The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-13 00:00:00

PIEDMON T.

CIIOZANOWSLY, the well-known Polish General,
has been named by CHARLES ALBERT Chief of the
General Staff of the army.

N APLES.

Letters from Naples of the 4th inst. state that the
ultimatum of England and France had not arrived,
but that the status quo was maintained in Naples and
Sicily.
The quarantine of seven and fourteen days lately
imposed on vessels from Palermo an Malta, and
which was strongly suspected to have had only a
political object, has been removed in consequence of
the remonstrances of the British Admiral.

MARLBRO'-STREET—(THIS DAY).
Frederick Herbert, who was formerly a Lieutenant in
the Navy, and who has for souse time been vic-
timising the public under the assumed names, of Captain
Welsh, Captain Howard, Wm. Corney, Henry Pettin-
gale, was brought up for final examination, charged
with defrauding several tradesmen out of property to a
large amount, by means of spurious cheques.
Mr. John L,:adbetter,- ornithologist, 19, Brewer-
street, Golden-square, said, on the 21st of July last,
the prisoner came into his shop, and said ho had been re-
commended to him by several persons in the trade
as the most likely person to get the skins of humming
birds from. Witness said he was unwell, and wished
the defendant to defer his call till another day. The'
prisoner replied that he was going out of town imme-
diately, and would not detain witness ten minutes. Wit-
ness then ishowed him a quantity of skins, and the pri-
soner selected sixteen, which came to, 61. Witness
packed them up in a box produced, and banded it to the
prisoner. The prisoner then put his hand in his pocket,
t_ud said he had not got sufficient cash, but he would
give witness a cheque upon his bankers. He then wrote
out a cheque for 61., payable at Messrs. Childs,
Temple-bar, and signed his name Frederick Howard.
Witness presented the cheque the next day, and was in-
formed that no such person kept an account there.
Mr. John Evans, a dealer in curiosities, No, 281,
High Holborn, proved purchasing several of the skins
of the prisoner, for which he paid him 11. 17s. 6d. The
skins produced are a portion of those he purchased of
the prisoner.

Several other cases of a similar nature having been
proved, the prisoner was fully committed for trial.

WORSHIP-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)
Mary and Elizabeth Hinckley alias Broad, and Emma
Jones and Mary Anne Allen, who had acted as their
servants, were charged with having obtained, under
false pretences, from various tradesmen in the metro-
polis, quantities of drapery and other goods to an im-
mense amount.

John Messent stated that on Monday, the 25th ult.,
person called at the shop of his employer, Mr. Enoch
Jones, linendraper, in Finsbury-terrace, and requested
that a choice selection of family mourning might be sent
immediately to the residence of the elder prisoner,
Elizabeth, in Cavendish-street, New North-road,
as her husband had just expired. Witness ac-
cordingly proceeded there with a quantity of Palmetta
and Coburg cloths, crapes, and other articles, and was
admitted by the girl Jones, who conducted him to a par-
lour, in which he found the elder prisoner and one of her
daughters, who selected a portion of the goods and
ordered two cloaks and two mantles to be made for them
and sent home by the following Wednesday, as the
funeral of the deceased would take place the day after.
On taking the latter articles to the house, he received a
further order for a quantity of black ribbon and six
pairs of kid gloves, which he afterwards delivered at the
door to the prisoner Allen, who told him that the ladies
were so oppresed with grief that they were unable to see
him. A fourth order: was afterwards executed for
two boas and a muff, and also for four shawls two of
which it was intimated would be selected for the ser-
vants, and the other two returned. An invoice for the
whole of the goods was sent with the last parcel, and
witness was directed to call on the following Monday
for the amount, viz., 231. Bs. Bd., but on reaching the
place, at the time appointed, he found the house shut up.
Mr. George Mattley, landlord of the house in Caven-
dish-street, stated that he let the premises at Mid-
summer last, to a venerable-looking gentleman, who
said he was a retired shipbrokcr, and having heard a
few days since that his tenant was dead, he proceeded
to the house to offer his condolence to the widow, and
found that she and her family badclandestinely removed.
Sergeant Brannan, of the G (division, deposed that
he proceeded with other officers to a house in Park-row,
Pentonville, in search of the elder prisoner's son, whom
they accidentally encountered in the street, and took
him into custody upon another charge. He (witness)
afterwards endeavoured to effect an entrance into the
house, but after knocking repeatedly at the deor without
being answered, he made his way through the passage
of the next house, and procured a ladder, which he
placed against the back window of a room on the first
floor, at which the prisoners were standing. On reach-
ing the window, the prisoner Jones pressed with her
whole weight upon the sash to prevent his forcing it up,
but he succeeded in raising it a sufficient height for the
admission of his head, when she instantly seized him by
the hair with one hand, whilst with the other she made the
most strenuous efforts to strangle him by forcing the
window upon his neck, and finding that ineffectual, she
did her utmost to pitch him off the ladder; he, however,
together with Sergeant Dubois, forced his way into the
apartment, where were found several boxes, containing
various articles of haberdashery, &c., about sixty pawn-
broker's duplicates, a flash note of Bank of Elegance,
and numerous foimal agreements for the occupation of
houses, in various names, and in all parts of the me-
tropolis.
John Broad Hinckley, son of the elder prisoner, was
charged with having fraudulently obtained a quantity of
wearing apparel from Mr. Edwin Kenworthy, a tailor, in
Shaftesbury-street, Hoxton.
The prosecutor stated th-t on Tuesday week last, pri-
soner called upon him, and ordered a suit of mourning,
which he requested might be seat to his mother's house
in Cavendish-street, in sufficient time to enable him to
wear it at his father's funeral. The order was duly
executed, and the prisoner subsequently called upon
him, and obtained a waistcoat and shooting jacket, the
latter of which was sent him upon approbation. Witness
afterwards found that the family had absconded from the
house they had occupied.

Henry Roberts produced ono of the coats which was
pledged at his shop, a few hours after it had been ob-
carted from*the prosecutor.

Several other eases were ready to be gone into against
the prisoners, but the magistrate thought that enough
already had been proved against them to justify him in
committing them for trial. At the suggestion of Ser-
geant Brannan they were ordered to be brought up
again.

THE IRONMASTERS QUARTERLY MEETINGS.-
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.--A considerable number of
i the principal rontnasters and coal proprietors of South
Staffordshire and East Worcestershire assembled in the
Town-hall to-day. There was also a fair sprinkling of
persons interested in the iron trade and settlement of
quarterly accounts from other parts of the kingdom; but
the attendance was not more than an average one, and
iu con!equence of the publicity already given to the deci-
sion adopted at the preliminary meeting held at Dudley
a fortnight ago, no person anticipated any alteration of
the prices of last quarter. Nene took place. It is next
to impossible to state the precise figures, but as nearly
as prices can be ascertained, they may be named after
the following scale :—Bars, best quality, about $l. 10s,,
hoops, 71., sheets, 81., and pigs from 31. ss. to 31. 105.
It is satisfactory to know, more especially at the present
moment, that the comparatively improved position of the
iron manufacture is by well-informed people attributed,
not -to any sudden railway demands, but to the re-
quirements of the general trade of the country. This,
as compared with former periods of improvement, is a
favourable symptom. The settlement of accounts, so
far as it has proceeded, is satisfactory, and the prospects
of the ensuing quarter, if not brilliant, are at least en-
couraginc.
BLACEIVALL RAILWAY.--The directors of this rail-
way intend altering the gauge, and using the locomotive
instead of the stationary engine, and the workmen com-
menced taking up the north line yesterday, preparatory
to the alteration of the gauge. The trains now leave
either end every half hour, instead of every quarter, as
heretofore.

It is not the intention of the Earl of Westmor-
land to pay London a visit at pre.ien:.his accomplished
Countess is on the point of di- parting for Berlin, to join
the Noble Lord.

Maclaine i)ulcken, Mr. John Parry, AIM. Willy,
and Hausmann, have performed at concerts, during the
week, with the greatest success, at Reading, Exeter, Tor-
quay, Teignmouth, Ply mouth, &c. In consequence of
Miss Nelson's inability to attend the concert at Exeter,
Mr. AAtc came by railroad to Loudon, and engaged
Mrs. Hampton, who returned with him ; but she was
taken so unwell on her arrival at Exeter that she was
not able to sing. Mrs. Ashe became her locum tenens,
at au hour's notice, and acquitted herself extremely well.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL Isi.EW S.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
There was no alteration yesterday in the Liverpool
Cotton Market. Bales about 4,000 bales. Prices
were without alteration.—Railway Shares were dull and
lower.
Much satisfaction is expressed in the City at the open
and business-like statement of M. Goudchaux con-
cerning the resources of the Government, the condition
of the Finance Department, and his determination not to
resort to the assig net system. If the statements of M.
Goudchaux are tc+ be accepted in good faith, as we be-
lieve they may be, and events do not thwart the
Minister's plans, sive may hope to see France relieved
much sooner than might have been supposed from the
pressure of its fiu.ancial embarrassments.
The declining; prosperity of our industrious classes
must ever be as object of solicitude, and it is usually
held that the stavings' banks furnish the best index of
prosperity or the reverse. We regret, on this account,
to find an unfavourable report from some of these insti-
tutions in the manufacturing districts. The Birming-
ham District J?rovident Society, which has been in ope-
ration ten yefas, appears to have but a limited amount
placed for safe custody, 6,679 deposits making up a sum of
less than 500/. The committee, in their report for the year
ending the 30th June, state that " it is with regret,
however, that your committee observe the number of de-
positors is greatly diminished, having fallen off to the
extent c.f thirty in each district; and also that the num-
ber of visitors in Lady Wood district is less by two
than event the very small number of last year. Notwith-
standiog these drawbacks, it is a great satisfaction to
your committee to know that the benevolent labours of
the via itera are still highly appreciated by those from
whom they make their collections; and, that, in propor-
tion to its means, the society is still fully effectual for the
purpoces contemplated in its formation. During the
whole ten years which have now elapsed from its first
• institrotion its useful course has never once been
seriomily impeded; while those who have kindly engaged
in its itervice continually experience increasing satisfac-
tion ft om the benevolent labours in which they are en-
gaged.. The union of the middle and poorer classes of
society by such an interchange of benefits was never
more dlesirablo than at the present time; and this insti-
tution affords a favourable opportunity to all those who
would nid in the great work of social amelioration, of
contribteting to it in a way which is not only safe and
unexceptionable, but which the experience of the last
ten yeasts has proved to be attended with the most useful
results."
Them is no change to-day in the Corn Market.
The dividends are in course of payment at the Bank
Of England, and there is a full attendance of annuitants.
The railway statistics of the Times, if report speaks
ttly, are likely to receive what they so imperatively re
quire, via., an official contradiction. The mischievous
tendency they have in the plausible shape put by the
disintererted calculators, parties, be it remarked, who
are intimately connected with the Stock Exchange, even
if they do not write immediately under the direction of
the committee, needs no remark on our part; but, as we
have stared Lefure' there is Lut one way to put a stop to
false statistics, and that is by publishing such as are
true.

The Funds have been drooping again, the intelligence
front Vienna, with the fear of further troubles elsewhere
in Germany, having a dccidi d influence, Consols have
been S5l f, and arc now about 851 1. Exchequer• bills
are 30s. to 335. premium; Bank Stock is not higher than
186 to 188 ex div.; and the New Three-and-a Quarter
per Cents are 841 to 844. India Stock is at 237.
In the Foreign Market business is exceedingly quiet.
Si anish Five per Cents. cre 11, and Mexican Old Bonds
194 to i. Dutch Two-tied-a Half per Cents. are 44f
to t. l'ortuguese Four per Cedts. are 23f to 24k.
ltailway Shares continue heavy, the supply of these
securities being yet comparatively large. Prices are
rather lower.
BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From the Official List.)
Bank Stock 186
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities-- B4 841 A
3 per Cent. Consols Aims 85141,21,‘
NEVI 314 per Cent. Anna 841,014%
Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 ... 814%
India Stock 237
India Bonds under 1,0001 36 33 p
South Sea Stock
Ditto New Annuities
Bank Stock for Account 188
Comeols for Account
Exchequer Bills. 21/2d. 2d.
March. June.
1,0001.
5001 — 30 33 p
Small - 37 34 p
PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Mexican Bonds, 1546, 5 per Cent...... 19%
Spanish Bonds, 5 per Cent,lB4o ... 11
Dividends on the above payable in London.
Dutch 21 s per Cent..l2 Guild 44711%.3/4
Ditto 4 nor Cent. Certificates
BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHAREg AT ONE O'CLOCK
Ri.u.weie. PAID. l'Es Sruksz.
Aberdeen
50 •.. •.
. to
Amber., Notting., Boston, &c. 414 — to
Ayrshire and Gallaway
Belfast and County Down .. 171 .. ..
lilirmingnam & Oxford June.- 20
Birmingham, Wol., & Dudley 10 ... .
Birnling., Wol., & Stour Val. 131.113.... ..... to
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and
Cheshire Junction..
Boston, Stmt., & Birming... b
Bristol and Exeter
Do.;Thirds .... ... •..••••. 25
Buckinghamshire.
Caledonian ...
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, New 101. Preference 2% 74
Ditto.
Clydesdale Junction 50
Chester and Holyhead-- ..... 47% ..... 191 h to 17%
Ditto, Preference .. ......... 15
Clarence. ..... ................... 78%
Class, 6 per Cent... 10
Do., 2d Class, 5 per Cent... 10
D., Goy. Loan, 4 per Cent. 10
Direct London & Portsmouth 514-- to
to
Dublin and Belfast Junction.. 35
Dundalk and Enniskillen ... 20
East Anglia 25/. L. & E.,
and L. & f.)
25 ......
Ditto, 18/ ,E.& IL lB ...... ..... to —....
Ditto, 31..108 ,E. & H 3%
Eastern Counties
11h
8
13°•NeW Guarant. 6 per Ct. 7%
Do. Perpet., 5 per ct. No. 1,6/. 13a. 4d —
Do., d 0............. to
N 9 61 13s. 4d M dis.... to
.... o•-, •
0.,
D •Northern & Eastern... 50
DDo., 5 per cent. ... 50
0., Quarter .. . 12%... •• '---
.......
..
...... .................. 34
Eastern Union, •
Clam A. (late
E. U. Shares) ...... ... .. 25
Ditto, ditto, Cla.ss A, ditto 1
Ditto, do, Class B (I. &B) 20
Ditto, do, Clan C, ditto... 20
Ditto Scrip (gua. 6 per et.) 10
Ditto (C. & F..), 5 per ct. 2% ...
East Laneaahire ............... 25 ...
Ditto, New .. .......... ...• . 21 ......
to
Do., New Quarters .. . ...... 6!4 ......
—I,A ..._
-
Do., 6 per Cent. Preference .....
3 t°
Quarter Shares .•...
East Lincolnshire ........... .... 23 if-- to
Edinburgh and Glasgow ..... 50 . .....
22
to Ditto, Half Shares ......... 15 '• •••
Edinburgh and Northern ... 25 .....
--
Ditto, New port. ........ .. 13
...... to
Exeter, Yeovil, & Dorchester 2%
Glasg., Dim:dries, & Carlisle..B/. 68.8 d -
•
•• ••• to
Glasgow, Kilmarnock, & Ayr 50
...--- to
Do. Preference Consolidated . to
....• •
.. •••
Great Nertkern ... 17 . ..... 31A %... to
Do. 1,4 A Deferred ..... ... 12% ..... 23/4 to
DDo.
11,i B 6 per Cent. Guar. 4% . 3/4 %to
o. 'xtension .... ..... ..... 2% to
•• ••• Gt. South. & West. (Irele-

- __
,_reland) 42 i — .... . to
Great North of England 100
Ditto, Nt w 40/. 4O
Ditto, ditto .... ..
Ditto, New 30/ ... 30 ...
..
Great
Western
Ditto, Half Shares
Ditto, Quarter Shares
Do. N
Ditto, Fifths
New 171.
.. 9 ...... to 8%
to
to
Ditto, Thirds 9
Hell and Selby 50
Ditto, Half Shares .. ...... 25 ... 4714 to
Ditto, Quarter Shares ..12% — to
Lancaster and Carlisle.... ... 50
Do., Thirds lO ...... 7
Lancashire and Yorkshire ... 93
Ditto, ditto
Ditto Half Shares . - 43
Ditto Quarters
Ditto Fifths 9 — to
Ditto Sixteenths ........... 04...... ... to
Ditto Thirds (Reg.)
Do., New Guar. 6 per cent. 5
Do. Liverpool and Bury... 43
Do. (Rudders. and Sheff.) 43
Do., Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole
Do., West Riding Union... 7 .... . % to
Do., Preston and Wyre
... 25
Do., do., Half Shares (A) 9% to
Leeds and Bradford . 50 .....
Lesda,Dewsbury& Manches. 50
D --,
D, Half Shares
it O.to, Blue (scrip) ..... .... 2% to
D
uteis and Thirsk ... . ... 50
itto, New
...... ::: . ...
35 .
Liverpool, Crosby, andSonth-
I yon .. ................ . .......... 3% —-- to
..irverr...,l ii.
v r,, . autanehester, and
,isivcastle jir-

_ --
to -
.•• Junction...... ..• 2% -,,, •••• ••to 4
Londoa a Blackwall ......134 65. Bcl 3.71i i
o -
Do. It:tension .... - ..... 221,5 i
253/4%-. t°
Load., Bright, & South Coast 50
to -
De.. Ourenteeds per Cent. 9 . - - •••
to -
Prof, Conv. 5 per Cent. 50 ..,, - -. •••
to
Ditto, ditto ........... 1852 50 - •••
4 IA
.., „. to -
-
Londonbo, New, a. 6 per cent. 4
-
and ixreenwich... 121.155. 4d - ••• " t 4
to --1 _
Ditto Preference ......... 18/ 178 2d - ""*.
Loadon •&North Western.....loo-102 1031,4 •102 to 03
to -
Do. Quarters (L. and B.) 22
434 %.,. to
Da New ................ • 7
o. Fifths •........., . 2
...... .
to -
Do. 4N. Shares... ~.L. Sc M 25 -
84 to -•••
Do. 104 ... M. and B. A. 9 •••• •
to -'
Do. 10/. .. M. and B. (13.) 9 8
to -
,bo 104 ... M. and B. (C.) 1
36i ...... to -
London and S. Western ...... 50
Ditto, New 504_, 421' • 231,(5......
. to -
h.„itto, New 404 .... ..... .. .. 34
to -
__AA). Tenths (Consolidatc) 50 .. • to 24%
to -
uo Tentius (Consolidated) 40
to -
Ditte. Thirds ... •• .11/. 13s. 4d ... -
DO., New Scrip, 1848, Pref.
7 per Ct. on Deposit and
5 per Ct. on Calls --A/. 13s. 4d....
to '''.
lAndOn, SaliabUry, & Yeovil 1% -
to -
Londonderry and Coleraine... 27 %..... 14 % die to -
... to -
-
Londonderry and Enniskillen 25
to -
4L'weatoft (guar. 4 rer cent.) 20
to -
vitt° (gaar. 6 per cent. ... 8 -