The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-24 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 24, 1851.

We are glad to find that the preparation In every
part of the western halt of the building are pushed on
with untiring energy, and with every prospect that our
native industry can by the Ist of May fearlessly invite
the inspection of the whole worlds The department
of machinery still takes the lead, and many of
the most interesting objects comprised in it are far
advanced towards completion. The public will
regret to hear that in this part of the col-
lection, closely identified as it is with the industrial
reputation of the country, the Nasmyth hammer, ono of
our greatest mechanical wonders, is not to be included.
The space requisite was allottep to Mr. Nasmyth for
the purpose of showing his great invention, and every-
body is quite at a loss to understand why at the list mo-
ment he declines coming forward; the expense of fit-
ting up cannot be the obstacle. Among other objects
which will no doubt attract great attention, we hear of
a model of Plymouth Breakwater, executed with sur-
prising fidelity, and containing, among other things,
the representation of a brig, two inches long,
—the complete epitome of a vessel-of war. All the
guns, masts, yards, rigging, &c., are giving, and even
the running-gear is rove and the deck planked. There
is only one other point which it is proper to touch upon
in this part of the subject. It appears that the local com-
mittee of Sheffield, after attaining a pro-eminence
aeiong all the towns in England for the dilatory and
unsatisfactory manner in which they conducted their
preparations for the Exhibition, set the finishing stroke
to their conduct by sending in for the approval of the
Executive Committee a plan for the arrangement of
their goods, which it was quite impossible to accede to.
The proposal to select the principal firm in their own
town to represent the section of cutlery by a trophy in
the centre of the nave awakened among them all the ores
of local jealeesy. They had no objection to a London
manufacturer, however small his business, occupying the
post of honour; but that Rodgers should have it was
not to be endured. Fortunate it is for the Commissioners

by the thieves in their flight. Several witnesses were
o,7.amined, wh , clearly identified the prisoners as the per-.
song who had followed the prosecutor and committed the vio-
lence upon him.
The jury found all the prisoners Guilty, and evidence was
given to show that Piety had been before convicted of felony,
and sentenced to ten years' transportation, and the other pri-
soners had also, it appeared, been convicted of felony.
Mr. J.tmEs, in passing sentence upon the prisoners, re-
marked that their previous punishment did not appear to
have produced any reformation, and he therefore felt it his
duty to order Piety to be transported for life, and the other
two prisoners for fifteen years each.

NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, March 21.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Henry Fordham (out on bail) was charged with em-
bezzling 2631., the property of Messrs. Tetley and Son, of
Leeds.
Mr. Overend for the prosecution, Mr. Temple and Mr.
Seymour defended the prisoner.
A letter was the only evidence to show that the prisoner
was in the prosecutor's service, and this document being un-
stamped,
His LounautP decided that it could not be received as
evidence.
The case for the prosecution broke down, and
The jury, by the direction of his Lordship, returned a ♦er-
diet of Not Guilty.
In the course of the day several caste were tried before Mr.
Q.C., who sat for the trial of prisoners in the grand
jury-room.

THE COUNT'
LIVERrOOL, MARC'S 2?.—'
not much doing.

s. d. s. d

Wheat, per 701 b
English, white 5 9 to 6
_0

THE CASE OF THE BIRDS.
[The following has been omitted from want of room]
SENTENCE.

At the Devon Lent Assizes, which commenced on
Wednesday in the Castle of Exeter, Chief Baron Pol-
lock took the Nisi Prius Court, and Baron Martin the
Crown bar. After the delivery of the charge his Lord-
ship directed Robert Courtice Bird and Sarah Bird, his
wife, to be placed at the bar.
O❑ Mr. Slade and Mr. Cox coming into court the
male prisoner entered into a short but earnest conversa-
tion with them, and during the proceedings the male
prisoner paid great attention, and repeatedly conversed
with his wife, as if informing her of the various points.
After the Learned Judge commenced addressing them,
she appeared much distressed.
His Lordship, addressing Mr. Slade, said—l under-
stand you have something to say to the Court.
Mr. Slade replied that he had not, as
.neither himself
nor Mr. Cox had been instructed.

that they have deprecated so decisively the idea of
arousing individual rivalries.
It is obvious that however great the progress hitherto
made, and however certain the prospect of all being
ready by the lit of May, the time is now close at hand
when the Executive Committee must begin to tighten
the screw upon exhibitors, to gather up the ends of the
great work entrusted to them, to get a stage clear of
paint pots and men in paper caps before the curtain
rises and the performance begins. The following
is the substance of some very important resolutions
which they have come to in order that the opening
may take place, as announced by the Commis-
sioners. On the 2d of April the entrance into the
building for carts and waggons is to be entirely closed,
and the flooring still unlaid completed. No goods will
be admitted after that date, except such as do not ex-
ceed six feet six inches in width. Between the 3d and
the 10th of April everything brought into the building
must be brought in unpacked; otherwise it will be put
outside, and remaia there till this condition is complied
with. After the 10th, and from then till the 20th
any goods that come in, without special leave for the
delay (this specialleave being granted only in rare cases),
must pay a fine towards the funds of the Exhibition
according to the following rates.—For every article
weighing less than 281 b., 103.; for every article weighing
more, 11. per 281 h After the 20th no goods can bo re-
ceived, except, perhaps, from foreign countries, under
particular circumstances. These stringent resolutions,
if resolutely carried out, will do more than anything
else to make exhibitors wind up their preparations in
good time.

His Lordship then addressed the prisoners, saying
that it was his duty to pass sentence upon them—the
sentence of the Court for the offence wbicb, by law, must
be passed upon them—but in so doing let it be under-
stood that he was exercising no discretion of his own,
but merely carrying into effect the directions given by
the Learned Commissioner who tried them at the last
assizes; and therefore the sentence was that Learned
Gentleman's, and not his own. His Lordship then ad-
verted to the circumstances of the first trial, and also that
of the second, with the course taken by Mr Russell Gur-
ney at the time, and the prisoner's plea of autrefois acquit,
or in other words that they had been tried and acquitted,
and so, by the law of England, that no person could be
twice perilled for the same offence. The Learned Com-
missioner who tried them had thought it right, under
the circumstances, to direct a verdict to be recorded,
against them, but reserved the point, under a recent
Act, for the decision of the fifteen Judges. That opi-
nion, as all persons were aware, had been had, and a
great diversity of opinion had existed between the
Learned Judges, eight being in favour of it and six
against it; and as he (the Learned Judge) formed one
of the minority, it was necessary for bim to state that,
whatever his opinion might have been, or was now,
he was as much bound to submit to the decision of those
eight Judges as though it were the decision of the
House of Lords, it being obligatory on him to submit
to the decision of the majority. They were, therefore,
in accordance with that, called up for judgment. Al-
though they had not had, in the common sense of the
word, an opportunity of making their defence, if they
felt inclined to make affidavit on their own behalf, of the
part they took in the circumstances of the case, he was
not disposed to pass sentence on them, but forward them
first to the Learned Commissioner who tried them, for
his consideration. He did not wish them to make up
their mind hastily, but he would give them half-an-hour
to consider the matter.
_ _

THE SAILORS' STRIKE AT LIVERPOOL, SITUR-
xAr.—The sailors m strike in this port still continue to pe-
rambulate the streets in procession. Last night there was a
performance for their benefit at the Amphitheatre. The
house was well filled. Last week the Mayor of Manchester
intimated that they would not be allowed to g-) round and
solicit subscriptions. On Thursday evening they visited
Ashton, and held a public meeting in the evening, for which
a charge of Id. or 2d. was made for admission, and the money
thus gained was contributed to their maintenance.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

ROME ClRCUlT.—Maidstone, March 20.

ClVElllTE.—(Berorethe LORD CHIEF JUSTIQE and
a Special Jury.)
BARTHOLOMEW V. GEORGE.
_ _

Mr. Slade regretted ho had not been instructed, as
then he should have asked fur the prisoners to have a
trial. _ .

This was an action brought by the plaintiff to re-
cover damages for the seduction of his daughter by the
defendant. _ _

The Judge—Then I should have been obliged to have
decided against you, and drive you to a writ of error.
Mr. Slade—The expenses of which would hare been
so great that the prisoners would not have been enabled
to take advantage of it.
Mr. Cox, having communicated with the prisoners,
informed his Lordship that the prisoners would adopt
his suggestion, and make the necessary affidavits.
The counsel for the prosecution said that he must ask
permission to see the alEdarits when made, and, if neces-
sary, answer them.
The Judge said that could be done, but the affidavits
must be so made and transmitted to Mr. R. Gurney, that
he (the Learned Judge) might receive the answer by
Monday.
It was ultimately suggested and agreed that the
Learned Judge should sentence the prisoners, and the
affidavits be forwarded to the Secretary of State for a
mitigation of the sentence.
Ills Lordship then observed, that with regard to the
case, he might take the opportunity of saying that it
was the general opinion that everything that could be
done in favour of the prisoners in arguing the case
before the judges had been done for them, and this
was also his opinion and that of the members of the
Court. It appeared to be the opinion of the Learned
Gentleman who had been engaged for them that the
best course would be for him to sentence them, and
for their affidavits to be forwarded to the Secretary
of State, where they would receive every attention that
was necessary. The Learned Judge then sentenced them
to sixteen months' imprisonment, with hard labour.
The sentence dates from the time of conviction, last
August.

Mr. Chambers and Mr. Addison were for the plaintiff;
Sergeant Shee and Itlr. Bramwell for the defendant.
Mr. CHAMBERS said the plaintiff in this case was a
person in an humble position of life, being a post-boy at
the Crown Hotel, Sevenoaks. The defendant was
a respectable tradesman, carrying on the business of a
butcher in the same town, and his conduct towards the
plaintiff had this aggravation, that he was a man between
fifty and sixty years of age, a widower, with a family of
his own to protect, and that the victim of his lust suf-
fered under the distressing infliction of being deaf and
dumb. The Learntd Counsel then briefly stated the
facts of the case, atd the following evidence was ad-
duced:— _

Elizabeth Bartholomew, the daughter of the plaintiff,
who was examined through the medium of a gentleman
connected with the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in the New
Kent-road, at which establishment, it appeared, the
witness had been educated, was then called. Her evi-
dence was interpreted to the following effect. She
said that' she livei with her father, two sisters,
and two brothers, in a place called Brand's-lane,
Ssernoaks, and the defendant kept a butcher's shop
ClO3O by, and served them with meat. She was thirty-
one years old, and hid known the defendant for seven-
teen years, and about two years ego he made love to
her, and she afterwards proved in the family way. He
said this to her partly by signs and partly by words.
She had taught the defendant the alphabet with her
fingers, and he We; able to converse with her by
signs, and to make her understand what he meant.
She was delivered of a child in February,
1850, and the defendant was the father of that
child. Ile used to come to her father's house and
invite her to walk in a garden he had in Brand's-lane,
and upon one occasion, while she was walking with him
in the pulled her into a summer-house, and
effected his
he
s object.
When she found herself in
the family way, she wrote two letters to the defendant
informing him of the fact, and requesting him to do
something for, and to make her his wife, as be had pro-
mised, but he did not answer either of the letters.
By Sergeant SnEe—The defendant spoke a little, and
made signs, and she understood him. Ho made signs to
her "I love you," and he also made the sign for mar-
riage. Was quite sure that he promised her marriage, and
he said be would marry her as soon as he could get rid
of his housekeeper. She would sometimes go t the de-
fendant's shop for meat, but his hcusekeeper did netlike
to see her Rauch. She was quite sure that Mr. George
promised to marry her before the occurrence took place,
but she never said anything to her father about his pro-
mise. He used to carne to the house to see her when her
father was out, and her father did not know of his visits.
She was then questioned as to whether she had not been
on intimate terms with some young men whose names
were mentioned, and whether the watchman did not find
her in Brand's-lane at twelve o'clock at night with one
of them, with his arm round her neck kissing her,
and she said that she had known one of the yourg
men a great many years, and that he had kissed
her upon some occasions when they were at play toge-
ther; but she denied moat positively that there was any
truth in the statement of her being discovered by the
watchman in the situation described.
In answer to other questions that wore put to the wit-
ness, she stated that two of her sisters were also deaf
and dumb, and that one of her brothers was likewise
partially afflicted in the same distressing manner.
Sergeant SEEE, in his address to the jury, said that
in cases of this description the defendant was always
completely at the mercy of the witness who was called
to make out the charge, and his only chance was to
show the jury. by her cross-examination, that her
evidence could not be relied upon. In the
present instance, however, owing to the pe-
culiar and unusual manner in which the
plaintiff's case was sought to be made out, the
defendant was, to a great extent, deprived of this only ad-
vantage, for it was perfectly clear that it was impossible to
subject the witness to anything approaching to a regular
cross-examination, such as would be likely to bring out the
real facts of the case. As to the charge of seduction, it
appeared to him idle to say that there had been any such
thing in this case, for it was evidently very difficult
to make the witness understand an ordinary conver-
sation, and it was not very likely that the defendant
should have been able to practise anyof those blandishments
or sophistries, by which young women were sometimes se-
ducedfrom the paths of virtue. The defendant instructed
him most positively to deny that he had ever had any in-
tercourse with this young woman, and when they had heard
the evidence of the witness whom it would be his duty to
call, he believed the jury would come to the conclusion
that the birth of this child was the result of an intimacy
with some other person, and not the defendant; and if
this should bo so, the defendant would be entitled to their
verdict.
William Allen, a private watchman, was then called,
and ho stated that at 12 o'clock one night, when he was
on duty, he saw the plaintiff's daughter standing in
Brand's-lane, with a young man, who had his arm round
her neck, and he said that when he turned his light
on them they walked away. He likewise stated that
upon other cecasions he had seen the plaintiff's daughter
with different young men.
Mr. CnamilEsts having replied,
The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE summed up, and the jury,
after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the
plaintiff—Damages 501., in addition to 131., the expenses
connected with the birth of the child.

SEABORNE MAILS.
[N signifies that the mails are sent from the General Post-oOlec
by the night—and M by the morning--elispatch.]

When made up in j From what When
PLACES. General Post-officeport die- due.
London. patched.
America (by Brit. pkt.)N March 28 Liverpool .. Arrived
America (by U.S. pkt.) N April 4 .. Liverpool . • April 2
America (by U.S. pkt.) M March 26 .. —lBouthatript. April 5
Afi;ca (West coast) N 14th of the month (Plymouth April 3
Alexandria'im :: .. Nil9th & 30th of mo.lDover .. March 28
11 NI Daily .. Dover .. Daily
1119th of the month Southampt. April 12
Beenol Ayres • • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. April 12
BBerazlgi . • ..
California(viaChagres) M 17th of month Southampt. March 20
Cape of Good Hope N 14th of month Plymouth. • April 3
Constantinople* .. • • Ni7th 17th 27th of moDover .. March 30
Central America .. 3112 d & 17th of mon. (Southampt. March 20
Channel Isles • • .. Wed., & Fri.jSouthampt. Tn. Th.S a
Chill .• • • .. .M 17th of the mouth ISouthampt. March 20
France M & NlTwice daily .. .Dover Twieedaily
Greece* • • .. .. N 7th 17t h 27th of me; IDover • . March 30
Hamburgh N Tuesday & Friday (London .. Tues. Sat.
Holland .. • • .. 51 Wednes. & Satur4ondon Moa.Tltur
Honduras N 17th of the musath'Southampt. March 20
Ireland M& N Twice daily .. IHolyhead Twicedaily
India(via Southamp.) 3120th of the month Southampt. March 28
India (viallarseille.s) Nl7th& 24th ofmonthDover .. April I
Mediterranean (via
Southampton) • • 31 20th of the month Southampt. March 28
Mediterranean (via
Marseilles) N 7th& 24th ofmonth Dover • . April 5
Mexico 31.2 d of the month.. Southampt. April 5
Madeira • • • • .. It 9111 of the month iSontharnpt. April 12
Malta' f 7th,l7th,l9th,27thli
Dover March 28
& 30th of month
Naples* . • • • N sth 15th 25th of moDover .. April 2
Papal Stator* N sth 15th 25th of moDover .. April 2
reninsulan. M 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. March 28
Peru .. •• •• 317th of tho month Southampt. March 28
Tuscany* N sth lb th 25th of mo Dover .. April 2
West Indies .. M 17th of the mouth Southampt. March 22
West Indies (except
Havanna & Nassau) M 2d of the month .. Southampt. April 5

* The mails to those c
French packet yl a Marsel

12d of the month ..
onntries thus marl
illes.

ISouthampt.lApril 5
ted (*) are conveyel by

SHIP NEWS.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.

In accordance with the orders of the Marine Ministry,
dated June 26, last year, the designation of the following
beacons in Drogden will, on their replacement in the spring,
be as follows:

" Sandrey's Beacon, which hitherto has had one broom,
will have three brooms.

" Southern Rysses Beacon, which hitherto has had one
broom, will have two brooms.
" Northern Rysses Beacon, which hitherto has had one
broom, will have three brooms.

" Soalemmpen (Swallow Tail) Beacon, which hitherto has
had one brpom, will have two brooms.
'• All bound upwards, as at present.
" Middteground's South Beacon, which hitherto has had
one broom, will have two broomF.
" Middleground's Centre Beacon, which hitherto has had
one broom, will have two brooms.

" Lusen''s Beacon, which hitherto has had one broom, wil,
have two brooms.

" Holmekurgen (the tongue of the Holme), which hitherto
has had one broom, will have two brooms.

,
" All bound downwards, as at present.
" Which is hereby brought to the knowledge of parties
concerned; with the addition that all the remaining buoys
and beacons in Drogden will retain the marks they have had
hitherto.

' WULFF. Commander and Chief Pilot.
" Copenhagen, Feb. 19, 1851." _ _

" Genoa, March 15, 1851.
" Sir,—The treaty of commerce between great Britain'and
Sardinia, signed in London on the 27th of February last,
has been published by the Gazetta di Genoa ed Courier
Mercantile; it will soon be brought before the Piedmontese
Parliament, and the diminution of entry duties thereon is to
enforced on the Ist of June 1851.

" AGENT TO LLOYD'S.
" Captain G. A. Halsted, R.N., Secretary, Lloyd's."
GaavissErw, MAncit 23.—Wind W.S.W., fresh, fine.
Arrived—The Scindian, from Calcutta; Henry Curwan
and John Murray, from the Mauritius; Trafalgar and
Favourite, from China; Plantagenet, from Bombay; Sylph,
from Barbadoes ; Stadt Dordrecht, from Dordt ; Crusader,
from Belise ; Triton, from Ostend ; Roscommon and Diana,
from Harlingen; Elizabeth, from Caen; Fortuna, from the
Cape; Cariren Abo, from Odessa; Elccha, from Ghent;
from Bahia ; Patrioten, from Aarhuus ; Prosperitas, from
Droback ; G. H. Starner, from Colombo; Freak, from St.
Michael's; Harmony, from the Cape; Bughlar, from
Shanghai ; Thetis, from Droback ; George, from Guernsey ;
erixa, from China; George Metcalfe, from Bimlipatam ;
Guglielmo, from Galatz ; Oceal and Earl of Auckland, from
Rotterdam ; Sc ttish Lassie, from Bordeaux ; Energy, from
Pernambuco; City of London, from Dunkirk; Menai, from
Calais; Giraffe and Magnet, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Corona, for Trieste ; Resolution, for Aalborg; Si.
mon Magnus, for Trinidad ; Ranger. for Amsterdam ; Al-
bion, for Boulogne; Columbine, for Havre ;John Bull, for
Hamburgh ; Queen, for Antwerp ; Lord John Russell, for
Harlingen; Fame, for Calais; Rainbow and Bativier, for
Rotterdam; City of Rotterdam, for Dunkirk; Antwerpen,
for Antwerp ; Neptune, for Havre ; Pieter, for Hamburgh ;
Marie Constance, for Cherbourg ; Vorwartz, for Flushing ;
Jean Bart, for Gravelines ; Junon, for Denmark; Carolinda,
for Caen; Adagio, for Denmark ;Charles and Caroline, for
Calais ' • Aurora, for Wolgast ; St. Pierre Justine, for Dun-
kirk; Cornelia, for Virorctun.

MA RCII 22.
(Before Mr. E. JAMES, Q•C•)
In consequence of the ❑umber of criminai cases that were
to be disposed of, it:was found necessary to open two other
courts for the trial of prisoners during the greater part of the
week, at which Mr. Sergeant Gaselee and Mr. James pre-
sided, and these learned gentlemen disposed of a great num-
ber of cases. But for this it would have been impossible to
finish the business in time to open the commission on the
day appointed fOr the county of Surrey.
John Smith, 20, John Piety, 20, and George Ladizams, 20,
wore indicted for a robbery with violence upon William
Wheldon.
Mr. Russell prosebuted, and Mr. Horne defended the pri-
soners.
It appeared that upon the evening of the day named in
the indictment the prosecutor was at a public-house in Maid-
stone, in company with a woman, and he was observed by
the prisoners, who were also drinking there, to pull out a
bag containing money; when he left they followed him,
and when he came to a rather secluded part of the town they
attacked the prosecutor, knocked him down, and while he
was upon the ground jumped on him, and kicked him on the
head and face, and otherwise seriously ill-used him. The
prisoners than ran away, and when the prosecutor came to
himself he found that he had been robbed of all the money
that was in his pocket, and the bag which had contained it
Ras picked up a 13119 gt bAyiDg btia 02191% •Ray

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.

Janet brig, of Glasgow, for lanaica, hi lat. 2.i S., long. 37 \7.
Eleanor barque, from Calcutta for Belfast, March 5, i i lat.
39 N., long. 31 W.
Cynthia birque, of Kincardine, March 16, in lat. 49 N.,

long. 7 W.
Lady Emily, from Liverpool for Australia, July 27, in lat.

2.N., long. 18 W.
Dundee:barque, same day.
Bolivie, from Bordeaux for California, Nov. 14, in lat. 14 S.
Marion, of Cork, with emigrants, steering westward, March
13, in lat. 51 N., long. 9 W.
Laden whaler, of Hobart Town, bound to Jarvis Bay, with

430 barrels of sperm cil.
Gebroeders, from Batavia for Trieste, Dec. 31, in lat. 35 S.,

long. 2l E.
Admiral Van Heimskerk, from Batavia for Amsterdam, Feb.
ID, in Ist. '2l S., long. 5 E.

Y MA R KETS.
.The trade is firm to-day, with

Do. red .. 5 6 5 101
Irish, best red •• 5 2 5 6,
Do, lower quality 5 0 5
Manx, red and wh. 5 6 5 9!
Dantsie, high mixed 6 8 7 0
Do., mixed 6 0 6 3'
Rostock, &c•• .- 6 3 6 6
Hamburgh and

Lower Baltic .. 5 6 5 10
American & I-white 6 0 6 2
Canadian, red 5 6—5 10
Antwerp &Louvain 5 6 b 10
French, rod.. .. 5 6—5 10
Hungarian and
Mariaropoli •• 4 9 5 0
Odessa, Polish •. 5 2 5 6
Do., common .. 5 0 5 2
Egyptian .. .. 3 9 4 0
Flour, English &
Irish, per 2801 b 29 0 —3l 0
Do., extra fine 31 0 32 0
United States, per

barrel .. 21 0 22 6
Canadian .. .. 21 0 22 0
Indian corn, per
4801 b, white .. 29 0 33 0

(1. Q.
Do.3lcal, perl96lb 15 0 to 16 0
Barley, English, pr
imperial quarter 26 0 —2B 0
,Eri6h, Scotch, and
Manx,per6olb.. 3 4 3 6
(Foreign, grinding 3 2 3 4
Kyc, par 101 b •. 3 3 3 6
Beans, English, pr
_ _

imperial quartr 29 0 32
Irish and Scotch, _ _ _

per 4801 b • . .. 25 0— 27 0
Dutch .. 26 0 'lB 0
Egyptian • • .. 22 0— 22 6
Peas, English, per
imperial (lunar 30 0 32 0
Foreign •• .. 27 0— 31 0
Oats, per 451b:—
English, Scotch,
and Welsh, old 2 9—2 10
Irish, n'' est
.. 2 51— 2 6
Do., feeding .. 2 b 2 6
Do., foreign .. 2 6 2 8
Oatmeal, English,

& Seotch,pr24olb 0 23 6
2t 0 —2l 3
Do., old • .. 0— 21 0

MANCHESTER, MARCH 20.—Increasing firmness has cha-
racterized the trade during the present week, and an active
demand has been experienced for flour, which has had the
effect of clearing off much of the late accumulation of stock
and enabling factors to obtain rather higher prices. Oatmeal
has likewise moved off more freely on fully previous terms.
With the exception of 1,773 quarters of malt coastwise and
2,278 loads of oatmeal from Ireland, the arrivals of English
and Irish produce at Liverpool and Runcorn are this week
extremely scanty ; and from abroad the imports are on a greatly
reduced scale, the chief item being about 13,, 00 barrels of
dour from the United States. At our market this morning a
decidedly healthy tone was apparent, and wheat advanced 2d
per 701 b. Flour was held firmly fcr an amendment of 6d to
Is per sack. Oats must be noted a turn dearer, whilst oatmeal
met a fair sale, and in some instances commanded 3d per load
over the rates current on this day se'nnight.
WAKEFIELD, MARCH 21.7—The arrivals this week are
limited. There is but little fresh English wheat offering, for
which there is a steady demand at an advance of is per qr. ;
foreign and granaried samples are held at this enhancement,
but are not taken so readily. Good samples of English barley
command full prices, and ordinary descriptions do not meet
with much attention. Oats are id per stone, and shelling 6d
to is per load dearer. Beans as last stated.
Old.
WIIEAT, per qr. 601bs per bushel:— a. a.
Suffolk, Essex, and Kent, red ... —to
Ditto, white ... ..•
Norfolk and Hunts., red ...
Ditto, white ...
Lincolnshire and Cambridge, red ...
Ditto, white ...
Yorkshire, red ...
Ditto, white ••• ••• ••••••
Dantzic and Konigsburg, white
Lower Baltic and llamburgh, red...
Mediterranean, red ... ••• ...
BARLEY, per quarter of 8 bushels:—
Norfolk and Suffolk... ...
Lincolnshire and Yorkshire
Scotch •.• ••• •••
Grinding per 30 stone ...
Foreign ... .•• •..
BEANS, per quarter of 8 bushels 631 b :
Small, fine ... ... 28 —29 27 —2B
Ticks .•• ... 26 29 26 28
Foreign ... —— 24 —26
OATS, per stone :
Mealing . Od to Od 91 to 10d
Feeding ... •.. Od to Od 8d to 9,1
Foreign ... Od to Od 8d to !I
SHELLING, per load of 2611 b 23 —24
MALT, per load of 6 imperial bushels 35 —37
PEAS, per Imperial Quarter
Blue and white boilers
Grey and Feed

NOW.
S. I.
89 to 42
46 48
35 —4O
42 45
33 -- 38
38 42
33 38
38 42
40 44
36-4

ARR.]
Qrs.
Wheat ... ... ... 6,687

v • ,
Barley .•• ••• ••• 2,316
Oats ..• •.• ••• •.• 731
Beans.— ••• •.• •.• 382
Peas ... 145

'ALS.

.. - - - 23 - 26
24 - 28
25 - 30
19 - 21
21. 26

- - - 26 - 28
--- 25 - 27

Rapeseed ... ... ...
... ... ... 230
Linseed .. ... ..
Malt ... ... • • ...
Flour ... ... ... ...

Tares... ...
EXETER, MArtcu 21.—Cattle Market—The market was
well supplied with fat bullocks at slightly reduced rates.
Pannier— Turkeys, 5s 6d to 75 each ; ducks, bs 6d to 6s 6d
per couple ; fowls, 3s 4d to 4s ditto ; spring chicken, 3s 6d ;
galenas, Ss ; widgeon, 2s 6d to 3s ; pigeons, is 8d to 2s;
roasters, 4s to 5s each ; hares, 2s 9d to 3s ; rabbits, lod ;
butter, is Id per lb; eggs, 20 to '22 for Is. Corn Ex-
change—Not much business had been transacted up to one
o'clock. Last week's prices were likely to be maintained, with
a slight alteration in barley. Wheat, 4a 6d to 55 per bushel ;
barley, 2s 9d to 3s ; oats is 10el to 2s 2d ditto; fine flour, '27s
to 28s per sack.
BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, MARCH 21.—There has
'been a very dull market this week, and prices still tend down-
wards. The transactions since our last are scarcely worth re-
cording, while the arrivals are very heavy. The refined mar
ket is far from active, but prices are not lower. Rum is out of
demand.—Bristol Mercur! .
NORTHALLERTON, MARCH 19.—White wheat, 5s 3d to
bs 9d, red ditto 4s 6(1 to 5s 3d ; oats Is 10d to 2s 6d ; beans,
3s Od to 3s 6d; barley 3s Od to 3s scl per bushel.
WaTHERBY, MARCH 20.—White wheat 16, lid to 17s, red
ditto 14s 6d to 15s Od per load ; barley 25s Od to 28s Od per qr.;
beans lOs 6d to 12s 6d per load ; oats Pd to 10d per stone.
RIPON, MARcis 20.—White wheat 53 to Cs, red ditto 4s 6cl
to 5s 6d ; beans, 3s 6d to 4s Od per bushel ; barley 21s to 27s ;
oats 16s Od to 21s per qr.
KNARESBOROUGH, MARCH 19.—Wheat 4s 6d to 513 d; beans
3s 6d to 4s Od per bushel ; barley 24s to '26s ; oats, 18s to 20s
per qr.
LOUGHBOROUGH, 111eitcx 20. A liberal attendance of
buyers, and the condition of wheat and barley improved; fine
wheat was brisk in sale and Is to 2s higher. Malting Barley
nearly 2s better, and short supply of good samples. Oats and
Beane about the same as last week.
DERBY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 18.—The supply
of fat beasts to-day was again large, and the quality was gene-
rally good; the demand was quite as brisk as for some time
back, but still there were several lots left unsold. The num-
ber of sheep was small, but in good request. and a clearance
was readily effected, fully maintaining last week's prices. The
supply of pigs and fat store calves was good, the latter a shade
lower. Beef, 41(1 to sd; mutton, 6d to 61d; veal, 5d per lb;
pigs, 7s to 7s 6(1 per score. Rough fat, 3s 6(1 per stone of
141bs. Hides. 11,-(1 to 21d per lb ; calf skins 2(1 to 4d per lb.
BOSTON, MARCH 19.—Wheat, red 23s to 38s Od, white 38s
to 4os, extra 43s to 00s ; barley 18s to 21a ; oats lls to 185;
beans 215 to 2.Ss ; peas 22s to 265 per quarter.
LYNN, MARCH 18.—Wheat 28s to 345, fine 38s 40s to 425;
barley 17s to 205, fine 22s to 25s per qr.
NEWARK, MARCH 19.—Wheat, white 43s to 455, extra
47s to 000, red 36s to 495, extra 42s to 00s ; barley, malting
23s to 245, extra 255, winding 19s to 20s, extra 21s; oats.
Poland seed 23s 24e to 255, feed 18s to 20s ; beans, seed 27s
to 28s, old 32s 34s to 365; tares nominal; malt, 503 to 52s
per qr.
UPPINGIIAM, MARCH 19.—Wheat 35s to 405; barley 23s to
23s ; oats 16s to 205; beans 23s to 28s Od per quarter. Butter
9d to 100 per lb ; eggs 'l4 for Is.
MELTON MOWBRAY, MARCH 18.—Wheat, old 42s to 44s Od,
new :;6s Od to 4ls ; barley 22s to 25s ; oats, old 21s to 245,
new 18s to 21s ; beans, old 27s to 30s, new 25s to 2tis per qr.
Butter lid to 12d per lb ; eggs 24 for Is.
EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET,
MARCH 19.—Our sup-
plies of grain were much about the same as last week. Sales
brisk for all sorts excepting oats, which were dull, 354 goartrcres
being left in the market unsold, and the average
andi) the
down 4d per quarter. The top of wheat is
average 155 d up. Barley on the top Is 6d up, e 441
the
3d down. Oats on the top Is down, and on
average 5d
anduPtahveearavgerage
down. Beans on the top is down, and on the
down. Unsold-36 qrs wheat, 40 qrs barley,
41 qrs beans. 354 qrs oats, and
62151 b. 463 Od
Top of Wheat ... ••• •
.' 5711 b. 32s 13(1
~ Barley ... ••• 45iIb. 24s Od
~ Oats ... ••• ••• •
6811 b. 30s Od
Beans M
'4
AucH 19.--The number
EDINBURGH CATTLE L.AKKETr
of cattle was 542, or l l less than last week. Top price
of the best cattle, 7s Od; current, Cs to 6s 3d ; middling
number D stone. A clear-
and inferior, from 55 Od to 6s Odast . ppr per
sheepice of the best
this morning
e-a
ante was not effected. The To
was 2,358, or 138 more than lid e
to Oil; ewes and inferior
mutton, 6d per lb • current,
weighing 64ilbs, brought 40s,
sorts, 4d to 5d per lb.
DUNBAR, MARCH Barley, weighing b9lbs brought
and prices to 365 Od.s
3d. oats, weighing 434110'5, brought
I 5.--Wheat,
171 Od. Beans and peas, weighing
30s Od, and prices to 26
22a Od, and prices to
ainsd......prNivcehsetaot,OpOesrOdei.r
vf!i
66i1bs, brought 275 Od,
ghing 621 b
Od ; ditto, old, weighing 621 b per
INVERNESS, MARCH
to
00338'0d ;
..barley, per quarter, weighing
per bushel, 37,
bushel, 00s Od to
20s rodN Od, oats, quarter, weighing
541 b per bushel,
161 to 17s Od. Oateal, per imperial
ditto second, 14s Od to Os Od ; barley-
-421b per bushel,
meal,boll, 1r1,08cIdttoo0ossOond;;
peasemeal,
12s Od to Os Od ; bran, per
stone, Os 6(1 to Os Od ; first flour, per 2801 b., 335 Od to 35s Od ;
second ditto,
26s Od to 28s Od ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b
imperial, is Gd to Os Od; ditto second, Is 4d to Os Od • barley-
meal,. ,
is 2d to Os 01 peasemeal, Is 4d to Os Od ; first flour,
2s 4d
cash, 2s sd credit ; second ditto, 2s Od cash, 2s 3d cre-
dit. Potatoes, per stone, 41(1 to bd ; beef, per pound, 4d
to 6d; veal, 4d to sd; mutton, 4d to 6d; pork, 3d to 4d;
fowls, each, 12d to Isd ; chickens, per pair, I2d to 16d ; ducks,
each, Od to Od; eggs, per dozen, 4d to sd; butter, fresh,
per
lb,Bd to 9d ; ditto, salt, 8:1 to 10d ; croudie (curds), 2d to
2id ; four-pound loaf, cash, 5d to 6d ; ditto, credit, bid to 64;
coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 7d to Bd.
CORK, MARCH 19.

Barrels. Currency.
O White wheat ...00s Oct to 00s Od OOs Od-20 stone
O Red wheat ...... 00s Od to OOs Od OOs Od-20 do
5 Barley .........10s Od to Os Od 00s Od-16 do
O Bere
63 Oats
118 Pigs ............ 255 Od to 353 I'd OOs Od per cwt

Quaniitisold; the Highest Prices:
0 barrels white wheat; 0 red; U barley; 0 bare; 4 oats;
71 pigs.
Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week :
Wheat, 86. Barley, 172. Oats, 2,457. Pigs, 192.
Return of Cattle sold for the week ending March 15:—
Pigs, 692. Sheep, 257. Cows, 137.
Comx.--Floux —First 11s 6d to 12s Od ; extra 13s Od ;
seconds, lOs Od to lls Od; households 8s to 10s Od; thirds, 6s to 8s
per cwt. Oatmeal 103 to 1016 d; Indian meal 7s 6d to 8s Od; wheat-
meal, 9s 6d to lOs per cwt. Indian corn 71 Os to 7171 6d per
ton. Bran 92s 6d to9ss per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 40s; average
361; dealers 42s to 50s Od; average 46s per ton. Straw— Farmers
121 Od to 29s Od ; average 25s ; dealers 401 Od to 00s Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 50 to 6d ;
household loaf 40 to bd per 41b. Fresh butter, 10d to
I2d per lb. Eggs-3s 10d to 4s Od per hundred. Coals—
Newoort 14s Od; Lydney 15s; Landore 14s; Neath Culra,
131 6d per ton. Tallow 37s Od to 38e per cwt.
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 40 to 60 ; mutton 5d to 7d; veal 4d to
5d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per lb.
Hops 6110/ to 010 s per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5s per
ton. Bitk...BitrbarY 7f. 01 to WOO; Valonit, 151 to 01; Freach