The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-16 00:00:00

" That we must lay certain duties on certain foreign
articles of general consumption, and cramp the home
the iron hand of the xotemaa, are facts
enforcedProduceryei
upon our attention every time the miserable
man doomed to hold the office of Chancellor of the
Exchequer goes through the yearly agonies of his
financial statement." True, enough, in the abstract
is it, as our author says further on, that "Free-trade,
too, in the proper acceptation of the term, by all the
laws of grammar and common sense, requires two
parties to the compact—the native and the foreigner ;"
but it appears to us rather a flippant way of settling
the difficulties of the question by saying, as he does
immediately thereupon, " Between you and me,
JOHN, I see no hope of the foreigner." Con-
trast an argument carried on in this helter-skelter
fashion, with a chapter from Mr. MILL, and the
difference we would intimate becomes at once suffi-
ciently perceptible. Therefore it is that, everything
considered, we regret the present venturing of Sir
EDWARD BIILWER LYTTON into the political arena—
regarding him rather as qualified to sing the glories
of King ARTHUR, or to paint the pleasant landscape
of Hazledean, than to run a muck at Free Trade, or
break a lance in the cause of Protection.

It was yesterday our painful duty to comment upon
the case of the two unfortunate men who had just
expiated the atrocious outrage of which they had
been found guilty, by suffering an ignorNinious death
in the presence of a scoffing and unsytepathising
multitude, who mule their last agonies the subject of
heartless jests and brutal mirth. We felt, however,
that Sir GEORGE GREY could not have arrived at any
other conclusion than that which led to their execu-
tion, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman deserved
the greatest credit for the firmness and consistency
with which he withstood the many urgent soli.
citations that had been addressed to him im-
ploring a commutation of the extreme penalty
of the law. We would now direct the
public attention, and more particularly that
of the Home Secretary, on whom the awful
responsibility of deciding on the fate of the unfortu-
nate young woman now rests, to the case of MARTA
CLARKE, who was convicted at the Suffolk Lent
Assizes of the crime of infanticide, and who, if the
Royal prerogative be not exercised in her favour, will
on this day week be executed at Ipswich.
We do not in the slightest degree desire to impeach
the verdict at which the jury who tried the case
conscientiously arrived, and which received
the full concurrence of the Learned Lord
Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. It
is a matter of great importance that
the wise and salutary presumption of law, which says
that " every person shall be considered responsible
for their actions until clear and distinct evidence of
their mental incapacity be brought forward" should
not lightly be dispensed with. The mere absence of
motive—the deduction of unsoundness of mind from
the circumstances of the act itself—cannot be ad-
mitted as an adequate excuse. If that doctrine were
recognised it would be impossible to distinguish ac-
curately between cases of actual insanity and of
merely moral depravity, where the naturally evil
disposition led the party into the crime, and the ma-
jesty of the law would remain unvindicated, and prac-
tical impunity would be accorded in many instances,
where the exemplary punishment of the criminal was
loudly demanded by every consideration of justice
and policy. It is essential, then, that in all such
cases the jury should not unduly yield to any feel.
ings of sympathy for the prisoner, but that they
should give their decision in accordance with the
well-known principles of law, as explained by the all
but unanimous answer of the judges to the Commit-
tee of the House of Lords. There is, however, ano-
ther tribunal before which the matter will be
thoroughly and impartially investigated, where
the actual state of mind of the convict will
be strictly inquired into, and full allowance
made for any temporary aberration or weakness
of intellect which may approximate, although not
amount, to a full excuse. The Secretary of State
for the Home Department will carefully consider the
report of the presiding judge, and consult the best
medical authorities before he will p,rmit the law to
take its course, and its extreme penalty to be fully
carried out. The benefit of any doubt will be there
given to the prisoner, and we believe that at any
time, more particularly while Sir GEORGE GREY is
bead of the Home Department, the lustre of the
" brightest jewel of her MAJesrr's crown" will never
be stained or clouded, or the interests of humanity
disregarded.
Convinced, therefore, that the case will receive the
earnest and calm consideration which it so eminently
merits, and that the Right Honourable Baronet will
not inflict so great a discouragement to juries who
faithfully discharge their painful duties, as to per-
mit the execution of a person who was not clearly a
responsible agent at the time of the offence, we would
still notice the plain and undisputed facts of the case,
and the nature of the disease under which it is said
that the unfortunate young woman was labouring at
the time she committed the fatal deed.

She bad, it appeared, been confined of the de-
ceased (an illegitimate child) in the Deep-
wood union workhouse. For some time she
was going on uncommonly well, but unfor-
tunately, when nearly convalescent, a young
wcman who had been confined on the same
day with herself and who had been her most intimate
companion during the interval, died in the adjacent
bed. The prisoner was greatly shocked at this me-
lancholy event, and almost immediately afterwards
was severely attacked by puerperal fever, which en-
dangered her life for some time. She, however, ulti-
mately recovered, and on the 17th of March she was
discharged as cured. How the wretched creature
passed that night has never been discovered, and as it
is almost impossible that, if she had obtained shelter,
it could have escaped the scrutiny of the police, who
instituted the closest inquiry into every part of the case,
we may assume that she wandered about during the
whole of that inclement night and the following day,
without repose or nourishment. It is almost unne-
cessary to say that such a proceeding might probably
have occasioned a relapse of the attack from which
she had scarcely recovered, for the work-house au-
thorities are not celebrated for allowing an undue
time for the recovery of patients, who are charges on
the rates. Nothing, however, was known until the
following evening, whep she was seen carrying her
baby o❑ one arm, and a scuppet or shovel
in her hand. She was then seen nursing
the child, and shortly after wards went to a
cottage in the vicinity, where she begged permission
to warm herself. Her application was, of course,
granted ; and she shortly afterwards left the cottage,
and was not again seen until she visited her step.
mother's house, a few hours later. On being
asked for her child, she first said that
she had sent him to Norwich to be made a gentleman
of," and afterwards that " he had gone to his aunt's."
She then ate her supper, and was seen endeavouring
to milk her breasts. On the following day her step.
mother, whose suspicions were excited by the
contradictory accounts respecting the child, said,
" I doubt, MARIA, you have murdered your babe I"
to which the prisoner calmly replied," No, I have not
murdered him ; 1 have only buried him alive." A
constable was then sent for, to whom she
mentioned the exact place in which she had
buried the unfortunate infant, and said " that
she had dug a grave, kissed him, and laid him
sleeping in it, and then replaced the turf, without
hurting him." She also added, that " when it was
done she had sat down by the grave for half
an hour, and all of a sudden she felt
as if some one had lifted her into the air and she
could fly ; so she got up and went home, more light-
hearted than ever she was."

Now what would be the course a person suffering
under an attack of puerperal mania would have
adopted ? We shall extract from the well-known
work of one of the highest authorities on medical
jurisprudence, ALFRED S. TAYLOR, Rig., lecturer at
Guy's Hospital. Mr. TAYLOR says :
" A homicid,l propensity toward* their offspring
sometimes manifests itself in women, soon after
parturition. It seldom appears before the third
clay, often not for a fortnight; and in some instances
not until several weeks after delivery, According to .
Esquirol, it generally, attended by a suppression of
and lochia milk. its symptoms do not differ from
those of mania generally. It may last a few hours, or
for some days or weeks. The murder of the child is
generally the remit of delirium, or of an uncontrollable
impulse, with a full knowledge of the wickedness and
illegality of thl act—so that the legal test of responai-

bility, of a knowledge of right and wrong, cannot be ap-
plied to such cases. Mothers have been known before
th- r-rnoisl,ion of th nvtrder, to rcrpiost their n.tirTh.
dauts to remove the child. Such cases are commonly
known from deliberate infanticide by their being no at-
tempt at concealment nor any denial of the crime on
detection. Several trials involving a question of puer-
peral mania have been decided within the last few years.
Dr. Ashwell has remarked, that undue lactation may
give rise to an attack of mania, under which the murder
of the offspring may be also perpetrated."—G. H. Rep.
10, 69.)
Is there not, then, a remarkable coincidence be-
tween the conduct of this unfortunate creature and
that which she would adopt, if labouring under
puerperal mania, and also as to the exciting cause?
What, we ask, would be more likely to bring on a
relapse, or to cause a derangement of the lacteal ducts,
than the exposure to the piercing cold of a March
night, and being without food or shelter for more
than twenty-four hours. She does not deny the act
when charged with it, but at once states the circum-
stances with the utmost candour. She yielded, in fact,
to the uncontrollable impulse of the moment, and it
must not be forgotten that the attack might only be of
a few hours' duration, so that all symptoms might
have disappeared before she came under the notice of
any peison
.who could speak as to her actual con-
dition.

Under all the circumstances of the case, we feel that
there is, to say the least of it, so great a doubt, that
it would be exceedingly dangerous to carry the ex-
treme sentence into execution. We trust that the
Horne Secretary will see the matter is this light, and
think it a fitting opportunity to temper justice with
mercy ; and we are convinced that if he should do so
he will receive the approbation of the community.
There will be few, indeed, who could consider it ne-
cessary to make a striking example of poor, unfortu-
nate MARIA. CLARKE.

SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.
MALTON RACES.—TUESDAY.
The Two yrs old Shakes.
King of Trumps ... •• • ... ••• ••
Paddy's Bird

~ 2

Little Fawn
Unity ...
Presto

Six ran. Won by a length.
The Malton Handicap.

~ 2

Four ran. Won by two lengths.
The Amateur Stakos.
. _

Fby Arundel ... .. ~, •• • •• •
Tally ... ... ... ... •••
Cby Sir Hercules ... ... ~, •.•
Five ran. Won by threo lengths.
The Welhatia Cup.

View-halloo
Arabian...

Ten ran. Won by a length.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER,--TuEsnes.

2,000 GUINEAS STAKES.-6 to 2 agst Mountain ►Sylph
colt (t), 100 to 45 agst Kent's and Sir J. Hawley's lots
(t), any odds agst either Grecian or Newminster.
DERBY.--300 to 50 agst Prime Minister (t), 9 to 1
agst Teddington (t), 12 to 1 agst Marlborough Buck (t),
18 to 1 agst Constellation (t), 20 to 1 agst Newminster
(t), 40 to 1 agst Confessor (t), 50 to 1 opt Glenhawk (t).
CHESTER CUP.-8 to 1 agst Black Doctor (take 10
to 1), 11 to 1 agst Montague (t), 12 to 1 agst Rhesus
(t), 18 to 1 agst Italian (t), 20 to 1 agst Haricot (t), 20
to 1 agst Knight of Avenel (t), 22 to 1 agst Vatican (t),
100 to 6 agat Russborough (t), 25 to 1 agst Nancy (t),
30 to 1 agat Backbiter (t), Black Doctor and Russbo-
rough in great force.

INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.
DURHAM RACES.

The Durham Handicap of 10 sots. each, 5 ft, and only
2if declared by the 22d of April, with 100 added. A
winner, once after the weights are published, to carry
41b; twice, 71b extra. The second to Sava his stake,
and the winner to pay 10 sous. towards expenses. One
mile and a half. 10 to accept, or no race.
Age. st.
Wanota a 8 5
Vanguard
Maid of Team Val-

ley
Mulgrave
Mistake, late An-
dalusian
Melody
The Magnet
The Baroness 5 6 12
Lady•l'm-off
Mary 'Nobbler
Achyrauthes
Flash
',Aura
Scarborough
A agic W
Agrippa's Ghost 5 6 2
Frili 4 6 0

Age. st. lb.
2E3culapius 4 6 0
Hiss Lottery
Amondel (h b)
Oxford Blue
Tordesillas
Old Claret
Unity
Golab Singh
Blk c by Prince Ca-

radoc
rightwaist
B c by Charles XII

—Languish 3 5 3
Presto
Prudery
Avia 3 4 6
Oh I by Arundel—
Camarilla

If the highest weight accepting be under Bit 51b, it w
be raised to that weight. and the rest. i❑ proportion.
ASCOT HEATH, 1851.

Noninations for the Fernhill Stakes for two and three
years old.

Sir J. Hawley's Aphrodite, 3 yrs; Sir. J. Hawley's
Teddington, 3 yrs; Mr. Fiennes' Old Rowley, 2 yrs;
Lord Exeter's Turtle, 3 yrs; Duke of Richmomel's An-
tigone, 3 yrs; Mr. Batson's br fby Venison out of Lady
Sale, 3 yrs; Mr. Francis's Dorothea, 2 yrs; Mr. Tom-
kins's Urbanity, 2 yrs; Mr. Greville's Adine, 2 yrs;
Mr. Gretwicke's Flirt, 2 yrs; Mr. D..lamere's Forlorn
Hope, 3 yrs; Mr. Yarworth's Hop. picker, by Orlando
out of Hophine, 2 yrs.
Nominations for the Emperor's Plate.
Lord Zetland's Voltigeur, 4 yrs; Lord Eglinton's
Flying Dutchman, 5 yrs; Captain Archdall's Windisoh-
gratz, 4 yrs; Mr. Campbell's Woolwich, 5 yrs; Mr.
Magnan's Russborough, 4 yrs; Mr. Coombe's Trouncer,
aged ; Lord Exeter's Little Jack, 4 yrs; Lord Exeter's
Nutshell, 4 yrs.

SPORTING N °TES;
No. XXXV.
A FEW HINTS ON THE TWO THOUSAND
GUINEA STAKES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes command so
much attention at the present time in all sporting circles
that I think it advisable to lay before you all the infor-
mation concerning it that has come to hand up to noon
this day. The field, it is presumed, will range between
six and,ten, to be selected from the following list, the
first five of whom are certain starters, viz.:—Mountain
Sylph colt, Exeter, Glenhavvk, Midas, and The Con-
fessor; the uncertain lot comprise the following names:
—Oleandor (v. d.), Onasus, Hippolytus, Primitius,
Balsam° (v. d.), 'pans, Boabdil (v. d.), Hernandez,
800 (v,
Newminster,a tgs, p
bbi n Grosvenorcoule.
(lh v'.ods.e),marked v. d. are very doubtful. The remaining
ten may be considered as good us scratched. New-
minster is said to be short of work; Storm
is in the same fix. Day's lot, six in number, Lamartine
(with a good private reputation), Boabdil (no
earthly use for this race), Julia (out of training, I be-
lieve), Primitius (a large-limbed animal, too slow for
this spurt). Ipsus (said to have a turn of speed), and
Grecian (the wonder of times past)—will probably have
ono representative in the fray, which, I presume, will
bo either Lamartine or Ipsus; but not knowing for a
fact, can't say. In the absence of Newminster I really
cannot discover anything to beat the 'Squire's colt, who,
for the present at least, stands A 1 in my estimation. The i
latest betting is as follows:-2 to 1 agst Mountain
Sylph colt, 5 to 2 taken freely; 5 to 1 agst Exeter; 8 to
1 each, The Confessor and Glenbawk; 10 to 1 agst
Newminster; 10 to 1 agst Day's lot. 1000 Guineas-5
to 2 agst Iris; 4 to 1 agst Aphrodite; 6 to 1 agst Lord
Exeter's lot, taken freely; 10 to 1 each, Vermuth and
Citadel.

MEM.—In answer to several correspondents concern-
ing Ludy Evelyn, allow me to state that a short time
since she was doing ordinary work, but not having heard
anything about her lately, as to whether she has been
put to the stud, &c , I can give no further information
on the point; should any come to hand, it shall be made
public on the in:tut.

April 16, 1851.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR WINDSOR CASTLE,
FOR nig HOLIDAYS_.. (Tens AY.)—Her Majesty and the
Prince Consort,
accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the
Prince of Wit'es, the Princes Alfred and Arthur, and the
'
Princesses Royal, Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and attended by
the Marchioness of Douro (Lady in Waiting), Lord Byron
(Lord in Waiting), the Hon. Miss Seymour (Maid of
Honour), the Hoe. Col. Charles Grey, Secretary to the
Prince, and the usual retinue, left Buckingham Palace this
afternoon, escorted by an officer's party of the 16th Lancers,
for Windsor Castle. The august party proceeded by special
train on the Great Western Railway, and were received at
the terminus at Windsor with the usual honours. Her
Majesty's sojourn at the Castle is not expected to exceed a
fortnight, as the Queen has graciously consented to open the
Grand Exhibition in state,
on the let of May.
PosT7orricn Noncn. —An official notification
having been received from the Norwegian Post-office,
stating that steam-packets had commenced running direct
between 'Norway and uenmark, the mails from the United
Kingdom for Norway, whilst this communication is kept
open, will not be transmitted through Sweden, but will be
forwarded direct by sea between Denmark and Norway.
The rate of postage to be taken on letters to Norway will be
ls. 4d. the half ounce, and so on. according to the scale in
operation in the United Kingdom for charging inland letters.
This rate comprises both the British and foreign postage on
the. letters to the place of their destination, and it may be
either paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded un-
paid at the option of the sender, except, however, as regards
registered letters, the postage upon which, as well as the re-
gistration fee, must be paid in advance.
THE ExposmoN.--MEssns. HOWELL AND JAMES.
—The display at present open in Regent-street is extensive
and gorgeous. There is not a portiun of the globe from
which productions of taste emanate but is represented. The
ereme de la creme of the Indies and China, the most exquisite
lace of Mechlin, the richest silks of Lyons, a profusion of
noveljewellery, feathers of the scarcest plumage, artificial
flowers, cheating the judgment of the florist, and bronzes en-
dowed by genius, fill salon after salon (the suite of which
extends over the neighbouring mansions); yet the eye tires
not, so refreshing. a recherche is the tout ensemble. That por-
tion of the
.industrial wealth intended for Hyde-park will
not, we are informed, be removed so soon as intended, ar-
rangements having been entered into to keep open thisptite
E
John Co wan has been appointed her Majesty's
S
eneral for Scotland, in the room of Mr. Moncrieff,
promoted:lAiclpojrtstr-o jioGtn the whole of Thursday—Post.
to the office of Lord Advocate.

TUE SHARE MARKETS

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Railways.

Aberdeen..
Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, & E. Juncion
Belfast and County Down
Binning., Wolverhamp.,
and Stour Valley
Birkenh., Lan., & Chesh
June., late 33/. 6s. Bd..
Do. Chest. & Birkenhd.,l
501. . & 251 Consolidated

Do., d0.,201.
Bristol and Exeter.. ~
Caledonian ..

Chester and Holyhead ..
Direct Lond. and Portsm.
Dublin and Belfast Junct.
Dublin and Kingstown..
Dundalk and Enniskillen
East Anglian (251. L. &
E. and L. & D.) ..
Do. (181. E. & H.) ..
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union, class A,
late E. U. shares

Do. do. do. ..
Do. do., B & C shares
East Lancashire
Do. New quarters
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Edin., Perth, and Dundee
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Glasgow and South-West,
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Great Southern and!
, Western Ireland •• I

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L)o. Oswestry .. ..

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paid up at per cent .•
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South Wales..
South Yorksh. and River
Dun
Sheiff., Roth.' and Goole,
South Division
Stockton and Hartlepool
tiwansea & Loaghor, &c.
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87% 88%
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Waterford and Limerick,
Waterford, Wex., Wick.

and Dublin
West Cornwall ..
West London ..
Whitenaven and Farness
York, Newcastle, & Ber-

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Caledonian 10/. • • 10 634
e Chester and Holyhead .. 15 16 1634 x.d
East Anglian (31. 10s.)
6 per cent. .. .• 334 234
Do. (51.) 7 pr. ct. Pref. 5
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per cent. No. 1 613 4 par p % Put
e Do. No. 2 • • • • • • 613 4 par —3f p
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a Eastern Union, Scrip
Doar 6 per cent. • • 20 16%16%
10/. Deben. Shares . 10 ~
East Lancashire, 6 per
3 cent. quarter shares .. 634
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' Gt. Northern, 5 per cent. 1234 133( 13% •
3 Great South. & Western
t (Ireland) eighths .. 234 - Ip.
5 Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201. .. • • • • 6 1% die.
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cent., No. 1 .• • • 11 p
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Do. 6 per cent., No. 3 . 5 ..
) Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 134 - 2 p
I London, Brighton, and
South Coast guar. 5 per
et., late Creyd.n thirds 100 .. 1223(
I Do. pref., S p ct. Stock,
) 1851, trom 50/. share. E 100 114 120
Do. cony. 5 per ct. 1852 60 57 —6O
Do. new guar., 6 per et. 100 136 139
London &S.-W., new 5 2% 256 p.
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, half shares .. 10 •• ••
Blanch., Sheffield, and
Line , quar. shrs., No. 1 25 13% 13%
Do. new, 101. .. •• 10 11% 1234
Do., 6/. • • • • .. 3 34 %p
Midland Con. 6p. c. stock 100 132 134
Do. Consel. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per cent. • • 100 .. 133
Do. Bristol & Glouces. 48
L Do. do. do. 33 10 6
F Do. Erewash Valley .. 50 ..
Do. Leic. is Swanning.
8 per cent. guar. • • 100 .. a
Norfolk Extension .. 20 17 18
'o. guar. 534 per cent, 5 4%
Do. Waveney Valley 2
• ••
North British • . 5 •4% 535 x.d
Shrewsbury and Birin.
New Guaranteed .. 8 11 1134
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. 10 15 1534
South Devon • . 25 13 lb
South-Eastern, 434 p. ct. 10
Wateriord & Kilkenny, 51. 1 . •
WestLondon,lst Cl. (100 10
Do. 2d Class de. (par) 20
York, Newc., and Berw., 17 •
Gt. N.of E. Par. .. 163( 16%
4%
York and North Midland
R. and S. Porch. .. 10 1% 1 db.
FOREIGN.
BOulogne and Amiens 20 9%
Central of France (Or- -•!4
leans and Vierzon) •• 20 17% 1834 le 3,"
Demerara .. • • 1734 • •
Dutch Rhenish • • • • 8 5 434 die.
East Indian • • .. .. 14 135 —l% 1).
Do. do. do. • • 20 •
Great Indian Peninsula .• b— %
Ditto ditto • • .. 234 %—% P.
Louvain ala Sambre 734 . —••
Luxembourg • • • . • . 8 13( —l%
Ditto .. .. • . 10 8 —3X
Madrid and Vaientia•
Maria Antonia .. 25 7 9
Ditto, New .. 2 4
Namur and Liege .. .. 20 7% 834 8%14%
Northern of France • • 16 14% —l5
Orleans and Bordeaux .. 8 4 —3% 813•
Paris and Orleans • • • • 20 35
Paris and Rouen • • • • 20 95 du. 10%
Paris and Strasbourg ..
2106 10544 —0341
Rouen and Havre ..
Sambre and Meuse • • 20 3% —3%
Tours and Nantes • • 15 8 —B% dim. 6%
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
don, and Hasson •• •;'

-on, .
Wait Flasclers .. 2
Union of Australis Bank, 34%, ranlnsitla SOW; 5/,,
Royal 2411 Steam, 74N.

COURSE 0:
Amaterdam ...• •:•• •• 11 16

three months .. 11 17
Rotterdam .... • • .... 11 17
Antwerp.............. 25 30
Brussels ••••.. • • • • • 25 30
Ham burgh . • • M.B . 13 8 u
Altana
Paris, 3 days'sight .. • • 25 5%
Ditto. 3 months .... 25 30%
Marseilles • • •• ••.• • • 25 30
Bourdeaux.... ..... •
Frankforton Mains.... 119%
Berlin.... • ..... • • • • • •
Vienna, effec. fib......
Trieste, ditto.... • • ....
Petersburgh,3ll. Rble.. 37%
Madrid • • • • ••• • •• • • • • 50%
Cadiz • • • • •• • • • • •• •• •• 50%
Barcelona
•• •• •• •• •• . • •• ••••
122%

LLOYD'S SHIPPI
LONDON, APRIL 16.—W:
Cloudy.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, TWO a c
71, ri,
estimated at 3,000 bales, 4:). which 400 Amelican, and
100 Brazil, were taken for export. The mark.t was
heavy, and all kinds were id. per lb. lower than on Fri-
day last.—ln Railway Shares a fair business was done,
at improved rates.

The letters by the Overland Mail have been delivered
to-day, and corroborate the statements as to trade.
Swan River dates of Feb. 8 have come to hand via
India. They represent the prospects of the Mining
Company as being good.
The Secretary of the United States Treasury has de-
cided not to include freight in the list of charges to be
added to the cost of goods imported in levying duties.
This will sorely disappoint the Protectionists, as it was
their only chance for an increase of duties on imports.
The Act of Congress, in relation to ibis matter, was ca-
pable of all kinds of construction, and it was the prevail-
ing impression here that the Administration would have
seized upon this opportunity to have aided, as much as
possible, the manufacturing interests of the country at
large. We suppose this decision settles the question so
far as this point is colicerned.
"It is our impression," says one writer, " that the
system of valuation established by the new Appraise-
ment Bill will not do away with the difficulties expe-
rienced under the present Act. The ad valorem system
of levying duties does not answer in all cases, and we
have no doubt Congress will, before the close of another
session, make such alterations in the Tariff Act of 1846
as are required to simplify the method of valuing and
entering goods imported from foreign countries. There
are so many specific duties would be more just and
equitable, where so much arbitration and difficulty would
be avoided, that it must ultimately be adopted where
necessary."
The Secretary of the Treasury points out that—
" Inquiry having been made whether freight from the
country or place of exportation to the United States is to
be embraced among the dutiable charges, it becomes
proper to remark that under no former revenue or Tariff
Act has such freight ever been deemed a dutiable charge;
but, on the contrary, it has uniformly been decided by
the department to be exempt therefrom. If the depart-
ment were now called upon to give a construction to the
phraseology of the present law, as regards this point,
without reference to the wording of previous Tariff Acts,
or to the uniform practice of the department on the sub-
ject, it might come to a different conclusion; but the
language of the Act of 30th August, 1842, as regards the
items of charges which are to form a portion of the duti-
able va'ue of goods, is precisely similar to that of the pre-
sent law, and the construction put upon the former having
been, that freight from the port of shipment to the
port of importation does not form a charge subject to
duty, the department, after very full end mature con-
sideration, does not feel authorized now to change that
construction, especially in the absence of any explicit
legal designation of freight as a dutiable item ; presum-
•ing that, as Congress was, of course, aware of the long
practice of the department on the subject, its views would
have been clearly expressed respecting it had the Legis-
lature intended that the change should be introduced of
including freight as one of the charges on which duty
was to be levied. In addition to the construction thus
put upon the Tariff Act of 1842, and uniformly acted
upon since that time, the records of the department show
that the question has been frequently brought to its at-
tention, as far back as 1799, under statutes of similar
import to the present one, and extending through all the
subsequent years, down to the present time; and its in-
variable decision has been, that freight to the port of im-
portation was not an i tem subject to duty.
The Committee for promoting the formation of a
Tribunal of Commerce are about to appeal to the public
at large for pecuniary aid, and among the members who
have just strengthened its ranks are Mr. Frederic
Somes, Mr. Edward L. Betts, Mr. Matthew Fcr-
ster, M.P., Mr. Ross D. Mangles, M.P., Mr. B. M.
Willcox, M.P., Mr. J. L. Ricardo, M.P., Count de Torre
Diaz, (Messrs. Zulueta and Co.), Mr. Lawrence Hey-
worth, Mr. J. Tracman, and others.

The English Securities continue rather heavy, and
the idea is not wholly dissipated that the Bank of Eng-
land may advance its rate of discount. We believe this
to be wholly improbable, and that the exportation of
specie to' the continent will soon cease, although the
next weekly Bank return may show a further reduction.
Consols have been quoted 97* 4 for Transfer and Ac-
count. The New Three•anl-a-Quarter per Cents. have
been 974 to 98, and the Three per Cents. 961 to
Bank Stock has been firm at 212. Exchequer-bills
have been quoted 575., and ladia Bonds 61s. to 635.
premium.

The settlement of the account in the Foreign Market
has gone off satisfactorily, and has resulted in an im-
provement in some of the Stocks. Spanish Five per
Cents. have been 19i., the Passive .si. to +, and the Three
per Cents. 39g. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been
marked 32+ to 33k. Mexican Stock has been at 33fr to
34, and Grenada at 164 ex. div. Dutch Four per Cents.
are 90i to +.

This is " account day" in the Foreign Market, and
many of the lines that are being taken up by the Bulls
are higher in consequence. Aberdeen, Dublin, and
Belfast, East Lancashire, Great Western, North
British, and York and North Midland have been in fa-
vour. Caledonian are barely 33 good. Foreign Shares
are dull, but steady.

HALF-PAST TWO.

Mexican has just risen to 34i It is stated tioaiihe
indemnity money is certain to be assigned, and largo
purchases have been made.

QUARTER TO TFII?E.k
Consols 97a 41-
Ditto Account, May 13 ... 97* /
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.;

Hank Stock 212
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9E414
A per Cent. Consols Anne
New 314 per Cent. Anus. 9B 973/ 98
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 7 5-16
D 0.30 Years, Expire Oct. 10,1859 7 1-16
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1860 7%
India Stock
Do. Bonds, 10001
Ditto under 1.000/ .
Consols for Account l/71AVA
E t chequer Bills. 11,4c1. 2d.
March. Jane.
LOOM .. — 57 p
woi. — 57 p
Small — 57 54 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Grenada, 1% per Cent.
Do. Ex Dec. Coupons 1849 163/4 ex d.
Do. Deferred 414
Pit 3xican Bonds, 1846, 5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 Der Cent.

Ditto Account ... - 32%
Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent —
Ditto, Small .
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent 19%
Ditto Account
Ditto Passive Bonds 5l/s !‘
Spanish Bonds,3 per Cent,lB4o 39A
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild 591/
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates