The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-01 00:00:00

LIBRARY EDITION OF BISIIOP THIRLWALL'S lIISTOR

OF GREECE.
Early in May, Vol. 1, decoy Bvo., of
riIHE HISTORY of GREECE. By the Right
Rev. the Lord Bishop of St. David's (the Rev. CONNOP C.
THIRLWALL.) A New Edition, revised throughout, and Illus-
trated with Maps and Plans. To be completed in 8 vols.
London : Longman, Brown, and Co. ; and John Taylor.

NEW WORK BY MRS. LOLTDON.
On Thursday, April 10, will be published, fen. fivo., with an
Engraving on Steel. and Illustrations on Wood,
THE LADY'S COUNTRY COMPANION ;
or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally. By Mrs.
LOUDON, Author of " Gardening for Ladies," &o.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman.

TAIT'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE
for APRIL, price Cne Shilling, contains :—Freiligrath's Poems
and Politics—Nighean Ceard ; or, The Goldsmith's Daughter, a Tale
of Celts and Saxons ; by Mrs. Johnstone—Letters from Edinburgh,
by Niebuhr, the Historian—Nights in the Martell° ; No. IV.—
Letters from Naples in 1843-4; by Madame Wolfensberger.—New
Novels : The Improvisatore ; or, Life in Italy : HawkstOne, a Tale
of and for England—Poetry—Literary Register—Politics of the Month.
W. Tait, Edinburgh ; Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., London.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed Donizetti's Opera, entitled LUCIA DI LAM-
MERMOOR. Lucia, Mdlle. A. Castellon ; Alicia, Madame Bellini ;
Enrico, Sig. Fornasari ; Edgard°, Sig. Moriani.
To conclude with an entirely new Ballet, by M. Perrot, entitled
EOLINE • ou, LA DRYADE.
The Music by Signor Pu'gni. The Scenery by Mr. Marshall.
7.rinelpal Characters—Eoline (betrothed to Count Edgard), :kiddie.
Lucile Grahn ; ltubezahl (le Gnome), M. Perrot ; Count Edgard,
M. Toussaint ; Prince of Silesia (brother of Eoline), M. Gosselin.
In the course of the Ballet the following Dances will be introduced :
Waltze Selesivntie, by the Coryphees of the Corps de Ballet.
Pas de la Flancee—Mdlle. Lucile Grahn and M. Toussaint,
Pas de Cinq (composed by M. Go.3selin)—Mdlies. Louise Weiss, Fer-
dinand, Demelisse. Cassan, and Moncelet.
Mazourka D'Extase—Mdlle. Lucile Grain and M. Perrot,
Fourth Tableau.
Grand Pas des Dryades by Mdlie. L. Grahn and the Ladies of the

Corps de Ballet.
On Thnrs%ay next, April 3, then-, will be an Opera, it being a Sub-
scription Night.
Doors open at Half-past Seven ; the Opera to commence at Eight.
.IpplicaLions for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Bex-
office, Opera Colonnade.

suit of the experiment in England should have been
ascertained.
The House then resolved itself into a Committee of
Supply, and Mr. CORRY brought forward the Navy
Estimates.

Mr. WARLEY, who had a motion on the paper on
the subject of the opening of Mr. T. DUNCOMBE'S
letters, was absent when the motion was put ; he
shortly after entered the House, an 3 made an ineffec-
tual attempt to induce the House to resume, in order
to enable him to bring forward his motion.

The Navy Estimates occupied the House the re-
mainder of the evening.

There is no subject on which we have felt for some

time past a more painful anxiety than the alarming
Increase of criminal atrocities. We concur with an
able Contemporary in the strong opinion he has ex-
pressed that this increase must be mainly attributable
to the comparative impunity with which—owing to
the inexplicable charges of judges, and the astound-
ing verdicts of juries, in some very remarkable cases
of modern date,—evil-disposed men have been led to
conclude that they might perpetrate their most malig-
nant purposes. A large proportion of our readers
may recollect the case of a ruffian (resident in White-
chapel), who, some 15 years ago, deliberately exe-
cuted a threat he had uttered, of cutting off the head
of his own illegitimate and infant child with a carv-
ing-knife. The brutal murder was perpetrated in
the presence, if we rightly remember, of the infant's
own mother. It was distinctly proved in every par-

THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
THIS EVENING
Will be perfumed THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. Thaddeus, Mr, W.
Harrlsou ; Arline, Miss Rainforth.
After which will be repeated, a New Comic Ballet, entitled
ROBERT. ANT) BERTRAND.
Dances in the course of the Ballet :
Pas de Deux, by Mdlles. Adele and Louise.
Pas de Deux, by 3ldlle. O'Bryan and Mr. A. Webster.
Grand Pas de Caractere, by Ildlle. Polin and M. Gasperini.
A New Polla, by Mdlle. Polin and M. Gasperini.
Bolero, by Mesdames Louise and Adele.
La Esmeralda, by Mdlle. Polin, and
A MAZURKA, by the Principal Ballet Performers.
The Eminent Tenor, M. DUPREZ, is engaged here for Twelve
:Sights only, and will make his appearance on Monday, April 7, in his
celebrated character of ARNOLD, in GUILLAUME TELL ; and is
also preparing himself for his unrivalled personation of EDGAR,
in Donizetti's popular Opera, THE BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR,
f..-r the Performance of which, an Engagement has also been ex-
pressly entered into with 3ldlle. EUGENIE GARCI
The Box-office is open daily, from Ten in the Morning until Six
in the Evening, where Private and Family Boxes, Stalls, Places, and
Tickets may be had on application to Mr. John Parsons.

titular; but, after the evidenoe had been gone
through, an objection that had been taken by the
wretch's counsel to the indictment, which charged
the murder as having been committed on an infant
named " JOHN," whereas it was proved that, though
the deceased might have been known by that name
to the witnesses, it had been christened by another, as
appeared from the parish register produced, this ob-
jection was held to be fatal. The jury, in that case,
returned a verdict of "Not Guilty." The fellow was
borne about the neighbourhood of the locality in
triumph by some of his brutal companions, and then
openly threatened the lives of the unfortunate mother
and of the other witnesses against him.

The neighbourhood was kept for two or three days
in a condition of alarm and excitement, and the con-
stabulary seemed to be paralised, until the undoubted,
though acquitted murderer, having, in the intempe-
rance of his conduct, after so unlooked-for an escapee
committed some other, but less sanguinary outrage,
was again apprehended, tried, and sent to prison
under his sentence. Now that case was the imme-

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSEE, %IR. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will he repegted a New and Original Comedy, entitled THE
SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY. Principal Characters by Messrs.
W. Farren, Strickland, Buckstone, Webster, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. W.
Clifford, Mrs. Hamby, Miss Julia Bennett, Br,c.
After which, a New Grand Classical Extravaganza, entitled THE
GOLDEN FLEECE. Principal Characters by Messrs. C. Mathews,
J. Bland, Madame Vestris, and Miss P. Horton.
To conclude with THE THIMBLE RIG.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHT.
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTE.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New and Original Drama, entitled THE
GREEN BUSHES ; or, A Hundred Years Ago. Connor O'Kennedy,
Mr. Selby ; George, Mr. Hudson Wild Murtogh, Mr. 0. Smith ;
Muster Grinnidge, Mr. Wright ; Jack Gong, Mr. Paul Redford ;
Geraldine, Mrs. Yates ; Nelly O'Neill, Mrs. Fitzwilliam ;
Madame Celeste.
After which, will be repeated a New Grand Empirical Exposition,
sailed ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON. Principal Characters
•
To conclude with MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL
Mr. Sungsby, Mr. Lambert ; Lieutenant O'Scnpper, R.N., Mr. Paul
Bedford ; Mr. Felix Fluffy, Mr. Wright ; Emily, Miss Fortescue.

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
LESSEE, MR. J. M. MADDOX.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed Shakapeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Duke,
Mr. Archer; Jacques, Mr. Graham ; Amiens, Mr. Allen ; Rosalind,
Miss Cushman ; Audrey, 3liss Emma Stanley.
After which, Mr. SANDS and his INFANT BROTHER, MAURICE,
will appear in their Pleasing and Wonderful Entertainment, DE
SALON, FREAKS OF FANCY.
To conclude with a New Grand Oriental Melo-dramatic Burlesque
Extravaganza, in Two Acts, called TIMOUR THE CREAM OF ALL
THE TARTARS. Timour, Mr.. Oxberry ; Zorilda, Miss E. Stanley.
Stage Manager, Mr. H. I. Wallack ; Stage Director, Mr. Emden ;
Machinist, Mr. Edmund Bradwell.

Superbly decorated, and with extensive alterations ! forming one of
the most Elegant and Comfortable Theatres in the Metropolis !
THEATRE ROYAL. LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING
Will be performed MARTIN CHUZZAIEWIT. Old Martin
Cbuzzlewit, Mr. R. Younge ; Mr. Pecsniff, 3lr. Frank Matthews ;
Mrs. Sairey Gamp, Mr. Keeley ; Bailey, Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New Farce, entitled LOWTHER ARCADE.
Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Meadows, F. Matthews ; Miss Dawson,
and Miss Grove.
To conclude with a Burlesque of English History, Ponrtraylng
Olden Ideas and Modern Notions—lnvested with all the Pomp and
Display of Scene—Painters engaged expressly—Costumes according
to Fancy—Mechanism, Ballet, Music. and Novel Stage Arrange-
ments—to be called, WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 1 Dick
Whittington, Mrs. Keeley ; Muley Moloch, the Lien Tamer of the
Dessert, Mr. Keeley ; the Cat, Mr. Collier, supported by Messrs.
F. Matthews, and Wigan ; Miss Fairbrother, and Miass Grove.
The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
(Under the Direction of Miss Davenport.)
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated THE GAME COCK OF THE WILDERNESS.
Colonel Mercy'lle, Mr. H. Mellon; Roderick, Mr. Binge ; Samson,
air. Marble ; Mabel, Mrs. Griffith.
After which, THE Se
fo EVENllowe CHAMP
HE lONS OFRET. CHRISTENDOM.
To d by T SEC
To conclude with THE PLAGUE OF PLYMOUTH.

ASTLEY'ri ROYAL AMPIIITHFATRE.
PROPItIETOR, MR. W. BATTY.
Triumphant Success of the New Spectacle.
THIS EVENING.
The Perfermarees will commence with a Grand Military Equestrian
Drama, entitled TiTE MAID OF SARAGOSSA.
Scenes in the Circle, introducing M. and Mdme. Damon, the cele-
brated French Equestrians.
To conclude with THE SLEEPING DRAUGHT.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
.111Fs Heron's performance creates roars of laughter—The Two
New Pieces, real Surrey hits.

THIS EVENING
Will be repeated a New Drama, called MARGARET CATCH-
POLE. Supported by Messrs. H. Hughes, Hicks, Fredericks, R.
Bonner, S. Cowell, Heslop, Lewis, Mrs. Daly, Mrs. Lewis, and Mrs
. _

.llonner.
After which, THE IRISH TUTOR, In which the Infant Power,
iss Heron, will appear.
To conclude whit THE MOOR MAIDEN, In which Messrs. Hicks,
'Seville, Fredericks, Lewis, Mrs. Hughes Miss Martin, and Mrs. H.
Vining will perform.
riaces an(l Private ;Imes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box-
office, from Eleven to

Mexico at San Jacinto, when ho expressed a doubt
whether Texas was from all eternity the property
of the federal union, or was one of his own lost chil-
dren. Mr. POLK cannot be ignorant of the fact. The
invasion of Texas by the Anglo-Americans is odious to
Europe on account of the slavery which it draws in its
train. As long as he does not reply to the repugnance
on the part of Europe, his arguments lead to false con-
clusions. But he does not even allude to them. In
reading the Message one would think that slavery was
unknown on the soil of the United States, which, how-
ever, allows itself to be more degraded by that stain on
humanity than all the other nations in the world. One
is even astonished to find such phrases as this, that all
the distinctions of birth and of rank there are abolished.
We must not, however, deceive ourselves. The spoliation
inflicted upon Mexico by the incorporation of Texas,
however reprehensible it may be, might perhaps pass
unnoticed ; but the systematic, audacious propagation
of an institution so execrable as slavery, is a crime
against civilization, for which the United States will
never be pardoned."
The proposed grant for mounting the fortifications of
Paris with artillery still occupies the Opposition jour-
nals, and the discussion on the subject is looked for with
much interest by all parties. A private meeting of the
Opposition, it is said, has been held to decide what course
they should pursue in the Chamber. It was attended by
MM. TRIERS, BARROT, and other leaders. M. TRIERS
was of opinion that it would be absurd to resist the vote
for artillery, after the Chamber had granted a large sum
for the works. M. BARROT took a different view, and
thought independent Members should vote against a
grant which was repudiated by the nation. The result
was, that each Member was left to vote according to his
opinion. At the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies on
Saturday, Admiral MActA u, in the absence of the Finance
Minister, who was away from indisposition, presented
a Bill for authorising the Government to establish four
lines of packets across the Atlantic. It is proposed to
accomplish this by contract, either for steam-vessels or
sailing vessels, to communicate between France and
Rio Janeiro, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Havannah, and
New York, with branch packets for La Plata, Guiana,
and the Gulf of Mexico. M. VIVIEN brought forward
a motion to repeal a law by which the Royal Courts have
the right of inserting their decisions and law advertise-
ments in only one paper, with a view to order the pub-
lication of such notices in journals which have the largest
circulation. The motion was opposed by the Govern-
ment, and rejected by a majority of 37.
The French Funds were more firm on Sunday. At
TORTONI'S the Three per Cents. were quoted at 85f. 60c.,
' and the Fives at 118 f. sc. for the Account.

THIRD EDITION OF «THE SUN.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

diate precursor of a continued series of murders and
attempts at murder, accompanied with maiming and
violence, such as had been of very rare occurrence,
prior to the monstrous acquittal of that delinquent.
For many months past, by a similar imitative tend-
ency in crime, the notoriety attaching to some equally
remarkable trials for murder, in which the delin-
quents arraigned have escaped conviction, contrary to
all public expectation, and to the universal construction
put, beyond the walls of the Court, upon the evidence
delivered within it at such trials. We shall never
feel any delicacy about reiterating the expression of
astonishment, and something more, with which the ver-
dict of the jury who tried, not long ago, a man charged
with the murder of his wife by administering to her
prussic acid, was received by the universal British public.
There is not a Court of law in this kingdom or in
Europe in which that detested person could recover
a verdict of damages against any one who should de-
nounce him, by name, as an escaped but not the less a
guilty, cowardly, ungrateful, and inexcusable mur-
derer. His guilt was so transparent that even in this
country, where more than in any other of the civilized
world the majesty of the law is upheld, and its deci-
sions are implicitly respected, the community of all
ranks expressed their amazement and indignation at
his escape. And this feeling has continued, subse-
quently, so intense, that wherever this undoomed
criminal, after having the effrontery to show himself
in open day-light, is recognized, in whatever part of
the kingdom, neither his person nor his property is
respected. He seems destined from time to time to
pass through narrow escapes from • a retributive but
still more terrible fate, under that ban of so-
ciety which is yet more fearful than the
ban of the law. But the material fact of his legal
acquittal remains, in the meanwhile, unaltered ; its
moral influence has frightfully developed itself in the
otherwise unaccountable number of crimes, in which
the modus overandi is more or less borrowed from
FL ',Lull itc ilvtueu uy late acquittal aelinquent.
To an extent unknown before in England, the crime
of murder has lately prevailed ; the visibly greater
proportion of these murders has been effected by
poison ; and of the victims the larger number have
been females. It is really impossible, as it seems to
us, to disconnect this growing propensity to the com-
mission of a particular crime—in a particular man-
ner—after the specific precedent of a given example
—with the fatal impunity which attached to the me-
morable case we have above adverted to.
We have, on all occasions, consistently advocated
mercy in the administration of the law, and are
strongly disposed to uphold the expediency of miti-
gating, in many cases, still further the severity of
our criminal code. But our sympathies do not ex-
tend either to such a case as we have been painfully
compelled to dwell upon, or even to the recent con-
viction under which TAwELL has expiated his guilt
by an ignominious end. Whilst the law for the
repression of such dangerous crimes, so facile of per-
petration, so fatal to the unsuspecting confidence of
affection and social intercourse remains what it is,—
what we are still disposed to think it ought to be,—
the true mercy in judges in charging juries,—the
true and conscientious discharge by jurors of their sa-
cred duty—will consist in a fair unbiassed statement.
of the law of the case on the one part, and an honest
appreciation of the evidence on the other—will do
more than the usual and salutary merciful qualifica-
tion of giving the accused the benefit of any reason-
able doubt. But we could name half-a-dozen cases at
least, within less than three times as many months, in
which, under some strange and morbid excitement,
and we will say against the weight of evidence,
against all rules of fair construction, against ail legal
presumption,—culprits at the bar have been acquitted
of charges of poisoning, on whose behalf neither the
most acute legal subtilty, nor the most extreme be-
nevolence, could have suggested their innocence of the
delinquencies imputed to them. It is high time that
this unwholesome laxity in some judicial charges, to
which we will not more particularly allude, and in
many verdicts given under them, should be reformed.
Otherwise we may expect that the torrent of crimes
that has lately set in upon us, will overwhelm the
character of the people with disgrace. We hope and
believe that the last recorded verdict and its conse-
quences will not be without their beneficial results to
the security of society.

- _
SIR,—In Sour "Notice to Correspondents," contained
in your impression of Saturday last, I am pleased to find
that the irregularity attendant upon the forwarding of
your Third, or Latest Edition, has at length excited the
attention of some of your numerous subscribers.
As regards myself, I am frequently disappointed, more
particularly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the days on
which we expect to receive the Gazette and Market In-
telligence, to regulate our movements, a Second Edition
being not unfrequently substituted for a Third, thereby
depriving us of that information so valuable to commer
cial men generally. As a warm supporter of your paper,
as well as having been the means of introducing it to seve-
ral commercial inns, I am desirous that you should main-
tain the character of that publication, which, for early
intelligence, has hitherto ranked second to none.—l re-
main, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD SUGAR TRAVELLER.
Whitchurch, Salop, March 31, 1845.

[We are rcuch obliged to our worthy correspondent.
If other travellers will favour us by following his ex
ample, commercial inns and other public places will be
duly supplied with the Third Edition of The Sun, which
will give them a day's news in advance.—ED. Sux.]

THIS DAY'S NEWS.

DREADFUL MURDER in GEORGE-
STREET, ST. GILES'S.

Last night, about half-past i i o'clock, the inhabitants
of George-street, St. Giles's, were thrown into the
utmost excitement by the discovery of a dreadful murder
which had been perpetrated on the body of a woman, 46
years of age, named Ann Tape, well known in the neigh-
bourhood for many years. It appears that the unfor-
tunate woman, accompanied by a man unknown, entered
a house of ill-fame in George-street, St. Giles's, about
10 o'clock, and hired the back parlour, where the man
remained a short time, and then quitted the house. The
woman staying a considerable period afterwards without
being heard, a woman belonging to the house entered the
room about half-past eleven o'clock, and she was horror-
struck at finding the unfortunate creature lying on the
bed, surrounded by blood, issuing from no less than six
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The woman immediately ran out of the room screaming
for assistance, and Mr. Fitzgerald, a surgeon, residing in
High-street, was immediately sent for, and promptly
attended. On examining the body he pronounced life
to be extinct, and that it had been so some time. In-
formation of the shocking occurrence was forthwith com-
municated to Superintendent Grimwood, of the E divi-
sion, who, with Inspectors Bell and Campbell, repaired
to the house to obtain a description of the man who had
perpetrated the murder ; but unfortunately little infor-
mation could be furnished, as the man was unknown to
any person in the house. On examining the body, it
appears that the murderer had] stabbed the deceased in
the left side of the neck with such force, that the blade
had actually penetrated through the other side.
LATEST PARTICULARS—(THIS DAY.)
(FROM OUR OWN REPORTER.)

The house, No. 11, George-street, St. Giles's, where
the unfortunate woman Ann Tape was so inhumanly
murdered last night, and where the body still remains
under the care of the police, was this morning completely
surrounded by hundreds of persons anxious, at least, to
look upon the place where the murder was committed.
The deceased, one of that degraded class who earn a
living upon the streets, was well known in the neigh-
bourhood ; and the miscreant, who has escaped for the
present, is also sufficiently known as, we believe, to make
his capture by the police not a matter of extraordinary
difficulty. The murderer was dressed in a velveteen
shooting coat or jacket, glazed cap, and knee-breeches.
It was currently reported this morning at an early
hour, that an individual answering the description of
the person who committed the cold blooded and cowardly
assassination of the unfortunate woman, had been ap-
prehended by the police, but, on inquiry, it unfortu-
nately turns out that there is no foundation for such a
rumour.

The circumstance which gave rise to this report origi-
nated in the fact that several persons, nearly resembling
the deseription of the murderer, bad been brought to
the station-house by the police ; but these persons hav-
ing sufficiently proved that they had no connexion with
the circumstances of the murder, were at once dis-
charged.

The details of the inhuman transaction having been
extensively circulated by route through the different
stations, the police were on the alert to trace every
detail connected with it, and they have succeeded in as-
certaining when and where the weapon (a carving knife,
not a stiletto, as has been erroneously stated) was pur-
chased. The period when the purchase was made is
stated to have been about ten o'clock, only an hour be-
fore the murder, and Mr. Oldham, the cutler, of High-
street, St. Giles's, thinks he can identify the person who
bought it, and whose description answers in every re-
spect the description given of the supposed murderer.
We are enabled, from the courtesy of the persons
c,,nnected with the George-street station-house, to say
that the constable Allen, 159 E, was called at a little
after a quarter to eleven o'clock yesterday evening, and
requested to go to No. 11, George-street (by the
way, one of the relics of London tradition, being once
tenanted by Oliver Cromwell, and the interior of the
house presenting at least one feature of interest to the
antiquary, namely, a magnificent oaken staircase, said to
be the work of Inigo Jones), where he found in a back
room the unfortunate deceased lying bleeding from a
number of wounds in the throat and breast, and
the knife remaining in the left side of the
neck to a depth of at least three inches. The
constable drew the knife out, and then, by direction
of his inspector, hastened for Mr. Fitzgerald, of High-
street, who at once attended; but though he reached the
place in five minutes after the police-constable had first
been called, the woman was dead, so effectually had the
murderer accomplished his purpose. The surgeon
stated that a more frightful mass of wounds he had
never witnessed, and no medical skill could have averted
a fatal termination. The constable states that he saw a
man run off who answered, in every respect, to the de-
scription of the murderer, but as he was not, at the time,
aware of the circumstances that had taken place in that
neighbourhood, the person passed unnoticed by him.
Inspectors Haynes, Shaw, and Thornton, of the detece
tivepolice, who have already shown themselves so efficient
in similar cases, have been specially ordered to trace the
murderer in this instance, and it is to be hoped that
through their exertions the miscreant will soon be
brought to the bar of justice.

ROYALTHIS EVENING
Will be repeated MARGARET CATCIIPOLE, The Female Horse-
stealer. Onega and Pechuana (Red Chieftains), Messrs. Cony and
Blanchard ; Margaret Catchpole, Miss Vincent.
After which, THE APPOINTED SPOT.
conclnde eWith THE BLOODHOUND ; or, the Orphan'i
which Mem". Cony and Blanchard, and their celebrated Grave. Dog
ector, will perform.

Swiss journals of the 27th ult. have been received.
Affairs continue in a very unsettled state, and one of the
papers, the Federal Gazette, announces that Austria
proposes a blockade of Switzerland by occupying the
principalities of Lietenstein and the frontiers of the Gri-
sons. At Schwytz two battalions of contingents had
been called ; General SONNEBERG, appointed to the com-
mand of the Lucerne troops, had withdrawn his resigna-
tion, and on the 27th the Executive Council of Zurich
had assembled, in order to make preparations for antici-
pated contingencies. The meeting of the Council had
been summoned chiefly on the receipt of dispatches from
Laverne, but the result of their deliberations had not
transpired.

THE WEATHER.---SUN OFFICE, APRIL 1.

THERMOMETER, Loweat, 35 ; Highest, 53; Neon, 43.

PARomETxR, 30.35.—W1ND, S.E. .

NOTE.-Tile figures which follow the words "Lowest" and
Highest" denote the lowest and highest state of the
Thermometer during the preceding twenty-four hours. All
the other observations are made at noon.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
Morning •• 26 minutes after 8 j Evening .. 12 minutes after 9.

The accounts from Madrid are to the 24th ult. The
marriage of the QUEEN with the Count TRAPANI causesre
much excitement among the Carlists, who, it is said, a
organising themselves in Catalonia and the Basque pro-
vinces, to prevent a result which would destroy all their
hupes. No doubt however remains that the marriage
has been arranged, and that the King of NAPLES has
gone to Rome to give his sanction to it. The KING,
accompanied by the QuEEN, arrived there on the 17th.
On the 24th, being Easter Monday, the Madrid Bourse
was closed.

Most of the Paris journals advert to the last intelli-
gence from America, and especially to the vote of the
Senate for the annexation of Texas, but their remarks
are very brief, and, with the exception of the sentiments
expressed by the Journal des Deficits on the horrors of
slavery, are without interest. After quoting the claims
put forward by Mr. POLK to Texas, on the ground of
previous occupation, that journal observes :—" It is a
peaceful acquisition, says the President ; but after all it
is not so peaceable, for the citizens of the United States
who have taken possession of Texas entered that terri-
tory with arms in their hands, and it was with cannon
that they vanquished the unfortunate President of

- _
The Newcastle and Carlisle Railway Company
have agreed to give fifty guineas towards the expenses of the
Royal English Agricultural Society, should their meeting
for 1846 be held in this town.—Newcastle
Journal.

TUE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 1845

MONEY and COMMERCIAL. NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was nothing new in 'Cotton at Liverpool yes-
terday. The sales were 4,000 bales, all to the trade.
Shares were firm, but there was not so large a
business doing :-Barnsley Junction, 71. 1 ls. 6d. ; Barns-
ley Junction, Half Shares, 68s. 9d; Birkenhead,
74anchester, and Chester, 121. 111. 18s. 9d. ; Birming-
ham and Gloucester, New Shares, 3'A 795.; Blackburn,
Darwen, and Bolton, 41/t ; Blackburn and Preston, 15% ;
Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 12 12%; Caledonian,lo 104 ;
Cambridge and Lincoln, 73/4 8 ; Chester and. Birken-
head, 49 47 ; Ditto, New Shares, 411% 411, ; Ditto, Half
Shares, 2414 23%; Chester and Preston Brook, 33/e ;
Churnet Valley, 7% ; Dublin and Drogheda, 91 ;
Dublin and Galway, 3%; Dundee and Perth. 635. 3d. ;
Dublin, M ullingar, and Athlone, 2 ; Dundalk and Enniskillen,
3 ; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 621% 62 ; Ditto, New Quarter
Shares, 5% 53/4; Ely anßedford, ; Glasgow, Paisley,
and Greenock, 181% ; Grand Junction, Half Shares, 224 ;
Great Grimsby and Sheffield, 4% ; Great Southern and
Western, 16 ; Great Western, Fifth Shares, 403/4 ;
Harwich, 214 ; Huddersffield and Sheffield, 63i ;
Lancaster and Preston, 54; Limerick and Watertbrd, 43/
5% ; Liverpool and Manchester, Half Shares, 101 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 37%; Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, 2%;
London and Birmingham, 233; Ditto, 32/. Shares, 44y4 ;
Ditto, Quarter Shares, 32 ; London and Brighton, 64%
64%; London and South-Western, 80; London and York,
et% es. 3s. 9d. ; Direct Northern, 4% 4/. 13s. 9d. ;
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarter Shares, 93(4 ; Ditto,
New Shares, 5% 5%; Manchester, Bolton and Bury, 164
165 ; Manchester and Leeds, Quarter Shares, 193/4 ; Mid-
land Railway, 151 34 ; Ditto, 401. Shares, 19 18%; Ditto,
Fifth Shares, 76e. 3d. 374 ; Ditto, Consolidated Birmingham
and Derby, 115 ; Newaik and Sheffield, 6 6% ; North
British, Half Shares, ; North Wales Mineral,
141% ; Ditto, New Shares, 554 ; North Wales,
2/. 16s. 3d. ; Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, 1/. I6s. 6d. ; Preston and Wyre, 343/4 ; Sheffield
and Manchester, 1151/4 ; Ditto, Quarter Shares, 15 14 % ;
Sheffield and Lincoln, 245. 235. ; Shrewsbury, Wolverhamp-
ton, and Birmingham, 5 ; Shrewsbury and Grand Junction,
53/4 ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, 4% ; South-
Easter* and Dover, 421/4 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 1,
161,% 34 ; Ditto, New Shares, No. 3.8/_, ; Trent Valley, 17 ;
Worcester and Tring, 815.44 Is. 6d. ; Whitehaven and
Furness, 31s. 6d ; York and North Midland, 102 ; Austrian
and Sardinian, 6s. 6d. Bs. prem. ; Bordeaax and Toulouse,
565. 6cl. ; Boulogne and Amiens (English) 1214 ; Northern
of France (Laffitte's), 6 13 ; Paris arid Lyons (English),
(Laffitte's), 595. 3/. ; Paris and Lyons (Ganneron's), 2% 2%;
Paris and Rouen, 44% ; Paris and St. Quentin, 455. 6d. ' •
Saeibre and Meuse, 6%; Tours and Nantes (Mackenzie's),
314 ; Verona and Ancona, 425. 6d. 435. 6d.
The first meeting took place yesterday, at the residence of
Sir Robert Peel, between the Duke de Broglie and Dr. Lush-
ineton, on the all, important question of the right of search
in connexion with the slave trade. We believe, from what we
have heard, that the Government of France is prepared to
make many concessions not hitherto acceded to. With re-
spect to the principlasupon which this double commission of
inquiry, and we hope of ultimate mutually beneficial result,
is to be conducted, there is no question as to the ability of
the British Government to impart every means for the sup-
pression of the inhuman traffic. We think there are hopes
of a satisfactory result, founded upon information that has
been communicated to us. But as the consideration of the
matter at issue is now strictly private, we are not at liberty
to refer further to the subject. It is perfectly notorious that
Great Britain stands pledged to useall its efforts for the sup-
pression of the slave trade. Without good and sufficient
reason the commanders of our navy 'have, but in very few in-
stances, brought a foreign flag under control on the slave
coasts. We are inclined to believe that the high principle of
nationality, so much contended for by the people of France,
will give way under the able inter-communications which
are now in progress between that eminent jurist Dr. Lush-
ington and the Duke de Broglie. We shall have occasion
again to refer to this subject.
There appears to be an increasing desire on the part of the
merchants and others in the City of carrying out the prin-
ciple that has been long talked of-restricting the hours of
banking business. The Committee of the Stock Exchange
have set the example, and there are abundant reasons
why it should be followed by the City bankers. The
most important feature upon this subject is, that
so extensive are the operations in the Railway
Shares that it is impossible, under the present Post-office
rules, to get the correspondence connected with the rail-
way business done in time for post hours. It is not now
an extraordinary circumstances that the employdes of Share
brokers and of bankers, who formerly considered the day
ended at five o'clock, have to be kept until nine, ten, and even
eleven o'clock at night.
There has been a heavy market for the Three per Cent.
Consols to-day. For the Account the price has fallen from
993,i to 991/, and for immediate tiansfer from 9934 to 99%.
The premium upon Exchequer-bills yesterday was 575. to
595. This morning it is 61s. to 625. India Bonds have
been quoted at 695. to 725. The Three-and- a-Quarter per
Cents. have been purchased at 10211 i, ex div., for the opening.
Brazilian Bonds have been in request at 88 this morning,
without the dividend. The interest upon the Dutch Four
per Cents. is now in the course of payment, and the Bonds
are at 971, to 14. For Spanish, the price of the Five per
Cents., is 3014, and for the Three per Cents. 4034. Not
much business was transacted in the market to-day.
A vast amount of business has been transacted in the Rail-
way Shares to-day, and in general the values are advancing.
ONE CLOSING
PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
3 per Cent. Consols
India Bonds, 1,0001... 72 72
Ditto under 1,0001.. .. 69 69
Consols for Account...... ......... 993/41, 991/2
Exchequer Bills, 1,000/., I%d 59 61 62 pm. 61
Ditto 500/. .
Ditto Small ... 59 57 61 63 pm. 63
Ditto Advertised - pm. -
CLOSING
PRICES.
88
99
52%
15%
351 A
35%
33

cester, Oxford and Rugby, 4% ; London and York, 31% ;
Manchester and Buxton, 21; 9-16 ; Manchester, Sheffield,
and Midland Junction, 41/2 512 ; Newark and Sheffield,
5% ; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Chester Junction, 4'j4 ;
Southport and Euston, 2 9-16 ; Trent Valley, 16;44 3/1 ex
new ; Great Northern of France (English), 6% ; Paris and
Lyons (Ganneron's), 2%.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, APRIL I.—Wind easterly, fresh breeze, and fine,
but lather cold.
ft. V.., MARGATE, MARCH 31.—Cumberland, Carr, Demerara.
11"11)LYMOUTIL MARCH 31.—Arrd. Her Majesty's ship, Dub-
La, Eastward.
BRISTOL, MARCH 31.—Wind W.—Arrd. Eleanor, Reis
Demerara.
LIVERPOOL, MARCH 31.—Wind N.W. fresh.—Arrd. Lady
Sale, Armstrong, Ichaboe ; Rival, Burnett, Maranham ;
Sisters, Williams, Laguna; Java, Samuel, Sarah Ann, and
Superior, Mobile; Olive and Eliza, Apalachicola; Envoy and
Ottawa, Savannah. Sld. Great Western steamer, New
York. Put back, Isabel, Africa ; Josephine, Tampico, leaky,
in tow, cargo supposed not damaged. The Margaret John-
son, Groom, from Ichaboe to Liverpool, was abandoned, 15th
inst., lat. 47 lon. 22; crew saved and arrived at Margate.
BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 31.—1 t blew a gale last night at
S.W., but has since moderated, and is now N.W.
CORK, MARCH 29.—Arrd. John Brooks, Lockhart, Porto
Rico. Sid. Pallas, St. John's New Brunswick ; Perthshire,
Picton.
HULL, MAncH 31.—Arrd. Plato, Chaney, New York.
Sid. Janet, Tat:nagouche ; Llankumney, Quebec.
REDCAP., MARCH 30.—The Ovid, Watt, of and from Sun-
derland to Margate, ran on the rocks off here last night, but
got off with assistance, and has gone to Whitby.

LOSS OF THE THOMAS LOWRY-SUICIDE OF

THE PILOT.

The ship Thomas Lowry, from Sydney to London, arrived
eff Dartmouth on the 27th ult., and landed her letters and
received a supply of provisions, and shipped at the same time
one of the most experienced pilots out of that port. By some
unforeseen circumstances the ship struck on some sunken
rocks, became water-logged, and was run ashore near the
harbour, where she filled. The pilot the day after put an end
to his existence by hanging himself in his own house.

MARKET NEWS.-(THIS DAY.)
11.9.7 P/LEURALSITS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to 4/ 10s ; use-
ful ditto, 41 12s to 5/4s ; fine Upland do., 515 s to 5/10s ; Clover
Hay, 4/ 103 to 61; Oat Straw, I/ 18s to 2l; Wheat Straw,
2/ to 2/ 2s per load. Both Hay and Straw sold steadily, at
last week's quotations.
Cumnunwn.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3l 123 to 4/ 12s ;
useful ditto, 4/ 14s to 5l 5s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 6s to 5112 s ;
Clover Hay, 41 8s to 5/ 16s; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 211 s;
Wheat Straw, 21 2s to 213 s per load. Supply but moderate,
and trade rather active.
WHITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, Si 12s to 41 12s ;
useful ditto, 4l 14s to 5/ 3s; fine Upland ditto, Si 4s to
5/10s ; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 6/; Oat Straw, 1/ 18s to 2/ ;
Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2/ 2s per load. A fair average supply,
and a sluggish demand.

COLONIAL& .
SUGAR.—There has been rather more doing in British
Plantation ; about 500 hhds having been sold at rather lower
prices for the inferior and brown descriptions, but the coloury
sorts have brought fully previous rates. The public sales
have consisted chiefly of 1,906 bags Bengal, and 1,610 bags
Penang Only part of the Bengal found buyers at
51s to 59s 6d for good to very fine bright crystalised yellow,
being comparatively high prices ; .the remainder was chiefly
taken in at 33s to 35s for low soft to good brown Khaur ;
the washed sold at 295, which is a very low price.
The Penang was mostly sold (for export the duty of
18s 8d being allowed) at 30s to 40s for very low
dark to fine brown, and low yellow to middling greyish
white at 41s to 51s. The quantity of British Plantation
landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 285
hhds, 35 tierces. 18 barrels, and there were taken for home
consumption 769 hhds, 83 tierces, 174 barrels. The stock in
the same places is 7,640 hhds, 578 tierces, 1,059 barrels.
COFFEE.-1,038 bales Mocha at aucticn were all with-
drawn, there being no purchasers at firmer prices.
Rum—The quantity landed last week, at the East and
'West India Docks, was 38 puns; there were taken for home
conozimption, 204 puns 41 hhds; and exported, 150 puns
47 hhds. The stock in the same places is 8,858 puns 1,919 hhds.
SALTPETRE.-2,000 bags Bengal and 461 bags Madras
offered by auction only partly found buyers at 26s to 26s 6d
for 6i to 34 per cent refraction ; Bengal, 10i per cent refrac-
tion ; Madras was taken in at 255, which are about previous
rates.
SPICES.-462 bags Malabar Pepper, and 150 chests Cassia
T.ignia sold, the former at 3d to 3id for ord light to fair half
heavy Malabar, and the latter at 52s to 62s 6d for ord coarse
to good quality.
TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is dull, at 38s 9d per cwt on the spot,
and town at 41s per cwt.
TEA.—There has been a steady consumption going on and
the deliveries last week increased. To-day public sales are
in progress.

ONE
O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS.
Brazilian Bonds
Chilian Bonds 6 per Cent.... •
Ditto Deferred 52%
Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15%
Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 ...
Ditto, Account 35%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
Porortiuttg.u,eges,,henrerisa_ n n....."..--
..
161 y
~,, li
~bia.o nonds
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840.
Ditto, Account 30% 308
Ditto 3 per Cent............. 4034
Ditto Account
Belgian Bonds, 4% per Cent — 10034
Dutch, 21/2 par Cent
Ditto, 4 per Cent., Certific 97%14 9714
PRICES OF
II ITLIVAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES.
CLOSING
Aberdeen
Armagh, Coleraine, and
Portrush .................. 1% I% 2
Birming. and. Gloucesterloo
Do. New ..• ............ 17% 34%
Ditto % Shares ...... 3
Bristol and Exeter ..... 70
Ditto New ............... 2
Bristol and
CaledonianG.l.o. . 5 10% %3%
Gloucester....
.......
..... 30
...... 601/2 61 60
Caledonian
Cambridge and Lincoln 11/2...... 7 8%
Chester and Holyhead... 5
Churnet Valley
Coventry, Bedworth, and
Nuneaton ........ •••••• PA ...... 25a
Direct Northern ......... 21/2 4%1/234
Direct Norwich
Dublin and Belfast June 2% B%
Dublin and Galway- • 21/2•••••• 31/2 s{B %
Eastern Counties ......... 25 ...... 211 A%
Eastern
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Edinburgh and Glasgow 50
110315y2.4. 3%%%
.d......
_7
Great Grimsby and Shef-
field
Great South. and West.
(Ireland)
11
Great
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Noo 0 ENr
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002 % 1
2 20%
Great Western ......... ... SO ...... _
GuDilidtftoord%,
FSahrnar,ems ............. ss. 2014_
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Harwich
98
%••••••
KfleunlltiasnhdcSoealsbty ............ 510
Lancaster and Carlisle... 15
Lincoln, York, and Leeds I%
London and Birminghm (Stock) 233
140 d
d. . .
London and S. Western 41/0165
49
27
1/2v2
Do. New Thirds
Do. 14 Shares
London,eannddoßrereignhwt4c)rh i.. 1. 251
80% 80
Do. New consolidated Bths 6
as
Do. New
London and York ...... ... 2% 34
Lynn and Ely
.Manchester and Binnin. 40
Do. Quarters 4 ...... 10%
Midland... 100 156 157 156%...
Do. New
Midland,Birm.,Derby...loo ll6 .
Newcastle and Darling-
ton Junction 24 ...... 49 48
Do. New Brandling... 10 39% 32
Newcastle and Berwick 11/2 l5 16
Newark and Sheffield ... ‘• 1% 57/,, Guth
North British
Do. New
North Kent
North Wales
Norwich and Brandon.- 10
Do., New ... ..... ..... 1
Preston and Wyre
Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1
Scottish Midland l% 3% 2%
Shrews., Wolverhamp.,
Dudley, and Birm 2%. .... 43%
South Devon
South Eastern &Dover 33/ 2s 4d... 42 /2%
Do., No. 1..,............ 8
Do., No. 2. ............ 2
Do., No. 3 ............ 2% B%
South Wales .... ... 2% 57/, 6%
Waterford and Kilkenny I
Yarmouth and Norwich. 20
York and North Midland 50 lO2 103
Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20
Do. Selby
Do. Extension ......... 11% 1514 16% 153/4
FRENCH RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens— 4 ...11X1 12 113/4 12%
Bordeaux, Toulouse, and
Cette. ........ . ... ..... 2
Great North. of France.. 4
Lyons and Avignon 2
Orleans and Bordeaux... 2
Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2
Paris ard Lyons, Gan-
neron's,
Paris & Lyons, (Calon's) 2
74
Paris and Orleans 2O
S am
Tours
Lap
N d
antes, 3I eu s e ... 2
Mac-
kenzie's
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock...., 10
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MARCH 31.—The sales
are :—London and Birmingham, 32/. Shares, 443/ ; Man-
New Quarters, 5% prem. ; Midland Railway, 401. Shares,
nseBwexandnewex adnielv. e;x Ddiitvio,
cDh Di o, st
ot e,
r Quarter i rlni
n Shares,gh a in2%57e3/4x/
19 183/4 ,• Preston and Wyre, 333/4 ; Sheffield and Man-
chester, Quarter Shares, 153, % ; South-Eastern. 423/4 ex
div. ; Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction, 11%
12 ; Bolton, Wigan, and Liverpool, 1114 3g ; Cambridge
and Lincoln, 714 yl; Churriet Valley, 714 7-16 ; Direct
Northern, 43/4 %; ,rewash Valley, 15; Great Grimsby and
Sheffield Junction, 3% ; Huddersfield and Manchester Rail-
way and Canal, 312 ; Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction,
6%; Leeds and West Riding Junction, 7 ; London and Wor.

66
116,4

133%
34%

3
215/%
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33%
60Ih

SHERIFFS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Under-Sheriff KENNEDY and a Common
Jury.) _ _

STRANCHAN V. HALL.-EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF

ASSAULT AND ACTION FOR DAMAGES.

2% -

16%
11
195

213/4

101
474
98
1%
38

3114
15i/
6$
1734

167/
42
35
4IA

161/4

21/2
6
3%
12
3%

2421:,
{-
501
6%.

This was an action instituted by John Wilson Strang-
han, a captain in the merchant service, to recover
damages for an assault committed by John Hall, a Lieu-
tenant in the Royal Navy. The damages were laid at 2001.
The defendant had entered no plea to the action,
thereby allowing judgment to go by default, and the
question the jury had to decide was, the awount of da.
mages to which the plaintiff was entitled. The parties
to the action were joint owners of the ship Emerald,
belonging to the port of London, and brothers-
in-law. The ship in question traded between
the ports of Cadiz and London. The plaintiff
was the commander, and the circumstances that led
to the present proceedings took place as follows :
On the 15th of July the ship arrived in the London
Docks with a cargo from Cadiz, and the same day
Lieut. Hall, being down at the docks, went on board.
While there
tne canin, and seeing the paint scratched, and several of
the sky-lights broken, he remarked that she was " in a
sad plight," that in fact " she was a perfect wreck."
Capt. Stranghan observed, in reply, that having a large
cargo cn board they had been obliged to stow a portion
of it away in the cabin, which had occasioned the
damage. A few more words passed between them, when
Lieut. Hall in a furious manner lifted his fist and struck
the plaintiff a violent blow on the face, which felled him
to the ground like an ox. Not satisfied with this, he
repeated the blows several times while the plaintiff lay
on the ground, also pulled his nose severely, and other-
wise treated him with the greatest indignity. Captain
Stranghan, though, a younger and a stronger man, did
not return the blows, but preferred meeting the gross
outrage by another course. On the defendant subse-
quently refusing to apologise, the present action was
brought.
William Rogers, mate of the Emerald, deposed to the
facts, in regard to the assault, as herelset forth. Though
subjected to a long cross-examination, nothing was done
to shake the evidence as to the assault being not only
unprovoked, but also very violent.
The surgeon, who attended on the plaintiff, also gave
evidence as to the face and one of the eyes being much
injured.
Mr. WORDSWORTH having spoken in mitigation of
damages,
The Learned UNDER-SHERIFF briefly summed up,
and the jury consulted for a short time, and returned a
verdict for 50/.

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