biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-05

tion to this point in der annoinet of our hospitals.
What right has the commtnity to expect that the
medical man, of all others, "hell either give his ser-
vices gratuitously, or at a nominal fee? Our hospitals
and poor-law unions are supplied with bread and
meat by respectable bakers and butchers, but we have
never heard that these tradesmen are expected to
supply such articles under cost price, or at a mere
nominal sum. Lawyers and parsons are both employed
in their professional capacities in our hospitals, parishes,
and Union!, yet they are not expected to perform
their duties for a miserable pittance. But medi—
cal men are expected to do this. The price paid for
attendance on the sick in some of oar unions is one
shilling and threepence per head. On an average,
sick people in our London dispensaries require to be
seen six or seven times, so that the doctors in some of
our unions get a fraction more than twopence for
each prescription. Now we ask en intelligent com-
munity, are you prepared to offer twopence as a fee to
a well-educated medical man as the reward of his
talent and skill, in administering to the necessity el
your sick brethren?
In nine cases out of ten the man who could beet
minister to the need of the sick could not conscien-
tiously accept the office on such degrading terms.
Unfortunately, the mis-legislation of the medical
profession supplies too many members who are willing
to take the duties of a union on these terms, and in
some instances we fear they are not too highly paid
for the value of their services. But are we thus to
play with the health of the poor 5 Are they whom
providence kas placed in the least opulent, though not
len honourable, positions of society, to have this yet
keener edge put upon their sufferings and privations,
that during disease, or any frightl,l physical calamity,
their lives must be allowed to ebb out before the
order for medical aid can be obtained, or when that
aid is obtained, it should be the worst possible of its
kind
That the medical administration of the new poor
law demands a change ie, we thick, demonstrated by
•
medical

the almost universal complaint of the present
officer. Their duties cannot be efficiently performed
with their present position of antagonism to the
boards of guardians, and the sooner the medical
appointments and the determination of the amount of
salary. attached to them are placed altogether beyond
the jurisdiction of these bx.rds, the better will it be
for the sick and afflicted poor.
London, England, 1847-04-09

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

C.o Corm.. Before Mr. J aides Coleridge.

Poor-cults Roneritt.—Alfred Triggs, 2r,. postman,
was charged sith having, while in the service of. the General
Post-office, unlawfully stolen a letter containing a Tenable
security, or order, for the payment of 131. 2a.. od., the pro-
perty of the Postmaster-General. In other canna, the pri-
soner was charged with ember:ling the r ecuvity in question.
—The Attorney-General, Mr. Clarksori, aced Mr. Bodkin
appeared for the crown ; Mr. Payne def ended the prisoner.—
It appeared that, on the let of Fete :nary, the Rev. Mr.
Fletcher, residing at Finchley, env lased a cheque for the
amount named is the indictment, in a letter addressed to
Mr. Hayes, the secretary of the Med' nal Club, in Henrietta-
Street, Covent-garden. This letter, i a ordinary course, would
pass through the Charing. eras Pees ;offing, where the prisoner
was employed as a sorter, and it also appeared that he de-
livered letters in what was called the Covent-garden walk,
but which did not comprise H enrietta-street. The letter
never came to hand, and nothor wee heard of it until the
10th of March, when it was bro ught to light in • very rings.
lar manner, but it 'bond be at ated that during that intend
the cheque bad been present* 4 at the hanker's, but owiaC hi
its being crossed, so that it a ,uld only be paid in through a
banker—by the way, a Ter. useful precaution ia such eases
—it was refused payment, and returned to the party who
presented it- On the t' ay mentioned, the prisoner went
to the shop of Mr. Fier ling, a pawnbroker, in St. Mar-
tin's-lane, and pawn.d a great coat sod a pair of
shears for three abJ dings and sixpence, and in the
breast pocket of t' no cost there were found the
letter, with the seal broken, and the cheque. Inform&
lion was immediate ly given to the police and to the pert-
office, and on the r Leonee being questioned upon the mann
he admitted that he bad pawned the coat, but said that he
had bought it of a jew only two or three days before, but be
win a stranger at dhe did not know where to find him. The
prisoner's lodgt nits were then searched, and a number eif
letters that h• id been detained in their transit through the
Fort-eillee we re discovered, some of than referring to =anon
of etweideee ,le importance to the parties who should hale
received tb em. Evidence was adduced to show that the
etoo7oftht prisoner respecting the cost could not be true,be
London, England, 1847-04-09

WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT.

Before D. C. ileTpu, Erg., Judge.
A LIME COLIMIIIINL—W•LXEII T. LATTLAW.—This
ease was allowed to stand over for a week for Mr. Cunning-
ham to bring forward witnesses, but failing yesterday to do
so, the Learned Judge was of opinion that Mr. Laidlaw was
the person liable, and that the charges were fair and reasons
able. He ordered the debt and casts to be paid at 2.1. per
month.

CLERKENWELL COUNTY COURT.
Bebre T. Starkie, Fag, Q.C.
Yeaterday this court was first opened for the despatch of
business.

MUSOILATIi V. LTUS.—POSSEASION NO LONGER "NINE.
POINTS or LAW."—MI. Thomas applied under the 122nd
section of the act. Tha plaintiff, Mr. Musgrave, had leased
to the defendant a tenement, brine No. 14, Albemarle-
street, Clerkenweil. Oa the ith March the defendant had
surrendered, by endors, went on the lease. The defendant
had left the premises, but his wife retains possession, and
says she will not go out, and he (Mr. Thomas), therefore, re-
quested a warrant from the court to obtain possession.—The
learned judge wished t know if defendant was aware of any
summons having been r,rved, as according to Itule X 1., when
a summons was not served personally, and the defendant did
not appear, it must be shown to the satisfaction of the judge
:hat defendant bad a knowledge of it ti n clear days before the
court day.—The plaintiff said he showed defendant the re.
veipt for the summons the day he took it out —The judge
said that was a knowledge proved.—Plaintiff deposed that
he made application for possession on the 15th of March.
lie had since obtained powerion of only part of the house,
defendant's wife still holding the first floor.—The judge
ordered a warrant to be issued, under the seal of the court,
to the high bailiff, directing possession to be given on or
before Monday, the 19th inst.
London, England, 1847-04-09

Y■w Qoarr. —Bewetbe Re.rder and Alderman Hunter.

BlOAMY,—Dantei AACTII was indicted on a charge of
having feloniously married Elisabeth Fitzpatrick, his wife
Catherine Joyce being alive.—The evidence called in sup-
port of the case was merely a repetition of what ha• been
before reported in the Liepress. The double marriage
was clearly proved, and it was said that the wife (the pri-
soner had four) who prosecuted this indictment was fully
aware at the time she married the prisoner that he wee a
Morrie l man.—The jury found the prisoaer Guilty, and he
was sentenced to nine months' hard labour.
London, England, 1847-04-09

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the same seal. Mr. Greases contended that the prieoncr
ought not to be convicted upon handwriting alone, and in•
stanced what took place in the course of the trial. (A piece
of paper, upon which some sentences were written, was
shown to several of the witnesses ; several of them declared
the writing was that of the prisoner, whilst others declared
it to be that of one ef the oificsal.assignees of the Bankruptcy
Court, at Bristol, in whose employ the prisoner had for some
time been.) Mr. Whateley replied, and after the learned
Judge had summed up, the jury found the prisoner Guilty,
with a recommendation to mercy, on the ground of Louth
and previous good character. Ile was sentenced to be
transported for seven years.

WESTERN CIRCUIT.—TAIINTON, vinyssiny.

U;ww Cou;;T:Zßefore 37r7lac'ww,IL

Edwin Witeaim,7lunliaiiiit;ris, and Charles Pitman,
acre indicted for robbing Henry Channon, of a shilling and
other money, and before the robbery assaulting him. Mr.
Cole was counsel for the prosecution. On the 18th of On,
her, Channon, who was a horsekeeper at the Railway Hotel
at Bridgewater, accompanied a lady to a place milled Weston
Zoiland. He went into the kitchen at the Greyhound Hotel
there, where the prisoners were drinking. The prisoners
behaved very ill to him, drinking his beer and abusing
him. Channon went away, and was returning borne,
when he was overtaken by the prisoners, who knocked
him down, and then ran off. Chanson got up and
pursued his course until he came to a public-house
called the Shoulder of Mutton; he went is there, and in a
very short time the prisoners came into the room where he
was. Channon said, " They are the men who ill-used me."
upon which Wbesdon answered, " If you say that again, 11l
knock you again." Channon 1.-(t the house, hut was over-
taken by the prisoners' who knocked him down, and he
felt somebody's hand in his pocket. Channon cried " Mur-
der." The landlord of the Shoulder of Mutton, hearing his
cries, went to his assistance, and found him covered with
dirt and blood. His money and his hat and handkerchief
had been taken. At that time the prisoners were standing
close to Chanson. The landlord said, " How could you
serve a poor strange man so badly ?" to which Wheadon re-
" If you say that again, I'll serve you the satne."---
The jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they were sen-
tenced to 18 months imprisonment, with hard labour.
Thomas George Lantern, the deaf man, convicted yester-
day of cutting and wounding with latent to do grievous
bodily harm, was this morning sentenced to twelve months'
imprisonment.
_-----.
London, England, 1847-04-09

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD CIRCUIT —OI,OIJCESTRR.
Neu Pam Corm.—Before Mr. Ju,tke Maule.

base CASE.—MATIIIMP O. PARIER.—Mr. Godson and
Mr. Cripps were counsel for the plaintiff; Mr. Whiteley and
Mr. Cooke for the defendant. The plaintiff is a well known
agriculturist and land agent, residing near Cirencester; the
defendant a horse dealer at Coventry. In May, 1316, the
plus ntiff bought of defendant, at Stow fair, a bay horse, with
a warranty of soundness. On the day after its arrival at
Cirencester it exhibited symptoms of lameness, which in-
creased until June 23, when it unexamined by an experience d
v:terinary surgeon, who pronounced the animal to have
navicular disease in both the fore feet, of which fact notice
was forwarded to defendant, who attended at Cirencetter
rnorket, and bought the horse at an auction, where it was
sold u alarm horse. For the defence, it was proved that on
the same evening of the re-purchase the hone travelled to
Coventry, a distanee of 60 miles; that it was sold within •
few days to Mr. Holland, the contractor for the Coven,ry
Water-works, who used it reoulsriy for six month., at New.
hold, near Rugby, and who still possessed him. These sub-
sequent owners, and also the persons who had the hon•
by tors the defendant purchased it, proved that the bone
had never been afflicted wit) lameness, and was sound
at this time—an opinion supported by two veterinary
surgeons, who had examined the herse on Saturday
hot, and who also proved the navienlar disease to be
a cause of permanent unsoundness, and incurable. This
conflicting testimony might have puzzled the jury, had it
not transpired during the inquiry that the defendant was a
member of a horse-dealers' club, in London, the funds of
which was devoted to pay the expenses of these trials (a cir.
cumstance urged with much force in the reply of the
plaintiff's eounsel), and the jury, on a short conference, gave
the plaintiff • verdict far 101.
At tke rising of the court yesterday afternoon, Mr. Justice
Mauls intimated, that whilst he was anxious to expedite the
busineas of the assizes, the court would not open for business
before half-past nine each morning, that extra halt' Pour
being requisite for him to travel front Cheltenham, where
he was obliged to go each evening, finding it impossible to
sleep in the unventilated, undrained, fcctid dog-hole which
the liberality. good taste, and gentlemanly consideration of
the magistrates of Gloucester bad provided as lodgings for
her Majesty's judges of assize. People of robust health
might struggle through there inconveniences without risk to
their lives, but he was obliged to seek from on inn at Chelten-
ham that accommodation which was denied him in this city.
London, England, 1847-06-04

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SCOTCH BAyru.—The Maws. Allan, of Edinburgh, Sly,
in their monthly circular for Way " Our banking establish-
ments, during the late tightnms, have made a harvest of it,
and are still charging such rates as cannot fail materially to
increase their balance-sheets this summer. The Union has
already raised its dividend from 74 to 8 per cent., and others
will probably follow its example."
London, England, 1847-06-03

NA.VAL.

Dar dmorr, Joni I.—The Liam, S 7, building et Pembroke, being
Carly completed, the proper calkers are ordered to prepare the Cr.
cowry spare, baste, rigging, &e., for navigating her to this port.—ln
order to lighten the tabour of the artillery companies of the dockyard
battalion as much as possible, be. sin-pounder guns are ordered to
be supplied instead of the nlne.pounders.—Co. !mules% c.mPlet-
icy his ,crdees at Portsmouth, repeir to this port to organtee the
boat brigade.—Clusen, 110, Capt. trig Henry J. Leeks, sailed yesterday
morning on a cruise, and returned in the evening.
London, England, 1847-06-03

short, and really sold at Sid. to 9d. The Rene fair was
better supplied than usual, and high prices were given for
good cam. rip were scarce, and eta decline in price.
WArroun Fats.—Yesterday this fair was held, usually
one of the beet in the county with the exception of Barnet.
There was a considerable falling off in the demand for Cattle
of all kinds. Fat Begets, also Sheep and Lambs, were from
Bd. to Is. per stone lower. Lean stock, for grazing, was
plentiful, with very few buyers; the sales effected were at
Meth lower terms • and the jobbers, who have been buying
up largely at the preceding: fairs at high prices, are, like the
corn jobbers, completely taken in. The pigpens were well
stocked with plenty of good store Pigs; but the prices ob-
tained were much lower.
Ciogns.—At this fair there was a large supply of cattle for
fattening, which were offered at prices lower than those of
laat month. Very few fat cattle were in the market, and
*me were bought at very high prices. Sheep were also
scarce and dear. In Pigs we remarked the greatest falling
off.

Far Yesterdays iforhets mg Aug pop.

SHEPPING.

MAILS AIDITTED.—DubIin, 3; Weterford, 2; Donaghadee,
1; French, 1 ; Flanders, 1.
LONDON, Juno 3. Wind this day at noon, N. W.,
light breeze, and fine clear weather.
DEAL, June 2.—N.E., moderate.—Arrived: Magdalsma,
Monte Video, for Hamburg; Felix, Rio Onside, and sailed
for Gothenburg; Mery Ridgway ,St. Vincent's; Osmond, St.
Croix ; Juana y Matilda, and Foblana. Havannah • Cheve-
rell, Matenzu ; Eugene, St. Croix de Cuba, and sailed for
Hapsburg. Bailed Euxene, Callao ; Elizabeth, Grenada ;
Benlemln ODIUM, St. Kilt's • Lloyds, Montreal ; Elleanore
and Henriette, Quebec ; Wilhelmina, Susanna, and Julliene,
St. Thomas's; Hever, end Salamander, New York.
On' ButoPron, May 30.—Mary Ridgway, St. Vincent's.
31st, Eliza, St. Vincent's.
PORTSMOUTH, June 2.—N.N.E. to S.E.—Sailed : Robert
Small, Calcutta.
OPP THE WIGHT, May 31.—Kresling, St. Thomas's, for
Flensburg.
SOUTNANPTOST, June 2. —S. by E. Sailed : Great
Western (st.), West Indies.
017 THE START.--Boierhaeve, Batavia.

PLYMOUTH, Jnne 2TlB.B.L,Sarled: Charlotte, Quebec.
Framotrrie, June 2.—Variable.—OH Port, lit
Boston, for Bremen ,• Mary Nixon, Madras.
PP,NZANCR, June I.—Variable.—Sailed: Honor, Quebec.
BRISTOL, JUDO 2 —N.B.—Arrived : Hornby, Barbadoes.
Sailed Lucy, Antigua.
NEWPORT, June : Sandford, Grenada.
SUNDBRLILWD, June 1.-8. by E.--Sailed Colonist, Ho-

DUBLIN, June : Camilla, St. John's.,
New Branewielc. '

CORK, May3l.-B.l3.—Arrived : Kestrel, Rio Grande.
Sailed : GLanmore, Demerara ; Gisoar, Jamaica ; Democratic,
Halifax.
CLYDE, May 31.—Arrived: Lima Packet, Havannah;
Zenebia, and Conradine, New Orleans. Sailed : Antigua,
Tobago.
WATiatronn, June L—S. to B.B.E.—Sailed: Gem, New
Cork ; Admiral, and Royal Adelaide, Quebec ; Lady Beget,
St. John's, N.B.
London, England, 1847-06-03

FALLING OF THE DEE BRIDGE.

Yesterday the coroner's investigation concerning
the deaths of the five persons killed by the fall of the Dee
Suspension-bridge, on the Chester and Holyhead Railway,
was resumed at Chester.—Mr. James Walker, C.R., who
had been sant down by the Admiralty, mend the coroner
in the seem of the investigation in pones the usual mien-
title n .... Capt. Simmons, the deputy inspector of
railways, and Major Feeler, the faspiatar of fortifications,
also attnaled to watch the widens, on the part of govern-
ment. /didor-Osseralllir Cline. Feeley, the late inspector of
railways, en peens.-2bserener, in nosing the
mid that ha of what bad trantpind
sinoc"detisel weft se Ohs my, he intended to examine
minims when be troduelsed could depose some new
ih=be elnk the WHOM of the
Clegg In do months of Aped and atter
ma employed biatudft the girders al the allow tads,
that aromas the Dee. Ikea a ballast tech rued over, I
naiad the defillediM d 41111 asides gtrdor be be tram an
last and akW M two heirs ; I also observed da Median
when weeny, balm wont over, to be from it to 4 b 441444.
Pee Vie pond quicker over thee bellast Mein
The quicker the teal, the greater the delleetion. I meo-
wed the Maiden by rag rale. When I made those ob-
servations, the smirks, wen standing wader the Midge
some were about • gad and a half from the girders ; never
saw them sweat As be. _ _ _

William Clark maambeed : I was eseplowl with the lass
witness in painting the girders. Oa sae errion, whew a
passenger train went over, the deflection was as smelt as S
Inches. I messuad it with Er rile.— Omer : Against
what did you 1 the rule f---Witness: There was pert of
the scaffolding mar the bridge, and I Toth' the rule a
the poles ; Waljedliee the daieetiaa was as I have rata
Nathaniel Warms. a rsaithng at Chador,
doomed as follows I was sagsgai ia tht abatements
sad pier of the Dr Hedge. It was eeeeiad
=ll the plans and Vic. Itaw was
have seed the err irreliaimmengessam
oldie ed
daldo artherfa the warkeman
far a Mr ' avhsa dr peseert ware debarred am
Mark, ma emir lathe smith of Mr. Beth, the OW
trader, rid Oa dr maim it the day on which the
salthst happrail, I seam" a taandly of MUM to
plead as tbelidiga. samm Ist them la greyest the Mari
radius how the reftmerimi MOM See to eil=ne.
There were bsturs ow am" las Matt Mier on
it. It we. pea ea doss ma hem bare the arida; and
emend the daa to airifiesliree
hielash... It was
takes "ma to the . ha *Mk, with the
eesiaw stharsil as it the . They re:
mil ed ea the and whisk maw sheet a quarter of an
M
boor. It right ram TM id the ballast with
the wagons esi mare mesaissl 40
It. Chrism Paskp wet the" noes I was
thalig= Wires, Omani erlialrgs when the
Chow Ithighsd Railway was Ithrveyed the
bridp mar the doer Dr on Sr of MOW, and re-
wind 14 as ash. It is an bdip fd three sm.
Ivor mem of 00 feet each, wroughbhaa lambs this an
London, England, 1847-04-07

NOTICE.
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(Evening) papols have been induced, in Cmluquencs of
the representations from various rmreeted quarter., to
epen Offices a. No. 4, ROYAL ECCHAN(IB-11VILDISOd,
the corner of C and fronting the Itosal Caching°.
in addition to their other offices. This nr7angement w.ll
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IMPERIAL AVERAGES:

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HULL, Aran. 6.—At this day's market the supply of
Wheat has again been to a fair extent ; the farmers asked
higher rates, which in some few cases were ptid, but we do
not quote prices generally higher. In foreign little or
nothing doing, and the quantity on sale exceedingly limited.
Barley may be considered firmer, being in short supply.
Early last week some low sales were made, which brought
forward sceeral distant buyers. Oats and othcr spring Corn
continue very, dull. No alteration in Linseed or Lin-
seed Cakes. Some fair Marseilles Cokes are on the market
at 101. Nothing doing iu Rapeseed or Rape Cakes.
The following are the present prices of grain: Wheat, red,
66r. to 70s. ; white, 724. to 745. ; Dantzic, 725. to 76e. ;
Lower Baltic and Hamburg, 669. to 70s. Barley, malting,
London, England, 1847-04-07

MILITARY.

Toarawoweet, APRIL 6.—Major-Gen. P. Patnellrenee, ?„;..=
ed review the 43rd Light Tr fantfy yesterday. lib lordship ex
himself highly unified with their state of discipline.
SoLniette Pow IT lama.—Sir,—ln 1640, the Indian government
publL bed to their European soldiery a new table of pay, which gore
each petrel disadisfaction th--t multinHed claims were onnually
made to rerinring offleens on whi.h the 11 idrari government reoarded
a minute of council, muter dote 11th July, 1513, copy of which 1
cones.. Upon the quesUon of the amount of pay in trogli.h money for
which the different grab, and classes of the artillery are entitled to
an equivalent, the meet noble the pit-crone in C-1111.1,11 observe. it is
quite dear that the e rates of my established by the bon. the
*porter direelonl, omfaa4y through the government of India,
sad orderly; gas anis ter Os artillery of the three pr,aiticorie3, hove
not been lark lassesrams with any t scale .1 Europe, lad
arranged id* ralrewe to Liell eiretpreddnees. The hon. tie
court et Mean bow diglaetly stated that no agreement reTorling
the amount et pay is neared tote • ith the artillery recruit. et the
time anal* embastatioa for India. The board further otreirSts that
it shoal be trephined be those ammo whom the sllbout of arillery
pay may be rammed, that the reale hen heen.ll,:dr2, • the honour
the coat of directors, not in reference to say ro warrant, but in
mairailatlew with rates established in Bengal, y with reference to
the saiiieg politica In India ; that th^ affiewance
.
London, England, 1847-04-07

POLICE. v -.E‘TERDAT.

SOUTHWARK.—Assautr AND ROBBERY.—J. Speck-
wood and A. Duckptt were charged with 'smutting and rob-
bing Elizabeth Hunt of a gold brooch.—The complainant an
companied a female friend to the Surrey Theatre on the pre-
ceding evening ; they afterwards went into the Equestrian
Coffee-house. Having remained a short time in the parlour
they came out together. Before she got to the door Speck-
wood made a rush towards her ; seized a gold brooch out of
a handkerchief which she had round her neck, and imm,di-
Itely ran oat of the house. Site followed him, crying, Stop
thief," and in a short time he was taken into custody. A
crowd of persons collecting, Speckwood was rescued for a
time, but eventually recaptured and taken to the station-
house with the other prisoner.—Mrs. E. Ditties said she dis-
tinctly saw Bpeckwood snatch at the complainant's brooch.
—Policeman 83 M said that Bpeckwood ran, by a curbing
accident, into his arms. Speckwood made strong efforts to
disengage himself, urging his innocence of any crime. The
policeman, however, brought him along towards the
Equestrian," and while the complainant was relating the
attack made upon her by him, Speckwood was recited, but
was again taken into custody in the Blackfriars-road.—The
prisoner's defence was that, aiming a blow at his wife, be
missed her and struck the cbmplainant on the breast ; hat
he knew nothing of her brooch, lie had no acquaintance
with his fellow prisoner—thickett, in answer to the part he
took in the transaction, denied that he had been in the
Equestrian Coffee-house on the sight in question ; that he
was walking along the Borough-road, and he saws mob col-
lected, and went over, when he was immediately charged
with being concerned in the robbery, and taken inteenstody.
Both prisoners were committed for trial.
WANDSWORTH. EXTRAORDINARY CHARON or
1101.SERIARAI:INO.—I'rederick Campbell was charged with
having feloniotadbroken into the house of Mr. Henry
, Baker of No. I, Oak-terrace, Bridge-road, Battersea.—Mr.
day "
London, England, 1847-04-07

PORTUGAL.

Tho Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer,
Madrid, arrived last evening at Southampton ; she
brings news to the following dates : Gibraltar,
March 28 ; Cadiz, 29 ; Lisbon, 31; Oporto, April 1;
and Vigo, 2. The state of affairs at Oporto was much
the name an that described in our last despatches.
The expedition nominally fitted out for the Algerves,
but suspected to be for some more important place,
had succeeded in crossing the bar of the Douro, on
the 29th, and was subsequently seen to pass Lisbon,
going southward. The troops, according to last
reports, had been, after all, landed at Prniehr, 4R
miles north of L'abon' an important fortress, which
they captured after a sharp action with the queen's
forces, in which the commander of the latter was killed.
In the news from Lisbon there is some indication
that the queen's government is disposed to adopt a
more liberal course of policy, in which case much may
be expected from the effect of British mediation. A
royal decree has been issued countersigned by all the
ministers, promising, on the restoration of peace, to
convoke the Cortes, to whom the government will
submit its past proceedings and such measures ea
may be considered fitting -for improved legislation.
In addition to this, committees have been appointed,
which comprise the names of some liberal Chartists,
charged with a reconstruction of the law
of election for the Chamber of Deputies, and
the revision of such ordinances as affect the
press, in order to secure greater freedom of opinion.
Sr ddanha, too, has become more moderate, and con-
%.iescended to open negotiations with the inserts;
not, however, with mach present prospect see-
eess. Presuming on some m;sandersta
to exist between the Septembrist officers arrportreato
and the Miguelite leaders serving under the Junta, he
issued a proclamation, inviting the former to separate
themselves from the service of an usurper, and re-
turn to their loyalty, in which care he would goons-
London, England, 1847-06-10

icarL&rrn.

ROXIWROHSHIRIS —The represesetation of this county is
to let. The Hon. T. E Elliot, a brother of the Earl of
Minto, is spoken of; bat none, except a nominee of the Duke
of Buceleuch, has the least chance, and as yet the ducal fist
is suseurnounced. Mr. Scott had to retire in consequence of
being a protectionist; and the member who succeeds him
must, like the duke himself, be a Peelite.
Wick Bcaous.—Mr. Loch hes not given the constituency
every satisfaction ; but his removal would be as difficult a
matter as the transportation of the "suture of Cromarty."
Wick is the returning and strongest burgh—its constituency
being upwards of 300, while none of the other burghs have a
hundred electors; and in Wick, the Duke of Sutherland,
Mr. Loch's patron, is " superior " of the town, while the
hon. member himself is vioepreaident of the British Fishery
Society, and nearly one-half of the burgh is built on society
ground. Capt. Sutherland, of Udall, promised to come for-
ward, but he is dead. The inhabitants of Wick are whig,
and something more ; but they cannot throw off an incubus
which cricks to them as the old man did to the shoulders of
Binbad.
London, England, 1847-06-10

WEST INDIAN PRODUCE.—A Teasel named the
Charles Grey, arrived in the St. Katherine's Docks from
Bermuda, has brought a cams possessing a considerable de-
gree of novelty and interest at the present time, including
251 packages of arrowroot, 8 barrels of yaw, 10 hogsheads of
hams, 772 casks of lard, 82 barrels of beef, and 100 uvels of
potatoes, the produce of that Wand. This large importation
of lard and of beef would appear to bo particularly remark-
able; and the importation of potatoes, on account of its ex-
tent and the particular place of growth, is also not a ithout
interest and importance.
London, England, 1847-06-10

PROVINCIAL.

....... .
FORGERY OP A WRIT By AN ATTORNET.—A legal prac-
titioner, named Turner, has been committed for trial by the
magistrates of Sheffield, upon a charge of having forged a
writ. it appears that Turner had been instructed in Nov.
last, by the triotees of a benefit club, to issue a writ against
a perwm who had failed to pay the money which he bad
borrowed of the club. Before the writ had arrived, the de-
faulter wade arrangements for payment; but Turner said
that he Lad received the A rit on the day following that on
which the arraagements were made, and be was conse•
qatotly paid 2.5 e. costs. When this sum was paid, he was
r. gland to deliver the original writ ; and, with some re.
luctance, he handed over a writ in which several erasures
were discernible. The writ was suspected to be a forgery,
and Turner was afterwards apprehended. A clerk of the
Queen's Bench.office, London, stated, at the last examina-
tion, that no precipe for inch a writ had been isquid in Nov.
last ; and that he believed that the pri cipe for the writ pro-
duced in court had been issued in January, 1846. Theper•
mentors offered to abandon the proceedings, if Turner could
produce a letter from bia London agent enclosing the writ,
or otherwise show that he bad really received it; but he was
unable to offer any proof whatever.

USE OP DEPECTINII*EIOIITTIIV FLOOR DOLLIMS.—
At the public office at Birmingham, yesterday, Messrs.
Parker and Rayner, millers and ballets, of Snow-hill, in
that town, were mulct in two penalties of 21. and 51., for
permitting defective weights to be used on their premises.
It appeared that the borough inspector of weights and mea-
sures having for some time suspected that improper weights
were used in this establishment, on Monday last he entered
the chop, and perceived a man, named Brommace, in the
employ of the defendants, apply a square piece of lead at the
end of a balance, in such a manner as to produce a Edge
appearance of weight. On being detected, the man
endeavoured to conceal it, but it well at one* se-
cured by the inspector, and on a subsequent examina-
tion of the premi-es, several large weights were found to
be considerably below the standard : under these circum-
' stances this information was laid ; the magistrates, however,
expressed an opinion that the evidence did not prove that
me principals of the establishment were cognisant of these
hullos on the part of their servant. On the evening of the
day on which these tuts became known, many hundreds of
persons assembled in front of the establishment; the win-
dows were broken, and the populace became so much exas-
perated that but fur the timely int.:V.l%race ol the authorities
much outrage would have ensued.

THE iILIEPOIN ESTATE, celebrated as hewing been the
reshUruce of John Hampden, and where hW remains are
depo,ited, once more in the market. The property, it
will he recollected, was purchased some time since train the
Earl of Buckinghamshire by Lord Harry Vane.
London, England, 1847-06-10

fine Ans.

PICTURES AT CHRISTIE AND MANSON'S.—Several
goad pictures are to be seen at Christie's. Two capital
Edward Cooke's, the property of the late Lord Wharnmiffe,
to be sold this day; a mist admirable William Collins,
River Scene in Devonshire" (the property of Mrs. bran),
to be sold on Saturday; and a small collection of pictures,
forty-six in number, the property of Claudius Terra!, Esq.,
containing a small and highly-finished Ruysclael--" Forest
S. ene, with Felled Timber in the foreground ;" a good W.
" Death of Cleopatra ;" a clever but sadly cleaned
and injured Velasquez, " Portrait of an Infanta of Spain ;"
and a titiorgione, '• The Adoration of the Shepherds," with a
grand and glowing landscape in the back ground. Mr.
Tartars pictures will be sold to-morr,w,

MISS MACIRONE'S CONCERT.—This young lady has
lately become known to the public as as excellent pianist,
with considerable talent an a composer. At her concert, in
the Hanover-square Rooms, yesterday morning, she save
proof of her abilities in both capacities. Mende140)1101
sonata for the pianoforte and violoncello was executed by her
with a light and brilliant finger and a thorough apprehen-
sion of the composer's moaning. With a little more strength
of hand, her plo> ing would leave nothing to be desired. She
was exceedingly well accompanied by M. Hausmann. She also
performed Dohler's "Tarantella." A German song of her
composition, " Lebewohl," was sung by Pischek, accompa-
nied on the pianoforte by herself. It Is a clever imitation
of the modern German ballad style, and proved very effec-
tive ; though a smoother and quieter manner of singing
would have done it more justice. An ingenious little duet,
also composed by her, called " Love having once flown,"
was sung by Mrs. Weiss and Miss Dolby. It reminded us
of the old English part-songs, and showed that the fair com-
poser's studies are not confined to the fashionabk music of
the day. There was a crowded audience, of whom the
larger portion were ladies.

- -
MR. BLAGROVE'S CONCERT took place in the
Hanover-square Rooms last evening, and was numerously
attended. There was a small but good instrumental band,
who played Beethoven's seventh symphony, and accom-
panied several of the pieces. Mr. Blagrose's principal per-
formance was a fantasia by Kalliwoda. He was not happy
in his choice, and tkrew away a great deal of brilliant execu-
tion upon an insipid composition. He also played soma
variations of De Beriot, and obligato accompaniments to •
couple of songs. Had he performed a concerto of one of the
great masters, he would have done more justice to his
talents, and maintained his ground more successfully against
the foreign violinists who visit us every season. Madame
Dulcken played Ries's fantasia on Swedish airs with her
usual ability. The vocal pieces wets, sung by Mir Birch,
Herr Pischek, Signor Marras, Madame Knispel, Miss Rain-
forth, and Mr. John Parry.
London, England, 1847-06-21

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Nun Taros—Before Mr. faitlee WlWarne and a special Jury.
JOLL AND ANOTNIIII V. DOWNIII.—CLAIM IT RAILWAY
E nom tsze.—Mr. Knowles and Mr. Unthank for the plain-
tiff. Mr. Serjrant Channel! and Mr. Keane for the defen-
dant. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs against
the defendant as a member of the provisional committee of
the Herne Bay and Canterbury Railway, to recover a sum of
8381. for work and labour done in respect of that railway.
The plaintiffs, Mesas. JoU and Smith, though not partners
in business, were jointly employed to survey the line, and to
the plans and
.sections previous to the 30th Nor.,
Mir Evidence wee given to prove that the plaintiffs were
e i tad engineers at a meeting of the director' which took
on the 15th Oct., when the defendant was present
in the proceedings. On the 18th October, a letter
was mr= by the secretary to the plaintiffs, ratifying the
aggsdntansat end begging that they mega proceed with the
waveepswlimmt &Lay. The line efnitsmy was between six
and seem slam is log* i sad the anitand made by the
trillsinmusted to NIL, elmblait sum they bad received
ifiema see &the divans's,. The presentelains, therefore,
was for the fall sum, subjoin is the set-off of 1501.
The deems was, that the pisil., • IWA had accepted the sp•
en the understanding that they were "not to
= the directors for payinank but to the deposits that
might be paid upon the shuns." Evidence to this Effect was
Caby Mr. Keane, solicitor to the company, who stated
be hid not received any remuneration for his services,
and that he no longer expected to be paid.—The learned
pales having summed up, the jury returned a verdict for the
plaintiffs ; damages 2001.
London, England, 1847-06-21

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Z 211.
The when " potato blight" has vanished—not
vestige of itremaine. Black stalks, Mown lanes, and
all the other symptoms with which we wen, tW• weeks
since, threatened is be again overwhelmed, have dis-
appeared, and though we eannot say that there will
be no potato blight this year, we can madden* say •
that up to this tune there is none.
Notwithstanding the proverbial '' imp nvidenee and
indolence " of Irishmen, and the nonsense wastes whisk
for wsat of strength, and seed, and labour, wave to
avarspread the siountry, it appears that the eultivaffiesi
hes been immense, and particularly in the green crop
t. The Farmers' Gazette gives a statisti-
cal of moms; interest just now on this ankle&
Twelve or twenty seed houses in Dublin have bees
selling night and day for the last six month.. with six
weeks still before them ; of this number two sold,ii
to the 12th inst., 3,600 bushels of turnip
which, at sixteen acres for each bushel,
sow 66,000. If all die other houses mold
the same quantity, and supposing Cork, Limerick,
Belfast, Liverpool, London, Glasgow, &c., sold as
much as the Dublin trade, we mould have, in round
numbers, over 362,000 statute saes in turnips alone!
Fever is disappearing fut. This was no more than
was to be anticipated, for, although it could not be
expected that disease would disappear as soon as
rations were generally distributed, yet it was rite
as true as cause and effect that it must disap-
pear soon after, and accordingly this seems to have
occurred. In Donegal, for instance, where there was
much destitution, and much fever, the former having
been remedied, the latter is nearly vanished.
London, England, 1847-04-13

.IT Public day scools.
income (row
OAT wirenn, State
raw. Ms. ida.. Imes.

schools with
.

State
F X
22,91.8 32,737
201
I,9isul 730783
17,255 2,599
2,990 278
1,180 193
11,67 1,779
2,746 3,132
12,592 1,290
2,595
2,37 19,18/
2,082 10,078
2,281 1,290
1,624
, 11,68160,-2-71

4,061- 5,192
136
3,311 13
5,283 -
11,618 60
5,732 -
8,778
2,121 110
1,563 6,346
- 6,114
- 1,893
- 3,310,
50,711 22,016

lu,em~

The pauper schools have their own dotations,
amounting to 7,144!.
As supplementary to the other sources of revenue
which the universities command, the state gives
50,0001. per annum for the higher institutions, so
that the total expenditure on the part of the state is
133,1171. The sums raised for this purpose from
various sides amount as follows:
boot saw .ssav#93
non Ism sad poi& bogs 143,776
Clergy
From tae Treasury

£897328
This expenditure does not include the kingdom of
Hungary, which has eleven millions of inhabitants.
The rest of the empire counts about twenty-five mil-
lions, or something less than the United Kingdom.
London, England, 1847-04-13

e

IMPERIAL P.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY, Aram 12.
The SriAxax took the chair at 4 o'clock.
PRIVATE BUSINESS.
PETITIONS.— By Mr. Teoaxu.r, against the Eastern Counties
Railway Branchre —By Mr. Wyse, several petitions ogoinat the
Windsor, &alms, and South Western Railway.—By Lord areas, a
=o,:,..against the Wilt., Somerset, and Weymouth Railway.—Prom
against the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway.—
By Sir R. 11.G1.1% from the proprietors of the Shropshire Canal Navi-
gation against the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway.—From the
Lmdon and North Western Company, under seal, against the Oxfoid,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway.—By Mr. Oblr.f.S; sevenl
petitions against the Midland Railway—By Mr. Seoovica, nine peti-
tion., against the Brist al and Exeter Railway; seventy petitims against
the Exeter, Yemil, and Dorettester ; thirty petitions against the St.
Allan's and Luton Railway Billa —By lord Gauzes Basvoica, from
an Individual at Toronto, complaining that hating been for many
years principal proprietor, and In some caws mole owner of steamers
plying on Luke (Muria, he had been latterly subjected to the compe-
tition of Jame. soil:criers!, trho had formerly been in his own Per vim
• .4 us., ssoiated by a grant from the government, in opposition
to the pvtitionees
SECOND HEAD:NO.—Belfast Improvement tilL
REPOHTS.—Newlsove Harbour, Ouse Lower Navigation and
Laairitton Drainage; Hyde Improvement; Ipswich Gas Bills.
THIRD READLYGS.--Cheltenham Waterworks; Shipley Gas
Bills.
London, England, 1847-04-13

UNITED STATES.

By the Princess Royal, arrived yesterday in the
Mersey, we have accounts from New Orleans to the
6th of March—three days later than the latest advice'
rxei•-ed by vay of New York . The oxlypaper ight
by the Princess Royal is a New Orleans Picayeane, of
the 6th, but there aro private letters to the Eith.
The Picayeume contains an account of the action at
Brazito, on the 25th of 11..cember, but no addition to
the intelligence previously received from the coast of
Mexico. I'he captain of the Princess Royal states
that great excitement prevailed in New Orleans at
the time of his sailing, in consequinco of various re-
ports of battles between General Taylor and Santa
Anna, and of the hourly expectation of intelligence
respecting the movements of the force concentrating
to attack Vera Cruz. The following is from the
private letters of a commercial house in Liverpool:
New OILLEANS, MARCH B.—The correspondence, per
cambria, with Liverpool, &aid to 4th Feb., were received
here en the cveniug of the 3rd inst. ; the immediate effect
was to drive flour down to 54 d 01.., at which price 30,000
were sold, and prices are now a trifle higher. Corn, which
had previotely ruled at 93 to 100 cents, went down to 80 to
8.5 teat. Cotton, despite the unftvourahle accounts, has
admired, and the following receipts, here and at Mobile,
sow make a &crease in the Gulf ports of 200,000 bales.
Middling cotton is quoted at 91 to 10 cents. Freights Id.
sad 9,. 9d. for Hour. Exchange, 3to 31 per cent.
By the ship Speed, arrived at Liverpool
yesterday,
we have Savannah papers to the 12th f Mardi.
They too are tilled with the details of the affair at
Brazito. In the Savannah market corn continued in
fair demand ; freights, both foreign and domestic,
were extremely ; the rates to Liverpool were
nominal at 54- for square and round bales; exchange
and sterling bills run for 60 days at 34 per cent. In
the other southern markets nothing of moment had
been chronicled.

CROAILING.—IInGer tn:. head, the e'
en, /ors Journal or
Commerce says :—" The first groan in regard to the nest
crop *logien, comes to us through the Fort Gaines (Geo.)
Volunteer of the Gth inst. It states that the fly which gene•
rates the cateroillar has already midi/ its appearance in that
vicinity—en alarming indication that the crop may be cut
short.'
DZFARTLIRR or Minstontatra.—The ship Ashburton
eland Tuesday at Boston, fur Canton, and was to sail the
Ent fair wind. The following go out as passenger, in the
Ashburton :—Rev. Mr. Toby and wife ; Rev. Mr. Shuck,
wife and two children ; Rev. Mr. Johnson, Rev. Mr. Junes,
Rte. Mr. Spalding, Mr. James H. Andreas, of Salem ; Mr.
Dodge, of ditto.
NIAGARA Woltz Ban:mg.—lt is ►tated in the Rochester
Be: were, that the Niagara Suspension Ridge Company
will shortly proceed to the erection of a wire bridge across
the Niagara river—the Queen's assent having been obtained.
The whole of the stock, 200,000 d 01.., has been taken—
one half in Canada, and the remainder in New York and
thin city.
London, England, 1847-04-13

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

THIS DAY, Four o'Clock.
By the Colchester, Captain Wathers, arrived at
Liverpool yesterday evening, we have accounts from
Charleston, South Carolina, to the 15th ult. The
commercial reports from this port and the other
southern emporiums afford nothing requiring special
notice.

Accounts from the Havannah to the 11th ult.
report continued activity in the sugar market, and
high prices. The demand for England and the United
States had been sustained, and there was no immediate
prospect of decline. Ordinary and middling descriptions
were meet in request, and rates, from the highest point
to the lowest, ranged between 91 and 5.i. The crop
would far exceed previous years. Notwithstanding
the heavy rains which had taken place in some dis-
tricts, the weather, on the whole, was favourable for
the manufacture. The exports, up to the above date,
were 100,000 boies, against 43,000 boxes lost year.
Freights were still high. English and Spanish ves-
sels for Great Britain were readily taken up at 41. ss.
to 41. 10s. per ton ; others were available at 31. 15s. to
41. The exchange upon London, according to the last
quotation, was about Si to 6.
London, England, 1847-04-13

J:J

bat quite &liana from th. others, and comprising the follow-
ing subject. :
1. Reports of Wed Farms to various parts of England, soli asps-
rately„ In boardo, for as.
2. Outlines of Flemish Husbandry. By the Eev. W. L. Rhino.
lc ed.
_ _

&Caeful and Ornamental Plastmg. By Mr. George SW:lair.
lid.

The Cottager'. Manual of Husbandry, Architecture. Daniale
Economy. and Gardening. By J. C. loudon, 4u• less
S. A Practical Treatise on the best made of Making ant Repairhsg
Roads. By Chalk. Peafuld, frurneyor. A New ttitlao, enlarged, la.
The Volume in cloth boards,
Thew six volumes bring within the reach of awry large proportion
of all persons employed in agriculture more and better Information
than can otherwise be procured, ezorpt at a prodigiously greater ex-
pellee. The " Bone" in particular is now the principal manual on
the aublect ; the Volumes on Cattle and on Sheep are quite unestpuilkd
for the information u well as the amusement they afford; and the
"Husbandry" comprises a mom of knowledge whirls could not be ex-
pected in an condensed a fare-