The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-17 00:00:00

ITALY•

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa announces that
King CIIARLES ALBERT has given notice to the
Austrians of the termination of the armistice, and
that he had returned a dignified answer to the re-
monstrances of the French and English Ambassadors.
RADETZKY, it is said, will await the approach of
CHARLES ALBERT under the walls of Milan, being well
convinced that if he abandons the city to take up an
advanced position, Milan and the whole of Lombardy
will be in instant insurrection.
The Provisional Government of Tuscany has pub-
lished a manifesto (of which the following is a sum-
mary), in answer to the protest of the ex-Grand
Duke: "
Leopold had freely accepted the Ministerial pro-
gramme,siened
haenßdisilubfsoerqutehe Italianntlethougchoanfstetirtusoemnte
Ahesssietmatbiolyn.,
He afterwards left Florence, without informing the
Council of Ministers of his intention, but merely com-
municating it to the Minister of Finance, who happened
to call at the Pitti Palace the evening before his depar-
ture. The Ministry, on bearing the rumours which were
spreal concerning the intended flight of the Prince, sent
Chevalier Ghigi and Chevalier I'unzzi to Siena, to in-
vite him to return immediately to Florence, or else to
accept the resignation of the Ministry. The two Depu-
ties found the Prince in bed and unwell, but he declared
his wish to return as soon as possible to Florence, and
have the counsel of his Cabinet. The remaining circum-
stances are known—Leopold fled secretly from Siena,
made the place of his retreat a secret, nor did he name a
Provisional Government ; for how could he then have
recommended the country to the care of the Ministry?
He then proceeded to Porto San Stefano, and tried to
excite civil war by his letters and orders to Laugier ;
and lastly, left the Tuscan territory. Hence may be
concluded-Ist, that Leopold of Austria had no reason
of complaint against his Ministry; 2d, that in virtue of
the Constitution he could not leave the country, nor
even establish a Provisional Government—the more so
as he had no violence to complain of ; 3d, that Leopold,
by remaining at Porto San Stefano, intended to return,
not as a constitutional, but as an absolute Sovereign,
placing his hopes in the dread which would seize the
people, the Assembly, and the Ministry, in civil war and
foreign intervention. But none of these calculations
were fulfilled. Leopold left Porto San Stefano, not for
the reasons he gives in his protest of the 20th, but be-
cause there was no room for him there. No armed body
had been sent against him, as he pretends; some Mum-
cipal Guards only were sent to Gropeto, to maintain
tranquillity there. A Republican Government had not
been, as he pretends, established in Tuscany, the Re-
public having merely been proclaimed by the people, as
a desire which would probably be realised by the Re-
presentatives of the people."
This manifesto, which is dated 4th March, is
signed by GUERRAZZI, MAZZONI, and MONTANELLI.
The Nazionale, cited by the Concordia of Turin,
announces that a Ministerial crisis has occurred at
Rome; Sturbinetti has replaced Mazzarelli, Manzoni
has replaced Guiccioli, and Montecchi has taken the
place of Sterbini. The following is now the compo•
sition of the Roman Ministry :—Manzoni, Minister
of Finance; Saffi, of the Interior ; Rusconi, Foreign
Affairs; Laszarini, Justice; Montecchi, Public
Works; Sturbinetti, Instruction; and Rilliet Con-
stant, Minister of War.
The Corriere Livornese quotes a letter from Naples
of the sth, stating that hostilities are to recommence
in Sicily on the 15th, pursuant to notice from the
Neapolitan Government to the Sicilians. Thirty thou-
sand men are to march from Messina upon Catania
and Augusta, while the naval squadron is to proceed
to Palermo.
The Costituente Italiana of the 9th quotes a letter
from the Neapolitan frontier, stating that GARRI-
BALDI'S army is daily recruited with deserters from
the Neapolitan forces with arms and baggage, and
with Calabrians and men from the Abruzzi, who
enrol themselves under the banners of the Republic.
On hearing of the departure of fresh Neapolitan
troops for Sicily, Colonel LA MASSA left Rome for
Palermo with a large party of French soldiers, en-
rolled for the Sicilian Government. Father VENTURA
informed him before his departure, that the Nea-
politan Chamber had protested against the last ulti-
matum, on the ground of its not having been ap-
proved by all the constituted powers of the state, and
that diplomacy had taken advantage of the circum-
stance to propose new conditions.

TURKEY.
CONSTANTINOPLE, FED. 21.—There is an increas-
ing feeling here that at the beginning of the spring
serious engagements will take place on the northern
frontier. The recruitings and military armaments
are being made on a very extensive scale. Intelli-
gence to the same effect is received from all the pro-
vinces. On the 15th there was a large Cabinet
Council, which the SULTAN attended in person, and
on the 16th Sir STRATFORD CANNING had a long con-
ference with the President of the Council. The
troops on the Russian frontier are mustering in large
numbers, and arrive from both sides.

DIELAND.
(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.
DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING.—Lord Clarendon leaves
Dublin on the 24th inst., on a visit to his estates in
England. It is not known how long his Excellency will
be absent from the seat of Government.
POTATO CULTURE.
Accounts from the provinces speak in rather alarming
terms of an almost universal return " by the peasantry"
to the culture of the potato. Whole tracks are being
laid down with the fatal, root, nor does there
appoar to be any lack in the supply of seed, manure, &c.,
which seem to spring up as if by magic, notwithstanding
the complaints of inability to till the soil.
THE CORN TRADE.
We had a fair demand for all kinds of grain at market
to-day, and currencies of Tuesday were generally sup.
ported.
There was an improved demand for Indian corn, and
we advance our extreme quotations ls. per quarter.

Taoops FOR INDIA.—An intimation has just been
received by the Court of Directors of the East India
Company, to the effect that the 75th and 87th regiments
are ready to embark for India. The following ships
have been appointed by the East India Company to con-
vey the 8
7t h to Calcutta:—Plantagenet, Time and
Smith, Dalhousie, Essex, and Lady Macdonald. The
Plantagenet is to sail, if possible, on the 11th of next
month, from Gravesend. The other ships are to sail on
the 19th and 20th of next month. The regiment will
remain at Weedon, its present quarters, until its ember-
ion. It is understood that ships have not yet been
decided upon for conveyance of the 75th F9ot, Which is
uc otAtitmed At XilkeaDY,

CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Bvfoie the LORD CHANCELLOR.)
STEWART V. FORBES.
The Court was occupied thr,,ughout the morning in
hearing the arguments of counsl in this cause, which
was part heard on a previous nay.

VICE-CHANCERY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Vice Chalice-11er WIGRAM.)
BROMLEY V. WRIGHT.—JUDGMENT.
His HONOUR. gave judgment in this cause this morn.
ing, which had reference to the construction of a will.
The testator, 'homes Br, mley, by his will, made on the
10th of February, 1825, gave to his wife, Mary
Bromley, 5001, to be paid to her by his trustees, within
two months after his decease ; secondly, he
gave to her his household goods and other
effects ; thirdly, be gave to his trustees all
his real and personal estate, in trust to pay the income to
his wife for her life, and after her decease, upon trust,
within the expiration of ten years from the death of his
wife, in case the testator survived his wire, to sell and
convert the property into money, and invest the proceeds
in Government or other securities, at interest; and he
declared his will to be that the income to arise from such
conversion should be held upon trust for the purpose of
answering and satisfying the several annuities and lega-
cies afterwards bequeathed in his will. The testator
having made a large provision by his will for his wife in
the first year, then he suspended the distribution of
his residuary estate for ten years, and then divided it;
then he gave annuities to certain parties, among others,
to Mary and Agnus Bromley, his sister Elizabeth Brum-
ley, his brother Henry Bromley, two ladies named Cow-
ley, and the four children of Major Bromley—to be paid
at the expiration of ten years from his death, and then at
the end of ten years he gave certain pecuniary legacies to
the same parties to whom he had previously given an-
nuities. The testator then went on to dispose of the
residue of his estate. The testator died, leaving his
widow surviving him. The widow is since dead, and
the ten years within the expiration of which the pro-
perty was to be converted has expired. Henry Brom-
ley, one of the legatees in the will, died in the testator's
lifetime. Mary and Agnus Bromley (other legatees)
outlived the testator, but both of them died before the
expiration of the ten years. At the end of the ten years
two only out of the tour children of Major Bromley were
living; and the object of the suit was to ascertain the
rights of the different parties, and to have the estate ad-
ministered under the direction of the Court. The first
question was, of what did the residue consist ?—did it
include the real as well as the personal estate, and
had the legacies of Mary and Agnes Bromley
fallen in or not. Of Henry Bromley's legacy there could
be no doubt; he having died in the testator's lifetime, his
legacy lapsed as a matter of course. The second ques-
tion was, who were the residuary legatees entitled to
share in the residue under the will; thirdly, with refer-
ence to which of the legacies given by the will, the pro.
portion in which the residue was to be divided among
the residuary legatees—there being beside legacies, pro-
perty so called, annuities for ten years, and annuities for
life, and also specific legacies; fourthly, was any part of
the residue estate undisposed of; and fifthly, to whom
did that residue, if undisposed of, belong? The con-
struction of the will was to aided by reason and
probability. With respect to the first question,
as to what the residue consisted of, whether of
real or personal estate, there could be no reason-
able doubt ; it was impossible that it comprised
real as well as personal estate. With respect to the
legacies of Mary and Agnus Bromley, who survived the
testator and died before the expiration of the ten years,
he (the Vice-Chancellor) thought, though not without
hesitation, that the legacies to those ladies were vested,
and not contingent on their outliving the terms of ten
years. His opinion, therefore, was, with regard to those
two legacies to Mary and Agnus, that they did not fall
into the residue. The residue would therefore consist
of real and personal estate, not increased by the lapse of
Henry's legacy, but not affected by the death of Mary
and Agnus. Secondly, as to who were the persons en-
titled to share in the residue, Henry must of
course be excluded, as he died in the life-
time of the testator. Next, as to the legatees,
the children of Major Bromley—the argument on one
side was, that the residue was given to the legatees
named in the will, and it was said that the children of
Major Bromley were described, but not named. To that
argument he (the Vice-Chancellor) confessed he could
not accede. With respect to the legatees, Mary and
Agnus Bromley, it was not argued that they lost their
shares of the residue because they died within ten years;
but it was in the highest degree improbable that the
testator intended Elizabeth Bromley to share in the
residue. Then came the unfortunate question about
the widow of the testator, and whether she was to be
entitled to share in the residue as a legatee
of the testator. That such was the intention
of the testator could not be imagined, for the
estate was not to be converted into money, for
the purpose of the division of the residue, possibly, until
ten years after his widow's death. Ho thought that the
words of the residuary clause were sufficient to exclude
the wife from a share in the residue. The third question
was, in what way the shares of the residue were to be
measured. He confessed he had much difficulty in be-
lieving tbat the testator, who did, in a sense, continue
the annuities, by subscribing a gross sum for them
after the expiration of ten years, could have contem-
plated a retrospective valuation of the expired annuities
as the measure of interest of his legatees in his resider-
ary interest. The fourth point was, whether any part
of the residuary estate was undisposed or. That ap-
plied only to Henry's legacy. Henry was a legatee of
the residue, in proportion of the amount of the legacy
given to him, which legacy lapsed by his death. He (the
Vice-Chancellor) thought Henry's share remained un-
disposed of:
His Honour, the Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce, was
occupied in hearing short causes of no public interest,
and the Court rose shortly after 11 o'clock.

CLERKENWELL.-(THIS DAY.)
Mr. Richard Bryke, of the Red Lion public-house, St.
John-street-road, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt,
with keeping his house open between the hours of twelve
o'clock on Saturday night and one o'clock on Sunday
afternoon, " not being for the accommodation of tra-
vellers."

The defendant pleaded Guilty, but said that ho
thought the law allowed him to serve such customers as
he was in the habit of receiving at that time on Satur-
day nights, as they were " strictly travellers."
The inspector of police stated that the defendant,
whose house was otherwise very well conducted, la-
boured under a mistake as to the meaning of the Act in
this particular. The class of customers, whom he en-
tertained during the illegal hours were drovers, and he
had been told, to no purpose, that the Act did not apply
to them under the circumstances.

The defendant said that they were at these times
waiting to start upon their journey, having put up their
cattle in his layers.
The Chief Clerk observed that certainly drovers were
at proper times to be considered as travellers. But the
defendant ought to know very well that such was not
the case after twelve o'clock on Saturday night, as the
law expressly forbade them to travel with their cattle on
Sunday.
Mr. TYRWHITT said that, as the defendant had evi-
dently been labouring under a mistake, he should not
this time inflict the penalty of 51. As he had been cau-
tioned, however, he would fine him 40s.

INSTITUTION FOR THE DEAF AND DUMB.—At a
meeting this day of the committee of the above valuable
charity, it was stated that the progress of teaching trades
to the deaf and dumb, at the termination of their course
of education at other schools, continued singularly suc-
cessful and encouraging, superintended as the two prin-
cipal departments were by hearing masters, fully quali-
fied for the arduous task imposed upon them. It ap-
pears that several clergymen in the provincial districts
have made applications for the admission of youths, who
although educated, exhibit unmistakeable symptoms of
being unable to learn any trade or occupation, unless
placed under the direction of those who from experience
can sympathise with the afflictions of the deaf and dumb,
and accustom themselves to their habits and manners.
In conclusion, a hope was expressed that the beneficial
workings of the institution would not only continue, but
augment as the necessity increased—a necessity that only
required to be more generally known to ensure a more
widely-extended co-operation on the part of the bene-
volent and humane.

THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF MR. SOUTHGATE.
Yesterday Alfred Ayres, the gipsy in custody on suspi-
cion of being the offender, after undergoing a lengthened
examination before the_ magistrates at Epsom, was dis-
charged for want of sufficient evidence.
DEATH OF COLONEL T. GOOCH.—We have
:to re-
card the demise of this gentleman, who expired on the
14th instant, in the 76th year of his age. The deceased
gentleman was brother to the present Sir Thomas Gooch,
Bart., and was uncle to Mr. E. S. Gooch, M.P. for East
Suffolk. His brother William was also an officer of rank
in the army. Colonel Gooch was married to a daughter
of Sir Robert Barker, Bart., and relict of Philip Webb,
Esq., of Milford-place, Sussex. This family is of great
importance in Suffolk, and maternally the deceased was
descended from William of Wainfleet, the founder of
Magdalene College, Oxford.

DEATH OF SIR' JOHN SHELLY SIDNEY, BART..--
This venerable and much respected Baronet, the father
of Lord de Lisle and Dudley, died on the 14th inst., at
Penshurst, Kent, in the 78th year of his age. The de-
ceased was born in 1771, being the son of Sir B. Shelly,
He married 1799 the daughter of the late Sir H. Hurd-
lake, Bart., of Wingerworth-hall, county of Derby, by
whom, who died in 1811, he has had, amongst other
issue, a son Philip, created Lord do Lisle and Dudley,
who succeeds to the family property. The deceased in
1793 assumed the surname and arms of Sidney, to mark
his descent from the Sidneys, Earls of Leicester. The
family is ono of the oldest in the empire, and can trace
an undisputed succession in a direct line from the Con-
queror.

We understand from authority that the steamer
Bombay, engaged to carry out troops and stores for the
insurgents at Palermo, was yesterday seized by the Cus-
tom-house authorities at Blackwell.

A woman named Martha Jones was indicted at
Stafford for the wilful murder of her own child and her
niece. The poor woman had been subject to paroxysms
of insanity, and during one of them she seized a knife
and cut the throats of the children. During the trial
she paid no attention to the proceedings, but looked
about the court with a vacant and idiotic stare. She
was acquitted on the ground of insanity, and ordered to
be detained daring her Majesty's pleasure.
Two lads, the one 17 and the other only 16 years
of age, named George Miller and Henry Sheepwash,
were yesterday sentenced to death at Maidstone for the
wilful murder of an old-man named William Law. They
broke into the old man's cottage by night, for the pur-
pose of robbing him. The old man awoke during
the time they were in his bed-room, and they beat him
on the head with an iron bar and fractured his skull.
They §ciuroyiedged they' guilt.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY. QUARTER 7 0 THREE.
In the Cotton Market at Liverpool, yesterday, there
was not mech animation. Railway Shares were dull,
but at the close looked somewhat better.
It will be observed by the weekly return of the Bank
of England, made up to Saturday last, that there was
once more a retrograde movement in respect to the busi-
ness of the Corporation. Allowing for the effect of an
increase in the deposits, we have still to look to the sum
of the other securities, and finding them in decline, we
conclude that there is less di-count business doing.
The Government account progresses wrll, and there
is no reason to assume that it will not, before
the Dividends are made payable, have reached the usual
sum. The assets are accumulating, and the bullion
which was last week diminished is again on the increase.
A comparison with the previous week's return gives the
following result:—

••• ••. ... 28,548,245
••• ••• ••• 233,690
Rest .•• ... ... ... 3,858.509
Increase ... ... ... 3,141
Public Deposits ... ... ... 6,667,141
Increase ... ... ... 5'26,569
Other Deposits .. ... ... 9,997,665
Decrease ••• ... ,•, 89
_ __

NuCes Issued
Increase

Seven Day and other Bins ::: 1,091,513
Decrease ... ... „„ 36,489
Government Securities ... ... No alteration
Other Securities ... .. 10,698,753
Decrease ... ... ... 97 016
Notes ... ... ... ... 10,645,925
Increase ... ... ... 703,480
Bullion ... ,„ ... ... 15,297,212
Increase ... ... .., 120,358
Active Circulation ... ... 17,902,320
Decrease ... ... ... 469,790
There has been more firmness in the foreign ex-
changes than from the unsettled state of continental
affairs might perhaps have been expected, and upon one
or two places bills were taken yesterday afternoon at
prices rather in favour of the sellers of bills.

- The Funds are still under the influence of the foreign
news, and there have been one or two heavy speculative
transactions. The quarter whence most is apprehended
appears now to be Russia, as it is conceived that Sar-
dinia may listen to the remonstrances of France, and the
affair of the Pope be settled by joint intervention. On
this subject all is mere surmise at present. Consols
have been as low as 904 for money, and since 90:1; they
are now about 90i 4. For time the quotations have been
90i to 908. Exchequer•bills are 39a. to 41s. prem.
The Fureign Securities are flat, if we except Peruvian,
which has been in demand on Dutch account, and is now
59 to 59i. Mexican Bonds are 28 to 281, and Grenada
178 to 178. Spanish Five per Cents. are 15k to 16k,
and Portuguese Four per Cents. 264 to 274.
Shares are heavy, and generally lower.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities
3 per Cent. Consols Anns
India Stock

Do. Bonds, 10001 M p
Consols for Account .... 90%14%54
Exchequer Bills. 2d.
March. June.

1,000/.
500/ — 43 40 p
Small — 40 43 p
Ditto Advertised, lid... 36 39 p

PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto Small
Equador Bonds 3V4
Grenada, 1 per Cent. .
Mexican BonAs, 1846, 5 per Cent 2B
Ditto for the Account ....... 29 'b
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cent ...
Ditto for the Account 29 591%2
Ditto 4 per Cent.
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent lO3l/2
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,1840
Ditto for the Account ..... 16
Dutch 21/2 per Cent., 12 Guild 49 483/4
Ditto 4 ner Cent. Certificates

,ttNINESs DONh IN RAILWAY SHAItEi AT ONE O'CLOCK
RAILWAYS. PAID. prli, SHARE.
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction.~
Buckinghamshire..- l6l. 4s 13% dis. to
Caledonian
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10
Chester and Holyhead
Ditto, Preference
E intern Counties
Do. New Gatrant. 6 per Ct. 10
East Lincolnshire
Great Northern

Do. lA A Deferred ..... ... 12% 5 ...... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 45
ulreat Western 100

Ditto, Quarter Shares
Ditto, Fifths

Do. New 17/. l5 .. ... 12%
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto Fifths
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 71/i 94%... to
Leeds and Bradford
London Ri Blackwall ......131.65. 8d.... 5t 4
Lmd., Bright., & South Coast 50 - to 361/4
Landon & North Western....,loo l3l
Do. Fifths
Do. 101.... M. and B. (C.) 1
London and S. Western...—. 50 ..
Ditto Thirds
Yfidland . lOO . ... 78% 78 79 to UN
Midland, Birm., and Derby 100 ... .. 55 .... to
North Staffordshire... .. 171,4 l4l/414‘... to
Oxford, Worcester, and Wol- .
verhampton
Scottish Central
Shropshire Uni0n....... 5 ... .. 23/.1 to
S.)uth Eastern
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed
Do. do. do.
f ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ..... 25 4 to
Do. Original New & Berick 25 .. ... 24;04 to
Do. and Newcastle Exten. 20
Do. G. N. E. Pur. or Pref. S ... .. 7:Y4 % to
York and North Midland .. 50 ...... 49
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens 2O .. ... 8%... .. to
Namur and Liege
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux
Rouen and Havre .. .. 20

COURSE OF
Amsterdam ...... 12 2M
Ditto, at sight • • .... 12 0
Rotterdam .... • ... 12 2%
Antwerp .......... 25 70
Hamburgh ••11.8. 13 12%
Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 35 273
Ditto, 3 months .... 25 50
Marseilles .... •• • ..... 25 50
80urdeaux......... • 25 50
Frankfort on Maine.... 1214
Petersburgh, Sil. Rblo.. 363
Berlin.. ...• ..........
Vienna, efrec. flo ••• • • • 11 3G
Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 36
Madrid •• .. • • ........ 49%
Bilbao.. • • • • .. • •
Barcelona • •
•••••••• •• •••

EXCHANGE.

Gibraltar • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Leghorn • • .. • • 34
Genoa ...• • • • 28
/Man ................
Venice
Naples ...... • • .... • • 40
Palermo, per oz .• ..
Messina
Lisbon.... • 52
Oporto .• • • •• • .•• • • • • • 53
Rio Janeiro • • .. 25
Buenos Ayres --
New York, 21 days'sight --
Philadelphia
PRICES OF BULLION, PER OS
Foreign Gold iu bars.. X 3 17 9
Portugal Gold Coin 0 0
Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0
New Dollars 0 4 10%
Silver In bars .... • . 0 0 0

A SCENE ON THE LIVERPOOL EXCHANGE.—
Yesterday, the quietude which usually prevail►, even
during business hours, on 'Change, at Liverpool, was dis-
turbed by a circumstance of somewhat rare occurrence.
An agent, extensively engaged, and whose place of business
is not 100 miles from John-street, was observed suddenly
to give a " gentleman" of questionable appearance " leg
bail." All eyes were at once directed to the pursuit
which soon commenced ; the agent ran round N elson's
Monument, hotly pursued by the other. The chase
continued for some time, at last the gentleman
broke cover and darted across the flags, " dodged" for
some time round the pillars of the piazzas, but was at
last run down by the eager hound, who turned out to be
a limb of the law, in the shape of a sheriff's officer, and
who conducted his prey quietly to a sponging-house.--
Liverpool Mercury of Friday.
SERIOUS COLLISION ♦T SEA.—A collision, which
resulted in loss of life to one person, and serious injury
to others, took place on Saturday afternoon last off this
port. It appears that the pilot of the ship Eliza,
with five other persons, including two women, left
that vessel in a punt belonging to the steam-tug
Defiance, which was lying about six miles
outside the Bell-buoy, waiting to receive them.
Before they got on board, however, an American ship,
the Charles Carroll, approached the steamer to leeward,
under full sail, there being a fine breeze from the N.W.,
and struck her amidships, smashing the boat to atoms,
killing one poor fellow, a rigger, and much injuring his
wife, who remained fully half an hour in the water,
clinging to the remains of the boat, before the steamer,
in its crippled state, could pick her up. She is now
lying in the Northern Hospital.—Liverpool Mercury.
PAPER, STAMP, AND ADVERTISEMENT DUTIES.
The letter-press printers of Glasgow, at a meeting held
on Tuesday, unanimously agreed to petition the House
of Commons for a repeal or reduction of the duty on
paper, the stamp duty on newspapers, and the duty on
advertisements, as inflicting injurious restrictions on their
profession, by which large numbers of them are thrown
out of employment; as also preventing the spread of in-
formation among the working classes of the population,
and these without materially benefiting the revenue,
which would be amply made up from the increase of ex-
isting sources by the removal or reduction of those re-
ferred to.

SHOCKING DlSCOVERY.—Yesterday morning about
ten o'clock the workmen employed pulling down the
houses for the formation of the new street from Wal-
brook to Queen-street, Southwark-bridge, on entering
the house No. 1, Castle-court, for that purpose, to their
horror found in one of the upper rooms the corpse of a
woman with three ehildren crouched around it, the eldest
apparently not ten years, all seeming; on the point of
death; the foetid odour that issued from the apartment,
for the moment, compelled the men to retire, on return-
ing they questioned the children; but all they could
glean from them was, that they were starving. In-
formation was instantly forwarded to the police-station,
in Bow-lane, and the children, who had scarcely a vestige
of clothing, and were literally covered with vermin, were
removed to the City Workhouse, in Cannon-street,
where they received every attention, but from the dread-
ful state of exhaustion of the two youngest, they are not
expected to survive. The corpse of the unfortunate
woman is merely covered with a ragged gown, no cloth-
ing, furniture, or bedding, was in the room; and it is
supposed that finding the house empty she with her chil-
dren crept in for shelter, and are believed to have been
there for some days totally without food.
The Earl of Aberdeen gave a grand dinner at
Argyll-house to his Excellency Count Colloredo, his
Excellency Baron Brunnow, his Excellency Count Re-
ventlow, Count de Flahault, Count Duchatel, M. Guizot,
the Earl of Jersey, the Earl Lincoln, the Right Hon. Si;
James Graham, the lion. Edward Ellice, the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone, and a distinguished circle, on Wednes-
day last.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 17. Wind this thy at noon
W.N. W., light airs, ai,d fog.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 16.—Wind N.W.-15tb, Sid.
Daisron, Davison, N, v, k.
SLico, MARCH 15.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. Dromaharr,
New York.

OFF CORK, Marten 14.—Brilliant, Craig, Mauritius
for Clyde; Aim, Reed, New Orleans for Liverpool.
DUBLIN, MARC!! 14.—Sid. Annabella, Demerara.
BRISTOL, MARCH 16.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Sappho,
Chi La.

PLYMOUTH, MARCH 16. Wind variable.— Arrd.
Friends. addingham. amktik.
LOWESTOFT, MARCH 15.—The Gabrielle towed in
here a derelict on the 22t1 ult., and the Jessie Ann,
Hinds, having both undergone repairs sailed this day.
FALMOUTH, MARCH 10.—A ship disinasted and aban-
doned, was passed on the 24th December, in lat. 44 N.,
long. 16 W., by the Tonge Tan, spoken with 25th
January, by H. N. M. steamer Merapie, arrived at this
port. _ _

The Warringsford, from Liverpool to Baltimore, was
spoken on the 15th February, in lat. 34, long. 68, with
loss of spars, sails, &c., and short of provisions, and sup-
plied by the Isaac Newton, arrd. at Liverpool.
Hum., MARCH 17.—Arrd. Rob Roy (s.), Hamburgb.
DEAL, MARC!! 16.—Wind N.W. to N.N.E.—Arrd.
Ferozepore, Masterton, Hong Kong; Phcenicien, Sproat,
Calcutta; St. Croix, Blampied, Honduras, and proceeded
for Chatham; Mary, Redding, St, Kitt's. Arrd. from
the River and sailer, Alligator, Dunn, China; Caroline,
Bell, Singapore; George Fyl'e, Murray, Bombay; Fal-
con, Parnells, Cape Palmas; David Luckie, Close, De-
merara; William and Alfred, Pemberton, Antigua;
Lisbon, Briton, St. John's, New Brunswick.
TORBAY, MARCH 16.--- Sid. Elizabeth, New York, and
not on the 13th as reported.
SHIELDS, MARCH 16.—Wind N. to S.E.—Sld. 15th,
Sarah Fleming, Tose, Honduras; Siboon, Dick, New
York; Thomas and Robert, Rochelle and Quebec. 16th,
Xenophon, Rochester, Limerick and Quebec.
ABERDEEN, MARCH 15. Wind variable.—Arrd.
Union, Robertson. Greenland,
LERWICK, MARCH 13.—Wind N.—Sld. 6th, North of
Scotland, Gray, Greenland.

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BELFAST, MARCH 15.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. 14th,
Rainbow, New York.

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 16.—Wind
Arrd., Sir Henry Pottinger, Snowean, Calcutta; Zebron,
Crockett, Virginia. 16th, Dublin, Skofleld, Mobile;
Isaac Newton, Lush, Mobile. Sld. 15tb, George Dean,
Sierra Leone; W 3 e, Rio Grande; Feliciano, Rio Janeiro;
Ada, Bahia; Bona Dea, Savannah; Eagle, Halifax.
16th, Courier, Sydney, New South Wales; Matilda, Cal-
cutta; Royal Albert, Bombay; Christina, San Francisco;
Charles Brownell, Valparaiso; Trypluna, Rio Janeiro;
Howard, Mobile; Sterling, Savannah; Swatara, Phila-
delphia; Europe, Philadelphia; Albert, New York;
Larne, New York; Mayflower. New York; Emperor,
New York; Montezuma, New York; Athens, Boston;
Broosa, Boston; Infanta, St. John's, New Brunswick;
llarriott, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, Lord
Maidstone, Bridgetown.

HARTLEPOOL, MARCH 16.—The Thames, from Glas-
gow to London, with a cargo of pig iron, has put in here
dismasted, &c. The James Jessie, from Finddorn to
Woodbridge, put in here on the 10th inst. with damage,
and has commenced to discharge to repair.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GARDEN.
Increased supplies of Vegetables were on sale, and
those of fruit were tolerably good. A steady business
was duing in most articles, at our quotations. Fruit—
Pine-apples (Queen's), 5s to 7s; and Foreign Grapes
(black and white), is to is 6d per lb; Apples, 4s to 64
per bushel; ditto Eating, 4s to 6s per half sieve; Pears,
12s to 18s per half sieve; Lemons, 5s to 10s; and
Oranges, 8s to 14s per 100; Chesnuts 2s to 4s per peck;
hot. house Grapes, 11 is per lb. Vegetables—Spinach, is
9d to 2s per junk; Horseradish, 2s 6d to 3s 6d; and
Celery, 9d to is per bundle ; Asparagus, 3s to 6s
per 100; Onions, 2s to 2s 6d; and Ash-leaved kidney
Potatoes, 6s to 8s per bushel; Cape Brocoli, 12s to 18s
per dozen bundles ; Mushrooms, 9d to ]s per Pottle;
Spanish Onions, 108 to 15s per box; Endive, is to
Is 3d per score; Savoy Cabbages, 6d to 8d per dozen;
Turnips, is to is 6d; Carrots, 2s 6d to 4s; and Greens,
Is to is 6d per dozen bunches; Parsley, Is 6d to Is 9d per
half sieve; Forced Sea Keil 9d to is 6d per punnet;
Cucumbers 5s to 7s per brace; Forced Rhubarb, 5s to
9s per dozen bundles ; Beet-root, is to is 3d per
dozen ; Brussels Sprouts, is to Is 6cl ; and Jerusalem
Artichokes, is to is 3d per half sieve; Parsnips, 6d to
9d per dozen ; Cornish White Brocoli, is 6d to 3s per
dozen; Turnip Greens, 6d to 8d per bushel; Leeks, 8d
to is per dczen bunches; New Potatoes, 8d to is per lb;
French Beans, 2s 6d to ,3s 6d per 100; Radishes, 4d to
6d per punnet; Red Cabbages, 2s to 3s 6d per dczen;
Shallots, 4d per lb.

NE VCTGATI3 AND LEADENHALL.
POULTRY—Turkeys, 4s to 10s; Geese, 4s 6d to d 6s 6;
Ducks, 2s to 3s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is 2d to is 9d;
Wild ditto, 10d to is ; Pigeons, 10d to is Id; and
Roasting Pigs, 5s to 8s each; Surrey Fowls, 7s to lOs ;
ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s 6d; Barn-door Fowls, 3s 6d to
Vs per couple; English Eggs, 7s 6d to 9s; French ditto,
7s to 8s per 100. Fresh Butter, is to is 4d per lb.
GAME.—Hares, 2s to 3s ; Woodcocks, 3s to 4s;
Ptarmigan, Is to is 9d; Snipes, 10d to is 3d; Teal, 9d to
Is 3d; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Widgeons, 10d to 133 d;
and Plovers, 6d to is each.

WEEXTECELELPEZ.
Beef, from 25 4d to 3s 2d; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d;
Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 8d; and Pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs.

NEWPORT.
Beef from 2s 6d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s; Veal,
3s 8d to 4s 8d; and Pork 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs.
BILLINGSGATE.
Turbots, 5s to I Is; Cod Fish, 3s 6d to is; Whitings
4d to 6d; Lobsters, is 4d to 2s 9d ; and Crabs, 6d to
2s each; Soles, 6d to 2s 3d per pair; Eels, 6d to Is 2d,
and Salmon, is 3d to is 8d per lb; Haddocks, 4d to 6d
each; Thames Flounders, is to is 6d, and Smelts, 15
to Is 6d per dozen; mackerel,6d to Sd each; Oysters, 136
to 25s per bushel.

BREAD.
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis are
from 7d to 7id; of Household ditto, 5d to 60 pet
4lbs loaf.

RIDE MARKET.
Market hides, 561 b to 641 b, lid to lid; ditto, 641 b to
72113,1 lid to 1;14,1; ditto, 721 b to 801 b, 11-d to 2d; ditto,
801 b to 881b,.2id to 2/d; ditto, 881 b to 961 b, 24d to 3t3;
ditto, 961 b to 1041 b, 3d to 31d; ditto, 1041 b to 1121 b,
to 4d; Calf Skins, each, 5s to 5s 6d; Horse Hides,
7s Gd; Polled Sheep, 5s 6d to 6s 4d; Kent and half.
breds, 4s 10d to 5s 4d; Downs, 3s 10d to 5s Od; Shear-
ings, Gd.