The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-15 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE•

4ANCHEsTER, TUESDAY, APRIL 13 —Notwithstand
in the pressure in the :none% in Arket, there vra,
rail', r more inquiry yesterday both for goods and % arn,
and a fair tun ,tint of businesi might have: been
;i0n.41,
further
ritfitioesrpala:.dienveeaprLtainie:n upter,a:tettt‘no3:antrirreornst vi'Luthlwheeakve; Cort-
ina
-equale
to a t
;ier pound since Friday—led neceariyto.nial farthing
tor higher prices, which had the effect of checking
tran,itctions, especially in goods. In some descrip-
tions of yarn, however, the deteands Of the spinners
were partially acceded to, and purcha,es were
made at an advanc6 of id. on last week's prices.
liv,Vi,ri.eirizriertomto lNeaerwn tyhoatrkt,healcotuhreitscre,eiveived by the
elt4rleston, both to the 16th ult., tend stronglyhteres to cor-
rob 'rate venous statem-nts as to the delicie.leY in
the List crop of cotton. The weekly,from
fv. e .rts, which, at on time, were steadily
those of the preceding year, had, during the last three
ceiniptes excess
at
,ss the
of
wEek::, fallen off' so rapidly, that, at the latest dates,
.he total receipts of the present. year exceeded those of
the last year by only 4,500 bales. The deficiency this
year at New Otlia6 and .Mobile amounted to 200,000
bat s ; and the curret:t estimates tithe total produce of
the crop rather fell short of than exceeded 1,800,000
hAles. Under these circurnstauc,s, it is nut surprising
to find the cotton market adv:incin at a rate which
le.uves the price of this market far behind. Every sue-
ces,ire advance in the raw material p!aoes the
spurner and manufacturer in a worse condition
than before ; and a continuance of the preen:
buoyant state of the Liverp-el market must lead to a
rapid diminution of production. We learn that a large
concern in this town, arid anoth.-r at Preston, who had
been previously working three days per week, have en-
tirety c'osed their mills; and that their example is likely
to be very extensively followed by the spinners of coarse
yarns.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY, APRIL 12.-- We have had a
better attendance of buyers in the market to day, but
tit, re is no decided improvement for the b. tter to report.
There is another failure in the manufacturing line
announced; the imbilries are variously stated as ranging
From 12.0001. to 18,000/, a very small portion of which
is in Rochdale: the principal creditors are at Hudders
field. The wool market continues flat, without any
change in prices worth noticing.
HALIFAX MARKET, APRIL 10.—The piece trade
remains in pretty much the same dull condition
as for some time past. The slight improve.
meta in yarn, noted last week,
adeo.,annt'eneuPiisi,
price.and,
an
lighter, and it is
in me
smitx!e Icesasol;slotaigee.:noPrialradreed bebc).-ming
probable mere firmness would have been manifested, as
the growers refuse to part with it at prices that would
flay the
phretn.,,libtutimtrhtieesitticursk.seseipngdtoiv‘g.hntnsetsos,,k‘,44.
The trait actions in short WOOL tare not extensive, and
the finer qu rli ies are rather easier to buy ; but the
lower qualities remain firm; us the supply is not shun.
dant.

IiIIDDEkSFIELD. APRIL 13.—Trade has been very dull
in our me km to day, and there have been but few
buyers. The foreign houses continue to receive a fair
amount of orders; but those connected with the home
trade make great complaints
LEEDS, APRIL 13 —There is no alteration in the
state of our market; busint as was scarcely so.good last
Stturday, and to-day not much has been doing,
but prices are fully maintained. The unsettled
date of the money market could not but chi ck
mercantile operations ; people, begin, however,
to reason more calmly -on the subject, and,
trusting to a liberal policy which the Bank of England
will adopt towards the •trad,ng c.,:m.nunity, they think
that, with upwards of ten millions of bullion in the cof-
fers, there are no real causes for such a great alarm as
has heist' sounded by speculators, and that things will
right the mselves without forcing the Bank to pui on the
screw so very tightly.—Manchester Guardian.

PUGILISM.

NORLEY AND :iIASSEY FOR 1001. ASIDE.—The much-
talked-of contest b-tween Norley (George Hall), or
Manchester, and Jetnmy Massey, of Sheffield, was
brought to issue on Tuesday, about a mile below Green-
bithe, in Kent. The Nymph steamer was chartered for
the iiccasiiin. and at halt-past ight ca.t loose from Ilun
gerford. On the vity:Zge- down, at London-bridge an
Backwall, she was ji hied by she Fairy and tar) or lima.
sti am tugs. which had come in to share tin pr fits if
the trip by conveying the less neincyed lieges of het-
Nlajesry who might. nut be able to raise the hi avier sum
demar,ded en board the more aristocratic Nymph, whist,
carried'• head-quarters," consisting of the belligerents,
their backers, fr,ends, anti the satierior order of ring
goers. A t C'Airitors, Norley, who bad ;rained at Brigb•
tiin, embarked, but v-!e steamer hi Id on her way anti
reached Gravesend, where Massey, who had trained et
Shoreham, carne on board. The Nymph now re:raced
tiro. 'course to Greenbilhe, where, reinforced by an-
other tug-boat of the mobility, she concourse linded,
and the lists were . quickly pitched nn a kvel piece
of greensward, selected by the practised eye of the vete-
ran commissary, Tom Oliver. At hall-past t
all was ready and the Men in the ring, when an unex
pi-ctrd difficulty arose. ' It had been arrange wo o'eloel;
d that um-
pires and a referee should, to recognise time, be chosen
baud the boat, and a Noble Lord and a Gallant
Baronet had kindly consented to stand empires, while
tt
stalwart Captain had been named as ref rep. To this
arrangement, however, the Manchester party ohjeci,d
and much time (tipaards of an hour) was unnicessaril:,
consumed. At; a quarter to four all difficulties wen
arranged, and the men stood up ; the celours, sear!,
pith white spot for Massey, and white with red fans}
putts rn sor Nor!.. y. having bees long fluttering from on.
.f the centre stakes. Norley was esquire(' by Jet.
['timer and Macdonald, white the She fli,lder was waitt.-
,n byJahnny 11,nnan and Young oamito.
weight was Bst. sib.. that of Norley half a pound more ;
et, as ,hey fat ed each other, Massey looked tie Inge.
and round,.r matt, swede Norley had die superiority i,
urn]. A mere euiline of the rowels wei
sOce. N. rlcy began operittiiins by feinting with the
etr, and tr.s one; to iteince Ilassey to make his fa
viiitrite rush, but the s,
„, blade was cautious, all
after offering many times in turn jumped hack from it.
parried Nae inteisdni f ivours; at length Massey gi•
is; his left on NerleN's cheek, no fought up quickly ani
idippe s dawn. 2 Massey kept offering and jumping
is
sash out; a pause. Massey resuming to the scratch esti,
ice forcing Norley to his corner. At length Nods
rte :died himself. got. within distlo,ce. and let fly his let
vieb e ocliing„ s:t's forehea: >u d rig t ea,
si•arpl. Norley again hit Up with both hands in a
sing ra;ly, and slipped down. Thus the atfait wee;
on Mi,ssey forcing the ti hting, and going in resolutely
ivith various suecess. Sometimes administering sever(
punishment with his right on Norley's left cheek bone,
arid at others gettine josibed and stopped by Norley's
seft in a style sufficient to daunt nine out of ten. Still
>e aunt comitig up surprisingly strong, while his
antagonist, on w hom time had !old more heavily
grew gradually less efficient in hiss di liveries, Mary
Limes did Massey make his right hand it'll on n.rley
ribs and breastb,,ne, and as often did ‘. the Salford
Cock " pup his left wing on to Massey's left eye. Thus
the mill progressed till GO rounds, occupying one hour
ai.cl a half, had been contested. Norley had been for
Some time on the getting down system, and it was clear
fis those of judgment, that his chance of turning the tide
of battle was a faint one, inasmuch as his adversary's
Ilerculean frame (albeit in an abridged volume) seemed
to lose no tittle of As power or activity. Norley now
frequently fill to close rounds, at which dissatisfaction-
wss expressed, and appeals made to the referee, who
ordered the contest to proceed until round 66, when
Massey fought Norley to the ground, cries of ,4 Take
him away! even from Norley's backers, were prevalent,
still the Manchester men indignantly refused to sur-
render. It was now, however, from the surprising fresh-
ness of the younger man, a mere question of time, and
the 68th round closed by Norley being fought down for
the tenth or fifteenth time successively; accordingly
M'Donald, though sorely against the brave fellows wilt,
'threw up the sponge, as the signal of surrender, and
with the 105th minute brought the fight to a close, by
hailing Massey as the victor. Norley was taken on
board the boat, while so little was Massey fatigued or
injured that he sat down beside the ring to witness the
second battle, between—
SNACKS AND GREENWOOD.—These heroes next made
their salaams, to contend for Oldn. aside ;it was a
who is an one
droll aff,ir ; Snack'' , and in his later
days was defeated by Massey (then a boy), was pitted
against Greenwood, a loose match youth of 20. The
Leeds matt is a tubby, Dutch-built little fellow, and
finding long-bowls and long staying inconvenient, rattled
in wildly, and so pegged away at his slender foema!,,
that at the end of 39 minutes the stumpy one was de-
clan'ty- three rounds d the conqueror : tw were fought.
Up was less select than that on the downward
passage.
On arriving at Blackwall, a monster train conveyed the
ttatizens of East and West London to Fenchurch-street,
z:nd thence, per cab, bus, or Adam's own carriage, the
ten-toed machin,a, to their domiciles. Massey arrived
the same evening at Jew fluraa- in tip-top spirits, and
Norley, whose spirit was more depr..ssed by defeat than
personal scathe, repaired to Dismore's.
'f he winner has
new gaited
19 battles in succession, with the one ex-
ception of that with Young Reed, lost through an error
in judgment on his own part; We hear that a handsome
subs:triotion wa> made for the !using

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CHEAP A r RAVELLING.— mnibuses COLE-
pmazentgl.r.rnthliengenttriro:ndi,4B:tutrepr:76,l:itlii::,xt,t.omniteeso.ni,,,,ryi6n(gi
St... tilers w. r, al-. rum,ing from Loudon-bridge to the
West end fur one baiPelluY•

(;etteral M•Leod occupied the chair.
'who SECRETARY read the directors' report, which
sta'ed that the railway had been originally projected to
eonticet CaL'utt vvi'h the deep waters of the Ganges, at
Raininhal, t i be known as the Calcutta and Ganges
Grand Junction Itsilway Company. a name that wit;
eitanyal for the present on the 23•1 April, 1845. It was
arranged, through the Lae Dwarkanauth Tagore, that
Carr Tagore and Co. should be agents for th, company
in India, with pow. rs to allot 20 000 shares in
Ben4al, 10 000 in Botnba.y, and 10,000 in Madras. By
adviacs fee India, it app. artl that 10 sii-t2 shares in WI
!rid hen allotted, and 4.708 pail upon. The railway
was favourably noticed by the East In:lian Company's
trlov,rnaient in Bengal, in June, 1846, and early this
year conditions were submitted by the East Indian Corn.
parry, under whicih they YrqUiti egend their support to
Indian railways, a Modification of which, however, had
been sought by the directors. But, in the meantime, the
directors succeeded in effecting an arrangement with the
Fist Indian Railway for amalgamation wiih that corn•
pany on the following terms, accepted on both sides;-
Ist. The subscribed shares in the Great Western Ben-
gal Rsilwav Company to be exchanged for an equal
number of shares in the consolidated company.
2.1. The tslative expenses of the two companies to be
equitably adjusted by mutual arrangements.
3d. Three of the directors of the Great Western
Bengal Railway Company to join the consolidated
company.

4th. Niels of the officers who may be displaced by
the amalgamation to be, considered by the consolidated
board.

Thebalance-sheet produced showed riitirpliAMOUnt-
ing to 11,320/. ; disbursements 7,044/. ; leaving a
balance of 4,2761., with no outlying debts—the expen-
diture being something under 3s. 2d. a share.
Th 3 CHAIRMAN said he h..d but little to say in re•
Bard to their peculiar position, which he hoped they
would sanction and confirm. It would be the more un-
necessary, as Sir George Larpent bad the other day
given so very able a repart of the whole conditions and
state of the amalgamation. He felt it necessary to state,
however, that they were about to be rej, cted at the East
In ian Company's Board, and they were about to call a
met ting, in ord, r to wind up, when a proposal was
made for amalgamation with the East Indian Railways
Company, which the directors considered to be of a
nature not to be rejected or lost. They had tried to
have a greater number ct the directors in the consoli-
dated, board, but that was not conceded, and they
th..ught it best to accept the conditions which were
offered. The Chairman concluded, by moving that the
report be received, adopted, and printed.
RICHARD HARTLEY KENNEDY, Esq.. in seconding the
motion, stud the calculation of the expense on the pro
posed line of 900 miles had been made by the East
Indian Railway Company at 17,000/. a mile. He was
strongly of opinion that that sum was quite the outside
calculation, for if a Canal in the very same route was
-eekoned at 3,000/. per mile, he did think a railway
'night be made much cheaper than the rate that had
been taken in that calculation, say something like
10,0001. a mile ; fur the labour in that country was
very cheap, twenty cubic yards of earthwork being
accomplished at 2s. In remarking on the traffic
returns put forth oy the East Indian Railway Corn
[piny. which showed a dividend of 18i per cent.
he expr. ssed his opinion that that was very much be-
low what the traffic would actually be. He risked this
pinion on the traffic that must be created in Indian
_foam) and corn—the latter, most excellent, being capable
of being landed in England at 365. a quarter from Bengal.
The motion was put and carried.
Mr. WRIGHT proposed the confirmation of the amal-
gamation. at.d the conditions of the same, with the East

)(Ilan Railway Company, which passed unanimously.
Mr. CARDEN propmeti a vote of thanks to the direc-
ms, which was carried.
The CHAIRMAN responded. and the meeting dispersed.

RAILWAY SHARE. MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, Aram 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been a better feeling
manifested in the market to-day ; buyers were more nu-
merous, and it will be seen that our quotations are slightly
improved. The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 5/ii dis.—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 p.—
Chester and Birkenhead, Halves, 23%—Eastern Counties,
York Extension, 1% dis.—East Lancashire, New, 14 p.—
Ditto, New (Scrip), Bs. 9d. p.—East Lincolnshire, 1% p.—
Edinburgh and Glasgow, Quarters, 175 A— Glasgow, Barr-
h:md, and Neilston, 2% p.—Leeds and -Thirsk, 358 dis.—
o, Preference, p.—Liverpool and Newcastle Junction,
1% dis.— London and North-Western, 172—Matitriester
and Leeds, 321. Shares (late Extensions), t
West Riding Union, 1 p.—Manchester, Matlock, and Mid-
land, % dis.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Eighths, 134 dis.—Midland Stock, 114—Ditto, 401. Shares,
3 p.—Ditto, New, 2% p.—North British, New Quarters
(scrip), 14 p —North Staffordshire, 21,4 p.—North• Wescern,
I dis.—Prvston and Wyre, Halves (11), 6s. 3d. p.—Sbrews-
(,ury and Hereford, 114 dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, New,
tFt dis.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, 1% dis.—
South-Eastern and D.yer, 35151—MEW, No. 4, Thirds, %, p.
-York and Newcastle, Preference. 3 IL—York and North

Midland, Preference, 81 p.—Dernerara,.l/.i p.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, and Boston, 14—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire,
4s—Birmingham and Oxford Junction, 8 c.—Blackburn,
Clitheroe, &c., Preferentials, 11x4—East Lancashire (late B
And P.), New, 7-16—Ditto, New (scrip), 5-16—Fleetwood,
Preston, and West Riding Junction, 13-16—Great Northern,
:74 —Ditto, Lond,n and York Extension (scrip), 1/2-liud-
dersfield and Manchester, 11,4—Leeds and Mit sk, dis.—
Ditto, Preferential,. 14 Manchester and Leeds, 321. Shares
(late Extension), 134—Ma::chester, Sheffield, and Lincoln-
shire (Sheffield and Lincolnshire),', 21%—Manchester and
Southampton, us. c.—North Staff trdshire, `l%—North-
Western, I—Oldham Alliance, 14—Scottish Central, 7%
ShrewsbUry and Birmingham (B), 4s. 6d.—Shropshire Union,
;2s. 6d.—South-Eastern and Dover, 3514—South Stafford-
.liire. 1/2—West Riding Union, I—W harfdale, 9-16—York and
Newcastle, Preference, 314—Whitehaven and Furness, 3%.

LEEDS, Aran. 13.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Notting-
ham, end Boston, Iss. dis.—Eastern Counties, York Eaten-
-ion, 20s. dis.—East Lancashire (Blackburn and Preston),
10s. p.—Ditto, New, I Is. p.—Ditto, New Scrip, 12s. 6d. p.—
'.ast and West orkshire, 2s. 6d. dis.—East Lincolnshire,
I p.—Great Northern, Extensions, 12s. 6d. di,.—Leeds and
t3radtord, 43L,4 C. p.—Leeds and Think, 33/4 n, dis.—Ditto,
sew, 13.1 dis —Ditto, Preference. 18s. p —Leeds, Wakefield,
and Midland, 17s. 6d. dis.— Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
•astle Junction, 1% dis.—Malton and Driffield Junction, par
—Manchester and Leeds, Fifths, 414 p.— Ditto, 321. Shares
(late Extens,ons), 365. 6d. p.—Ditto, West Riding Union,
20.6 d. p.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 1,.
p.—Msuchester and Sout!tarnpton, 18s, 6(1. die. —Mid-
and, Preference. 13/4 p.—Newcastle and Berwick, 4% p.—
;orth British, Halve-, 2% p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 9s.
I).—North Staffordshire, 214 p.—Northern Counties Union,
2.1,4 dia.—North-We-tern, IN. 6d. dis.—Sheffield. Rother-
h,m, and Goole, 17s. dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham
cl 3), dis.—South Staffordshire Junction, 2s. 6d. dis.
h (aisle Junction, 12e. 6d. dis.—York and Newcastle, Pre
Terence, 3 p.—York and North Midland, Preference, p.

HULL, Aram 13:

STOCK EXCHANOK.—fhe salts are—Hull and Selby, Half
_ . _ .

'hares, 51 i4—North British, Extension (scrip), 7s. 611-. p.—
;lackburn, Clitheroe, &c , Preference, 21s. p.—Great North-
rn, 18s. 9d.—lpswich and Bury (Norwich Extension), 4V2
,lis.—North Staffordshire, 2% p.—Northern Counties Union,
9s. 6d.—West Riding Union, 17s. 6d. p.
SHEFFIELD, APRIL 13.
_ . .

STOCK EXCHANGE.-Tne sales are-East Lancashire
(scrip), Bs. p.-Great Northern, 3i die.-Manchester, Shef-
field and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and Sheffield), 64 dis.-
Ditto, 201. Shares, 465. 6ii. dis.-Ditto, 121. 10s. Shares, 318.
tllB.-Ditto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 24 dis.-West Riding
Union, 1 p.
EDINBURGH, APRIL 12.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, 27/. 17& 6d.
-Airdrie and Batbgate. 31. Iss.-Arbroath and Forfar, 271.
155.-Ditto, Halves, 151.-Ayr and Galloway, 21. Is. 6d.-
Caledonian, 261. 7s. 6d.-Ditto, New, 2/. 3a.-Caledonian
end Dumbartonshire, 2'. 2s. 6d.-Clydesdale Junction, 391.
55.-Deeside, 3/. 55.-Dunblane, Donne, and Callender, 1/.
95.-Dundee and Arbroath, 42/. 10s.-Ditto, New, No. 1,
301.-Ditto, New, No. 2, 301.-Dundee and Perth, 381.-
Ditto, New, 191.-Eastern Counties, 201.-Ditto, York Ex-
tension, 41.65.-East of Fife, 21. 165.-Edinburgh and Bath-
gate, 61. 10s.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 711. 15e. ex div.-
Ditto Halves, 191. 10s. ex div.-Ditto, Quarters, 171. 15s.
ex div.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton, 201.25. 6d.-Ditto,
Preference, 211.-Edinburgh and Northern, 151. lOs -Ditto,
Nww, 31. 131.-Ditto, Newport, 7/. 12s. 6d.-Ditto, ditto,
New, 21. 1 Is. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth (New), 31.-Glas-
kow Ayrshire, 61/. 10s.-Ditto, New Stock, 381.-
Ditto, Quarters, 15/. 15s -Ditto, Halves, 8/.-Glasgow,
Dumfries. and Carlisle, Si. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkirk, 39/
-Glasgow General Terminus. 12/. 5.=.-Glasgow and Gree-
nock, 18L-Ditto, New, W.-Ditto, Preference, 81.55.-Glas-
gow, Kilmarnock, and Ardrossan, 5/. 18s.-Great North of
England, 2321. IN.-Great North tf Scotland, 2/. Ils.-
Manchester and Leeds, 1031.-Midland and Eastern
Counties, 155.-Newcastle and Berwick, 26/. 155.-North
British, 321. ex div.-Ditto, Halves, 151. 17s. 6d.-Ditto,
Thirds, 81. 2a 6th-Ditto, Quarters, 3/. 12a. 6d.-Ditto,
New Quarters (scrip), 1/. 35.-Ditto, Fifths, 61. 15s. ex
div.-Scottish Central, 221. 10s.-Scottish Grand Junction,
1/. Ss. 6d.-Scottish Midland, 20/. 155.-Stirling and Dun.
fernillne, 41-Stirling and Midland, 21. 75.-Wishaw and
Coltness, 491. 7s. 6d. ex div.-York and Newcastle, M. 15s.
-Ditto, New, 14/. 155.-Ditte, Preference, 71. 10-1.-Direct
Bombay and Madras, 3s. 9d.-East Indian, Bs.-Great
North of India, 35.-Great Southern of Madras, 35.-
Madras, Nellore, and Arcot, Is. 9d.
GLASGOW, APRIL 12.

RrocK EXCIIANGE.—The sales_ are—East Indian, 75.•

East Lothian Central, Ms.—Edinburgh and Perth ( New
Co.), 605.—Ditto, Halves, 21s. 6d.—Glasgow General Ter-
minus, 1374—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No.
2, 7 tzi—Glasew, Airdrie, and MonklandJunction.s%—Man-
chester and Southampton, 248.—North British, New Quar-
ters (scrip), 225. 6d.--Scottish Central, 22%—Scottish Grand
Junction, 235.

We are happy to state that Mr. Justice Coleridge,
who has been indisposed and unable to attend to his
official duties, is now much better.
[ADVERTISEMENT 3—To INVIGORATE THE CONSTI
TUTION AND OBTAIN HEALTH USE HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Persons of
studious or sedentary habits, who are tailing into illness tor the want
of exercise and fresh air, should, especially at this season of the year,
take tor two or three weeks a course of Holloway's pins, which will
thoroughly invigorate the system, and give pertect circu'ation to the
blood, and thus all languid feelings will disappear, and the gross
humours be mildly purged from the body. Those who cam lot take pro-
per exercise and fresh air will derive from this nu • m• dicine so great
a benefit as will perfectly aston,sh them, b‘ becoming again so hale.
so strong, and so vigorous. Sold by all druggists, and at Um Establ
111111taent of rrefeaser BvAoway, 244, tumid, Loudon.

On Tuesday the Guardians of the S. rand Union gave a
dinner at the Piazz► Ciiffey-house, Covent-garden. to
their late (.11 Orman, Mr. V. a Do Blink, upon his retire•
ment, after twelve years' connexion with their body.
Thomas Moseley, the newly •elected chrotman,pre.
sided, and e as faced by V. Stevens, Esq., the vice•chatr-
man. A numerous body of the Guardians the Treasurer,
Medical Officers. and Vestry clerks of the different
parishes were also present. and after some remarks on
the zeal and humanity which Mr. Do,sling had evinced
in the discharge of his duties as a guardian of the poor,
a very elegant and costly Oece of plate was presented to
him, with the following inscription:—
`• Presented to Vincent George Dowling, Esq , as a
small token of personal regard, and of the g-eat respect
in which his character is held by gentlemen who have
been a,seciated with rim, as guardians of the p,.er of
the Strand Union, on his retirement from the chairman.
ship of the bor:rd. April 13, 1847 "
It affords us pleasure to mike this announcement, as
it yell cts credit on one of our own body. Air. Dowling
has been connected with the London press fur upwards
0r forty years, and has thus prove 3 that there are more
ways than one in which the members of his class can
usefully, as well as beneficially, devote their energies fer
advantage to their fellow.cryatures.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.
PoRTSMOUTH, APRIL 13. Tho Si. Vincent, 120,
Captain 'Milne, was removed from the basin this morn-
wto her usual moorings off Stony-steps, Gosport,
ere she will complete for sea alongside her hulk.
The Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington, C. 8., was docked
this morning to have her bottom examined and repaired.
The Myrtle steam-tender, Second-Master Commander
Balliston, left yesterday afternoon for Plymouth with
-upernumeraries.
The African steam-tug (which arrived here yesterday
from Sheerness to do the duty of the Echo while the
latter is under repair at Woolwich), and the Drake
lighter (the former having Mr. C. P. Bellamy, the
Avistant- Mister Attendant, and a body of dockyard
riggers on board), proceeded this afternoon to the scene
of the wreck of the Sphynx, at Brook, Isle of Wight, to
get up that vessel's guns and some of her machinery,
thrown overboard when she was ashore.

FORGERIES ON THE LC,NDON
AND 50 UTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

A young man of very reap- ctable appearance, named
Horatio Nelson West, was brought before the Lord
Mayor, in the custody of Daniel Forrester, the offi'er,
charged with having been concerned in forging a great
number of docum,nts, purporting to he shares in the
London arid South Western. Railway Company.
Another person, whose name, as the evidence did not
involve him criminally in the transaction, we shall not
publish, was put to the bar at the same time, upon sus-
picion of having been concerned in tne off nee.
Mr. Clarkson, the barrister, appeared for the prose-
cution, and Mr. Humphreys attended for the prisoner
West. The second prisoner, who seemed to be quite
astoni,bed at his situation, was undefended.

The Learned Counsel for the prosecute in briefly
stated the case, which, he said, was brought forward at
the instance of the directors of the c..mpany. A !plies-
/ions had been made to the proprietors of thv new
Money market, by letter addressed from P.rtlane-
place, to sell a numb. r of shares, and it was strenge
enough oat these shares were found to be forged upon
the detection of another offence committed by tne per-
petrator, who received in payment of a cheque 401. more
than he welt entitled to, and appropriated that sum to

his own purposes.
Mr. James W. Stephens, partner with Mr. Luke
James Hansard, said, on the Bth of March, about three
or four o'cleek in the afterno,n, I received a letter by
the hands of a messenger, a person of shabby appear-
ance, enclosing fifty shares in the London and South-
Western Railway Company, and purporting to come
from a gentleman named Craven, of Portland. plaeo.
In consequence of the directions contained in that letter,
I got the shares verified the following morning at the
office of the company, and they were dispose of to Dr.
Henry Clark, of Southampton. Observing there was
no number mentioned in the letter, I asked the mana-
ger what number it was in Portland-place, ar.d he, with-
out any hesitation, said No. 11. Ou the 9th of March
the same messenger brought the letter I produoe, pur-
porting to be from the same gentleman, and requesting
to know whether the fifty shares had been sold, and I

sent him back an answer, stating t..at the sale had taken

place according to the instructions. Just as I was going
to post the letter advising him of the sale, the same
m*ssenger came and handed me another letter, request-
ing the amount of the proceeds. I wrote an answer to

hiM, stating to him that we had not as yet received the
proceeds of the sale, but that as soon as we received the
money, we would forward it to him. On the following
-motning, we received another letter, stating that Mr.
Craven expected, when he scut to us, that we were agents
in cash transactions alone, and requesting that a cheque
for the amount should be at once transmitted to him. As
I rec-ived intimation that I might have the amount
that day, I determined to call myself at Portland-
place, and leave the cheque for Mr. Craven ; nn f
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as I was going out of in office tor that purp,,se, I tnet
the messenger at the door. put a cheque for 259/. 7s. 61.
into an envelope, sealed it, directed it, and gave it to
the man to convey to his waster. On the following day
the eletk of the bunking-house tit which the cheque was
paid called and said he ha I overpaid the cheque 401 In
consequence of this commun.cation I was induc.-d to
send for the prisoner West, isho called twice at my
office,.but I happened to be out In about a week, how-
ever, I saw him, and I asked him from v,horn he had
,btained four 101. Bank of England notes which I named
to him, and I told him our bankers• had paid that am..unt
too much, ami that the notes had been traced to his pos-
session. He said that the secoti.! prisoner whi, stands
next to hitu at the her, and one Mr. Wilson, whom he
did not know, came to his office to transact railway
business, and that ore or other of them gave him the
notes, as the second prisoner owed him some money in
another transaction. I pressed him to say which of them
had given him the notes, and he said the second prisoner.
West gave hick the 401. I said to him, " Why d ► you
trouble yourself about it, and why don't you make the
second prisoner pay you what you have given up?" He
said that Mr. Wilson is one of the Hall of Commerce
chaps, and I know nothing about him, and I don't like
nis appearance, or something of that. kind. I asked him
if he had any objection to walk with me. He said he
was perfectly willing. I wished West to identify Wil-
son, and he walked with me to the Royal Exchange. I
told him we had sent the shares to the company, and
found they were genuine, and, therefore, we hail nothing
more to do with it.
Daniel Forrester, the officer, stated that in conse-
quence of the information which he had received about
the overpaid 401., he welt some steps in the case, and
he receive 1 iniermation from Birmingham which in-
duced him to look after West. He found that there had
been ad exchange of money at the Batik, part of which
was of the sum drawn from the banking house of the
last witness, for gold. West said he had received the
forty pounds of the second prisoner and a man named
Wilson and the second prisoner, came into West's Office
at the time, and said he did hand some more y to West,
,nd that he and Wilson had had some money transac-
tions, aml he had received change from Wilson, and gave
to West, to whom he owed it. In the course of convey
sation with West, witness was told by him that he had
been at Ely, but that he had not been at Birmingham
for two years and a half. Witness said to him, " Mr.
West. you have been at the post-office in Moorgate-
street ti r letters in the name of Perry," and he denied
it. Be said he had been there, but he bad bought a
knife and a ring there. The man from the post-office at
Birmingham identified him as the person who had called
for letters in the name of Perry.
Mr. Clarkson said to the second prisoner, who
seemed disposed to speak, "As you have DO legal ad-
viser, I would advise you not to speculate upon ques-
'ening this witness."

The second prisoner—I don't want to speculate upon
anything. lam innocent of any offence.
Mary Ann Dingley, of 124, Moor-street, Birmingham,
said—l know West by the name of Perry, and he came
and lodged in my house from the 18th of March, with
the exception of one single night, the 26th, to the 2d of
April.
Mr. Clarkson then said he should call a gentleman to
give direct evidence as to the forged shares.
Mr. John Brown, in partnership with Mr. Thomas
Price, sharebrokers, said—l received a letter from a
person of the name of Perry requesting us to sell some
shares, and we sold them, and on the 22d of March we
remitted to J. Perry, 124, Moor-street, Birmingham,
bank notes to the amount of 1401., one No. 94,538, of
1001. is one of the notes. The shares produced, Nos.
1,411 to 1,415, are parts of those which we sold for Mr.
Perry.
Mr. Alfred Morgan, treasurer to
South-Western Railway Company, looked
produced by the last witness, and stated that they were
forgeries. ;the London
altetnhdeeseh shares
The five shares purport to be 50L sharesnumber of forgeries bad been detected, to the
Aamgrouenatt
(as we understood the witness) of 2,5001.
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The second prisoner said, whatever fraud might be
proved, he had nothing to do with it. He begged to be
allowed to put in bail. He did not care about the
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Mr. Humphreys did not object to a remand in the
(stle of his client West.
The Lon]) MAYOR
said that he should remand West
till next week, but that p• obahly he should take bail in
the case of the second pr oni.r at a very short notice.

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