The Sun. — London, England, 1847-04-02 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT in the POPULAR REPRESENTATION. The first public Qieeting of a society, entitled the "National Alliance for Promoting the real Representa tion of the People in Parliament," was held on Wed .nesday evening at the London Tavern; William Howitt, Msg., in the chair. The attendance was very large, and the platform was crowded with several well known ad- Tocates of universal suffrage. The CHAIRMAN 'said that, proud as he was to be called upon to preside over the meeting, yet he must request their indulgence, as he had not, from pressure ; of other engagements, been able to devote his time to the subject—an agitation for which they had commenced that evening, and which he had little doubt they would prosecute successfully. He was surprised that an association like the present had not beets established before. However they had increased in wealth, they had not increased in their political power or position. On the contrary, they had been retrograding, and that had taken place of late years, when they should have been progressing. The change had taken place since the Revolution of 1688. They had since that period neglected their constitutional rights, and had allowed the aristocracy to usurp some of their most valuable privileges. It was by that most culpable neglect that all the wars in which they had been engaged had been permitted, and it was those wars which had imposed on the country those debts which every man felt, at his trade, or by his fireside at home. The whole export duties of the country amounted to 50,000,0001., and the annual taxes amounted to much more; the balance be tween which fell upon the working man. The conse sequence was, that their profits were ground down to the greatest minimum. For such abuses they required reform. This reform should be most comprehensive. They wanted reform in the House of Parliament, for -what went by the name of Parliamentary reform re minded him of what Lord Denman had said of another question—" That it was a mockery, a delusion, and a snare." Of about 30,000,000 in this country, only 1600,000 had a voice in the representation of Members of Narliament. They wanted to extend the suffrage.— (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Every man in the country, however poor, had a clear and indefeasible right to have a vote for a political representative. They also wanted reform in all the offices of Government; they wanted reform in the Excise offices and in the Customs; they wanted reform in their criminal code as well as their civil code; they wanted reform in the law of primo geniture and in the law of entail; they wanted further reform in the direction of free trade, for what they had already obtained was insufficient to carry out the prin ciple of free trade, or to enable them to compete with ether countries. The way in which they were to effect this, was by operating beneficially upon the system of Parliamentary representation. If they could have achieved that before, they would have prevented several other evils that had afflicted the people in this and the sister country ; but he believed that the time was now come when they could effect all they wished in this way. The SECRETARY here stated that he had received letters of apology from Dr. Bowring, Messrs. Sharman Crawford, Miles, W. J. Cox, T. Bankes, and Thomas Sturge, who were prevented by illness, or some other cause, from attending, but all expressing sympathy in the objects of the meeting. The last named gentleman inclosed a cheque for 201. Mr. G. CLARKE proposed the following resolution " That the safety of a nation depends on the virtue and wisdom of its people, and upon a free Government, honestly and economically administered by representa tive institutions. Tnat the House of Commons is not a Air representation of the people of Great Britain, be cause not above one in six of the adult male population can vote in the election of its Members ; and because the small and declining boroughs, whose elections are made at the dictation of aristocratic patrons, are put upon a level, in point of influence and political power, with the large and wealthy cities, boroughs, and counties. That the industrious classes are excluded from the right to elect Members, and are deprived of the privilege to sit in Parliament by absurd property qualifications. That since the passing of the Reform Bill, the vexatious ope ration of the tax paying clauses has debarred many thou sands of men from the exercise of their undoubted rights ; and the refusal of the Whig Government to re peal those clauses, is evidence of strong hostility to the principles of popular progress. That the increasing in telligence of the people is an additional reason why their claim to the possession of their political rights should be at once admitted. That the disorganised state of poli tical parties, and the reasons above specified, lead this meeting to resolve that the present is a favourable time for creating a national movement in favour of the full enfranchisement of all classes of the people." Dr. Epps seconded the resolution, which was carried unanimously. Mr. H. VINCENT proposed the next resolution, which was to the effect that the meeting cordially approved of the formation of the national alliance for promoting the real representation of the people in Parliament, because it sought to extend the suffrage to every man of full age and sane mind, to protect his vote by ballot, to provide equal electoral districts, to abolish property qualification for Members, to remunerate Members fur services per formed, and to procure annual elections. That the alli ance pledged itself to adopt no other than peaceful and legal modes to rouse the people, and to urge their claims upon the Legislature. This speaker recommended that a sum of 1,0001 should be appealed for to the country for the committee of the assoc•ation, and denounced the Whig Government in very strong terms. Mr. BONTEMS secondk d the resolution, which was car ried unanimously amid considerable applause. Mr. C. GILPIN moved the next resolution, to the effect that the success of the association depended upon the zeal, prudence, and exertions of its supporters, and their continuous subscriptions. Mr. T. COOPER, who was received with great enthu siasm, seconded the resolution, which was carried unani mously. Thanks were then voted to, and acknowledged by, the Chairman. The meeting then separated. POOR RELIEF (IRELAND) BILL. The followmg letter has been addressed to the editor of the Times : " Sir,—The Irish landlords are playing a bold game. Finding the enactment of some poor-law inevitable, they are endeavouring, and with too much success hitherto, to introduce provisions which shall wholly defeat its ob ject, and make it, as nearly as possible, a dead letter. Not content with having obtained a complete con trol over the administration of relief, by actually trebling ate former proportion of the ex-officio to the elected guardians, they proceeded, on Monday night, to attempt to insert in the Bill two other clauses from the same manufactory. " One of - these they persualed the Minister to adopt ; the other they very nearly carried against him, the ma jority in support of the Government being only three! " The first of these landlord-framed clauses declares that no relief shall, under any circumstances, however pressing, be afforded to any person who holds more than a quarter of an acre of land. More than this—if the guardians arc not thoroughly satisfied that an applicant for relief who once held I,nd has bond fide and com pletely parted with all his interest in it, they are pro hibited from relieving him. " It is obvious how ready an excuse this will afford fur the denial of all relief to a large class of poor, whom the landlords themselves are driving into destitution. The immediate effect cr the clause, which is to come into operation in November next, will be to deprive of their holdings and cast loose upon the wide and hard. dealing world every one of the 300,000 or 400,000 small farmers who are now receiving relief from the public works. Under penalty ut certain starvation, they will be required to renounce all interest in their holdings— even in the cabin they themselves built—the land they themselves reclaimed! " But having given up all, how are they to live thence forward ? Will the landlord; who thus propose to use the poor-law as an instrument tbr clearing their estates find employment for them as day labourers ? Oh, no They have no idea of doing so. Their intention and expectation are, that these 300,000 or 400,000 evicted cottier tenants will join the stream of emigration east wards—that is, into Britain—will find their way across the channel with their wives and families, adding some 2,000,000 o f d estitute paupers to our struggling home population " This, in fact, cannot but be the result of the denial, in November next, of all relief to those who may hold an acre of land. They will not try the workhouse of Ire land until they have tried every town and parish in Bri tain first. " The other clause, which was so nearly carried on Monday against the Government by Lord George Ben tinck—heading a whip of both sections of the Opposi tion, united for the time nn the common ground of landlord privileges—wag still more characteristic of its authors. " It modestly proposed to enact nothing less than this --that the entire burden of the poor rate, which, by the existing law, is now divided between the landlord and the ooecupier should for the future be borne by the lat ter al one- They, a party of landlord legislators, enact le ing sla w imposesamount, but which a tax of unknown '1.4 hie h the vihelming y ea' ,—they have 41iilteast, profess to believe will be of over and divide the 'e i n e the face to propose, of, a clause to shiftAthaegainst the Government in favour upn the shoulders of threicirwn lawful share of this tae rented tenants. already over -taxed and ratks trul-! " And these are the farmers' f are the gentlemen who have ever ri e, enda Qi li ,r - These the de claration that the interests of the landlo t r h u -r .:P a are identical! aia q th e tenant " Fortunately, the clause was lost for the ti me, it will, no doubt, be again proposed, and not i l Il tlt with success, in the Peers'. ImPrehably " Then will come the time for trying the question whether the Irish landlords are to be suffered to shirk all responsibily for the support of the Irish poor—for trying this question, not in either House of Parli ament, but in the great inquest of the na ti on — on the hustings of a general election ! Then will th e tenantry of Ire land have in their own hands the decision of this ques tion, so vital to them ! Then will the const 4 Aueneies (-:,. England and of Scotland be called on to de% erm i ne wile _ ther the owners of the broad and fertile setrfw i e o f Ire land—with a rental of 17,000,0001. at, the least, on the estimate of their own champion, L or d G eorge Bentinck —are to escape from all contrillAttion towards the relief poor law only 'states ; or to p ass such a those estates of a of the poor u their n pon as shall ow give them the po wer o f clearing (supposed) redundant population, and drivin g their wretched and starving millions over the channel, to be fed from our poor -rates by bread taken out of the mouths of our own struggling and indus trious people. It is, I suspect, on that field, th a t t h e battle with the Irish landlords is yet to be fought ! " I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "JUSTUS." , Thnnedq - lon. Edward Strutt and Mrs. Strutt lift torn yowrciay, for their residence, Kingston, near ,ti' DR. LANDERER, OF ATHENS, ON THE PREPARATION OF OTTO OF ROSES. (From the Pharmaceutical Times.) a T r h t e h r e e s s e e a - tr e e f esi and e o v f alu M e ec t c h a an neighbourhood g h o le f o urh oo greaterd Galilee, n olive and lemon-trees in Italy and Greece. A rose shrub costs from fity to sixty florins (from 41. to 5/.), and is given as a dowry to the da u g hters of Armenians, who are chiefly occupied with their ten feet, growth and cultivation. Rose-trees, which atta in a height of eight or are cultivated with sp ecial care, the g ardens being regu erularly freed every month from all weeds, and frequently man ured and irrigated. Hea v y rai n s during the winter indicate a plentiful harvest of roses. It is considered as of great service in aece'erating the time of blooming if ashes and camels dung are spread on the rose shrubs. The small rose gardens are divided into qualrangular partitions, and so well hedged round with cactus plants, and other prickly shrubs, that it is impossible for animals to get through them. Great attention is paid to these hedges, which attain a height of from twelve to fourteen feet; at the same time they do not cause much expense. In the larger roso gardens there is situated in their centre a small tower or observatory, so arranged that the garden and neighbouring plantations may be watched therefrom. During the time of blooming well armed watchmen are placed in these towers t o prevent pilfering the roses, which would otherwise frequently occur. As soon as th e roses b eg i n to bl oom , an d some time before the rose dealers pass through the country, in order to purchase the roses before they are re moved from the shrubs, these transactions are generally arranged in the bazaars by the me diation of Jews, who act as brokers. At the time of blooming, children and women repair to the gardens before sunrise, with bags and baskets, in order to gather the roses, and to carry them to places where they are either preserved for exportation, or where they are distilled. If the roses are intended to be kept fresh for any length of time, they are most carefully freed from the calyx and green leaves, and then placed in large clay vessels and covered with salt. If they are intended, as is commonly done, for preparing the otto of roses, they are carried to the distills Ties, where frequently from three to six stills are kept, the appa ratus for cooling the distilled liquor being very imperfect. The cleaned roses are put into the still, and water poured over them, together with a consi derable quantity of salt. After having been left for two or three days to macerate, the operation of dis tilling is commenced, and continued until the distilled liquor begins to assume a yellow colour. The rose water is taken away from time to time, and decanted for cooling into clay vessels placed in water. To these different portions different names are giver, and they differ exceedingly in value ; fur instance, a bottle con taining about twelve quarts of the liquor obtained at the beginning of distillation, sells for 150 to 200 piastres (1/. I es. 3d. to 2/. Is. Bd.), while a similar quantity ob tained towards the end, may be purchased in the bazaars of Alexandria, Cairo, Constantinople, and Smyrna, for 20 piastres (4s. 2d.) The rose-water obtained at the commencement of the process is used for preparing the oil of roses, which is separated therefrom as follows : Large porous clay vessels are filled with this water, and tied over with linen; after which they are placed in trenches dug in the earth, where they are left from six to ten days, according as the nights are more or less cool. .They are covered over with str aw mo i s t ene d w i th water, in order, by its evaporation, to keep them as cool as possible. The water then becomes gradually covered with an oily film, which condenses to a crystalline mass. This is taken off with a skimmer, and the water repeatedly undergoes the same cooling process, until no further traces of oil appear. After being thus deprived of all the oil therein contained, the water is then brought to market for sale, or employed in preparing an inferior sort of otto, which is afterwards exported to Europe as fine Turkey otto. This kind of otto is met with in the bazaars of Constantinople, Smyrna, &c., and is ob tained by strongly agitating the rose-water, which is still very fragrant, with an oil received from Africa, distilled from the wood of some odoriferous tree. After the oil has separated, it is again agitated with another portion of rose-water, lest it should not have assumed the proper odour of roses, and is then left to stand, or is buried in the ground, until it has perfectly separated therefrom. PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE PREPARATION AND ECONOMY OF INDIAN CORN, OR HOMMONY AS FOOD. (From the Cork examiner.) Having made a series of trials in c3oking and using this food, I think the result may be useful to the public. Finding that a young man, a labourer, and his wife, who lived on my ground, consumed 21b. of Indian meal, hastily cooked (which cost 4d.) at a meal, I had one pint of the whole corn (weighing 11b.) steeped in cold water for 12 hours, until it was quite soft (but not water soaked), it swelled to nearly four pints—this was given them, and they were unable to use it all for breakfast. The account appears thus :- 41b. Indian meal for two meals per day, at 2-o. 9d. 21b. of Indian corn (two pints) ... at 2d. —4d. sd. daily, or 23. lid. per week—deduct 7d. for additional fuel, leaves 2s. 4d. savin' , per week.. Wishing to try the effect of additional steeping ; for a man in my employment who has a family of seven, and could not provide sufficient food at present prices, as they required 71bs. of Indian meal at breakfast and the same at dinner, or 141bs. per day which now cost 23. 6d., I steeped six pints of the whole corn for 24 hours, it weigh ed 6lbs., and cost one shilling ; after boiling for 5 hours in 24 pints of water, it swelled to 24 pints, and weighed 181bs. of which the family could u,e but 16 pints in the day at two meals. The account appears thus :- 141bs. of Indian meal, ... ... 2s. 6d. 41bs. or pints of undressed corn, ... Os. ad. is. lod. Deduct allowance for additionel fuel .. 4d. Is. ad. per day, or 10s. 6d. weekly saving. ON PREPARING INDIAN NEAL. A source of much loss to the poor arises from their hasty and wasteful mode of boiling Indian meal, under the erroneous idea that by using it hard it proyes more sustaining. The contrary is the fact ; to convince the labourer and his wife of the advantage of proper cook ing, I had one pound of meal steeped for twenty-four hours in cold water, then boiled in five pints of water for 1-; hours : when cold and stiffit was turned lik e j e lly o u t of the bowl, and weighed seven pounds, and proved sufficient for then at a meal, instead of their usual allow ance of 21bs. From the difficulty the poor encounter in purchasing small quantities of the whole corn, it would be a kindness for employers to buy a few sacks of it and supply their out-door servants; also, where fuel is scarce, to all the waste heat, after dinner is dressed, of their kitchen ranges or fires, to be employed in boiling a ves sel or two of the corn, it is attended with but little ad ditional expense, and it is a considerable help to the poor people who pay the first cost of the corn with gratitude. JOHN ABEL. Riverview, Limerick, 3d mo. 3, 1547. FASHIONS FOR APRIL. (From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.") __. The new taffetas and silks intended for redingotes are very elegant, foulards, peltins, and silks of every variety, striped, checked, jas:e .s moires, or in Arabic designs, with bareges tortes de Chine tarlatanes, nankins de sole, and organdy, with coloured patterns on a black ground, are all fashionable. Black continues as much in favour as ever, but at this season the material is of course of slighter texture. In the make of dresses there will be but little change ; many redingotes will be worn, and many dresses with tight bodies and sleeves ; also peignoirs, with derni-wide sleeve, showing the under one of white muslin, richly embroidered. Black lace still forms the richest trimming, either for redingotes or pelerines, also for flounces in three or four rows, or narrow lace put on spirally, or en echelle gimps, fringes, and soutaclie will be used on the spring dresses, particularly a new kind, with pearl edge. Some dresses of poult de sole are made with revers, em broidered in shaded colours. Fancy straw bonnets, in terinixed with lace, are very fashionable ; and crape, mixed with straw, form pretty capotes ; some crape bonnets are covered with lace, which sometime, forms a demi-voilette ; on the edge roses or jardeniares wreaths are placed under these laces, and give much elegance to the bonnet. Bonnets made of batiste de Chine of its natural colour, lined with pink, blue, or lilac ci ape or gauze, form a pretty novelty ; the material is very fine and light. Flowers will be very much worn to ornament the interior as well as the exterior of bonnets this spring. Foliage of light colour, as the acacia, or dark, as the chestnut, will be used on straw bonnets; exotics, with large petals, will ornament crape bonnets ; whilst the more simple flowers of our gardens will be required for pailles de riz. The Noemie bonnets are of crap, covered with tulle I la niege and filet ; and the flowers that ornament them are of the most delicate de scription, or marabou:s. The pompadour is of paille de riz, with wreath of pompadour ribbon. For the public dejeur e:s a new style will be introduced, the petit bord bernais, made of white straw, ornamented with field flowers, or a wreath of roses or single feather. Very small manteaux have been worn of green or violet velvet, trimmed with two rows of broad black lace, one at the edge, and the other above it, and a third row at the throat ; this style will be adopted in taffetas of every co:our. Mantelines are a mixture of the visite and inantelet, made of gros de Naples, trimmed with lace or fringe to match, with open heading, and sur mounted by a reseaux of application. YATTON.—DISCOVIXY or COAL:—This parish has recently been the scene of great rejoicing, on account of the discovery, a week or two ago, of a vein of coal, be tween three and four feet thick, on the estate of J. H. Smyth Pigo:t, Esq., at Claverham, in this parish. The strong belief that coal existed somewhere in the neigh bourhood induced Mr. Pigott, about a year ago, to com mence boring for it. After penetrating the ied earth of the surface, the workmen came first to a stratum of the new red sandstone, and then to one of pennant—this latter proved to be exceedingly thick, but on getting through it, at the depth of about a hundred fathoms, the ♦ein of coal above-mentioned was reached. The spot where the c:Ial has been found is about a quarter of a wile from the line of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, to which the estate of Mr. Pigott extends, so that by laying down trams he will be enabled to load the trucks at the mouth of the pit ready for conveyance by railway to any place on the line. Iron ore also exists in the neighbourhood, hut, for want of coals, this has hitherto been sent into Wales for the purpose of manufacture, but it is now hoped that furnaces will be erected on the spot, and the cost saved of transit to the coal districts of Wales.—Bath Chronicle. HORRIBLE AFFAIR.-4 letter of the 2a, from Napoli, in Greece, records a horrible event:—A day or two before two brothers, Demetrius and Theodosius Tryphoupoulos, had been condemned to death for bri gandage, and were brought to the great place of the town w be executed. Both allowed themselves to be conducted to the foot of the scaffold; but at the moment the executioner was about to tie Demetrius to the fatal plank he, being a man of extraordinary strength, broke his bonds, and, throwing down the executioner and his assistants, attempted to escape. They endeavoured to secure him, hut he made a desperate resistance, and cruelly ill-treated them. At last, after a long and violent struggle, the executi.mer drew a knife from his pocket, and stabbed him to the heart, killing him instan taneously. He, nevertheless, caused his corpse to be de capitated. The other brother, Theodosius, waq per fectly resigned, and trembled convulsively. He gave himself quietly up to the executioners, and in a few in stants ceased to exist. MRS. RESTON, THE HEROINE OF MATAGORDA.— We were wry much struck and delighted, on Friday afternoon, with a visit from this venerable old lady, Mrs. Reston, the heroine of Matagorda, now in her seventy fifth year, whose remarkable and glorious deeds at that place shed a lustre over her name, and the prowess of o oir no t; r h tt hi :oer the most h a s r i s m ut no d i rd n yarl s :o u nrs c :E c fu o unp u l grkli carnage,ani the tn g edh. en ,S B hwa r e i : t . cl i i i s an h mfg: soldiers in the midst that m wi a t withthrilling pounde page in the history of England. She came with a pound note that the soldiers of the 74th Regiment were cooking for the poor, and that the recruiting soldiers of Glasgow had contributed their allowance for the same humane end, her heart leaped with joy, and she declared she could not rest till she came to pour in her donation with theirs for the poor and destitute. We were very averse to accept of the money, but she insisted upon it with the most martial vigour, and said she had plenty now to end her old days in peace and comfort, and she went away perfectly delighted at the invitation we gave her to come and inspect the rations herself in these old battlements, at the Glasgow Town's Hospital, within whose precincts she sojourned till she was discovered and rescued some few years ago. This is a plain statement told in an un varnished way ; yet it is a statement which might point a moral and adorn a tale ; and it has made an impres sion upon us n ot likely to be s oon forgotten.—Reformer s Gazette. An action at law, in which M. Alexandre Dumas was plaintiff, and M. Devallade, the landlord of a house in the Rue de la Chause.3 d'Antin, was defendant, came to trial on Fridly before the Civil Tribunal. The case, as stated by th e counse l of M. D um a s , was that in April 1845, he to o k, as yearly tenant at 1500 f. rent, an entre sol in the defendant' s house, and also a room on the fi f t h story, to w hi c h h e e- noise of the treet , and the : er air, free from the - ` could retreat to follow his literary labours in p .nterr aptions of visitors. Soon afterwards, how eve- --, M. Dumas was tempted t.. 3 Saint Germain, and ap plied to M. Devallade to accept as tenant in his place- Amt. Leprivier, who was willing to occupy the apart ment. The landlord consented, exacting, however, half a year's rent in advance. To this M. Dumas acceded, and paid the 750 f. Mme. Leprivier paid her rent regularly, and at the end of the year M. Dumas demand the return of his deposit. The landlord, however, insisted upon still holding it, as a security for such dilapidations as might be found when Mme. Leprivier, who still continued tenant, should leave the apartment. M. Dumas replied, that he had laid out much money in decorations. M. Devallade however urged that these decorations, though perhaps indifferent to Mme. Le privier, might not be the taste of a new tenant, as they consisted ifi painting the ceiling of the bed-chamber b'.ack, and lining it with a violet coloured paper, wEieh was nearly if not quite as dark. Besides this, M. Dumas had ornamented the dining room with shielf3.3 emblazoned with his own arms and richly g il t. 7 ' he landlord f urt h er i ns i s t e d that M. Dumas had retF ,fined possession of the room on th e fifth s t:r)' bey on d t l a ve nt on the gi i t u ,- part of the tenant, who stated that he had le proper time for giving it up. This was claim r .nr of th e eQi t b a t with the knowledge and the permission books, W h ig *te or the house had left in it only a few r ., ePP -ration g the tl Conrt decided that the landlord had no was let. • .-, he had engaged to remove the moment it - r(mt of the upper room, and as to the ref erred the question to a surveyor to settle I L : p 4e A an:l m o a u n l l : _ias been arrested at Vienna on a charge iies th r owin g 41 ones at . the windows of the Imperial Palace. fo und:. 'to be mane, and has been sent to a lunatic aiyhize, LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE- CHANCERY COURT, April 1. (Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.) 310SLEY 0. ALSTON.—TIIE OXFORD AND BIRbIINGIIAN JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. BETHELL (in continuation from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday) cited several other cases in support of his views on this point. He would close this series of authorities by citing a case that had come before his Honour—he meant the ca , e of " Wear v. the Grand Junction Railway Company," which car ried him to the fullest extent as to the jurisdiction of the Court, and landed this bill in the most perfect security. That bill was filed by the plaintiffs not only against other directors, but the whole corporation of the com pany, which was incorporated by a local Act of Parlia ment, to restrain them from affixing the corporate seal of the company to an application to Parliament for the conversion of a portion of the railway into a canal. In the present case they were then to denounce wanton violation on the part of the directors. In the case to which he was referring the governing body of the com pany were made defendants in the suit. On that occa sion his Honour granted the injunction, and the directors subsequently compromised with the company. It hafl been contended by his Learned Friend (Mr. Stuart) that, if they restrained these directors from acting, they would put a violent end to the constitution of the company. As one argument used by his Learned Friend on the other side was at direct variance with the bill, so the other argument was at variance with the Act of Parliament. The Act permitted that the number of the directors might be reduced to six. Here then were eighteen directors, of whom twelve were malignants, and the remaining six alone were those of the body who wanted to carry into effect the views of the company, The ground for the interference of this Court was twofold. In the first place, the directors wanted to effect that which was subversive of the Act of Parliament, and they had determined, in order to achieve that, to com mit a further violation of that Act, having refused to go out of office. If this latter were to be allowed, it would tend to make the directors a governing body. The case of the Attorney-General v. Wilson, upon which his friends on the other side relied so much, by no means supported their case. All the cases on the subject went to establish the principle, that any indivi dual member of the company, whether of the body of directors or of the shareholders, had a right to come to that court and complain of the conduct of the directors, when the latter attempted to apply the funds of the company to any object other than that for which it was established. So much for that part of his Learned Friend's arguments. He came to the construction that was put upon the word "year." Ile certainly admired the ingenuity to which this word had given birth. The word year, it was said, was used in two senses. In one it was a year of our Lord, in the other twenty months. In the 13th section of the Act, if his Honour adopted the construction of his Learned Friends, he would be giving the world anither year of tour, eight, twelve, or sixteen months, commencinz at the expiration of a certain term, which, however well understood in an Act of Parliament, was certainly unknown to any chro nologists. He conceived that these arguments could not be seriously met by arguments, because they proceeded on that which was an utter annihilation of all argument whatever, namely, that they should not take words in their common and plain signification. At the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's address the Court rose. The case was adjourned till the 13th inst. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir J. WIGRA.M.) SMITH V. THE SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Mr. IVALFoRD moved for an ex parte injuaction against the above-mentioned railway company, under the following circumstances :—ln 1845 the company obtained an Act of Parliament empowering them to ex tend their line of railway from Nine Elms to Hunger . . ford-bridge ; and in carrying their scheme into execu tion they required the land upon which stands the plaintiff's brewery. Mr. Smith offered some resistance to this demand ; a negotiation followed, and was ter minated by the cession to the company of a portion of the property. In 1846 the company, desirous of further extending their line, and of carrying it to London bridge, procured another Act, which invested them with the usual powers for effecting their object, but the plaintiff's land was not included in the Act, er affected by its provisions. Last July, Mr. Smith was served with a notice by the company, informing him that they required his brewery, and that they intended taking it pursuant to the powers conferred upon them by the Act of 1845. Another and similar notice was also served upon him in November last, and finally he received an intimation last Saturday, that a jury would on that day week be empannelled to assess the value of his property, which the company proposed taking. Mr. Smith thereupon filed his bill, stating among other things that the land, if required at all, is not re quired for the purposes of the Act of 1845, but for those of 1846, under which, as before stated, the company had no authority whatever to interfere with the land, and praying an injunction to restrain their threatened pro ceedings of next Saturday. The plaintiff also stated that he had been informed that what the company really wanted his land for was to form upon it a terminal station for the several great railways whose metropolitan termini are on the southern bank of the Thames. His HONOUR refused the injunction, on the ground that if the company had no authority to take the plaintiff's property. their Ittimniculing a. jury to anw.osa. value we. 6 an idle act, which could not injure him; and if they had such authority he could not interfere. He gave the plaintiff leave, however, to renew his application on Sa turday next, giving, the company notice of his intention. SHERIFFS' COURT, April 1. (Before Mr. Under-Sheriff BURCIiELL.) STEPHENS v. DUNN. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 141. 7s. 7d., for the balance of rent for a house. The defendant pleaded that he was not indebted, but did not appear. Mr. THOMAS appeared for the plaintiff, and said that he should call the plaintiff's solicitor, to prove that the defendant had occupied the premises in question for two years, and the present claim was for a balance. Mr. Blackmore, the plaintiff's solicitor, was called, and proved the occupation of the premises by the defendant, who had admitted it, and his only excuse was that he had left fixtures enough on the premises to pay the rent. The jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. SIMPSON U. CHEESEWRIGHT.—THE CLOCK ♦ND WATCH TRADE. This was an action to recover the sum of 8/. 4s. 6d. for a clock and for repairs of a watch. The defendant had paid 5/. 156. into court as the value of the work. Abram Smith, a watchmaker, was called. He had seen the dial, which was an eight-day clock. In his opinion six guineas was a very fair charge. and if the name had been nut on it, it would have fetched 21. more. The watch had been repaired; there had been a new verge, balance wheel, Wane , : wheel pinion, pivots, and main-spring, &c. He thought the charge 11. 18s. 6d. fair and reasonable. The watch was an old one, but it wai a better one than many new ones. He thought the market value of the watch was about 21. Rust, a watchmaker, gave similar evidence. Another clock was put in for comparison. Mr. Thomas at first objected, but ultimately said it might be shown to the jury. Mr. GARRY, the defendant's attorney, said that he should call several competent witnesses to show that the work charged had not been done, and that the clock was not worth more than one-half the sum claimed. Louis Keyser, a clock- maker, was called—He said he kept three or four shops. He would make clocks at 31. each if he had an urder for a hundred, but 31. 10s. would pay for a single one. The profit would then be 15s. The verge, charged ss. 6d. for, cost 2d.; perhaps if plaintiff went to a tool shop he gave Is. for it. The work altogether was not worth more than 16s. or 17s. Good American clocks could be had for 30s. They came over at 5.. Gd. each, and sold at 13s. Mr. THOMAS asked the witness whether he was not of the Jewish persuasion? Witaess—Yes; I have that honour. Mr. TEIGMAS—But you wero not sworn on the Old Testament. Witness—W.-11, I did not notice it. Mr. THOMAS—Nor did you take off your hat. Witness—lt is more gentlemanly and respectful to the judge to be uncovered. Mr. THOMAS —I have nothing further to ask you after that. Edward Thompson, clock-maker, of King-street, Bloomsbury, valued the clock at 4/.,and the repairs at 175. Laire, clock-maker, of Bath-street, City-road, con sidered 31. 10s. was a fair price for the clock, and 15s. for the repairs would be sufficient. Mr. THOMAS then addressed the jury, and contended that Keyser was not entitled to credit, after the negligent way he had gone through the form of taking the oath. The UNDER-SHERIFF summed up, and said that the jury would take the witness's manner into consideration, and also weigh his evidence, which went to very great lengths as to value; and all the witnesses appeared to be of opinion that the work charged for as having been done to the watch had been done. The question, therefore, for the jury was, whether the plaintiff eras entitled to a larger amount than 51. 15s. The jury almost immediately gave a verdict for the defendant. ----- --- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 31. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord Chief Justice DaNstax.) lII...LODEN v. BOOTH. This was an action upon a bill of exchange for 501., drawn by a person named Edmund Garbet, and pur porting to be accepted try the defendant, and which was afterwards endorsed through a person named Phillips to the present plaintiff. A number of pleas were put upon the record by the defendant, but the material question involved was, whether or not the acceptance was a forgery ? Mr. M. Chambers, with Mr. Willes, conducted the case for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Shee, with Mr. Petersdorff, appeared for the defendant. Upon the part of the plaintiff the bill in question was produced, and the witnesses, who had had transactions with the defendant and were acquainted with his hand writing, expressed their belief that the acceptance was his ; and one of them also stated, that upon his apply ing to the defendant upon the subject of the bill, he said that it was Garbet's business, and that he bad written to him to tell him to settle it and not defend the action. Mr. Sergeant SHEE, on the part of the defendant, said that the case he was instructed to lay before the jury was, that the acceptance of the bill upon which the pre sent action was brought was not the writing of the de fendant, but that it was, in point of tact, a forgery, and he, therefore, was not liable upon it. A son of the defendant was then examined, and he expressed a positive opinion that the acceptance to the bill was not the handwriting of his father. Mr. Edmund Garbet was the next witness called, and his evidence was of the most extraordinary character. He deposed that he had formerly carried on the pro fession of a solicitor, at Wellington in Salop, and latterly was engaged in the same profession in King William street, in London. He said that he was the drawer of the bill which formed the subject of the action, but the acceptance was not written by the defendant nor by his authority. Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS—He handed the bill to Mr. Phillips in his drawing-room, and at this time the acceptance had been written across the blank stamp, but not by the defendant. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the witness whether he was aware what he was attempting to prove ; and whether they were to understand that he admitted he had nego tiated an instrument which he knew to be a forgery ?-- The witness replied, that the acceptance to the bill was not in the handwriting of Mr. Booth. Mr. CHAMBERS asked, who did write it then ?—The witness said, he should decline to answer the question. In answer to other questiows, the witness said, that when the acceptance was written, another person was present besides himself, but he declined to state who that person was. Mr. CHAMBERS applied to the Court to insist upon the witness answering the question. The LORI) CHIEF JUSTICE asked the witness whether it was to: be understood that either he or the other per son wrote the acceptance to the bill ?—The witness re plied, that it was so. On further cross-examination, the witness said that he was allowed the use of part of an office in King William.. street, where he at present practised as a solicitor, and the bill was drawn up either there or in Old Bond-street. lie also said that he saw the acceptance written, but he did not think it was copied from a genuine Signature of the defendant. The LORD CinEF JUSTICE said, he should insist upon the witness giving the name of the person who wrote the acceptance. hie ' however, still hesitated, and at length said that he had not represented, although another person was present, that this other person wrote the acceptance. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE—Are we to take it that you yourself wrote the acceptance? The witness gave no answer. He was then questioned with regard to other transac tions, and he admitted that the defendant had applied to him, in consequence of reports that were abroad, to know whether he had put his name to any bills, and upon his telling him that he had, he was very angry with him. The witness had, it appeared, been engaged pro fessionally by the defendant. At the close of the examination, his LORDSHIP directed the witness to remain in Court. Several other witnesses were then examined, all of whom stated positively that the acceptance was not the handwriting of the defendant. Mr. CHAMBERS, in his reply upon the evidence for the defence, said he felt compelled to admit that he should not be entitled to a verdict upon the proof of the accept ance being actually written by the defendant; but he called upon the jury, recollecting the extraordinary evi dence given by the witness Garbet, to come to the con clusion—although he had chosen that day to admit that he was guilty of forgery—that, in point of fact, he had the authority of the defendant for putting his name to the bill; and if the jury should be of that opinion, the plaintiff would still be entitled to a verdict. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said that this cause was certainly one of a very extraordinary nature. It appeared to be admitted that the acceptance was not written by the defendant; and the only way, therefore, in which he would be made liable was for the jury to be satisfied that Garbet had put the name upon the bill with his authority. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE then ordered the witness Garbet to stand committed, and he was accordingly placed in the custody of Mr. Keene, the governor of the county gaol. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING-, APRIL 2, 1847. EMIGRATION. A memorial of considerable length, embodying a plan for emigration from Ireland, was presented on Wednes day to the Right Honourable Lord John Russell. The memorial was accompanied by the following letter:— " 14, Park-street, Grosvenor-square, London, March 31, 1347. "My Lord,—We have the honour to present to your Lordship the enclo=ed memorial, with the list of names which we have been authorised to append to it. " The main proposition which it embodies, and to which those who have signed it consider themselves pledged, are -Ist. The necessity of systematic coloniza tion, on a very large scale, from Ireland to Canada, and of the assistance of the State to promote it. 2d. The necessity of making religious provision for the emi grants. 3d. The advantage of enlisting private enter prise, in the form of agency, to carry out the plan; and-4th. A willingness to accept an income and property-tax, for the purpose of defraying the cost of the emigration. "We - hope to procure numerous adhesions to the principle of the memorial, which we will do ourselves the honour of transmitting to your Lor after the Easter holidays, but we have thought it AlliPb respectful to your Lordship to send it to you at once, without waiting for its circulatio n i n I re l an d. " We have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lord ship's very obedient servants, " W. 11. GREGORY, M.P. " M. J. O'CONNELL, M.P. " J. R. GODLEY. " The Right Hon. Lord John Russell." Names authorised to be attached to the accompanying memorial : The Archbishop of Dublin The Marquis of Ormonde The Marquis of Ely The Earl of Devon The Earl of Desart Alex. M'Carthy, Esq., M.P Sir Chas. Coote, Bart., M.P. R. B. Osborne, Esq., M.P. Hon. James Maxwell, M.P. Major Layard, M.P. J. H. Hamilton, Esq., M.P. Hon. S. Spring Rice, M.P. M. J. O'Connell, Esq., M.P. Win. H. Gregory, Esq., M.P. John Robert Godley, Esq. Lord Farnham Lord Jocelyn Sir A. J. Foster, Bart. Colonel Wyndham, ➢I.P. Evelyn J. Shirley, Esq., M.P. Lieut.-Colonel Taylor, M.P. RARA AvIS.—DEA.TII- OF A REAL JIM CROW.— There has resided in a house in Eyemouth for the last three years, a very singular crow, or common rook, which might truly be called the mocking-bird of the poultry-yard, for so exact was he in his imitation of the cries of the various domestic birds with which he asso ciated, that no one could distinguish them from the ori ginals. Many a visitor at his owner's house was startled and amazed at hearing proce€d from below his chair the quack, quack, quack of the duck—cackle, cackle of the hen—the calling together of the chickens—the cooing of the pigeon —and the caw, caw of the crow—when all the time nothing could be seen except the latter-named gentleman in black, sitting with great composure, and evidently much satisfied with his own extraordinary vocal powers. But alas poor fellow, his last act of mimicry cost him his life. ‘V hile imitating the crowing of a cock, a large game bird or that species, either taking it fur a challenge or an insult, or perhaps both, flew upon him, and, strange to t.II, tore out his ►tongue, the offending member of the rook. We need not tell how much his death has been lamented by those wh o knew him and admired his wonderful powers.—B erw i c k Advergiser. MAYO ASSIZES.—INIPORTANT COMIV:ERCIAL CASE. —ln the case of the brig Glasgow, plundered off the coast of Erris of 1,0001. worth of flour, in which the pro prietors sought to have the arn.,unt raised off the barony, a difficulty arose under the words of the statute, as to whether the vessel was in distress at the time of the outrage, the captain having declined to swear that she was in danger, and the Act of Parliament only applied to vessels in di s t ress . M r. Fi tzg ib bon, Q.C„ for the owners, applied to Baron Lefroy to respite the presentment for the opinion of the Judges in Dublin. Mr. Armstrong, Q.C., for the cesepayers, assented to this course; but it having in the progress of the trial of the plunderers of the vessel appeared that she was not in distress, Baron Lefroy told the grand jury not to pass the presentment. The vessel was insured, and the underwriters will be losers to the to extent of 1,0001. by this decision.—Dublin Evening Post. MELANCHOLY CA.SE.--A. young woman, named Elizabeth Isherwood, aged only seventeen, who had lived for the last seven months in the employment of Miss Langsford, milliner and dressmaker, Exeter, was missed from her hotia , J about 11 o'clock on Tuesday morn ing week, and at rine was discovered quite dead in the deep part of the river Exe, just above the Weir Bead. She had been seen by a tailor named Anning to walk in that direc tion on the r,ath by the river side, some time previously ; and be she "vas di scovered by a lady, who happened t P The way with her child, and who gave the &Aim. body being taken out, it was found that life was one beyond the hope of recovery. At tl7‘e inquest, which was held on Wednesday evening, before J. Warren, Esq., the city coroner. Miss Langs ford stated that she knew of no connexion the de ceased could have formed, nor of any circumstance that could lead to the apprehension of her having destroyed herself. She had no acquaintances in Exeter but a respectable family, whom the witness named. During the time she had been in her employment, she had been perfectly correct in her conduct; and "she w indeed indeed an elegant girl, who was fit for any s , -;._:r almost an acquisition to the establishment." r,, his t;(l . 4 : the first time she had ever left the hour:, :' e without the I ( nowledge of her employer ; and her - bser.Ce for some f 4r u kt, th .w T h eas not niitil six hours in the day had excited the 0. alarm,j. of Miss Lange ,c,, ck apprised of her 'utter at the Cumberland ive.,t n r i to ,,jury rearmed a vg r-'' ,A,,..- Tuesda- 7:dct of found drowned.- -- ` 4 .'luk 111, RDER IN Sr. LURE'S.--On ...uke, on the body of a f,„ o . 1 itS found in a -.tess 00l in Bird- Mr j " qua wEts held y adji , urnment, before Read, City-road, St. sort, aged 28 years, wh o , 4 e aarned Elizabtth Richard yard, Whitecrosi street, p Thero considerable marks of violrneleriday last. discovered, and the eireunastanc'eut. the 1 a body when itwere foul play had been used towards stb:-.det a belief twhaast merly cohabited with a man named Eme;""' who for it was stated, she had experienced rnuch'ilflr"lhe constable named Brannon, stated to the jury that - t%, - discovered the man Emery, an inmate of the workhouse had in St. Martin's, Westminster. Ile had been there e r since the 4th instant, and had never left the house for any purpose whatever. The jury then consulted for a short time, and returned an open verdict of " Found dead. The Belgian Chamber of Deputies, at its sitting on Saturday, adopted, by a majority of 59 to 20, the law proposed by the Government for punishing libels by the press upon the King or any of the members of tho Boyal Family. April 1. CROWN SIDE. Francis Elope, William Hill, and James Franhlin, who were convicted on Wednesday for felony, were brought up for judgment. and the prisoner Hope was sentenced to be transported fur seven, and the others for ten years. William Durant, who was also convicted on Wednes day of stealing some property from the palace of his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, at Addington, was likewise brought up, and he was sentenced to ten years' transportation. These prisoners, together with several others, who were under sentence, were then taken back to Kingston gaol, and placed in one of the yards of the prison, and shortly afterwards it was discovered that Durant had contrived by some means to scale the prison wall, and make his escape. He was observed to drop from the wall at the back of the prison, but before an alarm could be raised he was out of sight. MIDLAND CIRCUIT.— Warwick, March 31. Juhn Milward, aged UO, was placed at the bar, chargd with killing and slaying Mary Brown at the Borough of Birmingham. The facts of this case were few, and are soon told. The prisoner on the night in question was at a house of rather questionable reputation; in his company was a young woman with whom he was on intimate terms. On this occasion he was quarrelling with, and threatening her. The deceased, a perfect stranger to the prisoner, came in and interfered in her behalf. Milward swore a dreadful oath at her, and suiting the action to the words, he took a pair of tongs from the fire-place, and gave the deceased a dreadful blow over the head. The prisoner was taken into custody, and had up before the magis trates. The deceased's depositions having been taken, the witnesses were bound over to appear against him for the assault. On Mary Brown returning home, she was t Akon ill, and died. A true bill for murder was found against him by the grand jury, and he was now put upon his trial for that crime. The jury found him Guilty of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and hard labour. John Baytown, aged 37, pleaded Guilty to a charge of embezzlement, preferred against him by his master, Stephen Lewis. There were as many as nine indictments against this individual, but having pleaded Guilty as to one, the others were not proceeded with. The Nisi Prius business finished about one o'clock. Mr. Baron Parke then assisted his brother judge in dis posing of some of the criminal business. Mr. White hurst and Mr. llumfrey also lent their aid, by which means the business of this assize and circuit was brought to a close about one o'clock this day (Thursday). IV ORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpool, March 31. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON.) Michael Seabright Fitzgerald, aged 28, and John Richardson, aged 22, were indicted for obtaining by false pretences, 4671., with intent to defraud the employers of the former, Messrs. Barbour Brothers, merchants and commission agents, at Manchester. It appeared in evidence that the prosecutors had be come indebted for goods to Langworthy Brothers, manu facturers, at Salford, and that it was the custom of the former, when payments became due to them, to send the creditor what is called a " payment note," contain ing a request that if the amount be found correct, it shoukl be returned, on doing which the amount would be paid. Fitzgerald, from his employment, knowing this custom, and the debt to Langworthy, made out (it was supposed, for the note was not forthcoming,) a note for the amount, and got Richardson to present it, as from Messrs. Langworthy to the prosecutors, who, on his doing so, gave him a cheque for the amount, he giving a receipt in the name of " John Smith." The prisoners divided the money which they got for the cheque, that is, four 1001. notes, and 671. in gold, and, as is usual in such cases, commenced a course of the most reckless extravagance, buying clothes and jewellery, treating companions, and going from place to place—Liverpool, Bristol, London, &c., till all the money was spent. The case was clearly proved against them, and the jury found them both Guilty, but recommended Richard son to mercy, in which the prosecutor joined. It was stated also, to obtain a lenient sentence, that his friends would provide him the means of retrieving his character in a distant land. Ile was simply, they said, and had been made the tool of by Fitzgerald. His LORDSHIP said it did not look as if he were a mere tool—a tool would not probably have got half the spoil. He added, it was a very bad case, but he thought the prosecutors were not free from blame—the system of payment notes was a bad one, and gave facility for the fraud. He then sentenced Fitzgerald to be imprisoned with hard labour two years, and Richardson one year, adding, that if his friends wished to send him abroad, they might apply to the Government, and he would not throw any obstacle in their way. Maria O'Neil, aged 20, was indicted for cutting and stabbin Mary Ann WCumskey, to at Liverpool, on the sth ofJa g n uary last, with intent do her grievous bodily harm. The prosecutrix and the prisoner were both of the class termed unfortunate, and lived in the same house in Williamson-square. On the night mentioned they had been at the theatre, and drinking a good deal, aid an altercation had arisen between them during the evening. After midnight the prisoner went to her bed-room, and had with her a pointed carving-knife, for the purpose (as she alleged in her defence) of cutting open her boot. The prosecutrix went up to the same room, in order, as she said, to get her night-dress, when the quarrel re commenced, and the prisoner attempted to strike her with the knife. She seized it, but the prisoner kept hold of the handle, drew the blade through and cut her hand, and then three times stabbed her in the body. For tunately, the wounds she inflicted were not serious, but sufficient to satisfy the law of the case, and they would probably have proved fatal but for the protection of her dress. The jury found her Guilty, but recommended her to mercy. His LORDSHIP asked her who she was, what she had been, and how long she had been pursuing the vicious life she now led ?—ln answer, she said she was from Westmeath, in Ireland, but that she had lived in London from her childhood, till she fell into her present way of life, nine moaths ago, when she came to Liverpool. She had up to that time been a lady's maid. His LORDSIIP asked the prisoner with whom she had lived, but she declined stating that in public. lie told her that his object was to rescue her, if he could, from her present degraded life, and she consented to give the information in private. His Lordship then passed sentence on her of two years' imprisonment, tell ing her that he would examine into her case, and pro cure her, if possible, a way to recover the position from which she had fallen. Michael Bird, an elderly man, a carter, was indicted for the manslaughter of Mary Ann Meldon, at Liverpool, en the 7th of January last. The prisoner on the day in question had the care of a horse and carriage called " a float," which is a heavy vehicle running within six inches of the ground, pro jecting very much behind, and in length altovther about twenty-one feet. This unwieldy thing he was ia the act of turning in a street in this town only seventeen feet wide i❑ the carriage way, and four feet footpath. Just at that moment the deceased, a child five years old, and her little brother, two years old, had come out of their owa house to go to school, and as the tail projected over the path in turning, it knocked down both the children, and crushed her against a step, rupturing, as the surgeon stated, a vessel in the abdomen, of which she died four hours after the injury. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, on which his Lordship, taking into consideration the good character of the prisoner, the recommendation of the jury and prosecutor, and that the prisoner had already been in custody twelve weeks, thought it would justify him in passing a light sentence, and therefore sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned a fortnight. William Warbrick, iiged 34, was indicted for the man slaughter of John Ryder, at Liverpool, on the 7th February last. John Ryder, aged 14, on Sunday, the 7th February, and three other boys of the same age, were in a boat in the basin of the Clarence Dock, when the prisoner, being on duty as a policeman, ordered them to come out. They took no notice, and he took up a piece of brick, about the size of an egg, and threw it at them. It struck the deceased (who had a cap on) on the crown of the head, and inflicted a wound, which bled, but he did not fall down. Ile complained that he was dizzy, and he IN as taken to the dispensary to have it dressed. On the 19th he became an in-patient, and soon after his admission mortification set in, and he died on the 14th March. The wound was no doubt the cause of death. Mr. Baron ALDERSON, in the first instance, considered it a question for the jury whether or not death had re sulted from the negligence of the prisoner or from the negligence of the deceased, but on the case of Rex v. Holland, 2 Moody and Robinson, being called to his at tention, he finally directed the jury, that as the throw ing of the stone was an unlawful act, the question of negligence did not arise, and they must find the prisoner guilty, if they were satisfied that the prisoner threw the stone and caused the wound, and that death resulted from the wound. The jury accordingly found him Guilty. The prisoner declared that in the throwing the stone he had mo intention to strike any of the boys, but only to splash them, to make them come out of the boat. lie received a good character, and the jury recom mended him to mf-rcy. His LORDSHIP fined him a shilling, and ordered him to be discharged. POLICE; INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Mendel Peisor, a German, who keeps a coffee and eating house, at No. 5, Hutchinson-street, lloundsditch, appiared before the Lord Mayor to answer the com plaint of Inspector Fosberry, of the city police, who charged him with having allowed gambling in his house. The Inspector stated that on Tuesday, the 23d March, at half-past 11 o'clock at night, he went, in consequence of information, to the house of the defendant, which was within a few yards of that of Myres, who was con victed a few days ago of having allowed persons to play at 'lizard on his premises. He gained admittance at the side-door, and found two persons playing cards at a table, upon which were lying some halfpence. There were four men in the room, and an attempt was made to conceal the cards, and the halfpence were taken up by one of the party. The defendant said that the gentlemen were only playing for two cups of coffee, and that he never per mitted gambling for money in his house. The LORD MAYOR stated that the defendant had con victed himself by acknowledging that in his house, in which refreshments were supplied to the public, he had allowed cards to be played. A city policeman said, that during the last four months he had known the defendant, and that frequently in the course of that time he had know❑ that disturbances both within and without the doors took place in conse quence of the gambling which was carried on in the house. The persons who played, were generally shoe mrkers, tailors, and poor foreigners. The gambling was carried on ail night. The LORD MAYOR commended the vigilance of the In spector, and said that the numerous complaints which had been made at the Mansion House, by the parents of young fellows who were encouraged to gamble in such houses, determined him to punish every delinquent pro prietor who should be charged before him with having violated so necessary a law. The defendant was then convicted in the penalty of forty shillings. GUILDHALL. Alfred Wilbeani, otherwise John Brown, was brought before Mr. Alderman Wood, charged with uttering a forged bill of exchange for 5001., whereby he and others defrauded Messrs. Fuller and Co., the bankers, of that amount. Mr. Taylor, a solicitor, attended on behalf of the pro secutors. It may be remembered, that about the end of last year a forged bill, purporting to be accepted by Mr. Ohrly, retired merchant, residing at Hackney, was paid by Messrs. Fuller, but they were not aware they had been defrauded till the 6th of February, when a policeman brought in a man named Nicholas Kerp, a foreigner, and said he had been given in charge by a person then present, a Polish refugee named Alexander, for can mitting a forgery upon them. Alexander gave such a minute description of the bill, that the clerks readily traced it. Kerp was therefore given in charge, and on the way to the station-house Alexander disappeared, his name and address being unknown. The charge against Kerp was, however, complete without his aid, Mr. Ohrly proving that the acceptance was forged, Messrs. Fuller proving that they paid the bill, giving four 1001. notes and two 501. notes to the person who presented it, but whose appearance they had no recollection of. It was shown that Kerp changed the 1001. notes on the same day at the Bank of England, where the clerks were so cautious that they sent to Fuller's before they cashed the note, and were told it was all correct. Subsequently Alexander was apprehended for stealing a marked halt crown at a house to which he was admitted in the cha racter of a teacher of languages. He was recognised as the mvsteri Ala accuser of Kerp, and was detained on a second charge of being concerned in the forgery; the suspicions of the police resting on the minuteness with which he was able to describe the forged bill, and on his disappearing as if in dread of some counter-statement from Kerp, who can speak very little English. In the examination of Kerp, it also appeared that he had, on the day the forged bill was presented (and in order, it was supposed, that he might present it), caused a very shabbily-dressed man named Brown to be rigged out in an entire new suit, This Brown the police were unable to trace till Wednesday afternoon, when he was appre hended by two City policemen, named Edwards and Speck, and he was now placed at the bar. Messrs. Fuller proved the payment of the bill, and Mr. Ohrly proved the acceptance to be forged, as in the evi dence against Kerp. The officer Edwards repeated the evidence he had given before. He was standing near the Auction-mart, when Alexander, who was standing with Wilbeam alias Brown and Kerp, beckoned him across the way with his umbrella. Kerp instantly ran off, but Alexander called out to stop him, and he was soon overtaken. Alexander then gave charge of Brown and Kerp for forgery. On the way to the station Alexander and Brown talked in a foreign language, and Alexander withdrew the charge as to him. The officer, nevertheless, requested him to come on to the station, but ho slipped away at the top of Coleman-street. Alexander's charge against Kerp was so vague that the inspector could make nothing of it, and he therefore sent the officer with Kerp and Alex ander to the bankers, to see if they could make out any specific case. Here Alexander entered into further par ticulars. Kerp was given in c har g e, and Alexander contrived to slip off. The officer said he apprehended Brown on Wednesday a fternoon at the Victoria Coffee house, x)eria in Little Queen - st reet, Holborn.reminded the prisoner of what had occurred by A o n i e x the an 6 d L e h r of andaped ese February when he was given in char g e on the way to the station, and he told the prisoner he must now comp with him. In walking along Holborn the prisoner stated, voluntarily, that he was the person who uttered the forged bill, which Alexander had given to him. He received four 1001. notes and two 501. notes at the banker's, and gave them to Alexander. He was to have 254 for his trouble. He asked the prisoner if he knew anything about Sir James Beckingham's book. The prisoner said he did; he got it from Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co.'s. The prisoner said the officer was mistaken as to what ho said about 251. He did not think he told him that. Mr. Alderman WOOD said it was not proposed by Mr. Taylor to proceed any farther with the examination then than to lay a ground for his detention. That had been sufficiently done, and he would therefore remand him. The prisoner was remanded till Monday. CLERKENWELL. Edward Lee alias Edward Gilbard and Mary Lee were finally examined, charged by Mr. W. Carr, brush maker, of Blue Anchor-alley, St. Luke's, with having been coecerned in stealing a quantity of horse-hair, &c. The female prisoner was in the habit of calling at the shop of the prosecutor to make purchases of hair, &c., and being suspected of various robberies, a watch was set upon her. On Friday evening last she paid a visit to purchase some trifling article, when she was seen to take a bundle of horse-hair. She was followed until she joined the male prisoner, who asked her " What she had got?" She replied, " Another bundle." Sergeant Brennan took them into custody, when the man resisted and made his escape. The woman was taken to the station-house, and the man was subsequently appre hended. The prisoners said nothing in their defence, and they were fully committed for trial. William Wilson, John-street, Wilmington-square, was charged with having cruelly ill-treated a cat. It appeared that the defendant felt aggrieved at the cat having attempted to destroy his Canary birds, whey he beat her most shockingly with a clothes-pole, and it shortly afterwards died of the injuries inflicted. Mrs. Wilson, the owner, gave information to the So ciety for the Suppression of Cruelty to Animals, and the present proceedings were instituted. Mr. GREENWOOD decided that a cat came within the meaning of the Act of Parliament as a " domesticated animal," and he convicted the defendant in the penalty of 75., or five days' imprisonment. LAMBETH. David Aheron, an Irishman, upwards of sixty years of age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Norton, for final examination, on a charge of bigamy. Mr. Roberts attended fur the prosecution, and Mr. Games for the defence. The first witness called was Timothy Aheron, the brother of the prisoner, who deposed that in the year 1823 ho was present at the marriage of his brother with a young female named Ann Fitzpatrick, at Kensington Church. The prisoner, after that marriage, lived with his wife, next door to him, for about two or three years, when they separated, and after this the prisoner went to live with Catherine Joyce, then present. -The prisoner and Joyce lived together for some time before he (wit ness) became aware of their marriage, and when he was told of it by Joyce, he said, " a pretty job you have made of it with a married man." Joyce then replied, " Married or single, the job is now done." At this time the prisoner's first wife was alive, and he recollected her dying some years afterwards, when he attended her funeral. In reply to the questions of Mr. Games, the witness said that the woman Joyce was perfectly well aware that the prisoner was a married man when she married him, as several members of his family, as well as himself, bad told her. Mrs. Catherine Joyce, alias Regan, deposed that in the year 1828 the prisoner visited her as a single man, and made a proposal of marriage to her, which she accepted, and they were married at the parish church of St. Mar tin's-in the Fields, on the 12th of October in the same year. Soon after he commenced to ill-use her, and scarcely allowed her the common necessaries of life, and on one occasion he was committed from Bow-street for a month, for ill-treating her. He had also deserted his home two or three times before he finally left her. Be fore going away he had nearly starved her. Cross-examined by Mr. Gemes—Had not been told by the last witness or any of his family, that the pri soner was a married man, before she had gone to St. Martin's Church with him. She was aware that he had lived with a female, as he (the prisoner) had told her so himself. He had also told her that the female was married, and that her husband, who was a soldier, had come and took her away from him. Her name at the time of her marriage with the prisoner, was Regan, and she was a widow ; but the prisoner, in putting up the banns, had given her maiden name. Other evidence having been adduced, The prisoner was then fully committed to take his trial on the charge of marrying Catherine Joyce alias Regan, his former wifo Ann, being living at the time ; and the evidence of the third wife, Mrs. Craddick, was also taken, and she was bound over as a witness in the case. A GOOD YANKEE STORY. The New Orleans Picayune relates the following:— " There was fun as well as fighting there in the neigh bourhood of the Rio Grande last summer; and a Yankee in that section, albeit a tolerably shrewd specimen of the genus, got fire in the rear' which raked down and demolished the best calculations ever made for a small fortune, and, at the same time, raised a laugh which filled the adjoining chapparal for a mile in every direction. " Water was scarce, during the heat of the summer, at Brazos Island, and the liquor not so plentiful, at times, as the necessities of the sojourners required. It was at one of these thirsty seasons that our Yankee, by some hook or crook, got hold of a barrel of tolerably fair cider, and with this small stock-in-trade he at once set up' business. To make and scrape together a parcel of boards and odd bits of canvas, enough to build a 03E41 shanty, was the work of but a short hour. To set his barrel upon a couple of skids in the back part of the tent, to tap it, and to commence retailing the cider, at a dime a glass, occupied but a short time more. Customers flocked in by dozens: the cider went off at rapid rate; and the Yankee was making his eternal fortin' at a stride that would have elated John Jacob Astor in his early days. Some of his patrons corn. plained that a dime a glass for cider, which was not worth more than two dollars a barrel at the outside, was an outrageous price; but the times were hard, the re" tailer's conscience easy, he had all the cider in the mar ket, and could not afford to sell any cheaper. " This state of things went on for an entire day, the Yankee's quarters being beset by throngs of patrons. On the following morning, and before the cider was yet half sold, they began to thin off gradually, and by the middle of the afternoon it was only now and then e straggling stranger that visited the shade and cider 0e the retailer. What was the matter? What had caused this sudden falling off of custom? The reader will soon see. " Towards night a new face appeared in the shantio and called for a glass of cider. It was drawn, swill; lowed, and the customer took out his purse and inquire' the price? One dime,' said the Yankee. One what ,' retorted the customer. One dime,' coolly replied the Yankee. Why I can get just as good cider here at fire, cents a glass,' snarled the customer. N-o y-o-u c-a-n•tt, drawled the Yankee; there stint a pint of cider, 'eeP what I've got in that 'ere barril, this side of Orleans' I'm darn'd if there is.' I know better,' ejaculated th e customer t artly, I bought a glass of cider, not two hours ago, and only paid five cents for it." I'd like to knoll where you effected that small transaction,' queried the Yankee. Right round here,' was the answer. I Woe ° it was right round here.' Right round where, I'd Jilt ° to know?' continued the cider vender. Why, close by here, somewhere; just back of your place,' returned the customer. 'l'll beat you to drinks you didn't,' spoke Or, the Yankee, and we'll go right round and see.' Donei said the customer; and off they started. " Sure enough, right round here' they found another, cider establishment in full blast. A second Yankee had rigged a small shade in the rear of the first Yankee 'l shanty, had tapped the other end of the latter's barre of cider through a board, and was retailing it at fie cents a glass to a perfect rush of customers. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 1. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—There has scarcely been anything doing 11 1 4 1 • Share Market to-day ; tl,c stocks offered consisted of London Manchester and Leeds, Caledonian, Fleetwood, Preston, and Si Riding, and Buckingham, and the market closed flat, very fewste e o , having changed hands. The sales arc —Ambergate, Notting:l,lw Boston, and Eastern Junction, % dis. ex int.—Birkenhead, shire, and Cheshire, par—Birmingham and Oxford, 8% p.- --15 ' d - 0 0 inghamshire, % p.—Edinhurgh and Glasgow, Halves, 9% p.-I"°., --- and North-Western, 176—Ditto, 401. hares (L. and M.), 27 . Ditto, Quarters, New, 10% p.—London, Manchester, and 8irM19,.„. ham, Quarters (A), 6% p.—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 5 F; n d Manchester and Southampton, % dis. — Manchester , Shetlleld• 00. Lincoln, Quarters, 1% dis.—Midland Stock, 116—Ditto, Nevv• .„ e r. 9d. p.—Ditto (Birmingham and Derby) , 91— Newc astle and .+:4), wick, New, 3% p.—North Union (A), 150— Preston and Wy re, —Shrewsbury and Hereford, 18s. 90. ills. —Shrewsbury and, vdis. mlngliam (B), par—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% —South-Eastern and Dover, 36 1 ,, ex. div.—Ditto, No. 4, Thirds , 9d. p.—Wharfdale, dig. MANCHESTER, Aram 1. STOCK EXCRANGE. - The sales are-Arnbergatc, Nottinghatm Boston, %-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, -Blackburn, Clitheroe. and North-Western, Preterentials, 9'16 h East Lancashire (late B. and P.), New Serip, 1 3-16- Edinl) 3l ",,g and Glasgow, Quarters, 1716-Fleetwood, Preston, and West Bi d " . .. Junction, 3-16 c.-Great Northern, lA-Huddersfield and Mancli,e:„.4 ter Railway and Canal, Thirds, N. c.-Leeds and Thirsk, Ditto, Preferentials, 1% c.-Manchester and Leeds, Fifths , 4 7,,), Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Sheffield and Lincolash.r`a, 1 13-16-Manchester and Southampton, 13s. 9d.-North Stair°.„r shire, 3-Shropshire Union , 1 -South Yorkshire, Doncaster, "- Goole, 1-16 p.-Wharfdale (late North-Eastern), %. LEEDS, APRIL 1. STOCK EKCIIANGE.-The sales are-Eastern Counties, York ,s') tension, 10s. dis. - East Lanc ashire, New, 20s. p.-Ditto, New (scr.'l; 245.6 d. p.-Great Northern 4 s. dis. -Leeds and Thlrsk, New, 155%, ^ : dis.-Ditto, Preference, 27i. p.-London, Brighton, and South Co m Fifteenths, 3s. Gd. p.-Manchester and Le eds, 321. Shares (late PI; tension), 21. 12s. p.-Ditto, West Riding Union , 31s. Gd. p .-50 %. British, Extension (scrip), 13s. p.-Northern Counties Union, 1 44, -North-Western, 2s. 6d. dis.-Sheffield, Rotherham , and Goole, ' 60. dis.-Wharfdale Junction, 3s. Gd. dis. GLASGOW, Menai 31. 10 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 27%-Calecloll,e, and Dumbartonshire, 425.-Direct Northern (scrip) , 502.-IMP", and Northern Junction, 455. 6d.-Dundee and Perth, New, IA 4 East Indian, Bs.-East Lothian Central, 60s. 6d.-Edinburgh Glasgow, 71%-Eclinburgh Leith, and Granton , Quarters, 15s. G -Edinburgh and Northern, 16R -Ditto, New, 82s. 6d.-Edlnbol i , and Perth (New Co.), 590. -Glasgow General Terminus, 13- 6 , 1 0 , row, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 37% -Ditto, Halves, No. 2, 81. - G . gew, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 51. 175.-Great North of Scotia n 555.-Kilmarnock and Ayr Direct, 405.-Manchester and Southall); ton, 295. 90.-North British, Thirds, 715.-Scottish Grand Jtuictio 22s. -Stirling and Dunfermline, 82s. Gd. To THE LADIES.—The high and universal al o e ' brity which R owland's Kal y dor cont i nues to mainta in, 45 ho ac tive yet mild and soothing extirpator of all impurities oft d. skin, is, during the period of spring, most pleasingly evin ee ;,. This preparation, eminently bals am i c , restora ti ve , and irl v f ,"r gorating, is equally celebrated for safety in application , as p , unfailing efficacy in removi ng a ll i mpur iti es a nd discolor ( tions ; and imparting a h ea lth y f res h ness an d t ran sparence, the skin and c o mpl ex i on . I ts un i versa ll y grea t demand e , h o cites the cupidity of unprincipled shopkeepers, who give et title of " Kalyd or " t o compounds of their own manufaettl"o; of the most d e let er i ous character, containing mineral as tr ',. L . gents utterly ruinous to the complexion , and , by their re ro lent action, endanger health. It is therefore imperative vo purchasers to see that the words " Rowland's Kalydor" are ° the wrapper. All others are fraudulent counterfeits. o f [ADVERTISEMENT.] — The Registered Paletot oc Llama cloth, the most fashionable coat for both the preleste a nd approaching seasons, still retains the same inoarPor, price, which, with its usefulness and gentlemanly APP ° OO ance, has secured such general popularity. It has bees, l9 .oo by special command for their Royal Highnesses Igo. Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington , and t he se Cp l! royal visitors to the British Court. In Lond on it can o c. o' t be purchased of the pa t entees, H. J. and D. Nicol l, ,_ for tailors, 114, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill. is Liverpool, Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street ,• for Dublin, ura Macdona, Molesworth - street ; for Birmingham Wareing 8 1 ,, 11 , Son, New-street ; for Edinburgh , Christie and' Son, Genre street ; and the principal tailors in other large towns. 4 [ADVERTISEDIENT.]—A DISEASED KNEE.—A DERFUL CUBE BY HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND PILLS.—John T o il aged 19, of Kinnegs, parish of Longhall, near Armagh, was s e : - 01l with a pain in his knee, which lasted for three months, and commenced to swell; six months afterwards, it broke out io cr i dreadful wound, and discharged for twelvemonths, althoug l op remedy was used that medical men could devise, both ac4ol county infirmary and local dispensary, yet no appearancej of Inquil presented itself, until his fattier purchased some of liollowaY and Ointment, which soon effected a sound cure. No WOands , or ulcers, however long standing, can resist the proper use I v oifi fine medicines. Sold by all druggists, and at Pro lessor now establishment, 244, Strard. Lordoa- BIRTHS. On the 28th ult., at Dorking, Surrey, the wife of Ric lol Clapton, Esq., of a daughter. r, On the 29th ult., at Lee, the wife of Dr. Robertson, D. of a daughter. Gra On the 30th ult., at Liverpool, the lady of Capta in Staff Officer, of a son. On the 30th ult., at Lorn-road, North Brixton, MO* a, Stephens, of a son. • of On the 30th ult., at Queen's-road, Dalston , th e wife J. D. Jones, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. pelf On the 31st ult., at North Brixton, Mrs. A. H. C oo p er, of On son.Kif 6 the 31st ult., in Stanhope - place, llyde - park , the of David Burton, jun., Esq., of a daughter .11AKEIED. r 4 On the 30th ult., at St. M ary's Cheltenham Ilungerff Boddam, son of the late R. H. Boddam, ' Esq., Bengal ,° • 1; 1 0 Service, to Grace Savage, youngest daughter of the late 4 Haliday Martin, Esq. On Wednesday, the 31st DIED. ult., aged 51, after a short br''ti: severe illness, mu ch respected by all who knew her, S 3 the wife of Air. George Prickett, of Highgate, surveyor. 04 On the 31st ult., in Grosve n o r-street, the Lord SAY° $ Sele, aged 49. A Vicar On the 24th ult., the Rev. William Atkinson, of Canewdon, aged 81. reC On the 29th ult. at Hoo Rivenhall, Essex , 2 .' B ' l ' 4 Louisa, the wife of Edmund East, Esq., aged 59. liter of d ie : On the 29th ult., at Bath, Jane Arabella, daug late Rev. Gilbert Jackson, D.D. rthatl e° On the 30th alt., at the Grange-road, Bermondsey', Ch Edmonds, Esq., aged 60. On the 31st ult.ohn Saer P, E On the 31st ult. , , J John Pl y owman, oulter Esq., s late of York-r°l'l' Kennington, aged 62. Xl4• - 140. !IA • London: Printed and Published by MUBDO YOTTlia. 0 p ro ap.‘ Strand, Printer, at The Sun Offic e, No. lie, Strand, in the 1 47, of tlio Strroy • to tat Gowit7 of bfiddlotex, Vida, Arril