The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-19 00:00:00

No. 17,362.] LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENING
Vlq DIAY 19, 1848.

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DENMARK AND THE

DUCHIES.

lIAISIBURGII. MAY 16.—A communication received
this day from Cuxhaven, by the Commercial Depu-
tation, states that Captain MEYER, stationed at Heli-
goland, in the Danish frigate Gefirn, has received
instructions to exempt Lubec vessels from the em-
bargo. This notification has been confirmed by a
letter from a Hamburgh ship captain, who had been
taken to Copenhagen.
COPENHAGEN, MAY 14.—The number of vessels
which have been seized amounts to about eighty,
several of which, especially those from Hamburgh,
have very valuable cargoes. The ships are now being
brought into the harbours. The preliminary con-
demnation has been established. The law of seques-
tration is not yet in active force, and, therefore, no ac-
tual condemnations have taken place. According to
the Royal ordonnance of the 29th April, the property
which belongs to those nations designated as at war
with Denmark will be treated on the same footing.
The captains are at liberty to choose their commis-
sioner here. Neither they nor their crew are subject
to any restraints. The captains daily receive four
marks, the steersmen three marks, and the sailors one-
and-a-half marks.

COPENHAGEN, MAY 16.—The semi-offical journal,
the Berlingsche Zeitung says, that it is untrue that
Sweden refuses to interfere in the affair of Schleswig)
as is declared by the German papers; on the contrary,
Sweden will act in this question in concert with the
other Powers, guaranteeing the possession.of Schles-
wig to the Danish Crown ; further, it will immediately
come to the aid of the kingdom of Denmark, when-
ever it is attacked by Germany, without waiting for
the decision of the other Powers. The assistance of
Sweden gives fresh courage to the belligerent parties,
and they do not hesitate to speak of the speedy assist-
ance of Russia. Report says, that M. V 01..; LEW.
ETZOW, who was sent to St. Petersburgh, has re-
turned with favourable intelligence, and that the
Russian fleet, under the Grand Duke CONSTANTINE,
will arrive speedily.
SWEDEN, MAY 11.—The Gothenburg- :Handels
Zeitung, of Stockholm of the 11th, states that the
Grand Duke CONSTANTINE has arrived there, and
'will immediately proceed to Copenhagen.
The Aftenblad fur Carlskrone, of the 11th, states
that orders had been received there for the immediate
equipment of several vessels and steamers, which are
to be ready to start on the 20th with the frigate
Eugenie. The schooner Actio is also to be imme-
diately fitted out.
CHRISTIANIA, MONDAY, MAY 2.—The day before
yesterday commands were received here from the
KING, directing that the greatest number of troops
which the KING is permitted to send over the fron-
tiers without the concurrence of the Sorthing, viz.,
:3,000 Norwegian troops, are to join the corps of
observation assembled at Schoner ; at the same time
a request has been addressed to the Sorthing to make
a grant for the armament.
RENDSBURG, MAY 15.—There is nothing new
from the scene of war. The ships on the Belt, after
the threat of WRANGEL, have been perfectly quiet.
The Danes were waiting for the arrival of the
Swedes, who, it is said, will come on the 20th. On
the 13th Major LASTROW, who had gone out on a
predatory excursion to Aarhuus, with a detachment
of Schleswig-Holstein troops, returned with a fort-
night's provisions of all sorts for 7,000 men. He
likewise brought the Vidame of Aarhuus as a
hostage for further deliveries, and as a reprisal for
the capture of M. VON KROGH.
KIEL, MAY 16.—Private letters from Sunderrnit
state that at the dawn of day yesterday 200 more Danes
crossed from Alsen ; that the Hanoverian soldiers
wanted to make an immediate attack upon them, but
were deterred by General HALKETT till the Danes
had advanced considerably, whereupon they were
attacked, and nearly all put to death; very few were
taken prisoners, and not one escaped to tell the sad
event at Alsen. The immediate reinforcement of the
10th corps to 18,000 men is expected.
A letter from his Royal Highness the Prince of
PRUSSIA to General WRANGEL, dated London, May 2,
1848, has been received :
"My dear General,—You can easily conceive the
satisfaction and the deep interest with which I re-
ceived the intelligence respecting the encounter at
Schleswig and Flensburg on the 23d, and the follow-
ing days. The reports now lying before me bear
honourable witness of the valour and perseverance of
our troops, who then fought under your guidance for
the honour of Germany. The high expectations
which I have always cherished of the valorous spirit
of our Prussian army have been fully responded to
by the troops at Schleswig, and I am proud of hav-
ing been the commander of the greater part of them
in two different divisions of the army during a long
series of years.

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He astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
sumption, heart disease, tabes, Szc., the sole and exclusive origin bias
been the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
much more frequently than it is at all suspected.
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Eight time Evening.

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before the judges, who considered them of no weight,
and who were unanimously of opinion that the prisoner
had been properly convicted; and under these w
stances it now became his duty to pass the sentence of
tKlCourt upon him, which was, that he be imprisoned
tie House of Correction for the county of Middlesex
for six calendar months.
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the other for making false statements, in order to pro-
cure a licence of marriage,
Mr. BALLANTINE applied to-day on the behalf of Mr.
Barnes, for the postponement of the trial of both indict-
ments till the next session. The application was made
en the affidavit of the attorney for Mr. Barnes, which
stated that it would be impossible that justice could be
done if the trial was forced on at the present session.
Mr. CLARZSON resisted the application, but after a
short conversation, and an intimation from the Bench
that the defendant was entitled to the delay he asked at
least upon one of the indictments, the Learned Gentle-
man said he would consent to the postponement of the
trial on both indictments, provided the defendant would
engage not to harrass as he had been doing the father
and mother of the young lady, and would also undertake
to try the case at the next session before one of the
judges.
Mr. BALLANTINE, on behalf of the defendant, was
most anxious that the matter should be tried before one
of the judges, he, however, wished his Learned Friend
to understand that the defendant disputed every fact in
the case, in which there were a great many questions to
try, one of which was whethernw eetrhheei
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(Sittings at Gui1dha11..........3.
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QUEEN'S BENCH.—(THIS DAY.)
slmPsoli v. ROBINSON.
This was an action to recover compensation for slan
der. The plaintiff was the enoine-keeper of a small
Guildhall, before Mr. Justice ERLE.)
town in Suffolk, named lladleigh, for which office he
received 121. a year. The defendant is a tradesman and
ratepayer in the town. The plaintiff held the office from
1839 down to the month or August last, when he was
dismissed. A meeting was held with respect to the
matter in the vestry, at which a
person named Ansell
was stated by a witness named Lamb to have said,
speaking of the plaintiff,
" Simpson has received various
sums of money from the fire offices, and has misapplied
them, not accounted for them, nor settled the accounts. I
therefore consider him an improper person to hold the
office. I have seen receipts to the amount of 5801.—1
believe 6001.; but 5804 I'll be sworn to, which
Simpson
denies having ever received. I therefore consider him
an improper and unfit person to fill the office, and he
ought to have been dismissed from the office months
ago." The speaker turned to the defendant, and asked
him if these statements were true, to which he replied,
" They are true, perfectly true.'? It appeared that the
plaintiff had been in prison at the suit of the defendant.
Mr. Sergeant Allen appeared for the plaintiff' and Mr.
O'Malley for the defendant.
Mr. O'MALLEY dwelt upon the fact that the plaintiff
had brought his case to London, instead of having it
tried in the locality where he was best known, and con-
tended that the words being uttered at a public meeting
could not be construed into express malice, but as words
which the defendant in his capacity as a ratepayer had
an undoubted right to utter.
Mr. Justice ERLE said the law held that if words
were spoken for an honest purpose that they were Pri-
vileged, and could not, therefore, be construed into
malice. The words having been spoken at a public
meeting, and by a ratepayer, who had a perfect right
to be present, raised the presumption that they were '
privileged • but if they thought - the defendant was
actuated by malice, and not by an honest and public
purpose, they would find their verdict for the plaintiff;
if not, for the defendant.
EX_
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, 401.

.CHEQUER.—(THIS DAY.)
;Sittings at Nisi Prins, at Guildhall, before the CHIEF
BARON and a Common Jury).
RAY AND ANOTHER V. PETERS.
defendant rn t his ciass et
hteh e plaintiffs
landlord
anadr ep
rwo ipnrei
etntoerr cohf a nt
he' Ga nedo rtgh ee
and Blue Boar Tavern in Holborn.
it appeared that the defendant had transactions with
the plaintiffs for brandy, sherry, port wine, and other
liquors, and some ill-feeling and difference having arisen
between them, this action, which was brought to recover
in reality only 31. 12s. 10d., was allowed to be brought
into court. The original debt claimed by the plaintiffs
was 1051. 16s. 11d., of which the defendant had paid
1021. 4s. id. into court, and pleaded never indebted as
to the rest. The only question upon which the case
turned was whether or not, according to the custom of
the trade and the understanning between the parties, the
defendant was to be charged with interest upon the
duties which were paid for him by the plaintiffs before
taking the liquors in question out of bond. The de-
fendant denied that he had any right to be so charged,
and the sum at issue, therefore, was only 3/. 12s. 10d.,
the amount of the interest.
The CHIEF BARON, in the course of his summing up,
said it had been observed by the counsel for the plain-
tiffs, on his stating from the bench that it was not right
for persons to come into court, and spend a great deal of
money, and occupy a great deal of time to recover so
small an amount, that every free-born Englishman had
a right to go to law if he liked, and that it was an in-
vasion of his constitutional right to make any comment
upon it. Now, he (his Lordship) considered that every
man who merely made the law the rnle of his duty was
a very bad citizen, and that a man might undoubtedly
be one of the worst members of society if he permitted
himself to do all that the law allowed, and did nothing
hut what the law compelled him to do. A man might
strictly keep within the law, and yet be one of the worst
persons crawling on the face of the earth; and if it was
to be made the rule of life, it was impossible in that
case that the law could reach many matters
which it was intended to control. Unless a man's
disposition and mind was governed by something like a
Christian feeling, and by proper social kindness and
benevolence towards those with whom he came in com-
munication, he could never do his duty either to God or
man. But whatever might be the character or disposi-
tion of the party, there could be no doubt that he was
entitled to the benefit of the law —and as he claimed to
have that benefit it was his duty to see that it was
granted to him. The question for the jury to consider,
was simply whether or not the plaintiffs were entitled
to charge interest upon the monies which they paid for
duty upon the liquor supplied to the defendant.
The jury interrupted his Lordship before the conclu-
sion of his summing up to intimate that they were
unanimously of opinion that there ought to be a verdict
.or the defendant.
Verdict for defendant.

SECONDARIES'.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
CROWN EXTENT.—TIIE QUEEN V. NORVILLE.
This morning a writ of extent was executed before
Mr. Secondary Potter, to ascertain of what goods and
chattels, &c., J. Norville, late of No. 40, Cornhill, City,
was possessed, within the bailiwick of the Sheriffs of
London, liable for the sum of 1,2501. due from him as
collector of property and assessed taxes.
Mr. Whittle, one of the officers of the city of London,
proved the seizure of furniture of the value of 30/.;
book debts valued at 500/.; and the lease of the house,
held at the yearly rent of 250 guineas per annum, and
subject to claims for 5371. money lent, and 50/ costs—
exclusive of these sums, the lease was valued at Si.
The CROWN SOLICITOR contended that Mr. Farthing
had paid the money as security to the Commissioners of
Property Tax, who uave him notice of the deficiency,
4631., which he paid, and the bond (for 1,5001.) was
cancelled.
The Learned SECONDARY said he could not decide the
point.
A Mr. Barber, who was returned as a debtor for 501.,
said he only owed 41. or 5/.
The CROWN SOLICITOR said the jury wero not de-
ciding as to whether the debts were actually due, inquiry
would be made.
The jury then gave a verdict for 5381.

NEW CO UR T.
(Before the RECORDER.)
James Seymour, aged 45, who was described as a
grocer, was indicted for stealing a clock, the property
of Mr. Holloway, clock maker, 16, John-street, Minories.
From the evidence it appeared that the prisoner or-
dered the clock on the 19th June of last year, it being
understood that he was to pay for it on delivery. When
delivered it was retained, and within an hour afterwards
pawned at Mr. Russell's, in the Old Kent road, and the
duplicate being afterwards sold, the clock was never
delivered, and the present prosecution instituted.
The prisoner declaimed loudly against the tyranny of
Mr. Charles Pearson, the City Solicitor, by whom, he
said, the prosecution had been instituted.
The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
Mr. RYLAND, who was retained for the prosecution,
then stated that the prosecution had been instituted by
the Lord Mayor himself.
The prisoner was then sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment, with hard labour.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 18.—The Fire Queen steamer,
Master Commander Allen, was docked to-day to have
her bottom coated with Mr. Hay's composition.
The Seaflower cutter, Lieutenant Commander Warren,
was undocked to-day and taken into the Camber to refit.
The Howe, 120, Captain Sir James Stirling, will be
docked to-morrow to have a leak stopped. Her First-
Lieutenant, Mr. Booth, is promoted to the rank of Com-
mander. The best certificate of this officer's merits
exists in the testimony borne to the efficient and inde-
fatigable attention to the arduous duties of his position
by his Captain, Sir James Stirling.
The following Sardinian ships-of-war sailed from
Genoa for the Adriatic sea, viz.:—
May 8.--The corvettes Acquila and Aurora.
May 2.—The steamers Tripoli and Malfatano.
By news from Genoa, under date the 11th inst., it is
reported by her Majesty's steamer Porcupine, there
arrived, that two Sardinian frigates were seen by her off
Messina in chase of an Austrian frigate.
Wind S.W. by W. Strong breezes and cloudy
weather.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 17.—Her Majesty's ship Canopus,
84, Captain Fairfax Moresby, went yesterday from the
Sound into Hamoaze, preparatory to b4ng paid off.
The Dutch ship Helen, Captain Blom, trosi Batavia,,
having touched at Terceira, called off this pdtt yeker-
day; and after obtaining provisions proceeded up.chan-
nel for her destination—Amsterdam.
The barque Orator, of London, Captain J. H. Homan,
from the Mauritius, 19th of January, landed a mail this
Afternoon, and then lett for her port of discharge—
London.
IVind S.W., light, with occasional showers.

" On this ground, also, I intreat you to assure the
officers and soldiers of the troops standing under my
command of my entire sympathy, my high esteem,
and my sincere congratulations for their gloriously
achieved conquest.
"To yourself, my dear General, I desire to offer
not merely congratulation on this victory, to which
our arms are indebted for your judicious arrange-
ment, but also that it was accorded to you to evidence
to the world that after a period of 33 years of peace
the Prussian army is in the highest state of military
discipline ; it is the highest evidence of the perfec-
tion of our military system. Victories are not pur-
chased without sacrifices, and I look with pain upon
the victims. They fell and bled at the call of their
King, for the honour of Germany and the glory of
the Prussian arms.
" Be this their reward!
" Y ours very faithfully,
" THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.
" London, May 2."
The reply of General Vox `''V ANGEL to the Prince
of PRUSSIA is as follows :

" May it please your Royal Highness,—l have had
the honour to receive your Royal Highness's gracious
letter of the 2d of May. I have communicated its
contents to the troops under my command. Its
receipt filled me with joy and gratitude. The
hearty sympathy which you, my royal master,
have taken in our victory of the 23d of last month
has filled our troops with joy and animation, and I
am commissioned by them to express their most
respectful thanks. Your Royal Highness's testimony
is a fresh call to us to discharge our duties with every
devotion. The remembrance of your Royal Highness
is warmly and faithfully cherished by the Prussian
troops, and we all gratefully acknowledge that by
your energetic exertions the discipline of our army
was so effectively carried out; that your true martial
spirit animated them, a spirit which they displayed
so powerfully and so gloriously in the storming of
the Danewerke, in the encounter at Schleswig.
Your Royal Highness may, at the same time, be
graciously assured, that if ever, under the more im-
portant relations, we should be called upon to take up
arms for securing the independence of Germany, the
Prussian army would deem it the highest privilege
to place itself in full confidence and devotional
loyalty under your powerful guidance. And I may
be permitted to add, that the Prussians would show
themselves worthy of the name of their fathers.
" With renewed assurances of devotion, I remain,
your Royal Highness's obedient humble servant,
" VON WRANGEL,
" General of Cavalry.
" Head-quarters, Kolding, May 12, 1848."

CRIMINAL COURT.—(THis DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.)
John Kimber, 60, a sailor, was convicted of uttering a
forged order for 31. 55., with intent to defraud Elias
Benjamin, well knowing the same to be forged, and was
sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard
labour.

Justice COLTMAN.)
person
THE BERK A 3 P AD
readers will doubtless recollect
(BLiefoiresT3NEir.
MARRIAGE SENTENCE.—Our
Nlarriages, and Deaths Re
was convicted upon
of this Court a
registry of marriage betweenth
of
f that at the March session
he name of Samuel Brown
anindictment under the Births,
property to the extent
making a false statement forgishtrars' Act, of feloniously
the time of the trial Sir F.
of the name of Field, himself and a young lady,
purpose of procuring a
of who was entitled to
two grounds, and the Learned' judogefessigwehr.o who
on
Tl,hlool. a year. A
with Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Ball '
presided togetherhe
..t
tantine was counsel forthe
prisoner objected to the valid'
soner in order that the objectionsthe indictments on
at this court postponed passing
by his counselPrl
sentence
raised h upon t
might be argued before, and be determined by, the
Judges. Those objections having been argued and de-
cided by the judges the prisoner was placed in the dock
this morning to receive the judgment of the Court. As it
y not t b o e s
is now some time since the ease was before the Court, it
m
foratamteiss;hea i thects
information of our readers,
ddaenrs,
shortlya
upon which the charge
conviction are founded. The indictment had been pre-
ferred at the suggestion of the Vice-Chancellor Wigram.
The defendant Brown lived, in 1840, in Wimpole• street,
as a butler, and he contracted a marriage' in 1847, with
a female of the name of Esther Field, a girl only 18 years
of age. Esther Field was the daughter of a Mr. James
Field, of Berkhampstead, both her father and mother
were now dead, and she had been left property to the
amount of upwards of 1,100/. a year, and the brother of
the defendant was appointed her guardian, together
with another person. Upon the death of the father of
the young lady an application was made to the Court
of Chancery to make her a ward of that Court, she
being then only eighteen years of age. While the mat-
ter was under consideration in that Court the defendant
induced her to go with him to Trinity Church, maryie..
bone, where they were married, the banns having been
previously published in that church. After the celebra-
tion of the marriage the parties separated, Esther Field
going to her friends at Berkhampstead. Upon its be-
coming
known that the marriage had taken place, an ap-
plication was made to the Vice-Chancellor, who ordered
the defendant to be committed for a contempt of the
Court in marrying a ward. After this the matter was
referred to the Attorney-General, upon the desiro of
the Vice-Chancellor, and upon his certificate and with
the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, proceedings were
instituted. The charge against the prisoner was that
for the purpose of evading any detection, and for the
purpose of obtaining the celebration of the marriage,
he made a false statement to the clergyman, to the effect
that Esther Field was of full age ; tbat he (the defend.
ant) resided at 31, Wimpole-street, and that Esther
Field also resided in the same street, the fact being that
Esther Field was then only eighteen years of age, and
the defendant 52, and that she resided at Tring, and
not
in Wimpole-street.
Mr. Justice COLTMAN immediately on taking his seat
this morning proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner,
and in doing so observed, that the prisoner had been
convicted at the sessions before the last, before the Lord
Chief Baron and himself, of an offence against the 6th
and 7th of Wm. IV., chap. 86. The substantial part of
the charge against the prisoner was that after the cele-
bration of his marriage with his present wife, he know..
ingly and falsely made to the clergyman who performed
the ceremony, a gentleman of the name of Hamilton,
several false statements for the purpose of procuring the
registration of the marriage. On the behalf of the
prisoner two objections were taken to the indictment—

The Honourable Francis Scott, M.P., Messrs.
J. W. Sutherland, Mark Boyd, and Browning trans--
acted business yesterday at the office of her Majesty's
Commissioners of Emigration.

ADULTERATION OF FOOD.—Yesterday, at a meet-
ing of the Manchester guardians of the poor, it was de-
termined to appoint a professor of chemistry to the
union, to examine the quality of food supplied, and to
offer the appointment to Mr. C. Calvert, of the Royal
Institution. In submitting a motion to that effect, Mr.
Brooks, one of the guardians, said he had brought the
subject forward in February, when Mr. Austin, Assistant
Poor-law Commissioner for the district, advised that
they should first obtain the sanction of the Poor-law '
Commissioners, and that sanction had now been given.
It would be recollected that he had stated at the time
(and a copy of this statement he had sent to the Com-
missioners) that he had obtained samples of the food
supplied to the Manchester union, and that on a che-
mical analysis it had been found there was a mean
depreciation, by adulteration, in food of the value of
12,3581. to the extent of 2,4281. This, he repeated, was
the adulteration on articles to the amount of only
12,0001., whilst the total annual expenditure in this way
was upwards of 50,0001. per annum; and he looked to
this appointment, therefore, as one of very great import-
ance and value.

FADVERTISEMENT.]—THF. EARL OF ALDBOROUGH
AND HoLLowAT's Prra.s.—An astounding cure by this miraculous
medicine, after every other means had failed. Seo extract from hi
Lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845.
Professor Holloway—Sir : I beg to acquaint you that your pills have
effected a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach all the most
eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the continent, had not
been able to effect ; nay, not ever thd waters of Carlsbad or Ma-
rienbad. (Signed) " ALDBoxouon." These wonderful pills will
cure any difease of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's
Ointment) et Professor Holloway's EstablishroPnt, 244, &rand, and
by all medicine venters throughtut the oirillse4 world.

DARING RonnaßlEs.—The public, and especially
visitors of the British Museum, aro warned that several
very
impudent street robberies have lately been com-
mitted in broad day in that vicinity. New Oxford-street
and the west end of Great Russell-street are the parts
chiefly infested. Young rascals, with confederates
ready to receive plunder or mislead pursuers, stand at
the corners of the suspicious-looking streets that con-
nect or run into these thoroughfares. Seizing a hand-
kerchief or a watch, they turn the corner in an instant,
and are soon lost in a region which still retains its
character, notwithstanding the recent improvements.
Indeed, we aro not sure that the " Rookery" in its pre-
sent condition is not a more effective arrangement for
the capture and disposal of booty than before, We can
only remind gentlemen who choose to let their
property
court the public eye in a gaping coat pocket, and ladies
who persist in carrying their watches suspended from
gold chains, or pinned to their girdles, that no police
can protect them from the fingers of the spoiler. They
must either conceal their property, or keep a sharp
look out.
LONDON SOCIETY 'OR THE PROTECTION OF YOUNG
FEMALES.—Yesterday a meeting of the subscribers and
others interested in promoting the objects of the above
institution, was held at their office, Moira Chambers,
Ironmonger-lane, City---J, T. Barlow, Esq., in the chair.
The Secretary reported that there are now in the asy-
lum, at Tottenham, 70 young females, the eldest under
15 years of age, who are fed, clothed, religiously edu-
cated, and fitted for respectable servitude. It was
unanimously resolved that six additional of the most
urgent cases be admitted. The asylum, with sufficient
support, would afford accommodation for more than 130
inmates. The society has, during the twelve years of
its existence, caused the suppression of above 300 noto-
rious houses of ill-fame in various parts of London, and
a prosecution is now pending against an individual who
keeps his carriage, livery servants, and country houses,
and who is the proprietor of 50 houses of an infamous
description, principally at the went end.
THE BRUTAL MURDERS NEAR SWANSEA,--SWAN-
SEA, TUESDAY.—Last evening the Coroner's inquiry
relative to the deaths of John Williams and Jenkins
Evans, who were brutally murdered on the night of the
7th instant, on the Loughor and Swansea Road, was
brought to a conclusion. It will be remembered that
fivik,Jrish railway navvies introduced themselves to a
" crorw bach" (a drinking bout) at the cottage of a man
named Davis. One of the navvies quarrelled with a
young man named Morgan, and blows ensued between
them. A rush was made to the road, and in the confu-
sion the deceased, John Williams, was stabbed to the
heart, and Jenkins Evans, who was coming up to in
what was the matter, received similar in- quire
caused his speedy death. The navviesury, which, five in number,
were apprehended, and two of them were admitted to
give evidence. Thomas Martin appeared to have stab-
bed the deceased, 'Williams; he was seen to strike the
unfortunate deceased with a knife, and afterwards ob-
served, "I am the boy that let the wind throw
of them," Jenkins Evans was described to have s ome
re-
ceived his fatal injuries from Michael Leary. The jury
returned a verdict, in the case of John Williams, of
wilful murder against Thomas Martin as principal, and
against Michael Least Thomas
John Norris our aiding and
abetting. In that of Jenkins Evans they found a verdict
of wilful murder against Michael Leary as principal, and
against Thomas Martin and John Norris as accessories.
They were removed in custody to take their trial at the
ensuing assizes.
AMERICAN ICE. —An importation of 200 tons
om St. John's weight of ice has taken
Place by a vessel just arrived
fr, New Brunswick, North America. • The
arrival of this parcel of American ice took place at the
port of Liverpool. There have been some arrivals of
this peculiar article of merchandise from the United
States during the present season, and also from more
than one of the northern states of Europe, but we are
not cognizant of an importation of ice on any former
occasion from this British province of North America.
THE ELECTRO-TELEGRAFHIC CONVERSER. --
learn from the Cumberland Pacquet that the electro-
telegraph is being laid on the Whitehaven Junction
Railway, under the superintendence of; Mr. Little, upon
the principle of
whose patent the entire apparatus is
fittu2s up.

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ONE CLOSING
RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Bank Stock .. 190% 190 192 192
3 per Cent. Reduced Anns .. 82%3/ 8234
3 per Cent. Consols Annuities B4l 84 84%14 84
New 314 per Cent. Anns.... B33fi 3/4 8334
Long Anna. to expire Jan.1860
Ditto, Oct. 10, 1859 .....
Ditto 30 years, Jan. 5, 1860 8 13-16 8 13-16
India Stock 230% 230%
India Bonds, 1,0001.
Consols for Account .....
Exchequer Bills. lid. & 3d.
1,0001.
500/.
p
Small 47 44 p 44
Ditto Advertised 33 36 p 36 p
ONE CLOSINt,
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
22

• RICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent
Ditto, 3 per Cent
Grenada Bonds, 1 per Cent.
Ditto, Deferred 2;4 ‘ 214
Mexican, 5 per Cent 184,6 154 151/2
Ditto, Account — - •
, 1534
Portuguese 5 per Colts. —
0.0 ••••••
,
Ditto, 4 per Cent
..i. —171 i
Russian Bonds ' 881,4 881/2
i Spanis ..5 per Cent. 1840. :4. .... 123% 13
\
\ .=Ditto, cconnt - '1%...
13
• itto, assivn‘
Ditto Deferred
... 7
Ditto 3 per Cent 221/A34 2314
Dividends on the above payble in London.
Belgian 41/2 per Cent
Dutch 2 per Cent., 12 Guild 42 42
Ditto. 4 per Cent. Certificates 61% 611 A
PRICES OF PAID. BUSINESS DONE CLOSING
RAILWAY SHARES. AT ONE O'CLOCK. FBICES.
Aberdeen 5O
Amber., Nott., Boston,
and Eastern Junction 314.....
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21,i —
Belfast & County Down 14% —
Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction .... ... 20
Birmingham, Wolver-

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hamiiion, and Dudley 10
Birming.,Wolverh'pton,
and Stour Valley 121. 4s
Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire Jun0....
Boston, Stamfd & Birrn. 5
Bristol and Exeter B5
Ditto, Thirds ..... 25
Buckinghamshire—. 14/. 4s.
Caledonian
Ditto,Clydesdale June 50 .....
... .....
Chester and Holyhead—. ............
.....
Ditto, Preference
• ............
Clarence - ...... Do. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
.........
....
Do. 2d Class, 5 per Ct. 10
Da ............
Government Loan,

4 per Cent.
Direct London & Ports-
......
mouth
Dublin and Belfast June 25 .
Dundalk & Enniskillen .....—
East Anglia, 251., L. & """""••

E. and L. and D...... 25 ._.. 6%
Do., 181., E. &IL ... 18
Do., 3/. 10s. ......... 31h...... ....
Eastern Counties ...• 20 ..... .15 154.
Do. New Guaranteed xn...
6 per Cent........... 21,E 3 31y 3%
Ditto,Extension, 5 per
DCent., No. 1......61. 13s. 4d....
itto ditto, No. 2-61. 13s. 4d... "'••••••••••••14 dis.
Do. North. & Eastern 50
Do. Quarters
... ....
12
.. 11%
Do. New
Eastern Union..... 50 ... —......—
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121.
, .
Ditto, Thirds.-- ...135.441...... ....
DiDo. (guar.6 per cent.) 10
...... • •—• ..
tto, ditto .......... 20 ......
East Lancashire......... 25
Ditto, New ......... .. 15 .
Ditto, New Quarters 614 .— —
East Lincolnshire ...... 20%
Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
Ditto, Half Shares ' ***
15 .. .
Ditto, Quarter Shares 121 h
Edinburgh and Northern 25 _
Ditto, New...... 614 —
Ditto, Newport .......... . 13
Ditto, ditto, New...... 3374.--
Exeter,Yeovil, & Dora. 2% ..... --
Ditto, New ... 2% .. ..
Glasgow, Dumfries, and
CarlisleKi • 8/. 6s. 8d.... .....
....... •••
•
Glasgow,hnar., &• Ayr 50 ......
Ditto, New
Do. Preference Consol. 15
Great Northern
Do., London and York 21i — ...
Cireat South. and West.
(Ireland)
Great North of England.loo ......
Ditto, New, 40/ 5 -
Ditto, New, 301 3O
Ditto, New, 15/ lll,/x..... ......... ......
Great Western
Ditto, 1/4 Shares 5O
Ditto, .!4 Shares
Ditto, Fifths.. .......
Ditto, New 171........ 91,4.....
Huddersfield and Manch. 26
Ditto, Thirds
Hull and Selby .. ...... 50 ......
Ditto, Half Shares ... 25 ......
Ditto, 14 Shares
IpswichDioo.., ddoo&..,BEsulrd3;e'NSl tis.o. Norwich 1714
1177%1142
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::.."
......
9%
i i(ttlLancasteroa,teTCah'aninirddb. Csa&rlisElely..) 214
. 50 ;14—.........
Lancashire & Yorkshire 93 -

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Ditto, ditto
Ditto, % Shares ...... 43 ... .. ••-••
Do. Quarter Shares... .141/2
Do. Fifths... .. 9
Do. Sixteenths 64 —
Do. Thirds(Reg.) l3 ..... •••
Do. Liverp. and Bury 43 ......
Ditto % (late Hud-
dersfield and Shelf.) 38
Do.(Wakefield,Pon te-
tract, and Goole) ... 50
Do. (W. Riding Union) 6 .. ...
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25
Do. % Shares (A)... 9
............
Leeds and Bradford 5O
••• ......
Leeds, Dewsbury, 1ee.... 47%...... ...............
Do., Half Shares 2O ...... ......
.........
Do., (blue) Scrip." 2%...,..
..........
.....
Leeds and Thirsk
Ditto, New ...... ....... 26
••• ••• .......
Do., Prefer., 6 per Ct. 3% — ........
Liverpool, Crosby and "'. .....
. .....
••• ..........
Southport .... .. .. 2
Liverp., Manchester, and
Newcastle Junction... 2%
London & Black wa11...131. 6s. 8d....
Do. New, No. 2. ..... 64 las. 4d.... ..... ::*
Do. ExtenaLon ..I. ••• 20 ...... .... ~ .. .... ..
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MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
4,000 bales. American realised 31}d. to Sid. per lb.
The market was very quiet, and the advance of Monday
last was entirely lost. There were large arrivals. Rail-
way Shares were in considerable demand, at higher
prices.
The arrivals of gold from Russia appear likely to
cease, a prohibition being said to have been issued
a4ainst further exports, but there is another instalment
this week from St. Petersburgh by the Rob Roy.
The Ilamburgh mail of Tuesday has arrived, and
brings no cheering information upon the subject ,
of the Danish war. Great preparations were
making on both sides, and the circle of hos-
tilities bide fair speedily to embrace Sweden, and
possibly, though not so probably, Russia. The com-
merce of the Baltic is, for the nonce, quite annihilated
as far as the German States are concerned. In the
Continental letters, generally, we observe nothing of
special importance. The next Bank of France return
is looked for with considerable interest, and ere long a
fresh loan to the Government is considered inevitable.
There are some items of information in the Canada
accounts which indicate the prospect of considerable
activity ere long in some branches of trade.
A correspondent of the Philipsburg (Canada East)
Missisquoi News, writing from Montreal, under date of
the 19th inst., says—
" The Prince Albert is daily conveying flour to
Laprairie, to be transported by railroad to St. John's,
and from thence by steamers and sloops to Burlington,
Plattsburgh, and Keeseville. It is probable that Mon-
treal will supply the country bordering on Lake
Champlin in future. Were the Portlaad Railroad con-
structed, ours would be the market resorted to, by Maine
and Eastern Vermont and New Hampshire."
Again, with respect to the shipping interest, we are
advised that--
"There appears to be no unusual stir among the
builders at the Cross this spring. We notice three
steamers on the stocks at present. Messrs. Tait's new
boat, intended to run between Montreal and Quebec,
is far advanced, and will be ready to be launched in
about a week. This boat •
is not a large ,
propelled by an it will be
over all 180 feet ; engine of 75-horse power ; length
breadth of beam 26 feet. Mr. Mer-
ritt is buildinfh a clipper-looking craft, intended, we
believe, for . e Ottawa trade. The third on
the' stocks
wthheich
.Sir Helens,
o f Mr. Lesperainsce,
ferry-boat between Lon the property
gueirseutoabned run as an opposition
140 tone, with St. Mary. She is
iftoho t a
nof
engine Current
about
large class 50-horse power. Three
building at the Red Store°, olliriethe Localasisnebcoaatnsala,rtewoalosof
which are intended for the
so high
The Fund's, although not stem trade."
and with less doing, arequtole
partly in
as yesterday,
expectation of a better Bank retuerranbBtl4yo-Infionnrro'w. Consols
I for account.
have been 84 to I for transfer, and
premium.
The June Exchequer-bills are 335• to to
Bank Stock is 190 to 192, and India Stock 13E7253. Of.
Russian
124 to
The Foreign Securities are quiet, but generally well
aLßonds
supported. Spanish Fire per Centsi.
, and the Three per Cents. 22i to
have been quoted 884, being higher again.
Stock has been 15k, and Grenada 13 Dutch Mexican
and-a-Half per Cents. are 42.
Railway Shares have been steady, but with very little
doing.