The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-04 00:00:00

THE SUN,___ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1847.

Avenge Asneent
Oxfordshire Witney Batik Witney—Williams,
Clinch, and Co
Pease's Old Bank, Hull, the Hull Old Bank and
Beverley Bank, Hull—Pease and Co
Penzance Bank, Penzance—Batten and Co .....
Peterborough Bank and Oundle Bank, Peter-
borough—Messrs. Yorke
Peterborough Bank, Peterborough—Simpson,
White, and Simpson
Pembrokeshire Bank, Haverfordwest—J. and
W. Walters
Penzance Union Bank, Falmouth Bank, and
Truro Bank, Penzance—Rickets, Enthoyen,
and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Simonds and Co
Reading Bank, Reading—Stephens,Blandy, and

Average Amount.
Wilts and Dorset, Banking Company, Salisbury 72,405
West Riding Union Banking Company, Hud-
dersfield .
Whitchurch and Ellesmere Banking Company,
Whitchurc.h
Worcester City and County Banking Company,
Worcester..
York Union. 13anking Company, York 69,946
York City and County Banking Company, York 93,407
Yorkshire, Banking Company, Leeds
P. DEANS, Registrar of Bank Returns.
Stamps and Taxes, Jan. 30, 1847.

Mr. BONDMIN seconded the resolution, which was put
and carried.
Thanks were voted to the chairman and the directors
of the company, and respectively acknowledged.
The meeting then separated.

10,847

46,154
11,117

7,010

9,966

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Feb. 3.
The Court was engaged all the day in trying common jury
cases of no public interest whatever.

11,284

12,728

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
OLD COURT.

4,554
37,919

MARKET INTELLIGENCE.
(From the London New Price Current of February 2.)
SUGAR.—To-day the quantity of Colonial Sugar brought
forward being large, and exceeding the wants of the trade,
a further decline in prices took place, as merchants were
willing to sell,
REFINED.—To-day Refined Goods were purchased with
much caution by the home trade, although further reduced
rates were submitted to—brown grocery lumps selling at
66s 6d to 675, and Standard Lumps 67s 6d to 68s per cwt.
MAUBMUS.—This afternoon there was little demand for
Mauritius Sugar; and 5,846 bags,at public sale were nearly
all taken in at easier rates.

(Before Mr. Justice CRBSWELL and Mr. Justice WlcarrmAii.)
James Price, a letter-carrier, pleaded guilty to having
stolen eighteenpence out of a letter. Sentence upon him
also was deferred.

Co
Richmond Bank, Richmond—Stapleton and Co
Ringwood and Poole Bank, and Town and
County of Poole Bank, Ringwood—Ledgard
and Sons
Rochdale Bnnk, Rochdale—Clement, Boyd.,
and Co
Rochester, Chatham, and Strood Bank, Roches-
ter—Day and Nicholson
Romsey and Hampshire Bank, Romsey—Foot-
ner and Son

42.740
6,304

Dr. Charles Henry Lovell surrendered to take his trial
upon the coroner's inquisition, on which he was charged as
the principal in the manslaughter of Martha llobbs, by im-
mersing her in cold water, and placing wet cloths upon her
neck and body, and Hope Betts, the aunt of the deceaseu,
was charged as an accessory by being felonicusly present
aiding and assisting.
Mr. Payne was instructed for the prosecution ; Mr. Clark-
son and Mr. Ballantine defended Dr. Lovell, and Mr. Bodkin
with sir. Meller, appeared for the female defendant.
This case arose out of the hydropathic system of cure, and
it appeared to excite a good deal of interest. The grand
jury ignored the bill that was presented to them, but it was
necessary to dispose of the coroner's inquisition.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL (addressing Mr. Payne) said lie
had locked over the depositions, and he should be glad to
know whether there was any further evidence as to the
cause of death than that which was given before the
coroner's jury, and upon which the grand jury had ignored
the bill.

12,231

EAST INDIA.—This afternoon there was little desire
evinced to operate in Madras Sugar at the public sales,
which comprised 1,603 bags, and the whoie was taken in and
withdrawn—good damp foxey brown at 425, and mid 41s.
Bengal met with little attention ; and 3,7Bobags at public
sale only partly sold upon rather lower terms.
FOREIGN.—The demand has fallen off considerably for
all descriptions of Foreign Sugar for home consumption. The
limited business transacted has been at a reduction on former
rates of 6d to 13 for white, and is to 13 6d for brown and
yellow.
Tir.a.—The arrivals amounted to 12,000 packages at this
port during the past week, and duty was paid on 496,890
113 S during that time. Importers have displayed firmness,
and refrained from offering any at public sale. This in some
measure is to be attributed to the advices from China stating
that the shipments had fallen off to the extant of 7,000,000
ibs, as compared with the former season. The lower qualities
of Congou are held for the former value. In Pouchong
several purchases have been made, and 5d to 9d paid for low
to fine quality. For the inferior sorts of green the market
has a dull appearance.
COFFEE.—This afternoon there was a lively demand for
Plantation Ceylon, and 990 bags at public sale were sold at
stiff rates. In Native several purchases were made privately
at 43s for good ordinary. Foreign Coffee met with attention;
at public sale 71 barrels washed Rio sold at firm rates.
Mor.assEs.—The market has a dull appearance for all
descriptions of West India, and prices are on the decline, as
the supply is on the increase, and 23s to 28s is the value of
common tine quality. Bengal Treacle can be obtained upon
lower terms; still little inquiry existed privately. 24 butts
and 16 hhds at auction sold at 23s 6d.
RICE.—To-day the market bad a dull appearance for all
sorts of Rice; 606 bags 795 pockets Bengal were offered at
public sale—the sound was taken in at 25s for middling, and
at 25s to 25s 6d for good middling white, being barely the
former value.

Royston Bank, Royston—Fordhjn and Sons
Rugby Bank, Rugby—Butlin and Son
Rye Bank, Rye—Curteis, Pomfret, and Co
Reigate and Making Bank, and Reigate, Croy-
don, and Darking Bank, Reigate—Nash and

Co

Ross Old Bank, Herefordshire, Ross—Pritchard
and Allaway
Saffron Walden and North Essex Bank, Saffron
Walden—Messrs. Gibson
Salop Bank, Shrewsbury—Burton, Lloyd, and

46,041

Mr. rAYNE said he believed not, but he did not feel himself
justified in withdrawing the case from the consideration of
the jury.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL said he might proceed, but he
suggested that it would be advisable to call the medical
gentleman to speak as to the cause of death, in the first
instance:

Co
Scarb• rough Old Bank, `Scarborough—Woodall
an Co
Shrewsbury and MarketDrayton Bank, Shrews-
bury—Adams, Adams, and Co
Shrewsbury Old Bank, and Shrewsbury and
Ludlow Bank, Shrewsbury—•Roeke, Eytons,
and Co

18,285

24,598

9,044

Mr. PAYNE then addressed the jury, and briefly described
the nature of the charge against the defendants. He said
there was no intention to impute any want of kindness or pro-
per attention to Dr. Lovell, but it was suggested that, being
an ardent admirer of the hydropathic system, he had rashly
applied it to the deceased, and so caused her death, and he
apprehended that if he should make out this fact to the satis-
faction of the jury, it would amount to the crime of man-
slaughter.
Mr. Jacob Asbury, the surgeon who made a post nzortem
examination of the deceased, was examined. He said he ob-
served the appearance of the cutaneous disease called scales
tetanus, or leprosy. There was inflammation of the pia mater,
and the vessels of the brain were very much congested, and
those appearances accounted for the death of the deceased.
He considered the application of wet cloths and cold to the
surface of the body would be calculated to produce the ap-
pearances that he observed, but he would not undertake to
say that they might not be produced by other and natural
causes.

38,408

Sittingbourne and Milton Bank, Sittingbourne
—Valiance and Son
Southampton Town and County Bank, South-
ampton—Maddison and Son 17,720
Southwell Bank, Southwell—Wylde and Co.
St. Alban's Bank, St. Alban's—J. S. Story 3,063
Salisbury Bank, Salisbury—Messrs. Brodie 21,640
Shaftesbury Bank, Shaftesbury— Brodie and
King ............ .
Southampton and Hampshire Bank, Southamp-
ton—Atherly and Fall
Stone Bank, Stone—W. Moore 7,637
Stourbridge Bank, Stourbridge —Rufford,
Wragg, and Co 15,531
Stafford Old Bank, Stafford—Stevenson and Co 13,564
Stamford and Rutland Bank,, Stamford—Eaton,
Cayley, and Co. ~
Stourbridge Old Bank, Stourbridge—Bate and
Robins .... 16,801
Shrewsbury and Welshpool Bask, Shrewsbury
—Beck, Downward, and Co. 25,79g
St. Alban's and Hefts Bank, St. Alban's—Gib-
son and Stuart 2,313
Taunton Bank, Taunton—Messrs. Badcock 28,305
Tavistock Bank, Tavistock—Gill, Rundle, and
Co..

Srnirrs.— The high prices that prevail for Jamaica Rum
operates against business:in all descriptions : only small pur-
chaser have been made by exporters or the home trade.
Leeward Island is held for the stiff rate of 4s per gallon, proof
strength, but little business has been transacted. For East
India the demand is limited, owing to 3.310 d being insisted upon
for proof with certificate. Of Demerara a fair quantity has
been disposed of at 5s 2d to 5544 for 33 to 36 per cent over proof.
Brandy has not risen in value, but a good demand prevailed
for all descriptions for home consumption, and exporters
have taken a fair quantity. Geneva has been in excellent
request; common shipping sort at 2s 7d to 2s Bd, and fine
for home consumption at 3s 3d to 3s 6d per gallon proof
strength. Our distillers are more inclined to receive contracts
at Ils 9d for Corn Spirits, and at lOs 3d for gin 22 per
cent underproof, and 10s 9d for 17 per cent under.
Oiras.--There has been an extensive demand for all de-
scriptitale of Olive Oil since our last report, and a further
advent:Bln the value has taken place. For Rape Seed Oil
the demand has been brisk, and further advanced rates have
been obtained. ..For Linseed Oil the home demand
has become brisk, and exporters have taken several
parcels; an advance in the value has taken place.
Palm is not so much in request, and as several
arrivals are near at hand, there are sellers upon lower terms.
For Cocoa Nut Oil no further advance in the value has taken
place. Lard Oil has been in excellent request. Cod has not
risen in value. Seal is held with firmness, and a good busi-
ness has been transacted. Sperm is held with firmness.
TALLOW.—Holders of Russian are desirous to realise on
the spot, and have submitted to a further redaction in prices.
For delivery in the next two months there are sellers at 51s,
lbeusst
afetwtenbtuioyne,rsanadre bbeemoebttwaiintehd.
atli or
2se mthadse2msmet with
less attention, and can be obtained at 2s to 2s 6d nett
cash. Other sorts of Tallow are less wanted, and can be
obtained upon rather lower terms.

By Mr. Justice CaEsswELL—There was a natural tendency
in the human system to transfer disease from the skin to the
internal parts of the body, and that might have been the case
in the present instance, entirely independent of the applica-
tion of the wet cloths.
Mr. PAYNE said he would not carry the evidence any
further.
Mr. Justice CRESSWELL, addressing the jury, said it was
the law that no person could be found guilty of a drime un-
less he was proved to have committed it. In this case a
scientific man, who was the only witness that could be called,
told them he could not prove it, and therefore it was their
duty to acquit the accused parties.
The jury accordingly returned a verdict of Not Guilty,
and the Court ordered the defendants to be at once dis-
charged.
Miles Phillips, 59, waterman, was charged with the man-
slaughter of Sarah Phillips.
Mr. Bodkin prosecuted.
It appeared that the parties were man and wife, and, ac-
cording to the testimony of witnesses residing in the same
house with them, the prisoner was in the constant habit of
ill-using the 'unfortunate deceased. On the day named in
The indictment the prisoner was 'heard to threaten his wife
with violence, and she shortly afterwards complained that
he had kicked her. She went to the house of a neighbour,
where she was taken very ill, and died soon afterwards ; and
upon a post mortem examination it was found she had re-
ceived a severe injury upon the stomach, apparently the
effect of a blow or kick, and which was no doubt the cause
of her death.

12,493

Thornbury Bank, Thornbury—Rolph, Yates, and
Parslow
Tiverton and Devonshire Bank, Tiverton—Duns-
ford and Barne
Thrapston and Kettering Bank, Northampton-
shire, Thrapston—Yorke and Eland 11,513
Tring Bank and Chesham Bank, Tring—But-
cher and Son
Towcester Old Bank, Towcester—J. and S
Percival
Union Bank, Cornwall, Helston—Vivian and

Co
Uxbridge Old Bank, Uxbridge—Hull, Smith,
and Co. 25,957
Wallingford Bank, Wallingford—Wells and Co. 10,577
Warwick and Warwickshire Bank, Warwick—
Kelynge, Greenway, and Co.

Wellington Somerset Bank, Wellington—Fox,
Brothers 4,962
West Riding Bank, Wakefield, and Pontefract
Bank, Wakefield—Leatham, Tew, and Co 49,040
Whitby Old Bank, Whitby—Simpson, Chap-
man, and Co 13,776
Winchester, Airesford, and Alton Bank, Win-
chester—Bulpett and Co.
Winchester and Hampshire Bank, Winchester
—Wickham and Co 6,215
Weymouth Old Bank and Dorchester Bank,
Weymouth—Elliott and Pearse
Wirkesworth and Ashbourne Derbyshire Bank,
Wirkesworth—Arkwright and Co.
Wisbech and Lincolnshire Bank, Wisbech—
Gurney and Co.
Wiveliscombo Bank, Wiveliscombe--P. and W
Hancock
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampion—Good-
ricke and Holyoake..
Worcester Bank, Worcester—Farley, Lavender,
and Co. . 13,758
Worcester Old Bank and Tewkesbury Old Bank,
Worcester—Berwick, Lechmere, and Co. 88,257
Worcestershire Bank, Kidderminster—Farley
and Turner 12,373
Whitby Bank, Whitby—Frankland and Wil-
kinson
Walsall Old Bank, Walsall—CharlesFoster and
Sons
Warminster and Wiltshire Bank, Warminster—
Everett and Co.
Wrexham Bank, Wrexham—J. and S. Kenrick 2,170
Wolverhampton Bank, Wolverhampton—
Messrs. Fryer
Yarmouth and Suffolk Bank, and Halesworth
and Suffolk Bank, Yarmouth—Gurney,
Birkbeck, and Co.
Yarmouth, Norfolk, and Suffolk Bank, Great
Yarmouth—Sir E. K. Lacon, Bart., and Co 11,515
Yeovil Old Bank, Yeovil—E. and J. Batten ... 8,775
York Bank. York—Swann. Clough, and Co 45,884

The prisoner was convicted, but the jary recommended
him to. mercy on account of his age.
-Mr. Justice COLERIDGE sentenced him to be kept to hard
labour for nine calendar months.

PETITIONS ON PRIVATE BILLS.
HOUSE OF COMMONS.
(Room 22, before Mr. Examiner SKIM.)
UNOPPOSED LIST.
In the following unopposed cases the customary formal
proofs were completed, and the standing orders complied
with :
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge, Royston, and Ware
Line, with a Branch to the River Cam, and also a Branch
to the Royston and Hitchisi Railway).
Eastern Counties Railway (Cambridge to Bedford, with a
Branch to Royston, and two Branches to Biggleswade).
London and Blackwell Railway Improvement and Branches
to the St. Katherine and London Docks.
East Lincolnshire Railway (Louth Navigation Purchase).
' OPPOSED LIST.
MIDLAND RAILWAY (SHEFFIELD, BARNSLEY,
DONCASTER, AND GOOLE).
This adjourned case was resumed. The inquiry occupied
the whole of the day, but the allegations sustained were not
worthy of note.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,
MANSION-HOUSE.
ROBBERY OF DIAMONDS.—A man named Robert Kerr,
captain of the barque Levenside, was brought before
Alderman Johnson, in the custody of John Forrester,
the Mansion-house officer, charged with having stolen
two parcels of diamonds, of the value of 3,3001., which
were intrusted to him to convey to the port of London from
Baca. The prisoner had left bis vessel and come ashore
in a boat with the diamonds, and as soon as the persons
to whom they were consigned learned that the captain
had disappeared with them, a warrant was put into the
hands of John and Daniel Forrester, who after having
traced him from place to place with extraordinary skill
and activity, at last pounced upon him in France, and
hurried him away to London with great expedition,
having found upon him about .3001., some of which was
in Bank of England notes, which had been paid in the
Commercial Bank for a cheque drawn for the amount.
of a portion of the diamonds.
Mr. Peachey, from the house of Messrs. Olivarson,
Levi% and Co,.- of the Old Jewry, appeared for the pro. -
secution, but did not enter into the details, John For-
rester having only just arrived with the prisoner, and
no opportunity having presented itself as yet for col-
lecting the materials on which the warrant was founded.
He stated that the prisoner had arrived near Folkstone
in the barque of which be was the commander, on the
the 20th of January, and that he got into- a boat and
landed, with the diamonds, at Folkstone, from which
place he started for London, where he arrived on the
next day ; that he went to a public-house, in an obscure
part of the metropolis, near the London Docks, and was
introduced by the publican to a Jew, who introduced
him to another Jew, and that they repaired to the
offices of an extensive diamond merchant, or agent
who purchased some of the jewels for 1,7504, for which
amount he handed over a cheque to one of the customers
upon the Coarrerlßavk. The sale wasAtegptiated)
by e
th pubes • Lir 4...4 Jews, SAO NT,p -a slop-
sellepolnd they,:
.gokl; in& 1,5601. lietw
,Atillit*loilltt *PAP G00100044141* akeitzfhtiegA° '
44eitr 440t10)!:.‘0",thhiniiimtrer,
who decamped to France, followed by. John Forrester,
who apprehended him there, and contrived to bring him
over to London without delay, or allowing him time to
deliberate upon the consequences.
Mr. John &Milian, part owner of the barque Leven-
side, of, Greenock, stated that Robert Kerr, the pri-
soner, was the master of that vessel. From information
which the witness had received, he had reason to believe
that the prisoner had received certain diamonds to convey
to this country. The prisoner's receipts for two
packages of diamonds were upon the bills of lading, and
it was the duty of the captain to bring them to the port
of London. The value, as appeared from the bills of
lading, was 3,3001. e The vessel had been reported in the
port of London, and witness had seen the manifest, in
which the diamonds had not been referred to. One of
the parcels was consigned to Messrs. Costello and Co.,
and the other to Messrs. Schroider and Co.
Mr. F. Costello, of the firm of Costello and Co., of
No. 10, Bur court, St. Mary Axe, stated that the firm
had received the bill of lading, but not the diamonds.
The prisoner, on being asked whether he wished to
say anything, replied, " I wish to have a solicitor ; I
have no objection to be remanded."
He was accordingly remanded until Tuesday next.
The prisoner, it was stated in the justice- room, was
plundered of almost all the money he possessed himself
of by the robbery before he quitted town with the ex
ception of that which John Forrester took from him,
and forty guineas, the price which he gave for a gold
watch on selling the diamonds.
ATTEMPTS TO SWINDLE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN AND
CLERGYMEN.—A young man named Francis. -Bennet
was charged with having attempted to defraud the Rev.
Mr. Greyham, of Great Bromley, near Colchester, of
11., in the manner detailed in the following statement.
A merchant of the city of London said he received
from the Rev. Mr. Greyham the following letter, which
was marked paid, but posted unpaid, with a request to
make inquiries about

(Room 23, before Mr. Muuniner MAT.)

In the following cases the formal proofs were put in, and
the standing orders complied with :
London and South-Western Railway (Widening thereof be.
tween Wandsworth and Nine Elms, and Enlargement o
the York-road Station, and Amendment of the London
and South-Western Acts).
Manchester and Southport Railway and Branches.
OPPOSED LIST.
MIDLAND RAILWAY (MASBOROUGH AND NOR-
MANTON STATIONS ENLARGEMENT).
In this case the opposition was withdrawn, and the
standing orders complied with.
CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL AND PLY-
MOUTH RAILWAY AND BRANCHES.
This adjourned case was then resumed.
Allegations were sustained impugning the accuracy of the
books of reference, in as far as particular roads on the route of
flit? .ro ecljpe were misdescribed. Other egeptioP. it:
si ;P: .ivrire etere alscilastAineci , .
tais.!.d 4
e *as thither adjdurntxt "•• CA.
'WAGE

t.. . •z,.. JOIN -SIQCA BANKS. , , ••.
4tl3ank oeW;snylikel ' , liilinellig siia .:41. „s.
a
-Baresler. Uaa„mg, - . pittiy,..BArntley 2.......4' 9,;04.4
Brigilbka 1311448 e o 41pAtaplisdf?tiqs .1 .4- .9, 41,185
•Bastqtfck_,BPAlTlo4#l,ll:, IF, vein=
hampfon . ' - '
Bank of Whitehaven, Whitehaven
Bradford Commercial Banking Company, Brad-
ford .... .... 19,450
Burton, Uttoxeter, and Staffordshire Union
Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent
Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Banking
Company, Chesterfield
Cumberland Union Banking Company, Work-
ington . ..
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Banking Com-
pany, Cheltenham
Coventry and Warwickshire Banking Company,
Coventry
Coventry Union Banking Company, Coventry 14,502
County of Gloucester Banking Company, Chel-
tenham - 129,719
Carlisle and Cumberland Banking Company
Carlisle
Carlisle City and District Bank, Carlisle 19,271
Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Company,
Dudley
Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company, Derby 18,875
Darlington District Joint-Stock Banking Com-
pany, Darlington 25,138
East of England Bank, Norwich
Gloucestershire Banking Company, Gloucester 155,236
Halifax Joint-Stock Bank, Halifax 17,939
Huddersfield Banking Company, Huddersfield 36,127
Hull Banking Company, Hull 29,431
Halifax Commercial Banking Company, Halifax 14,241
Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Com-
pany, Halifax 4 44,103
Helston Banking Company, Helston 1,463
Herefordshire Banking Company, Hereford 21,613
Knaresborough and Claro Banking Company,
Knaresborough 26,486
Kingsbridge Joint-Stock Bank, Kingsbridge 3,848
Lancaster Banking Company, Lancaster 6O 167
Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester
Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lincoln 52,624
Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking
Company, Leamington Priors
Leeds and West Riding Banking Company,
Leeds -
Leeds Commercial Banking Company, Leeds 1,301
Ludlow and Tenbury Bank, Ludlow 10,285
Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank-
ing Company, Nottingham 28,428
Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking
29,662
Newcastle, Com paHnyeShdNi
Banking
Provincialeol dtffitsicc,naeogßn,
mhdaaplntNottingham
Sunderland,f
Basghlopr
,Us Newcastledgo n Joint-
Stock
78,880
National
London Birming-
ham,te-street,
428,029
North Wilts Banking Company, Melksham ..... 60,477
Northamptonshire Union Bank, Northampton.. 87,119
Northamptonshire Banking Company, North-

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the report of the directors, from which it appeared, that
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applicationn e d meeting
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was approved of by the shareholders then present, and it
was only necessary then to give an outline of that
patlanthfeorl"wthaicdjh
plan. It was proposed to construct aaqueduct in
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parish of St. George, Hanover-square, near Skew-
bridge, on the King's Scholar's Pond sewer, in the
Vauxhall-bridge-road, end terminating at or near the
Broadway in Hammersmith, together with the neces-
sary works by which the aqueduct or conduit would
pass through the parishes of St. Luke, Chelsea, St.
Mary Abbot's, Kensington, through Fulham and Ham-
mersmith. The tunnel here proposed was stated by
their engineer to be preferable to iron, and would re-
move the opposition that existed to the erection of
steam works in the metropolis. The direction of the
works was most judicious, as it passed through dis-
tricts where there was a number of market-gardens.
The report further stated that the engineers and solicito.r
of the company had promised, in the event of the pre-
sent Bill not passing through Parliament, that they would
not demand anything for their services. There were no
competing schemes before Parliament, and public opi-
nion was greatly in favour of the undertaking of the
company.
The SECRETARY then read the draft of the Bill, which
stated that 30,0001. was the sum intended to be applied
to the construction of the works.
Mr. NASON, in moving the adoption of the proposed
amendment, said that as some of the gentlemen pre-
sent had not attended the former meeting, and there-
fore bad not the advantages of hearing the statements
then made, he trusted that some gentlemen
competent to de so, would state the advantages that would
result from the alteration in the works. On the chief
points raised by the report he might mention that the
impression left upon his mind at the former meeting was
most satisfactory. With respect to one point, namely,
as to the increase in the expenditure of 6,000/, it was
extremely small in comparison with the advantages it
would produce. He had a right to inform the meeting
that he had received a letter yesterday from Mr. Martin,
the original projector of this company, which he would
take the liberty to read to the meeting. There
certainly was nothing in that letter to change
the opinions .he had already -expressed, and he
was sorry that theobjections in that letter, had not been
made before. (The speaker here read the letter, which
deprecated the proposed alterations, on account of the
expense and the departure from the original plan, which,
he contended, would be fatal to the interests of the
company.) He did not agree with the statement of Mr.
Martin with regard to the expense, for the reasons he
had already stated, and the departure from their origi-
nal plan could not be injurious to them with Parliament
or the public. He would conclude by moving that the
Bill then read be approved, of, and that the directors of
the company
should be authorised to take the necessary
steps to carry the Bill through its different stages in
Parliament. . .

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cas,,enoefvvv.
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from France
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cl "London, nd
laying
inorno, 27th
rrnaytoouJuarn thatuwahraywr,
celhB4al
have
is
addressed to you, to be left till called for. You will
oblige by forwarding 205., per Post-office order, for
freight and wharfage, when we will forward it per
Eastern Counties Railway. We do not like to keep
goods long, in case of fire. An early reply will oblige.
" We are, Sir, yours, &c.,
"For JAMES and HENRY,
" WILLIAM GEORGE.
"22, St. Martins-le-Grand.

" George James,
"John Henry.
" The Rev. Mr. Greyham, Great Bromley,
near Colchester."
Suspecting that a trick was intended the witness went
with the son of the clergyman to No. 22, St. Martin's-le-
Grand, which they found to be a coffee-shop, the owner
of which knew nothing at all of the party by whom the
note professed to be addressed, and most readily volun-
teered to bring the schemer to justice. Between twelve
and one yesterday morning, the time at which the
writer of the letter intimated that he should arrive at the
house to receive the money, the witness, a policeman.
and a boy who had, for the occasion, a pound of
marked money in his pocket, went to the office, and
sat apart from each other. Presently the prisoner en-
tered, and stated, in answer to questions from the boy,
that he was the person who wrote the letter, and that
he had the case of wine, which he believed to be cham-
pagne. The money was then given to him, and he
pocketed it, and, upon giving his receipt for the amount,
signed George Williams, was taken into custody. There
was no such wharf in London as James and Henry's
Wharf, which the prisoner said, in his conversation with
the boy, was at Wapping. The prisoner stated subse-
quently that he committed the offence because he was
much distressed.
The prisoner—l have nothing to say but that I con-
fess I have done what I am charged with, and you may
as well commit me for trial.
Alderman JOHNSON intimated to the prisoner that he
should be committed for trial as soon as the depositions
were made out.
Another clergyman in the neighbourhood has, it was
stated, received a similar letter, and it is apprehended
that the manoeuvre has been very successful.

ampton .
........ 23,107
North and South Wales Bank, Liverp001......, 54,382
Pares's Leicost( rshire Banking Company, 14i-
caster
Saddleworth Banking Company, Saddleworth 2,575
Sheffield Banking Company, Sheffield 36,748
Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Com-
pany, Stamford 52,683
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol Somerset-
shire Bank, and Somersetshire Bank, Lang-

port
Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
Stourbridge and Kidderminster Banking Coin
pany, Stourbridge
Sheffield and liallamshire Banking Company,
Sheffield .
Sheffield and Rotherham Joint• Stock Banking

WnxsaAw, in seconding the resolution, said he
could not approve of the objections raised by Mr. Mar-
tin, or that there should be any postponement of the
proceedings.
A protracted and tedious discussion followed, but the
resolution was ultimately carried with but two dissen-
tients.

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Company, Sto-Ilield
Swaledale and Wensleydale Banking Company,
Richmond.. .
Stockton and Durham County Banking Com-

The ordinary general meeting was then held ; Mr.
Warren in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, which stated that
the accounts of the company would be open for
inspection at the offices of the company for the
next month. 806 shares had been taken, and there had
been applications for 1,200 shares more than were re-
quired for the capital. 3,700 of the shares of the com-
pany were not taken up, owing to a depression in the
money-market. The report also stated that the directors
and auditors had refused to receive any remuneration for
their services till the works were commenced. From the
auditors' report it appeared that the receipts of the
company were 3,6041., together with 140/. which had
been received that morning; and that the total balance in
hand" was 1,648/.

pany, Stockton
Storey and Thomas's Banking Company,
Shaftesbury 8,915
Sheffield and Retferd Bank, Sheffield . ,
Suffolk Banking Company, Ipswich —
Wolverhampton aii.lStaffordshire Backing Com-
pany, Wolverhampton 34,654
Wakefield and Barusley Union Bank, Wakefield 14,000
Whitehaven Joint• Stock Banking Company,
Whitehaven , . . 31,885
Warwick and LetouiLgton Banking Company,
Leamington
West of Englane- uaa South Wales District'
Bank,Bnstol.

SUDDEN DEATH.—Yesterday morning. Mr. Jona
than Ellerthorpe, a conveyancer, clerk of the checl: to the
Queen's Yeoman Guard, and secretary to Earl Falkland,
died suddenly at kb...house, No. 37, Colet-place, Commercial-
road East.

The Rev. Pitarteis moved the adoptiOn,
printing, and circulation of the report.

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THE ANNEXATION OF CRACOW.
PROTEST OF THE PEOPLE OF CRACOW.
We, inhabitants of the town and territory of the little
republic of Cracow, being enable to resist force or to es
tablish our just rights, are reduced to the necessity of
resorting to the stratagem of anonyinous writing in order
to communicate to the world our protest, and to make
known the truth, so atrociously perverted by the When
having power in their hands, need not employ calumny
and falsehood against the victim whom, after long tor-
ments, they have finally sacrificed. We consider it the
more our duty now to protest. inasmuch as our feeble
state is exposed to the same intrigues, the same perfidies,
the same wicked drama which was performed at the,
downfall of our great country in 1773, 1793, and 1795.
We shall confine-within the inmost recesses of our hearts
the expression of the sentiments which pervade us—a
mere exposition of facts will be most eloquent.
For some years past our independence has been, in
fact, completely destroyed ; our president, the Ale 6
Schindler, was an officer in the employment of Austria,
so also was the Chief of the Police; the head of our clergy,
the Alibi Letowshke is appointed by Russia, and to
that Government he is entirely devoted. The-soldiers of
our militia are all obtained from the Austrian army, and
the officers are all German, selected from the troops of
the three Governments called our " Protecting Powers."
We have a Dictator, who, though keeping in the
shade, is nevertheless the more powerful and
active. He is the Austrian President, who concen-
trates all the authority in himself. Such is the rigour
of the police and of the censorship of our protectors,
that not only in Gallicia and the kingdom of Poland
properly so called, but even in our unhappy provinces
of Lithuania, Volhynia, Podolia ' and the Ukraine,
travelling and printing are more free than in
our republic. Our political existence ' was strictly re-
duced to the liberty of commerce, to the privilege of
coining money, to exemption from recruiting, and to the
use of our language in .the acts of the Government, as
well as in the schools and in the university. Enthralled
as we have been, how can we have merited the charges
set forth against us in the manislesto published on the
day of our incorporation with Austria, and in articles
in the German journals preceding and follovring that
incorporation. It is false that our city ever was
a focus of revolution, and that arms and warlike
ammunition have been collected there. It is also
false that it has been a place of meeting forethe emissa-
ries of ,any propaganda whatever, as our pretended pro-
tectors allege. As to the part taken by this little State
in the attempted insurrection in February lase, the fol-
lowing is a recapitulation of the facts :
A part of the Polish emigration--its least numerous
portion, the least prudent and the least patriotic, but
that portion which had always been the most busy and
violent--wished at all risks to organise an insurrection
in Poland in the course of the year 1846. The par-
tisans of this movement unfortunately succeeds d in
drawing into their scheme a considerable number of the
inhabitants of the Grand Duchy of Posen, and some of
Gallicia. The Russian Government speedily became
acquainted with this conspiracy, and resolved
to make it serve its own purposes. Russia
immediately sent to Cracow an exciting ageut,
Edward Dombrouski, a man of great energy and activity,
and one well calculated to give extension to the conspi-
racy, and to organise it in the most demagogic style.
His energy and-skill had more success in Gallicia than
with us, where he was only able to seduce a small
number of individuals. The Austriane Government,
though perfectly aware of the proceedings of the con-
spirators, took care not to disturb them ; it seemed, on
the contrary, to wish that the conspiracy should not
be defeated before it reached maturity. What could
be the motive of this? What was the motive of Russia?
This time will some day disclose. At length, on the
18th of February, the first movement for carrying the
plot into effect was made' near Tarnow, in Geilicia.
Cracow was perfectly tranquil. But this tranquillity was
not of long duration ; for the Austrian General o.ollin.
immediately arrivedeand took possession of the city. He-
entered at the head of two battaliOns of infantry, three
squadrons of light horse, and three pieces of artillery ;'
and, to his own force, he joined our militia, amounting to.
about 500 men. The inhabitants received notice that they.
were not to quit their houses ; that doors and windows
were to be kept closed ; that the patroles were ordered to
fire on any one who might come out at a door or look
out at a window; and that all the windows were to
be lighted throughout the night. This last was
an effectual precaution for preventing the inha-
bitants from moving about, or peeping furtively into
the streets. Two men and three women, who were
impelled by hunger to venture out in quest of food, were
killed by musket shots. During the sight some pia-,
toons were firing on the Grand-square, and in the ad-
joining streets. This firing was returned by a party of
police spies and some Jews, posted in a place of conceal-
ment. A tavern-keeper, named Wogt, and some per-
sons who were in his house, being deceived by this trick,
fired from the windows some musket-shut on the mili-
tary, several of whom were killed and wounded. A
farmer of the environs of Cracow, named Bela, also
thought the combat a real one, and, followed by his farm
servant, rushed out and attacked a post of light cavalry,
killing one of the soldiers and dispersing the rest. He
then dismounted from his horse, to collect the arms of
the fugitives, and whilst thus engaged he was himself
killed by some infantry, who at that moment arrived,
These two men (the farmer and his servant) were the
only enemies whom General Collin had to encounter in
the streets of Cracow. Nevertheless the repeated firing,
of the platoons was leept up, and the old wails of our
city were shaken by -discharges of cannon. On the
night succeeding the third day after his entry, the Ge-
neral furtively quitted the city, and proceeded to Pod-
gout', having caused the resident ministers of the Three
Powers and the principal member of our Government to
precede his arrival thither. He took away with him
all our militia, without leaving a man to guard the pri
sons. Thanks to the precautions which had. been
adopted, two hours elapsed before any one dared venture
into the street, and consequently: before there could be
any certain knowledge of the retreat of the Austrians.
Never was astonishment equal to ours when we found
that the Austrians had fled, that no one was in pursuit
of them, and that we were left without either govern-
ment or militia. But astonishment was doubled when
in the guard-houses of the Grand-square, and in the
Dominican church, arms and ammunition were disco-
vered which had been left behind by the Austrians.
leinwaitege ollin had retired to Podgorza, a suburb of
ritetweViibject to Austria, and which the Vistila.(Ferj„
~....eseeerjk„ q
ernerteeweifiettarteptittrenefilllfte ro e nue, . . lily
*humane/tad:6a litetketilBerePAW way; ate)ut a
1 prieielr neeekee4eetTeWiipfingirelle§ At 404441446 '
'paisagi of tiladinre btlitt;s,'aiia *A is is entirely removed
on the occurrence of great swells of the river. Some of
the populace having made sure of the retreat of the Aus-
trians, took advantage of the darkness of the night to
remove some of the boats which support the -bridge, so
as to cut off all communication. General Collin fired
upon these people, though it was evident that they had
no intention of passing the bridge for any hostile pur-
Pose. Next morning the General give the order' for re-
tiring, ant though there was not the shadow of an
enemy, either before or behind him, yet he did not- halt
until he arrived at Wadowice, the chief town of the cir-
cle of that name, situated about 14 leagues from Cracow,
on the road to Vienna. At Cracow, meanwhile, the
first interval of stupor being passed, measures were taken
for the maintenance of order and public safety. A pro-
visional guard was formed and placed under the com-
mand of Count Joseph Wodziski, a veteran of 72 years
of age, whose Conservative opinions admitted of no
question, for the Count never took any part in any of the
revolutions which agitated his country during his long,
life: ' Suddenly a party of young men were observed
going about from house to house, announcing that the
nation had formed a government, and had placed at its
head a man named Tyssowski, an obscure individual,
totally unknown in Cracow, where he had been only for
the space of a fortnight, and then for the first time in his
life. This man had always lived either at Lemberg or
at Vienna ; and no one knew by what means he had_
been elevated in the space of a few hours to the head of
of the government. Be that as it may, the public were,
at one and the same time, made acquainted with the cre-
ation of a dictatorship and the name of the dictator. An
army of from 300 to 400 men was hastily assembled,
and with part of this force it was determined to make a
reconnoissance in Gallicia. The bridge was crossed,
and at Podgorza some ammunition.was found which had
been left behind by General Collie. At Wialiezka some
provisions were found. Some leagues further on, at the
village of Godow, on the road to Lember, the advance
guard of the little army of Cracow was unexpectedly
attacked by Colonel Benedlk, the- eel, r of the staff of
the general in command of Gallicia. The colonel was
at the head of a party of infantry and cavalry, followed
by a troop of drunken peasants, blind instruments of
murder' and pillage, misled, excited, and paid by the
Austrian authorities. After a brief resistance, the Cra-
covians retired in hurried disorder to Cracow, leaving
behind them twenty or thirty killed, and upwards of
eighty prisoners, whom the soldiers and peasants of Col.
Benedik coolly murdered in the most barbarous manner
in front of the inn at Godow, during a brandy-drinking
orgie. Colonel Benedik and General .Collin then
marched back to Podgorza, where, after the lapse of a
few days, the General, hearing of the approach of the
Russians, and losing all hope that the peasantry and the
populace of Cracow and its territory would imitate the
atrocious excesses of the peasantry of the circles of Tar-
now and Bothnia, resolved on entering Cracow. It is
but just to render a tribute of commendation to our
people, inhabitants of the town as well as of. the country
places; Though instigated. by incendiary speeches, and
the example of their neighbours, though -completely left
to theinselves, they were not guilty of 'the slightest ex-
cess. In their march into Gallicia our volunteers ob-
served the strictest moderation, not only to their coiin-
tryinen; but also towards the Germans, and even
towards the officers of the Austrian Government.
Person and property were everywhere respected ;
General Collin, less scrupolous, promised his soldiers
a day of liberty, as he called it, that is to say, a
day devoted to the sacking and destruction of Cra-
cow. But God had pity on us, and averted the commis-
sion of this hideous crime. The Russians, who were not
expected to arrive before three days, marched with a de-
gree of speed which outstripped all calculations, and their
light cavalry entered Cracow several hours before the
Austrians. They were received as' deliverers, and such
they really were ; for General Collin, wishing to attract
numbers to the city, had spread the report that it was to
be given up to pillage. The arrival of the Russians has
established order, rendered all pretext of taking by
assault, and consequent plunder, absurd. This com-
pletely defeated the projects of General Collin,' who now
commands, as 'he before did, his troops at Wadowice,
where he has received the approbation of, and has also
been well paid by, his Goirernment. The rest of our hit
tory is Well known. The above is a true narrative ,of
the conspiracies of our protectors against their unfortu-
nate protege. Alarmed by the phantom of Polish liberty,
Austria thought she could escape from her terror and
remorse by annihilating at a 'single blow what she re-
gards as a living' repr 'nob 'of her sin against ,l'oland—

nametk, the rn,r4.;!'',li, rnTsl'Vr,wP~ltitppattiots

in Gailicia. As to our people—victims of the most uu-