The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

STATE OF IRELAND.

ARRIVAL OF INDIAN CORN AT GALWAY.—The Dee
steamer arrived in our roadstead on Thursday, with 100
tons of Indian corn meal. The cargo was on Friday
discharging and placed in the stores engaged for the
purpose. We understand that a gentleman from the
Commissariat Department is now in town, and we trust
that, with all possible dispatch, arrangements may be
made for distributing the corn among the people at a
very low rate. But the cry is for work, work, work.—
Galway Mercury.
There are about 500 families without food, or means of
procuring it, in and about Athlone, on the Connaught
side of it.—Galway Vindicator.
DISTRESS IN ANNAGIIDOWN.—WO regret to learn
that distress in this locality prevails to a most alarming
extent. The people of the place have openly declared,
that if employment be not immediately given, they can
no longer withstand the distress they are labouring
under. By this morning's post we have received a copy
of resolutions adopted at a meeting held there on Mon-
day last for the purpose of raising subscriptions to
afford temporary relief.—/bid.
EMIGRATION.—THE THREATENED COERCION ACT.—
' As we anticipated some weeks ago, this has proved a
busy season in the passenger trade ; hundreds of well-
clad peasants may be seen crowding our streets and
quays daily, preparing to leave their native shores, to
seek that employment in a strange land which they
cfpt
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can, and take leave with a sigh of the land oetofyCttshollumeePiyr:
birth, in the hope that they will meet with happier for-
tunes and brighter days on the other side of the Atlan-
tic. It is said that some persons are induced to emi-
grate from a dread of the Coercion Bill ; it is certain
that the country people have a great terror of that mea-
sure, which they anticipate will completely deprive them
of all liberty.—Sligo Champion.
ARREST ON A CHARGE OF MURDER.-011 Monday
last, Thomas Sullivan, charged with the murder of
Michael Lyons, at Athlone, on the 21st of last month,
was arrested by sub-constable Ross, of the Baliydangon
station.— Western Star.
CAPTURE OF A ""BLACK MAIL" GATHERER NEAR
HlLLTOWN.—lnformation was given to the police sta-
tioned at llilltown, on Tuesday, the 14th inst., that a
person of a gentleman-like appearance was levying, not
war, but taxes .n her Majesty's subjects of that neigh-
bourhood, under the name of poor-rates, to collect which,
he said, he had been commissioned by a gentleman in
Mourne. He had, it appears, received a considerable
sum from the unsuspecting people before sub-constable
Hugh M'Alary went in quest of him. Not readily did
this modern O'Hanlon change the freedom of a free-
booter for the close captivity of a "dungeon vile."
Never did "fleet Camilla scour the plain" more nimbly
than Body the Rover trod the sod, for five miles, over a
mountainous country, before the pursuit of justice. He
was at last, with much difficulty, ran down and captured,
after a Title resistance, by M'Alary, and marched to the
police barracks, where he was committed to Down-
patrick gaol by J. Scott, Esq., J.P., to await his trial at
the next Quarter Sessions to be held in Newry.—Belfast
Vindicator.
PRESENTATION OF THE DUN-

COMM TESTIMONIAL. •
The Honourable Member for Finsbury having fixed Satur-
day evening for receiving the above tribute of a people's
gratitude, a deputation from the Central Committee, accom-
panied by Mr. Syme, the secretary, waited upon Mr. Dun-
combe at his chambers in the Albany, and having been
received with his usual kindness,
SYME rose and said, Sir,—We have been appointed
by the Testimonial Central Committee to transfer to you the
result of their grateful efforts, and as they have prepared
and furnished us with an address to be presented to you on
this occasion, I think that any preliminary observations of
mine will be quite unnecessary. The very able address was
then read ; the following is the concluding paragraph :
"In conclusion, Sir, we beg to assure you that this testi-
monial is presented by us in the truthful and manly
spirit, so beautifully expressed of our own order,' by Robt.
Nicoll :

An offering to the shrine of power
Our hands shall never bring—
A garland on the car of pomp
Our hands shall never fling.
Applauding in the conqueror's path
Our voices ne'er shall be ;
But we have hearts to honour those
Who bade the world go free.'"
Mr. DtrNcomnE then said—Mr. Syme and Gentlemen, it
is impossible for me to accept this generous tribute of your
gratitude without mixed feelings of pride and sorrow. Pride,
that my humble exertions en behalf of my industrious
fellow-countrymen should be deemed worthy of national
approval; and sorrow, that exposure of wrong and asser-
tion of right should he otherwise distinguished than as acts
of justice, which the trustees of the unenfranchised people
are solemnly bound to perform towards those for whom
they hold the trust. Whatever thanks are due to me for
the poor services which entitle me to your gratitude, the
labouring classes fully and honourably participate in that
reward, inasmuch as their co-operation cheerfully yielded,
and without which my best exertions would have been vain
and impotent, has at all times and upon all occasions nerved
me for the struggle, and emboldened me to persevere in my
resistance to the aggressions of their oppressors. The in-
trinsic value of your splendid testimonial consists in the
deep and lasting impression which it is calculated to stamp
upon the minds of all thinking men, that Englishmen, who
are grateful for acts of justice, are not likely to violate its
laws, and may be, therefore, safely entrusted with a fair
participation in making and administering them ; and I sin-
cerely trust that the day is not far distant when acts of
simple justice for the labouring classes will constitute the rule
and not the exception of representation ; and none will more
cheerfully hail the happy advent than myself, being con-
vinced that the first step towards the perfect freedom of our
country is, the recognition of tha principle that those whose
valour in arms—whose skill in manufactures—whose science
in mechanism—whose cairn endurance under great suffering
and privation—whose success in the art of converting our
national resources into wealth, in the enjoyment of which
they have not, in my opinion, their fair and legitimate pro-
portion, may be safely and honourably entrusted with the
power of making laws for the further development of
their national resources, and with the view to their more
equitable distribution. My friends, it is not improbable
that your services may be shortly courted by the two
great parties now contending for political ascendancy, and
when, if still esteemed worthy of your confidence, I
may, as one of your representatives, be called upon
to assume a position without reference to the speculative
interest of either ; and if such course should subject
us to a more severe trial, and a more searching ordeal than
in our previous struggles we have undergone, relying upon
a continuance of your co-operation, be assured I shall not
flinch from my share of the troubie, the responsibility, or the
danger, which the assertion of your rights and the advocacy
of your cause may impose.—(Cheers.) My friends, while I
deplore the cause you assign for the inability, of some of your
order to participate.to your flattering offer, I regret that you
should have deemed any explanation necessary to enhance
its value. This emblem of my countrymen's confidence, ge-
nerosity, and gratitude, I recognise as the embodiment of
the feeling of the industrious classes, and a testimonial of
their undivided approval of my conduct ; as such I accept it,
and in accepting it at your bands, the fulness of expression is
inadequate to communicate my thanks to the industrious
donors, and in commemoration of whose confidence I shall
preserve it, treasure it, and esteem it as long as life remains;
and when I am no more, and when it shall have passed into
other bands, I trust that it may inspire its future possessor
with the same pride that I now feel in accepting it, as a
token of my countrymen's confidence, affection, and gene-
rosity.

The duty of the deputation being at an end, they b3wbd
and retired, highly elated with the pleasant termination of
their grateful labours.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.
On Tuesday a Court was held for the dispatch o
business.

THE CITY PRISONS,

Alderman SIDNEY said it had been stated in a former
Court, that the Lord Mayor had received a communi3a-
tion from the Secretary of State for the Home Depart-
ment, calling the attention of his Lordship to the report
of the inspectors of gaols, regarding the condition of the
City gaols.. He wished to be informed whether any
answer had been sent to that communication ?
The LORD MAYox said that no other answer had been
returned than the verbal answer given by himself to Sir
James Graham, to the effect that the Coinmittee had
agreed to recommend that a new gaol t-hould be erected
instead of the Giltspnr-street Compter, and that no
doubt that recommendation would be carried out.

Alderman SIDNEY observed that certainly no motion
to the effect of building a new gaol had been carried in
the Court of Aldermen.

The LORD MAYOR—I merely spoke of the Committee.
Upon the motion fir votes of thanks to the Bishop of
St. David and the Rev. Charles Farebrother, Chaplain
to the Lord Mayor, for the Spital sermons preached
on Easter Monday and Easter Tues Jay, at St. Bride's
Church and Christchurch,
Sir PETER LAURIE, who seconded the motion, said
he could not help expressing much satisfaction at the
sermon preached at St. Paul's on Sunday last before the
Judges, by' Archdeacon Hale, when the Venerable
Archdeacon denounced the mummeries which had re-
cently been introduced into the Church service, and
recommended a strict adherence to the goosi old customs.
The propositions were carried unanimously.
THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE XING OP THE
FRENCH.
Alderman FAREBROTHER rose, and said he knew
that there was not a man in the Court who did not feel
most strongly upon the late atrocious attempt to assassi-
nate the King of the French.—(Loud cries of "Hear,
hear.") It was impossible to contemph.te the escape his
Majesty had had without the highest satisfaction, and he
could not allow an opportunity to pass without express..
ing the sentiments of the Court upon the providential
deliverance of that most excellent and illustrious
monarch, whose loss would not only have been severely
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own most gracious Sovereign entertajijed f)r the Icing of
sensefelt by France itself, but by every part of civilised
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Europe.—(Cheers.) pe.n—steh(g—Crai
(t)hwenFmr
which her Majesty's subjects had, in common with the
population of France, of the providential escape of the
gasn well sodae;
King.—(Cheers.) lie wished to see the feeling perne-
tuated, and he consid, rod that the Court ought at once
to express their great regret that any one could be found
in his Majesty's dominions capable of so diabolical a
crime
nasorthaettltuovneptanudporneeptheectliolef
hisotaprovpeierei ,
civilised nation.—(Cheers.)
of the admiration of every
A no.mber here asked whether there was any prece.
dent for such a proceeding as the one suggested ?
Alderman FAREBROTHER said it did not signify
whether there existed any precedent or not.— (Ilear.)
Is was quite impossible fur a moment to think of the
warm reception which the King of the French gave to
the Corporation upon the occasion of his Majesty's visit
to Queen Victoria, or to the members of that Court at
St. Cloud, with any feelings but those of the deepest ve-
neration and gratitude. Mr. Alderman Farebrother
then moved that an address be presented to the Ring of
the French, congratulating his Majesty upon his late
seconded the motion. The King of the
French had derived as much g
Sir P. LAURIE
gratification from the ad-
dress
by the Corporattou of London as
happy deliverance Irons the hand of an assassin.
presented to him

from any circumstance connected with his Majesty's
vist to this country. The escape of his Majesty was an
incident of a most providential character. He seemed to
have a charmed life—a. life protected by an inscrutable
arrangement for the benefit of his own great country,
and for the service of the whole European community.—
(Hear.) No man, in fact, had been so frequently
attacked or so wonderfully preserved.
Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL said he had no doubt that
the other Court would adopt similar proceedings at the
next meeting, and both Courts would agree and cceop-
perste. Formerly there used to start up an injurious
jealousy between the Court of Aldermen and Court of
Common Council, but that sort of fet ling he rejoiced to
say no longer existed.—(Hear, hear.)
Sir GEORE CARROLL said that Alderman Farebrcther
had anticipated him in moving the address to his most
gracious Majesty the King of the French. It was im-
possible that any man could be better entitled than he
(Sir G. Carroll) to join in a vote of congratulation to
the illustrious Sovereign, for he was one of those mem
bers of the Court who had been treated in so distin-
guished a manner by his Majesty at the palace of St.
Cloud, where the Icing entertained them, together with
the members of the Royal Family with the greatest
respect and attention.—(Cheers.)
Alderman CHALLIS hoped the address would not be
one of a cold and formal character, hut would appear as
if it came warm from the heart, and filled with generous
and grateful sentiments.—(Hear. hear.) He wished it
to be communicated to the French people that anything
affecting their interests was an object of interest to this
country.—(Cheers.)
Alderman H. Humus suggested that the address
should be one of condolence as well as congratulation,
as the King, when attacked, Was surrounded by his
family, whose terror must have been greatly excited by
the event, and with whom it would be proper for the
Court to sympathise. He thought the sympathy of the
Court should certainly be embodied in the address.—
(Hear, hear.) The less formal and the more hearty
and unconstrained the address would be the better.
The suggestion of embodying the sympathy of the
Court in the address was adopted by generally expressed
consent.
After a few words from Alderman Wood, Alderman
Humphery, and Alderman Sydney, who agreed in every
sentiment which had been uttered in praise of the King
of the French, the address was unanimously carried, and
amidst loud cheers.
The Court then adjourned.

LAW INTELLIGEN.CE
COURT V h triAIVCERY, April 22.
WEEKS V. LORD STANHOPE.
The arguments in this part-heard appeal were resumed this
morning, and continued the whole day.

ROLL'S COURT, April 22.
_ HULME V. CHITTY.

The arguments in this case, which was opened yesterday,
were heard. The cause arose out of the construction of a
deed of separation which had been entered into between a
gentleman and his wife, who subsequently cohabited; and
the question w;is as to the rights of the children who were
born since the re union of the parties. The ambiguity in the
deed arose from the supposed application of the words "such
children born of my wife," &c., which, it was contended, in-
cluded the children that might be subsequently born, as well
as those in existence at the time of the execution of the deed
of separation.

LOrd LANGDALE, in giving judgment, said it was
expressly stated at the very beginning of the deed that the
separation between the parties should continue for their joint
lives, and Mr. Chitty, the father of the applicant, Mr. T.
Chlty, entered into the covenant. By that covenant there
was an express stipulation that Mr. Chitty was not to visit
Mrs. C., nor in any way intrude upon her privacy. Thus
there was clear evidence that the intention of the parties was
to live separate and apart, from the period at which the deed
was executed, during the rest of their lives. If, however,
they wished to perform again conjugal duties, and to renew
in all particulars their former intimacy, there was nothing to
prevent their doing so; but there was nothing in
the agreement that contemplates' such an event. By
that deed two distinct objects were covenanted, the
first to provide during the life of Mr. Chitty for the
support of his wife and for the maintenance and support of
his children who might be at that time living, a sum of 500/.
annually, or such of them as should from time to time be
living. It was, therefore, clear that the deed referred to the
children already living who should be living at subsequent
periods. The, next object was to make a provision for such
children as should be hereafter mentioned. The trustees
were to payonly so much of the sum as they should think
nec ssary for the support and maintenance of the with and
children. If there was any saving it should be applied to
any future expense that might arise, or should it not be all
required it should accumulate. In this way a provision
was made for the first object, namely, tha maintenance of
the wife and the maintenance and support of the children.
But Mr. Chitty only agreed for the payment of this during
his life However, he effected a policy of insurance for
15,0001., which, together with the saving already referred to,
was to be applied also for the same purposes as the money
already disposed of by him. From all this, it appeared as
clear and as plainly set forth in the deed as could be, and
therefore he did not think that any doubt could arise on it.
The question was as to the provision to be made on the death
of the survivor of the two contracting parties. By the death
of the survivor. the insurance money was to be hela in trust
fortwenatlyl
nsnuechyecehreildefreengeo,fatldrsinCbheitet3crinwalhh
lyicdivsihdoeduldbeothwta,eeinn
them. Now, if they considered the object of that deed, who
were to be provided for by it—the deed being that they (Mr.
and Mrs. C.) had agreed to separate for therest of their lives—it
was perfectly clear the only objects intended to be provided
for were the wife and children living at the time of the deed
of separation being executed. There was certainly nothing
to show that Mr. Thomas Chitty was not as much an object
of affection with his father at the time of his death as his
other children. His case was certainly one of hardship, and
the Court would do all in its power in his behalf; but they
could not act in opposition to the plain meaning of the deed.
Mr. and Mrs. Chitty had carried their intention of living
apart into execution for twelve years, but in conformity with
their moral and religious duties, they had agreed to live to-
gether again, and did so acecrdingly for no less tkan 27
year'. The consequence of the connexion which resulted was
the birth of Mr. Thomas Chitty. He wished he could so con-
sider the deed as to give him (Mr. Thomas Chitty) the right
of provision for which he now sought, but he could not do so.
There could be no doubt thattlilatotetidho
providen,e.
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legal, and he felt bound to declare that it referred to the
children, and to these alone, living at the time of the
marriage.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, April 22.
(Before the VICE-CHANCELLOR of ENGLAND.)
RUSSELL v. SMITH.
This csse came before the Court to-day upon motion to
dissolve an injunction, ,restraining the defendant from sing-
ing certain songs in various places of public entertainment
in the metropolis.
The case, which bad not concluded at three o'clock, when
the Court rose, will be proceeded with to-morrow.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, April 22."
(Sittings in Banco, Westminster Hall.)
THE QUEEN V. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF LONDON.
The argument in this case was commenced at the sitting of
the Court, and occupied a considerable time. The question
was simply this, whether an attorney practising in the Court
of the Lord Mayor of London was eligible to practise in the
Courts of Westminster Hall, without having been duly ad-
mitted an attorney of those different Courts. It was con-
tended that he was not, inasmuch as that the Court of the
Lord Mayor of London was an inferior Court. There was
also a question as to whether attornies of this Court were
competent to practise in the Lord Mayor's Court without any
further qualification ; and it was contended they ~ere, inas-
much as the Lord Mayor's Court was an inferior Court.
Judgment deferred.

BAIL COURT, April 22.
(Sittings at Nisi Prius, Westminster Hall, before Mr. Justice
COLERIDGE and a Common Jury.)
WHITE V. CO AND MAN.

In this case it appeared that the plaintiff and a person
named Williamson were levellers, and the defendants railway
surveyors; that Williamson and plaintiff called at the
offices of defendants for employment in their capacities as
levellers, in consequence of an advertisement they had seen
in the newspapers from defendants, stating that they were
in want of such; that plaintiff was employed at the rate of
two guineas a day, and one guinea a day expenses, while
doing duty as leveller on the Northampton, Lincoln, and
Hull projected railway, for 16 days. The sum he now sought
to recover was 371. 18s. Gd., having received 12/. on account.

The jury found a verdict ferthe plaintiff fur the fu
amount.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, April 22.
(Sittings in Banco.)
DAUM V. PAGE.

The Court was occupied the mot (4 the day in hearing
this case, which was an action for debt, brought by plaintiffs,
a Liverpool banking company, against defendant, who was a
member of a firm, and was tried at the late assizes, when a
verdict was given for the plaintiffs. _

The present motion was to set aside that verdict. It pos-
sessed no feature of interest.
The Court would take time to consider.

Albert."TheTßT,
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 22.
(Sittings in Banco )
This day was again occupied with motions for new trials,
there being upwards of twenty still to be disposed 4.,f when,
the Court sat this morning. The only case possessing any
feature of interest was the following
JACKSON AND wine V. SIMPSON.
Mr. Sergeant SHEA moved for a rule to show cause
why the verdict inthis case should not be set aside, judgment
arrested, and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection,
the verdict being against evidence, and also on affidavits. The
action was tried at the late assizes for the county of Kent,
when a verdict was given for the plaintiff—Damages 1501.
The facts of the case were briefly these. The defendant kept a
ram and a sheep, which he dignified with the appellations of
Albert and Victoria. It appeared, that the ram, which was
tethered by
the side of Victoria, in the garden of defendant,
escaped from his restraint and got into the premises of Mrs.
Jackson,. the plaintiff. While endeavouring to take him back
to
ta_hdisconsolate " Victoria" plaintiff was upset, and sus-
tained the severest injuries from the violence of rebellious
A thinlnkeirntg,s nnounddouubett, tuhnadtesraffithceienctirecuanaussetacnonuels,d
be shown for
granted the rule.

i 3 day,
SECONDARIES' COURT, April 22.
(Bdore Mr. Secondary JAMES.
th )
.There was only one case set down for hearing in this court
none of the parties bein • attendance, the jury were dis-
he jury were called, but, after ,vaiting some time,
g
missed,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, April 22.
(Bdore ➢fr. Commissions: EvAss.)

paYment w
. . _
IN RE HOLMES., AN INSoIXENT.
theAn application was made to rescind the final order made in
case of this insolvent, who is a lieutenant in the Royal
• Aa'i"ea• The order was made in January, 18.15, and the
to render every
insolvent undertook to set aside 50/. per annum out of his
the order should be amended.
half-pay, but had since refused to pay. By some mistake the
Mlle as not made a condition in the order.
, Learned CononsstoisEn said lie did not see that he
had any power to rescind the order in this case; it was only
under certain circumstances he could do so. The creditors
solicitor ought to see that the order was properly drawn out.
assistance in power,
He. would not enforce the payment now, but he was willing
il
edn
fell
that
i
hisif any halcuodn'vveonu
the insolvent it was his own fault.
In •
this case, ni. RE it n. FRlsco•
the insolvent here;- a stationer in the Old
Kent-
"'ad; a similar application Li • vas made, the insolvent re-
-1

fusing to pay a sum of 51., on the promise of doing which the
Learned Commissioner had granted the order. It was con-
tended in this case that the insolvent's attorney had wilfully
omitted the fact, and that he was amenable to the Court.
The Learned COMMISSIONER said the attorneys of the cre-
ditors ought to see that the orders were properly drawn out.
The solicitor said it was expected by the profession that
good faith would be kept—here was evidently an intention to
impose on the Court.
The COMMISSIONER directed the order to be amended.

COURT OF REVIEW, April 22.
(Before Sir J. L. KNIGHT BRUCE.)
LAWRENCE IN RE BOWRING.
The assignees in the bankruptcy appeared by petition,
praying to have the only remaining part of the bankrupt
estate, consisting of shares in the Middlesex Water Works,
placed at their disposal. This was opposed on the part of a
gentleman calling himself the mortgagee of these shares,
who said they had been deposited with him as security for
&debt owed by the bankrupt. Mr. Swanston argued for the
assignees, that the point raised in the present case was de-
cided in the Lancaster Canal case, when it was decided by
Lord Lyndhurst, and affirmed by Lord Brougham, that pro-
fits arising otit of the employment of real.property.were trans-
ferable as personal property. It was held, therefore, that the
party in Court could have no coutroul over the shares by
means of the deposition alleged; aLd if he had a proveable
debt against the bankrupt estate that he must prove it in
the usual way.
Mr. littssELL, who appeared for the bankrupt, felt that
the case was concluded by the decision cited on the other side.
It seems that the bankrupt obtained his certificate in
1832, and a supersedeas was i,sued in bankruptcy in 1845.
The Court now ordered that the bankruptcy should be re-
rived, the assignees undertaking to the extent of the estate
to abide by any order the Court might make in respect to
the estate since the supersedeas, with liberty to all parties
to apply.
Costs were allowed to the bankrupt.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.
A man, named William Han ison, was brought before,
Alderman Hughes Hughes, charged with having com-
mitted an assault upon a female.
A City policeman, who was doing duty in the Poultry
on the preceding night at a quarter to nine o'clock, ob
served the defendant annoying a female of respectable
appearance. Witness protected the lady, whom the
prisoner at the bar had taken hold of and pulled into
the street, and locked up the contemptible offender in
the station-house. The language used by the defendant
was just what might have been expected from a fellow
who was in the habit of insulting females, and who cer-
tainly deserved upon the present occasion to be wall
w-e-ntto h
withdraw the the setartiwondlihnogunseessantdo
theaimed The
charge-book, b al
accusationargae lady,
b woi ko , expressed
if the defendant consented to
apologise for his ruffianlike behaviour, but he had not
even the decency to say that be was sorry for what he
had done.
Alderman HUGHES HUGHES having ascertained that
the complainant was not present, said he was under the
necessity of discharging the defendant, but he regretted
that in such a case the magistrate was deprived of the
power to do justice in the absence of the person who
seemed to have had such reason to complain.
The defendant, who denied that his conduct was at all
reprehensible, was then discharged.
Elizabeth Jones, a person who has been in the habit
of calling for gratuitous advice upon medical men, and
picking up any clothes, or other property, which lay in
her way, was charged with robbery.
Mr. Stephen H. Ward, M.D., residing at No. 35,
Finsbury Circus, stated that about three weeks ago the
prisoner called upon him for- a prescription. When she
made her appearance his coat was hanging on the back
of a chair in the room. She quitted the room suddenly
without his knowledge, and his coat disappeared at the
same time. He subsequently saw his coat at the shop
of a pawnbroker at Aldgate. It was worth about a
sovereign.
T. J. Hogg, assistant to Mr. Barker, pawnbroker,
Aldgate, stated that he was present when the coat pro-
duced was pledged by the prisoner, and the duplicates
were found to correspond.
Alderman H. HUGHES observed that the prisoner's dis-
honesty was the more culpable, as it was exercised to-
wards a professional gentleman who had been in the
habit of most liberally administering to the health of
those who were not able to pay for medical advice. It
was a very serious disappointment to gentlemen so dis-
interested to find that, instead of the gratitude that was
due to them, they met with such a system of victimising.
There had been three cases, in each of which the pri-
soner was known to have made such a return for kind-
ness rendered, and she should certainly have an oppor-
tunity of answering before a jury at the Central Cimina
Court.—Committed for trial.

WESTMINSTER.
On Monday afternoon Sergeant Brennan, of the G divi-
s'on, accompanied by two of his men, apprehended John
Morris, a notorious character in the vicinity of Duck-lane,
in the act of coining. He was handcuffed, and the officers
were about removing him, when they were suddenly at-
tacked by a formidable gang, said to be upwards of fifty in
number, who beat the police off and rescued the prisoner,
made his escape in the handcuffs, the sergeant being severely
wounded in the head, besides which his men received other
severe injuries. Encouraged by their success on this occa-
sion, and obviously with a desire to intimidate the officers
from visiting the courts and alleys in this neighbourhood,
where robberies with violence are nightly committed, the
thieves determined upon another attack upon the constables
and carried it into effect, but fortunately with a result
the reverse of that they bad anticipated, five of them being
captured.
The names of the accused were John Davison, Robert
Lawrence, John Wright, Richard Morris, John Smith. They
were ragged fellows, and all well-known thieves.
The circumstances of the case, as detailed in reference to
the last attack, are briefly these:—Police-constable 'John
Rounds, 210 B, was on duty at two o'clock yesterday morn-
ing in Orchard•street, when, as he passed a soup chop,
Davison, who was standing on the threshold of the door,
suddenly, and without a word having been said on either
side, or anything having occurred to justify such an
act, came behind him and struck him a violent blow
on the jaw, which dislocated it, with a lancewood bludgeon,
resembling in appearance the spoke of a gig wheel. The
fellow attempted to follow up his blow with a second, but
the constable receded a few steps, when Lawrence
suddenly made his appearance, but on the constable
springing his rattle, and other officers appearing in sight,
the fellows ran off. The police pursued them down
Duck-lane, and into New-court, where the defendants, from
the windows of a house there, attacked them with .bricks
and missiles of every description, a female holding a light
out in order that their operations might be carried on rith
batter effect. The officers, who were repeatedly struck,
entered the house and captured Lawrence, Wright, Morris,
and Smith, who used language of the most threatening de-
scription, and called out for pistols. After the officers had
secured them, they returned to the house in quest of Davison,
whom they heard, as they ascended the stairs, throw some
'ient
ear roomas ls,e with
hhaveowfotohdedsotwunne, and foundhim
formidable
char
a described. Davison made great resistance, wished he had a
knife or pistol, or some such thing, and added, that " he
four
rvy bludgeons piece
of
should like to serve them as he had done Brennan" (the ser-
geant of the G division).
Mr. Barfoot, an Inspector of the B division, asked for a
remand, in order that the sergeant and constables who had
been attacked in the morning might attend, as he had no
doubt seine of the accused were engaged in it.
Mr. BOND thought there could be but little doubt about
that, especially as regarded Davison, by what had fallen from
his own lips.
The whole of the prisoners pretended that they knew
nothing about the charge against them.
Mr. Bonn observed that it was too serious a case for him
to deal with
_summarily. He should remand them fur
a week.

MARLBOROUGH-Si BEET.
Eliza Stephens, a good-looking young woman, genteelly
dressed, was charged with tendering a counterfeit sovereign
at the shop of Mr. Elphinstone, baker, of No. 227, Regent •
street. It appeared that between eight and nine o'clock last
evening the prisoner entered the shoe, apparently in a hurry,
and asked for a shilling's worth of fancy biscuits. Ott being
served she tendered in payment the spurious coin in ques-
tion. It was nearly instantly detected to be bad, and she
was told so, on wlich she said that a lady who was waiting
opposite had given her the sovereign and asked her to run
over for the biscuits. Of course " the lady" could not be
found, and the prisoner was given into custody.
Mr. MALTBY asked .if she wi3hed to say anything? The
prisoner said the statement she had .made was perfectly
correct.

Inspector Baker, of the C division, said that at the station-
house the prisoner gave her address at No. 5, Hare-court,
Aldersgate-street. A constable had been sent there this
morning, and found that no such person was living there.
Prisoner—l do live there; some mistake must have been
made.

Mr. MALTBY said he should remand the prisoner until to-
marrow, when the solicitor to the Mint would be in attend-
ance.

THE CORN TRADE.
BRITISH.

Whether the proposed alteration in the corn-laws will
or will not be made, remains as much a matter of doubt
as ever; and the continued uncertainty keeps business
in a languid state. With this all-important point
undecided, it is utterly impossible to foresee the
probable range of prices. Up to the present period
holders of wheat have rimr&ested consi.lerable firm-
ness ; but in comparing the valne of free and
bonded, it will be observed that there exists a difference
of from 14s. to 15s. per quarter between the two; it is
plain, therefore, that if Sir Robert Peel should succeed in
carrying his new plan, and the duty be reduced to 43. per
quarter, a material rise must take place in the price of the
article under lock, or the free price must come down
several shillings. Which of these events is most likely
to occur we must leave to our readers to determine
in our opinion it will, in a great measure, depend on the
character of the weather which may be experienced
in the interval, and on the appearance of the growingice
crop at about the time a definite settlement
foil n
itaiiies pI
On the other hand, if the firemieT should
gettingwouls
his Bill through the Lords, wheat of
nce
home
of protection,growth
even
unquestionably ri.e, as the 9. a
would impart great
though i: should be in a modifi, I form,
firmness to farmers. At present th ere seemslitt.le chance of
p dy settlement of the question, aed during the time
a speedy
must still el apse before t h .?.subjeet is finally dis? sed
of,w business is likely to remain in a very depressed state.
The weather has since our last been, on the whole,
au=picious, less rain having fallen, and the tempera-
ture having risen considerably ; still the reports re-
lative to the aspect of the country are not parti-
cularly favourable, the colour of the blade being
badly spoken of in many localities. We consider
it too early, hawever, to venture on anything like a
prediction respecting the next harvest, and place as
little reliance on the accounts of extraordinary pro-
mise (and thee are by no means uncommon) as to those
of an opposite character. The supplies from the farmers
have rather increased this week, but the deliveries have
not been by any means large ; in point of quality no im-
provement has takes place, most of the wheat brought
forward having:etime to hand in very indifferent condi-
tion. Notwithstanding this circumstance, previous
prices have been tolerably well supported at the leading
provincial markets, and at a f•iv of the principal towns
a small enhancement has even been established.
The accounts from Liverpool describe the wheat trade
as having maintained a decidedly firm tone; the business
was, it is true, on a sfinewhat restricted scale at that

-
port both on Tuesday and Friday ; still needy buyers
had to pay fully former terms, indeed in some cases ls.
per 701bs. more was realised on the latter day. In bar •
ley scarcely anything appears to have been done, but
Indian corn and oats were in demand at rather advanced
rates.

From Hull the reports are not very animated ; the
supply of wheat from the farmers was, however, dis-
posed of on Tuesday at prices similar to those at which
sales were made on that day se'anight. At Leeds the
demand was also slow on the day named, but the finer
kinds were not by any means easier to buy. The advices
from Wakefield of Friday are of nearly the same cha-
racter, only good dry parcels of wheat being saleable,
and no improvement being obtainable even on these.
From the western and north-western parts
.of the
kingdom the reports are to the same effect. In partial
instances a trifling advance was paid for fine wheat at
Birmingham on Tuesday, but the ordinary sorts were
no dearer. The case was the same at Bristol, and most
of the neighbouring markets. .

The cause of the want of activity is unquestionably
the same as that which has so long kept the trade dull,
viz., the uncertainty as to how the corn-law debate will
terminate. The millers seem determined not to add a
bushel to their stocks so long as the matter shall remain
undecided ; and we believe we are quite warranted in
saying that there is scarcely a flour manufacturer in
the kingdom holding sufficient wheat to carry on his
trade a week without making small hand-to-mouth pur-
chases. Hitherto this has caused comparatively no in-
convenience, as the supplies have quite kept pace with
the demand; but we need scarcely remark that a very
slight excess in the latter over the former would place
miilers in a very awkward position.
By advices from Scotland we perceive that business
has remained in much the same state there as before.
At Edinburgh, on Wednesday, the inquiry for wheat
was on a restricted scale ; the supply being, however,
moderate, sellers were unable to obtain more money.
By the most recent accounts from Ireland, it seems
that the misery and want under which a large
portion of the poor of that country are suffering, had
caused the people to commit excesses requiring the
military to quell. Still it would appear that 'large
stocks of oats are held there, but which the owners are
induced to keep back in anticipation of still higher
prices. This is the consequence of the predictions of
famine so freely put forth by these in power on various
occasions. Of wheat, about the usual supplies had
bean brought forward at the various markets, but this
article is altogether beyond the reach of the suffering

Though the arrivals of wheat coastwise into London
have been larger this than the previous week, still the
supply has only been moderate ; a considerable portion
of the same is from Lincolnshire, and has gone direct to
the millers. What now remains in hands may be re-
garded as quite insignificant ; end if the passing of the
Corn Importation Bill should he much longer delayed,
and no increase take place in the supplies from the
growers, the town manufacturers may find it difficult to
secure sufficient to keep their mills going.
The transactions in fiireign wheat have not been of
much importance since our last, a few small pur
chases of bonded hive been made at midi the same
terms as before, but as c-rtiticates for liberating the
same have risen to nearly 165., buyers have confined
their operati,ns to as narrow limits as has been
compatible with their pressing wants. Besides what
has been bought by the town millers, a cargo or two
have been taken for shipment to Ireland ; but nothing
whatever has betn done on speculation in the article.
The supply from abroad has again been liberal, up-
wards of 22,000 qrs. having been reported, a large pro-
portion c nsisting of low qualities from the Mediterra-
nean. The averages are now beginning to creep up, and
the duty, afpr having remained stationary for many
weeks, fell to 17s. per quarter on Thursday ; below this
paint it is not likely, however, to recede fur some weeks
to come.

The demand for barley has been exceedingly slow ;
and, though only 5,045 quarters have been received
coastwise, last Monday's currency has with difficulty
been obtained for the finer kinds, whilst the inferior
sorts have, in partial instances, been parted with at
rather less money.

In purchasing malt, except of the very best descrip-
tion, the turn has likewise been in favour of the buyer.
The arrival of oats have not increased, the total sup-
ply for the week, including 2,550 quarters from abroad,
having amounted to only 15,213 quarters. The stocks
in the bands of the dealers have been further diminished
this week, and the market is gradually becoming bare of
good corn. Under these circumstances, factors have
raised their pretensions ;_and though the trade has bcen
the reverse of lively, an advance of 6d. to Is. per quarter
has been established on last Monday's currency.
Beans have moved off in retail at much the same rates
as before, and peas of all kinds have maintained their
previous value with great firmness.
FOREIGN.
_ _

By the Hibernia steam-ship we have New York ad-
vices up to the Ist inst , and accounts from other parts
of the United States of c9rresp9nding dates. There does
not appear to have been much business done in flour
at any of the leading ports, hut some rather large pur-
chases of wheat seem to have been made on British
account. Letters from New York state that fair sup-
plies of flour had arrived from the interior since the re-
opening of the river navigation ; and fewer orders for the
porch ise of the article having been received from EnDland
than had been reckoned on, some difficulty had been ex-
perienced in making sales of the common brands of Ge-
nesse at over 5i dollars per barrel. This is about equal to
235. 6d. free on board, and freight to London being then
3s. 3d. per barrel, there is not much prospeA that pur-
chases made with a view to this market will turn out
very profitably. Of wheat, several thousand bushels
appear to have been taken, after the arrival of the
Hibernia, for shipment : white realized 1 dol. 20e. to 1
del. 25c., and red 1 dol. 14c. per bushel. At New York
the export demand for Indian corn had fallen off; and its
value had rather receded from the highest point.
From the Baltic the accounts received this week are of
precisely the same character as previous ad vices. holders
of wheat had, we learn, maintained a firm tone at all the
leading ports ; and, though the demand has been very far
from brisk, former terms had been steadily supported.
From the opening of the navigation up to the end of
March only about 7,000 qrs. had been shipped from thence,
and of this small cpsantity m,,r.. than half had been for the
Netherlands, only about 3.000 qrs. having been shipped
to Great Britain. The want of life in the demand had
fail& d to make much impressio, on the minds of holders,
who still calculated with confidence on an extensive
English demand in the tolinmer and autumn. At the
lower Baltic ports prices seem also to have been pretty
well maintained.
A letter from Stettin, cif the 12th instant, states that
purchases of both wheat and barley had bean made there
by buyers from the interior, which circumstance had
counteracted the eif,•ct which might otherwise, perhaps,
have been produced by the continued dull reports from
hence.

From Restock the advices 'are not quite so firm as
before, still the price has not undergone any change.
At Ilamb•irgh, on Tuesday, there was scarcely any-
thing doing in wheat either on the spot or from outports.
In the Dutch and Belgian markets nothing deserving
notice seems to have taken place.
From the south and east of Europe the reports are
wholly without interest, quotations of wheat being
generally too high all over the Mediterranean, as com-
pared with- the value of the article here, to admit cf
business beiv,g done with a view of shipping to this
country.—Mark Lane Express.

STATE OF TRADE.
MANCHESTER, APRIL 21.—Although there has not
been quite so much business done to-day as on Tuesday
last, the market for yarn has been very firm, the spinners
generally demanding advanced prices, which are par-
tially acceded to by the buyers, but which tend to di-
minish the amount of business. For some descriptions
of goods, and particularly for good 40-inch shirt-
ings, there is a t.lerably active demand, and where
manufacturers are willing to accept the current prices of
last week, sales are made with facility. This, however,
does not extend to printing cloths, which, though in
somewhat better demand than they were a fortnight ago,
are still relatively dull of sale.
ROCHDALE, APRIL 20.—There has been a fair average
market to-day, and prices have been the same as last
week. There is a Government order for 7,000 flannels,
which has been allotted this last week amongst six mann-
rectums. The wool dealers complain of a dull demand
for the raw material.
LEEDS, APRIL 21.—There was a good deal more
bustle in our market to-day, and a fair quantity of goods
changed hands for shipment to America. We hope this
improving state of things will last, and afford that relay
to our manufacturers which is so much needed.
hasiiub
smea%ket ; but,
DeeDnERdStLIEeLDto,.dAaPyRiInL
the 21.--Father —Cliotrhiearhu,moreer sines Am-
erican and London buyers being .
to gain ground,
appears
season. A feeling of confidence
more healthy trade.—
nevertheless, trTle not in the actii:•le tstaete usual at this
which r ill doubtless produce a
Mariche.vter Guardian.

MARKET NE WS.-(YESTERDA Y .)

CORN_ EXCIE ANGE.

The arrivals of Wheat of home produce up to our market this
week, coastwise as well as by land carriage and samples, have been
on a fair average scale, and of greatly improved quality. Although
the attendance of buyers here this morning wai limited, the demand
for most descriptions was steady at fully the currencies obtained en
Monday, and at which a good clearance was effected. The show of
free Foreign Wheat was small. Fine dry qualities were in good
req .est at extreme -prices. All kinds of Corn under bond
were a mere drug but not cheaper. The stocks are still increasing.
Notwithstanding the supplies of Barley and Malt were small, the
sales for th.,se articles were in a very sluggish state, at barely late
rates. The Oat trade was very firm, and good dry swat Corn pro-
duced a trifle more money. Beans, Peas, and Flour very dull, at
Monday's quotations.

Wheat.
3,790 qrs.

English

Irish ..
Foreign