The Express.
London, England, 1850-04-19 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A 8E0012.10 IMPOST'S—J. Letts war charged with at-
tempting to excite the generosity of the charitable by sham.
ming a St.
A policeman stated that on the previous evening he was
on duty in Duke street, St. James's, when a gentleman
Rave him one shilling, with directions to take it to
• poor man who was sitting in a doorway in the
street. He went to the spot and saw the vivantr lying
on hie beck, apparently in a fit, surrounded by a mob of
people, some of whom, oat of compassion to the
prisoner, gave him mooety. The prisoner was foaming at
the mouth, and witness, believing hill to be really ill,
procured assistance and conveyed him to the station.
On the way there witness met another constable, who
recognised the prisoner as a notorious imposter, and stated
that he bad ban in custody more than twenty times to
shamming fits, and that to cane* the foaming at the mouth
he carried a piece of soap to place therein. On arriving at
the station the prisoner fell down again, as if dead, but on
Inspector WhaU directing a pail of water to be applied, he
The
recovered.
The prisoner was committed to the Howse of Correct=
for one month, with hard labour,

DESTRUCTION OF YORE-WEAR/ OIL WORKS BY
Pinn.—This morning a Are broke out in the extensive pre-
mien occupied by Mean. Mucks and Co., known as the
York wharf Patent Pine Oil and Grease Works, situate in
Prince's-street, Lambeth. It appears that the foreman was I
attendiag to one of the stills charged with resin spirits, when
when an explosion took place, and the contents of the
still became ignited, the flames rushed forth, and,
coming in contact with two other stills, the spirits therein took
Are ; thence the dames spread to the whole of the tanks
of spirits, oils, grease, and resin, and rushed through the
windows and the roof, and entered the habitations of six or
seven persona in Yorl•laste. The parties living there, unable
to amps, were forced down, and several bursted. An infant
daughter of Mr. Hawkins, whilst asleep in a cradle, was most
frightfully baraid, end wee obliged to be taken touts hospital.
An elderly man named Porter was forced down by the Rama,
his upper nesse est oa fire, and his daughter much burned.
The foreman of the works wee blown from one part of the
premises and much injured. So rapidly did the Games pro-
gym, that the factory in less than tea minutes beeame one I
complete blazing mass. Several engines soon arrived, bet
it was 12 o'clock, nearly three hours after the outbreak, be-
fore the fire weld be extinguished. Nearly the whole of the
nathhisery, stock is trade, Ito., are destroyed, and the
faruiture of enmerous parties living near is mach damaged.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE NEAR THE WEST INDIA-
DOCILI.—Tbis morning, a fire of a very distractive ithatheter
broke oat ha the premises belonging to Mr. Bradley, a
baker, carrying en beldame at No. 3, Jamaica-terrace, West
Indio-4041p, Liesehouee. The Are made such rapid pronto,
that lea very brief period the whole building was bareed
down, and three other honors severely damaged.
SUPPLY OF WATER AT WINDOW' CASTLL—An
engine of twenty horse power is sow la the therm of erec-
tion on the Alm Thaw 5, near Rios College, from which
cast iron pipes, communicating to • reservoir at Creobourse,
in the Great Park, a &Malice of three miles, are to be laid
down. The work will be completed by Jaly nut, The
reservoir will contain ten citation gallons of water, Goa
which, by the natural preens*, a continuous and constant
supply of water will be conveyed to part of the Castle.
The cost of this nadertabiog is estimated at 10,000 i.

TRIIRSDAT Rvuonte. '
Although the banking aad mercantile interests '
dive beets greatly relieved by the substitatios of the
new Stamp Act, to be in committee es'
Monday oast, for the one previously proposed by the
Chsacellor of the Excheqeser, they have sot pt
Mined all they require in ceder to be etpdhao dash '
With. Much dissatisfaction ii generally hit
emantercial men at the hap-bsiard statesseuts of the
Chaneellor, and the imperfect data, or rather the
total .*hence of data, spoa which his celesta-
t ms see based. They look in vain for the
promised bones by the remission of stamp duties if
the present bill be allowed to pane the house, and
they see instead an increase of taxation in the very
deportment whisk it is proposed to relieve. Ma&
better would it have here, and far more acceptable to
the country, for Sir Charles to have taken off the duty
at 010011 OD seep, :on paper, or on advertisements,
rather than attempt as at present to hoodwink the
public by mere declarations of relief, when in
fast additional button's are imposed. In the
=it optecht the promise to emit stamp
to tla extent of Quo-third of a mil-
lion is unequivocally given by Sir Charles Wood,
although at the same tame he admits that be has no
conclonve evidence to show how it is to be effected.
He assumes, however, that upon all conveyances up
to 1,3001. his measure will afford positive relief. It
may be so; but he also states, in continuation, " that
upon all conveyances from 1,3001. up to 100,0001.
them will be • decrease." Here we are at issue. 00
this point it will be seen, on reference to a letter from
"Scrutator," which appeared in this evening's Ex-
press, that other men arrive at conclusions the reverse
of those propounded by the Chaccellor. The table of
the present and proposed rates of stamps in convey-
ance between 1,0001. and 100,0001. appended to that
letter to which we refer our readers most dearly de-
monstrates one very important fact which will go far
to correct Sir Charles Wood's arithmetic in this
matte: ; it is this, out of eighteen amounts cited, no
less than seven items show an increase, and
not one a decrease of stamp duty under the pro-
posed scale ! To tell the members of the
house that there are no means of furniebing
them with the information and returns they require
to enable them to arrive at a just and equitable deci-
sion between the government and the public on this
important flotation is to tamper with their privileges,
to insult their understanding. They hare a right to
demand sufficient data to snot their judgment, and
the commercial interests of the country require at
their hands that they should exact this information
from the government when next the Stamp 13111 is
brought before the house, or, if this be not conceded,
agent leave the Chancellor of the Exchequer in a
minority.
A general meeting of the shareholders of the lonian
Bank was specially convened this day, for the purpose
of electing a director to fill up the vacancy at the
board caused by the resignation of Sir Frederick
Hawkey, when John Baskin Feq., of St. Helen's-
placer who was the only candidate, was unanimously
elected.
A memorial has been addressed to the Lords of
the Treasury, upon the subject of the mixture of
chicory with coffee, which has already received the
signatures of many of the first houses in the trade.
The memorialists estimate the loss to the remelts
In the current year by the adulteration of coffee
at no less than 162,0001. as compared with 1849,
unless the order of August 1840. authorising the mix-
ture of the two articles, be immediately rescinded.
The accounts from St. Peterstarg to the G.h re-
present the market for tallow as exceedingly quiet,
the transactions during the week having amounted to
only 500 outs, at 112 R. with an advance, and
at 109 R. cash for August delivery, at which
rates there were sellers bet so buyers. Some of the
dealers estimated the supplies this year at theist
110,000 casks. In flax nothing bad been done, am
the dealers had returned to the country, having 'sor-
rowed money in preference to sealing at the prime
off, red. The &deices from America had caused an
advance in the price of hemp, and 1,000 tons had been
done at 621 to 84 It. cash, and at 86 with an
advance, for clean ; 79 R. for outshot, and
74 R. for half-clean, all on contract. Since this
transaction some small business had taken place at
85 R. cash, and at 87, 80, and 75 R. with an advance.
A small lot of superior clean had been taken at 91 R.
cash, acd for ordinary, 871 R. cash on delivery on the
opening of the navigation, which appeared likely to
be late this year.
Letters from Alexandria of the 6.h state that the
market for cotton was dull, and that prices had
given way; 3,000 centnere of government had been
'disposed of at 91 dole., equal to 61d. per lb. A fair
business bad been done in private growth at 5.30 d.
to 5.78 d., and in Pactiu and Beys at 5.72 d. to 8.19 d.
per lb. Flax continued in good demand at 211. Bs.
to 221. se. for low rough, and in proportion fee
the better qualities. The grain market had suffered
a further depression, the government bevies ineffec-
tually offered Said wheat at 40 p., and Beheim at
35 p. ; subsequently they sold 88,000 ardebs Beheira
at 33 p., equal to 13e. 3d., f. o. b. • and for Said, 3/ p.
would be aecepted. Said beans itad also been offered
by government at 33 p., without finding buyers. In
other grain nothing had occurred worthy of notice.
Freights were rather lower, and the rate of exchange
was 95 p.
DUBLIN STOUR:A—Aram It,
per Cent Consols .».
Ditto for account, May 18
Royal 54
Clem. Mock
Bank ........ II
Wicklow Copper Mine . (Moak!) 1
Consumes' Om (IL paid) If
216
Midland Orem Meilen' and Royal Cenci Oempany
BICHANORS AND STOCKS ABROAD.
Bareeme, Aran. U.—Belgian Funds; Loan, 1810, Five pa Dente,
Helf perDit01i,1484,38,11;1814 Four.a
tto, 183$, Three ppeerr Cents., 679 ; Lan :idtt
Cky. 189 Poor pee Om* 100; Ditto, 843, rim per Cents, 931;
Bank of am. Fear pee Cents 77 ; Leas of 1641, live
Ms Cents, 09. Easkanpon Lrndun, 13.47 .
Amaranams, Aram It —Dutch Funds: re Debt, Two.and.a.
MN per Clesta. l
awny, 631 bills; Ditto, !bra per Cents.,
991198•97. 9199.1:14.4D1333. tour Mats;
Awe& Bywd per Qeb» es t womb plos ; Bast
India Lem few pre CANS, 84 money, 844 ; Phi per
Onds. ritostzl Oa. 1936 money, 104 ken DOOM Pear per
OsMa.
11 wasmsy.. 14 Ws; Litt ]tees per Cale, 111 ississm.294 Mlls;
Atuldive.=
arm Ostia, 098..37•8F, irapt:
per Dentn, gees,
gig laden, 11.07; two
311 if; tirwmailbs, 94.87; cm Park, MAO t Pee neeSBR 9194$

MARK-LANK—THIS DAY.
The small quantity of Bogiish Wheat at minket this morn•
ieuf brouuht prices about equal to Moaday last; for foreign
Wheat the demand was limuted, but its value underwent no
thaw.
Burley was in rather batter request, but ao improvement
in value could be established.

.ts w. re likewise a more fres sale at Monday's quotations.
Beans and Peas uneltered in value.

ARRIVAL'S INTO LONLX/X PROM 13th APRIL TO 19th APRIL
Qrs. RasWt. 2103141. Utah. Foreign.
Wheat ..
.....
1 115:43°0
Barley 1990
Oita.. I 2220 29320
ric;ii;. 3.290 'sacks ;
Lowe,. AY/lA/lA—Wheat, 42a. ed. ; BArley, 235. 1 Id. ; at.,
19a. 44.; Rye, 2.1 a. 00.; Beans, 225. 10d.; Peas, 235. Id.
oirrAtiaL tliku,Abt.n.