The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-07 00:00:00

EASTER EXHIBITIONS. (From The Sun of la-4 Night.) ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The visitors to the institution yesterday were exceedingly numerous. Every part of its spacious area—the Great Hall, galleries, and theatres—was crowded ; and we suppose that not less than 3.000 persons enjoyed the treasures of science and art which are presented to the curious of every class, the old and the young, the learned and the untaught, in its varied lectures and its replete and matchless collection of mechanical, artistic, and natural wonders. The principal novelties of the season now commenced are —a splendid pair of the Gymnotus Electricus, or Electrical Eel, and a most interesting course of lectures upon " Animal Mechanism," by T. Rymer Jones, Esq., F.R.S., the eminent Professor of Natural History to King's College. To these we may add a new series of very beautiful dissolving views, the interest of which is greatly heightened by the intro duction of new and appropriate music, which does the highest credit to the very able musical director of the institution, Dr. Wallis, whose compositions and performances have repeatedly been the subject of high commendation in the columns of The Sun, as well as of the other metropolitan journals, and on no occasion more deservedly than on the present. Dr. Bachhoffner's lectures on Armstrong's hydro-electric Machine continue to form one of the most attractive features of the day's entertainment; but we cannot help re peating our regret that this learned and eloquent pro fessor does not continue the whole year round his charming lectures on astronomy, which, illustrated by his admirable dissolving orrery, are by far the most instructive and popular we ever heard upon the sub ject. The value of his discourses is enhanced as much by the simplicity of his manner as by the clearness and unstudied an elegance of his diction. Ol,o humoured friend, who submits his classica and, at the same time, extremely merry countenance, to ex hibition in the Physioscope, adds very much, by the rich and varied play of his e xpressive features, to the amusement afforded by this curious invention of the ingenious Secretary, Mr. Longbottom. Space will not allow us to go into further detail of the match less variety of combined entertainment and instruc tion to be enjoyed in a day's promenade through the wonders of the " Polyte chnic ; ' but the public are already so much influenced bv th th e choicest eir attractiveness, that all who ha ve a zest for - possible combination of the useful with the delightful, will crowd to the Institution, without any need of our exhortation to that purpose. COLOSSEUM. The doors of this splendid establishment were yes terday opened to the public at a reduced pr reward d rnission, and the new system appeared to beed with deserved success, uwards of 1,000 visitors having been present in the course of the day and eve ning. The entertainments comprised the pano ramas of London, by night and day ; the exhibition o f sculpture, stalactite caverns, prize cartoons, which have already accriired their meed of po pularity among the sight-seers from town and country. BRITISH 411ti.S'A UM. No less than 19,170 persons passed yesterday through the collections of this institution. As an in stance of the increasing interest which the public takes in this national collection, we may state that on Easter Monday, 184.5, th number of visitzs was 15,316; whereas yesterday there were 19,170. Dar ing the year 1841 there ware 319,374, whilst during last year there were 750,601. An effective body of police was dispersed throughout the rooms, superin tended by Sergeant Neale. The magnificent hall leading into the building was expected to be thrown open; but, in consequence of the works not being sufficiently advanced, the public was unfortunately deprived of a sight of that splendid piece of archi tecture. U..VITED SERVICE MUSEUM. It not being generally known that this institution is, during the week, thrown open to the public with out orders from the members, was, possibly, the cause of there not being so many visitors as we should be led to suppose, though more, however, visited it yesterday than on the correspinding day of last year, there being 1,100 persons who availed them selves of the opportunity to inspect this valuable museum. The company was highly respectable, and testified much satisfaction with the various articles of curiosity exhibited in the institution. CRE2IIOI2AE HOUSE, CHELSEA. The gardens at Cremorne House--the present Ranelagh of Chelsea—drew a good number of visitors from the vicinity and also from various parts of the metropolis, to witness the ascent of Mr. Green in the " monster" balloon. The process of inflation com menced early in the afternoon, and was completed shortly before six o'clock, the hour fixed for the ascent. The "monster," however, being somewhat restive, some considerable time was occupied in removing the incumbrances and fixing on the car ; but at last, all being in readiness, Mr. Green took his seat, accompanied by Mr. Ellis, the pro. prietor of the gardens, Mr. Van Buren, and a large party of friends, The ropes were then released, and the ponderous machine ascended amid the cheers of the spectators. The balloon took a southerly course immediately across the river, in the direction of the South-Western Railway. On its departure, the ball-room and theatre belonging to these gardens became thronged with visitors, to whom the amuse ments of the evening appeared to afford considerable gratification. The bands, both in the gardens and the orchestra of the theatre, acquitted themselves in the most satisfactory manner. CHELSEA HOSPI FAL. This establishment, which stands as a monument of British gratitude to the veteran defenders of our country, was yesterday visited by several of the holi day folks. The chapel, hall, &c., were inspected as usual. The objects of particular attraction were the French eagles and other trophies taken during the Peninsular and Indian wars. The standards and flags, &c., taken by the gallant 13th Foot during the campaign in Affghanistan, surmount the entrance to the hall. In the Governor's mansion are some of the finest modern paintings extant, as well as a variety of Oriental warlike implements. IVATIONAL GALLERY. The visitors to this institution were about 16,000, all appearing highly gratified both with the old works and with the recent auditions, which have been cleaned and re-framed, and will t2nd to render this collection more attractive than hitherto. ST. PAUL'd CATHEDI?AL. This noble pile, notwithstanding its numerous attractions, had, as on former occasions, hut compara tively few visitors, in consequence of the still con tinued high charges (nearly ss. each parso n ) c l os i ng the doors against all but the wealthy. WES MINSTER ABBEY. Notwithstanding the magnificence of the monu ments within this venerable edifice, accessible as they have latterly become for the small sum of 6d., yet the number of visitors, from some cause or other (per haps from the regulations being somewhat too strin gent), did not exceed the usual holidiy average of about 400. TOWER UP' LOiVDON. About 1,500 persons inspected the Horse and Queen Elizabeth's Armouries, with the Regalia, &c., and no doubt the charge for admission to the whole being now only Is., the number will far exceed the above amount on future s'lnilar occasions. THE EASTER FAIRS. Yesterday the usual saturnalia held at this season commenced at Greenwich, Stepney, Wandsworth, Chalk Farm, the Chalk-road, Islington, and Brook green, Hammersmith. Richardson's (now Nelson Lee's), Algar's Crown and Anchor, and a host of minor candidates for histrionic and Terpsichorean ' fame, occupied their usual positions at Greenwich, which was thronged during the day with countless thousands from the metropolis. Stepney, the next in magnitude, was also well attended, and the others received a proportionate share of public favour ; the whole of them being under the control of the police, who caused the amusements to terminate precisely at eleven. WRESTLING AT TUB BRECKNOCK ARMS, CAMDEN -TOWN. Yesterday being Easter 'Monday, the proprietor of the above premises threw them open, according to an nual custom, for the displ a y o f the Cornwall and , Devon wrestling, and offered a s il ver tankard cu 3d cu , and snuff-box for competition, as Ist au prizes. The wrestling was in the Cornish style, w ithout shoes. We should mentio n , th at a man to gain the fall must throw his opponent on tw o shoulders and a pio, i. e. hip, or two pins and a shoulder, and that every wrestler to becom e a " standard," or entitled to wrestle the second time over, must throw his first antagonist, and either fairly "grass" the second, or " play" him for ten minutes. The following men, after some severe bouts, were ranked as standards :—Partridge, of Devon, Clarke, of Cornwall, Gager, Ball, and Dassett, also of Corn wall, and Toogood, Kemp, and Snell, of Devon. The play will be resumed to-morrow at two o'clock. It is expected that Sayer and Ellicomb, provincial stars, will enter, and if matched against the elite of the London wrestlers, will make the result a matter of pleasing uncertainty. Messrs. Olver and Steers were the umpires, and the sports gave satisfaction to a large assembly. The East India House, Missionary, and other mu seums accessible by free tickets, were numerously attended ; and a fair share of public patronage w as o btained by the proprietors of the Regent's Park and Surrey Zoological G miens, the Diorama, Pano rama , C o smorama, Society o f British Artists, Madame Tu s _ "mud's, Polytechnic, &c. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COUNT. STEALING 1 BOOS OF COSTS. A respectably dressed man, John Connolly, aged 38, described in the calendar as a law-writer, was indicted for stealing, on. the 20th of March last, a copy of " Richard's Book of Costs," valued at 10s., from the shop of Mr. Wildy, a law bookseller carrying on business at No. 90, Chancery-lane. Mr. Payne defend ed the prisoner. No one appeared for the prosecution. Mr. W. A. Reeves, assistant to Mr. Lumley, a law bookseller in Chancery-lane, deposed to the prisoner a copy of Richard's Book of Costs for sale, on othfferie2n3l of March. He did not, however, purchase it. Mr. Charles Wildy, son of the prosecutor, stated that he had been iu the habit of placing the book with others for sale on a board, for two months previous to the day he missed it, namely, on the 20th. He had seen it the day before. There was a mark of 12s. upon it, but it had been rubbed out. The edges had been turned down in places, and he was positive the book was the one which had been missed. City police-constable 354 proved taking the prisoner into custody, at a shop in Chancery-lane. He inquired what he had done with the book he had offered for sale, in the morning? To which he replied that he had sold it in the street to a clerk whom he knew, for 3s. Several witnesses gave the prisoner a good character; one (a female) swore that he had even the book in his possession for four or five months before the time in question. Mr. PAYNE contended that nothing had been adduced to show that the prisoner was guilty of the offence im puted to him. Besides, there was nothing in the book to indicate that it belonged to the prosecutrix. There were hundreds of copies of the book, and it was but right to assume that the prisoner, who was a respectable man, and had occasion in his business for such a book, might have one in his possession, as had been proved. The jury at once Acquitted the prisoner. GLASS STEALING.—:An intelligent-looking youth, named James Moore Neale, aged 17, described as an engraver, was indicted for stealing, in February last, twelve drinking glasses, value 6/., the property of his master, Nicolas Conne. The prisoner was apprenticed to the prosecutor, and had had his wages increased about the time from S. to 10s. a week. He absented himself from his employment for a week in the course of that month, on the score of illness; and it was during that time that the glasses were found to have been pledged by the lad at Mr. Young's, a pawnbroker, in Princes-street, Leicester square for Ifs. 6d. It appeared that he had to contri bute materially to the support of his father and mother, who were in great distress. Once he asked his employer fur the loan of sixpence to buy some bread, as they bad not a morsel in the house. When given into custody, he at once told the policeman where he would find the duplicates. He said his father and mother were in great distress, that they had no bread, and that he took the things in order to obtain some fur them. He said it was his intention to redeem them as soon as he could. The REC.)RDEA left the case in the hands of the jury, and remarkf d that the amount which the boy obtained from the pawnbroker's was about equal to a week's wages, and that he was absent at the time. Th 3 jury found the prisoner Guilty, but rec• - :mmended him to mercy-. appeared the prisoner had been charged with stealing some spoons, but it was not sustained.] The RECORDER sentenced him to three mouths' im prisonment, with hard labour, in the Westminster House of Correction. STEALING A WATCH.—Richard Williams, awed 20, a printer, was indicted for stealing a watch, value 71., on the 221 of March hit, in King William -street, from the person of Mr. P. D. Goe'pel, a clerk in the Alliance Insurance-office. On that day a crowd had been attracted in consequence of the falling of a horse. The prosecutor stopped to ascertain what had happened, and whilst looking on, the prisoner passed against him, and he felt his hand at his waistcoat-pocket. He instantly found that his watch was gone, and, on turning round, he p.-rceived the prisoner hand something to a man near him, and excla'm " Here it is." The man dashed through the crowd, but he caught hold of the prisoner. and gave him into custody. The watch was not found upon him. City police-constable 569 took the prisoner into custody. He declared that he knew nothing of the robbery. The watch was wrenched from the chain with so much force as to break Ole ring of the watch. The jury found the prisoner Guilty. A former conviction of felony, in 1844, was proved against the prisoner. He hail also been committed for three months from the Clerkenwell sessions. The RECORDER sentenced him to ten years' transpor• ;ation. NE IV COURT (Before the COMMON SERGEANT and Mr. Alderman FAREBROTHER.) The Court was occupied the whule morning with the trial of Mint cases, none of which possessed any feature worthy of particular notice. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS. The April quarter sessions for the county of Middle sex, commenced yesterday morning before the Assistant- Judge, and a full bench of magistrates, at the Court house, Clerkenweil-green. The number of prisoners for trial was 98, of whom 17 were indicted for misdemeanour, the remainder being charged with felony. Tne Learned ASSISTANT-JUDGE, in his charge to the grand jury, congratulated them upon the fact that, at no session for tha last ten years did the number of juvenile offenders bear a smaller przportion to the aggregate number of prisoners in the calendar. James Gwyne, John Grady, and Joseph Colman, who were found guilty at the last sessions of felony, and judgment respited to this day, in order that inquiries as to previous character might be made, were brought up for judgment, when Gwyne was sentenced to four months' imprisonment, Grady to six months, the last six weeks to be solitary, and Colman to six months, each term to be accompanied by hard labour. James Crankshaw was indicted for stealing a gilt frame and table stand, the property of Messrs. Jackson and Co., carvers and gilders, of Rathbone-place, Oxford street It apeared from the evidence in support of the pros? cn tion, that the prisoner had been in the service of the prosecutors until about two months ago, and on the day named in the indictment, the prisoner was observed by one of the workmen to leave the premises with the property in his possession. Information having been given to the foreman, the prisoner was followed, and overtaken near Regent-street, when he said that he was taking the stand and frame to the house of Sir James Graham, in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, for Lady Gra ham's inspection, as he understood she wished to pur chase them. The foreman stated that the prisoner had no authority trcm the prosecutors to take away any articles ; and that he was forbidden even to enter the manufactory. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty ; and the pri soner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labour. The prisoner's sister here addressed the Court, and said, that since last Christmas her brother had shown symptoms of mental alienation, and, The Learned ASSISTANT•JUDCE gave directions to the officers of Tothill Fields-prison to have him subjected to medical examination, when, if the sister's statement were found to be true he would be properly disposed of. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--Kingston, April 5. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord DENMAN and a Speeia, Jury.) CHADWICK V. HERAPATH. This was a writ of inquiry ter assess the damages for a libel upon Mr. Chadwick, the chairman of the North Wales Railwr.y, and who also filled the same office in the Richmond Railway, which libel was published in Herapaih's Railway Journal of the 13th of June, 1846. The defendant pleaded that he had not been actuated by any malice in publishing the libel, and that he had apologised for it, in conformity with the statute, and paid 51. into court :as compensation. The Court upon demurrer held the plea to be insufficient, and the present writ of inquiry was therefore issued to assess the amount of damages to which the plaintiff was entitled. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Peacock were for the plain tiff; Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Bovill for the defendant. , From the statement of the Learned Counsel for the plaintiff it appeared, that while he filled the office of deputy-chairman to the North Wales Railway, and chairman of the London and Richmond, a negotiation was entered into for the loan of 20,0001. to the South- Western Railway Company by the North Wales Com- pany, the latter not being able at the time to use their capital or their works owing to some Parliamentary difficulties, and the South -Western were to pay 4 per cent. for the use of the money, the shareholders in the North Wales scheme receiving the same amount of inte rest upon their deposits. The South-Western Com pany refused thcemoney, and the amount, with an addi tional sum of 5,0001., was then advanced by the North Wales to the Richmond Company, at an interest of 4i per cent. This transaction formed the subjtct of the present inquiry, for it seemed that soon afterwards a letter appeared in Herapath's Journal, professing to be signed by one Evan Griffiths, a shareholder in the North Wales scheme, and in which, in very offensive terms, the present plaintiff was charged with misappro priating the money of the the shareholders, and, instead of employing their funds in furthering the works of the railway, that he had lent it to a failing scheme, where it would probably all b 3 lost, and at the same time sug gested that the plaintiff had an interest in the contracts upon the Richmond Railway, and that the transaction was for his own personal benefit. Immediately upon the publication of this letter application was made to the de fendant for the address of the writer, and it then appeared that there was no such person as Evan Griffiths, a shareholder in the scheme, in existence, and in the next number of the defendant's journal he expresssed his re gret that the letter had been inserted in the hurry of business, and also at the offensive observations made use of. Some further communications took place between the plaintiff 'a solicitors and the defendant, and the latter repeatedly real circumstances of the transaction offered to insert of ht., contradictionoannyinsdtatement the libellous letter ; but this, it pk e are de , ,e dic i l not satisfy the c; the plaintiff, who required &et a , i , nt should state from his own knowledge that theile n foundation for the charges that he had male " b w u ' t l . s tlit ' s o , it appeared, he declined to do, and hence the present preceediug. On the part of the plaintiff the libel was put in, and evidence also given to show that, so far from there being anything injurious to the interests of the shareholders of the North Wales Railway in the transactions with the Richmond Company, they were highly advantageous to them, and that they were enabled to receive a divi dend or 4 per cent. for their money, which would other wise have been locked up at their banker's, and not have yielded any profit. It was also shown that, instead of the Richmond Railway being at that time a failing scheme, the shares were at a premium of 6/. upon 104 paid, and by the subsequent arrangement and amalgama tion with the South-Western Railway Company each shareholder received 201. for each share upon which only 101. had been paid originally. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, for the defendant, said he wished the jury to understand that his client admitted that he had incautiously inserted in his journal a charge against the plaintiff for which there was no foundation what ever, and, whatever might be the result of the action, the plaintiff would leave the court without the slightest imputation upon his honour. Mr. Herapath had all along admitted his error, and had endeavoured to make all the atonement in his power. Immediately after the publication of the libel, he inserted a notice expressing his regret at the offensive expressions that had been made use of towards Mr. Chadwick, and he repeatedly offered to insert any statement in contradiction of the libel that might be furnished him by Mr. Chadwick. This, however, was not done, but he was required to state as of his own knowledge that the charges were false, which it was impossible for him as a man of honour to do, particularly as, immediately after the publication of the letter of Evan Griffiths, he received a communication from the solicitors of Mr. Bulkeley Hughes, M.P., who was then chairman of the company, the plaintiff being the deputy-chairman, in which he was called upon to contradict the statement that he (Mr. Hughes), to whom the charge was sup posed to refer, had had any share in the transaction of the loan to the Richmond Railway Company, and that, on the contrary, he had protested strongly against that step being taken, and had instructed his solicitors to take proceedings against such of the directors as they might consider had been guilty of a breach of trust in the transaction. Under these circumstances it was im possible for the defendant to take upon himself to state what the real facts were ; but, if Mr. Chadwick had furnished him with such a statement, lie would gladly have inserted it; and he therefore submitted that the de fendant had done all in his power in reparation, and that it would be very unjust to make him pay heavy da mages in such a case. The Learned Counsel then stated that, eventually, a letter was written by the se cretary of the Richmond Railway with the knowledge of the plaintiff, in which a full contradiction was given of the charge that had been made against the plaintiff, and that this letter wds immediately inserted in the defend ant's journal, and, at a public meeting of the share holders of the North Wales Company, the defendant, who had made a purchase of shares expressly for the purpose of enabling him to do so, addressed the meet ing, and publicly expressed his regret at having inad vertently admitted the attack upon the plaintiff in his journal ; and, under such circumstances, he said, he could not help expressing his surprise that the present action should have been proceeded with. Evidence, documentary and parole, was then put in, to prove the statements referred to by the Learned Counsel, and the letter to which he alluded as having been written with the sanction of the plaintiff, embodying a distinct contradiction of the charges that had been made against him, and it was proved that this was immediately inserted in the journal of the defendant. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said that with regard to the publication of the libel the defendant had no de fence, for he had no business to insert a letter from an anonymous person making libellous charges, and, if he did so, he was responsible to the party aggrieved. He had pleaded that he had made a sufficient apology, and the letter that had been read, which was sent with the knowledge of the plaintiff, certainly put a very different complexion ❑pon the case with regard to that plea. The jury would, however, look at all the circumstances, and say what damages the plaintiff was entitled to fur the attack that had been made upon his character. The jury, after deliberating IT about five minutes, found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 501., including the Si paid into court. In the course of the day the application was renewed for the admission of Edmund Garbett, the attorney, who was committed by the Court last week to bail, but the lord Chief Justice said that as the Central Criminal Court, where the prisoner would be tried, was then sit tin,g, he should not interfere. CROWN SIDE. John Durdan, the younger, a publican at Kingston, was indicted tor a criminal assault upon a young girl who had been in his service. The details of the case are quite unfit for publication. Mr. Locke prosecuted, and Mr. Chambers appeared for the defence. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of a common assault. .Lord Chief Justice Wilde finished the criminal busi ness this morning, and then tried some common jury causes ; and it is expected that he will sit again to-day to assist in disposing of the remaining business of the assize. OXFORD ClRCUlT—Monmouth. April 3. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Sergeant GAZELEE.) REES AND OTHERS V. PRJTHEROE. Witnesses were called this morning fur the defendant, NIT.. Sergeant Talfourd replied for the plaintiffs. His Lordship summed up, and the jury found for the plain tiffs for the full amount of damages claimed. The next and last case on the list was withdrawn, after an ineffectual attempt made by Mr. Sergeant Talfourd, with whom was Mr. Rickards, the plaintiff, to have it deferred to Monday, on the ground of the absence of a material witness ; and opposed by Mr. Whatelcy, with whom was Sir T. Phillips, on behalf of the defendants. His Lordship then proceeded to try prisoners. Mr. Sergeant Allen also assisted in clearing the calendar. There were thus three courts sitting during the greater part of the day, disposing of the Crown business. By six o'clock, when they rose, there were only nine or ten cases remaining untried. These, however, were all of the heaviest and gravest character in the calendar, standing out in contrast to those tried to-day and yes terday, which were almost without an exception, such as in any other county would have been disposed of at sessions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Two boys, neither of whom was more than 12 years of age, were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having made several attempts to pick the pockets of ladies who were passing through the streets. The prisoners, although of such tender years, were well known to several of the City police. They had some time ago begun their predatory career by stealing any trifling property exposed at shop doors ; they then aimed at silk handkerchiefs in the pockets of gentlemen, and they ascended from that practice to the more diffi cult one of stealing the purses of ladies. After having made many attempts without success, one of them re ceived a severe slap in the face from a lady whose pocket he turned inside but. They were then taken into cus tody, but the lady seemed to think the chastisement she had inflicted quite enough, and refused to attend the justice-room. An empty purse was found in the pocket of one of them. The prisoners said the police were mistaken. An officer, who had upon a former occasion appre hended one of the boys, said, upon seeing him in the cage, " What ! is it you again ?" " Ay, ay, old fellow," replied the boy, "lam in for ' a skin' "(a purse). The boy's father, one Spurrier, upon being spoken to on the subject, said, " There's not a greater thief in London than my son, and I hope he'll be transported for life." The mother of the boy said, that until within the last seven or eight months her eon was as good a child as ever lived, but he happened to get into bad company and was charged with robbery, after which he was placed amongst the most depraved thieves. From that moment he became quite careless, and would only become worse by being sent fur punishment amongst experienced prisoners. One of the policemen said the boy certainly exhibited a total insensibility to disgrace, for, when in the cage and questioned about his conduct, &c., he began to dance and gave what is called the " double shuffle." The LORD Mexon considered the case was one which showed the necessity of increasing the responsibility of parents with respect to the dishonest conduct of their children. He hoped that her Majesty's Government would, amongst their other great efforts for the benefit of society, include the consideration of the deplorable state of the thousands of poor children in the me tropolis, whose condition appeared at present to be inevitable. The wretched boys were remanded, and both swag gered out of the justice-room. John Hounslow, a mania the service of Messrs. Cham bers, iromfongers, was brought up, charged with having poisoned himself. It was stated that the unfortunate man had attempted to destroy himself in consequence of a suspicion enter tained that he had been concerned with another in robbing his masters. A person named Johnson has been in custody for some days upon the charge of having plundered the premises of a large quantity of nails, and the prisoner was remanded until the day on which John son is to undergo a second examination. GUILDHALL. Joseph Alexander, the Polish refugee, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wood for final examination, charged with uttering a forged acceptance for 5001., whereby Messrs. Full er , th e b an k ers, were defrauded of that amount. He was further charged with a forgery at common law, in respect to a letter purporting to be written by a person against whom he had brought an action; and he was also charged with stealing a half crown. The room was crowded to excess. Mr. Robinson, the barrister, appeared with Mr. Taylor, a solicitor, on behalf of Messrs. Fuller; and Mr. Lewis conducted the prosecution on behalf of the other parties. Mr. Jones defended the prisoner, and Mr. Wolf e ap peared o n b e h a lf o f Alfred Wilbeam, otherwise John Brown, who was charged with being an accomplice in defrauding Messrs. Fuller. The charge of stealing the half-crown was first en tered upon. On the 16th ult. Alexander called in at a Mr. Alex ander's, a furrier, in Unieneetreet, Spitalfields, and asked Mrs. Alexander to read a German letter to him. Her husband was present, but had occasion to leave the room, and her back being towards the fireplace, where the pri soner stood, he had an opportunity of purloining a half crown, which had been marked by the servant and pur posely left on the mantelpiece. When he left, the half crown was missed, and he was followed and given into custody in Chiswell• street. Upon hearing the charge he at first exclaimed, " My God, I have no silver;" but he afterwards said there was a conspiracy against him, and that the marked money was paid to him by prose cutor in 11. worth of silver, and in liquidation of a debt olftvB9l.r, or T p ay e y servant identified the marked h a lf- crown taken f rom t h e pr i soner b y the police, and Mr. Alexander swore he did nhoitmoawneytthhng the prisoner Si.,or pay him 11. in s In er oss . examination by Mr. Jones, the prosecutor explained that the prisoner represented to his wife that he wag a teacher of languages ; but that he nas not erga r d say to teach h er, as he had been understood to Mr. Alderman Wool) committed hint on this charge. The second charge was for uttering a forged letter, purporting to admit having received a quantity of skim, TFEE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNI_Na APRIL 7, 1847. for the value of which he had brought an action against the simulated writer. Mr. Lewis, in stating the cise, said that it would be observed that the forged letter bore a post mark in tie vicinity of the residence of the alleged writer, and that two blank letters addressed by the prisoner to himself were found at his lodgin* They were posted in the like manner, and the object was to hs.ve them ready to be filled up in any way that would best sustain the action brought for a suppositious debt. The production of a letter which had reached the plaintiff through the post would of curse tell with the jury. Mr. Lewis ad dressed himself to the law of the case, to show that an indictment for forgery would lie where the instrument forged was of less importance than a will, writ, or deed. Mr. Alderman WOOD said he would take it that the forging of any writing fur the purpose of duing wrong to another amounted to forgery in law. Mr. Jones submitted that, as an action of debt was pending in another place, no proceeding could be taken in this Court in respect to the subject-matter of it that would have the effect of getting rid of the suit. The magistrate would otherwise be trying the case of debt. Mr. Alderman WOOD said, it was q&te comp tent to the prosecutor to proceed with any criminal charge as soon as be discovered the necessary proufs. Mr. Harris Michael, a furrier, in Castle-street, Houndsditch, deposed that he had received two lawyer's letters, demanding a debt of 971., one a year ago, the other six months ago. He owed the party nothing, and handed the letters to his solicitors, Messrs. Wire and Child. No writs were issued by them, but he was served with a writ by a third attorney, who was employed by the prisoner. This was on the Ist of March last. (A letter was then put in, bearing the post-mark," Bishops gate Within, July 6, 1845." It began by stating that the writer feared, from the tenor of the prisoner's letter, that he supposed he (the writer) had sold the skins, but he had not done so ; he had left them to he sold by commission, as the marks had not been removed well enough. The writer offered to accept a bill fur 501., and referred to another transaction in mink skins. It was signed " Harris," and addressed to the prisoner Alex li - ander.) The witness said he was as often called Harris as Michael. The signature to the letter was an imitation of his signature, but he never wrote that letter or any other to Alexander, and never had any transaction in mink skins or any skins. He owed him nothing, and never did owe him anything. Mr. Alderman WooD doubted whether the letter was such a one as would lead a jury to find against - the sup posed writer on the trial of the action. The action was for the value of furs deposited with Mr. Harris. The letter was not precisely an admission of possession of such property. Mr. Lewis said, it was not a question whether it was sufficient, but whether it was intended to be sufficient. Whether it admitted only receiving audio:iv t' sell, or the actual deposit of the goods, would be quite a question fur the jury. Mr. Child spoke to the proceediegs he took for Mr. Harris: _ _ The officer deposed to r:ceiving the forged letters, an:inept a number of other papers, as documents left by the prisoner with Mr. Gates, a solicitor in The net-place, who issued the writ for the prisoner. Mr. Gates said, the papers he delivered to the efficer were left by the priseeer for care only, and were not papers delivered to him as evidence to be adduced in any proceeding, nor papers upon which he had been con sulted. He had declined acting any longer for the pri soner as his attorney, before the prisoner showed him the letter produced. Mr. Alderman WOOD struck out the evidence as to what was said between the prisoner and his attorney, as being a privileged communication which the attorney had no right to reveal, even in a criminal case, without the sanction of his client. If such communications e " x •e t r e e n, b ntoteperlievpirleigved privileged o a f n t 'k h e e e m us e e a d ns p :,f " d il e n fen v. d m i u n l g d The prisoner was moth; tcd on this charge. The third eaae was aga i nst Al exan d er an d Wilbeam, alias Brown, joi n tly. would , to himself. some Mr. Rubinson opened the case at some length. We have recently stated the substance of the evidence. At the end of December the forged acceptance of 5001. was paid at Messrs. Fullers'. On the 16th of February Alexander gave charge of two persons, named Nicholas Kerp and the prisoner Brown, for committing that offence. Brown got away before they reached the station-house, and Alexander also slipped off; but there was abundant evidence against Kerp, and he was com mitted for trial. Alexander was subsequently appre hended for stealing the half-crown, and a few days after Brown was discovered at a coffee-shop in Soho. On the way to the station-house he confessed he was the party who uttered the bill, but said it was Alexander, who had given him and Kerp into custody, that furnished them with the bill. In consequence of his communi cativeness, the solicitors to the bankers sent. his clerk to the station-house to invite him to make a voluntary statement. This statement was the principal new evi dence tendered to-day. It was made in the presence of a policeman, taken down by the solicitor's clerk, and signed by the prisoner. The confession states, that he was working as a painter when Alexander called upon him on the 28th of Decem ber, and said he wanted him to do something particular for him. He went to Alexander's lodgings, stopped there that night, and next morning Alexander said he had a bill of Mr. Kerp's to present, and he had 1001. to receive out of the amount. He wanted the informant to present it, and he took him to Samuel's clothes4hop, in Stretton-ground, and furnished him with new clothes, that he might go respectably. Alexander then took him to the Royal Exchange and introduced him to Mr. Keep, saying, " This is the man I can trust it with." Kerp replied, " It is all right," arid handed the bill to Alex ander, who looked at it, and then gave him (Rrown) the bill and showed him the bankers (Messrs. Fuller). He obtained the 5001., and found Kerp, Alexander, and a stranger together. Alexander said, " Don't pull the money out here." They all went to the Royal Exchanga, where he, by Kerp's order, gave Alexander two 50/. notes, and the four 100/. notes to Kerp. Alexander said he must have gold for his notes, and he gave one to in formant to change for him, and went himself with the other. They each obtained gold for their notes, and while they were there Kerp came in to change his notes. On leaving the bank, Alexander received the 50 sove reigns from informant and went away. Informant walked with him as far as the Mansion-house, where Alexander said he had better go back and wait for Kerp. He did so; but after waiting a short time he returned alone to the outfitter's shop at Westminster. This statement is at variance with the outfitter's evi dence, which represents that Kerp, and not Alexander, had Brown, t h e painter, transformed into a gentleman on the morning the bill was uttered. Mr. Alderman WOOD declined admitting Brown as a witness, and said lie must leave that to the discretion of the judge. The defence upon this charge was reserved. Mr. Alderman Wool) committed the two prisoners for trial, one for uttering, and the other as accessory before the fact. The proceedings occupied above six hours. WORSHIP-STREET. William Sare, a boot and shoemaker, ot No. 2, Whit mote-street, Whitmore-road, lioxton Old Town, was charged with wilfully setting ere to the house in which he resided. Winford Holdham, a lodger in the above house, de posed that about twelve on Monday night the prisoner had got a few friends with him. Witness was one of the company ; he, however, left, as there was man if est ly a disposition to quarrel. He had not long been in bed, and was dozing, when he was aroused by the prisoner, who was vociferating at the foot o' the stairs, " Holdhana, come down, or I'll set the house on fire." Witness became alarmed, and on open ing the door the smoke was so dense from below as nearly to suffocate himself and family. He now rushed down stairs, and having gained the outside of the street door he called out " Fire and " Police," and constable 233 N was soon in attendance, and followed wi'h him into the front parlour, but were obliged speedily to re tire. The prisoner was standing with all his clothes on in the p assage . His wife had escaped to the staircase. Some p e r sons w ith buckets of water extinguished the fire. Wit ness gav e prisoner into custody. Police -constable 233 N, corroborated thy, latter part of the witness's statement, and added that he was passing, on his beat, the house of the prisoner about half an hour previous to the time above stated, when he heard the voice of a man in the prisoner's house, ex claim, "I'll set fire to the d—d house," or words to that effect. Witness conveyed the prisoner to the station house, but returned with Sergeant Dubois. Mr. AhNOLD, the sitting magistrate (to the prisoner)— Do you wish to say anything? It is, however, my duty first to caution you not to say anything which might criminate yourself. The charge is a very serious one, and is punishable with death. The prisoner made a rambling defence, in which he denied all knowledge of the manner in which the house was set oa fire. lie had, he said, with great difficulty escaped being suffocated with smoke. The prisoner was then fully committed to Newgate to take his trial at the Central Criminal Court. Alfred Blacktop, a youth about 16 years of age, the son of a respectable carpenter and builder at Hackney, was placed at the bar before Mr. Arnold, charged with having been found upon the premises of INlessrs. Joseph Church and Co., brewers, at Cambridge. heath, with in tent to commit a felony. Police-constable 388 N stated, that it formed part of his duty to examine periodically during the night the prosecutor's premises, which covered a large extent of ground, and were surrounded with a brick wall, enclos ing, besides the brewery, cooperage, and out offices, a furnished d we lli ng -house in wh i c h t h e f a mily resided, and large sh ru bb ery. For this purpose he was intrusted with a dupli cate k ey to admit himse lf a t a s ide entrance, and on op en i ng this door at one o'clock t hat mornin g , hearing th e sound of footsteps in the cour t-y a rd inside, he proc ee d e d to the spot, and detecte d th e prisoner secreted between the wall and a large tree, from which he dragged and searched him, and found in his pockets an iron chisel and bradawl, and a quantity of lucifer matches. On taking him up to the dwelling-house, at the rea r o f the premises, he also discovered a large flanging-iron, or cramp-ende d c hi se l, used by coopers in staving butti, and w hi c h h e h a d s ince ascertained had been left by one of the workmen i n t h e coo p erage th e night before, lying bet ween the prosecutors' ball-door and pa r l our w i ndow, beneath wh i ch, i n t h e garden mould, wer e di st i nct foot-prints recen tly ma d e . On questioning th e pr i soner what b us i ness he had there, he told hi m t h at he had entered the prem i ses f or an exigent purp ose, scaling a pair o f i ron gates full eig h t f eet hi g h, w hi c h h e and acknowledged he had got there by must have had the greatest difficulty in accomplishing, as there was scarcely room to admit a person's body between them and the brick arch, and they v. ere mounted with spikas ; b u t w i tness was satisfied he must have done so, as both entr ances were securely locked vihr n he had he fore left them, and he again found them so on detecting the prisoner inside. - , William llockiey, one of the prosecutors' workmen, 1 , deposed to leaving the flanging-iron on the top of a butt in the cooperage at six o'clock on the preceding night, and that the spot where it was found by the police was full 30 yards from where he had lett it. Mr. Heritage, who appeared for the defence, addressed the Magistrate on behalf of his client, and pointed out the utter improbability of the son of a respectable tradesman, of hitherto unimpeachable character, being actuated by the felonious intention imputed to him in this charge, which he was instructed to deny in the most positive terms, and to declare that the prisoner had been sent out on an errand by his moiler at the time in ques tion, and finding one of the prosecutors' gates acciden tally left open by the constable, had entered the pre mises for the purpose he had stated to the officer, and been taken by the police as soon as he had got in. lie should prove that the implements found upon the pri soner were the ordinary tools employed in his business, and he had several witnesses in attendance who would give him the highest character for steadiness and ho nesty. The Learned Gentleman then called the prisoner's fa ther, and two tradesmen named Simonds and Harwood, the former of whom stated that his son was at work in the workshop when he left him on the preceding morn ing with similar tools to those produced, the two latter deposed that his character for probity and good conduct had been unimpeachable all the time they had known him The constable, however, swore that the prisoner could not have obtained entrance to the premises in the acci dental manner his solicitor had stated, and that the ac cused had three times confessed to him that he had scaled the gates in tle way he had described; and Mr. ARNOLD, under these circumstances, considered that the time and manner in which the prisoner had been detected were so replete with suspicion, that it was his duty to afford time for further inquiry, and, therefore, ordered the accused to be brought up again next week for that purpose; but expressed his willingness to accept substantial bail for his future appearance, if it could be procured. The bail was shortly afterwards put in, and the pri soner thereupon liberated. LATEST PRICES OF SHARES, IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM- PANIES' STOCK. From ete Official List, GIBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING. LONDON, TUESDAY, APRIL 6. JOINT-STOCK RANKS. Nano of Company. Australasia • • • • • • • • • • orth American ;ommercial of London lolonial • •• • • •••• • • - Londe and Westminstr London Joint-Stock . • • Metropolitan • • . • • • • • • Provincial of Ireland.. Ditto, New..... • ... National of Ireland .. sat. Proirucial of Env. Ditto, Union of Australia.... t:n , on of London— Name of Company. Name of Company. Commercial ......... 31. per cent. East and West India... 61. pr cent. East Country •• . 11. per sh. I =don ••• • • • •• 61. pr cunt. SL Katharine ........ Southampton • • 5 per cent. 11. per cent. GLASGOW STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.—The sales this day were—Airdrie and Bathgate, 78s.—Ayr and Gallo way, 41s.—Ballochney, 46 1 / 2 —Caledonian and Dumbarton shire, 42s.—Direct Bombay and Madras, 3s. 6d.—East 7s. 6d.—Edinburgh and Perth (New Co.), 60s.— Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 61% —Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 74 —Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5 3 4 —Glasgow, Airdrie, and Monkland Junction, 5 1 / 2 —Manchester and Southampton, 28s.—North British, 33 1 ,4—Ditto, New Quarters (scrip), 27s.—Stirling and Dun fermline, 80s. 6d. HULL STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL s.—The sales this day were—Eastern Counties, York Extension, dis.— Malton and Dri ffi eld Junction. p.—North British, Halves, 15%—Ditto, Quarters, 775. U.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 13s. 3d. p.---Northern Counties Union, 10s. 6d.—Shropshire Union, 1 1 / 2 dis. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —The Registered Paletot of Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the present and approaching seasons, still retains the same moderate price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly appear ance, has secured such general popularity. It has been made by special command for their Royal Highnesses Prince Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the several royal visitors to the British Court. In London it can only be purchased of the patentees, H. .1. and D. Nicoll, Court tailors, 114, .Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. Agents for Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ' • for Dublin, Geo. Macaona, Molesworth-street ; for Birmingham, Wareing and Son; New-street; for Edinburgh, Christie and Son, George street ; and the principal tailors in other large towns. The mortality of London, and indeed, of England generally, shows a gradual annual decrease, whilst it is well known the population increases considerably. The rates of premium for life insurance have been greatly reduced during the last few years, yet the offices continue as prosperous as formerly. These facts clearly demonstrate that some cause, either unknown or unheeded, must have produced such favourable results. Atrongst these causes, the increased knowledge of anatomy, and the many very valuable disco veries in medicine, will stand most prominent. The small pox, that annually carried off thousands, has been success fully combatted by vaccination ; and Gout, that used to claim its numerous victims, hughly vanquished by Blair's Gout and [AD,. sidesll4 IMARRABLE CURE OH t Wootton, near Bedford, re- an opulent fanner, who some time illa agoTI;ITs in a most te, from dropsy, being nearly double his ordinary size. lie wa over by his medical attendants, and was, at the time, not expe ted to live three days; yet from this hopeless state he was cured by taking Holloway's rills. This gen tleman is well known in all the market towns of the cell*. The wonders that this fine medicine does in all cases of dropsy is truly sur prising, and those who are labouring under this dreadful complaint should certainly try this remedy. Sold by all druggists, and at Pro fessor Holloway's Estabilsbment, 244, Strand, London. The Journal de Fecamp states that an immense bank of oysters has been recently discovered between the point of Barflanr and Cape de !a Hove, being nine leagues in length, two in width, and from 60 to 90 centi metres in thickness. This bank is three leagues distant from Batfleur, and eight from Havre. It is, however, in part beyond the limits assigned for oyster dredging for French vessels exclusively. Large quantities have already been taken up. xxvsun. Albion .. •• •• •• •• •• •• Alliance Brit. and For. Dividena per Annum. 61. per cent. 51. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Si. per cent. 51. per cent. 51. par cent. Si. per cent. 61. per cent. Si. per cent. Dividend per Ainum. 31. 105 6 per cent. 6/. per cent, 13s. 6d. pr sh. 7s. per share 51. per cent. X s. d. 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 20 0 0 Stock. 100 0 0 500 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 Ditto Marine.• • • • • • tins. • • • • • • • • British Commercial .• qui cI,M & Gen. Life _icunty • • • • •• • • • • •• •• Grown •• .• •• •• •• •••• Eng. & Scot. Law •• • • European Life ••• • • • reemasons' . • • • • • • • • guardian •• • • • • • • • • • • imperial Fire • • • • • • • • imperial Life • • • • • • • • Indemnity Marine.... Law Lire•• • • • • • • • .. ,egal and General Life - ,)ndon Fire •• •.• • • . ondon Ship ..•. •• • • I.larine.• ••••••- • • •• Med. Inyild & Gen. Life ational Lean Fund•. S'ational Life......... palladium Life ...... otirenix • • ..... • • .• • • • 'rotector Life....... 'rovidcnt Life • . • • • • • • took Life............ loyal Exchange 3 , .in Fire 10s. 68. 5/. per cent. 5% per cent. 51. per cent. 6/. per cent. 51. per cent. 61. an:l bonus 12s. 11. sh. & Us ]l. 55. 10s. 10s. 51. per cent. 0( 2 1. per ct. W. per cent. 8/. per cent. 51. per cent. 3/. p. ct. & bs. 51. per cent. 1/. 55. 45. 51. per cent. 6/. 10s. 1/. 65. 10%i. pr cnt Ditto the . • Universal Life • • 20 0 0 100 0 0 5 0 0 Stock. 100 0 s. (1. 50 0 0 11 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 10 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 All paid. 3 0 0 36 10 0 50 0 0 10 0 0 5 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 0 12 10 0 12 10 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 2 10 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0 0 0 10 0 6 15 C8M.8.2.5. .• 1 i 4 Names of g Dividend Names of . Dividend .. er Companies. t, per Price. Companies. A Annum . Price. cc Annum. so - - - £ £ Ashtn& Oldh 97 51.55. p c 70 Monmouthsh 100 101. - Ashliy-d-la-Z 113 41. .- Mntgomrysh 100 51. - Barnsley •• .. 160 121. 180 Macclesfield. 100 -.- Basingstoke.. 100 - - Neath ••• • • • 100 21/. 340 Brkuk&Abrg 150 51. 85 Nottingham. 150 121. - jromford.. • . 100 141. - Peak Forest .78 31. 40 Dudley. • .... 100 4/. - Regent's • ... 33 11. 4s. 18 Derby • • ... 100 6/. 63 Rochdale .. •. 85 41. 54 Elismre&Chs 133 41. 55 Shropshire • . 125 81. - E:ewash •.. 100 321. - Somrset Coal 150 71. 10s. 130 Forth & Clyd 100 4/. - Do•LkFd St 12 61. p. c. - GrandJunetn 100 6/. 77 Stffrd &Wore 140 281. 275 I,rand Union 100 11. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 151. - Glamorgush . 172 13%1. - Stourbrhlge.. 145 201. 305 i 41str & Brkly 100 - - Strtfrd on Av 79 11. 105. - Grantham • • 150 121. - Severn andl 26 1/. Bs. Liudderslleld. 57 --- Wye Rail. Kennt & Avu 39 7s. 6d. 5 Trnt &MI 50 304 - Lancaster ... 47 1/. 10s. - sey • . Leeds& Livrp 100 341. 520 Thams &Med 19 - - Leicester .... 1401 10/. 75 Worcstr &1 Leicstr &Nth 83 U. 36 Binning. j7B 21. - Loughborogh 142 701. 530 Wilts & Brks 67 11. 11 LIST OP SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES Dividend Amount Name of Company. per of Paid. Price Annum. . Share. ---.- £ s. d. £ s. d Bank Of Scotland - 100 0 0 170 Royal Bank of Scotland 61. per cent. - 100 0 15334 British Linen Company 81: per cent. - 100 0 0 209 Commercial Bank - 100 0 0 165 National 8ank...... .• 6/. per cent. - 10 0 0 131.12 s Union Bank of Scotland 734/. pr sent. - 50 0 0 90 Western Bank ••• • • - 50 0 0 82 North of Scotland Bank 61. per cent. - 50 0 7 X Clydesdale Bank •• • • - 10 0 0 1276 Eastern Bank 5l. per cent. - 10 0 0 12 Caledonian Bank - 2 10 0 4/. 9s Edinh.& Glasgow 13ank 61. per cert. - 5 0 0 61. 14s City of Glasgow Bank . 51. per cent. - 10 0 0 12% Scottish Union Ins. Co. Si. per cent. 20. 0 0 1 0 0 235. Od Elercules Insurance Co. 71. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 13 Incur. Co. of Scetind• • 51. per cent. 10 0 0 All paid. 9N North British Insur. • • 534 1. pr cent. 200 0 0 10 0 0 27 Caledonian Fire Insur. 101. per cent. 100 0 0 10 0 0 223% Edinburgh Life Insur. 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 12 10 0 18 Edin.& Glasg. Railway 1/.los. per c. 50 0 0 50 0 0 71 Ditto, X Shares.. • . 7s. 6d. p. s. 12 10' 0 All paid. 17% Edin., Leith, & Grantn - 20 0 0 All 0 0 21 Glasgw & Ayrshl r Rail. 71. per cent. 50 0 0 All paid. 62 Slasgw & Greenck Rail. 2/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 1634 :193;,• - w & Garnkirk Rail. 5/. per cent. 25 0 0 All paid. 3934 Dundee & Arbroth Rail. 61. per cent. 25 0 0 Alt paid. 37 Standard LifeAssurnce. 51. per cent. 150 0 0 210 0 9 Name of Company. WATER.WORIES. East L0nd0n.......... Dividend Amount per of Annum. Snare. Z 8. d. 100 0 0 iiiand Junction .... • • 31. 108. 21. 10s. Paid. Vauxhall 41 13 4 100 0 0 51. per cent. 1100 0 0 West Middlesex . . . 51. los. pr cnt.l 0 12 9 1 DOCKS. Dividend Amount per of I Paid. Annum. Share. X s. d. Z s. d. Stock. Stock. IGO 0 0 Stock. Stock. I 50 0 01 50 0 0 1 30 Price .NCE a Paid. '225 xd I 15% 41s xd 11. 3* 4% Price Price. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, APRIL 6. Wind N.W., fresh breeze and cloudy. DEAL, APRIL s.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W. Arrd. Susan, Cousins, Callao, for Inverness ; Wm. Hutt, Craig, Honduras. Sld. Douglas, Montreal ; James Holmes, Barbadoes. Put back, Helen, for Trinidad. Arrived from the River, Susanna, Christina, Batavia ; Java, Singapore ; Levenside, Babia ; Ava, Quebec ; Edmond, Quebec ; Europe, Quebec ; Isabella, Quebec ; Hero, Black Sea. POOLE, APRIL 2.—Sld. Delia, Quebec. TORQUAY, APRIL 3.—Sld. Mersey, Quebec. CORK, APRIL 3. Wind N.N.E. Arrd. Captain Tom, Smalley, Pbiladelphia.Sld. Mountaineer, Halifax. LIVERPOOL, APRIL s. —Wind N.W., fregh..— Arrd. Queen, Devey, Calcutta ; Oregon, Levies, Patagonia ; James Ridder, M'Neal, Demerara ; Corsair, Atkins, Savanilla ; Manteo, Weston, New Orleans ; Chester, Manson, New Orleans ; Princess Helena, Mason, New Orleans ; Shakspeare, Henderson, New Orleans ; Marcia Cleaves, Wilson, New Orleans. Off port, Dickey Sam and Richmond. Sld. Harvest Home, Barbadoes. FALMOUTH, APRIL s.—Wind Arrd. Jane, G a l es , Callao, leaky, loss of sails, &c., and part of cargo overboard. The Heroine, Barrettt, of Guernsey, from Monte Video to Rio Grande, was totally lost, seven leagues south of the latter place, let January ; crew saved. PADSTOW, APRIL 4.—Wind N.—Arrd. Mary Flower, Thompson, Callao. MUMBLES ROADS, APRIL s.—Arrd. Agnes Blakee, Bridgeford, Cuba. SHIELDS, APRIL s.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Coxon, Cork and South America. Ski. Pallas, Port Wallace ; Sir Francis Bundhead, St. John's ; William and Joseph, Quebec. DONEGAL, MARCH 31.—SId. Mary, St. John's. CAERNARVON, APRIL 2.— r Arrd. Hindoo, Hughes, New York. Sid. D. 8., Now York. WATERFORD, APRIL 3.—Sld. Chronometer, NEW York. IN V ERREETHING, APRIL I.—Sid. Panama, Calcutta. STORNAWAY, MARCH 29.—Arrd. Sea Bird, Lyall, St. John's, N.B. The Henry, schooner, of Yarmouth, N. S., with deck and mainmast gone, was passed, 22d ult., lat. 60 N., lon. 11 W., by the Sea Bird, arrived here. MILFORD, APRIL 3.—The Francis must discharge to repair. FowEr, APRIL I.—Sld. Diana, St. John's, N.B. Huai., APRIL s.—Wind N.N.W.—SId. Bon Accord, Davis' Straits. CARDIFF, APRIL I.—Sid. Lady Peel, Quebec. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.) HAY MAN NETS • SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 217 s to 3/ 16s ; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 lOs to 11 14s per load. Trade very dull, at the above quotations. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow Hay, 2/8s to 3/ 18s; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41 15s ; and Straw, 11 12s to 11 16s per load. Supply but moderate, and trade dull. WIIITECTIAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8s to Si 18s ; Clover ditto, '3/ lOs to 51; and Straw. 11 lOs to 1114 s per load. Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at late rates. COLONIAL. The produce markets do not re-open until to morrow. SUGAR.—The quantity of British Plantation landed last week at the East and. West India Docks was 1,232 hhds, 80 tierces, 160 barrels; there were taken for home consumption 162 hhds, 11 tierces, 33 barrels. The stock in the same places is 3,448 hhds, 334 tierces, 571 barrels. RUM. —The quantity landed last week at the East and West India Docks was 196 puns, 103 hhds ; there were taken for home consumption 178 puns, 26 hhds ; and exported 15 puns, 30 hhds. The stock in the same places is 7,770 puns, 1,492 hhds. TALLOW.—P.Y.C. is. 49s 9d to 50s per cwt on the spot, and Town 535. Tai.—The consumption is moderate. A limited business is doing at previous rates. TOBACCO.—There has been rather more doing re cently, and the sates last month amounted to 2,600 hhds at fuller rates in some instances. (From the London Nero Price Current of April 6.) SUGAR.—A further decline has taken place in the value of both free and slave labour, the home demand being on the decrease, and the shipping orders in the market at present being unimportant. The deliveries for all purposes, however, continue to be upon a large scale, and greater than last year. Prices are 2s to 3s per cwt lower than they were at that time, but the stock is nearly as large, and the qu ility is fine. The public sales announced to take place are important. There is yet a large quantity to arrive from all quarters. West India Muscovado met with little attention from grocers or refiners on Wednesday and Thursday, although mer- chants were free sellers, and submitted to a reduction on previous rates of ls. REFINED.—The home trade have operated in Refined goods with caution since this day week. The supply is on the increase, and prices declining. The consumption is, however, going on, largely exceeding that of last season, and likely so to continue. The refiners arc de sirous to realise, as they are obtaining satisfactory rates. MAIIRITIIIS.—There has been little desire evinced to operate in refining or in grocery description, although there are sellers rather under former rates. None has been offered at public sale since our last report, but the large quantity of 10,000 bags is announced. There are further arrivals, and the stock is much greater than it was at this time in 1846; the deliveries, however, con tinue upon a large scale, and far exceed those of any other sort of sugar, and it is yet the cheapest. EAST INDlA.—Bengal hat been operated in with caution, and the rates taken have been rather under those that existed previously, there being a fair quantity on offer. For Penang the inquiries have been limited, and late rates cannot even be obtained. _ COCHINEAL.—The deliveries are far exceeding those of the previous season, whilst the stock is less, but prices are above those of that time, especially for the better qualities. By private contract only a small amount of business has been transacted since this day week, and rather lower rater have been accepted. For public sale 100 serons are declared. FORElGN.—Privately there has been little passing in any kind • of Foreign Sugar for home consumption, and prices are on the decline. At public sale 762 baskets 948 mats and 4 bags Java, duty paid, were all disposed of, but at a reduction on former prices of 2s for white and the superior kinds of yellow ; the decline on brown sod inferior yellow amounted, however, to only is per cwt. MOLASSES.—There has been little desire evinced to operate in any sort of West India, and prices are on the decline. For fine Antigua 24s 6d have been accepted. The value of low Molasses is 20s to 21s. At public sale 60 puns new middling Antigua Molasses were sold at the reduced rates of 21s 6d to 22s per cwt. COFFEE.—Although the inferior descriptions of West India can be obtained rather under previous rates, still few purchases have been made by private contract. Middling and superior sorts are held for the former cur rency; but the contracts concluded have been of little consequence. None at present has been submitted to public competition; and the stock is much less than it was last year; but arrivals of the new crops are near at hand. The deliveries are falling off; and other sorts of Coffee are lower in price than West India. There is every probability of the importation ex ceeding that of 1846, and of the quality being finer. East India, suitable for home consumption, fur. ther declined in value, although the quantity brought to market has not been large ; but the trade have been cautious in their operations. Shipping sorts are not to be obtained upon lower terms ; but the orders are fall ing off. No increase, however, has taken place in the supply. The importation of all sorts, it is expected, will exceed that of the previous season. The amount of business transacted by private contract in Plantation Cey lon has been to a small extent only, upon rather lower terms. Mocha has been operated in with caution by pri vate treaty, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms, the stock being considerably less than last season, and the consumption greater. None has been submitted to public competition. Java is not much wanted; but holders are not inclined to reduce their prices. Foreign Coffee has been purchased with caution by the home trade, and there are few export orders. Prices are on the decline, there being a large stock, especially of the better descriptions. None has been offered at auction since our last report. Cocoe.—The market having been better supplied with Trinidad, a fall in the value to the extent of 2s to 4s per cwt has taken place ; the demand, however, has been good, and the parcels offered at auction were all sold, and amounted to 1,203 bags of the new crop. TEA.—The arrivals have been upon a large scale since this day week, amounting to 27,000 packages ; whereas, during, that period, duty was paid on 446,4961b5. The deliveries at all the ports this year are exceeding those of the previous one. The stock of black is not quite so heavy as it was at this time in 1846 ; but of green it is greater. All sorts are lower in price than they were at that period; none has been offered at auction since this day week. The purchases made in black have been to a small ex tent only by the town and country trade, notwithstand ing the moderate rate that exists. Of low and mid qualities, the home trade have been induced to take many parcels, owing to the late rates, at which there are sellers. &woo—Prices continue to give way, the demand being limited, and the supply good; we quote small Pearl at 30s to 32s for ordinary to good, and tine at 328 to 34s per cwt. That a further fall in the value will ensue, ap pears to be the gen e r a l i m pression. S ago Plonk is little wanted, and can be obtained at 22s to 23s per cwt. The arrivals of Sago and Sago Flour are likely to exceed those of the former season. SPICES.—In all descriptions of Black Pepper there have been little desire manifested to operate privately, but former rates are, however, asked for all sorts. At public sale 4,140 bags of Malabar were only in part sold. For white previous rates are insisted upon, but privately only a moderate business has been done. Mace is fully as high as on this day week ; the demand being active, and supply moderate. Cassia Lignea:fetches full rates;the supply being small, and the demand good. For Pimento prices continue high, but exporters and the home trade buy with caution. Of Jamaica Ginger several parcels have been sold pri vately at full rates. East India met with attention. For Nutmegs previous rates are asked, but the demand has been less active for home consumption and exporta tion. For Cloves the market is looking quiet, and prices tend downwards. RICE.—To-day East India Rice met with more atten tion by private treaty, and large parcels were disposed of at full rates. Hops.—The business doing in our market is on a retail scale, and prices have undergone no variation since last week's report. SPIRITS.—The Market has presented a dull appear ance for Leeward Island Rum, and 3a 4d to 3s 6d is the nearest value of proof strength ; whilst the supply is on the increase, and likely so to continue. East India is little wanted and proof with certificate can be obtained at 3s 2d to 3s 3d, and there is a fair quantity on offer. For arrival there are even sellers under these rates. Demerara wet with little attention, end prices we on Amount of Share. X s. d. 40 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 25 0 0 100 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 50 0 0 ~ItdP,LLN; Amount of Share. Paid. £ a. U. 40 0 0 50 0 0 20 0 0 25 0 0 20 0 0 10 0 0 7 10 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 20 0 0 35 0 0 10 0 0 25 0 0 10 0 0 MS. the decline. Of West India several parcels have been received since Tuesday last, and heavy arrivals are near at hand from all quarters. The stock of West India is less than it was last season, but of East India is greater. The home demand has been limited for all sorts of Brandy, and exporters have ,operated- with caution, prices are on the decline, and merchants appear to be desirous to sell, as there are large orris' als near at hand, and the stock here being heavy. The consumption, is however, going on satisfactorily, and exceeds that of former season. Geneva has been in good demand for _export, and 2s 7d to 2s 8d are tho rates paid for ordinary export sort, but the home demand has been limited at 2i 10d to 3s 3d for fine. The price of Corn Spirits has fallen 9d, and it is now lls per gallon for English. SALTPETRE.—The home and export demand wee limited for Rough by private contract and the rates paid have been rather above those that existed previously. Holders evince much firmness, and supply the market sparingly. Ou,s.—There has been little desire manifested by the home trade to operate in Linseed Oil since this day week,, few export orders have been executed; the crushers are desirous to realise, and submitted to further reduced rates. For forward delivery the operations are upon a small scale. The consumption is, however, yet on the increase, and far exceeds that of the previous season. Rape Seed Oil has been in excellent request, and quotations range firm. Holders of Cocoa Nut are asking 48s to 49s for good and fine, and 45s tb 475. for low and middling. but at these high rates exporters and the home trade operate with caution, and some parcels have arrived. That a fall in the value will take place shortly an opinion exists. For Palm the home demand has been good, and exporters have been induced to operate with more freedom, but the stock being large, holders are compelled to accept 37s for fine, and 30s to 36s for low to good quality. The consumption continues on the increase. There has been only a limited demand for Olive Oil for home consumption or exportation; holders have been more inclined to realise, and submitted to rather lower rates, although there is a large stock here, and the con• sumption is going on satisfactorily. The arrivals of Fish Oils are upon a more extended scale, and the market has been more freely supplied. Sperm has been in oc cellent request, and a further improvement in the value took place. TALLOW.—There is still a desire manifested on the part of the holders of Russian to realize, and they . We submitted to a reduction on former rates of 6d per'ort• on the spot, still soap makers and chandlers have ope ratad with caution, and 49s 6d to 50s are the prices V. ccepted for fine P.Y. Candle. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MONDAY.—The Admiralty have it in contemplation to erect a barrack at Gosport for this di vision of the Royal Marines, their present quarters in this citadel being too circumscribed for their rapidly in; creasing numbers, as well as being very old and ill adapted for the requirements of this important and highla , serviceable body. If these barracks are erected at Gosport, Portsmouth will lose at least, it is computed , 25,014/. per annum. Their Lordships are not anxious to take this great amount of benefit away from the trade of Portsmouth, and would prefer building the new quer' ters within the walls of the garrison, but the corporat e authorities, we are informed, are averse to meeting the Admiralty prop( rly in the matter, their Lordships want' ing the site of the borough gaol for the marines' neW quarters, which there is a reluctance to give up, albeit for a handsome "consideration," although there ar e other sites within the walls of the town which would 10 much more suitable for the position of the sessions house than its present situation. If the corporation dg not meet the Admiralty in this plotter, the borough Will assuredly sustain the loss above mentioned, and at th e same time, it is considered, lose the finest opportunity they ever had of materially improving the most portant entrance to the garrison from the land side. The Sidon steam frigate, Captain Henderson, completed coaling and storing at noon to-day, and wall then have gone out, but a merchantman having foule her whilst lying alongside of the jetty, whereby she ( the merchantman) lost her fore yard, delayed her so le° time. She went out to Spithead at half-past one o'clock , and excited considerable interest among a large coo' course of spectators. She lay-to at Spithead to awai t the arrival of an express messenger from the Foreign" office with important dispatches for the British Minister at Lisbon. The Admiralty have also . sent out dispatches for Vice-Admiral Sir William Parker, the Commander' in-Chief in the Tagus, whose fleet will speedily be reio" forced with more ships. The Myrtle steam tender, Se. cond Master-Commanding Balliston, took out the Go vernment messenger to Spithead, with the dispach es i z aad immediately afterwards the Sidon weighed, and le " for Lisbon. In reporting the Admiralty's trial of this real men-ef war steamer on Saturday, we stated that the davits ap plied to her paddlebox boats, and which exhibited such instantaneous facilities for launching those boats over the side, were made upon a plan the invention of M r. Barr, Inspector of Shipwrights at WOolwich Docky erd We are now requested to state that the davits for the Sidon's boats are the invention of Captain Geo. Smit h ,' R.N., the inventor of the paddlebox boats; but who di d not patent or secure the plan, becawe of the expen' e attending their fitting, which is three times as much se his present plan of fitting davits, and causes twice th e weight of material to be used. and The wind having come round to the westvverd9 blowing fresh, Mr. Bellamy was compelled to I:„eturn from Brook to-day with the Myrtle steamer and Pr?" lighter, without being enabled to accomplish the Ore in view of raising the guns, &c., of the Sphynx• Commander Wm. Ellis, R.N., late Master of the nor, yacht Victoria and Albert, is appointed Governm en ts Emigration Agent at Waterford, and left this even ing' for his post. Captain Ellis is an old war officer, age was promoted to his present rank last year, with many other of the same class, for his long and faithful eel; vices, having been actively employed since the y et !, 1800, and since the year 1809 as master. In A llen., New Navy List, gaptain Ellis is recorded " as Master 01 the Havock, and frequently employed in her hoatl against the Danish flotilla in the Cattegat, in 1808; a n d of the Castillian at the attack of the French flotilla, 51 1 capture of the Ville de Lyons praam off Boulogne 1811, and the recapture of the Apelles sloop-of-WO ° , Etaples; also at the capture of a French lugger pri" . teer, of 10 guns and 57 men, off Dieppe. 11,* THE PRIVILEGES OF THE BA Lord Vivian has published a correspondence betwee e himself and Mr. Justice Coltman, relative to some remark made by a barrister, Mr. Temple, during a trial on the North Wales Circuit. It appears that Lord Vivia n prosecuted a servant for embezzlement ; that S r ' Temple was engaged for the defence, and, in the course of his address to the jury, cast some imputations upon the motives of the prosecutor. Lord Vivian applied t i n the advocate for an explanation, which was refu seu, whereon he wrote to the judge who presided at the tr ial ' An extract from his letter may be given:— " For Mr. Temple's opinion of my motives I care but I do care for the opinion of those amongst whitel live ; and the ignorant amongst them are likely to b e led astray by such reflections as were cast upon me 1, Mr. Temple. lam fully aware of the license allowe d t", an advocate in defence of a client ; but I conceive OW such license (the law affording no redress for calurneil thus uttered) should be exercised with discretion ell, with justice. I venture to assert, in the charges bro u g h t against me by Mr. Temple, both have been violated ; and in this opinion I am supported by Mr. Townsel the gentleman who conducted the presecution, but w",, whom I had no previous acquaintance. To you, pa y Lord, then, I appeal to set me right in the opinion °f the public, as to my motives for prosecuting Hill having been neither vindictive, outrageous, or wrongful." Lord Newborougb, the high sheriff, was next appea le d to, and signs the following memorandum, which is PO . light d with the letters:— " On application to the judge as to whether he par A posed taking notice of the letter Lord Vivian addre sse° to him, he stated That he could not now revert to the case in Court; that he considered Mr. Temple's langu a g e , to have been impertinent, but hardly worth Lord Vivian '1 notice; and being relevant to the case, ho did not st°P him at the time, although had Lord Vivian appealed t ° him he should !Ave stated that his conduct had beeitv'el proper in the prosecution, and that be (the judge) well: — write to Lord Vivian to that effect.' Lord Vi v ian, a l reply, expressed his regret that he did not, as pre siding over the Court, think fit at once to vindicate hi B , cll ,l, meter from false imputations, and from language wn`ca he stigmatised as impertinent; and that he (I-J° l. l Vivian) yet more regretted that there was any counse' on this circuit so devoid of right and gentlemanly feel ing as to shun making reparation for the unwarrantable language he had used." BIRTHS. On the sth inst., in Gloucester-place, Lady Colthurst, of a son, still-born. On the 30th ult., Mrs. Michael Tunnaclitl; of a daughter. On the Ist inst., Mrs. R. M. Smytb, Green's-row, Chelsea of a son. On the 3d inst., the lady of the Rev. Dr. Gehle, of Bruns' wick-square, of a daughter. On the 3d inst., Mrs. Henry W. J. Windsor, Green-lane s, Tottenham, of a eon. On the 3d inst., at Spondon Hall, Derbyshire, the lady O. Frederic .Axkwright, Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at St. Saviour's Grammar School, Soutir wark, the wife of the ReV. J. J. Ramsay, of a son. On the 4th inst., at Tottenham, the lady of John Besd nell, jun., Esq., of a daughter. On the 4th inst., at Gayton Hall, Ross, Herefordshire, tbs wife of Richard Potter, Esq., of a daughter. Ou the sth inst., at Writtle, Essex, the lady of the Rev' Alexander Fletcher, D.D., of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 27th nit., at St. Margaret's, Westminster Waal* eldest son of Ancurm Owen, Esq., of Egryn, Denbighshire, to Anna, third daughter of William Edwardes, Esq., Sealy ham, Pembrokeshire. DIED. On the 28th ult., Mrs. Elizabeth Pepper, relict of the lat. Francis Pepper, Esq., of Great Marlow, Bucks. On the 30th ult., in Albion-street, the Count Frederic Brancaloni, aged 14. On the 31st ult., Miss Prism Needham, of Castle-ga te, Notn. On the lst inst., James Tindal, eldest son of James Whet man Bosanquet, Esq., of Hyde-park-square, aged 6. On the Ist inst., William, eldest son of Thomas Stuar t ' Esq., of Hackney, aged 40. On the Ist inst., at Weymouth, Frederick George, co child of the Rev. William Buller. On the 2d inst., at Pall-mall East, Mrs. Edward Morton' On the 2d inst., at Eliot-vale, Blackheath, John Burford Esq., aged 70. On the 3d inst., in Blomfield-street, Finsbury, Mr. Willi Pledger, aged 64. On the 3d inst., in Westbourne-terrace, Louisa Anne, the wife of Major-General Brotherton. On the 8.1 inst., at Brunswick-square, Matilda, wife of S'P' Hickson, aged 64. r-'-‘ ll--- • ___________. Union: Printed ana Published by MURDO YOUNG, lig,G, of Yo' ~.,,,t Strand, Printer, at The Sues Onoo, N 0.112, Strand, in the Prow', A rill , , of the SAM. in ui, egptr 9( 41440119X,WaleOdan ,p -1547, opcxc YR( NErr P. Lai uett and S Stnfot (Autx tare. Sin of M. Thi With hag, ( feitur also terest Ass rates. The has el 4 full] 011 Ut ~~ 7 h' ~ O ~ 5 GO IC TI, Dece TIIE .f th Its c( syste in co Insw consi the. 1 Men year