The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-30 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30, 1849,

already marched into Transylvania. ScuLicik
meanwhile is reported to have crossed the Theiss.
JELLACHICH is operating with the Croats against
Szegedin, and PUCHNER remains in the neighbour-
hood of Grosswardein. While six of the Austrian
corps are congregated in the vicinity of Koros, of
Telegzhaz, and of Keczkemet, the reserve continues
at Czegled, and the only advantage recorded of late on
the side of the Absolutists appears to have been a
triflingengagement, hard by Hochwiesen, inlwhich the
followers of SIMONYI were beaten back upon Comorn.

Even when estimated by those who would wish as
much as possible to underrate the number of soldiers
armed in defence of Hungarian independence, the
army, obedient to the chivalrous voice of KOSSUTH,
cannot be rated at less than 150,000 men, commanded
by upwards of twenty generals, most of whom have even
now acquired considerable distinction. Under the guid-
ance of KOSSUTH, who may be regarded as the CARNOT,
and of BEM, who may be termed the llocnE of this
great enterprise in the cause of liberty, there are
now leagued together such eminent captains as Kiss,
RS GARZEY, as MESZAROS, as KOMENPI nil', as
JAROSLAWSKY, as MEROSLAWSKY, as DEMBINSKY)
and as CZARTORNOSKY. Against these officers and
troops, it is true that Austria can oppose, not only
her own enormous resources in military power
and genius, but that also of the vast Rus-
sian despotism. Nevertheless, the friends of
Hungary have reason to continue sanguine,
of the ultimate result of the campaign ; for, added to
the innate vigour and devotion of the insurgent
races, the attention, authority, ambition, and re-
sources of their stupendous assailants are being
simultaneously diverted into other channels. Austria
has not only cause to watch with untiring assiduity
the progress of events beyond the Tyrolean gorges,
but her EMPEROR finds it more than ever essential
to direct his intrigues, his diplomacy, and his autho-
rity upon the Central Diet at Frankfort-on-the-Maine.
At the same moment the AUTOCRAT must obey the
promptings of his ambition sooner or later—that law-
less ambition which looks beyond the mineral richcs
of Moldo-Wallachia towards the oriental provinces
stretching down to the Bosphorus. The forces
dispatched by the Government of St. Petersburgh
into Transylvania will be more willingly directed
along the frontiers of Bessarabia, in the direction of
Constantinople ; and the goal which at this period
may seem to be the battlements of Pesth may before
long be openly removed to the channel of the Dar-
danelles.

Terrible, therefore, as are the odds against Hun-
gary, her great game is very far from being yet
played out. Nor can her success, even when strug-
gling at once against the two EMPERORS, be re-
garded as desperate. She will take heart in the re-
collection of the vassalage in which she has so long
groaned. She will not flinch from encountering
the terrific dangers by which she is surrounded ; and
she will be sustained in her heroic enterprise by the
knowledge of the sanctity of the rights, in vindication
of which she is fighting, and by the instinctive anticipa-
tion of the blessings of her posterity. The Hungarians
march into battle fired with new courage by the
thought of their nationality, while the Germans are
sustained by the artificial incitement of the thrilling
lays of the poet GRILLPATZER, and especially by that
stirring chorus, " Gliick mil, mein Feldherr, fiihre
den Streieh !" which has resounded alike under the
banners of RADETZKY and WINDISCHGRATZ, and
which the young EMPEZLOR, with a just appreciation
of the power of song, has just recompensed by for-
warding to GRILLPATZER from the Imperial Palace
at 011miltz the decoration of the order of St. Leopold.
Still, in defiance of war-song and cannon balls,
Hungary may yet preserve herself from the chains of
tyranny by continuing to maintain that attitude
which will alone honour her in the face of Europe.
Let it never be overlooked by the Hungarians, that
even by the so-called liberal constitution, lately ten-
dered to his subjects by FRA.NCIS JOSEPH, the
natives of Sclavonia would lose their very mother
tongue—German being there declared to be the official
language in all the heterogeneous dominions under the
rule of the KAISER. They have to fight, therefore,
not merely for " their hearths and their altars," but
for the preservation of their language, of their na-
tionality, of their existence, and not only for the
preservation of their existence, but of their memory.
It is whispered in a dastardly foot-note by the
reactionnaires, that Kossrrn is soliciting from France
and England their joint mediation. The present
attitude of Hungary exposes the turpitude of that
libellous insinuation. KOSSUTH is neither lost to
fame, nor is he doubtful of the Hungarians.

The new terms and conditions proposed by the
directors of the East India Company for the construc-
tion of a line of railway in the Bengal Presidency
have been submitted to the directors of the East
India Railway Company, and, it is said, unanimously
accepted. They do not differ materially from those
previously offered, respecting which so many disputes
had arisen, save in two particulars. The proposed
guarantee of five per cent. is not given for a limited
period, but is to continue during the entire term
of ninety-nine years, for which the concession
is to be made, and, secondly, a power is reserved to
the railway company to give up the line to the East
India Company, "at any time they please after six
months' notice in writing—which may be given at
any time after the line first to be made shall have
been finished, and in operation for the space of three
months, but the railroad to be given up in perfect
working condition,* both as to the line and the work-
ing stock. They shall then receive payment of the
original capital invested in the actual survey and
construction of the line, either in one sum, or at the
option of Government it may be commuted for
an annuity according to the provisions for the pur-
chase of the railway by the East India Company,"
all claims in respect to the railway having been pre-
viously discharged. These, we say, are the new
features of the present plan. It now remains to be
seen whether the shareholders of the railway com-
panies will adopt the views of the directors, and pay
up the required sum of 1,000,0001. sterling within the
time limited for that purpose.

The selection of the dee is to be left to the Indian
Government, " it being understood, that the section to
be undertaken in the first instance will be the com-
mencement of the line, which may be determined
from Calcutta towards the upper provinces, so as to
form the commencement of the line leading either to
Alirzapore or to Rajmahal." The shareholders will
therefore have no choice as to the portion that may
be constructed, which may be selected, rather for its
political advantages, than for the prospects it may
afford of a handsome dividend. It is true that
this objection may be partly neutralized by the power
granted:to the company of surrendering the line, after
it has been working for three months, and re-
ceiving payment of the original capital invested
in the actual survey and construction of the line.
Some loss may, however, occur during the working
of the line for the nine months which must elapse
before the surrender could possibly be made. And,
again, considerable expenditure may take place
which might not be considered to have been applied
" to the actual survey and construction of the line,"
or why should the compensation to be given have
been so 'strictly limited to theseiterns? It would,
we think, have been more satisfactory to the capi-
talists, who are about to make the necessary advances
if the exact line to be constructed had been more
accurately defined, and that so wide a discretion
was not allowed to the Indian Government,
who are only bound to select the commencement of
a line running from Calcutta towards the upper
provinces. One terminus only is fixed, and nothing
else is certain.

" The railway is to be made under the supervision
and direction of the East India Company, whose
officers in India or in London shall attest the entire
expenditure, and see that the capital account is pro-
perly kept in the course of construction." There can-
not be any great objection to the proposed supervision
if kept within proper limits. Unless, however, its
extent be properly defined, it may be carried to a
degree of vexatious interference that would be very
annoying to the railway Qoppany. Some further in-
formation should he giveat-on this head also.
The capital for the execution of vs hat is very pro-
perly termed " the proposed experimental section," is
to be limited to one million sterling. The proposed
guarantee, which was formerly offered on an amount
not exceeding three millions sterling, will now only
extend to one-third of the amount. It will be for
the shareholders to consider what can be effected with

such a sum. It will go but a very short way in carry-
ing out the line either to Mirzapore or Rajmahal. It
may, therefore, be utterly impossible that a short line,
one that may be surveyed and constructed for one
million of pounds sterling, could prove profitable,
and the railway company may either have to continue
their line without any benefit whatsoever, or to sur-
render the "experimental section" into the hands of
the Company, and submit to a very serious deduction
from the amount of their paid-up capital. This
limitation will probably prove a very serious obstacle,
if not a complete bar to the undertaking. The East
India Company should at least have continued their
former offer of the guarantee on 3,000,0001. sterling,
although it might not have felt disposed to extend
it to a sum sufficient to execute the works to some
certain point—as Rajmahal or Mirzapore.
The Indian Government is to provide the land,
which is, however, to remain its property, a lease
being granted to the railway company for a term of
ninety-nine years, after which period it will
revert to the Government. Provisions, how-
ever, are to be made by which the Govern-
ment shall have the option of purchasing the
railway at the end of twenty.five or of fifty
years. The terms of such purchase to be computed
at the mean market value of the shares during the
three years last preceding the time of purchase, and
the purchase-money to be paid either in one sum or
to be commuted into an annuity for the remainder of
the lease of ninety-nine years. Here, again, the
Government will decidedly have the best of the bar-
gain. They may be enabled to depress the value of
the shares through their power and influence,
or supposing even that they could not be guilty of
an act so shameful, a panic or depression in the
railway market may carry down the quotations to an
extent far beneath their real value, and just as prices
were recovering, the Government may give their
notice, and take the line into its own hands, at little
more than half its intrinsic value. Capitalists may
reasonably object to such provision.
It is clearly and distinctly explained that no divi-
dend whatsoever is guaranteed. Interest at 5 per
cent. is to: be paid on the million paid into the
East India Company's treasury, but in no case is the
company to be called on to pay more. And if there
should happen to be any loss in the working of the
line, the railway company must bear that loss so long
as they retain the line in their own hands, and the
whole of the 'profits shall go to repay the 5 per cent.
thus advanced ; and if more profit than 5 per cent. be
made, one half of the surplus is to go towards
repaying the interest advanced in former years,
and the other half to the shareholders. When
the arrears of interest, with interest thereon at 5 per
cent., shall be fully repaid, then all the extra profits
to go to the shareholders. The railway company is
also to be bound to run such trains as the Govern-
ment may consider necessary for the convenience of
the public and the general traffic, and shall also be
bound to carry the mails free, and the troops, the
artizans, and the stores of the Government at the
terms chargeable for the lowest class of passengers,
and at the lowest rates for goods respectively.
We can only say that the above terms are
not such as the East India Company can
complain of, and that they wiil be very for-
tunate indeed if they can find persons willing to
advance their money on such stipulations, when nearly
6 per cent. can be obtained at present prices in the
shares of the best established dividend-paying lines,
and that for a perpetuity, and not subject to be pur-
chased at au average of three years' prices, or to carry
mails gratuitously for the Government.

We fear that the Indian Government must determine
to construct the necessary lines themselves, unless
they are prepared to offer more liberal terms, or, that
if the present offer is to be regarded as an ultimatum,
India must be contented to remain without railways
until the termination of the Charter shall restore the
powers now ♦ested in the Company into the hands
of the British Government.

The case of the unfortunate depositors in the
Cuffe-street, Tralee, Killarney, and Auchterarder
Savings' Banks, are at length to be investigated be-
fore a Select Committee of the House of Commons.
The llon. Members for the city of Dublin and the
county have entitled themselves to the marked
thanks of the community for the energy and deter-
mination with which they brought forward their
respective motions, and obtained majorities, not-
withstanding the dcided opposition of the Government.
The statement of Mr. REYNOLDS was indeed such as
to carry with it conviction to every unprejudiced
person. He not only succeeded in showing that the
case was one of great hardship, falling on classes
whom it was most desirable to encourage in their
laudable efforts to lay by a provision for old
age, but that the Government, through its officers,
had itself been a party to the deceit, and suffered an
establishment long known to be in a state of insolvency
to continue its operations, it being also well known
that the people generally supposed that they had the
Government guarantee for any sums they might
lodge in the bankrupt concern. We do not wonder
that the Chancellor of the Exchequer resisted the pro-
posed investigation—that he would, if practicable,
have permitted the disreputable transaction to have
remained involved in obscurity. Thanks, however,
to the sturdy, honest, and indefatigable Member
for Dublin, concealment will no longer be
practicable ; the acts of the Government officials
will be fully exposed. The unfortunate depositors,
who have already suffered very serious inconvenience
and delay from the stoppage of the banks, will be
paid the amount of their respective claims. The
Government is morally responsible. Although it
might have a legal, it has no equitable defence; and
we know not whether the refusal to make any recom •
pease to the injured parties, would be more disgraceful
or impolitic. It would be disgraceful, as showing
that the nation had abandoned the high and un-
doubted integrity which it had maintained through
seasons of unexampled difficulty—it would he impo-
litic, as practically leading to the destruction of these
valuable institutions, which have proved so beneficial
to the industrious and hard-working classes.
These evils will, however, now, we trust, be
averted. When the facts alluded to by Mr. RE/.
NOLDS in the course of his very able speech
have been fully and satisfactorily substantiated
before a Committee, and their report obtained; the
Government cannot deny justice to the swindled
depositors. It proves how greatly the electors of
the city of Dublin may rejoice for having replaced
the hero of the quarter-acre clause by their present
intelligent and indefatigable representative.

THE LIVERPOOL MURDERS.

APPREHENSION OF THE SUPPOSED MUR-

DERER.-(THIS DAX.)
(FROG[ ♦ CORRESPONDENT.)

The murderer was apprehended this morning. His
name is Williams. A watch and other articles stolen
from the house at the time of the murder were found on
his person. The following is the description of his
person which was officially sent to the different police-
constables from the Central Police-office, Liverpool:—
He is about 25 years of age, five feet seven or eight
inches high, stout made, light complexion, brown hair,
cut very close behind, and hanging long on the side of
his face; dress, a dark blue plaid sporting coat, light
corded trousers, wide at the bottom, which it has been
ascertained ho took off, and put on a pair of black cloth
trousers, bought by him in Great Homer-street, about
one o'clock, and then went in the direction of Kirkdale.
He had quarter Wellington boots on, crape on his hat,
white hands, apparently unaccustomed to hard work;
has the appearance of a fighting man.

THE SPECTACLE- MAKERB'- COMPANY ..--The Lord
Mayor presided yesterday at a court dinner of the
above company, at the London Coffee-house, Lud-
gate-hill. His Lordship took the chair as master of
the company, and after the usual loyal toasts were
drank, had the gratifying duty in a neat and appro-
priate speech to propose the health of the Marquis of
Downshire, and to present him with a resolution
of the court ornamentally written on vellum,
emblazoned with the arms of the Marquis, as also
those of the company, &c., and richly framed and
glazed—expressing their cordial thanks to his Lord-
ship, and their deep sense of the obligation, at his
having accepted the successive offices of Renter
Warden, Upper Warden, and Master, and for
the able and efficient manner, accompanied
with great benevolence, in which his Lord-
ship performed the duties that devolved upon
him, and promoted the prosperity of the company.
The Marquis of Downshire, in a most feeling reply,
acknowledged the gratification he experienced on
receiving so flattering a tribute of approbation and
esteem from hl3 fellow members of the court of the
Company, and sat down amidst great cheering. The
meeting separated at an early hour highly gratified
with the entertainment of the evening.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The only additional intelligence from Piedmont is
contained in the Putrie, which states that a tele-
graphic dispatch bas been received from Toulon, an-
nouncing that two of the Piedmontese Generals were
killed in the late action, and which publishes a letter
dated Alessandria, March 24, from which the follow-
ing is an extract :
" There have been few examples of a more inveterate
combat. The troops fought hand to hand. The bat-
talion of Lombardy fought with fury; its loss was dread-
ful. The Duke of Savoy bad several horses killed under
him. His uniform was pierced by a ball, and torn by the
thrust of the lance of a Croatian."

Brella, to which one portion of the Piedmontese
army has retired, is 20 leagues to the north of Turin,
and Borgo Nanero, to which the other portion has
retired, is 12 leagues east of Brella, between the
Lago Maggiore and the Tesio.
The National calls upon the Government to send at
once a French fleet to Genoa and Venice, and to
march a French army into Savoy and Nice ; and when
we remember the intrigues of Austria after the French
Revolution of 1830, to get possession of the fortress
of Alessandria, and bear in mind the proverbial
perfidy of Austrian diplomatists, we must admit that
the National is not altogether without justification ;
at all events it requires a degree of faith which falls
to the share of but few to place that implicit reliance
on the Austrian promises, which it appears from the
Patric of last evening, M. ODILON BARROT is in-
clined to place in them—" All that we have to do,'
says the .Patric, "is to act diplomatically." The
uncle, had he been living and President of the Re-
public, would perhaps have been of a different opinion
from the nephew.
The Committee of the National Assembly on
Foreign Affairs met on Wednesday evening, at nine
o'clock, having been specially summoned in conse,
quence of the receipt of the important intelligence
from Piedmont. The Minister for Foreign Affairs
was in attendance on the Committee.

M. DE HUBNER, the Secretary to the Austrian
Minister of Foreign Affairs, arrived in Paris on
Wednesday, on a special mission to the PRESIDENT
of the Republic. The object of the mission of
M. DE HUBNER is stated to be to give to the French
Government the most distinct assurances that the
object of the Austrian Government, in taking pos-
session of Piedmont temporarily, is only to bring
about as soon as possiVe a definitive peace, and that
she has not the slightest idea of territorial aggran-
disement; at the same time, Marshal RADETZKY has
been ordered to refuse to grant any armistice which
may be demanded by the Sardinian Government,
unless France and England enter into a guarantee
that Sardinia shall henceforth abstain from disputing,
under any pretext, the right of Austria to the pos-
session of Lombardy, and unless Sardinia will en-
gage to reimburse Austria for the expenses of the war.
M. DE HUBNER has been twice received by the
PRESIDENT Of the Rfpullie.
In the sitting of the National Assembly on Wed-
nesday the budget of the Minister of Public Works
was voted by a majotity of 505 to 52. The following
were the results of the various proposals for voting
money to the railways :
The Assembly adopted 4,000,000 francs instead of
5,000,000 f. demanded by Government for the Tours and
Bordeaux Railway.
For the Tours and Nantes 3,125,000 f. was adopted
instead of 5,000.000 f.
Orleans and Vierzon, 1,018,419. was adopted.
Vierzon to Chateauroux, 480,000 f. adopted.
Chateauroux to Limoges, 1,000,000 frances, instead of
2,500,000 f. demanded by Government.
Vierzon to Bee u'Allier, 3,000,000 f. adopted.
Bac d'Aliier to Clermont, with branch to Nevers,
1,500,000 f. instead of 2,500,0001. was adopted.
Vcriailles to Chartres, 6.000,000 f, adopted.
Chartres to Rennes, 1,000,000 f. instead of 2,000,000 f.,
adopted.
Montpellier to Nimes, 2,000,000 f., adopted.
Paris to Lyons, 31,000,000 f. instead of 35,000,0001.,
adopted.
Lyon% to Avignon, grant suppressed with consent of
the Ministers, as the works had not been commenced.
Paris to Orsay suppressed, but 10,000,000 f. granted
for expense of survey.
M. PROUDHON has been sentenced to a fine of
3,000 francs and three years' imprisonment for having
written in the journal Le Peuple a libel on the PRE-
SIDENT of the Republic, and M. DUCHENE, the pub-
lisher of the Peuple, has been sentenced to a fine of
1,000 francs and one year's imprisonment for the
publication of the libel. " These severe sentences,"
says the National, " meal the worst days of the
Monarchy." _ _ _ .• _

The cise for the prosecution in the trials at
Bourges closed on Wednesday, and the defence com-
menced. BARBES was called on, but declined defend-
ing himself. SOBRIER was then called on, and M.
BAUD, his counsel, addressed the jury in his defence.
ItAspAIL defended himself. He denied his complicity
in any plot for the overthrow of the Government on
the 15th of May. The manifestation on that day was
only in favour of Poland. FLOTTE was next called,
but declined making any defence. The counsel for
QUEN TIN next addressed the Court. The Court rose
at six o'clock.

It was announced at Toulon, by a Alp which left
Naples on the 18th, that a steam-frigate had just
entered the bay with, as it was supposed, Admiral
BAUDIN on board. There were in the roads a French
steamer of war, an English ship of war, and a Spanish
frigate. In the course of the week fourteen large
trading vessels and eight steamers had left Naples for
Messina, with troops. The renewal of hostilities was
looked for towards the end of the month. Naples
was tranquil.
BOURSE--PARIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 29.
THREE O'CLOCK.—Tho rise which commenced yester-
day, on the news of the defeat and abdication of Charles
Albert, made some further progress to-day, on its being
known that the French Government was not inclined to
interfere. Exchange on London (30 days), 25 25; ditto
(90 days), 25 12k.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK-EXCHANGE, MARCH 29.
8L Central of France (Orleans
andß East Indian, 3%--Luxembourg, %
Northern of France, 11—Paris and Orleans, 333/4—Paris and
Rouen, 203/4—Rouen and Havre, 11%—Tours and Nantes,
2%.
ovnileorgznoen)rdiittiens,

SPAIN.
Madrid journals of the 23d have arrived.
The report that the differences between England
and Spain were likely to be settled had been renewed,
and had obtained some degree of credit. Senor de
MoRA was daily expected in Madrid from London.
Count DE LAS NAVAS died on the 23i, from scarlet
fever, which is very prevalent in Madrid.
MADRID BOLSA, MARCH 23.—Five per Cents.,
10i paper ; Three per Cents., both paper.
Exchange on London, 60.

It is said that the PRESIDENT of the French Re-
public has reque,Aed the Austrian Government to
permit the removal of the remains of the Duke of
ERICIISTADT to Paris.

Disturbances broke out et Cracow on the 17th
inst., on occasion of an illumination, it being the
anniversary of the Polish revolution. The military
acted with great violence, whole companies having
gone about in patrol to extinguish the lights ; blood
was shed, and much violence done. Prince JABLO-
NOWSKY is blamed for not taking precautions to pre-
vent this unhappy catastrophe.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.

The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were about
8,000 bales, including 1,000 for export and speculation.
Pricos were without alteration.—ln Railway Shares a
better feeling existed, and a slight improvement in some
instances occurred.

Referring to the state of the Railway Share Market
lure, we may notice the heavy condition of the Eastern
Counties line, and the general impression that its affairs
are in an unwholesome state. What may be the'real
state of the case w e are unable to say, further
than that a thorough investigation is going forward, and
that important changes will be suggested in the line.
All are anxious to know whether there will be a divi-
dend, but according to private calculations there should
certainly not be ss. 6d. We have no doubt but that it
is this Easters Counties affair which presses upon the
Railway Market generally, and until this and the New-
castle and Berwick mystery is cleared up, people will bo
shy in making investments.

The Chester and Holyhead Railway proprietors
are now assembled, and a shareholder, in opposition
to the directors, has circulated a letter im-
pugning their management, and censuring them
on the following, t among numerous other grounds,
which we hope may be satisfactorily explained
ere the meeting concludes, and for the details of which
reference may bo made to another column, and a later
edition of The Sun. The directors are blamed:—
" Ist. For positively informing you, many times, that
250,0001. would be sufficient for crossing the Mcnai
Straits, whereas 600,0001. will be insufficient.

" 2d. For bringing prominently into notice the con-
tracts which were under your engineer's estimate, and
never noticing the contracts which were above his
estimate.

"3d. In having held out the promise that the original
capital of 2,100,01)0/. would be amply sufficient for the
construction of the railway, whereas 4,500,0001. will not
suffice.

" 4th. For deluding you with the prospect of a 6 per
cent. dividend on your original shares, whereas you will
get no dividend at all.

" sth.• Forappropriatingin some way not yet explained
the deposit of 31,500/., said to be paid to the Cheshire
and Shropshire Railway.
" 6th. For appropriating a sum of 51,350/. to the con-
struction of the Mold Railway, beyond what was sane-
tionedby the shareholders.

" 7th. Eir having advised you to give the Government
200,0001. or 5/. per share, which, as far as your interests,
original 50/. shareholders, are concerned, is thrown into
the sea, in every sense of the expression."
The eighth charge is that preference sbares have
been created, at 5f per cent., and not applied to the use
intended, and the other allegations we have not room to
enter into, trusting that the shareholders themselves
will seek the requisite explanations in this as in other
lines.

`The accounts from Hamburgh are not altogether
tranquillising in regard to the Danish question. The
preparations for war continue, and although we have seen
half-a dozen letters written by usually well-informed
parties to their firms in London, we are positively as
little able to form an ()Onion as before. We believe the
truth to be, however, that the first intimation of peace
will be made in London, where the negotiations are ac-
cording to all accounts very actively progressing.
There was a demand last Tuesday for bills at ong date
on England.

The-Bardinian news still occupies much attention, and
although a little (Lfliculty may be experienced in bring-
about an accommodation, there is no particular appre-
hension.

The Dee steamer is not yet telegraphed. She is sup-
posed to have stopped at Bermuda, and to have had more
adverse winds even than we can judge of by what has
been experienced here.

The Funds have further improved this morning. Con-
sols have been up to 92k f for transfer, though since
91i to 92. Time bargains have been effected at 92 to
92g. Exchequer-bills are 375. to 40s. premium. India
Stock has beau done at 245.

The Foreign Securities have been very quiet. Spanish
Three per Cents. about 291 to 304, and Portuguese
Four per Cents. 271 to 281. Mexican have ranged from
31 to 31i. Dutch Four per Cents. are 78g.
The Railway Share Market is decidedly better, and
there is an encouraging rally in the Great Western,
Brighton, North-Western, Midland, Caledonian, and
Budson's

The foreign lines are improving, and East Indian have
been done at If to 2k premium.

ONE CLOSIE 13
pmeris car nnlnsii FUNDfi. O'CLOCK. PRICE 6
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 92' 92 62% 921 A
India Stock 245 246
India Bonds, 1,0004 ....„. ..... .

Ditto under 1,00®1.. 5l 49 52 p 52 p
Consols for Account 92A81 92%
Exchequer Bills. I%d. & 2d.
1,0001. June 37 40 42 p 43 p
5001. June
Small, June
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS ONE CLOSINti
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent 38% 38%
Equador Bonds
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1846 3l 31 k%%, 31%
Ditto, Account
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents 65%
Portuguese 5 per Cents.
Ditto, 4 per Cent
Spanish 5 per Cont. 1840.
Ditto, Account 16%
Venezuela Bonds, 21/i per Cent —
Ditto Deferred —
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild.
Ditto, 4 per Cent. Certificates 78% 78%
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Aberdeen 5O ...... 164,5,8 ...... ..... 16%
Caledonian
Do. New 101. Pref..... 10 ... .. 11;4 ... 11%
Chester and Holyhead... 50
Emt Anglia, 251., L. &
E. and L. and D...... 25 ......
Do., 18/., E. & H.... 18 ......
Do., W. 10s.
Eastern Counties...
Do. New Guaranteed
6 per Cent... lO ..... 11% ll%
Ditto,Extension,s per
Cent., No. 1 64135. 4d.... -1i p . ..... ...
Eastern Union, Class A

4.73/1
16%
16%

.....
9%

14 P

(late E. U. Shares) 25
Do., Class B (I. & B.) 22% —
Ditto, Class C, ditto... '2O . .... 6',
Do. Scrip (6 percent.) 20 ...... 19%........
East Lincolnshire ...... 25
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 ...... 42 ........ ...
Ditto, Half Shares ... 20 .. .. 15% ........
Great Northern
Do., %B 6 per Cent-. 71/ 6%
11 Do. Extension 24. ...... 138
Great North of England.loo ..... .
Ditto, New, 15/ l4 .. .. ~,,w........,
Great Western 100 .... . 15
Ditto, 1% Shares - ... 19%... ....,
Ditto, New 171....... 15 ... .. 12%34 •••
(lull and Selby .. ...... 50 ...... ...
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 ..... ............... __
Do. Fifths... ......... ... 10
Ditto. Third 5.......... 15
Do. New, Gua.6 per ct. 10
Leeds and Bradford 5O - ... 95%
London & 81ackwa11...... 12% — ... ' 5
London, Brighton, and
South Coast 5O ..... 30FI %/' 37•,..• 37
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct 9 ...... 94 .... . ....... 914
London and N. Western 100 ..... 133 134% 134%
Ditto, New Quarters.. 7
Dilto,Fifths ..... .. .. 2
Do. 101. (M. &B.) C. 1 ... .. 4 . - 4;-y,
Load. &S. Western 50 ...... 37 36%
Do. Thirds ...... ....... .15 ..... 10% ... 10%
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...100
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.25. —
Midland
Do., do., 50l Shares .. 25 ... .. 163/4 % 16%
Do. Birm., and Derbyloo
North British --.......25 ...... 141,4 , ...... 1414
North Staffordshire 17% 14% 14%
Royston and Hitchin ... 3 % ...... 37/8 ........
Shrewsbury and Birm... 10
Ditto ditto. Class B. 6
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
Shropshire Union
South Devon... 50 ...... 17
... 173
South Eastern
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Newcastle Eaten
Do,. G.N.E.Preference 8 ... - 71/8 6% 6%
York and North Midland 50 ...... 45% 41% ...
gi Ditto, Preference
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.

Boulogne and Amiens... 20 -
East Indian: 314 41,6 51/1 43/4 . .
Great Indian Peninsular 5
Luxembourg...— ......... 7 ...... --
Ditto
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux.. 7
Paris and Rouen 2O .....• •••
Rouen and llavre ...... 20 ...... 115/3
Sambre and Meuse 2O ... .. 41i;
Tours and Nante5......., 9
MINES.

193
28
42

151/2
111,g
6

F. 4
95
19%
12%
99%

333%

21/8
11
31
211/2
113/1
41/4
2M

Bolonos Scrip ...... 21,4
United Mexican 2Bl/4 3 ..... 4
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westzninstvr. 20

ti.—( THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MARCH 30.—Wind S.S.E., light breeze and
fine.

LLOYD

DEAL, MARCH 29.—Wind E. to S.E and S.W.—Ay-rd.
Narneless,Elliott,Mogadore; Condor, Bateman, Charles-
ton. Arrd. from the river, Scindian,
Cape of Good Hope. Arrd. from the river and sailed,
Pearl, Chambers, Montreal. A quarter board about two
feet long, paitsteii blue, with " Emley" cut in, was picked
up near No. 2 Battery, on the night of the 27th inSt.
A bottle containing a paper, purporting to be from the
Fuson," Sehielling, of Bremen, has been picked up this
day on the beach.
PORTSMOUTH, MAncs 29.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrd.
New Friendship, Pearce, Charleston. Sid. Francisca,
Hong Kong.
NEWPORT, MARCH 29.—Wind N.E.—Sld. Imperial,
Portland, A. ; Alice Haviland, Bermuda ; Phantom,
New London, Nova Scotia.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 23.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. 29th,
Adeline, Petre, New Orleans; Hibernia, Salter, Phila-
delpfia; J. Z., Zerrago, New York; Lady Falkland,
Smith, New Orleans. A ship was seen ashore, 15th
February, onLittle B ihama Banks, five miles north of
Sandkey, with head off shore, sails till set, end several
wieekers near her, by the Lady Falkland, arrived here.
Ski. Douglas, Prince Edward's Island; Nestor, Bombay.
29th, Itioilatt, Bombay; Sarah Sands, steamer, New
York; Sir R. Jackson, Montreal, St. Andrew's, ditto.

The Alexander Baring, from London, in docking
yesterday, ran against the pier-head, stove her bows,
and became very leaky.

HULL, MAR6II 28.--Sld. Humber, St.' Jobn's,'New
Brunswick.

SHIELDS, MARCH 28.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Corsair,
Limerick and4Rebec.
DUBLIN, MARCH 28.—Wind S.S.E. to S.-27th, Ski.
Wave, New York.

TooN, MARCH 27.—S1d. Prorineialist, Philadelphia.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
CORN EXCHAT GE-FRIDAY. -
The total arrival of English Wheat for our market,
this week, coastwise, has not exceeded 1,630 quarters.
To=day, the show of samples of both Red and White
was small, yet the demand for all kinds of Wheat of
home produce was in a very dull state, at Monday's
quotations. Nearly 20,000 quarters of Foreign Wheat
have come to hand. This large supply had a dull effect
upon the trade. In prices, however, we have no change
to notice. The arrival of Foreign Barley has been
19,880 quarters. That of Englith was small. All kinds
of Barley ruled, dull and grinding samples were lower
to purchase. Malt was very dull in sale, and somewhat
lower to purchase. There have arrived, this week, up-
wards of 66,000 quarters of Oats. The Oat trade was,
consequently heavy, at a decline cf ls. per quarter, at
which several largo parcels were disposed or. Beans,
Peas, and all other articles were almost nominal.

ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.
I Wheat. I Barley. i I Oats. Flour.
1,630 qrs. 1,470 qrs. I 1,040 qrs. 1,560 lks
19,510 -- ---- --
19,880 I 6676T0 l,6oosks.
Malt, 4,490 qrs.
SIVEZT=FIEMD.
Notwithstanding that our market to-day was very
moderately ;supplied with beasts, the demand for that
description of stock, owing to the abseece of the princi-
pal buyers, and the sudden change in the weather, was
excessively heavy, at almost nominal quotations. A large
portion of the supply being turned out unsold. The
numbers of sheep were nog to say large, yet they ex-
ceeded the wants of the buteh6rs. All breeds were
very dull, and, in some instances, the currencies gave
way 2d. per 81bs. The extreme value of the beat old
Downs, in the wool, was 4s 4d; out of the wool, 3s 8d
per Blb3. Lambs were in fair average supply, and heavy
inquiry, at drooping prices, viz , from 5s 4d to 68 6d per
Sibs. Calves were a slow sale, and lower to purchase.
In Pigs next to nothing was doing, at the late decline in
value. Milch Cows were heavy, at from 141 to 181 each,
including their small calf.
Per 811 s. to a _ _____
s. d. to a. d. s. d. to R. d.
Interior Beasts..... 2 6 2 8 Second qual. Sheep 3 2 3 8
4econd quality ——2 10 3 0 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 8 3IA
Prime large Oxen.. 3 2 3 4 Southdown Wether 4 0 4 4
Prime Scots •• 3 6 3 8 Ditto eut of the wool 0 0 0 0
Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Large Hogs —•• • • 3 2 3 8
Prime small ditto .. 4 2 4 6 Small Porkers .... 310 4 2
qickling Calves ..18 0 27 0 Quarter old Pigs ..I6 0 21 0
Inferior Sheep .. • 2 8 3 0 Lambs •••••• •••• 0 0 0 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
4,350 1 192 260
FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
130 60
SCOTCH.
11;310t,. I Sheep. I Calves. I Pigs.
300
BILITIGAWE AND MEAMEIVILELX.L.
These markets were extremely heavy, and prices were
not supported. The supplies were on the increase.

English •• • • • •
Scotch ......
Irish. • • .• •• • •
Foreign •• •• ..

Beasts.
870

Beasts.
84

ink the offal.

At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. s. d. to d.
Bee Ginforlor• • ••• 2 2 2 4 Mutton, laferior .. 2 4 2 8
- middling .... 2 6 2 8 middling.. 210 3 4
primelarge ••2 10 3 0 prime 3 6 3 8
- prime small 3 2 3 4 Fork, 1arge........ 2 8 3 4
Veal• ••••••• • • • • • • 3 4 4 4 - 5ma11........ 3 6 4 2
3UOILOTIGIX BOP InZatILET.
Our market to-day was but moderately supplied with
fine Hops, the demand for which was tolerably steady,
at fully last week's quotations. The middling and in-
firm kinds of new, as well as old Hops, were dull in sale,
at barely stationary prices. Sussex pockets, 214 s to 31;
Weald ofKent ditto, 21 12s to 318 s; Mid and East Kent
ditto 313 s to 61 106 per cwt.

COLONIAL.
&MAR.—The market for British Plantation has im-
proved this week, although there has not been a great
deal doing. Yesterday a decided improvement occurred
in the business done, 489 hhds and tut; having been sold
at fuller quotations.

EAST INDlA.—There has has been a fair sale for
Mauritius, and at full prices, 3,100 bags haying realised
39s to 40s 6d for good and fine yellow ; 37s to 40s for
low to good ; 37s to 393 6d for ord to fine grey ;
and 36s to 363 Gd for fine brown. Bengal
has been held firmly; mid and good white Benares at
40s 6d to 41s 6d per cwt. Penang has been sold at
36s 6d to 37s 6d for mid strong yellow. Ceylon brought
33s to 34s 6d for ord greyish yellow; and 305 to 32s for
brown.

FOREIGN .—liavannah has been taken in for higher
rates. White sound 32s 6d to 345; and yellow good and
fine 42s 6d to 455; low 41s 6d to 425; and washed 41s
to 43s per cwt.

REFiNED.—Standard lumps have been at 50s 6d per
cwt.

COFFEE.—A very limited business has been done in
British Plantation or any other descriptions. Plantation
Ceylon, unclean kinds, has been rather lower, low and
mid coloury, 49s to 57s 6d; pea berry, 503 to 535; low
mid and mid, 455 to 51s 61; fine and fine fine
ors, 38s to 435; and triage, 31s to 33s 6d. Some
good was taken in as high as 355. Native
Ceylon has realised 33s to 34s per cwt. In' Mocha
and other sorts there has been no change worth notice.
Exporters have taken a few parcels at full rates, of
sorts adapted to foreign markets.
RICE. There has been an extensive business done in
the lower qualities, 15,000 to 20,000 bags having been
sold privately, besides the parcels offered by auction.
White Bengal has been at 9s 3d to 9s 9d for mid and
pinkey, Madras at 7s 6d to 8s ; Carolina has been taken
in at 19s to 19s 6(1, and Java has been at 7s to 8s 6d.
SPICES.—Very little has been done, but most articles
are firm. Pimento good mid 3d per lb.
Rum.—A good business has been done ; proof Lee•
wards is 4id to is sid, and East India is 3fd to Is 4d
per gal. The Government contract has made the market
alive.
SALTPETRE.—The market is steady.
COTTON.—At previous rates generally, a moderate
business has been done.
ARROWROOT.—Jamaica has realised si-el to bid per lb.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. has been dull, at 40s per cwt.
TEA.—The public sales have gone off heavily, with-
out alteration in prices, and of nearly 17,000 packages
offered, about a fitth has found buyers.
GREEN FRUIT. The market has improved for
Oranges, and is likely to be sustained owing to the
near approach of the Easter holidays. Part of a cargo
ex Tally Ho, from Terceiro, sold by Keeling and Hunt
at public sale, went at full prices. The invoice price has
advanced at Lisbon, and from the confirmed scarcity at
the Azores, there is no doubt of the market being well
supported for the remainder of the season. The stock of
Chesnuts is reduced to a small quantity, the cold weather
having assisted the consumption. Barcelona Nuts 44s per
bag. Seville Sours dull of sale, the high price having
checked the demand. Sound Lemons in demand, the
quantity on hand being limited, and arrivals shortly
expected.

SOUTHAMPTON, THURSDAY.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company's ship Euxine,
Captain 11. W. Evans, left the docks this day at two
o'clock, with twelve passengers and 480 tons of cargo,
consisting of bale goods, B;c., for Malta and Constanti-
nople.

MURDER AND ATTEMPT TO BURN THE BODY.--
Yesterdny Mr. Mills held an inquest at the Elephant
and Castle, St. Pancras-road, on the body of a newly-
born child that was found in a half-burned state, floating
on the water of the Grand Junction Canal. Mr. Robin-
son, house surgeon to the workhouse, gave it as his
opinion the deceased had been murdered, and that the
murderers attempted to destroy the body by fire, ,_but
that dreading that the smell would lead to the discovery
of the murder, the parties who committed it threw the
body into the canal. Verdict—" Murder against some
person or persons unknown."

AN .ZESTIIESIA PRODUCED BY COAL TAR.—In the
Edinburgh Surgical Hospital on Monday last, the =es-
thetic properties of light coal-tar naphtha were fully
tested, and the experiments resulted in complete success.
Professor S mpson administered the naphtha
to two patients (a man and a boy), on
whom Mr. Miller performed the very painful
operation of extracting portions of nt crosed
bone from the tibia, by perforating the newly formed
shell with the trephine, and removing the sequestra
with the forceps. The sleep induced was deep and
tranquil, and the breathing was loss stertorous than
when chloroform is employed ; but it was remarked,
that the effect of the naphtha upon the heart's
action was much greater, the pulse becoming
extremely rapid and fluttering, thus
render-
ing it less safe as an anaesthetic agent than
chloroform.. with like
It was afterwards given to a young
woman
success, while an incision was made into
. the
hee
ari
m gunst
of cheek,the
in order to remove a dead portion of
lower jaw. Sir William Newhigging, Professor Trail,
and several medical gentlemen
were present, and ex-
pressed their gratification with the successful results of
the experiments.—Medical Times.