The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-29 00:00:00

TR IDES' DELEGATES CON FERENCE. The delegates from the united trades of the country met y.•sterclay. at half-past nine, at the Parthenium Rootu, St. Martin's-lane ; T. S. Duncombe, Esq., in the chair. Let'ers were read from Worcester, Birkenhead, and Edinburgh, expressing their concurrence in the objects of the conference and their determination to support those objects. Mr. Fiirra, delegate from the plasterers of London, moved that the names of deleg,atcs on each division be published. Mr. FLEmrxc was of opinion that it would answer no useful purpose to publish the names of delegates voting on a l .l occasions. Such a course might be useful on eertaiu occasions, but not indiscriminately. Mr. FIRTH, seeing the sense of the meeting against his motion, withdrew it. Mr. WHITE proposed that the names of the delegates who voted on the fourth resolution (yesterday) be printed ar.d entered on the minutes. The motion was seconded, put, and carried. The CHATRSIAN +aid the next point the delegates had to co. sitter was whether 6. The Central Committee should be instructed to carefully prepare a constitution for concentrating the energies, legalising the proceedings, and giving practical effect to the growing &sire for location in the land, and other measures for the profitable employment of the funds of such unions as might be desirous of thus using them. Mr. FLEMING, in supporting the resolution, said that. be thought it would be much better, in the present state of public opinion, to avoid consolidation, and make the Committee a medium for collecting useful information, and upon that information to prepare the best constitu tion they could for the support of the trades, and then to put that constitution in practice. Mr. PASQUIL (miners) moved an amendment - to leave out the wards after the words " desire for,"; and to insert the words, " and, therefore, giving practical effect to the growin,g• desire for a general trades' union." Afttr some discussion the amendment was withdrawn. Mr. GEORGE WHITE then proposed a second amend ment, " That the consideration of the 6th resolution b postp fined ; and that a Committee of seven persons be app Anted to collect the views of the delegates present on the 6th paragraph, for the purpose of founding a resolution thereon, so that the opinion of the Conference be c)ntlenscd, and placed before the country." The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was negatived On thi original resolution being put, Mr. TAYLOR moved an amendment, which was subse u:.ntly ithd Town. Mr. DUNNING then moved en amendment to the same (fleet, but The CHAIRMAN said it would be unfair to receive that amendment ulster the other delegates had withdrawn theirs, especially after guarantee had been given that the subject would be fully discussed in another stage of the proceedings. Mr. Duseiso would not withdraw his amendment. The question was pet from the chair, whether an op portunity would be given to that delegation to discuss the question, and it was - decided by the Conference that the subject was introduced prematurely, and should not therefore be discussed. Mr. PRIOR was sorry and astonished that the dele gates should so long delay the discussion of the real question fur their consideration. He believed the best effects would be produced from different trades forming themselves into unions to protect themselves. He be lieve d that labour might be created if' there was only a proper understanding among the trades, and that would create the means of consumption, which was the great object they had in view. The . CHAIRMAN suggested that the word " plan " should be substituted for " constitution." The resolution was put in the amended form and carried. Mr. \Vetere: begged that, as the delegates from the country were put to much trouble, and to considerable expense, by a residence in town, that the addresses of members of the Conference should be as brief and as mush to the pint as possible. Too much time hal been wasted by delegates listening " to their own sweet voices," and he trusted that, for the future, eloquence would be discarded, and business attended to. There were no less than thirty-four of the London dele gates absent that morning, and that certainly furnished bet little encouragement for the country delegates to re main in town. Mr. WHITE,. in order that the Central Committee might be in possession of the opinion of all the delegates, would make the following motion :—" That it be an in struction to the Central Committee to recommend the trades to adopt the principle of endeavouring to become proprietors of their own labour, by forming local societies for that purpose, on rules to be here after placed before them, a portion of which rules for the establishment of stores for the benefit of the members, and manufactories for their employ, thus enabling them to apply the profits arising from their labour and the stores above-mentioned to the rental or purchase of land for the use of the members of such trade." He felt confident that the trades of England if' they wanted to raise themselves from the slavish position they ocgapied, they might do so—(Cheers)—and they !eight depend Kon it if they made the attempt they . would occupy next year a very different position to what they did at present.—(Cheers.) What, be would ask, was the position of the working-classes now ? Why, nothing but machines, for the benefit of others—(Cheers) —who had capital while they had not.— (Cheers.) if they all joined together they would have capi tal to preserve themselves from being cheated by others. Ile wished the delegates, before they separated, to give a pledge to c ach other to support one another, and thus prevent them from being the slaves of the profit makers.—(Cheers.) Mr. SKELTON, in seconding the resolution, adverted to theincompletenese of trades' unions for the purpose of protecting the labourer, because machinery was brought to such a state of excellence, that half the labourers were unemployed. The delegate went into a number of statistical details to show that. while manufactures had increased wages had diminished ; and he argued that strikes had only wasted the strength of the work men, without in the Least degree improving their con dition. Mr. EvAN said that some hundreds of years ago the working man could command any price for his labour, - and there were enactments upon the statute-book limit ing the remuneration for that labour, but now there was a power in this country created by machinery equalling in amount that of 600,000,000 persons, while it was well known that the three kingdoms only comprised a population of 30,000,000. With this extraordinary poser to compete with, it was no wonder that the working man was obliged to succumb. What was the remedy ? lle would point out as the first, and of most imp irtance, that of emigration. There were lands in America to be purchased at a very low calculation—why should the trades of England not invest some capital of their own in this species of property ? They might also obtain land in Venezuela without any sinking of capital, because the ruling powers there wished to people their land. There was at present only a population of some one million there, while the serf to was three times that of this country. The speaker compared the reitility 'of the American soil with that of Egnd, and eulogised the former, RS returning its riches. without any labour on the part of the husband men. There they had also do pay scarcely any taxes, while in England they were charged at least 10s. an acre. tie trusted that the Conference would come to eeriest decision in this matter Wore it finished its delibe rations ; and when they became possessed of some 12,000 acres of land, which he hoped would be before the year was out, they would be enabie: l to sat the power of the employers at defiance, and instead e s ; as heretofore the workers returning to their labour. after :.he funds had been exhausted which had supported their StrPees, they would bo enabled to withdraw the workers altogether, to plant them upon those lends, and so to neutralise the influence possessed by the capitalists of the country. Mr. fleWitlitinses, of Sheffield, said the present propo sition was thee which his trade had directed him to sup port. That which prevented consumption in their line of business was the exorbitant prices the seller demanded for the work of the artisan. He discarded the prin ciple as onwise of buying in the cheapest and selling in the dearest market. He most cordially supported tile proposition. All they wanted was better eeentineration for the it lab Our. The cutlers of Sheffield had been prevented from going into the Atm rican market in consequence of the spurious articles that were con tintrilly being brought into the market and represented as being manufactured in Sheffield. The operative cutlers of that place, with the &termination of putting a stop to this, had adopted the plan of stampine their work with the words " Shen Id Operative Cuth rs' Company." • After some further discussion, the Conference ad jeu7ned till two o'clock. The Conference resumed at Two o'clock. The resullition, or recommendation rather, was then put to the meeting and carried. Mr. DENCOMBE (in '6ference to a very thin meeting) said that he ~rtes punctual, and he trusted the delegates would be !tie). As it was, he should certainly go on with the business before them. Mr. Borssost then proposed that it be an instruction to the Committee to recommend to the tracks—first, the payment of a weekly sum, as may suit the circum etancei of each trade, to be used for the' purpose of en ebling such member to become possessed of land sufficient to raise him from the fear of poverty, under which the working (lasses now labour; and for the better elucidation of Cie principle, the follbeing recommendation be put forth to show the capability of the trades to emancipate thstioelves froen their present thraldom: when the funds amount to len her member, they can be so applied as to earry out the proposition, the details of which can be placed at the service of the Central Committee. Mr. Sem - mica seconded the resolution. Mr. SIIF.RRAnn advocated the principle Of home colonization, as tending to improve the condition of the providin g f or th e surp l us l a b ourers. working classes by Mr. FLEMING was desirous before entering on this subject of hearing the prevailing Opinions of the dele gates, for though nominally the representative of a secs tion favouring the idea of home colonization, he was yet vii tually the medium through which a large body of men associated into a society five and a h a ts years ago to carry practically into effect these prin. ciples—a body of men who bad purchased their 1,200 or 1,300 acres—a body of men who could look out on their own vales, and woods, and hills—who could hear the lowing of their own cattle, the bleating of their own sheep, and see the smoke of their chimneys curling from their own homes—he was the medium through eidefc ie. men made known their principles. That as formed in consequence of a strike among - e Ora o Sheffield, Manchester, Ashton, Stockport, reg iea .'"TZ - s--e)lsits 'ejia)vS-44 other places, in the year 1841. The l ' , 406 - 01- that a strike did not answer - *se-n/11411444K it was intended for, and they AT s o' 'J ~( TI-11r: SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY , EVENING, MARCH 29, 1845. he replied, " About the fire." In another casual con venation he said, "You want to transport me about Bland's fire ; but I don't care a - about it." There nas also some evidence to show that Bantick had once been guilty of an assault on another labourer, and that the prosecutor had ordered a prosecution to be com menced against him. There wai also a detailed account by Arnold to one of the N 1 itnesEes that he and Bantick went out with turf ashes in a coffee-pot, and set fire to the stack ; first of all attempting to fire the thatch of the house of Mrs. Banyard. Mr. GURDON addressed the jury for the prisoners. The Learned JUDGE, in summing up the case to the jury, stated that the admissions made by Arnold must be stint out from their minds as it respected Bantick, and that they must consider whether both or either of the prisoners were guilty. The jury found Arnold Guilty, and Acquitted Bantick. Mr. Justice PATTESON sulT:equently sentenced Arnold and the other prisoners found guilty of arson. In doing so, he stated there was no palliation for the crime of arson. The hungry man might have a show of excuse in committing a crime that would furnish him the means of satisfying the cravings of nature ; but to commit this crime there must be a malicious evil-disposed mind, for it mould not bring bread to:a hungry man, but in its consequences must necessarily throw numbers out of employment, and prevent their gaining an honest thus directly injuring the labourer, besides spread ing terror and dismay around. There must have been some motive actuating the prisoner s , but in no case was there more than a show of malice proved. In conclusion, the Learned Judge said, that he should punish the pri- soners with a hope that their punishment would deter others, and should sentence each of them to twenty years' transportation. James Young, 22, and John Moore, 21, were indicted for having assaulted Alfred Morgan, one of the police force of the borough of Cambridge. Mr. Naylor prosecuted, and Mr. Leaping defended. The jury found both the prisoners Guilty. The Learned JUDGE said his duty was to protect policemen, and he should therefore sentence the pri soners to nine months' hard labour. This case terminated the assize for the county of Cam bridge, and the ',Earned Jukes will proceed to-morrow morning to Bury St. Edmund's, and open the Commission for the county of Suffolk. Bury St. Edmund's, March 27. The Commission fur the county of Suffolk was opened this afternoon, and the Learned Judges afterwards attended Divine service at St. Mary's Church. The Courts will be opened for the dispatch of business at an early hour to-morrow. Tie calendar contains the names of 36 prisoners, the offences of %%horn may be thus classed :—Manslaughter, 1 ; arson, 13 ; sending threatening letter, 1 ; maliciously wounding, 4 ; rape, 1 ; burglary, 6 ; night poaching, 2; highway robbery, 4. The remaining cases appear at present to be of the ordinary character of charges. The cause list is expected to be lighter than usual. ROME ClRCUl7l—Kingston, Afarcl 27. CROWN COURT.—(Before 31r. Baron ALDERSON.) Two met], named Richard Wood and Thomas Jone - s, were arraigned this morning upon an indictment charg ing them with a burglary in thedwelling-house of James Carpenter, and stealing some silver spoons, and other articles, his property. The case was clearly made out against both prisoners, who - are notoriously bad character', but while the evi dence was going on one of the prisoners was seen to be fumbling with his hand in his pocket, which being ob served by Maynard, the gaoler, he laid hold of his hand, and Upon examining his pocket he found a large stone in it, which was of course immediately taken away from him. The other prisoner was then searched, and two stones were also found in his pocket. There is very little doubt, from what subsequently took place, the pri soners meditated some serious mischief with these mis siles, if they had not been discovered in their possession. The jury having returned a verdict of Guilty, Mr. Baron ALDERSON sentenced Wood, who appeared to be the worst of the two, to be transported for life, and the other for fifteen yearn. The moment the sentence was pronounced the pri soners began to abuse his Lordship in the most gross language, and when one of the turnkey s attempted to lay hold of Wood he resisted violently, and a desperate struggle took place in the dock. Several police-consta bles speedily, however, rendered their assistance, the prisoners all the time struggling violently, and making use of dreadful imprecations. They were at length over powered and conveyed to the interior of the gaol. The business of the Crown side finished between three and four o'clock, and Mr. Baron Alderson then proceeded to try some common jury causes. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BO W-STREET. Mr. Fail bo, n, the landlord of the Printers' Arms, in New Church-court, Strand (lately kept by Mr. Heady), appeared in answer to a summons, charging him with opening his house for the sale of liquors on the morning of Good Friday last, between three and four o'clock. Inspector Mullins stated, that hearing some persons talking in the defendant's house, at a quarter past four on the morning of Good Friday last, he knocked at the door and requested admission. He was shown up stairs, and there saw about a dozen men (stated to be printers) drinking and smoking together. Mr. I)uncombe, the defendant's solicitor, said the ma gistrate would at once see there was no occasion to pro ceed with the charge, as he could clearly prove that for years the house now kept by his client had been fre quented at the hour mentioned by a respectable body of men connected with the morning papers in the neigh bourhood, who, after leaving their work, generally as sembled there to partake of refreshments—having been necessarily occupied the whole night, without cessation, in their work as compositors. No one else was ever suffered to visit the house at that time, as the evidence of the waiter, in Mr. Fairburn's service, would satisfac torily attest. James Wilkie, a compositor on the Morning Chronicle, deposed that some of the compositors on that journal and the Post were in the habit of supping regularly at the Printers' Arms, which was at that time exclusively open to them. To guard against the admission of others, the " privileged" applicants called out " Boz," upon which the door was immediately opened by the waiter. The waiter corroborated these statements, and proved that the house was duly cleared at 12 o'clock on Thurs day night, and kept clear till the arrival of the compositors. Inspector Mullins—But the license in express terms prohibits the opening of the helve on Good Friday. Mr. JARDlNE—Probably so ; but in a case like this there was a very manifest distinction to be observed, and he was of opinion that the defendant could hardly be said to have * 4 opened" his house, in the meaning of the law, when it was merely used by a party of re spectable people, who did not assemble to ket drunk and disorderly, but merely to take refreshments, which their occupation prevented their getting at an earlier hour. The fact of the house being closed at an early hour, and every caution taken to shut out any persons but those in question, who were compelled to work on Good Friday, as well as other days, con vineed him that there was no intention on the part of the defendant to break through his license, although, by a literal interpretation of the terms of that license, he might, indeed, be considered culpable. Under the cir cumstances he should not interfere, but, at the same time, would recommend the defendant not to give any ground for the charge on a future occasion. The summons was, therefore, discharged. CLERKEN WELL. SPA-FIELDS BURIAL-GROUND.-27/OMS Smith, the grave digger at Spa-fields Burial ground, and Stephen Bishop, the watchman there, were brought before Mr. G mbe on a bench warrant issued by the Chairman of the Clerlcenwell Sessions, the grand jury having found true bills against them on an indictment charging them with certain serious offences connected with the above burial- place. Inspector Penny produced the warrant on which the prison: rs wtre apprehended. • The warrant is directed against Robert Vine.ll, Esq., William Langford, Esq , Francis Green, labourer, William C. Bird, labourer, .Thomas Smith, add Stephen Bishop. Mr. Lewis now appeared fur the prisoners, and pre sented two tradesmen, named Monday and Ashfiel,l, whose bail to the amount of 201. each were accepted f(ir the prisoners' appearance at the next sessions. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From Friday Night's Gazette.) Au Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week eliding on:Saturday, the 22d day of March, 1845. ISSUE DF:PARTDIENT. • X. X. 29413,555 Government debt 11,015,100 Other securities 2,984,900 Gold coin and bul lion 13,177,831 Silver bullion Notes issued . .£29,213,555 £29,213,555 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 27th day of March, 1845. BANKING DE X. Proprietors' capitall4,bs3,ooo :PARTMENT. Rest Public deposits (in eluding Exche quer, Savings banks, Commis•• sionersofNational Debt, and divi- Government seen- - rities (including Dead Weight Annuity) Other securities 12,535,169 Notes Gold and silver coin 786,869 dend accounts) 6,890,121 Other dep05it5......10,452,425 Seven day andother bills £36,469,622 M. MA' Dated the 27th day of Mara] £36,469,622 RSIIALL, Chief Cashier. 11, 1845. It is not generally known that the Bank of Eng land have recently entered into an arrangement by which all the persons on the establishment are allowed leave of absence once every year, the holyday varying in length according to the length of service. To carry out this plan, the whole nornbei of persons is divided into four portions, and each of these fur portions takes the vacation in one of the four periods of the year that follow the payment of the dividends and precede the shutting, these being the periods in which the least business is done. So complete is the system, that the parties who take their holyday in the spring quarter one year, take it in the summer. quarter in the year following, and so on through all the four, that one may not have an unfair advantage over the other. The shortest holyday, we understand, is about nine days, and the longest about three weeks.— Times. At the meeting of the Proprietors of the South Sea Company, the report ofthe Directors appeared to give general satisfaction, and was agreed to nens. con. . . heard such a thing mentioned, as that " Some d- old woman had said what was doing at the parsonage," or any such expression. Mrs. Williams never said in the presence of witness that she (witness) told her (Mrs. 'Williams) that Mr. ➢fonckton slept with Sarah lltiggins six nights out of seven. She dare not say so in her presence. He never put his hand indecently on v, itness's person, or said anything indecent to her. The witness gave the same positive nega tive answ crs to all the questions relative to smoking, eating, &c , &c., with the other servants, as sworn to by the witnesses for the prosecution. Never saw any one with Mr. Monckton while preparing a sermon in his study. He has taken tea in the kitchen. Sarah Huggins wrote to witness to ask Mr. Monck ton if he would condescend to visit her (Sarah) at Gravesend. Witness burned that letter some time after. The tune of the letter was that Sarah feared she had very much offended her master by her .misconduct. Told this to Mr. Monckton. He did not go down until after witness had received a second letter from Sarah. Sarah wrote to witness after her confinement, announc ing the death of the two children, and requesting Mr. Monckton to visit h:r. The cross examination of this witness had not been entered upon when. our reporter left, and the case is likely to occupy the Court till a late hour, the counsel on both sides having agreed to sit until eleven o'clock rather than not close the case today. STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION AT A S TO N-UNDER-LY NE. Thursday morning, about six o'clock, just as the en gineer of Messrs. Mason and Sons' mill was preparing to start the engine, one of the boilers exploded with such fearful violence as to shake the whole building to its very centre. Fortunately, however, the boiler house is situate some distance from the mill. It appears that one end of the boiler was completely blown away, carrying with it the walls of the build ing for upwards of two hundred yards. The boiler was driven from its seat, and the engineer and fireman both blown into the canal, which adjoins the mill, neither of whom sustained any material injury, if we except a few bruises and a ducking in the canal. The roof and other parts of the building w ere carried across the canal and the river Tame to a dis tance of seventy or eighty yards, and, coming in contact with a machine shop, smashed nearly the whole of the windows, and materially damaged the walls of the building. Several of the mechanics sustained bruises in endeavouring to make their escape, believing that their lives were in danger. The mill hands, as might be ex pected, flew in all directions, and in the confusion many of them were seriously injured. The scene of this acci dent presents a very singular appearance, on account ef the scores of window-frames and wood-work which have been shattered to pieces by the shock. The most extraordinary circumstance in connexion with the explosion is the escape of the engineer and fireman, both of whom were blown a distance of several yards, and absolutely dashed against the bottom of the canal. The mill is the property of Messrs. Swires and Lees, but at present in the occupa tion of Thomas Mason and Sons. The damage to pro perty is very considerable, and upwards of four hundred hands have been thrown out of employment in con sequence. It is stated that, had the other end of the boiler given way, it must have carried with it a portion of the mill, and that not fewer than from 100 to 150 persons must have perished. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF THIS DAI. GLOBE.—John Tawell, the wretched murderer of the confiding woman whom he had seduced, and who was the mother of two children by him—has suffered the appropriate and well-merited punishment which the law assigns to the crime of deliberate murder. Pre viously to Taw( 11's. leaving the cell to which he had been confined since his conviction, he delivered to the Rev. Mr. Cox, the chaplain of the priron, a scaled paper, which contained an admission, full and explicit, of his guilt. He poisoned his victim by ,the means charged in the indictment; and had previously sought h-r life by administering to her a different poisonous pre paration, as suggested on his trial, in September last. The turpitude of this atrocious criminal's offence was greatly heightened by the base hypocrisy of his obtrusive preten sions to piety, by which he sought to procure a reputation for sanctity of morals, while he was secretly indulging his sicious inclinations, and revolving the means of murdering the poor creature he had previously betrayed. So successful were Tawell's personations of good ness' that—in the face of proofs of guilt th a t we r e , perhaps, as strong and conclusive as were ever ad duced against any criminal on bis trial—there were not wanting persons who could not think that such a man could be the perpetrator of such a crime. These— doubtless amiable, but certainly weak minded, persons, are now relieved from all doubts. However difficult it may be to solve the psychological paradox which the cha racter of Tawell's mind and contradictions of conduct displayed, the fact of his guilt, in the fulness of its de pravity, is now placed beyond question. To every one capable of reason, this was placed beyond controversy by the evidence of the different witnesses against him on his trial. The line of argument adopted by his counsel — if that can be dignified by the appellation of argu ment which was a mere string together of im probable and contradictory hypotheses—removed lla expectation of his acquittal, for it had snot shaken the direct and conclusive testimony against him. This mode of meeting the case, by such an advocate as Mr. Kelly, showed to what an extremity this justly-eminent lawyer felt himself reduced, when he could oppose nothing but extravagant, far-fetched, and almost puerile 'oppositions to such a case. The prisoner had admitted that the woman he was accused of having murdered, died in consequence of something she had poured into the porter of which she drank. Yet, notwithstanding this admission, Mr. Kelly actually argued that she did not die of poison, but by suffocation from the water which was attempted to be forced into her mouth by her neighbour, who entered the room when she lay in ea trends, if not actually dead. The Learned Gentle man also suggested, and argued the probability of the hypothesis which rendered nugatory his former reason • ing, and with a gravity which w o u ld i m ply hi s own belief of what every one else saw was not merely delusive but absurd—that the woman died from the effects of prussic acid, generated in the stomach by the process of digestion, from the pips of an apple found partially digested among the contents of the stomach, which were subjected to medical examination and che mical analysis--no apple-pipe, however, being found therein ! The acute mind of the Learned Judge (Parke) who presided od the trial, in a few words swept allay this miserable refuge. We have dwelt strongly on this branch of the evidence adducedon the trial, because there is too much reason to believe that the monstrous verdict returned in a case of an individual who was tried at the Central Criminal Court a short time before Tawell made the first attempt on Sarah Hart's life in September last, suggested both the mode of the perpetration, and the hope of escape, if detected, from the difficulty of esta blishing commission to the satisfaction of a jury. The conviction of Tawell will, we trust, tend to correct mis taken notions whieh are frequently entertained by some persona, both in and out of the jury-box. Any extravagant suggestion, however opposed to reason and science, with such persons is sufficient to destroy the effect of the most direct testimony. If ingenuity succeed in raising a momentary doubt, it is pounced upon, as sufficient to destroy the strongest proofs enfsrced by reason, derived from the evidence of unquestionable witnesses, supported by the testimony of science, and therefore claiming from reasonable men the calmest investigation, and the obedience of reason to the conclusions to which they lead. Her Majesty arrived by railway at Gosport from Farnborough at two minutes past one this afternoon, and embarked from the Clarence-yard on board the royal yacht for Cowes, accompanied by Prince Albert, at the Princess Royal. Her Majesty was received by Sir IL Pakenham, Colonel Henderson, and the other Directors of the railway. Her Majesty appeared in t xcellent health. The journey was performed in one hour and a half. case in question. The member of a respectable house in the City brings to our office information of the utmost im portance, and which he has had the best opportunity of learning correctly. Through the medium of their mother, with whom he resides, he is in daily domestic communica tion with two gentlemen who havejust arrived from India, and aho are both ,suffering a very serious and very re markable complaint, which,' in common with the rest of their fellow-passengers, they ascribe to some water shipped from a floating tank at St. Helene. Their pe culiar symptoms first s >wed them-elves after touching at diet island—they seemed to indicate metallic poison, and could be ascribed to no other cause. Either mis informed, or accounting for the impurity of the tank water by a hasty hypothesis of his own, lie adds that the tank was coppered—a circumstance which, of course, while it made the whole statement less literally true, made it also more credible. Ha adds other minute ex planatory details. With the facts, the sufferers, the. symptoms, the authority, all so prompt, so' recent, so unexceptionable, there really was no alternative but to accept the statement, if important enough. But its importance was incalculebe. There is nothing of a material nature over which a State exer cises to jealous a control as water. It is most delicately susceptible of deleterious admixtures or infec tions, and then becomes death instead of life. At all our ports at home we take every possible care to provide pure water for our shipping. So, publishing, as a journal does, every wreck, every new-discovered shoal, every impediment as well as every as , istance to naviga- tion, we could not but insert a letter which merely re lated an unforeseen result without throwing real blame on any party. We will answer for it that no person, not otherwise informed as to the facts of the case, read that announcement without a startling sensation of its vast importance, and without also a ti cling of gratitude to the means which had given it publicity. Immediately on the appearance of the letter, we receive a peremptory request to do what no journalist could do either wisely or honourably—what would put an end to all freedom of communication, to publicity and truth itself—to give up the name of the writer, without it being at first even pretended that he had said anything for which he should be particularly answerable. We ob:erve our own ne cessary rules, and decline. Meanwhile our authority finds himself in error as to the ownership of the tank, and writes to correct his statement, but certainly bring ing the cause, not the blame, more expre sly home to the true owner. On the same day we are visited with a lawyer's letter, informing us now for the first time that the tank was not copper, and demanding the name of our correspondent, with a view to legal proceedings. Our reply is twofold, and comprehends all the sati. fac tion that justice could possibly require. We offer to give the name of our correspondent, on a guarantee that we shall be thereby absolved from the responsibility of his statement ; and, at the same time, we publish an analysis of the water, which proves its entire freed ma from copper in any form. Most of our readers would probably conclude, on the appearance of this document, that the original statement or surmise offered by " Nauticus" had entirely fallen to the ground, and that there was no party which could feel itself any further aggrieved Far from it. In common apprehensions, the question had ended ; in the hands of agents and lawyers, the ease had only begun. The grievance is duly fostered and brought to a trial. What now does the trial add to our own immediate contradiction of our correspondent's error, contained in the result of the analysis ? Nothing. All the other facts of the case are proved, and more added. By the testimony of all, even by the reluctant testimony of the Captain, it appears that, soon after taking in two hundred pounds' worth of water, wine, and other provisions, at St. Helena, the passengers, till then in improved health, were attacked, as the Chief Justice expresses it, "certainly in a very remarkable manner." They all conceived their symptoms to be metallic ; they did not refer it to Sinde, to a stray Arab, to a few oranges, to sleeping on the deck, but to something peculiar, with them, in the ship—something in their diet—in fact, they appear to have had no doubt whatever that it was in the water. True, the water was filtered, but what process of filter ing will avail against chemical solution? They thought of lead and of iron, and very naturally included copper in their suspicions. But why is it so unpardonable to think of copper ? Is there a moral gradation in metals ? The Lord Chief Justice adds his powerful authority to the opinion, that something' remained to be accounted for beyond the reach of oranges :—" I confess, if I were to hazard a conjecture upon this point, I should say that probably the free, and perhaps the careless, use of mer cury, with the addition, probably, of drink and some de gree of imprudence, may have induced the disease with which they were attacked." We only inserted and immediately disproved a statement that a copper tank was at the bottom of this mysterious visitation ; the Lord Chief Justice ascribes it to the carelessness of the doctor and the intem perance of the passengers. For: our part, we cannot see why the tank-owners' interest should be more in violable than the Doctor's, especially as it appears that the latter is in a scrape already, and will feel all the more weight of a fresh charge. For the mere difference be tween mercury and copper—mercury still persisted in, and propounded from the seat of justice —copper stated in a moment of misapprehension, and at once disowned —we are condemned to pay NU to redress the injured reputation of this Unlucky tank ; and everybody knows the additional tail of expense that verdict carries. Meanwhile there is not an atom of evidence to show that our correspondent, and the whole body of passen gers, may not have been, after all, nearer the truth than the mercurial Chief Justice. Mr. Solomons' wine is not vindicated from lead, or his provisions from other possi ble ills. Perhaps time will show that his tank ought to have been charred, as water-barrels usually are in the navy. Throughout the east, and all warm climates, there is a well-founded prejudice against tanks, which are never used but from necessity. A few years may vindicate us, and show the sacred value of impartial, un flinching publicity ; but meanwhile we are martyrs.— Times. FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. T. Boulter, innkeeper, Cromer, Norfolk. BANKRUPTS. Laing Johnston, wine merchant, Hammersmith, to surrender April 5, at twelve, and May 9, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Lonsdale, Temple-chambers, Fleet street... Daniel Morton, fishmonger, East Cheap, City, April 4, at two, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Pennell, official assignee ; Bell, Austin-friars. Elijah May. draper, Aldgate High-street, City, April 5, at half-past two, and May 7, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, official assignee, Aldermanbury; Mardon and Pritchard, Christ Church-chambers, New gate- John Phillips, tailor, Pinner's-court, Old Broad-street, City, April 9, at two, and May 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman -street buildings ; Cox, Pinner's-hall. George Gardner, tavern keeper, Gravesend, April 11, at two, and May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Groom, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Loin bard-street ; Tilson, Squunce, and Tilson, Coleman street. Jonas Woodhead and Daniel Woodhead, woollen cloth manufacturers, Huddersfield, April 14 and May 2, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Fearne, official assignee, Leeds ; Reed and Shaw, Friday-street, Lon don ; Sale and Worthington, Manchester ; Richardsons, Leeds. therefore associated for the purpose of investing their own capital in the purchase of land. There were only 150 members at 5/. each, giving a working fund of plant 700/. ; but with this limited fund they were enabled to afford work to their distressed fellow-workmen, and to pay them full wages for their labour.—(Cheers.) He objected to Mr. Robson's motion, because it entered into details, which they were not able profitably then to settle. The CHAIRMAN having put the resolution, Mr. WHITE rose to support it. He believed that it could be carried practically into effect, notwithstanding the statement of Mr. Fleming. He thought the adop tion of it wou'd make the working classes independent of their employers, and if it could be carried out, he was certain it would be productive of the best effects. He objected to the subject being referred to a Central Committee. He thought that the Con ference, and the Conference itself, should act in the matter. As he was convinced that the trades would not adopt the proceedings of the Committee, he trusted the public would be made acquainted with the fact, that they were determined not to be put off so easily as the Lim labourers had been.---(Cheers.) He thought it was the bounden duty of the Conference to agree to the proposition of Mr. Robson.—(Cheers.) lie thought they ought to come to some practical agieement, and that that should be published over the whole country. He was sure that Mr. Fleming must know that there were prejudices in the trade that they would have a great difficulty to get over. He went along with him in a great portion of all that he had said, but what he required was, that the Conference should itself do something definite, and not refer anything to a Committee. He concluded by supporting the proposition of Mr. Robson. The CHAIRMAN put the previous question, which was negatived by a majority of 12. Mr. FLEMING proposed the following resolution : " That the Central Committee be instructed to prepare a plan for the systematic organisation of the trades throughout the country, for a better regulation of trades' matters and trades' strikes in all the societies that may unite in this Association, and that the suggestion of the Chairman of the Confer ence on this subject be taken into especial consideration in the preparation of such a plan." These suggestions are as follow :—That the body shall be legally constituted, with powers vested in its members to hear all matters connected with trade business, and all cases where the rights of any one trade are threatened or invaded, that that trade—if a strike be sanctioned by the governing body— thall be sustained, upheld, and supported during the struggle, however long it shall continue. The terms to be submitted to, and agreed upon, by a majority of the Executive of the Association for the time being. In the formation of such a body, local machinery must be taken into c,nsideration ; that is, suppose a strike takes place at Sheffield, or at Manchester, sanctioned by the ruling body, in such case the Executive should put themselves in communication with the local delegates of that trade appointed by their body, who will become honorary members for the t me being of the general body ; and, if necessary, there must be appointed one or more as commissioners from the per manent executive, to repair to the spot where the strike takes place, there to instruct themselves upon, and inform the executive of all matters connected with the movements, and in such cases any excitement necessary to sustain the strike should be transferred from the place where it occurs to the metropolis, where the governing body should hold its permanent sittings. Mr. DUNNING seconded the resolution. Mr. WHITE thought it would be well to have a com mittee that evening to agree on the general principles on which they should act. His idea was that they came there to act and not to speak. The resolution was, after some discussion, put and carried. The 7th and last resolution was then put and carried unanimously:—" It is recommended that, at least, an annual conference should be held to review the proceed ings of the Central Committee, and to devise such mea sures as shall best promote the great objects of the Asso ciation." Mr. WnITE proposed " That a Committee of seven should be appointed to draw up an outline of a plan of organisation, and receive the opinions of the delegates on the matter, in order to establish an understanding as to the terms on which they agree to co-operate. The proposition was seconded. Mr. BLACKHURST moved an amendment to the effect that as the delegates were not prepared to submit plans to the committee, the proposition be negatived. Mr. FLEMING supports-d the amendment. The motion was put, when there appeared— For it , 32 Against it l7 Majority —ls Mr. WHITE then moved that Mr. Robson, Mr. Blackhurst, Mr. Evans, Mr. Christopher, Mr. Bush, Mr. Hnmphreys, and himself should form the committee. . . . Mr. liAwKiiis moved that the annual Conference be moving one, holding its sittings in the large towns al ternately. The motion was seconded by Mr. Evans, and carried unanimously. The Conference then adjourned till this day. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 27. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) Charles Bulterwoi th was indicted for bigamy. Mr. Greene conducted the case for the prosecution.. The prisoner, who was, it appeared, an old soldier, had been married in the year 1810. He sub;Equently entered the army, and was in service for a number of years. Afterwards he returned to Middleton, and then, in 1839, was married to a person of the name of Betty Creer. It was proved that at the time he was aware of his former wife being alive, and residing with her father. To one of her relativiis he stated, that though he would not again live with her, he would not allow her to live quietly where she then was. Betty Creer, the second wife, in her examination, stated that she was aware that the prisoner was a mar ried man, but that he had told her' his servitude being so long, and his wife not sending, would clear him." When called on for his defence he said. " My Ltird, I beg fur mercy; twenty •five years in the army, all but a month or two, is the occasion of it." _ _ _ • _ His LORDSHIP, in summing up, said that the prisoner had been under a misapprehension in point of law. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, recommending him to mercy, on the ground of the second wife being aware of the former marrriage. Sentence—to be imprisoned for one month. Thomas rills was indicted for having, at Manchester, committed a rape on Mary Ann Wade, his step-daughter, an interesting young female, only a little above 15 years of age. Mr. Brandt appeared for the prosecution ; and. Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoner. The details of this case are not fit for publication. Mr. WILKINS addressed the jury for the prisoner in an energetic speech. He relied strongly on the circum stance that there were no signs manifest of the girl having suff2red violence, and that this case presented none of those evidences of force having been used, without which it would be unjust to convict the prisoner. He made no doubt that the girl had, in fact, complained to her mother only because she was aware of her brother being awake, and expected that he would tell her mother of what had taken place. The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for life. WESTERN CIRCUIT.—Bodmin, Mardi 27. Owing to the press of business :at Exeter, Mr. Justice Erle did not arrive here till Tuesday evening, and Mr. Justice Coleridge did not come into the town till Wed nesday evening. The Commission was opened by Mr. Jostice Erle, who charged the grand jury, and sat in the Criminal Court on Wednesday. There is very little to be done in the Crown Court, there being only 25 prisoners for trial. This is accounted for from the fact that the magi.trates held their quar ter sessions in this place but a very short time since. There are nine causes to be tried, of which one is a special jury. Mr. Justice Coleridge presides in the Crown Court, and Mr. Justice Erie on the Civil side. NORFOLK ClRGUlT.—Cambridge, March 25. (Before Mr. Justice PATTESON.) John Harris, aged 13. was indicted for feloniously killing William Clarke Manchet, at Upwell. Mr. Couch prosecuted, and Mr. Tozer defended the prisoner. It appeared from the evidence of a little girl of seven years of age, who gave her testimony with singular clear ness, that she, the prisoner, and the deceased, a boy of nine years of age, were riding in a cart ; that the pri soner coaxed the deceased to the edge of a brook, and then pushed him in, but that they had not been quar relling. There was some evidence that the boys were playing together, and that the falling into the water was accidental. Mr. Tom' submitted that the deceased, who was an illegitimate child, whose father's name was Clarke, and whose mother's name was Manche', was improperly de scribed as William Clarke Manchet, the evidence show int, that he was sometimes called Clarke, and sometimes Manchet. his LORDSHIP, however, intimated that there was a scin tilla of evidence, that the name in the indictment- had been acquired by reputation, and requested the jury to say on what ground they acquitted, if they should acquit. The jury acquitted-on the merits. March 26. ARSON.—Laac Arnold, aged 18, and Frederick Banech, aged 18, were charged with having set tire to a stack of straw, the property ef Mr. Bland, of Fordham. Mr. Prendergast prosecuted ; Mr. Gurdun defended the prisoners. The stack had appafently been set on fire by means of lighted turf carried to it in an old coffee-pot. The chief evidence against the prisoner Bantiek consisted of statements he had made at various times respecting the fire ; but, strauge to say, that although he had nearly admitted hi 3 guilt to several persons, they did not make known what he had said until a month or two had elapsed, when he was in custody. The evidence against Bantick was much weaker than against the other pri soner. It appeared in evidence that Bantick had been seen in company with Arnold and some young women at . a public - house on the night of the fire, and that the pia soncrs went away together. They were subsfquently seen together by a Mrs. Banyard near her house, which house had been attempted to be fired, and also by another person; and before the constable had told Ban tick what the charge was against him, he had said to him, "Ithink I can guess what for ; that man Arnold wilt hang half the town." He had also said to the con stable, while they were going to the magistrates, "Ar nold, he understood, had been saying that the fire was in consequence of some spite he (Bantick) had against Bland." Against Arnold the evidence was his saying, on the evening of the fire, "Ile would have a good flare up, and make all Fordham smoke before morning." Arnold had also said, a fortnight before his arrest, that h e was " unsettled;" and on being asked what for, Vl* Zbittion THE FUNDS-(CLOSING PRICES ONE • PRICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Consols Lon ;Annuities to expire Jan. 1860 Ditto 30 vearr, Jan. 5, 1860 India Bonds, 1,0001- Ditto under 1,000/. CLOSING PRICES. 99% 11% Consols for Account.... ... 99:r i % 99 1 / 2 Exchequer Bills, 1,000!., PAIL ... 59 57 pm. 57 Ditto 5001. . • ... 57 59 pm. 59 Ditto Small ... 59 pm. 59 Ditto Advertised • ... pm. ONE PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS. O'CLOCK. Columbian Bonds, ex Venezuela. 15%% Mexican, 5 per Cent. 1837 3 59A Ditto, Account 36 Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840 Ditto, Passive • 3OV 7 M, ' Ditto, Deferred Ditto 3 per Cent. ...... ... 4 . Dutch, 21/ 2 per Cent . , —... ..... Ditto, .4 per Cent., Certific 99% 99% PRICES OF CLOSING II lILWAY SHARES PAID. AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICES. Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush l x -, I3A Binning. and Gloucesterloo Ditto New Shares ... 17 1 4 33 Ditto % Shares Bristol and Exeter Ditto New 2 Bristol and Gloucester... 30 : 59 Cahxlonian Cambridge and Lincoln 11/„... 714 . 7 I A Chester and Holyhead Churnet Valley Coventry, Bedworth, and . Nuneaton ........ ...... 114...... Cornwall Direct Northern Direct Norwich Dublin and BelfastJunc. 2 1 4 71%% 8 7 3 A Dublin and Galway 2 l / 2....., 31A Eastern Counties... 25 ...... 21% 14% % Eastern Union lO CLOSING PRICES. 15% 357 8 36 30 1 A 7 1 4, 18 404 Ditto Extension 1% 3 l /2 Great South. and West. (Ireland)_ Ditto Extension Great. North of England..loo Ditto New 2 2l Great Western Ditto IA Shares SO Hull and Selby Kentish Coast - ' 1% l7 gi Lancaster and Carlisle... 15 London and Birminghm (5t0ck)...233 Do. Quarters 2 London and Brighton... 50 London and Croydon, 13/. 15s. 9d. 17 3 / 18% London and Greenwich 12/ 15s 4d... Do. Preftrence ...18117s 2d 2434.— ......... London ar:d S. Western 41/65310d 79 1 80 Do. New consolidated Bths 6 Do. New London and York Lynn and Ely Manchester and Leeds... 73 Do. % Shares Do. 1 4 Shares Manchester and Birmin. 40 — Do. Quarters Midland... 100 l4B 151 1491 ... Do. Fifths 2 Do. New Midland, Birm., Derby...loo ll2 113% Newcastle and Darling ton Junction 24 ...... 46% 47% Neweas.le and Berwick 1 1 /, 1 4 141/. 14 Newark and Sheffield ... 1 1 A . 5 1 4%4 North British f! Northern and Eastern... 45 North Kent North Wales Preston and Wyre Rugby, Worstr, & Tring 1 ..,.... :,.cottish Midland l% .::. .. Shrews., Wolverhamp , - : Dudley, and Birm 2%. . 5 1 j South Devon.,. lO ~. South Eastern & Dover 3312 s 4d... 42 3 / Do., No. 1.. 8 Do., No. 2. South %Vales 2% 6% U Waterford and Kilkenny 1 .. ... 336 ...... ... .. • West Cornwall York and North Midland 50 Ditto % Shares 25 Ditto Scarboro' Branch. 20 Do. Selby Do. Extension FRENCH RAILWAYS Boulogne and Amiens... 4 Bordeaux and Toulouse 2 Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Cette ..... ... . ... ..... 2 Orleans and Bordeaux... 2 Paris & Lyons, Laffitte's 2 Paris and Lyons, Gan- 63% 20V, 1 3 / 135 33 33 //4 83 IA 6/ 21 q 15% 10 1 % 195 20 loith 1% 37 1 % 234 18 1 A 24 3 / 4 SO 124 3S 65 1 91/,'2 9% 149% 3 1 / 2 19 1 A 113% 4J l ii 14 514 17 2% 34 4% 2% 5% 20 1 4 43 16 1 11A_ 1131 2:y i 2% 11% 21 4 SO-% 44% neron's, ....... .. Paris and Orleans 2O 5Ol 14 •••••• Pans and Rotten Sambre and Meuse Tours and Nantes, Mac kenzie's THE REV. MR. MONCKTON's CASE DIOCESAN COURT OF INQUIRY—(THIS DAY). This case was resumed this morning at the sitting of the Court, when Sarah Huggins, Lady Galway, Lieu tenant Monckton, and Arthur B e n ne tt were exa mined, and their depositions were taken with a view to rebut the testimony of the different witnesses examined fur the prosecution. The next witness called was Mr. Oldershaw, Mr. Monckton's solicitor, who deposed as follows:—Having answered a few preliminary ques• tions, he continued by sa)ing he considered that the conversation he had with Mr. Lake was private, and should not have been taken advantage of by Mr. Lake. Witness here produced a letter from Mr. Menckton, denying the charges. Did not know of the girl being confined at Gravesend until some time in January, and first heard of it from Mr. Lake. Re-examined—Heard Mr. Lake say he would not believe Mr. Monckton's denial on his oath unless he dis charged his servant. Told witness he recommended Mr. Monckton to go to the country, and the matter might blow over, and that he would get somebody to do the duty. Mr. Lake said to witness that if he were an un married man he might do the same. Witness then distinctly offered Mr. Lake a declaration denying the charges, both by Mr. Monckton and the servants. Was authorised by Mr. Monckton to do this. Denied this before the Bishop had been written to. Mr. Lake was most violent in his language to witness. (Witness here read a letter from Mr. Monckton, denying the charges that he bad heard were rumoured about him and his servants) To the COURT—At the time witness had received that letter, he was aware the girl had been confined; told Mr. Monckton, as his professional adviser, that he had been guilty of gross indiscretion, at least his conduct would be open to such for taking the girl back. Here the Court adjourned for a few minutes, and when it resumed, Sarah Huggins was recalled for cross-examination, she having fainted when first brought into Court.—Sbe deposed that Susan went to her mother's, and returned after three days' absence, to the parsonage. This was in summer. It was after Lady Galway left in June that Sarah left. When she came back she was ill, and came to be nursed, as she could not get proper attendance at home. Has never left the parsonage since. She is there as a servant. Will swear she dues not know what wages her sister has. Ann Day has 101. a-year. Has had quarrels with her sister, but not in regard to Mr. Monckton. He has been in witness's bed-room at day and night when she was in bed ill. Had a peculiar illness but once, cannot say when; but it never happened before or since. Was not ill when Sarah Lovett was at the parsonsge, but is not sure ; complained of pain to Mr. blather - . Will swear that Mr. Monckton did not bathe her ; went to live with him in October, 184 D. Will not swear she was a virgin then. (Here the Counsel put other questions as to the conduct of the wit ness and her moral character, both before she went to Mr. Moncktou's and while there ; but she declined to answer them.) Shs then continued by saying that her sister and Ann Day suspected she was in the family-way. A few days after Mr. Mathew examined her she went to Gravesend with her sister in a cab. Witness did not see her off. Was at Gravesend about ten weeks. Mr. Monckton came down about three days after she was confined. One of the children died on Saturday, and the other on Sunday. Does not recollect that Mr. Monekton had tea upon the occasion of his visit; asked him to take her back when she was well. He said he would not promise. Said she would pay him back the 'Loney he lent her when she should get another place. The birth of the children was en tered in the register as Sarah and Susan, and wituess as the wife of noggins, a mariner. Mr. Monekton never broke open her door to her know ledge. Did not receive any wages for the time she wets away. Jid not see Mr. Monckton sit at the table at the dinner on Christmas-day. He stood and carved, but did not see him eat. After dinner he sat in the drawing-room. He went away about five o'clock. He returned about supper time. Did not hear any singing that night. Betty Biggs had a child about five years old, %hieh she often brought to the parsonage ; she also brought wine to Gravesend from Mr. Monckton. Mrs. Williams used to sing indecent songs; cannot say how many—whether thirty, or forty, or fifty, or sixty, or seventy. The new-year's dinner was at one o'clock. Anne Day was sent for the Williarnses. Mr.'Monckton was in the kitchen when they came. He had dined Lefore that, in the study, alone. Was never sent after by Mr. Monekton, to go back. Never saw any impro priety between him and the other servants. Re examined.—Mr. Monckton was not present when Mrs: Williams sang indecent songs, nor did he know it. His house is very large, and requires three servants when there are visitors. Mr. Monckton had not the slightest means of knowing that she had misconducted herself with any other person. Mr. Duke sworn.—ls a medical man. Cured Sarah Huggins of erysipelas. Anne Day sworn.—ls twenty-four years of age; went as servant to Mr. Monckton in November, 1843 ; saw Fanny F rou d e t h ere ; she was a girl of unclean habits ; heard her frequently con tradict herself ; saw her very much intoxicated once. Mr. Monckton carved on the Christmas-day, because Mr. Williams could not do so, having lost a thumb. Mr. Monckton was very cheerful that day, but not tipsy. He did not attempt to throw down Mr. Williams. Never saw Mr. Monckton attempt to take Mrs. Williams on his knee. Witness never sat there, nor saw any of the servants do so. Never heard him use indecent or blasphemous language. Never heard him drink a toast, " Here's to the waitress's health. Never LIABILITY OF THE PRESS. Our columns of yesterday furnish another proof 0, the enormous risk, or rather certainty, of expense en. tailed by a faithful record and investigation of daily occurrences. It is our contract with the public, and one which they expect to see discharged to the letter, to slate every event of any interest or consequence that the day may bring forth, and, inasmuch as mere insulated facts are mere gossip, it is part of our contract to state them in their must probable and most profitable con nexion. The moment we confined ourselves to a mere registration of calamity, the public would speedily ob serve, " There is no speculation in thine eye," and transfer their patronage to those who endeavoured to fulfil the just expectations of rational men, and who commented on disaster with a view to obviate its recur rence. Yet many disasters are obviously of that sort, that it is impossible to trace them and account for them, without criminating individuals. The moment you touch on a cause, you elicit the human defendant. Somebody finds himself at the bar of the public, who may very probably find it easier to show that an allegation has been made without irresistible proof, than that it is utterly without foundation. As we are expected to be perfect, it is uceless to hint at the chance of error in some hundreds of new communications every twenty-four hours. We will just mention a case or two to illustrate the unavoidable ne cessity of implicating human agents, and interfering with particular interests. We have been absolutely oblivd to show up the abominations of the Spa-fields burial-ground. That exposure has been ruinous to the lessees, who are now adding only . two or thr ee b o di es a Sunday to their mass of putrefaction, instead of 30 or 40. If we do but attract from a blue book the account of a row of houses built in wanton disregard of the that the pre s e n t can. A rules of decency and health, of cour s e we , i n j ure that property; and though Parliament cannotdotnv agricul turalirtngtleipnruers murrain a, meeting n Nv h c i c a h nl reichceionr otherdswiit t s h d ate foproceedings,resolvedreign cattle. H a d we thought that opinion probable, we sh ou ld have said so, and thereby done a mischief to the importers, perhaps themselves . the breeders. . The _ p ress has published much information on the rot in sheep, very useful to farmers generally, but very pri-jadicial to the name of certain districts of pasturage. The cider of certain counties Las been denounced for the lead it had acquired from the cisterns, and that publicity has secured a better mode of pr e p ara ti on . M any writers have brought various charges against the several water companies. M`Culloch, for example, says, after some body else, that none of them do as much to purify their water as they might do, and ought to do. This of course is a statement likely to afft.ct their custom and their divi dends. We are occasionally obliged, in our account of the markets, to designate the butchers who sell 1.1350U1id meat, and the fishmongers who offer tinseasonable fish. And of course in many instances we are obliged to be content, nut with an ex pa; to statement, but a state ment on one respectable authority. Now, then, to the DIVIDENDS DECLARED. C, Tapp, coach maker, Wigmore•street, Marylebone —second div. of five-eighths of a penny in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Follett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. C. Terry, quill merchant, Shoe-lane—fourth and final div. of ld. and 1-16th of a penny in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Fol lett, Sambrook-court, Basinghall-street. W. pearson, draper, Chelmsford—first and final div. of 2s. 10d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. J. Simmons, J. Simmons, and J. Pine, manufacturers of prussiare of potash, Battersea—final div. of sd. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Alder manbury. J. Bail, cabinet maker, Salisbury—first and final div. of 6s. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. C. Sharpe and W. D. Clarke, uplioLterers, Berners street—final div. of 3d. in the pound, any Saturday, at the office of Mr. Green, Aldermanbury. N. Prosser, Len., and W. Prosser, jun , linen drapers, Pitfield-street, Hoxton—second div. of 9d, in the pound, any Wednesday, at the office of Mr. Pt nnell, Basinghall street. H. Whittaker, silk throwster, Macclesfield—first :liv. of 73. 4d. in the pound, April 1, or any subsequerlt Tues day, at the office of Mr. Fraser, Manchester. 11r. Williams, builder, Bristol —final tiiv. of Id. in the pound, and first div. of 3s. O'd. on new proofs, March 31, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Miller, Bristol. R Currie s bookseller, Newcastle-upon -Tyne —second div. of Bd. in the pound (in addition to 4s. previously dee'ared), March 27, or any subsequent Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker Newcastle-upon-Ty ne . W. Campion, ship builder, Whitby—first and final div. of Bs. lid. in the pound (and those who received a former div. may receive a second and final div. of ss. March 28, or any subsequent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. Fearne, Leeds. J. Campion, ship builder, Whitby—first div. of 5s 10d. in the pound (and those who received a former div. may receive a second div. of 3s. 6d.\, March 28, or any subse • quent Tuesday, at the office of Mr. R:wile, Leeds. S. W. Harrison, mason, Bristol—a div. of 4.a. in the pound, April 2, or any subsequent Wedr.aday, at the office of Mr. Hutton, Bristol. • R. J. Webb, wine merchant,- Bath—first div. of Is. 9d. in the pound, March 11,. or any subsequent Monday, at the office - of Mr. Y.:tiler, Bristol. W. P. e 4. J. P. Robertson, merchan's, Buenos Ayres —a div. of 6d. in the pound, March 31, or any subse quent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. W. Cochran and J. P. Robertson, merchants, Lima— second div. of 2d. and 11-32 parts of a penny in the pound (upon new proofs a div. of 11d. and 11-32 d.), March 31, or any subsequent Monday, at the office of Mr. Turner, Liverpool. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of BankruptCy,Basinghall-street. W. and R. Smith, warehousemen, Bow-lane, April 18, at twelve—H. Shuttleworth, pin manufacturer, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, April 18, at eleven—N. Beard, leather seller, Barbican, April 18, at twelve—C. Detesio, hotel keeper, Slough, April 18, at eleven. In the Country. J. Nicks, carpenter, Warwick, April 19, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court—W. Wyrill, ironmon ger, Bradford, April 21 and 25, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court—T. Jarmain, money scrivener, Bristol, April 24, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court—B. Norman and B. Buckman, ironmongers, Cheltenham, April 25, at eleven, at the Bristol District Collry Harvey, spirit merchant, Handsacre, St a f o r dshi re' 29, at twelve, at the Birmingham District C o urt. Lo i CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be to the contrary, on the day herein-mentiont4 E. S. A. Findlay. m iliker, Grafton atrtet, F square, April 29—R. Watt, merchant, Lime-stree t, 2 I—J. Ward, glass d ea l er , Ely, Cambridgeshire', 21—J. Willer, licensed victualler, Wi n dsor, Ar i l s) T. and J. Darby, dry salte r s, Bi rm i ng h atn , APrild•o Walker and C. White, build ers , J ewr y- s t re et, A' April 18—S. Pezch, grocer, Nottingham, April 1 ;10 0, Valiance, merchant, Liv er p oo l, Ap r il 18--C. ir milliner, Cambridge, April 18—J. Watkins, drare r ' es r mouth street, Clcrkenwell, April 18—J. Pegru re ' renter, Robert-street, North Brixton. rARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Bell and J. Rhodes, stockb ro k ers , Leeds J. Rhodes, and C. Bell, sha re b rD k ers , Bradford-I',y rott, F. Bayston, and J. Lane, watchmakers, Pr"llt W. Tickle and J. Webster, joiners, St. Helen s, eashirc—E. Roden and W. Ch or l ton , b ra id 011 0 turera, Manchester—J. F. White and W. Spark'', ;o o binders, Nottingham —G. Prince and W. G. Gr,,,, (4 .1 1 .01 1 brewers, Romsey, Southampt ona hi re —G. G. and G. Williams, High-street, Stepney—J. erach s ", r - E Jackson, coal merchants, Shad Thames. S o uths v ' - o k 11. Leete and J. G. Leete, surgeons, Thrapston , amptonshire—B. Pinner and W. Boddington , h e r agents, Rathbone-place—T. Rhodes and L. W. W eBl burn, jun., stockbr o kers, H u dd ers fi e ld—E. Sw` t ` , ",i.7l l. Smith. and J. Bell, b r i c k manu f acturers , C o nisbr o ;,i Yorkshire (so far as regards J. Bell) —J. Walffi sle l J. Owen, cornfactors, Manchester—J. Wahnsiell, Procter, and R. Coulthard, cornbrokers, Livere ° o o , Leavers and R. Greenhalgh, lace thread manufact°oi, Nottingham—S. Edge and W. B. Parker, att' r eir Manchester—J. Underdown and J. W. Pi:i° 4 ," mongers, Chichester—P. Lord and J. Whitehead, g l 4by, Isuruley, Lancashire—J. Thimbleby and J. Thi tn ;cuv pawnbrokers, Chipping Barnet, Hertfordshire —J. $l O tell and A. Alexander, tellmongers, Leeds—J. Palif er oil . 11. Smith, victuallers, Roupell-street, L a mbeth- - J., lips and %V. Gill, plumb ers , W arw i c k—J. B. Scot' 0 3 R. M'Ewen, calico printers, Manchester—E. 11. H. Lilley, schoolmistresses, Richmond, SurreYherts Street and S. Street, h a b er d as h ers , B r i s t o l—S. I t r Y and J. White, worsted s t u ff manu f ac t urers , Brau:'col' W. F. Brill and T. Bready, dealers in earthenwar e 'N' e o . chester— T. Paul and 11. Brovtn, ironmongers , market, Suffulk—Z. Boyle and J. Boyle, china facturers, Steke-upon-Trent. _ SCOTOH SEQ UESTRA TIONS. Frederick Harris, wine merchant, Edinburgh, I 'Y and 24, at Wilkie's Chambers, Edinburgh. . 0,3 John ALcleod, coal dealer, Edinburgh, Aprl' 25, at one, at Dowell's RoomS, Edinburgh. PRICE OF SUGAR. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado S u gar, lo p. week ending, March 25,1845, is 325.11%d. p er c wt., e lc he io of the Duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on t" portation thereof into Great Britain. ISLINGTON PARISH, ADJOURN E D MEETING. ELECTION OF TRUSTEES. , ; „ 0 1 The rate-payers of thi s p ar i s h held an sal' f ur meeting last evening, in th e P ar i s h Ch urt h, for SL is t hi po.,e stated by the Vestry-clerk, namely to den, for names of the trustees who had been elected to the next three years. _.4;t1 0/ The Vestry-clerk read th e not i ce , w hi c h s et forth certain " meetings were to be held on certain daitiet4 the purpose of a ballot taking place, by which tot tiO t h the trustees fur the e nsu i ng t h ree years, and • „ n result of the said ballot was t o b e d ec l are d n t r ," - b, journt d meeting t o b e h e ld i n t h e P ar i s h Chun Friday evening, the 28th inst., at six o'clock." 9 114 The CHURCHWARDEN then read the list of naT e lrei the number who had voted f or eac h, and then ' l % , 00 the names 01 those w h o h a d t h e m a j or ity of Mo t were consequently elected; whereupon Mr. EDE observed that those were the sa n3 : o te' clique again, and that they were, in fact, ill 1 10 ° 1 ` by themselves.—(Loud cr i es of "No, no.") TO The CHURCHWARDEN then put the question, es' this meeting do n ow adjourn, which was Mb y et of the pressions of strong dissent from different parts pier church ; and amid s t w hi c h th e Ch urc h wai den an is the try-clerk left their places ; i ttnd while tliey wer e act of doing so, r efan,' Mr. RAE exclaimed—l ca ll on th e trus t e es to orb' the—(Loud cries of "Certainly not," and eTtat oP Mr. Rae was then und ers t oo d to say he would fe l l-, col' the prosecution of which he had given notice in lowing letter : 113 45 ,„d' "Newington Gre en . M a rch 27, " Sir,—ln conseq u en ce o f t h e trustees of I s t pee parish having admitted at the vest r y meeting, l a s t itt the day, that they had paid the damages and CO4OI action brought by James Elliot against Alien OL - orit amounting to 9001., out of the rates raised for the of the poor of that parish, which is clearly an i,n application of the parish money—and of their bis th determined to per s i s t i n suc h proceeding, 0111°) Jotb el was at such meeting objected to by myself and , sevfsi" th os rate-payers—l beg t o i n f orm you , t h at un less r„ 9C$ l , cpe their behalf, state p u bli c ly at t h e vestry inee tir,g, toe?, Friday evening, th a t th e t rustees w ill restor'j the ' - y oe ' s so illegally applied, I s h a ll at once ( on be'rialf 1 01 and the other rate. payer s ) fil e a bill i n C,nanceri,„ a 5„ them for a breach of tr us t, an d, i u that, case, I v",".., i ste e , 6 you to give me the name of th e ger: L a wn:ln the y‘ish should he made defendant under the 270 7, its' of the Local Act, and also to i n f orm me if Y°- accept service of subpoena. " I atii, Sir, your obedient servant , st , J. J. RA 0. " To Robt. Oldershaw, Esq., Vestry Clerk, Isloo4 Soon after the dis a pp earance o f t h e Ch urc hw 4 :„ c ios Vestry-clerk, the ra t e -p ayers l e f t, Mr. Rae ar 3°. t 7 that he would persevere. NEW PROJECTED RAIL WA (From the Gazette of last Evening.) RAILWAY DEPARTMENT, BOARD OF TRO D WHITEHALL, Maucta 27,1841' 4 . tb . by Notice is hereby given, th a t th e B oar d co ' ns tituted fol Minute of the Lords of the Committee of 'frivy Cottecgilki Trade, for the trans ac ti on o f ra il way b us i ness , havi t io ' al es under consideration the under-mentioned railwW e dtV have determined on reporting to Parliament in fav our Birkenhead, Manchester, and Chltshire Junction, Chester and Birkenhead Extension, . Blackburn and Preston—Alterations, Extene loll9 " Branch, Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton, Eastern Counties—Finsbury Extension, Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction, dil; , ; ( 0 Lancaster and Carli s le—D e vi a ti on i n par i s h of ge n e Lancaster and Carlisle—Branch to Newcastle 11°4 Railway, Lancaster and Carlisle—Scotforth to Slyne, 0 0 411 Newcastle-upon •Tyne and North Shields-49 n Extension and New-quayßranch, North Union Extension to the river P.lbble, i ,„ . fg IS' - Sheffield and Rotherham—Branck, to the e Manchester Railway, • Norwich and Brandon—Extension into Norwich* York and North Midland—l;ridlington Branch; ' against the Liverpool and Mar.chester—Rainforth and L iva Branch, Chester and Preston Brook, Olll Eastern Counties —Thames Junction and North po` Great North of England—Clarence and HartleP °° tion—Extension and Branches, Grand Junction —Friar's Park to Dudley Branch' • J London and G r a vesen d, v ia N ort h Woolw i c h ; ve il') and recommending the p os tp onement unt il a ma, of the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, Southport and Euxton, Preston Brook and Runcorn Junction, Epping, Grand Junction—Potteries Branch. DALHOUSIE, C. W. PASLEY. G. R. PORTER' D. O'BRIEN. giVit'"„it PRICE OF TEA IN 1680.—" These are r o f 0'; tice to persons of quality, that a small parc e `,:di f"'„ 11 excellent tea, is by accident fallen into the ht c ici 0 r; private person to be sold ; but that none rag ": 0 4rd pointed, the lowest price is 30s. a pound, and n °40%0 `de sold under a pound weight, f or w hi c h they A r `vii°," t 4 bring a convenient b ox . I nqu i re at gr'.,.1 0 4" Eagle's, at the Kin g ' s H ea d, i n St. ,fauies' London Gazette, Dec. 16, 1680. —.rot BIRT.HS. On the 22d inst., at Windsor-cottage B o d m in, th e t, G. B. Kempt home, Commander, Indian , Navy, oft d „ B f ilu lV ' On the 26th inst., in Finsbury-square, uar e the lady - Little, M.D., of a daughter. - •11 t e ' On the 27th inst., at Hornsev, Mrs. J. Taylor, of a , r On the 27th inst., Mrs. F. W. Mount, of a daught e kttl f On the 27th inst., the lady of Mr. G.-Saum l .ere , fields, Southwark, a son. MARRIED. r On the 27th inst., at St. James's Citurchp Ma) ee l Thomas Parke, Ceylon Rifle Regime', l t, t o J o anna, t A ,O daughter of Colonel Thomas Kenri A dy-, of GuernseP,Er, Jr; On the 27th inst., at St. Jair .es's Maitland, to Margaret Hutchir, s , only Paddington , child of the 100 I}lAr General Edward Hutchins t ee IE On the 28th inst., - Emily D Marv, D. aged 4 years and - 9 00 daughter of Georg, ' W a lt er , E.sq'. Greenwich. 5 C On the 16th inst., at B a th, General Browne CLaYt°"l and D.C.L., of Addington Hall, Lancashire, aged ir` On the 18th inst., at Horton, Buckinghansh 4 Cook, Esq., aged 86. On the 22d inst., at Burgate House, Hants, Charles 'Dents Wallace, oungest son of J. Brymer, Esq. J ob On the 24th inst ,at Cransley, Northamptonshil.t , 4 Ca el Rose, Esq:, aged 63. `o l°l9° On the 24th lust., Elizabeth, widow of the late . Selby, Eaq., of the Mote, Ightham, Kent, aged 91. iv), On the 25th inst., at Mount-place, London Wo 9 P , Forster, aged 26. Co On the 25th inst., Mr. John Buller, of 'Fotl,pabslll road, aged 52. Vscl'eths On the 25th inst., at Woburn -square, Jobr. Coles, On the 25th inst., at Melksham, Wilts, Ilf.tary, late James Finch, Esq., aged 83. F,seir On the 26th inst., in Park-crescent, Portland-pa-e; Spencer Boscawen, Esq., late Major of the 40th Fo ot' $ 6. On the 26th inst., at Hastings, A nna, w if e vi , Frederick Maurice, of Guy's Hospital, aged 34. th ,yetly" On the 27th inst., at Clapham-comma, John `" Esq., aged 86. 11" London : Printed and Published by MURD YOlf' O No. 112, Strand, Printer, at Th e S u n Offic e, rota Straa i. in the Preeh,et of the Savoy, iu the Middlesex, Saturday,Mnrch 29, 1845. 1 111 E GE: j▪ uxtuRGH, -id Saturday Slo] ▪ •NTWER l'—F qa, at Eleven 11 OSTEND — Eve Born 'ALA'S—Ever tittLL— E ver 7 ZARMOUTI I 16 11`711ITRGII ' '9 26, and 30, SIR. 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