The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-04 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1850

MONEY and COIII

CITY, QUARTER 70 THUEE.
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool ye.;terday were
10,000 bales, of which 1,000 American were taken
for export, and 3,000 on speculation. The market
close firmlyhe sales comprised 7,000 American
at 5i dd. llto 70., COO Perham, &c., at 60. to 7d., 1,500
I3ahta, at Cid. to 611.; 200 Eizyptian, 7:1-d. to Bkt;
and 500 SUrat, 4:1-d. to per lb.—Railway Shares
were again heevy at a further dtcline.
The sales f Wheat last week in the markets which ree
gulate the averages were 82,342 qrs., and of buley 47,556
quarters.
The intelligence from the continent seems this morn-
ing to offer no features of mercantile interest, but politi-
cally they read better, and the German question, it is
thought by pa:ties well acquainted with the movemeets
and policy of Austria and Prussia, will be satisfac-
torily arrangtd. The Danish advices are likewise more
promising.
In the Amsterdam Stock-market on the 2d lest. there
was more demand for home securities. Tho Dutch
Two-and-s-Ilelf per Cults. were 5.5 11-16 to 4. Spanish Stock was Clatter, Portuguese firm, and in South Ame-
rican not much was dome.
The agitation of the question of railway audit, upon
the necessity of which all are agreed, though there
difference of opinion as to the moat advisable form, led
receetly, at a meeting if the proprietors of one if the
!hAustralas;au banks, to the mooting of the question wht -
er an audit was not expedient likewise for joint-stock
Dank', and although the motion made in that
particular instence pas not supported, vi
are far f, oin heing satisfied that t @cause the
Bank of England, &c., are not under suck a restriction
the other establishments should be free from it. Ter-
mentable instances of loss from mismanagement and
otherwise, are patent to all who hare ever inquired into
the matter, and we agree with the writer of the fol-
lowing litter, addressed to the editor of the Bankers'
Idaglzine, except that we think the shareholders them-
selves could do all that is requisite, if they only over-
came any false idea of delicacy towards tue di-
rectorates. The writer observes:—"Recent events
In railway matters have brought before the
Public
ein the necessity
audit b g in of a Government, or other
rectors instituted as a check on their board of di-
whicor ; •and I am only surprised that the disasters
h have befallen joint-stock banks in England since
1836, should not have been more seriously noticed by
the public ; and that proprietors (who, by the way, are
embarked in these concerns to the fullest extent of their
fortunes) do not insist upon having the accuracy of
their yearly and half.yeariy accounts tested by a public
accountant, or auditor duly appointed for this purpose.
"No person can deny that the Msrylebone Bank,
the Bank if Manchester, the Northern and Central
Bank, the North of England Bank, the Royal Bank of
Liverpool, and many others, have smashed, in conse-
quence of mal-administration and dishonesty on the part
t f their directors and managers ; and if a wholesome
check, in the way of an independent audit' of the
accounts of these concerns had been imposed by the
Government at the period of their foundation, the de-
plorable exposures since brought to light by the Parlia-
mentary Commissions of Inquiry would never have been
known.
" The law reports of the present day show us the
dangers awaiting the private fortunes of each and every
individual who has the misery to be, at the time of
its failure, a partner, or in the most remote degree con-
nected with it as a shareholder ; and I cannot therefore
agree with you in your arguinent, that because all the
great banks have been managed without having separate
audits, that the modern and newly-instituted joint-stock
banks of England and the colonies are safe without this
Wholesome chock having been established between them.
The Back of England, the Bank of Ireland, and the
Bank if Scotland have very large paid-up capitals, and
are incorporated by royal charter ; and the rules fur
their government are so laid down, that they
are bound under a penalty of a, fur feiture of
their privileges, if they at any time fail to conduct their
several matters according to the strict rules of their deed
of incorporation. This deed provides for the amount of
capital, the election and re-election of directors, the
qualification of voting at elections, &c., &c.; and it is
just these very points which are of the most vital conse-
quence to the future prosperity of a bank, but which are
&linen, if not wholly, neglected. Let an unprejudiced
maa of business take up the reports which are annually
put forth by various banking establishments in this
Country, and say if, from the statements therein con-
tained, he could in any way pronounce whether things
'were going on rightly for the shareholders and the public,
or whether the things were only being made pleasant'
for the directors and their friends."
The English Stock market is extremely quiet again,
but one or two money purchases strengthened Con-
sols, which were done at 96k when only 96 for Ac-
count. The premium on Exchequer-bills has teen 663.
to 68e., and on India Bends 90s.
In the Foreign Securities business has been tolerably
animated. Mexican have been fluctuating at 271 to 28-i.
It is stated that the amount, with interest, of
the next instalment of the indemnity money not yet
eisposed of will be about 1,750,000 dollars. The recent
failure of one or two large operators has been very da-
maging to this security. Peruvian Deferred Bonds have
been quoted 24, and the Active 68 to 68k. Spanish
Three per Cent,, have been 361; to 37; and Portuguese
Four per Cents. 32i. Buenos Ayres Stock has been 53
t'44. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 551.
Railmay Shares are exceedingly fiat, and a further de-
cline has occurred in the quotations,
he last week's Railway Receipts, ascertained up to
this (lay, are in round figures as under:—
North-W 1850.
estrrn
South-Western £39 690
10,147
Midland 20,613
Caleduhiah
4,324
North Staffordshire

1849.
40,032
8,741
20,351
4,908

BRITISH FUNSerSoTTltlhleSODffiAclia-lALTietOoNE
.4
96
iO;CLOCIE.
„s
8 per Cont. Consols Anns
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 160.-
___l6
Do. 30 Years, Expire Jan. 5, 1460 8 5
India Bonds under I,ooof 9O p
f' -
Consols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 1 rd. 2d.
Merck. June.
66 68 p
66 68 p
_ 66 68 p
- PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
13raxilian Bonds, 5 per Cent
Ditto New Bonds ,1829 and 1839 86%
Buenos Ayres Bonds, 6 per Cent
53
54
Ditto for the Account... .....
Dan:sh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent 69
Ditto, 5 per Cent
2%34 p
Ditto, Scrip
Mexican 80nt5,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons
Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons
Ditto for the Account .. ...
Peruvian Bonds, 4 per Cent 2B 2L% 277 k 2814
Ditto for the Account ...•
Ditto Deferred 682146%611 68%x d
• Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent —
Ditto 4 per Cent.
321/2
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 106%
Epanish Bonds, 5 per Cent l7
Ditto' for the Account ....
Ditto Passive Bonds...
Spanish Bonds,: per Cent,lB4o
Dividends on the above payable in Londo% n. 37
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
DDitto 4 Der Cent. Certificates
itto Bonds
I,IIINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SRA.RES AT ONli O'CLOCE
RAILWAYS. PAID. Pisa Sawa.
Aberdeen ..................... 59 ...... -- .. ... to
Ditto, Preference.... ......... Ei ...... -.. dis. .. to
Arnber., Notting., Boston, &c. 7% ...... -.. .... • to --
Ayrshire and Galleway ...... 11/2 ...... -- ...... to
tart and County Down .. 30 .. .. -- ...... to --
irks and Hants Extension tGt. West. Perpet.s per ct.) 6 ...... -- ..... to --
4irmingbani & OxfordJunct.,
calls duly pd, or with guar. 20 ...... .- •to
Do., withouta guarantee... 20 •
--- .....
.... ...... to --.
t irmingham,Wol.,& Dudley, -
calla duly, pd• or with guar. 15 .
--.. •• ••• to --
Do. without a guarantee... 16 ....
to --
Birnsing., Wol.. & •
Stour Val, 13/.1.417.. ..
...
llirkenhead, Lancashire, and •-- ...... to -...
Cheshire Junction ............ 23 ...... --
to --
Bristol and Exeter ............ 100 •
...... -- .......... to --
Dn., Thirds ...... ... ........ 33f •
...... die. ..
... to --
Calßuckinghamshire.. ............. 17% ...... ...... to
edonian ..................... 50 ..... 814...... te 8
Do., New 10/. Preference. 10 ..... ..... to --
Chest_ Ditto. Clydesdale Junction 50 ..... •
-- ..... to ---
er and Holyhead... ..... 50 ..... -- ....... to
Ditto, Preference ........... 15 ..... -- ~. ...
Direct London & Portsmouth 614. ......
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 40 ...... -- .... to --
nundalk and Enniskillen ... 30 ...... -- ...... to ...,
Lat Anglia, 251. L. & E.,
aid L. & D . ............. 25
-- ..... to .....
. DDitto, "I, E. lk li ....... 18 ... - ...... to --
o, 31. 13/1.'6 p. Ct. Pref. 3%
..... Do, 71.175., 7 per Ct. Prof. - ... ... to •-•••
Eastern Counties
... to ....
,1%
Do. New Pref., 6 per Cent lO
...... --
......
to 7.
Do. Exten.,s perct.No. 1,6/. 13s. 4d.. Do,, do p
..... .
N 0.2,61. 135. 4d... -- p ...... to -...
Do., Northern &Eastern... 50 ...... ...... to --
-- ...... to
Eastern Union, Class A (late --
Do., 5 per cent.
N 43 . •-•—
"•••• to --
Ditto, New
_

1,069/.
500/ —
Small .

E. U. Shares)
...... ...• 25
Ditto, ditto, Class A, ditto 6
Ditto, New
... .......... ... • 25
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per ct.) 20
East Lancashire .....
Do., New Quarters
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference
Quarter Shares OA — to
East Lincolnshire, guar. 6 per
Cent... .
Edinburgh and Glasgow BO — to
Ditto, Half Shares
Edinburgh and Northern
... 25
-- ...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2% — ... .. to
Exeter and Exmouth... 2ls.
Gresg., Dumfries, & Cerlisle..B/. 6s.Bd - ..... to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50 - .. —to
Gloucester and Dean Forest.. 121/2 — ...... to
Greatlcortliprn S:2
...... to --. DO. ii A Deferred ..... ••• 19% — ...... to
6 Der Cent. ..... 9 ',4 — •••... to
Do., 5 per Cent. Pref. ...... 12-1/2 — ..... to
Gt. South. & West. (Ireland) 50
Dito, Eighths .... •
.. ... 114..4 ...... to
Great .N ono of England 100 .220 . .... to Ditto New 404. .... .. .. 40
DiDitto, ditto . ... 35
Ditttto, raw 302.... ........
3, (.1 ...
o, New 15/...... . . ..... I. --- ...... to
G:eat
.ern,.. • . _IOO
Ditto,HalfShaie's. ...
.......
50
Ditto, Quirtiq Shares ''
DODitto, Fifths ......... ........ 'll
. NOW 174 ................. 15

lIIERCIAL NEWS., Hull and Selby l5O - ..... to -
Ditto, Half Slnres .. ...... 25 -
Ditto,Quarthr Shares ... 12% - ...... to -
Lanc,f.st...-r and Carlisle.... -... 59
Do., Thirds - ...... to -
Lancashire and Yershire lOO - -
Ditto Qtuf.rters 231,4 - ... to -
Ditto Fifths -
Ditto,. Thir4s ..... . -
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent lO - -
po. (Huclders. and Shell) 50 - -
Do., Westiticiing Union.- 1114..... 2t...:- to -
Leeds and Bradford 5O ..... 951,E to 96
Leeds and Thirsk ...-... ...... 50
Do.,do.,Prefer., 6 per Cent. 3%..« - -... to -.-
Ditto, ditto... - •••••• to - p
Ditto, ditto ..... ... No. 3 5 - to -
Do. Pref. Quarters, 1848... 9 - to -
Liverpool, Crosby, andSouth-
port.
London "& 81ackwa11......11/. 6s. 3d - ..... to -
Lend.,l;right.,& SoutliCoastloo ..... --to -
Do., New a, gua. O pr CLIO()
Do. Guaranteed fi per Cent. 9 . -
De. Preferential, 5 per Ct., 50 - .... to -
Ditto, ditto 1852 50 ..... - -
London and Gr..enwinh... 12/.155. 4d... - -
Ditto Pretesence 2O - -
London & North WeAern.....100...103% 1,• 1 103 to 10234
Do. New Quarters. l2 lol,i %',7i, % to -
Do. Fifths l2 ..... ll!",!4... to -
I'o. 40.. Sharec.....L. Sr M 40 - -
Do. 101. ... M. and B. (C.) 1 -
London and S. Western ......100 ..... 00% to 61%
Ditto, New 50/........ - ..... 421,4.-- - -
Ditto, New 40/ 34 - ...... to -
Do., New Preference -
Londonderr3- and Coleraine... 25
Do. Half Shares . ..... ..... 5 .. - .. ... to -
Londonderry:lnd Enniskillen 25 - ..... to -
Do.. Half Shares CA - ...- to -
L •westoff, guar. 4 i.er ct...... 20 - to -
Ditto (guar. 6 per cent.... 13 ...... - -
Manch Buxton, Sc Matlock 5 - to -
51anchr, Sheffield, and Linc.loo - to -
Ditto 4 Shares ( No. 1) ... 25 ...... - .. to -
Ditto, New 101. Preference 10 ...... 6% to -
Ditto, Man. & Lin. Union 41.25.... - dia to -
Midland..•••••• .... ..........100 .. ... 353/414 to -
Ditto, Consol. Preference...100 -
Ditto,:so/. Shares ..... ...... 30 ...... 2% 3 to 2%
Midland, ilirm., and Derby...lW ... .. 17 -
4lidland, Consol. Bristei and
Birmingham, 6 per cent.... 100 ......122,, to -
Midland, Bristol and Glouc. 42 ... .• - -
Ditto ditto 221.78. ... .. -
Ditto,ErewashVal., Pref... 50 - .....• to -
Midland, Leices. and Swan-
aington (8 per ct.gua.)....100 .... . - -
Midld. Great Western(lrish) 47% - ...... to -
Middlesbro' and Redcar. 6
per cent. guar. 5O - to -
Newcastle and Carlisle lOO ...... - -
Ditto Quarter Shares .-.... 25 ..... - -•
Newmarket -
Ditto Extension Scrip... 21. 12s. - -
Newport Abergy., and Here. 6 - de •••• to -
Newry and Enniskillen ...... 7 - ...:.• to -
Newry, Warrenpoint, and
Rostrevor .......... ........ 20 -
Norfolk lOO .....- - ..•••• to ---
Ditto New 20/. l5 .•..•• --- ..•••• to -
Ditto Extension ..... 29 - •••,.., to ---
Do. Do. 5% per cent 6 •• ••• - ...... to
Do. do. Waveney Valley.., 2 ...... -- ...... to ....
vorthern Counties Union - ...... to .-
North British .. - . ........ . 25
Ditto, Preference 5 - x. L.. tO -
North Staffordshire........... 1714 -
North Western •••••• 13% ••••• -- to -
txtord, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton - -
Preston sad: Wyre
25 ..,.... - ...... to
Do. Half Shares- (A) 10 ...... -- .... to
R.--
eading,Guildfd.,& Reigate 15 ...... 15 st.i ••• to ••••••
twyston and Hitchin
00. Shepreth Extension... % ..... •-• ~. ..-.
..•• ..„ Scottish Central - ..... to -
Scottish--
Midland .... ....... - ...... to - Ditto,New..... .... 22% ...... --- ...... to ---
SSrewebury and Birmingham 1314 - dia ... to --
Ditto, ditto, Class B. 9 - ...... to -
Ditto, New Guaranteed 8
••••• to VA
Shrewsbury and Hereford .. 5 - .. a• to --
Shrewsbury and Chester
(Nor. W. Ilin.) -
Ditto Halves, Ditto le ... .. - ...... to Ditto, Oswestry -
18%•••••• - ...... to --
Ditto (New)... - "'••• to .--
Ditto 8 per Cent. ?ref...-.
5106%
:-
Shropshire Union
South Devon ..
Ditto, Preference ...... -
tttooo
z-
-- ...... to -
South Staffordshire 81,( ..... -
. •• • ... to -
&nth Eastorn -
Ditto, No. 2.: 331 ...... - ...... to -
Ditto, No. 3. 3O -
Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 . -
south Wales ... 47 - to -•
south Yorkshire, Doncaster
and Goole l3 -• ...... to ---
•Aheflield, Rotherham. and
Goole ,N D )Gna. 5 peret. 18% ..... ..... to -
Do. do. (South Div.) 5 - „ ..... to ...
Swans. and Loughor and Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal ..... .... . 8
to -
Taw Vale Extension •••••••• 8 ........ - ••...• to -
Thames Haven Dock and
Railway . 7% - to -
Vale of Neath - -
Waterford and Kilkenny 2O ...... -
Waterford and Limerick.... 47%..... --
Waterford,Wexiord,Wieklw,
and Dublin - •••• • to -
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... 5O ....•• --- -
Do. do. do.
Do. do. do. - -
West Cornwall 7% -
•Vbitehaven and Furness lB N. .. •-• ....• to .--
Windsor, Staines, and South
Western... . ............. - to -.
Wilts,Somerset,&Weymouth 1:0 -
t ork, Newcastle, and Berwick 26 12,541i 12 to 123
Do.",and Newcastle Exten. 20
Do. G. N. E. l'ur. or Pref. V -
Do.llartlepeol Lk. Sc Ely. 100 - -
fork and North Midland .. so -
Ditto. Preference lO - to -
FOREIGN HALLWAYS.
Anglo Italian (late Italian
and Austrian) ...... E. - to -
Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ..... - -
Central of France ( Orleans
and Vierzon) ........- ..... 20 -
Demerara. ............ ........... 17% --.
Dutch Rhenish
Um Indian ••• 5
Ditto
-- •••••• to -
Great Indian Peninsular 6 ....•• - ...... to -
Do. Do 1 - to -
Louvain ala Sambre ......... 7% - ...... to -
Luxembourg
8 •...•• -- -
Ditto ......
10 •• ••• -. -
61adrid and Valentia - • ... to ....,
Namur and Liege........ 29
••• •• -
Northern of France l6 ..... - ....• to -•
Orleans and Bordeaux ... -
Paris and Orleans....
Paris and Rouen .. ...... ..... 20 - ••...• to --
Paris & Strasbourg ..... ..... 13 -
R. 11.212 and Havre ........ .••••. 20 •••••• ••••• -
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Bale ..... ...... 14 , - to -
Tours & Nantes ... . .. 13 - ...... to --.
foumav, Jurbise, Linden,
and fla.”elt .. ~•. .• 20 ..... -- •••••• to --
West Flanders
83/a - ........ to -
JOINT STOCK 'BANKS.
Australasia - x.d to -
British North American - ...to -•
i3olonial
CAnmereial of London - -
London Joint Stock •..- lO -
14.)xclon and Westminster... 20 -• -
National Provincial of Engld. 35 -
Ditto, New - ...... to -
National of Ireland - ..... 22% - ....• to -
Provincial of Ireland -
Ditto, New - ..... to -
Union. of Australia - •• •• to •--
Ditto, New - to -
Union of London ....... . ..-. 10 -
Union of Madrid 4O - ..... • to --

MINES.

kng 1 o Mexican —loo— .••••• -- 00000 t 0 .....
Asturian
Australian ... 4 - ....“ to —..
Barrossa Range 2Bs. — •• •••• to ....
Blaenarvon Iron and Coal - •• to --.
Bolanos Scrip -
British Iron -
Brazilian Imperial ••••• ..... 2414......
Ditto Cocaes and Cuisba... 39 -
Ditto St. John Del Rey ... 15 -
Cobre Copper - ••• •• to
General ,.....••• 2$ .....• ..•••• t
Real del Monte, Unregistered ..... .. ... to
Do. Black Debentures — - am •••• to
Do. Red Debentures ..... ....
Santiago de Cuba. lO ••• ••• ••• .to
United Mexican ....... 29% —.• ..• to .—.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL 4.—Wind S.W., fresh breeze and
Equally, with rain at times.
DEAL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Sir Thomas
Gresham, Walmsley, China. Arrd. from the River, Ra-
milies, Hobart Town; Emma Cohen, Shanghae; Can-
dahar, Adelaide, South Australia; ISfunez, Gambia;
Princess Victoria, Cape of Good Hope; Santa Anna,
Havannah; El Dorado, New York; Bachelor and Ed-
mond, Quebec; Deva, ditto; Perthshire, St. John's,
New Brunswick.
COWER, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Ursus Minor,
Mickleson, New York. Sid. Blenheim, Hobart Town.
FALMoUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.S.W., strong breezes.
—Arrd. John Johnston, Jansen, Pernambuco; Reseda-
cion, Fabugas, Havannah, for Antwerp.
LuziontraL—Arrd. Sarah Ann, Liverpool, from St.
John's, New Brunswick, making water.
FALMoUTII, APRIL 3.—The Argo has been surveyed
and commenced landing her cargo.
CASTLF.TowN, MARCH 30.—The Candace, of Shields,
cut 124 day', Was spoken 23d inst., short of provisions
and water, and supplied by the Margaret, arrived here.
BELFAsir, APRiL 2.—The Preston, Dundalk to Glen-
gall, struck on the Cannon Rocks on the night of the
30th ult., and has become a total wreck; crew drowned.
PoRTSMoUTII, APRIL 3.—Wind S. to S.Wsqually.
—Arri'. Betsey, Atkinson, Messina, for Sr.t Peters-
burgh, with sails split, and to stop a leak above her
waterline.
MILFORD, A rm. 2.—The Swift, of Exeter, wa towed
into 7,,..;e 'toad, yesterday, distnasted. A ship,s totally
dismasted, was seen of the harbour last night, and must
have dril
le led towards the Wicklow Banks. Wind S.S.E.,
rave r
MILFORD, NEAR RAMELTOW, APRIL 2 --The Earl of
Kingston smack went on shore 30th ult., on J3allyina.
toeenStrand, in Loughswelly, but is expected off if the
weather moderates.

LONDONDERRY, APRIL 2.—The liars, of Ball:Raw,
f)r this port, sank on the 29th ult., near Dunaff Head,
with her masts visible above water; crew saved.
PETFAIIRAD, APRIL l .—Part of the stern of a vessel
with " Marse Packet, of Sunderland " painted on it in
yellow letters, was washed oh shore yesterday at BA-

dam. A Lag and a board painted "Forster Smith,"
aid an oar branded " William Grant," hare washed on
shore also.
QUEENSTOWN, APRIL I.—Wind E.S.E.; very strong.
—Arra. Sr. Auointr, Aux Cayes; Fortunato, Blirat elle;
Raguser, Agt nori,,r; Moxtay, Careinha.
STRANGFORD, APRIL t.—The reported on shore
in Cloughty Bay on the 30th ult., proves to be tho
Peggy, Liverpool to Aberdeen. but will be got off :after
uischarging. A schooner ,unk on the Reef in Cloughty
Bay, supposed to be the Prestor, of Belfast, as a pieco
of hoard so nae•;, and a box of seamen's clo hes, marked
"Robert Colvin," or "Robert Cottirel" btu washed on
shore; also a corpse.
BRISTOL, ArRIL 3.—Wind S.W., strong.—Arrd. Kit?,
Smythe, China ; Susan, Penton, Demerara; Lucy, P.
Cherry, Barbadoes.

LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. Ellen, lledi-
field, It7o Grande; Hero cf. Sidon, Spence, New Or-
leans; Urgect, Pollock, Charleston. Off pop', Bt zor
and Isabella. Sld. Woodsrock, Quelier; Tam O'zlhant, r,
ditto; Fidelia and Iva,ihoe, New York; Breadalbane,
Chaleo, Valparaiso. Put back, Earl of Loris-
dale, Itto Janeiro, ai 200 sailors who were on board,
and entered fir thy- Brazilian nary, reti.e I to proceed.
4th, 10 30 A Sr., Tan John E. skiddy, hence to New
York, a al driven on shore, Ist instabt on the coast of
Wexford, supposed near Glasscarrick. The master,
mate, and part f crew remained on board ; :passonge, s
and remainder of crew have landed. The wat-r is up to
her-second deck.

BEAUMARIS, APRIL 3.—The Wilton Las got off shore
and proceeded for Liverpool. The Emmet, Irwin to
Hartlepool, and the Victoria, for Liverpool, have got off
.'hore and hauled iota deep water, bfrer discharging.
The Robert and Mary, of Aberystwith; the Mercury,
Cardiff to Liverpool; and the John, of Bideford; have
been on shore, and must discharge, having received
considerable damage.
SHEILDS, APRIL 3.—A schooner, said to belong to
Thurso, is on the Hood Sand; crew saved.
LONDON, APRIL 4.—The Mereir, sailed from Car-
diff 27th September last for Bremen, and has not since
been heard of.

HARWICH, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W.—Sid. Quebec, for
Quebec; Woliscove, Quebec; Aurora, St. John's, New
Brunswick; Amazon, St. John's, Now Brunswick; La-
tons, Sr. Andrew's, New Brunswick.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
NEWGATE AND LEADENEALL.
A very inactive demand was experienced to-day, at
barely stationary prices. Beef, from 2s 2d to 3s 2d ;
Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal,
3s to 3s 10c1 ; pork, 3s to 4s per 81bs, by the carcase.
SAY 714.11.710LET5.
SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 21 8s to 3110 s; Clover
ditto, 31 Os to 41 lOs ; and Straw, 11 is to 1/ 8s per
load. Trade very dull, at barely stationary prices.
CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 10s to 31125; Clover
ditto, 3/ Os to 4/ 7s; and,Straw, 1/ 2s to 1/ 9s per
load. Both Hay and Straw moved of} slowly at our
quotations.
WIIITECHAPEL. Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 3/ 10i ;
Clover ditto, 3/ Os to 4/10s; and Straw. 1/ 2s toll 9s per
load. A full average supply, and a dull trade.
MEAT MARMETS.
SOUTHALL, APRIL 3.—We had a very dull market
to-day, and last week's prices were with difficulty sup-
ported. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d;
Lamb, 5s to 6s ; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to
3s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
ROMFORD, APRIL 3.—Prime Beasts and Sheep sold
at full prices, bnt all other kinds of stock were heavy.
Beef, from 3s to 3a 8d; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 4d; Lamb,
5s to 6s; Veal, 3s to 3s 8d; and Pork, 3s 2d to 3s 6d
per 81bs. Suckling Calves, 18s to 25s ; Quarter-old
Store Pigs, 16s to 21s ; and Milch Cows, with their
small Calf, 141 to 181 each.
LEWES, APRIL 2.—Our market ruled inactive, on the
following terms :—Beef, from 3s 2d to 4s ; Mutton,
3s 6d to 4s 6d; Lamb, 5a to 5s 6d ; Veal, 3s 2d to
as 6d per 81bs.

CORN AVERAGES.
GENERAL AVERAGE PRICES OF BRITISH CORN
Forthe Week ended Maros 28, 1850, made up from the Returns of the
Inspectors in the different Citiesand Towns snExgland and Wales
per Imperial Quarter.
WIIEIT. I BAILLIT. OATS. I I
EYE. I ELAM TEAS.
PRICEI 37e 9d 23s Gd I 158 2cl 21s 7d 1 233 10d 253 3d

DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN.
',HEAT. EARLEY. I OATS. I RYE. I BEANS. I TEAS.
18 Od Is Oct Is Od Is Od Is Od Is Od

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCHELL.)
MANSELL AND ANOTHER V. GRAYSTONE.
This was an action to recover the sum of 161. for goods
sold. The plaintiffs are grocers in the city, and the de-
fendant is a chemist at Chateris, Cambridge.
There was no defence to the action. The defendant
in a letter had, however, given a curious reason for non-
payment, which was, that the agreement between them
was that the first order should be paid on the second
order being given, and he intended to bind them to that
strictly, but as he did not want any more goods at pre-
sent the amount was not due, but he had often times tic-
terwards promised to pay.
TLe jury gave a verdict for the amount.
This was the only case tried.

MANSION-HOUSE-(THIS DAY.)
A WHOLESALE THlEF.—Francis Jervis was brought
before Mr. Alderman Gibbs upon remand, charged with
having stolen a time-piece, a watch, and other articles
from Mr. Watney's distillery at Battersea, the property
of various persons employed about that establishmeLt.
There were also other charges of stealing a bed-quilt
and a bird, which showed that the prisoner had car-
ried on en extensive series of depredations from every
house he visited. Many articles had been traced to dif-
ferent pawnbrokers; but there was reason to suppose
that there were many others of which no trace could be
discovered. More than twenty duplicates were found in
his possession. The prisoner was fully committed.

the house, some more angry words ensued between them,
and the complainant snatched up a basket in which she
had been packing her things, and thrtiw it at her heed,
which cat her eye severely, lie the❑ !psct a table and
broke a plate which helot ged to her, and she smanhed
plate of his to be quits with him ; but this she did on
the fender, and not over his head, as he had sworn. in
self-defence also she did take the sword-stick from be-
hind the door and strike the complainant ; but he soon
wrenched it from her, and with it violently chastised her
about the body and legs. He also nearly tore all the
clothes off her back.

A fine intelligent boy, sem of the prisoner, whom she
called, deposed to tieing present during the quarrel, and
corroborated his mother's statement as to the complain-
ant's throwing the basket at h.r, adding that before any
blows were struck the complainant had threatened to
knock his (witness's) mother's " b- teeth down her
throg.”

A son of the complainant himself also proved on b'-
half of the prisoner, that he saw his fither (the corn-
phinant) striking the prisoner with the sword-stick,
and threalening to murder her, and that he vas at-
tracted to the houso by bearing the prisoner shouting
murder.

Mr. BURRELL was of opinion that the assault had bean
mu,ual, and discharged the prisor.e', hut ordered that
both the complainant arid the prisoner should be bound
over in their recognizances in the suns of 20/. to keep
the penes each towards the other, for six months.

MAGAZINES, &c.— (CONTINUED).

NEW MONTHLY.
The New _Monthly again opens with some verses by
Leigh Hunt. The anecdote which they celebrate is
so well worthy of attention, and it is here so grace-
fully narrated, that we gladly transcribe it entire :
TUE LIT'T'ER GOURD.
INECIIIEED TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.
BY LEIGH HUNT.
" Grace," in good troth. ranown'd for that rare art
Call'd Perfect Tact (if it indeed be art
Viihose shill implies an all-embracing heart),
Behold,—in Lokman's lord,—the only thing,
In all ho did, beyond thy compassing;— •
In Lokman's self,—the spirit more than free,
Which thou hadst shown as well, had'st thou been he.

Lokman the Wise, therefore the good (for wise
Is but sage good, seeing with final eyes),
Vas slave once to a lord, jealous though kind,
Who, piqued sometimes at the man's master mina,
Gave him, one day, to st e how he would treat
So strange a grace, a haur gourd to eat.
With simplest reverence, and no surprise,
The sage reecivid sir( tcli'd the donor's oyes;
And, piece by piece, as though it had been food,
To !etst and gloat on, erery morsel chewed;
And so stood eating, with his patient beard,
Till all the nauseous favour disappear'd.
Vex'd, and confounded, and dispos'd to find
Some ground of scorn, on which to ta.e his mind,
" Lokman!" exelaim'd his master,—" In God's name,
How can a slave himself become so tame?
have all my favours been bestow'd amiss?
Or could not brains like thine have saved thee this?"
Calmly stood Lokman still, as duty stands.—
" Hare I receir'd," he answer'd " at thine hands
Favours so sweet they went to mine heart's root,
And could I not accept one bitter fruit 7"
" 0 Lokman!" said his lord (and as he spoke,
For very love his words in softness broke),
" Take but this favour yet:—be slave no more:—
Be, as thou art, my friend and counsellor:—
Oh he; nor let me quit thee, self-abhored;—
'Tis I that am the slave, and thou the lord."

* See the ground-work of the story in D'Herbelot, and
other Eastern authorities. Lokman has sometimes been
called the Arabian /Esup; and sometimes thought to have
been ./Esop himself.
Horace Smith's "Musings in my Study" are con-
tinued. A quotation from Fulton, to the effect that
"as there are many wayside flowers scarcely worth
gathering individually, which would nevertheless
contribute to the value of a nosegay, so do spring up
in the mind many thoughts of trifling separate value
which may be well worth collecting into a posy, "
forms an appropriate motto for the collection. Of
these "Musings" the most amusing is on "The
Metempsychosis," or the supposed transmigration of
human souls into the bodies of lower animals, as
asserted by Pythagoras. Some of Mr. Smith's meta-
morphoses are exceedingly happy. He suggests, for
example, that " worldly priests might be converted
into hawks, which only fly heavenward in pursuit of
prey ;" " anglers would exchange the amusement of
the rod for the anguish of the hook ;" " fox-hunters,
metamorphosed into hunted foxes, should be allowed
the daily privilege, after a desperate run, of being in
at their own death while authors, and more espe-
cially critics, realising the nickname sometimes be-
stowed upon them, and converted into real book-
worms, should pass their lives in defacing the leaves
by which they are supported, and constantly picking
holes in the works before them." An article on
" Literature and the Exhibition of 1851 " laments
that, while princely patronage and public encourage-
ment are being (so justly) awarded to scientiffc and
artistic labourers, men of literature arc still unrecog-
nised and unrewarded. In this article it is truth-
fully remarked, " Those who stand on the high
places of the earth scarcely understand what
real necessity, what actual s.uffering means. They
dream not what it is to a noble mind to be obliged,
like the worms, to crawl upon the earth for nourish-
ment, because it has not strength to endure famine.
Life moves around them with so much grace and
splendour, and beauty, that they drink of life's sweet
wine and dance in a •cheering intoxication. They
find nothing within them which can enable them to
understand the real sufferings of the poor." On the
subject of the proposed Exhibition, we find the fol-
lowing excellent and, unfortunately, correct observa-
tion as to the scanty reward apportioned to those to
whom honour is really due
" This gorgeous silk, that graceful and various tinted
shawl—the one from Howell and James's, the other from
Everington's—are laid before the eyes of a thousand
eager admirers; nine hundred and ninety-nine out of the
thousand go their way, commenting and expatiating on
their beauties, and praising their elaborate elegance and
exquisite workmanship, and highly commending those
whose wealth or capital has enabled them to offer such
articles of refined luxury to the public gaze, as to admire
them on the persons of those who have means to possess
them. Not a thought, however, not a care is vouchsafed
to the artisan who has laboured to produce such trea-
surer, or is one word of grateful praise bestowed
on the designer or the workman. No; from the shops
I have named, or any .others, they are said to have
come; what more is required? Not a single
syllable is uttered of where obtained—by whom pro-
duced? Suffice, there they are to be purchased by
money and worn for the admiring world. And so is it
from the beginning to the end of the chapter. The very
shirts we wear, the coats, the boots, the hats; the very
bread of life by which wo are sustained; or.• and all are
the products of bard-working, ill-requited, unremitting,
struggling labour; yct not a jot of gratitude is produced
in our hearts; that they have toiled and slaved, while
we, perchance, have slept calmly on a bed cf down, or
enjoyed the frivolous pleasures of life. We look on and
wonder; remunerate the master tailor or the master
baker, and there ends the sum total of our thought. I
would venture to hope that in this great Exhibition (..f
all nations, the poor artisan may have the benefit of his
head or handiwork."

AINSWORTH.
" Guy Fawkes" is drawing towards its close. In
this number we read " how Guy Fawkes was put to
the torture," and the pencil of Cruikshank pour-
trays the death of Catesby. Mr. Itowsell, in some
remarks on " Common Conversation," justly censures
the common prevalence of and seeming necessity for
" white lies" in polite society. The best remedy
for such a state of things would surely be a little
genuine politeness, or that species of tact which Leigh
Hunt has just so admirably defined in this month's
New Monthly, as above quoted.

DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
Milman's tragedy of Fazio, compressed into three
acts, was revived here last evening, when Miss Laura
Addison sustained the part of Bianca, and by her
admirable performance of the character produced a
sensation that has never been equalled since Miss
o'. Neil left the stage. The following notice of Miss
Laura Addison's performance appears in the Morning
Post; and we entirely agree with the opinion which
our contemporary expresses :—" The tragedy of Fazio
affords a wide scope to the actress of Bianca—indeed,
the entire weight of the play rests upon her exertions.
The author has ingeniously contrived that all the pas-
sions of woman's heart shall be reflected in this one
creation, the remaining personages being but poorly
conceived and weakly wrought out. Miss Laura
Addison enacted the part of Bianca with consummate
skill. Ready as we have always been to do justice to
this young actress's genius and her powers, both of
apprehension, and execution, we have never hesitated
tai indicate the points upon which, in our idea, the ad-
vantage of experience would have better enabled her to
do justice to her own vivid conceptions. But in her
personation of Bianca she leaves to criticism the sim-
ple record of the highest artistic success. It is no easy
task to reconcile to the eye of the spectator the min •
gled illustrations of feminine passion which the
author has, with unscrupulous adherence to stage
conventionalisms, crowded into the canvass; but Miss
Laura Addison, while developing with the completest
theatrical intelligence the inartistically isolated phases
cf the written character, succeeded in blending in a
general and sympathetic union ideas actually diverse,
but which, by her perfect fusion, were combined
into a personation which, for scenic purposes, gave
the highest triumph which intellect could achieve
over undesirable material. The passion of jealousy,
so frequently made the subject of dramatic treat-
ment, has too often b,en a temptation to
clever artists to indulge in the mere foot•
light ecstasies which a certain class of the
public has been unhappily trained to admire.
Miss Laura Addison, casting aside all the rubbish of
stage memories, has eliminated with mingled sensibi-
lity and executive power a new and most fortunate
reading of the sentiment: Nor in the softer and
more womanly presentments was the power of the
actress less real, if lesslobvious. Her love toaes came
from the heart, and by consequence addressed the
heart successfully; while from the confusion of the
emotion of hatred, revenge, remorse, wife-like affec-
tion, and maternal devotion, less successfully discri-
minated by the dramatist, Miss Laura Addison artis-
tically disentangled the somewhat chaotic elements of
the poem, and alternately exhibited each feeling with
a truth and a refinement rarely observable on a mo-
dern stage. She was enthusiastically applauded
during the play, and at its termination was called
before the curtain with acclamation. Mr. Cooper,
who acted the part of Fazio, was suffering from
hoarseness."

The gorgeous and splendid fairy spectacle the
Devil's Ring followed, and each beautiful scene, each
novel effect, each wonderful exhibition of mechanical
power, was greeted by the tumultuous plaudits of the
delighted auditory. The Devil's Ring is drawing
crowded houses every night.

SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE.
On Monday the holiday-makers at this attractive
and favourite place of resort were admirably enter-
tained by the corps dramatique, who exerted them-
selves most creditably throughout the performance,
which consisted of the representation of Shakspere's
tragedy of Macbeth, from the original text, followed
by an entirely new interlude, entitled A Village Tale ;
the whole concluding with Mark Lemon's farce of
The M.P. for the Rotten Borough. Macbeth waa
excellently cast, Mr. Phelps representing Macbeth ;
Mr. G. Bennett, Banquo; Mr. H. Mellon, Duncan
King of Scotland ; Macduff, Mr. H. Marston ; Lady
Macbeth, Miss Glyn ' • Lady Macduff, Miss Ed-
wardes. The acting of Mr. Phelps, Mr. Marston, and
Miss Glyn, was very good, and the way in which the
piece is put upon the stage certainly reflects the
greatest credit upon the management. The interlude
is a neat, telling piece, sparkling with little gems well
struck off by Tony (Mr. Henry Lye), who appears
in the character of a country milkman, in love with
Emma, a cottager's daughter (Miss T. Bassano);
Bessy Forster (Miss A. Brown), a dapper country
girl, and an intimate acquaintance of Emma'e, has
had as her first love Philip (Mr. G. K. Dickinson),
who having enlisted for a soldier, has been compelled
on the field of battle to encounter great danger, and to
suffer in a distant land extreme indisposition. During
the whole period, however, his affection for Bessy re-
mains inviolate, and he returns to the " home of his
youth" seeking most anxiously for the object of his
early love. Bessy, meanwhile, understanding that
Philip has fallen in battle, promises her hand to a
country farmer, George Foster (Mr. Graham), but
the return of Philip leads to her rejection of Foster,
and the piece concludes with his retiring in high
dudgeon, while the other parties are legitimately
made happy. Mark Lemon's farce was well hit off,
and the curtain fell amidst the boisterous cheers of .a
very crowded auditory, the whole of whom appeared
upon the happiest terms imaginable with the world at
large, and with the actors who had performed for their
amusement in particular.

THE TRIAL OF THE BIRDS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SU.V.
Mr. Bull presents his compliments to the editor
of The Sun, and incloses a copy of a letter sent to the
editor of the Times on Thursday last, which has not
been inserted in that paper.
Western Circuit, Taunton, April 2, 1850.

TO TILE EDITOR OF THE TINIEF.
Sir,—l am not not surprised at the feeling of in-
dignation which the report of the trial of Bird and
his wife, at Exeter, has excited in the public mind,
but as one of the senior members of the bar present
during the principal and material part of the trial, I
hope I may be permitted to express my sorrow on
reading your very severe observations on the conduct
of the learned judge before whom the prisoners were
tried. I heard the material part of the statement of
the mother of the poor girl, and from thence the
whole of the case to the close of the evidence of Mr.
Turner, the surgeon, and I then left the court with
a deep impression on my mind, without hearing the
defence or the observations of the learned judge, that
the case on the part of the prosecution had wholly
failed in bringing home to the prisoners the infliction
of the blow which was the cause of death, and I
stated my opinion to one or two friends near me at the
time. This was evidently the opinion of Mr. Justice
Talfourd, and he directed the jury accordingly.
How then, I would ask, could he as an honest and
impartial judge have acted otherwise ?
With respect to the expressions which fell from his
Lordship, and to which you have called very parti-
cular attention, I am confident 3ou will agree with
me in thinking that the judge, so long as there was
any the least chance of this sad affair being investi-
gated elsewhere, would have acted most improperly
if he had not repressed those feelings which the de-
tails of the case naturally tended to excite. I use the
word repressed, because in a case tried before the
same judge, the previous day, in which three ruffians
were convicted for a gross aesault on a poor unpro-
tected girl, his Lordship, after the verdict was deli-
vered, and in passing a severe but just sentence,
poured forth a torrent of eloquent indignation at the
outrage which had been committed. Hoping that
these remarks may not be deemed obtrusive,
I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
HENRY BALL.
Temple, March 28, 1850.

SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAVELLING.
(From the Examiner.)
At a meeting of the shareholders of the Caledonian
Railway, the following copious effusion of cant took
place :
" Mr. MEILLEumir, in pursuance of notice, moved
that no systematic or predetermined work should be
performed on the line on Sunday. Having liberated
slaves in theiWest Indies, it became them to take care
not to make slaves in this country. The minds of the
men could not but suffer from Sunday labour. Scot-
tish independence was at stake in this matter. Had
it not been for English proxies there would not now
be a railway in Scotland open oa a Sunday. He coin-
,
plained of this interruption as unjust to Scotland,
where Sabbath observance was a national institution.
The consequences of Sabbath desecration were the
potato disease and the famine.
"Mr. M‘MicKING, a director, seconded the motion.
lie stated that there were 129 men employed on the
line on Sunday, and that their Sunday wages for half
a year amounted to upwards of 4,000/. 'There were
four trains on a Sunday, and on an average 361 pas-
sengers. Was it north while to deprive 129 persons
of the means of attending a place of worship, for the
accommodation of 361 passengers ?
"A SHAREHOLDER observed that 500 men were
generally employed, and. that no more were occupied
on Sunday than were required for works of mercy
and necessity.
" Mr. Muni, supported the motion. On some lines
in Scotland, on which there had been no Sunday
travelling, no serious accident had ever occurred. l
question was, therefore, of importance with reference
to damages, now a formidable item.
" Mr. CampnELL, a director, stated that, with the
exception of the mail train, there were 510 passenger
trains on the line on Sunday. Everything that was
possiLla had been dune to reduce Sunday labour. The
men were only called upon to attend in turn, and the
time occupied did not exceed cane hour per day. It
should nut be forgotten that, in the providence of
God, diseases and accidents prevailedear.) on Sunday as
well as on other days.—(ilear, h
" On a show of hands the motion was lost."
Mr. Aleiklehatn presumes to penetrate the inscru-
table wisdom of Providence, and has no difficulty in
discovering that the potato disease and the famine
were the consequences of journeying on the