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NOVEMBER.
Yorkshire Union Hunt 5
IRISH RACES TO COME, 1849.
Bellewstown May 29 Down Royal Corpo.
Carragit June 26 ration July st'
The Heath July 3 Curragh Sept. 4
Curragh Oct. 16

SPECIE FROM CALIFORNIA.—The accounts from
California come down to the 6th of March, by way of
Mazatlan, and we have seen letters from San Fran-
cisco, which state that a very profitable business was
being done in several articles of import. Her Ma
jesty's ship Calypso, which left Mazatlan in March, for
England, has a piece of gold on board, weighing
half a pound, consigned to a Liverpool house, and on
the ship's arrival those who are sceptical of anything
but small grains being discovered in California will have
the correctness of their opinions tested, as there will be
no difficulty in ascertaining whether it be in its native
state or not. We have also si en bills of lading by this
mailfor about 80,000 dollars of gold, and, though on ac-
count of s Liverpool house, it is distributed to various and
distant places, part to China, part to New South Wales,
part to Valparaiso, and remainder to England. We
mention the circumstance in support of remarks which
previously appeared in this article, that England could
not expect to be the first recipient of the treasure, as
she bad not sent the means of purchasing it, and did not
offer the same inducements as the nearer markets for its
investment in goods, produce, &0., for consumption in
California.—Liverpool Albion.

ROYAL MARINES.--WOOLWICH, MAY 28.—The
unfavourable state of the weather prevented the Wool-
wick division of Royal Marines being inspected until
the afternoon, when they assembled on the parade
ground in front of their spacious barracks, and submitted
their kits to Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas Downman,
C. 8., K.C.H., Commandant of the Garrison, Colonel
Parke, C. 8., and Colonel Owen, C. 8., Deputy-
Adjutant-General, and Captain Wesley, Assistant-
Adjutant-General. There were ten companies on the
parade ground, including one of the Royal Marine Ar-
tillery.

LONGEVITY.-Mr. John Moon, a venerable pa-
triarch, residing at Norton, near Stockton-upon-Tees,
was last week busily engaged in hoeing his potato
garden. He is now in his 101st year, in full bodily and
mental vigour.—Yorkshire Gazette.

SAVINGS' BANKS AND EMlGRATlON.—Notwith-
standing the present depressed state of the country, it is
not a little gratifying to learn that on Tuesday, the Ist
instant, more than 1,0001. were deposited in the Lincoln
Savings' Bank, chiefly by farmers' servants. There
were likewise 650/. drawn out on the same day; and it
is a curious fact that out of the latter sum no less than
4001. were drawn out by parties on the point of emigrat-
ing.—Birmingham Gazette.
DEATH OF A JOCKEY FROM " SWEATING."--An

inquest was held on Thursday, at Horndean, Hants, on
the body of George Davis, aged 23, a groom in the em-
ploy of J. Burrill, jun., Esq., who died that morning.
The deceased had in training at Horndean a mare which
was to run at the ensuing races on Portsdown,hill; de-
ceased was to have been the jockey, and being desirous
to decrease his weight, resorted to a practice, we believe
not uncommon in such cases, of putting on a great quan-
tity of additional apparel, and then taking walking ex-
ercise; thus attired, and in perfect good health, he set
out from Horndean, at a quick pace, and returned in two
hours, but so completely exhausted as to render it ne-
cessary that he should be placed in bed; he did not rally,
however, but soon after was a corpse. Verdict—" Died
from exhaustion."

HOODLESS, THE HORSE" SWIMMER OF LINCOLN..
SHIRE.—Some months ago, it will be remembered, we
gave in our supplement a very interesting account of
Richard lloodless' a farmer on the Lincolnshire coast,
having saved the lives of several shipwrecked persons
by acts of almost unparalleled daring. The account
was copied from Chambers' Journal. A few days ago
Hoodless called upon us with the information that the
British and Foreign Sailors' Society had presented him,
through Messrs. W. aid R. Chambers, with a 101. note,
as a mark of their especial estimation of his brave phi-
lanthropy. Since the account Ke copied from Chamfers'
Journal was inserted, we understand Hoodless has been

,nstrumental in saving several more lives.—Hull Packet.

The Opera Comiqu' e, St. James's Theatre, was last
evening attended by the Turkish Ambassador and suite,
the Duke of Devonshire, the Duchess of Leeds, the
Marchioness of Downshire' the Countess of Lichfield,
the Marquis of Douro, the Count and Lady Cecil do la
Feld, the Earl of Portarlington, Viscount Clifden, Sir
John Lester live, Lady Quentin, Lady Jodrell, Mrs.
CraA shay and party, Sir Henry Meux.
A BEGGAR IN MASQUERADE.—A native of Wales
writes to the Liverpool Mercury that he, a few days ago,
discovered that a pretended Hindoo, who entered a
tavern near Clayton-square, was a fellow-countryman,
who had coloured his face and dressed himself in chintz,
the better to obtain alms.

DREAMING OF GOLD.--Wednesday week, a young
man, formerly an inhabitant of Nottingham, but who
has recently resided in Lincolnshire, accompanied by an
elderly man, called on Mr. Winter, the Duke of New-
castle's agent, and showed him a note he had obtained
from the Duke's steward, giving him permission to dig
in a certain place in the castle-yard, where the man, in
accordance with the dream twice repeated, was to find a
very valuable " crock o' goold." On Friday morning
the dreamer borrowed the necessary tools, and, attended
by his companion, went to the place. Ile then took off
his coat and went to work with the zeal of a Californian
emigrant, cheered with the grave expectation of finding
a treasure that would make him a rich man for the rest
of his life. Head at work ho continued in the rocky
sandy soil for upwards of an hour without the slightest
success—nothing bearing any resemblance to the wished-
for " crock" having met his gaze. When he had dug all
ever the spot he was forced to admit the truth of the
old saying, that " dreams go by contraries," and so he
and his companion disconsolately left the place. The
signs of this industry may be seen by any one passing the
castle-yard on the road to Lenten.—Nottingham Journal.
OPENING OF THE NEW STATION, EUSTON SQUARE.
—The new station of the Ncrth-Western Railway, at
Euston-square, which has been for several months in
progress, was, on Saturday, opened for business. The
building (externally very plain) is in the Roman style;
the interior decorated with Corinthian and Doric
columns. The length of its south and north fronts is
168 feet; the east and west fronts, 221 feet. In addi-
tion to the handsome waiting-rooms, booking and other
offices, compactly arranged within the building, are two
v. estlbules ; the outer, for general traffic, measuring 64
feet by 21,is paved with patent metallic lava, resembling
tesselated pavement, an article impervious to damp.
The inner vestibule is a magnificent apartment, 140 feet
long, 60 feet wide, and 61 feet high; around it tuns an
elegant light iron gallery communicating with the upper
offices : it will be used as a general waiting and refresh-
ment room. At the east end is a bold flight of steps,
leading to the general meeting room, which is calculated
to hold 4,000 persons. Over the entrance is a piece of
sculpture in Caen stone, representing Britannia sup-
ported by Mercury and Science, executed by John
Thomas ; and contiguous (by the same artist) are has-
relief devices symbolical of London, Birmingham, Man-
chester, Chester, Northampton, and Carlisle. The deco-
rations of the principal apartments are profuse,. chaste,
and elegant; the general offices are neat,convement, and
spacious: the whole in fact, as a railway station, is
without equal. It has been executed by Messrs. Cubitt,
from a design by P. Hardwicke, aq., the architect, at
an expense of nearly 140,0001.
SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY blonNucc.—The acti-
vity which took place in sales of cotton at Havre on
Saturday last was again displayed yesterday. The
sales amounted up to two o'clock to 1,500 bales.
Prices very firm.—la other articles little or no business
transacted.

M. MANZ ON I.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
81R,—As Count Manzoni's name has unfortunately
been brought before the English public, not in a
favourable light, and heavy charges have been pre-
ferred against this most respectable gentleman even
in the House of Lords, I think it to be the duty of
any one who has the fortune of knowing the Count, to
give to the English public some information respect-
ing him.

Count Giacomo Manzoni's family is a noble,
Wealthy, and most respected family of Lugo, in the
Legation of Ferrara; and the Count is a nephew of
two of the most celebrated men in Italy, Vincenzo
Monti, with whom Lord Brougham used to cor-
respond, anti Bartoloneo Borghesi, an antiquarian
second to no one in Europe. He is an antiquarian
himself, and a great orientalist. To increase the
store of his knowledge in the difficult and extensive
branch of science to which he devoted himself, the
Count undertook long and expensive travels in the
East, and especially in Greece, and has got together
one of the richest libraries in Italy.
As he had faith in the triumph of the sacred cause
of Italy, and was horrified at the disgraceful misrule,
especially in the financial department, of the reign of
Gregory XVI., he gave himself to the study of
political economy, hoping that one day would come
in which he might be useful to his country. The
Count became such an economist, and acquired such
practical knowledge of public administration, that I
do not hesita'te in stating (without depreciating the
merits of othors) that he was the most competent man
to fulfil the duties of a Minister of Finance in the
Roman States, and that it is only due to his extra-
ordinary exertions and ability if the Government,
both before and after the Pope's flight, did not be-
come a bank.mpt.
I had the honour to find myself in the Ministry
with Count Manzoni at the time of Mamiani's Ad-
ministration, and consequently I speak with a
thorough knowledge of the facts.
It must be further stated that Count Manzoni has
always served his country without receiving any
remuneration from the state, and that he is daily
buying in the metropolis rare and expensive books to
increase his Library, instead of pursuing the object
which has been falsely attributed to his visit to
England.

He is not an exile, as Lord Brougham has asserted
in the House of Lords, a circumstance which Count
Manzoni has denied in a letter to the Times, but he
is here in his cfficial capacity of Minister of Finance
of Rome, on a mission from his Government.

I hope that, from a sense of justice, you will insert
this letter in your widely circulating paper, and
I have the honur to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
CARLO GONZALES, LL.D.,
Late Chief Secretary of the Foreign Office, at Rome
under Mamiani's Ministry ; Envoy to the Ponti-
fical Camp, and Extraordinary Commissioner in
the Venetian Provinces.
24, Broad-street, Golden-square,
London, May 24, 1849.

ABSENCE OF COUNSEL—JUSTICE
TO CLIENT.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stu, —As an untiring and powerful friend to the op-
pressed, as the great annihilator of abuses in courts of
law, and the staunch advocate of justice to the people,
am I induced to trouble you with a short detail of my
case, in the hope that your kindly intercession may have
the effect of remedying the evil through which I am la-
bouring and kept in confinement, and by so doing, if
nut producing liberty to me, at all events rendering
here after justice to others.
In the month of July last I was, from the reverses of
fortune, incarcerated in Whitecross-street Prison, and,
from my then poverty-stricken circumstances, had no
alternative open to me to relieve me from such difficulties
but that which the very liberal insolvent laws shed
around the " fallen trader." To those laws, then, did
I appeal, and in the course of time (some nine months)
did I obtain the adjudication of the Court on my case,
by which I was discharged as to my detaining creditor's
judgment debt. On its receipt did I hope and prepare to
quit the prison which had held me for so lengthened a
period, when, alas! I found that from an ambiguity in the
wording of my adjudication order my detaining creditor
was permitted to, and had lodged at such prison, what
is legally termed a "eapias to hold to bail," which pre-
cluded my release until monetary satisfaction had been
rendered thereto. In this fearful state of things, dis.
tracted in mind, and borne down by domestic losses of a
near and dear character, did I lay bare my case to, and
seek advice from a " fellow-prisoner," a gentleman of the
law. An opinion thereon was obtained favourable to
me, thu writ by which I was held was perused and
compared with the statute, and was at once pronounced
" informal."
Steps were taken to set aside such instrument, and
money was from me obtained to effectuate that object,
on the success of which ray liberty depended. A judge
at chambers was to decide this, to me all-important
question; but lo! when the time arrived to discuss and
settle such point, my legal friend (my former fellow pri-
soner, who had since then obtained his discharge from cus-
tody) was non e 64 inventus. The summons was dismissed,
I mulct of my money, and left again to bewail on my
now doubly wretched incarceration.
Shortly subsequent to this my case is laid before another
" legal gentleman," who, after minutely considering the
same, determined on laying it before a full court of tko
Common Pleas' judges on affidavit of the facts! This
appeal was by my newly-instructed attorney entrusted to
a young member of the bar, who last term made a mo-
tion to set aside this " writ of capias to hold to bail," and
discharge me from custody, and obtained a rule nisi
thereon returnable on the day before the last day of the
then term. On the return of such rule an application
sias made for and an extension granted thereof to the
rst day of the present Trinity Term, I still remaining
a prisoner, a thing of minor import to these legal func-
tionaries.

The first day of such term, however, now arrives; in-
structions are handed by me to my attorney, and by him
(so lam told) to my counsel. Anxiety reigns in my
bosom, and a brother is dispatched to the court to
witness the discussion. The rule is called on, a counsel
rises to oppose the rule, and when "it is inquired, who
appears to support," my advocate is nowhere to be
found; that coming to the ears of the Court, " justice"
is administered to the struggling and oppressed client,
by what is called " striking the rule out of the paper."
Information hereof speedily reaches me, and for expla-
nation, do I apply to my attorney, and he to the
counsel, who gives none further than that he was absent
by arrangement with the opposing counsel, and did not,
of course, think the rule would be called on. However,
this morning my counsel tries to get such rule re-opened;
this, however (which would have been but "just" to
the confiding and injured client) was preremptorily re-
fused, and the dismissal of the rule wholly confirmed.
Lily counsel bows to the Court, says, " he's sorry,"
and quits it. I receive the intelligence, and debarred of
all remedy or appeal, am left in prison without redress.
What I am now to do; how much longer in durance
vile I am to remain, or where I am to find redress, are
problems neither my attorney or myself can solve.
Public grounds have induced me so fully to detail my
case, in the hope that its appearance in your all-powerful
journal may have the effect of altering this fearful
state of things. I have trespassed much on your valu-
able time. I have claimed considerable space in your
paper, but the severity of my case and its loud call for
justice, I trust will plead an excuse for the same, and
act as a sufficient incentive for the insertion of my lengthy
narrative, apologising for which, I am, Sir, yours obe-
diently and respectfully,
ROBERT COOK,
Formerly Hide and Skin Salesman, Leadenhall-market,
now a prisoner in Whitecross-street Prison.
May, 1849.

EXPERIMENTS AT WOOLWICH

DOCKYARD.

Captain Sir Samuel Brown, R.N., the inventor of
'Chain cables, and whose name is well known in con-
nexion with some of the finest suspension bridges in
this country, was, some time ago, furnished by the
Admiralty with a boat 32 feet long, 5 feet three
Inches in breadth, with a draft of water of 1 foot
10 inches, for the purpose of ascertaining the com-
parative advantages of the expanding and con-
tracting of the blades or fans of the screw-propeller
now in general use in her Majesty's steam-ships and
vessels. The boat was fitted with an engine of six-
horse power, with a length of stroke of 6 inches,
each stroke causing three revolutions of a screw pro-
peller 22 inches in diameter, when placed in the usual
position of the common screw propeller, with power
to expand the blades to 28 inches diameter. The first
oxperiment was made on the Surrey Canal, with the
propeller regulated to the ordinary dimensions, the
strokes of the piston 120, making 320 revolutions per
minute. The speed attained under these circum•
stances was one measured mile in 10 minutes 30
seconds, and the same distance back in 10 minutes 20
seconds, giving an average of five and three-quarter
miles an hour. A second experiment was made with
the propeller, expanded full out, the strokes of the
piston 84, making 252 revolutions per minute. The
boat then run the measured mile in 9 minutes 10
seconds, or at the rate of 7 miles an hour, and back
the same distance in 9 minutes, or at the rate of 7
one-eighth of a mile an hour. The expansive prin-
ciple having been proved advantageous by these expe-
riments, Sir Samuel Brown was requested to have the
boat taken to Woolwich to have her tried in the river,
and she was steamed down from Greenwich to Wool-
wich on Thursday and Friday last for that purpose.
The boat started from the Dock-yard at twelve at
noon, and on arriving at the east end of the Royal
Arsenal, where the Justitia convict-ship is stationed,
the experiments commenced, the full power of the
steam being put on 70Ibs. to the square inch, and the
screw propeller adjusted to an angle of 15 degrees
with her keel. The time occupied in running a dis-
tance of about a mile and a half from the Justitia to
the eastern extremity of the practice range in the
marshes, was 11 minutes against the tide, the pistons
making 88 strokes per minute, and the screw propel-
ler 264 revolutions in the same time. In returning
the same distance with the tide, the distance was
accomplished in 10 minutes, the piston making 70
strokes. The third run was made from the Justitia
to opposite one of the boards put up as a guide to the
collier stations, and the distance being less it was
accomplished in 8.50 minutes, the strokes of the pis-

ton being 86, against the tide. The fourth run was
accomplished in 6.3 minutes, with the tide, the
piston making 80 strokes, cr 240 revolutions of the
screw propeller per minute. The screw was then
altered to an angle of 25 degrees, and the boat made
the same distance as in the third run in 7.10 minutes,
the piston making 66 strokes, or 198 revolutions of
the screw propeller. The sixth, or run back, was
effected in 7 minutes, the piston making 72 strokes.
The screw was then reduced to the same dimensions
as the common screw propeller, and although making
140 strokes of the piston per minute, it occupied
7.29 minutes in the seventh run, and 7.16 minutes
in the run back. The actual speed attained by
the boat, as near as could be ascertained in the ab-
sence of marks to denote a measured mile, was with
the expanded screw propeller, and the piston making
88 strokes per minute, or 246 revolutions of the
screw, fully eight miles per hour; but when the
screw propeller was contracted to the common form,
and the piston making 140 strokes per minute, and
420 revolutions, the propelling power only gave a
result of seven miles an hour, showing that, with a
decrease of 150 revolutions of the screw per minute,
or 2,360 revolutions per hour, Sir Samuel Brown's
plan gave an increase of speed to the boat of fully
one mile an hour. The experiments were carried on
under the superintendence of Lieutenant Robertson,
who will have to report the result through Commo-
dore Henry Eden to the Lords of the Admiralty. The
speed was considered good, considering that, during
the whole of the trials on Friday, there were nine
persons in the boat.

CENTRAL GERMAN Y.
In the sitting of the Frankfort Parliament of the
25th inst. the following resolutions were moved by
M. Simon, and accepted with a majority of 37 votes :
" 1. The troops of such States of which the Go-
vernment refuse to recognise the legality of the Par-
liament and of its resolutions shall be freed from their
equivocal and painful condition, either by being
sworn to the Constitution, or by being removed from
the territories of the States which remain faithful to
the Constitution."

" 2. The Parliament expects the Regent's Cabinet
will favour them to-morrow with a definitive declara•
tion on the above subject."
The House then adjourned to the following day,
the 26th inst.

BANK OF FRANCE.
The following is a return of the situation of the Bank
of France up to May 24:

ASSETS.

Cash and ingots
Ditto in branch banks
Bills past due ... ... ~,
Bills falling due in Paris, of which
15,035,325 f. 65c. are from the branch
banks 47,359,335 8
Bills in the branch banks ~. ... 76,596,003 00
Advances on coins and ingots... ... 12,169,900 00
Ditto on French public securities ... 25,585,892 45
Ditto by branch banks... ... 1,470,837 00
Ditto to the State on Bons du Tresor... 50,000,000 00
Ditto on the loan of 150 millions ... 50,000,000 00
Rentes of the reserve fund ... 10,000,000 00
Rentes, disposable funds ... 42,581,488 13
Investments of the new branch banks in
the public funds ... 12,779,541 39
Hotel and furniture of the Bank ... 4,000,000 00
Real property of the branch banks ... 2,288,928 00
Loan of 10,000,0001. to the city of Paris 1,000,000 00
Interest in National Discount Bank ... 200,000 00
Ditto branch banks ... 230,000 00
Bills protested at Paris ... 6,187,574 59
Ditto at the branches ... ... 3,735,200 00
Expenses of administration of the Bank 486,091 64
Ditto of the branches ... 391,843 00
Miscellaneous 964,167 34
Advance to the department of the
Seine ~. ~, •• • •••
Loanlf ,000,000 f. to the city of Mar-
seilles

f. 205,650,881 41
. . 126,133,296 00
72,983 34

3,000,000 00

1,000,000 00

£685,408,152 87

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, May 28.
(Sittings in BAtiCO.)
I3AILEY V. WILKINS.
_ _ _

In this case (which had not concluded when cur re-
port left),
Mr. Sergeant CIIANNELL, in support of the rule, con-
tended that the authority of the broker was terminated
at the date of the transfer, and his subsequent payment
of the call could not bind the defendant. his tender of
the transfer of the shares to the defendant presumed that
the plaintiff was able to transfer the shares legally, ac-
cording to the statute of Victoria, with all the calls paid
up on them, and was conclusive against him.
The COURT, in delivering judgment, said that a person
who goes to the Stock-Exchange to purchase stock must
be taken to know that, according to the law, and to the
rules of the Stock-Exchange, he cannot have shares
transferred to him without all the calls due upon them
having been paid. When the defendant contracted to
purchase these 20 shares at a discount of 30s. per share,
what did that mean but that he contracted to pay all
that had been paid upon the shares, subject only to a
deduction of 30a. per share from the amount which had
been paid? ' The payment was one which it was com-
pulsory on the broker's principal to pay. By the rules
of the Stock-Exchange the buying broker dealt with the
selling broker as a principal, and the selling broker was
compelled to pay up all calls due on the shares before
the transfer, which the buying broker, under his con-
tract of purchase, was obliged to repay; an action by
the plaintiff, therefore, as such buying broker, for
money paid to the use of the defendant, would well lie.
The rule must therefore be discharged.—Rule dis-
charged.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.
•

Yesterday an interesting young woman, 19 years
of age, named Silvia Thorn, was charged with at-
tempting to commit suicide under the following
circumstances :
William Vokins, a waterman, said that, about
half-past twelve o'clock on Saturday night, he was
passing over Blackfriars-bridge, when he observed
the prisoner on a seat in one of the recesses with her
bonnet and shawl off, upon which he asked her what
she was doing there. She put them on and walked
away, but in a short time again returned, followed
by witness, and entered the second recess on the
Surrey side of the bridge, when she again divested
herself of the same articles of dress, and, having
mounted the parapet, was about to throw herself into
the river, when he ran forward and succeeded in
catching hold of her dress and pulling her back.
Alderman CARDEN (who sat a short time for Al-
derman Moon) asked the witness if he had ever seen
the prisoner before ? Vokins replied that he had not.
Alderman CARDEN inquired whether she gave any
reason fur such a rash attempt on her life? Vokins
said that on the way to the station she informed him
that she had been keeping company with a young
man, but her friends did not approve of the match,
and she had discovered that he was married and had a
family, which was the cause of her attempting to
make away with herself, not liking, after such a
discovery, to return home again.
Alderman CARDEN asked if any of her friends were
present ?
Mrs. Thorn, the mother, here stepped forward and
told the Alderman that a young man had been paying
his addresses to her daughter for the last twelve
months, but for the last week she appeared to be in
very low spirits. On Saturday she went to see her
intended, when high words arose on the subject, and
she ran out, followed by her sister, but the latter
could not catch her, and nothing more was heard of
her until information was received of her being in
custody and having made an attempt on her life.
Alderman CARDEN—And were you in ignorance
as to whether the man was single or married ?
Mrs. Thorn—l was ; but we have found out that
he has a wife and family, and keeps his servant. I
am thankful it is no worse.
Alderman CARDEN asked the prisoner what she
had to say to the charge ? The prisoner re-
plied that she had nothing to say beyond that
she was very sorry for what she had con-
templated, but would, if forgiven, return home
with her mother. Although at the moment she at-
tempted her life she wished to quit this world, she
had no wish to do so now, and was thankful she had
been saved.

Alderman CARDER said the man who could gain
the affections and abuse the confidence of a young
girl, as in the present instance, was a wretch, and he
only wished he was brought before him. However,
the prisoner had no right to take her own life any
more than another person would be justified in doing
so. It belonged to the Almighty, and she would
enter into the presence of her God quite soon enough
without hastening her end. If she promised to forget
the fellow who had so grossly deceived her, go home
with her mother, and not make a similar attempt, he
would discharge hEr, being unwilling under the cir-
cumstances to send her to prison.
She made the required promises, and was delivered
up to her friends, a great number of whom were in
court.

A respectably-dressed individual named Joseph
Carter, of 52, North-street, Paddington, was charged
with causing an obstruction on the footway in Fleet-
street, by carrying an effigy of the Lord Bishop of
Exeter.

From the statements of Sergeant Price and Thomas
Quarterman, two City officers, it appeared that about
half-past 12 o'clock yesterday they met the prisoner
with an effigy, large as life, fixed to a pole about
eight feet high, and bearing in front two wooden
keys, on one of which was painted, in large characters,
the words " free trade." There was a crowd of
about 50 persons following, he being in the middle
of the pathway, and in consequence of several gentle-
men having made complaints, and seeing the facility
that such an exhibition would afford to pickpockets
to carry on their avocations, he was requested to go
away out of the City. The prisoner refused, and was
taken into custody, when some letters were found on
him of a Chartist tendency.
Alderman MOON asked what the figure was intended
to represent, and was informed that it evidently was
intended either for the Bishop of Exeter or the Rev.
Mr. Shore, at present in Exeter Gaol, but the pri-
soner would give no information on the subject.
Carter, in defence, said that he was a carpenter
by trade, but declined telling his motives for such
conduct, or what object he had in view.
Alderman MOON said that he must be perfectly
aware that such a proceeding would create a crowd,
and thereby render the operation of thieves more
effective, independent of the annoyance to passengers
in such a crowded thoroughfare as Fleet-street. He
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fined 205., or seven days' imprisonment.
The fine was ultimately paid, and the prisoner was
discharged.