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The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25

LOCAL SHARE MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 24.
Ana
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market is quiet today,
prices of the leading stocks are a shade lower tban Ye.Bi,
day, with few tiansactions. London and North
ern, 1041 Eastern Counties, ne—Caledonian,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39A-11°r,:j
Western, 7i U—Lanca-hire and Yorkshire, 1011—G""
Trunk of Canada, la#--Ditto 6 per cent. debs., 90--Ore",
Western of Canada, 244---Midlands, 824—United „
Company, 195.
London, England, 1857-04-25

FRIDAY.

Handicap Plate of 50 sovs, for 3 yr-olds and upwards.
Eretby Stakes Course. Entrance, 3 sovs.--To enter at
six o'clock the evening before running, and the weights
to be declared by nine.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each ; for 2 yr-olds, 6st 71b ;
and three, Bst 7th ; fillies and geldings allowed 31b. The
London, England, 1857-04-25

QCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER
WATvE. manuiactured by J. SCHWEPPE and Co.. the sole
lessees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of
the a sau Siring SCHWEP,, '- SODA, MAGNI.SIA, POTAS4
W TElti3 and LEMONADE, are manufactured as us .al. Every
Bottle is protected by a Label with their sianature.
SCR wEPPE and CO.,
Manufacturers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potass Wa'ers and Lemonade,
London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
London, England, 1857-04-25

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, APR 1e for
The demand to-day has been on a limited e°4l,eelc•
cloth, and this has been the case throughout the ''beea
The sale of domestics, longcloths, and T-cloths !
Wooer
on a small scale, and especially that of the roe of
makes. The manufacturers of these goods are, °vigor'
them voluntarily reducing their production, anukilaatiee
ous attempt is making to bring about a coat do the
binding all engaged in making these goods to Derr
same. There are good reasens for it is the unrelPuenoie•
tive state of prices, and, if the object should bes? to
plished, that, and the economy observed on all b
brinngob.
the use of cotton, will pixstbly have an effect in
down the high prices which are at present such%tell
stacle to a sound and healthy trade in these. In,Prw' bere
the sales have mostly been on a small scale, en" Aigbt
larger sales have been ,ffected it has been at am "faiset
concession in price. In all kinds of shirtinge the bos
is dull, but prices are steady. In yarns there hat:cove.
rather more business, but the market is not -our
Upon 30's bundl
very firme twist and upwards, and higher
bers prices are , but some numbers of ele
and cops are scarcely so well supported.

At the
A NOVEL DODGE
TO PREVENT IDENTITT.---1 Jug-
Justiciary C-111'L at Ayr, on Wednesday, the L°l. cop'
tee Clerk presiOing, David Ba'r, a ticket-of-lea ~er•-
• lict, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years trao6rfoa,
tation fur stealing a quantity of cope,
the works of the lifwthAliestertißllway CoraP°ll'
Kilmarnock. When brought befure the Court, arre.
laco had undergone a considerable change from tbebis
vious day, for the skin was completely peeled °done
cheeks, nose, and forehead—this having been es at
during the night to prevent, if possible, the WitDeo:,
rUbb. o'ip
ri
the trial identifying him. The prisoner bad
taco against the walls of his cell tit the
_IVO of
wai inflicted ; but his lab.lur was froitlev, us not
theth e e
had id_aEtthsapteln itlhi:gsvbitiht, ht,
(the prisoner) was the man.—North, British, Ml"'
samewitne fas ec
thatacin ghdee
London, England, 1857-04-25

ELECTION INTELLIGENCE.

COUNTY LEITRIM—(SECOND DAL)
CLOSE OF THE POLL.
Montgomery
Brady
Tenison 5BB

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess do
Nemours visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Kent yesterday, at Clarence House, Sc. James's. The
Princess Riyal paid a ♦isit to the Royal Duchess on
Thursday.

His Grace the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Mus-
grave entertained a select circle at dinner last evening,
at their residence in Belgrave-square.
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at their villa
residence Campden Hill last evening, from Cliefden,
near Maidenhead.
The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained a
select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Grosvenor-crescent.

The Earl of Minto left town a few days since for
Minto Castle, near Hawick, N.B. His lordship is ex-
pected in town about the 6th of next month.
The Earl and Countess of Chichester are staying at
Stantner Park, Sussex, and will not return to town until
the latter end of next mouth.

The Dowager Countess of Clonmel and the Ladier
Scott are expected in town in a few days from Torquay,
Devon, for the season.

The Countess Dowager of Morley arrived in town a
few days since from Saltram, Devonshire. The present
Earl and Countess will not return to town until the latter
end of next week.

Lord and Lady Kenyon and family arrived in town a
few days since from Gredington, Flintshire, for the
season.

Lord and Lady Carrington and family are staying at
Tickford, his lordship's seat, near Newport•Pagnell.
Laura C.)untems of Antrim and Lady Helen ANNE-
lull have arrivtd at their residence, 31, Upper Gros.
venor-street, from a visit to Burton-Constable, for the
season. _ _

The General Kh4rddine, Ilinistre de la Marine de Son
Altesse Le Bey de Tunis, accompanied by Colonel Hens-
dein, Colonel Kara, and Maahamed Ali, has arrived at
Claridge's Hotel, from Paris.
Mr. Botfield has arrived at the Clarendon'Hotel from
Decker Hill, Shiffnal, Shropshire.
SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.—His
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, the Princess Helena, the Princess Alice,
and the Princess Louise, attended by Lady Caroline
Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Ker, Captain D.l Plat, the
Hon. Mortimer %Vest, and Mr. Gibbs, honoured the
gallery of the society, 5. Pall mall East, with a visit yes-
terday, previous to it being opened to the public. The
royal party was received by the president, secretary,
and counc.l of the soo.cy.
London, England, 1857-04-25

EXPULSION OP THE POOR-LAW IN-
SPE ToR FROM THE 111..RYLEBONE
BOARD OF GUARDIANS.

Yesterday, in consequence of it having been an-
nounced by Mr. Faroell, poor-law inspector, that it was
his intention to attend and take his seat at the Maryle-
bone Board of Guardians, there was not only a full at-
tendance of members, but the space appropriated to
ratepayers behind the bar was completely filled.
Mr. BEEVOIt occupied the chair, and shortly after 12
o'clock Mr. Farneil, the poor-law inspector, entered the
room, on which several guardians rose and called atten-
ti'n to the circumstance that a stranger was present.
Mr. Farne:l was then asked who he was, and having ex-
p!ained, he was asked if he was a ratepayer, to which he
ref lied in tA,e negative.
Mr. SALMON then moved that all ratepayers be re-
quysted to retire behind the bar, and those who were
not ratopaver< and strangers be required to withdraw.
Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT, amidst much dissent, main-
tained that ?4r. Farm-11 was noi a stranger, and that, as
the ifficer of the Poor-law Board, he had as much right
to take his seat there as any of them. He called on the
clerk to read the clause of the act of parliament which
gave him that right. (Loud cries of " No, no.")
After cansiderable discussion,

The CHAIRMAN read the 20th section of the 10 and 1

Viet., cap 109, which gave poor-kw inspectors the power
of attendirg every board of guardians or other local
meeting held for the relief of the poor, and to take part
in the proceedings, but not to vote.
Mr. FARNELL did not consider himself a stranger, and
was about to address the board, but several members
protested azaiiist his being heard, and called for a vote.
The motion was put and carried on a division by 21 to
4.

Sir .TAMES HAMILTON wished to move that Mr. Far-
nell withdraw his attendance till that day fortnight, and
flat in the meantime the board take the vinion of the
most eminent counsel as to his right to be there.
This was met with the most determined opposition
and calls noon the chairman to enforce the resolution
alrea•ly caried.

The CHAIRMAN bad no doubt if some gentleman would
move that Mr. Farnell be requested to withdraw, he
would do so. (Hear.) Any future step of the board could
then be arranged.

Sir JAMES-HAMILTON said, as the readiest way of
carrying out what he bad previously proposed, he would
move "that the gentleman attending as the representa-
tive of the Poor-law Beard be requested to withdraw."
(Hear, hear.)

The HOD. and Rev. J. T. PELHAM seconded this re•
nlnti n, and it was carried with one dissentient (Mr.
M:rrison).

Mr. FARNELL said he should of course comply with
the resolution, but the question would now have to be
tested betw.en the Guardians and the Poor-law Board
in a ccurt of law. He then retired.
A. resolution was read from the Political and Parochial
Asscciati,in of the b rough of Marylebone, denouncing
the interference, and offering their co-operation in resist-
anc-. It was ordered to be entered on the minutes.
The board, after other business, separated.
London, England, 1857-04-25

TUESDAY.

Handicap Plate of 50 sovs., for 3.yr•olds and upwards.
A.F. Entrance, 3 sovs.—To enter by six o'clock the
evening before running, and the weights to be declared
by nine.

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, for 3-yr-alds • colts B=t
71b, and fillies Bst 31b ; the winner to be sold for 150
save, if demanded, Lim T.Y.C. To close and name by
six o'clock the evening before running.
Sweepstakes of 10 e' vs each, with 25 added, for 3-yr-
olds, 7st ; four, sst 71b ; five, Bit 12tb ; and aged,
9st ; the winner to be said for 3001., if demanded, &c.
Ah. M.—To close at elm o'clock the evening before
running.

Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for 2-yr-olds -; colts,
Bst 61b, and fiiliHs 8A 3 b ; winners of 501. before start-
ing to carry Sib, if twice, 51b extra. T.Y.C.—To c.ose
and nine by six o'clock the evening before running.
S xeepstakes of 50 sovs each, for 3-yr-old Hies, Bst 71b.
R. M. (S subs.)—Eupatoria, Tasmania, f by hi-h
catcher—Miss Whip, Queen of the East, f by Weather-
bit—Mangosteen, Lily of the Vale (pd), f by Melbourne
—Birthday, Demi-volte.

The Two Thousand Guinea Stakes, a subscription of
100 sous each, h ft, for 3-yr-olds, colts, 84 71b ; and
fillies, Bst 4th ; the owner of the second horse to receive
back his stake. R.M. (45 subs.)—Fugitive, Cedric,
MalakhofF, Aekworth, Pamper°, Keepsake, Bel Oiseau,
Bird-in-the-Hand, Salt, Hunting Horn, Loyola, c by
Surplice—Beeswax, Lord of the Hills, Church Langton,
Athlete, Turbit, Sunflower, Matins, ch c by Surplice—
Clarissa, b c by the Flying Dutchman—Barba, Terring-
ton, Sir Bertram, Mohawk, Sagitta, Purston, Festival,
Drumour, Schiedam, Kent, King of the Isles, The Pro-
phet, Flying Englishman, Avonford, ch c by Slane—
Raillery, Surrender, Lord Melbourne, Apathy, Lam-
bourn, Anton, Sydney, Western Power, Bannockburn,
Kingmaker, c by Orlando—Ma Mie, Vedette.
London, England, 1857-04-25

PALE OF F! INT-LOCK ARMS.

VOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, T'oat sealed
tenders, to he addressed to the " Under Secretary of State for
War, War Office, Pall-mall," and marked on the onteide, "Tender
fer Old Stores," will be received on or before the 7th day of May
next, for the following Flint-lock Arr s, viz :
17,795 TIUSQUETs of sorts.
69 CARBINES of ditto.
18 RIFLES. _ . _

'These arms are arranged in 18 Lots, and may be viewed on appli-
cation at the Storekeeper's Office, Tower, daily, between the hours of
10 and 4.

-
Separate prices must be tendered for each Lot, and the whole will
be required to he paid for and removed, at the purchaser's expense,
within one week after the rece'pt of notice of acceptance of tender.

N.B.—No tender will he takili into consideration except it he on
the printed form, which may be o!,tained at the Storekeeper's Office,
Tower.

'MEET GWYN, for Director of Contracts.
War Office, Pall-mall, 23d April, 1857.

SCHWEPPE'S MALVERN SELTZER
WATER, manuractured by J. SCHWEPPE and Co., the sole
lessees of the Holy Well, possesses all the celebrated properties of
the•N arsau SCHWEEI• 'A SODA, MAGNKSIA, EOTASA
WATERS and LEMONADE, are manufactured asits*sd. Every
Bottle is protected by a Label with their signature.

Self WEPPE and CO.,
Nfanufacturers of Soda, Magnesia, and Potasa %Val ers and Lemonade,
London, Liverpool, Bristol, and Derby.
London, England, 1857-04-25

BIRTHS.

OF • SON.
On the 23d inst., at Leo, Kent, the wife of F. R • 111' Go"
sott, Esq.
the wife of
On the 23d inst., at 2, Upper Hornsey-rise,
George Shadbolt,

A DAUGHTER.
nr bad.
On the 21st inst., at Spa, Belgium, the Hon. Mrs. la-usra
On the 23d inst., at Brighton, the wife of G. AL
Esq.

MARRIED,

Ou the 23d inst., at Crayford, Kent, William Sarni. 064
jun., Esq., barrister-at-law, only sou of William S. Jo
30n31
"'
Master of the Court of Queen's Bench Crown Office, to ,'
second daughter of Wm. Corrie, Esq., one of the Magistrate'
of the Pol ce Courts of the Metropolis. bill to
On the 23d inst., Mr. Oily r Kibble, of Blackheath-
Harriott,b,„, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Henry Hatfiolu, of
Clapham.

D I E D.]
On the 22d inst., at Derby, John Chatterton, E6q•P aged

86. Din
On the 23d inst., in Montagu-square, Alexander
Campbell, Esq., late Madras C. S
On the 22d inst., at 21, Eudsleigh-street, Elizabeth Cathe-
rine, eldest daughter of John Mellor, Esq Q.c., aged 20w.
On the 22d inst., at Bishop's Teignton, 'Devon, Henry
Stephens, Esq., aged 77. ow
On the 22d inst., at Burnham, Norfolk, Catherine, niis.
of Sir William Bolton, Captain, It.N , niece of Adroit's' ,
count Nelson, and sister of Thomas, second Earl Neia°
aged 75.
Esq., late
On the 22d inst., at Cheltenham, L. T. Crossley,
of Hankelow Hall, Cheshire, aged 74.
On the 21st inst., at the Channtry House, Newark, the
Rev. Joseph Sikes, LL.B., aged 76.

LOSDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG:
of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, ()nicer 24"
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count/
of Mi(l(l!eaex, Saturday, April 25,1657.
London, England, 1857-04-25

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ' • clover do.'
:31 53 to 61 Os; and straw. 11 4s to 1/ 9s per load'
A. full average supply and a sluggish demand.
CtrhiBEBLAND. —Meadow hay, 2/ l2s to 41 Os ; clover
do., 3/ 10s to 6/ Os ; and straw, 1/ 4s to 11 9s per load
Both hay and straw moved off slowly, at our quotations.
WHITECTIAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 10s to 41 Os ; clover
do., 3/ 10* to 51.05; and straw, 1/ 4s to 1/ 8s per load.
Supply tolerably good and trade firm.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN
THE CIVIL SERVICE.—War Department.—Mr. Grahaqi
Branscoinbe, of the military store bracch, has been ap•
pointed to Hong-Kong in charge of stores for the
expedi-
tionary force in M office.—Two
Mira. General Post
vacancies have been caused in the account branch,
General Post Office, Edinburgh, by the death of Mr..
James Croal and the superannuation of Mr. Watson.
British Museurn.—Mr. W. B. Rye, senior assistant, has
been appointed an assistant keeper in the department of
printed books. Coastguard. Commander Thomas
Goss has been appointed to the Queenstown division,
vice Commander Lockyer, removed to Grimsby. Air.
George Reid Morrison has been appointed master of the
Argus, vice Mr. Pyper. Commander W. L. N. Lockyer,
inspecting commander, Queenstown, has been removed
to Grimsby, vice Commander Power, whose period
of service has expired. Customs.—Mr. John F. Car-
ter has been appointed a clrek in the legal quays de-
partment, London. Mr. John Pierce has been
promoted from an assistant controller of accounts
at Liverpool to be controller of accounts in the London
Docks. Mr. Thomas Foreman bas been promoted from
clerk first class in the London Docks to be assistant
c,mtroller of accounts at Liverpool. .Mr. David Lenn(,:c
has been promoted from principal coast officer at Holy-
head to be controller at Teignmouth. East Indies.—
Mr. C. W. Cunliffe, assistant commissioner, second
class, has been appointed assistant commissioner, first
class, in Oude, vice Lieutenant Black, resigned. Mr.
S. J. Stroyan, assistant commissioner, third class, has
been appointed assistant commissioner, second class,
vica Captain Steel, whose services have been placed at
the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief. Lieutenant
L. C. Barton, assistant commissioner in the Punjaub,
on special duty in Kattywar, has been appointed an
assistant to the resident at Baroda, vice Captain M. J.
B,ttye, resigued.—Civii Service Gagete._
London, England, 1857-04-25

OTTOMAN BANK.-I HEREBY GIVE
NOTICE, Th,t a, the next Public Meet;ng I shall moves
resolution to the eftnt that the nirectorA be instructed to ?ale the
nesess ry A,eps to cause VAS Bank t become the NATIONAL BANK
I TURKEY.

GEORGE FITCH,
23, Southampton-3treet, Bloomsbury-square.

25th April, 1857.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
Ns. 3. PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON.
Established A.D. 1844.
Parties desirous of INVESTING MONEY are requested to
examine the plan of the Bank of Deposit.
Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent free on appli-
cation.

PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

BA.NKERS and MONEY DEALERS.
Messrs. COLLS, LOVE, and CO.
(Late Colls. Thompson. and Harris, Established 1832),
10, St. Swithin's-lane, Lombard-street, City, and 5, Henrietta-
street, Covent-garden, London.
APPROVED CO %I MEWL' L BILLS Discounted at the current
rates of the day for Parties properly introduced.
DEPOSITS received at interest, et seven days' notice of with-
drawal, and for periods to he agreed upon.
FINANCIAL AGENCY BUSINESS of every description tran-
sacted for Commercial Houses in the Provinces.
London, England, 1857-04-25

RAILWAYM-FOR CABS.

tr. c. _ ___ _____
1 r C.
Orleans 1,600 Western
Northern lol2i Strasburg Bs2f
Lyons 1,5721 New Ditto
610
Mediterranean — Grand Central ......
Lyons Genova
Midi

ITALY.
Several of the Piedmoutese journals have an-
nounced that Austria, as a reply to the affair of
Alessandria, was about to construct f irts on the
frontier of Piedmont; but it turns out that all that
she means to do is to build, in advance of Verona,
the two forts of St. Lucia, the construction of which
was decided on long ago.
The Archduke Maximilian, the new governor-
general of Lombardy, arrived at Milan on the after-
noon of then th, and intends remaining there 4 or 5
weeks. His Imperial Highness was received at the
railway station by the principal authorities and the
municipality, and he proceeded at once to the palace
by the great Corso, which was lined on both sides
by the troops of the garrison. All the windows
London, England, 1857-04-25

AVER AGE PR

Th 3 Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com-
puted from the returns made in the week ending APri`
21, 1857, exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid of
plyable thereon, on the importation thereof into Gi:tab
Britain : 0, d.
From the British Possessions in America 4O 41
Muscovado, the produce of the
Muscovado, the produce of the East Indies 39
Average of the above descriptions.

Country Markets.

LIVERPOOL-APRIL 24.

There were few buyers of wheat and flour at our cols
exchange this morning than for several market days. 1113°
holders of wheat were film, and Tuesday's prices vier'
supported. Flour slow of sale, and no change of val,n
Indian coin in active request, and advanced during market
hours is to is Cd per qr., 32e Gd per 4801bs having been
paid for mixed parcels. Oats improved Ad per bushel, to
oatmeal 3d per load. Barley, beans, and peas each dullo'
sale, but not lower in price.
London, England, 1857-04-25

WAKEFIELD-ArRIL 24.

Fine wheat was is to 2s dearer, with a fair demand.
Other sorts were also held for more money, but the _1
was very slow. Fine barley maintained its price. Bo"
oats, and shelling were rather dearer.
Average prices of grain—Wheat, 53s qd. ; ,
10d ; oats, —d ; beans, 35s Od ; peas, —.15
rye, —s. Od.
London, England, 1857-04-25

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.

dl 'Australasia
Bank of Egypt
50 Bank of London
all Bri.Col Bk.& Lu. Co
all 'British N. American'
8 ,C.Bk.of Ind.Au.&Ch
50. City
25 Colonial ... .
20 Commercialof *Loud
all Eng.Scot.&Aus.Cht
all Lon. Ch. Bk .of Aust
all Ditto New
20 London and County
53 Lnd.&E Bnkng.Corp
10 London Joint Stock..
20 Lond.andWestminst.
35 (National Pro. of Eng.
10 IDo. New
22 'National Bank
all New South Wales
all Oriental Bank Corp
,15 (Ottoman Bank
115 Provincial of Ireland
all Do. New
1 R. Aus. B. &G.Im.Co
all South Australia
all Union of Australia
24!D0. New
10 Union of London
50 Unity Mutual
Westru Bk,of Loud ,

89 - 91 1
2A - 1A(1

-
63-

171 -- 171
17A -- 18
171 -17 Th

4s— as

- ~~

58 GO
6i - '-i,

32 —10 d,
London, England, 1857-04-25

FOR

katwrp & Rotterdam
Ardenues...
Belgian East. Junct.l
Beziers to Graissessae
Carmeaux&Toulous..
Coal Mines and Ry
Dutch Rhenish
Eastern of France
Do. New
Euphrates Valley
Gt Central of France
Great Luxembourg
Italian Junction
Lake Const. & Bale
Lierre and Turnhout
Lombardo-Venetian
Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p.
Lyons and Geneva
Lyous Mediterran,
Maria Ante:-.la
Do. New

Namur & Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref
Northern of France
NorwegianTruk. Pref
Paris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans,,
Reeife & San Fran.,
(Pernam.) g. 7 p. c
Rome and Frascati
Royal Danish
Royal Swedish
Sambre and Mouse
Do. 5i per cent. pref
Southern of France.
West Flanders .
Do. 5A per c. Prof

IW.&N.W. of Franc,
Western of Austria..

liest. of Switzerland

all \Wiesbaden
all Do. Bp. cent. prof.
all Zeal and
London, England, 1857-04-25

`SALE OF F' INT-TOFK ARMS,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That sealed,
1 tenders, to be addressed to the " Under Secretary of State for
War, War Ogice, Pall-mall," and marked on the ontsble, "Tender
for Old Stores." will be re- dyed on or before the 7th day of May
next, for the following Flint-lock Ar, s, viz.:-
17,795 NIU:RQUETR of sorts.
69 CARBINES of ditto.
18 RIFLER.
These arms are arranged in 18 Lots, and may ha viewed on appli-
cation at the Storekeeper's Office, Tower, daily, between the h,urs of
10 and 4.

Separate prices must be tendered for each T.ot, and the whole will
he required to he paid for and removed, at the purchaser's expense,
within one week after the receipt of notice of acceptance of tender.
N.R.—No tender wit! be tak{ n into consideration except it be on
the printed form, which may be o',tained at the Storekeeper's Office,
Tower

'llrlll' GwYNT, for Director el Contracts.
Ira- Office, Pall-mall, 23d April, 1857,
London, England, 1857-04-25

Til E N, NDON, SATUR DAY EVEMIN (4, "APRIL 25, 1857.

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

LAW INTE4LIGENC4—(This Day.)

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COURT OF CRTIIIINAL APPEAL.

(Before Chief Justice Cockburn, Justices Coleridge and
Crompton, and Barons Martin and Willes )

IN THE CASE OF PITCHES-IMPORTANT TO PAWNBROKERS.

Mr. Munch appeared in this case, which was an ap-
peal from a conviction which took place at the last
assizes, befoni Mr. Baron Martin.. Tire learned c
said, in Decemberlaat, the irison'er, named Pitches, who
was a pawnbroker, residing at Preston, was taken before
the Justices of the borough to show cause why he did
not return a certain amo int of property that had been
deposited with Lim by a Mrs. HopoThod. Complainant
stated that she had deposited some sheets with Pitches for
the loan of 83., and requiring the articles she sent her
husband to his shop with the duplicate and the money
to redeem them. Oa Hopwood's return honie she
(Mrs. Hopwood) discovered that the whole of the pro-
perty pawned bad not been returned. She irnmodiately
applied to Pitches, and.he said he had given the whole
of the property to her husband. This the husband
denied, and proceedings were instituted against the, pri-
soner under the Pawnbrokers' Act, calling upon him to
show cause why be detained the property of Mrs. Hop-
wood. During the investigation the prisoner's attorney
banded up to the magistrates a p twnbroker's ticket,
which was said to be the one originally given to Mrs.
Hopwood, but it subsequently turned eat that it wag a
forgery, and Pitches was thereupon taken into custody,
tried for the offence, and found guilty. Mr. Monck con-
tended that the conviction ought to be quashed upon
several grounds, but principally because there was
no evidence that the duplicate had in fact ever
been in the possession of defendant, but that it Was
merely handed to the Justices by his attorney, and con-
sequently that circumstance did not not bring it within
the meaning of the act.

Mr. Justice Coleridge—So, if a person forges a certain
document, gives it to an attorney, and it is produced in
court, that is no forgery
London, England, 1857-04-25

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING.
PICCOLOMINI, GIUGLINI, BENEVENTANO, POCCHINI.
Opara—LA. TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Madlle. Piccolomini ; Alfredo, Sig. Giuglini.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda, Madlle. Poccbini.
For particulars, see bills.
A limited number of Boxes in the Half-circle Tier have been
specially reserved for th• public, and may be bad on applica-
tion at the Box-office, at the Theatre Colonnade, Haymarket.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
Madlle. ORTOLANI will make her first
appearance on TUESDAY NEXT, April 28, when will be
revived (first time these seven years) Bellini's Opera of
I PURITAN!,

Elvira, Madlle. Ortolani (her first appearance in England;
Arturo, Sig. Ginglini.

ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
LA TRAVIATA.
PICCOLOMINI, GI (MUNI, BEN EVE , T ANO, POCCHINI
EXTRA NIGHT, THURSDAY EVENING, April 3/
LA TRAVIATA.
Violetta, Mdlle. Piecolomini.
Ballet—LA ESMERALDA.
La Esmeralda, Mdlle. Poechini.

For particulars see bills.

A limited number of boxes in the Half Circle Tier have
been specially reserved for the public, and may be had on ap-
plication at the Box-office at the Theatre Colonnade, Hay-
market.
Price One Guinea and One Guinea and a Half each.
London, England, 1857-04-25

WAKEFIELD—Aram 24.

Fine wheat was is to 2s dearer, with a fair demon 4
Other sorts were also held for more money, but the Et
was very slow. Fine barley maintained its price. Bea"
oats, and shelling wero rather dearer,
Average prices of grain—Wheat, 53s 4 d ; barley,
10d ; oats, —a —d ; beans, Ns Od ; peas, —s
rye, —s. 01.
London, England, 1857-04-25

EXETER—AntiL 24.

CORN.—Wheat, 7s to 7s 3d; barley, 5s Od to 5s I'
grinding do., Os Od to Os Od. Oats, 3s Od to 3s *°'
Beaus, Os 041 to 0 Od. Peas, 00s Od to 00s Od.
FLOUR.—Fine, 40s Od to 42s Od ; seconds, 38s Od to 4°l
Od per sack.
CATTLE. —There was a full supply of bullocks. - 'Beetr
beef, from lOs Od to lls per score ; inferior, 9s 6d to lOs Pg.
score ; fat calves, 5d to s,id per lb ; barrenners, Os Od 'it
Od. per score ; cows and calveP, 121. to 161. Us ; butcher;
calves, Od to 741 per lb., rearinp. calves —s to 9 °co
sheep, ewes and lambs, 2/. Os to 21. 15s per couple; esseolmu
to 841; wetbers, 8d Bid ; lambs, —to 111 per lb.
large size, —s to —5 ; second size, —s to —s ; slips Ip,
to —s ; suckers, —s to —s. Rough fat, 4id per
Pork carcases from 10s 3d to lls 3d per score.

BRISTOL SUGAR—APRIL 24.
There has again been an excellent demand this week 6h
all descriptions of sugar, but in West India we are
out any transactions to report, owing to the total abse',o
of a supply : in Mauritius about 7,000 mats grocer, st,
have been disposed of, chiefly from 53s 6d to 56s for Of
mon, and 57s to 50s for crystallised qualities, which is
ther dearer. Floating—four cargoes are reported. for
Refiners' produce of all kinds finds a ready sale, both
immediate and forward delivery, at again rather higher
prices.
In ruin a parcel of Tobago for arrival has been sold, I°6l
terms and price have not transpired.

'a.—APRIL 24.

the close of the market.

Wallsend, ico. a.
0
' Framwellgate l5 0
Eden Main l6 5
' iouth Hatton 17 6
itewart's . 11 9
Cassop 15
A 3
"Hartlepool Hutton ....•••13 9
Elilda
Kepler Grainge ... l6 9
Lumley 10 9
Pensher 156
Haswell 1 e 6
Hatton li 0
0
Plummer l6l
Carad0e..,,,............••• 6 0
Sealiam ..... :
166 ; sold, 116.
London, England, 1857-04-25

Bobtail Ashworth, Newclinrch. Rossendale, Lnnosebire,
cotton spinners—T. Bowden, W. Berry, T. Wragg, And
J. Harper, Stockport, Chcshiro, cotton waste spinners--
W. J. Stevens and G. Stevens, Norwich, ironmongers—
E. Morris and A. B. Itve, Banlsory, Oxfordshire, surge?"
—W. It. Nield and W. B Oram, Addle-street, City,
wholesale shirtmakers—T. Herbert, W. Herbert, J. Her-
bert, and T. Gauntlet, Nottingham, lace manufacturFrs+
so far es regards T. Gauntlet—W. H. Fell and T. Smith,
St. Agnes-terrace, and. Wood-street, Old-street-road,
carvers—B. Hill and J. W. Adams, Manchester, fen!
merchants— It; Newton and W. H. Thomas, Bristol, 005'
merchants—H. J. Waring and E. W. Norris, Wells-
street, Oxford-street, window glass cutters—J. Isaacson
and R. Tattersall, Clare, Suffolk, and Newmarket, Cam-
bridgeshire, auctioneers—J. Dobson and J. Bailey, Womb-
well, Yorkshire, ironfounders—l. Gott and T. Solt,
Newton Heath, Lancashire, ironfounders.

BANK OF
An Account pursuant to the Act
the Week ending on Saturla:

&NGLAND.
ith and Rth Victoria, cap, 32, fOr
r, the 18th day of April, 1857.
►ETMENT.

ISSUE DEP,
A 1
Notes Issued .. 23,383,965'

A
Government debt .... 11,015,100
Other securities...... 3,459,90°,
Gold coin and bullion 5,908.965
Silver bullion ........

$23,383,965

£23,333.90
.. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Dated the 23d day of April, 185-

BANKING DE
Propriotors' capital 14,553,000
Rest 3,253,687
Public deposits (in-
cluding Exchequer,
Commissioners of
National D ebt, Sav-
ing's Banks, and
Dlvidend Accounts) 4,851,464
Other leposils 10,663,410
Seven Day and other
Bills •• •• •• •• 761,966

?AETMEIPT.

Government securities

(includg.Dead Weight
Annuity) ..
Other securities."... 16 404,351,
. 3 649.21,
(1)1d and silver coin.. 696,741

.434,083,46 i

f.. 34,083.461
M. MA.RSIIALL, Chief Caskicr.
,7.

Dated th. 231 day of April, 185

CB OF SUGAR.
London, England, 1857-04-25

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AS WE ARE, AND AS WE OUGHT TO'BE.
A few Strictures on gnorance. Fducation, and Crime ; or
the Demoralising Rezults of m awkish .zPntimentality.
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Printed and published by W. Wright, Fu7wood's Pent=, Holborn.

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London, England, 1857-04-25

DEPARTURE OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE

The Golden Fleece, the pioneer ship of the jilu.
afin
ropean and American Company, left Southamp ;on
yesterday for South America. She took out TOO
7tooripsaost:ecnaglos,, Ba3h,oeoaov/y.
minailgoflrdo
front
oSrh e i s Hamburg,
the
Rioth Ba
finest
screw sat
large ship ma.l from England.
Aa nr
ny esr
isctape.at mh
at
Sher,ee
vawen ho
ill cfaatsl
ltthah b
ote
LEinsegbs
English
a Lisbon,
ann, c
Bahia,
shoresamm
hi.aodfao anr tdsi
Per-
nambuco nambuco on her way to Rio do Janeiro. Amongst
her ship mails are bags for the River Plate and the
Falkland Islands. Since the Golden Fleece has
come into the possession of the European and.
American Company, she has been refitted awl re-
decorated. Her cabins and magnificent saloon are
warmed with a hot-water apparatus of American
invention ; this will prove a great luxui7- to South
American passengers coming from the warm clim.as
of Brazil to England. The Golden Fleece is com-
manded by Captain Hall, who was the commodore
of the General Screw Company's fleet. The Queen
of the South will be the next of the European and
American Company's ships to cross the Atlantic.
She will be bound for New Yolk. The Indiana
will follow her to the same place. After her the
Hydaspes will be the next ship of this company's
fleet to leave Soutlumpton on Wednesday for New
York ; she took out 70 passengers. The screw
steamer Leopold 1., belonging to the Belgian Royal
Mail Company, left Southampton also on
Weanes-
day for New York. She took out 500 passeng..es3
a Belgian mail, and a very large cargo, chiefly tram
Antwerp. The Duke of Brabant, another steamer
belonging to the Belgian Royal Mail Company,
will shortly be completed, and two others are
building, which will give the Belgian company a
I fleet of six screw steamers.

IRON SCREW VESSELS AND THE W HALE FLSHING •
On Tuesday afternoon Messrs. Palmer, Brothers, o
Jarrow-on the-Tyne, launched a stoutly-built iron screw
steamer of 500 tons, for Mr. A. G. Robinson, of Lon-
eon, which will be employed in the *bale trade.
London, England, 1857-04-13

SEEDS.

Cloverseed meets a slow rale, on rather lower terms.
Trefoil is steady. Caearysoed realises barely former
prices. Linseed is in limited request, and late rates are
barely maintained. Cakes colllmand very little attention.
Mnstardsmi is in fair demand ; but in other articles very
littre is doing. -
Tamtp,wntte; per bush. 215 to

A;iede 211 225.
Lusi•srd, 8r0wn...... 20s 225
White, new...... 105— 128
Tares,Wlnter,new.... 6s Od 750 d
Canary, per quarter •• 685 709
Rye grass (new) ...... 399 4 fa
Clover,RedEng. (cwt.) 549 • 80.
White ....... 625• 763
Foreign Red...". 641 78s
(QB, 725,
Trefoil, nevi......;... 2fi3. 323 j

Carravray .... 401 42s
Mriander •• .• •• • • 22s 24s
IlemNeed , per quarter 41s 44s
Linseed, Eng. Sowing•• 702 72s
... Crushing • • •• ** 56' 68s Baltic —s —8
Odessa .......... 65s 668
Linseed Cake, pr. ton—
"' English .. ...10/ hs 101 10s
Foreign, par ton 91 lOs 10. lOs
Rape Cakes, per ton 61 Os 61101
4 liapeseed, pr qr. ...... 808 84s

TALI W.

...
Oar market has bumps steady, and prices are rather on
the advance. To-day P.Y.C., on the spot, is selling at 53s
tid per cwt. For forward delivery the quotation is 535.
No alteration in•town tallow..
. .

1854.
London, England, 1857-04-13

IRELAND.

DOWN (COUNTY)—CLosE OF THE POLL.
Lord A. ... 5,915
Forde .. 5,316
Mr. Kerr ... ••• ...3,646

KILKENNY (COUNTY).

Ellis

Green
Mostyn.
Shea ...

... 2,587
... 1,620
... 1,315
... 1,034

KING'S (COUNTY).
Messrs. O'Brien and Bland have been returned.

RENSALL GREEN.

A correspondent of a morning contemporary says :
" On Good Friday I went to pay a tribute of respect and
affection to one long departed. In approaching the tomb
I found a large assemblage of persons collected, whose
behaviour and language were little suited to the solem-
nity of the place. The ground strewed with oranges,
&c., laughter, and opinions of those who slept
quietly there jarred on the feelings of those who
went to
weep, to pray. I ask you is this fit, is this seeming in
a Christian country ?
"The cemetery of Pere la Chaise is not looked on as a
tea-garden, unjust remarks on the dead are not heard,
decency is observed ; but with us, bow different !"

THE SHIP BOANERGES.—The emigrant ship Boaner,,,geri,
Capt. Sedgwick, which took the ground on Friday
morning, on the eastern side of the outer basin of the
Great Western Docks, at Plymouth, when being piloted
into dock, was floated off by the next tide on the same
day, having sustained little damage, and making no
water.

BAL3ION FISHING IN TEM NORTH OF EI7ROPE.-A COT-'
respondent of the Field says :—" I venture to send you
the result of twelve consecutive days' remarkable fishing
(omitting the Sunday) ; and as I saw every fi.h
killed and weighed, I can vouch for the following statf-
meat :—Colonel A. Fraser and Captain J. Grant
in the 12 days 151 salmon with the fly, and, with the
exception of three or four, they were all clean &h. They
fished from the banks of the same river, taking different
sides on alternate days, and so even did they fish, that
Colonel Fraser killed 76, weighing 7501b5., and 'Captain
Grant, 75, weighing 7461bs.—being 151 fish, of the ,
tstal weight of 1,496:b0.. I also saw Captain Grant kill I
17 salmon in one morning with the same fly, which was I
tied by that skilful artist Eratt. I omit the name of the
river, as I have no wish to add to the number of those
already ruined in thesenorthern regions by giving them
publicity. 7
London, England, 1857-04-13

Antwrp &Rotterdam
Ardennes.
Belgian East. Janet.
Be ziers to Graissessac
Carmeaux& Toulouse
Coal Mines and Ry
Dutch Rhenish
eastern of France
Do. New
Euphrates Valley
Gt. Central of France
Great Luxembourg
•Italian Junction
take Const. & Bale
; erre and Turnhout
Lombardo-Venetian
Lucca & Pist.sp.c.p.
Lyons and Geneva
Lyons & Nediterran.
Maria Antc,:la
Do. New
Namur & Liege
Do. do. 6 p. c. Pref.
Northern of France
NorwegianTrnk. Pre
riaris and Lyons
Paris and Orleans
-teen & San Fran

(lOernam.) g. 7 p. e.
lome and Frascati
Royal Danish
IRoyal Swedish
Sambre and Meuse
)o. 52 per cent. pref
;Southern of France
IWest Flanders
Do. 5i per c. Pref
W.e.e:N.W. of France
Western of Austria.

all IWest. of Switzerlaud
all Wiesbaden
..........
all Do. Sp. cent. pref.
all Zealand.....,
London, England, 1857-04-13

DUBLIN, APRIL 10

Our market this morninc, was exceedingly dull. Wheat
scarce, at the rates of last week. Oats much depressed,
and the turn cheaper. Barley also very dull, at prices in
favour of the buyer. Oatmeal sells in a retail way at last
week's rates. In foreign wheat or Indian corn no trans-
actions reported, but holders would take less money to
effect sales. Bakers purchase flour to meet their daily
wants at prices rather under those of Friday.
White wheat, 31s Od to 343 Od ; red ditto, 29s Od to 32s
Od ditto new, —a; barley, malting, 16s to 25s 6d ; grind-
ing, 15s to 20s Oct ; oats, old, lld to 13s ; ditto, new, —s
Od to 15s Oct; oatmeal, 13s to 14s 6d; bere, new, 16s to 18s
Od ; rape, • d, 303 Od to 328 Od per brl ; flour' 18s
6,1t0 25s 01 per ewt; Indian corn", 3!s 01 to 37a 0,1 per
480 lbs.
London, England, 1857-04-13

THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OFloYalnUEATnHvmelAoepNDde,iefoaM,llA3TreTsrtlaßamltTrissY,e.
d Generative Debility, resulting
Just poutibltihsheecdu,
cute
eriocef Is.,ice rvPoosust ire:,
SELF-PRESERVATION.
y mysteries
r ~Aolafraf-
rom vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth
to manh^od, with practical observations on the Physiologymrlage in its social, moral, and physical relation, and ronarks on the
'wonder, of the Microscope in revealing the hidden
life within life,' and it utility in urinary examination in detecting
the cause and effect of every variety of these complahnts, With nume-
rous engravings and cases.
BY a. LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD SQUA.UE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall. London, &c., &c.
I he essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses,
which have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Men.
hood, and premature tle-Oay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of die age known to modern patho ogists its perusal is
particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their phys c. I c Widen, end who are conscious of having hazarded
the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled' . _ . ..

It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot "be violated with-
out incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret suc-
ceed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how those penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, • and, above all,
that there is sea cely any degree of plbstc..l infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure.
Publish. d by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster.row and may be
had of Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Horne, 19, Leicester-
square ; Gcrdon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; or from the Author, who
may be consulted dally„ from 11 till 2, and from 5 till 8, at his resi-
dence, s 7, Bedford equare, London.
The work may be bad in India, of Mr. Von Litzky, Loll Bazaar ;
Calcutta— lessrs. C. and .r. Hormusjee, Apollo-street; Bombay—
Circulator Office; Madras—Menissilite Office; Agra—Dodsworth ;
Colombo, Ceylon ; and of all Booksellers throughout the Colonies.
London, England, 1857-04-13

A GITER I TE'S

'y Mrs. T. F. STEWARD.

" Mrs. Steward's novel, of Marguerite's Legacy,' is a eever And
skilful composition— a well-constructed and well-told tale."—Spec-
tator.

Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors t) Henry Colburn.

• A FIELD OFFICER'S ACCOUNT OF BERMUDA.
Just published, in I vol. 8v0.., with aliiap and 8 Illustrations in

Llthotint, price I2s. 6d., cloth,

J ERMITDA, a COLONY, a FORTRESS, and a
PRISON; or, Eighteen Months hi the Somers Islands.

By a FIELD OFFICER.

" The Field Officer' has turned an eighteen months' residence in
Bermuda to a very good purpose. In an agreeable and lively sketch
of these islands, wh'ch constitute one of' the oldest of Brihsh Colo-
the ,he conveys a large amount of authentic information. The
details resrec'ing the convict system will be read with Interest"—
Morning Post.

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Complete in one volume, price 4s. Gd.,
THE BUTTERFLIES and STOUT-BODIED
MOTHS: form'ng the first volume of A MANUAL OF
BRITISH BUTTERFLIE S AND MOTHS:
By H. T. STAINTON,
Autho'r of "June: a Book for the Conntry in Summer Time."
London: John Van Voorst, 1, Paternos:er-row, B.C.
London, England, 1857-04-13

DEADENING WALLS AND CEILINGS.

Meti of ingenuity, lend us your ears. There is
no greater nuisance in modern houses than that of
the transmission of sound through parti-walls.
Any practical, inexpensive, and efficient means of
deadening sound will be a great boon. Solid walls
and• solid floors transmit sound in the highest de-
gree. The Metropolitan Building Act provides
that all parti-walls shall be solid, and of a certain
thickness in proportion to height and length. How
is the evil to be overcome ? " For eight years,"
writes a studious friend to us, " I have occupied a
house in London ; and, during the whole of this
time, there hive been neighbours having young
families. They are musical, and, I must confess,
labour most industriously at the scales : morning,
noon and night one or other child howls and
strums, apparently without making any pro-
gress." There is no objection to neighbours'
children learning music and singing : quite
the reverse ; but it is most objectionable
that walls should so readily transmit sound,
and render the young ladies' efforts so widely
known. Some persons always take a corner house,
so as to be free from such nuisance on one side at
least. Is there no remedy 7 The late Mr. Cubitt
hail some trouble at Balmoral with certain floors,
and remembered that in taking down an old palace
floor
(many years before), vast quantities of cockle-
shells fell out from betwixt the joists. These had
been used in plugging. The idea was acted upon.
Cockles were dredged, and brought : the shells
were cleaned, dried, and used, with beneficial
effect. The cellular spaces thus produced absorbed
sound. Some highly cellular texture may be ap-
plied to walls, ceiling 4, and floors, which shall resist
fire and ordinary decay, allow of finish, and yet
deaden sound. Who is to invent and introduce
such materials ? They may patent the invention
and make a fortune, if they will only abate the
existing nuisance, and enable us to have uol id parti-
walls and fireproof floors without being compelled
to hear what is going on up stairs and in the next
house.—The Builder..

An extraordinary general meeting of the European and.
American Steam Shipping Company (limited) is called
for the 22d inst. It is proposed to increase the capital,
by issuing preference obareo.
London, England, 1857-04-13

DIED.

On the 9th inst., at the Castle, Parsontown, Ireland, '0(
Hon. John Parsons, second son of the Earl and Countess
Ross,
th°
On the 6th inst., at Bothwell Castle, Lanarkshire% i
Right Hon. James, Lord Douglas, of Douglas, aged 7%51
On the 10th inst., at Cheam, Henry Thomas, yollv.flisat'
son of the Hon. James and the late Lady Elizabeth
ton, aged 14.
Charles
on the 10th inst., at Flollycombe, Sussex, Sir Cll9"r
WOn the lltilliam Tayh
loinst.,3r Bart.,
Ir. George Hoby, of 123, ido-
aged 87. at'
street,
Berkeley-square, aged 33. 0
Onthe 12th inst., at Albert-street, Regent's-park, Co
mauder ames Wood R.N., aged 74.
On th J
11th inst.,
at l5, Glocester-square, Hyde-Ps'
James William Smith, Esq., aged 87.

LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUI 6
of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Mop 'lf
112, Strand, in the Precinct of the savoy, in the Ouji
of Middlesex, Monday, Aprill3, 185/.