The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. TIMES. —Mr. Charles Cochrane is bent upon thrusting himself into notoriet at all events. He is in the surf, and waiting for the wave yet struggling which shall bear him up high and dry upon the de sired beach. Whether it be the first, the second, or the third, muddy or clean, impure or pure, is all alike to him, so it be frothy, and rolling, and strong. To represent the tempestuous constituency of West l i - minster is his object. To attain that end all he asks is a grievance ; but then it must be a virgin grievance, —a grievance which half-a-dozen other political car rion crows have not already appropriated to their own use. Such a one is not so easy of discovery as might be at first imagined. Ask any one you meet to name you a good hustings grievance ; he will tell you they are as plenty as blackberries. There are the army, and the navy, and the national debt, and church and state, all national grievances in their way. So they are, but somewhat too wide for the purpose. Then ten to one your spokesman will descend from generals to particulars, and consider his own peculiar case. He will talk to you of burdens upon buttons or Lisbon toothpicks. These, on the other hand, are too narrow. You are turned back upon yourself. Ireland won't do any longer. If you were as ready to gulp down the Repeal bolus as ever Saturn was to swallow his little ones, the time for that is gone by. Nothing less than a solemn undertaking to pistol Lord Clarendon, and dash his howling soul against the blue walls of Pluto's resi dence, would win you a single vote on the other side of St. George's Channel. The six points of the Charter ?—No, Mr. Feargus O'Connor and the dele gates have dealt with that topic. Free trade is dis posed of, saving a small residuum about the Naviga tion Laws, upon which it would be impcssible to get up any noticeable agitation on this side of Rotherhithe or 'Wapping. The " Fifty" are to take up fiscal mat ters on scientific principles. What then -remains ? Foreign Affairs ? The Schleswig question would not tell in Westminster, although the Eider were to run red with blood. The Church ? Not a mouse stirring. So on of other subjects. Mr. Charles Cochrane has boxed round the compass for a good grievance, and has at last hit upon the poor-law as the only point of possibility. Now, we are as aware as any persons can be of the defects in the administration of the poor-law. O'ver and over again have we returned to this subject, nor have our efforts to attract public attention to the sufferings of the poor remained altogether uncrowned with success. Much, very:much remains to be done, and this subject will ere long force itself again on the attention of the Legislature. A merciful administration of the poor-law is the condition of the continuance of tranquillity in Great Britain. We should rejoice to see so noble a cause as the poor man's taken up in some respectable quarter—it is too sacred a one for the mere political adventurer. The sufferings of the poor must not be rendered ridiculous by indiscreet or interested advo cacy. With what antecedents does Mr. Cochrane approach this subject ? We are not so far removed from the time We hen, in a ridiculous costume, and with a cracked guitar strung before him, he twanged his way through the provinces of England as lion Juan de Vega. Next we find him coming forward to contest Westminster as the " lady's man." Then followed in order the disturbance of the most crowded thoroughfares of the metropolis for the space of three days, of which Mr. Charles Coch rane was the cause. He dial nut, indeed, head in person the rascal mob of pickpockets and idle boys who paraded the streets in search of mischief and plunder. He summoned them together, though, and on the first warning of the police, relietd non. bene parmuld, left his worthy followers to their fate. That time it was not the "poor-law," but the " income tax," on which Mr Cochrane had staked his political fortunes. That question happened to be up at the moment. The Raja of Sattara or the Oregon ques tion would have answered his purpose equally well, could either of them have been made the subject of a " row." 'With such ereries as these upon the certi ficates of his political character, Mr. Charles Coch rane now comes forward to see what he can do with the poor-law. The history of this last precious at tempt upon the credulity of the public would appear to be this :—Mr. Cochrane has identified himself with an institution in Leicester square, called the " Poor Man's Guardian Society." Humanity and philan thropy, or at least a good deal of talk upon the subject, are here stored up and ready for delivery on the shortest notice. The society, we find, is given to types and symbols, for at the head of the letter we have received from Mr. Cochrane we find a huge " eye of , Providenc e " engrave d, s i gn ifi can t of Mr. Cochrane 's watchfulness over the fate of his country men. It would now appear that this would-be re presentative of Westminster, not content with having b e en the first to disturb th e p eace o f t h e metropo li s by the gathering of his mob in Trafalgar-square, is about to favour the inhabitants of Cimino. cross and neighborhood neighbrhood with a repetition of the nuisance. 'Mr. Cochrane is to head another rabble of rogues and pickpockets to the Home-office, under pretext of their b e ing persons who are suffering or who have suffered under the administration of the poor-law. But, as would appear from the report of the proceedings of the board of guardians at the Marylebone workhouse, which we printed on Saturday, by way of mixing up a sprinkling of Simon Pures with his questionable myrmidons of Trafalgar-square notoriety, Mr. Coch rane has written circular letters to ,Tom Smiths, Jack Robinsons, Robert Joneses, &c., in the various L ondon unions, on the chance of their containing inmates who ma y be distinguished by these uncommon patrony mics. That was the statement made on Saturday at the Marylebone hoard of guardians. Mr. Cochrane has written to lie a letter, which we print to-day, in which he states "that he did not wish the inmates of the establishments to take part in his demonstra tion of public opinion, but that they should urge on their friends, more fortunately situated than them selves, out of the workhouse, to devote an hour or two to aid him in his arduous but glorious under taking." We leave the charge and the answer to the judgment of the public. This letter is accompanied with a kind of circular, in which Mr. Cochrane recalls to the recollection of the poor of England the circumstances attendant upon the fault of the ex-King Louis Philippe—" The oppressed and persecuted people have simultaneously risen, and demanded justice and retribution. The sovereigns, con science and panic-stricken, have acceded to every just demand, and have become so powerless as to be compelled to appeal to the people for mercy and protection The victories. gained by the people over their despotic Sovereigns are producing a powerful effect on the minds and feelings of every inhabitant in our own country" &c., lac.; and all this farrago of incendiarism and absur dity is addressed to the inmates of unions and work houses,C oc h rane ." and signed " Ch ar l es Sir G. Grey, we see, on S a t ur d ay i n f orme d the House that every due precautio n h a d b een taken to prevent such a procession as that one contemplated by Mr Coch rane from proceeding throug h th streets. The regular police will, no dou bt, e asil y r dispose of the otherwise, assem blage. Should it be and if these few remarks , u nha pp il y , have effect o f serving for an trust, efh also, theye 200,000 a dvertisement to Mr. Cochrane, we will serve as a notice to an y recipients zzt staves distributed a fortnight ago wh o m in the line of t his contem p lated processionatdw ell a re authorised to m ake use of their s ticks for a pe riod hey of three months from the date of their takin the oath of office. HERALD. —Yesterday (Sunday), the 23d April, must ever be considered a memorable day, either for good or for evil, in the annals of France—if indeed France is henceforth to have any annals, which seems to be a matter sufficiently problematical, in the opi nion of a majority of the writers for the English press. But, though we are ourselves not without anxieties and misgivings—not to say fears—we are more inclined to be hopeful, than to be despondent; because we have a saving faith in the progress of mo derate opinions, and because we believe Providence, in its goodness and mercy, will spare a great and a civilised people the horrors of an internecine civil war. On the result of the elections, to be cornntenced yes terday morning at six o'clock , however, must depend —we will not conceal it from our readers —the safety or the ruin, the weal or the woe, of France. The aintenance of order at home and of pea ce abroad, the resuscitation of credit, the return of confi dence, the distribution of labour, the fixation and fructifica tion of capital, of he settling down to honest industry, the resum ption or piece -work, of t he usual daily routine of task-work head, all—all work of the hands or work of the If the people depen d otrao° the elections of yesterday. nce feel a n y p or ti on o f that fraternity which they so ostentatiously and so diurnally proclaim— if they desire to act towards each other without proscriptions— without menaces —without cries of vengeanc e—without allow constraint, .to every man or without violence—they will liberty of opinion, and permit eachovcistizen freely and o f f yesterday, fairly to give his vote for Republica n i t l h-morrow, Republicans of to-day, or Republicans as may suit his principle or his passion — h is his whim. Without perfect freedom th in e e t i li s is fa r n e e s y pe o c r t there can be no liberty of choice— must perish r can be no order ; and if order perishes, liberty degrees along with it. There are many c k lt d se s s a h n a d v e known of tyranny, as Frenchmen of all and felt for the last sixty years, but the The desee4ism worst of all tyrannies is the tyranny of anarchy. cif a mob is the most unbearable of all d espo t i sm s, - o f a mul titude for it is the capricious fancy of cruel and unreasoning tyrants. of the provinces of France Of the elec- tions in a majority we have, however, no great fears. We believe that the great body of the electors will return men of senile and substance, and known in their vicinag e , who will rally round the Re p ublic,— first, because it a lready exists ; and secondly , because it is the only form of government at p resent possible, with ou t a civil war and without the shedding of oceans of blood. Many of these men who will be so chosen THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY' EVENING, APRIL 25, 1848. did not desire the Republic—a majority of them, had they been polled on the 24th of February, would have doubtless deprecated with all their might such a form of Government. But finding it now established, they will cling to it because it is established, if for no better reason. Men at all advanced in life have been so wearied with perpetual and violent changes in France—by which neither general libert y nor general prosperity have been much advanced, that they will accept at the present moment the work of a young, an ardent, and a determined minority, more especially as the form of Government can only now be changed by a fresh civil war. But though this will be apparent in a majority of the provinces where the people wish with Lamartine a democratic community—but a community definite and practical, devoted to amelioration, and yet not destructive of social order—still there are restless and turbulent spirits in Paris—the Montagnards of our time, fostered by Ledru Rollin, and banded together by Blanqui and others—who would com mence a reaction against everything Favouring of moderation, and who are only for pursuing extreme principles by violent and extreme means. But the events of 'Thursday the 20th, of Friday, and of Saturday, the 21st and 22d, must awaken these men from their delusions, and ought to convince them that the National Guard and the army now perfectly understand each other, and are prepared to put down any manifestations of the mountain of 1848. That the great body of the line--the soldiers —corporals, sous officiers and captains, have been for the last fifty years more or less republican, we have never entertained any doubt. But though these opinions have been deeply felt for the last eighteen years, they were not demonstrated, because the revolution of 1830 was accepted as a quasi republic, and because also the superior officers did not participate in the opinions of their men. But now that a great change has taken place in the personnel of the army, and that more than 250 officers have been removed from active command, and allowed to retire, the great body of the line shows itself as demratic as it was in 1799, 1800, 1801, and 18C/2. The Provisional Government and the National Guard are well aware of this, and hence the Minister of War, Arago, in presenting the identical colours both to the line and the National Guards, said, " You have the same standard and the same heart." But though the line are democratic in a moderate sense, they are lovers of liberty and order ; and they will not, any more than the National or Mobile Guard, allow communists and clubs to over bear electoral opinions, or to interfere with electoral liberty. That a complete homogeneity of opinion—a complete identity of character and of views exists between both branches of the service is apparent from this—that several pe titions for the recall of the line emanated from the National Guards; and that not only several squa drons of the latter desired to go out to the environs of Parii to meet their brethren, but also offered each to quarter one soldier in his residence in the capital. Nor did the Garde Mobile, though so lately enrolled, exhibit less admirable spirit. Each company among them expressed its willingness to be first called on in case of need ; " for," said they, " we feel that the National Guard have their business and c allings to attend to, and we know that if we are engaged with superior forces, they will hasten to support us. Un der these circumstances it was no marvel that the men of both corps fraternised, or that the National Guard of Montmartre went out to meet the detachments of the sth light infantry, and the 74th of the line. Such manifestations, on the eve of the election, are more especially consolatory, and joined to the amazing and well-merited popularity of Latnartine, they are of the very happiest augury. If the Minister of the Interior would but ,:emean himself like the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and choose his instruments among sensible and moderate men, how much more readily would the Republic become consolidated—how much more speedily would it conciliate respect, if not affec tion, amongst foreign rations. Instead of following this course, M, Rollin has preferred what Lord Mans field called the popularity which precedes, and which does not follow, and he will find this pseudo popularity before long, to use the memorable words of the same elquent man, but "the shadow of folly and the echo of renown." A great and civilised nation, like France, with so many glorious traditions of the past —with so many memories that can never die, is not to be governed and overborne by the clubs of Paris, even though these clubs be led on by Ledru Rollin, Louis Blanc, Jules Faeres, and Citise.n Raspail. It is satisfactory to know that if these men are disposed to proceed to extremities, the Provisional Govern ment are prepared to put them down. M. Rollin had therefore better be wise in time, and follow the advice which the ever glorious Beranger gives to Lise, with a little variation : " Pour to faire adorer sans cesse, Mets a profit ces veri. Ledru abjure to sceleratesse, Et respecte nos libertie." - To Gamier Pages, the Minister of Finance, a I laborious and conscientious man, but an economiser, and a theoriser, we would also say a word. We are aware of the very difficult task that is imposed at this moment on a French Minister of Finance, but these difficulties can only be vanquished by respecting private property, and religiously maintaining public faith. Any interference, therefore, with great joint stock companies, such as railroads or banks, or privaes establishments, unless on a fair and equitable basis, and with the perfect consent of the shareholders and parties interested, is nothing else than spoliation and tyranny, however it may be disguised by an epithet borrowed from the economists at the Bourse. CHRONICLE.—We have no hesitation in pro nouncing our old friend Cochrane the victim of one of the widest and best organized conspiracies of mo dern times. The great families are dead against him. The Smiths, the Browns, the Joneses, and the Ro binsons would seem to have registered a vow to "put down Cocky." These great houses will not give the patriot the smallest lift in any one of his " arduous but glorious undertakings." They will neither help him to make the law, nor to break the law, nor to mend the law. They bring him in third on the poll. They decline his invitation, and violate the secrecy of his setters. They mock at his minstresly, keep away from his picture exhibition, won't wear his paper hat bands, and damn his Easter farce. It was but yester day that a gentleman of the name (we believe) of Smith was rude enough, amid an assenting chorus of Browns, Joneses, and Robinsons, to apply to the blighted philanthropist the shamefully vulgar epithet " consummate ass ; and a Vandal of a van-driver, belonging to another of the powerful and influential families above named, actually insulted the hero in the public streets, by insisting on prompt payment of a little account for waggon hire, at the very moment that he held "five oil paintings" as collateral security. It is grievous to have to add, that the authorities are zealously at one with the Smiths, Browns, Joneses, and Robinsons, and lend an unmistakeable support to the combined machinations of the eminent Houses. The Home Secretary makes no scruple of affirming the Cochrane "statements" to be "entirely without foundation ;" and the Home Secretary's porter answers the Cochrane double-knock (though the visit was by special appointment) with a gruff " Not at home. The Chief Commissioner of Police, though not ab solutely declining the honour of the Cochrane ac quaintance, should it be positively forced upon him, throws a freezing rigidity into all his epistolary com munications, which must strongly indispose their reci pient from cultivating relations of personal intimacy; and command to the Chief Commissioner's subordinates take no other noti ce o f the Cochranepresence than by giving the word of"move r on."elyp—, - Y Can , we re won der a t the indignant patriot's ou are nice set of fellows, you are." Altogether, it was a very melancholy business yesterday. Fate, and the police, and the Smiths, Browns, Joneses, and Robin sons were all against Cochrane. The very he avens ra i ne d down discouragement on sadly the friend of h uman ity. Th e "No Bastiles' got spoiled all the best views of trieetThe umbrellas " illustrations," and those highly-coloured pictures of humanity's were consequently quit e unap preciated wrongs thousand wouldn't muster, e xcep t in •he ninety the pitiful pro portion of 1 per cent. The blue postilion and pair was money thrown away, considering that there was a cab-stand close to the scene of action. Th e of the gentleman's leaving his bu s i ness with the clerk, and, his petition on the table, was only too appropriate a wind-up to a spectacle in which official superciliousness vied with popular ingratitude and meteorological caprice in damping down the generou s am bition of a " Poor Man's Guardian." We hardly know how far a serious word or two will strike our readers as befitting an occasion whose incidents are nearly all of the ridiculous sort ; and we are still more sceptical as to the possible effect of grave re monstrance on the mind of the chief actor in this most silly exhibi tion. Yet,as we really should not be justified in taking forgrant ed that Mr. G. Cochrane has any deliberate wish to do gratuitous m ischief, and as he t dcretion to know how certainly possesses suffi cien w ay, e is would hope that he to keep out of harm's w . may not be totally insensible to the consequences of those proceedings w ith reference to those whom a rain of he affects to serve. If Mr. Cochrane has th honest sympathy with the poor, he will hen g cefor have done with " demonstrations," which not only disgust and annoy the g eneral public, but ar e dee p l y injurious to the industrious classes. Literally, ail that he accomplished yesterday (beyond a ludicrous and damaging personal display) was to abridge the little holiday indulgences of the inmates of certain metropolitan workhouses, and to spoil a day's trade for not a few • struggling shopkeepers and hardwork ing artisans. You cannotget up an " exciting" show in the public streets advertise for a mob, and and and make quiet people uncomfortable, and put the police on taking extra week's wages without docking , wages of those who live by ili -A dury. Ali titebe drniunstratious' itbolve themselves, at last, into a tax They break the contin u it y of on the poor. traffic. They diminish produ ction,peacefui and gainful and interrupt ex- change. They make industrious men idle, and temp t sober men to drink. They empty the workshops and fill the public-houses. All the excitement, the alarm, the noise, the fuss of these things is so much, at the week's end, out of poor people's pockets. Mr. Charles Cochrane does not seem to be a man much given to thought ; but possibly he does possess the faculty, in a latent form, of connecting causes and consequences. Ho may, at any rate, assure himself that contemp tuous and indignant public reprobation will be the lot of any man who persists in gratifying his own vanity at the expense of the labouring classes, and who ob• stinately courts notoriety in the character of disturber of the public streets. Name of Company. Australasia .......... Britsh:Aorth American Ceylon . .lomnsercial of Loadon ..... Gloucestershire lonian Londn and Westminstr Ditto Ei=don Joint-Stock ..• Provincial of Ireland . • Ditto, New... • • • • • • National of Ireland • • Nat. Provncial of Eng. Ditto, New... • • • • • • South Australia • • • • • • Union of Australia • • • • Union of London. • • • • Union of Madrid Name of Company. Dividend per Aiin=. 61. per cent. 6/. pa cent. 6!. per cent. 51. per cent. 151 per cent. 6/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. 81. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. British .. • • • • .. • • • • • • Ditto Provincial.... 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Z. e. d. liungerford - • ••.. • . 45 Southwrk, Nw Sub A.; . 632 12 5 2},, Ditto Nw of 754 p.c. 355. per cent. 50 0 0 —• , 16 Waterloo •••••• • • • • - • 100 0 0 , 5 Ditto Old Ann. of 8/. 11. ss. 4d. 60 0 0 27 Ditto Nw ditto of 71. 11. 2s. 2d. 40 0 0 25 Vauxhall •• .. ... AT 11. 16s. 70 10 3 26 DOCKS. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price. Annum. Share. o. .£ s. d. 4 s. d. Commercial .• •• ..... 41. per cent. Stock. east and West India... 61. pr cent. Stock. East Country Landon ••• • • • ....... 51. pr cont. Stock. 97 Ditto Bonds •• •• • ... 41. per cent. 8 t•Katharine •• • • .... 5 per cent. Stock. 76 Ditto Bonds ........ 4%1. pr cent. Southampton •• •• •• • • 21. per cent. 50 0 0 60 0 0 MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. mMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 25 2 Diseases of Uncertain Seat 36 Turbercular Disease s... 191 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... 101 Diseases of the Ileart and Blood-vessels ... 25 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... ... 185 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... ••• 52 Diseases of the Kidneys, &e. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 11 Di s eases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles 8 DiseasesAmtairPrematurefoprbnay a o t oß t n h isr. o t.. Sk in, h 1 Old Age Sudden ••• ••• •• ••• ... 4 Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance 9 C a uses not specified 3 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES 991 Population Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 Totals... ..... 1,948,425 Males ••• Females ... Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. in the Five Springs. Week. . 143 ... 132 . 182 ... 202 . 171 ... 191 . 199 ... 205 ▪ 248 ... ' 261 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ••• Females ••• Total ... 991 492 499 COURSE OF EXCH A.msterd am ••••• • • • • • 12 4 Ditto, at sight •• • • 11 19 itetterclain ••••• • • • • • - Antwerp • • • • • • • • •• " • • flamburgh .... • • Ai.B . 14 Alton& •• .. .•••• • • • • • Paris, 3 days' sigh t • • • • Ai arsellles 25 70 .... • ....• • • Mourdeaux .... ••• • • • • Frankfort on Maine.... Peteraburgh, Sil. Rble . • 3 Vien na, T m r e e d i d e l I . f i t it e ••• • • Cadiz .. Bilbao Barcelona 5avi11e.......... ••••• • ... 694 ... 604 ... 1,298 ►NGE.-(THIS DAY.) libraltar.. ••...•• • • • • • Leghorn ........ • • • • • . Genoa .. •••••.• • • • • • • • Milan .. • • • • • • • • • • Naples .. •••.•• • • • • • • 39 % Palermo, per on . ...... . Lisbon.... • • .. • • • • • • • • 51 % Oporto .... • • .......... 61% Rio Janeiro ..... ... • • Bahia ....... ..... .... Buenos Ayres — New York, 21 days' sight —• Philadelphia .... • ... .. PRICES OP BULLION, TER OZ. Foreign Gold is bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars .. .. • . 0 0 0 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 3 14 9 141ver in bars . 0 4 11% THE CHARTISTS. The North British Daily afail-of yesterday gives accounts of a Chartist movement at Greenock on Saturday last, and a consequent collision with the authorities. The mob, it appears, assembled in 3t. Andrew's-square at ten o'cloci: on Saturday morning, and soon after formed themselves into procession, accompanied by two bands of music, and as the authorities had stationed the easternmost detachment of police in Virginia-street, the Chartists, unwilling to come into contact with them at that early stage of their proceedings, walked in an easterly direction through Cartsdyke, and up to Port Glasgow-road to Ladyburn, where the workmen of the Clyde Pottery joined them. The numbers in the procession, at a liberal estimate, were from 700 to 800. In Deling burn-square, Mr. Campbell, shoemaker, was called to the chair, and Messrs. Jones and Adams delivered !addresses. The me-ting brake up about two o'clock, and the people began to move off, part of them in proces sion. Upon reaching Virginia street, they en countered the police. The great body of the Chartists then passed down to the East India Brest ; but the police, supported by a great number of constables, effectually barred their progress further westward ; but after a time they made a bold rush against the police and constables, who made a vigorous use of their batons, and attacked them with such violence that a number of very serious wounds were inflicted. Large placards were extensively posted on Saturday in all parts of Edinburgh, calling a public meeting of the inhabitants of Edinburgh and Leith, to be held on the Calton-hill, yesterday evening, for the purpose of memorialising her Majesty to dismiss her present Ministers, and also to elect delegates to the forth coming " National Assembly." The meeting was expected to be numerously attended. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) DOWNING-STREET, APRIL 25, 18481 The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Honour able William Napier, to be Clerk of the Works and Civil Engineer for the island of Hong-Kong. CROWN-OFFICE, APRIL 20. 1111.11211 S MENDER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PAR. Henry Alonzo Hart, linen draper, Devonshire-street, Queen-square, Middlesex, May 5, at half-pact eleven, and June 3, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury ; Lake, Carter-lane, Doctors'-Commons James Brodie Gordon, cooper, Church-row, Lime house, May 10, at two, and June 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Ab church-lane, Lombard-street; Holmes, Loftus, and Young, New Inn, Strand; Prideaux and Co., Bristol. Joseph Sargent, innkeeper, Llangynider, Brecon, May 11 and June 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Davis, Crickhowell ; Berkley , Lincoln's Inn London. William Davis, iron and tin plate manufacturer, Abercarne, Monmouthshire, May 9, and June 6, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Savery, Clark. and Co., Bristol. Thomas Swift, timber merchant, Monmouth, Msy 4, at twelve, and June 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; White and Co., Bedford-row; W. and C. Bevan, Bristol. John Hamlyn Hill, veterinary surgeon, Plymouth, May 4 and 31, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Ilirtzel, official assignee, Exeter; Stogdou, Southerhay, Exeter; Kendell, Baker. and Grant, Lime-street, London. Robert Harding, draper, Bridgwater, May 4 and SI, at eleven, at the Exeter District Court. Hernaaman, official assignee, Exeter; Sto.&lon, Southernhay; lied dell, Baker, and Grant, Lime -street, London, William Berridge, grocer,. Cheltenham, May 5 and June 9, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol; Chesshire, Cheltenham. Alexander M'Donald, confectioner, Newcastle-upon- Tyne, May 5, at half-past one, and June 5, at one, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle upon Tyne; Sudlows, Torr, and Janeway, Bedford-row, London ; Hodge, Newcastle upon-Tyne. Thomas Stnttard, innkeeper, South Shore, Lancashire, May 2 and May 30, at twelve, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool; Mayhew, Carew-street, London; Blackhurst and Son, Preston. James Gray, jun., metal broker, Liverpool, Kly 5 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Bird, official assignee, Liverpool ; Sweeting and Co., South ampton-buildings, London; Whitley, Liverpool. Robert Taylor, merchant, Liverpool, May 4 and 30, at eleven, at the Liverpool District Court. Morgan, official assignee, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ilolme and Co., New Inn, London; Booker, Liverpool. Whitfield Burnett, Robert Moon Watson, Luke Wan less; Thomas Harrison, and Daniel Stok9e, all trading under the name of the Chartershaugh Coal Company, coal owners, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, May 8, at half past ten, and June 5, at eleven, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker, official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs. Moore, Sunderland ; Harle, Newcastle upon-Tyne. . i1...4 l ty- five, or he might was a young man—perhaps twen _ be a year or two older. in stature he was tall and slender, of dark complexion, witt large expressive dark eyes, and jetty hair. Theist lies thought him handsome. He soon made confidant is of divers of the villagers, and upon the minds of fiat 3se he most sedu lously imprinted the fact that he vii .s nobly born, and one of the mighty ones of the ea rth. His private fortune was represented at 20,0001. a year; and the profuse liberality that he began to , display seemed to warrant the assertion. The chilelr en of the schools were regaled sumptuously during bis first week with claret, &c. Like a faithful mini st er, he was inces santly active in every part of the parish, and was markedly attentive to those who (lid I not form part of his congregation, or who were known to cherish a spirit of hostility to the Establivbed Church. All these were asked why they did not 1 1.0 to church ; and if a want of suitable personal habil: tments was named as an impediment—which, during; the existing dull ness of trade, was no doubt in mat y cases the fact-- the obstacle was at once surmon nted by an order upon the village tailor, or hatter,. or shoemaker, or bonnet maker, according to this necessities of the individual. By the time that his Reverence: had been a month or so in his new quarters, and when he found his credit among the tradespeople unlimited—which, by the way, he had pretty well tested, for his own external appearance had w idergone a won derful improvement—he begam to make some important additions to his house'm Ad, which hitherte had consisted of only one female domestic. There arrived one day at the rectory a youth whom Mr. Fairfax described as his page, a -youth about whom there appeared a great deal of my stery. There also arrived another personage, even more mysterious looking than the former, whose siex purported ts be masculine—at least the dress sc. indicated. This personation of mystery Mr. Fair - I'o.x spoke of as his cousin, and familiarly called him " Johnny Deer," or " Johnny dear ;" but as in either; case the sound was the same, there was no means of .deciding, Johnny, for his part, shunned communion with every one ex cept his aristocratic relative; and, those who sat near him in church observed that he seemed ignorant of the use of the prayer-book, for h e turned over the leaves quite at random. Connec to d with the personal appearance of this creature, in short, there was a variety of matters of observatkrn which led to a very general suspicion that he was a female in dis guise. If this was so, her relati.all to the occupant of the rectory will be easily inferred', and the necessity for the disguise will be apparent. However good Mr. Fairfax's credit might be, it soon became evident that he had. very little money at command. The few payments -that he made—and they were few—were Mostly in :fourpenny pieces, a description of coin which the villagers brought to him in profusion once a fortnight, as contributions to a clothing club. From this source he received about 71. a fortnight. He was straitened in his finances, he said, on account of his father's steward having ab sconded with a very large sutra of money. When allusion was made to his family connexions and ac quaintances, he made the most contradictory state ments. He laid claim to America as the place of his birth, and said that he had very extensive estates there. He al , o stated that he was the only surviving sun of Lord Fairfax, who was an intimate friend of Earl Fitzwilliam ; but that nobleman, who resides in the neighbourhood, disclaims any - knowledge of either Lord Fairfax or his reverend son. The time allotted for Mr. Fairfax's sojourn draw ing to a close, sundry tradesmen's accounts were presented for payment. Mr. Mahon returned to Rawmarsh on Friday, the last day in March, and then odd parties dropped in at the rectory, and begged that they might have a settlement of their small accounts, but not a farthing could they get — nothing but excuses. Suspicions then arose among them that they had been duped, and their worst fears were soon strengthened. Mr. Fairfax left the rectory on the following Monday, under the pretence of spending a few days at Whiston rectory, and saying that he should return in a few days ; but it was ascertained that he had taken up his quarters at the Prince of Wales' Hotel, at Masbro', %% hence he departed by train in a northwardly direction, at four o'clock on the morning of the following Friday, without having paid one shilling to his creditors. He took away with him an immense quantity of lug gage—property that he got from tradespeople at Sheffield, Rotherham, and elsewhere. The page and " Johnny" had been dispatched by train in opposite directions. After Mr. Fairfax's disappearance from Rawmarsh under such discreditable circumstances, it occurred to the mind of one of the churchwardens, Mr. Hall, that Mr. Fairfax had received the amount of a col lection made in the church on Sunday, the 12th ult., in favour of the Propagation Society, in obedience to the Queen's Letter. The sum collected was about and Mr.' Hall, doubting whether his reverence had paid over the amount to the proper parties, has since written to make inquiries, and has received the following reply : " Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 76, Pall-mall, London, April 17. " Sir,—ln reply to your letter of April 13, I have to inform you that no account has been forwarded from Rawmarsh to this office. " I have the honour to be sir, yours respectfully, " J. RUSSELL, Treasurer, S.P.G. " To Mr. George Hall." It is suspected also that a collection for the dis tressed Irish has shared the same fate, but this is not certainly known to be the case. It now turns out, too, that the money which this worthy has received on account of the clothing club, with the exception of the receipts for the first fortnight after his arrival, has not been paid into the bank, as it ought to have been, and there is a deficit to the extent of between 201. and 30/. Mr. Fairfax made many allusions to his aristocratic mother, Lady Fairfax, whose residence he said was at Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent, and which august personage he pretended was about to pay him a visit at the rectory. We can state as a fact that no such person is known at Leeds Castle. We believe that in days of yore it was the seat of the Fairf axes but the family have been obli terated from the locality centuries ago, having " gone and left no address." It is only just to Mr. Mahon to state, that, to use his own words, " the references and testimonials, &c. (of Mr. Fairfax) appeared quite satisfactory, and I selected him in preference to others who were proposed." We understand that the missing one's creditors, feeling themselves so shamefully duped, have re solved to use every means of redress that civil or ecclesiastical law affords them. No doubt they will communicate with the bishop of the diocese.—Sitef field Times. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Emma Young, a well-dressed wcman, who stated her age to be thirty• one years, was brought before Alderman Gibbs, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the officer, charged with having attempted to utter a forged note purporting to be of the issue of the Bank of England for 51. A. gentleman attended from the office of Messrs. Freshfield, solicitors to the Bank of England, for the prosecution. William Smith, clerk to Messrs. Ridgway and Co., tea. dealers, King William-street, said Between eleven and twelve o'clock that day, the prisoner came to the shop for a pound and a half of tea, and ten tered the note produced, numbered and dated 30390, Nov. 16, 46, and signed W. Peskin. Upon looking at it I thought it not genuine, and I took it. inside and found the same opinion was formed. It was then taken to the Bank, where it was pronounced a forgery. Mr. Freeman, inspector of the Bank, said he at once detected the forgery, and went to Messrs. Ridg way's shop, where he saw the person seated. Upon being questioned she said her name was Young, and that she resided at No. 24, East-lane, Walworth, and was a married woman. She said she did not get the note from her husband, but from a gentleman, with whose name or address she was not acquainted. Upon being told she must be detained, she observed that such would be a very arbitrary proceeding. Alderman GIBBS (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the witness any question ? Prisoner—No. Fie will not say that I was not willing to come here ? Witness—You were not unwilling. Daniel Forrester said that when he took her into custody she said a young man had given it to her to go into the shop and get it changed. The people at East-lane knew her when witnes3 called upon them on the subject. She did not reside there it appeared, but her relations did ; and they stated that her hus band was a seafaring man, and she had not lived with him for some time. The bank-note was in some respects admirably ex ecuted, but it was extremely defective in other points, which the Bank inspector did not consider it abso lute wisdom to specify, inasmuch, as when officials from the establishment have mentioned on any occa sions were errors lay, they were sure, in the next issue of spurious paper, to find great ingenuity exer cised in the correction. In the present case the figure at the corner of the note was as like as possible to that in the genuine note. The prisoner was remanded. _ JERSEY.—The Lords of the Admiralty have given notice to the directors of the South-Western Steam Packet Company that, after the 27th instant, their steam-boats will no longer be required to convey the Channel Island mails to and from Southampton, their Lordships having determined upon conveying the Post office bags in Government steamers. MIDDr-r. TI.MPLF, AMT. 22.—The tirylermen tinned itiember. of tlas li,,rc burl), et:Lilt:Li to tile bar, and were sworn in this evening before the benchers: —Benjamin Forbes Wale, Esq:, and Chas. Henry Cook, Esq. •...amx....................".'aa.a.................•••1r/u I 1 ORRIBLE MASSACRE ON BOAR ] THE GENERAL WOOD CONVICTS W?nce . The intelligence we annou nced a few the y siabove relative to a report of the foundering of men ti o ned convict ship, with all hands, was erroneous It is too true that the vessel was lost, but under cis cumatances that have caused the most painful excite ment. The convicts, of whom t here were S ettl e ment y ment We and who were on their way to the Penang settle having mutinied, horribly mur dered most of the crew and afterwards caused the destruction of the vessel She sailed from Singapore on the 2d of JADUAry last without the protection of the usual military convict guard, and hence arose the fearful catastrophe. The subjoined details are extra cted from a cornrow nieatiOn written by Lieutenant Se y mour, who wa s a passenger on board of the unfortunate at vessel: M., the -- "On Sunday, the 2 d of January, six A. General Wood weighed anchor and stood out o f the harbour with a fair wind, in company w ith two other vessels. After rounding the Rabbit and Coney, we had a stiff breeze against us , a nd b y six o'clock he wil!c! we lost sight of the two vessels I hav e mentioned. T and tide being both agains t us, we soon brow!! up, I think, off the Car imous, determined to lie e nd w e e there till daybreak the following morning? retired to bed, leaving the watch on deck in chore of the First-Lieutenant, all apparently. quiet. At were about half-past one o'clock in the morning we startled from our sleep by a loud noise on deck, and the smashing of glass inside the cuddy rose and Awent to the door of our cabin for the bad pose of ascertaining the caule of the uproar. scarcely touched the handle, when the door will!: separates the master's cabin from ours, burst open,s°,_",, the captain rushed in exclaiming, "For God's ate ' • I immediatel shut the door and keep it fast." He was follovveci.q Mr. Farquhar and other passengers, who implored .I°_ know what was the matter; but could get no soli from him for some time, when to our horror be t,°,!„ us the convicts had mutinied, and had got possess"; .of the ship. Ile appeared to ha ve lost all presenc.eetel_, mind, and kept exclaiming , " 0, merciful of t° 1 b r i what have I done that this shou ld happan. 0, bleb Jesus, save us, save us ! They have got in,lo cuddy and have secured all the fire-arms' cliog obtained his own private pistols, and I°s o w them stood on the defensive, expecting e very t y ment they would break in upon the fa t said nothing, was to be done, fo r he wainbeardfear his officers had already perished. So on after 1 0 the cries of Mr. Gill, she third offi ce r, apPat e4 4oo the cabin-door, endear.. wring to get in , at tu e m id time followed by heavy ' l ' ows — his moans be lie fainter and fainter. The Captain opened the be and managed to get hold ( the poor fellow, wh°n ;eo l dragged in, and dischargii er his pistols to 10,e the them following. He was dreadfully. was deluged in blood. Having again securefacro, cabin-door, we consulted as to the best means of c o cealing the female passengers, when it was " 10 i elts of placing them down the hold. The deckl li ti o were torn up, but to our disappointment the aPe e r be ei by the rudder down was too small to admit ," t hs mutiate°. ,s., re" being lowered. The passengers then i m plo in to Captain to offer the convicts the boats for the 0 0 escape from the vessel conditionally, if theY : i d ; lis spare our lives. The poor man appeared distract socl said it will be no use, "we were in their ~,,er, ~ Jr" uld a' the wretches know no mercy." He said be lc ° lief tempt their request, and went out of the quayterilificg port for that purpose, but we never saw him a tter , e l le& little doubt but that he was instantly rnurderet t hew ing the captain did not return, the females h l a rcs , selves in the quarter-gallery as the last rs tooo having previously barricaded the cabin deo' f t he utmost extent. I could see through the chink o.icto T h e e? 0, , be door what was going on in the cuddy. and rifling pd seemed busy knocking off their irons, ca ble, voi a ship. At daybreak they slipped the ship's made all salt for the south-east, striving t ° : o rs* Singapore harbour. They continued o n this e viit hin till sunset, when they tacked, avoiding conail d io tbe reach of any other vessel. We were confin , rvi erdt cabin, unconscious of what was going o°,! ° „ d or. and armed convicts were placed at the ea" l "seta• On Friday, the 29th, they sighted the Greta ,t, merle mas, and on the following day, at nine in w e go l o sut, ing, the vessel was run on a rock near on the island of Bungaron. It was evidentli 1 red, tionally, for the convicts had everything to and and leaving the vessel, made for the CO;stt so A na with them the passengers. About thirty las_io about twenty convicts were left on boar" ""„ bat' away with the remainder of the crew, w14 0 ,.,,w e t , - e r the toned down in the fore part of the vessel. Iv " e ";, - r oble horrible design was carried into execution I atti;,;lf oil to say, or what really was their fat-, for vvithin " pa rtilo 1.., .000. hour after the ship went down in deep vintrt,',s. a not a vestige of her was to be seen. The icolll.7inhe on the minds of my fellow-pas-eugers was, ti . `, ll- I , t 0 the whole wreck ofthweeuntnfodrotwunnawteitchretahteurevseswsehloawhderepeirei;sea-bell,t for there was no boat to escape the island at sunset, where we were by. W e of Malays, who showed ever y 0 met b; irr a lv p a e rt o l symptom of 16 0 They offered to conduct the passengers to the RO) .A residence, but the ringleader among the convicts 511 , 1- it was their intention to protect us, and 001 tended to take us up the coast as soon es they 01 ; prepare three boats. One of the ass °". p engers Ae trived to communicate our real position t '- 0 ke natives, who at once declared their intention to :til l " on , us tothe Raja's residence. The convicts resis . , 3 but the natives, to our infinite joy and bearoev, satisfaction, mustered, and we were led e vent q- the country to their houses, where received we comfort their t h means afforded. I am confiden sit the natives left 'us behind, we should have b ee ,,,etS murdered. who was afterwards captured, that such was t u P e -fol• lowing tention morning the greater mass of the conviclAit for s ascars had retaken to the boats, ild sto7oo ea, leaving about twenty behind, wh wer° of,i to prisoners by the ordersof S but the Raja. 0 t hut f e General Wood's crew contrived to escape , -- well few of them.to her All the officers belonging murdered." re i iigi On the arrival of the above news at SingeP ° e ffect Penang, the c St t h e authorities adopted every roans W oo ed, would apture of the convicts, who, it ia Pre s sre nce• remain at sea till a vessel made her aPP e old when marin they would be picked up as shiPWriedis Company's ers. The steamers of the out ast A t iciP ili , ports. service have been sent out to tbe 1 3 `" Mos , of thein the above localit in search of thew' o d it§ . convicts were felons from Singer " is . adjacent country. MANCHESTER, APRIL 24. a d, La,t; STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birke,bue7.4sbirew-.01 shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 1-16 n. dis.- - ' B l%ndoe - eri t Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 44 a o ! t, t ) North-Western (Manchester and Birraingbaer (A and B), 1 11-16 p.—Ditto, ditto (ON 2 7 0 „.• Staffordshire, 3 5-16 Shropshire Union, 3 Eastern and Dover, No 4, 3 3 4 dis. v pr pe tua ,-/ CADVERTISEMENT.)—A Speedy and .s,roinsale.loiii, of a severely bruised Ankle, by Holloway c o o SG° , Extract of a letter from Mr. H. Watkinsont ' 3 % 6 J'' ..tr ol erg Free Press, dated February 19, 48. vioo7o,o fessor Holloway. Sir,—A youth in our eroP i %tae,alo his ankle so severely, that the most dangerea6 aw-ao were brought on, thereby rendering hire tc 't i tiooe2: to walk or attend to his duties; many Pr e P ti ,s — ecOe" applied, but all to no effect; at last be ham r of a 5: 0 0 your invaluable Ointment, when, by the use b o y b e glig pot his ankle was perfectly cured, a nd the b e for e t oll as active in walking and working as he w isg f e ssa t disaster." Sold by all druggists, and at Pre loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, London. Age BIRTHS. On the 17th inst., the Lady Katharine derfarb ter, which survived but a few hours. g ° On On the 20th inst., at Highgate, the wife of t- e ht er. Dyne, Head Master of Highgate School, of a da On the 20th inst., in Warwick-street, Beige' wife of W. P. Stevens, Esq., of a daughter. ob i Oa the 20th inst., at Watford, Mrs. O. 1 1- ,',e 0 7.',. On the 21st inst., in Guildford-street, Russew of L i Blather Elwall, relict of the late B. Elwell, EA.' vit t/d i mous son. I it• On the 21st inst., in Mernington-road , Ors. -* PPP of a son. w y e o. e On the 21st inst., in Norfolk-street, the i' 01 v Isaacson, Fsq., of a son. nest° f. Of On the 22d inst., at Dulwich, Mrs. Thom as of a son. le cif . , On the 22d inst., at Charterhouse-square, 0 1- ~, : b, So • Parnell, Esq., of a son. On the 17th inst., at Creom's-hill, Greenvoe Speed, et a daughter. 0 Otic MARRIED. v . Ca d gll,,- On the 28th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Je rs , e ,at cl s h "re" C. Lucas, Bombay Army to Mar • Elizabeth, o '7 reo 3 " - o f of David Morgan Lloyd, ' Esq., of3Haverfordwes' shire. , j3oft if t A , On the 18th inst., at Jersey, Lieutenant G o s c i . e est `- the Bengal Army, t o J osep hi ne Lacoste, you-v ' I ter of the late Major -General J. W. Gravee• Or ° DIED. the Wife of II ead On the 21st ult., at Madeira, Jane, d Wallas, Esq., of that i s l an d. v - i pt, - On the 18th inst., at Bridge-place, Leviishault-' i 9 40 Clayton, Esq., aged 65. a On the 20th inst.. Mary Lavinia, daughter Humfrys, solicitor, Hereford. A nod ..,, On the 20th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, Mr s ' datro 3- ' S On the 20th inst., at Windsor, Mr. Richard ti,'--icith On the 20th inst., in Eaton-place, the Lady .-- 0 J ermyn. Li eci l P r' On the 20th inst., at Hackney, gannual Smith Esq , 0 On the 20th inst.. George Frederick Wage% •" h atlb: , FO P son's-hill, Woolwich. w a hvortut - c jelc On the 20th inst., at Queen's-row, 0 ° sl3 ' the wife of Mr. C. F. Seyfang, aged 74 . On the 21st inst., Mary Ann, the wife of gr • 4 ' ° . of Piccadilly, aged 60. A ged 54 ;ist On the 21st inst., at Brixton Mr. H. Drew' , —, Ft ..illS fr On the 21st inst., at Eaton 'College, Augusl 130 11 ' . • eldest son of the Rev. F. F. Beadon, Vicar 0 ec 166 0 Somerset, aged 9. r fsg .ne At Bute House, Petersham, John Jone, .1 1 . 02 0- ' On the 22d inst., in Essex-street, George son of Robert Miller, Esq. 1 0 London : Printed and Published by 111 OLP° $O. • 018, co ot/ No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The 81 ° the Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in Middlesex, Tneaiay, Aprll 25, 1848. i LIA.MENT. Borough of Bewdley—The Hon. William Drogo Montagu, commonly called Viscount Mandeville, of Kintbolton Castle, in the county of Huntingdon, the last election for the said borough having been declared void. WAR. OFFICE, APRIL 25. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—Lieutenant George Henry Cavendish to be Captain, without purchase, vice Sir Charles William Kent, Bart., deceased; Cornet George Viscount Dupplin to be Lieutenant, vice Caven dish, April 9; Lieutenant Thomas Henry Kingscote, from hal f-pay 1211 Light Dragoons, to be Cornet and Sub Lieutenant, vice Lord Dupplin; Thomas Price Gratrex, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purcha.e, vice Kingscote, who retires, April 25. 2d Dragoon Guards —Captain Atwood Dalton Wig sell, from half-pay 60th Foot, to be Captain, vice Sir Henry St. John Mildmay, Bart., who exchanges, April 25. 14th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Robinson Warren, from half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Edward Harvey, who ex changes ; Major John Wallace King to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Warren, who retires ; Captain Charles Steuart to be Major, by purchase, vice King ; Lieut. J. Forster Fitzgerald to be Captain, by purchase, vice Steuart ; Cornet Samuel Kerr Ibbetson to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Fitzgerald, April 25. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards—Major and Brevet Colonel Thomas Chaplin to be Lieutenant- Colonel, by purchase, vice Charles Anthony Ferdinand Bent i cc k, who retires upon half-pay, unattached ; Cap tain and Lieutenant- Colonel and Brevet- Colonel Charles yto be Major, b ypurc h ace , v i ce Ch a pli n , Ap r il Col. John Li n t on , f rom h a lf- pa y U na tt ac h e d, 25 touießraCrYeaviiatpetain and Lieutenant Colonel, vice Hay; Lieu tenant and Captain George Augustus Vernon to be Captain and Lieutenant Colonel, by purchase, vice Linton, who retires ; Ensign and Lieutenant William Gregory Dawkins to be Lieutenant and Captain by purchase, vice Vernon ; David Robertson Williamson, Gent., to Le Ensign and Li eu t enan t, by p u r c ha s e, vice Dawkins, April 25. 25th Regiment of Foot—Ensign William George Turner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Whitty, deceased; Charles Cramond Dick, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Turner, April 25. 84th Foot —Major Nicholas R. Brown to be Lieuten ant Colonel , w ithout purchase, vice Deedes, deceased ; Arthur Cyril Go o d enoug h t o be Major, vice Lieutenant Thomas Bourke, to be Captain, vice BCGaroopowt:leninn;ough; Ensign Joseph Jordan, to be Lieutenant, vice Bourke; March 27. Ensign W. Scott, to be Lieu t;by purchase vice Jordan whose promotion, by has been cancelled; , Edward Geils Kenny, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Scott; 43d Foot—Brevet Major Henry Sadleir Bruere to be purchaseGteenna Apriltn 25 . Major, without purchase, vice Egerton, deceased ; Lieutenant James M. Primrose to be Captain, vice Bruere, April 11 ; Ensign William Manes to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Wilkinson, appointed Adjutant ; Lieutenant Frederick Green Wilkinson to be Adjutant, vice Primrose, promoted, April 25. 64th Foot—Assistant Surgeon William Henry Short, from the 85th Foot, to be Assistant Surgeon, vice Pur don, who resigns, April 25. 74th Foot—Lieutenant Thomas William Evans to be Captain, without purchase, vice Brevet Major Ansel!, deceased, April 11 ; William West James Bruce, Gent., to be Ensign, without p urchase, 89th Foot—Sergeant Major William to be Quartermaster, vice Duk es, deceased, April 25, 1848. Cape Mounte d Riflemen—Lieutenaat James Fischal April 5. Watson_ Boyes to be Adjutant, vice Harvey, who has retired, COMMISSARIAT.—Der" April 25. Assistant Commissary General Paulet Henry St. John Mildmay has been permitted to resign his Commission from 31st January, 1848. OFFIC E Corps of Royal Engineers —vet Major George Curry Page to be Lie utenant Colonel vice Alder son, secondedO sFee CaptainsDNle BE , N C,A Henry Pni Williamson ond Lugard to b e Captain, vice Page; First Lieutenant Anthony David Craigie to be Second Captain, vice Lugard ; Second Lieutenant George Hamilton Gordon to be First Lieutenant, vice Craigie, April 14. Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Cardiganshire. Henry Hoghton, E sq ., to be Deputy-Lieutenant, April 12. Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. First West York Yeomanry Cavalry—Robert John Parker, Gent., to be Cornet; Henry Brooking Square, Gent. to he Assistant Surgeon, April 15. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Montgomery shire. Montgomeryshire Yeomanry Cavalry Lieutenant Thomas Beck to be Captain, vice J. D. Corrie, who resigns ; Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant Peter Pleasing Leicester to be Lieutenant, vice Beck, promoted ; Adjutant Nathan Burlinson to serve with the Brevet rank of Captain. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. George Hargreaves and Joseph Hargreaves, merchants, Manchester. BANKRUPTS. John Ed mun d B o yd, Baker, Grosvenor-street West, Pimlico, Middlesex, May 1 and June 9, at eleven, at th e . Court of Bankr u pt c y. Cannan, official assignee, Birchin, lank ; Ashley, High-street, Shoredltc h . Clauri, s ltowei-oit, 1/Qul.zciicr, .1-',.triton—coare, Chel sea, May 2, and 31, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy, Stansfield, official assignee; Manning, Craven street, Strand. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current of April 25.) SUGAR.—There has been a further increase in the , home demand for all descriptions, and export orders arriving more freely. On the part of holders there is firmness, and they have sparingly supplied the market, an advance in the value is apparent for both free and slave labour. For West India Mus covado of all kinds a good demand was experienced on Wednesday ann Thursday from refiners and grocers, there was also an advance in prices of 6d per cwt. brown realized 34s to 355 6d, yellow 363 to 441, and grey 351 to 395. The market has been closed since Thursday. hut business will be raeumed to-morrow. Of Barbadoes of the new crops arrivals may be looked for quickly. REFINED.—To-day Refined goods were much in de mand for home consumption, and in consequence of the diminished supply, buyers were compelled to pay stiffer sates—Standard Lu:nps selling at 545, and brown gro cery 53s to 53s 6d per cwt. There is more activity in the market for Bonded Crushed, and 25s 6d to 26s 6d is the value, according to quality; upon which terms seve ral parcels have disposed of'. Of Dutch Crushed a cargo of 250 tons has been sold, but the price is nut allowed to transpire. MAURITIUS.—The stock is less than at this time in the past year, the deliveries are proceeding largely, and exports from the Mauritius are likewise much less than in the former year. Holders here have confidence, and less freely supplied the market; the demand privately has been good, and a rise in prices of 6d per cwt is apparent. We quote low to fine brown at 30s to 34s 6d, yellow 35s to 425, and grey 34s to 395 per cwt. The chief part of the stock is in the hands of one firm. Mauritius is yet cheaper than any other sort of raw Sugar. .EAST INDlA.—There is firmness on the part of holdors of all descriptions of Bengal Sugar, and the market has been sparingly supplied with all sorts sii ce our last report. Buyers have manifested an inclination to do business upon a more extended scale, and large parcels have been sold. Madras is in good request, and realizes stiffer rates, there is also a further decrase in the supply. In Penang the operations are upon a more ex tended scale, and enhanced rates are obtained, whilst a less quantity is on offer of all sorts. For East India Sugar prices are nearly one half less that at this time in 1847. FOREIGN. —Today there was much inquiry after all kinds of Foreign Sugar, but holders asking rather higher rates, caused the purchases to be limited for both home use and export. MonassEs.—There is no improvement in the demand this week, and sellers are willing to accept low rates. Only small parcels have been sold at 14s to 18s for low to fine. The market for Bengal Treacle has a dull ap pearance, and prices are on the decline, whilst the stock is on the increase. COFFEE.—For West India prices are not higher, but the demand is more active—Trinidad selling at 43s to 455, red 45s to 4Es per cwt. The stock is still on the increase. The market for Foreign has a very dull ap pearance, and late rates cannot be obtained, although there is only a limited stock. TEA.—To-day the purchases made in ordinary Congou were upon a more extended scale, but better prices were not to be obtained. For other sorts of Tea the market is yet in a very dull state. RICE.—To-day a fair demand was experienced for East India Rice, and rather higher rates were obtained —middling white Bengal realised 105, and cargo 7s 6d to 8s per cwt. Some holders will not sell at these rates, and several parcels have been withdrawn from the market. SPIRITS.—To-day Rum met with a good demand, and prices closed with firmness ; East India proofs at Is 7d to is 74, and Leeward Island is 94 to is 94 per gallon. SPICES —For Pimento the decline amounts to id to id. Of 408 bags offered at public sale, a small part only sold. Holders of Black Pepper are not disposed to accept lower rates, and having refrained from cffering any at public sale ; the purchases made yrivately hare been limited in all sorts both for home use and export. White is little wanted, and low to tine can be obtained at 3id to 6d, but the supply is not so plentiful. Ginger cannot be called cheaper, but there has been little passing in home trade or export sort ; former rates are, however, supported, as the supply is small The market for Cinnamon is in a very dull state, and prices are on the decline. Cloves met with little atten tion, and there is a desire to sell. Cassia Lignea is not cheaper, as the supply is light, but the sales made have been limited. There has been but little desire evinced to purchase Nutmegs for home use or exportation. TALLOW.—Prices have suffered a further depression for Russian on the spot, and there has likewise been little desire evinced on the part of the home trade to operate. Only a limited amount of business has been concluded, and 50s to 50s 3d per cwt are the rates ac cepted for fine P. Y. Candle. For delivery in the last three months of the year there are sellers at 46s to 46s 3d, but few buyers to met with.. Home made is not much required, and can be obtained at a further reduction, as the supply is on the increase; whilst the demand is limited at 49s to 50s. nett. cash. The consumption is also not so satis factory as of late. Other descritions of Tallow are not much required, and we hae to announce that a further decline in the value is apparent, as there is a plentiful supply. and n e t Aw h there goodnd is a less demande3s s 46a2eupsa w 2nt flas lno l plel nearly t n aaidhosrt g e iasßit3yset. f e 4odob s s. rce s T2eet2o o anhoussl l l ede:36.xd t mp4d h . eh market Rapeseed Oil exhibited dubaca t ecificentonra o ehsiderst: f . FRUIT.—The market for Currants has a more active o s e e ; f e o l r l. 3a9pappearance, holders e to ara 4 n t i ee — trees T eor xmn h opa eanu:r consumption althoughhpa r tedf e oesn s mp e o l a l itn e s t r dab s stebot isoo satisfactory. l Linseed y a Oilmoderate upon The previousbe supply,pur chases are in better request, Valencia at 38s to 42s for old. re are reducedornedd° OlLS.—There the i t . made . have been limited by the home trade, aret value, a d sue t el o ,l etu b irsbpo e stupni ita m i lyt b n ape c 2ri t h si3tlcaese l rr o nsgt w ooertt e rhe r 2mas . 3anasmpi F lno3oe o udfnm l tt f br o ua r ol - tf, however, hwnard not de improveder are .delivery. notthere e x p the purchases sehtheree e b been made naa concluded; e h g have been od bwuhsei whereas brawnofmoderate,iOlive h 3 e 3 e to an3d quiet4s t he 6 ep d s . e consumption n r s a The u n m e p s , tpreviouslyhe attention,same as atcurrent,hnodsethe previouslya s stock the e o supply cnutri nr is Prices the : s e a s mmr remain as with those m o u s co e hr e l n e d ss er fr u ee n l f y ay s o u u p r p a l b ie le d es e s f o c rt e s d ; a li r t e tl a e sh im in p g or 2 t s a l n . ce to s 2 i s n l c . e ss. t , h b is ut da th y e w p e u e r k - , on the decrease. Cocoa Nut is not much required. nt for Fish the Odiel deliveries e t e h eamr are market progressinghas he e been c wH h io as tlkd e e s arlll made have been limited ; indeed there are sellers for arrival rather than under these rates. The purchases made in all sorts of Seal has been of little consequence. The amount of business done in Sperm has been limited, for rough was in a wh s i a ls i t T t p h E e T t a en E d ._ en T ey o. o d f ay pr t ic b e e s i m s a t r o k d e e t c f l dull state, and lower rates were accepted. British Re fined e s a o p d e a r , , there and are es few t o wd buyers, y ers, and 14s to 14s 3d Nitrate i s c 38s is the value. For per cwt is the value. CLERICAL DELINQUENCY. The parish of Rawmarsh, near Sheffield, has lately been the scene of very remarkable doings on the part of the officiating clergy man. In November last the rector of Rawmarsh, the Rev. W. R. Mahon, having resolved upon spending the winter months in Ireland, took steps for procuring a gentleman to assume his pastoral duties in his absence, and through the medium an ad ver ti sement i n t h e cclesiastical Gazette was brought into communication with an individual who represented himself as the Hon. and Rev. B. C. D. F. Fairfax. Aarangements were speedily completed, and Mr. Mahon departed for Ireland early in Novem ber, not having had an interview with Mr. Fairfax, but the latter gentleman having undertaken to appear in the pulpit on the ensuing Sabbath. True to the e-rop v.t, Mr. Fairfax : ir,l at Raw marsh rectory—his future home—on the Saturday evening, preparatory to the assumption of those im portant duties that had been delegated to him. He fourtblZbition SUN OFFICE, Seves o' Clock. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES. IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From the Official List, PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 25. OTNT-STOCK BANKS. INSURANCE COMPANIES. I Dividend Amount }Tame of Company. per of - Paid. Annum. Share. - -- Albion .• • • • • • • • • • • • • Alliance Brit. and For. Dia.) Marine. • • • • • • . • • British Commercial .• ClericLMed.&Gen.Life Eagle • • • • • • • Eng.& Scot• Law •• •• European Life ••• • • • Family Endowmnt Soc. Freemasons' • • • • • • • • iiaardian • • • • • - • • • • • • I.nperin: Fire •• • • • • • • I nperial Life • • • • Ildeinnity Marina • • • • Law Fire • • • • • • . • • • • • Law I ife.. • • • • • • • • Legal and General Life I... , ridcit Fire ........ L union Ship •.• • • Marine.. • .......... Med. 'mild& Gen. Life National Leaa Fund.. Sational Life.. •• Palladium Life ...... •• Pelican PnceDix .. P otector Ufa— • •• Prixident Lie........ Rock Life Royal Exchange Sin Fire ......... a. d. 500 0 0 100 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 . 20 0 0 4 0 0 20 0 0 Z a. d. 50 0 0 11 0 0 b 0 0 5 6 8 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 12 6 All pale. 4 0 0 3 0 0 log 0 Stock. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 ICO 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 1 50 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 2 10 0 !0 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 :• 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 !Atte Life Universal Life.... • • •• Vitoria Life ►OO 0 0 GAS-LIGNT AND COMM CO: 8 10 0 4 0 0 31. 101 6 per cent. 6/. per cant. 138.6 d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. 31. 13a. 6s. Si. per cen'.. 544 per cent. 4/. & bs. 51. per cent. 61. per cent. 5/. per cent. 12 per cent. 12s. 11. sh. & bs. V. bs. '4341. per et. 51. per cent. 81. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. et. & bs. M. par cent. 11. ss. 4s. 5/. per cent. 61. 10s. 11. 6s. 10%1. pr cnt. IV*II.TZ7Z-liITO ANS 1 Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of raid. Price. Annum. Share. -- --- -.3 s. d. X 8. d. Birmingham .•••• • • • • 188. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - East London.. •••• • • • • 8/. 100 0 0 - 175 Grand Junction ••• • • • 21. 10s. 41 13 4 - 80 31. 100 0 1 - 81 New Rivr Lndn Brdge 21. 105. - - 55 Vauxhall .•..••• • • • • • 100 0 0 - 105 West Middlesex . . • 51. 151141'm:it. 63 12 9 - 115 - - - CANALS. 4 1 Names of L., Dividend l pri Companies. 1 per " r; Companies. 1 1 ' Divided Companies. Price. Z Annum., 7,. Annum. ---- Names of e nd --.. X X Ashtn& Oldh 97 71. p e 110 Macclesfield • 100 21, IN, - Barnsley.. • • 160 121. 180 Neath ••• • • • 100 201. - Brkuk&Abrg 150 5/. 85 Oxford.. •• • • 100 201. 190 Birmingham 25 41. 85 Peak Forest. 78 3L 10s - s'i Coventry .... 1 1 100 251. - Regent's .• • • 33 11. 43. 18 herby ••• • • 1100 6/. 63 Rochdale .. • • 85 4!. 54 Ells r re&Chs' 1331 41. 41 Somrset Coal no 71. los. 130 &:e%l ash •• • 1001 321. - Do.LkFdSt 12 61. p. c. arand.Junctn,loo 51. 83 Stffrd &Wore 140 Grand Surrey .100, - 35 Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - U rand Union 1 100' 1/. 108. 21% Stottrbridg e.. 145 201. 285 Grantham • . 1 , 50 12!. - Severn ardi I 281. 290 &cnnt & Ayr 39 7s. 6d. 5% Wye Rail. jI 26 11.8 s. 26 f.c...is& Livrp 100 341. 410 Warwick& Leicester ....1140; 101. 75 Ilirming. j 100 5 1. 65 Leicstr &NMI 83' 41. 36 Warwick& loughhoroghll42 l 701. - Napton.. j 100 - 4G Monmouthsh 100, 81. - Worcstr &} 78 21. 39 Mutgemryshlloo 51. - Birming. MeltnMwbry,loo, 101. - Wilts & Brks 67 li. 11 I.IST OP SCOTTISR COMPANIES' PRICES. Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Prig. Annum. Share. ------......- A s. d. A a. d Bank of Scotland British Linen Company 81. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 195 Caledonian Bank city of Glasgow Bank . 61. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 11 Clydesdale Bank.• •• • • 61. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 • 12 Commercial Bank •• • • 71. per cent. 500 0 0 !100 0 0 154% Eastern Bank •••• • • • • 61. per cent. 25 u 0 10 0 C 10 Edlnb.&Glaagow Bank 61. per cent. 5 0 0 5 0 0 5% Ezehangeßnk of Scot 6l. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 38N Isle of Man, Company 71. per cent. 10 0 0 7 0 0 84 National Bank 6l. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13% North of Scotland Bank 71. percent. 20 0 0 5 0 0 6 North British Bank • • - 50 0 0 10 0 0 2% Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. 100 0 0 100 0 0 142 Unlon Bank of Scotland 81. per cent. 100 0 0 50 0 0 80 `Vestern Bank . ... - - 81. per cent. 60 0 0 50 0 0 68% Aberleen Fire and Life 131. per cent. 12 10 0 2 0 0 3% B. Accord. Life isad Fire - 20 0 0 0 11 0 9s. British Guarantee Ins. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 10s. Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 21 Church of England Ins. - 50 0 0 2 0 0 2 City of Glasgow Life 5l. per cent. 25 0 0 2 0 0 21. Os Eilinburgh Life Insur Si. per cent. 100 11 0 12 10 0 17 4 East of Scotland Life - 10 0 0 0 15 0 118.6 d. Eng. & Scot, Law Life 51. per cent. 50 0 0 217 6 2 4 Hercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 il% tnsur. Co. of Scotlnd•• bl. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 7 Life Assoc. of Scotland 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 11 73 Mercantile Life -•• - 10 0 0 010 0 7s. National Fire and Life Si. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 235. North British Insur. -530. pr cent. 200 0 0 20 0 0 23 North & West of Scot. - 10 0 0 1 0 0 11. ls Scattish Life and (flier. - 20 0 0 011 0 U Scot. Mas. and Gen. Life 5/. per cent. 1 0 11 015 0 10s. Oil Scottish Union Insrnce. 641. pr cent. 20 0 0 1 0 0 11. Os l itaniaTd Life .... - . 51. per cent. 50 0 0 45 0 94 United Dep. Assurance 51. per cent. 10 0 0 1 0 0 1 12s. MISCIII.I.A.NEOI7I3. Dividend Amount Nuns of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. Share. A. a. d. I Z. s. d. Australian Agriculturl - 100 0 01 30 0 0 - Angio-Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. 10 0 0 10 0 11 - Ditto, Half Shares - - 210 0 - Canada ..... .' ... , . per cent. 100 0 0 32 15 0 II Uppr Canada Bon ds 61 5/. per cent. - - City Bonds .. - - 89 Comp. CpprMnrs Eng 5l. percent. 100 0 0i 70 0 0 - Gen. Revers. & Invest sp. c.&bs, 2/ 100 0 0 100 0 0 - Equitable Reversienry 4% 1 . pr cent. 100 0 0 95 0 0 - Gen. Steam Navigation 11.8 s. 15 0 0 14 0 0 2a London Institution - - - 111 Pcninslr & Orient.Stm 2/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 44 Reversionary Int. Soc 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0 ' 100 0 0 90 Royal Mail Steam •• •• 3%1. pr cent. 100 0 0i 60 0 0 - South Australian ..• •• 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 - Van Dieman's Land - 100 0 0 23 0 0 U n i v ersal Salvage •• . • - 25 0 0 5 0 0 - ATTORNETS.—Tbe number of persons applying to be admitted as attorneys in Trinity term 1848 is 16 9 . There are fourteen notices of admission to be added to - the list. pursuan t to judges orders. The applications for admission in the present term, in accordance with th e judges' orders , am ounts to four; eight applications are lodged for the taking out and renewal of certificates on thr. last day of tprm. and there are twenty notices to apply to a juugu at (Att.:Layers oil u,C 13t . h of May 1 , x ,, to take out and renew certificates, making the number of persons applying to be permitted to practise as at. torneys 208,