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SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOIT,R,NALS. FROM TUB EVENING PAPER!! OF 'SATURDAY. GL OBE.— The Rev. Herbert Mar sh—whose course of scandalous immorality sensation 11 " neited a very painful in all quarters w',ier e clerical consistency is regarded as essential to. y Is, © purposes for which the Christian m i n i s t r y % vr,tke instituted, and the Church 1 exists—is not lik,,e l ",f"to escape the consequences of his em s dnet Had bi-re law been powerless to punish such conduct bY":44- acted suspension, or absolute depriva tion, the sear ' ) al would have passed from the indivi duald to tl•4e: body. The Church must have received :? r fat incurable, injury, both in character and ewe" her • 11v b this serious defect of discipline within infr oafs. by this habitual frequenter of houses of - imy—this intim a t e assoc i a t e and p aramour o f ti eet " dress girls" of these establishments of vice—who prosecuting one of them for extorting large sums fel' money from his purse, by threats of exposing his •conduct to the public eye, was compelled to become the herald of his own shame, the narrator of his own Pss fold continued immoralities—we say, had the isho A p of Peterborough's exposition of the state of disc*ine in the Church been established as the act ,nal state of the law, and the Rector of Barnack a' all Prebendary of Peterborough remained unaf ted in his clerical office, and in. 'the receipt of the revenues of his valuable eccies;:astical preferments, every friend of the Church; bf England would have mourned the inefficiency tai' her discipline, while her enemies would have el . :Alwed over her humiliating-posi tion, and Infidels "s•onl,el have triumphed in her dis grace. 'This, leappil- f , is not the case. A reference to the report of wh a t took place last evening in the House of lim,rd s in this . painful case, will s h ow th a t th e Ch urc h this, is not quite so incompetent to deal with 'Arch delinquencies as the Bishop of Peterborough had supposed. Lord Campbell clearly showed that though •the Act barred proceedings against Mr. Marsh, on account of the time which had elapsed—in this respect the Act may be designated " a statute of limitations" —yet that the Bishop is not tied up from instituting proceedings to remove from the Church so unworthy a minister, though the offenstes he has committed were perpetrated out of the diocese in which his living is situated. It is matter of regret that the means of reaching cases of disgracef u l conduct in clergymen —notwith standing the i'.nprovement effected by the Church Discipline Ae's—are still very inferior to the laws and regulations, for the same purpose, by which the other institutiotse of the country are protected from the con sequence As of having persons unworthy of their profes siohn fa stened up on th em . I n t h e army or navy, a carge. tagainst an officer is immediately placed in a cours'a of investigation. A court-martial is directed to bee " Conduct unworthy the character of an of f seer and a gentleman," if preived against the indi- Mdual thus accused, is necessarily followed by "dis znissal from the service." If the case be marked by •circumstances of aggravation, he is declared "hereby incapable of again serving her Majesty in any military or civil cap",city.'' Why might not the " Commission of InTsiry, which the Church Disci pline Act empowesrs the Bishop to issue, have authority to Pror.ounce upon the case—not merely to the extes4 of determining that there is sufficient 8 1 :"er,nd for proceeding against the party, but upon the facts s t a t e d—th e fi n di ng being sti,bj,efst to the revision of the Archbishop, who Ai serious cases, summon to his assistance two or . three Bishops, by whom the whole proceed ings might be reviewed, and the finding of the Co'‘-' omission of Inquiry upon the facts either c .unfirmed or modified. Surely, conduct un worthy of the character of a clergyman and a Christian, ought to be dealt with as promptly, and the party proved to have committed it be deprived of his spiritual functions as entirely, as " con duct unworthy of the character of an officer and a gentleman," certainly incurs dismissal from the army or navy ! So strict was the practice of the early Church - with reference to the morals of its clergy, that a minister once deprived of office for any gross seal - dal—although, upon affording proofs of peni teacc, he might be received hack to its communion— Nees never restored to his clerical functions. The .o.l4.';cipline might be severe ; but it was salutary. Though individuals betrayed into vicious indul gence might suffer deeply—in some instances, perhaps, tco deeply —for their faults, vet the effect was beneficial. The Church was tlius pre served. from the reproach which immorality in its ministers never fails to occasion. The offending member was cut off, that the whole body might avoid the scandal and contamination of his retention. With one more remark we shall dismiss this unwelcome sub ject. The Bishop of Peterborough's explanation of, and spology for, his non-interference in the case of iMr. Marsh, when first brought before him, will he read with regret. His Lordship was made acquainted with the circumstances—if not to the full extent, yet to a sufficient extent to show that great profligacy had been committed by a clergyman of his diocese and a dignitary in his Cathedral church. lie appears, how ever, to have been rather influenced by feelings of sympathy for the mother of the offender, than sti mulated by duty to investigate the scandal. A tre mulous apprehension of the consequences to the re latives, should he be compelled to exert himself in the matter, restra;ned him from performing his duty to the Church of which he is an overseer. The respon sibility of actin.- in such a case ought to he removed from an individual, however elevated, and transferred to a number of persons, on whom should devolve the duty of acting promptly and efficiently in such matters. If the lax be capable of reaching Mr. Marsh's case, we presume, after what took place last night, that it will he immediately enforced—in mercy both to him and the Church of which he has proved himself unworthy. If it be defective, and thus suffer him to escape, a very strong case for increased 'powers is supplied. The necessity of a more vigorous discipline could not be more clearly established. If there ever was a time when flagrant misconduct in clergymen could be allowed to pass unvisited with the severest censures from those who are constituted the guardians of its purity, that time has passed away. The only security of the Church, as a na tional institution, is feund in the es ti ma ti on i n which it is held for character and efficiency by the nation ; and those are its best friends who labour to preserve it from whatever tends to lower it in public opinion. STANDARD.—The unhappy case of Mr. Marsh was again notice! in the House of Lords last night. Lord Campb e ll expresse d an op i n i on that the Bishop of Peterborough was mistaken in supposing that he could not take cognisance of the offences of his clergy, if committed beyond the limits of his diocese. The Noble and Learned Lord, however, did not dispute the other objection to a proceeding against Marsh— the lapse of time ; this objection must, therefore, he considered as insurmountable. The Bishop of Peterborough thanked Lord Campbell for the, infor mation he had commAicated, and wasted an eloquent and complete vindication upon his own conduct, which needs none. It is now quite too evident that the Bishop has no power of remov ing Marsh from the Church, let his Lord ship exert himself as he may ; but here another ques tion arises. Supposing that the Ecclesiastical Court were still open for the admission of the case, who ought to pay the heavy costs of a suit for the removal of the delinquent ? We know who must in the present state of the law pay these costs— riot the delinquent, not the patron who has pre sented the delinquent, or the patron's representatives, not the Crown, which, as representing the people and the Church, is the ultimate gainer, none of these —but the bishop—the bishop who is thus required to protect the Church, not merely by vigilance in watching for offenders, but by punishing the offender, preppie marti. I s thi s fair ? Is it just that th e I3ishop should b e p un i s h ed by a heavy j flne, sh 11 see how heavy, for th e o ff ences of the man of whom, in the majority of cases, he knows nothing; whom he either finds established in his diocese, or is com pelled to receive from the hands of a patron? Is it politic thu s t o impose a penalty un the Bi s h o ' s vigilance, and to make it thus his iponterest to copn nive at the offences of those whom he is appointed to superintend ? This interest, we are firmly convinced, would not have the slightest weight with any one Bishop of the Right Reverend Bench of the United Church, as it is now filled ; but we may not always have such Bishop's ; and even now, the consideration that in denouncing the offences of one of his clergy to a Bish o p , you put your hand dee into his Lordship' s pocket, t occasionally prevent p such denunciations and screen offenders. If the thing happens but occasionally and rarely, it is be cause offences are rare indeed. But were the state of affairs different, the fear of ruining the Bishops would frequently make good men pause before calling for an exercise of the episcopal authority. About ten years ago the public was scandalised by a case not very unlike that of Marsh—such cases occur about once in ten years among 15,000 clergy.. men !—the case of Dr. Free. 'We have heard, and we believe, that the removal of that wretched man from the Church cost his suc cessive diocesans, Pelham and Kaye (for the litigation ran through two incumbencies), no less a sum than thirteen hundred pounds. Nor are we quite certain that the suit came to a regular termination; for Free was run over and killed in Gray's Inn lane in a state of drunkenness, much about the time when the suit would regularly have ended. Be this, however, as it may, the removal of this hundred pounds, paid Marsh is a much perfectly within his more expensive to the We regret that the of the unworthy we own that our by the considera that unworthy per- Peterborough a fine 2,0001. We have public attention to this view of the question, because it seems to us a monstrous thing to throw upon the Bishop the whole expense of the expulsion of unworthy clergy men. There is no other such anomaly ; everywhere else the public pays the services rendered to the public, or, as we suspect, the public would be worse served than it is. The Bishop only is expected to give his money for the public good. As it is likely that the subject will come before Parliament, we hope that this important point will be considered. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, March 16. (Beforo Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD.) IN THE MATTER OF JOHN ARDLET A solicitor, whose name we were unable to learn, in the course of the day addressed the Learned Commis sioner, saying, that if his Hon.tur was at leisure, he was anxious to call his attention to, and to ask his opinion on, a question which appeared to him to be one of the last importance with Teference to the meaning and intent of the sth and 6th Victoria, as applicable to the filing retitions by parties who, being in a state of insolvency, fly for relief to the provisions of that statute. The in solvent in question had filed a petition, which had come before Mr. Commissioner Evans, by whom it had been dismissed. But— Mr. Commissioner HOLROTD was of opinion, that, as the matter had already been before Mr. Commissioner Evans, any application on the subject had better be made to that gentleman. The solicitor observed, that Mr. Evans was not sittint: . ; at the present time, and as he conceived the questior, he meant to raise was one of general importance, ond far therrnore that it was a point which called for a, decision by the Commissioners as an authority ana guide for the profession, as well as for the public, he was inclined to press for liberty to open and submit the question upon the present occasion, the more especially as, living at some distance from the metropolis as he did (Colchester), he might not be able to do so before the object he had in view had been altogether frustrated. Mr. Commissioner bkoLneyn still thought that, as the ease had been before another Commissionec, any obser vation in reference to it ought to be submitted to that gentleman. At all events, he himself should be careful to avoid offering any opinion on the matter until he had conferred with his brother Commissioner. The solicitor said, that although the first petition of the insolvent had undoubtedly been before Mr. Commis siener Evans, it by no means followed that the threat ened second petition of the same insolvent would like wise come before him. The first petition had been brought before Mr. Commissioner Evans, by whom it was dis missed. But now the insolvent had given notice by ad vertisement of his intention under the same Act of Par liament to seek relief from his liabilities by means of a second petition. Then the question arose, and of very great importance— Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD could not entertain the matter. There was quite enough business which, of ne cessity, would come before him that day to occupy the whole of his time, and he could not attend to any other matter. It would be quite sufficient for him to enter upon this question when it should, if it ever did, arise in the regular proceedings of the Court. The solicitor with firmness said, that the case in point of fact was not before Mr. Commissioner Evans, nor indeed before any Learned Commissioner; but the question was, nevertheless, one of the utmost importance. Here was an insolvent who had filed a petition for relief under a particular Act of Parliament, which petition the Commissioner before whom it had been brought had dismissed. Well, now the insolvent had given notice of another petition, and his Honour must well know that upon the party coming up under that petition, he would obtain his " protection." The question, therefore, arose as to whether, for the same liabilities, an insolvent was empowered (one petition for relief having been dis missed) to file a second petition, and so gain a protection against his creditors? That was the point he was anxious to offer to the notice of the Commissioner, and he apprehended that it was one not simply of indi vidual interests, but one of the greatest public and ge neral importance , and o f so i mperative a character, especially in the present instance, as to demand the con sideration and public judgment of the Commissioners of that Court. In itself the simple question was, whether an insolvent, who had had one petition dismissed, could, under the Act of Parliament, present a second petition for relief from the liabilities which had been set forth on his first application? Mr. Commissioner HOLROYD here said, that if the ap plicant would put his question and observations into writing, and forward them to the Court, the Commis sioners would take them into consideration. The solicitor remarked, that as his Honour did not feel competent, under the circumstances, to entertain the case, it might probably be better that he should offer his objections when his second petition should come before the Court. After all, perhaps, he ought to op pose the second petition, on the ground to which he had adverted. The COMMISSIONER thought that would be the better course. unworthy person cost thirteen' I by hie; dvith : • A ., - • and as ocher 4't rii.7.`• id be p 7. Aver to .. . PUri', . moval me e i :ishop . 4 ' : -.30:f;. ~. gh. W t, .urcli , iiiitiot joi. relieved ':,.r it AiriAli4 but 'w reg'r'et is sciniels'WOV alleviated tion that the - of th eon spares the Bishop of h of 1,0001•, and it might be thought it right to direct P ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT, Maidstone, March 16. CIVIL SlDE.—(Befvr© the LORD CHIEF JUSTICE and a Special Jury.) POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY - 0 MANSION-HOUSE, be foreGeetioarrgeg.oGultmthwhansvibnrgousgtholtenp a A r e Fh e u e r ng L n o m m r a d k u n M n e a t e e nl y s • ..;:s2tll the e amount of about 2,000/ It will be recollected oe f ar r'om a Boulogne steamer, to ',..4larged wholly n exonerated. captaintt m e er since of ph o oe f nvessel the suspicione underwent W i naagns beend is examine°s; rnu somei or w'...,vr-lane, stated that Sert r e b rn j b o e s r eP la h st il s:N b 'e i r n ar I.3'l) fte !totes and gold, the propertyof Charles, deaden aid 'others, w e r e stolen troth the City of Boulogae eteam-vessel. The note produced for 101; numbered 30,964, dated April 10th, 1843, was Oiiit of the notes. Mr. Thomas Whitfield, eleshier in the lank of tit land, stated that the above-mentioned note was pre sented by a boy who wrote the name, "W. Storey, 62, Fleet-street," upon its The note was detained, having been previously hteropecl at the Bank. Daniel rorrester, the lofEcer, stated that be went the shop of Mr. Storey, who was a talloi, and Saw the H prisoner and anoth er p erso n th ere% e asked the ottier person whether the prisoner IN as the man wh: 4 pre sentta the tank note, to which the answer 'Nu in the af f irmative. Witness then told the prisoner that he was botaid to ask him some questions, 1 1:it the prisoner was not bound to answer them. The prisoner stated that he picked up the note at Notting-hill on the high road, but ho refused to say where he lived. Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Child, then called as a witness for the prosecution, Mr. William Storey, of No. 62, Fleet-street, who stated that the prisoner tendered the note at the counter in payment of an order. Not liking the appearance of the note, witness sent a boy to the Bank to ascertain whether all was right. The prisoner said he picked up the note at Notting-hill, and witness told him that he had no business to appropriate it. Mr. Child said he could produce evidence to show that the prisoner had endeavoured to pass another of the stolen notes. Robert Blews stated that on Saturday, the 10th of February, the prisoner called at his shop and paid for a pair of trousers with the 5/. note produced. (The note was one of those which were stolen.) Witness took the note without putting any mark upon it. He requested the prisoner to put his name on the note. The prisoner said he would put the name of his governor (his master) upon it ; and he then wrote upon it " Mr. Green, Board road, Kensington." The prisoner begged to know whether the Lord Mayor would take bail for his appearance ? His LORDSHIP said he could not. The prisoner was then remanded, William Read and William Simpson were brought up in the custody of Daniel Forrester, charged with having combined to defraud the Alliance Marine Assurance Company of 1,2501., by sinking the brig Colina. John Brady, master of a hshing smack, said that, in June, 1841, he was with eight smacks off the coast of Holland. He was called out of his berth, and he saw a vessel, which he afterwards found to be the Colina, about five or six miles off ; she was laying-to, making no way to any port, though the weather was very fine. He knew the vessel was in distress, but he saw no signal of distress, and he thought she was a vessel which the crew had left. Saw the crew in a boat go into a Dutch galliot. Simpson told him that he had started a butt, and that the vessel could not live much longer. After some other evidence, tending to shoe , that the vessel was wilfully sunk, the prisoners were remanded. BOW-STREET. William Frazer, who for many years was landlord of the Seven Stars public-house, Brick lane, Spitalfields, and at one time possessed of very considerable property, was charged with stealing two lanthorns from the stair case of No. 22, Old-square, Lincoln's Inn. The offence was clearly proved, and on the prisoner being called upon for his defence, he stated that distress had driven him to the commission of the offence with which he was charged, and that he had been in a state bordering on starvation for several days. Mr. TWYPOIW said he well remetnered the person having been in very respectable circumstances at the time he (Mr. Twyford) was ene of the magistrates at Worship-street Police-court. The prisoner was remanded for further examination. UNION-HALL. William Weare, William Smith, and James Williams, the youths charged with stealing a purse, containing 7201. in Bank of England notes, from the person of Mrs. Ann Cutts, while riding in an Islington omnibus from the Bank, were brought up for re-examination on the charge. The circumstances attending the alleged robbery have already appeared in our journal. In the course of the examination this day an attempt was made to frustrate the ends of justice, which was severely anim adverted upon by Mr. Cottingham. The prisoners were placed amongst the crowd in Court, with a view that the witnesses might be enabled to identify them. Through the interference of Thomas Stowell, the informer, the boy Williams's brother was placed by his side, and the witness pointed out the latter as the person she believed to have been one of the persons concerned in the rob bery of Mrs. Kingimith, of a purse containing twelve sovereigns, in Liquorpond-street. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that Stowell had acted with great impropriety in placing the two brothers by the side of each other, and that it was quite evident it was done in order to mislead the witness, and prevent her from identifying the guilty party. Stowell said that he was not aware they were brothers, an assertion which the Magistrate said he did not believe. The only additional evidence adduced, on the present occasion, was that of a man named Clarke, a tailor, in Blackfriars-road, who proved that he made clothes for Williams in February (after the robbery of 7201.), amounting to 26/. Bills and receipts, to the amount of upwards of 501., were found in the house where the pri soners lived, in Hanover-street. None of the Bank of England notes stolen from Mrs. Cutts have, as yet, been traced ; and the witness stated that he was paid the amount in gold ; that he never saw either of the other prisoner's in Hanover-street, to the best of his belief, although he should not swear he did not see Weare in the house when he went to get his bills for the clothes paid. The boy Williams paid the bills himself, and ap peared to have control over his money. Mr. COTTINGHAM remark on the fact of the boy Wil liams asserting, when he was first brought before him for firing off a loaded pistol, that he (Williams) had no mother, that he was the illegitimate son of a gentleman who allowed him money to live upon; and this assertion was attemped to be confirmed by a woman who came forward, and who described herself as the boy's aunt. There was no doubt Williams was connected with a desperate gang of thieves, and his appearance was well calculated to disarm suspicion, and threw persons riding in omnibuses with him completely off their guard. As there was every prospect of other evidence being pro duced against the prisoners, he should remand them until next Saturday. Mary Carroll, the woman against whom and her hus band a verdict of manslaughter was returned by a coro ner's jury, for causing the death of Elizabeth Hobbs, in Birdcage -alley, Southwark, was brought up for re examination. In reply to Mr. Cottingham, the policeman said that the man Carroll was not yet in custody; that although he had contrived to elude discovery since the commis sion of the act with which he is charged, yet it is strongly believed he is concealed in the immediate neighbourhood where the offence was committed. The witnesses present were then questioned, and they all agreed that they had seen no weapon used by the prisoner, although she was observed to strike the de ceased with her fists. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that, under all the circum stances, he should again remand the prisoner until fur ther opportunity is given for the apprehension of her husband, who appears, throughout, to have been the chief aggressor, and, as already given in evidence, was seen with a weapon in his hand at the time the deceased received the injuries on the head, of which she died. Mr. Attenborough and Mr. Dempster, pawnbrokers, attended for the purpose of making the following appli cation:— From their statements it appeared that a few days ago a person named Henry Gould offered in pledge a silver watch at the shop of Mr. Attenborough, and the article answering the description of a watch stolen a short time previously, information of which had been sent round to the trade. Gould was accordingly questioned on the subject, and not giving satisfactory answers, he was given into custody and brought up to this Court. When, however, before the magistrates, the accused gave such a satisfactory account of the manner in which the watch came into his possession that he was immediately dis charged. The applicants said that since then Mr. Gould had commenced an action for false imprisonment against Mr. Attenborough, and that notice to that effect had been served upon that gentleman. Mr. COTTINGHAM said that he remembered the cir cumstance of Mr. Gould being brought before him and discharged. That he (Mr. Cottingham) was of opinion, under the 7th and Bth of George IV., the pawnbroker was justified in acting in the manner he had done, and that Mr. Gould had no grounds for an action. That it was given in evidence before him, when Mr. Gould went to pledge the watch he gave two different addresses, and the article answeringexactly the description of the stolen one, the shopman had therefore given him into custody. The Magistrate added, that in the event of the action been proceeded with, he had no objection to attend as a witness, and he advised the applicant to apply to the judge for security from Mr. Gould for payment of the costs, in the event of his persevering in bringing on the action. This morning was specially appointed for disposing of several indictments and other proceedings connectet with the Watermen's and the Stone Pier Companies al Greenwich, whu have for a long time been in litigation. There were cross-indictments instituted by the several parties, the object of the Stone Pier Company being to show that the Watermen's, or Floating Pier, was a nui sance, and one of the principal proprietors of the Stone Pier Company was, on the other hand, indicted for a nuisance, in having caused an embankment to be built on the river. Mr. Platt, Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. C. Jones, and Mr. W. Jones, wore for the Watermen's Company; and Mr. Thesiger, Mr. Sergeant Channel!, and two other Learned Gentlemen, were on the other side. After one of the cases had been partly entered into, some conversation took place between the learned Counsel, which eventually terminated in nominal ver (nets being returned ; and it was understood, that the whole matter was to be referred to a Learned Counsel, ho was to have the power to make an amend as to the respective rights of the parties. These cases going off in this manner very materially shortened the duration of the Assize, for if they had been gone through with, they must have occupied a very considerable time. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE proceeded to dispose of two common jury causes, and the busine ss on t hi s s id e terminated about tw o o'clock. CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. riAttom ALDERSON.) Mary Ann Billion, age 20, a good-looking young person, and who was stated in the calendar to be a married woman, was charged with stealing a silver watch, some gold shirt studs, and other articles, the property of Wil liam D'Oyley Alpin. Mr. Rodwell appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Home defended the prisoner. The circumstances under which the charge was made against the prisoner have been recently very fully de tailed in the report of tile examination which took place before the magistrates at Chatham, and it will, there. fore, not be necessary to repeat them on the present occasion at any length. The prosecutor is a lieute nant in the army, and stationed with the depot of his regiment at Chatham, and it would appear that he had carried on a most disgusting career of profligacy. On being cross-examined by Mr. Horne, he admitted that the prisoner had cohabited with him aad was in his quarters for several days, and it appeared that she had taken the opportunity thus afforded her of removing the property which she afterwards pledged. He also admit ted that he had seduced a young girl, named A nge li na Skey, and that he was cha rge d before the magistrates at Chatham with assaulting her aunt a hen she came to en deavour to induce her neice to leave his quarters. He like wise admitted that a number of other women had been living with him in his quarters. It further appeared that the young woman Skey was almost an orphan—one of her parents being dead, and the other hopelessly mad in a lunatic asylum, and while in this unprotected state, she had fallen a victim to the prosecutor. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in the course of the case, ad dressed the prosecutor, and told him that his conduct was most unmanly and disgraceful, and with considerable warmth he ordered him to get out of his sight. Mr. HORNE, on behalf of the prisoner, commented with becoming severity upon the conduct of the prosecutor, and urged that the prisoner had merely taken the pro perty under the mistaken impression that she was en titled to do so by reason of the nature of her intimacy with the prosecutor. The Learned Counsel, in the course of his address, said he trusted that the Court would admonish him, and endeavour to induce him to refrain in future from continuing in such a disgraceful course requir e a higher power than that of the Court to effect this. He thought he might as well endeavour to mhis ake the Ethiopian change his colour, or the leopard spots, as to expect that any observations he might make would have any effect. The jury found the prisoner Guilty and she was sent ence d to four months imprison*- °f the robbery, , nment. _MAL OF THE _URDERER OF THE MARQUIS OF NORMA.NBT'S GAMRKEEPER.—George Lowther and Mat thew Pearson yesterday took th e i r trial at York, for the murder of John Moffatt, the h ea d gamekeeper to the Marquis of Normanby—the first as principal, and the second as aiding and abetting. The facts of this melan choly case, arising out of the operation of the Game-laws, are too fresh in the minds of our readers to require repetition. The jury found Lowther guilty and acquitted Pearson. The Judge, in passing sentence of death upon the wretched man, said that he had been convicted on the clearest testimony of depriving a fellow-creature of life, and that he could not hold out to him the slightest hope of a relaxa tion of the law in his case. Pearson was then called upon, and admonished by the Learned Judge, who trusted that the unhappy end to which his companion would soon come would operate as a warning to him, and would be the means of in ducing hint to abstain from following the unlawful practice which had led to this melancholy investigation. CONVERSION OF SCOTT MURRAY, ESQ., M.P. TOR BUCKS, TO THE R OMAN CATHOLIC FAITH.--OXFORD, MARCH I5.—A sensation has been produced in the University by let ters received among the Tractarians from Rome, with infor mation that Scott Murray, Esq., 8.A., of Christ Church, has just conformed in that capital to the Romish faith. It is anticipated that the Hon. Gentleman, who has sat in Par liament for Bucks since the commencement of the present Parliament, will forthwith vacate hie seat for that county. Mr. Murray belonged to the Young England party, but had paired off till after the Easter recess. His vote is of course suspended until he has taken the oaths prescribed for Roman Catholic Members. This conversion is stated in the Univer sity to be the 18th from among Mr. Newman's disciples which has taken place since the year 1841. Other conversions are spoken of.—Evening Paper. BOLTON AND LEIGH RAILWAY COMPANY.--On Sa turday, a special general meeting of this Company was held at the Clarendon-rooms, when it was resolved to amalga mate the railway with that of the Liverpool and Manchester Compayrildtvoipool Nova. The applicant, having thanked the Magistrate, then withdrew. Charles l 2t of Lancers,Samu l s T awn ß idn E bw E uhr :haa deserter theh Regiment a great num b er of females, was brought up for seduced frao and deserted final examination upon a charge of robbing one of his victims, named Ann Keeley. The prisoner, who is said to be of good family, had deserted no less than four tim es f rom the Lancer Regi ment; the last time from Dundalk in February, 1843, having been previously brand e d w i t h the letter D burnt into both of his sides. A communication was now re ceived from the War-office, desiring that in the event of his acquittal of the charge of felony, he should be given up to the military as a deserter. The particulars of his heartless doings have been given in the reports of former examinations, rendering unna cessary any but a brief enumeration of the offences he is charged with. With Ann Keeley, the prosecutrix, he first became acquainted six years since at Hounslow, where she was in the service of Captain Travers, and shortly before last Christmas he met with her again at Brighton, and after wards induced her, under a promise of marriage, to leave her service there and come to him in London. She had then several boxes filled with the best of apparel, &c., and having occasion to visit her relatives in the country, left the prisoner in charge of her property. lie had, - r tr THE SUN, LONDON, 11/I_OND* f tVENI w d6d , mfare that, seduced a girl named Elizabeth vat ..;ock from her friends at tiirmingham, and after - „e-is abandoned her for somebody else, but having since ~.tund her again at a lodging in Playhouse-yard, and tolling her that he would make a lady of her, he took to her Ann Keeley's boxes of apparel, but made her and others pawn most of the things. One day, however, when Woodcock was unwell, he absconded with her fellow lodger, a 'younger girl, named Styles, with whom he was living at Horselydown when apprehended. The Alagistratts has received also several communications, prom which it appeared that the prisoner's heartlessness had caused the death of at least one female. lie was now committed to Newgate for trial. Mrs. Charlotte Sinclair, a handsomely dressed and more thaii middle-aged woman, of independent property, ivas placed at the bar for final e::amination upon a thatge Of stealing a pair of black kid gloves from the shop bt Mr. Clark, in Whitecros:-street. Mr. Wakelin attended as soliciter for the prosecution, and Mr. Heritage for the prisoner, who had hitherto Veen detained in close custody, but the evidence being now completed, Mr. Bnouorrrow consented to take good bail for her appearance to take her trial at the Criminal Court. CLERKEN WELL. Andrew Beattie, an Italian, charged his master, an. other Italian, named Borinke, living in Saffron-hill, with assaulting him. From the statement of Counsel, and the evidence given, it appeared that in April, 1843, the unfortunate complainant was engaged in Italy by the defendant, and induced to come to this country under a promise that he should be well paid by him, and paid a monthly salary of 13 francs and a half to play an organ in our streets, which has subsequently been his employment, subjecting him daily to the most brutal treatment and abuse if he failed to bring home less than 2s. ; on one occasion in particular he was so much injured by hint as to render it necessary for him to be a patient of Saint Bartholomew's Hospital for more than two months. On the 6th of the present month he received elevenpence only, and on handing it to his master he was struck on the head violently by him, since which tim e th e de fendant had held him in fear under a threat that "he would spoil him for ever as a man." Mr. GREENWOOD asked if the complainant had been paid his wages ?—He answered that he had not received a single franc. Mr. GREENWOOD remarked that the system of entrap ping poor Italians into kingdom is a most abomi nable one, and no good could be effected unless the Pari sian Ambassador interfered to prevent it, we having in England no alien laws now. He inquired how the com plainant made his way here ?—He said that he and eight other men travelled over the Alps to France, and then came by a steam-boat to London. Mr. GREENWOOD held the defendant to bail to answer the charge at the next Middlesex Sessions. CORONERS' INQUESTS. On Saturday Mr. Baker held an inquest in the parlour of No. 19, William -street, Commercial-road East, the residence of Mr. James Sawyer, aged 66, a retired tradesman of fortune, and the subject of the inquiry. Mrs. Jemima Sawyer, daughter-in-law of deceased, said that for several years past he had been subject to epileptic fits, and that on Wednesday evening last, about five o'clock, she left him alone in the drawing-room, taking his dinner, very close to the fire, as, having a re pugnance to dine with the family, he was in the habit of doing. In an hour afterwards she was alarmed by the screams of her daughter, who came running into the parlour, exclaiming that her father was burned to death. Witness had no doubt her father had fallen into the fire in one of the fits he was subject to, though he seldom or never experienced one, except whilst in bed. Miss Sawyer said, that about six o'clock on the even ing in question she went into the drawing-room to ask her grandfather if he desired tea? and, to her horror, saw him recumbent before the fire, with his face and head completely upon it, and the upper part of his dress in flames. She shrieked alarm, and persons came to her succour, lifted her grandfather from the fire, and extin guished the flames which were encircling the upper part of his person. The flesh was entirely burned off his face, his lips and ears were roasted away, and his hands, which hung before the fire, were burned to the bone. Mr. Corrie, a surgeon, was hastily summoned, who pronounced deceased dead, and that he had been so for some time. Verdict—" Accidental death." On Saturday, an inquest was held before .11r. Carter, the Coroner, at the King Henry, High-street, Lambeth, as to the death of Mr. J ose ph Richardson, aged 66, for merly an extensive woollendraper, whose body was taken out of the river under most unaccountable cir cumstances : Mr. Robert Binless, of 13, Union-street, Lambeth, stated that the deceased was his brother-in-law, and was formerly a woollendraper, but had lately been a travel ler on commission. He rosiied at 4.5, Chester-street. On Wednesday morning, he heard the body had been taken out of the river near the Archbishop's palace, and saw it lying at the station-house. Witness saw him on Tuesday evening at his residence, when he appeared low in spirits, and said he was going to No. I, Vaux hall-street, to collect some money. hie" then put on his hat, and went out. Witness had then not the slightest suspicion he intended to destroy his life. Ile was a man who was very regular in his habits, and was always at home by seven o'clock. At ten o'clock on Tuesday night his sister came to him, and said he had not been home, and wished to know if he had been to witness, but he had not. She stayed about half an hour, and then he went home with her, where he stayed all night, as she became very agitated about twelve o'clock. Inquiries have since been made, and it was ascertained that he had not been to Vauxhall -street, nor could the slightest clue be obtained as to where he went to, or how it was the body should be found in the river. No suspicion could be entertained that any one had en ticed him to the river edge, where he had no business, and then pushed him in. By the Jury—He was very well off, and his accounts were perfectly correct. Several of the jury said they had known the deceased for many years, and he was a most regular man. The Coroner observed it wa s a most s i ngular circum stance hegot into the ri ver. returned a verdi ct t h at the deceased was hound dead in the river, but th ere was no evidence to The jury h show how the body came there. The case excited great interest in Lambeth, where the extraordinary circumstances are the general topic of conversation. . . On vv k Saturday was gone into b e f ore M r . Bar, the Fiv e Bells Tavern, Three e, Colt-street, Limehouse, respecting th e d eat h o f a M rs. Ann Shadrake,aged 47 , the widow of one o f t h e l ate c hi e f the Coroner, an inquiry iry engineers of the West India Docks, and who also pos sessed a considerable share of property at that part of the metropolis, who destroyed herself under the follow ing melancholy circumstances : Miss Louisa Shadrake, who was deeply affected, on being sworn, stated that she was a daughter of the de ceased, who lived with her at No. l, Ireland-row, Com mercial-road, being supported by her property. For the last nine months she had been very low-spirited, more particularly latterly, in consequence of being obliged to sell two of her houses. She used to walk abou the house talking incoherently, and would say she did not know what would become of them. On Friday she seemed bewildered, but at ten o'clock at night retired to rest with witness, somewhat more composed. At about six o'clock the following morning she (witness) missed her from the bed, and on calling her received no answer. She then proceeded down stairs, and on entering the back kitchen she discovered her parent hanging by the clothes line to a hook in the ceiling, having adjusted the rope by standing on a chair, and then throwing herself off, as one was found near her. She then gave the alarm, and th e deceased was cut down, but was quite dead. In answer to a question put by a juror, the witnese further stated that the deceased's family consisted of six daughters and two sons. Mrs. Mary Ann Gunston, of No. 4, Ireland-row, de posed that the deceased bad often threatened to destroy herself by drowning, as she was very wretched, and could not live. She also said that she had good chil dren, and that in selling the property she had done wrong to them. Mr. Cummins, surgeon, of Commercial-road East, said that he was called to the deceased, whom he found to be quite dead, and had been so several hours. Accord ing to appearances she must have committed the act in the dead of the night. The CORONER remarked in a very feeling manner upon the melancholy facts of the case, and the jury, after a brief deliberation, returned a verdict," That the deceased had destroyed herself whilst in an unsound state of mind." G, MARCH 18, 1844, THE LATE STORM AT SEA. We subjoin some particulars of the shipwrecks caused by the storm last week,. in to those published under the head " Lloyd's Shipping." The Caroline of Liverpool, a packet ship, commanded by Captain C. Jackson, was totally lost in Cardigan Bay, near Pwellhelli, in Carnarvonshire l on Tuesday af= ternoon last, and it is painful to state that it was at tended with considerable loss of fife, The ship had a cargo on board valued at 25,000/., and insurance' was fected on the vessel and cargo at Lloyd's and elsewhere to the extent of 18,000/. She was what was termed a Quebecer, having been built at Quebec in the year 1441, and was nearly 600 tons burthen. The information is derived from letters received in the course of Thursday and Friday at Lloyd's. They are as follows: PWELLUELLI, Matto" 13.—For the last eight-and forty hours we have had terrible gales of wind, with heavy showers of sleet and rain. At about twelve o'clock a large three-masted ship was observed to bring to an anchor at the entrance of Studwell Road. In about an hour she broke adrift, and was instantly carried over the rocks with great violence on the westernmost of the Studwell islands. The moment she struck, the whole of the masts fell over the sides, and in the course of an hour the ship broke ast*der in several parts, and not a vestige was to be seen. The gale not abating, it was dangerous to launch a boat from the beach, and it is sadly feared that the chief portion of the crew were drowned. She was named the Caroline, belonging to Liverpool, bound to Africa, with a valuable cargo. Another letter, dated March 14, confirms nearly the whole of the above. It adds, " that eleven of the crew saved themselves by taking to the ship's boats, but the remainder, thirteen in number, perished. No portion of tho cargo has been washed on shore. Near Milford Haven, on Tuesday morning, a large French smuggling schooner, was totally wrecked on the rocks about half-a-mile from the harbour, and most of the unfortunate fellows on board met with a dreadful fate. The vessel, which was laden with several hundred tubs of brandy, &c., was, it is supposed, being run ashore by the crew, they taking advantage of the tempestuous state of the weather, in order to run their boats, but she unluckily struck on the rocks (sunken) and immediately went down, carrying with her seven persons, who were drowned. The remainder of the crew, four in number, saved themselves by being washed ashore on the bottom of a small boat. The name of the vessel cannot be as • certained, and, what appears strange, the survivors re fuse to give the slightest information. Her loss, with the cargo, is estimated at 6,0001. The remainder of the losses along the coast and at sea since Sunday last, at which time the storm com menced, are, we regret to state, of a most extensive cha racter. They are as follows : Off Staithes, on Sunday night, at about ten o'clock, a large heavily-laden brig (name unknown) suddenly cap sized and disappeared in deep water. The crew went with her (supposed to be nine or ten in number), and perished. The vessel had a white streak painted over her bulwarks, but no other mark could be observed. The sloop Ann Jenny, of Faversham, was totally lost during the gale of the 28th ult., with all hands, consist ing of seven seamen, most of whom are married men, and have left large families. On Sunday morning the brig Symmetry, belonging to Sunderland, was lost be tween that port and Whitby, in consequence of coming in collision with another vessel which was on her voyage from London, and which happily saved the crew. The vessel had a cargo of coals aboard, and her loss is com puted at '2,500/. At Whitby, on Wednesday night, a brig foundered, about four miles distant, to the east of the harbour, with all on board. At Ramsay, in the Isle of Man, a vessel is sunk in the bay, about three miles off the land, sup posed to have been run down in the course of Monday night ; no tidings obtained of her crew. At Newport, in Monmouthshire, two vessels were lost on the same night. These were the sloop Dispatch (Baker, muster), and the schooner Matilda (Tanford, master), of the same port. These wrecks are sunk at the entrance of the River Usk. One of the seamen of the former was drowned. Accounts were on Thursday last received from Con stantinople, dated Feb. 19, containing the melancholy loss of a Turkish brig in the Gulf of Saros during the heavy gales. The captain and six of his crew were saved ; but the remainder on board, consisting of thirty four passengers, many of whom were females, and six seamen, were drowned. Information has been received at Lloyd's from Capt. Dixon, belonging to the Alpha, of Sunderland, of the total loss of a brig, with all hands. Captain Dixon re ports as follows:—On Saturday last, about half-past one o'clock p.m., whilst proceeding from Sunderland to Gravesend, and when bearing about_ five miles W.S.W., his attention was suddenly called to a vessel, which im mediately sank with all hands. The wind at that time was blowing tempestuously, and the vessel was some distance ahead of the Alpha: Captain Dixon, however, could distinctly see that her topsails were flying as if the sheets had been broken with the fury of the gale. He sailed as fast as he possibly could to get to her ; whilst so doing he saw her turn completely over, and the crew, by some means, got upon the broadside. At this time Captain Dixon had got within seven or eight yards of her, but he was not fully aware, until he saw her turn over, that she needed assistance, therefore the lines were not ready. Five or six minutes only elapsed from the vessel turning over till she went down. On the side seven persons could be seen, and ‘N hen the ship sunk one man struck out, and was seen struggling violently for life ; it is supposed that he perished with the rest of the crew. The name of the wreck is unknown, but she was laden with coal, and some of the crew of the Alpha state that she had Scarborough on her stern. BURGLARY AND ATTEMPT TO MURDER. On Saturday information was received at the dif ferent police-stations of a burglary and robbery being committed on the previous evening near Gravesend, under the following circumstances : It appeared that Mr. Peter Aspinall, a farmer, in an extensive business at West Tilbury, near Graves end, had a lot of sheep driven into that town where he sold them to a butcher, and in addition to other money he received a 51. Bank of England note, with the name " Newham" written in blue ink on the back, which on his return home he deposited in a store-room in his dwelling-house. In the course of the evening he paid a visit to his father, who also re sides in the neighbourhood, and during his absence, about eight o'clock, a knock being heard at the out ward door, the housekeeper asked who was there, when she received for answer, that it was no person who intended any harm, and it was only a poor man asking for a drink of beer. She then opened the door to peep out, which enabled the visitor to place his foot on the threshold and prevent her closing it again. A second man next made his appear ance, and fearing something wrong was intended the housekeeper directed a workman, who happened to be in the house, to go to the brewhouse, and bring some beer, which he did, but the moment he entered the door he received a blow over the eye, which felled him to the ground, where he was left with the door locked upon him. The first man then returned to the dwelling-house, where he had left his companion, and having armed themselves with a poker and tongs, seized the housekeeper by the throat, and compelled her, under the most determined threats, to convey them through every part of the house, and although she assured them she could not tell where her master usually deposited his money, they broke into every apartment without obtaining any plunder, until they entered the store-room, the door of which they forced with the poker, and from a drawer they took 301. and two 51. notes, one of which was that already mentioned. One of them then demanded something to eat, which the other objected to, as they had de layed long enough, and after using the most dreadful threats towards the housekeeper, if she attempted to give any alarm, they went away, having been in the house upwards of half an hour. CRIM. CON. AND SUlClDE.—Yesterday Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Chequers, Providence-row, Finsbury, on the body of W. H. Freeman, aged twenty-four, employed by Mr. Woodruffe, corndealer, of Worship-street. It appeared in evidence that, eight months since, deceased received injury to the head through having been capsized from one of his master's carts, and that, from that period, he suffered much from constant soporific tendency. How ever, on Monday night last, accompanied by a young widow, who responded to his amatory advances, he attended a raffle at a public-house, and next morning returned to his work somewhat more animated than he had latterly been. At one o'clock he went, as it was thought, to his dinner, but not returning at his usual hour, his young master went to see whether he was in the stable or not. Finding the key not in the door, he entered by anothe r i n l e t , and found the deceased suspended by the neck from a harness peg by means of a halter. His young master directly cut him down, and sent for Dr. Davies, who though he tried to restore life, be lieved that deceased had been dead full a quarter of an hour. Soon after deceased's death a letter, full of reproaches, ad dressed to him, arrived from a married woman, with whom he had held criminal correspondence, and in which she in veighed against his inconstancy and his connection with her rival, the widow.---Verdict, " Temporary insanity." STATE OF TRADE.--LIVERPOOL.—SIice our last publication we are in receipt of letters from India and Ame rica, of late dates, and so far as respects the trade of these coun tries with England, the news to hand must be considered in a favourable light. For Manchester goods there is again likely to be a good export demand, especially as prices may shortly be expected to decline a little, owing to the altered position of this market for the raw material. Spinners still buy TEE INNOCENT SUFFERING TOE THE GUILTY.— cautiously, and what speculators do is not sufficient to There are some circumstances connected with the lad Bean, prevent a gradual giving way on the part of sellers. whose liberation from the Penitentiary, where he had been The decline from the highest point of the market this confined for the last eighteen months, for his treasonable year is not less than id. per lb., and the statistics of the conduct in levelling a pi s tol at the Queen, was noticed a few crop brought by the Hibernia, indicating a production of days since in the papers, of an afflicting nature. His father 1,900,000 bales, can scarcely have any other effect than I NN: i a s s fa a ni jo i l l i y na i e n ym a carnedgiotaldblaenmd manner; e a id N ta r d h b e r l o d u g u h p t hisu P that of causing increased depression on the market. The cheapness of money is slowly inducing speculation in head after the conviction of his son, anxiety of mind having articles of minor importance, and now the amount in brought on an attack of sickness, which terminated only in vested by capitalists and adventurers in produce gene 'his widow was left with three his decease. By this calamity rally is greater than it has been for many years. The children, one of whom is ten, and the other two under that feeling that an alteration in the sugar duties is intended age, having nothing to depend on but her own exertions, and is becoming more general, and it is pleasing to find a labouring under severe privations. In addition to all this modification recommended even by some of our West misery, since his release he has also been thrown on . her India merchants and others, who consider that their own hands, and she is reduced to utter destitution. Bean applied interests would not be injured, and are at least willing to sup to his former master, Mr. Hilton, newsvender, of u P t entp- fort the attempt. The market, in the present state of un ;ehbasuterl; street, Pentonville, to retake him into his employ, b bein certainty, is of course not very animated. There is a large already suited, he is giving him occasional employment. and rapidly extending export business going on to all parts. Bean wduring as instructed in the art of tailoring his con- The demand for sha res h as b een considerable, and prices finement. generally are higher.—Li verpool Mercury. A CRARTIST cc LEADER."—Mr. Feargus O'Connor, We have much pleasure in learning that the long in his recent p amp hl et, describes th e Rev. Wm. Hill, the man ' expecte d report of Lord Granville Somerset and his associate whom he so long employed to instruct and guide the people, as Commissioners, respecting the London Customs, is in the " foolish," " audacious," " base," " artful," " vindictive," " tree- press, and will speedily be presented in the proper quarter.— ' " horrible," " fi en di s h , „ cherous," "perfidious," `' revengeful,' Observer. - - " diabolical!" Charges him with „ dev il men t," " duplicity," W " e learn," says the Commerce, " that the jutii " conspiracy," " violation of solemn pledges," " unparalleled coal authorities at Marseilles, in the late affair between the meanness and baseness," " villainy in its blackest form !"—talks of Romulus and Laurentine, have ' declared the En lish to have his " hideous grins," and calls him the " veriest rascal," " the , . issued g of peen in the wrong, and a warrant to arrest one the most ungrateful and ,incoraprehensible scoundrel on earth !" o f , sa il ors the Romulus on a charge of tearing and insulting /4eis rims ! the flag of the karteatine.' The deceased lady was very much respected in the neighbourhood of Limehouse, and, as may be imagined, the melancholy occurrence has produced the deepest sen sation. On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Wakley, M.P., Coroner, held an inquest at the residence of Mr. John Crisp, linendraper, in the town of Hounslow, Middlesex, on view of the body of that gentleman, who died in the following awfully sudden manner on Thursday last. It appeared that the deceased, who was 72 years of age had up to that period enjoyed most excellent health. On Thursday, about ten o'clock, while sitting at dinner with his family, he suddenly fell back in his chair, and momentarily appeared to be dying. Mr. Emmott of the firm of Bogley and Emmott, surgeons, in the town, was instantly sent for, and immediately attended, and opened a vein, but no blood flowed, life being by that time quite extinct.—Verdict, " Natural death." STATE OF TRADE. FOREIGN WOOL TRADE, LEZDS, MARCH 15.--We are enabled again Lisis week to report an active demand for nearly all deseriptiOns of foreign wool, and recent rates are firmly maintained. ENGLISH WOOL MARKET, :ZEDS, MARCTI 15.—Sales of combing wool, during the present week, have been limited, prices remaining nominally the same as last week. The consumption is undiminished, and is expecte.: i . to continue large. There is a fair demand for clothing stools of low and middling qualities, at very firm prices. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, MARCH 25.—The market continues in all respects the same as reported in our last, no improvement in demand, and prices nominal. YORK WOOL MARKET, MARCH 14,—We have had fair supply of warehoused wools to this day's market, but a small comparative amount of business done, incon‘ sequence of an apprehension by the manufacturers that present prices will not he maintained. First-class fleeces realised from 15s. is lbs. 6d. ; locks arid cots from 10s. to 12s. per stone. ThCre will be no more York wool . markets until the new clip day. LEEDS.—The demand for single-itilled tweeds of lot/ qualities has not been quite so brisk as of late, but better qualities have been more in demand, and good shades suitable for the spring trade have been taken very &alp Low cloths are still in request, particularly in common dyed blacks. Middle qualities of cloths have also gone off rather better this week, but there is no improvement in the demand for fine goods, the prices of which con tinue stationary. There has not been many of the larger buyers in the maket during the week, and busi• ness in consequence has been dull in the warehouses. BRADFORD, TntiliSDAY.—The piece market continues tolerably brisk, and no accumulation in the =oda& turers' hands, which encourages them to seek full priArleg. The continued advances on Cotton warps have made a very serious difference in the cost of a piece, exclusive of the increased price, of worsted weft. Yarns are consi dered hardly as brisk as a few weeks past; the present prices hold no inducement to purchase for distant deli. very. The stocks continue low, and prices firm. There is no material alteration in the wool trade; the market is well stocked with most kinds, and, if any change in prices, a shade in favour of the buyers. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY.—We are still very dull and heavy for all kinds of cloth, except a certain deseip tion of shirtings, which for the last few days have been readily sold at a small advance on India and China ac count. Printing cloth is again lower, and dull at the decline. Twist is without any change in value, but' there is no life in the trade, as neither the German or Russian houses have commenced their spring purchases. The demand for the Bradford market is still very good.-.- Leeds Mercury. THE EXCLUSIVE WORKHOUSE, (From Punch.) So admirably has the New Poor-law operated in the prevention of pauperism, and so satisfactory has beon its influence on the poor themselves, in alleviating their sufferings, endearing them to their benefactors, the rich, and diffusing among them a spirit of subordination end content, that Government, we understand, is meditating an extension of its principle for the benefit of the younger sons, ruined spendthrifts, and portionless daughters of the superior classes. Exclusive Workhouses are to be provided as places of refuge for the destitute aristocracy. Arrangements strictly corresponding to those of the union workhouse, but modified in accordance with the quality of the inmates, will regulate these establish ments. The diet will be as simple as a refined palate can bear, and limited rigidly to that quantity which Will just suffice for the maintenance of genteel existence. The dress of both sexes will be plain and respectable, such as a gentleman or lady would be rather ashamed to be seen in, and no superfluous comforts, amusements, or accommodations will be allowed. In fine, the Exclusive Workhouse will be divested of all inducements which might tempt a person of fashionable ideas to wish tó enter it. For breakfast, plain bread and butter at discretion will be allowed, with tea or coffee and sugar; but no eggs, ham, tongue, anchovies, chocolate, or any other more palatable articles of food. This meal will take place at nine precisely. Dinner, which will be served at three, will consist of a plain joint, roast or boiled, with bread, potatoes, and the ordinary garden vegetables; neither soup, nor fish, nor game of any description, even when sent as presents, allowed to be dressed. The joint to be followed by a plain tart or pudding of the fruit in season. The repast to con clude with bread and cheese, which latter is to be a good common Stilton or Cheshire, exclusive of all Graytre, Parmesan, or Neufchatel. No omelettes, macaroni, or any foreign or made dishes to be permitted. Sherry to be allowed during dinner, and port afterwards, and table ale or porter to those who wish for them. Every gentleman at dinner to be limited to two glasses of sherry, and every lady to one. After dinner the gentlii men to have three glasses of port a piece, and the ladies two ; and each individual to be entitled to a captain's biscuit : no Cher dessert. The above to be the only , wines suffered in the workhouse, and all persons con victed of smuggling in hock, champagne, burgundy, or any other description of liquors than those provided, to be punished by solitary confinement. Tea, same as breakfast, at seven. No other meal. The dress of the gentlemen is to consist of a blue coat, with plain cloth buttons, black waistcoat, and pepper and -salt kerseymere trousers, with Wellington boots, not of patent leather. No gentleman to wear mous taches. Ladies dresses to be of good Mousseline-de &tine, of a simple and uniform pattern, cotton stockings, without open work, and black morocco shoes, unsan dulled. No lady to be adorned with any trinket beyond her wedding-ring; and no gentleman to appear with watch-guard or an eye-glass. Husbands and wives to bo compelled to live together ; but the separation of parent from child to be strictly enforced. Gentlemen are to be expressly interdicted from the use of snuff and cigars ; and no lady to be indulged with smelling-salts or vinaigrettes, except by medical order. The ladies also will be forbidden to wear or carry bouquets. All novels, newspapers, magazines, and works of fiction to be excluded. No billiards to be permitted. Any lady caught waltzing to be punished. The employment of the ladies to consist in fancy er ornamental needle-work ; in snaking copies of p a i n tings and drawings; the sale of the articles manufactured e o , be applied to the support of the establishment. # 'l2, gentlemen to be employed in penmanship, as the desiring up of official documents, and the like. Those capable of literary exertion to be allowed to write articles, And compose poetry and jokes, also saleable, on behalf of the establishment, to the proprietors of Punch and others. Ladies or gentlemen refusing to work to be confined to their own apartments. Each person to have a bed room and sitting-room, but no more. Plain brown Windsor soap and water to be the sole adjuncts to the toilet, to the exclusion of all Circassian cream, Kalyder, Rondeletia, and all other pomades and perfumes. The children to be kept in a separate part of the establishment, and to be instructed, under the auspice. of competent persons, in literature, the sciences, morality, music and dancing. Further particulars will transpire when the Bill for the purpose intended is brought before Parliament, which will be shortly. THE WILL FORGERIES. We are informed, upon what we consider good authority, that William Sanders, of Bristol, fish monger, whose name has been so !much mentioned in the will forgeries cases, and whose wife is supposed to be the notorious Emma Slack, was apprehended at Edinburgh on Friday last by John Forrester, the able and zealous police-officer of the Mansion-house. The ingenuity and activity used on behalf of the prosecution, in tracing and obtaining a clue to the locus in quo of Sanders, appears, from what we have heard, to have been most extraordinary. All WAS done in the quiet silent way by the wide-awake officer. The offence of which Sanders is considered to be guilty consists in his having personated Thomae Hunt, the assumed grandson of one Mary Hunt, and obtained a sum of stock and dividends amounting to about 2,0001. The true Mary Hunt was a widow, who died at Bath in the year 1806, without children, leaving a will, which was proved in the Prerogative Court in 1807, by her execu t ors , Who, not being acquainted with the affairs of the deceased, omitted to claim the stock in question. The stock, and the interest upon it, were consequently trans. , ferred to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt in the year 1842. About that time, Joshuah Fletcher, who has been charged with partici pation in the will forgeries exposed before the Lord Mayor, heard of the transfer, and the consequence was, that, it, June of that year, a will was produced at Doctors' Commons, purporting to have been made by Mrs. Hunt, in favour of Thomas Hunt, a grand son of Mary Hunt. The alleged grandson took lodgings in Tottenham-court-road, for a few weeks, pretending to be the mate of a ship, and absconded immediately after he had succeeded in obtaining the stock and dividends. --- iy - vhat clue the circumstances which guided the prosecutors to Sanders were ascertained is not known to the public, but we are informed that it was known to them within a week after the development of Miss Slack's case, that the assumed Emma Slack was Lydia Sanders, the wife of the man now in custody, and Sanders himself was the assumed Thomas Hunt. Since that period, the most diligent search has been made for man and wife ; and we understand that Joint Forrester has pursued them throughout the south of England, to Guernsey, France, and at last tei Scotland, where, after having been absent about thrill weeks, he at length effected the apprehension of Sanders, who was concealed there under a feigned name. It is said that a principal circumstance leading to the knowledge of the guilt of Sanders and his wjfe was the discovery of a gown in the possession of • daughter of Sanders, which had been purchased by Mrs. Sanders with part of the money which was fraudulently obtained by the pretended Emma Slack in April, 1843. Mrs. Sanders is the sister of Mrs. Dorey. It will be recollected that Mrs. Dorey took the lodging for her in the neighbourhood of Totten ham-court-road, at the time Barber and Fletcher were negotiating the " Slack business" at the Bank. It is believed that Emma Slack, alias Lydia Sanders, will shortly appear in propria persona before the Lord Mayor. Liverpool now 'possesses an astronomical observa tory worthy of its commercial greatness, and one which, from the excellence of its instruments, will be able to ascer tain the true time daily, with so much accuracy as to enable the captains of merchant-vessels to regulate their chrono meters exactly, and thus to avoid those errors of time which are often so fatal at sea. Very shortly the instant at noon will be shown at Liverpool,' as at Greenwich, by the falling of a ball at the observatory. ~, "ft THE CUTLRENCY. (Fiord the Manchester Guardiax.) mal ts som Tl:e insp repo orta rts nt es ch r ages the i i n nt t rin ha ti c o u n n o en f 7: l l . l , nister s t° bale appe ar to eo f roused the country bahkers to an unwonted deg/h e s t* activityl We leafs from the London newspaPe r "' d de' meeting of gentlemen engaged in that business, too ft legated from cliffeeent parte of the kingdom , was held but Herbert's Hotel, Pelace-yard, London, on Thursci s j,' t of ' the presence of reporters being interdicted , the ° ,"Iiroll Nis! , Proceadings did sot transpire. We learn, ,t°,',' s dat the ..a:ashen Conetiel, Herald, a Ilull paper, of 1 " - b'ect , last, 0;10 a memorial at Sir 11.obert Peel on this fitt.Q o A wee age UpOn et • meeting of bankers held s t Ae sea on Sattaday Zest, and is understood to have been i n the by all the pnraw,bankers and jointsetock banks,.,,ors county of York. In Ale manorial the Irorkghire 1 "" lay i- . _ t end rc ill •' We Cannot too strongly i lwell on the evi l' cbeeee which would be entailed on the farmers by °IA , Ori ° pt or sic salmi of the local circulation. It we?! c ' o t .. o .' . 1 1 them that necessary , assistance which tn o bl . e banks re at ail timee so liberally afforded, to c ati o that* to pay theit tome, "and other engsgem en ,r'e t tst e the prod uc e of theit farms could be realised ; a n ; - e lle ° of things would thus be produced, the inevitiblenrors' of why el would be to retard; in a great degree , iii n r men is in Agriculture." • b 1 Thie fs predirsty*e argument which Ivo 16 00 e. simitai parties in reference to the suppreesion ot that pound notes. 3' country bankers were , 1 of period quite gur is t r _that, without t h ere aid itosl such totes, . people could n ot obtain their carrid accommodation s beaineaa wield not be 4 00 1 on in the agticultural district) I and the ,', note' wc° l k l be nosey ell . ruined. Well r the sP iau s ieisy r were of reseed ; end, notwithstanding' these fero etg, prettiedone, the min shone, the rain fell, act :i t he . e t al" somehow contrite' tb•carry on their business Ju so , so , no such direful deltilety had befellen thenil.• 4,00 doubt, they will be able to do if their rittta Lu n a not e t pen to be paid nn nice clean Bank of Eng le " . elai e ' insteed of the dirty and greasy scraps of P&P ° An ° cirenliSe throitgts dm cdtintry under the denoo o% 4 of local dotes. Astir the unwillingness of bankers to. % l ac au c s oma habl o o d p at i.c ion e e o r ob eP 3 f ur in di t t h y eir own notes, it is di! 9 doubt, tankers, if inch there t a e t , of their nits, Will did 'it difficult to rent scc e olet .._ dation to &rine* or any other parties ; and. th e 4 . m . the such parties 1 ' establishments the better,- em s public. ne e r a t r undance of capital ready . °r l tl t ell ploynkent in be its, or any other pursuit that is; ..,,tli; ' to yield a prniit ; sled we are sure that farmers otc".4, aid responsibility Will , baye no more difficulti 10.1 of w'whooe.,veereahpeissodi ocooic;toroficete curing the *WI odation they require, in .1311 1; of Efigland not* th *II merchants and umuufa cinr , e r Lancashire hare , 1' '• -0 seppose that men of no 7, - 5 ire sibility can new p . , . accommodation in Yor toer b•eausa the **ere lend only their own notes, is ea t thaatithe prudence eta judgment of the banker! heel , county et a ranch hirer r a t e than we b e lieve to Pe. , .0 Thi memorial hither ways :-"iiVe are awa re i o f many writers slet the, currency advocate a sing le m b e i r s n ti'! Jane ; but we toofklently prim on your cons . ". s ee v, ' the talkie end iinpor*nce of our practical exPe rte e d tb 4 " directly ipliosed to their opinions, being convil l , c ,„.„ 0' the iroduethea; et any system which would pi , -, o ne whole lama of ffn: fountr y . under the power 4 °.' ere es goverielpg body wos.b be prejudicial to the best int of the kingdom." _ he ssi, We wonld beg to et ggest to these gentlemen " 0 tbs' so much In Meowf their " practical experi,ell'io ficl, one it least of the ! writers on the currencY , ' ", t ieo' 'iodate i single nit of,"igeue, has an experience ' f illet AA P 0 as ostensive as yof them c a n boast of. ~,- s,',/ . j 'erg e ,, h , not onlY in a don bank, but in one of t",, - ' °•-• provineiel banking eetablishmente in the king of Sarausti Jones Loyd lime acquired an amount • tioal knowledge Which, combined with g reat , C l o uds , ide rs attainsients, peculiarly fits him for the due c° ll rte s itilf' Lion of this impoirtant subject. In one point, ce he ba s 6 Mr.. Loyd differs from. the Yorkshire banke," ; t he 1t t .1 . , no privite interest to warp his judgment • i` e ' in sy ir" firm, nor any of the bankers with whom th erefor e c ° said to compete, leen* notes ; and he has th,i tbee temptation to view the question in any other lig h t in its bearing oe i the Jammu of the public. RACE Wifil , --- 1 STE43I-V l - 06- , 1 1 , 14 03 ' °' l l ,4iz, bk. tit, instant, the hfeerze.lbralii•cdtbs. the Xndia u o li- e , ti en saalleybury, met with o . e , , t o moat 4 4 1g T h e i r fial li ffeei n d de nt nts fa , te and to providential rccerlTh c esca 00 eery or coin froth are to nartford, and on sr, ° ,,, env': site union workhouse he deterroinea f t or '' tl t " the town . through. Shy ...back street, O a 'd- Dye r purport he wept down itload-lane and ps t _ss e tit ' bv - , the railway. The Meets bad proceeded "sibe bac; the distance between the Mend-late gate o 'clo c :' entrance 16 the railway terminus, when tlie the fine e pe train le ft the station. The fileerm's horse, a ffr i g hte d ,' rited animal, immediately b ec ame " fori? °- pees, 'Aterelly idling with the train ; wheeled mot, end dashed back at ' shil l pats, on grig ht at ,the gate he had ust pissed through, tile, j il w ith il anima clew e d it a t it b ou nd, and alight'"•iwaY , 11 fore feet on the weir edge of the line of r"; 1 ,1 t , gat e ; the very instaht that the train arrived st '' fbo titig' Forkinately, the hoisedid not obtain a secur e WO' the slott of the 'e and bank of the railway WAS I , tile and tie base's, et slipping back, he rolled ClC'" o f tY bank, sad the ladle retied by, within a few rec t o a e l Iteerit,:g heed, ,se he lay , under the fright e ' i t ogt s straggling ho whose legs had become b el f i ro vi t b ,, in tiae fencing. -anable to disengage his feo ps ea r st e i e rre : After the train. had passed, the g ee i r bj t it ro 0 . c with dalcithy in •extricating. himself X l l sb° lo with great , eiolencit but we are happy ` 0 .....;es, il l/ unp nt poei.._cekk.—., as the horse continued ate'''' that sustained no geeseer injury than a few bre. ; wily the of *Wok he has nearly recovered. -'1- R gmme............................ ..... .. REVrA OF FIFTY po— n f 0 cu. ir the its ' '''''' ° u etrocious and diabolical o lt pl! s t ful Are-teiaing t ever disgraced a country', t ° 13 , 0 0 03 ; at Greenbank: hi she perish of Pet tinain, o e n nl t a l l fa ~,tr el o f of Monday se ensigns. - Greenbank is s g nv t l3° the "sillie• of 64 1 1+0 0 heol, occupied by *Yl l3 l : .agrit c l if e e e r the von" and wee al n'mraltit laii2ice, about four, the maid ser called h er of Oirdyood. end it appe!rs zithiemi.. wept ' ist She smell of fire. 811/ that 0e gr im ,' --',..., ....4 eit With h escerteined ° ate °--- --e um ivy"; the assistanceres. - nei g hbmate, tha_Ant wee go t under, bat h o l e WI d ni iik . )1 were ftfi.r 6 enlirei re entirel y co ed. The pu ti o le r ir l e 'r - il a g inl ti r e; . -- r r ia cows, 6 barn am ;, 0 415 ,re' been literally roast"?' to death, and **jut "! .the ettrallee of en unctions sm u c "' Q l 0 0g e e t We mild no "bate believed that a erretem o s v oa lll o o , cruel was So be found in this quarter, w.h the ir O tte l; fire te e a heat sionesining cattle tied uP ' ll but 6 , 0 . . ; d e thus kering them se possibility of eS e i - P e fio t WI e fs seems to have 1 the cave . We u° - „ at hictolo, circtuirstanoe be•thted to engage the slinr• ne div, r of a right-thittkiig non than the heavy loss sustai.,oofrttii occupant of this tin. Acting upon this vie on a t cot t - i ) o r erl/ benevolent pe ' a bate get *subscription on Tbe re ;0 0 purpoee'ef aiding the unfortunate young pla n , ' „ rool l es ° sled eleven et freelve Nicks standing In 1 " . "" b a n '; I e sd park about a =Re and ii half from G r eenb% us is , ol f two of thens--.kiee in .eaol i row--were Set on telfOr with ltatk o il ; r e ° lo th : ..deeprOrtyYthedwhdoifflee.reTnhteiwude:lll fire' ,de l to frost, and ate lofting was beautifully ic.1119:0;" to th e Uniatiky oi title tate set on fi re were k i n dr e d o .. t i to ground, without cotunaunicatiug asp ark t " oOfCi t° arming. Fifty. yonagdg as a reward has bee .4 ll les be an y Pireen wiko• vviil give information lb ° " t icli 92 ow' alOg the cabvictot of thi incendiary, yet it '",, In .,- .- feared the thing la remain a oyster (Areal*. de e€ __-.......... __ _ w-,1,0 -e , -.--, — 'Plr Op DININFTNIte C*sP*L ritoreitcr• , - ; a recisf r ot 0 , Coma tee to erlitch fire Muse of Lords, do een pres e pisO o f referred the severed yang that hsa 1 ,, o f th 6 0,00 their tioidehitaL 4 l 4 g th at the provisioLfdio c c o vc ic, to tore' CCiPola he extendod to Ire s i rr o ur 0° coot of the foting P hornet on Saturday', a c ool bi osv i d , tle lIM tint% I* oppolat a Chairman , $ ll Pro b e o f /4 1 duties elogeteA 7 2 : n he Boole to them ." -. 4 volt b y, P o d, CAlt6 , leen edlor, Lord Presid e / 3 /00 0r d' t%e e ip le t ting l e uie e Lineeloarne, Merqui 6 ° o dors sil 0 1 0 Fort e, Req . 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