The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1848,

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were concerned. The committee proposed to issue tracts.
and by that means to enlighten the shopkeepers as tooi thteat
party known by the name of chartist. (Hesr.) He pnd
'oat the dependence of the shopkeepen uponthe workingmen,
I and contended that the trades unions were as much emitted
to • fair rerew ntation in the House of Commis's' as any
other pp ortion of the community. Mr Bright told them that
he w:sh, d liberty to be free. So did he ; but it never would
be free unless an alteration in the representation was effected.
Mr. Bright was for a real and not • sham representation;
and be (hem.airmao was glad the bon. member went thus
tar with the Mr. Bright objected to boards of trade; but
that gentleman would see the necessity of them, if he bad
had much experience amongst the working men. Mn
to str. Parkeep
r
then pointed out the necessity foe some organisatio
in where the employer attempts to reduce the wage took
s of his
workmen. lie alluded to the " cheap dealers," who
advantage of the surplus labour always in the market, and
contended that the existence of such unprincipled people at
once pointed out the necessity for the working manta protect
himself by means of trades unions. The disputes between
masters and men, be said, were referred to the arbitration of
a board, composed partly of employers and employed. But
the decisions come to by such boards were of little avail, un-
less they had the force of law to back the m.
would do
pleased, whilst there also existed philanthropiats desirous of
giving the beet wagesthat they were able. Mr. Bright had
• perfeet right to enjoy his own opinion, but he diffeied
strongly with him. In reference tO the Ten Hours Bill he
also differed in opinion with the hon.-member for Man-
chester. He considered that, with an increase of mechanical .
power, which unfortunately threw a greater amou
plea labour into the market, it was absolutely necessary that
there should be some restriction in the hours of labour; and
not only ought every working man and woman inthe country
to have an opportunity of earning their bread by the sweat
of their brow, but they ought also to have the means of Li
1 proving their minds. Much had been said about the me
tional petitioe. lie believed that it had been univer-
sally signed by the adelt population of this country.
'III i confessed most candidly that he bad n confidence
lin the presint whig got ernment, believing that it would
resort to any dirty means to prevent the working classes
from being represented. He had no faith in the committee
appointed to count the names attached to the national peti-
tion ; and he recommended that every man who conceived be
was entitled to • vote should draw up his own petition, and
send it to the house. Speaking of the national convention,
he said that he could not approve of the course taken by
certain members. He thought that a body of men assembled
together for the purpose of petitioning against a grievance
ought not to assume the position of braggarts. He was
very happy to hear the report, and he believed it to be true,
that Mr. Milner Gibson had found it necessary to secede
from the peewit bad whig government. Even the Vice-
President of the Board of Frade would not accede to thement,
ir bad ,
measures. There was now a screw lone in tbe goeernl
and he trusted that the day was not far distant when Lord 1
John Russell would be sent to the right-about, and a govern- I
meet established that would enfranchise the working
classes. Then 'his country would be in as safe and pros-
perous a condition as it ever was, ass' there would be no
need for special constables. (Cheers.) The Secretary read
a report containing a few leading propositions for the cresol
union of the society. The first was that the society should
be called by the name of the "Northern Trades Association
for obtaining Political and Social Reforms."—This proposi-
tion having been moved and seeoneed, Mr. Teer explained
that the meson why the committee had selected the name
was because it was of a general nature, and the association
would include not only Manchester, but all other towns in
Lancashire. He spoke with pride of the working men of
Lancashire, many of whom had risen to fill high positions;
and he said that the association did not seek to d
commun anything
tnat would be detrimental to any class of the
ti;hl,,,,i
1 They del not intend to take any course which would
I render them amenable to the lens of their country, but
. Y'ii o bws
Ile. i were
'rt. determined,hi tencih beingthey
pwu tetroteo htgiese.,,mraen
meeting,
governed.
gre,t
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mously. The second prope-ition was—" That this smocis-
tion shall be comprised of trades respectively, or individual
members from any trade or profession." It was explained
by the chairman that since the commencement of the move-
I ment many influential individuals if the middle classes had
expressed a desire to contribute toward the objects in which
the delegates were engaged, and without a sim
have
by which such persons could be admitted.—A delegate
from the second organisation of card-grinders and std.
fetters, in rising to move the adaption of this proposition.
I expressed his conviction that many of the middle chines
I were beginning to be brought to a sense of their duty in ea
se-
leemience of the depression of trade. The shopkeepers were
beginning t i find out that an empty tLI on Sa.urday night
made an ugly wife on Sunday morning. (Laughter.)—One
of the deputetion from the bookbinders recoedid the prepo-
sition. He said that the workmen in the trade to which he
relonged were the first to form a society for the limitaltion77B of
the hours of labour. They commenced agitation in ,
and in 1782 five of the society were impeached for conspiracy.
and one of them died in prison. The bookbinders, he said,
were not chartists—they were only for four of the points.
They contended that all men must be educated before
they would be entitled to universal suffrage, and that an-
nual parliaments would cause continual tumult. He
stated that the bookbiuders were but • small hotly.—
A delegate from the powerloom overlookers said that
he disagreed with the statements made by the last speaker,
hut he was glad to hear that the bookbinders were but •
small body. (Laughter.) It was not the fault of the work-
ing men, he contended, that they were not educateded under ;14 SS to
merit the suffrage, but of the system they work
I and they never would have the means of education until
I they got universal suffrage. With regard to ual pee-
-1 'laments, he said, if they had a bad servant would not 12
mouths be long enough for him to be a rogue to them. If
an
,
on the contrary, the man they sent to parliament was
honest man, and did his work well, there would not
be such a terrible hubbub as some imagined when t
election time came round, but ha would be elected
by show of hands. After some remarks from other
delegates, the proposition was unanimously adopted.—
It was then resolved that these who
serenewe anxious to become
members of the association, should py penny as an one
t fee, and a penny a month subscription; and that
another halfpenny per head should be levied, to pay the
debts incurred by the committee.—Mr. Teer moved a vote
of respectful thanks to those members of parliament who op-
posed the hill " fee the security of the crown and govern-
ment" He expressed his belief, that no bill could prevent
the expression of public opinion ' • but it was perfectly right
to prevent the existence of such laws as that introduced by
the government.—A delegate from the smallware weavers
seconded the motion, and it was unanimously agreed to.
The meeting was then adjourned till that day (Tnursday)

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, APILIL 20.
The efforts made at Rome to reconcile the diffe-
rences between the Pope and British government on
the colleges question having proved unsuccessful, I un-
derstand that a clergyman of the diocese of Dublin
—a man of tempetate views and in the confidence of
Archbishop Murray—will proceed immediately to
Rome, furnished with a new set of instructions,
which, I learn, are likely to bring this long litigated
matter to a satisfactory conclusion. II
Lord John Russell's farm re,olution to maintain
the union, and the plaits cone incing arguments with
which that declaration was accompanied, were gene-
rally canvassed to-day. They inspire the friends of
order and progress with confidence, and are likely
to produce a sedative effect on the advocates of civil
commotion and national disaster.
The trials for sedition are progressing. Last even-
ing Mr. Meagher, by his attorney, put himself on the
country, and to-day Mr. Mitchell will do the same.
Another contention has taken place between John
O'Connell and Smith O'Brien, relative to the recent
repeal debate in the Commons; the latter denies that
he had yi,lded the post of seconder to the member for
Longford because he was decidedly adverse to the in
troduetion of the (vies ion at all, whilst the former
acknowledges the error into which he was led by the
London jourhals, persisting, at the same time, in the
policy of his motion.
The landlords of Skibbereen should listen to the
plaint of the her. Mr. Fitzpatrick, well known for
his zeal on behalf of the suffering poor of his parish.
He speak-f again for the first time since the last dread
famine. lie says the present labouring population
of the district consists of 740 families, of whom 100
are permanently employed. If the remaining heads
of families were supplied a ith as much seed potatoes
as would sow half an acre for each, at an estimated
expense of His., much prospective misery would be
averted, and rates diminished, which mast otherwise
be excessive. The land can be obtained with little
difficulty, and the proximity of the parish to the sea
affords great facilities of sea manure. There is no
local answer to the appeal. How differently have
the Kilrnsh landlords behaved, under circumstances
precisely similar. They have contributed funds to
enable the labouring poor to plant potatoes, wisely
considering that one pound so expended saves ten to
the rates.
These districts have already selected their contin-
gents to the council of 300 ; Kilkenny—Templederry,
for North Tipperary—and Killarney. Amongst the
persons nominated, one is Kilkenny and one in Kil-
larney are of the " moral force" order. The others
are, I believe, of the opposite repeal opinion. Mean-
time, the Repeal Association has not yet submitted
the convention act to counsel to ascertain whether it
be practicable to evade its provisions, though it is
bound by resolution so to do ; and cautious men,
knowing that they may be committed without the
power of retractation, are content to avoid the eclat
of election in order to avoid the risk of illegality.
Addresses to the Lord Lieutenant continue to pour
in; the latest is that from the second congregation of
the Presbytery of Dromars, county Down.

iori.msny.
THE CROPS IN CHESHIRE.—We (Stockport Ad-
vertiser, April 21) perceive some efforts are again being
made to get the oat sowing completed ; but a vast extent of
the thin clays are so saturated, that we fear it will take many
days to dry them. Some such lands will probably pass into
fallow for wheat in the ensuing year. The preparation of
turnip land will press close on the heels of the spring corn
sowing, and farmers will, during the next three weeks, have
a most busy time of it. However, the stirring times we live
in have, we perceive, their effect on this class of men, who
formerly were considered somewhat apathetic in character.
We are glad to perceive that the steaming of food for cattle
is aredually gaining ground, even where strong prtjudicee
existed. This, when generally established, will no doubt be
highly beneficial to cattle, and productive of much economy.
LINCOLNSHIRE-
GROSS ABUSE OF CHARITABLE TRUSTS.—We (Lin-
coln Mercury) last week referred to the new scheme which
is about to be propounded for the management of one of the
most extensive and abused charities in this pertof England—
the Bede-haute or Browne's Hospital in Stamford. Is has
been rid th.it no Name attaches to the present patrons, who
are the Rural Dean of Stamford (Dr. Bonney), and the
Vicar of All Sainte' church—that they have merely followed
in the wake of their predecessors, who gradually have intro-
duced the most profligate departure from what must be sup-
posed to be the intention of the benevolent founder (in the
ign of King Richard II l.) The only real exercise of any
thing approacMing to charity which for a long course of year
has resulted from the immense funds at comm md, is the ap-
the
pointment of 12 poor men (generally those who have been
domestic servants of the patrons or their personal friends) to
the receipt of Tis, each per week for their maintenance, and
the slender comfort of a remarkably small apartment in the
hospital for each to sleep in. All the rest of the income has
been absorbed by two clergymen called the warden and the
confrater, and who, besides having comfortable accommo-
dations in the hospital for themselves and their families, base
appropriated the proceeds of not leas than 1,600 scree 01 land,
and of 110 niessuagee, cottages, or tenements, in Stamford
and 23 other towns or villages. The rental of this vast pro-
perty is returned at the incredibly small sum of 5801. a year.
f he property is worth to let fairly, at the present time, at
least 0,0001. a year; and the difference between the rental
aid the actual value has proceeded fieni the abeminab,e
principle of letting the p-operties on lea..a renewable on
the periodical payment of bees—the proceeds of the fines
b. dog divided between the warden and the confrater, the
poor men or " brethren" (as they are called) receiving only
a few shillings en each renewal of a lease. So monstrous an
abuse can scarcely be conceived : and yet there have been
men, and clergymen, who for ages have vindicated it, and
have eaten the spoil which proceeded from it. As an illus-
tration of the plinciple which has prevailed, and still prevails,
we may mention that the Marquis ef Exeter holds one lease
under the hospital, 120 a. 3r. 17p. of land in Pilegate (adja-
oeqt to Burghley Park and very close to Burghley lieuse),
and 4a. 2. 21p. of land in Newbeiro' Fen, at the annual rent
of 381 15s.rfor the whole; in another lease,he holds emeritus.
and 57a. 27p. of land in Barnack and Newborn' Fen, at
the rent of 141. a year ; in a third lease, a messaage and
73a. 2r. 2p. of land at Barnack, at 211. a year ; in a fourth
leer, 13a 3r. of land in Stamford Field, at 41. 10s. a year;
in a fifth, 17a 2r. in the same field, at 41. 10e. a year; is a
sixth, 2,ta. of land in the same field, at 41. 10s. ; and, in 6
i 5
leases, nearly the whole of the property of the Bede-howe s
let in a similar way. It consists of lands and houses in
Stamford, Swayfield, Barwick, Newborn', Stretton, Lob-
thorpe Carle Bythani, North Luffenham, North Wi-
tham, South Witham, Sesetern, Twyford, Berhelm, Deep-
ins Fen, Thurlby, Wilsthorpe, Wothorpe, Easton, Sutton,
St. Edmund's, Carlby, Borodino Tallington, and Warm-
inston. Had this immense estate been honestly ap-
plied to the benefit of the necessitous, It would have
sunported not merely " 12 poor brethren," but nearly
500 such ; and it is with the utmost satisfaction we learn
that at length publiccensure has reached to en* a height
that the abuse win be sustained no longer, and that from
eery shame a new principle of administration is about to be
adapted, sad the direction of the Court of Chancery
be te
the
sought for a proper scheme of applying what will
fours proceeds of the vast estate. The declaration sad
petition tor Burk a asheme, we hare reason to think, will

STATE OP THE COVNTRY.-10 the midst of alarm there is
hope. The Mayo paper of yesterday was most alarming in
its accounta of the condition of that county. That of to-day,
while confirming the accounts of yesterday, affords good
ground for hope that the future will be of 'better promise.
All parties (says the Connaught Ranger), the wealthiest so
well as the humblest, have sedulously engaged in the work
of seed-sowing; and whether we consider the breadth of
oats er of potatoes which will have been committed to the
earth, so much has not been done in any former year. The
wheat brined looks uncommonly healthy. The recent heavy
rain* had some*, oat retardsd planting ; but ins district where
harvest is always late this cannot be of so much account.
The assistant-barrister for the county Limerick deplores
the yet melancholy aspect of social affairs in that lately dis-
turbed di,trict, ot which he finds evidence—strong evidence
it *
than fact that ther are for trial at those sessios ot
fewer 277 prisoners.e The constabulary of the county
Limerick to use number of 800, have vindicated themselves
from the charge that they " fraternised" with the physical
force gentlemen.

SCOTLAND.
The electors of the first municipal ward in Glasgow
met en Tuesday, when the following resolutions were

agreed to :
That we resolve to urge upon tbelegialature the indispensable ne-
meaty of sranttrar an extension of the elective francium, in order to
secure reproteatatives who will honestly strive for large reductions in
the public expenditure, the nivalimtion of twittery and other nens-
sary reforms; and thus prevent, by timely cononion, the fearful
consequences which never fad to accompany deferred conatitu tonal
rights. That we believe the duration of parliament, as it now exist.,
to be too long, and therefore resolve to petition fur the shortening of
its term ; also to have a fair and equal system of electoral distrien, ;
we look upon the present mode to be unfair, as it gives to small
boroughs a preponderance over the large manufacturing cities in this
country.
The judges of the Justiciary Court are at present out
on circuit. Except in Glasgow, the e :lenders are
extremele light. At luverness there were only four
cases, which a single judge disposed of iu one

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.
MEETING or TRADES' DELEGATES AT MANCIIES-
Till.—On 'thureday evening the adjourned meeting of the
trades' delegates wee held at the Railway Inn, Dear:nate ;
Mr. J. W. Parker, ia the chair. A deputation from the
bookbinders' assoctation, the power-loom overlooker's asso-
ciation, and the batten' emaciation were present and re-
quested permission to remain and watch the proceedings,
that they. might report to the bodies to which they belonged.
The Chairman welcomed the deputation, and then proceeded
to read the letter from Mr. John Bright, M.P., who was en-
trusted with presentation of the delegate" petition to parlia-
ment. }teeing real the letter h, stated that similar organisa-
tions to their own were being formed in Stockport and Old-
ham. (Hear.) lie alluded to the national petition, and said
that the committee had hesitated at first as to what coarse they
should pursue ; they considered that whatever might trans-
pire mato( doors it was the duty of every working man to unite
for the purpose of obtaining political power,seeing that without
it they never would be enable& to better their condition. As
the present House of Commons was constituted that party
who reptimeated the commercial industry of this country, and
capital to a certain extent, were overwhelmed by the aris-
tocracy. The votes of Cobden, Bright, Villiers, Bowling,
and Co., were inoperative and useless as fa: so their consti-
tuents were concerned. The country generally would see
that the penult House of Commons stands in the way of
program? consequently it suggested itself to his mind that un-
Imithe intelligence of the middle and working classes wss
brought to bear for the purpose of introducing more democracy
into the Mouse of Commons, we must not expect progress as
far as they (the working men) sad the ecommeneisl capitalists

be introduced to the notice of the Lord Chancellor this
very week.
NORTIIAMPTONsIIIRE.
ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A MAN lAC.—A very de-
plorable case recently Occurred at Easton, near Stamford. A
man named Wilkinson, a labouring plasterer, aged about 45,
in e state of frenzy, made an attempt on the lives of his
two children. The unfortunate man bad been
been for about
eight weeks in a dol9ollaing state, and had regularly
attended by Mr. C. &ammo, surgeon, who finding
and him very
11 &wile, did not consider any restraint necessary, beyordl...
i MIT surveillance, to prevent his making sn attempt on bis
own life. On the day above mentioned Mr. Simpson had
visited him, and found him much as usual ;
w b ut s
absence up
Weirs, Wilkinson took up an instrument need by
him in his busload' (having a hammer at one end and a
kind of hatchet at the other), and began to chop at both
\ thime
vc:ddr;enn.ot,Thhoewirevsecrre,ambesorberoheugbh.td tiphfteiiretvimofitvheerhodnowibnie-
' stairs, who succeeded in wresting the weapon from her
grounds on the head of the eldest child, aged eight, and two
as the head of the younger, se well as a deep wound on the
went. When the instrument was taken away from the
wretched maniac, he slink on the floor and became quiet,
apparently overwhelmed with mental agony. Medical at-
tendance was immediately obtained for the children, the
eldest of whom was in convulsions for two hours, and not
expected to recover : the little sufferer revived, however, and
both are still living, but one of them remains in imminent
danger. Wilkinson has been slime conveyed to Camberwell
Lunatic Asylum, there being An room for him either at
Northampton, or Leicester, or Nottingham esylums.

THE NEW REFORM MOVEMENT has found hearty
support in Leicester. where a requisition has been signed, not
only by the leading liberal magistrates, manuiacturers, pro-
fessional men, dissenting ministers, and tradesmen of the
town, but also by the most respectable members of the
"moral force" section of the chartist., calling upon the
authorities to convene a meeting to discuss the p opriety of
support atethe motion of Mr. Hume for inquiring into the
preaent of the representation of the people in the Howe
of Commons.
NOTTINGRAMMIIRK
COMMISSIONS BY THE LOKI/ LIEUTENANT.—R.
Bigsby, gent., to be Lieutenant; A. Lowe the younger,
g.nt., to be Lieutenant, in the Royal Sherwood koresters,
or Nottinghamshire Regiment of Militia : and It. Holden,
Esq., to be Lieutenant-Colonel ; Sherbrooke, Esq., to be
Captain; R. Woodhouse, gent., to be First Lieutenant, in
the Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry
Cavalry.
DLOUCEsTfiRSIIIEE.
TILE "LADY ADA " AGAIN.— On Wednesday morn-
ing (says the Cheltenham Chronicle), the Lady Ada Alice
Wyattville, otherwise Octavia Sarah Moore de Belle Vue,
otherwise Mrs. Hinckley, whose matrimonial predilections
and high-sounding titles have lately excited so much noto-
riety in this neighbourhood, made her appearance on
thece
more in our police-court. She was this time charged in
name of Ada Alice Hinckley with having stolen a silver
watch, a gold chain, and two seals, the property of Thomas
Roberts. The prisoner appeared to he very uneorvirricil at
her situation. She was dressed plainly, almost shabbily. 'the
first witness called was Sarah Roberts' who deposed I live
with my father, T. Roberta. He keeps the tap of the Plough
Hotel. I know the prisoner. She occasionally comes to my
father's house. On Monday last she called there between 11
and 12 o'clock. She told us she had had nothingme to sat from
the previous Saturday. My mother gave her so refrh-
ment and brandy and watt r. Shortly afterwards ahe went
upstairs with my sister, and remained up a few minutes.
She went up a second time along with my sister and myself.
While in one of the rooms she left me and went fort • few
minutes into a room adjoining the one where my ather's
watch was hung up. I had seen the watch safe while the
prisoner was in the bar down stairs. When we went down
stairs lef the house with her, and ratted fro to r at the
corner oft Winchcomlestr“ t—Thomas Roberm ta: I keep
the Plough tap. I know the watch, the . chain,
key, and seals, produced to be my property. I
have had the watch many years. On Monday
morning 1 hung it up in my bedroom, after winding it
up. I mimed it the same night at bedtime, a little before
12 Badrick : I am in the service of Mr. I
Brsdires, in Winchcombetreet. I know the prisoner. She
came to me on Mouday last, between four and five o'clock,
and asked me to do her a favour, to pawn a watch for her,
and redeem one I hail pawned on the preyious Fseridnt a She
said it was Mr. Hinckley's watch, and he had ty.
o Mr.
Chesshyre for it, so she must redeem it. 1 peened the watch
produced at Mr. Isise's, in Winchcomb-street, for 11. 7s.
The watch I redeemed came to It. is. 7d. I gave this
watch, the change, Is. .5d., and the pawn ticket to the
prisoner. I pawned the watch in the name of Eliza Bridge
—Thomas Darby, an a pinata to Mr Isaacs, corroborated
the evidence of the last witness, and produced the watch.
—Police-sergeant George Seven produced the chain, the
arias and key. lie was instructed on Tuesday morning to
apprehend the prisoner. lie went to the house of Mrs.
Knight, 21. Gloucester-place, where the prisoner had been
lodging.. He was told she was out. He made inquiry for
the chain and seals, and Mrs. Knight said she had not seen
them. Ile then went in search of the prisoner. About
an hour afterwards he apprehended her in Wincbcomb-
street, and told her the charge against her. nied
all knowledge of the matter. Ile took her where na-
tion, and afterwards proceeded a second time to Gloucester-
place, where Mrs. Knight gave him the chairs iden-
tified by Mr. Roberts. On searching an outhouse
he found the seals and key, as also the duplicate of the watch.
The prisoner declined to make any statement. She had
employed • solicitor, who was unfortunately engaged else-
where. But, acting on his advice, he would reserve her
defence for another place.—She was fully committed to the
next sessions at Gloucester.—The prisoner asked if bail
would be accepted. She could find highly respectable per-
sons to be bound for her. She had recently been in Glou•
center gaol for nearly three months, awaiting her trial on an-
other charge, and the imprisonment had damaged her con-
stitution. If she was again kept in prison for a length of
time, the consequences might be serious to her then condo
time,
magistrates, after considering her application,
agreed to accept two sureties of 2501. each, to be bound for
her appearance.—To this she made no reply, and was re
moved from the dock to the police station.
CAPTURE OP A FRAUDULENT TRADER--
Roes Dix, for whose apprehension a reward of 1001, was
offered, and respecting whose escape from a Woolwich po-
liceman an investigation is going on before the justices, has
been recaptured and lodged ia Bristol gaol. It will be re-
membered that Mr. Din was formerly a junior partner in
tho manufacturing house of Christopher, Heorge, and Co ,
at Bristol, and having since the dissolution of the partner-
shipb. en employed to moist in making up the accounts of
the company, he took advantage of an opportunity to ab-
scond with some of the books in order, as is supposed. to
conceal some defalcation in hie accounts. His present cap-
ture was effected in the neighbourhood of Radatoek, Somer-
set. A gentleman named Chemberlain, who knew his per-
son well, was driving in hiss*, when he saw DilL travelling
on foot. A person who was in the gig with him jumped out
to secure him, twos which the suspected man made his es-
cape seems a hedge, and ran, but finding himself closely
pursued, he stopped, and was secured. He has been con-
veyed before the Brstol magistrates, by whom he was re-
manded till Thursday next.

MEDICAL.
APOTLIECA Itl EN. ilALL.—Names of geutlemen who pinged
their examination In the retence and practice of medicine, and re-
ceived certificate* to practise, on Thursday, April 20, In4o T. Alder-
ton, Shotley, Suffolk; K. Colthurst, Briewl; J. IC. Dow, Islington ;
C. Gamble, Barhstayle • T. B. Knott, Lees, near hisachester ;
It. T. Spratt, Long lane, Bermondsey.

Tug Wltt FORGERS.—The three prisoners con-
victed of the will forgery were removed from Taunton fur
Bath immediately alter the close of the trial. They were
conveyed from Taunton Castle to the station in one of the
omnibuses, Daniel Ford and Lewis being chained to-
gether, and John Ford being similarly secured with a lad
convicted of sending a threatening letter. On the plate
-
form at the station Daniel appeared to be very excited ; h
used some very strong language reaps sting several of the
witnesses, charging them with false swearing, and ex.
prerrod himself as very indignant at the conduct ul
the juror who left the court during Mr. Stone's addres,.
While sitting on • form, waiting the arrival of the train,
Daniel asked a bystander to lend him his suck, intimating
his intention of using it about the person of one of the wit-
nesses near him. Some one near him asked him what good
that would do him ? Oh," he replied, with a leer, "it
would be • gratification " Lewis was very quiet and ap-
peared like a man who did not admire his prospects. John
Ford was very dejected: he seemed to be quite spirit-broken,
and in appearance those who knew him said be was greatly
changed. Green, the man convicted of uttering the forged
notes in Bath, was one of the company. He was alsobeseily
ironed. As he sat on a form he endeavoured to hide has
chains with his pocket handkerchief. A respectably dressed
lemale met him on the plattorm, and was in close conversa-
tion with him till the arrival of the train. The prisoners
still r.main in the Bath gaol until directions are received
from the Home-office respecting their future destination.
On the arrival of the pr goners at the Bath station, Daniel
Ford seized the opportunity, when near Mr. Wintle, one of
the prosecutors, to deal,ut to him a heavy blow La the head.
A genaman ewe by, who witnessed the assault, raised a
*rick which he hail in his hand and retaliated by e blow on
Ford's head. The guard who had him in custody indicted
some chastisement on his prieoner to bring him under sub-
jection.

CLERICAL.
PROPOSED NSW CRI:ECR AT lit. icarrsaaluoz.—A
committee, consisting of the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, the
Earl of Morley, and other gentlemen, has been formed for the
pare of
of adOptlng the necessary measures for the erection of a new
church at Knightsbridge, which is as outstanding dietrict of the pa-
rish of St. Margaret, Westminster. It is, at is
nearest point,
nearly two mile. from the parish church; its population amounts to
about 5,000, of which by far the larger portion are poor aad inhabit
the derwly-crowded neighbourhood of the barracks. The cost of the
site and the slur& is estimated at 5,304/. • the sum raised is 5,7501.;
no that there is still a deficiency. of 2,6141. The new church will be
dedicated. to All Mints the incumbent to b the Rev. William

'unces, M.A.
PRETIMMENT..—:ReT.
the. Bell, to Crostwick It, Nor-
folk ; dio. Norwich; MI.; in gift of the Lord Biehop of Norwich.

NAVAL.
MALTA, loath ll.—DulTatouTioN OP 'ring MEDrlet-
aAanor Pxer.—ln Halts harrow! Ceylon, bearing the flag of
go..Aefea, Sir
Corns, Bait. ; Queen, 110, Capt. IL W. Brute;
Voleano'st.o., Lieut. Crang.—At Palermo and Naples: Hiberd►, 104,
Capt. P. &chards, C.
bearing the an of_Vice-Ailm. Sir W. Parker,
Bart., 0.C.8„ aceamanler.inthiel ; Trafalgar, 120, Capt. Hope ;
Superb, 80, Capt. Copp Rodney, 90, CapL Collier • Vanguard, 80,
Capt. 0. 3'. Bch ; Vgeance, 34, Capt. S. Lushiiigen ; Bulldog,
C. A. C. y;
Hecate, Com. ?doorman ; Odin, Capt. the Hon.
pen...o gray;
coot. W. H. Henderson; end Terrible Capt.
a 1111167.— At Hearin& :
—ati•
38, Ca% oxh.6gton
Oladleger st--v Capt. Hebb. —At Athena: Spartan, 28, Ca
12,
Sim& ;
—At
et-a., Com. Butler.—At gyrator., HArleguin, 12,
Cous. Iteure.—At Herold, gdutine, 12, Com. Palmer.—At Corfu :
834tere st.-v" Lieut. J. A. firodonald (prom.). en route from Con.
matinspie to Trieste, with Lord Coady; Tartarus et-v., Lieut. Mr
0. Wegiger.—On survey in tho Levant : Pelage, 16, Capt. T. Oraea•
BMW" tatter, lieut. lard I. Brows.— Ba, route to the Admiral
witlim=bse : Mena st.-v., Lieut. Gardiner.—in &M dame on
lir Canning : Antelope.L-•., Lieut. P. Smyth.
Bann iv Sturs,—Leat signes Gazette glue notice that

.

the Admiralty intend to sell out of the service Lie Leven, 457 tone, The notes in reserve in the banking department
Bruen, 421 tons, lying at Deptterd ; Cursemi, 053 tons, lying at
dbeeniese; and the Blevoin, 427 tons, lying at Chatham. `show a decrease of 1,198,8201., leaving the amount in
DUVONPUKT, APRIL 20.—Pluto, at , Lieut.-Commander hand 8,08,930/. Thi specie in the same department
nithudson, sailed Ohl morning to join the squadron at Cork, sad at 08,784/, being 4,738/. more than before, it follows
comet lighter, milli *hires for l'embroke.—Adventure, transport,
arrimd this morning with stores from Deptford. that the total reserve, notes and specie together,
COURTS-Xi AItTILL.—On Wednesday last a court-martial amounted to 9,167,714/.
••• beld a° W." 11••* 8•A Jmd. in 111°••"1 i the °lf" The abstraction, or falling away, of coin and bill-
Lieut. J. J. Winne. ILA, an invalided passenger or H.ll. troopP ~
Aujo, for drunkennee Cc. Ilse court was formed of the following non to the extent of 838,1771. in one week, iS a re-
Ofecen: air.; hn Lou',
is, But, President, Bur-Admiral of the But markable, if not also a significant, fact. Taken with
sad emend *gem in commiuid of the Plymouth Ulm,
an W. B.
Mends, Capt. sir u. O. Leeke, AI., Capt. T. W. Carter, and Com. th
lefte returns of the week before, coin and bullion bad
Charles MIL Wm. bastiake Esq., officiated so judge advocate. The the Bank to the extent of nearly one million and
meter and surgeon of the 'Apollo, as aleo a boy .rata corporal of a half. The specie paid away in what may be called
mutate, deposed to several acts of drunkenness and exposure by the
prisoner on the Damage some from Monte Video. The prisoner, the small change of dividends, and in payment of the
.hese &num Isse-reed by Mr. Beer, his attorney, denied the charger, smaller class of dividends, can account but for an in-
lie had served for sixteen year., during which period he bad bun
second tim
e. than, ~,mte,, and ~. pnv,..din to Cid, for the considerable portion of
,the metallic values thus
second time. when euffering severely from nervoun debility he was missing.
compelled to nvalid, and the excitement, who return nervous chm Deferring further observations for the present upon
meter, under which he sus lobouring on his voyage, would
sufficiently account for 01 the oppearancee which the sitneema had this special feature of the returns, which will more
deuribed an seta of drunkenness% and se regarded the latter part of the conveniently be considered on another occasion, it
charge, it bad been proved that at the time it we
re he was wholly
•in un unoonsemus piste. Medical centric:otos were put in pluming the may not be out of place to recall to notice the tore-
:lath:: othrenivwerwgiefihr..,•la.h: hl:b:nftl,:',,,lT d•thli,m, Wpri,llirstitl:tdi,to.. shadowing of what might be expected, as, under
itiiiis,i..4.4ry dbeerengermsmieitnyt,:n.edmicedys.pepsla, which called for Ma return to Bois bead, it was presented in the .Espress of he 10th
Europe; and for officere, naval and marine, having depoui to
knowing him for years, but without seeing him intoxicated, the awe tilt.:
cloud. and the court was cleared. On its being re-opened, the judge The troubled state of political affairs is leading, on the
advocate read the judin.nt. which ems, that the court woe of opinion continent, to a scarcity of hard money, which may be attri-
-b
-ued to the hoarding always prevailing more or less in such
The court then prozeeded with the ease ef James Gorden, aratietant circumstances. Credit, as the first
(Coresult, become. more re-
moron on board her Majeety'e chip Apidle, who wee charged strieted, and is more dearly paid Thus the rates of in-
ky Commiuuler Radcliffe with repeated acts of drenkennent on tercet are everywhere rising. • • • Belgium, as shown
hosed the maid ehip.— Vincent Williams calledmaster of the by the law cited this morning, was inviting, by legalising the
Itoop-sktip Apollo. lAm the prieoser on or about the sth of Mardi, import and currency of foreign specie, the English sovereign
en board the Apollo. Ile is assistanturgeon cm board that Olio. lle
b,,,_ and Dutch silver florin. Spain appears to be inundated with
was drunk that day.—!tare you seen him drunk at tiny other now'
twee Jan. 25 and March 14 ! Yew: I don't exactly know the date, hase money of all sorts of coinages, and it preparing, so far as
but it won the night of making St. Helens. Ile woo stewing on the the state of the exchequer may allow, to refound a legitimate
I/ me on. De.c:rs'4l,mwree6n Wie"nerii'ved under fdaarrrirtitficL,' andce... imv. Coinage. Or EN OLA ND.—Aecor sr for the Week ending April It.
noted in Um toghook !dr. Beer, the priiiner's attorney, took an ob. !saes osessinist.
*Oen that tto se were only Km sin
charge. between the 25th Jmuary N ow, 1.,,,,,,d 1:27,155.4;u thiveninient Debt...... E11,015,1n0
and the 4th of March, and on the sth and 14th of Much. No act, tither Mourith.s. ~.. 2,104,t0i
I therefore, which occurred before the 25th of January could be gone 0014 Coln and Houton 11,231.1 1
Ito beforritkts court—The Preident . yea ; the prosecutor may wok
question. If he dun not ask l, I should, u • member of e Bever Bullion
r 27,165,470 fi27.163,470
court.—The question an
then put, and witness mid and I entered
It in the log-book on the 25th. -Mr. Beer said the )prisonerp desired ,1!?!.!1'.... P.
to pbead guilty. to there thaws, and to throw himself on the
MOM of the court —1 lie Judge Advocate : Having pleaded guilty to
IM anima made against him, there is no further inquiry necesury.
aka farther deliberation with closed doors, the President uked the
lriprigmbrerehat'illi:Tthwait he shoe.shegr bkhee wieked
to egad nn tiraibernl.l:
Mr. Graham, surgeon of the Apollo, milled : Had known the to Wooer
since April, 1515. When eober he performed his duty honourably
end very much to witness's satiefaction, and woe always most
the kinollo,d to
the sick, particularly when email pow prevailed board Ap
among the troope, in June and July last. lie considered the prisoner
very well qualified in his profession, and of a gond &position, but too
cooly led away when exposed to temptotion. Ile never hod any fault
to and with him when he was sober.—Lid you ever ty serve ony Whit
of iutoxication previous to the tut voyage ! Yes.—SO 11. Luke : The
withers sari " when sober." lie always commences with that. The
court wishes to know whether the prisoner was in the habit of getting
drunk! I
ho mmy he wow—The court mu then cleared for
about half an hour. On to being re-opened, the judge tideoeste
reed thejudgment, which wo
rmerhe court consid. red the charge.
proved, anal sentenced the p to he dismissed her Majesty's
writhe.

Proixtetors' Cord .1 . • ..1470,40.5 1
Rents • . . . 3,410.652
Publli, si);;,,..,,d,sii.z4ua
E.,....q.,,,,. 'WAN
Cnmukk. of Natioua
Dubbout4 Orr. Ace") 3.120.901
01.11cr Ikpaiit...... .. 11,950.9u1
tieren-daysadother.Dills M 26,762
1,34,061,117

AAAAA IST.
Cloremment Securities
duclat. irtu.l Weight
!tenuity) E12.711.&30
12.141.833
Otheresieurillisi
Notes .... . 8.366.i5.)
tiokl mitt ;Silver 45e,184

L 1440.3.177

Apr110).1844. _
EXCHANGES AND
T'e%Ng ronT, Aram 17.—Austrino
Tw.. and. 114111.4 r Ccnt,. 2.5114114.
uti money HcsbnchlwaY, 441.
til.a.ut.ll Two pnc

IM. 11AR8n ALL. Chlet Cashier.
STOCKS ABROAD.
Five ter Gems, 50 MIK 0 money
2jimone ; Pru,slas St. &b. 5t..%
• TsunuA 265, 245
IS 4.

--- ,
PARIS BOURSE, WEDNESDAY.—The funds have
again risen to-day. This is a proof of the confiit ace felt fiir
to-morrow. It ut expected the PrOliAlollia GuseTtiment will
derive new force from this solemnity ; all good citizen' will
give, by their adhesion, a pruol of the aid thsy will afford
during the elections to the maintenanceut order wal liberty.
The suppression of the octroi dutiss on mint is generally
approved. The tax on apartments above 84.10 francs a year
uues not find so many adherents, and that on carriages and
aisle servants will, it is said, add to the existing distress that
is felt in one of the principal branches of Parisian industry.
The directors of several railway companies are again con-
voked to hear the decree of repurchase read, which will be
published officially in two or three days. This has produced
no influence on the market, which, just now, is entirely
effected by political affairs only. Gold and raver are
It
is offered
freely ; there is abundance to be had at the are
thought that the bills falling due at the end of the mouth
are much le, that. tho'.- of last.miiiiih, arid that money will
he easier, so that greater confidence is felt with respect

P 0 L ICE.---Tuu ItS OAT,
SOUTIIW ARK.—POOR-LAW AVTIIONITIEN—A WIG,
nearly blind, accompanied by his wile aid two children, was
led up to tie witness-box st,il s.iid that he was a labauring man,
but had bees unfortunat. ly prevented (ruin doing any work
Fr the last seven mcnths, owing to inflammation of the eyes.
Fur some weeks put he had been under the care of an ocu
fist, at whose house ho was obliged to attend every day.
Under this care he found that, front being totally blind, he
was now recovering the tight of one eye. kits family, how-
ever, ware reduced to the greatest distress, and he had
applied for their adinilli4M into the workhouse. The authorf.
ties there refused to admit him unit ss he consented not to
quit the place, although he described the necessity for his
daily attendance upon the oculist; and as (he said) his family
were starving he holed the magirrate would intercede for
him, snit obtain permission to calk on the oculist once a day,
so that he wight have the sight of one of his eyes restored,
whith would enable him to get work.—The magistrate sent
one of the summoning officers with him to the workhouse to
advise that he anti his family might be taken in there, and
that he might he permitted to attend the oculist.
LAMISETII.—SwitsIMINO,— Mary Rowley and Joint
Burson, her eon, were further examined on various
charges of swindling. Mr. Games attended on behalf of
the prisoners. From the statements of two sergeants of
police it appeared that for the last viz yearn the female pri-
soner, her husband, and a family of seven or eight children,
have managed to live in go al style solely by swindling. At
tine late Old Bailey a, union the hue and was found guilty of
obtaining goods under false pretences, and was sentenced to
12 months' iinprisonment. The means latterly resorted to by'
the prisoners were those of calling at houses where they saw
bills up of lodgings to let, representing :hat they had just
arrived by railway from Leicester to attend the disposal of
property, some years in Chancery. Their appe.ar-
once being respectable, and their manner so plau-
sible, in no instance were they refused admittance.
They were provided with the beat living during the week,
and on Saturday night payment of the bill' was generally
hinted at, and a settlement on the Monday morning was pro-
, wised, but at church time on Sunday the parties left the house,
and instead of returning they obtained a fresh lodeing by
similar representations, and managed to quarter themselves
on the public. In the neighbourhood of Somers-town alone
they victimised 20 families, and the sergeant of the E division
of police said lie had no doubt of being able to get up, if ne-
cessary, 500 cameo against the prisoners. The offence wu h
which the male prisoner was charged was that of ordering
shirts, boots, and other articles, to be sent to his lodgings as
patterns, to be approved of by his mother and sister,
and promising to give a large order when the
selection was mad!, but in every instance for-
getting to givelhe order or return the property. After a
lengthened examination, Mr. Games submitted that there
was no charge against the female prisoner to justify
her detention. end therefore requested alto might at once
be discharged.—Mr. Norton said it was really abomi.
noble to find a person like her carrying on a wholesale sys-
tem of imposition and fraud upon a clue of persons who
could ill afford it, and he (Mr. Norton) would therefore
strongly recommend that she should be prosecuted as a
common cheat. With respect to her son, the male prisoner,
there was sufficient to send him for trial at present on three
or frur charges, but MB he was given to understand that
others of a stronger character could be preferred, and that
the witnesses would he in attendance on a future day, he
should remand both prisoners for a week.—On the applica-
tion of Mr. Games the female prisoner was admitted to bail.
ASSAULTING A SPECIAL CONSTABLIL—JO/01 Baker, a
labourer, was convicted in the penalty of 201., or in default
of payment to two months' imprisonment, for assaulting
Mr. Bromley, a respectable tradesman in Lambeth, while in
the execution of his duty as a special c-nstable, on Monday
week, by striking him with half a brick, when taking a
turbulent chartist into custody.
WANDSWORTII.—ROUNKRY BY A. RArLv
PORTER —Christoylar Craft, a porter in the goods
department of the South-Western Railway, was charged
silk plundering the company.—Robert Judd, a clerk iu
the audit office, proved that a portion of the goods ware-
house had been set apart for the reception of miscellaneous
goods, which, being unclaimed, had become the property of
the company. A great quantity of priperty of almost
every variety had teen missed during the last three week.,
and annt,ngst the articles stolen were 150 umbrellas. Ile
hail lotted the goods hiii.self, aryl he identiti, il the boot,
ai.d other articles produced as forming a portion of those
lots.--The prisoner here said he did not deny taking the
boots, and was sorry he had done so ; he was a very
young man and had been led away.—ln answer to a
question put by Mr. i'ayater, the presiding magistrate,
Mr. W. W. Young, the assistant-superintendent of the
line, said the porters did not give security on taking
their situations —Mr. Paynter said the conuneutal system of
exacting security was one that might he acted upon with ad-
vantage in Englund. On the continental railways robberies icy
servants were uusnown.—Police-constable Bent, 95 V, said
he examined the apartment occupied by the prisoner, and
found numerous articles which had been taken trom the
goods warehouse, amongst them being a pair of trousend r., the
-
veral silk hroaditerchiets, a meerschaum pipe,
Ac. ; a
prisoner admitted at the station-house that he had stolen all
of them.—The prisoner was fully committed to take his trial
ell at the Central Criminal Court.
of

RAILWAY NEFFS.
NI ISC E LLAN EU US NE WS.-CENTKAL RAILWAY.-
Ille tunnel through Moncreiflo Hill, Perth, Is now so near completion
that ;valise.. hove been leavening it regulariy for the last eight
dlya • and on Thurrakey morning, at eeven o'clock, on engine, for the
Met time, started lrom Perth, with a law ea:iris. en route for Cu-
tlecrary. The train again reached St. Leonard's Bank about twelve
o'clock.
BUSINESS OF THE ENSCINO WEEK.-(Fran Railway Chronicle.)
I )deems,-Deerara, Apra 28, London Tavern, at I ; Lancaater
and Grrlude • • April 28, Liverpool, at I ; 2iatnar and Wife, April
5 i. Wheels, at 1.
Invennewe.-Newcastle and Carlisle - 33. per share on shares num-
bered I to 8,138, and so in proportion on the quarter shares; and
intermit at the rate of 5 per cent. per annual on moues advanced on
the shares numbered 6,139 and upwards, mid on the eistr endue.
CALL+. - Itirmingtam, Wolverhampton, and stone Taney-11. Ins.,
due April 21 ; Bolton, likiekkurn, Chtheroe, and teat 1 `Bisonorkhi
V. on the B preference Owe*, due March
the "A" shares, due April 5; Bristol and IS; on th
third slur., cue May 1 ; Lkikeilonlan-21. 10e. on the half shares,
due April 7,• Cheater and Holyhead - 31. an We preference
shares, due March 2a; 51. ore the original shares, due Apra 24 ;
Duhlen and Drogbnla-31. on the 751. eharee, and if. on the 251 t
shares, both due April 22. Dutch Ithenieh-10s, due April 15; East
Indian-21., April 19 ; East Laneusiiire-21. on the new rtareas num-
bered 35,436 to 03,600, due May 20; and 24. Ina on the quarter
shares, numbered 63,601 to 118,320, due April 10; Etaa Lincolnshire-
°. May 1 ; East and West India Ducks and Birmingham Junction-
V. 100., due April 17 ; Eastern Union-21. 10s. on the Norwich eaten-
pion shame, due April 10; Edinburgh and Batligute-2/. 10e, due
May 1; Edinburgh and Northern-1 f. on the 151 charm (1646),the 201.
24.10 n
on 251. Aare; (1847), 11. 10n. on the ISt shares 0,471,21. on
shares (1846 and (847,1 ate Edinburgh, Leith, and Gr2ataa), all due
May 8 ;Glugow, Paisley, and Ayr-51. on the 251. sharers (Ira ism),
due M ay. I
Great
Great North of Engtand-51. on the 151. shares, due
Apnl 17 , southern and Western kl)-21. Ws., due April IC;
Huddersfield and Monclatder-21. on the Mit. chutes, and IL
on the third shares, both due April 1; Lancashire and York-
shke--51. on the Manchester and Leedsshares, and 51.
on the Liverpool and Butyshares, both due April 12; Leeds,
Heastierry, and Slancheeter-51. on the 501. sharer, due April 17 ;
Leeds au Thirek-31. HI. on Leede and Hartlepool estenrion shares,
due April 1; London ands.
South-Wertern-51. on the new SOL shares,
and U. on the new 101. shares, created 1945, due May a; Louvain lls
•Ilsokre-11., due May t; Mahon sod Drinield-1/., dos April 22;
Modieeter, Buxton. Matlock, and Midland-IL, due May 15; Blikn-
cheater and Southport-M.10e., due April 7 ; Namur and Liage-2/.,
'due April 2il; North British-151.0n the quarter shares, due April 24;
North Staffordshire-21. 1014., due May 8; Parra and Lyons-11., due
April 6; Scottish Midland Junction-21.10n onoriginal stock, due April
%; and 21. 10e. on new stock, due May 10; Shrewsbury and Chester
-24. on the perpetual preference 8 per cent. stock, and 21. on the 2
ori-
-01.
Oawestry shares, both due April 16; South Devon-51. on the
ginal shares, due April 24; South Eastern-11. ss. on No. 1
due ,April 17 • South Wales-51., due April 6; Waterford's=
Kilkenny-2t., due April 20; Waterford and Limerick-21. 10s.
on the quarter shares, due April 1; Wilauntown, Moraingeide, and
Coltnere-51., due April I; Wilt.. Somerset, and Weymouth-N.,
due May 9.
TS•24llfal Bemis Casa.-Demerara-Prom April 19 till 29.
Tustin-Walks widths April 8 to April 15.-i [rum the Railway
Ckrontek.)
Cakedesaan .1841. ILondonand Blackwall 1 7,; I'
it'll' tKingnproVena 3.16 804 1(.`11::1`,2::'",,94'.... 176.1.
„,,
Bond. PthleAlaln..ln. - Mr; Slane. shocaLine... 5.169
East Lancsehlre • els Mars-port &Carlisle-
Eastern Counties
Eastern Union -
Edinisush & Obag Vac 3,407 Norfolk 1,77
Wass Nrtham 1 - North Mitish . -
~ nix,
8 Aye.. 2,0 b. 2.303 slirewshury &amass MAL
Ohug., Pal., & Gnu.. 0.51 10‘,J.South Orton
Great Swath. & Wink - 13:4&outh ia•Lall 1 6,910!
Greet irate= 18,701 11,186,l'aff Vale ...... ..... . 1.011;
Kandla k Winderea 174 - I Ulster .. STa
Lalltrataar a Carlisle 1.107 I,lo3.llkitehaven Junction, 172;
• Lanuebire le I' orkeL ;9, SAX& York, N ewe. a link.. -hl3:°
Loudon Sr N. Wenn .38,01. 41.11040rk & N. Midland.., taw,
'VAT -----------

MONEY MARKET.
The (lay (Friday) has been kept a stiiet holiday
at all the public offices.
The Hamburg mail, with dates to the 19th inst.,
brings accounts of more commercial casualties, but
none of any consideration. Affairs, •
both in the busi-
ness and money sense, wore a .gloomy appearance ;
and should war ensue un the Schleswig-Holstein
question, the trado of Hpoamburg may be entirely
sacrificed.
The Bank of England weekly returns are now
looked for with much interest. For a considerable
time they have shown a sameness in one direction
which has neither required nor provoked attention.
But the returns last published, for the week ending
the Sth inst., diverged, somewhat unexpectedly it
seems to most people, from the accustomed routine.
Bullion and specie, so long swelling weekly the stores
in the vaults of the Bank, were tound to exhibit a
sudden defalcation of stock, and rumour became
forthwith rife of the golden flood-tide which had
turned, and was fast to ebb away. Rumour was
right, and apprehensions verified, as the returns now
under review will show.
The Bank of England averages for the week end-
ing 15th instant, give, as compared with those of the
week preceding, the following results :
Cireulataon rue £27,165,470
Circulation active 18,596,540 ...... lnerme 355,94
Public deposta _UNION •
Other deposits
Orernment encurities 1
In Ranking Department 1 12.33,43° latr"" 30.764
Other eseuritiee
severand bullion
sewn-day and other hill 1,045,762 basso 17,898
The rest

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
SUGAkt.—The average price of Sugar, the produce of the
British pomessioos in America, computed from the returns made in
the we
ending the 19th of April, 1848, is 2 2s. lad. per cwt.
Sugar the produce of the alauntitts is 21s. 24d. per cset. Sugar the
product of the Fag ladies ia 24s 20. per cart. The average price of
the three foregoing descriptins, jointly, is 225. 21d. per cat.

WORSTED STUFFS, &c.—BßAt)ronn, APRIL 20—I
There was • good attendance of merchants in the piecc.hall tosday,
and an atcremed summit of busintaw was tramuicted, chiefly for the
home market. For the Aincriau2 and continental markets the de-
mand still continue. slack, but etrong hopes me entertained that,
when political affairs have become more settled, a good trade may be
expected. The yarn market was not ounsidered attire, yet there was
no material increase of stock, so late rates were generally realised.
The wool market err from brisk, and calied foe no detailed

tee.
I.O..ANKETS. ILECKYONDWIKE, APRIL V 3. There
was only a very thin attendance of merchants at the blanket hall
to.diy, and but little liminies no' transacted. Ihe labouring pope-
tali& in this, district (excepting the carpet weavere) are, however,
cliff well employed, chiefly in manufacturing to eider.
HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES.— Normoham,
Aram 21.—1 n the cotton hoeiery trade despite the agitation and un-
eettled Mate of public affeire, the hands fin general havesve work, mote
or leo, sew being wholly unemployed that seek for i every ort
is made by numbers of mon to leave the stoeking-making business,
which is now considered the worst paid of any description of labour
is thin or ti.e neighbouring counties. The kill glove hands are al&
pretty well employed.—The drawer, pantaloon. lo shirt trade is also
in a tolerable elate, and severe shops that were nestle standing have
now full employment. The cut-up cotton twee branch is by no
means worse. The troubled state cil the tillle, tg, however, felt
.iu the wrought hose branch, which in is me s dhoti s in
nos conies., has further deelmed. The, system of pa) tbg in
truck is extending, and le fan becoming a ne et intolerable grlev-
once,
requiring all the energy of the runpetrates to trove. the •
baneful practice. The kik here trade, we regret to state, had int se e
' yet felt any amendment, but it must arouredly will do, as larg
quauntits of fancy eilk Mee, of almost every description, have been
wild wad consumed iu Paris, ome of them of deocriptions not known
. to the English workmen. The cotton bobbin-net trade to yet in a
L depressed state, And a general gloom pervaded the workmen and
most of the reachine.owners, although we hear in some quarters that
the stocks are upon the move, the principal machine-owner in this
vicinity having made some extensive consignments; but as usual,
every IptCitll of malt in used by the manufacturers to keep this in-
ci eased demand from the knowledge of the public. The making of
lace remains, we are glad tot perceive, is again upon the increase.
Some of the we-chine' are engaged in making cotton
ribbons, the peculiarly fine quality of cotton used giving
it a glom exceeding what bad hitherto been sees in cotton
' fabrics, Toe ribbons are extremely cheap, Petting all Coventry min-
petition at utter "defiance." The cotton warp lace, once of sail high
importance to Nottingham, is still fn a lingering condition. The Bilk
branch, thougl better, in in a depressed state, eepecially when com-
pared with former years. however, there is pall hope for this body
of workmen, or each, are now made from coarse flumes of hard.
epun cotton, which closely reremble them so generally made by the
hand, and the knitting pins. We have heard but little lately of bobbin
or warp velvet, but we believe that it is not quite abandoned—Net-
tiophore Journal.

From I. LONDON GA2ETTE.—Friday, April I.
BAMYRUPFX
loos Beimm. Wood&ld-rd., liarrow.rd., Paddington, builder, to
eurrender May latllj. et June 2atl, at Beeinghall-et. SoL, Wa
Liacoln's-inn-flelda ; off. amts.,Whitmore., Bamingball-at.
Tumuli Beaxan, Bream'e-bulld., Chancery-
la., manufacturingTumulißeaala,
perfumer May 5 at 2. a June 3 at 111, at Basiagball-at. Sok.,
"nemesia; to Flews, Old Jewry-rhumb. ; off. swig., Follett, Sem-
brak4i.
.1 °ears Wilms Baoota & JrNa>ra Writes, Liverpool,yorrchants,
May 4 a 22, M. 11, at Liverpool Ct. Both, Sharpe &Bedford-row,
de Lourdes & Co., Ltrerpool; of amig., Caremove, Liverpool.
SHWAS liscmiga, Mailthester, isitokelle k retail draper, May 4 k
25, at 12, at Manchester Ct. tiols., Reedloamy`
Sale, Worthington, k Shipman, Manobesiar ; lioboom
ManClustes,