The Sun. — London, England, 1844-04-01 00:00:00

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. GLOBE.—The strong Government, which was to have everything its own way—whose measures, conceived in wisdom, were to be brought forth in tri umph, cuts rather a sorry figure in both Houses. With a majority of upwards of 90 in the Commons, and a subservient peerage prepared to vote at the nod of Wellington or at the wink of Lyndhurst, the present Ministers seem as inca pable of getting onward with the pubic business of the country as those they obstructed, and eventually overthrew. The " dead lock" to which the party now in power boasted they were able to bring legis lation—so strong were they as an opposition:—seems likely to be produced now they are placed in the Government, with a large majority at their back. This difference is, however, perceptible in their position, and that in which their predecessors were placed. The embarrassments of the late Government were created' by their factious opponents, who ob structed.the Government for the purposes of party; the difficulties of the present Government have been either produced by themselves, or have emanated from the ranks of their professed adherents. On more than . one debate and division on the tariff, the present Ministry was' saved from defeat by the generous aid aftbrded - to them, in the time of their 'extremity - , by the Opposition. A junc tion of the Opposition with the mal-contents of the ministerial benches would have left Sir Robert Peel in a minority on questions of v ital - importance to his government. This might have been justified on the principle of retaliation. Precedents might easily have been fbund in the policy of Sir Robert Peel, on va rious occasions, as leader of the Opposition. On the Jamaica question—on the Education scheme—on the war with China—and on several other questions, the Conservatives determined to embarrass, if not to sub vert, the Ministry. Lest by the Premier and his yet more factious - and furious coadjutors, and acting upon the obstructive policy avowed by Lord Stanley, the Conservatives, as a body, united on vai ious occa sions with the Ultra-Radical section of the Liberals. At the expense of consistency, they denounced the very policy on which they now ' find. them selves compelled to act, and opposed the very measures which, with scarcely any variation, they have brought forward as a Government! Had this conduct been imitated by Lord John Russell, and the. party which recognises his Lordship as their leader in Parliament, Sir. Robert Peel would on more than oue occasion have seen the incon venience of sacrificing principle to expediency, and would • have deplored the provocat ion to ob struction - which he had supplied to his poli tical opponents. • A more worthy and dig nified policy has been . pursued by the Liberals, as a body. Lord John. Russell has not merely de clined to make himself a party to factious obstruction —has not merely refused to confer the sanction of his silence upon a course which (though permitted by the forms •of Parliament, as the last resource for constitutionally obtaining a redress of grievances from a tyrant majority in Parliament) can only be justified by extreme circumstances, such as do not, happily, now exist—he has strongly repu diated the course taken by Mr. S. Crawford, and those Members who have united with him in preventing the House from going into Committee of Sup ply. :Indeed, wherever the manifest object has been obstruction, and not fair and open discus sion, the Opposition, as a body, has kept aloof. They have thus given a dignified reproof to the con duct of the members of the existing Govern ment, and its supporters, when in . opposition. They have also shown that the public interests, and not personal motives, have actuated their Parliamen tary course. Whence, then ' the humiliating position of the "-strong Government?" Either the measures of Ministers have been such as were ill-adapted to the wants; and in antagonism to the opinion of the country; or those who entered Parliament as their supporters' have withdrawn. their confidence, and either refuse their support, or positively. .propose "amendments" on the measures brought forward on the responsibility of the Government. Sir James Graham's Factory Education Bill of last session was of the former de scription. The introduction of that Bill raised a storm of opposition, which increased in strength until the measure, after several attempts to modify and amend its proposed scheme for educating the peo ple, was withdrawn, as the only means of allaying the excitement iti had produced throughout the coun try. The Members on whom the Government relied for support, in carrying their Bill through the House of Commons, were compelled, by the strongly declared sentiments of their constituents, to intimate that they could not vote for the Government measure. How utterly ignorant of the state of public feeling on the subject of education must the Governinent have been, when they supposed they should be able to consign the youth of the factory districts to the predominant superintendence of the national clergy for the purposes of education ! They tried the experiment—they persisted in press ing their measure to the last moment of hope— and then dropped it, under all the humiliation of an ignominious defeat ! The Factory Bill of the pre sent session has been equally unfortunate to the reputation of the Government for . Parliamentary strength. The Ministerial defeats successively sus tained on the twelve hours' clause, though not fol lowed up likr Lord Ashley as they might have been; have - shown the lack of that cordial support -which is essential to the efficiency and stability of an administration. The Cabinet was at the feet of Lord Ashley. Though he has declined to press his advantage to the extent of breaking 4 the " strong Government," he has shaken its hold upon public confidence, and destroyed the prestige which is an element Of strength. GLOBE.—The County Courts Bill—which had been delayed until hope of its appearance had almost become extinct—was last evening introduced to the House of Commons by Sir James Graham. The more easy recovery of small demands—whether of the nature of simple-contract debts ; or of damages for. trespass against the person or property of the claimant ; or for the unlawful holding of pro perty, rendering the party liable to an action of trover--are proposed to be brought within the juris diction created by the Bill, should it pass into a law. The County Courts (sometimes called the Freeholders' . Courts) are among the mint ancient Courts of the realm ; but they partake of the de fects which time, and the changed s condition of so ciety, necessarily create in ancient institutions. No limitation exists as to the amount for which a per sonal action may be brought in them ; a writ of justicies is therefore issued to remove actions from their jurisdiction. into the superior Courts in West minster-hall. While the practice of the superior Courts has been re-modelled and their machinery simplified, in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the Common-law Committee in 1839, the county courts remained unimproved. This abstinence from interfering with their constitution, probably arose from an anticipation, that they would undergo a complete remodelling by Parlia mentary enactment, with a view to simplifying their operations and extending their jurisdiction. Se far as we have been able to examine the Bill now introduced, it appears to be adapted to the ob jects proposed to be effected by its means. The claim is to - be limited 'to 151., the subject-matter of the jurisdiction we have already described : in the case of small debts the writ of summons must be issued at least 'seven days previous to the day. of trial : either party may 'demand a jury, which is r ,ta be com posed of five : the Court may order the debt to be paid by, instalments : elocution to issue against either the body or goods of the defendant. Upon giving proper securities, either party may remove the case into a superior Court ; and also obtain - a new trial,, on the same conditions. Cases for the recovery of possession of premises, in which two magistrates have now the power to interfere, are to be trans ferred to the Judge of the Court. In cases of debt, the Court is empowered to examine either, or both, the Fifties, with the view to the discovery of the truth relating to the matter in issue. The brief outline we have given of the leading features of the proposed measure will serve to show that, if passed, it will be a great boon to the poorer classes of arti zans, small tradesmen, and shopkeeper's, who will be enabled to prosecute their claims for debts or injuries under 15/., without the apprehension of being ruined by the expense, or worn down by the law's delay—th s dread of which has often induced them to submit to the loss of the debt, or to sit down under the injury, rather than encounter the greater loss in the shape of costs, and the uncertainty with whi c h th e i ssue , caused by the protraction of the proceedings, has been involved. The measure will also place the whole kingdom on the same footing with respect to these advantages. The principal cities and towns have already availed - themselves of the Act of 1839. About forty of them have applied for, and obtained Acts for the erection of local courts, in which debts under 15/. are recoverable by a cheap and easy process. Mr. Hawes made an observation of great practical im portance, and which will well deserve the careful con sideration of the House when in committee on the j clause to which it relates. The Bill gives power to 1 issue execution against the person of the debtor. The operation of this power, invested in the Courts of Re quest, has given rise to serious oppression, and in flicted heavy burdens on the county rates. The Acts under which these Courts were created apportion im .prisonment in the county prison, for default of pay _ ment, at the rate of ls. per day for the amount of the debt and costs. The persons who are subjected to this imprisonment are, we need hardly say, the poorest of the poor. They are maintained while in prison at the cost of the county, and thus inflict upon the county-rate payers an amount of costs for their maintenance and safe custody, more than double the amount of debt for which they are 0034VIts e : 1 7.,Hawes remarked—" It had been re unme a _yr 4 - Committee which sat some y ears /. L'ilAtlfirtill persons proceeded against for debt s vr. a'aitaiu. amount should be liable to an ) A N- -- ...--T7.1,9•!,/ use. r execution against their goods. He always thought that some general provision should be made on that point. He should call attention to this point when the Bill came regularly under the con sideration of the House. He hoped that those local Acts, which enacted so many days to liqui date a debt, would be taken into consideration, as he was quite sure it would not only effect a saving in the county-rates, but also put an end to the enormous misery so frequently suffered by families being broken up in consequence of the im prisonment of the head." The great objection to limiting by law the remedy of the creditor to the goods of his debtor, consists in the difficulty of ascer taining whether the poor person who applies for credit has furniture, or any other description of goods,. properly his own property, so as to be available to meet the process of the Court. Sir J. Graham remarked :-- " If to have credit was advantageous to the poor (of which he was not quite convinced) he was very much afraid that unless there was a remedy against the person, credit would be stopped." If imprisonment could be ren dered of any advantage to the creditor, in such cases, by obtaining for him the payment of his claim, there would be some reason for depriving the debtor of his liberty. But this is impossible. The trader has the remedy in his own bands. Where there are not visible means of payment, he can refuse credit. If he thinks there are, and is deceived by ap pearances, he had better regard it as a bad debt, and forego his claim, than pursue his debt for the mere purpose of incarcerating his person, and thus break up his family, compel them t.) seek refuge in the workhouse at the expense of the parish, while the man himself is maintained out of the county-rate. Let false pretence, for the purpose of obtaining credit, be punished as a fraud ; but where a trifling amount of debt has been incurred, as a simple contract be tween the parties, and there is no property upon which to levy execution, the practice of imprisonment is, to say the least of it, extremely impolitic, if it be not unnecessarily severe. STANDARD.—A curious difference of opinion was last night exhibited on the Opposition side of the House of Lords. The Marquis of Clanri carde explained that in presenting a petition from Ireland of which he had given no, tice for this night, he would . abstain from offering any remarks—chiefly from the considera tion that as a writ of error, which would come before the House in its judicial character, was threat ened by the parties convicted at the late State trials, the House ought not to enter into any discussion calculated to lead to an extra-judicial decision in the Lord Clanricarde is clearly right as far as Ae goes ; but, perhaps, he ought to go further. If the petition to be intr oduced to-night has any refer ence to the late trials, it ought to be withheld until the writ of error shall be disposed of, for courts of justice are properly careful to exclude suggestions, from whomsoever proceeding, upon the subjects about to come regularly before them. What would Lord Denman say of a Chartist petition presented to the Court of Queen's Bench, suggesting the course that ought to be pursued with reference to the trial of a number of persons accused of conspiracy, or convicted, and waiting for judgment, as the case might be ? Would he not commit the petitioners, or at least the persons guilty of the indecency of placing such a petition in his hands ? The double capacity in which the House of Lords acts, no doubt, forbids such severity on its part ; because petitioners may be easily enough mistaken as to the character in which that Assemby receives petitions, but Members of the House ought to re member the distinction, and, as we think, to withhold all petitions touching matters in which the House is likely . to be called to act judicially. The Marquis of Clanricarde has probably not thoroughly considered the subject, for it is quite plain from the forbearance which his Lordship observes so far, that he is desirous to offer all respect to the administration of justice. What however, is to be said of the course menaced by the Marquis of Lansdowne, who, notwith standing the excellent example of Lord Clanri carde—notwithstanding the strong remonstrance of Lord Brougham—notwithstanding the volunteer proffer by the Government of all the papers for which he proposes to move, declares that he will persist in his purpose of making a speech upon that very topic—the construction of Irish juries in criminal cases—which is universally known to be the basis of the writ of error upon which, within a few weeks, his Lordship may be called to decide as a judge ? The Noble Marquis, indeed, promises that he will make no allusion to the late State trials ; but then, he says, the question presses so much that he cannot wait until the writ of error, if any be brought, arising out of these trials, shall be disposed of. But why, if his Lordship's speech is to have no re ference to the late trials, is he, at this particular moment, pressed to make it ?—why was not the speech made last year, or the year before 2—or why will it not keep till the month of May ? These are questions that we confess ourselves unable to answer ; but they are questions to which we think Lord Lansdowne is bound to reply. STANDARD.—For forty years the Whig party has been essentially a persecuting party—we use the phrase in a strict sense, as describing a party mean and malignant enough to hunt out indi viduals frequently very humble and obscure individuals against whom to direct the whole power of the party, be it much or little, for the purpose of injuring or destroying the selected victim. The only opportunity of indulging the persecuting disposition, however, arises when the person to be in jured happens to be promoted or otherwise favoured by the advisers of the Crown, for happily, in social life, party has no power, and this opportunity has the recommendation, that persecutors may invest themselves with pretences of care for the public good, and indulge their spite under the cloak of patriotism. The memory of most readers will supply numerous instances in which the Whigs have resorted to the expedient, but we challenge a single example of a recourse to it on the part of Tories or Conservatives. And let. us remark by the way, that this contrast alone decides the question. which party is composed of gentle men—generous men, and men of honour—and which is not. The Whigs attack the individual, no matter how humble his rank—no matter how fatal the attack may be to the interests of an innocent and meritorious man and to the living of his family ; and in this way they have directly ruined many better men than themselves, and indirectly ruined more by rendering it intolerably embarrassing, if not impossible, for the opposite party to pay their debts to their most zealous and useful, who are always their least discreet and most uncom promising, friends. A Tory or Conservative. Go vernment might safely confer patronage upon a worthless lukewarm hanger-on, but woe be to it if it shoiald dare to aid a bold and efficient friend— a motion in Parliament would be the inevitable consequence ; and to men overworked, as Ministers are overworked, such a casual addition to their toil is no light matter. This has, however, one good effect, that a Conservative Government will find its more prominent supporters only in men of independent minds. The Conservative party, on the other hand, scorns to strike at individuals. Its adversari es , hen in power, are free to promote whom it shall please them, except they insult the public by offering to notice some one marked with a stigma as scandalous as the executioner's brand. We again challenge an instance in which a Tory or Conservative has ever complained of the appointment to office of any man of generally fair character, solely on the ground of his political opinions. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Norwich, March 28. (Before Mr. ANDREWS, Q.C.) Mr. Andrews took his seat in Court at ten o'clock this morning, and assisted the Learned Judges in trying prisoners. The following case, which excited very great interest in the city, was tried before him : A DRAMATIC CIRCLE.—James Henry Mungard, comedian, aged 26, was indicted for feloniously intermarrying Rosina Saker, his former wife, Kathleen, being alive at the time. Mr. Worlledge conducted the prosecution ; Mr. Prender gast and Mr. W. Cooper the defence. The prisoner is an actor, and has figured with more credit to himself than he did to-day on the stage of mimic life in this city, where lie has for some time past been a member of the corps dramatique. He is a good-looking young man, and in the year 1836 he won the affections of a Miss Kathleen Fry, the daughter of a clergyman in London, to whom he was married in the month of March in that year. For some reason, not explained by the evidence, he and his wife separated five or six months after their marriage, and the lady and ker mother went to Paris, where she formed a con nexion with a M. Ammon, a Frenchman, with whom she lived for two years, and until his death, after which she and her mother went to reside in Belgium. In 1839, a Mr. Saker, also a comedian, was in Norwich with his d au g hter, Miss Rosina, and an attachment sprang up betwixt her and the prisoner. which ended in their marriage in that city in the month of February, 1840. A very short time after this second union of the prisoner, a rumour of his first marriage and of his first wife being still alive got abroad, and came to the ears of Mr. Saker and his daughter, and rendered them very unhappy. The prisoner was taxed with the fact, and at length admitted that he had been married, but asserted that his wife was not living, that she died abroad, and was buried in Italy Remembering, however, that the prisoner had married his daughter as a " bachelor," and not as a widower, this assertion by no means satisfied or convinced Mr. Saker, and he forthwith set inquiries on foot for the pur pose of ascertaining the true state of the case. Whilst these inquiries were going on, the prisoner went to Belgium, and saw Mrs. Fry, the mother of his first wife, and shOrtly after wards Mrs. Fry wrote three or four letters to the second " Mrs. Mungard," or Miss Saker, informing her that she might make herself quite easy about the matter, as her daughter, the first wife, died in Italy, " and was buried at Naples in unconsecrated ground." The letter in which that alleged fact was announced stated that " in Italy the Rotiian Catholic was the only religion that was tolerated, and that nobody whose religious faith was not that of the tolerated religion was permitted to be buried in consecrated ground, which was the reason why Mrs. Mun gard was buried in ground unconsecrated." This circum stantial untruth satisfied the'fears of the Sakers for a while. Mrs. Fry also wrote to infot:m Miss Saker that she had heard that her daughter was married at the time of her union with the prisoner, to a Mr. Liviau, a person who had the misfortune to be transported for forgery, but it appeared that she never vas married to him. Mrs. Fry admitted that she wrote the letters informing the prisoner's second wife that his first was dead before his second marriage, and buried at Naples " in unconsecrated ground," and that that was false, she being still alive; but she said she wrote them at the dictation of the prisoner, who went down on his knees to her and implored her, in that attitude, to write them. Afterwards, however, some disputes arose betwixt the prisoner and Mrs Fry, in reference to an allow• ance for the maintenance of her daughter, and then the mat ter was cleared up, and the existence of the first wife very satisfactorily shown. The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and told the jury that if they believed Mrs. Fry upon her oath, he could not suggest a doubt of the prisoner's guilt. It was not necessary for the prosecutor to show that the prisoner knew at the time he was married to Miss Saker, and when he represented himself as a bachelor, that his former wife was living ; it was sufficient to prove the fact of her being alive. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and he was sentenced to be imprisoned for four calendar months. THE WILLS FORGERIES. MANSION-HOUSE-(SATURDAY.) FINAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS. The prisoners charged with the extensive wills forgeries, which have so long occupied public attention, were brought up on Saturday for final examination and committal. Long before the time appointed for the commencement of the pro ceedings, a large number of persons were collected round the door at which the prisoners enter, for the purpose of witness ing their arrival. About half-past eleven, the Lord Mayor took his seat in the Court, and immediately after the pri soners, consisting of Barber, Fletcher, Griffin, and William Sanders, and Mrs. Dorey and Mrs. Sanders, were brought up in the custody of the officers, and placed at the bar. As on the previous occasions, the female prisoners were accom modated with seats at the bottom of the table. Mr. Parry appeared for Barber ; Mr. HumphreTs, the soli citor, for Fletcher • Mr. Bozon, the solicitor, for Grriffin ; Mr. Wolff for Mrs. Dorey orey ; and Mr. E. Durham, of Bristol, for Sanders and wife. Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, and Messrs. Freshfield, soli citors for the Bank of England, conducted the prosecution. On entering the room both the female prisoners sobbed. bitterly, Mrs. Dorey aloud, and the latter also looked ex tremely ill. Mr. John William Seaton, from the Prerogative-office, pro duced a document purporting to be the will of Mary Hunt, and a paper purporting to be a statement of Thomas Hunt, in reference to the same ; also a will purporting to be that of Ann Slack. Mr. F. J. Greene was next called. His deposition related to the identity of the two prisoners Sanders, whom he had known about twelve years. Deponent knew Mrs. Dorey to be the sister of Mrs. Sanders. Mr. Edmund Crawley, grocer, also identified the prisoner William Sanders, who had lodged with him under the name of Thomas Hunt. - Mr. Thomas Clesbury Thatcher, clerk to a firm of proctors in Doctors' Commons, deposed that Barber had called at the office with another person whom he represented as Thomas Hunt. He could not swear that William Sanders was the person who called with Barber, though he was about the same height. S. W. Gough, a clerk in the Bank of England, identified Sanders as having drawn a sum of money in the name of Thomas Hunt. A number of other depositions were read over, and sworn to by the parties who made them, connecting the prisoners Sanders and his wife with the transaction. The deposition of Cuckson, of Hull, was read over to him, and declared by the witness to be correct. It was in substance a repetition of the evidence already given in refer ence to the conversation between the witness and his brother in-law, the prisoner Fletcher. During the reading of the evidence, Mr. Parry observed, that one expression in it, " the rogue of an attorney," was admitted distinctly at the time not to refer to Mr. Barber. Mr. Humphreys remarked that the party referred to in the deposition, so far from being Mr. Barber, was not an attorney at all. Mr. Clarkson said that he had now laid before his Lordship all the evidence with which he was prepared on the subject of these charges. Mr. Durham, for the two prisoners, Sanders and wife, wished to know whether his Lordship would consent to their remaining in the Compter until one day before the com mencement of the sessions. Of course, if the indulgence were granted in their case, it would be extended to all the prisoners. Mr. Parry hoped that his Lordship would accede to the application, as by so doing he would afford mach greater fa cilities for intercourse between the prisoners and their ad visers than they would otherwise possess. Mr. Wolff made a similar application with reference espe cially to Mrs. Dorey. The LORD MAYOR said he would be very happy to do anything in his power to accommodate all parties ; but he did not see why he should make exceptions in favour of the prisoners charged with this offence. Having now been remanded for some time for the conve nience of both sides, he felt that it was his duty to commit them for trial, and he could not make exceptions with re ference to the place where they were to be secured. Every accommodation which was necessary should be afforded to those who would have to conduct the defence ; and as regarded the health of Mrs. Dorey, she would be as well taken care of in Newgate as in the Compter. She would have the same medical attendance, and the same general attention in the one as in the other. He could not grant any further in dulgence. Mr. Parry said he was sure Mr. Clarkson could not have the slightest objection to his Lordship's yielding to the appli cation ; he could not see what reason there could be for op posing it. Mr. Clarkson observed that the impression to the contrary against those who had conducted the prosecution did them great injustice. Mr. Parry said, if his Lordship thought his duty impera tive, he had not another word to say on the subject. He would only observe, with regard to his own client, that he was compelled to be in constant communication with his so licitor. In fact, he conducted his own case with the aid of his solicitor. It was only a question of a few days. The LORD 3Lsvoa could not see why he should depart from the regular and proper course in favour of these parties. The facilities for communication with legal advisers would be the same in either case. Mr. Wolff said he had himself experienced the difficulty of obtaining access to prisoners. The Lono MAvon—Well, I will take care there shall be no difficulty. You do not advance any reasons why I should in this case depart from the regular course. Mr. Parry—No ;itis a matter of pure favour and indul- gence. The LORD Dawn—Then I do not feel that I should be justified, under the circumstances, in granting any indulgence. Mr. Parry said, the examinations having now closed, he begged to thank his Lordship for the patient hearing :which he had given to the representatives of the prisoners, and for the kindness and courtesy which he had displayed during the whole of the proceedings. Mr. Wolff, after consulting for a short time with Mrs. Dorey, said that the prisoner would feel much obliged to his Lordship, if he would give such directions as would enable her to see her husband. The prison regulations would only allow of his coming to her twice a week. The LORD MAYOR said he would take care that whatever indulgence the prison regulations allowed should be afforded for that purpose. His LORDSHIP then, addressing all the prisoners, said— I now feel it my duty to commit you all to Newgate, to take your trial at -the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court. I would have you all prepare to take that trial on the first day when the judges come down, because I think it is most likely that that will be the day appointed. The prisoners were then removed from the bar. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. Mr. W. Timbreg proprietor of the Goldsmiths' Arms, Albion-buildings, Bartholomew-close, attended, in com pany with Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor, to answer a summons for unlawfully allowing his Louse to be open on Sunday morning last during Divine service, to which he pleaded Not Guilty. The Magistrates present were Mr. Alderman Cope land, M.P. ; Mr. Alderman Kelly, Mr. Alderman Gibbs, Mr. Alderman T. Wood, and Mr. Alderman J. Johnson. The statement of the police-constables examined was to the effect that, on Sunday morning last, shortly be fore twelve o'clock, they went to the Goldsmiths' Arms, and saw five persons standing in front of the bar counter, and found several pewter pots hid under a form, which evidently bad contained beer. After a lengthened cross-examination, Mr. Duncombe, on the part of the defence, said his client had been summoned for " opening his house on Sunday morning for the sale of spirit's,' &c., which not having been proved, he submitted there was no case, and that Mr. Timbrell ought to be discharged. The mere sight of pots in a suspicious position did not constitute the proof of serving. If it did it much resembled an old anecdote, which he had very often related, where a horse's collar was found under a patient's bed, the physician who attended concluded that he had eaten the horse. Mr. Alderman COrELAND said that the Bench was of opinion that the officers had clearly proved the case. Mr. Duncombe—Then, Sir, my instructions are, that the persons seen by the officers were overseers of the parish, who had met there to discuss some parochial business. Mr. Alderman COPELAND —What ! Overseers meet on a Sunday for parish business.—(A laugh.) Mr. Dun combe—Yes, to be sure, Sir ; the better the day the better the deed.—(Muc'a laughter.) I and a great many others are compelled to do a good deal of business on a Suililiy.—(lncreased laughter.) Mr. Alderman COPELAND—WeII, let's have the over seers and hear what they say !—Mr. Duncombe re gretted that they were not in attendance. He (Mr. Dun combe) had but a few moments before entering the Court received his instructions to attend the case, other- wise they should have been brought forward. Mr. Alderman CoPELAND—WeII, we will postpone our decision until next Saturday) for their attendance.— Mr.-Duncombe (after consulting with the defendant) said it was the wish of Mr. Timbrell for the case to be set tled then, for it would not only save him (Mr. Timbrell) much trouble and expense, but prevent his (Mr. Dun combe's) again attending, for which he should expect the extra fee.—(Laughter.) Mr. Alderman Gums—Under those circumstances, we fine the defendant in the penalty of 40s. and costs, which were immediately paid. Mr. Alderman COPELAND trusted it would be a cau tion to Mr. Timbrell not to allow overseers of the parish to do any business on a Sunday.—(Laughter.) Mr. E. Jervis, of the Blue Posts, High Holborn, next appeared to answer a simila r information. From the l e a s v i t d e t n w c o e o ad f d t u h c e ed p , ol i i t cs ap e p e e te a r r e ethat d d th on e house, S andda y smorningaw five persons drinking in front of the bar, who shortly left the place and got into an Ealing and Acton omnibus, which was waiting at the door. It being proved that they went to Acton, and that they required refreshment before they started, the Magistrates dismissed the summons. Mr. Alderman COPELAND said, seeing a large number of publicans then in attendance in the Court, a great portion of whom lived in the ward which he represented in the Court of Aldermen, he considered it proper to state publicly a fact relative to a new system of Sunday trading which had lately come to his knowledge. , It was this :—Certain publicans in Bishopsgate ward finding themselves so strictly watched by the police us not to enable them serving on Sunday mornings, fixed upon a plan of carrying bottles of gin and beer in baskets to the different cigar shops in the neighbourhood, where they found a quick consumption. It was only last Sunday that a friend of hie (DLL Alderman Copeland), while proceeding to church with his family, met with one of 1 these parties, who, in his hurry to gain the door of a cigar-shop, missed his foot and fell with his basket, the contents of which ran down the pavement into the gutter. The system was carried on to a very great extent, and he was determined, if any of the parties came before him, not to only enforce the highest penalty the law permitted, but to resist licensing their houses for the future. Mr. Busbridge ' landlord of the Robin Hood public house, Robin H o od-court, Shoe-lane, and Mr. H. Yeat man, of the Sun, in Bishopsgate-street, were severally fined 40s. and costs for serving during Divine service on Sunday last. There were between twenty and thirty drivers and conductors of omnibuses convicted in various fines for creating obstructions in the City by plying for hire. BOW-STREET. A respectably-dressed young man, named William Smith, alias Thomas Collins, was placed at the bar charged with stealing 106 yards of silk and 101 yards of satin, value 371., the property of Mr. Foulkes, a silk mercer, in Little Russell-street, Covent-garden. Mr. .Foulkes, jun., stated that on Friday evening a man entered his shop, representing that he came from Mr. M'Dowall, of St. Paul's Church-yard, and offered a quantity of goods for sale. He was told that it would be necessary to examine them previous to entering into any agreement, and he then went away. About nine o'clock in the evening a porter came and left some arti cles for examination. On Saturday the prisoner came to the shop and presented the paper produced, and on which was written in pencil, "Mr. Foulkes, silk and ducape left by mistake," at the same time drawing the attention of the assistant to the goods that had been left at the shop on the previous evening, whereupon some remarks were made upon the extraordinary nature of the tran saction, and the prisoner's reply thereto led the witness to suspect something wrong, and after the prisoner had left the shop with the parcel a porter was directed to follow him, and watch his proceedings, and to take care not to lose sight of him, John Driver, the porter stated, that in consequence of the directions he had received he followed the pri soner, and saw him take a cab, which drove to Black friars-road ; there the prisoner alighted, and imme diately hired another cab, which he left with the goods in it at the corner of a street there. On his return, witness demanded the return of the goods, and on his refusal told the cabman to drive to the prosecutor's with the prisoner and the goods. In answer to a question from the Magistrate, Mr. Foulkes stated that it was customary for silk merchants in the City to send round to the trade and inquire whether certain articles were wanted by them, and that the man who called at his shop on Friday, and said he came from Mr. M'l)owall's, while he was there asked for a piece of paper to make a memorandum, upon which one of the shopmen incautiously handed him one of his (Mr. Foulkes's) printed bills, and on which bill it appeared was subsequently written the order for the goods, which had by that means been obtained from Messrs. Leaf and Co. in his (the prosecutor's) name. The policeman stated that, on searching the prisoner, he found a small memorandum book, in which was written the names and addresses of several silk-mercers at the west-end of the town, some of whom it' is sus pected have already been the victims of this new species of fraud by the prisoner and his confederates. The prisoner was remanded until Wednesday next. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. Beale, the alleged proprietor of the saloon in Piccadilly, was summoned before Mr. Hardwick, by the police, for having his house open before one o'clock on Sunday, to wit, after twelve o'clock on Saturday night. Inspector Beresford proved that he went to the saloon twice on Saturday night, after twelve o'clock, and found persons in the saloon drinking. His last visit was paid at two o'clock, and he then saw nineteen females, the majority of whom were prostitutes, and several gentle men drinking and carousing. He saw wine on the table, and a bowl which appeared to contain punch. The solicitor contended that no offence had been com mitted, inasmuch as it had not been proved that the de fendant had his house open for the sale of liquors, or that any liquors had been sold after twelve o'clock. Mr. HARDWICK said that point had been raised on a former occasion, and had been overruled by him. The solicitor said he had two recent cases to adduce, in which two magistrates, Mr. Twyford and Mr. Jar dine, had come to a different decision. The cases were precisely similar to the present case; in particular, in the case of the Albion Tavern, heard by Mr. Jardine, it was held by that magistrate that the mere circumstance of liquor or wine being on the tables after twelve o'clock was no proof that a sale of those articles had taken place within prohibited hours, and he in consequence dismissed the information. Mr. HARDWICK said it was advisable that there should be unanimity in maisterial adjudications, but he could not hold himself tote bound by the decisions of any other magistrates ; all he could do was to listen to arguments. If he found those arguments were not con clusive to his mind, then it was his duty to arrive at a different conclusion. The solicitor said the saloon was not open for the sale of liquors, and it was only open for the sale of chops, steaks, and cigars. The cigar and chop-shop which ad joined the saloon and opened into it supplied those L articles. Inspector Beresford said since the solicitor chose to take that view of the case, he should take care to repre sent the matter in the proper quarter, as Mr. Good• ered, the real proprietor of the saloon, was liable to a penalty of 10/. per day, for every day he allowed the communication to exist. Mr.llAßDwics. said, though there was no direct proof of any sale of liquors, there was presumptive proof suffi ciently strong to warrant him in deciding that the saloon was open for the purpose of selling liquors. • As the de fendant had been fined before, he should this time inflict the fine of 5/. and costs. The solicitor tendered the money, and gave notice that he should appeal against the conviction. UNION-HALL. CHARGE OF COMMG.—Freeman, Young, and Martin, three 1 lads, were charged with being engaged in coining copper I money. It appeared that the police, having received informa tion that coining was going forward at a house in Norfolk street, Southwark-bridge-road, proceeded there on the pre ceding afternoon. Having obtained an entrance into the house, three policemen rushed up stairs, and, breaking open the garret door, discovered the three persons engaged in coining copper money. There was a crucible on the lire, with metal in it, which was attempted to be upset by the prisoners, one of whom was observed to run to the window, which was open, and throw something into the yard, which was after wards found to be penny pieces, just taken from the mould, with the edges unclipped. The prisoners were then secured, and taken to the station-house. —Committed. DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY.—Two men, named Gearing and Wright, were charged with committing the following daring highway robbery. On the preceding night, at a late hour, a Mrs. Davis, an aged woman, on leaving the Bridge House public-house, came out with two sovereigns and sere • ral half-crown pieces in her hand. The moment she got into the street, Gearing rushed up and snatched the whole of the money, with which he ran away, but was eventually secured, having previously thrown the money away. When police man 195 11.1 was conveying Gearing to the station-house, the other prisoner attempted a rescue, and struck the policeman a violent blow on the side of the head with a life-preserver. Wright then ran away, but being known, was taken into custody soon afterwards. —Both prisoners were committed. QUEEN'S-SQUARE. Ames Jackson, a young man having the appearance of a mechanic, was charged before Mr. Burrell with stealing a pair of female's boots of the value of 2s. Job Matthews, a plasterer and broker, residing in Frederick's place, Brewer's-green, stated that whilst at breakfast that morning, between eight and nine o'clock, he saw the prisoner in his shop, who, on being perceived, ran away, followed by the prosecutor. The prisoner threw the boots away on being captured, and said he paid the prosecutor for them. A little boy corroborated the evidence of the prosecutor. The prisoner, who denied the charge, was committed for trial. LORD ASHLEY AND THE FAC TORY QUESTION. . . The following letter has been addressed by Lord Ashley to Mr. Howarth, the Chairman of the Delegates from the ma nufacturing districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, in de fence of the course his Lordship has taken upon the Factory Bill " London, March 29. " GENTLEMEN, —As representatives of a large body of the operatives engaged in the mills and factories of Lancashire and Yorkshire, you have desired me to give you some expla nation of the course I have thought it my duty to pursue in consenting to the withdrawal of the Bill, and the substitu tion of another. " The Government proposed such a step o the House, as the only means of extricating the question from the d:fficul ties into which it had been thrown by contradictory votes. The vote of the House upon the second clause had virtually determined a ten hours' limitation ; but the vote of the House on the Bth clause had actually declared that there should be no such thing ; the advantage, therefore, that I had gained in the first instance was repealed in the second. • " When her Majesty's Ministers signified their intention of asking leave to withdraw the Bill, I requested time for the consideration of their proposal. The interval was fully em•. cloyed in seeking and in accepting the best advice. I was urged by Members of all parties, from both sides of the House, to offer no resistance to the motion of the Govern ment; a large number of those gentlemen who had supported me on the question of time,' would not have supported me in opposing the request of Sir James Graham ; and had I resisted it, I should, upon a division, have been found in a very small minority. " Neither could ihe debate and the division have led to any satisfactory issue ; the discussion would have been taken, not en the great question of limiting the hours of labour, but on mere matters of business and points_ of order. We shall be. enabled, by the present arrangement, to pursue a shorter and more intelligible course ; the debate may then be com menced by an amendment to the new Bill, or by some simi lar mode ; and the division will declare the opinions of those who vote whether ten or twelve hours shall be the period assigned for labour in the factories. " You may rest assured that I will never relax my efforts for the accomplishment of our great object; but I must en treat of you a continuance of that confidence which you have never yet withdrawn. A zealous but legitimate perseverance on your part will, by God's blessing, insure us an ultimate, and not remote success.—l am, Gentlemen, your very obe dient servant, ASHLEY. " Mr. Howarth, Chairman of the Delegates." CAUTION TO SAVINGS' B AN KS.—Last week two per sons, one stating that he was an attorney, and the other that he was one of the executors, called on a stockbroker in the City, and produced to him a probate of the will of Mr. Simons, coffee-house keeper, in the Blackfriars-road, whom they stated to be dead, and said they wished to know the amount of stock which stood in the deceased's name in the public funds, alleging that they had ascertained the amount which he had deposited in a savings bank. The broker being busy at the time merely told them that it was not his busi ness to give information, and they left. It turns out that Mr. Simons is alive and well. Where did those persons get the Prerogative-office stamp ? ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.—The model of the forthcoming exhibition was submitted to her Majesty and the Queen of the Belgians, at Buckingham Pa lace, on Thursday last, when their Majesties were graciously pleased to express their approbation and approval of the same. We understand the subject is decidedly the richest and most interesting of any yet produced. THE BANK :OF ENGLAND, THE PEACES. OF SHARES MINT,- AND THE LIGHT SOVEREIGNS. IN CANALS, RAILWAYS, BANKS, ASSURANCE On Friday- the Governor and the Deputy - -Governor of AND OTHER COMPANIES' STOCK. the Bank of England waited upon the Lord Mayor, in consequence of the statement of Mr. Hill, an officer of the Mint, under the head of Mansion-house, relative to the issue of light sovereigns. His Lordship received the gentlemen in the public justice-room, as it was their wish that the public should be correctly informed of the answer to what appeared in the form of a complaint againg the Bank. Mr. Cotton, the• Governor of the Bank, stated that he appeared in consequence of a communication which had been made to him by Mr. Charles Freshfield, the sub stance of which appeared in the public prints of that day, that Mr. Hill, the weigher and teller of the Mint, com plained to Sir Peter Laurie that the Bank were using glass weights instead of the weights which were stamped by the Mint. Considering the great importance of the subject, he thought it right to attend in person, to explain the facts of the case, and if he had been aware of the intention of Mr. Hill to make the application on Thursday, he would either have been present himself, or sent some person to explain why the Bank used weights made of glass. The facts were those:—When the proclamation came out in the year 1842 the Bank had a large amount of sovereigns which they had received from the public, each sovereign having been weighed by Mint weights; some of these sovereigns were, when issued, brought back to the Bank, and stated to be light. That repro santation was found to be correct, and in censequence of that fact every sovereign in the Bank and its branches was re-weighed, and upwards of 300,000 sovereigns, which had been received as full weight, were found de ficient, and were sold for re-coinage, by which the Bank incurred considerable loss. That fact led to the exami nation of the Mint weights, and it was found that-the weights which had been used were about four one hundreds or one twenty-fifth part of a grain below the legal current weight. That was admitted by the Mint, and corrected in a proclamation having reference to the issue of new Mint weights. Since that period the Mint weights had been much improved, but there was still found so much difference between them that a sovereign which had been received as current. by one of the lightest weights would afterwards be rejected when weighed again at one of the heaviest weights of the Mint, and some of the new Mint weights still differed one-fiftieth of a grain from the true current ,‘ eight. In order that the weights used at the Bank might be as ac curate as possible, glass weights were made, which were less subject to wear and corrosion from the atmosphere than the brass weights in common use, and he (the Go vernor of the Bank) felt confident that those glass weights did not differ from the accurate weight the one thousandth-part oea grain. He assured the Lord Mayor that the only anxiety felt by the Bank was, that the weights should be as correct as it was possible to make them, and, in addition, he thought it necessary to state, that every sovereign now received underwent a second weighing, and every sovereign received by the Bank as of correct weight, if found to be deficient was cut and melted, and the loss was sustained by the Bank. He had sent to intimate to Mr. Hill that he should attend at the Mansion-house for the purpose of giving the necessary explanation, and had received a communication from that gentleman to the effect that engagement in business at the Mint would prevent his attendance before the Lord Mayor. He regretted Mr. Hill's absence, but he should be prepared to justify, upon all occasions, the course the Bank had taken to obtain correct weights. He was quite aware that, in the event of any dispute, the question must be determined by an accurate Mint weight, and the Bank did not wish to shrink from any responsibility. The LORD MAYOR said he had no doubt that the public would have, next day, before them a correct state ment of the important matter communicated by . the Governor of the Bank of England, and expressed his surprise that Mr. Hill should have appeared to make a complaint against the establishment, without having given formal notice of his intention, in order that might have been officially met. LONDON, FRIDAY, AIARCII 29• Diridend per Amount Aimum. Names of Coin panies. Paid. I Price. Share. 5i per cent. 4/. Canals. Ashton and Oldham... A shby-ds-la-Zouch..av Basingstoke .. ecknock & ithergay. Bil mingham, 1-16th sh. . . Do. and Liverp. Juba Chelmer & Blackwater Coventry . Cromfoid Dudley Derby D - ,nube and I%lavne Ellesmere and (lie4er per cent. 41. 401. Si. 15i. 11. ss. 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On Saturday evening the neighbourhood of St. Marylebone, was thrown into a state of great excite ment by the perpetration of a most dreadful murder, committed by a man named Win. Crouch upon the person of Frances Crouch, his wife, and the subse quent attempted suicide of the murderer. The scene of the horrible occurrence is Little Marylehone street, leading out of Great Marylebone-street, near High-street. The murdered woman, who is about 26 or 27 years of age, had been married to her wretched husband, who is about 25 years of age, in the month of July, 1842, and had a child, now about nine months old. Since their marriage Crouch has led rather an idle life, acting as a horse-keeper occasionally, but never being in constant employ, while his wife was a most prudent and industrious woman, main taining him for a part of the time by her labour, and the assistance she received from her mother, who is living, in the situation of a lady's maid, in the neigh bOurhood of Wilton-place. or some time they were living together at No. 7, Little Chesterfield street, but his conduct towards his wife was very bad, and her mother declined any longer to assist her un less she consented to part from her husband, which step she adoped about a fortnight since, when the lodging in Little Chesterfield-street was given up, the landlord relinquishing 1/. rent which was due. Mrs. Crouch from that time slept at the house of a person named Hembury, Corn-dealer, 22, Great Marylebone street, to whom she was well known, and during the daytime left her infant in the care of a female named Line, the wife of a journeyman tailor, living at the house of Mr. Davis, circulating library, No. 4, Little Marylebone-street, at which house the murder was committed. Crouch still remained at No. 7, Little Chesterfield-street, in the room of another lodger, where his wife, notwithstanding they were parted, almost daily took the child to him that he might see it. On Saturday morning Mrs. Crouch went to chair at the house of Mr. Bubb, bottle merchant, No. 11, Westmoreland-street, in the same vicinity, leaving the child, as usual, with Mrs. Line. On leaving her work, shortly after six o'clock, she went to Mrs. Line's for the purpose of suckling the child, and while doing so began to mend a pair of stockings for her husband. Mrs. Line, shortly after Mrs. Crouch had entered the room, which is on the attic story, left it for the purpose of cleaning the stairs, leaving in the room with Mrs. Crouch her own child, of about six years of age. While so engaged the hushand, "William Crouch, came up the stairs, and was allowed by Mrs. Line to pass her and go into the room. He had not been there, however, above a minute before Mrs. Line was alarmed by the loud cries of her child, " Oh, mother, mother !' and on her hurrying up, and entering the room, she saw Mrs. Crouch in the act of falling off her chair, with the floor deluged with blood, and her husband stand ing by a chest of drawers, wiping a razor with a piece of rag. On seeing Mrs. Line the murderer instantly rushed past her, and ran down stairs into the street ; but she immediately followed him, and raising an outcry of " stop him," he was stopped, after running about two hundred yards, and given into the custody of Sergeant Bennett, 18 D, who came up at the moment, by whom he was taken back to the house. On their return to the apartment, a most horrid spectacle pre sented itself, the murdered woman being found on the floor in a sitting posture, with her back against a turn up bedstead, having in her lap her unconscious off spring, whose clothes were completely saturated with her blood, which was flowing from a most desperate wound in her throat. The child was immediately given into the care of a female in the house, and re ' moved from the tragic scene. Mr. Joseph, surgeon, of No. 15, Great Marylebone-street, arrived in a minute or two after the discovery of the murder, and, oR examining Mrs. Crouch, declared life to be quite • extinct, the instrument with which the wound was inflicted having completely severed the windpipe, with the whole of the arteries and veins of the neck, 10€. 10s. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 5 per cent. 11. ss. 49. 5 per cent. 5% per cent. 11. 4s. 5 per cent. 1O per cent 51. 8 per cent 6 per cent. 5 percent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. per cent. 8 per cent. per cent. 6 per cent. 21s per share 6s. per share 10 per cent. 5 per cent. 16s. 11. ss. 11.75. W. and bs. 4541. and bs. 10 per cent. 4 per cent. 81 per sh 315 s per sh 21. 6 per cent. 5 per cent. 6 per cent. 5 per cent 6 per cent. 114 per cent. 34 125. Water Works. Birmingham East London Grand Junction av Kent .............. Nw fly Lon. Bridg An. Manchester and Salford Vauxhall, late S. Lond. West Middlesex av Yrk Buldg Co. Les. Prop Iron Railways. 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Is. per sh. 4 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 13¢/. per sh 10/. vr sh, 1!. 14s. &per share Ss 4d par sh 81.175. pr sh !13s per sh 11.10 s. U. ss. 'lss. U. 11s. 10d. 15 per cent. per cent. 10 per cent. 10 per cent. 11. 11. 3/. 17s. 6d. leaving only the vertebra. In the meantime the murderer was removed by Sergeant Bennett and others of the police to the station-house in Marylebone-lane, followed by a large concourse of persons, where, on his arrival, he was immediately searched by order of Inspector Brown, when the razor, which was stained with blood, was found in his trousers pocket. While searching him he was noticed to hold his chin down in his necker chief, and on Inspector Brown telling him to hold up his head, it was found that he also had a wound in his throat, from which a considerable quantity of blood had flowed inside his clothes. Mr. Clark, a surgeon, living opposite the station-house, was in stantly sent for, who, on examination, found a wound, about three inches and a half long, on the left side of the neck, full ono inch deep, and gaping about two inches, which extended nearly to the windpipe. Mr. Clark, finding great difficulty in dressing it in the station-house, had the prisoner re moved to his own surgery, where the wound was sewed up and properly dressed. While dressing it Mr. Clark asked Crouch how he could have been guilty of so horrible an action ? to which he replied, "It's all drink ?" He was then removed back to the station-house, where Mr. Joseph had by that time arrived, when the charge was entered on the sheet as follows :—" William Crouch, charged with murder ing his wife, Frances Crouch, at No. 4, Little Mary lebone-street, by cutting her throat with a razor, and with attempting to commit suicide." Crouch was then, on the recommendation of a surgeon, removed in a cab by Inspector Tedman and Sergeant Bennet to the infirmary of St. Marylebone workhouse, in the New-road, where he will remain until he is brought up for examination at Marylebone Police-court. A LENGTHENED FAST.—Mrs. Hay, broker, Friar's Vennel, had two hens, which she kept in a back court. But one of them having disappeared, she suspected petty larceny, and sold the other to prevent its going the same road. This occurred more than three weeks ago, and it appeared the poor bird had found its way to a cellar to make a nest and lay an egg. While there, unperceived, a washing-tub had been acciden tally placed on the top of it covered over with straw ; and there the feathered prisoner lay for twenty-one days, not only without a morsel to eat, but excluded from the cheerful I:ght of day. 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(..per cent. 2 4( per cent. 2% per cen t THE ROYAL STAG HOUNDS.—A very small field (not more than fifty) were at the meet on Friday morning, at Thorpe Green, where an untried deer Was uncarted, and it was taken in the pond between the Statue and Hardiman's• , gate, after a chase of about two hours. AllTaid 33 16 8 85 0 0 125 0 0 150 0 0 12 10 0 140 0 0 125 0 0 145 0 0 79 9 8 100 0 0 26 9 3 50 0 0 19 5 8 100 0 0 100 0 0 78 8 0 67 10 8 105 0 0 110 0 0 100 0 0 Stock Stock 147 9 0 Stock 50 0 0 50 0 0 63 2 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 70 10 3 60 0 0 40 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 0 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 O 0 16 0 5 0 0 250 0 0 A paid 2 1l 0 0 3 0 0 36 10 0 2 10 0 2 10 C 50 0 0 18 0 0 5 13 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 [0 0 0 [0 0 0 5 0 0 6 5 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 40 0 0 59 0 0 200 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 • 17 10 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 10 e 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 [6 0 0 [8 0 0 [9 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 31 5 0 1.11 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 30 0 0 39 0 0 80 0 0 25 0 0 48 0 0 1.0 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 20k, 0 0 40 0 0 - 50 0 E) 100 0 0 100 0 0 [OO 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 [OO 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 2@ 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 40 0 0 20 0 0 77 10 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 29 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 30 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 16 13 4 12 15 4 100 0 0 32 0 0 41 6 10 13 15 9 100 0 0 50 0 0 70 0 0 70 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 e 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 100 0 0 150 0 0 35 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 9.0 0 0 53 0 0 20 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 60 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 4000 75 0 0 100 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 15 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 C so T) e 100 0 0 25 0 0 59 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 20 0 50 0 29 0 ?ANIES' PRICES 844. 10 0 .0 10 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 0 12 10 0 1 0 0 2 10 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 9 0 [OO 0 0 100 0 0 70 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 23 0 0 50 0 0 12 10 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 75 0 0 50 0 0 12 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 2 0 0 32 0 0 70 0 0 30 0 0 40 0 0 7 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 40 0 0 45 0 0 15 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 31 0 13 10 0 tEK) 0 25 0 ( [5O 0 0 21 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 75 0 0 7 10 0 7 10 0 40 0 0 13 0 0 55 0 0 20 0 0 10 10 0 3 0 0 59 0 0 7 0 0 150 0 50 0 10 0 40 0 2 10 100 7 100 0 10 0 30 0 35 10 32 10 30 1.1. 0 1 10 5 0 3 0 7 0 75 0 26 0 50 0 MARKET NEWS.-(SAT URDAY.) CIOVENT-GAIITIEN. For the best fruit and vegetables we had a steady demand, at fully last week's quotations; but, otherwise, the trade ruled heavy, with full average supplies on offer. French Beans, is 9d to 2s 3d ; Forced Potatoes, 6d to 10d ; Pine Ap ples, 6s to 8s; and Foreign Grapes, Gd to 10d• per lb; Pome granates, 3s to Gs ; Spanish Onions, is Gd to 5s ; Forced Rhubarb, 8d to is Gd; and Broca, 2s to- 3s 6d per bundle ; Savoys, 6d to is per dozen heads; Radishes, 8d to is per dozen hands; Lettuces, is to Is 9d per score; Bftvh rooms, 8d to is 3d per pottle ; Sea-kale, is 9d to 3s 6d ; and Small salad, 2d to 3d per punnet ; Parsnips, 6d to Is per dozen ; Turnip-greens, 2s 3d per bushel. .NE v+i GATZ AND MEADENZILLX.. The demand was inactive, at the following terms Fowls, from is 6d to 4s; Chickens, is to 2s ; Ducks, is to 23 3d ; Geese, 4s to 6s ; Pigeons, 4d to 104 - ; Turkeys, 5s to 9s; Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; Hares, is 6d to 2s 6d; Partridges, is to 2s; Wild Dueks,- is 6d to 2s; Teal, 94 to is 6d; Widgeons, Is to 2s ; Snipes ' 6d to is; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s each. Prime Mutton, Lamb, and Veal commanded a steady sale at full prices, but otherwise the demand was in a, sluggish state :—Beef, from 2s 24 to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 44 to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 2(1 to 6s 2d; Veal, 3s 4d. to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s_ 6d to 4s 44 per 81bs, by the carcase. NZWP 0 Fri.! We had rather an active inquiry for prime Meat, at full prices, but in ether kinds exceedingly little was doing. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d; 111;Itton, 2s 6d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s 4d to Gs 2d ; Veal, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; and Pork 2s 10d to 4s 2d per Sibs. WEIXTECHAPEZ, Lamb was in active demand, at an advance of 2d to 4d per Sibs, while the value of other kinds of Meat was supported. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 4d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 104 ; Lamb, 5s to 6s 4d; Veal, 3s 8d to 4s 6d; and Pork, 2s 6d to 4s 2d per 81bs. BILLXNGSGATE ! There was only 7.117d7aCe business doing in fish, and we have no alteration to notice in prices. HUNGERPORD. For most articles we had a very inactive demand, and prices ruled without material alteration. BREAD. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 8d to 81d; of Household 6d to 70 per 41b loaf. HIDE MAIMET. Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers end heifers, 5s 4d to 5s 10d; middling hides, 4s 6d to 5s 2d; inferior do, 4s to 4s 4d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—• Market calf, 6s 6d to Bs6d ; long woolled sheep, 4s 6d to 6s; short do, 3s 9d to 4s 6d ; lamb skins, is 2d to is 10d ; and sheavlings, 4d to 8d each. HATMASLXETS. SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 12s to 3/; use— ful ditto, 3/ 5s to 3l lOs ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s to 3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 315 s to 51; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 8s; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ 10s per load. A fair average supply, and a heavy demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3l ss; useful ditto, 31 6s to 31 14s • fine Upland ditto, 31 15s to 41; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 4l 15s ; Oat Straw, 117 s to 119 s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs to 1/ 12s per load. Supply tolerably good, and trade dull. WIIITECHAPEL.-Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 31 5s ; useful ditto, 3l 6s to 31 lOs ; line Upland ditto, 31 12s to 3/ 15s ; Clover Hay, 3/ 5s to 5/ 5s • Oat Straw, 11 6s to 1/ 8s; Wheat Straw, 11 Ss to 1/ 10a per load. Trade throughout dull, at barely late rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-FRIDAY. We have large arrivals of Wheat, Barley, and 'Beans at -- this day's market, and a pretty good attendance of the trade. Millers were unwilling to purchase Wheat, at a declirie4 from is to 2s per quarter, and to effect sales a still fuithee. reduction had to be submitted to. Barley was in Limited demand at a reduction of fully 2s per quarter on all descrip tions. Oats and Shelling remain without material alteration. Beans are heavy sale, and rather lower. Next Friday being Good Friday, our market will be held on the day previous. Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel. EXTRA. Na#- Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red —to 57 55 to 56 Ditto ditto White... 61 58 BO Norfolk Red 56 53 56 Ditto ditto White... 59 55 66 Lincolnshire and Cambridge.: Red....... 55 52 54 Ditto ditto White....— 58 55 5& Yorkshire ... Red 56 54 56. Ditto ditto White... 68 66 57' Fore ich lied 54 s'; -' Ditto ditto White... 56 CO Per quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk antlSuffolk Yorkshire a- d Lincolnshire 24 31 SG Grinding Foreiga — 33 30 .32 Per qr. of 631 b. to the bushel- Beans, Small En- Ticks Foreign ••••• Oats, Potato ar.d Pola d —e. —II .•.. -f. Daeallnic lO4. to 11d., Fcrcign —d to —d. pet Stone. S , clling '2s. to 26 ~ per Lcad. M sit R saes: d ...... STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE.—LEEDS, MARCH 29.-- The Foreign Wool Market has not this week been quite so animated ,as we have noticed during the last few weeks, although some tolerably extensive sales have been effected: In respect to prices, the im pression seems now pretty general that there is no probability of their being lower, for some months to • ' come at least, than at present. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, LEEDS, MARCH 29. • Sales of combing wools during the present week have' been limited. Prices are quoted about the same as last week. We have not any alteration to notice in clothing wools. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 29.—We have this week to report a few transactions in comb- • ing wools, principally in the best class 'of hogs, a nd hog and wether skins at former quotations; other de • scriptions are firm, but nothing doing in them of ilfl portance. The demand for blanket and low clothing - - wools is steady, and prices firm. LEEDS, MARCH 29.—There has been rather more • business done at our cloth halls this week than last, and there have also been considerable deliveries of goods to order daring the week, particularly to houses who are in the shipping trade. The market is very thin of goods of low qualities, and prices are still . : looking up, whilst fine goods continue dull of sale, without any alteration in prices. There has also been a little improvement in business, in the warehouses, with the houses connected with the home trade, and the shipping houses are busier than for some years, at the same period of the year. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY:IR the Piece '• market there is not quite so much doing by the Ger man houses, who appear to be getting in their order/ for the Leipzic spring fair, commencing at Easter. Buyers for other markets are tolerably active and on the whole a satisfactory business is doing. Yarns are not so brisk as a few weeks past, nor can old rates be maintained. Wool continues in slow request, and at nominal prices. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EvErmfa.—We have had a week of great depression in our cloth market. and prices are lower even since Tuesday, with a cer tainty of things going still lower. The demand fa sheetings on China account is still good, and prices rather higher. Till the Liverpool market has gained what is fancied the lowest point, we shall have, it is thought, very little doing. Twist is operated upon exactly like cloth. Prices are lower, with „sales of the most limited description. RAILWAY RETURNS. We extract frOm the Railway Magazine the sums received on the principal Railways of Great Britain for the week ending on the day of the month prefixed to each. The return includes the money received for passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and mer chandise:— v ended eek Total. ~ Name of Railway. .E. ti. al_ • Mar. 23 Arbroath and Forfar llB 4 5 g 23 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,279 , 5 11 . 22 Birmingham and Gloucester 1;988 •3 0 • 23 Brandling Junction • 755 . 6,1 0 - 22 Chester and Birkenhead - • 356 8 6 26 Dublin and Kingstown 646 12 4 , 24 Dundee and Arbroath • 214 - 6 0, 23 Durham and Sunderland .519 - 5 1 1 23 Edinburgh and GlasgoW 1,982 5 0 24 Eastern Counties and North Eastern 3,33110 1. 1 23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,228 18 1 J: • 23 Glasgow and Greenock 651 11 • 4 • ' 23 Grand Junction 6,651 19 0 23 Great North of England 1,253 6 3 24 Great Western . • 12,030 14 ,', 22 Liverpool and Manchester 23 London and - Birmingham 28 London and Blackwall • 629 5 23 London and Brighton ,2,551 19 10 27 London and Croydon • 215 12 4g 28 London and Greenwich 687 I , ‘ l 24 London and South Western.. ..... .... 4,631 15 y, 21 Manchester, Bolton and Bury 739 6 1,1,g' 23 Manchester and Birmingham - 2,828 8 ° 23 Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc 5,383 2 1 23 Midland Counties 23 Newcastle and Carlisle • 1,415 14 ‘, „ ' ' 24 Newcastle and North Shields 3lB 11 1 23 North Midland 22 North Union and Bolton and Preston 1,113 19 19 Paris and Orleans 4,214 18 6 25 Paris and Rouen - 3,925 0 0 23 Preston and Wyre - 238 12 23 Sheffield and Manchester • 469 8 1 28 South Eastern 23 Taff Vale • 24 Ulster 620 8 ' 23 York and North Midland EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.—An old and I,e: apectable mason, named Pincombe, died at his house at tn e i back of James-street, in this borough, on Tuesday last, ag,..g 105 years. He retained his ment a l faculties up to the few days of his existence.—Devonport Independent. BIRTHS. On the 7th ult., at Malta, the lady of William Lo Jones, Esq., of Woodhall, Downham, Norfolk, of a son. On the 27th ult., at Cann-hall, Essex, Mrs. Bich Plaxton, of .a daughter. On the 27th ult., the lady of Samuel Beckett Chad' Esq., of Daresbury Hall, Cheshire, of a son and heir. G e, On the 27th ult., Mrs. Isaac B. Brown, Connaught•terr a Hyde-park, of a son. MARRIED , On March 21, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, g William Lawrence Maynard, of Yeovil, Somersetsh ir Aiii, Miss Hannah Hawkins Way, daughter of Mr. William of Duke-street, Manchester-square. -On the 28th ult., at All Souls Church, Langhom - P, la b ee George John Jones, Esq., to Charlotte Eliza, widow of late Francis Alexander Grant, Esq. lED. On the 20th of October, D at Sydney, Henry Thomas , 4 : 61/1 son of Richard Gott, Esq., of Maze-hill, Greenwich-par k • On the 17th of February, at Marseilles, William Mogi° Es On the 17th of February, at Richmond, Surrey, 141°11' relict of the late John Duff, D.D„ of Kinfauns, Perthshire' North Britain. of London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOU— jj2, No. 112,. Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office 5 4 0. Strand, in the Precinct of ? ' the Savoy, in the Count/ " Middlesex, Saturday, April 1, 1844. 107 31 65 620 125 152 1185 14 9% 32 675 141 1200 155 100 117 360 365 5C,E% 40 2414 C 2 120 143 3814 109 723 16% 5% 16 6% 5% 400 111.31. 13755, 49 1 186 16 16 2 40s. 119 s. 4' 170 205 12% 41 41% 135 13 4 34% 25 25% 10 25 207 81 56 60 Illy 70 Je 60 5% 118 27% 99s r 4 4 4 52N 29 104 4 165)4 161 220 162 - 6% 17% 1 4% so so% 14 riiE SUN, LONDON, lr