The Express. — London, England, 1848-04-14 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL Yesterday a Court was held. PRESENTATION OF THB FREEDOM or THE CITY TO Loan HARI/INCR.—Soon after 12 o'clock Lord Hardinge was introduced to the court by Mr. R. L. Jones, the mover, and Mr. John Wood, the sedonder of the resolution, amidst great applause. The City Chamberlain then read the resolu tion, and swore in the noble lord is the usual form. The Cham berlain, having addressed his lordship in a laudat speech, concluded by naming his lordship as citizen and merchant tailor. Lord HARDINOa then said—My lord, in receiving them tokens of the approbation of this corporation representing the freemen of the metropolitan city of this empire, am most deeply sensible of the honour which you, my lord. and my brother freemen have conferred upon me. I feel very grate • fad for the obliging terms in which your address is worded, I am happy to learn that my endeavours to use the authority placed in my hands for the government of a large and dis tant empire should, in your lordship's opinion, and in that of the freemen of the City of London, have been exercised for the benefit of the Indian community and the security *1 her Majesty's eastern possessions . (Cheers.) In obeying her Majesty's summons, when "elected by the court of directors of the East India Company to undertake the high and responsible duties of the government of India, I hoped to earn the approbation of my sovereign and my country by maintaining peace, as the means of promoting the social in terests and welfare of the people of India. (Cheers.) When war broke out, by the unprovoked aggression of a licentious and warlike people, the Indian army, under the command of its distinguished and experienced leader Lord Gough, nobly sustained its former reputation for valour, discipline, and fidelity. The successes of the army not only gave me the power of obtaining an honourable and lasting peace, and with it all those blaming' of en improved condition which constitute a nation's happiness, but it enabled me RI, qtly to relieve the population of the Puojaub itself from the anuchy anal oppression under which It had so severely laboured. (Cheers.) The moral influence of education and civilisation under a just rule must have the effect of raising the native population to a higher social position, and thus gradually to achieve by peaceful means the increased preeperity of all classes of the community. (Cheers.) In a commercial point of view,and in proportion as the coalition of the population is improved, India will offer a large outlet for British manufactures and the employment of our shipping The principal staples of Indian commerce are capable of great exsension, and, by a reciprocity of benefits, will become each year more conducive to the prosperity of both countries. These ameliorations de pend on the maintenance of peace, which, in my opinion, will be preserved, inasmuch as a just and benevolent rule will cause the elements of resistance to disappear, by the con tentment of all classes ; or if any refractory spirit should dis play itself, such is the irresistible force of the British para mount power, that our army on the frontier can have no difficulty in enforcing order. It is most true, as the Cham berlain has stated in the address, that " we live in eventful times;" but, in common with all England, I am proud of the loyalty and good sense of my fellew citizens, and being well acquainted with the military serf ice of her hlajcsty, in whine ranks I have been trained, I know that our soldiers will ever be found as obedient to the civil authorities, in guarding the throne and maintaining the law of the land at home, as they have been ready to main tain our national honour abroad. (Cheers.) I say this, my lord, beceuse I am convinced that our citizens and our soldiers are determined to preserve unimpaired the glory and strength of this unrivalled empire. (Chem.) I again beg to thank your lordship and the corporation for the honour which has this day been conferred upon me.—Lord Hardinge then left the court amidst enthusiastic cheers. Mr. R. L. Jottits moved and Mr. J. WOOD seconded the motion, that the address of the Chamberlain and the an swer of Lord Hardinge be entered on the minutes of the court —Carried unanimously. THE PRESERVATION OF THE PEACE ON THE IOTII OP APRIL—The LORD MAYOR said he had received a letter from Sir G. Grey, thanking the citizens for their exertions in keeping the peace en Monday last. The letter was or dered to be enter ed on the journals of the court. Deputy CORNEY proposed a motion of thanks to her Majesty's ministers for the prompt and energetic measures they adopted for the preservation of the peace on Mon day last. Objections were made to the motion by members of the court, and several amendments were intro duced, and subsequently a portion of one of them was engrafted upon the original motion, which then read as follows ,—" That the thanks of this court be given to her Majesty's government for the judicious and energetic measures adopted en Monday last, the 10th inst., for the preservation of the pence and order of this great metropolis." Mr. GILPIN thought that the preparations to elaborately made were not required by the circumstances of the case. — The motion wan put and carried. Mr. R. L. JONEs moved "that this court desire to record their sense of the spirit and determination evinced by all classes of their fellow-citizens to maintain peace and good order against the late attempts to create confusion, and to congratulate them on the successful result that has attended their well-intended and well.directed efforts."—Mr. J. WOOD seconded the resolution. Mr. Wats then rose to move an amendment, " That the resolutions should be advertised in the newspapers, and that copies should be forwarded to Sir G. Grey." Though he was net a chartist, he could not forget that there were many and great grievances under which the public laboured. lie hoped the time would come when these would all be removed from the shoulders of the people. He trusted that be never should be led into the error of giving as his opinion that it was not right for the people to meet and ask for their privi leges as free-born Englishmen, as they had repeatedly done on former occasions. (Hear, hear.) To say that, would be to nullify repeated resolutions made in thatcourt, and to stop the course of constitutional freedom; and while every one of them must approve of the quiet which took place on Mon day last, it must not be forgotten that that formed an addi tional argument that the people should be permitted without fear to exercise their political privileges. He certainly disapproved of large and tumultuous meet. logs of the people, but he hoped that he never should deny the right of the people to express their unbiassed opinion'. He would remind pantie* present that the propositions now before the government had been made in the midst of a pe- I tiod of great excitement ; nor could it be denied that the people had been in a measure goaded on by the negleet of past days. Mr. /lota having seconded the amendment, Mr. Nonnts rose to support the motion. As to the bodies unrepresented, he was as anxious as any one could be that they should have every constitutional privilege. But such tunes must know that what they required must be obtained instalments, and that the means used to accomplish such & purpose must be of constitutional character. (Hear.) The original motion was carried unanimously, as was Mr. Wire's amendment introduced as a substantive motion. Mr. It. L. JONES moved, and Mr. J. Woon seconded— ` That the Court respectfully suggest to their fellow-citizens *at a general declaration should be made of their attach- Went to the throne, &c., and their acknowledgment of the measures taken by all classes to maintain peace and good order." —Agreed to unanimously. Several other resolutions, amongst which were some of thank to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen for the zeal, activity, and discretion evinced in the measures they adopted to assist in maintaining and sawing the public peace : to Mr. D. W. Harvey, the commissioner of the City police, for his judicious and effective arrangements of the police force of the City, to the superintendent and constables of that force, and to the lieutenant-colonel, officer', and privates of the hon. artillery company for the readiness with which they attended, &c., were then put aed carried unanimously, and amidst acclama tions. It was also resolved unanimously that the letter of Sir G. Grey should be printed and circulated, and that a coy should be given to each of the special constables. HE WORKMEN EXPELLED FROM FRANCE. —Upon the eviction of Mr. AN DERTON, it was resolved that the sum of '2OOl. should be subscribed out of the City's cash towards the relief of the British workmen and their families compelled to leave France .—The court then adj. urned. COURT OF SEWERS. A court of sewers was held yesterday in Room No. 22 in the New Houses of Parliament. Lord Morpeth in the chair. A letter was read from Sir John Hall, stating that all the I sewers within the district of St. Katharine's were under the superintendence of the dock company ever since the forma. tien of the docks, and that the company would continue to take the charge of and keep in repair all the sewers of that district. On the receipt of this letter It was resolved that the dock company had ne legal right to retain the superintend ence of the sewers in the St. Katherine's district, and that 'he commissioners could not sanction their continuing to do so. This rca lotion bad been communicated to Sir John Hall. but no reply had been received from him. The court adopted the following resolutions: That no person be retained in the service rf the commi”ione as a salarird officer who is in private practice, OT whose whole time is not si vlsble to the public serfior.—Thot the prOILOORT to be allowed for lLe collection of the rates be in no one more than 6d. In the pound. Tbe SECRETARY read a correspondence which had taken pi :cc between the commission and the Sewage Manure Com p Liy, on the resolution of the court that the company would n be permitted to proceed with their works until as ar rimeement was come to whereby the company would be bound to pay a certain proportion of the rate in considera tlin of the company getting t he p rofits arising from the soil. The company denied the right of the commission to •tep the provress of their works, which were sanctioned by two acts of parliament, and they expressed their determina tion to proceed with them.—A resolution was passed by the rourt directing that the works of the campany should not be 'emitted to be proceeded with. Thanks were voted to the 250 men in the employ of the t ourt, for having acted as special constables en the 10th inst. Mr. STOLWAY, of Holhcrn, read a petition complaining of me conduct and management of the old commissioners, who had, during the whole of their period of office, expended the sum of 13,3201. instavern bills. During the year 1847, they l e ad expended 4131. at the Albion tavern, and they had given .o the surveyor, who had a salary of 4501., a sum of 4001. for the previous eight years, although during those years be had been paid his salary regularly. Lord Mostrvrit and other members of the court assured the petitioner that the subject had already engaged the Attention of the commissioners, and they had come tea reso lution not to allow any tavern bills to be charged against the rates, and every precaution would be need to control the xp eenditure. From the balance-sheet read by the secretary, it appeared •hat at the last court the balance to hand was 16,3491.75, 3d. ; expended since, 5,3761. 17s. 6d. ; balance now in band, 5,9761. 9s. Yd. The court then adjourned to the 4th of May. CABINET COUNCIL.—The Firequeen, steamer, is ender orders to convey the cabinet ministers from Portamouth to Osborne House on Saturday (to-morrow). THE CHARTIST CONVENTION. On the reassembling of the convention for the afternoon sitting, Mr. KYDD moved a resolution to the effect that this con vention had witneseed with feelings of admiration the grow ing spirit of fraternity maeifeatod by the people of all na tions, end that recognisieg the great truth that all men are brethren as conducive to the true development of ci and the permanent peace of Europe, p r et in the mist de cided manner against the proposed bill of the M a rquis of ers from our shores for Lsnsdowse for expelling fore i g n avowed political purposes, end consider it en despotic in prin ciple, and in direct opposition to a wise, enlightened, and statesmanlike policy. Mr. DIXON seconded the resolution, which, without any further diseuenoo, was adopted unanimously amidst load cheers. Mr. ERNEST JONES, who had B few moments previously ' entered the hall, rose under evident feelings of strong ex citement, and, addressing the chair, said that, though he was strongly oppose I to personal matters being introduced into any deliberative assembly, still when a matter which, though personal to himself, appertained to this convention and its members, he felt bound to mention it. He had just been released from durance vile. He had just been liberated from almost a felon's toll, and perhaps the convention would grant him leave of absence, that he might proceed to his family, after he had made to the delegates present a brief statement of facts. An individual had taken out, on Saturday last, a writ to apprehend him fora debt for which he was not liable, and two sheriff's officers had been employed to carry the writ into effect on Saturday, on which day, though they had kept " dodging " about this hall, they had not dared to arrest him. On Monday they had followed him to Kennington-common, but surrounded es he was they had not ventured to drag him out of the ear; but yesterday, as he was leaviog the convention, he had een arested in a bye street in the vicinity. Ile repeated b r that he was not liable for the debt for which he had Leen arrested, and that there existed not the slighest ground for that arrest. When he wen taken to the lock-up house in Chancery-lane, Slow man, the officer, told him that it was all a political trick ; he, however, had not been allowed to remain at the lock up house, because it was thought his presence there was dangerous, and he had consequently been taken immediately to Whitecrom-street prison, where the same opinion, that it was all a political trick, was reiterated. He had al ready commenced an action for false imprisonment, and he told the government that if they dare not prosecute him for sedition, they ought not to presume to act in this indirect ' and underhand way, to cast a blot on the character of a delegate to this convention , and at the same time to prevent his being present at the meeting on Ken nington-common. (Cheers.) He, however, had gone there, and here he was again to-dry though every passible obstacle in the shape of legal technicalities had been thrown in the way of his obtaining his release. But this was not all. On Saturday morning he had been served with a writ for 1,0001., in the name of persons of whom he had never heard, and to whom he did not owe a farthing. (Shame.) Mr. Jones then denounced the government who, he repeated, had caused his arrest. He would also mection that he was sum moned to appear on the 28th instant before the benchers of the Middle Temple, to show cause why he should not be disrobed as a barrister for having given legal advice gratu itously to the poor. (Shame.) Mr. Currey and Mr. TATIIRSALL both urged that an in vestigation should be instituted into this transaction, but the proposition was overruled. Mr. STEVENS moved the appointment of a committee to draw up an address to the Trades Unions of the kingdom, pointing out to them their duty at the present important crisis, to take up the people's charter as the only means of protecting labour against class The motion having been seconded by Mr. BECKLEY, a long debate followed, which terminated in the adoption of the motion, after a verbal amendment. The convention adjourned shortly after five o'clock. EA sr INDIA Hots N.—Yesterday a Court of Direcums was held at the East India-house, when the new directors, elected on Wednesday last.—viz , Henry Alexander, Esq., the Hon. W. H. L. Melville, Major J. Oliphant, J. Shep herd, Esq., F. Warden, Esq : , and Major-Gen J. Caulfeild, C. 8., took the oaths and their seats. Lieut.-General Sir J. L. Ltuhington, G.C.13., was chosen chairman, and Major- General A. Galloway, C. 8., deputy-chairman fur the year IRELAND. DeemlV, Aram 12. The authorised denial to the statement that the Royal Society had taken up arms at the express desire of the Earl of Clarendon, has not satisfied the Repeal Association. As the " Royals" are arming, the "Loyals" insist on the same measure of justice; and to carry their object into effect, they work on the Lord Mayor as "Conservator of the Public Peace." A requisition lies for signature at various public places, calling on his lordship to take into considera tion the state of the city, and, if necessary, the pro priety of exercising the powers vested in the chief magistrate by the Special Constables Act. His lord ship woald rather avoid the prayer of the requi- sitfon. There are few more popular men with the Roman catholic clergy than Mr. Ponlett Scrope, in conse quence of his persevering exertions on behalf of the poor. At a mezting of the deanery of Balla, in Con naught, a resolution of warm thanks was passed to the member for Stroud, and signed by 15 clergymen. The friends of tenant right are astir in the north. At Portadown they assembled on Monday in great force, and condemned unanimously the government measure. They recommend ministers to reconsider their bill, and not trench on a right which is so closely identified with the prosperity of Ulster. The Cork assizes have been adjourned, in order to enable the judges to be present at the opening of Easter term. - Barricades are being erected in the hail of the courts of law here, the same as in the time of the trial of the late Mr. O'Connell and his co-conspirators —preparatory to the forthcoming trials of Mr. Smith O'Brien, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Meagher, for sedition. A polytechnic club has been organised in Cork, fol lowing the laudable example of the confederate rifles in Dublin. THE BAVINOS BANKS.—The people have been extensively acting upon the foolish recommendation to withdraw their deposits from the savings banks. On Monday week last, in Dublin, large sums were withdrawn ; acd on Monday lest so much as 11,0001. were removed of small depositors. The provincial journals intimate that similar demands on the savings banks in the south and west of Ireland are being made. A cirsumstance has just occurred is Tralee which will probably have some effect in stimulating this folly of the people. Tke secretary of the Tralee savings bank, after 25 years acting in that capacity, has been found a defaulter. The discovery was made in consequence of more notices for withdrawal having been served on the treasurer than his cash and bank stock amounted to. The secretary, on being questioned, admitted his crime, and stated that he hadde fied the accounts d e liberately for several years. T positors will not lose, but the circumstance will shake public confidence in such a time of excitement. SCOTLAND. EDINBURGH, APRIL 13. Last night a meeting was held here, to found the Scottish Anti-State Church Association; and, without doubt, this movement will be the precursor of a keen ecclesiastical agitation in Scotland. The last time that the voluntary dissenters buckled on their armour, they were mainly the means of breaking up the esta blished church—what they may do on this occasion it is hard to say. ARRENT OF TWO GLASGOW PRINTERS FOR PRINTING • POLITICAL PLACARD.—On Tuesday afternoon, Melva Harrower and Brown, printers, Glasgow, were arrested and taken into custody by the authorities for the printing of a placard headed " Threatened Revolution in London," which was extensively posted throughout the city in the course of the day previous, and which the police, by orders of the magistrates, were busily engaged in Couri tearing dawn from the ..a6 on Monday. We (Glasgow er) are not aware of the precise nature of the charge against Mean. Harrower and Brown, but we believe that they both hold Chartist principles, and that they do the moat of the printing work for the Chartists of Glasgow. They under went a lengthened examination in the flscal's office after being apprehended, and were then liberated on bail-bonds of 501. each, for which Mesas. Moir and Boss, Chartist orators, at once proffered themselves, and were accepted, assecurities. WAGES FOR THOROUGH GRAINING.—The Lord Justice General, of Scotland, has commenced extensive operations in draining and reclaiming Shewalton Mom, T at his seat near —smock and Irvine, and adjoining the Kilmarnock Troon Railway ; the work is, however, proceeding rather languidly at present, as the price allowed for cutting and refilling a drain, averag ing rive feet deep, is only three farthings a yard, a rate of re muneration which, even in these dull times, is scarcely suffi cient to tempt a man to work ten hours a-day over the ankles in water.—Dumfries PROVINCIAL. LANCASHIRE. THE CHEQUE FOROFRIL—John Pownall. whe has been remanded twice on a charge of being concerned in the late forgery of a cheque upon the Branch Bank of England, Blanchester, on account of Messrs. Henry and Co., for 3,4001., has been again brought up at the Borough Court. The two other parties concted with the forgery had not yet been apprehended bu t Mr. Beswick said he quite expected that they soon would be. In the meantime, however, it bad been agreed upon, if the bench did not object, to allow the prisoner to go at large, on giving his own recognisance for 2001.. and two others in 1001. each, pro is appearance. Satisfactory bail having been given the ner was set at liberty. Music. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.—"La Cenerentola was announced as the opera at Coventiardeu last evening, with nlboni in the character of the heroine ; but, for some reason which doss not appear, this piece was not produced, and " Don Giovanni" was substituted for it. It is to the ,never of the public taste that the chef &mare of Mozart never fails to attract a great audience. Lest evening, in THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 184 a point of attendance, was the best of the season, the theatre being crowded in every part. A great disappointment, how ever, took place ; Grisi, who was to have performed Donna Anna, was prevented from appearing by sudden indisposi tion, and Madame Cutellan undertook the part at a few hours' notice. It says much for the strength of the eats• blishment, that it contained a second performer capable of sustaining so arduous a part. After Grill, Castellan's per- forename was weak, being comparatively deficient both in vocal power and in impassioned energy; but still it was respectable and pleasing, and, as such, was well received. She would have done well to leave eut the long and difficult air, " Non mi dir," which is never sung except by perfor.. men of the highest powers. Mario appeared for the first time this season. lie did t he greate•t possible justice to the part of ()Mario ; that is, he faithfully preserved all the insi pidity of the character, while he sang the music most charm ingly. The "II mio Worn" was every way exquisite, and was ent h us i as tically encored. Madame Persianis Zerlina, as usual, was delightful from its naive simplicity; but she was scarcely so happy as usual in her vocal performance. She was tem perfect, both in voice and intonation, than she was last week in Rosin, and she introduced some ftoritstre, which, in Mozart's music, might be dispensed with. Rostra was but an indifferent Leporello. He was hard and dry, without the geniality of Lablache ; and the music of the part is by no means suited to his voice. Though last, not least, we mention Temburini, the most per. feet representative of the high bred libertine that has been seen in our day. His performance last evening had all the qu alities, both dramatic and vocal, which have bet n so often and justly extolled. The opera was got up with the completeness and magnificence which characteris' e this theatre;notwithstanding the great blan made by the absenoe of Grisi, it wee a noble entertainment.k UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL ONTO/in, ArittL 13.—This morning a chapter meeting of the dean and canons of Christ Church was held, when the key. \V. Jacobson, M.A., late Ace-principal of Magdalen-ball soul public orator, was Installed reeius professor of divinity, to which is annexed a canonry of Chrht Church and the rectory of Ewelme, Oxfordshire, in the room of 1/r. Hampden, translated to the see of Hereford. 011PORD AND CANON/DOI ON IC EMPTY .—The number of members oa the boards et Cambridge, according to the "Cambridge Caleodar,..lust published, exceed this.c on the books at Oxford by 748; end the members of the senate exceed the members of convocation at Oxford by 488. The /allowing are the total numbers: Cambridge Members of the senate, 3, WO ; members on /be boards, •,768. Oxford: Members of convocation, 3.179 ; members on the books, 6,020. CA NBRIDOR.—The Vire.Chaneellor has given notice that the examination le for the TyrwhAt's Ibrew Scholarships will com mence on the second Wedricedity in May next. Tne BISHOP or Snook ANo MAN held an ordination on the 9th that., in the pariah church of St. Michael, when .1. P. Serjesnt was ordained a &soon, and has Since beim Ikenscd no curate to the Rs.% it.forbert, perpetual chaplain of St. George's Chapel, Douglas; NAVAL. ADMIRALTY, APRIL IS.—APPOINTMENTS: Lieutenant W. P. Warren, to WstcrwPcb- Surgeon R. T. C. Scott, Assist nt- Rurgeon P. resell, Acting A.i 4 tant -s u rgroa D. lit• Ewan, Masurs' Asaistunt .1. May, Claim' APPilO.llt. Itunn, Naval Cadet J. S. Barlow, Boatswain N. Bingsten, and Carpenter C. Brood, to Beatings—Mate T. M. Campbell, to Sharpshooter—Second Monter F. Sand, to Dee — Assistant -Surgeons T. N. Perches, confirmed to President; J. Lif etime, confirmed to Wellmley—Kidsbipman G. Grey, to Victory; T. A. Close, to Kingdom. MILITARY. The Ist battalion 12th Foot passed through London yes terday en route from Port mouth to Weedon, to be stationed at the latter place. The 17th Foot, wbkh han been here kW* Flaturday last, also left yang/Tidy for remkrt. Tne 2nd battalion Royals, at Newry, and the 13th (Prince Al p ert 's light infantry), at Bier, will shortly exchange Quarters. SPORTING. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING—Tacoma. SWEEPSTAKES Of 100 SOTS. !SCR, h ft, for 3-yr-olds ; D.M. (6 mite.) Col. ARIOD'i Corsican (F. Butler) 1 Lord Olasaan'sc by Don John. out of Impertinence (NMI 2 Woe in a canter by two length. Run in I In. 37 see. D . M . EEP STAKES of 60 SOTS. each, h ft, for 3-yr - olds ; 1.11.1 (7 sem) (Nat) I Duke of Richmond's Ilornpipe Mr. Wigram's Kerman Lord Exeter's Hecuba (Veldt 3 Run la 1 ra. me. War ha a canter by three lengths. 44 SUBSCRIPTION PLATE of 601. ; 3-yr-olds, fist 121 b ; four, est 71b ; Are, get ; Mx and aged, 9st Mb. The winner to be sold for 300 emu. (CA.) Mr. W. A. Johnston's Blackball . .- '.(ter)Prinee) 1 Duke of Bedford's INNUIUSI ( (Nat ) 3 I land Orford's Craftsman Lord Exeter's Ociambia. (Ssettiokenew 1 Run in Im. 42 see. Ma whirr wee edam& S WEEP STAKES Of 50 110•11. each, h ft, fir Sir-olds Crite don mune. Duke of Rutland's The Fiddler Mr. Drinkakra Good Boy (Nat 3 Mr. Ilussey's Telegraph LATEST BETTING. TWO THOUSAND OUINEAB STARER-4S to 4 agst Blase, (t), 7 to 2 agst Fletcareber. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES.-5 to 2 eget Prairie Bird. CHUTBR Cap.—Lightning backed at 20 to 1, and Maid of my soul at 25 to I. No other Gunge. DENNY.-900 to 110 agat Surplice (t), 12 to 1 eget Lesdatone (t freely), 2010 1 apt Esale's Plume (t), 25 to I east Fiddler tag 30 to I apt Beshormigh, 3.5 to I apt The Stinger, and 50 to 1 t Great Western (t freely). The Fiedler was backed very freely at 30, 20, and 25 to I. Okce.-10 to 1 eget Prairie Bird (t). ENTRIES FOR FRIDAY —H DICAP. T.Y.C.—Carrrna, Cocoa Nut, Prussic Mid, Millwood, Tuffrail, Bt. Ann, Montilla, Clerk of the Council. Ilswotcee. D.M.--Marquis of Conyngham, Sagacity, Bt. Antonio, Duplicity. Sir Oliver walks over on Friday, Mr. Combo withdrawing his stake. ato intelligence. EQUITY COURTS. Before the Vlce-Chancellor of England. Tun WEST Courier/au RAILWAY COMPANY R. MOWATT.—BILL FOR THE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF AN AOREESIF.NT TO PURCHASE SNARES. —Thu was a bill filed by the West Cornwall Railway Com pany against the defendant, Mowatt, for the specific performance of an agreement entered into by the de fendant for the purchase of 4,935 Aare' in the railway, and to restrain the defendant from proceeding against Messrs. Denison, bankers, far the recovery of a sum of money de posited by the defendant as security for such shares. It ap peared that when the railway was projected it was agreed that there should be 2.3,000 shares issued, at 201. per share ; 4,935 of these shares were unappropriated, and the defendant entered into an agreement to purchase the unappropriated shares at 151. per share, and 41. a share ens to be deposited with Messrs. Denison as a security for the purchase money. The defendant refused to complete the purchase, and this bill was consequently filed. A demurrer was put in by the defendant, for whom it was argued that the company had no power to sell the shares at a price lets than 201., the amount fixed by act of parliament, and that the Messrs. Denison ought to have been made parties to the bill.—Mr. J. Parker ari Mr. Toiler ap peared in support of the demurrer, sod Mr d . Ilethell an for the ' railway company—Before the arguments were concluded, it I was suggested that the better course would be to have the case decided by a court of law.—The Vice-Chancellor agreed .sith this suggestion. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. Before 1). C. Moylan, Esq. CLRROW v. LORD ',A:IIIEL% A DREAD BILL.- Thin was an action, brought by a baker living in Marylebone, to recover of the defendant the sum of 121. 25., the balance of 22/ 2s. for bread and flour.—The plaintiff st'ted that he I supplied Lord Suffield, whilst he re..ided at St. John's-wood, with bread and flour to the amount of 221. lie had applied to hi, lordship for payment, and was referred by him to his solicitor, Mr. Kerr. That gentleman paid him 101. on ac count and promised to pay the balance in a day or so. This was not done, and he was compelled to adopt the present proceedings against his iord.hip.—The Judge basing ascer tained that the summons had been properly served, made an order for the payment of the debt and costs on the 16th of May. ALLEN V. LORD COTTENHASS.—TRE LORD CHANCELLOR IN THE COVNTY Count —ln this cue, the plaintiff, a cab man, sued the noble lord for 51. damage done to a cab through the negligent and wilful driving of the defendant's I se rvant. The circumstances of t he case did not transpire, as the money with the costs were paid into court before the case was called on, anA the plaintiff of course being satisfied, it was unnecessary to trouble the court with the details. been given to him absolutely—which was not intended: but rather than alter the will a codicil was prepared by w hich he was prevented from anticipating the a nnuity. There were numerous bequests to charities, and the will then appointed Mr. Wind° (who had succeeded to his business) and Mr. Dowding executors and residuary legatees. After this will was executed the testator changed , his mind, and another co dicil was p re p ared and executed on ' the 24th April, and after that another on the 13th May. On the 2Eth June Mr. Slack was ver sevously indisposed, and Mr. Dowding called upon him to t nquire after his health, and was admitted. This was on Sunday, and at that time, although so very ill, his mind was upon his affairs, and he than mentioned to Mr. Dowding, for the first time, the fact of a mortgage !security which he held, and which he had omitted to mention in his instructions. A codicil was im mediately suggested Do wding that all straight, and on the fol lowing morning Mr. prepared the codicil, and sent to Mr. Slack to say that his clerks would wait upon him at twelve o'clock to see the codicil executed ; and amordingly, Abut twelve o'clock that day, two of Mr. Dowds clerks wiotnessed Mr. Slack's executioa of this the fourth This was Monday, the 30th June. Shortly after the clerks had left a person named Racket called to see Mr. Slack, not having seen him for some time, and remained with him until bed time. She went again the next morning and found Mr. Wintle there, and they both remained the entire day until his death, which took place on Wednesday the 2nd July. No one except Mr. Wind's and Mrs. Recker therefore had an opportunity of conversing with Mr. Slack after execution of the codicil on the 30th June, until his death. Mr. Slack had requested that his will should not be proved until six months after his death. We now come to that part of the evidence which connects the other prisoner; with the forgery. Stephen Ford, the father of the male prisoners (and who was apprehended with his sou, hut died in prisen), resided at Colerne, in Wiltshire, at which place Mr. Slack bad considerable pro perty, and was lord of the manor. Stephen Ford had been employed to collect rent* and levy distresses for Mr. Slack, but latterly Mr. Slack bad conceived a great dislike to Stephen Ford and his family, and had forbidden them the house. Mrs. Garland was very intimate with the Fords, and interfered to effect a reconciliation, and on the 20th June endeavoured to bring Stephen Ford intothe house, but Mr. Sleek refused to admit him. Daniel Davis Ford, who is the man charged with having written the will and codicil, and with having forged the names, was a process server, and, although a very indifferent scholar, had a remarkable talent for imitating the signatures and writing of others. His or. thography. however, was of the very worst description. John Ford. the other son, was a cabinet-maker in Bath, but had aplied for relief under the Insolvent Debtors Act other prisoner, Lewis, had been a tenant of Mr. Slack, renting a farm of shout 2001. per annum, but for about three ears bad paid no rent, and at the time of his death was indebted to the estate in about 7001. In the year 1844 Daniel Davis Ford applied to an accountant named Pitt Carruthers, and told him that a will might be made for Mr. Slack, and suggested to Carruthers to assist him in the scheme, but he refused. At Mr. Slack's funeral, whirls waa attended by his tenants, John Ford although uninvited, made his appearance. Mr. Wintle was there, and addressed the tenants, telling them that he hoped every thing would go on as before. When he left, John Ford said, " Mr. Wintle may do as he pleases, but there are some papers coming which he knows nothing of he then went on to say that on the Monday before Mr. Slack's death he had been sent for to attest a will et 11 o'clock at night, that he should get nothing himself, but his father would benefit very largely by it, and many of the tenants had legacies left them, and Mr. March, the son of the solicitor of Bath, would be a gainer of many hundreds. After the funeral, the Fords called upon Mrs. Garland, at the testator's house; they were at first refused admittance ; one of them said it would he greatly to her advantage if they could see her, and some few days afterwards they came again, and remained closeted with her until late at night. She bad had no oppertunity of seeing them since the death of Mr. Slack, as she remained confined to the house during that time, and there fore the Fords were entirely i g norant of the fact that Mr. Slack had executed a codicil on the 30th June. The first that the executors beard of any other will than the one in their possession was from Messrs. Iggulden, of Doctor'-commons, deputy-registrars, who wrote to them to say that they had received an anonymous letter inclining a will, subsequently proved to he in the handwriting of Daniel Davis Ford, dated 30th June, 1845, of which will Dowding,Wintle, and Stephen Ford were made executors and residuary legatees. The letter was dated from Bristol,' Dec. 16, 1840. The orthography was bad, although the writing was good. The letter also enclosed a paper contain ing a statement of the affairs of the testator, dated in 1843, and which must have been obtained from Mrs. Garland. When Mr. Dowding received the communication from Messrs. Iggulden, he went to London with his clerk to see the will, and both of them, immediately they saw it, declared the signature of Mr. Wm. Slack to be a forgery. It was evident that a great part of this will had been copied from that which Mr. Slack had executed in 1842, but was ill wk. • suit was instituted in Doctors'-cammons, and Stephen Ford prayed to be allowed to appear in fornu2 pauperis. The witnesses to the will of the 30th June sent to Messrs. Iggulden were J. Studley Manning and Mr. March, a solicitor of Bath. Mr. March being dead, and as it was impossible to prove the death of the other witness, tnere never having existed such a person, a difficulty arose in the way of proving the will. To remove this difficulty Daniel Davis Ford drew out a codicil, bearing date the 30th of June, forged Mr. Slack's name to it, and John Lewis, John Ford, and Henry March were the wit news. This codicil was made to appear as follows,—an attorney of the name of Audley Harvey, since dead, was enlisted into the scheme, and Stephen Ford applied to him to search the papers of Mr. Wm. Slack, in the possession of Mrs Garland, in order to discover, if possible, something relative to Mr. Manning, and in turning over the leaves of an old account-book--so old as IS2O—Mr. Harvey called out that be had found a prize, for there was a codicil to the will. Mrs. Garland was then called in from another room, and it I was shown to her. This codicil was then sent up to Doctors% commons, and thus the defect as to the witnesses to the will was covered by this codicil, which was dated the 30th June, 1845. This was proved to be in the handwriting of Daniel Davis Ford. By this codicil the legacy to Mr. Wintle was revoked, and Stephen Ford was to have half the property. It also appeared that John Lewis, when a distress was put Into his farm for the rent due to the estate, produced a receipt for it up to the 30th June, which also appeued to be in the handwriting of the prisoner Daniel Davis Ford. On proving the will at Doctors' commons, Lewis and John Ford swore that the sig nature Wm. Slack wu genuine, and that they had seen tes tator sign the will. The respective counsel for the prisonen having addressed the jury on their behalf, the cue was then withdrawn as to Mrs. Garland. Mr. Justice Wightman summed up, and the jury found all the other prisoners Guilty. They were ac cordingly sentencld—Daniel Davis Ford, to 20 years' trans portation; John Ford, 15 years' transportation; and John Davis, 10 years' transportation. The case lasted from two o'clock on Monday until Wednesday evening. POLICE.—YESTERDAY. GUILDHALL —FEMALE PICKPOCKETS.—Ann Kelly, Theresa Turner, and Elizabeth Robinson, were charged with picking the pocket of a lady upon Holborn-hill.—J. Heffington, of the detective force, said that while in com pany with a brother officer, they met the three prisoners, about half-past five o'clock the previous afternoon, in St. Paul's Churchyard, coming towards Cheapside, upon which they followed them along Newgate-street to the foot of Holborn-hill, when the prisoners entered a wax-work ex• hibition. After staying a few minutes inside they left, and proceeded up the hill, where observing a lady and gentlemen lookirg in at a shop window, they suddenly stopped sad went behind them, Kelly placing herself on the right hand of the lady, and the other two on each side of her. After remaining a moment they suddenly left in a hurried manner, and went towards Hatton garden. Witness crossed over and asked the lady if she had not been robbed, and finding that she had lost her purse, containing four sovereigns and some silver, he and Haydon immedi ately pursued the prisoners, and took them into custody,when just euteriug another exhibition. On being told they were taken for stealing a purse, they denied that they had done so, or that they had one in their possession. While en the way to the station-house with Robinson he observed the prisoner appear uneasy, and presently she dropped a bag containing seven keys, one of which was filed so as to form a skeleton key.—Michael Haydon corroborated liedington's statement, and added, that when he secured Kelly and Turner. and was going down Holborn-hill, be saw the former rather fidgetty with her left-hand,upon which be laid hold of it, and:took a purse containing four sovereigns and six shillings. Kelly then exclaimed—" De, for God's sake, good gentleman, let me go ; I will never do the like again." She repeated this several times, until he told her that he wee a constable, when she then said that a gentleman had given it to her. From Turner he took fifteen duplicates, and 4s. tid, in silver.—Mrs. C. Clinch identified the purse as her property.—Ald. Sidney committed them for trial. BOW STREET. —A BEOGINO-LETIER Daemon. — J. Randall, alias Candy, alias J. Wilson, was charged with endeavouring to obtain charitable contributions by means of false representations.—Mr. J. Chit, of 30, Bloomsbury square, stated that on the previous morning the prisoner came to his house, and producing the card of Miss Spiokney, a tenant and friend of his, residing at Clifton-terrace, Nottingthill, in order to give some colour to his representa tion, said South in t distress, and required an outfit to go to the Seas ; n th at he was in a trading vessel from Swansea which was wrecked on the 10th March, and, having a wife and four children, he was unable to proceed on the voyage on Monday next. He further added, that Squire Vivyan. of the Reform Club, bad given him 2.1., while one of the Miss Spinkneys had given him fis., and the other a half-erowu, to relieve his wants. Witness having received information that some cards had been obtained from the young ladies his suspicions were aroused, and when the pri soner callehim as an dhe sent for a Menclicity r, who instantly re- cognised old offender, and took him into custody. William Horsford said that when he met the prisoner at Mr. Clift's house be observed to him, " Well, Randall, here you are again ; I thought you had left off this trade after the caution I gave you on a former occasion." He then searched him, and found a certificate purporting to be signed by the members of the Veterinary College, St. Pancras, who had subscribed 291. for his relief —Mr. Hall ordered the prisoner to hard labour for three mouths!, giving directions that the conviction should be returned to the quarter ses sions, thereby rendering him liable for the next offence to one year's imprisonment and also to be whipped. MARVLEBONE. — ARTFUL ROBBERY. — Elise Wil liams was charged with the following robberies :—On the previous evening the prisoner entered the shop of Mr. Thompson, a pawnbroker, Ent-street, Manchester-square, and there pawned a pair of shoes for one shilling. She then west away, and just as she had got outside the door she stole a gown which was hanging upon a nail ; she was Col- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAUNTOSI, Aram 12. CROWN Covar.—hefore Mr. Justice Wightmsn. FORGERY OP A WILL AND CODICIL—J. Ford, D D. lord, J. Lewis, and F. Garland, were indicted for forg ing a codicil to the will of Mr. W. Slack. There were two indictments, one for forging the will, and the other, which was the occasion of the present trial, for forging the codicil. The deceased, Mr. Wm. Slack, had been a linen draper, and had amassed property valued at 60,0001. lie was un married, but had termed a connexion with his housek. eper, Mrs. Garland, who had already tion. named Francis. No family resulted from his connexion with the deceased. Although Mrs. Garland was so closely connected with him she did not possess his confidence, and knew very little of his seeks. On the 9th April, 1645, Mr. Slack was taken ill, and sent to his attorney for a will, which had some years before beenprepared by Mr. Dowding, a solicitor, but had not been executed. Mr. Slack put the document into a cup board in the dining-room, which he locked, but to which the prisoner Frances Garland got access on the same night, while Sleek was asleep, being desirous to know what were the contents of the will. She asked Ann Clark, the house hold servant, to read the will and codicil, herself not being able to read or write. It appeared that Mrs. Gar land and her son were each to have an annuity of 501. per annum ; but Mr. Slack had written a memo raadnm against the annuity to the son, that he was to have nothing. On hearing this read, Mrs. Garland said, " This won't do at all, and I must be on the look out to have it altered." That night Mrs. Garland, it was conjectured, got the will copied; but this was cot fully proved. Mr. Dow ding came on the following day, and remained very long in consultation with Mr. Slack, taking ample instructions for the will. This was finally completed on the morning of the 16th of April, 1845. Mr. Dowding had suggested to Mr. Slack that Mrs. Garland should be better provided for than was set forth in the old will, and accordingly in the new one a provision was made fur her of 1601. per annum, a legacy of 601., and also to occu py the home until the end of the cur rent year. On reading over the will before it was executed it appeared that the annuity to Mrs. Garland's son had not to enema to IN'" fai a thP d p...,...,„, 4Pe" " th rn lowed and taken into custody with the property in h er pan- kr r h x ,01 4 1 . . 11 footing. ne re session, and upon ii.guiry being instituted .n the neighbour.. we to come fonrard and pay the call when made, i tjP.4 e .- - --7 14 , bat hood, it turned out that she had stolen the shoes alluded to l i no :pl. :eel aLo,reeowitypolu....ti:tinAtEßtittiuz,l3.. that .. . . .-r _thc vara an habigu, s ,,, t We company would be liquidateil, and the from Mr. Welter's, another pawnbroker in High street, only t.. ..,`1,„,.,,,,,,,,t ' , pen ., let th e co m p an y ma d,,,t, g l,"'" s f il • SIM half an hour prior to pledging them as above stated. The more Ismorable time arrived.-The report was ten 'US. -- " A y e k. prisoner was committed for trial. lbargereld made a MateMent in which he gave the P -84 tea...ousels _ ... .e. retired from the exabaard of directors, which was wel l reag ess i b- LAXBETII.-SPISCIAL CONalrialLES ON DLITT, m. tb s:e igr eet e tcg_ gn ,. l . sr . s - q ,: r ... aii: . :7 4 :: th: =duct of the Gate board of directors in remunerating tl can " eee ---- ..._ .. . f f h u e rtke P"gi . r d n : f acunsi a the w sa ns ' to "d the . :ll th ea7ll cond th e f :c fw t. f or iun of t° ' ---.."' 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Fortunately, as no continental news of particular adverse import t came to complicate existing derangements, such n as they were, the oscillations of price were l c , restricted within a comparatively narrow circle. The 9 highest money rate of the day for Console wail 82.1, and the lowest 811. Until be bulk of the settlement was disposed of, the quotations for next account were lower than for money. At the close of Duni- 1 nem prices were officially declared at 821 to for 1 ; money, and for the new account now opened fur the 4 9th of May. The short date thus fixed for the run- b ping account is the first experiment of the kind since the question of the expediency of diminishing the risks of longer credits was first discussed, and with s much propnety entertained. Reduced Threes were 1 81'4 to I. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 82a to I. Long Annuities, 8 3.16 to 1. Exchequer Bills, 375. ' to 403. premium. India Bonds, 20s. to 225. premium. Bank Stock, 184 to 7. India ck, 228 to 232. Rather more business was done in the after part of the day in the foreign market, but generally in iso• lated parcels of various stocks, which, as it were, served to establish a price in each case. Mexican, 141 tip t. Brazilian, 55 to 8. New Grenada, 12 to 13. Spanish Fives, 10 to 11 ; the Threes, 18 to 19. Passive, 21 to 7.. Portuguese, 13 to 15. Dutch Two and-a-Half per Cents., 36 to 8 ; the Fours, 52 to 4. The Consols account now closed dates from the ' 24th of February, the eventful day of the abdication of Louis Philippe and the consummation of the French revolution, which, however, did not transpire here of course until the day following, when, as it will be re membered, first and exclusively made public through its extraordinary express by the Daily News. Con sols on that day were 89 for money, and 891 for the account ending to-day, as the highest rates of the day ; the lowest 881 money and 89 for account. The following has been the range of fluctuations from February 24 to the liquidation this day, taking the hi,,hest and lowest quotations for the account only : Iligbeet prioe. Low evt price. Feb. 25 and 28 83 Feb. 28 to Mardi I March 2 to 4 824 Idiucb 6to 8 March 9 to 11 Much 13 to 13 ........ 80 March 20 to 22 „. ll2, 80 * March 23 to 25 B3 82 March 27 to 29 B3 81 ?larch 30 to Apral B9 so April 3 to 5 80 April 8 to 8 April 10 to 12 plll 13 Ex A chequer Bills, which, on the 24th of February, were quoted 30s. to 345. premium as the highest and lowest rates, had fallen on the 29th to as. and 125., bat from that day forward continued to improve until the 6th inst., when they attained the maximum rates within the account of 395. to 445. premium. The following statement, prepared and condensed from various official returns, will be found to present an intelligible view of the note circulation of the United Kingdom, and of the coin and bullion held by the banks indicated, both positively at the date of the accounts last made up, and comparatively with returns for corresponding periods. The aggregate average note circulation of the United Kingdom, according to the returns last col lectively completed, for all the banks of issue, stood, for the four weeks ending the 25th ult., as follows: Bank of England ... £17,779,200 Private banks — 3,801,078 Joint-stock 2,272,388 Pink banks 5,107,395 Scotch 1:4 Moder & 16 IM. Prr terrace Dublio 13cdfant 22 EA is (2641.& E*Lot D. 12 Do. 1191. N. t 11.1.3 S Do. 131.161.14411 1 .1 2i) Suborn Omothus..• 01 Do E5t0.60.1.N 64 Do. N.. ...No. 91 52 DoDurthut Nudes, 121 Do. t fh.ra ...• • • - 11. • • I . . 1.21 Do. aLs 6 Mors Hi Do Grarld.69CL• 16 East Lomanshirc 15 Do. .... 6i. Do. Nos Sess. lot Nos Linea/ambles 60 E m a m o t sA t Glatt 15 Dn.l num& 124 fee. {shares 25 Ease. a Northers 21 Easterd'eoeiti Dore. 13 1 Dn I/ins& Nertbera llmma. & York Fi 10 .01ScoolA & Wen an; Ot Nth. of liinahurl. 10 D A". geTe, 4 3&. . 64 Do. Nor. 16t. 20 ; Groot harass 20 ; Do. tehara 1711 Do. Sorsa 92 Do. :VW • • 91 1 Do Now. 111— 26 Haddershetd Mane. 9 I Do., do, • rii , d. • • 60 Hull had nimbi 26 t 2 D Do. ./ s shar hoes t er 176' Ips. • . BY. 176 Uo. do. & tionsich DoExiSc.itake& Ea Lane. & Carlisle 10 Do. TOWS • • 63 Lancashire Yorks% 63 ; Do. do 13 . Do. t shares 146" Do. shares • D 0.7 Ands( Regal 13 Do.LicerPLA , D I9 I I 33 Doiladderea 10 De Wk P(f AV. Ellb Do. W. IL Union 16 Do.Preassa less 9 Dekt shares 10 Ltedrandßra4/ord. 10 LsoW sod Think 5163 e Du. Nar t , serCrat le Ll D° l.6l Pr on..k N. Jwae. 3 Lie....restami: ,oath. 134 London& Bladt No. U . Do. tine • • • • BO Loa-. WSW.. KC; 1 10 Do. Cow. Eighth I 9 Do. tlo. Gusr.6p.Ct; De.Pref.Coo. s l ,o - 124 Leaders and Ortesw. to/ Do. )relereneo. .• . to. , Lank nem N. W.Olll , 7Do. New .o. *shares ...& B . 2 3 , Ifio . 4 F orir, 7 b %.101.a..61.t8 c 131 4 34. '7l 6s. 74. 1 1 114 RAs lia *Tap. 36 SP. 14 10p. 66 6 1. 1 ,9 .5-144! 49 soa it 6 12d. 8 Bd. 4 34d. 2 ld. riorar 143& 1V 1131 3p. 50 aPi lU lei 17f 111 20.1. 10. I aa. gi 127 61 61 Ti,. 3 L 4 41 D. COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS. PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE, APRIL 13.—These hY not been a public sale of coffee, but the article wears • very dull ap. rap 1,20 bags middling white 13cmfral, sold in mbar sale los. to 10. 6d., which showed a further slight decline; I,`oo bags of Madras were also offered, for which there did not appear le be buyers, and they were bought in at 8.-9aitpetre hen become rather dull, 800 bags were brought forward in public sale; refractor 41 to 91, and bought in 340. to 355. ed.—Pepper has gone off heavily; light Malabar sold 24 to 2111.—Tea The public sales went of heavily; 6,500 packsg,s were brought forward, of which 2,200 weft sold ; prices were with difficulty maintained, but general quotations are not an d. —Tallow dull; sellers at 52.—The drug mks mat off heavily, and a large portliest was bought in.—Cocoa-nut oil bought in 50.; eoir yawn L oge 231. °oar junk gild 151. as. te 151. 155.; buffalo "...ores s old Os. 6d.; deer horns sold ; St. Do. minim logwood bought in 41. se. to 41. 10. ; Cardamoms bought in 2. Bd. to 2a.93. COTTON.—LivaapooL, APRIL 13.—There eras rather a better feeling in the market to-day. The sales were 4,000 bales, KO of which were for export- MANCH E6TER, APRIL 13.—We have no favourable change to notice in the market. Yarn. continue exceedingly depressed, and are almost daily declining. The business done daring the present week, and particularly since Tuesday, has been exceedingly limited. The accounte from the continent are calculated to perpetuate for a time the depression now existing ; the Whims in Hamburg, &rin, and other puts of the continent, hare a most prejudicial effect hoe, and the German buyers are wholly out of the market. See the in sult of the meeting in London on Monday was known abetter feeling ban existed, and hopes are entertained that at no very distant data there may be a revival, which has already arisen to tome extent in the home trade; but no aeavity can take place in our curditental trade so long as the present state of things there continues. In the bolas trade the buranem done during the loot ten days has been ons. Total circulation co wily average C 32,011, 9 78 Returns fur the four womb ending Feb. 32,877,366 Decrease, march 25 X845,390 The decrease was thus composed on balance : Bank of England less by 700,5661.; private banks by 32,0651.; joint-stock more by 60,3091.; the Irish banks less by 112,685/. ; the Scotch banks less by 80,3831. The fixed issues of the private banks being 4,880,3891., it follows they were below the amount 1,279,3t31. The fixed issues of the joint-stock banks being 3,261,9061., it follows they were below the amount 689,5381. The fixed issues of the Irish banks being 6,354,4941., it follows they were below the amount 1,247,0991. The fixed issues of the Scotch banks being 3,087,2091., it follows they were below the amount 13.5,272/. The average of coin and bullion held by the Bank of England during the four weeks ending the 25th ult., was 15,065,257/. ; increase on the February re turn, 726,021/. The average of specie held by the Irish banks during the same term was 1,680,437/. ; decrease from the February return 26,4451. The average of specie held by the Scotch banks during the same term was 1,083,525/. ; decrease from the February return 6,4861. It may perhaps be proper to notice that the Irish and Scotch banks are entitled to issue notes beyond the amounts fixed, to all the extent of the specie in hand. The yearly comparison shows the following differ ences in the circulation : Bank of England lem X1,477, 1 115 Private bank. Joint stack 878,160 Irish banks 1,597,341 408,411 Lem circulation on incense March 15,1848 X 5,099,908 The yearly comparison for coin and bullion st and s thus ; Bank of linatind more Irish banio i(414 Scotch banks lens 237,778 671,111 Increase on balance March 23, 1648 £3.0i0,71.4 Letters from Berlin under date April 10, state that the large banking houses of Hammer and Schmidt, in Leipsic, and of Kunze and Solbrig, in Chcmnitz, have suspended payment. 1334 GLIM FUNDS. Rank Stock, 194 7 Long Anna, 30 years, Exp. 0ct..10, 3 per Cont. Roluced Anna., 5 1 4 1816,8 13.16 goi A Itrlta Stock, 225 3010 t 25 2 3 i er i Vt. Cong. Anna., 82.1 I 1a 2 1 Di to da, gl, Cannel-, fee Acct., 6th May, 1;24 LI New 14 fe i r Cont. Anna., 81i 24 1 4 45 21 ,i. em. .000. 3d.. 39 40 31 or, Long Anna. Eap. Sth Jan., 1660, Ditto, £3OO, 40 37 tea. 8 5.16 116 g Ditto, Small, 10 3719 P. FOREIGN FUNDS. per Brazilian Bd. 66 1 per Ct. Portuguese Acet., l4 l Ditto, Small, 07 5 per Ct. Spanish Ms., Aat., Al' ll 5 per Ct. Brazilian New Bdg., 1821 17, DM and as. 55 Ditto Pfddie, 21 Ditto. ditto, 1813, 5J 3 per Ct. Spaniah Bas .19 1 per Cent. Ontiada Ronda. 128 Ditto. Acct., Apr. 17,161 al9 per CLMexican Act., Ap.17.143 1 24 Per Ct. Dutch Exchange, 12 S per Ct. Portuguese RR, 36 gull., 37 Ditto. 3 per a.. 134 4 per Ct. Dutch Certif., 53 EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD. MADRID, APRIL 6.—Three per Cents., 221 paper; Fire per Cents, 134 paper; Passives 44 paper; Coupons, 94 paper; Bank of St. Ferdinand, 104 cash, 1 page; Exchange on London, 42 820-100.- 1847.81rn, *pan 12.—Lern or 1310. 56 ; Ditto, 1842, 5l ; Ditto, b4l 1 Si ; Loan of the City, 1643, 51 ; Bask of Belgium. 50. Exchange on London, 25 15. Bast's, APRIL 16.—A.8ch., Threchnclnifalf per S.I. Exchange on London, three months, 6 211 ; mueburz.lso/. RAILWAY NEWS. The dealers were so entirely occupied with the set tlement in consols, yesterday, that but little attention was paid to shares. They remained without material alteration, however, and prices were fairly sustained on the whole. French limes showed a slight improve ment, but without much active dealing. MEETING.—DIEBTBEIRE, STAPPORDSIIIHZ, AND WWI - Meetiwg.-1,30d0n, April 13.—James Mee Mathews, Fill., in the chair —The wecretary read the auditor's report, from which it appeared that the ex-directors had expended a sum of 6,0461. Ils. 3d. in "rigging the market.," and that they had voted themselves 2,3101. as remuneration for their services. They had drawn cheques for the same, which they refused to give up, but the chairman returned his cheque for the use of the company. They considered that the call made by them was irregular. Of the shares issued 3,491 were paid upon. The present directors had sow made • legal call of It. per share, but credit would be given to those who had already paid their call, so that all the shareholders might IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING.-511. NINGIUM, Mart 13.—The third of the meetings of the irecometen and others connected with the trade base been held here to d ay. The attendance was numerous, the heads of moat of the groat bowies being present. The result is in the main corrobordice of that which appeared under this head from Wolverhampton y esterday. It appease, however, that th e orders in the houses are far *larger than are genc• rally imagined; that these are daily increasing, and of such a nature that no fall off may at present reasonably be expected ; further, I anc assured by the Loma and omit lafluential makers in the district dot there never was a mace firm reeolvo to stand by existing prices than woo manifested at the late Jirehrnintu7 meeting. The stocks of pip are large, the makers having of necessity fallen to marling thin during the height of the pante. The present quotations are : bus, SI. to 81. 10,.; hoop, g 7. lija. to 91., and sheets, td. 19e. to 10!.; the outside figures being, of course, only given for the very best qualities. The orders for iron for the general purposes of railways appear to have very much increased dating the lent few weeks, ao that apes the whole the state of th, iron trade is quite ea satisfactory ar might be expected. Those engaged in the coal trade are full of complaints ; upon the whole it appears to be Eat.—Another meeting for the proof of debts in the matter of the bankruptcy at the Oak Farm ironworks took place in court yesterday ; a very large amount was p ro ved. including 10,1201., on the part of Sir John Glad. stone. It intake that the creditors against the new firm (eonsistina of Mears. Paterson, Walker, Boyden, and Roper) will receive in tall the manual of their debta. The case of Mr. Boydell is one foe deep commiseration; his conduct throughout this unfortunate affair has been moot straightforward and praiseworthy, and the creditors gene. rally bane expressed them rives warmly in his favour. The remise of the creditors not to accept the dividend of N. in the pound offered by Lord Lytteltea and his co-partners will, it is believed, Dow that the estate is gone into bankruptcy, result in their getting about cos err. ter of that amount. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCII.—MAns. MIL DOIMILILL DOS. ''ALL DVS. ALL 3 Dublin Olit Rolland .... 00 WIS.. Booths 0 Syst.NSlv Ap.23 2 Waterford D a .. 0 01 lavansArre .M clic° LIU I/Quaalude'. 01 Frame 0 0 Do.bVirnilles 0 0 Cluenssidera. WO !Abort April 150 /Lyres and 0 West In. Anr.E 0 p ro ber, — . 0.0 Stechscrraa 0 Rabin Aprlll3 Pori 4 5 Losareor, Aran. l3.—Arrived : Virgeda; Andes Poona. buou ;• St. /nineties Bombay ; Nevr (Means; Mouths!, New York ; Gamins, Trieste ;11ollat, Bombay; Sultan, Eocluatren, New Orleans; Ontario, Colossus, Cholla/ace; Jobe Bell, Masai; Greenock, Mobile ; Trinity Yacht, %stet ; Orman, Danuic ; Good Rope, Egberdina, Amstenlam ; Margaret; SaDl Repos, Ant werp; Concordia, Cloned; J mewl Packet, Hamburg ; Hannah Eddy, Mobile; Brazilian, Canals; Lambeth, Arnsturdam ; Salvador, Blinn; Slerbrook, : Oliver CranseP, Valparaiso; liessak. Pieladelphia ;Tratalgar„Newfoundland; /Onuses Quebec; Frands Yates, Itio Grande; Malty, Attica BIRTHS. ATKINSON.—ApriI 8, at Candort, the wife of 11. Atkinson, LA., of a eon. CARPENTER. —April 8, at Lccda, the alto of (Sid. T. Cartel:Act R.N., of soon. COCK KLle—April 10, the silo of J. Coe:cell, Kee licruani meet Rumen equate, rocruaturely, of a daughte:r. W. 4tLL ,oats COOPER. —April 11, at Northampton Using% Islington, Ms. Eirca ti _t ug it i c. - at fiescombe, the wife of Capt. W. Elitrode o f a daughter. 11A Ittri.—April 11, the wife of Mr. D. Halm of Henrietta nrect, Cocas garden, of a eon. 11A It RISO N.—April 10, at the Maine ball, roar Poultondenkle , wife of Capt. F. Harrieon, of a eon. K IGHT.—April the wife of G. Knight, Kee., ,A Regencetluaße of o .313. PUUDON.—ApriI 10, at Tinerana, Clam, the Wife of J. O. Pardon Feet., of • Son. SCOT T.—Ateil pat St. John. parsonage, Wakefield, Mre. IL E. 9al. of a laughter. PM ITll.—April 10, at Hereford, Mitt. Toernelietel root, o e odor* W ATSON.—April 8, the wife of R. L. Waisuo, Lee., od (4 " mon:laud, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CARTER—ROFFEY.--Aiall IL at Ro.crier, Hants, by the Rer.S tr . 11. Thompeon, Bart., the Res. It. F. cmter, minor of loaner, to tiro Harriet Holley, of Watem.U: curt, hott. FISH ER—MClLL.—Attrilll, Elt.n,l the RI, r, Mesta G. Fisher, Fee , sth Dragoon Guards, to M a tild a.. daughttr of the Re, R. Mitchell, ofFtton rectOry. Mar lieveriny, V 0rk.114, IIAYWAIID—TuIS—ApriI 6, at ,Liesame, 1.43.4.1.:4 4 . 143 the lier. P. Carlyon, R. Ilayeani, Key., of Chiotm.".. f.. ll . l,l ' bire • Nancy IChnuon, s oungeet lauchter of J. Toby, Fee., of FMK , MABERLY—S3IOII.—AID 11, at Kerley, by the 11,7. L. eyei rector ritac u t, ( Hert i tt at t Iltelse= ,, ,tai o n t In lima{ ArtWety, 1,10;70: Hen. of Illendon lIeLL, Kent. NUQUIK—EDLNIA N.—April 11, at St. Man's e Eq F. Barter, M.A., Peter Rrockehaw, 4.1411-4 Ann .4 P R. 31' I(Dergentle to Mona Mary. 3, 44n7c-tdatn.:httr 4.7 the Int. 7.31 .4 Ktllmaa, of the 2nd Dragoons Mode lime', and of Dough, Del Man. li niart .‘Rp° , MNr.—PlASMilartiMoEn", oFlSAntlilWl,C‘uatfianthClift'nillt."tbille,,ele.d3juOd• 11691e.4 O. C. Aehmecd, Fog., Clifton. C. Rona, p 4 .61,1 BUTTER—DEDIA:Y.—ApriI 12, at Poekbarn , I lillingdon 317414.11044.,, to Elliannt.l2, th 1,1,1311 41,10. Of Lt 4 of Mount Dudley. Konen& FiPietaret DEATHS. R B E K R ET E T .— ._ A A priI viI I I ; , C t Freye leant a . Ratindfvl.l..splacemanh.., Moun,otfeßatalf‘c„rtdit, orgy WU 10, at Cheltenham, Mary Ann kdizabeth,r ,-.3 ` . O lIMO ID CI.—ApriI 8, at Dublin, the Rev. R. Ilandeoet. D.D. aged 78. HISFKINI3.—Apni 111 . , at Remington. Elizabeth. rend a the Ida' K NaTt IA ., of I rk r l .3l l.4 . 7 stet the :egt . KITTSON.—ApriI it, at Nenagh, J. Kitson. Eelo 31•Do 8 . 1$ kBota. WISKAN.—ApriI 10, at Glasgow, Jean JI• Watt. Alfa of Mr. A- „, MITCLIKLL.—AIai' 1.1, at .•rostenor place, Camberwell "` Mitchell, rsymaster Rad battallon Rot] Ittxtt.,;,,,d n. ac MONCIL.—AnriI 9. st Rugby. V. Wass , e kkit ice lgoock, raq.. aged 11 MONTOW 811(11.1 10, at Belfast IL M•nt.to , '" J capt. Sir C. W. KWh Mtvett eereetelieel-iy-Wo.-Tehintio Butte el Ifs 4 w pm% the City o Lemke; reese, et tee ORIN la Let of 11 hltettierk—isutt, anal, 14. Ittee. 13 RITANNIA LIF C3l I.lP rlnces . s t ree t. Dant. Is , MESSRS. LAM a uctioneers. reaper' ert.4l‘2Vlli VP! ski d all other stew. an.l ". et that their vunt sa,rl =7 d ,L--Thr.V1110& 110-411 L O NDON TEA The lltarally lantost oats& from 3.", melt, rna . .4 a jam, ns well ..of at aww as k ; at ILI.] ;eV, 39, Oxford.street, cot w i t h ~wings Ter Isr.V. I C) EON, 21, llattowaanl s entry agaln't twins misled W c ompounds of their 0. yalty and the t h e y rte while MI' ohda tstal.saltutlng Iktltiou original vreitundo.n.. r. Rog, and 01.)0N10 are bean the none of " ROW: Oats signature at the foot, —Sold by thou, and by an • VIHOSI 111 E numerous TOVICIN Of Our 164 stlll.la , Of all the (itylla nioteole log over inch-: THE day's 3: Iltlou se roldel tw to Kennluston,oom,,, down to the hour of Thn asked why Is VA OISSEI do. much better than oil ntontof Tut; olltiEltVEl put together. do (orison.; is on an equaiity with that searoely a dub hooks:, instl Scotland Irel n I. the Goo vitt: 0 Its ERV Elt Is to The ettensirs publication isonelu.les sot Loll ..nook sit that da) .ioarliets. lot rvl at four o'clock not Illondal TfrikOlUEot all Ner.i.ti•er , stanspol,ColllllWiltillt un AlsO, on datur•Liy, The MOUT' , of IN psis tombs.: NEWS. I sent you last the delegates pre. Minister of Fina Contrary to wli port states that himself that except with th the representati , enabled to mass tion has proved c ompanies, with dispo , sessed, and yesterday, the ii enterprises into tion to be given the government them. L'he fort settled, but at a council this afternoon, Bible I may be The Bank o return of its instant : Coin and ingots Cub tit the branch Ells over due Bills and ncerptoni Do. lir.inch ILuil Advances on money Advances on Freil Due by the hion...hc Stook forming retie Stock, disp aable fu Bank buildinp and Intere-t in .blgo to Intennt in Nations Dishonoured bills Bills gist. by Kum Expeionli of =nag Sundt iev Adszin.e.l to the repuhlic pPie..il itees rye Reettse in rest pr Bank notes Branch ,banks Bills to ont, Account current e Ace:mutts corrent Receipts ItiFebte Be-tips:mint of to Widen& paysbl4 Discounts, sundr] Algiers Bonk, eur Not& of branch I Sundries dais. - dated th had retr forces ra The Marie, take Pee Great It is fea consequ, ear -get There on the A 444 it~~ i ~. is► 3L ITltt 144. 4 4 • PAR ~r