The Sun. — London, England, 1848-04-21 00:00:00

OVER LAND MAIL INDIA. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We have received files of papers from India in an ticipation of the Overland Mail, from Bombay to the 15th, and Calcutta to the 7th of March. (From the Bombay Times.) SUMMARY.—The Honourable the Governor re. turned from Scinde on board the Ajdaha on the morning of the 3d inst. He leaves for the Mahe- 1 buleshwar Hills about the 19th or 20th, and will remain there for a month, when he will return to the Presidency to receive his successor, Lord Falk land, expected to arrive about the 28th of April. The regret for Mr. Clerk's departure is deep aria general throughout the community. Colonel Ashburnham will, it is said, be the private secretary elect. Captain French, the present private secretary, is expected to be appointed Town-Major in place of Col. Seton, who re turns to England on the Ist of April. Sir T. Turton has resigned the office of Ecclesiastical Registrar to the Supreme Court, Calcutta, the emoluments of which have hitherto been betwixt 6,0001. and 8,0001. a year. These are derived from a per centage, levied in the name of fee, on the estates of persons dying intestate. The Ecclesiastical Registrar and his assistant, not con tent with their emolument, have embarked in trade with the money entrusted to their care, and lost very severely by the Union Bank. The defalcations are said to exceed 150,000/. When directed by the Chief Justice to produce their books, and exhibit the Government paper in which the money was said to be invested, paper was borrowed from a native mer chant and exhibited as that belonging to the registrar. It was immediately lodged by Sir Law rence Peel in the Treasury, when the fact just stated became known by the party from whom it was borrowed making application for his own. The system of borrowing paper from the Union Bank, for the purpose of deceit, seems to have been a re gular branch of business ! Mr. Sandes, a barrister, has accepted the appointment resigned by Sir T. Turton, on a salary of 2,500/. per an num. The unpopularity of the Commodore Superintendent of the Indian Navy continues universal and almost unbounded, as it well may, when every successive week brings fresh in stances of tyranny and caprice before the world. The company would save their character as well as their cash, were they to provide for him a baronetcy, and bribe him home by a pension of 10,0001., if they have not courage enough more summarily to remove him. The climate of S tri d e seems to have undergone a sudden transition, and the troops there this season seem to enjoy as good if not better health than in any part of the Presi dency. The Commissioner, Mr. Pringle, has just gone up the country on a tour of inspection. We have no news whatever, though abundance of com munications, from the Indus. The steamer Con queror had, by the indomitable exertions of her commander, Captain Christopher, surmounted the difficulties at Kalabagh, and was on a fair way to Attock. This, like the trip up the Sutlej, will prove that it is possible, out in the last degree expensive and inexpedient, to make use of steamers above Sukkur. Profound tranquillity reigns throughout the Punjaub. Sir Fre derick Currie was expected at Lahore about the 7th March, when Mr. John Lawrence would take his departure for the Jullundhur Doab. We this season will receive 320,0001. land revenue, and 60,0001. of customs, from our own territory, or 380,0001. in all, though our exactions are less by a third than were those of our predecessors. The revenue survey of the Punjaub was advancing rapidly ; that of the lands on the rivers' banks, yielding about half a million a year, bad been completed ; and the whole would, it was hoped, be finished by May or June. The turbulence in the hilt• frontier provinces was in a great measure subdued. Dr. Fleming had been de puted by Government to examine the coal formation discovered by Captain Robertson, near Pind Dadun Khan. Major Napier and Lieut. Hodgson were en gaged in the neighbourhood of Patthankote, some 15 miles below Noorpoor, putting the Hasseli Canal into order. The Persian empire seems to be in a state of complete disorganization : bands of armed insurgents assembled everywhere, apparently for the purposes of plunder, seem to defy tne Royal arms; and citivs shut their gates, and refuse tribute to the King of Kings. Yar Mahomed of Herat is said to be ravag ing Toorkistan, and commit ing great cruelties u } on the people. The Affghan Chiefs are, as usual quarrel ling with, and plundering and attacking each other. Haider Khan was in the Lumghan valley watching the movements of Mahomed Shah Khan, who had nearly carried away one of his guns. Operations had been in terfered with by a fall of snow. Another physico-geo graphical expedition has been organized, and instructed to proceed to Kumaoon. Letters from the .Nizam's dominions inform us that his Highness had declined seeing General Fraser when about to leave the capital, and the Resident expressed no wish for the observance of the customary civilities. The letter or kureeta of - Lord Dalhousie was simply sent to his Highness by messenger : its contents were unknown —in all likelihood a tew empty compliments. Nat:onal atiairs continued pretty much in the usual state, and are not supposed likely to improve while the British Resident supports an untrustworthy and incapable minister. Com plaints are loud and general of the ill-treatment received by British merchants at Ava at the hands of the King. Sir H. Blackwood quitted Maulinain on the 21st ult., to rejoin the Fox at Amherst. Ile is said to have spoken favourably of that port as a site for a doekyard. Tranquillity generally prevails throughout India. At Boni bay the cold season is advancing, the weather continuing peculiarly fine. Trade continues dull, though somewhat less so than formerly, and the scarcity of money very great indeed. The ci inainal sessions have just begun : the calendar is a very heavy one. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOM BAY MARKETS, FROM THE 2D TO Tax 14TH MARCH INCLUSIVE. Tuesday Afternoon, Five o'clock, Mar c h IS, 1848 . During the great er pa r t of the past fortn ig ht th e tightness in the Mone3, M. rket, menti one d i n our l ast report, and the distrust cons an or ,s 4 in uP thereon, c on ti nue d to prevail, and the transactions n smog kinds of import s wet eon a most limited scale. ince the coaimence ment of this week, however, w e to be able happy to and a to state that a better tune has prevailed, ha now that we have pretty general feeling seems to exist3rev look got over the worst, and may thr s the native forward to a revival in business so soon confidently holidays which will commence in two or and continue for about a week, are brought to three days, encouraging accounts from England by the hiei The showing that panic had totally subsided there and s In t a.l ' ,gts. eg promise of a safe and gradual return to a sound and healthy state of commerce, had some effect in imparting the eomparitive buoyancy now felt in our market; but the feeling had its rise more immediately in the conviction that of most kinds of staple goods stocks were very bare, while the supplies that had gone forward to the interior were on a much smaller scale than had been the case in past seasons; and that, consequently, dealers must employ themselves before the setting of the monsoon. On the other hand, the accounts of the cotton market in England being of a nature to encourage shippers, a slight im provement on the previously declining market for that article appears to have manifested itself, and further purchases have been made by natives for shipment under Government advances. In Calcutta, too, we are glad to perceive that a considerably better feeling pre vailed at the date of our last advices in the market for imports. CoTToN PIECE GOODS.--The transactions for the past fortnight, u p it v t io though limited, are not more so than those of vail for aota us one, while the inquiry then stated to pre pollaras, j * qualities ne of low grey goods, such as Mada tinues, and all are and 40-inch shirting', still con fair inquiry exia r tn e scarce. In bleached goods, too, a quality, and an advance shirting and jacconets of low former, of from t on previous rates for the established. "to four annas per piece, has been FutIGHTs.-0 wing to the few arrivals since the date of our last report, added to the desire manifested by native holders to ship cotton the Government ad- I pool gradual] i use from 41. ss. to vance, freights for Liver were entered into j 4,/. 12s. 6d., at which rate eng ' a a e previous to the arrival of the i g ast iri r e a nt ' a l Cottonsl Ihiiirket in accounts received or the The favourable caused a further impetus, and England 1 London we quote 41. 155.;. and China R s a . b l een p aid For 1 w hich rate engagements have been mad e . 9 p er Can dy , at I EXCHANGES.—Owing to the scarcity o f m ,v advance has taken place, and Batik paper at s' " ' ~n • sight ilas been newottated at is. 100. to Is. 1 - 0 1 i t i rn . .Z s ' e tor privaa lit shipping documents, Is. ; 1 1,. i IV. may be considered the rate. On Calcutta, Bank or Bengal Poet Bills have been negotiated at sight Back p a p er i s Its. par; our quotation for 30 da y s' On China, for 60 days' sight Rs. 206 per 100 dollars. -. j NIONEr MARKET. — Bank Stocks conti nue low, and a further decline has taken place in some instances, as will be seen from our quotations. Government Securities, on the other hand, have advanced somewhat, their cheap ness having induced the Shroffs to buy to some extent for the purpose of remitting to Calcutta. CALCUTTA. • (From tke Calcutta Star of March 7.) Our budget is rather fuller than it has been for THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PRO TECTION. OF LIFE FROM FIRE. On Wednesday a general meeting of this society was held in the Council Chamber, Guildhall, for the purpose of hearing the report of the committee for the past year, and distributing medals arid rewards. The chair was occupied by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, who opened the proceedings by pointing out the strong claims which the society had on the general sup• port of the community. The SECRETARY then read the report, from which it appeared that during the past year three new stations for the " fire escapes " had been established, thus making in all twenty-five, at distances varying from half to three-quarters of a mile from each other, all main tained solely by the society, with a conductor at each throughout the night. The number of fires attended since the re-establishment of the society in . 1843 was 548, and the number of lives saved by means of the society'c escapes, was 48. The report further stated that the funds were less than the xpenditure by about 2001., and urged the friends of the society to increased exertions so as to place the machi nery tied operations in such a state of efficiency as the committee de( med essential to the proper development e option of th e of D the Av o l h D j e w c t s . v t i h ::, n s li t s i t q u . ion moved—(C. h t h e : r s. ad ) report. He said he perfectly agreed in the judicious remark of the Lord Mayor, that it was a sacred duty that devolved on every man to do everything in his power for the preservation of human life under the sudden calamities of fire.—(Hear, hear.) Clustered as they were altogether in a large city, with narrow and aaa momentain hardlys t neighbour en c t hatee st destruction aa rb o r t he envelop nh ve e o p t which h e m s li ghte s t. confined thoroughfares, no human foresight or pru dencey t—h inadv er t e nce t a, carelessness rc ,ehear.) g i g u h a lo : tfdi wasn that those who devised a means of escape frthoemn,eutocharhor rible calamities deserved well of their country, and were entitled to the cordial and unanimous support of the community--(Cheers,) He did think, however, that such an institution should not be dependent on the casual bOunty of the public, but that it should be made a branch of their social economy, and attached either to the police or some other public establishment, by which the facilities of its application and increased usefulness might be obtained.--(Hear, hear.) Until, however, the public were fully impressed with a sense of its advan tages, and that a law was passed to compel parochial authorities to adopt it, it was highly necessary that this society should be maintained in a state of effi ciency. There was this difference between this society and the Royal Humane Society, that in the latter the accidents occurred generally when the parties were awake and vigilant, and means of rescue were ready and at hand, whereas in cases of fire the calamity almost always took place in the stillness of the night, when all were asleep and unprotected. He trusted that an appeal would be made to the Corporation to take up this subject, and that the Corporation would go to the Legislature and ask them to make it compulsory on parochial authorities and other public bodies to adopt means of escape from fire.—(Cheers.) Mr. BACON seconded the motion which was adopted unanimously. The LORD MAYOR then proceeded to the distribution of silver medals, c nificates, and small rewards to various I.arties who had been instrumental in rescuing human beings from destruction. Mr. Luke Prettyman, of 49, Poultry, was presented with a silver medal for rescuing the life of his servant at the risk of his own. A poor girl, named Mary Cromer, was presented with a certificate and 1/, for heroic and intrepid conduct, in bringing a child out of a room on fire. Her own night dress and hair were burnt in the endeavour, and she had suffered very considerably by her humanity. Mr. HoLT drew the attention of the Lord Mayor and the meeting to the case of this poor girl, -who was at present out of a situation. He Loped that something might be done for her. The other parties presented with rewards and certi ficates coßsisted chiefly of police constables and the company's servants, each of whom was addressed in a fechvg and complimentary manner by the Lord Mayor, and encouraged to further acts of courage and hu manity. George Abbot, sen., and George Abbot, jun., were presented each with a silver medal, fur saving the life of Mrs. Haan, at Enfield. SAMUEL UNWIN, Esq., then moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting, deeply impressed with the in creased usefulness of the institution, was desirous of re cording its opinion that it merited general support both from individuals and from parochial and other public bodies, in order to increase its efficiency for the preser vation of human life. Mr. Deputy BEDFORD seconded this resolution, which was adopted unantmuu,ly. Mr. RICHARD TAILOR proposed the next resolution, recommending the adoption of a respectful application to the parochial authorities in each parish of the City for subscriptions, to be continued annually at the vote of each vestry. Mr. HoLT seconded the resolution, which was agreed to, as was also a vote of thanks to the Vice-Presidents and Committee for the past year, with a respectful soli citation to continue their services. Thanks were then ♦oted by acclamation to the Lord Mayor, and the mePting separated. BRITISH ORPHANS FROM PARIS. On Thursday a general meeting of the subscribers was 11,-ld at the Female Orphan Asylum, in Westmin ster-bridge-road, fur the purpose of taking into conside ration a communication which had been received from Lcrd Ashley,. under these circumstances :—lt appeared that, previous to the late revolution in France, there was an asylum in Paris for orphan children born of English parents, in connexion with the Episcopal Church, of w hich the Reverend Mr. Lovat was the pastor. The asylum was entirely supported by the British residents at Paris ; but the greater number of the English having left that capital in consequence of the late events, the resources of the asylum were altogether cut off, and the orphan children, fifteen boys and nine girls, were compelled to leave. The Society for the Assistance of Distressed Workmen sent from France, of which Lord Ashley is chairman, defrayed the expense of bringing the children to England, alai on Thursday last a letteri WAS addressed by Lord Ashley to the committee of the asylum, requesting that the orphans removed from France, under the circumstances stated, should be provided for in the asylum. As, according to the rules, all orphan children are admitted by election at stated periods, as is usual in such institutions, a general court was ape• cially called tor this day, to take the case communicated by Lord Ashley into consideration. The chair having been taken by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and the circumstances under which the meeting was called having been mentioned, it was communicated that upon inquiry, it had been ascer tained that the children had for the present been pro vided for, some of them having been received into other charitable Institutions, and that therefore it was unne cessary to take the letter of Lord Ashley into consider ation. ills Royal Highness expressed his gratification at the communication which had been made. Under the pe culiar circumstances of these poor orphan children, he should certainly, had it been necessary, have rendered every assistance towards obtaining their admission into the Asylum. As he understood, however, that the claims of the destitute children of their own poor were very pressing, he was glad that the necessity had not arisen. After some con►ersation on the subject which the meeting had been called to consider, it was mo►ed and unanimously agreed to, that the cordial thanks of the meeting should be given to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge fur his kindness in attending to tike the chair, and for the interest he bad expressed in the object which had called them together. The Duke of Cambridge having returned thanks, the meeting separated. __ ECONOMICAL GOVERNMENT. FREEDOM OF INDUSTRY —JUST TAXATION. (From the Liverpool Mercury.) Whatever other effects the recent extraordinary movements on the continent, and the "demonstra tions" nearer home may have upon the minds of our ministers and legislators, we trust this conviction will take root, that the time is arrived when the enforcement of economy, the liberation of industry from her shackles, and the reduction and equ i ta bl e adjustment of our fiscal burdens must be set about in an earnest and most determined spirit; and that atten tion to these subjects must not at all slacken the zeal of those who can add, for the public advantage, all the good to be derived from an improved monetary and banking s 3 stem. The people appear to us to be bent upon cheaper government. On all hands, amongst tax-;sayers. re trenchment, amounting to painful frugality, is obliged to be submitted to ; and the nation will not tolerate much longer, a continually increasing, but on the contrary, will demand, and insist upon, a perceptibly diminishing scale of Government expenditure. An impoverished community and a prodigal state ought never to coexist in the same country—at all events, such a condition of things cannot be made endurable in this country. - 'We rejoice, therefore, that an increased amount of attention to matters vitally affecting the commerce of our merchants, the wellbeing of the landed interest, the trade of the manufacturer, and the labour of the working classes, is from day to day manifested by influential and energetic men. At a preliminary meeting, held in this town on Friday last, at which Mr. Robertson Gladstone pre sided, a nuniber of gentlemen laid down the following basis, upon which to establish an institution to be called " THE FINANCIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION." The objects of the association will consist in directing public opinion to the to!lowing principles:— Ist. A General Ri trenelitnent in the National Expen diture. 2d. The Revision.of the Assessed Taxes—of the Malt Tax, and of the Excise'and Stamp Duties. 3d. The Transfer to Direct Taxation of those Imposts which interfere with the industry and limit the subsist ence of the people.. .„ 4th. The Equitable Apportionment of all Needful TaxatiGn. Already the names of many gentlemen have been received to be enrolled in the list of members of the association ; there is no party object to serve; " FOR THE GOOD or ALL " might be the motto; and we trust that all will unite in giving vigour and efficiency t L , its operations. ME. MACREADY.—This eminent tragedian will, on Easter Monday, commence a series of performances at the Marylebone Theatre. some time past, though not much more interesting in the complexion of intelligence it contains. The Bom bay express arrived in town on Sunday, the sth, at ten A.M. The improved commercial prospects, slight as the amelioration has been, will exert corresponding in fluence here, but the intervention of holidays prevents the degree being observed before the mail quits. To afford the mercantile community the benefit derivable from the steamer's possible delay in the river, an express packet will be dispatched after her on the 9th. The Money market continues in much the same state as we wrote last : the terms on which loans are transacted are a shade more favourable, but the se curity taken continues to be of the most tangible character, and of a value leaving large margin for errors of appraisem?nt. In exports there has been a fair demand for staples, to be sent home as remit tances instead of speculations—especially saltpetre Sugar and indigo are less inquired after now, rice in much the same state, and silk too highly priced to permit extensive operation. The import market is improving ; cotton piece goods finding freer vent, and twist rising in demand. Freights are looking up. There are reports of some speculations in tonnage with an eye to a China war, and a belief that Govern ment would be obl - ged to engage transports. THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, APRIL 18, 1848. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lord Patrick James Herbert Crichton Stuart to be her Majesty's Lieutenant and Sheriff Principal of the shire of Bute, i❑ room of the Marquis of Bute, deceased. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of Nottingham- shire. Royal Sherwood Foresters, or Nottinghamshire Regi ment of Militia—Robert Henry Bigsby, Gent., to be Lieutenant; Alfred Lowe, the younger, Gent., to be Lieutenant. Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.—Robert Holden, Esq., to be Lieutenant- Colonel, vice Thomas Moore, resigned; Henry Sher brooke, Esq., to be Captain, vice Robert Holden, pro moted; Robrt Woodhouse, Gent., to be First-Lieute nant, vice Henry Sherbrooke. promoted. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. William Penny, brewer, Newport, Monmouthshire. Joseph Smith and John Cooper, woollen drapers, Hill-street, Hanover-square. BANKRUPTS. Louis George Jullien, music seller, Harley-street, Cavendish square, to surrender May 1, end June 2, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Bircbin-lane; Chappell, Golden-square. John Barnes, builder, Woodfield-road, Harrow road, Paddington, May 1, at half-past eleven, and June 2, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall street ; Walsh, Lincoln's Inn fields. James Strange, wine merchant, Abingdon. Berkshire, May 2, at one, and June 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfield, official assignee ; Dingwall, Tokenhouse-yard, London. William Gylby, apothecary, East Retford, Notting hamshire, May 6 and 27, at ten, at the Leeds District Court. Freeman, official assignee, Sheffield; Nixon, Clifford's Inn, London; Binney, Sheffield. George Morris, grocer, Garnvach, Monmouthshire, May 4 and June 1, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Miller, official assignee, Bristol ; Blower and Co., London; Leman, Bristol. Joseph Greenwoed and Benjamin Greenwocd, worsted spinners. Bradford, Yorkshire, May 1 and 22, at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignae, Leeds; Hawkins and Co., New Boswell-court, London; Wells and Co., Bradford; Bond and Barwick, Lewd... Thomas Barker, manufacturing perfumer, Bream's. buildings, Chancery lane, May 5, at two, and June 3, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, fficial assignee, Sambrook court, Basinghall-street ; Lawrence and Plews, 01 , i Jewry-chambers. George Harris, carpenter - and builder, Chnxhill, Gloucester, May 3, and June 2, at eleven, at the Brim()) District Court. Hatton, official assignee, Eristel; Peters and Abbott, Bristol• William Nelson Last, watch and clock maker, Bury St. Edmonds, Suffoik, May 4, at three, and June 2, at half past two, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Wright, Smith, and Shep herd, Golden square; lon, Bury St. Edmonds. Isaac Willis, music seller, Lower Grosvenor-street, Hanover square, May .5, at three, and June 3, at halt past one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robert Johnston, ironmonger, Gracechurch-street, May 2, at half-past twelve, and June 1, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Bas- Inghall street; C. and H. Hyde, Ely-place, Holborn. Henry Wells Hughes, plumber and glazier, Maryle bone-itreet, May 2, at eleven, and June 1, at half past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Nation and Neate, Orchard-street. iiicljael Merritt, farmer, Pensford, Somerset, May 3 and 30, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court. Acra man, official assignee, Bristol ; Ayre, Bristol. George Dyer Rose, plumber, Duke-street, Smithfield, Francis Teale, brewer, Leytoa, Essex. John Robinson, tailor, Sr. Paul's churchyard. Samuel Emerson, dealer, Newton, Warwickshire. George Mathias, scrivener, Glastonbury, Somerset. Henry Alonzo Hart, linen draper, Devonshire -street, Qn!ell-quare. Alfred . George Evans and Robert Webb, engravers New Bond-street. Tranquille Capron, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside. Theodor Mai tens, merchant, Middlesborough, York. William Maud, worsted stuff manufacturer, 31 , )rtoii Yorkshire. William Day, draper, Liverpool. Arthur Wellington Hart, merchant, Liverpool. J 4 Iseph Wilson Brooke and Joseph Wilson, merchants, Liverpool. Thomas Browno, draper, Limerick. Thomas Stother and William Richards, cabinetmakers, Manchester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price ot Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending April 18, 1848, is 225. 2 1 4 d. per cwt. ENGLAND. ighea Gazette.) 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for r, the 15th day of April, 1841. 'ARTY/NT. Z. Government debt • • 11,016,100 Other securities ... • 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 11,231,101 Silver bellies ••.. • • 1,931,369 .£ 27,165,470 M. MAIUSLIALL. Chief Cashier. 18. oi'PAZTNIX T. Gevernment securi- aa. ties (includiag Dead Weight Annuity) .. 12,733.630 Other securities .. • • I 2,149,1433 Notes ••••• • • • • 14,56...930 Gold and silyer coin.. 695.744 £34,031,177 M. MARS/ .UL, Chief Cashier. BANK OF (From this n An Account, pursuant to the Act the Week ending on Saturdaj 1881:73 Di N otes issued.. • • ...• 27,615,470 X 27,165,470 Dated the 20th day of April, UK 3AND174411 D Propeotors' capital.. 14,553,000 Rest ..•........... 3,470,5.52 Public clopGaite (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, SAY- lugs-banks, and Di vidend accosnts) • . 3,120,901 9ther deposits • • • 11,950,962 ieven day and other tills • .... 1,625,762 434.151,177 Dated the 20th day of April. IE4 CHLOROFORM in HYDROPHOBIA. The Free Press has an interesting account of the case of Mr. Tasman. He was bitten nine weeks ago by a little dog which he owned, but not knowing it was mad, the wound, which at first bled freely, was permitted to heal up. The dog disappeared, but still he felt no apprehension of danger until Thursday of last week, when he felt a sudden and acute pain in the scar of the wound, which shot like lightning up his arm to his shoulder, and thence through his breast. Then for the first time were the fears of the unhappy man aroused; he felt a presentiment of his death, and said to one of bis sons, who was by at the time, " that his die was cast." The lad account in th e F ree P ress says —" Th e part w hi ch aroueanhnidely. wounded continued to feel uneasy , a nd p er h a p s to inflame —the pati e nt b ecame anx i ous , d rowsy, melan choly, was hardlp a r t o Ha n l e il,s to anger, and complained of ever ythi ng were slumbers, distn rbed when with h couldno convulsive r a i,sleep,ive a which was hardly at all, were disturbed with convul'ive agita. tions, his countenance frequently put on the appearance : o tr f ao th ted e deepest ,aweatk broke out his face became p a l e an d con , from his t em pl es, f o ll owe d at length by an unusual of saliva f rom hi s mouth, and 1 by constant trewour, ande convulsions o f t h e nerves and tendons. Now all sleep was intermitted , wat c hf u l ness became constant and intense , ei um seized th e b ra i n, and 'finally the aqua paver, or dreadrwater (which infallibly fixes the disease as incurable),of sh l o iri w u e i d d o it a s w el e f appeared whene ver worst condition anything there w lay it h ni o n rr h ib ts le ri s o li w u . dde l ri n n n g i s s intervals of reason, during which betdhswetoonuelblwteacaltrksotsensibly h — of a his w c a o rn n i d n i g tio v n e . r a y nd ne w o tt e r s n sa h ry is , f a r n ie d n nearlyw,dlta William proved fatal who whose e o t o h u r r oa w t o w r t a h s y fo fe r ll o a w s - h c o i t r i t e etwinmh who at al: R d:aye: convulsive grasp of the maniac, but was soon providen tially tially released by the interposition of persons from the great crowd which surrounded the house, moment entered the room. During the violence of the attack ether was adthinistered, which prostrated his energies, and caused him to tall, and in falling he inhaled it a second time, for the purpose, as he subsequently stated, of producing death. On recovering from th e effects of the ether, his agonies increased and beggared his deicription, and unfortunately he became impressedwhich i with t the Lieu that toe et her increased misery, is s h i e d lve e ie red d i t e h s e , h c a a s v e i . n g i His nt h b e e i s r t p fr o i s e s t e al s s s i o h n e a now rctotonn hwisasenheonat form was administered, which re ndered him insensible of subtle poison. On the fifth day of the attack cholo for ten minutes. Convulsions succeeded, which became so violent as to render it necessary to manacle the limbs of ;he patient. Tile chloroform efts a second time ad ministered, and for a while seemed wholly p owerless ; at length it took effect, the unhappy man fell back in sensible, made three attempts at respiration, and died. " too-Lh e Free Press thinks the chloroform was administered te, as th e unfortunate man was d y i ng at the time. Had f it been given at an earlier stage of the attack, it is buerli.e7readyruitawnolild have at least assuaged his sufferings. was bitten on Sunday or mother. four small s o m f a a ll children, without father playing.—Baltim o r e Y e -1 ; gentleman at Elk ridge, a mad dog, with which he was - ,-, ibper. How TO CHOOS E A Ntlia.—lf you are courting a young lady, before you take her, to ascertain her temper, tear her ball dress, as if by accident. If she k eeps h er equanimity, lose not a moment in popping accou n t " momentolf aus question." She will do, and you m a y yours "happy man." SUN, LONDON, ,FLI-D-A.Y EVENING, APRIL 21, 1848. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. hOUSE OF LORDS, April2o. Their Lordships assembled at Five o'clock. Pii.OBATE AND _LEGACY DUTY (IRE- LAND). The Earl of MOUN'IsCASHEL moved for a re turn of the amount of probate and legacy duty paid in Ireland from 1797 to 1848 inclusive, which was agreed to. Lord BEAUMONT presented a number of peti tions from societies of Odd Fellows, praying for the adoption of some measure for the protection of their property and funds. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE also presented several petitions to the same eff ec t, a l so a p e titi on against the admission of bulls in ccena Domini into this country. The NOBLE MARQUIS then gave notice that the House, at its rising on S a t ur d ay, wou ld a dj ourn to this day fortnight. CHARITABLE TRUSTS. The Bishop of OXFORD wished to ask the Noble Lord on the Woolsack, whether it was his intention to introduce any Bill for the regulation of charitable trusts ? The LORD\.CHANCELLOR replied in the affirmative, stating that it was his intention to intro duce the Bill shortly after the holidays. CROWN AND GOVERNMENT SECURITY BILL This Bill went through Committee. On the motion that this Bill be read a third time, Lord BROUGHAM said he had no objec tion to the reduction of treason to a minor offence, but he could not allow that opportunity to pass without stating his conviction that the offence of high treason was just as much deserving of capital punishment as the crime of murder, for offenders of that class often brought about civil war which invariably led to great loss of life. The offence, therefore, of high treason was often productive of great loss of life, and it ought to be held in as much abhoreuce as that of murder or any other repulsive crime. Lord perfectly agreed with the opinion Noble and Learned F r i en d, and could of C assure the House that no offence was fraught with so much danger both to life and property as that of high treason.—(Hear, hear.) After a few words from Lord CREMORNE, The Bishop of OXFORD said he was sure that the Noble and Learned Lord opposite (Brougham) did not wish it to go forth to the world that he was anxious that capital punishments ought always to be applied to treasonable offenders. It appeared to him that the opinion the Noble Lord wished to convey to their Lordships was, that the Crown ought not to be deprived of the power of inflicting capital punish ment upon parties convicted of high treason.—(Hear.) Lord BROUGHAM said he was much obliged to the Right Rev. Prelate for giving him an opportunity of explaining his meaning. He never meant to convey to their Lordships that he was favourable to inflicting capital punishment upon all treasonable offenders, but simply that it was injudicious to take the power of inflicting that punishment out of the hands of the Crown. It was absurd to say, upon the authority of " Thou shalt not kill," that capital punishment ought to be abolished, for the same authority asserted, that "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." The Bill was then read a third time and passed. EXCHEQUER-BILLS. Lord LANSDOWNE moved that the Standing Orders should be suspended in reference to a Bill for raising money upon Exchequer-bills. The motion was agreed to. The Bill then went through its various stages, and was read a third time and passed. PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND) BILL. The Public Works Completion (Ireland) Bill was read a third time and passed, after a short discussion. Their Lordships then adjourned to Saturday, at Two o'clock. LAW INTELLIGENCE. SHERIFFS' COURI; . Ap►il 20. (Before Mr. Tinder-Sheriff BIJRCIIELL.) PORTER V. MIIMPRREY. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 21. 13s. 6d., the balance of an accoun t on the purchas e of the goodwill and stock in trade of the plaintiff, who had been a beer-shop keeper. On the part of the plaintiff, the broker was called and proved that the valuation for fixtures, &c., was 2441. 15s. 9d., but there was also a second valuation of 21. 13s. 6d. for petty stock. There was also a sum of 21. 3s. 6d. due for some cigars, which had been ordered for defendant, but paid for by plaintiff. This 21. 3s. 6d. was paid, and the defendant now insisted that it was paid on account of the petty stock. The defendant paid 10s. into court. Mr. CHARNOCK said it was a most unfortunate mistake on one side or the other, but did not arise from any desire on the part of defendant not to pay what was just, for he had deposited 3001. to pay the amount of the ♦aluation. The real fact was that the 21. 3s. 6d. was paid to plaintiff on the day of the sale, and she gave a receipt ; and the sues subsequently paid was for the petty stock, but the person who called for it had made an error in the amount, and the 10s. was paid into court to cover the difference. Witnesses were called to support this statement, and The jury gave a verdict for the defendant. The matter had been pending for two years and a half. THOMAS V. THE BAENTFORD CAS LIGHT COMPANY. The Court was occupied during the rest of the day in an action brought by the plaintiff, who is a widow lady, residing in Thomas place, Hammersmith, against the Brentford Gas Company for damages arising from the negligence of defendants or their servants. The grounds of the action were that the gas had escaped from the pipes, whereby the water in the wells supplying her houses was rendered so impure as to be unfit to dri►►k. The case was likely to occupy the remainder of the day. COURT OF EXCISE, April2o. (Before H. F. STEPHrISON, Esq., C. J. HERRIEs, Esq., and C. Ross, :Esq ) Thomas Humphreys, of No 2, Jubilee-place, Stepney, was charged with having on his premises un illicit still, and also with working the same, with intent of the legal duty. court proved having served the defendant Apoiajst resent a prisoner in Coldbath fielTdshe to officer Prison) defraudffier (who o with h t he ear at cCopy of the information. Mr. T. HUGHES, an officer of Excise, deposed that on the 4th of February last, he went to the premises, No. 2, Jubilee-place, Stepney, They were kept by the defendant, who was entered as a retailer of tea, tobacco, and beer. In a washh o n se a t the back heou full work,ad a quant i ty copperk i s ng till; set in b r i c k wor k , w hi c h was a t f was illicitly. I n additi o n, there w of molasses was h , yeast tu b s, an d t h e am usual distilling utensils. There was a stock of pre pared spirits, 44 per cent, over proof, and cther articles, the whole of which he seized. The defendant was in the shop at the time. A gentleman who attended on the part of the defendant said this portion of the premises had been let off by him to a man who represented himself as a cooper, and who also occupied the back premises of the adjoining house, and that entirely without the defendant's knowledge the cooper had had contrived to convert the washing-copper into a still for making spirits. The defendant, therefore, had nothing to do with the illegal trade that tad thus been carried on. after a short consultation, gave judg ment for the full penalty of 2001., with condemnation of j th o e hn wh c o u le rl o in f g t , he of m seizu a r i e d . en -lane, St. .Pancras, waa charged with retailing spirituous liquor s t on Sunday, the 20th of February, having no li cense .—Fined 251. Sarah Stephenson, keeper of a French hotel, Lei cester-place, Leicester-square, was charged with re• tailing spirituous liquors, without license, on the 6th of March last. Mr. Kingsby, an officer, proved that on the day in question he went to the Hotel du Prince Albert, in Leicester-place, Leicester-square, in the company of another officer. They ordered coffee, and afterwards two glasses of brandy, which were served imme diately, taken from a cupboard in the room Defendant—Did I not send out for the brandy ? Witness—No, it was taken from a cupboard. I was not asked for the money first, but you remarked that it was fortunate that you had it in the house. The Court gave judgment in the penalty of 251. John Dyer, proprietor of the Saloon and Oyster rooms, 63, Haymarket, was charged with retailing malt liquor without license. Mr. Kingsby said he went to the defendant's with Mr. Lloyd, leaving Mr. Newland, the supervisor, out side the house. When they got up stairs they or dered oysters and a bottle of stout. In about a minute the oysters and stout were brought in. Before the stout was brought the money was asked for, and one shilling handed to the waiter. Mr. Lloyd corroborated this testimony. No other n f an M dAf r tw . eer N ewland said he accompanied the two last mentioned officers and remained outside, and during that time a bay left the house with a dish of oysters waiter, nor was any stout taken in. The defendant protested that he never had stout or tuprtetorhwioarnr evidence, e h en e co t eu te haying but th e d did p e n a o r t a nce return. ofa any other liquor whatev er in the house. The CHAIRMAN said, that it appeared from the general allegations that the defenda nt had not sold, but as th e evidenc e as to the particular day remained un_c e o n n . tradicted, th ey mus t give judgment a g ainst the de t dant, which they did in the penalty of 101. net cash, f or 3 . 5 Chascow APRIL 15.--The price of Scotch p i g opinion i s iron deliv ere d h ere may and be qu oted to-day at 41 s. per ton i s so shaken ever w h e re that we unhappily There note no reviving activity i n our pig iron market. here is, however, less disposition to press sales. An No. 1, 2-5 No. 3 . Commercial gainin ::: groun d t hat the price has already touched it s l owest point, and there i s a greater smut, to purch ase at the present luw rates. S a l e s were mad.9s. during the we e k at 3 6d . , 4 s 0., 40s. 6d., and 41s. per ton cash. - - POLICE INTELLIGENCE. M ANSION- HOUS E. John Piper (with a number of aliases), Mary Ann Piper, and Mary Webb, were brought before Alder man Gibbs for final examination, upon various charges of having fraudulently obtained goods. The Justice-room was crowded with the victims of the prisoners. It was the custom of the male prisoner to refer those with whom he wished to deal, on the subject of his respectability, to himself under a different name. Mary Ann Piper appeared sometimes as his wife, sometimes as his housekeeper, and sometimes as his referee; and Mary Webb generally appeared as his servant, and was always at hand to aid in the decep tions required. In addition to the evidence produced on former examinations, the following cases were detailed : Mary Webb went on the 23d of March into the shop of Mr. Ranvvell, of Norton folgate, and said that she wanted some articles of mourning, as her mother had recently died, and that her master, ss who was Mr. John Piper, architect and surveyor, residing at 14, Duke-street, Spitalfields, would be security for the amount, as it was not convenient for her to pay at that moment. The shopkeeper sent round one of the establishment to Mr. Piper, who turned out to be the prisoner, and who signed the paper drawn uv as the security. Not a farthing of the amount had ever been received. Mary Webb said she never said a word about her mother's death. It was of her grandmother she had spoken. The principal witness—She spoke of her mother, and made use of the observation as we went along that it was hard for her to lose both father and mother in a very short time. • Mr. E. W. Davis, upholsterer, said—The male prisoner obtained from me goods to the amount of 371. 5s 3d. He came to me in the name of Pember• ton, and in the first instance purchased goods to the amount of 11. 103., for which he paid. He subse• quently came, selected goods to the amount I have stated, and gave the address No. 16, Wilmington square, and said he was not able to pay for them at the moment. I did not suspect his respectability. William Hale, carpet planner, in the employment of Mr. Davis, said—l went, by the direction of my employer, to fit some blinds to the windows of the house, No. 16, Wilmington -square. I there saw the male prisoner. On another occasion I saw Mary Ann Piper at the house, when I went to do business there; and I also saw her there on a third occasion. She appeared as servant in the house, and said that her mistress was up stairs, ill. Mary Webb was also in the house. Mr. Thomas Ferguson, bootmaker, of Charter house-lane, Charter-house•square, said—l am land lord of the house No. 16, Wilmington -square, and let it about October last to the male prisoner, for three years certain, at 501. a year. He disappeared the day bef we Christmas-day, and I received the key by a Delivery Company, in a bundle of wood. I saw both the female prisoners there whilst they were Lying there. I- received a reference to a Mr. Broad, in Little Britain, who spoke highly of the prisoner, but he has since left Little Britain, and I cannot find out where he is gone. Mr. G. Hill, coal-merchant, sent coals to the amount of 41. 10s. to No. 16, Wilmington-square, and upon calling for his account he saw the male prisoner, who stated that he received his salary quar terly, and would pay in a. few days. Pemberton was the name he went by. Mary Ann Piper acted as housekeeper. When the coal-merchant called again they were gone. The male prisoner—Oh ! you called at the Compter yesterday, did you not ? Witness—l did. The male prisoner —You did; and you did not identiy me there. You did not know me at all. Witness—l am quite positive that you are the man. The male prisoner—l am a most respectable man, and know nothing at all about you. Mr. George Bishop—l am a builder, and landlord of No. 8, Argyle-street, King's- cross, and I let that house to the male prisoner on the 10th of January last for three years certain, in the name of Everett, at 441. per annum. After he had been in about two days I went to the house, for I had heard something wrong, and asked to see Mr. Everett. The prisoner Webb said Mr. Everett was not in the way, but her mistress was. Mary Ann Piper then made her ap pearance, said she was Mrs. Everett, and asked what he wanted. I told her they were not the people I supposed them to be, and I wished them to go away at once. They, however, remained in the house till March, and then disappeared. I received the key a piece of newspaper, but I never received any rent. The male prisoner —How could you ? There was no rent due.—(Laughter.) The witness—They disfigured the walls of the staircase with drawings as large as life, and they bored a number of holes with a screw or a chisel all over the place. Alderman GlBBS—Piper is liable to penalties under another Act for injuring the house. - Mr. H. Quelch, printer, of Charlotte-street, Black friars-road, said—l am landlord of No. 14, Rivers street, Maiden-lane, Battle-bridge. On the 19th of February Mr. Piper hited the house of me, at 221. per annum, in the name of Tubbs, and he gave me as a reference, Mr. James Everett, of 8, Argyle street, New-road, King's-cross.—(Laughter.) I went there, and saw the two female prisoners. Mary Ann Piper said, in answer to my inquiry, that Mr. Everett was out of town, and would not be at home till Wednes day, and that she knew Mr. Tubbs's family.—(A laugh.) I agreed to let him have the house, but the agreement was not signed, and he was apprehended there. John Potts, basket maker, Crispin-street, Spital fields, said, in consequence of an order left at my shop, I called at 14, Duke street, Spitalfields, and saw the two female prisoners. One of them ordered some baskets, which I took home, and the other called for the bill, and gave another order at the same time, which I executed, but I never received a farthing.—(A laugh.) Mr. J. Barnes, assistant to his father, hatter, of Norton-folgate, described the manner in which Piper had contrived to get some oats at their concern, and proved that Mary Ann Piper had stated herself to be housekeeper to that prisoner, whose wife she declared to be a woman of good property. Mr. Delamere, a silk manufacturer, landlord of the house No. 14, Duke-street, said, "On the 22d of February I let that house to Piper for three years certain, at 93/. a year. He described himself as an architect. He took possession immediately, and left the house, without giving any notice, on the 29th of March. He stilt has the key. I have received no rent." Several other witnesses gave evidence on other charges of conspiring to defraud, amongst whom was a man named Morris, who, upin going to 14, Rivers street, Maiden-lane, and insisting upon being paid for eggs, &c., with which his mistress had credited Piper, was assaulted by one of the females, and threatened with slaughter by eight fellows who were inside, evidently accomplices of the prisoners. John Jenkinson, G 53, of the metropolitan force, said on the Ist of April I went to 14, Rivers-street, Maiden-lane, with another constable and Morris. I found the door open. I knocked, ind Webb answered me. I asked if Mr. Jones was at home. She said I think you make a mistake in the house. Morris said that's the woman, and she tried to shut the door. I forced it open, and found Mary Anne Piper there. I got in at the window of a bed-room, and found Piper in bed. I told him that I was a constable, and that I took him into custody on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretences. He laughed, and said, " Oh, you can do nothing in that ; it's only a debt." I then searched the house, and found a variety of articles. Here the officer produced several articles, which had been obtained under the pretence described above. John Piper denied that he had any idea of fraud in any dealings he had had, and the two women were willing to take their oaths to the same effect. Alderman Gums said the prisoners, it was evident, had been concerned in a most extensive plan of fraud and rcbbery, and he should give directions to the City Solicitor to prosecute them. He should require un questionable bail. Bail to what amount ? said a person in the crowd. Alderman GIBBS —1 shall require him to procure four securities in 50/. each, and himself in 2001., and each of the women to procure two bail, each in 80/. The man in the crowd said he was willing to be one of the securities for John Piper, whom he knew to be an honest man. Upon being called forward by the magistrate, he was at once identified by Morris as one of the men who had threatened him when apply ing for payment of his mistress's bill, and the coal merchant recognised him as the party who had pur chased the coals of which Piper had defrauded him. l'he bail was of course at once rejected. The prisoners were then committed to Newgate. GUILDHALL. Samuel Smith, George Wilkes, Mary Ricketts, Ma tilda Ricketts, her daughter, Mary Smith, and Jane Walker, were again placed at the bar, charged with stealing a quantity of plate, and about 401. in notes and silver, from the Red Lion public-house, King Edward-street, Newgate-street, on the 20th of March. A greater part of the depositions taken on the former occasions were on Wednesday read over, and additional evidence given, which induced the Alder man (Moon) to remand them until yesterday, at the same time intimating to Mr. Humphreys, who con -lucted the prosecution, that he should tak , the depo sitions already made out, and read them at home. 1% hen the prisoners were now brought up, Alderman Moan said, that after reading the evidence against hem, he had arrived at the conclusion that although it was a case of subpkion against the two Smiths and the girl Walker, still it was no more, and he ahoul discharge them, hut send Wilkes and the two Rickettses for trial. The prisoners were then re moved. CLERKENIVELL. Edward Price and George Hyams were finally examined, charged with having feloniously entered the house of Mr. Jermaine, the Grapes, in Old street, St. Luke's, and stealing ten gallons of brandy, and other property. The house, it appeared, was closed on Friday night last, at eleven o'clock, and at an early hour on Saturday morning it was found broken open, and the property was missed. Tyler, 130 G, saw the prisoner Hyams carrying the property, which he took to the lodgings of Price, in Peartres-street, adjacent to Mr. Jermaine's, where it was ultimately found. The prisoners reserved their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. John Brown wss finally examined, charged by Mrs. Hall, licensed victualler, of St. John-street, Clerkemwell, with pot stealing. The prisoner was observed by some boys in an empty house in Islington cutting up pewter pots; they gave infizmation to a policeman, who took the prisoner into custody. One pot was traced to have been stolen from the prosecutor. The fragments of pewter were numerous, but it could not be traced from whom the pots had been stolen, but it was evi dent that he had been in the habit of plundering licensed victuallers. He did not deny the charge, saying he was driven to the offence by distress. He was fully committed for trial. MARYLEBOA E. John Kellar, an athletic man, having the look of a foreigner, was brought before Mr. Long, charged with the following gross misconduct : The evidence went to show that on the previous evening the Belgian Minister had a dinner party at his mansion, in Portl.ind-place, and that on some gentlemen alighting from their carriage at the door, the prisoner abused them, at the same time raising his arm, as if for the purpose of striking a blow. He also uttered an offensive expression with regard to Mrs. Bates, the mother of the Minister's wife, and shamefully abused a person who had been engaged to assist in attending to the distinguished individuals. The prisoner, who denied having conducted himself in the way shown, was fined in the full penalty of 405., which he directly paid. WORSHIP-STREET. A young man, named Thomas West, was placed at the bar before Mr. Hammill, charged with having been found secreted, under remarkable circumstances, in the house of Mr. G, orge Seager, landlord of the Flying Horse, Mare-street, Hackney, having previ ously entered it burg lariously, and stolen a quantity of silver and copper money, and other property. It appeared from the evidence that between three and four o'clock that morning, police-constable White, 87 N, was informed by another officer that he had just heard a suspicious noise in the prosecutor's house, and, observing that th e s t ree t-d oor was p ar tly open, turned his lantern into the passage, where he saw the prisoner standing against the wall, with a large poker in his hand, which he instantly raised, and dealt him a tremendous blow upon the fore part of the head, which felled him to the ground in a state of in sensibility. The other officer immediately sprang his rattle for assistance, and placed himself in the door way to prevent the egress of the prisoner, until the arrival of Sergeant Hawke and several other con stables, who alarmed the inmates, and upon examining the interior of the bar the landlord discovered a wax taper a knife, and bundl e o f k eys l y i ng a b out, h i s t i ll standing empty upon the counter and a great coat lying near it, which belonged to no one in the house, and in the pockets of which part of the contents of the till were found, consisting of 713 farthings and a large quantity of other copper and silver money. A thorough search was then made for the escaped thief, but al though not the slightest trace of him could be dis covered in any of the apartments, the officers were so convinced he was still secreted upon the premises, that the landlord, instead of retiring back to rest, determined to remain up and keep a vigilant watch for his re-appearance. Nothing transpired, however, to confirm their apprehensions until near eight o'clock, when he heard a rustling sound proceeding from the interior of a cupboard in the tap-room, the door of which was constantly kept locked, and having pro cured the key from a recess in the bar parlour, where it was usually deposited, he unlocked the door, and was astonished to find the prisoner crouching down inside without his coat, and the remaining portion of the contents of the till wrapped loosely up in a hand kerchief; which was lying at his side. He was then secured and conveyed to the station-house, where a further quantity of the missing money, and a penknife belonging to the prosecutor's wife, were found in his possession. The prosecutor identified the prisoner as having been in the tap-room of his house on the preceding evening with another man, both of whom were sud denly u.issed, but by what means he contrived to in troduce hiinself t .,into the cupboard and secure the door, which could not be fastened from the inside, and the key of which was found safe in toe place where it was invariably deposited, was an inscruta ble mystery he was totally unable to throw any light upon. The prisoner, who declined offering any defence, was therefore remanded for a week. LAMB TH. John Cambell, a mechanic, appeared before Mr. Norton, to answer a charge of assault preferred against him by Mr. Charles James, cheesemonger, Lambeth marsh. Mr. James stated that, since the Chartist meeting on Kennington-common, on Monday week, he had been subjected to the greatest possible annoyance ; and such was the length and excess to which that annoyance had been carried, that he was compelled, in justice to himself and to his family, to seek for the protection of the law, and adopt the present proceed ings. Previous to the meeting to which he had alluded he felt it to be his duty, in common with his fellow-tradesmen throughout the metropolis, and with the view of assisting in the preservation of the peace and the protection of property, to get sworn in as a special constable at this court ; and for this, and this alone, he had been since subjected to the most incredible persecution. On the evening after the meeting, two individuals attended close to the factory of Messrs. Maudslay and Co., when the workmen were leaving the factory of those gentlemen, and having denounced him (Mr. James) by name as a special con stable, cautioned the assemblage from dealing at his shop. This denunciation was followed up with a report, that while acting as a special constable he had killed a child, broken the arm of a boy, and so ill-treaten a poor old woman, that he had been convicted in a penalty of 51. at this court. Indeed, so far was the feeling carried, that songs were written and sung about the streets, alluding to him in the most scandalous and libellous manner, though he was perfectly unconscious of having given the slightest cause for such a feeling, beyond the fact of his having been sworn in a special constable. There was another calumny which he wished to rerreive, and that was a charge made against him of getting intoxicated on the evening and night of the meeting. The charge was grossly false, and on his solemn oath he pronounced it to be so. And, while on this subject, he felt bound to declare, also upon oath, that in so far as he was able to judge and discern, there was not a single individual of his brother tradesmen in the neighbourhood, who like himself were serving as constables, in the slightest degree the worse for liquor. He (Mr. James) would now come to Sunday morning last, and the charge which he had to make against the defendant. At about half past ten or a qtrArter to eleven o'clock the defendant, with five or six other men, came up to the front of his shop, and made a full stop. One of them, addressing a female who was pur chasing a piece of pork, said, " Come away from that special's shop ; don't buy anything there." He (Mr. James) requested the man to g.► about his business, when the defendant seized him by the breast, shook him, and put his fist in his face. He threatened to put the defendant under lock and key, and was so alarmed at the conduct of himself and his compa nions, and the crowd outside, that he left the shop and retired to the back part of the premises. The defendant denied committing the assault. Mr. NORTON said for the offence,, of which he had clearly been convicted, he would adju4ge him to pas a sum of 201., or in default to two months' imprison ment. Ultimately the Magistrate said he would re duce the penalty to one of common assault, which was 51., or two months. THAMES. An elderly man, who gave his name George Glad well, was charged with committing several robberies under the following circumstances : The prisoner, who is an old thief, and was convicted a few months since for stealing the bed-clothes from a tavern where he passed the night, resumed his old practices on leaving prison, and has been going from house to house, engaging a bed for one night, and next morning carrying away the sheets and blankets. On Wednesday night the prisoner hired a bed for 6d., at a beer-shop, in Benson street, Limehouse. Yesterday morning he was about to leave the house, when the landlord, observing that he looked rather bulky, stopped him, and upon searching him, found two calico sheets wrapped about his body under his clothes. He was immediately given into the custody of Huckstep, a police-constable, 293 K, who immediately recognised him as an old offender, and a man of whom he had been in search for some time. The second charge was preferred by Mrs. Allum, the landlady of the " Bonnie Scotchman," in the West India-road, Poplar, who said the prisoner hired a bed in her house a fortnight ago. On the following morning, a few minutes .after he had left the house, she missed a shfet from the bed he had slept in, and another from a bed in the same room. A lodger also missed at the same time a table-cloth, a handker chiefAa4 several ocher articles, A third case, of a similar descriptiv, having bee° made out, • liuckstep, the officer, said a publican had just re,l cognised the prisoner outside the court, and s a s i b d ee q u s detected him in the act of c arrying off the and blankets from a bed he had hired for the night. The landlord took them from him, gave birn shaking, and, kicked him out of the house. BALLANTINE said the prisoner's say ca reer now, he hoped, at an end, and committed him fo r trial. John Webb, who had the appearance o f a butcher, with was brought before Mr. Ballantine, c har g ed having a quantity of mutton in his pos session, petted to have been stolen or unlawfully procured- d On Wednesday night a police-constable, none Parsons, met the prisoner and another ma n in t rb Mile-end• road, oosite Charrington's brewery, en, s with a large bundl e p on his shoulder. Parso ns pat ult. hand on the bundl e s and found they con t a ined rn e2 r He asked the two men what they were carrying „ To which they replied "clothes, it's all rig ht, o bf which appears to be the summary mode 2dOpted thieves to get rid of an officer when anything wron g' Parsons was not satisfied, and insisted on seeinno'.w , the bundles contained. One of the men immed istel dropped his load at the officer's feet, and ran 1 5 ; The prisoner was detained with his load, and l o t desperate resistance on his part, was secured. all t t i r o bundle contained a quantity of mutton , in carcass of a sheep, but cut up in a very tins el !: the manner. The meat was quite warm and tl opinion of the policeman a sheep had been rec as eri bes, stolen and slaughtered on or near the Ess ex ° Than ! and the meat brought up to London. Th e two f when stopped, were coming from the direction °tb,, Bow. A large butcher's knife was found uPelihafe, prisoner with some gut upon it. It appeared t° been recently used. — - The prisoner said the man who ran awaY,l„, to whom he had never seen before, employed "'— carry the meat. . . 0 to Mr. BALLANTINE directed some further inquir l or • be made about the prisoner, and remanded bin' - week. STATE OF THE COUNTRY.' (From the Times.) ode ° We have received a letter from our cerr ee P„ ° ;dente at Aberdeen, communicating the alarming inte'"° - t he of a regular organization o f th e Chartist forc es ° northern districts of Scotland. # r ota The first public meeting that excited the ro es- tips the populace was convened for the purpose of e lec a Th is delegate delegate delared his determination of re to physical force, if the moral influence of the et. should fail to produce its effect on the Gover nmesai folftli On the departure of this gentleman for the s o c. ment of his " Parliamentary duties," the ld nog curred tolis constituents of organizing and a " National Guard," and measures have an"' been adopted for the enrolment of volunteers, !S'c t he On Monday evening a great demonstration 4 1 s i% Chartist forces took place at Aberdeen. tot o'clock the "National Guard" met in the iis"' d the having been joined by the other Chartists itc s tle• deputation, marched in procession to tlle f o llo we d ' street, attended by a band of music. A c ar v ets w ool decorated with the tri coloured flag.. Other ",,, s ioe• with the old mottoes were carriel in the pro At seven o'clock the chairman opened the P ft ru - oo le. ings in the midst of a very large concourse el o P t e o t ' s he He stated that the object of the meeting wile o f th 3• into consideration the present alarming ste' ine ati country, the recent proceedings of the Gore and the measures necessary for the redemPt ioll d country ;" and that Mr. Jones, Mr. Adams, e n Hunter would address the multitude. b The speech of the evening was delivere d l_ n des• Jones, of the Convention. This gentleman ; the voured to vindicate th e Ch ar tist petition fr° t wittr aspersions cast upon it, and maintained that e ° e the standing the expose o f th e S e lect Coufhlitete ;00 document in question was an important Inanir t hst of the public feeling. Mr. Jones announee'cbsrts fi r memorial to the Queen in favour of th e , t hat " would be signed by the working classes, ite"„ocl this resource should fail, mons t er meetings fl si e as * held, with a view of appealing to armed forc e dernier ressort. Ifn i °ll to At nine o'clock the meeting adjourned / Ole.° Hall, where nearly 1,000 persons were case The business was of a practical character' i t hat Committee of the " National Guard" repor r ' and upwards of 500 members were unrolled, IA that a correspondence had been ofen e4 ebs° l l some of the gun-manufacturers of Bat* a nd one of whom had offered to supply fr s l e tter, bayonets (wholesale) at 12s. 6d. each. Th e ras a of the gun-manufacturer in question we l w oe , to the meeting, and received with bursts Of oPP bo t After a lengthened discussion it was resolved bet gun and a bayonet should be ordered for each 0 2613/ forthwith 10% On Tuesday arrangements were m a de for IW - op a series of meetings in the city and su burbS•' special constabulary are held i n readiness to ac t ' the ii no apprehensions are entertained th a t th e peac e n' el ,"ts town will be disturbed. The general f ee li n g is "there is nothing to revolutionize, hut much to reform' WARWICK, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, APRIL 19. The troops composing the Warwickshire Yeomac r7 Cavalry corps will be again called out, and that, per: haps immediately. Two expresses to Lord Warrill the Lord-Lieutenant, have, arrived at War wic , Castle during this alterno'jn from Major Arbutbc ° " Commandant of the Midland district, who r , a , troops in barrack at Birmingham. There is a t ea port that the colliers have suddenly turned out i n ' e a coal districts adjoining Coventry. We are informer , that the Yeomanry will be immediately placed and orders to march to Birmingham before Good Fric`.4 4 ," to watch the expected treasonable movements 01114 pated from the Chartists and disaffected there on to' day. RAILWAY SHARE IslARligi LIVERPOOL, APRIL 20. 14 1°° ‘; STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Birkenhfisd, a an d shire and Cheshire Junction, 7% dis.—Ditto ( la ! ° . ;;Gree B.), 12—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, SIA dts. od Northern, 9% dis.—Lancashire and Yorksh',re 12% dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, WA ri ures tell , West Riding Union), 4 di s .—L on d on ani', North - 5401. 14 127% c.—Ditto, New Quarte rs , 2 p.-51s.nchester, 97w0 and Lincolnshire, Eighths, 5% dis.-ISii , iland Ditto, Halves, 6 dia.—North Staffordshire, d -- tars il l bury, Oswestry, and. Ch es hi re , 7% di s. -El —r iVa'" Dover, 22 1 A —Ditto, New, No. 1 Pi; dis. — Y v i" o . 4:4 l Thirds, P/ 4 dis.—York, Newcastl e , an d Berivlo4 o. —Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase), 1 ,4 c. STOCK ExcEtA M N AN GE.—The Lg e n ti: shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 1._16 dis.—East er n CO hire, 13—Great Northern, 9% dis.—. Lancashire and r 2" l rWit Fifths, 1% dis.—Ditto, 321. Shares, 8A Riding Union), 4 1-16 n. dis.--London and North . p... * l ar P . RlL ß 2 ir Cli onh c. (Manchester and Birminghan - 1 ), Quarters (C), 2,4 di* Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preterencel poet —North Staff or d s hi re , 3 1 4 dis.—South-Easteril 1111 " No 4, 3 1-16 dis. LL, Aram 2. 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Professor Holloway's establishment,'244, Strand,lo 81R7'11.5. le r On the 11th inst., the lady of Mr. J. Davis. I t o, dentist, of Somerset-street, Portman-square, of a &fig: 0 0 On the 14th inst., at ilf)oley House, Red-hill, Bele .. ' lady of Charles Henry Stedman, Er,q., of a daughter.„ 'ull of, Oa the 15th inst., at Manor. terr a c e , B r ixton, the ri Osborn, Esq., surgeon, of a son. b t , On the 15th inst., at Claretr A o n t, W es t Derby, - i'Ve 're the wife of John Scott, Esq., of!, son. 11 g ". On the 15th inst., at Park-pl ace Vi l l as, Maida-11 ' Macarthur, of a daughter. i , r 00 3° of a d,aughter On the 17th inst., at Endsleigh-street, the wife 0 " b f Fletcher Robinson, Esq. , On the 17th inst., the Rev. Charles Smith, of a son. at Es.',:it Garston,'Berkshire, t h e ta MARRIED. Aff i46 South ...u. Oa the 17th r.;r" January, at Port Elizabeth, S°.,t l ,, v 49 the Rev. Jo. l an Wilson, of Grabain's-town, W D1 .,.% — `001 1 !„. daughter . - 4' the late Mr. Goodchild, of Shoreditcht J•' o illic i t. oi, Deis On the 18th inst., at the Independent ..,-a_t_r willow/ Clapton, John, second son of William Daugl4"9 Lonsdale-Fquare, to Selina, younger daughter of , Consett Wright, EA., of Springfield, Upper Clapton• ~........' ____.----- DIED. On the 18th inst., at Putney-heath, Louis Itoberi, Y° - galgt child of Viscount Chelsea, aged 7 weeks. Lil lle. On the 10th inst., at Bath, Susanna, the wife 06e s nant-Colonel Rowles, East India Company's Service; hiejgr BHoo o uor n r f e h 7 e Eesr:l., e h s. inst., in Pemb ro k e -pl a ce, Liverpo°"' 301 1 ° On the 14th inst., at Atherstone, W arw ickeh"" aged 8:. e at e ti of O vi o, li tib ia e m l6 c t h h il i d n , st E .. sci a „ t a F g a e l d ha 2 m 6. -place, George, rujjg . . 11. 1/ ' On the 16th inst., at Rosstrevor. Ireland, Esq., late Captain in the Bombay N. 1., aged 45.• „ On the 17th i ns t., at Kingston-on-Thames, I °-•" - Cooper, aged 94. j at, M. On the 17th inst., at th e R ec t or y H ouse , Don'hee-" • drew, Wilts, Sar a h, th e w if e o f t h e R e y. W. D a r-00.'10W' On the 18th inst., at Rodney-villa, Choker dialog Jeanes Durbin, Esq., aged 74. Ba lfour' d, On the 18th inst., at Chertsey, Mrs. Bethune, of stee On the 17th inst., at Ovingdean, Sussex, Jautem.' Esq., aged 80. f Z London : Printed and Published by MURDO , . 1 4 11 ; 112, Strand, Printe r , a t The Sura Ciffielh ra ty of strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, irk, the "/ Middleaez, Friday, April 21, 1848. 1 0