The Sun. — London, England, 1850-01-24 00:00:00

MEgTING OF MEXICAN BOND HOLDERS. A meeting of Mexican bondhnlders was held yester day at the London Tavern, for the purpose of appoint ing a committee for the protection of the interests of the bondholders in future, and to adopt measures to expedite the payment of the remants of t'he dividend due in January, 1847, Mr. W. e P. Robertson was upon to preside. The eiIATRMAN, in opening the business of the day, intimated that he had not been instrumental in convening the meeting, but as he per fectly.- approved of its object, namely, to appoint a committee to watch over Mexican interests, he had no hesitation in taking the chair: He was.oppoeed to everything in the shape of quarrelling, heCause it could do' no good ; and he, therefore, regretted that the General Spanish Ame rican Committee of Bondholders had thrown out im putations impugning his canduct in dealing with the Mexican holders. He could no longer protect Mexi can interests whi/e he sat on the general committee, and he need hardly tell thenieeting that he had, within the hist tew days, separated himself from that body: He bad now to tell 'them that within the last few hours he had received a letter from his agent in Mexico, which confirmed him in the opinion he had stated before to-day, that the convention en tered into with the Mexican bondholders would ulti mately become the law of that republic. The resolutions to be proposed to this meeting were as follows : " Resolved, that the foreign debt of the Republic of Mexico amounts to upwards of ten millions sterling : the interests involved are of sufficient magnit,ude and importance to merit the undivided attention of a committee nominated by the bondholders without any connexion with the credi tors of any other foreign state. That a committee, consisting of not less than five members, be now elected by this meeting to act as the executive of the Mexican bondholders in England, who shall conduct all necessary correspondence, and receive the remit tances from Mexico on account of the dividends in conjunction with the agent appointed by the Mexican Government, and generally to take cognizance of all matters and things considered to be conducive or pre judicial to the interests of the bondholders. That, in order to enable the said committee to execute their fuocqnps in a satisfactory manner, they shall be hereby eMpowored to have an office in a convenient siteetion in the city of London, for the purpose cf coeducting the business, and to appoint a secretary to act under their direction. That books shall b e in which all correspondence shall be entered with the least possNe delay after - receipt or dispatch, arid the secretary shall be bound to attend in the offi:e a reasonable number of hours per day, for the purpose of answering inquiries and allowinglree access to all books and documents. That to remove all suspicion of an undue advantage to individuals by b&eg poesessed cf early information immediately on dis - patches being opened, the secretary shall draw up a short epitome of t'-ie content?, embracing the sub stance of all matters hearing on the value of the sto k, which epitome shall be forthwith transmitted to the Stock Exchange, and publicly posted there and 2t 'the oiThe. Th.it a general meeting of . the bondilelders shall be held every six month 4, on days to :be named, in January and July respectively, when the committee or any bondholder may submit to their consideration and discussion all matters that may occur in the interval affecting their int:- r'.!te. That, for the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses, a subscription be made from the annual dividend pro rata, not excee , ling one penny peT hanciri?rl pounds of the capital. That the present a gents representing the bondholders in Mexico be coetiritied, and the arrangements made with them by Mr. Robertson be confirmed. That measures neces • nary fir the immediate payment of the remanets be forthwith taken by the committee as they shall be advised. That the actual expenses incurred by Mr. Inbertson in his mission to Mexico he defrayed by contribution of 6 J. from each remanet of the dividend due Jantiary, 1847, after the examination and approval of his accouets by the committee." Spme discussion arose upon these resolutions. It was objected that the capital did not amount to ten Millions,. and admitted by the Chairman that the actual stock held, in England amounted to only seven niillions. The remaining three millions were in the hands of the Mexican Government. Complaints iere made of the conduct of the general committee, ill° Were information (ruin of having withheld inforation frnin the bondholders till they had taken advantage of it on the Stock Exchange themselves. One gentle &an said he hadlost nearly 3,0001. through thil mis -duct, and atter the original resolutions had been agreed ,to, it was resolved, that this meeting agreeS to the di.eeeltation of any existing committee represent ing at this time the intereet of the Weaken bond aulders. The committee was then appointed as follows : ilaron 1,. de Goliamid (merchant), Francis Mills, E q. (hanker), W. P. Robertson, Esq. (merchant), 14nd Guedalla, E q. (merchant), James Capel, Ezn. (stot;lrbroker), Thomas Thornton, Esq. (merchant), elptain. Ross, - R.N., Rowen Ronald, Esq (di,- ie,:tor of the Iriih National 13Ank), James Rhodes, tic' (director of the London and County Bank). Th.tnks were then voted to the Chairman, and the ireeting terminated. FRANCE. .At a.meeting of the At.ademy of Sciences on Tues day Lo:d Brougham read a most .interesting paper d;tailincr his recent experiments on light, and setting f - )r , ..h-th; conclusions at which he had arrived ps the results of those experiments. his Lordship repeated the experiments before the Academy. At the con clusion Lord Brougham was highly complimented by Aragl. The Jtfoniteur publishes the returns of the produce and consumption of domestic sugar in France since the commencement of the season, from which it ap 'p7arq that there were 288 manufactories in operation on the Ist of January last. The quantity of sugar manufactured amounted to 30,126,722 kilogrammes, 3r 5,912,276 more than during the corresp6nding period of 1848; that sold for consumption to 12,713,939, and the quantity lying in the public bonding stores to 10,091,956. STATE OF TRADE (Froth the Manchester, Guardian.) , Maric HESTER„ TUESDAY.—The arrival of the Cam bria, with accounts of diminishing estimates of the . _ ._ cotton crop, and of an advan6e of one ceet per lb. in the New York market, has given rise to a very large s;:eculative business in Liverpool, and added another firtMeg per lb. t.) the quotations. This movement has led to a corresponding one in our market.. Natu s rally enough, the spinners have claimed another : farthing .. from the shippers, and still more, in many instances, from the manufacturers ;• while - the tatter have endeavoured to save themselves by a like demand upon the buyers of goods. Bat the eastern advices show that there was a falling off in the demand for yarn and cloth at Calcutta, at ' tended With some decline in their value ; while the position of things at Barabay was precisely such as to : require no great weight of fresh imports to occa sion a giving way there also. It appears that scarcely anything can now be sent out without in . earring considerable lois. This intelligence has caused . the Indian merchants to keep aloof frcim business more decidedly than they did before; and it has indirectly , . affected other classes of buyers in a similar man _ _ ner, though not in an equal degree. Apart from all this, however, the buyers are by no means pre pared to yield on the instant to an impulse which, coming from the cotton field, they are particularly iniilined to - distrust. While, therefore, we have had an exated market, it has been one of comparatively little business, but much perplexity and anxiety. : Both the merchants and the millowners are painfully sensible of the ruinous consequences which must flow from high-priced cotton ; they do not see their way with any degree of clearness, and a general convic tion of the necessity of proceeding with caution has been very observable throughout the day. - 4- ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a slack market to-day, and a very limited number of pieces sold at former prices. The wool market remains in active, but the prices are firm, notwithstanding the limited demand there is for the raw material. MACCLESFIELD, TIIESDAY.—Simce our last we have bad several influential London buyers of manufac tured goods, and some considerable business has been negotiated. There are evident symptoms of goods being scarce, and we' may, therefore, infer that the spring trade will open favour : ably. If business could be done directly with the London buyers it would be far more deeirable;:as-the system cf consignments to agents for advances is fraught with much evil, and does in • calculable injury to the honest trader. We have had frequent evidences of this in past years, and • ,- regret to have an instance to record this week of reckless trading in the manner just indicated. The thrown silk market has rather increased in • firmness since our last ; a good inquiry exists for . both home and foreign demand. This, it i s t o b e hoped, will tend to equitable prices, as com pared with the raw material. The industrious are all Well - employed, which is a fortunate cir cumstaece at this inclement season. The dyers are s fao gaily occupied with orders for spring colours. Ia - ' the taw sill( market the principal feature has been the , • p u blic sales held at Liverpool on the 17th instant, at ' which business was transacted at higher rates than previously current; the best China silks were bought in, the importers not evincing a disposition to sell at present rates. Altogether the market wears a very ..1 EWS, - , and theoverland mail, just arrived, c0n ....,,,,,.....,„,...._ 1\ eon supply . for the season, and that there . ...,e_"- e e ~,_. ._, at erahle excitement at largely increased ~,,,.?...„ e .. , ~,,,- aghae, will, we thin T e, render a further , 4:_5 t f,747 , - 4 -:. _ 4 vices here probable. ~ :. a,...: , - --,' .. ; c. v., cfri . 1 .q.„ - i -;,t . CP ‘- (.. --,-_ FIELD, TLIESDA7.—The Cloth-hall to-day "i) " ared of every description of goods adapted a ping trade. In fine woollens not much is K a THE SUN, doing, as is usual at this period of the year. In wools there is a decided tendency upwards in price. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.-O wing in a great measure to the inclemency of the weather, there were but few persons in. our Piece-hall to-day, and the worsted trade may be quoted as in much the same state as it has been for the last few weeks. In yarns, and also in wools, there is no alteration since our last report. LEEDS, TUESDAY.—The market to-day has been rather quiet, but on Saturday last a large business was done. Manufacturers are well employed, and a good quantity of goods have been delivered to the merchants. There is no change in price. MR. HORSMAN AND THE GO VERNMENT. Mr. Horsman has addressed the following letter to the electors of Cockermouth, through the columns of the Carlisle Journal : Gentlemen,—As a severe accident, from which I am not yet quite recovered, prevents me paying you the visit which was arranged for this week, I am obliged to resort to this more formal mode of ac knowledging the vote of thanks upon my public conduct, which you forwarded to me at the close of last session. It is gratifying to me to think that, during the fourteen years in which I have acted as your representative, not one cause of difference has existed between us for a moment, and that on this, as on other occasions, instead of my having to appear before you to offer an apology or explanation of any portion of my conduct, you have generally antici pated that necessity by an expression of your own opinion. " I need not assure you that at the close of a very , arduous and responsible session such marks of sym pathy and approval are especially grateful to a repre sentative, and bind him to the service of his consti tuents more closely than ever. " But there is one subject of peculiar interest and importance in my eyes to which you especially re ferred in the reaolution you sent me, and I cannot permit myself to pass it by without some further explanation than you have yet received. You alluded to my exertions for ecclesiastical reform, and the suc cess that had attended them. That success, I am sorry to say, has as yet been of a very imperfect cha racter. Success, indeed, we have had so far as that we have succeeded in eliciting froin all parties, in Pare Lament and out of it, one general acknowledgment and condemnation of the abuses of our ecclesiastical system. Exposures have been made which, in these days, and touching the character of any other body of men, must have led to an immediate remedy. The shameful misappropriation of our Cieurch funds—the unfavourable light in which our Episcop d rulers have placed themselves before the public by their pro ceedings at the board of the Ecclesiastical Com mittee—the pos4onement, in so many cases, of the Church's wants to those of her dignitaries and rulers —their apparent indirference to the spiritual con dition of the Poor where it was only to be improved by the removal of some profitaVe abuse—the injury done to religion by the character and example of our capitular bodies—the waste and alienation of Church estates perpetually going on—the excessive incomes of our bishops and dignitaries, even under their own returns—and the utter worthlessness of those returns as a fair estimate of the receipts of those who make them : all these have been proved in a manner ad mitting of no dispute; and not a voice has been raised to extenuate what no one has had the courage to deny. "So far, I repeat, we have succeeded. Bat as for any legislative remedy for these proved abuses, we stand precisely where we were before the question was ever stirred. Motions have been made, discussed, and supported on all sides with an earnestness and unanimity which did great credit to the Christian feeling of the House. The Minister, commencing by opposing, ended by acquiescing in our proposal., and, compelled to bow before the opinion of the louse, and to save himself from defeat, he promised every thing- and has done nothing. You are aware that the forms and usages of Parliament offer almost endless Opportunities of delay to a Government disposed to use them. Bat, notwithstanding all this, I think the House of Commons would have compelled the Minis ters last session to have carried out some of _their pledges, had they not ,baffled it by a recourse to weapons such as, in my experience at least, were siever used before. "In the session of 1848, I brought for ward a series of motions—on the mode of paying bishops—on the union of the Episcopal and Common Funds—on the state of the cathedrals, and on the system of fines and leases of Church property. Tne mai- rahninistration of the Enclesiaetical Commissioners was al.so.a promi nent subject ef complaint. On every one of these' questions the Minister succumbed to 'the declared opinions of the House--:he admitted all that we had contended fur, and pledged himseV, on behalf of the Government, to undertake the. desired reform. "'On these solemn and reiterated pledges the motions were withdrawn ; but on the hot occasion, which.was at the close of the session, in once more reluctantly withdrawing, I expressly stated that I did so on that occasion, as I had done on previous ones . , in relianCe on the Prime Minister's pledge .that he himself would undertake the • subject; andJ warned him that, on the, first night of the ensuing session., I should call OR. him to .redeem his pledgee, and produce the measures which might have been prepared during the recess. . . . " Well, gentlemen, the vacation came and passed away, without the smallest symptom of a move in "the Ecclesiastical camp ; and I was pretty accurately in formed that the new session was approaching without one single step having been taken, or one thoughtbc stowed, by the Minister, to the subjects on which he had given such pledges to the House. But late 'in , the recess there was issued a commission to inquire into the question of Church leases ; and this, I wail privately informed, was the probable history of that i commission—that, as Parliament was approaching, I and Government had no measure on Ecclesiastical; affairs prepared, nor the smallest intention of legis-I lating on the subject, it was necessary they shouldr provide themselves with some further excuse fori delay, and that, when I rose to put my intended( question in the House, I should be answered that! Ministers had had the matter under consideration,; and had issued a commission of inquiry, and until! . that commission had reported they could do nothingi further on the subject. Matters turned out as hadi been anticipated. I had communicated my misgiving to various friends, who watched for the result wit no small curiosity. I. was soon gratified. Lord Job Russell's reply I have already given you—it wa uttered with a gravity suited to the occasion, and happy unconsciousness of the transparency of the , device, and the precision with which his language haq been foretold. "But the Minister had not gained his object. H 4 had forgotten that that commission, comprehensivi as it was intended to be, did not cover all the subs jests on which he was pledged to legislate. lie was reminded that the subject of the Cathedrals, of thi Episcopal and Common - Funds, and the compositio of the Ecclesiastical Commission, were not touched by his new inquiry ; and on my repeating tho question as to those subjects next day, he acknowi ledged that he had overlooked them, and on two of them renewed his pledge of immediate legislation. 1 "Delay succeeded. Scarcely a week passed with out our pressing the Government, and at length the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill was reluctantlfr brought in. The history of that Bill is curious. The compos .. tion of the Ecclesiastical Commission had been co ,- demned by Lord John Russell and Sir George Gray before they were called to office. When they Came into office, instead of improving its composition, thei appointed a commission of inquiry upon it. No (use could discover what there was to inquire about ; biet the inquiry was made to last through two sessions. No less tban five Ecclesiastical Commissioners were members of the Committee—two of them were alio Cabinet Ministers—and this protracted inquiry at last closed, the Committee adopted an unanimous re solution, condemning the management of the Episcopal Board, and recommending the addition of three re sponsible!paidCommissioners for the administration of its temporal affairs. " Sir George Grey, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, took a leading part in the discus sion of that report ; he gave strength to its unanimity, and yet he himself, in the subsequent session, intro duced the Government measure, utterly at variance with the Committee's report and his own recommen dation, and giving to the bishops on the commission more power than before. " But the subsequent proceedings were still more strange. " Interviews were sought with the Prime Mi nister, and a representation made to him of the unlooked-for character of the Bill—and its objec tionable clauses having been pointed out, it w as urged that it could not give satisfaction, or be ac cepted as a settlement of the question, unless framed more in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee. " Lord J. Russell took time, to see the Arch bishop of Canterbury, and replied to me by arrange ment, on the following. Tuesday, in the House. His words were to this effect—that having conferred with the Archbishop, he was now ready to adopt the alterations which had been suggested to him, and having done so, he expected the Bill to pass without further opposition. " Nothing could be a more satisfactory declaration to us than that our suggestions had been adopted, and that the recommendations of the Committee would now be carried out in the Bill. And when the Noble Lord proceeded to say that he should invite the Hbuse to go into Committee on the Bill pro forma, in order to introduce those amendments, and asked for a,few days: !delay; we realily assented. It was true the delay was very dangerowi—it was late in the . ses-. sion ; every day was now precious ; and during, not that session only, but the three antecedent ones, it had been a constant battle fur delay ou the part of LONDON, the Government. Nevertheless, we had now the Minister's word—his assurance that the Bill would be put into such a shape as to secure its pa7sinn with out difficulty completely satisfied us—and we thus al lowed ten more days to be lost. " The House then went into Committee pro forma on the Bill—it Wai late at night, and the House im- patient. The Attorney-General was moved into the chzir. The Home Secretary handed in his amend ments—they were put, one after another, from the chair—no one heard a word—and no one tried to hear. It was a matter of course that they were the amendments which the Prime Minister had promised Ihould be introduced in that Committee. I should as soon have dreamt of keeping my eye on a Cabinet Minister lest he should steal my hat, as of suspecting him of substituting one set of amendments for an other which had been promised. So the business was galloped through, as formal business usually is, at half-an-hour past midnight. The amendments were reported to the Speaker, and the Bill ordered to be re-printed ; and, though some days more must be lost in the re-printing, we left the House with the convic tion that at last one step had been achieved in the great and important work of Church Reform, and that the days of the Ecclesiastical Commission, in its then mischievous and irresponsible shape, were num bered. " You may, th?refore, imagine, but I cannot de scribe to you, my surprise when the reprinted Bill came out. I could hardly believe my eyes. Not a tingle one of the promised amendments had been in troduced ; nay, it was impossible to discover, from the beginning of the Bill to the end, that one single line or one single syllable had been altered so as to bring it more into conformity with the recommenda tions of that Committee on whose report it was professedly f ninded. What then were the slips of pai,er which I saw the Home Secretary hand in, as tire promised amendments, to his colleague in the chair? I leave you to judge. On the character of that proceeding I will not permit myself to make a single comment. But its result was, that the Go vernment had succeeded in gaining a whole month at the close of the session ; and the raising a remon strance or reviving a discussion at that late period, with a view of getting a good Bill passed, was entirely hopeless. " Tne Government had accomplished its purpose ~ f postponing an improvement of the Ecclesiastical Commission now for the fourth year. " I hive often been asked why, after such very de cided pledges as we had received from the First Minister of the Crown, we did not achieve more last ,e4sion ? You have now the answer. I make these statements advisedly, and not be hind any man's back.' Immediately after the occur rence of these facts, I embodied them in a letter of reinonstrance to Lard John Russell, dwelling espe c4lly on what had taken place on the committal of the B'ill, and apprising him of my intention to make it ;public. Had there been, on his part, the faintest indication of a denial I should have hesitated before I. bomrnitted myself publicly to statements which might well excite is credulity. :" But, gentlemen, one reflection arises immediately omit of all this. What is that unseen awl mysterious iopuenee which imposes so much that must he painful 34 the Minister ? It is not his interest to postpone Ebele , 4astieal Reform, and it cannot be his wish. lyith him the path of duty is also the path of popu larity and power. Nor have our Episcopal rulers, out aa'ardly at least, the means of So coercing him to the p t blie injury and his own embarrassment. In their obstructive policy they have met with no Parliamen tary encouragement; they have long ceased to corn niaud popular sympathy ; they are unaided by the clergy, and unknown to their flocks ; and yet, without apy of these outward or visible signs of influence, they do contrive, by the exercise of some means as mysterious as irresistible, to divert a Minister from the wisest courses—compelling him to depart from his pledges to Parliament— to mock its forms, and trifle I,ith its expectations—nay, to become the slave of the hierarchy in the perpetration of abuses which his jiulgment has long since condemned, and in with holding from the poor of his country those religious lessings which, as a statesman or as a Christian, it irst be his first wish they should receive. " Whenc( i I ask again, this mysterious and mis iieious power? Will it hear investigation ? Can i Much imager endUre ? 1 " But though ac have not had complete SUCCCSS, we awe, as yet, met with no discouragement but delay— , d delay, in such a cause is, happily, not defeat. We ay ha baffled for the moment—but the question of 'colesiastical Reform will lose nothing ultimately by 'hat.' The longer postponed, the more severe the peration ; and I, for one, will not now be satisfied ith what I contended for three years ago. I' " litany of our friends, who knew nothing of Par iamintary 'preaeedings but what appears in the epe ! rts, have thoiight that the question of Ecclesiasti al Reform *as lest sight of last session. I have, heyefore, Olought 'it right to give this explanation. '-You Will perceive that I allow no weight what ver to the apology, now habitually put forward by the Ministry for the evasion of their duty, that they have 'difficulties to deal with.' This plea of diffi tleulties I have found so little to justify in the case of (I'4`c:elesiaitical Reform, that I have been tempted to inquire whether it is not put forth on equally slight grounds irs other cases; and the conviction that it is so has led me to deal with other measures of the Governmentin a freer and less indulgent spirit than might seem quite agreeable to their notions of patty obligations and requirements. But party with me has no meaning and value, except as symbolical of principle - ; 'and' lown no allegiance to leaders, ex cept as thefaithfnl types and exponents of the prin ciplei of the party that placed them in power. "Between the majority of the party with which I have ever acted and our present Ministers it is un happily too apparent that a great want of sym pathy has been created, by the reluctance of the latter to deal with those abuses against which they were so virtuously indignant in opposition. "If I had succeeded in my intention of visiting you I should have gone further into these questions, and tontrasted the difficulties with which Lord J. Russell's Government has had to contend with those of pre ceding Ministers ; but I do not wish to make them the subject of a written address. It is obvious, how ever, that, as regards Ecclesiastical Reform, with so many motives to promote it, and so many aids—in public approval, Parliamentary support, and the most laudable of all ambitions in a Minister, the desire to elevate the moral and religious character of a people —the real difficulty consists, not in granting the re form, but in withholding it.—l have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your very obliged and faithful servant, "E. HORSMAN." RVIT,WAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, JAN. 23. _ STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was again firm to-day, and a good business has been done, but the only alterati ns in prices were—Great Western, Quarters, 16 5 4—Ditto, lit. Shares, 5% dis. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market was rather dull t•-day, and prices are somewhat lower. The transactions were as follow : Caledonian,. Preference, 8 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, ' dis.—Leeds and Thirsk, 9—Liver pool, Chester, and Stockport, 5 c. dis.—Londoh and North- Western, 117 a Ditto, New Quarters, 1% p. Ditto, Quarters, 335. 9d. .—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln shire, Preference, 81,4—Midland, 44 —Ditto, Halves, as 9d. di.s. South-Eastern and Dover .(..No. 4), 61. 13s. 9d.-- York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Original N. and 8., Eaten 'ion Nos. 1 and 2), 11 dis.—Dino (Cr. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 98s. 9d. die. MANCEIESTER, JA.N. 23. STOCK ExcnAsou.—But little • business was done in our Stock Exchange to-day, and prices had a downward tendency. The transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, Preference, 7', l * —East Lancashire, 12 3 4—Ditto, Preference, Quarters (nun. 6), 7 3-16—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7 5-16 dis.— Ditto, 32/. Clete Extension), 9 1 4 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 2. p. Ditto, Man chester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 1 9-16 p.—Man cheater, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Preference, 8 5-16 North Staffordshire, 10 dis. BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 23. STOCK EXCHANGB.—Theshare . market was very dull to day, and prices were lower. The only transaction was— Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B), 5% dis. ' YORK, Luc 22. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow :—Great Northern,. 71 3s. 9d.—Leeds and Bradford, 102—Shrewsbury and Birmingham, Preference, 10—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Newcastle Extension), 11%. LORD BROUGHAM'S EXPERIMENTS ON LIGHT.--• Lord Brougham read on Monday at the Institute, before a most numerous and brillia,ut auditory, a paper giving a detailed account of the experiments on light, on which he has been for some time past engaged. His Lordship not only explained the nature and result of his late scientific researches on this subject, but at great length went through, on the black board, a series of mathema tical calculations and demonstrations in' support of his views. The paper and explatations were listened to with the greatest interest, and his Lordship was fre quently greeted with most enthusiastic applause, as well as warmly congratulated at the close by the numerous scientific men present. When the noble academician had concluded, M. Arago observed, " how much the scientific world was indebted to the Noble Lord I'm. his exertions;" adding," that these most interesting experi ments and demonstrations, which Lord Brougham had conducted on the Newtonian theory of attraction, ho future esitting philosophers explain suppor h te is d. vie He m o would nt (M. Arago) believed he c ou ld ex pl a i n by th e o th er r th ro eo b r a y bl w y h a , t chsome some f matter to which he then adverted." Past of the curious apparatus invented by Lord Brougham, for his experi • meats (beautifully made by Soled of Paris), was dis played on the table, and excited a considerable share of cariosity.—Gakgnani. PROTECTION MEETING AT YORK.—YORK, WED NESDAY EVENING.-411 consequence of a requisition, numerously sigi.ed by the o wners and occupiers of land, merchants, tra d esme n, and others, resident in the county of Yor!i, a meeting was held this morning at the Da Grey Rooms, to take into consideration the best means for the restoration of protective duty Oa Tarr. re , solution? Lord. Ilarewood took ,the, chair. Several denouncing free trade and in favour of profoction; were unanimously carried, and the proceedings passed off in a very orderly manner. THURSDAY EVENING, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 23. GASKILL V. SHEEN. The plaintiff in this action was an advertising agent, and the defendant was the proprietor of the Redford Mercury. The action was brought to re cover a sum of money which it was alleged had been twice paid, on the latter occasion by mistake. In order to prove his case at the trial, the plaintiff pro posed to give in evidence certai❑ letters written to the defendant, but there admission was objected to by the defendant, as it was not shown that any answer had been sent to them, or that the defendant had made any admission that he had received them. The evidence was admitted by Lord Denman, who pre sided at the trial, and the plaintiff obtained a verdict for 71. 7s. 9d. ; but subsequently this Court granted a rule nisi for a new trial, on the ground that the evidence had been improperly received. Mr. M. CHAMBERS and Mr. PIGGOTT now showed cause against the rule, and contended that the letters were admissible, not as evidence of the facts therein contained, but as showing that certain representations were made to the defendant, and that ho was silent. This tended to show that the defence which he after wards set up was not true, for, if it had been, there could be no doubt that he would have set it up in answer to some one of the four letters which had been sent to him. This defence was that the plaintiff had cheated him by deducting 25 per cent. as discount from the debt which he owed the defendant for adver tisements inserted in his paper. Mr. O'MALLEY and Mr. SPINX supported the rule. Tho COURT decided that the rule for a new trial must be discharged, as the evidence was properly ad mitted, not as evidence of the facts contained in them, by which the defendant might be concluded, but merely to show that a demand was made, and that when he was afterwards seen by the writer the de fendant made no allusion to them. There were some other technical points which the Court also decided iu- the plaintiff's favour. Jule discharged. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. 23. (Sittings iu Banco.) COBBETT (A PAUPER) V. SLOMAN. Mr. BaemweLL appeared in this case to support a demurrer under the following circumstances e—The action was brought against the defendant (who is well known as a sheriff's officer) to recover penal ties amounting to 1001., for removing the plaintiff from a lock-up house to the Fleet Prison, so far back as in the month of June, 1840. The .plaintiff was in custody under a commission of rebellion issued by zhe Court of Exchequer when the removal took place ; and the declaration alleged that such a removal was illegel under 31 Charles 11., c. 2, without a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant pleaded to this declaration, that the alleged grievance occurred more than two years before the commencement of the present action ; to which the plaintiff replied that he was a prisoner and in custody until within two years of the commencement of this ntion ; and to this replication there was a demurrer. The Learned Counsel now contended that the limita tion of two years was applicable to an action of this kind, although the plaintiff was a prisoner. He also submitted that a commission of rebellion was not a criminal proceeding ; and that it WAS only where persons were in custody on a criminal charge that the statute on which the action was founded applied. Cibbett was heard in person in support of the replication, and argued at great length that a com mission of rebellion was a criminal proceeding, and entitled to the protection which the statute afforded to prisoners who were removed from one custody to the other without the sanction of the established tri bunals. After hearing counsel in reply, The BARONS delivered their judgment, being un animously of opinion that the declaration was bad, as it disclosed no sufficient ground of action. The proceeding under which the plaintiff was in custody when removed, though in some sort a criminal mat ter, was not a criminal matter within the meaning of the II sheds Corpus Act ; and the clause in that Act subjecting parties to penalties for removing prisoners was meant to protect persons in custody from hav ing their -trials delayed. On this ground judgment must be for the defendant. The Court b?ing unani mously in favour of the defendant on this point, it was unnecessary to give any opinion on the question raised by the pie). Judgment for the defendant. COBBETT (A PAUPER) v. OLDFIELD AND OTHERS. Tail was an action by the same plaintiff as in the last case, for false imprisonment, to which the defendant; pleaded, in justification, that the plain tiff was arrested under an attachment issued by the Court of Chancery for non-payment of costs, in a suit instituted by one of the defendants against the plaintiff, as executor of the will of his deceased father, Mr. William Cobbett, so far back as the year 1840. The plaintiff demurred to the plea of justification. Mr. Cobbett occupied the Court some hours in support of his demurrer, but the grounds urged by him appeared to be of such little weight, that The COURT, without calling upon the Counsel who appeared to support the plea, at once decided that the justification was sufficient, and was well pleaded, and that the d.efendant was entitled to judgment upon de murrer. The Court alai) complained of the waste of the publio time by frivolous proceedings, adopted in cases similar to the present, and in which plaintiffs sued as paupers. COBBETT (A PAUPER) V. OLDFIELD AND OTHERS. This case, which stood next on the list of demur rers, involved, as we were informed, points similar in substance to those involved in the former case, and the parties were the same in both cases. The CHIEF BA itoN sail the Court declined to hear an argument repeated in this case such as they had heard in the last, and ordered judgment to be entered for the defendants. He also inquired the name of the counsel by whom the demurrers were signed in those eases ? The officer of the court stated that the de murrers appeared to have been signed by Mr. James Watson. Mr. MARTIN, who appeared for the defendant, ob served that these vexatious proceedings, instituted from time to time by Mr. Cobbett, cost the defend ants no less than G,OOOl. It was a very gross case. Mr. Cobbett said the costs came chiefly from his estate.—(Laughter.) Mr. Baron PARKE—It is a very cruel case, and if members of the bar who take upon them to certify pauper cases will not, as it is clearly their duty to do, satisfy themselves that the plaintiff has a good cause . of action, some other course must be taken to prevent the time of the Courts from being wasted, and de fendants seriously injured by the institution of such actions. Judgment for the defendant. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Jan. 23. (Before. Mr. Commissioner HOLBOYD.) TUE ST. ALDAN'S DANE—IN RE GIBSON AND STURT. These bankrupts wire bankers at St. Alban'F, and the proceedings in the case have been frequently before the Court and frequently reported in our journal. The bankrupts came before the Court this morning upon the adjourned application for their cer tificates. The joint balance -sheet extends from February, 1844, to August, 1849, and is as follows : Dr. To creditors' ••• ••• •• ... £3,218 0 8 Commercial Bank holding security ... 4,721 10 0 Liabilities... ••• ••• ••• 102 0 0 Profits - ••• ••• ••• ... 3,784 7 3 Capital borrowed of the Commercial Bank on deeds of Gibson and joint note t f the firm ... 1,500 0 0 ...411,826 17 11 Total Cr. By debts, good, doubtful, and bad Law expenses ... Bank premises Deeds held by Commercial Trade expenses ... ••• 4 , 16 7 12 3 Preliminary expenses in anticipation of a partner's loss with J. S. Story ••• 73 8 9 E. Gibson, balance 2d December, 1847 ... 1,027 18 6 G. Stull . , balance ... ..• 766 2 5 ... £3,149 7 1 ... 1,276 18 11 .. 1,302 19 11 Total ~, ••• ..• „.£11,826 4 7 Mr. Bagley and Mr. Linklater represented the cre ditors, and Mr. Lawrence supported Gibson. The bankrupt Sturt deposed that in the action brought by Baymant he had allowed judgment to go by default. There were proceedings in Chancery to which Gibson had pleaded. The result of Biy mant'a action was, damages 2261., and costs 102/. He denied having given Miss Markham (a secured creditor) any other assurances than a jocu lar remark that if the bank was going wrong he would give her notice to that effect. At that time he had no idea of a stoppage taking place. His expe rience in the banks of Messrs. Muskett and the London and County Bank proved to him that his profit and loss account was made up in the usual manner. It would have been more regular if a ba lance-sheet had been struck at the end of each year. He was labouring under some disadvantages as to the position of the bank from year to year, he having had no previous examination. The official assignee said that this was in conse quence of Mr. Sturt's conduct in abiding by his statement, thereby frustrating attempts to obtain de sired information. The bankrupt—We shall have more of that by and-by, Mr. Groom. Mr. George—Mr. Groom will be called out. The bankrupt further deposed that Mr. Gibson had not been given credit for the 1,5001. advanced by the Commercial Basic, whose account on the 7th of October, 1847, was 4,950/. Upon the 23d of July, 500/. was placed to the credit of Mr. Gibson, as money advanced by him, it having been previously advanced by his brother, and previous to certain title deeds being deposited. Oa the 30th of August he gave a JANUARY 24, 850 cheque for 200/. in part liquidation foi this claim. The security held by the Commercial Bank r;:alised after deducting expenses, 3,2001., their claim being 4,2901. That was without reference to other accounts and bills overdue. Thomas Webb had been lent 150/. on Ms promissory note, and other sums, making a total of 2861., for which Gibson said he held sufficient security. Money had also been advanced to one James Smith. Webb was a client of Gibson's, and a man he (Sturt) would not trust with a shilling. Webb and. Smith were particular friends of Gibson, and Smith was one of the assignees. ' Mr. Gibson was to-day examined at considerable length, and deposed that at the death of his father in 1840, he received upwards of 8,0001., and had also received 2,7501. from his wife. The total amount of property at one time in his passessiou was 14,1501., and after deducting all liabilities he had a net balance of 9,824/. The property with the. Commercial B ink cost 6,6661., and had realised 3,600/. Sturt had come to him, at his office, - several times upon the sub ject of the bankrupt, and Mr. Cuttwell, the manager of the Commercial Bank, had been spoken to alsa. Paid 1,200/. into Mr. Sturt's :hand on the morning of the 17th of February, 1844. He was told that Sturt was a person to be trusted. Terms were made between witness and Sturt on the road from the Commercial Bank, that salaries were to be according to profits, and' he (Sturt) was to furnish a balance sheet, showing profit and loss every three months, and at the end of the year, if the result was not sat's factory, be should stop. Had made repeated appli cations since March, 1846, for a balance sheet, but had not got one. Had often asked Mr. Sturt as to whether the bank was paying, and his answer was in the affirmative. It had been stated by Mr. Sturt that money had been drawn from the bank over which he had no control. He (Sturt) had been engaged in litigation respecting an action of libel, and witness told him that unless he gave it up the hank would give them up. The letter oil which the libel was founded was not written by I*. Gibson. The result of that action was—damages,, 1001., the costs being upwards of 5001. He had nothing to do with those pioceedings. Money had been drawn out of the Commercial Bank after office hours, and after notice to the contrary was given. Another action of trespass was brought against Mr. Sturt, and the result was nominal damages of 1001. and costs 2001., which was paid out of the joint assets. The aggre gate amount of joint assets drawn out of the bank by Sturt must be about 2,0001. for the purpose of litigation. In an account furnished to Gibson's brother, these costs were put down as assets. The firm had no right to pay these costs, which affected the stability of the bank, arid the bankrupt (Start) upon being spoken to on the:subject, said that it was nothing to witness. He was determined to close the bank after an intimation from his brother. He then gave notice to Start that he intended to dissolve the partnership; that was in November, 1847. Upon the insertion of the notice of dissolution in the London Gazette, be deter Mined to call the creditors together. The bank stopped on the 3d of Deceniber. When witness asked for the ; books to put them in the hands of an accountant, so as to satisfy his brother and the creditors, Sturt replied, " If you do that my character as a hanker is gone for ever." After this he (Gibson) said that if he , (Start) would give an account of the affairs of the bank, his. brother and friends would Wind the concern up and pay the credi tors in full. An unsttccessful_application for the ledger had been made. What cash there was in the bank had not been handed over. Subsequently he obtained possession of the book., but he and hii brother, a first-rate accountant, could not arrive at the state of affairs of the bank, owing to the state in which the books had been kept. The deficiency of the bank, as shown by the account produced, was about 2,0001. The account prepared by Mr. Beghie showed the liabilities of the bank prior to a meeting of creditors to be 23,0001., the as;ets being 18,0001.; thus leaving a balance of 5,0001. When the creditors assembled it had reduced to 2,0001., but how it had so reduced he (witness) could not tell. His property (valued at 6,0001.) and good debts were not inserted in the statement put be fore the creditors. He had offered to charge his property to the extent of the deficiency of the bank upon the supposition that it was between 2,0001. and 3,0001. The property had been sold by Mr. Pain, and realised about half the valuation. It was valued at 6,000/. It was mentioned at that - Meeting that there was a sum of money 'owing to 'the Com mercial *sank. He paid ' all the notes of the St. Alban's_ Bank which were then in circulation had paid other moneys on the part of the bank, amounting in. the whole to about 1,8001. This was in pursuance of a resolution made at the meeting of creditors. lie raised the -1,800/. by a mortgage of his life interest and other property. Afterwards,:he gave notice to leave his house, parted with his 'ear-, riage and horses and servants. Had not drawn any thing from the bank - since the stoppage. His ,average expenses down to' 1847 never exceeded' 8001. a year. While his income was 2,6201. his expenses were 1,2471. Ever since the year 1837, after payment of all expenses, he invariably had a balance of from 1001. to 2001. The addilk of deposits` in the bank at the time of the stoppage did not exceed 3,000 L Of the 4,0001. drawn out of the firm, 2,0004. was for or dinary purposes. Some of his clients were customers of the bank. Upon thanking Mr. Freeman for sign ing a resolution, he said that I was honest, being an' honest man ; but is to Sturt, nobody gave him A good. name. Witness was very sorry to make these remarks.. Freeman broughtan action, and he.defended it, think ing it very bard that he should get all his property, and thereby have a preference, over other creditors. Had made no terms with Freeman, and he had since ex pressed his sorrow at having brought the action. lie (Gibson) denied having said-about the time of the bank stopping that they must take care of them selves, the same as other people did. Had paid all the notes, in circulation; but one had since been threatened to be put in by Mr. Sturt. By Mr. BAGLEY—Had put down everything he received and paid from year to year. Did not know that Sturt was a man without capital ; but, as he was living very respectably, believed him to be a man of 2001. or 3001. a year. Commenced the bank on Sturt's statement. Did not ask Start if he had any property, but joined him from charitable motives. Kept a private pass-book of the bank. Had it made up once a year. At the end of the year 1844 should say it was made up. Knew that the Commercial Bank were creditors, and during four years he had paid into the St. Alban's Bank three sums of 1,500/., 1,0001., and 5001. respeetively. That was the capital on which the firm started, but it never had been said that it was treated as a cash advanced from him (Gibson), and from which he was to draw. He told Miss Markham, who put 1001. into the bank, jokingly,, that in the event of the bank stopping he would give her a hint. On the 24 December, 1848, the writ was served on him in B iymant's case. Did not recollect Mr. George, the plaintiff's attor ney, offering to countermand the proceedings if he (Gibson) would give a cognovit of the admission of the debt. Mr. LINKLATER here ' said that he wished to save the time of the Court, by stating that he should have to go very fully into the examination of Mr. Gibson, and he had to ask that the meeting be adjourned, it being now half-past four o'clock. Mr. Gibson said it would be of great inconvenience to him, if such a course were adopted. Mr. LINKLATER—And there is not a farthing for the creditors. Mr. LAWRENCE thought this an ungracious remark. It was then arranged that the hearing of the case be adjourned till Monday next. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Jan. 23. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge, and a Bench of Magistrates.) John Thomas Simpson Jones, a respectably dressed man, aged 36, who was stated to be one of the most notorious begging-letter 'impostors in England, was indicted for having obtained, by false pretences, two halves of a 51. Bank of England note, and also the further sum of 31., from Mr. J. Collinridge, a gen tleman of fortune residing at Sunbury in the county of Middlesex. Mr. Phinn and Mr. Lempriere conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. Prendergast appeared for the defendant. Mr. PRENDERGAST said he had to apply to the Court for the postponement of this case upon the ground that the defendant was prepared to plead autrefois acquit. To enable the defendant, however, to do so, it would be requisite to obtain the record of the former trial of the defendant upon the same charge. The trial having taken place at Bath, as yet he was instructed that the defendant had not sufficient time to procure the record. Some discussion having arisen upon this applica tion, and it appearing that the defendant had been committed on the 9th inst., vV ..... _ The Learned JUDGE held that he had had ample time to send for the record, and directed that the trial should at once proceed. The defendant was thereupon arraigned, when he pleaded autrefeis acquit; but as he was unable to pro duce the record of the previous trial, and as he wan not prepared to put in that plea in writing, and also refused to advance any other plea, The Learned JUDGE desired th•tt the plea of " Not Guilty" should be entered. Jatnes Brewer' said—l am now a prisoner in the gaol of Bath under a conviction for having obtained money under false pretences, or rather through the means of "begging letters." I have known the de fendant about three years. In last July we both lived in lodgings at 21, Lillington-streef, Vauxhall road, where, upon a particular occasion, I showed the defendant a letter which the present prosecutor had given me, by which I v.'as to obtain medical treatment at the dispensary in Bath. The defendant at once took down the prosecutoi's addr.s t, and soon afterwards ha wrote a letter to thA gentleman, which he gave me to take down to Gfavesend for the pur pose of putting it into the post-office in that town. This is the letter [The letter was then read, and was as follows.] : "Gravesend, July 30, 1849. "Sir,—Permit me to aidress you in a case of charity at the earnest entreaty of James Brewer, a young man whom you have been very kind to on several occasions, and some months ago you gave him 1/. 3s. to take him to Leamington. Ho was ordered here for the benefit of ca,ston. sea-bathing, but the air being too keel for his delicate frame he has been advised to endeavour to gain admis sion to Vie Consumption Hospital, Br ,mpton, near Lon don. He is in very distressed circuaist inc.s, and has no means of paying the fees of that inmtitution, and is also indebted hero to his landlady for b )erd, &c. Your kind ness to him Wire induces him ti hope you might once more, and fir the last time, render him some little as- sitt inc , , to enable him to make up 505., all that he is de- ficient of. I have take❑ more th . an usual interest in his case, having given him some linen and 11. 10F. in cash, which is as much as my limit .d rota is will permit me to do. The sail intelligence of a death in my family obliges me to leave home in a few hours for Set Vand, and will be absent some weeks; thertfire, you will be pleased to return an answer to the poor youth himself, along with the enclosure, which is of impel tance to him, addressed—' James Brewer, post- .ffi .T,Graves-nd, Kent; to be left till called f)r;' and I have instructed Miss Scott, my sister, to acknowledge the reee . pt f Trusting that the motive which actuates me in complying with the request will be cleaned an apology, «I am, Sir, yours, &c., JOHN H. SCOTT, M.D. " To John Collinridge, Esq., 1.1)0." The witness then continued—l posted eight or nine other letters at the same time as I posted this one which has just been read, and when I went to Gravesend, a few days afterwardQ, I received several letters in reply to them. One of these replies was from the prosecutor, enclosing a Post-office order f 31., and another wa from the late Queen Dowager, forwarding a donation of 61. Having obtained cash for the Post-office order I returned back to London, 'and then the defendant and myself divided the 8/. equally between us. Shortly after this I went to reside in Bath, and the defendant, with a woman of the name of Farr, who lived with him, also went down to live with me. I arta the person referred to in the above letter, but it was all a fiction as to my wanting to get into the Consumption Hospital at Brompton. The letter was written by the defendant. Cross-examined--I have been what you call a "begging letter impostor" for about three years. I was led into the system by a companion of the de fendant's of the name of Sullivan. I have not obtained my living b 7 the means of any employment since the year 1843, in the course of which year I was thrown from a coach in the Somerset-road, by which accident I was severely hurt. There were two of these charges brought against me at Bath; hut I pleaded to one of the indictments, and was sentenced to four months' imprisonment and hard labour. I do not anticipate that the sentence will be mitigated in the event of the present defendant being convicted upon this occasion. Inspector Tate, of the constabulary cf Bath, and another officer of that body, produced a number of " begging letters," and answers to such letters, which they had found in Brewer's house. They also pro duced several volumes of the Court Guide, a copy of Burke's Peerage and of Dodd's Peerage, and Dodd s Parliamentary Companion, all of which they had found in the same house. The officers in their cross-examination said, that Brewer and the defendant had been apprehended on suspicion of having stolen a gold watch, and that it had been whilst they were searching the house in which they lived that they bad found the letters and books. . The prosecutor then proved that he had received the letter above cited, and that believing that the re presentations it contained were true he had forwarded the Post office order for 31. The post-mistress next proved that the money had been paid to the prisoner, to whom the letter had been addressed, and by whom it bad been received, " There Was no such person," she added, " as Dr. Scott living in G-ravesend." This was the whole of the evidence offered in re spect of the count in the indictment for the fraudu lent obtaining of the Post-office order for 31. Evidence was then produced in reference to the fraud of obtaining the two halves of the 51. Bank of Eng land note, from which it appeared, that whilst the 'defendant was living in Bath, he had by some means or otheraliscovered that the prosecutor was remotely 'related to the family of Cellinridge, in Northumber land,whereupon he at once assumed to be one of the same family, and wrote "a letter, and procured from Mr. Coilinridge a Si. Rink of England note. Evidence was then given, to prove that this letter ;.was ,in 'the handwriting of the defendant One of these witnesses lived at 21, Lillington-street, and she statea, furthermore, that the defendant sometimes had assumed the narne3 of M‘Kinlay and of Mini), and that he frequently had gone out dressed as a clergy , The defendant had oftentimes told her that he obtained an excellent income by sending begging letterr. Mr. PELENDERGA.ST, on the part of the defendant, submitted that this indictment could not be main . lained, and advanced that proposition upon the ground that in respect of 'both of the counts in the indictment the 'venue wBB wrongfully laid. The fraud was cherked 'to' }ive' been . committed in the county of Middlesex, whereas in the one case the money had been received in Kent and in the other in Wiltshire. Thus, therefore, the completion of the fraud had been effected in those two ceunties, and not in Middlesex. He submitted, therefore, that the indictment was bad. Mr. PHINN, on the other hand, contended that the completion of the fraud had been accomplished so soon as the , prosecutor had, parted, with and posted the money at Sunbury, upon the faith of the truthfulness of the statements which had been put forth in the de fendant's lettev. The Learned JUDGE was of opinion that the venue , was correctly laid. He would, however, if the parties wished it, send up a case for the opinion of the Court of Exchequer Chamber. _ Both counsel assented to his proposition. Mr. PRENDERGAST then addressed the jury at con• siderable length on behalf of the defendant. The Learned JUDGE having, summed up, The jury eventually returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. PHINN said, he thought it was necessary that the Court should be informed that the defendant was one of the most skilful as well as most impudent of " begging-letter" impostors that had ever been known ; and he had been running his career for some time with vast success. He had assumed every class of character. At one time he was a clergyman, at another he was a physician, and at another he was deputed by a religious society. It was in the first and the last named of these characters that he had obtained several large contributions from the late Queen Dowager. He had also been the accomplice of a man who had recently been sentenced to trans portation. Horsford, the Mendi c ity o ffi cer, h ere state d , t h at within the last three years the defendant had been in custody seven times, and had been convicted on three occasions. The Learned JUDGE said, that the extent of the frauds which the defendant had committed might be guessed at from the many and the high names which he found in the letters which had been handed up to him. It was perfectly clear that his depredations ' upon the benevolent had been carried out to a very large extent. The defendant must be remanded until the next sessions, when he must be brought up for judgment, and in the meantime he would prepare and send up the case for the opinion of the Court of Ex chequer Chamber. The defendant was then removed. THE ARGYLL ROOMS. In the course of the thy the grand jury ignored a bill of indictment which had been preferred before them by Stowell, the informer, against F. Bryer and another, as the proprietors of the Argyll Rooms, in Great Windmill-street, Haymarket. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. James Barton was brought up, charged with hay• ing forged a cheque for 151. upon the banking firm of Rogers, Olding, and Co, of Clement's-lane. He had been apprehended by Storey, an officer, in Dean street, Soho. The officer held another forged cheque for the same amount, and purporting to be signed by the same drawer, upon the same house, which cheque had been presented at the house by a woman of in different character. John C. Payne, of Holborn-bars, boot and shoe maker, said,—The prisoner owed me a long-standing account of 41.18 x., and he called upon me on Monday fortnight, and said he was very sorry he could not call before, that he had just received a sum of money on his deceased mother's account, and he came to pay me, if I could change a cheque drawn by a Mr. Ben nett upon Rogers and Co., which he produced. He said, " I should not have brought it to you, sir, but I received it since five o'clock, and I want to be off to my work at Kingston the first thing in the morning." I rather demurred as to cashing the cheque at first, and asked him who Mr. Bennett was, to which he replied that the gentleman was his mother's agent or exe cutor, and was conducting her affairs. I knew that his mother was dead, and after some hesitation I gave bim the difference between the debt due to me and the amount of the cheque, or rather in mistake 104. more. Next morning I felt uneasy about the matter, and I went to the banking-house and presented it. The clerk wrote upon it " No account," and I then applied to the police. A. gentleman from Rogers's banking-house said the person who drew the cheque kept no account at the house. Tne prisoner, upon being asked whether he. was desirous to ask any question of the witness, or to say anything in explanation of the cause of the accusation, said, "Nothing at. all." Il was remanded till Thunday. IVilliant Garrett wa ChargiAl Nvith having stolc , n chest, which contain. , -.fl cigars to the value of 181. Thdington, the officer. sail the prisoner was one of five persons who had robbed a lady some time ago. Four of the thieves had been transported for thi offence, but the prisoner had got away upon that The prisoner—l was not in that robbery, and sorae of the police know that I was not. Another of the, active officers of the City force said the prisoner was well known in other parts of the town by the nickname of " the Fiddler,"_ and had been concerned in very extensive street robberies: Aldertnan HUMPIURY—I think we shall be able w . send you after your cotnpanions this time, and I com mit you for trial aceordingly:___ WESTMINSTER. A respectable-looking woman, about 35 years of age, presented herself before Mr. Broderip on Tues day with a letter from a .benevolent lady at Chelsea, who recommended her me to the attention of the magistrate as one deserving pecuniary assistance. . It appeared from the lady's communication, that the bearer was a Mrs: John Turner, of's, Bond' street. Chelsea, the wife of a veterinary surgenol who, with her two young children, had, although formerly moving .in a respectable sphere, been. for some time past in the most abject state of want. She had for some time after the loss of her husband earned a scanty subsistence for herself and fa' ~ roily by her needle until her health became so seriously impaired and her sight so much affected. that she was unable to continue her work, and fell into great distress. She has fur the last two years • hen residing with' an aged and afflicted mother-in law, a Mrs Sarah Turner, the relict of a retired • tradesman, who possessed considerable property, but owing for the necessary expense of bringing up a large family, with a variety of unforeseen misfortunes, her means became exhausted, and she was found with her children and Mrs: John Turner by th,e benevolent lady above alluded to in the deepest distress. - Mr. BnODERIP having, as usual, directed that in quiries should be made by one of the summoning officers, the latter yesterday reported to him that-the account given was in every respect quite correct, and that it was, as stated, a most deserving case, which had been frequently relieved by the kind-hearted lady who had recommended it. Mr. Bitonuarp,• before whom reports of the resul t of inquiries into other cases' were brought at the same time by the officers, and to which various sums outuf the scanty means at his disposal were awarded, directed that the • poor widow should have 10s., for which she cxpresed her gratitude. CLERKEN WELL. William _Davis was charged with having violently assaulted and wounded Patrick Mooney, o f No. 11 • Saint's -court, Milton-street, St. Luke's, by which his lite is placed - in danger. Police;Constable Jeremiah'Finden, No. 300, N vision, said that at about thiee o'cloek yesterday morning he was ore duty in Macclesfield-street, city , road, when the prisoner rushed out of the house • No. 7 in that street, and told him that his wife bad: brought - home a man who was in his (prisoner's) bid' • and he wanted him (witness) to interfere to turn hitn out. - Witness said he could not, and advised him to: go and order him awa y, an d h e would stay outside. The prisoner left, and shortly afterwards witness heard cries of "Murder," when be entered the hottee , inuotnpany of Carter, 173 U, and on proceeding- to the first floor back apartment they found th e prisoner and the injured man Mooney fighting and struggling together, the latter being undressed and bleeding profusely from frightful wounds in hie I h ea d. The prisoner was taken to the station-hou se, and Maoney was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hos pital, where he was now confined to his bed in a Pe rilous condition. On making inquiries, it was certained that the prisoner returned home • 11°°"`,• pectedly and found Mooney i n b e d. M rs . D av is urge(' him to jump out of the window, out of which she` threw his clothes; but be was afraid; and on the'..- prisoner discovering him th ere , h e struc k him -011 tir bead with a shovel and inflicted s e veral 'despere te . wounds. Witness found M ooney 's clothes the. back-yard. He.. produced a surgeon's certificate c.or scribing the nature . of the wounds and the danger' s ' state of Mooney. Carter, 173 Cr, confirmed this testimony. Air. Cmann inquired whether Mrs.' Davis was i n attendance ?—.Carter replied that she was wait in g. • outside the court. Mr. COMBS directed that she should be brough t s in, when a tall, portly, vigorous-looking woman" a introduced into the witness-box. She said, the PrL soner was her husband. On the previous night tni: Man Mooney accosted her in the City-road, and f °l lowed her home ;- he forced himself into the bons!! • and then into her bed-room, and he would not lea!! . • the place. She told hitn several times to go aw a ke but he would .not. He ufidresied himself. °,"- • told him that., when her husband " Came home " e would catch it. He wanted her to go to bed w-- ith him. She would not do so; and when he went t° - bed she threw his clothes out of the 'window. Tier husband did not come home for five honrs after this , • when she let.him in, and told him that a man was it" bed snoring. • Mr. COMBE - (tO the prisoner)—You hear all this.; do you believe it ? Prisoner—No ; I don't be' lieve it. - Mr. COMBE—Nor I; you must be very credulous if you do. • The prisoner said nothing to the charge, and, case was remanded until the fate of Mooney cati the "b' „ made known. SOUTHWARK. Edw. Connor and Henry Johnson, two well-dressed' men, were brought before Mr. A'Beckett, charged ; ° ,; 1 5 on suspicion of having committed s evera l burg and robberies which have lately tak e n place in ' 5 O parish of Lambeth. There were upwards of skeleton keys of all sorts and sizes, capable of openint ., street-door locks, latches, and room doors, found the lodgings of one of the prisoners. Policeman 67 L st a t e d th a t b etween fi ve an s. % A i% - o'clock that mornin g , w hil e on duty in the Cor nol ",, road, Lambeth, hi s a tt ent i on was drawn to the t w it prisoners, whom he observed lurking about, app bo th watching his m ovements. K now i ng t h em t o be lin o , su,p:et e d c h aracters, h e went towards them , end tbei walked away together ; and, finding be foneW n ' t them, they th en separate d an d went i n di ffer :he directions. He (the policeman) pursued Conn or ' -he ran away, and secured him in the New• cut, w" - c at immediately flung something away, which turn s t' _to be a skeleton key and a pair of pliers, used by t he glars for opening the street-doors of houses 0 ° rnl latch. Tne policeman added that recently lo ve o f h,.uses in the district had been entered by ine a t i e ry skeleton keys, and plunder e d o f p ro p e rty to '" s e considerable amount, and that he h a d reason to lug' the prisoners were concerned in them. at Policeman 66 L stated, that the same t uornift e r, an earlier hour he observed the prisoners toge hen and, having concealed him se lf f r om v i ew , he saw , t ; to wa!k up the steps of two houses, and apparent l y 'Ll o es effect an entrance with s k e l e to n k e y s , but the u-aid being bolted on the inside as well as locked th e y s oe not suceeed in their object. He then saw theln i ,r e 6/ away, and they were f o ll owe d b y po li ce - co nsta". t of L, who secured Connor, while he went in purein d y, the other pris o n er , an d, on ta ki ng hi m i n to 019f :has, found in hi s p oc k ets a s k e l eton k ey, L uc if e r mat s el and aho a box of composition for taking the iini ) o 3 sions of the wards of any description of 10ck . ,,,,; e of some of the same substance was found on o °''' s . the skeleton keys in the possession of the prisoner 6.. Sergeant Harris, 6 L, stated that after th e 1 3 10' soners were taken into custody he procee d t,• Connor's house, No. 2, New-street, Webber sf w ele in company with Romayne, a police-constab le % 1 60 . on searching underneath his bed, they discovers Wife,. skeleton keys. A woman, who passed a 3 h is ,tit 4 and was at home at the time, was a s ked Tor hor the keys, and she said that they did not belong taste husband (meaning Connor), but that they b e en brought and left there by a young man, with: 0 . 4 14 name she was unacquainted, but whom she know if she saw him again. an ,mayne stated th a t h e searc h e d the Wn in du p/i' ferred to, and found in her possession sever al v/ 00 cates relating to pr o p er t y pledged at different pao brokers' shops in the name of Mary Conno r ' (Romayne) knew both prisoners to be the en ° o oo, associates of thieve.), and knowing their ehnl i t iinet he had been wa t c hi ng th em f or some l e ngth ni ris es suspecting that they were c oncern ed in the vs olo a robberies in the district. H e a dd e d that John s : seit b been in custody a few d a y s ago a t Bow-stre" another mast, upon whom were found skeleton keg i o on latter was convicted upon the occasion, but J c otv was discharged, since w hi c h p er i o d he had b ee° , p ei• stantly in the company of Connor, his fel l°ll soner. the P r Mr. A'BECKFTT said, he should remand - f s uch soners until next Monday ; the circumstan eno s th ° , a vast number of . skeleton keys being fou nt ' tu ra n' house of one of th e prisoners evinced the ".oded, their calling, and th e woman should also be remand in in order t o ascer t a i n w h e th er th e d u plicates fel ' her possession related to stolen property. BIETLI. On the 19th inst., at'Shoreham, Sussex, the wifeo f the r On the o Rev. N. Wl9th Oodar iu d, of ., a at Frognal, Hampstea- sen. a, the " l ' e S t f ., tt°ri' S Henry H. Gibbs, Eq., of a son. I(e c u • On the 29th inst., at the Vicarage, Chart ' . . th e the wife of the Rev. W. A. Vaughan, of a son. . ' fats, On the 21st inst., at Albury-placo, Chesb unt, wife of A. C issels Howden, Esq., of a son. --- _ 10. On the 16th ir.st., Grace, DlE the D. relict of the late il sr : 17. Chalmers, D.D., LL.O., of Edinburgh. (Ivo lio, , On the 16th inst., at L'Orient, Brittany's - -- ,!t, pia -6 T.evescente, R.N., many years British Consul at t m— - rellct o f t he awd 6 t. latOeltnloiern2aostch,,iines,tE.,salt.,Naev,e'dm7a.s-1.-street, Luoys of ~,,iclovf On the 23th inst., at g lligh t t%lrs. Mil ne ' - JAmes Milne, Esq., aged 89. - ga e' Sto le Se' On the., =.2.lst rust., .IYilliamsßateman, E S CI' , Of _.,,..--" f I ng'4.on .:_ l't ... li...lclic-e:x,no.ed 75. • _,„..' ....... ‘-'*--- ".; Oh 1.,.. .:‘. 11 n_Llon z ..-.% - iFtr,..,... 4 .aaf,l Publialm,lk',- rrll7.li.DP - 11:C , iO-: il l ; - q. ; `2., 6trawiari.ute - .. at 7n,. S un 0iAc.i3,..-kr o y t ) ..tr:..c .,, -. , 3.. in t_h___. ,,, e P r€ , ,cifiel ;1" - thA S t wov.. the . Id t' c° reid0.105 , 33:, 4. uunklay, January 24, 1850. E 7,