The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-09 00:00:00

N°.17,640.] LONDON, MONDAY EVENING S N, APRIL 9, 1849,

ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH SALE.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, APRIL, 1849.
For SALE, by Order of the Honourable the Commissioners
of her Majesty's Customs, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-
lane, on Monday 16th, Tuesday 17th, Wednesday kith, Thursday
19th, and Friday 20th April, 1849, at 'fwd.: o'clock at Noon pre-
cisely, the following GOODS for Home Consumption, viz.:—
Amber and other Mouthpieces, Antique Cabinet, Chest, &c. ; Ar-
tificial Flowers, Barege, Beads, Berlin Embroidery, Books ; Boxes :
Brass, Snuff, &c. ; Brandy-, Brooch Paintings, Bahl Cabinet:, Tables,
&c.. Busks, Buttons, Cambric Handkerchiefs, Cameos ; Carpets: Au-
buss' n, &c. ; Candelabras, China Ware : Bowls, Jars, Teapots, &c. ;
Clock-cases, China or Indian Ink, Clocks: Carriage, Inlaid, Marble,
Ormolu, Porcelain, &c. ; Coffee, Cologne Water, Curtains, Muslin,
&c., embroidered ; Combs, Damask for Curtains, &c. ; Dolls, and
Dolls'-heads, Dresden Cups and Saucers, Candelabras, Figures,
Plates, Stands, Vases, Bottles, &c. ; Dutch and French Porcelain ;
Embroidery and Needlework, viz.: Caps, Collars, Chemisettes, Dress-
pieces, Shirt-fronts, &c. ; Feathers, dressed ; Fans, Geneva, Hand-
screens, inlaid Cabinets, Tables, &c.: Jewellery Bracelets, Brooches,
Buckles, Chatelains, Neck-chains, Shawl and Head Pins, Studs, &c. ;
Jewel-cases ; Leather Purses, Souvenirs, Visites, &c. ; Lace :
Brussels, Chantilly, Sze. ; also Barites, Berthes, Collars, Coiffeurs,
Cuffs, Points, Shaw:s, Scarfs, Veils, &c. ; Match-splints, Musical
Boxes, Needles, Painters' Colours, Paper-A eights; Palter Box-tops
gilt. &c. ; Parasol-handles, Pencils, Prints, Pipe-howls, Tubes, Stems,
&c. ; Pongee-handkerchiefs, Paln-oil, Papier-mache Trays, Bread-
baskets, &c. ; Purses, Item, Seals, disk, &c. ; Segars, Segar-tubes,
Sevres Porcelain mounted ; Scent Battles mounted; Silk : Braid,
Head-dresses, Pelerines ; Shawls : China Crape, French wool, Cash-
mere, &c. ; Snuff, Spirits, plain and mixed ; Steel Buckles, Bracelets,
Chains, &c. ; Stays, Saccades, Sugar, Tallow, Tea, Timber, Tobacco,
Toys, Tooth-brushes, Utrecht Velvet, Waistcoat-pieces, embroidered,
Watches : Gold, Silver, Plated, &c. ; Watch-keys, Guards; Wine.
The Vessel " Ravger," with sundry stores, Sails, Masts, Standing
and Entitling Rigging, Anchors, Cables, &e., &c., and various other
goods. .

- For Exportation only—Books, Wine, Spirits, and Cordials, Tea,
&c., &c.

For Exportation, er for Home Consumption en payment of the
duties—Arrow-root, Books, Combs, Cassia, Cordials, Coffee, Cologne
Water, Dre3ses, Dice, Ginger preserved, Hops, Lacquered Ware,
Pepper, Rosewater, Sugar, Spirits, Tea, Tunieric, Wine, &c &c.
The above goods may be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse, Cus-
tom-house, Thames-street ; at the St. Katherine's, London, and the
East and West India Docks; and at the Tobacco-ground, Rother-
hithe, on Thursday the 12th, Friday the 13th, and Saturday the
14th April, 1849, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until Three
o'clock in the Afternoon, and on the days of Sale from Ten
o'clock in the Morning until Twelve o'clock at Noon. Take
notice, that goods sold at this sale will not be delivered until after
two clear days of the day on which they are sold, and that co lots
can be paid for at tke office of the receiver of fines, after Two o'clock
in the Afternoon ; and that en the days of sale, money will not be re-
ceived by the receiver of fixes after Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon.
Catalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom-
hcirtse, -Thames-street, London, price is. each.

1E W ZEALAND COLONISATION.
RESUMPTION OF LAND SALES.
The Court of Directors of the New Zealand Company hereby give
noti, e, that they have determined upon resuming their Land Sales
generally, and upon throwing open for Purchase and Pasturage Lands
in their several Settlements of Wellington, Nelson, aid New Ply-
mouth, as well as in Otago.
The terms and other particulars may be obtained on application
at the New Zealand House,
By order of the Court,
THOMAS GIFDLERT lIARINGTON.
New Zealand House, 9, Broad-street-buildings.
London, March 23, 1849.

HEAP SUMMER EXCURSIONS,
) From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH,
STIRLING, DUMFRIES, CARLISLE, PENRITH, the LAKES,
LANCASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLES OF MAN,

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, or CHESTER, on the 23d and
30th of July next, under the sanctLn of the Directors of the various

Further particulars, as to the hour of departure and days of return,
will be announced in future bills and advertisement., and every in-
formation may be obtained by addressing a letter, postage paid, and
enclosing a postage stamp, to 11. Marcus, Conductor, 23%,
Crosby Hall Chambers, Itishopsgate-street, London.

NELL GWYNNE TAVEIIN and CHOP-
'IOUS F, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.

Messrs. ARCHER and MOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to' patronise the Nell Owynne Coffee room,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five p ecisely, the
most comfortable and reasonable in the metropolis.--Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers anti. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

EASTER HOLIDAYS.
THE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
Last Week of Mr. Shaw's Lectures on the Art of Magic : The
Illusion of the Inexhaustible B tile, the astonishing Magic Coins,
the celebrate I Feather Trick, the Gold Fish and Ink, the Magic Dis-
tribution of Gifts, the grand Mysterious Flight, and numerous other
new experiments will be explained.—Lectures on Chemistry, with
brilliant Experiments, daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock, by Dr.
Bachhoffner.—Lecture on the Steam Jet, at One o'clock daily.—
Among the New Dissolving ViewS are Four Views of Hobart Town
and the Neighbourhood, by S. Trout, Esq., from Original Drawings
taken in Van Diemen's Land by him; also, Scenes in Mexico, Swit-
zerland, the Gold District of California; and a Plan of the Battle-
field ofChillianwaMa.—New Chromatrope.—Diver and Diving-bell.—
The Machinery and Models explained.—The Music is under the di-
rection of Dr. Wallis.

Open daily from Eleven to Fire ; and in the Evenings (including
aturday) from Seven till ilalf-past Ten.
Admission, ls.—Schools, Half-price.—The Now Catalogue, Is.

rpHE REGISTERED SYRIAN PALETOT.
IL By Messrs. SWAIN and CO., Court Tailors, 379, Oxford-

street
This celebrated OVER-COAT for the Spring has been introduced
in the lightest textures of material from the costly wools of Syria
the exclusive use of which has been secured by Messrs. Swain and
Co., and manufactured into the Paletot universally known as the
choicest article of the kind extant.
The Local Agents tor its sale in the British Empire are—
Messrs. Ilagford and Antwiss, Liverpool.
Messrs. S. and S. Smith, Manchester.
Messrs. O. and W. Clarke, ltury St. Edmund's.
Mr. J. Hollingsworth, Birmingham.
31r, W. White, Edinburgh,
Mr. John Whitty, College-green, Dublin.
Mr. Charles Saxelby, Shrewsbury.
Mr. Ilubbock, Berwick-o:.-Tweed.
Mr. It. Pinhorn, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Mr. J. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne.
Mr. Davison, Sheffield.
Br. R. Wilson, Newcastle-m-Tyne.
Mr. John Crisp, Norwich.
Mr. F. Bane, Ipswich.
Mr. W. S. Benin, Chester.
Mr. Whitmore, Stockport.
Mr. T. S. Wright, Northampton.

CLARK'S ROYAL WAX CANDLES.-
NO PUFF.—(Only 1 I Lid per lb.)—Luxuriant Light; mil-
lion; will adwire. The chief of Candles, a Royal title bears.—A
silvery name—Transparent as Wax.—They snuff themselves.—Are
hard as alabaster.— Glossy as glass, and cheap as common Tallow
Candles is their true chap actor. The Public will know the Candles,
for every 41b. packet bears a gold label, "CLARK'S ROYAL
WAX CANDLES. 447, NN EST STRAND." All not hearing this
label are base deceptions.—Other Candles and Soap are reduced in
price, and may they long continue so ! ! The Eight New Lights
can be seen at the Establishment of the METROPOLITAN LIGIIT
COM PANY, 447, West Strand, next door to the Electric Telegraph
Comp .any.

DARKNESS REIGNS NO MORE.
The LIGHT of ALBERT gladdens the midnight scene.
Darkness now wears a diadem of Light. A beautiful little Light.
decidedly ths best Night Lamp known. All should use them.
Price. for the best, 9d. each. The Lights are 94. per box. The
Albert Lamps, with the gcnuire Lights for them, can be had at the
Establishment of the Metropolitan Light Company, RICHARD
CLARK, Resident Manager, 447, West Strand, next door to the
Electric Telegraph Company.

FINE HEAD OF HAIR.
OWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL.
The ex!raordinary efficacy, and happy amalgamation of its
purely exotic materials, hive rendered it justly renowned through-
out the work,. for its remarkal.le virtues in nourishing, preserving,
and beautifying the Human Hair. It insinuates its balsamic
properties into the pores of the head, nourishes the Hair in its
embryo state, accelerates its growth, cleanses it from Scurf and
Dandriff, sustains it in maturity, and continues its pos-
session of healthy vigour, silky softness, and luxurious redun-
dancy, to the latest period of human life. Its operation in cases
of baldness is peculiarly acive ; so that, in numerous instances
wherein other remedies have been tried in vain, ROWLANDS'
MACASSAR OIL has superseded the ornaments of art, by rein-
stating, in full plenitude, the permanent gifts and graces of
nature. In the growth of Whiskers, Eyebrows, and Mus-
taelnos, it is al,o unfailing in its stimulative operation. For children
It is especially recommended, as forming the basis of a beautiful
head of hair, and rendering the use of the fine-comb unnecessary.
The Patronage of Royalty throughout Europe, and the high
esteem in which it is universally held, together with numerous Tes-
timonials constantly received of its efficacy, afford the best and
surest proofs of its merits.—Price 3s. Gd. and 7s. ; or Family Bottles
(equal to four small) at 10s. Gd. ; and double that size, 21s.
CAUTION.--On the wrapper of each bottle of the genuine article
are these words, in two lines ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL. The
same are engraved on the back of time wrapper nearly 1,500 times,
containing 29,028 letters.

Sold by A:ROWLAND and SONS, 20, Hatton-Garden, London
and by all Chemists and Perfumers.

N 0 T I C E.----To Newspaper Proprietors.—
WILMA NI THOMAS bogs to offer his best thanks for the
corrected returns he has already received for his ICEW UNIVERSAL
NEWSPAPER LIST, and most respectfully solicits those who have
not yet done so to forward them with the least possible delay, the
work being in the press, Advertisements intended for insertion latest
be immediately forwarded.
Universal Advertising and Newspaper Office, 21, Catherine sheet,
Strand.

Just published, price 55., Bvo., in cloth,
r PHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURESL of the URETIIRA, in all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru•
ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent,
By F. B. COURTENA Y, M.R.C.S.E.,
" The operation of introducing a catheter through an impermeable
stricture is, without doubt, the most difficult In the whole range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
Published by 11. Bailliere 219, Regent-street ; and may be bad of
all booksellers in tow tor coun ry.

tuustrateei by tie Anatonu ueloureu Engraving. on Steel.
)1.4 PHYSICAL
DISQUALIaTIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
. Just published, price 2s 6d
*gbewv
pEodsitt,iodnir,erlt
farramgcdthte.
Establishment,
FRthithl3:ein:es.ra6tdi'vien pc'sysstetamge,
to use of mercury,
SILENT
rt ;lom e r..
a MedicanatilngWcerotairka dol en-
the infirmities and decay of the
:e*sive indulgence, infection, and
with remarks on Marriage, and the mean,or!' obviating
lualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. R.
L. PERRY and CO., Consulting Surgeons, is, Berges;s By
and
tord-street, London. Published by the Authors : sold 10-7str:at' Ox-
-21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford tsrtancege:
Starle,23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden_t
hall-itrc et.
PART L treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessiveindul-
4enee, and their lamentable effects ea the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative ncapacity.
Ulm trated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contents explicit direction
Coloureds for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen
Engravings.
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple appiication, py which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
reader's notice.
PART Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
lutes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
TRECORDIAL BALM of Svittecum is exclusively employed ii
treat-
rr g nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., lls. and 335. per
bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, aa anti-syphilc
romedy, for purifying the blood in cases ofiafection, infection, secondary symp-
toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 ls. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and 11x. per box, a
Certain remedy for gonorrhosa, gleet, striCtUre, and chronic inflamma-
tion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 1/. A minute
retail of the case is required : age, habits, and position in society.
51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establishment only, by
which the fee, IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, are in atten-
dance daily at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London, from Ele-
yen ttil Two, and Yin to Eight ; on &Ways trona Eleven to One.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
No. CLXXX., is just published.

CONTENTS:—
I. The Vanity and Glory of Literature.
11. The Physical Atlas of Natural Pluenomena.
111. Taylor's Eve of the Conquest.
IV. Mrs. Jameson's Sacred and Legendary Art.
V. Mary Barton.
VI. Miss Strickland's Lives of the Queens of England.
VII. Duke of Argyll's " Presbytery Examined."
VIII. University Reform : Cambridge and Oxford.
IX. Financial Prospects, 1849.
X. Political State of Germany.
XI. N. Guizot's Democracy In France.
London : Long-man and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.

In Bvo., a New Edition; price 153., of
THE PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
ECONOMY; with a Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the
Science.

Dy J. R. WCULLOCII, Esq.
Fourth Edition ; corrected, improved, and enlarged.
A. and C. Black, Edinburgh ; Longman and Co., London.

It I G IN A L MISSISSIPPI.
EGYPTIAN' lIALL.
BANVARD'S GREAT PAINTING of the MISSISSIPPI and
MISSOURI RIVERS, being the larest painting in the world, exhi-
biting over 3,000 miles of American scenery, extending through the
heart of America from the temperate re4ions of tho north to the
tropics of the south.
EXHIBITED every Morning at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, at
Half-past Two, Evenings, at Half-past &even. Doors open one half
hear before commencing. Admission, lower seats, 2s. ; gallery, Is,

VERSE FOR MY PURSE.
Come, safe preserver of my valued cash,
Thy praise I'll sing, though Shakspere calls thee trash.
Much do I owe to thee, thou treasured thing,
And therefore 'tis but right that I should sing.
All that I wear, and all I eat and drink,
ire but the produce of thy current chink;
And wheresoever, therefore, thou art conn'd,
I view thy contents as a magic wand.
Like everything, thou may'st be rightly used,
And likewise may'st be equally abused.
Bit I ant one who would consult my purse,
In buying goods for better or fir worse.
Thy gold and silver treasures, if we ponder,
Is far too costly—far too scarce to squander;
And therefore in my purchases in trade,
I always go where savings can be made.
And never do I carelessly disburse
The Whites and Yellows of my well-wrought purse.
In dress, for instance, I would. always buy
MOSES AND SON'S ATTIRE,
, Which ranks so high.
At MOSES' Warehouse, everywhere renowned,
Cheapness and quality are always found.
I never once have found it the reverse,
Though often there I've drawn my silken purse.
THE HATS AND BOOTS OF MOSES
Also show

That quality is high, and price is low.
And really more than ever de I see
The very little hole they make in. thee.
Hence I again to MOSES will repair,
And make a good—a moderate purchase there.
Again with MOSES will I draw my purse,
I can't do better—but I could do worse,
And thus concludes this tributary verse.
LIST OF PRICES.
READY MADE.
May, Spring, and Sumer Wrappers."... fromio 8 6
'the Buiwer, Pacha, Palotot, and every descrip-
tion of light Over-coats •• ••••• .• 0 12 6
Superfine Cloth Coats, of a light texture, and
handsomely trimmed •• • ...... 1 10 0
Do. do. lined with silk.. •• • • • 1 18 0
Jean and Holland Blouses.. • ............. •• 0 2 9
Fancy Victoria•..... • • •• •• • .
Tweed • ..... .•• • • • •• .. ..... •••••.• .• •• •• 0 4 6
Dress Coat ..
Frock Coat
Spring and Summer Trousers •• 0 4 0
Doeskin ditto ...... ...... • • •• •• 0 12 0
Suck ditt0............•• •••••• • • •• ...••• •• 0 7 6
Spring and Summer Vests in every variety.. 0 1 6
Black Satin. . •• •••• • • • ..... •• • • .. 0 4 G
Figured ..... ........ • • •• 0 4 6
White Ma-cello ...... .............. 0 4 6
11l ick Cloth .............. ••..• • • • ........ 0 2 6
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Suits ••••••• • •• •• • • 0 1 S 6
Spring and Summer Test •• • • .... •• .. 0 10
MADE TO MEASDRE.
May, Spring, aid Summer Coats...—. • .from 0 16 0
Tke Bulwer, Pacha, Paletot, and every de-
scription of light Overcoats • • ...... ••• • .. 1 0 0
Superfine Cloth of a light texture, and hand-
somely trimmed •• ••
Ditto ditto lined with silk...
Superfine Dress C0at....... ...... ......... 1 12 0
Lest .. •• •......• •• • ....... ••....•• .••.. 2 15 0
Superfine Frock • • •••••••••••• •• • • • • " • • 1 15 °
Black Tronsers •• • • 016 0
Best .
Fancy D0e5kin........ .. •• . 0 18 0
Best Black Vest ••..•••• • • • • •• .... •••• •• 0 13 6
Splendid istin Vest.. •• • • ........ • • ........ 0 14 6
Hussar and Tunis suits .................. . 1 5 0
May White Marcella Vest.• •••• .. •• .• .... 0 7 0
Diotuning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
A Suit of Clothes complete for 11. 16s.
A new work, entitled " The Treasury of Taste," containing a de-
tailed list of prices for each department, with full directions for self-
measurement, may be had on application, or forwarded post-free.
Caution.—E. Moses and Son regret having to guard Ike public
against imposition ; but have learned that the untradesman-tike
falsehood of being connected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
T ey have no connexion with any other house in or out of London,
except their Branch Establishments, 3G, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19,
Thorntou'l-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire ; nag those who desire
genuine and cheer clothing. Fze., should call at, or send to either of
their Branches, or to the Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
e .:NOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Flatters,
fleslers, ,„,urriers, Boot amid Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for
..adies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Mineriep sad 112.
44, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London ; and their ite....eh k•stablish-
ments, 36, Fargate, Sheffield ; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad-
ford, Yorkshire.

Take route.—This Eitablishmeat Is closed from gusset Friday.

till sunset Saturday. when business is resumed till twelve o'clock.
Several first rate Cutters wanted for London and Country ; apply
on T..esday Mornings, at Ten o'clock.

N.B. This Establishment will be closed on Thursday Evening,
April 12, at Ha f-past o'clock. and resume business as usual on
Saturday Evening, April 14, at Half past Seven o'clock.

WEST INDIA MAIL.
RIOT IN ST. LUCIA.
The Royal Mail Company's steam•packet Clyde
arrived at Southampton last evening from the West
Indies, bringing dates from Jamaica to March 10
and St. Lucia March 8, and about 800,000 dollars
on merchants' account.

The most important news is from St. Lucia, where
a riot took place on the sth of March. About 400
insurgent negroes besieged the Governor in the
council-chamber, and when dispersed they again
assembled riotously in various parts of the town.
The Riot Act was read, and the military were called
out after much hesitation. Their mere appearance
had no effect on the mob, who acted with so much
turbulence that it was at length found necessary to
give the order to fire on them. Accordingly a party
of the 54th discharged their pieces into the crowd,
and three persons were killed and three wounded.
This had the effect, however, of preventing more
serious bloodshed, for it at once dispersed the rioters.
The other item of news from this island is that the
Planters' Bank has been abandoned.

From Jamaica we learn that a meeting had been
held to petition Parliament for a responsible govern-
ment. The Rum Duties Bill, because it provided no
money, was rejected by the Council ; and the Go-
vernor, finding the Assembly impracticable, prorogued
it, on the 3d, until the 24th of March, intimating that,
if members were more pliable, he would call them to.
gether again.

From— St. Domingo, it is stated that some mis-
understanding had taken place between the people of
Aux Cayes and some French and English merchants.
The quarrel had proceeded so far that the consular
agents of those nations had been struck.
An improvement in the revenue had taken place at
Barbadoes.

At Demerara, the gaieties in honour of the new
governor, Mr. Barkly were continued.
The islands generally are reported as healthy, the
weather favourable, and the crops good.

JAMAICA MARKETS.
(From Cordova's Mercantile Intelligencer.)

Flour—The stock is heavy, and the consumption ex-
tremely limited. Fresh Baltimore and George Town
have been sold at 28s. per barrel. There is no inquiry
for New Orleans or Philadelphia. The last cargo from
Baltimore sold at 275.

Meal—Thu stuck is enormous, and 13s. per barrel had
been accepted for fresh.
Brim—Two cargoes of Carolina had been taken at
19s. per 1001bs.
Butter—Fresh was dull, at 1 1 id. Large arrivals from
America had been sold at 9d.

Brandy had risen, and was at 6s. 6d. per gallon, in
bond.

Rum was selling at 2s. 3d. to 2s. 6d. per gallon, proof.
Sugar—There appears to be a better feeling in the
market for this article, in consequence of late advices
from England having reported an advance. The quota-
tions are from 13s. to 16s. per 1001bs.

Freights—Coffee, 41. per ton to Liverpool; Sugar, 3/.
to Liverpool and 31. 10s. to 41. to London. There was
abundant tonnage in the harbour, but little employment.
Exchange on London—Bank bills, 90 days, per
cent. prem.; private bills, 90 days, par.

MARYLERONE VESTRY.—Oa Saturday, at the
usual weekly meeting of the Marylebone Vestry, the
Rev. Dr. Spry in the chair, the only point of any im-
portance was the nomination of churchwardens. The
nomination of the Right Honourable Lord Portman as
churchwarden on the part of the Crown having been
received, a circumstance occurred which is stated never
to have been previously known in the annals of the
Marylebone vestry, namely, the probability of a contest
fmorauthoef otffihoceproefvicohourchwarden of the parish—the sides-
sofy ecaoruris.T.ie
e of sidesman to thegalel"'
Mvers.tNryiswbhetetn '
presentle ma o
p who
anominatedroc
parochial
inaadsl gluhseu
elected as a matter
churchwarden
expressed
in t h
e(
filled the offic
of Wigmore-street, and much Mr. George Mallalue,
surprise was therefore
Mr.arles Carr proposed
the nomination of Mr. J. Augustus Nicholay, of Oxford-
street, as parochial churchwardenf for the year ensuing.
Mr. Matthews proposed that Mr. Georgei Mallalue, of
Wigmore-street, the present sidesman, be put in nomi-
nation for the office. A similar contest take place
for the office of sidesman to the parochial warden for
the ensuing year; Dlr. Bridgman being
Mr. Garnett, and Mr. William Low,by Mr.
carr. The
proposed by
District Churchwardens:—All Soul's District—
mr. J.
Wingfield, of Great Portland-street; for St. Mary's,
Mr. David Ray, of King-street, Portman-square' for
Christ Church, Mr. Thomas Powell; and for Trinity,
Mr. Charles Hickman were nominated.
Dispatches were sent off on Saturday evening from
the Colonial office, far the Governors of Malta, the Cape
of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and Ceylon,
. and also for
the TiQrd Highcolmigioner of the luau Islmado.

THE YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND

BERWICK RAILWAY;
The following is the report of the committeee ap-
pointed by the proprietors of the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick Railway Company to investigate the
Great North of England purchase account :
The agreemot for the purchase of the Great North of
England Railway was entered into provisionally in the
month of June, 1845, and the Act of Parliament for
carrying out that agreement passed on the 27th of July,
1846. _ .

At the time when such agreement was entered into,
and such Act passed, Mr. Hudson, the chairman of the
York, NewcastbSl and Berwick Railway, bad not any
share or interest in the Great North of England Rail-
way, nor were any shares ever allotted to him.
The terms on Which the several classes of shares in
the Great North of England Railway were agreed to be
purchased by the Yerk, Newcastle, and Berwick Rail-
way Company were as follows, the principal of the pur-
chase-money of each class being payable on the Ist of
July, 1850:
The 1001. shares at 2501. each, with interest at 10 per
cent. per annum oh 1004 in the mean time.
The 401. shares at 601. premium per share, with in-
terest at 10 per cent. on 401., deducting 4 per cent. on
amount uncalled.
The 301. shares M 45L premium per share, with 5 per
cent, interest on coils until July, 1847, and 10 per cent.
on o fl.sj/u.
afterwards on 301. until paid off.
The 151. shares, on which 11. 10s. only had been paid,
cent.
interest
on t
at calllos
per to
cent. th
Iste
at 221. lOs. premiuni per share, with interest at 5 per
On the 26th of October, 1846, a special general meet-
ing of the shareholders in the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick Railway was held at York, when a stock was-
created on which 6 per cent. Ter annum was guaranteed
luynotillB p4ai9, d andoff. afterwards
till the
,lst of July,lB3l4' in order to provide for " the
purchase of the Great North of England Railway and
works."

The object of thia measure is stated to have been to
spread the payment for the shares of the Great North
of England Railway Company, amounting in the whole
to three and a half million sterling, over a space of three
years and a half, instead of making that payment on one
day, viz., the Ist of July 1850.
After the conclusion of the business of the special
general meeting of proprietors on the 26th of October,
1846, a meeting of the directors was held, at which it
was resolved that the shares:in the Great North of Eng-
land Railway Company should be bought by the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, and that
Mr. Hudson alone should have the management of the
purchases. The directors are agreed that such a reso-
lution or understanding was come to at this meeting.
But no record of it is to be found on the minutes of the
proceedings of the directors. The absence of such record.
is ascribed by some of the directors to their wish to keep
as secret as possible the fact of the company being pur-
chasers of shares; a knowledge of which fact might, in
their judgment, have had the effect of enhancing the price
of the shares in the market.

We cannot, however, admit this as any reason for
the omission, particularly as Mr. Hudson has himself
stated in his evidence (as the fact was), that it was well
known at that time that the company were purchasers of
the shares. _ _

At this meeting Mr. Plews, one of the directors, sup-
posed from his connexion with the Great North Of Eng-
land,Railway to be best qualified for the task,was requested
to make a calculation of the value to this company of
the different classes of Great North of England Railway
shares. On his return to his place or residence at Dar-
lington, it appears that Mr. Plows prepared a statemen
of the comparative value of the several classes of Great
North of England Railway shares, showing the separate
value (assuming the market price of the day as his stan-
dard) of each class of share to a party investing money at
five per cent.
This statement, he believes, he transmitted either on
the 27th or the 28th of October, 1846, to Mr.-Close, the
secretary of the company at York.
As this calculation of Mr. Plews has been much re-.
ferred to in the evidence taken before us, we subjoin a
fac-simile of it.
The sums expended by the directors of the York,
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company in buying
Great North of England Railway shares up to the
25th of January last, amount in the aggregate to the sum
of 749,524/. 14s, 7d.
The first sale to the company was by Mr. Hudson
himself to the extent of 131,8671. 9s. 3d., to which sale
Mr. Hudson his assigned the date of the 27th of Octo-
ber, 1846.
It appears in evidence that Mr. Hudson had early, in
the month of October, 1846, begun to purchase the va•
rious classes of Great North of England Railway shares
on his own account, and' that on the 27th of October,
1846, being the day after the special meeting, he effected
the sale of his Great North of England shares to the
company.
The prices Were fixed by Mr. Hudson himself, assisted
by Mr. Ulose, and the principle alleged to have been
adopted was based on Mr. Plews's calculation; but this
part of the thransamion appears to be involved in some
obscurity as to dates, for if the sale took place on the
27th of October, Mr. Plews's calculation of the value
of the shares could scarcely have been at York on
that day.

We find in the journal of the company, entitled "the
Great North of England Purchase Journal," the follow-
ing entry without date.
Sundries, Dr.

To George Hudson and others.
s. d.
... 36,240 0 0
.. 21,631 10 0
:.. 5,187 0 0
...67,539 0 0
990 18 9
279 0 6

1001. shares (151 shares)
401. *hares (342 shares)...
30/. shares (91 shares) ...
151. shares (2,874 shares)
Brokers' commission
Transfer stamps
•••

£131,87 9 3
This entry represents the whole amount of the Great
North of England Railway shares sold by Mr. Hudson
to the company, and the amount appears to have been
paid to him by two cheques on the York Union Banking
Company—the one for 81,100/.,dated the 27th of October,
1846, and the other for 50,7671. 9s. 3d., dated the 27th
of November, 1846, both of vthich cheques are signed by
two directors of the company,
and Robert Davies. The cheques have been produced to
us, and the payments are entered in the banker's book,
and stand in the ledger of the company under their re-
spective dates. Messrs James Richardson
The prices paid to Mr. Hudson for these shares, com•
pared with the market prices of the assigned date of the
sale, present the following results, viz. :-
1-.er Share. Market Price. Excess.
X 5. , Per Share. X. s.

151 100 Shares fixed by Mr.
Hudson at ...... • 240 0 237 453
342 40 n 63a 613 598 10
91 30 Of 57 0 55 182 0
2,874 16 rr 23 10 21 7,185 0
Making a total excess on these several classes of shares
compared with the market price of the day of 8,418/. 18s.
The difference between the price assigned by Mr.
Close to the 151. shares and the market price of the day,
and Mr. Plea s's calculation, is no less than 2/. 105. per
share. In the evidence given before us, Mr. Close as-
cribes this difference to a mistake occasioned by an erro-
pnefeowusecsocmalbciunlaattiioonn,ownhhicish
per share as the value of these shares, whilst the !nark
part of figures taken from Mr.
price of the day was only 211. per share,
was the value assigned to them by Mr. Plows.
mittee
As a difference of opinion exists in th
gave a result of 241. 3s. 6edt
re-
specting this explanation, we leave it, w
in the hands of the proprietors.o..
by.
Mr. Hudson to the
The number of these sharesra
at the company,
hceo
measure
cpaasnuyr
0, inof this
th
paid in excess of the market • price
part of the transaction,
of the day, to the extent of 7,1851. ietwhohuiethCom4nmfeanctr
comTphaisn,yhobweienvgerv,ereyancnoontstinde
takblee:
e
injury to the company, inasmuch as the purchase of so
large a number of shares by Mr. Hudson, on his own ac-
count, during the month of October, without any ques-
tion contributed to enhance the market price of the 27th
of October.
Of this sum Mr. Hudson repaid, on the 19th of
February last, 2,8741., under the circumstances after
stated.
We think it due to Mr. Hudson to append his state-
ment with respect to this transaction :
" In fixing the price which I thought in fairness I
ought to receive from the company, the price estimated
by Mr. Plews, and. shown to me by Mr, Close, was
24/. 3s. 6d. per share as a price at which it was advan-
tageous for the company to purchase; and I then di-
rected Mr. Close to put them down to the company at
231. 10s. per share, and I never discovered that there
was any error, or doubted that the transaction was per-
fectly correct, until Monday morning before the meeting,
coming to York, I was looking at the average price put
in the statement, it struck me that the average looked
very high; but before the statement was sent out it was
submitted to a meeting of the board, and although some
of the directors went into the calculations, yet none of
them made any remark as to the high average of these
shares. Upon arriving in York I went into Mr. Close's
office, and I stated to him that the average looked very
high, and asked of whom had been bought the largest
number of these shares. He referred to the books of
the company, and stated they were principally bought of
me. I said, Then turn to see what are the prices
given for the same description of shares to other
parties,' upon which, seeing that the shares
taken of me were at a higher price than those taken of
other parties, I said, I must pay the 1/, call due upon
them immediately, and after the meeting you and I must
go carefully into that account, and we must have the
matter tet right." Mr. Hudson accordingly drew a cheque
on his own bankers for 2,874/., which was paid on the
19th of February to the Great North of England Rail-
way account, being 11. per share remaining uncalled on
2,874 15/. shares.
Sir John Simpson confirms this statement thus far:
he states—" That he was present at the board meeting
of the directors, on the 20th of February last, and heard
Mr. Hudson say to Mr. Close, I am sure, or I am satis-
fied, there is something wrong in these 151. shares; we
must look into it after the meeting.
With the power Mr. Hudson possessed of giving this
explanation, it is to be regretted that he should have
moved the adoption of the report, including the Great
North of Enghtud*.purchese ;account, by the meeting of

the 20th of February, without making any correction or
noticing the existence of any error.
We have felt it our duty to endeavour to trace the pur-
chase by Mr. Hudson of all the shares included in his
sale to tho company, and to ascertain the dates of the
purchase, and the price at which they were bought,
which seemed to be important with reference to the
principle that Mr. Hudson must be considered as ha►ing
made those purchases in the character of a trustee for
the company; this inquiry has been attended with con-
siderable difficulty, and has occasioned delay in making
our report. _

All these shares seem to have been purchased by Mr.
Hudson between the sth of October and the 12th of
November, 1846, and not at earlier dates as was origin-
ally apprehended, and consequently Mr. Hudson's profit
by the transaction has not been so considerable as it was
at first believed to have been.

With respect to the payment to Mr. Hudson for these
shares by the company, we feel ourselves called upon to
observe that at the period when he received the cheque
for 81,100/. (the 27th of October, 1846,) he himself could
not have paid snore than about 25,000/. on account of the
purchase of these shares, although he might be called
upon to make a further payment of about 70,000/. on the
30th of October. The effect of this would to that the
shares bought by Mr. Hudson on bis own account, and
sold afterwards at an enhanced price to the company,
were to a considerable extent paid for in the first instance
with the money.he had received from the company.
The impropriety of such a transaction between an in-
dividual and a company to which he stands in the relation
of a trustee cannot be doubted. And we are of opinion
that the sum charged by Mr. Hudien for these shares
ought to be reduced to the sum he actually paid for them,
and the difference repaid with interest.
It appears from the evidence of the other directors
that they were not aware of any purchase having been
'made by the company of Mr. Hudson. And the auditors
were also ignorant of the fact ; they having contented
themselves with an examination of the books without
ascertaining whether any original contract existed. •
The next contract of importance is that of Mr.
comparing Christian
thel lh up sr ei
prices
s amounting
shares to
d i
i included in
tract with the market prices of the day, viz. 19th of De-
-It2hsi's c!
on
cember, 1846, we find the company has paid in excess
a sum of between 5,000/. and 6,0001.

The rest of the items, composing the sum of 749,5241.
14s. 7d., have been carefully investigated, and we hare no
comment to make on them.

The next matter which required our investigation was
the charge for brokerage, amounting to 2,4991. 7s. sd.
This sum is seduced to 1,6931. 14s. 11d. by deducting
8051. 12s. 6d. erroneously placed under the head of bro-
kerage, which was, in point of fact, a payment for in-
terest on bills of exchange which were paid as part of
the purchase money of the shares sold by Mr. Allhusen
to the company.
Of the remaining sum, the sum of 9901. 18s. 9d. was a
payment made to Mr. Hudson for brokerage on the
shares sold by him to the company. This, according to
the statement of Mr. Close, was done on the assumption
that the company must have paid brokerage if they had
bought those shares in the market, and without refer-
ence to the consideration, that Mr. Hudson must have
paid brokerage if he had sold his shares in the market.
The charge for brokerage cannot be justified or main-
tained.

The next item is a charge by Messrs. Lawrence and
Co. of 5471. ls. Id., which was paid to them, being the
full rate of brokerage; although, in their original con-
tracts produced to us, they charged only half.
We find, however, they returned one-half of this
amount to Mr. Hudson, who states he gave the order as
Chairman of the York Union Bank Company, and that
he paid to the bank the sum be so received.
As all the other brokers employed by the company
have charged only half brokerage, we do not consider
there is any reason in this case why the company should
sustain a loss, and we are of opinion the sum so re-
ceived should be paid to the company.
The remaining item is that of Mr. Satterthwaite, who
sold to Mr. Hudson a parcel of shares amounting to
16,5001., and stamps 1001., making 16,6001., which sum
he was paid by Mr. Hudson himself. The particulars
of this purchase, as entered in the books of the com-
pany, are—

£. s.
250 301. shares ... ... 16,462 10

Stamps

Commission

100 0

100 0

16,662 10
Which sums wore repaid by the company to Mr. Hudson
as follows:--
1847.
April 5 ...
May 12

8.
... 16,562 10
100 0

16,662 10
Being 621. 10s. in excess of the sum paid by him.
According to the evidence of Mr. lltids had
on,
in-
structed Mr. Close to pay to his credit the sum of 1001.
about that time for travelling expenses, and he could
only account in that manner for the mistake we now
point out.
We think it necessary to add that the sum raised by
calls made and paid in advance was 1,427,833/. 10s., of
which the sum 749,524/. 14s. 7d. has been applied to the
purposes intended by the proprietors in their resolution
of the 26th of October, 1846. This sum is about one•
fifth of the whole amount required to pay off the Great
North of England proprietors, and it has been invested
n Great North of England Railway shares as follows:
X. s. d.
351,822 .2 0
155,528 19 4
174,705 7 6
61,586 9 9

In the year 1846 ...
1847 ... ...
1848 ...
1849

£743,642 18 7
There remain, therefore, four-fifths of the entire sum
still to be paid.

We think a more beneficial result would have oc-
curred to the company had the resolution of the pro-
prietors before referred to been carried into effect to a
much larger extent at an earlier period.
The Great North of England purchase account has
been very imperfectly kept. The transactions to which
it relates commenced in the month of October, 1846;
and yet it is admitted that no books were opened till
the month of December or January last, when a journal
and ledger appear to have been begun and posted up,
the entries in the journal of purchases of shares being
without dates, and being so made as to baffle examina-
tion without the aid of other materials.

The general accounts of the York, Newcastle, and
Berwick Railway Company, we hope, are dealt with in a
very different way.
The auditors seem to have misapprehended their duty
in auditing those accounts; they limited their examina-
tion to a comparison of the bank book, in which are
entered the directors' cheques with the entries in the
journal and ledger, they have neither required the pro-
duction of vouchers nor original contracts—a mode of
examination which it is obvious mast be utterly worthless.
The remissness of the directors in the discharge of
their duty with respect to this account is very remark-
able. From the 27th of October, 1846, till the 13th of
February last, according to their own statement they
remained in entire ignorance of the state of the Great
North of England purchase account, and made no in-
quiries about the matter.
A still greater degree of blame attaches to the two
directors who signed the cheque for 81,1001. on the 27th
of October, 1846, the day alter the creation of the stock
for the purchase of these shares, without asking for,
or receiving any further explanation than that it was
for the purchase of Great North of England Railway
a
shares.

Shareholders have a right to expect of gentlemen who
accept the office of directors that they should be cogni-
zant of, and take part in, all important proceedings of
the company.

It is not right that they should confer absolute power,
and impose undivided responsibility on one of their body,
however able and efficient he may be.
The secretary ought not only to -be competent to the
discharge of his duties, but should be strictly confined to
the business of the company.
A oourse of proceeding directly the reverse of that
which we have found to have existed with respect to the
Great North of England purchase account ought to be
pursued both by auditors and directors in the affairs of
the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, in
order to give to that railway, possessing as it does so
many essential elements of prosperity yet undeveloped,
its true value, and to insure the confidence of the pro.
prietors in its management.

ROBERT PRANCE.
HORATIO LOVE.
JOHN CLAYTON.
JOHN SHIELD.
York, March 29, 1849. ROBERT DENISON.

THE Ex-ROYAL FAMILY or FRANCE.—The Count
and Countess of Neuilly, accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess de Nemours, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale,
and a select number of attendants, came to town on Sa-
turday from Claremont, and visited her Majesty the
Queen Dowager at Marlborough-house. The venerable
Count and Countess appeared in excellent health and
spirits, and with their family and suite partook of lun-
cheon with the Queen Dowager, the Princesses of Ho-
henlohe Schillingsturst, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
and the principal members of her Majesty's household.
The Count and Countess and party left town soon after
three o'clock on their return to Claremont. We learn
that the Count and Countess, and the whole of the illus-
trious exiles at Claremont, proceed to St. Leonard's.on-
Sea, on Thursday or Friday next, where they purpose
to sojourn for a few weeks.
CWMGOODY MURDER.—The convict Griffiths has
been very much depressed in spirits since his sentenc?,
and speaks very little, though be appears to pay.const-
derable attention to the instructions of herhaplan the
Rev. David Price, and spends the great part of the
time in reading. He has made no communication as to
his dreadful crime. A room has been fitted for a " Con-
demned cell," and two watchers have been appointed,
one of whom is always in attendance night and day.
The execution has been fixed for ten o'clock in the fore-
noon of Wednesday, the 11th of April—the longest
been
nst
possible time which the law will allow having thus
humanely allotted to Wm.—Welshman.