The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-03 00:00:00

CENTRAL AMERICA.

The steamer Columbus, from San Jose de Gua-
temala and intermediate ports, arrived iu Panama
Bay on the morning of the Bth.

The steamboat San Carlos, Captain Forest, was
blown on shore in a norther on the night of the
27th of February at a place called Las Lajas, on
the Lake of Nicaragua. It was expected that she
would be a total loss.

The official returns of the exports and imports of
the republic of Guatemala during the past year
show that the value of the imports amounted to
1,136,517 dols., and the exports to 91,585 dols.,
being an increase on the former and a decrease on
the latter, owing to the failure in the cochineal
crop ; in other articles of export there is an in-
crease. The greatest trade is with England, and
the next with ,Germany. The returns show that
the trade on the Pacific coast has considerably in-
creased.

The Legislative Assembly of Salvador have con-
firmed the election of Don Miguel Santin del Cas-
tillo as President of the Republic, and of D. n Joa-
quin Eufrasio Guzman as Vice-President, for the
constitutional term of two years.
Dates from San Jose are to February 27. Don
Pedro Negrete, Special Minister from Salvador,
deputed to arrange the questions pending between
Nicaragua and Costa Rica, arrived at San Jose cn
the 1901 ult., and was officially received on the 26th.

A letter from Punta Arenas states that the coffee
crop is late this season, and comes in but slowly.
Princes remained much the same, viz.—in the in-
terior 10 dola. te. 10 dols. 2r.; in the port 12 to 12i
dols. It was not expected that it would go luwer ;
owing to the short crop many vessels would have
to seek for cargo elsewhere. Hides had fallen a
little, and wen held at 14 dols. with au active
demand. In consequence of the short coffee crop
some shipments of native sugar (Chancaca) have
been made, which in the port did not cost under
4 dols. per quintal, but the downward tendency of
the article hid rathercheeked the demand. Freights
for Europe were very low.

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THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.

The Royal Mail Company's steamship Atrato,
Captain J. Moir, arrived at Southampton yester-
day at 11. a.m., with the mails from the West In-
dies and Pacific, in charge of Lieut. Charlton, R.N.,
Admiralty agent. She has not brought, the usual
mails from Mexico and the Havannah, the Solent
steamer not having arrived from the Gulf up to the
time of the Atrato's sailing from St. Thomas's. She
is supposed to be detained on account of the qua-
ranti❑e regulations. The Atrato's dates by this
arrival are :
Puerto Caballa ...March 8

Santa Martha

- 12

Granada March 12
St. Vincent's
St. Lucia — 14
Martinique
Guadaloupe . — 14
Dominique ...... 14
Antigua. . . — 14
Montserrat
Nevis — 14
St. Kitt's — 14
Tortola — 15
La Guayra
—2O

Greytown (Mosquito)

Carihagenti -
Colon

- 12
- 10

Kingston (Jamaica) —l2
Jacmel (Hayti) ... —l4
San Juan (Porto Rico) 17

Berbice " —ll
Georgetown (Demerara) 11
Tobago
Port
d) of Spain (Trini-
da
xs
Bridgetown (Barbadoes) 13
The Atrato also brings mails of the subjoined
dates from the West Coast of South America, re-
ceived at Panama by the steamship Valparaiso,
viz. :—Valparaiso, Feb. 15th ; Cobija, 20th ; Arica,
21st ; Tolay, 22d ; Callao, 26'h ; Payta, March
2d ; Guayaquil, 3d ; and from Panama, 9th.
The Atrato has had line weather and fresh wes-
terly and north-westerly winds throughout the voy-
age. She brings 49 passengers, among whom are
Lieut. Dixon (11th Regiment), from Trinidad;
Surgeon D'Arcy and Ensign Mahon (3d West
India Regiment), and Mr. Alexander (Royal Engi-
neers), from Barbadoes, &c. ; also one naval in-
valid from her Majesty's ship Leopard, and two
distressed British seamen. Mr. Gordon, a passen-
ger from Callao, died on board on the 30th of
March. On freight she has :
Specie and golddust received across the
Isthmus from the Pacific ports 5229,261
Ditto, front California -- 277,017
Ditto, from Carthagena
Ditto, from other parts of West Indies 104,532

Tiaorrisua.

Total value in dollars (of which $210,064
is silver and $427,187 gold)
Or say, 127,450/. sterling ; jewellery, value 1901. ;
pearls, value 2,500/. ; and 207 serous of indigo, 60
bales of bark, 2 tierces of coffee, 4 packages of hats,
1 package of vanilla, 6 cases of tortoiseshell, 92
bags of cocoa, 21. kegs of honey, and 63 packages
of sundries.
The news from the West Indies by this steamer
is of a very important character.
At Jamaica business duting the last fortnight
has been most seriously affected by the large ar-
rivals of goods, particularly of American and fish
goods. The stocks of some articles were very ex-
cessive, and a general downward tendency pre-
vailed with almost all articles in the provision
market. Coffee was coming in slowly, and only a
small crop was calculated on ; sales were at 365. to
375. per 100 lb. for ordinary quality. Rice was
plentiful and dull, and the low prices quoted in
the English market caused a sympathetic action.
The money-market remained in a very stringent
state. The latest quotations of exchange wore as
follow :—Jamaica Bank-90 days, 1 per cent. pm.;
60 days, 11 per cent. pm. ; 30 days, 2 per cent. pm.
Colonial Bank-90 days, 1 per cent. pm. ; 60 days,
1i percent. pm. ;30 days, 2 per cent. pm. Com-
missariat bills, 1 per cent. pm. ; merchants' bills,
per cent. die. to par. No political or general
intelligence.
The public works at Barbadoes were progressing,
and the s etm dredger was fast approaching com-
pletion. The Treasurer's abstract of income and
expenditure for the quarter ending the 31st Decem-
ber last exhibited a balance of 21,000/. on the credit
side, and the Auditor-General estimated the reve-
nue of the island for the current year, with the
balance in hand, at 99,000/. ; so that if the revenue
returns are any index, the colony is in a prosper-
ous condition. Sugar making was going on as
rapidly as the weather would permit. The quan-
tity of produce shipped to the 11th ult. was re-
ported to be 5,023 hogsheads, 232 tierces, and 693
barrels of sugar ; 21 puncheons of molasses ; 17
puncheons and 14 hogsheads of rum. The port
continued crowded with shipping. A new red
buoy had been laid down, at a cost to the island of
100/., off Needham's Point, under the orders of
Admiral Sir H. Stewart. With the exception of
some catarrhal affections, the health of the island
continued good.
Granada has been very bare of notit,eable events
since last mail. The island was healthy and the
temperature pleasant. The planters were very
busy throughout the country, and the work of the
estates was progressing satisfactorily. A large
quantity of sugar was on the stancheons, and the
European vessels in port had already stowed a
goodly proportion of the fruitful new crop.
The statement of receipts and expenditure of
St. Lucia for the year 1857 had been published.
The receipts amounted in the whole to 15,868/. 95.,
and the expenditure to 15,1391. 175., leaving a
balance iu favour of the colony of 728/. 12s.
The Grenada Chronicle of the 12th of March has
the following in reference to the French islands :
"In the Chronicle of the 27th ult. was recorded
the death of Mr. A. Pecoul, one of the representa-
tives sent to France six years ago by the electors of
Martinique. The death of Mr. Cyrille Charles
Auguste Bissette, the other representative elected
at the Beane time, is now announced. ' While await-
ing the eorpse of one of our late deputies, to give it
the last funeral obsequies,' observes the Uutre-ilfer,
it devolves upon us to deplore,the painful and cruel
end of our other representative. Mr. Pecoul died "
on the 6th Jan.; on the 22d of the same month Mr.
Bissette was struck down by apoplexy. The de-
ceased bore the decoration of the Legion of Honour,
and enjoyed a pension of 4,000 f. at the hands of
his Sovereign. The funeral was undertaken and
conducted by the Colonial Minister (at a cost of
about 1,500 f.) much respect being shown to the re-
mains of the illustrious patriot, which were interred
at the Montmartre Cemetety, attended by a large
concourse of men of distinction. It appears that
the grave being upon ground obtained on a lease of
five years, the countrymen of the deceased purpose
raising a subscription to purchase the ground and
to raise a suitable monument to the memory of M.
Brissette, the saviour of Martinique and Guade-
loupe from anarchy and confusion."
Business at St. Thomas's has been in a very lan-
guid state, the island having severely felt the shock
of the commercial crisis which has just passed
over
the world. An improvement is; however, looked
for before long.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
Her Maj
earl chips Basilisk and In3auEn were at Port

Royal. The admiral and squadron were expected to as-
setnble therein a few days. Tbe Indus was at St. Kitt's,
March 6, and shortly after sailed for Jamaica; also, the
Devastation. The Atalanta arr.ved at Jamaica on the
4th from Barbadoes, and left again on the 9th for Tam-
pico. The Cuba left Jamaica for Aspinwall on the lltb.
Tbe Tartar was at St. Thomas's. The Buzzard was at
Barbadoes on the Btb, and to sail for Jamaica in a day
or two after. The Leopard was at Colon, and the Bruns-
wick bad left for Jamaica.

The Royal Mail Company's steamer Magdalena, with
the mails of the 2d Marcb, from Southampton, arrived
at St. Thomas's on the 19th ; the Clyde was on the
JarAaica route; the Conway on the Windward Island
route ; the Dee in the. Gulf of Mexico ; the Deraent at
Barbadof s ; the Eagle at Jamaica ; the Solent in the
G❑lf of Mexico ; the Thames and the Trent on the
Spanish route.

On the 26th ult., in lat. 36.40 N., long. 44.2 W., the
Atrato passed an nglish brig steering north and east,
showing second distinguishing pendant No. 3,760; 30th,
in lat. 46'24 N., long. 21.36 W., passed the English
ship War C oud, of Liverpool, homeward bound : and
April let, off Scilly, passed a bark showing third distin-
guishing pendant and 050, running up Channel.

REMARKS ON BANKING ESTABLISH-

MENT2.

The committee of the House of Commons who were
to report on Banking, not having laid their views ex-
plicitly before the nation, and as commerce, manufac-
tures, and an increased population, require a greater
supply of money to carry on their transactions (witness
exports which are lately doubled), we ask, how and in
what way has that increased demand for money been
provided for ? Nay, we are inclined to think that our
presant banking laws are calculated to produce many of
the evils of which we complain ; for there is not in
banking establishments elasticity sufficient to spring to
the changing circumstances and requirements of this
enterprising country. Hence we are every now and
then thrown into an eventful crisis, the evils of which
are always doubled as gold is withdrawn from the Bank
of England by the precautionary calls of the joint-stock
and private banks, by which means its note circulation
is materially restricted. Failures abroad or at home
startle the monied community, who have deposited in
banking establishments the cash which at that time they
do not re iuire, and let the alarm be real or imaginary,
private and joint-stock banks must prepare to meet
every call, and arm themselves for all adverse circum-
stances by drafts from the cellars of the Bank of Eng-
land. Not that there is a want of money in the country,
but some circumstance may have unsettled the public
mind, and want of confidence has led to a demand for
gold, which restricts the paper; thus commerce is tram-
melled by a want of the circulating medium, accommo-
dation difficult to be had, discounts high, and, finally,
the scenes through which we have lately passed leave
their blighting influence on many a hearthstone that time
will not obliterate. Some of the above causes hastened
the fall of the late banks, which, together with the reckless
conduct of their directors and managers has brought ruin
on many, but principally on the proprietors.
In order to check the abuse of trust reposed in direc-
tors and managers of joint-stock banking companies, to
protect proprietors from ruin, to secure the public
against loss, and yet to afford accommodation by joint-
etock banking companies, I send my views to you for
insertion in your valuable journal, should you think them
worthy of a place.
Firstly—ln all banks of issue, restricted in their cir-
culation by the Bank Act of Sir R. Peel, in 1844, to the
average of the 12 weeks preceding the date of his bringing
the measure forward in the House of Commons, I suggest
that their capital should not be less than three times that
amount.

Secondly—Should the locality in which such bank of
issue is situated, whether from an increase of popu-
lation, manufactures, or commerce, require a larger
amount of accommodation, that they be allowed the re-
quired sum, on condition that, for the extra issue beyond
the limits of the Act of 1844, such bank purchase and
hold Government securities equal to their increased cir-
culation. Their value, kind, when bought, and by what
broker, to be specified in, and with the returns now
made of the note circulation. This would, in some degree,
supersede the withdrawal of gold or notes from the bank
at the time when it, for its own accommodation, requires
it the most.

Thirdly—Whenever a joint-stock bank loses half its
capital, together with any undivided sum under the
name of guarantee or surplus fend, the directors and
managers shall call a public meeting of shareholders, for
the purpose of dissolving the company and winding
up its affairs. The neglect of this shall subject
the directors and managers to imprisonment for fire
years, which term may be reduced, as in the case of the
British Bank directors, according to culpability.
That all joint stock banking companies not issuing
their own notes shall, on the loss of half their capital, be
subject to the same regulations, viz., winding up their
affairs.

I cannot see how any evils can arise to the public, if
power were given to the Bank of England to increase its
note issue, the Bank holding Government securities
equal to its increased amount of note circulation.
This surely is to be preferred to an order in Council
giving power to break the law and then brirg it under
the necessity of applying to Parliament for protection or
indemnity.

Laws in some measure altered in accordance with the
foregoing remarks, would prevent directors and mana-
gers from lending large amounts to speculators and men
of small capital, and assist to carry out the spirit of the
act of 1844—would discourage the increase of banking
establishments with only a limited eapital--would tend
to increase the guarantee funds of all joint-stock banking
companies—would give to note holders security against
tho passibility of any loss—would tend to meet the
supply of accommodation to any locality, from whatever
cruse such increased demand might arise—would in any
future bank secure the most wealthy portion for its pro-
prietary—would be a limited liability act, for no pro-
prietor could lose more than half his capital ; nor could
holders of notes or depositors lose without directors and
managers subjecting themselves to five years' impri.
soement.

Had the foregoing been the law, bank failures
would have been fewer, the late panic less disastrous,
the withdrawal of gold from the Bank of England less
called for, commerce less crippled, and manufacturers
less restricted.

Y. G. U.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The following song, dedicated to the heroes of
the ranks, composed by M. W. Balfe, written by
Arthur Matthison, will be sung this evening, at
Drury-lane theatre, by Mr. W. Harrison
When the warriors of Britain went forth to the fight,
With England's broad banners outspread,
The eye of each soldier with valour grew bright,
For brave was each heart, high each head,
Oa the sun scorched plain of far Hindostan,
Each brave won his countryman's thanks,
Then let this be the toast which each manly voice shouts
Here's the heroes, who fought in the ranks.

Wreathe laurels victorious, twine chaplets of bays,
TVI It is,a3lll4llL pcu gtav e their deeds
And the eye of Britannia ne'er weary shall gaze
And shall glisten with pride as she reads,
When the trumpet shall sound for our army's return,
And its march on old England's soil clanks,
The shores shall resound with welcoming shouts,
To the heroes who fought in the ranks.

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Leasing Closing Prices Business
i the AN.) RAILWAYS. Shr. Paid RiaLwairs. Companies. Thus lay Tharsiay.
ant- OawiIVIERCTAL INTELLIGENCE.
iltb. Ologirg pric • Blames., dove
Shr. Paid %my/Av.
,s at ---0.--- Thurs/aY• Thurs ay. St. 100 Buclighamsh. Ln.&N.W. 93 - 100
St. 100 Clydesdale Jc. Calsdon_ 100 102
day CITY, Two o'CLocK. -- ---
uns-25 all Col•Stour Vy. EX...1E4.0 13 - 15
In accordance with the resolution of the StockSt. 100 E.Lin. g. 6 p.c Gt.Northn 139 - 141
12i 10 A.:Easbg.tNno.t
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5 all E. Un, H. Sh. E. Count. 4 - 41
Exchange Committee, that establishment has been
with 5013 i allml BBiernmlfastg St. 100 Glas. Barr. di Caldonian.
rived closed, and the attendance in the City being very .14:oalvileYnarh.eni' ...
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1 the The Bank return for the week ended on the 31st 25 all Do.. Shares. Do - •••
25 all Blackburn . .
25 all Blyth Sr Tyne original 12i all Do. 4 Shares. Do
i the ult. presents some changes of a less favourable £25 (iss. at £45)..,.. 25 - 26 in, all Lon.drGreenw S.Eastern l2i -13 i
character than we have been accustomed to for st. 100 Bristol dr Exeter...... 89 - 91 20 1 all Do. Preference Do 24 - 25
the St. 100 Caledonian.. ...... .... 862 - 87 87 46i St. ;100 Lou. Til., &S.' Poto &Co 94 - 96
weeks past. The public deposits exhibit a St. 100 Chester 4 Holyhead 36 .--- 38
east, some10 I 10 Do. Bark. Sh. Do
80th, decrease of 62,509/. when compared with last 50 all Cork and Bandon.... ... - ... si; all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W
lash 20 all nark Black. & Pass. ... ... and Matlock dx Midld 2l - 28
week, which, as a matter of course, is the result of the 20 all Cornwall St. 100 Mdld.Bradfd. Midland_ 94 - 96 95
and •.• --- •.•
istin- payments for official expenses and salaries which 10 all D. A
KAI.O nil! 6i 54 Newmarket
became due on the 25th ult., and would be dis- Do. B .. ••• BuryE.G.spc. E. Count.. i - ip
';''' a" Dublin&BelfastJunc ... - ...d 50 all N.dast.s p.c. Do 57 59
burled during the week embraced by the return. 25 all Dun. P. &Aber.June. 7i - 8.1 50 all De. 6 per ct.. Do ...
uy.. The private deposits had diminished to a consider- St. 11)0 East Anglian ......... 16i - I'7, 16. 50 all Do.Fixedsp.c Do
St. 100 Eastern Counties..... 58 59 59i; 8i i 25 all Prest. &Wyre L. &N. W ... - ...
able extent, being 583
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East ernlJnion,A•stk. 44 - 46
of the preceding week. The payments into the St. 100 Do., do. 8............. 29 - 31 30 i 12i all Do. Shrs. it Do i
St. ;100 Roystn.4lHit. Gt.Northn 135 - 138
were Exchequer would probably have absorbed the 2255
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au East Kant ....„..... 14 - 16 12 all IS.Staffordsh.. M.MClean 10 - 1N
a ex- greater part of that amount, for as far as can be st. 100 - 88 86i 50 all WearVal.g6pc Stk.4lDar. ... - ...
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20 all, East Suffolk ..... .. ... - ... 25 all Do Do 32 - 33
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The Bank return for the week ended on the 31st
ult. presents some changes of a less favourable
character than we have been accustomed to for
some weeks past. The public deposits exhibit a
decrease of 62,509/. when compared with last
week, which, as a matter of course, is the result of the
payments for official expenses and salaries which
became due on the 25th ult., and would be dis-
bursed during the week embraced by the return.
The private. deposits had diminished to a consider-
able extent, being 583,7271. less than at the close
of the preceding week. The payments into the
Exchequer would probably have absorbed the
greater part of that amount, for as far as can be
gathered from the other items of the return the
demand for discounts by the public were very
limited, the other securities showing an increase of
51,5331. only. It is, therefore, clear that, what-
ever may be the ultimate effect of the Bank refusing
to re-discount bills, as yet it has brought but
little additional business to the national establish-
ment. The bullion in both departments stands at
18,628,9171., showing a decrease of 104,8981. Of
that reduction 64,5531. had occurred iu the gold
and silver coin in the banking department, indi-
cating that the usual quarterly disbursements had
very materially aided in effecting the reduction in
the items. The Reserve of Notes had decreased
684,0701., but the active circulation had been aug-
mented by a nearly corresponding amount, viz,,
643,725/. Although the return is apparently less
favourable than those which have preceded it, there
is not the slightest reason for uneasiness on the
point, the disturbing causes being evidently those
financial movements which invariably accompany
the close of the quarter. The various items and
the change they present are as subjoined :

£19,950,750
643,725
18,628,917
104 898
8,897,615
3,960
7,630,763
62,509
12,991,054
583,727
840,165
54,814
9,901,993

Active circulation .
Increase
Bullion...
Decrease
Rest
Increase
Public deposits
Decrease
Other deposits
Decrease
Seven-day and other bills ...
Decrease
Government securities
No alteration.
Other securities
Increase
Notes unemployed
Decrease
The advices received from the West Indies by
the Atrato steamer are of but little interest. The
markets were generally very dull and overstocked
with commodities. The agricultural prospects are
generally satisfactory and the islands healthy. The
Jamaica coffee crop is reported likely to be very
small. The Atrato has brought $637,251 in specie
on freight, the value of which is about 127,4501.,
of which about 85,4371. is in gold, and the balance
is in silver.

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Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire).
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Irish South-Eastern.
Lancaster do Carlisle.
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Do. New Thirds
Lancash. &Yorkshire
Do., do. F £l6
Do. Do., £9
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Do. So uth po rt.
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London & N. Wester
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271 8

PREFERENCE SHARES.

Blyth and Tyne 10 p.
c.pref. (issd.at 501.)
Bris.StEx.4 p. c. St.
Do. 4 per 0. Shares
Caledn. £lO 4. p. c.
Ches. & Ho. 5i p. c.
Do. do. 5 per cent
Cork &Bandon 5 ip. e
Dun.Perth.&Aber.J
E. Anglian Cls. A Sh
Do. do. Cls. B 6p. c
Do. do. Cis. C 7 p. c
Eas. Co. Ex,sp.e No.l
Do. No. 2
Do. New 6 pr. C. St
East Un., G. 6 P. c.
Do. 51., 10 per cent.
!Do. 10/. Debentr.Sh.
Do. do. 4 per cent
East Lancash . 6 p.cts
E.&W. York. J. sths
Edin. & Gl. sp. c. Sh.
Ed.Prth.&Dun.4p.c.
Furness, 5 p. e
Glas. & 5.W.G.5 p.c
Great Northn. 5 p.c
Do. 5 p. c. Redeem
at 10 p. c.
Do. 4i per cent
Do. 5 p.c., Red. at 5

87 - 89
9i - 10
102 A -103 i
87 - 89
126 - 1281
98 - 100
57. - 53
56 - 58

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16§ - 112
105 - 110
112 - 117
110 - 115
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The letters from Peru state that the town of
Arica had been taken by General Vivanco after a
protracted struggle, during which about half the
town was laid in ruins and 200 persons killed. At
Lima an attempt had been made to create a revo-
lution, but it bad been immediately suppressed.
From Chili the advices, with respect to the copper
mines, is very good, but the business doing was on
a rather limited scale, owing to the decline in the
price of copper.
Since Monday last the imports of specie have
been about 168,1531., and the exports 50,7301., ex-
clusive of the following shipments direct from Lon-
don to the continent during the week ending
Thursday last :
Gold Coin—Rotterdam
PP —Calais
—Boulogne 30,500
Sii;er Coin—Rotterdam
t, —Calais
Bars—Rotterdam
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Business done.
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MANSION-HOUSE,

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Jacob Mountoney Barber, aged 30, was charged
before the Lord Mayor with the unlawful possession of
two five pound notes and sending them to the bank to
be changed.
The depositions were read over to the witnesses.
Mr. Elias Sloman proved the tender of a five pound
note as the price of a wa'ch which he sold him, and bad
a gla.s of ale on the purchase. He saw no more than
one five pound note on the occasion when the watch was
purchased.
Michael Green said that be took the five pound note
from among others which remained in his possession,
and when he went home he found kis money gone.
Committed for trial at the Sessions.

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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE IN THE SERPENTINE.—Mary
Anne Browning, 28, was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Bingham, charged with attempting to commit suicide
this morning at the Serpentine.
George Dickenson, a private of the 2d battalion of
the Grenadier Guards, said that while in Kensington-
gardens about six this morning, he saw the prisoner run
from the top of the bill to the bottom and into the river.
He immediately ran after and called to her, as she was
not very far in, to come out, but she refused, and told
him to tot her die_ He thou, rstiviais oho would not coma
Out, went in after her, and after a severe struggle suc-
ceeded in getting her out. He then assisted in taking
her to the receiving-house He had to go in up to his
waist after her, and be was Pure she meant to commit
suicide. He ha 3 to pull her out by her allele.
Mr. Bingham said his conduct did him much credit.
Police-constable Henry Beth said his attention was
called to the prisoner. He went to the receiving-house
and took her into custody.
Mr. Bingham, observing the prisoner attired in work-
house clothing, asked the prisoner whether she was in
the workhouse, and what was the cause of her acting as
she had donet

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workhouse before she could be brought to the court.
The friends cf the prisoner having been sent for, she
was ultimately given up. This is the second attempt at
suicide this week, and in both cases the would-be
suicides have been rescued by soldiers.

THAMES.
BETNII...tIstEsS.TAITZT: WIDOW AND HER STARVING CHlLD-
sea,an, who died on Lewis, the widow of Win. Lewis, a
Novemierboard the ship Royal Charlie, on
the 25th of
fundlair. Selfe for some assistance
to Melbourne, applied tolast, on a voyage from Madras'
from the poor-box
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tressing circumstano,?a. Tter very peculiar and die-
from a gentleman residing in
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of her as a deserving, industrious
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64 years of age, and the two youngest could note "an 2
She was in a very destitute condition and her little ones
were starving, and wanted bread. She had disposed
all her property to purchase food for her children, and
knew not where to obtain another meal.
Mr. Selfe said this was a pitiable case, and asked if
there was no charitable institution to relieve the desti-
tute widows of seamen in the Merchant Service under
such painful circumstances as those ?
The officers cf the court said they were not Aware
of the existence of any such institution for the relief of
seamen's widows.

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Mr. Lewis—At N. 50, Wellington•placs, Stepney;
near this court.

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and handed to the poor widow a sovereign from the poor
box, for which she expresmed her gratitude,

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THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 3, 1855.

FRANCE UNDER THE ETAT-DE-SIEGE.

The following letter has been addressed to the
Editor of the Daily News :

SIR,—I send you a copy of a document which
seems to me, as a specimen of tyrannical debauche,
worth a page of Tacitus. It is one of the so-called
sentences—they are all like—in virtue of which a
man is arrested and carried away to Africa, under
the imperial rule. I send the French text to avoid
all doubt concerning the faithfulness of a transla-
tion :

Praecture de Vaucluse, Ministere de l'lntdrieur et de
la Sftretd—G6n4rale.—lbre Division.—ler Bureau.
Au nom de I'Empereur.
Le Ministre Sdcretaire d'Etat, au D6partement, et de

la Sftret6 G6;.6rale.

Vu I'article 7 de la loi du 27 Fivrier, 1858, ainei
concu

"Pent etre interns dans un thSparfament de I'empire,
ou en Algdrie, ou expul,6 du territoire, tout individu qui
a 6'6 condamnd, twit interc6, expuls6, ou transportS, par
mesure de ettret6 ehdrale, l'occasion des dvdnemens
de Mai et Juin, 1848, de Juin, 1849, ou de D6cembre,
1851, et quo des faits graves signaleraient de :nouveau
comma dangereux pour la t u-etd publique."
Vu l'artiele 9 de la memo loi, ainsi concu :
" Tout individu interne en Alg6rie, ou expuls6 du ter-
rentre en France sans autorisation, pent etre
pl nod dans use colonie p6nitentiaire, soit en Algirie,
soit dans une antre possession Frar
Vu la dScision de la commission mixte inetitude dans
le d6partement Vaueluse, en ex6cution de I'instruetion
minidt6rielle du 18 Janvier, 1852, en vertu de laquelle
le Sieur Barrette Jean, journalier, demeurant h Avignon,
avait 4t6 sounais, par nveure de suret6 g6n4rale, h I'occa-
•ion des 6 venemens de Decembre, 1851, Is l'internement.
Vu l'avis do Praet du d6partement de Vaucluse, du
G6n6ral qui y commando, et du Procureur-General :
" Consideraat que des faits graves signalent de nou-
veau I'individu ei-dessus dd.ign6, comma dangereux pour
la sftret6 publique :
" Arr4te

"Le Sieur Barrbre Jean, journalier, demeurant h
Avignon, sera interns en Algdrie.l
" Faith Paris, le 15 Mars, 183.
(Sig❑d) EsriNASsE."

CH. DEMURE.

Pour ampliation,
Le Chef de Division,
Pour copie conforms,
Le Prefet de Vaucluse, Da ST. AMAND,
Let your readers weigh the words of the law
which rules now individual liberty in France.
A man has been, deservedly or not, under an ex-
ceptional, extra legal state of things, visited seven,
nine, or ten years ago—in May and June, 1848, for
instance, when Louis Napoleon was not even Presi-
dent—with a punishing measure applied to him
without a trial, summarily, in the name of threat-
ened public safety. He has been interne, thrown
out of the country, or transported. He has under-
gone his punishment, He has fully expiated his
probable or possible political guilt.
A circular from Paris enjoins the department au-
thorities to clear France of all men who might en-
danger imperial rule. The department authorities,
the prefet, the commanding general, and the go-
vernment's attorney, consult the lists of seven,
nine, or ten years ago. About every name they
find, they seek information from the local police
is such a man likely to prove some day or other
dangerous? Yes ; some unknown spy has handed
over an unfavourable rapport about him.
The man is suddenly arrested and transported to
Algeria.
Retroactivity of the law—an extra-legal measure
given as ground to an actual, summary, heavy
punishment—an expiated probable or possible
fault, taken as a guidance for actual visitation, no
trial, no interrogatory, no judges of the case, the
absolute irrevonsible will of three public func-
tionaries—all these features are combined in the
monstrous achievement. In the special case, the
e
man now shipped to Africa, was merely sent to the
interior of France in 1852. The sentence pro-
nounced against him on the around of the former
measure is incomparably heavier.
ot a convoi
n
Hundreds of men, merchants, lawyers, working-
eveeryr y French
nigh lcalit
ported, under a sentence like the one I send: trans-
ported,
os
f-
From
mMeanrc2barel4n downwards, from
v
prisoners has reached Marseilles, each convoi con-
taining from 30 to 40 persons. The men they
doomed have been generally invited, for the sake of
avoiding scandal, to the Prefecture, to hear some
communication relating to their private interests.
And this is called a government, a normal legal
power worth alliances, protection, anti-conspiracy-
to-murder bills and press prosecutions ! This we
are called on to respect.
April 1. JOSEPH MAZINI.

THE MAGAZINES.

Blackwood.—" What will he do with it," brings
before us after the lapse of some years the two
personages who first attracted our notice, Lionel
and his friend,Vance. There is greatimprovement
manifest in Lionel Houghton ; the years that have
passed over his head are described as having "de-
veloped a boy, musing noble dream?, into a man
fit for noble action, retaining freshest youth in its
enthusiasm, but borrowing from maturity com-
pactness and solidity of idea." Farther on we
meet Guy Darrell once more alone in his deserted
halls. " There, as in a caravanserai, the traveller
took his rest, stately and desolate." After a con-
ference with his old friend Colonel Morley, he
saunters out into the streets, and in his wanderings
we are afforded a glimpse of his past in his envied
prime—as he returns, he is followed by a dark
enemy, who, though frustrated for the moment in
his evil designs, shadows forth the intention of
one day maturing his revengeful schemes.
As may be supposed the form is that of Losely,
whom the flight of time has brought lower and
lower into the social scale. In the powerful
sketch of this man the author has achieved a de-
cided success, and in the further develop-
ment of his career he holds out a promise
of sustaining, if not aurpassing, his for-
mer reputation in the mysteries of romance.
An article on " The New Administration " is
written with vigour and spirit. While rejoicing
at the return of the Conservatives to power, there
is no party bitterness in the tone, and no unfair
assumption of superiority in the arguments of the
writer. He -commences by asserting that the
" Earl of Derby bears a name never associated
with finesse. What he promises he will
perform. He did not seek office—he even
sought to avoid it. It came to him."
Aud then goes on to recapitulate and comment on
the important occurrences that have recently taken
place. In treating of the refugee question, he
gives it as his opinion that Lord Palmerston's
conduct regarding the Conspiracy Bill was not an
intentional desertion of the national honour, but
a fatal error he committed from his overweening
opinion of his power in the House. After dwel-
ling on the energies and abilities of the members
of the Government, and the policy that will be in
all probability pursued by them, it is remarked,
in conclusion :

" We have ne doubt that the great desire of the Oppo-
sition leaders is to get the new Ministry turned out as
fast as possible. The ex-Ministerial chiefs, whether of
the Palmerston or Russell sect, will be bent upon nip-
ping in the bud the development of their rivals' policy,
from a well-founded dread lest the number, comprehen-
siveness, and ability of the measures of the new Cabinet
should quite eclipse the feeble and all but barren ses-
sions of the recent Liberal regime. Ttiis was the tactics
of the Opposition in 1552, and there is much greater
motive for theta to repeat these tactics no w. But can
they ? We do not believe it. We do not apprehend
that the ex-Ministerial chiefs will obtain sufficient sup-
port from the house to enable them to carry out such fac-
tious designs. The Conservatives succeeded to office
simply by the failure of their rivals, acid after a career
in Opposition more free from factious courses than any
five sessions of Parliament that the present generation
has witnessed. Lord Darby has formed his Ministry
entirely on the principle of securing the most effilent
men ; and in point of talent and administrative skill it
may challenge comparison with the very best of its pre-
decessors. Its members are in earnest, fully competent
for their work, and bent upon accomplishing it. They
'aei// accomplish it, if the house give them the opportu-
nity. Difficulties of. no ordinary kind they certainly
have to encounter ; but we confidently believe they will
triumph over them, and that the house will support
them with that constitutional' majority to which they
are so amply entitled."

The paper, entitled " A Few Words on Social
Philosophy, by one who is no Philosopher," is well
worthy of perusal. It is written in a very agree-
able style, and can hardly fail to afford satisfac-
tion. "Rambles round Glasgow " contain inter-
esting information to those desirous of improving
their acquaintance with that locality ; while the
chronicles of a "Journey from Spain to Pied-
mont " present the variety of foreign travel.
Among the other subjects met with in this num-
ber are "The Missionary Explorer," which refers
to Dr. Livingstone, and some remarks on " The
Rival India Bills."

Dablin University.—" Gerald Fitzgerald" is
continued. The unfortunate youth appears in
this portion of the narrative to be plunged into
the depths of misery, and, to complete his
dilemmas, the old man with whom he is staying
at the Tana, conceives a dislike to him this dis•
like is changed to a deadly hatred, owing to some
cause of offence, and, with the Italian spirit of
revenge, ho meditated to make away with his
victim. Forewarned, Gerald departed over the
mountains to Tuscany, while his enemy had
hastened in a contrary direction to meet the
destined murderer. " The Legend of the Golden
Prayers" is pleasing. The story is told in
verse, it relates how a lady summoned from
church to attend a death-bed, found on her return
that an angel had written, in letters of gold, the
pages in her breviary that she had misssd. In
another form it seems to represent the idea of
Coleridge—

" He prayeth beat, who loveth best,
All things both great and small."
" Recent Oxford Literature," is an able article,
which enters into the subject with skill and
energy. After rendering ample justice to the
attainments of Oxford celetnities, the writer points
out the errors of judgment, and extravagancies of
opinion into which many have fallen, in a candid
manner, and with great justness of discrimination.
He states their weak point to be a kind of logical
madness, " Put them on a premiss and they push
down the inclined plane to a conclusion, however
perilous or extravagant." After dwelling on the
instances adduced, the opinion here expressed
seems correct that there is something morbid
in the way in which Oxford intellect blossoms
into literature. The poetical reader will
find an attraction in " A Vision of Perpe-
tual Spring," which describes the progress of
the advancing season in glowing colours. The
youth of the year is always a welcome subject for
the mind to contemplate, but the language of
poetry is the fittest exponent of its glories.
" Life and Death in Tipperary" is a story founded
on fact, and is full of adventure, strife, and peril
at the outset. Considerable interest will be felt
in the " Martial Incidents in Oude," which are
here met with. It is observed that the great
defence of Lucknow is an event in Indian history
which has no parallel since the conquest of OLIVE,
and the moral dignity exhibited by the British
soldier has shown our superiority more than the
most brilliant exploits in the open field.

Fraser.—The accomplished author of "The His-
tory of Civilisation" has recently delivered a dis-
course at the Royal Institution, on " The Influ-
ence of Women on the Progress of Knowledge."
This lecture is given in the present number of
Fraser, and affords its readers an opportunity of
becoming acquainted with the style and opinions
of that able writer. So far as regards the subject
of the lecture, however, they will not be able to
arrive at any very decided conclusion. He tells us
that women have greatly conduced to the increase
of knowledge by their natural love of reasoning, by
deduction instead of by induction, and thereupon
lie seizes the congenial topic, and upholds the
merits of the deductive system, in opposition to
the Baconian method. Whether his readers
coincide with his opinions or no, they will acknow-
ledge the ability with which they are advanced,
and his fair students, satisfied with the importance
given to them, need not inquire too closely into the
grounds of their dignified position, which some of
them might find not a little perplexing. "My
Winter Garden," by a minute philosopher, is a
pleasant rambling paper, defending among other
things the, merits of monotony in the following
cheerful strain :

" Besides, monotony is pleasant in itself ; morally
pleasant, and morally useful. Marriage is monotonous;
but there is much, I trust, to be said in favour of holy
wedlock. Living in the same house is monotonous ; but
three removes, say the wise, are as bad as a fire. Loco-
motion is regarded as an evil by our Litany. The
Litany, as usual, is Those who travel by land
or sea' are to be objects of our pity and our prayers ;
and Ido pity them. I delight in that same monotony.
It saves curiosity, anxiety, excitement, disappointment,
and a host of bad passions. It gives a man the blessed
invigorating feeling that he is at home ; that he has
roots, deep and wide, struck down into all he sees ; and
that the only Being who will do nothing cruel or user:
can tear them up. It is pleasant to look down on lipes
same parish day after day, and say, I know al.latbdend,
beneath, and all beneath know me. If I
I know where to find him ; s. And g 19%X :or? done,
ood t.O
I know who will do it. It is ploaron
if I

the same trees year after year ; the same birds coming
back in spring to the same shrubs ' • the same banks
covered with the same flowers, and broken (if they be
stiff ones) by the same gaps. Pleasant and good it is
to ride the same horse, to sit in the same chair, to wear
the same old coat. That man who offered twenty pounds
reward for a lost carpet bag full of old boots was a sage,
and I wish I knew him. Why ahouk one change one's
place, any more than one's wife or one's children ? Is
a hermit-crab, slipping his tail out of one strange shell
into another, in the hopes of its fliting him a little
better, tither a dignified, safe, or graceful animal ? No ;
George Riddler was a true philosopher.
Let voles go earthing "sir and nigh
We bides at Winne, my dog and I.'

and become there, not only wiser, but more charitable ;
for the oftener one sees, the better one„ knows ; and the
better one knows, the more one loves.

His descriptions of rides and wanderings in the
quiet country byways are full of a keen appreciation
of the varieties of nature, and a sense of the marvels
existing in every dead leaf and hollow stem. A
paper on the history of Italian literature has a
brief account of the supposed origin of the Italian
language, and gives Sicily as its birth-place. "The
Rambles of a Naturalist" is the title of a very
interesting article, founded on M. de Quatrefage's
recent work. The wonders of the microscope and the
phenomena of the unseen marine world are entered
into with spirit—rival miracles of art and nature.
But, as in other instances, nature is the most cun-
ning workman, and the inventors of the instru-
ment that can enlarge an object a million times
might well be puzzled in analysing the organisation
of the subject of the following description :

"So much for externals. Now take Eunice san-
guinea, which, at Br4hat is sometimes found more than
two feet and a half in length—the Indian species, Eunice
gigantea, is often five or six feet long—for an examina-
tion of the organisation of the Annelids :
"You might suppose, perhaps, that, in consequence
of its size, very little difficulty would be experienced in
making a detailed dissection of this animal. But if you
make the attempt yon wilt soon perceive your error.
The body is divided into rings, which are not above a
line and a half in length, although they measure from
eight to ten lines in width. It is no easy task, I assure
you, to seek within this limited space the muscles which
move the animal, the intestine which receives its food,
the vessels which nourish it, and the nerves which ani-
mate it ; while to add to the difficulty, you will find that
all these tissues bear the closest resemblance."

" Wonderful, indeed, must be the digestive powers of
Eunice, for it has not less than 280 stomachs ! Think
of that, Mr. Alderman.

" Its other appliances and means are on the same scale;
for, besides the great canals which pervade the body from
one extremity to the other, Eunice possesses 550 bran-
chia3, 600 hearts, and a similar number of primary ar.
teries and veins.' Its muscular system is in accordance
with this abundance, for each ring is supplied by some
120 muscles, ' and if we take into account those of the
proboscis and head, we shall find that the entire animal
moves by the action of more than 30,000 muscles.' Our
author confesses, it is true, that be has not yet bean able
to complete his observations on the anatomy of this
complicated animal as perfectly as he could have wished,
but he adds that the numbers may at all events be re-
girded as approximating very closely to the truth."
" Squire Bolton's Transgression" is the title of a
story by the author of " Meg of Elibank," and
gives a pleasant picture of country lifts iu the last
century. An Anglo-Indian view of the Indian
crisis contains some sound and liberal reasoning as
to the system of education to be pursued in the
Government schools :

" Most sincerely do we believe that the Indian Go-
vernment has, in its real toleration of all religions, acted
with that justice which is in itself one of the highest re-
ligious duties, and at the same time done far more far
Chrktianity.tban if it had pursued a contrary policy.
It has been a true instinct which has made the Indian
Government feel that its first duty is to hold India—
that everything must be subordinated to that. Let the
missionaries preach, let the Bible societies distribute
their bibles, and God speed them in their labours. But
let the Government use as its weapons of pro-
selytism those only which it has used before.
Let it labour for order ; let it labour to teach
Asiatics the supremacy and the equality of
law ; let it take care that the European, while govern-
ing the native, does not domineer over him ; that India
is held by Europeans for the natives, and not for them-
selves ; let it make railways, let it multiply roads and
telegraphs ; let it give to its subjects the power of
reacting and writing ; let it prepare them fur the exten-
sion of the power of the press ; let them wield these
weapons, the right to use which cannot be gainsayed,
and fearlessly leave the result to God. Thus will the
Indian Government truly reverence the Lord of
Jehovah, and not by teaching the Church Catechism."
The most interesting of the remaining papers is
one on " Chapelle and Bachaumout," by the author
of " Headlong Hall."

Bentley's Miscellany.--A paper on " The new
Ministry" takes a very fair view of their position
and capabilities, strongly insisting on their right to
fair play and unprejudiced criticism. " Rushing
headlong into Marriage" is the title of a story,
which will probably be resumed iu the next num-
' her. It censures with justice the absurd and pre-
tentious fashion of persons of moderate income
living far beyond their means, and endeavouring
to keep plea with those above them—a system that
has ruined the comfort and respectability, and
darkened the lives of whole families.
miserable race of gentility none ever reach the eal,
but all in turn suffer the annoyance and mortifica-
tion of defeat, and the anxiety and restlessness
produced by the consciousness of unpaid bills.
This skeleton in the cupboard of many a stylish
household is brought to light in the little domestic
tale before us, which narrates the varying fortunes
of two sisters, through following the different
methods of extravagance and economy. Monks-
hood continues his "Retrospectiveßeviewals," and
summons Horace Walpole before his tribunal. He
gives us a pleasant paper on his character and
style. The second part of "Heiresses" brings the
story to a satisfactory conclusion. "Thanatos
Athanatos " also proceeds in its usual meandering
style. Two papers on " The French iu Canton," and
on " Oude and the Defence of Lucknow," treat
of subjects which have occupied a large share of
the public attention, but whose interest is now
subsiding. In speaking of the latter, the writer
exprepes a hope that, while misrule and anarchy
are replaced in ()tide by a better government, the
error will not be committed of leaving to a handful
of men the preservation of " a kingdom bristling
with forts, and a race the boldest iu India," resent-
ing any rule which interferes with their marauding
habits. Mr. Dudley Costello continues his story
of "Faint Heart never won Fair Lady" with more
perseverance than originality.

Colburn's United Service.—The chief interest of
this magazine is divided between India and China,
though a preliminary paper on the " Sanitary
Condition of the British Army" treats of a subject
which must naturally be of much importance to its
military readers. Mr. Roes' interesting narrative
of the siege of Luckuow receives a cordial tribute
of sympathy and approval. A criticism on the
Marquis of Dalhousie's administration of India
accords to that statesman a larger share of credit
and ability than has been usually allotted to him.
The series of papers on the " Seat of Insurrection"
describes Rohilcund, Farruckabad, and the dis-
tricts of the Jumna. " Oude, and its royal family,"
and will interest many whose attention has been at-
tracted by the recent events. " Coina and the
Chinese" is the name of a paper that gives some
interesting pictures of life in the Celestial Empire.
The notes on military science are continued, and a
great portion of the magazine is occupied by the
naval and military intelligence, the stations of the
militia, the lists of promotions and appointments,
and similar intelligence.