The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-17 00:00:00

IRELAND•

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[BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPR.3
THE STATE PROSECUTIONS' , of,
DUBLIN, TUESDAY EVENING, 6
u
The jury in O'Brien's case were discoorg t.
o'clock this morning without agreeing to a verclic;oolo
Meagher's trial was then proceeded with; the' of.
this case also could not agree to a verdict, /113 d
.r
locked up. t
The foreman has announced in court that -ft
obstinate in their dissent.
The Court has adjourned until nine o'clock.

YORK ELECTION.,, did to
We understand that Sir John Simpson, l"1:.,; t;
man Meek, and others citizens of York, °'-"Agfiloe".
town yesterday to see 'Mr. Leeman, and lquir;;eos4.ll
son of Sir William Milner, and that for 5° for '
Mr. Leeman declined to become a candidate robe
nativeor city ; the consequence was that Mr. candidate
visit
York this morning to be put in nominatilecol
known
of Sir John and his friends havn' held
in York, a meeting of the electors 4(1'1700V:a
yesterday, when it was proposed that Mr. °J-1 t air
put forward as a candidate ; an am t°
moved that a committee be appointed to c 7; Sick
cats with Mr. Leeman, Mr. Milner, and AA 'OOO
buck. The amendment was carried, and the tree •
adjourned until Friday next. In the toey bye 3.;
requisition to Mr. Leeman has been sign titn,",
wards of a thousand of the electors, and the it:"0
enthusiasm in his favour is exhibited,_ abt. 1-110
consents to stand his return is beyond a 50 0
requisition is receiving further signatures ,00 o
possible. Mr. Leeman is at present in i'—°llbudoub,,V
his professional duties. There cannot be 10,11. c. stro7:,
but that Mr. Leeman will accede to this rote °.
requisition from his fellow-citizens. At any piedB
candidate can be returned who does n°
himself to Mr. Hume's motion.

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ie.
THE ORPHAN WORKING SCHOOL nt
focl ,a oh
vERsToc.-HILL, HA.p.TEAb.---yesteriw •;,,
ie “."
under the immediate patronage of her Nisies't iir
0000
the funds of this excellent charity, Grazhello g
Rooms, King-street, St. Jamesesquarth
were thronged with visitors. • --'

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/If()',LE, e' 41„t CONDI P; li U 1 A i.. -*II,- WS.
CITY,Q .e. OAR 1 1,j,, TO T -
The sales of Cotton at Liverpool yesterday were
5,000 bales. Shares droopLd in the morning, but rallied
subsequently.
The llibernia steamer brings later advices from the
United states. The non-ratification of the treaty is
calculated to excite 14issppointmeot, especially as there
are hints in some of the opposition papers that Mr. Polk
and his Cabinet really do not desire peace, being
anxious to obtain a fair excuse fur annexing the
cuntry.
woill Upon this ground, too, Mr. Polk
probably nce more oer himself as
President. Whether the following rffemark sof the New
York Herald can be relied on, it is scarcely in our
Power to say, but we apprehend that they are "not far
off." The writer says :
" The last accounts from Mexico are unfavourable for
the ratification of the treaty. We think it highly probable
that no treaty will be confirmed by Mexico during the
preseut summer, and perhaps not until after our November
election
. We have some reasons for believing that Mr.
Polk and many of his friends in the Senate, were never
sincere in desiring a treaty with Mexico till after the
Presidential election. The issue of the annexation of
Texas, on which the last Presidency was determined,
would not answer for the approaching contest; and if
our relatbns with Mexico should remain open till
winter, it would be much easier for Mr. Polk and his
men to go into the contest with the cry of all
'exieo on their lips, than to be without such a
watchword. If the American commissioners in
Mexico chooee to protract negotiations there, they can
easily accomplish their purpose. They have plenty
of money under their control, and money possesses
n unlimited political power among such a miserable
Zee of scoundrels as compose the Mexican Congress or
wane Government. It will. be only necessary for
Commissioners to advertise privately what they
"'nl and how much they will give to agree to a treaty
ioe disagree to it—to confirm the negotiations or de-
lay thern—in order to accomplish exactly what they
vfant from the Mexican Government, in all its ramifica-
With We may prepare, therefore, for seeing no treaty
Mexico, and for going into the next election to
tldecide the question whether we shall annex the whole of
haie. republic of Mexico to the United States, or not.
ve such ssuocmh:n issue, Mr. Polk, or Mr. Polk's men, might
chance, even against General Taylor or
U ral Seott. Without it we think they would have no
prospect."
antietnna •
factoerrcial affairs in America were in a tolerably
market. It Position,and there was an easy money
" There has been but a moderate demand for sterling
stated—
exchange
11 to r°
r thi'
refusal to packet. The best drawers are asking
xer cent. premium, which is equivalent to a
baneedoleincluriraw. tßilla 0/1 Paris are a drug in the market,
cocentieras)
ports ofntillidi and
all for them. Public confidence has
much shaken by the position of political,
financial affairs 'in Europe, and in all
the . e world, that the only.regulator of,balances is
precious metals ''
The Ho, , , •
to the Schjetll' .1-leigi
visited Brasidl an rig Duke of Brabant 11) -
after a voyage of fifteen months, having
where
efforde , Chili, Peru, and various other places,
(Las is represented, an excellent reception was
The
oaft:oreContinental advices received to-day are of rather
at ;favourable tendency, although there is no feeling
ell;ritY, inasmuch as the members of the Government
41" Must be divided ; and the attempt to visit with
punishment some late Members of the Government,
Louis Blanc and Albert for instance, may bring the
schism to a head. The manner in which Ledru Rollin
3elic teprornised certainly renders his position extremely
date.
_ The Funds have been exceedingly dull this morning,
adit!lotieh in price better. There is scarcely any business
_o -
me either for transfer or on speculation. The re-
‘fusal of the juries in Ireland to find bills against the
' confederates " is held to be embarrassing, and the
(*.question now asked is how the difficulty can be met.
q-"anis. have been 83i to 831; New Three-and-a-
Cents.
uarter per Cents. 82j to 83i; and the Three per
81i to 84. Bank Stock has been 1891 to 191;
an
India Stock 231 to 233. Exchequer-bills have
realised 36s premium for those of June.
111 the Foreign Market, the dealings have been ex-
ceedigly limited. Spanish Five per Cents. have been
auoted 121, and the Three per Cents. 211. Mexican
~4°ncia have been 151, and Grenada 131 to 14. Dutch
' wo-and-a-Half per Cents have been 411 to 421.
Railway Shares are held more firmly, although there
are but few transactions, and the French lines partici-
pate in the rally.
ONE CLOSING
P,RICES OF BRITISH FUNDS. O'CLOCK. PRICES.
Dank Stock
Anna 3 per Cent. ReducedB2% 81% 8214%
8 per Cent. Consols Annuities 83A5/2 83
New 314 per Cent. Anna-- . 8314 827 83%
India Stock 232 231 233 233
India Bonds, 1,0004
Ditto under 1,0001. .. ...... .- 243 p 24 p
8 Consols for Account .....
Exchequer Bills. lid. & 3d.
1,0001. June ... 36 p 36 p
1,000/. March ...... ........... 42 45 p 45 p
500/. June
Small, June
oNE CLOSINti
O'CLOCK. PRICES.
214
11%

London, Brighton. and
South Coast
Do. Consol. Eighths. 40
Do. Guarant. 5 per ct.., 9
Do. Pref. Con. 5 per ct.
Ditto. ditto..... 1852 50
London and Greenwich 12115a4d
Ditto, Preference... 18 17s 2d --
Loudon a.m. N. Western 100
Quarter; (L.& B.) 22
Ditto, New
Ditto, Fifths ..... .. 2
Do. 40/.Shares(L.M.) 20
••
Do. 10/. (M. & B.) A. 714 —
Do. 101. (M. & B.) B. ▪ ......
Do. 10?. M. & B.) C. 1
Loud. &S. Western
Do. New 50/. ..... 42
Do. New 40/.
Do. Tenths (Consol.) 50 •••••• ••• •••• •
Ditto ditto 40
Ditto. Thirds lO
London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil ..... .......
Londonderry&Coleraine • „....
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen ........ ..• 25 •••••• .....
Lowestoft (4 per ct.) ... 20
Ditto (6 per ct.)

Manchesiei.Buxton,and
Matlock 4
Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire...loo
_

Do. Quarters jNo, 1) 13

1

132 th
4%

. _
Ditto ditto (No. 2)... 25
Ditto ditto (No. 3) ... 7% — ..... .....
Ditto, New 101. Pref... 7% —
Ditto, Gt. Grimsby ... 30
Ditto ditto . ......... 9 - •••••-•• •••
Ditto ditto
Ditte Sheffield and
Lincolnshire lO ...... •••... ...... .
Do., Grimsby Dock l 5
Do. Manchester and
Lincoln Union..... 41.25.
Manchest. & Southampt. 2% — , ,
&tidlansl
Do. Consolidated Pref.loo
Do., do., 501. Shares.- 15 ...
Do. Birm., and Derby100
Do.Consol. Bristol and
Birming., 6 per ct. -.100 ......
Ditto, Brist. & Glocstr. 36 ......
Ditto, ditto ... ..... 111.35. 6d...
Ditto,Leicest. & Swan-
nington, 8 per ct.guar.loo
Midland Great Western
Irish
Middlesbro' and Redcar,
6 per cent. guar.
Newcastteand Carlisle 100
Do. Quarters 25
Newmrket& Chesterforel 18%
Do. Extension .........21. 125....
Newport, Abergavenny,
and Hereford 6 .....
Newry and Enniskillen 7
Newry, Warrenpoint,
and Rostrevor l5
Norfolk .. .. .„ 100
Do. New 201.
Do. Extension ........ 16
Do. Guaranteed s%pc. 5
Do. do. Waveney Val. 2
Northern Counties Union 4
North British ........ ... 25
Do. Half Shares 12%....„
Do. Quarters.- ......
Do. Extension %
Ditt,, Thirds 3 _

48'h

7%

~.. 105

.••• ...

o••

r •• •••••

r•••
•••
•••
,•••

North & South-Western 2 .... .........
North Staffordshire 12%...... 10% 10 ... ...
North Wales
North Western.
Oxford, Worcester. and
Wolverhampton. ...... 40 ... .• 223/4 22% •••••
Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate
Royston and Hitchin ... 1%
Scottish Central •••• .....
......... 25 ..... 28 .. .
Scottish Midland
Ditto, New ..... 10
Sheffield, Rotherham,
and Goole (Nor. Div.) 5
Do. do. (Sou. Div.) 2% —
Shrewsbury and 8ir0;... 8
Ditto ditto. Class B. 5
Shrewsbury and Bereft'. 2 ......
Shrewsbury & Chester
(Nor. W. Alin.) l6
Ditto Halves ... ditto 8 ...... .. ....
Ditto Oswestry ...... 16
Ditto New
Do. 8 per Cent. Pref. 8
Shropshire Union
South Devon 45 ..... ••• .....

Do. Preference
South Staffordshire 5% •••• •• ••••
South Eastern - . ...... ...
Do., No. 1 24—
Do., No. 2.
Do., N 0.3 ............. 20
Do., No. 4
South \Vales
South Yorkshire, Don-
caster, and Goole
Swans. & Loughor & Ca-
meron's Stm. Coal. ... 6
Taw Vale Extension ... 6
Thames Haven Dock
and Railway l7l/2......
Vale of Neath .. . 4
W aterford and Kilkenny 15% —..
Waterford and Limerick 40
Waterld,Wxfrd,Wiclslw,
and Dublin
Wear Valley 6 per Cent.
Guaranteed ... .. 42%
Do. do. do. ... 25
West Cornwall
Whitehaven & Furness 11 -
Windsor, Staines, and
South Western ..... ... 7
Wilts, Somerset, & Wey-
mouth
York, Newcastle, and
Berwick.
Do. Original New and
Berwick .. ......
Do. Extension No. 1. 15
Do. do. No. 2......... 10
Do. G.N E.Preference S ...... ••••
York and North Midland 50
Ditto, Preference ...... 10
Do. East and West Rid-
ing Extension
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Boulogne and Amiens... 20
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) ... 16
Ceylon
Demerara lO .....
Dendre Valley... 4
Direct Bombay and
Madras ss. . ...
Dutch Rhenish -
East Indian ..........
Great Indian Peninsular ss.
Italian and Austrian. ... 4
Louvain it la Sambre .., 6
Luxembourg 7 •••••• 34
Madrid and Valentia... 2 ......
Namur and Liege lB ... ..
Northern of France
Orleans and Bordeaux 6 ...... ..... ...... -
Over Yssel 413 s 4d......
Paris and Lyons lO .....
Paris and Orleans
Paris and Rouen ... 2O
Paris and Strasbourg ... 8
Rouen and Havre
Sambre and Meuse 2O ..... ••
Strasbourg and Basle ... 14
Tours and Nantes 8 ......
Tournay, Jurbise, Lan-
den, and Hasselt ...... 16
West Flanders

2214)

22%
6%
273%

, • ....

PRICES OF FOREIGN fuNDS•
Equador Bonds
Grenada Bonds, 1 per
_cent.
Illexican, 5 per Cent. 1546
Ditto, Account 15%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents —
tussian Bonds ..
_.
12%
Spanish 5 per Cent. 1840
Ditto 3 Der Cent 21%
42%
425"
62
Dividends on the above payb4lei
Dutch 2% per Cent., 12 Guild
tu _
2ihin London.
Ditto. 4 Der Cont. Certifiea 6
, Buso-Ess DOIC.
}c PRICES.
PRICES OF
PAIL, AT ONE O'CLOCK.
24%
RAILWAY SHARES. CLOSING
Aberdeen
Amber., Nott., Boston, -
.. A
s,
and Eastern Junction 3!,4
Ayrshire and Galloway.. 21/11
Belfast & y Down % —
Birmingham. Count and Ox-
14
ford Junction •••• •"20
iriningharn, ......
Wolver-
•• 000000000 ••••
is hanipton, and Dudley 10 •••
uirming.,Wolverh'pton,
Bi
and Stour Valley 124 43 •••
an
d Cheshire Junc.... rknhead, Lancashire,
•••••
7
oston, Starnfd & Birm. 534 —'..• • ••••
Bristol and Exeter...... 85
Ditto T birds °5
••. ...... .-
3 3 dis .
11 1.• '
4e^ing ha msb ire 141. 4s.
3134 32%
_
eatidt°ton,lallalf Sha:es .. 5:14 ......
..............
•••
bitto,Clydesdale Juno 50
_
Chester and Holyhead... 42%
_
Ditto, Prefer 15 ...... •
_
ciaren__ ence ...... , _ _
, ~e ........... • ...... tB'4
LP°. Ist Class, 6 per Ct. 10
.I,°. 2dClass, 5 per Ct. 10
_
''. Government Loan,
4 per Cent. .10 ••••••
Direct London &PO; .
_
rnouth
bablin ................. 334 —
Du , and Belfast Junc. 25 .•••••
hollk & Enniskillen 17% —
t. Anglia, 25/ , L. &
end . and b. 25
•••
••-••
.....
E,,,t1t..,,,14.1ia1.&...i.i...
..
..
.. 18
14 .... .. . —_14%3/4
15 x n
153 x:
na ,onati
Do New „ea... ..... 20
Guaranteed
i, 6 per
3 3%
.1)
....................
24
......
eh,
...,nsion,s per
D.C--"' °' I• 413 4d.
14 dis
itto ditto,
ti No2 61 13s. 4d,.. 14 "
50xn
110°.. lin!! th' 8' a-st.'1•••111. 6° ... •" . 49%
5°
II"
bo '.:..'earterS ... ..... 12% —
A •rf
zt
Diem
.......... 50 ......
.t!n•
,9uarter Shares 12% ......
b'nt7 fhirds....• ...135.4d.. •—•—
Ditt
_
gur.6 percent.) 10
....
.....
~ 0, ditto
_
,„„t
.._
_as, , •••1 ........ 20
....
bittr I,iaalre, ......... 25 ..... .
tlibitittoill,
c.,:sh_ez
......... 1651%
_
Xdin1,140°17„11,,,e, ••••.• 20%
43
Ditto, liaff'siirit'a3gONY 50
Edbini tbtuor,
gQ,huaz exr ;',ll:ksarl/4"; 1125% :.•• LI --
_
Ditto, New.. °'`uern 25
_
Ditto, ,Newpori ......... .614
_
... Ditto, ditto, Ne.w"••• 13
tztleittetro,,Yecz:„L b0.r,.11". 2331 Z•-- --
....
....
Glalgow, Dunli•?•' .........
2 /II ''
_
leasarolivrs,l,Nexeiwiroal.l..ll'. a.11.8(14 6s. Bd. •• ..•
..._
Ditto
•-•• _
Ayr 50 ..... .
DoPreferen ...
......
* _
40 ......
... , •••
Grect..t N..orthererie ......... 13 ...... 33872 ......
•••
Consol. 15 ......
,;* ... • 3%
(iJu,l,ondon and York 2%
(treat' so„,b.
.and _
......
24
~., ( Irela ili'' West.
Ditt
kireat xo i •. .......... 40
•••••
rj.ll of England.loo ......
53
n• °, New, 401. .. 5
DAt°. \-,... ••• ......
itto' Vw, 30/ ......... 30 .....
Great *, ew,ls/ ......... 11%..... ...
95
itt eStertl ........ .... 90 ... ..
54
P. e• I,i Shares 50
16IA
Ditto °,
'l'l4 littShlias trees' ............ 17% .. ... 16%. • ..... • "
21%
20 2134
,Ditta, New 1.77...• .....
._...• 9% ......
--
.I)di dt
teorf 61,11 di
ra_ d 3d an— c.
h. 26 •••••• .:: ........
iitli,
n.
_lds ......... 9 . ...
4 6° bY .. ...... 50 ......
isf half Shares ... 25 . .—...— ..............
Ipswich "itlo S'hares ... 12%..... ......
&uySt. Edrn. 17% ...... "'" -----•—
130 d
D° 0, itht Norwich 17% ...... .••••
v.. doe Lx.tens.Scrip
, (late Camb. & Ely) 2% ...... ......... "*.
.
4-an Faster and Carlisle... 50
..... .........
~ Dito, lO
............. .•
•. . ...
•-aneasbire ThirdsYo;ks.hire 93
Ditto, ditto ..
... 82
„,itto, 1/a Shar;s—: . ..... 43 ... -
1-114
--'„0. quarter Shares... 141
.......
-Lk. Fifths . 9
/2
_
. • . ......... ...
-.0. Sixteenths ...... 614
6
Do. Thirds(lteg.)...... 13 ••••• 6 --.
......
bO. Liverp. and Bury 43
Ditto % (late liud.
—.
_
dersaeld and Sheff.) 38
Do.(Wakefield,Ponte-
tract, and Goole) ... 50 ••• •••
Do.( W. Riding Union) 6 ..•
_
Do. (Preston & Wyre) 25 ......
Le Do. % Shares (A)... - .....
eds and Bradford ..... 50
--
Leds, Dewsbury, /cc 471
p.., Half Shares ...... 20
110.. (blue) •Serip...... 2%•••
Leeds and Thirsk
......
Ditto, New ....... -
L.11)0•• Prefer., 6 per Ct 3l/2.......
I°e*Pftl, Crosby aria
Southport • .........
Liverp., Manchster, and
--
• I\evreastle Junction... 21......
London &Blackwall...l3/. 68.8 d....
New, No. 2. ..... 64184.4
lt d....
uu. tilioll .....
'44ter
foe p.a., 20 ..... . .... ...
....
..,:
...:1,,$ I IC; .

151/2
36%
8414
1214
21%

14 IA

3 dis
891
8 dis

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JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London & Westminster. 20 .....
Union of Australia
London Joint Stock lO
Union of London.... lO
Provincial of Ireland ... 25

Ditto,New... ...... 2l,x ......
National of Ireland 2214...... .... ........ ...
British North American 50
Australasia

MARKET NEWS.-( THIS DA
CORN-EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
Since Monday a very limited quantity of English
Wheat has been received up to our market coastwise.
T.,-day. the show of samples of both red and white
was tr,fling in the extreme; yet the demand was in a
eery sluggi,h state, at barfly the late decline in the
quotations, Selectt d parcels of free foreign Wheat sold
at full prices; but the middling and inferior kinds com-
manded scarcely any attention. The imports this week
have been only 2,990 quarters. Barley, the supply of
which was limited, moved off steadily, at full prices.
In Malt next to nothing was doing, at almost nominal
quotations. Oats were firm, and a trifle dearer than on
Monday. Beans and Peas were held at full prices.
Indian Corn, Meal, and Flour were unaltered in value.

English
[risk. ........
Foreign

ARRIVALS.

Wheat.
850 qrs.

970
Malt, 2,010 qrs.
WBITECHAPEL.
Fair average supplies of each kind of Meat were on
sale today; yet the general demand was steady, at full
prices. Beef, from 2s 10d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 10,1 to
4s 8d; Lamb, 5s 6d to 6,, 6d; Veal, 4s to 4s 10d; and
Pork, 3s 10d to 4s 10d per 81bs, by the carcase.

Barley. 1 Osam. 1 Flour.
430 qrs.l Woqrs.l 460sks.
1,090 I - 1,820 --

2,930

SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)

THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK V, WATT AND CO,

These plaintiffs sued, in the name of their public
officer, Mr. Cooper, to recover the sum of 141. 9s. 3d., the
balance of an account. The defendants were stated, by
Mr. Wilkins, the plaintiff 's attorney, to be merchants.
The facts were these :—The defendants had kept an
account with the firm, and, on the sth of January last,
there was a balance in their favour in the bank of
20/. 14s. 5d., but on the 9th, by the payment of sundry
chequt-s, one of which was dated 17th November, the
present claim arose, and it was urged that interest at 5/.
per cent. was also due, according to the custom of
bankers.

The Learned SECONDARY said defendants had pleaded
to the action, and as they did not appear he was obliged
to see that he did not admit anything that was not
strictly and legally proved. He asked the witness
called to prove the payment of the cheque whether he
was convinced of the genuineness of the handwriting ?
The witness said he was.
Mr. Wilkins said that he had served a notice on de-
fendants to produce the bankers' pass book, in which
the accounts appeared, being a copy of the ledger, but
they had not thought proper to do so, which left him to
the legal alternative of producing the defendants' books.
The jury said they were quite satisfied, and gave a
verdict for the amount claimed.

CRIMINAL COITRT.-(THIS DAY

OLD COURT.

Ditto New... ..... 10
Commercial of London 20
Union of Madrid 4O
National Prow. England. 35
Ditto, New lO
Colonial ... 25
MINES.

(Before Mr. Baron ALDERSON and Mr. Justice
COLTAIAN.)

FORGING A WlLL—Francis ii‘Gowran, 45, James
.111'Gozeran, 40, and Richard Carroll Barton, three most
respectable looking persons, surrendered to their bail
this morning to take their trial upon an indictment
charging them with feloniously forging and uttering a
will purporting to be the will of one Francis M‘Gowran,
deceased, with intent to defraud Margaret Girdlestone.
After the parties charged had been placed in the dock,
Mr. IIuDDLEsToNE, who appeared as counsel for the
prosecution, stated that he had directed the officers of
the court to call the prosecutrix, her witnesses, and her
attorney, he was informed that none of them were pre-
sent. Under these circumstances he must leave the
Court to act as it thought right.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—It had better stand over for a
short time in order to see whether the parties would ap-
pear or not.

Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prisoners, said
that on their behalf he was most willing that the case
should stand over for any period the Court might think
right, in order to see if the prosecutors would appear,
or ever dared to appear.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—I suppose the bail are in at-
tendance, if they should be required.
Mr. CLArticsox observed that they were.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE said that if the Court would allow
the case to stand over for half an hour, if the prose-
cutrix and her witnesses did not appear he should
consider it his duty to state to the Court what were the
circumstances under which he appeared, and then leave
it to the jury to say what they thought of the case.
Mr. CLARKSON was sure that his Learned Friend
(Mr. Huddlestone) would only act upon the best faith,
and state fairly the circumstances under which he ap-
peared before the Court.

Real Del ISlonto, Unreg.
Anglo-Mexican lOO
Brazilian Cocaes& Cuiba 30 ......
British Iron
Bolonos Scrip ......
Galvanized Iron ...... .. 10
Ditto, New

The case was then ordered to stand over for half an
hour, and the defendants retired to th© back part of the
dock. At the expiration of the time the defendants
were again placed at the front of the dock, and the pro-
sFcutrix and her witness were then called by the desire
of Mr. Baron Alderson upon their recognisances, and
not appearing, the Learned Judge directed the recog-
nisances to be estreated.

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Mr. Baron ALDERSON, addressing the jury, said that
as neither the prosecutrix nor her witness appeared
against the parties at the bar, who were charged with
forgery, it was the duty of the jury at once to acquit
them of so serious a charge.
The jury then acquitted the defendants.
Mr. CLARKSON, ho was Counsel for the defendants,
then moved for a copy of the record and the indict-
ment, and in doing so felt it his duty, in justice to the
three respectable gentlemen against whom this serious
charge had been made, to say a few words to the court
and the jury. Of the three gentlemen at the bar two
were the sons of the testator whose will it was alleged
they had forged, and the third (Mr. Barton) was a
respectable solicitor, who had married the sisterlof the
other two defendants. The party who was the chief
originator of the charge had married a niece who had
lived in the service of the testator, and the result of
that marriage was continual ill-usage by the husband of
the unfortunate female to whom he had been
married. The parties who had preferred this
indictment against the three respectable indivi-
duals in the dock had i never been before the
grand jury, or taken any steps to produce
the will in court, which had never been brought from
Doctor's Commons. Now, on the part of the defendants,
he was in a condition to call the attesting witnesses to
the will, and the conveyancer who prepared it, and in
whose presence it was executed. No steps had been
taken against the attesting witnesses, and he was in a
condition to show beyond all doubt that the will was a
genuine document.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON—What surprises me, Mr.
Clarkson, is, if the original willihas never been removed
from Doctor's Commons, how the grand jury could have
found the Bill.

Mr. CLARKSON was also surprised at the course that
had been adoptt•d by the grand jury; he would, how-
ever, forbear saying anything with respect to that tri-
bunal, although he had his own opinions with respect
to it.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON.—Without having the will be-
fore them, I cannot for the life of me conceive how they
could find a true bill for forgery.
Mr. CLARKSON was anxious to make a few more
statements relative to the parties who had trumped up
this charge against the respectable defendants at the
bar. Only a few days ago, and since the defendants
had been taken into custody, the parties making the
charge had been down to the neighbourhood where the
two sons of the testator resided, and after going about
the town and representing that the three gentlemen
at the bar would be sure to be transported,
they went into several public-houses in the town and
got so drunk that one of them, fell out of the cart they
were driving and broke his arm.
Mr. Baron ALDERSON—It seems to me to be the pas-
time now-a-day to go behind the backs of parties and
charge them with crime.
Mr. HUDDLERTONE trusted the Court would permit
him to state the circumstances under which he appeared,
apparently, though not really for the prosecutor. He
had had a brief delivered at his chambers from the pro-
secutor, and his friend, Mr. O'Brien, had also a brief
delivered to him on the same side. As soon,
however as he (Mr. Huddlestone) had ascer-
tained the fact that the party who had de-
livered the brief was not an attorney, be had :di-
rected his clerk to return the brief, which was accord-
ingly done. The brief was then brought back to his
chambers, with the name of an attorney endorsed upon
it, and he (Mr. Huddlestone) sent to the chambers of
the attorney, requesting to see him upon the subject of
the brief ; it was only that morning since the case had
been called on that he had seen that gentleman, and be
denied all knowledge of the matter, and asserted that his
name had been made use of without his sanction. Under
such circumstances he considered it to be his duty to
hand the brief to the officer of the court.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, MAY 17.—Wind S.S.W., raoderate breeze,
and cloudy.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 15.—Arrd. Lord Panmure, Clark,
St. Domingo. 16. Acadia (steamer), Boston ; Ocean
Queen, M'Bride, Mobile; Pioneer, Graham, Charleston ;
Thomas, Brewer, Mobile. Ski. 16th, Ocean, New Or-
leans; E. G., New York; Fanueil, Hall, Boston; Chris-
tiana, Quebec.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 16.—The Amalin, from Havannah
to Cowes, was spoken with 27th ult., in lat. 42, long.
41, leaky, and with part of cargo thrown overboard, by
the Ocean Queen, M`Bride, arrived here.
YARMOUTH, MAY 15.—The Susan, Cole, from New-
castle to Colchester, caught the ground on the Barber
Sand, and soon after sank; some of the stores have
been saved. The Wupper, of Hull, from Rotterdam,
got on shore this morning, but succeeded in getting clear
without assistance. The Louisa, Forrest, from Seaham
to London, was assisted into the Roads, abandoned,
having been in contact with the Albion,' Merck, of
Frederickstadt.
SUNDERLAND, MAY 15.—Sid. Robert Marryat, Riche-
bucto; Garland, Bahia.
,:IpFIELDs, MAY 15.—S1d. Thomas and Joseph, Quebec.
F KINSALE MAY 15.—Springfield, New Orleans,
for Liverpool. '
sonOYAELu
FIC
New Orleria
oita, MAY 14.—Arrd. Kingston, Stephen-
son, and sailed for the Clyde; Bridgetown,
CORK, MAY 14i—Arrd. Antelope, Carrie, Vera Cruz.
WATERFonn •
Thistle, Quebec'. MAY
14. —Sid. Juliet, New York;
Vander Hoeven, Batavia OFF FALDionTri, MAY
man, New Orleans for Brem
14.—Arrd. Vrouw Johanna,
OFF LITTLEHAMPTON, MT:r4ls.A7rd. Jessie,
FALMOUTH, MAY 15. a for Rotterdam.
Arrd. Joseph Haydon, Good-
Mauritius.
Drew Margaret,Ric
DEAL, MAY 16.—Arrd. A •
Havan-
nah, and sailed for Hanibugretic'ritt, Webster,
Havannah, and sailed for Aril hAargder7ocSrhrmiisniotahn:'
Industrious, Weeks, Pernambuco
River and sailed, lith, Nwen). Arrd. from the
i Wellington, Scott,
Quebec.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON—Then the attorney says h•
knows nothing about it.
Mr. HUDDLESTONE—Yes, my lord.

Mr. Baron ALDERSON-8o that the parties who have
brought the charge of forgery against the respectable
individuals at the bar have been guilty of forgery them-
selves.

The parties then left the dock, and were congra-
tulated by their friends, a vast number of whom were
in court.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMMON SERGEANT.)
Amelia Jones, aged 36, and Eliza Clark, aged 26,
were indicted for having stolen 354 yards of lace from
the shop of Mr. Vaughan, draper, of 19 and 20, Alders-
gate-street, on the 27th April last.
Eliza Barrard, shopwoman of the prosecutor, stated
that the prisoners, who are both married women, came
to the shop on the day stated, and that she sold to them
several quantities of different kinds of lace, but none of
the kind produced. The property was not missed until
it was brought and shown to them three days afterwards,
when it was identified by the prosecutor. In cross-
examination the witness declined to state positively that
the lace had any such peculiarity about it as would
enable her to distinguish it from lace of a similar kind
likely to be found in other shops.
The policeman who apprehended them said that he
was induced to follow and watch the prisoners by seeing
them go into several shops and come out again without
any goods. On being handed over to the searcher, she
found the lace upon them, which, however, they stated
was used by them in their business as mantua-makers.
Mr. BALLANTINE having addressed the jury in be-
half of the prisoners, called

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Mrs. Cameron, who stated that she had been a lace
dealer for fifteen years, and had repeatedly sold lace to
the prisoners of a kind similar to that produced.
Mrs. James, landlady of the Whi:e Swan, in Long_
alley, Bishopsgate-street, stated that she iwas with the
prisoners on the 27th of April, nearly the whole of the
time, and that, if they had stolen the lace, she must
have seen it in their possession; and if it had been, as

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, 11►'IAY 17, 1848.

stared by the proz,cutor, upon cards, she must have seen
them unveil! it. • -
_\Vitn_ e'sst a having been called to character,
The COMMON SERGEANT summed, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guiliy.
A member of the Detective Force having stated that
the husband of ore of tie pri,oners had for many years
been a member of the swell mob, they were sentenced to
six months' impris:etruent, with hard labour.
Christopher Walker pleadcd guilty to having stolen
from his employer, Mr. George Bell, publisher, of Fleet-
street, two 201. notes, one 51. note, and thirty sovereigns.
The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced him to seven years'
transportation.
The prisoner stated that he was aware that his pros-
pects and character were totally ruined in this country,
and begged that the sentence might be for tcn years in-
stead of seven years.
The COMMON SERGEANT said that he could not by
law make the alteration.
On the interposition of the prosecutor, however, who
intimated to the Court that there were several other
cases against the prisoner, and that if he were sent out
of the country it would be the best thing both for him-
self and his friends, the sentence was altered to trans-
portation for ten years, as he had desired.

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
(THIS DAY.)
LANCASTER.
The Select Committee appointed to try the merits 6
the petition presented against the return of Mr. Arm.
strong, for the borough of Lancaster, met for the firs)
time this morning, Lord Courter.ay in the chair.
Mr. Sergeant Wranghana and Mr. Merewetber ap•
peared for the petitioner, and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake,
with whom was Mr. James, for the sitting Member.
Mr. Sergeant Wrang
Mr.ham opened the case for the pe-
titioner, i% Stanley (sun of Lord Stanley), as a case of
scrutiny merely.

of pronouncin- an enloo.ium upon the Noble Lord from
whom. it hatl Nl:fan/A(7d, ,he had given .some practical
;rounds fur
(
asSing`th'e measure before the House.
LEFT SPEAKING.)

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

COURT CIRCULAR.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia visited the
Queen yesterday, and remained to luncheon with her
Majesty and Prince Albert.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, took a carriage
drive yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses Prince Alfred, the Princess
Helena, and the Princess Louisa, took airings in the
pleasure grounds of the Palace yesterday.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Prince of Prussia, left Buckingham Palace at half-past
four o'clock yesterday afternoon for the East India
Docks, for the purpose of inspecting the Chinese Junk.
The Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal accompa-
nied her Majesty and her Royal Consort. The royal
suite followed in another carriage and four, and consisted
of the Countess of Cleveland (Lady in Waiting), Lord
Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal),
and Captain the Hon.
Colonel the Hon. Charles
Grey (Equerry in Waiting),
Alexander Gordon (Equerry in Waiting to Prince
Albert). After inspecting the Chinese Junk, the august
party drove to Victoria Park, and returned to Bucking-
ham Palace at a quarter before eight o'clock.

(THIS DAY.)

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by Lady Augusta Bruce, honoured the performance at
her Majesty's Theatre with her presence yesterday
evening.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, her Rod al Maness
the Duchess Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, Prince Edward
and the Princesses Anne and Amelia of Saxe Weimar,
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent yes-
terday, at her residence, Clarence House, St. James's.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at
the Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers
in town. The Council sat two hours.
Mr. Horatio Waddington, Barrister-at-Law, has suc-
ceeded Mr. S. Mark Phillipps as Under-Secretary of
State for the Home Department, and transacted business
yesterday, at the Home-office.
Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis, M.P., has succeeded Sir
Denis Le Marchant, Bart., as the Parliamentary Under-
Secretary of State for the Home Department.
A deputation on the subject of the Audit of Railway
Accounts Bill, consisting of Mr. George Hudson, M.P.,
Mr. George Carr Glyn, M.P., Mr. Charles Russell, Mr.
William Chaplin, M.P., Mr. D. Waddington, M.P., Mr.
\lvy
aillia
mm Jackson,
Marshall,
the Mr. S. M. P
Hon.
R. Duetttoo,n,Ms.iPr
Johnlr.
tst,hheadlloann:inCtehravrielews
rep
Hon.
the Right day with Lord John Russell and
M.P., Sir Isaac Morley, and other gentlemen
official residence of the Noble
word,in Downing-street.
of the Bank of England had an inter-
view The Governor
yesterday.
• h the Chancellor of the Exchequer
rge Jamesrail railway rnetge interests,
with Simrpesseonnt,inbglrla.
Hy7swtLeararbdOuchere, at the

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock.
REPORTS.
The following reports were considered and agreed to,
and the Bills ordered to be engrossed:—
Aberdare Railway Act Amendment (Lease of Line and
Works to the Taff Vale Railway Company) Bill.
Barrow Harbour Bill.
Forth and Clyde Navigation and Airdrie and Coatbridgo
Water Bill.
Leeds and Thirsk Railway (Alteration of Levels of
Leeds and Hartlepool Railway in Eaglescliffe, Preston,
and Stockton, &c.) Bill.
York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway (late York and
Newcastle Railway Main Line Improvement, &c.)
Bill.
Sir John lIANMER presented a petition from the
mayor, alderman, and burgesses of Grimsby in favour of
the Health of Towns Bill.
Several petitions were presented in favour of the
Church Sites Bill.
Captain PECHELL presented a petition from
Brighton in favour of Sir W. Clay's Bill for granting
compensation to parties whose property might be da-
maged or destroyed by riotous assemblies.
Mr. CARDWELL presented a petition in favour of
the Church Sites Bill.
Sir DAVID DUNDAS presented similar petitions
from Grimsdale and Sutherland.
RAILWAY COMMISSION.

A deputation of the Council of Direction of the iSur-
veyors' Association consisting of Messrs. Cloutt, Dray-
son, Richardson, Wood, and Baker, had an interview
with Viscount Morpeth yesterday, at the office of her
Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and Forests, in
Whitehall-place.
Dr. Paris had an interview with Sir George Grey yes-
terday, at the Horne.officc, to present the Annual Report
from the Natioaal Vaccine Establishment.

Mr. BANKS postponed his motion until the 6th June
for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal the Railway Com-
mission Act.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Mr. BANKS gave notice that he should move for
leave to bring in a Bill to give additional power to in-
spectors of weights and measures for the purpose of
more effectually preventing fraud in the sale of bread
and other provisions.
DROPPED NOTICES.
The dropped notices of motion were re-appointed.
PARLIAMENTARY ELECTORS BILL.
On the motion for the second reading of this Bill.
Sir DE LACY EVANS said that when the Reform
Bill was brought in, it was proposed that the suffrage
should be a 101. rent, but it was required, in the course
of a discussion which was insisted upon, that a rent of
that amount should not only be required, but also that
the rates and taxes should be paid on a certain day
before the voter could exercise his franchise. In conse-
quence of that arrangement the number of electors in
the kingdom had been greatly diminished, and in the
borough of Marylebone 60,000 electors had been deprived
of the franchise through its operation. This Bill was
intended to obviate that objection, and to carry out
the real spirit and intention of the Reform Act; and its
principal provision was to extend the time for the pay-
ment of rates and taxes which were due on the sth of
April to the t 1 th of October preceding.
Captain HARRIS objected to the principle of the
Bill.

Mr. Brown, Sir Thomas Birch, and Mr. Cardwell, with
a Deputation from th© Liverpool Operative Porters had
an interview with the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, yes-
terday, at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the
Colonial-office for the Governors of the West India
Colonies. Dispatches were also sent off last evening
from the Colonial-office for the Governor of Gibraltar.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS

NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEER ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1848.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 263
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 53
Turbercular Diseases... ... 190
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 113
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... ... 30
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... 167
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and oth.er Organs
of Digestion... ... .•• •••
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. •••
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. ...
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles
Diseases of the Skin, &c.
Malformations...
Premature Birth ... •• ..•
Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• •••
Old Age ••• ••• .0 • ••• ..•
Sudden ...
Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance
Causes not specified
DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES ...

Sir GEORGE GREY said that when the Bill was
brought before the House, two years ago, he was the
only member of the Government who expressed his
intention to support it, and when it was brought in
again on another occasion, he understoo I that all the
Members of the Government would support it. The
Bill would not at all effect the principle of the
payment of the taxes under the Reform Act, but
it merely extended the time for the payment of
those taxes, and would enable those who were perfectly
able to pay, but who were prevented doing so by acci-
dental circumstances, to enjoy the privileges granted
under that Act. As he had supported it before, he
would give his individual support to it now, not from
anything connected with the state of this country, or
from circumstances occurring on the Continent, but from
a desire to see the spirit and intention of the Reform
Act fairly carried out.
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the second reading 6O
Against it........... 25
Majority... ............ —3s
AUDIT OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS BILL.
Sir F. T. BARING, in rising to propose the second
reading of this Bill, said, the provisions of it were to the
effect that a minority of shareholders in any railway
company should be able to compel the company to have
their accounts audited by an impartial person, uncon-
nected with the company, and appointed by some Go-
vernment department. On a requisition being sent in
by a number of shareholders, the appointment of an
impartial person was required, in order that
a fair audit of the accounts 'nicht be made.
The Bill had originated in the House of Lords,
but had not arisen from any abstract wish to legislate,
nor from a desire to meddle unduly with railway affairs,
but solely in consequence of the facts and circumstances
which came to the knowledge of their Lordships in the
course of the investigations in the Railway Committees
of the House of Lords. He hoped, therefore, that the
House would see the necessity of passing the second
reading of the Bill.

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Mr. BANKES had no connexion with railways of any
description, and he therefore
in could not be supposed to
have any object in view the course he was prepared
to adopt—that of moving that this Bill be read a second
—other than the interest of the
public at large. He was determined
who was now
to adopt this
course unless the Right Hon. Gentleman
at the head of the Railway Commission was prepared
to alter the opinions he had
hitherto entertained on the
subject.
Mr. LABOUCIIERE said, although the present mea-
sure was not a Government one, he felt that in
consequence of its importance, the House bad
a right to know the course Government in-
tended to pursue with respect to it. The present
was a Bill that had come from
to the House the
House of Lords, where it had obtained the unanimous
assent of that branch of the Legislature, and where the
great railway interests who had conceived themselves ag-
grieved by the Bill had shown no opposition to the measure.
The Hon. Gentleman the Member for Dorsetshire (Mr.
of his
Bankes) had given notice is Aintention
to propose; a resolution which, if acceded to,
would lead to the dissolution of the Railway Board.
Now he had not long been connected with the Board
of Trade, but he might state that during that time he
had repeatedly seen the advantage of that railway
tribunal—it was necessary to have practical men to
devote their attention to railway matters, and to advise
the Board of Trade and Parliament with respect to them;
for it was quite impossible that one individual could
accurately inform himself of all these complicated rea-
-1 way matters. For instance, let the House and the Hon.
Gentleman bear in mind how essential the Railway Board
had proved in connexion with the much-agitated ques-
tion of the Taw Vale Railway. It was impossible that
one Minister could be responsible for all these matters, in
which professional and practical knowledge was required.
With respect to the principle of the Bill he might say
that he had always thought railway companies occupied
an intermediate place between public and private interests,
and therefore interference by the Legislature was
fully justified, inasmuch as it could not be contended that
these companies could be strictly considered as private
undertakings. The system of auditing the accounts of
railways at present prevailed, but he could counts
d
stating that the system was almost altogether inoperative.
He wished to speak of the management of railway com-
panies with the greatest respect, but many of them con-
sidered themselves chartered liberties, and had altogether
infringed the Act with reference to these matters. Both
directors and auditors were appointed by a majority of
the shareholders.—(Hear, bear.) He repeated it, and
here he might observe that he might be considered as
addressing a Railway Parliament, for many of the
Hon. Gentlemen present were interested in railways.—
(Hear, hear.) But the auditors were named by the
directors, and possessed generally little control
over the expenditure. Now, great and reckless
expenditure might be carried on by a railway
company with great injury, to the public, and without
any means of stopping. Surely the lion. Gentleman
the Member for Sundrland (Mr. Hudson) could not
contend that the present system of auditing accounts was
valuable. But if the accounts were properly audited at
present, he could not understand why the Bill was op
posed by those interested in the railway. He was quitet;
ready to concede that those applying for an audit should
deposit money to pay the expense, and the present pro.
vision to that effect had been made in the Bill. He
should, on these grounds, support the second reading of
the Bill.—(Divide, divide.)
Mr. HENLEY said, with respect to the allusion of the
lion. Gentleman to those interested in railways present,esent
that he never held a share in any railway,r,
and that perhaps he had not given that
en-
couragement to them which a wisepolicy
would
have dictated; but his constituents did not feel
much interest in those undertakings. He wished to treat
all the Bills IN lich emanated from the other House with
the greatest respect, but he could not help stating that
he thought he would hare done much bet
ter if, instead

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1,052

Population Average weekly Deaths
Enumerated, Deaths, 1843-7. in the
1841. Five Springs. Week.
West Districts... 300,711 . . 143 ... 143
North Districts.. 375,971 ~ 182 ... 197
Central Districts 373,653 ... 171 ... 184
East Districts ... 392,444 ... 199 ... 226
South Districts .. 501,190 ... 248 ... 302

T0ta15........ 1,948,369
Males ... ...
Females ... ...

... 1,052
... 493
... 559