these resources became more
able to sustain it.
" The national property which is pledged in the body of
the Bonds as a security for the loans has already been
pointed out as a means of liquidation. To sell the land
at the disposal of the State, payable in bonds, will be a
measure of justice to the creditor and advantage to the
nation ; it would have the effect of attaching capital to
Greece and employing labour productively, and thus con-
tribute greatly to the wealth and prosperity of the
country.
"The committee feel convinced that it is only for the
Greek Government to evince a disposition to come to
some settlement of the claims of the bondholders, to be
met in the most liberal spirit on their part, and to have
every reasonable concession granted. They cannot, how-
ever, refrain from stating, that it is contrary to those prin-
ciples of justice and of good faith which should influence
every nation, to allow year after year to pass over with-
out providink for debts fairly incurred, or attending to
the repeated remonstrance of creditors who only claim
what is justly their due.
(Signed) "SAMSON RICARDO, Chairman."
Messrs. Ricardo explain to Lord Palmerston in the
following terms their motive for once again moving in
the matter:—
"My Lord,—l am desired by the commitee of Greek
bondholders to request you to transmit the inclosed
memorial to Athens, and to beg that you will direct her
Majesty Minister there to present it to the Greek Go-
vernment with such representations in its favour as your
Lordship may think the question merits, which involves
so large an amount of British interests.
"It is now some time since wo have sent any
remonstrance to the Greek Government, but we have
waited in the expectation that some favourable
change might take place in the Administration, or
some improvement in the financial position of the
country, so as to give our application a better chance
of a successful result. The important political events
which have taken place on the Coatinent during the
last year have also proved a cause of delay.
" The committee are perfectly aware that there are
arrears of interest due to the British Government on the
guarantee loan; but as an arrangement might be made
with the bondholders of the loans of 1824 and 1825,
which would bear but lightly on the resources of the
state, I trust your Lordship will not think this an ob-
jection to using your influence in support of the repre-
sentations addressed 'to the Greek Government.
" I have the honour to be,
" Your Lordship's moat obedient servant,
(Signed) " SAMSON RICARDO.
" To the Right Hon. Viscount Pal-
merston, &c. 84e. Zee."
The reply from Lord Palmerston is as follows:
" Sir—l am directed by Viscount Palmerston to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter inclosing a memo-
rial which the committee of Greek bondholders re-
quests may be forwarded to the Greek Government
through her Majesty's Minister at Athens; and I have
to inform you that Lord, Palmerston has transmitted the
memorial inclosed in your letter to her Majesty's Minis-
ter at Athens, with instructions to lay the some before
the Greek Government.
" I am, Sir,
" Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) " W. 13. ADDINGTON.
" Samson Ricardo, Esq."
The amount of the precious metals exported from
London during the week to Thursday last was as fol-
lows:--:-Silver coin, to Rotterdam, 5,000 es.; to Belgium,
2,000 ca. Silver bars, to Rotterdam, 113,000 ez. Gold
coin, to Belgium, 2,375 oz.
It is generally expected that the Eastern Counties
directors will resign, as they have a board meeting to.
day specially to consider the report of the committee.
The Funds have been rather flat to-day, but business
is extremely. nactive. Consols realise 91i to 92. New
Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. are 91 and the
Three per Cents. 90i Exchequer-bills have been
445. to 475., and Indian Bonds 675. to 70s. premium.
The Foreign Market is affected by the dulness of our
own Securities. Mexican have receded to 31i k. Portu-
guese Four per Cents. are 28 to 29, and Spanish Three
per Cents. 32k. Dutch Two.and. a-Halt per Cents. bring
50i t.
In the Railway Share Market there is a most serious
reaction, amounting in several of the old lines to 3/. and
4/. per share, and even the new lines are materially de-
preciated. At present the market is pressed upon by
" all sellers and no buyers."

ONM CLO`,I,G
Piiliii,,S of "trtITIMFI FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES
3 per Cent. Induced Arms ...... 90%14 90E/g
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities 91.7,, 92 92
New 31i per Cent. Anu5....... 9liB 011 A
Long Anns. to expin J an. 1860
Ditto 30 years. Jan. 5, 1860 8 5-16 8% 8N
India Bonds, 1,0001. ..... ..
Ditto under 1,0001... ...... 70 67 67
3 per Cent. Annuities,l7sl BBTB 887'4
Consols for Account 92 91X4 92
Exeleciner Bills. I%d. & 2d.
1,000/. June
500/. June
Small. June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS OWE CLOnNO
O'CLOCK. PRICES

Brazilian Bonds
Ditto, Small 7Bl/2
Chilian Bonds 3 per Cent..., .• 53
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 ...... ... 31%1/4
Ditto ex Coupons 2O i,“;(4 29
Ditto, Account . 29%
Portuguese 5 per Cents. —
Ditto, 4 per Cent 283/4% 29
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Venezuela Bonds, 21/i per Cent 25
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 50% % 50%
PRICES OF PAM. BUSINESS DONE crAoslso
PA I TAVA Y SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRIC Es.
Af-irdeen
Do. Preference ...... 21A...;.. 2VA ...... 2%
Birming.,Wolverh'pten,
',. and Stour Valley 13/. 145... 103 i
Bristol and Exeter 9O ......
Caledonian - ......50 ... :a
Do. Quarters ..- ..... 121,<~
Do. New 10/. Prof lO ..... 11% • ••••• ••• ... 11A
Canter and Liolyheacl 5O
Ditte, Preference l5 ...... 13
EaJt AngliA, 25/., L. &
E. 9nd L. and j)...... 25
Do., 18/., E. & a ... 18 ...... ..... .
Do., 3/. 105. " 312 -•••—
Eastern Cou.ities... 2O ...... 7 %141/2.........
Do. New, Gllit. 6 per ct 10

78
53

41,8
311,8

29%

82%

2
10

. .. ._
Ditto,Ez;tene.ion,s per
Cent., No. 1 6/.133. 45.... ; ..4 p
Ealterri Union, Clags A
(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 21
....
Great Northern ... ...... 20
Do., -',2 A Deferred ... 121,...„ 5 ... .......
Do.' IA 11 3 per Cent... 7% 513 .............
Groat North of England.loo „ —
Ditto. New, 33/ 3)
Great West 2-1 ...103 ...... 88
Ditto, % Shares o
Ditto, .1,4 Shares
Ditto, New 171 l5 „. ..

%r

1114,
10 16
4 ,y,
5N

18 14
11%

Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... •
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121/2 ...... 22
L smashire & Yorkshire 93 . .
Ditto, ditto
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10 -634
3%
I,ii Do. Thirds l5 ..... 614 •••
6`y
Do. (W. Riding Union) 9 ..... ... ..... •• ~
Leeds and Bradford 50 lOO ... .... •• ••• 1N
6
London &Black wall.-- 12 iii 51%
London, Brighten, and
58%, South Coact
..._ .. . „ . _

22

Do.Guarant. 5 per ct.. 9 ......
Ditto, New Si., guar.
6 per cent. ..
London and N. Western 100 .126 127 12714
Ditto, New Quarters.. 7
Ditto,Fi Western .. .. 2 .....,. 7 6 tA,
Lon 4. &S. We
Da. Now 501. . 4214.. .. 25% 25
Ditto, Thirds l6/.135.1.1.... .. ... O4/ dis.
bI knchestcr, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshiro —.lOO
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 10
Kidiand .
..„ . —.lOO ... .. 65 65 6114
Do., do., .50/. Shares—. 25 ... .. 12 -
Do•Consol.Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct.... 100 ...... .....
Norfolk .......... ........... 100
North British ........ ... 25
Ditto, Halves ..
Ditto, Quarters
Ditto, Thirds .... —.. 8 LAt .. .. ................. °J
North Staffordshire 17% 13%1,4 l3
Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton
••• ••
Scottish Central ...
Shrewsbury and Birna... 11
Ditto, Now Guaranteed 8
Shropshire Union
••
South Eastorn ........,.. 33% 2014 21
Do.,
Scrip No 4
South Walos
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. ...... 50
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick. ......
25 20% 1134 f:,0% 19 sii l4 it
Do. Newcastle Ect en. 20
D. G.N.E.Prefef nee 8 ...
York and North Blidiand 51
.... 33
71 Dttte, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and Westßid-
ing Extension
25 ...... ..... ......... 163/)
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens
East Indian ... ...... ...... 314 3 %...
Northern of France .. 13
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7 ....... 3 ...
Sambre and Meuse ...... 20 ..,--• ...,..

xr9i
14
3q

1014
Gb%
12

MINES.
Liarrossa Range Min. Co. 28s.
General . ... 20
•••
United Mexican ,... 28% 314
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint 5t0ck....... 10 - ••••

LLOYD'S 61.-UPPIN THIS DAY')
LONDON, APRIL 28.—Wind at noon, S.W., mod era!e
breeze, and dull cloudy weather, with rain at times.
SOUTHAMPTON, APRIL 27.—S1d. Montrose Steamer
Gibraltar, &e.

OFF THE WIGHT, APRIL 24.—Helsingford,
man, Wo Janeiro. 26th, Medora, Llanmer, Charleston;
Delawaran,Baltimore.
COWES, APRIL 27.--Wind S.W.—Acrd, Kongo' °f
Dentuark, Eghohn, Rio Janeiro ; Solid, Sunderhurk
Rio Janeiro; Africa, Ohman, Havennah.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 27.—Wind S.S.W.-26th, Arrd"
Sylphido, lialenbeck, Sierra Leone, for Bremen; For'
mica, Jurgenson, Rio Janeiro, for Hamhurgh, 27th'
tic lone, Iveson, Babia, for Altona; Pearl, Campbell,
Havannah; Tclegrap:h, Hallycraft, New York, for Ham•
burgh. Oft port, Anversois, Mulinaer, Havaunab,for
Antwerp.

DUNGENESS, APRIL 25.—The Miranda, from London'
for Trinidad, has put into these roads after being on
the Newcoino sand, but got off without assistance.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 27,—Wind S.W.-26th, Arrd.•
Zampa, Groot, Laguna, for Alton% Off port, 22'" Taracon, Pinkster, Surinam for Rotterdam. 254
Eonlie, Wulff, Rio Janeiro, for Stockholm.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 27, Wind S.Y.—James
Stewart, Kenny, Sandwich Islands, with 900 barrel;
Sperm and 1,200 barrels black oil, on tho 10th inst., 0
Fayal, took a Sperm whale of about 55 tons.
BRIGHTON.—Arrd. Robert Henderson, Algoa Bay."
OFF DUNGENESS, APRIL 26.—Emerald, Baltimore 0
Rotterdam.

SUNDERLAND, APRIL 27.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Cicero,
Montreal.

SHIELDS, APRIL 27.—Sid. Lord Metcalfe, Coquimbo'
MONTROSE, APRIL 22.—Sid. Commodore, Quebec.
LONGHOPE, APRIL 22.—Sld. Lord Seaton, Quobee;
Andrew White, ditto; Standard, Dalhousie.
LONDONDERRY, APRIL 25.—S1d. Progress, Nell
York.

ECATTERY ROADS, APRIL 27.—Arrd. Great Brit(
Philadelphia.
LIMERICK, APRIL 26.—Wind W.—Arrd. Marry An"
Henry, Fenzeau, New Orleans; Fame, Covell, Norfolk'
United States; Bryan Abbs, Hemswortb, New York.
WATERFORD, APRIL 25.—Wind •
lantbe, Murchie, New Orleans. Sid. Bridgetown, CPl°.
bee; Counters of Durham, Quebec.
DUBLIN BAY, APRIL 26.—Arrd. Wanderer, Trinidad'
MUMBLES, Arm.. 27. Arrd. Enmore, Hail, itdr
laide, South Australia; Tom Bell, Cuba.
LIVERPOOL, 4.1-enar. 27.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd. 260,
Governor, Varty, Jamaica ; Superior, Mason, New Or
leans; Marmion, Bell, Islay; John Dunlop, Charleston;
Eli Whitney, Dyer, Charleston. 27th, Lady Kinnairlit
Robb, Adelaide, South Australia; St. Lawrence, Meue',"
lane, Bombay; Georgiana, Cargo, Africa, loft BounJ,',
Jan. 26; Enchantress, Cormick, Patagonia, left, De;
Lion Island, Jan. 31; Aarat, Banks ,Trinidad; Queen °'
the West, Webster, New Orleans; Habott Lord, Jur!,
Apalachicola; Evergreen, Brown, Savannah; Sir Henri
Pottinger, Grey, Charleston ; Ann Kinney, Baldwin'
Charleston; Tuasser, Wood, Charleston; Ringdove, Mit-
chell, Nassau. Sld. 26th, Eight Sons, Boston; Feline'
Bay Chaleur. 27th, Mary, Sierra Leone; Ann, Britian?.
Valparaiso ; Indus, Rio Janeiro ; Fatima, nif,
Janeiro; Meteor, New York; Aqua, Marine, Montreal;
The Norma, from Trinidad to the Clyde, was spoke!'„'
7th April, in lat. 32, lon. 65, with loss of foremast, a°-
topmast, and jib boom, and steering for the West Indies,
by the Governor, Varty, arrived here. The Exam Pin
schooner, from Staten Island to Virginia, was fallen Ia
with, 4th ;net., in lat. 32, lon. 71, dismasted, and 111(1
crew taken off by the Eli Whitney, arrived here
Off port, Laidmans, Mauritius; Nile, Demerara; d".
maica, Jamaica; New York Packet, New Orleans; Tyre,
Satellite, Windsor.

POOTBY ROADS, APnu. 26.—Sld. Coquetto, Mourititrh
OFF PORTLAND, APRIL 25.—Vrieudschap, BatAlia'
for Rotterdam.

JERSEY, APRIL 26.—Sld. St. Peter, Gaspe; Canopo6'
Labradore; Boling, ditto; Flora, ditto; Emma, ditto. ,
BRISTOL, APRIL 27.—Wind-S.W.—Arrd. harebell,
Marshall, Mauritius; Maria, Balsdon, Barbadoes.
QUARANTINE AND BLOCKADE NOITIC°.
Venice, 16th
Sir,—We have the honour to make known, for ti°,_!,
information of the Committee of Underwriters, that
quarantine of seven days which had been established
hero on vessels arriving from England has been reducee
to three days, including the day of arrival. We brit
further to state that the blockade of this port, whic
the Austrian Government had given notice of its
tion to form on and after the 4th inst., bas not yet benee
carried into effect, no blockading squadron havi-'
hitherto made its appearance.
(Signed) nor.= and Co., Agents to Lloyo'
Capt. G. A. Halsted, R.N , Secretary, Lloyd's.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY)
COV:ENT-GARDZIIT.
Our market was fairly supplied with most articles, the
demand far which ruled steady, on the following terms:"
Fruit—Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to is ; and hot-house
Grapes, 12s to 15s per lb; ditto, Eating, 5s to 7,1 Per
halt sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and Oranges 8s to 123 P r
100; Chesnuts, 2s to 4s per peck; forced ,Strawberrie''
6d to 2s 6d per oz.; forced Peacheq, 50s per doaeo•
Vegetables—Horseradish, 3s 6d to 5s ; and CePri:
is to Is 3d per bundle; Asparagus, 5s 6d to lOs 13,1
100; old Onions, 3s to 5s per bushel; young Onions, °
to 9,1 per bunch; Potatoes, 90s to 190 s per ton;
to
Brocoli, 13s to lis per dozen bundles;
.Mushrooms, A ;..
Is per pottle; Endive, 6d to 9d per score; Cabbage Lets
tuces, 2s per half sieve; early York Cabbages, 9d to s
per dozen; and Beet Root, is to is 3d per dosebj
Turnips, 2s to 2s 6d ; Carrots, 2s 6d to 45 ; an
Greens, 2s 6d to 4s per dozen bunches ; Pars:;,
2s Gd to 3s 6d per half sieve ; Sea Dail, is 6d to 2s Per
punnet; Cucumbers, 2s to 43 per brace; Rhubarb, &J
to 6s per dozen bundles; Brussels Sprouts, Is to I
.11
per half si,:ce; Parsnips, 6d to 8d; Cornish VVIII,I
Brocoli, Is to 2s per dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to vor
per bushel; Leeks, 8d to Is per dozen bunches; Se
Potatreil, 10d to 2s per lb; French Beans, is 6d to 23 Pfd
NO; Ibsdishes, 4d to 6d per dozen hands; Shallots,
per lb ; small Salad, 2s to 2s 6d per dozen puunets'
White Cos Lettuces, is 6d 2s per score.

IITEWGILTIS .ELINTD hVILIMITUALL. As;
POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s to 7s 6d ; Geese, 6s to
Ducks, 2s to 4s; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to 18 10
Wild ditto, 8d to 10d; Pigeons, 64 to 0; °rie
Roasting Pigs, 5s 6d to 8s 61 each; Surrey Fowls, 101 to
14,; ditto Chickens, 6s to 9s; and Barn-door Fowls, 55,-5
93 per couple; English Eggs, Gs to 61 6d ; French ditto,
to 53 Gd per 100. Fresh Butter, 10d to is Id per lb-
GAlllE.—llares, is 9d to 2s fid; Leverets, 3s "T,
4s Gd; Snipes, 10d to is 3d; Teal, 9d to Is; Widge°,,;
10d to is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 9d; and Plovers 85
Is each.

EWPORT.
Beef, from 2s 4d to N
3s 4d; ,
origt
Mutton 9 qdd;
4gd to u- I
Lamb, 54 to 6s; v. cu.', 39 4d to 4s ; and -
3s 4d to 4s 4d per Sibs.

WIFIXTECIHAPEZ.
Beef, from 2to 3s; Mutton, 23 9d to s; 446
10d to 55 101; Veal, 3* to 4s; and— Pork, 35 24t0
-9
per Blbs.

EITE. „ to
Turbots, 5s to 1{
I4s&;LXNGSG Brills, 2s to 8s; Cod Fish, ',"o
Si; ILAI Mullets, 9d to is; Whitings, 4d to 6d; 3lucir:;
rel, 6d to 8d; Haddocks, 9d to is 61; Doreys, 25 tn%*r;
Lobsters, 91 to 3s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 6d per Ito
Thames Flounders, is to is 6d per dczn; Eels, '
Is 3(1; and Salmon, is 6d to Is 10d per lb; lir3vv
5s 61 to 6s per 100.

13111.E.A.D. Are
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis per
from 6,id to 7d; of Household ditto, 5d to b"
41cs letcf.

RIDE IMAILICET.
Markrt hides, 561 b to 641 b, 14-141 to lid; ditto, 64,111?ttto°,
72ib, lid to ditto, 721 b to 801 b -lid to 2+3; ul-3 j.
801 b to t3lb, 24d to 24 1; ditto, 881 b 96!b, ,tt°
ditto, 96ib tolo4lb, 3(1 to 3;id; ditto, 1041 b to 112,',.5.ni
to 4d; Calf Skins, each, tis to .5s 6d; Lamb' bhs;
Is 2d to Is 8d ; Horse llldes, 7a 6d• Polled
B;t'.:to 6s /2.,d• rod Hrilf breds, 5s to 5s 8d; D')W-
4eato 5s 4d; Shearlings, 6d to 7d.

XVILt..II,2LE TS. , r Yet
SMITHFIELD.—ZUtidO W Lbw, 21 10d to 31155; °

ditto, 31 to 41 1-s ; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lOs per
load. A full average supply, and a heavy demand.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 21 125 to 31 161 ;
Clover ditto, 31 to 41 13s ; and Straw, 1/ 85 to
1/ lls per load. Supply tolerably good, and trado dull.]
HITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 21 105 to 31 15s ;
Clover ditto, 31 to 4/ 16s; and Straw, 11 6s to 11 lO
per load. Trade dull, at barely stationary prices.

ABOLITION OF BURIALS IN
TOWNS.
A public meeting was held last night, at the Western
Literary Institution in Leicester-square, for the purpose
of petitioning Parliament for the immediate closing of
burial places in cities and large towns.—Mr. Luke James
,Hansard was called upon to preside.
The einteneieten in opening the business of the evening,
remarked that the question they were called upon to
consider effected both the moral and physical condition
of society. Burials in jarge towns generated disease
tea serious extent, while the profits which resulted from
the existence of grave-yards in large and populous dis-
tricts induced the parties who controlled them to resort
to artificial means to promote the putrefaction and de-
c?raposition of human bodies, and thus enable them to
_dispose of the coffins fur firewood.—(llear, hear.) This
was essentially a poor man's question, acd he regretted,
therefore, that it hid not met with more favour at the
hands of the clergy or the Government.—(Hear, heir )
The time, however, would soon come when Government
Would be forced, for the sake of the public health, to put
an end to the present system, and establish cemeteries in
the neighbourhood of large towns.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. W. A. Maemeesoet, M.P., moved the first reso-
lution, which was as follows:
"It having been repeatedly demonstrated that the
practice of burying the dead in the midst of the living
produces the most deplorable consequences to the health
of the community, by poisoning the air we breathe and
the water we drink, this meeting deeply regrets that a
question involving the disposal of some GOO,OOO bodies,
the annual mortality of the United Kingdom, should
not have taken precedence of all others in the sanitary
measures passed in the last session of Parliament. That
more especially at the present time, when cholera is
among us, the constant disturbance of dead bodies, in
every stage of decomposition, and the exposure of bu-
man remains in consequence of the incessant upturning
of the soil, for the purpose of making graves in places
long since filled to repletion, ought to be instantly
abolished. That this meeting also protests most strongly
on the ground of the utter worthlessness of' the protec
tion thereby afforded to the publie health, and for other
cogent reasons, against the practice of depositing bodies
in vaults, or other receptacles, under churches or chapels,
whether in leaden or pitched' coffins; and therefore it
records its unqualifitd condemnation of clause 112 of
the City Sanitary measure, which, in the year 1848,
lega!istd this most objectionable and destructive custom."
It was strange, the Bonourable Gentleman observed,
that in this country—the most wealthy, the most
civilized, and the most moral on the face of the globe—
the practice of burying the dead amidst the living
should be tolerated for a single moment.—(Hear.) The
dreadful gases which were emitted by the churchyards
of the metropolis annually proved the death of
thousands ; and, as an instance of the dangerous effects
of the dead being allowed to remain amongst the living,
ho related an incident which a few years ago came
under his own knowledge. A lady having died, her
body Ives placed in a coffin, upon which was nailed a
plate describing her virtues, age, and station in life.
The nails fastening this plate were unfortunately so
long, that they passed through the wood and lead of the
coffin, which caused the effluvia of the body to escape,
and the gas proved of so noxious a nature that four of
the deceased's daughters, who inhaled it while pining
over the coffin, dim' within a fortnight afterwards. lie
bad no hesitation in saying that nine-tenths of the diseases
!Thiela visited the metropolis were caused by the practice
Of interments in crowded thoroughfares, and he hoped
that ere long the Legislature would be induced to follow
the exatnp!e of every civilized country in Europe, add
totally prohibit this abominable and intolerable nuisance.
—(l.lcar, hear.) Indeed Government had promised to
take up the subject in the present session, and they bad
now good reasen to expect that the seed which had been
sown years ego would shortly ripen into frnit.—(llear.)
Mr. GEORGE TFIOMPSON, Isi.P., seconded the resolu-
tion, and declared that as only the vested interests of
clergymen and sextons stood in the way of the proposal,
be had no fears that it would ultimately succeed.—(Elear,
hear.) If Government refused to take up this question,
they ought to be held responsible to the public for the
consequences of such neglect.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. GEORGE ALFRED WALKER, the leading mover of
this agitation, supported the resolution, and iu doing so
entered into some details of disgusting scenes and prac-
tices to be witnessed in the motropolitaw churchyards ;
and gave it as his opinion that most of the cases of fever
and consumption to be found in London might be traced
to the exhalations of graveyards in crowded districts.
The resolution was then put and carried unanimously.
Mr. JAMES WYLD, M.P., moved the second resolution
as follows:

- " That this meeting believes that the many injurious
consequences unavoidably resulting from the present
system of interring the dead can only be removed by a
legislative enactment, originating with or supported by
her Majesty's Government. That in the year 1842 a
Committee of the House of Commons reported to Par-
liament, ' That, after a long and patient investigation,
they could not arrive at any other conclusion
than that the nuisacce of interment; in large
towns, and the injury arising to the health of the "com-
munity from the practice, were fully proved. That the
evils of interments in towns and populous places had
grown to such a height, that no time ought to be lost by
the Legislature in applying a remedy. That this cus-
tom had desecrated the repose of the dead, and injured
the health and feelings of the living, could not be denied.
That it had also exhibited the singular instance of the
most wealthy, moral, and civilized community in the
world tolerating a practice and an abuse which had
been corrected for years by nearly all other civilized
nations in every part of the globe.' That these views of
the Parliamentary Committee of 1842 were affirmed by
a majority of the House itself, in the year 1845. That
universal mischiefs require universal remedies, and,
therefore, a general Act, for the establiantent of ceme-
teries in suitable localities should be passed, us a mew.
sure of wise legislative economy, and of simple justice to
the nation."

The resolution having been seconded by Mr. C. Coch-
rane, was put from the chair, and carried unanimously.
A petition to Parliament, founded on these resolutions,
was then adopted, after whieh thanks were voted to the
Chairman, and the meeting, which was very numerously
and respectably attended, broke up at a late hour.

MURDERS IN THE NOIRTH OF

SCOTLAND.

• ABERDEEN, WEDNESDAY EVENING,— The ancient
Court of Justiciary, under Lords Monarieff and Mac.
kenale, has been engaged to-day with the trial of one of
the most cold• blooded and revolting mterclers that ever
stained the annals of crime. The facts of the case as
disclosed in evidence are briefly these:—
The prisoner, James Burnett, aged 53, is a crofter
and farm servant. Ile rented a small pitta of ground at
a plsce called Skelmanao, about 35 miles northward of
this city. For the last six years he had hired himselt
to work on a farm, about half a mite from. his croft, and
Wes the only man servant in the kitchen. He had eight
children by his deceased wife, all of whom were grown
up and in employment, one of the daughters being en-
gaged in attending her mother and keeping the cottage.
Burnett was in the practice of frequently visiting :his
wife and daughter in the evenings after the work of the
day was over, and occasionally on Sunday ; but had
not slept at home for nearly two years. About
five years ago his deceased wife had a paralytic
stroke, which to a great extent deprived her
of the use of one side of her body, but she was
able to move about a little, yet could never be trusted
out of sight alone. Abont the end of October last pri-
soner said to his wife that he would get a laxative
powder for her, which would ease a pain which she com-
plained of in her breast, and take off the stuff which lay
cn her stomach and made her ill. He procured from Dr.
Wood three powders, containing 4i grains of calomel
and 2 grains of eolocynth in each, which medicine was
coasidered by the doctor suitable for the case as de-
scribed by the prisoner to him. The prisoner, on the
same day that ho had the medicine. employed a carrier
woman to buy for him 3d. worth of arsenic and a New
Testament, when she went to Frasenburgh, and stated
that it was for the purpose of poisoning rats, which an-
noyed him in his bedroom. The arsenic was obtained
—an ounce of white arsenic—on the Sunday, and on the
Wednesday following he told his wife that he would
give her that night something to do her good. On
leaving the house, after paying a visit to it in the evening,
he told his daughter to have a cup of acme jelly or sugar
ready for him to mix the powder with, and also not to sit
out of bed waiting for him if he were late in getting to the
cittage. He Warned to the cottage about ten o'clock,
and said he must give his wife the medicine himself, and
at night, because ho should not have time to attend to it
in the morning. The sugar and the jelly were provided,
and when alone with his wife in the kitchen bed he mixed
what he called Dr. Wood's powder, and gave it to her
while she was in bed. He told his daughter, who then
entered the apartment, that he would sleep that night
with his wife, lest she should need any assistance under
the medicine. The daughter then went to bed, and un-
derstood that her father went into her mother's bed, but
without taking off his clothes. In about a quarter of
an hour the daughter heard her mother, as she thought,
vomiting, or sick, and ran to the kitchen in her night
rth There she found her mother very sick, retch-
g over the front of' the bed, and her father standing
with his hands resting on each other behind his back,
and with
d with his back towards the low smouldering fire,
7
o daughter assisted the mother,
but
who was dreadfully
Sisk, the prisoner appeared very callous, and covered
over the matter vomited with ashes.il He afterwards got
the daughter to sweep this matter, and it
turned out also that thecunpyrUi whichn what ha called the
medicine had been given was broken by himself, lie of-
fered drily to go forfora (lector, when his wife said," I have
done with doctors am poisoned, I am poisoned 1 and
the Lord reward them on earth who have done it." At five
o'clock, A.M., thewoman died. 'lho prisoner then went
to the farm and resumed his work as usual, but early in
the day returned to the cottage
funeral to take place next day, this
and gave orders for the
was done, and for
a time All was quiet.
BuCwalt. within a week it was
rumoured that the prisoner
to one of the female servants of the
to bo married
farm where he
was a labourer, and on the b.nnsthteing proclaimed
strong suspicions were excited,
and he Was
isinterred, and
Prehended. T was then he body
on exhumation was found to contain a large
quantity of arsenic—
20grains being found in the
sto-
mach alone. The three powders obtained from Dr.
nlYny_o(ll,
it 5130: cappeared had never been given to the de-
.harge of murder was then preferred, elle in the evidence it also came out that the prisoner had
be reieraiall cohabiting with' the female servant referred to; that
et iutercouree had frequently taken place between