The Statesman. — London, England, 1823-05-03 00:00:00

- wsemree— e r--a - on the panel • in what part of the panel did the last name of the preceding Jury' stand?—The last name on the preceding Grand Jury was the eighty-tiftb name on that panel. • The CHAIRMAN, on the vegetation of Mr. PLUN KETT and of Mr. HUME, desired the witness to state the lowest number on the panel s vorn on the Jury, and bow often the %hole panel was called over. Mr. Secretary PEEL suggested that it would be more ennveuient that the witness should be ordered after his exintination to retire and refer to his documents, and come prepared with his answers ; that course would save thetime of the House. Mr. BROUGHAM said be was just about making the same suggestion. Ile wished to know whether the wit ness had the means of letting the Committee know what place the last cared occupied on the panel, cen t railisti ti guis hed front the last on the Grand Jury?-1 I could sometimes tell that, but the panel is sometimes ez . itsusted. State in how many cases during your experience the panel has been exhausted.—(Answer not heard.) Sir J. NEWPORT moved, agreeably to the suggestion thrown out, that the witness :night be ordered,on retiring to examine toe different panels, and be prepared answer the yeestions that were pnr. This being agreed to, the Chairman told the witness to refer, after retiring, to the number of panels exhausted before a Jury was completed, in order that he might be able to state the same to the House, and also the number of prrsons called oa or fined; as nell as he meld a•cerain. liv Mr. S. RICE.—ls there any other case in the rts • collection of a itness, in which so large a proportion of Comuson Councilmen were on the Grand Jury ? None. la the case of the panel of 1821, on which the majority were COM . IIIOII Councilmen, was not that on occasion of the King's visit to Ire'and?-1 believe it was. Was any business transacted by that Grand Jury.• (Answer nut heard.) By Dr. PHILLIMORE.—At what time of the year does the Sheriff enter on his office?—At Michaelnsas. By Mr. SCA RLETT.—Was the panel usually delivered to the witnese by the High Sheriff or Sub-Sheriff ?—I be lieve by the high Sheriff. By Colonel BARRY.—Was it not usual on the cone misrioes immediately succeeding an election of Common Councilmen, to place a gr. e'er number of them than usual on the Grand Jury panel, with a view to pay them a compliment ?—The answer to that questiou would apply ta each third year, because it was only then there was an election of Common Coueoluten. There was no election of that sort that I know of in 189%,_ By Mr. PLUN N PAT.—There was an 'fc:lrtion to the Campion Council in December, 1819, look Id the pane of teb. 1820, and state the number of Common Council men on tharpanel ?-1 have not that panel—lt is the sold, one 1 hare not. witnsss the means of answering the question applied to former years, excepting 1819 ?-1 have not. Can witness give any account *by that particular pa eel was missing ?—Yes. 1 can. By Sir JAME'4 MACINTOSH. —llas the witness any document equivalent to the panel, to show the number of Comment Councilmen on the panel of February, le:20 ?—l'es, I have a document to show the number of Common Councilmen as far as the Grand Jury goes. Dues it show the number of Common Councilmen on the panel?—lt does as far as the names were called be fore the Jury was completed. (Here the witness, by order of the Committee, read the D3LII, a of anse Common Councilmen ) By Mr. BROWNLOW.—What was the smallest nnm bee of Common Councilmen on any panel before October, 1n22 . .. : (Answer not beard.) When did.. Mr. Sheriff horpe make his first return of Grand Jururs?-1n October, 1822. Was it not usual to have more than the ordinary num ber of Common Councilmen on the Grand Jury panel immediately after an election of Common Councilmen ? I am not aware of that. By Sir JAMES MACINTOSH.—What was the number of the Common Councilmen on the Grand Jevy in Feb.. 1820?—One. By Mr. T. ELLIS.—How many new Common Coun cilmen on the Graud Jury of January, 18232-1 can't say. Did these Common Councilmen attend there, for the first time, or did you know th e m to have attende d before i —(Anasser not heard.) By Colonel IlitßltY.—ls it not nsaal when import ant business comes before the Commission, to have the Grand Jurors called under the penalty of a fine ?—Yes ; It is. Would not that account for the !greater number than tsual of Common Councilmen being on this Grand Jury ?—I have never known so many Common Council men answer to their names so conscientiously. They ne ver appeared to their names in such succession. By Dlr. S. RICE.--Does the witness know the si tuation in life of Mr. J. H. Moore, a gentleman whose same appears on this Grand Jury?—l do not know his situation in life. On what day did you miss the panel of 1820?—On Friday last. By a MEMBER.—Where are these panels kept ? The old documents are kept in a room at the Sessions Noose in Green-street, and the new at my house. To what cause do you attribute the loss of these panels? —To the death of a clerk in the office. Do I understand the witness that the death of a clerk in the office is the reason why the panel is lost? —Yrs. How many Common Councilmen were on the last pa. *el for 1820 ? Mr. F. LEWIS.—To save trouble, I will move that the panel be ordered to be sent for. By Lord STANLEY.—Is the witness aware of any re markable circumstance attending the panel that Is missing? —I was not aware of any until Colonel Barry informed me. Then he is not aware of any of his own knowledge?- 2\o. By IHr. DENtAN.—Hits the witness any means of re cot ering that panel of a copy of it?—No. Or from the Sherirs office I—l don't know. I atbk to ask the witness are there any ineeneby which he could to a certainty procure the panel of 18171—If I were in Dublin I dare say I could procure it. Orlf you seat?-1 dere say I could. And the same for 18431—0 f course. Aim for 18141—yes. ly Mr. MARTIN.-1 beg to ask the witnees la be not suing as Clerk of the Crown for some comities is Ireland? Yes, for some counties in the Home Circuit. In these cocottes hes it sot been customary to go over the lames of twenty-six to form the Grand Jury of twenty threef—Yes. Are you aware that Renames bate been gone Mier In all easest—Certainty. Is it lot au object for the Gentlemen of the Courts to make their appearance at the Assizes?—Yes, as they are al aseisaaxiees to be on the Grand Jury. And yet you have known more than tweety-six names Laing rose over before the Jury was formed?—Yee, I have. By Mr. BR IG HT.—Was there any tbin4 irregular or sta ysail in the mode of going over the panel before the parties were sworn in?—lt appeared to me unusual to have more thee 14 Common Councilmen on the Grand Jury. Unusual 10 have more than half the Grand Jury Common Councilmen, bet whether it is irregular or not I do not know. Wiles were the Common Councilmen electedl—About No vember. By Mr. RlllB.-I'oo have stated Mr. Moore to be an 'seat of en Insurance Company I—Yes. hls Mr. Moore a Commo n Coun c ilman or cot 1-1 believe ' is. Was he a member of former Common Councils 2-1 cannot my. Vas the viten, ny whether Mr, Moore or his f! 0117 at. - - • VIE STATESMAN not old residents of the city of Dablint—l rea4 don't know. Does the witness Inferthat bonitos Mr. Moore It bireat to an Insurance Cowpony, that he is sot eonnected With the city of Dublin ?—I do not draw any sack Inference: By Mr. S. RICE.—Can the witness say by a reference to the panel of Janua, 1993, if there were an Roman Ca tholics on that pa ry nel f—l believe there were n y ot, lan not sure. Can witness state of Ms own knowledge whether on for mer panels there were a n y ROUND Catholicst—lreally have not examined the panels. Can you state from your recollection whether there were any or not 2-1 don't knew the persuasion of the Gentlemen on the panel. By Mr. BROWNLOW.—are the two Atkinsons' names io the original indictment sent up to the Grand Jury?—Their names were in it. Can the witness say if the Atkinsons are summoned to the Bar of the House ?—I saw their names in the sum mons. You have stated an unusual circumstance in the panel of 1823; have von made any previous communication to that effect and to whom ?—The only communication I made was on the 15th of April. You never made any communication previous to that, are you q..'te certain ?—Yes. By Mr. PLUNKE'rf .—Can the witness recollect bar in" sent six panels for 1823 to any person ?—1 sent six panels to the house of the Attorney-General for Ireland, on the Ist of Jan. 1823. That being the day before the Urand Jury sat?—Yes. Were you sent for by the Formai of the Oraod Jury? —Yes. Witness will state whether be was sent to the Grand Jury, why or bow ?—The Court sent me to inquire If the Jury required advice in point of law. Is it usual for the Court to do so ?—lt is not. Do you recollect any former occasion of being sent up to the Grand Jury?—No, it is general the Grand Jury send down bills. (From the horrid manner in which the latter part of this examination was carried on, and the low toile in which the answers of the witness were given. we find much difficulty in giving an accurate report.) By Mr. BROOM:ltal.—Were you in your present office in 1811?-1 was. Do you know of any bill or bills being presented to the Grand Jury by Sir Edward Littlebales on a charge of bribery ?-1 do. Do you know what became of them ?—They were ig nored. In 1811 ?—Yes. Have you seen any other proceedings in the same charge ?—Yes ; 1 have seen ea-officio informations on the same charge. Immediately after the bills were ignored ?—Yes. What way the result?—Judgment went against the party by default, for want of a plea. Are there not two Grand Juries in Dublin, which you distinguish as the Term and the Commission Grand Juries ?—Yes ; and a third, which is called the Sessioss Jury. Stite what sort of bills are sent before the Commission Grand Jury ?—All fines and a part of the criminal busi ness. The Commission Grand Jury then deal with felons and misdemeanors ?—Yes. The Session Grand Jury, what do they deal in ?—in mirror criminal charges,. they also present some money. So that the Sessions Grand Jury not only deal in civil but in criminal business?—Yes. What do the Term linos! Jury do ?—They present money for particular purposes. Now we see we do not understand a word of all this ; this is Irish, not English.—Laughter. Now tell me what you mean ?—All money to be raised on the citi zens is presented by the Term (]rand Jury. In what way are the raiz• ns assessed ; is it on pro perty?—Ministers money is assessed—(A laugh.) You see we get deeper into ignorance. For what pur poses is the money raised ?-I.cor a variety of purposes. Name one or two of them?—For genii, roads, bridges, &c. Mr. DAWSON rose to order, and moved that the witness be ordered to withdraw. The witness withdrew from the bar. Mr. DAWSON submitted to the Hon. Member whe ther the civil powers of the Grand Jury should be thus examined. The conduct of the Grand Juries is raising money could not in his opinion elucidate the business then before the Committee. Mr. BROUGHAM said that he had a misgiving in his mind that there was something in the whole state of Ireland so ticklish, that to ask a single question was dangerous. lie was not surprised, therefore, that an ig norant person wishing to inform himself, or see an inch before his nose, of the way would find so much difficul ty. 'When be sought instead of a little farthing candle, to have a torch to illumine the road in that inquiry, to which be could flatter the Committee that they were likely to fi nd au easy, a abort, or a pleasant ter mina ti on . —(Hear, and a laugh.) Now that they were engaged (GOD be praised!) in an inquiry into the gross and fla grant state of Ireland, so far as concerned the admini stration of justice in that part of the empire, he thought that every investigation should be gone into which could throw any light upon the subject, aad without which he at least could not stir a step in it. When he heard of Grand Juries, Term Commission, and Sessions Grand Juries, could any thing be more natural than to inq9ire what their separate duties were ? How far any thing delicate might be elicited by the answer which was not yet permitted to be given, be could not pretend to say, but he thought the question important and legiti ma t e .— (Hear, hear ) Sir G. HILL said that he would not object to any in quiry, or to questions likely to throw any light on the subject. Mr. BROUGHAM thought the warm support of the lion. Baronet was honourable to him, and serviceable to the gars. tion at issue. Mr. DAWSON said he could not see the relevancy of the guidon, but he would not farther oppose its being pat. Mr. BROUGHAM.—Are we all agreed (a laugh) the wit ness may be called to? The CHAlRMAN.—Serjeant, order in the witness. Examination resumed by Mr. BROUGHAM.—Yon say the then Grand Jury presented money for bridges, roads, end public works. Do tuey do so for others bat those yon have mentioned ?—For gaols and penitentiaries. The Term Grand Jury and the Session Grand Jury taken together, do they vote money fur the salaries of Mileers!— They do. What sort of Officers ?—Clerks of the Crowa.—(A laugh). I am sure they could not be better employed for any other ode*. For the clerks of the peace, and tows clerks, for the Sheriffs osess, he. Are say of these odlees appointed by the Corporation of Dublin t—The town clerk and gaoler. Are there any other Others, that you recollect, appoint. ed by the Corporation. who receive their salaries by present iment from the Term Grand Jury 2—l am not the officer, and don't understand. Do you recollect any other purpose for which 'Roney is le vied by the Tens Grand Jury, bat those you hate mention ed ?-- No. Nor for the expense of prisoners' clothes, to I—That woes under the presentments for the gaols. _ Who give the 'contract for them IZ- - Tne Grand Jury. By open bi iding don't understand. You don't understand that word in Ireland.—(A laugh).— Is it by open bidding or by private contrast f—l am not the officer of the Corporation. Who are the Sheriffs 'drat-11r. Paring and Mr. Lam re p y. Whim are they appointed ?---In this son*. Were either of these Sheriffs sleet on the Grand Jury who igoesed IS. bUisagalast the Handwklesaad Graham ! —Yes. both. (We bad the greatest difficulty to collect the mom (las witnesses titrousbout this siankiaation.) Some discussion now took piece upon a question put by Mr. DAWSON respecting presentments made to Grand Ju ries in Dubai. Mr. GOULBURN °Waged to any inquiry being entered into on matters not connected with the immediate question before the House. _ _ Mr. S. RICE conceived It wu necessary to put such gees lioness should serve to ascertain how the Grand Juries of Dahlia were constituted. Sir J. NEWPORT expressed himself of the same opi nion. Mr. DAWSON said Ms object was to know whether the people of Ireland could have that jostles which they sought for. Th. witness was now called in. Mr. DAWSON—IIas any one in Dublin who pays the Grand Jury cess, a right to traverse the presentment made to them 2—l always understood that to be so. Mr. BROUGHAM—At whose expense is that proceeding carried on ; that of the public, or the Individual)—At the person's own expense. Sir R. HILL put some questions to the witness relative to his knowledge of the ex-officio information that had been Bled In the year 1811, after a bill of indictment had been ig nored by the Grand Jury. The witness said he had a perfect knowledge of that transaction ; the indictment was preferred in April, and the information filed in October, 1811. Sir J. 11IAC1NTOSII—Did the present Crown Solicitor of ' Ireland act in that capacity in 1811 7—He did. Mr. G. BENNET—Where did you first see the copy of the ex-officio information ?—lo the office of Mr. Blake. Was the Attorney-General then present 2—l think he was. Mr. BROWN LOW—Who gave you the copy of the In formation 2—The Attorney-General. In answer to another question, the witness said the Clerk of the Crown in Dublin held his office for lire, and that it was also to be held by his son for his life. Mr. GURNEY—I lave the Common Councilmen of Dub lin a precedence on the panels 2-1 have known many Grand Juries where there were none, and some were on others. The witness was ordered to withdraw. Sir F. BURDETT observed, that, as no more questions were to be put to the witness, he thought it would suit the convenience of the house better to adjourn the examination. Col. BARRY said the second Sheriff was ready to attend the House. and he thought it would be better to call him in and proceed with his examination. Mr. BROUGHAM wished that this examination might not be protracted ; but he thought it might he the et ish of the Sheriffs, against whom an accusation was pending, not to appear at the bar until the examination of all the other witnesses was concluded. Mr. ADERCItOMBY observed that the Sheriff alight as well be milled if he wished it. Col. BARRY said that the lion. Gentlemen opposite might use their own discretion in calling the Sheriff or not. Ge himself did not want to call him. Mr. PLUNKETT thought it would be rather inconvenient to call the Sheriff at that time. Mr. S. RICE amid the examination of the Sheriffs would be a very protracted one, and it would be impossible to bring it to a termination that night. Mr. GOULBURN thought it would be very inconvenient to the public service to protract this examination. Mr. WYNN moved that the Chairman do report pro gress, and ask leave to sit again. This was agreed to, and the further proceedings were ordered to be adjourned till Monday next. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought it would suit the convenience of the House, if an order were made that the examination should not be proceeded in after nine o'clock, and that it should begin at five. Mr. BROUGHAM wished that the examination might con tinue till ten o'clock on Monday night, and until nine every subsequent night. Sir ROBERT HERON then laid the copy of the minutes of the examination on the table, which were ordered to be printed. The Committee on the Irish Tithes Commutation Bill was put off till Monday. IRISH INSURRECTION ACT. Sir N. COLTHURST tap d a wish that the motion for tie renewal of the Irish Insurrection Act might be brought forward on as early a day as possib'e. Mr. GOULIIURN said his wish was to bring it on the first open day ; and ha would do so next week if some Hon. Gentleman opposite would postpone his notice. - - - - Mr. HUME said be bad a motion to make on the oth in stant for a Committee; but if his Majesty's Ministers were ready to appoint the Committee, which was one for an in quiry into the state of Newfoundland, be would give up his motion. Mr. GOULBURN assented to this proposition, and then said he should bring on the business of the Insurrection Act next Tuesday. The occasional Freeholders' Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on the 12th inst. The Union Duties' Bill was reported, and ordered to be read a third time on Monday. IRISH CONSTABLES' BILL. Mr. GOULBURN brought up the Report on this Bill. Sir G. HILL, objected to the clause, providing that warrants of distress ;sailed to Barony Constables should not be re-issued after they had been returned to the Grand Jury. He moved the omission of the clause. _ . . A division took place.—For the clause, ;—Against it, 27 t—Majority ageinst the clause, 13. The Bill, as amended, was then ordered to be reads third time on Tuesday next. Mr. J. WILLIAMS obtained leave to bring in a Bill to make the affirmation of a Quaker available in criminal eases. as it bad been hitherto in civil cases. Adjourned at lialf-past Twelve. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, MAT 2. The LORD CHIRP JVITICR and Mr. Justice BEST being both indisposed, bat two Judges sat this morning. The Court was occupied a considerable portion of the day in passing sentence upon defendants convicted on the late Circuits of offences against the Excise and Cus tom Laws.—The cases were destitute of public interest. Mr. SCARLETT moved for a criminal information against a Magistrate of Hertfordshire, for giving his opi nion on the Bench at Sessions, in a case in which he was personally interested, and taking an active part in endeavouring to influence his brother Justices on a ques tion, ail to the costs of an appeal, to which he was in some degree a party. The Cootr said they did not think this a ground for a criminal information, bat suggested that, as a matter of delicacy, it would have been as well if the Magistrate so situated did not interfere with the deliberations of his brethren, unless it was to explain any part of his own conduct.—Rule refused. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Mar 2. Sittings in Banco. Fitzsman v. BEST.—This was a motion to discharge the defendant out of the custody of the Keeper of the New Prison, Clerkenwell, as to this snit, on the ground that the plaintiff had bees guilty of negli gence, in not charging him in execution within the time limited. It appeared that the defendant had at first been committed to the custody of the Warden of the Fleet, from whence he was removed to the King's Bench Pri son, and afterwards sent to the New Prison on a criminal charge. While remaining in custody on this charge, the time ter charging him in execution elapsed, and the:de fendant now contended, that by the negligence of the plaintiff he was entitled to his discharge. A rule had been obtained for this purpose, and the Court had de ferred giving their judgment till this day. Lord Chief Justice DALLAS now said, that no negli gence could be imputed to the plaintiff, who could not indeed have proceeded one in the cause until after the expiration of the defends:it's imprisonment. This Court could Dot have brought up the defendant to be charged in execution, as it possessed no criminal juris diction, and the plaintiff ought not DOW to be deprived of his remedy on account of the lapse of time which had arisen solely Wm the defendant': own conduct.—Rule ,discharged. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. Yesterday Jokattaa newsy was tried upon an indictment charging her with having committed a misdemeanour in de serting her child in the parish of Cripplegate. Mr. A RABIN said, the prosecution had been instituted by the parish, which was shocked at the remarkable want of feeling in the mother, who abandoned the Infant at night in cold and darkness. The ease was fully proved by Mrs. Mary Smith, the wife of a publican at the corner of Tenter-alley, Cripplegate.— This witness beard the child cry, ■nd on going into the street found it lying alone on the pavement. She took it up, put it to her breast in the place of her own child and che rished it, until the perish officers tendered their services. The prisoner said in her defence that her extreme poverty had compelled her to look about for an asylum for her child, and that ahe never had entertained an idea of abandoning it. She waited in the neighbourhood in which she deposit ed it until Mrs. Smith appeared ►nd supplied the place of a mother. The Jury found her Guilty. The ReCORDER expressed the utmost abhorrence at her cruelty. and sentenced her to be imprisoned iu the noise of Correction for oue year. A woman named Nathan was tried for keepirg a cost notorious and abominab,e brotnel in Still-alley, itout.ds ditch. It was proved that the neighbourhood of noun:Mite:l. was constantly disturbed by cries of murder and rubbery. and that many men complained of being plundered of all their property in the prisoner's house. The prisoner said in her defence, at her house was an honest and proper place, and not at all a house for •• and gentlemen." She was found guilty, and sentenced to one year's impri sonment. A woman named Price, who keeps a house of il;-fame next door to that of Mrs. Nathan, was also found guilty ; but Mrs. Price was not such a veteran, showed some symp toms of contrition, and was sentenced to confinement for a month. Her servant was sentenced to imprisonment for i& days. POLICE. GUILDIIALL.—Between three and four o'clock on the morning of Wednesday, Mr. Crooks, shoemaker, who occupies the shop only, at GS, Fore-street, Ce iop legate, was called up at his lodgings in Union-street, Mt ortirlds, by the watchman, with intelligence that his shop was broken Into. Ho his arrival there, he found th ft the door had been forced with a crowbar from the outside, land the greater part of his stock removed from the dlr. frrent shelves, and parked up in five separate sacks, ready to take away. The thieves, it appeared, were disturbed rln the act of breaking into the shop, but they hail previ ously effected their entry, Ey picking the lock, and pack. ed up the goods. While, however, they were wailing, must probably for a coach, to convey tb e goods away, they pulled to the door, and the spring of the lock having caught, they thus accidentally shut themselves out, and were re duced to the necessity of forcing the shop door, to get in again. The thieves effected their escape. Iliaxxos-oa nnex.—Yesterday, Mrs. NaChad 11i4- cock, a matronly looking woman, about .10 years of age, of respectable appearaace, and well dressed, was brought up in the custody of William Read, jos. one of the °th ereof on a warrant, charged by Sophia (the wife of Joseph) Wintehburn, with receiving one shilling and six pence from her on account of telling her fortune. Real stated, that by virtue of a warrant he took the prisoner into custody at her lodgings, in the house of a stayina ker, 20, Theobald's-road, where she was living in the greatest luxury, and be understood she was visited by la dies of distinction for the purpose of telling their for tunes; he searched her apartments, and found she wanted for nothing, having plenty of money, clothes, and every necessary; lie found a pack of fortune-telling cards, which he produced ; he also found several letters from ladies in high life, all on the subject of Lavine thr:r minds relieved by the prisoner's advice. Mrs. Winte.- burn deposed to paying the prisoner one shilling and sixpence on Tuesday last for telling her fortune. — There being other charges of a similar tuturtt against the prisoner, she was remanded till a future day, when some of the members of the Society for the Sap• pression of Vice will attend to prosecute. MIIIIDER.—An inquest was held on Wednesday at the Three Kings, Clerkenwell Close, before Thomis Stir ling, Esq. Coroner, on the body of a labouring man, name unknown, found dead, in Skinner's Fields, Spa fields, on Monday evening last. The deceased was su?- posed to have come from Hertfordshire; he bad worked for a short time in the above fields. When the body was found, there appeared on it several severe bruises: Vie head in particular was much injured. It being the de sire of the Jury that the bead of the deceased should be opened, the inquest was adjourned for that pu•p,'e. Mr. Weldon, surgeon, opened the bead awl neck of th«e deceased, and the inquest having resumed yesterday, h • stated that on removing the scalp, be discovered se% e. bruises not discernable before. There was no fiaeture: upon removing the cap of the skull, he found tie vessels in a most turgid state •, the small vessels of the iirier p et of the brain were filled with red blood, occatiorie,l by viu lence; he examined the sinuses of the head, the right j a galar vein was knotted from the quantity of coagtilized blood it contained, occasioned by blows. The tlea , :i of the deceased was occasioned by the injuries received on the head and neck. Verdict—Wilful Murder ag.int some person or persons unknown. Noumea, Max. 2.—There wa; a very large show of Scotch cattle on the hill on Saturday, but the spring being backward and feed scarce,few sales could hew and what few beasts were sold, were upon lower terms than of late. The sheep pens were well supplie.i, ri.l prices much the same as last week. Pigs were plentilal and rather cheaper. Very few horses at market. LONDON MARKETS. CITY. APRIL 30, 1623. BACON.—There has been a good deal of manceuvriag during the past week, on the part of the speculators, wbo have caused an advance of about 5 per cent. But, it has been found, as we predicted, that no profit can be made by drying and selling to the retailers. And yet there era per sons desperate enough to push on, in the hope of being 45. e to cause a further advance, in spite of past experience, and in spite of the present untoward weather, which, together with the high price, will, assuredly, make the consumption much smaller than usual. In the mean time the weather is very favourable for making up; and, accordingly, we find the manufacturers are going briskly on. There is another cireamstance against speculation, namely, that there is not now a general credit, the want of which keeps a great many active men out of the market: so that the speculators are compelled to shift their stocks from one to another; for the aseesemongers have taken care, as they almost always dea, to be pretty well supplied for their own natural trade. — Prices, on board 395. to 395. Landed, 41s. to 425._ _ . BUTTER.—There is likely to be . • little left for the country people, in harvest time. No Irish selling. Dutch, 90s. to 961. OHRESt.—\o variation blocs last Week. PRICE or HOPV, reit CWT. IN rata BOROUGH. NEW RAGS. Z. s. L. s. NEW POCKETS. L. . .t. Kent 10 to 4 0 Kent... 2 10 to 4 4 Sussex 9 2 2 8 Sussex 9 8 3 tr Essex .........0 0— 0 0 Essex... 9 14 S lb Yearling Bags 1 10 —1 16 Farnham] . 6 0 7 0 Yearling Pockets 1 1 to 2 S WORCESTER. APRIL Ill—Thirty-six pockets of flops were weighed In our market this day. New Hops' meet a ready sale at from 68s. to sills. and higher pica are de manded. COAL. MARKET, APRIL 23. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. Price. 121 Newcastle 9/ 31.3. Od. to 41s. 01. 3 Sunderland. 4....• 40s. Od. to Ms. 94. .~~_;