The Sun. — London, England, 1848-01-11 00:00:00

ELECTION OF ALDERMAN FOR THE TOWER WARD. A public wardmote of the inhabitants of the Tower Ward was yesterday held at the Bakers' Hall, Harp lane for the purpose of ele ctin g an a ld erman in the ri,oin ' of Matthias Prime Lucas, Esq , deceased. he chair was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Igayor, at three o'clock. The court having been opened with the usual for ma.lities, and the precept having been read, Mr. SIMPSON, in rising to propose Mr. T. Q. Finnis, as a fit and proper candidate, congratulated the meet ing that they were then presided over by a gentleman who had, by his constant application to his duties, and his general urbanity, won for himself the good opinion of all his fellow-citizens during the short period which he had filled the 'office of Lord Mayor. He (Mr. Simpson) was, he believed, the oldest in habitant in the ward. For 43 years he had been re sident in the ward, and had during that time not been absent from his place of residence for a longer period than a month at a time.—(Hear, hear.) He deeply regretted the occasion of their meeting together So-day, inasmuch as the occasion of their assembling was the death of their late lamented Alderman,. towards whom he entertained the highest feelings of respect.—(Hear, hear.) He would go no further back than the year 1793, to prove that the late Alderman was entitled to the respect of every inhabitant of the ward.—(Hear, hear.) In that year this country was placed in a most difficult position by the conduct of that great scourge of humanity who carried war and devas tation over the whole of the continent, and threatened an invasion of this country. It was under these cir cumstances that the protection of the Thames was placed in the hands of the late Alderman, who was appointed Commodore of the F encibles, for the pur pose of defending this great C ity from invasion. In the discharge of those duties he was most indefatiga ble.—(Hear, hear.) He followed with assiduity the trade of his father and amassed considerable -wealth, which he had em pl oye d s i nce his elevation to the office of Alderman for good and charitable purposes. He thought that it was their duty now to select from amon g th emse l ves one w h o was i n every way worthy of the honour, and able to discharge with efficiency the duties of Alderman of the ward.—(Hear, hear.) He had been for thirty-four years a resident in the ward, and his conduct was well known to all the inhabitants. He had therefore great pleasure in proposing Thomas Quested Fin nis, Esq., as a fit and proper person to discharge the duties of Alderman of the Ward of Tower.—(Cheers.) Mr. Ctiaa rose with great satisfaction to second the nomination of T. Q. Finnis, Esq. That gentleman served his apprenticeship with so much credit to himself, that six months before its expira tion his employer assigned the whole of his business over to him, and he then became a man of business before he was twenty-one years of age.—(Hear, hear.) In the year 1833, - he was elected a member of the Court of Common Council ; and he was shortly attar appointed to the office of Deputy by the late Alderman. The superintendence of the ward had, in consequence of the great age of the late Alderman, devolved for the last few years upon the Deputy. How th ese d u ti es had been discharged the inhabitants of the Tower Ward could testify. The family of Mr. Finnis was an ancient and highly respectable one. it was quite true that the connexions of that gentle man formed no ground for his election, but it was something to know that by electing that gentleman on account of his acknowledged abilities, they would also elect a gentleman whose connexions were of the most respectable character.—(Hear, hear.) He had, therefore, the greatest pleasure in seconding the no mination of T. Q. Fiords, Esq., as Alderman for the Wqrd of Tower.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BARCLAY wished before the question was put to say a few words with respect to the late Alder man. Ile did not think that the promises made by that gentleman upon his election had been carried out. The speaker then proceeded to call attention to the manner in which the presentation to Christ's Church School had been annually disposed of by Al derman Lucas. The LORD MAYOR rose to call the Hon. Gentleman to order. They were met for the purpose of electing another gentleman in the room of Alderman Lucas, and he trusted that the remarks of the speakers would be confined as much as possible to the subject before the meeting. Mr. BARCLAY said that they were about to elect an alderman for life, and he thought it quite right that the meeting should be in possession of the opinions of that gentleman before he was elected. He wished to know from Mr. Finnis whether he would sup port any measure for determining the duration of the election of Aldermen to a period of three or five years instead of for life as at present ; and v.lether he would confine the presentation to Christ's Church School to the inhabitants of this ward; and hether, in the event of pecuniary difficulties, or ex treme old age, he would consent to resign his alder manic gown ? Mr. FINNIS declined to give any pledges, but bogged to assure the meeting that the interests of the I )wer Ward would ever be uppermost in his mind. The LORD MAYOR inquired whether there were other candidates to be proposed ? No other candidate appearing, His LORDSHIP proceded to put the resolution, which was carried unanimously. The LORD MAYOR than stated that he had the gratification of declaring that Thomas guested Finnis, Esq., was duly elected an Alderman of the Ward of Tower. Alderman FINNIS returned thanks for the honour conferred upon him, and stated that he would endea vour to do all in his power to promote the best in terests of the ward. His conduct was already well known to the ward, and he trusted that his past con duct would be the best pledge for the future. There was but one duty which he had now to perform, and that was to appoint his deputy. Having looked round among his frier.ds, he had come to the conclusion that I.lr. Selson was a gentleman who would most ably perform his duties. He had therefore great pleasure in proposing Mr. Selson as a Deputy fur the Ward of Tower. Mr. SELSON returned thanks for the distinction conferred upon him, and stated that he should endeavour to discharge his duties faithfully. Mr: CLARK proposed and Mr. Simesox seconded a resolution, expressive of sympathy with the sur v:ving relatives of the late Alderman, and regret at his decease, which was unanimously agreed to. The thanks of the meeting were then, on the mo tion of alderin rn FINN'S, seconded by Mr. HOWELL ( o f Mark-lane), voted to the Lord Mayor, for the courteous and independent manner in which he had presided over the Court. His LORDSHIP returned thanks in a brief speech, g;,d the Court broke up. A WHOLES tLE HORSE-STEALER. Thomas Osborn, well known as a traveller with t. camp of gipsies through the eastern counties, was 1. rought up at the Essex Quarter Sessions on Friday, eti a number of charges of horse-stealing, committed in Essex and Suffolk; and John Fuller, a dealer in the latter county, was indicted with him for having received the animals in a rumber of cases. The prisoner Osborn had been in the habit of selling horses,Li.i system being .it appears they were generally stolen ; m being to take them in one county and car ry them off rapidly to another and p dis ose of them. Fanners and others have suffered severely from his depredations, an4 t t h here were now seven indictments u in conexion the charges against him. The first was for stealinga mare, value 181., from Mr. Great Jay, a farme r , at Bromley. In this case the mare was taken from a field in the day time, and the prisoner was met riding one exactly like it towards Suffolk ; he took it t.,l",'f'r ainham, and sold it to Fuller for 4/. Fuller then had i t clipped, i and resold it to Mr. F,ouse, a publican, fur 71. t s ti, It was traced to Mr. Souse by the police, and havin g to Ipswich, where by certain been clipped, it was and notwithstanding its rotfaM peculiar marks. enabled to be sworn to The jury found Osborn guilty .er stealing the mare, After but acquitted Fuller of recei v i ng. .ti against i t ,, this verdict seve ral other indictments Unborn Was l ler, as the abandoned. rc(T iver, werethento indicted O for stealth.. a horse from Mr. Clarke, at Halstead. tile case the horse was also carried off into land sold to Full er. At the time the robberle,swoeraer, traced to the prisoner, his gipsy camp was ii y g Suffolk n Colchester, and when the officers were seen approach ing it, the prisoner, guessing their errand, slippe d out and dashed across the field to a wood, leading a rfgular steeple-chase across the country, and it was not till a gentleman on horseback joined in it that he was taken. He was found guilty on this charge, and also on another of the same nature, and it being thought unnecessary to proceed with the other indict. ment, he was sentenced to transportation for fifteen years. Great expense had been incurred to bring the prisoner to justice, as his depredations had spread property thro ug h t h e great alarm f or t h e country.safetyof this description of RUSSIAN ST ATISTICS. —. According to the almanac fur 1848 published by the Academy of St. Petenburgh, Russia in Europe contains a surface of 90,117 square miles, with a population of 54,092,000 individuals ; the kingdom of Poland, an extent of 2,320 square miles, v ith 4,850,000 inhabitants, and the Grand Duchy of I..nland, 6,844 square miles, with 1,547.702 inhabitants. h e population of St. Pet ersburgh, amounts to 443,000 habitants. In 1846 tho mine, of the empire produced i . 077 pouds of gold, 1 poud of, platina, and 1,190 of silver, The public debt is estimated at 3 45,084,200 silver oubles, divid , d as follors:—Foreiun debt determinste, f j 6 830 000 florins of ; ditto, indeterininat,, 124 489,900 fi Tins of Jjlil nd; home debt, 52,497,760 slyer roubles MIS ptl4),,_ t were in circulation for st, tom, * of 226 167,5.8941 K bles, and the assignatsol th e empire for 117,4W57. _,~ ~ .~ THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11 , 1819, CHURCH-RATE CASE. AYLESBURY QUARTER bESSIONS—JAN. 6. (Before Sir T. D. AUBREY.) IN THE CASE OF MR. SIMONDS. Long before the doors of the Town-hall were opened, a crowd had assembled outside, anxiously waiting to obtain admission ; and, as soon as the court opened, every part of the building appropriated to the public was crowded, and, in a short time, every avail able part of the hall was studded with people anxious to obtain a hearing of this important case. There was also a very full attendance of magistrates. Among those present were Sir T. D. Aubrey, who presided; B. Disraeli, Esq., M.P.; G. C. Du Pre, Esq., M.P.; Lord Nugent, ALP. • J. P. Deering , Esq. , M.P. ; Colonel Hall, ALP. ; 'Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P. ; R. R. Clayton, Esq., C. Tower, Esq., J. Lee, Esq , LL.D.; M. Swabey, Esq., J. Newman, Esq., P. Dauncey, Esq , G. Carrington, Esq., G. Carrington, jun., Esq., T. _R. Barker, Esq., and several clerical magistrates. After some little difficulty in forming a jury, in consequence of several challenges on each side, Simonds was placed at the bar. The indictment con tained one count, of great length, detailing the history of the non-payment of the rate, and charging Simonds with wilfully resisting an order of the magistrates tor its payment. Simonds pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sanders was counsel for the prosecution. Mr. Willis of Winslow, acted as attorney connected with the prosecution. The defence was conducted by Mr. Stammers (who was specially retained), and Mr. Wells. Mr. T. H. Boykett, of Chancery-lane, was attorney for the defence. Mr. Sanders, in opening the case, stated that he appeared on the part of the parish-officers of Mursley. The facts of the case were that on the 30th of July last a church-rate for the parish of Mursley was made, and that the defender was then the occupier of a cottage and garden, and liable to be assessed, and was assessed in the said rate at the sum of fivepence. The prisoner objected to pay the rate on the ground of principle, and the churchwarden consequently sum moned Simonds before the magistrates to show cause why he refused to pay. He still refused to pay and the magistrates issued their order, for contempt of which toe present prosecution was instituted. Mr. Sanders then called— Joseph 1.% alter Simonds, who stated he was a churchwarden of the parish of Mursley. On the 30th of July last a vestry was held for the purpose of making a church-rate, a notice of which vestry was given on the 25th inst. He called upon the defendant fora small rate, but did not mention the amount. Mr. Stammers—lt is not yet shown that a rate was made at all. Mr. T. R. Barker—l don't think that necessary. Chairman—l think the making of the rate should be proved. After some discussion, the rate was produced. Cross-examined by dr. Stammers—Simonds said he had nothing to do with the rate, and he refused to pay it. I therefore gave information to the ma gistrates, and applied to Mr. Dauncey for a summons against Simonds. A summons was granted, and to which Simonds appeared on the 28th of October. The magistrates made an order on Simonds to pay. I served the order on Simonds, by giving it to him personally. He looked .at it, but nothing further passed. By the Court—l did not tell him what it was, but said, " I have brought a little bit of paper from the magistrates." Here Mr. Stammers put the following question to the witness—Why was the rate made in July ? Witness—Because we were a good deal of money out of pocket. Mr. Sanders rose and protested against this answer being put on the Chairman's minutes. Mr. Stammers contended at length that the answer should be taken down. The Answer elicited the fact that the rate was made for retrospective, and not for prospective purposes, and was therefore illegal. lie should show in evidence that the prisoner questioned the validity of the rate made upon him on tne ground of its retrospective character. Mr. Wells also supported this view. Mr. Sanders replied. He fully agreed with the Learned Counsel that it would be unjust to adjudi cate upon a disputed rate; but it could not be shown that the prisoner had disputed the rate. Lord Nugent said he thought it would be a 'very improper course for the Court to allow counsel to ob ject to an answer which had been elicited from wit nesses. When the answer came it formed part of the truth, upon which the jury would decide. Dr. Lee rose ,and slid—l think the question irrelevant to the case, and the answer falls to the ground.— (A hiss from the gallery.) Mr. Newman, a magistrate, was about to refer to a disputed case, when the chairman and the bench retired to decide the point, the Rev. G. Chetwode and Mr. P. Dauncey remaining behind. The Chairman (on returning) said, the Court had decided that the answer to the question should be taken down. The cross-examination of the churchwarden was again proceeded with. Mr. Stammers—You say that a rate was made in July because you were out of pocket; when did you begin to be out of pocket? Mr. Sanders objected to this question upon the same grounds—namely, first, because the prisoner was indicted for disobeying an order ; and, second, be cause the prisoner did not contest the rate. The Court refused to entertain the objection. The Churchwarden (cross-examination continued) made the following statement :—I cannot say how often I applied for a summons against the defendant. I remember applying for three against him. I cannot remember their dates exactly. I cannot say I ever summoned him before the 20th of October. I re member summoning him then. I believe the prisoner did attend. I don't know what he said; he said he could not pay it. The magistrate will tell you what took place.—(Laughter.) I cannot. Mr. Stammers—Come now, did not the prisoner say he had conscientious objections to the rate ? ‘‘' itness—Yes, he did say so.—(Loud laughter.) Mr. Stammers—Did he not also say, " I object to the rate in its retrospective department ?" 'Witness—l heard nothing of that. Mr. Stammers—Did you ever hear of such a word as " retrospective ?"—(No answer.) Mr. Stammers was about to put more questions about the accounts of the parish, but Mr. Sanders continually objected, and lie desisted. Benjamin Willis, the other churchwarden of Mursley, was called, who simply proved that prisoner had paid no church-rate. Daniel l'hotnas Willis sworn—l am clerk to the magistrates at Winslow. Saw the order and the summonses now produced signed. When the prisoner appeared he was told for what he was summoned. lie said he objected to pay on the ground of religious and conscientious scruples. Two persons subse quently offered to pay the money for him, but he objected. He never said he had any objections, in point of law, to pay the rate. By Mr. Stammers—l am attorney for the prosecu tion. I do not remember prisoner making any ob jection to the rate as a retrospective one. He said something like this, " I believe the rate is made partly for previous expenses." I do not recollect him using the phrase " retrospective department." By Mr. Sanders—He said—" I do not intend to contest the rates," after making the allusion to its retrospective character. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Stammers rose and addressed the Court, in order to show that the indictment did not lie. He did this the more earnestly, because a new era had arisen in the history of our country, since the deci sion of the case Reg. v. Bidwell, at Cambridge. Until the decision of that case, it was never before heard of that dissenters from the Church of England could be subjected to an indictment for refusing to pay church rates. This method was entirely unknown to the law, and the reason was because these rates were origi nally of ecclesiastical cognizance. Indeed the law gave no remedy at all, until the passing of 53 George 111., c. cxxvii.; and even in this Act they would search in vain for anything like the mention of an indictment. He proceeded to explain this Act. It was called " An Act for the better regula tion of Ecclesiastical Courts, and the more easy recovery of church-rates." Its object was to recover church-rates by an easy process, distraint ; indict ment was never mentioned or contemplated. Ile read the 7th section, which referred to this matter, and which showed that it only took cognizance of sums below 10!., and the remedy for the recovery of the poor man's rate being distraint. If this Act ireereto subject the poorer rate-payers to indictment, t T. 4 e ; hi n, ul.r, e ch. - w lr e a2 u t7, l ,3 d t at: e te n i a d w ?. was Before nßoyr etmh eatdthye forst a statutet t u h t e e ar s erc 3 eomv George eerdyy oi sf provided by looking at however, to be ex tremely doubtful, Mansfield in Rex ee at the decision of Lord bean}; silent 2 Burrow's Rep., 799, whether the statute, upon the remedy by indictment, that remedykcouldbe accumulated Lord Masfield there upon iei the statutory remedy. "The true rule of distinction seem s t o b e, that where the offence intended to be guarded against by a sta tute was punishable before the makin g of such sta tute, prescribing a particular method of punishment, then such particular remedy is cumulative, and does not take away the former remedy. But when the statute only enacts that the doing any act not punish able before, shall for the future be punishable in such end such a particular manner, then it is neces sary that such particular method, by such Act prescribed, must be specially pursued, and not the common law method of an indictment." He there fore contended that the indictment did not lie. Mr. Wells also addressed the Bench. He thought it was of great importance to observe, that if the. _magistrates decid e d-thatthis indictment should notlie against the prisoner, they had no means of questioning that decision in a superior court. •I'he Bench was thus called upon to decide one of the most momentous questions which ever came before a civil court in England, involving a new and harsh mode of treat ment to hundreds and thousands of conscientious men ; and from the knowledge he had of the magistrates, he was sure every one of them most anxiously wished to do his duty faithfully. If it had not been for the re cent case at Cambridge, he was quite sure that Simonds's would never have been heard of. Mr. Sanders replied. Mr. Newman was in the act of quoting a case in support of Mr. Stammers' view; but the Bench re tired to deliberate upon the question, Messrs. Chet wode and Dauncey remaining behind. The Chairman (on his return) announced that a majority of the Court had decided that the indictment would lie. Whereupon Mr. Stammers rose, and addressed the jury in the following terms :—Gentlemen of the Jury, it occurs in this case, as it has done in most others where great constitutional questions are concerned, that the re- sponsibility of its ultimate decision is cast upon the jury. The Bench have decided the law. We submit with the most implicit respect and obedience to that decision ; but we are glad to find that we can turn away from that decision, and appeal to a jury of the country. Gentlemen, the importance of this case it is impossible to exaggerate. There has not been in the history of the law, from the Revolution down to the present period, a case in which larger interests are more deeply involved. For what is it that you are about to decide to-day ? A question not merely affect ing the poor lame man charged with a misdemeanour, the commission, therefore, of a crime; but the inte rests of the Nonconforming Dissenters of every de nomination in the kingdom, who conscientiously hold that State establishments in religion are inconsistent with the Divine law, and with the religious liberties of the country. Gentlemen, let use review the facts. They are few and simple. The humble man at the bar is admitted by my Learned Friend who conducts the prosecution to be respectable. Gentlemen, it is not necessary for me to dispute the due making of the rate in my address to you. For the present purpose I may suppose it to have been duly made. The pro portion of it which the prisoner was called upon to pay was fivepence. and the prisoner, when before the magistrates, objected upon what he considered to he conscientious and religious grounds. Does this. gentlemen, constitute the crime of a misdemeanour ? Why, a large number of the justices here assembled are of opinion that it is no indictable offence at all By the statute of the 53d George 111., c. 127, the only remedy given is Ey distress. Why did they not distrain ? What are the circumstances which ob structed the summary remedy of distress for fivepence? Why did they not distrain for it? Did the prisoner barricade his doors ? Did he resist the officers ? No ; all that he said was, "In my conscience, I cannot pay." Why not ?—" There is something in my mind says No.' " Well, hut some one will pay it for you ? " No," says the prisoner, " that would he the same thing; but there is my house—there is my shop ; you have a magistrate's 'order—take your authority, and, having added ten shillings to the amount by way of expenses, levy it upon my goods, if you are determined so to do." Gentlemen, there is a large, and influential and religious body of men in this country (the Quakers), who have exactly the same obj• ctions to the payment of church-rates as the pri soner Gentlemen, in the report read at their yearly conferences nothing is more common than such a sentence as this :—" The society have suffered during the past year to the amount of twenty thousand pounds in seizures for church-rates." They never pay. Are they all criminals ? If the prisoner is a criminal, the whole body of the Society of Friends are as criminal as he. Gentlemen, I earnestly beg of you to exercise your rights as jurymen to-day, and not to be led away from the necessity of a cri minal intention to constitute any man guilty of a criminal charge. Gentlemen, if you pronounce a verdict of " Not Guilty," you will not only relieve many members of the Church of England from the shame and disgrace of this proceeding, but you will give peace and security for their personal liberty to the great body of Nonconformists throughout the land. After the charge of the Chairman, Sir Thomas Aubrey, the jury retired, and were absent about ten minutes, when a verdict of " Guilty " was returned. The magistrates then retired, and when they came in again, Sir Thomas Aubrey addressed the prisoner in the following terms :—" John Simonds, you have been convicted of a misdemeanour, in disobeying an order of magistrates for the payment of church- rates. You state, and we hope it may be so, tnat you ob jectod to pay on conscientious and religious grounds. There is, no doubt, a great difference of opinion existing upon the subject of church-rates; but the payment of them is require,' by law, and the law must be obeyed. You have already been in prison fur a month. The sentence of the Court upon you therefore is, that you be further imprisoned for one week, without hard labour." Mr. Derding, M.P., one of the magistrates, imme diately moved that the prisoner should be confined with the first class of misdemeanants, which would enable him to wear his own clothes, which was carried. The prisoner then retired from the bar.—Abridged from the Berhs Gazette and Aylesbury News. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDIIAL. John Dean was committed for stealing a pocket book containing 11. 35., and a passport, from the pocket of a poor German cap-maker, named Maks Henoch. He determined to have a good view of Sale's execution, and, with another German, went to the Old Bailey atone in the morning. After spending some time in a coffee-shop, he went to the barrier, and shortly after detected the prisoner in picking his pocket. The book was passed away to confederates, the German only caring to keep fast hold of the thief. This oc curred at five in the morning►, and, being obliged to go to the station to give charge, he lust the front position he had coveted. heard the sound of footsteps in the passage. She re turned to the street door in two or three minutes, and left the house with the man, taking care to close the street door after her. The man walked at a great pace for some time, during which he said that Mrs. Lewis was very ill ; he then suddenly slackened his pace, and at last walked so slowly that she implored him to go faster, as her mistress might be worse, and she was anxious to see her as soon as possible. The man who had, without her having previously observed it, taken her out of the direction of Lowndes-square, pretended that he was out of breath, and in a minute or two afterwards desired her to stop, and he crossed the road. She followed, but he started off at such speed, that, after following for a short distance, she became so exhausted that she was obliged to stop, and the man was soon out of sight. Suspecting that something was wrong, she communicated what had occurred to Thomas Carmoody, 148 B, who came up before she had recovered her breath, and he immedi ately accompanied her to her mistress's house. As they got within sight of it, a gentleman named Delsare, who had been staying there for a short time upon a visit, and who had for some minutes been ineffectually endeavouring to admit himself to the house with the latch key, rang the bell, presuming that the servant had fastened the door. After ringing several times the door was sud denly quietly opened, and the prisoner rushed out of the house, knocking the gentleman down. The latter immediately jumped up and seized the fellow, but he had no idea that he was a thief, until he was soon, however, convinced of his character by seeing him drop a very valuable breast-pin, which satisfie the gentleman that the fellow had been ransacking his carpet bag and pocket-book, which had been two or three hours previously in the house safe. The pri soner, in his struggle to get away, drooped some papers, and threw the gentleman s pocket-book, which cont tined five 5/. notes, Some jewellery, and various coins, down in the street. A very handsome bracelet, which had been safe on the lady's toilette table just before the servant was induced to leave the house, was found in his possession, but the gentle man's travelling-bag was found in the house, cut open, and a dove, composed of brilliants, some sove reigns, coins, and other articles were missing. Mrs. Lewis had left her house in a carriage, and it is supposed that her orders to the coachman had been overheard by some thieves who had been prowling about the place and watched her departure. The prisoner made no defence, and was remanded for a week. .„. BENEVOLENCE. — The annual donation of 101. for the poor-box was received from the Mercers' Com pany. MARY BONE.LE A number of pawnbrokers and other witnesses were from an early hour in attendance at this Court, in consequence of its having been the day appointed for the further examination of a very respectably attired female, named kabella Davidson, who was first brought before Mr Broughton, on the sth inst., upon charges of robbery. The evidence gone into upon the former occasion was to the effect, that in the early part of last No vember the prisoner, upon the representation that she was a married woman, and that her husband was at 13ath upon some importanthusiness relative to railway matters, took a ready furnished room, at the rent of 10s. 6d. per week, at Mr. King's Coflqe-house, Seymour-street, Euston-square. She remained there until the 10th ult., when she went out early and did not return. Shortly after her departure a gold watch, a gold chain, and a large quantity of silk and other articles were discovered to have been stolen, and information of the robbery was immediately communicated to the police. The prisoner was at length traced, and given into the custody of Sergeant Leonard, 25 S, who produced a number of pawn brokers' duplicates found by him at a house in Lam beth, and it was clearly shown that they had been left there by the prisoner. The pawnbrokers now brought forward many arti cles to which the said duplicates referred, arid they were identified by Mrs. King as forming a portion of her loss. Another charge was preferred by Mrs. Edwards, Queen-square, Holborn, from whose evidence it ap peared that she was robbed of a table-cloth by the prisoner, who on the 9th of November absconded from an apartment which she had occupied at her residence. Upon her engaging the room she repre sented herself to be the wife of a solicitor, and a gen tleman whom she (Mrs. Edwards) imagined to be the husband, slept in the said apartment every night during the three weeks which the room wai occupied. When the prisoner quitted there were two weeks' rent due. Mr. Kendrich, 244, Tottenham-court-road, said that the prisoner had worked at his establishment in the millinery (epartment for four months, and that she had obtained from Mrs. Kendrich several pairs of stays, her object being, as alleged by her, that of showing them to some friends, who would most likely be purchasers. She made excuses from time to time with respect to her not returning them, and after she had left, without any intimation of her in tention to do so, it was ascertained that she had pawned them. The stays were produced and identified, and after some further particulars had been gone into, the case was disposed of by the articles being returned to Mr. Kendrick, upon his paying to the pawnbroker a moiety of the sum for which they were pledged. Upon the first tIVO charges the prisoner, who had nothing to say, was fully committed for trial. James PickPii was charged with the following daring mid-day robbery at the residence of Dr. Drummond, 103, Gloster-place, Portman-square. On the same day (yesterday), at one o'clock, the prisoner was observed by the servant of Captain Hen derson, next door, in the area of the house first al luded to. He (prisoner) was questioned as to his business, when he took from his pocket something having the appearance of silver, and hastily placed the same inside of the pantry window, which was partly open, ran up the steps, making his egress in the same way he must have entered, viz., by climbing over the railings. He made off as fast as he could, and, on a cry of " Stop thief" being raised, he was at length captured by 13ulham, 180 B. A silver cream ewer was, beyond all doui.)t, the article which the prisoner had possessed himself of, as before stated. The prisoner, who denied having been in the area at all, was, in order to afford time for further inquiry to be instituted, remanded till next Monday, an opi nion having been expressed that it would probably turn out that he is known to the police on the Surrey side of the water. Wm. Smith alias King, and George Jones alias Busnell, both of them notorious young thieves, were placed at the bar charged with having been found at an early hour in the morning by 53 S, with pigeons in their possession, supposed to have been stolen. Evidence was given to show that the prisoners were stopped on Haverstock-hill by the officer alluded to, and that as they gave a very unsatisfactory account of themselves, they were conveyed to the station house. From their pockets were taken tour live pigeons of a curious kind, and upon inquiry being instituted, it was ascertained that they had been stolen from the back part of the premises of Mr. Priest, landlord of the George public house, Hamp stead. They were identified by him (Mr. Priest), who said that he had been robbed of many others. The defence set up by the prisoners was, that seeing the pigeons flying about the road they caught them. In default of paying 155., the value of the birds, and 40s. each for the unlawful possessian of them, Smith was committed for two months, and Jones for six weeks to the House of Correction. WORSHIP-STREET. William Hurst, an interesting-looking boy, only ten years of age, and a stylishly-dressed man named Isaac Simmons, were placed at the bar before Mr. Hamtnill, charged with having been concerned, with others, in hustling with intent to rob a lady in the Whitechapel road. Police constable Jenkinson, 53 G, stated that while passing through the above road, at eleven o'clock in the morning, he saw the prisoner Simmons, and three other well-dressed men, following a lady, whom they at length so surrounded as to impede her progress, and at the same moment the boy Hurst crept steal thily to her side and dexterously inserted his hand into her pocket. The lady immediately raised a cry of alarm and exclaimed that she had been robbed, when the whole party made off in different directions; but witness succeeded in securing the two prisoners, and brought them back to the lady, who examined her pocket, and discovered that though her money had been disturbed, she had lost nothing. Notwithstand ing the extreme youth of the younger prisoner, be was well known as one of the most useful instruments in the hands of the male and female members of the swell mob who infested the Whitechapel district, and had only been a few days released from the House of Correction, to which he was committed for three months, by Mr. Arnold, for a similar offence. When called upon for his defence, the boy llurst, with 11R air of well dissembled distress and contrition, attributed his situation to the cruel conduct of his mother, who had turned him out of doors, and forced him to get a living in the best way he could. This statement, however, was positively contra dicted by one of the officers, who proved that he had been connected for a long time past with a notorious gang of thieves, and, in addition to the sentence above specified, he had been convicted of attempted felonies upon two previous occasions. The other prisoner was also known to the police as an accomplished mem ber of the swell mob. Mr. HAMMILL said that, under these circumstances, however painful it might be to his feelings to consign a child of such tender years to prison, he felt it his duty to commit both the prisoners to the House of Correction for the full term of three months. CHARITY.—The second half of a 51. note, the first half of which Ilad been previously transmitted, was received by the magistrate, through the medium of Sir W. I Call and Co., for the poor-box, from " E. P.," with a t request that its receipt might be acknowledged in the newspapers. SOUTHWARK. A man named Arthur Pasco, formerly a police constable of the M. division, was brought before Mr. Cottingham on a double charge, the desertion of his wife and three children, and committing a rape on a young girl naned Gains, the daughter of a respectable butcher, residing near the police-court. Mr. Caslake, one of the relieving officers of St. George's parish, Southwark, said that about a month ago the wife of the prisoner came to the workhouse and demanded admission for herself and family. She was at the timc far advanced in pregnancy, and had three children in a famishing state. She was taken before the board of guardians, and in answer to questions put by the guardians, she said that her husband was gone into the country in search of em ployment. lie (Mr. Caslake) found her statement to be false, as he saw him a few days after lounging abriut the doors of the police-court, and he ascertained that he had been dismissed from the police. He, therefore, applied for the warrant to apprehend him for deserting his family. 'The prisoner urged that he could not support his family, being out of employ, but he would as soon as he could obtain employment. Mr. COTTINGIIAM—Can you give security to the parish that your family shall not be chargeable to the parish, and can you take them from the work house ? Prisoner—l have friends at Birmingham who will assist me, and I will take my family there if your Worship will discharge me. Mr. COTTINGIIAM was about to make some obser vation to him, when Caslake, the relieving officer, remarked that there was a charge of a more serious nature against the prisoner—that of violating the perso❑ of a respect able tradesman's daughter, a young girl sixteen years of age. Mr. Gains, a butcher, formerly carrying on an extensive business near the Police -court, here as cended the witness-box, and said that the prisoner, when in the police force, his usual beat was near his shop. He used to supply him with steaks, give him food and money, and actually treat him as one of his own family. One evening he came when all his family were out except his daughter and himself. After some conversation in the shop, the prisoner asked him to go to an adjoining public house and partake of a glass of grog. He consented, and after they had been in the house a few minutes, the pri soner made an excuse to leave for a short time, but, instead of returning, he went into complainant's house and violated his daughter. Prisoner—Oh, nonsense about that ; it's all false. Mr. Gains said it was quite true his daughter was now in confinement with a child, the result of that man's conduct. COTTINGHAM said it was a pity he did not make the charge against ,him at the time. So long had elapsed, that he thought the charge of violation could not be sustained. lie inquired when it was likely his daughter wvull be able to appear and give her evidence. Mr. Gaines replied, that in about a fortnight's time she would be able to attend. The reason he did not bring the charge against him was, that he did not I;ke the exposure. He also thought that the prisoner was a single man. Mr. CorriNctiam, after commenting on the con duct of the prisoner, said that for deserting his wife and family, and leaving them chargeable to the parish, he should commit him to the House of Correction for 14 days, and at the expiration of that term of impri sonment the other more serious charge would be investigated. The Magistrate begs to acknowledge the receipt of a 5/. Bank of England note from "E. P.," for the poor-box of the Police-court. LAMBETH. Win Harding, a stiff•built young fellow, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton for final exami nation, on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead, the property of his master, Mr. Spink, a plumber in South Lambeth. From the evidence of Mr. Collard, the superinten dent of police on the Great Western Railway, it ap pears that the prisioner had been tried at the Clerkenwell Sessions, and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, on a charge of stealing a portmanteau from the Paddington terminus. He was subsequently tried for stealing a seaman's chest from the same terminus, and sentenced to four months' incarceration. Since his release he had been in custody for a robbery at the house of Mr. Thorn, the brewer of South Lambeth, and after his discharge Mr. Thorn kindly interested himself on his behalf on account of his sister, who is a servant, and well-conducted young woman in his family. He ultimately procured him a very good situation with Mr. Spinks, a hig-hly respectable tradesman, but he was not long in , his situation when he commenced a system of plunder, and was tiken with a quantity of lead belonging to his master in his possession.—He was fully com mitted for trial. Henry Newton and George Mathews, the former a servant to Mr. Pashler, and the latter a butcher out of business, were brought up for final examination on a charge of stealing a sack of fat, the property of Mr. Pushier. From the evidence in this case it was evident that the prisoner Newton had plundered his master to a very considerable extent, and that the other prisoner received the plunder. It was stated that Newton, whose honesty had been first doubted, from his declaring that he had nine young women in tow, had been transported for seven years, and that Mathews had also been in custody. Both prisoners were fully committed for trial. WANDS WORTH. Mary Ann Dawson and Elizabeth Roberts, two women of masculine proportion, who for some years have infested Clapham Common, and been in custody several times for robbing gentlemen, were placed in the dock before Mr. Paynter upon a charge of robbing William Newman, groom to Mr. Pulley, a proctor, living in Nightingale-lane, Clapham. The prosecutor sated that on Sunday night, about half-past eight o'clock, he was crossing Clapham Common, when he met the prisoners. Dawson threw her arms round his neck, and Roberts placed her hand near his right-hand breeches pocket. He asked them what they wanted ; they said nothing, and walked away. lie afterwards missed from his breeches pocket a sovereign and a half in gold, and 3s. 6d. in silver, and some halfpence. He called "Police," when five or six men, who appeared to be in league with the women, came up, and one of them struck him a blow on the side which knocked him down. He was afraid of remaining any longer, and went home. Police-constable Tomkins, 119 IT, said, in conse quence of some information he received, he appre hended the prisoner between nine and ten o'clock. They denied committing any robbery, but upon searching Roberts he found a sovereign and a half sovereign. Mr. PAYNT ER said, after the clear and straightfor ward evidence given by the constable in support of the prosecutor's statement, he must commit the pri soners for trial. was jealous of his cousin, who had been his house keeper before his marriage, and that his wife had slandered her, and that she came on Wednesday morning to ask for an explanation, and attempted to strike his wife. He caught the blow on his eye in defending her. He denied in the most positive manner that ha had ever ill-used his wife, and said the goods she had brought him were still in the house, and that he had laid out 501. in cows and pigs. Bridget Hall, a cousin of the defendant's, and sister of the woman who appeared to have made all the strife, was then called, and she objected to take the oath. Sheridan—Take hold of the book and swear for me. The young woman was then sworn, and said she had been two months only from Ireland, and was servant to Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan. She never saw her cousin raise his hand to strike his wife, or heard him make use of any threats; but had heard him speak very harshly to her. She heard them disputing about the gloves which her mistress took out of her master's pocket. The witness further stated that her sister came late on Tuesday night to her master's bedside, to inquire about her wages.— (Laughter.) Mr. YARDLEY was not surprised that such a state ment should be received with a smile of incredulity, and he was afraid the defendant had married the victim of his brutality for the money and property she brought him. The parties were ill matched, and he would advise Sheridan to allow his wife a separate maintenance. Mr=. Sheridan said she could not live with such a brutal tyrant again, and would be satisfied with os. per week. Mr. YARDLEY said that was little enough. Sheridan said he could not afford so much. Mr. YARDLEY said if the defendant did not properly maintain his wife, and the parish officers lodged a complaint against him, he would compelled him to support her in a p , o, er manner or commit him to prison. The health of the wife was impaired by her husband's brutality, and he had not heard of a case of such cruelty and profligacy for some time. He called upon Sheridan to find bail, himself in 40t. and two sureties of 201., to keep the peace towards his wife for the next six months. Mary Hall, the cousin, was next charged with assaulting Mrs. Sheridan while she was in bed, on lib-dnesday morning. Mr. YARDLEY fined her 405., and said the conduct of the defendant and her relative had been mast Lut rageous. BI RTfl3. On the sth inst., at Purtmadoc, Carnarvonshire, the wife of N. N. Sully, Esq., of a son, still-born. On the 6th inst., the lad . ) of J. P. Theobald, Esq., of Cam den-road-villas, of a daughter. On the 7th inst., at Croydon, Surrey, the wife of Robert A. Heath, Esq., of a son, who survived his birth only a few minutes. On the 7th inst., in Montagu-square, the lady of James Clay, Eeq., M.P., of a son. tin the 7th inst., in Michael's-place, Brompton, the lady of J. D. Hewett, Esq., of a daughter. On the.Bth inst., the wife of William Longman, EN., of llyde park-square, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., Mrs. Lewis Engelbach, of Brompton crescent, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Clarendon-road, Nutting-hill, Mrs. W. H. Cook, of a son. On the 6th inst., at Southampton, the lady of Lieutenant- Colonel Mulct, of a daughter. • CLERKELV WELL. William Goodman, an elderly man, was placed at the bar, charged by Mary Goodman, his wife, with a brutal assault, by which she was most seriously in jured. The complainant, whose jaw was broken, and whose' Lee exhibited a frightful appeararce, with considera-. ble pain and difficulty, deposed that in consequence of the pi isoner's violent conduct towards her she was obliged to live apart from him. On the previous day she went with her daughter to the prisoner's residence to ask him for some pecuniary assistance, when he commenced a vi , ,lent attack upon her, seized her with brutal violence, and having dragged her into the street, struck her a desperate blow on the face, which broke her jaw -bone, knocked her down, and kicked her until she lay insensible on the ground, and he would have killed her had it not been for the inter ference and assistance of her daughter and some pas sengers. The daughter, a married woman, gave confirmatory evidence. The prisoner denied the assault, saying the corn plaimmt fell down and injured herself, and it served her right, as she was drunk at the time. He was fined 51, or two months' imprisonment. George Smith, a pauper, was charged with stealing a suit of the workhouse clothes, the property of the directors of the poor of St. Pancras parish. It appeared that the prisoner was admitted into the workhouse, and supplied with a new suit of work house clothes, with which he absconded, and, after selling them, he returned, and again applied for re lief, when he was given into custody. He had before committed a similar offence. Mr. TYRWIIITT said it was very extraordinary that paupers were being constantly brought to this court by the authorities of St. Pancras parish, charged with this sort of offence, and from no other parish in the district of the court. How could it be accounted for? Chadburn, the store-keeper, said that whilst the gate of the stone-yard was open to receive and take away stones, one of the prisoner's own class was placed to watch, and. the parties slipped out of the yard. Besides, they were making alterations, and the clothes being quite new, was an inducement to take them away. Mr. TYRWIIITT thought if such inducement existed, it was essential that the authorities should not place one of the prisoner's class at the gate to watch, but somebody else who would show no favour. The prisoner did not deny the charge, and he was committed to the House of Correction with hard labour for six weeks. WESTMINSTER. John Wood was placed at the bar before Mr. Broderip, charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mrs. Emily Lewis, 27, Grosvenor place, and stealing six 51. notes, a quantity of valuable jewellery, and other articles. The circumstances are briefly these. On Sunday evening Mrs. Lewis went out to visit a friend, leaving the house in charge of Johannah Kelly, her servant. Shortly after the lady had left, the street-door bell was rung violently, and on the girl's answering it, she found a man on the steps, having the appearance of a cabman, who hastily inquired whether she was Mrs. Lewis's servant. On the girl replying in the affirmative, he said that he had been sent from Lowndes-square to tell her that her mistress had been suddenly taken ill, and was in fits, and that she (the servant) was to go to her immediately. The girl hesitated and replied that she could not go, when the man said that she must, that her mistress would never forgive her if she did not, and told her to hurry down and put her bonnet and shawl on, whilst waited for her. The girl went down stairs to put her things on as desired, and during the time she was so engaged, the, man made a great noise, by stamp-. ing his feet on the door steps, and she thought she THAMES. William Sheridan, a cowkeeper, of No. 28, Spring street, Shadwell, was brought before Mr. Yardley on a warrant, charged with threatening to murder his wife, Emma Sheridan. The complainant, a very respectable young woman, who appeared to be very thin and careworn, stated that on Monday last her husband mislaid his gloves, and he accused her of concealing them, and said he would break everything in the house. She searched in all directions for them, but her husband would not be pacified, and, after striking her in the back, kicking her out of doors several times, and otherwise ill-using her, he threatened to murder her. She then sought refuge in the house of her sister, by whose advice she purchased a new pair of gloves for her husband, who went to a ball with a female relative, an Irish woman, who was formerly his housekeeper, and her brother, and did not return till a late hour, when he commenced ill-using her again, and made use of the most dreadful threats towards her. On Tuesday night her husband went to a raffle with his cousin, and did not return home till three o'clock the next morning. A few minutes after he had gat into his bed his cousin entered with a light, and, after making use of a vile expression, laid hold of the complainant's night-cap, and after tearing it off, seized her by the hair of the head, which she tore out by the roots, and beat and scratched her in a most savage manner, without any interference on the part of her husband , who was lying by her side. The cousin then seized a chair, and was about to strike her with it, when :she was prevented by the entrance of her (the cousin's) sister, and was with difficulty re moved from the room. In the morning, when she arose, her husband again kicked her and beat her, and threatened that he would murder her on his return. She was so terrified by his`threats, and had received so much ill-usage from him, that she took the oppor tunity of his absence a few hours afterwards, to run away from her home, and had since been living with her sister. The complainant then went over an in ventory of her husband's effects, and said she had been married to him 15 months, and brought him a house full of furniture, and 501. in money—that he was possessed of three cows, six pigs, a goat, a mare, and a cart, and that he had done everything in his power to render her miserable, break her heart, and drive her from her home, that he might introduce into his house his Irish counsin, wllo lived with him as his house• keeper before complainant was married to him. Among other acts of brutality he had frequently held knives to her throat, and horsewhipped her in bed. The sister of the complainant stated that Mrs. Sheridan had frequently come to her house for safety, with bruises on her face, and that her person was now covered with marks and discolourations caused by the defendant's brutal treatment. • The defendant, in reply to the charge, said his wife STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—There is little, if any, change in the market since Tuesday last. Perhaps, upon the whole, less business has been done, owing to an at tempt on, the part of spinners and manufacturers to obtain an advance on their production commensurate with the recent advance in the price of the raw mate rial at Liverpool. Buyers, however, and especially buyers of yarn, refuse to accede to these demands; and the consequence is, that spinners are in a worse position than they were two or three weeks ago. We are quite satisfied, that, if the advance should go on, it will not only prevent any further extension, but will very soon cause a diminution in the present hours of labour. We are glad to state that a circular was issued on Wednesday, announcing that a second instalment of five shillings in the pound, on the debts of Messrs. Scholes and Co., bankers of this town, who were compelled to suspend payment about the lst of No vember last, is now payable to the creditors at the banking house in Norfolk-street. During the last three days a rather gloomy feeling: , has prevailed here, in consequence of rumours in.tlie first place, and positive statements afterwards, of numerous and extensive failures at Glasgow. These, we are sorry to say, have been to some extent con. firmed by later accounts. The failures in question are, we believe, six or seven in number, the most im portant of which is that of Messrs. John Anderson and Co., a house in the South American trade, whose liabilities are said to amount to 200,0001. The failure is ascribed principally to the suspension of Cotes worth and Co., of London, with whom Anderson rand Co. had large transactions. Another failure is that of Messrs. Gilmour and Kerr, in the Canadian trade, whose engagements were stated at 80,0001., which, however, we are inclined to consider an exaggera tion. The losses of the house are ascribed to un fortunate railway speculations. The other failures are all of inferior importance, and we are not aware that any of them will exercise any ma terial influence upon the trade of Manchester. It is obvious from these and other events of the same hind, either that the trade of Glasgow is itself in an ex ceedingly unsound condition, or that the boasted ad vantages of the Scotch system of banking and cur rency are dearly purchased by some evils peculiar to that system. In all periods of monetary pressure the trade and commerce of Glasgow suffer much more than those of Manchester. The recent failures at Frankfort continue to attract much attention in commercial circles, on account of their apprehended recoil upon Paris, Vienna, and other cities on the Continent, where extensive ex change operations with Frankfort are carried on. We, therefore, give some further particulars respect. ing these failures, derived from a recent letter from Frankfurt to a mercantile house in this town :—lt app-•ars that Messrs De llkber and Co. (brothers) inherited from their father a very consi lerable for tune, with which they carried on the business of bankers at Frankfort, and would most probably have been successful, if they had not fallen into the error which has ruined so many firms in England—namely, that of investing their funds in, and staking their credit to support, large manufac turing establishments. A few years ago they were mainly instrumental in establishing, in shares, three of these establishments—namely, a large cotton spinning and manufacturing concern, a machine shop, on a very large scale, and a sugar refinery. The scale on which business was carried on by these establishments may be gathered from the fact that, collectively, they employed from seven to twelve thousand persons. Of course they required a very large floating capital; and, as the companies themselves did not possess it, Messrs. De Haber and Co. raised it by drawing accommodation bills on three other banking houses at Frankfort. For a time this expedient answered the purpose; but, at length, the pressure for money rendered their bills unnego tiable ; and then the manufacturing companies, Messrs. De Haber and Co., and two of the three accepting houses, came down together ; the third house being saved by the prompt interposition of the Rothschilds and Montefiores. Great efforts were made to prop up the whole, and meetings of the parties interested, and their friends, were held for eight days consecutively ; bat the amount required for the purpose was found to be so large, and money at the time so scarce, that the catastrophe could not be averted. It is hoped, however, in some quarters, that, as all the manufacturing establishments are at or near Carlsruhe, and as a large. proportion of the public functionaries of the Baden Government have invested their savings in them, that Government may be induced, for the Fake of its servants and subjects, to give such assistance as may. enable the companies to carry on their business. The facts connected with these establishments may, perhaps, serve, in some degree, to explain the efforts made by the Baden Government to obtain an increase in the Zollverein duties. The public functionaries of that state, hav ing invested their money in manufacturing establish ments which could not subsist without artificial sup. port, might very naturally struggle to keep their own heads above water. _ _ 'The London newspapers have alluded to a report from St. Petersburgh, to the effect that it was in con templation by the Russian Government to make an alteration in the duties on sugar, and also to lay a tax on the import of raw cotton, which is at present free. We have seen a letter of very recent date from the Russian capital, in which the writer says (in ad dition to the above s'atements), that there are strong rumours of an intended diminution of the present enormous duty (equal to 7d. per lb.) on cotton twist. Whether there is any real foundation for these last named rumours, we may reasonably doubt—at least, so far as the present time is concerned; but the im position of a duty of a rouble per podd (a fraction over Id. per lb.) on raw cotton, will, to that extent, diminish the protection now enjoyed by the Russian spinners, and may prove a commencement of th a t gradual relaxation of the tariff, which is known to be favourably regarded by some of the Rus s i an Minis ters, if not by the Emperor himself. The following particulars of the iron trade of Scot land have been furnished to us by Mr. Daunt, metal broker of this town " The reports from the various quarters conneoted with the Scotch pig iron trade announce a very con ' siderable decrease in the amount of the stock held at the c10,,e of this year, in comparison with that of the two preceding years, at the like period. This has been occasioned, partly by the great increase of the export trade, and partly by the strike among the miners and colliers during a portion of the current year, which has the effect of putting many furnaces out of blast, thus proportionately reducing the quantum of produce. This circumstance, in a great measure, falsified the expectations of a vast increase of stock, that the erection of new works during that period had originated. The ship ments of. 1846 and 1847, from the Clyde and Port Dundas, were nearly equal in amount, being, io the former year, 312,000 tons, in the latter 312,834 tons. The estimated stock in December, 1847, was 80,000 tons, of which quantity about 26,000 tons is supposed to be in the hands of the makers, against 64,000 tons last year, and it is presumed their con tracts on hand far exceed that quantity; much of the make of 1848, to the extent of from 20,000 to 30,000 tons, being already contracted for . for spring. delivery, great reluctance is manifested to enter into fresh en gagements for further delivery at that period. .4,414 AD. On Saturday last, at the Parish Church, Pannall, John Cad man, Esq , of Leeds, to Mary, daughter of Thomas Casson, Esq., West Park House, Harrogate. On the :6th of November last, at Baroda, Askness Re mington, Esq., Civil Service, to Madeline Laura, youngest daughter of Colonel Soppitt, commanding at Baroda. " The total number of furnaces amounts to 1f• ; !of which there were in blast, in 1847, only 89; outof blast, 41; total, 130. In 1845, there were in blast 94; and in 1846 there were 97. " The amount of stocks on hand on the 31st of December, 1846, was 144,000 tons ; the stock in store and makers' hands, 31st December, 1847, 80,000 tons ; decrease of stock at the close of 1647, as compared with 1846, 64,000 tons. " The price for mixed numbers, equal proportions, on the 31st of December, 1845, 765. per ton; on the 31st of December, 1846, 755. per ton ; on the 31st of December, 1847, 465. 6d. per ton, net cash, free on board at Glasgow."—Manchester Guardian of Saturday. BRADFORD.—WooI--There is no additional activity among tht. spinners. The disposition to buy does not improve, the prices sought acting as a barrier, par ticularly in full-bred bright haired wools. The sale of noils and brokes is very similar to that of several weeks past. The year has opened with a fair demand for yarns, which will prevent any accumulation of stock ; but the prices are far too low to admit of meeting the cost of production. While this gloomy state of things continues, there is no room for hope of any increased activity in the manufactories. The attendance of merchants at our piece market is a full average one, and a fair quantity of business is doing. There are inquiries by the home houses for new styles fot spring ; and the shippers are looking out for cheap lots in silk stripes, and other fancy goods.— Bradford Observer. - - NOTTINGIIAM.—We may, this week, safely report an improvement in our lace market. The demand throughout has been of a varied, and, therefore, of a more satisfactory character than if it had been con fined to one or two leading articles. Goods combining novelty with good taste in their design have sold readily, and we have little doubt will continue to sell in increasing demand, if these requisites of a f a n c y trade be kept constantly in view by manufacturers. Our hosiery markets are gradually improving in most departments ; and though,' for the present, from a variety of causes, this will be but slowly, it is gra tifying to notice, that even with the present improve ment the workmen are beginnin g to - feel the beneficial effects; there is no doubt every week will witness an increase in the amount of work given out, and prin cipally in those branches which . have hitherto been the most depressed. The 3am Market, if any change, is rather firmer; most of the spinneis having made rather extensive sales, are getting low in good useful yarns, for which there is now a very brisk demand, amounting almost to a scarcity. in some numbers.— Nottingham Mercury. . LEICESTER.—There is no movement in our market at present, the wholesale houses being. engaged in balancing up their accounts ; some manufacturers have been giving out more work for their unemployed frames, but are proceeding with the utmost caution. A. fair spring trade for cotton goods is expected, but the uncertainty of the cotton market prevents manufacturers laying in more yarn than they re quire from week to week. Worsted spinners are proceeding with the utmost caution. In wools , there is no variation in price, and b u t li t tl e doing.—Leicester Journal. BLACKBUEN.—The recent heavy failures in London and Glasgow have deepened the gloom which it was hoped had begun to clear away, and a decided retro gression was experienced in our yarn market on Wednest , y. Notwithstanding the recent advance in the value of the raw material, the price of yarns was unimproved, and if changed was rather in favour of the buyer than otherwise.—Blackburn Standard. II KYLE.—We regret to state that this place hitherto so busy and prosperous, is suffering severely from, the general calamity. A large number of workmen have been discharged or received notice to leave, there is diminished work for the others, with neces sarily reduced earnings ; while, to add to our suffer ing, many mechanics of this place who have been working elsewhere, are returned, having been dis charged from their respective factories, some of which have been closed entirely. Our poor rates have been doubled in the last nine months, and are expected to be still higher.—Cornwall Gazette. REDUCTION OF WAGBS.--.-A. reduction of 25 per cent. has been effected in the wages of • many of the operatives employed at the Pontypool Iron Works. This unavoidable proceeding is borne with much patience and submission by those who have the mis fortune to be the sufferers.—Monmouthshire Merlin. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, Jew. to. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 311. Shares, 6 1 4 die. ex int. —Ditto (late C. and B.), 7 dis. x. i.—Great Northern, 64 ex int.—Great Western, Quarters, 1 3 4 p.—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths (late M. and B), par—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southp,,rt, 1 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, Quar ters, 1 1 1 ,4 p.—Midland Stock, 112 c.—Ditto,4ol. Shares, 43 1 ,E —Ditto, Halves, 1% dis. ex int.—North Staffordshire, I ,fi dis.—Shrewsbury, Oswestry, and Cheshire, Preference, 2% p.—St.dith-Eastern and Dover, No. 1,3% dis.—Ditto, New, No. 2,5 1 A dis.--Ditto, No. 4,1% dis. x.inL—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (N. and B.), No. 2,2% p.—Ditto, _G. N. E. Purchase) 1 1 / 2 p. ex int.—York and North Midland (East and West 'Riding Extension), 34%. MANCHESTER, Jew. 10. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhead, Lanca shire, and Cheshire Junction, 5 15.16 die—East Anglian, New Preference par—Eastern Counties, 16—East Lanca shire, 21 1 / 2 Ditto, New, 3 11.16 dis.—Huddersfield and Manchester Railway and Can4l, Thirds, Jic, c. dis.—Lanca shire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 2 13-16 dia.-r- Lond, n and North-Western (Manchester and Birminghati), Quarters (B), 4 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), 4% p.—Manchester, Sheffield, anti Lincolnshire, Preference, 1-16 p.—North Staf fordshire, % dis.—Shropshire Union, 2: 1 / 4 dis.—Sonth-Eastern and Dover, No. 4,1% dis.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick, Preference, 1% pp—Ditto. Extensions, No. 2,2% p. . LEEDS, Jew. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Lancashire and York shire ( West Riding Union), 60s. dis.—Leeds and Thirek, 16% dis.— North British, Thirds, 2s. dis. —North Stafford shire, ss. dis.—Northern Counties Union, 3 3 / 4 dis.—North- Western, 4 1 4 dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.—York, New castle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwicks), 465. 9d. p. . HULL, JAN. 10. STOCK EXCHANGE —The sales are—Hull and Selby, 100 —North British, 26 1 4 3 —Ditto, Quarters, ss. 6d. die.—Ditto, Thirds (Scrip), 2s. dis.—North Staffordshire, 2s. dirt. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 10. . - - STOCK EXCHANG6.—The sales are—Birmingham, Wolver hampton, and Stour Valley, 1 1 4 dis.—North Staffordshire. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, (A), 635. 9d. die. et int.—South Staffordshire, 1 3 / 4 dis. YORK, JAN. 8. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are— Great Northern, 41. 4s. ex int Lancashire and Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 225. dis.— North British. Thirds, 1% York, Newcastle, and Berwick, No. 2 (New Berwick), 121. 6s.—York and North Midland (East and West Riding Extension), 3414. EDINBURGH, JAN. 8. STOCK E XCIIANG E.—The sales are—Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, Quarters, 2s. 9d.—Edinburgh and Northern, (New port), 71. ss--Ditto, New, 27s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 13s. 6d.— Ditto, Halves, 4s. 3d.—Great Northern, 865.—North British, Quarters, 88s.—Ditto, Thirds, 395. 6d.—Shrewsbury and Chester (8 per cent. stock), 7L 10s. GLASGOW, JAN. 8. • STOCK EXCH... NOK.—The sales are—Caledonian, New, 21s.—Dundee and Perth, Quarters, 435. 6d.—Edinburgh and Northern (Newport), 7/. 7s.—Edinburgh and Perth, 14s.— Glasgow, Barrhead, and Neilston Direct,l6/. 12s. 6d.—Glas. gow Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 71.2 a. 6d.--Mid• land , 110. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—CARRIAGM r( siding in the country are sunned with Teas and Coffees at the lowest wholesale price, in quantities not less than six pounds, delivered carriage free to any part of England. Orders must be accompanied by a remit tance, or if a reference be made in London, payment will suffice on receipt and approval of the goods. A list of prices and samples free, on application to G. T. Man sell and Co., wholesale tea-dealers, 2, Backlersbary, Cheapside. [ADVERTISEMENT.] -HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS IN :N.TEWFOUNDLAND.—CharIes Thorne, Esq., merchant, of Harbour Grace, had a had leg of a fearful nature and long duration. for which : the medical aid of the island afforded no relief, where upon he determined on proceeding to England to try if it were pog sible to get it soundly healed ; but, as a last resource, and before adopting such a course, he used Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which speedily effected a cure of his leg. The particulars of this surprising case were received by last packet from Mr. Spry, pro prietor of the " Mercury" newspaper, Carbonear, Newfoundland. These celebrated me licines are sold at Professor Holloway's Esta blishment, 214, Str.ind, London, and by all medicine ♦endors. , DIED. On the 30th ult., at Norton-green Hall, Staffordshi re , A. Hales, Esq., aged 44. On the 4th inst., in Regent-square, Henry Moule, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, aged 68. On the sth inst., at Ramsgate, Frederick Thomas, only son ~f F. T. Huggett, aged 14. On the sth inst., at Westmoreland, near Bray, Wicklow, Walter Fiore, E3q., aged 87. On the sth inst., at Bath, Thomas Walshman, son of the Rev. S. B. Arnott, aged 10 months. On the 7th inst., in Bread-street, Mr. J. Price, aged 64. On the 7th inst., Mr. Samuel Joce, of the .White Hart Tavern, Chancery-lane, aged 52. On the 7th inst., Henry Gladdish Rosher, eldest son of H. Rosher, Esq., of Hunter-street, Brunswick-squars, aged 21. London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, at No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct •f the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Tuesday, Januar! 11, 1848. P e . 4