The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-22 00:00:00

sentenced the defendant to ray a penalty of 31. and 25s

TRA DE REPORT. —MANCEESTER, MARC 21.—We
have or no change in business sircc Tuesday;
prices rxe, perhaps, in some goods a shade lower, and
genera Ply a feeling of dulness prevails. The yarn market
also rel mains without material attention.

CANADA COMPANY.—A meeting of this company
took place yesterday at the offices, St. Helen's-place,
Bishopsgn,te-street; Mr. Charles Franks in the chair.
The report stated that the expenditure in London for
the year has amounted to 2,2331., and in Canada to
4,805/., exclusive of taxes and assessments. The receipts
for 1849 were 26,5064 Their total liabilities amounted
to 451,337/., and the assets to 962,4704 It appeared
that the original object of this company was to pur-
chase from the Crown large tracts of land, which were
to be resold at a low but gradually increasing rate, ac-
cording as the land was cleared and improved by culti-
vation. The report was unanimously adopted, and a
vote of thanks to the chairman concluded the business of
the day.
Young men, when they are once dyed in pleasure
and vanity, will scarcely take any other colour.—Eliza
Cook's Journal.

CAPTAIN AUSTIN'S ARCTIC EXPEDITION.—The
Intrepid screw-schooner (late the Free Trade) arrived
at Woolwich from Bleckwall yesterday morning, and was
immediately commanded by Lieutenant John Bertie
Cator, as tender to the Assistance. She was taken into
dock yesterday afternoon, and the shipwrights are to be
employed upon her, and also upon the Pioneer, by task
wnrk. Captain Austin, C. 8., was at Woolwich all c'ay
yesterday superintending the arrangements, and as soon
as tne ships arrive from- Btackwall he will reside at
Woolwich entirely. They—are expected to be out of
hand at Blackwall by the 30th, when they will be im-
mediately removed to Woolwich, to complete their fittings.
1,000 tons of Welsh coal and 200 tons of patent fuel have
been ordered for the expedition.
THE SHERIFF AT BRIGHTON.—Chief Justice
Wilde inflicted a fine of 50/. at the Sussex Assizes on
Mr, Hudson, the officer of the Sheriff in Brighton, for
allowing one of the jury, of whom he had charge while
they left the box for a few moments to obtain refresh.
ment, to separate from his fellows, and to "run up and
down in bis bailiwick." The officer appealed next day
to the Learned Judge " to let him off," but the applica-
tion was not attended to, the Chief Justice insisting on

the necessity of discipline.—Brighton Guardian.
MR. DISRAELL—We regret to state that Mr.
Disraeli was not sufficiently recovered to accept the
Lord Mayor's invitation to meet his Royal Highness
Prince Albert at the Mansion-house yesterday. Mr.
Disraeli is, however, convalescent, and will, we
hope, be able to resume his place in Parliament after
Easter.

BRIGHTON, MARCH 21.—The Count de Neuilly,
(ex-King of the French), accompanied by the Countess
de Neuilly and suite, is expected to arrive in Brighton
on the 3d or 4th of April. The Count and Countess will
take up their abode at the residence cf the Marquis of
Bristol, in Kemptown, the Marquis having placed his
mansion at the disposal of the illustrious exiles. Their
stay, it is believed, will be of some weeks' duration. The
Duke de Nemours arrived yesterday et the Royal Al-
bion Hotel. It is the intention of the Duke and Duchess
de Nemours to remain here during the s4;joura of their
illustrious parents. The Duke of Devonshire is expected
to arrive at his residence in Kemptown either to-morrow
or Saturday.
SOUTH SEA COMPANY.—The general ball-yearly
meeting of this company was held yesterday at the
South Sea House, Threadneedle-street. Mr. Charles
Franks, Sub-Governor of the company, occupied the
chair, The Secretary read the statement of the bond
debt, to the effect that the balance of 4,500/. duo in Sep-
tember last, was still unpaid. The standing orders being
thus complied with, the meeting immediately adjourned.
It transpired yesterday in the City, that a clerk in
the banking-house of Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and
Co., has absconded with property to the amount of about
B,ooot, nearly the whole of which has, however, been
recovered.

THE NEW HOSPITAL AT BROMPTON.—Yesterday
a very full and influential meeting of the board of manage-
ment was held at the Hospital fir Consumption. Among
those iresent were the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Earl
of Arundel and Surrey, the Hon. Octavius Duncombe,
M.P., Captain Gladstone, and Major Lyon. The chair
was taken by the Rev. :Sir Henry Foulis, Bart. The
principal business of the evening was in relation to the
immediate erection of the eastern wing, and the find
completion of the hospital, which, when achieved, wi'l
accommodate upwards of 200 patient:. Several new
rules and regulations relative to the corporation were
moved and adopted, and thanks having been voted to th•
Rev. Chairman, the meeting adjourned.

Vain-glory is a stimulus that pleasingly titilates
our heart, and finally tears it.—Eliza Cook's Journal.
A. Frenchman, named Albert Merriewood, was
yesterday remanded by Mr. Alderman Finnis, from the
Guildhall, on a charge of having in his possession two
bills of exchange of 2501., and a half of a Bank of Eng-
land note for 300/., the property of Mr. Solomon Cahn,
which had been stolen in Paris, and of having forged
Mr. Cahn's name to the bill of exchange.

At the Thames Police-court, yesterday, Mr. Ing-
ham committed a coal porter, named James Regan, for
trial, on a charge of arson. He is supposed to have set
tire to a number cf premises during the last twelve
months in the neighbourhood of Ratcliffe highway, for
the sake of receiving a small reward for calling the fire-
men and the turncocks.
AIERCIIANTS' AND TRADESMEN'S MUTUAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this
socitty tok place yesterday, at the offices. Chatham-
place, Blackfriurs, John Macgregor, Esq., M.P., in the
chair. The report stated that during the past year 293
polic'es had been opened for assurance, to the amount
of 78,6201., the premiums on which were 2,4861.; 34
proposals had been submitted to the directors, which
they had deemed proper to decline. Not oce death had
occurred during the year, and their affairs v ere in a
most favourable position. The report was unanimously
adopted, and a sum of 5001. voted to the directors, who
had hitherto received no remuneration whatever. The
retiring directors and auditors were then rc-elected, and,
after a cordial vote of thanks to the chairman, directors,
manager, and secretary, the meeting broke up.

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EVENING CLASSES FOR YOUNG MEN.—An appli-
cation has just been made to the Court of Common
Council by the Metropolitan Committee for Est ahlishing
Evening Classes for Young Men, for assistance in ena-
bling them to carry into full effect the object they have
in view. That object, as we stated a short time since,
is, by means of the establishment of evening classes, to
furnish the apprentices, shopmen, and clerks of the me-
tropolis, with the opportunity of improving their minds
by the study of languages, and receiving instruction in
the arts and sciences. The plan has received the sanc-
tion of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishops of
London and Winchester; together with nearly the whole
of the London clergy, who, in many instances, have vo-
lunteered their gratuitous services in aid of the cause.
The applicition to the Court of Common Council was
presented by T."Dakin, Esq., and was referred to the
corn and coal committee.

A commission-ogent, named Jones, who carried on
business in Castle-street, Holborn, was yesterday refused
his certificate by the Court of Bankruptcy.
At Exeter, Thomas King, convicted of having at-
tempted to murder his own father, and also his lather's
housekeeper, Sarah Hutch, was sentenced by Mr. Justice
Talfourd to transportation for life.
An employl of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Rail-
way Company, named Wood, has recovered lOU
damages from Messrs. Miller and Blackley, the con-
tractors, for the loss of his leg, caused by the negligent
driving of one of their stationary steam-engines. The
cause was tried at York on Wednesday before Mr. Baron
Alderson.
KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL.—Major Herbert Ed-
ward's, the distinguished officer of Moultan, who was
formerly a student and since an associate of King's Col-
lege, has intimated his intention of presiding over a
festival in May next, to promote the building and en-
dowment of a more efficient hospital in connexion with

that college.
MR. ELIOT WARBURTON'S NEW WORK.—Rarely
has more interest been created in literary circles, than
by the announcement of the new historical romance, en-

titled"R;glQdHastings," from the pen of Mr. Eliot
Warburton, the author of that popular work "The Cres-
cent and the Cross." It is stated that the hero cf the
story belongs to the high-souled class of Cavaliers, and
that he goes through all the stirring incidents of the Civil
War. The Puritans are represented in the person of the
father of two sisters, who fill the characters of the hero-
ines in the imaginative portion of the story. The most
prominent personages of this exciting period of our his-
tory arc, it is said, depicted with a strength and liveli-
ness of colouring which will probably give Mr. Warbur-
ton the highest rank in the class of historical novelists.
"INTREPIDITY REWARDED.—We understand that
the Royal Humane Society have awarded to John Rol-
lins, who so nobly rescued Elizabeth Higgins and her
three children from drowning in the Regent's Canal, on
the 18th of last month, the honorary bronze medallion
of the institution, in addition to a pecuniary reward.
ABORTION. FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) - The
infamous and disgusting practice of persons using instru-
ments and other means to procure abortion is notori-
ously known to prevail throughout the country, and es-
pecially in the manufacturing districts, and the time is
come when the strong arm of the law'must be used to
arrest the progress. At Nottingham Assizes this week
a man (in a case where the girl died) has been convicted
of the murder of her, and received sentence of death ;
and in another case a woman (where the girl did not
die) has been sentenced to transportation for life. It is
to be hoped that when those sentences become univer-
sally known (as they will do through the public press)
the desired effect will be prcduced. In the man's case
a point of technicality is reserved for opinion of the
Court cf Queen's Bench.

FOREIGN SUPPLIES.--Owing to the prevalence of
contrary winds the arrivals at the port of London from
all parts of the world on Tuesday last were limited to
three vessels, one of which was from Rotterdam, and
one from Row n, with general cargoes, the produce of
Holland and Fraece respectively, and the other from the
Chttnnel Islands. The fact of so few ships reporting in
a day at the London Custom-house from abre at is
almost unprecedented. The several docks are very slack
of busine. s at the present time, in consequence of the
east wind preventing vessels from long voyages from
arriving at thtir destination ; and the principal of the
arrivals at the present time are limited to importations
of cattio, grain, and provisions from the European states,
and to valuable at titles of silk and fancy manufacture
from France and Germany, of which the most extensive
supplies, usual at this important season of the year, are
now taking place.
THE WEATHER.—We have had no rain in this
neighbourhood fa more than a month, the last having
f..llen on Monday, Feb. 18, which was a very wet day.
The farmers are very easy on the point, but the proprie-
tors of gardens ate beginning to "cry out."—Shrews-
bury Journal.