The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-25 00:00:00

E SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1848:1

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PUBLIC INCOME AND EXPENDITURE.---13ALANCE-SHEET.

An Account of the Net Public Income of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended thg sth day of Aprll, 1848 (after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several
Revenue Departments), and of the actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and
Repayments for Local. Works, &c.

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INCOME OR RETENUE. Total. EXPENDITURE.
--------- _ ____ - -
.£ s. d. £ s. d.
ORDINARY REVENUE AND RECEIPTS. £ s. d. Funded Debt.—lnterest and Management of the Permanent Debt
23,958,908 11 6
Customs 19,940,295 10 10 Terminable Annuities 3,868,207 0 7
Excise 113,276,879 4 0
Stamps 7,319,053 5 2 Total Charge of the Funded Debt, exclusive of 10,015/. 13s. la, the Interest
Taxes (Land and Assessed)._ ...... ..
Property-tax 5,452,368 3 10
Post Office 930,200 0 0 Unfunded Debt.—lnterest on Exchequer-bills
Civil List
Crown Lands ...................................................................................... 61,000 0 0
ls. and 6d. and 4s. in the Xon Pensions and Salaries .................................................... 4,839 16 1028,427,231 19 1
Small Branches of the Hereditary Revenues of the Crown ...................................... ... ...... 4,155 9 2 Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military, and Judicial Services,.
Surplus Fees of Regulated Public Offices 106,447 0 3 &c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund.... 526,788 7 3
Salaries and Allowances
51,451,609 5 5 Diplomatic Salaries and Pensions 169,373 17 0
Courts of Justice
OTHER RECEIPTS. 111iscellaneous Charges on the Consolidated Fund 317,227 16 6
2,724,971 5 9
Repayment of Moneys received into Commissariat Chest at Hong-Kong, out of the Indemnity Army
paid by the Chinese Government .......................................................... 455,021 1 0 Navy
Imprest and other Moneys .... .............................................................................. 116,197 1 7 Ordnance 2,726,698 0 0
Money received from the East India Company ... ......................................................... 60,000 0 0 Miscellaneous, chargeable on the Annual Grants of Parliament 3,614,329 7 9
Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid)
..• ..• 975,000 0 0
. Kafir War
. 52,082,757 8 0 23,931,003 6 11
Excess of Expenditure over Income .............................................................. 3,092,234 13 1 55,083,206 11 2
Unclaimed Dividends more than received
53,175,042 1 1 ••• ••• 91,835 911
1 55,175,042 1 1
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2. An Account of the Balances of the Public Money remaining in the Exchequer on the sth day of April, 1847 ; the Amount of Money raised by the Additions to the Funded or Unfunded Debt in the Year
ended the sth day of April, 1848 ; the Money applied towards the
Redemption of the Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt; the Total Amount of Advances and Repayments on Account of Local
Works, &c., with the Difference accruing thereon; and the Balances In the Exchequer, on the sth day of April, 1848.

VT .1 /la, tAl...i \.=v. w••-•• - - '-- --,-"-- ,
£ Se d. X s. d. ISSUED. £ s. d. £ s. d.
BALANCES in the EXCHEQUER on the sth day of April, 1847 ••• 5,459,835 2 4.i To the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, to be
applied to the redemption of the Public Debt :
By issues, per Act 10 George IV., c. 27
By interest on donations and bequests
.
1,412,890 9 6
MONEY RAISED IN THE YEAR ENDED THE STH DAN OP APRIL, 1848, BY
Deduct sum applied not in redemption of Funded Debt, but of Con-
TUN CREATION OF FUNDED OP. UNFUNDED DEBT .
solidated Fund Deficiency Bills
. .
192,890 9 6
To the Paymasters of Exchequer-bills for payment of Unfunded Debt :
FUNDND Days. Money out of Consolidated Fund for payment of West India Relief
Bills
Contribution to Loan of 8,000,0001., per Act 10 Vitt., c. 9
.
>3:f ~:= 1,,,.i;,.---,.>_ ,
,- - ply Exchequer-bills
' .9hins.`-i hitli,) Exchequer-bills for payment of Supply Bills
"3 fisiltruk(r4l. ,sktelf Air.o fir
,c).3 totiw. (t.::1! Ii r"`,:11 f} i) :1:.
UNFUNDED DEBT.
charged on
Supplies
... 17,802,400 0 0 Total Amount of Advances for Local Works, &c., under various
Acts of Parliament, including 2,139,0001. to Ireland, under
Act 10 Viet., C. 107, Sc
Ditto of Repayments of Advances for Local Works
Excess of Advances over Repayments
Excess of Expenditure over Income
Balances in the Exchequer on the sth day;of April, 1848 •
Exchequer-bills, 18,380,2001., per Act 9 Victoria, c. 15,
893,562 9 6
••• ...
•••
2,245,197 13 11
3,092,284 13 1
•••
6,768,336 16 31
30,265,809 12 9:1 30,265,809 12 91-

persons from
•Leicester-square to the Home•office,
yesterday, for the alleged purpose of presenting a
petition to the Home authorities on the subject of
pauper grievances. The police, however, acting on
instructions, •gave notice to Mr. Cochrane that the
procession would not be permitted. About 100 or
150 persons assembled in Leicester square, where
there was a carriage said to belong to Mr. Cochrane,
and a van covered with pictures containing repre-
sentations of scenes which were asserted to take place
in various union workhouses. The carriage and van
were permitted to move off towards the Home-office,
but the few who were di• posed to form the procession
were stopped by the police, and required to disperse.
The defendant was very violent—he used coarse
language to the police, and ultimately struck a con-
stable a violent blow on the face. He was imme-
diately taken into custody and brought to this
court.
The prisoner cried and whined very penitentially,
and attributed his violence to the effect of too much
drink.
Mr. BINGHAM said, the unmanly exhibition which
the prisoner now made satisfied him that there was
no sound cause for apprehending that he meditated
any very desperate invasion of the public peace, He
wished, however, for the defendant's own sake, and
the sake of others, that the defendant was at that mo-
ment in France, and knew French sufficiently to en-
able him to comprehend what was passing there at
this moment. Before the revolution, there was one
man out of every two who was without work or
settled means of subsistence ; while in this country
the proportion was not more than one man out of
every ten, and with this advantage, that here there
was a poor-law and a workhouse to resort to, while
in France there was nothing of the sort. Since the
Revolution things had become much worse, and there
was neither employment nor means of subsistence for
the working classes in France. About 30,000 men
were supported in the Municipal Guard, and when
that source failed, he knew of nothing that could be
resorted to for a supply of funds. As he was inclined
to think the defendant was not likely to use a pike or
other deadly weapon, and as he thought drink had
partly caused him to act so foolishly, he should let
him off with a fortnight's imprisonment only.

The prisoner's answer was the same which he in
the first instance made, viz., that he bought the fowl.

PARKER.

71.; and Mr. Hall, „doubting whether his reverence
had paid over th• amount to the proper parties, has
since written to make inquiries, and has received the
following reply :
" Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
Foreign Parts, 76, Pall-mall, London,
April 17.
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter of April 13, I have
to inform you that no account has been for warded
from Rawmarsh to this office.
" I have the honour to be sir, yours respectfully,
" J. RUSSELL, Treasurer, S.P.G.

Mr. Collard remarked that there had been so many
robberies committed by the company's servants, that
a determination had been conic to that all cases which
seemed at all clear, so as to afford a chance of convic-
tion after trial, should be followed up, with the view
of punishing the delinquents.
The prisoner was committed for trial ; but, upon
the application of his solicitor, he was permitted to
put in bail, himself in 801. and two sureties in 401.
each, to answer the charge at the sessions.

" To Mr. George Hall."
It is suspected also that a collection for the dis-
tressed Irish has shared the same fate, but this is not
certainly known to be the case. It now turns out,
too, that the money which this worthy has received
on account of the clothing club, with the exception
of the receipts for the first fortnight after his arrival,
has not been paid into the bank, as it ought to have
been, and there is a deficit to the extent of between
201. and 30/. Mr. Fairfax made many allusions
to his aristocratic mother, Lady Fairfax, whose
residence he said was at Leeds Castle, Maidstone,
Kent, and which august personage he pretended was
about to pay him a visit at the rectory. We can
state as a fact that no such person is known at Leeds
Castle. We believe that in days of yore it was the
seat of the Fairfaxes, but the family have been obli-
terated from the locality centuries ago, having " gone
and left no address."
It is only just to Mr. Mahon to state, that, to use
his own words, " the references and testimonials,
&c. (of Mr. Fairfax) appeared quite satisfactory,
and I selected him in preference to others who were
proposed."
We understand that the missing one's creditors,
feeling themselves so shamefully duped, have re-
solved to use every means of redress that civil or
ecclesiastical law affords them. No doubt they will
communicate with the bishop of the diocese.—Shefi
field Times.

CLERICAL DELINQUENCY.
The parish of Rawmarsh, near Sheffield, has lately
been the scene of very remarkable doings on the part
of the officiating clergyman. In November last the
rector of Rawmarsh, the Rev. W. R. Mahon, having
resolved upon spending the winter months in Ireland,
took steps for procuring a gentleman to assume his
pastoral duties in his absence, and through the medium
of an advertisement in the Ecclesiastical Gazette was
brought into communication with an individual who
represented himself as the Hon. and Rev. B. C. D.
F. Fairfax. Aarangements were speedily completed,
and Mr. Mahon departed for Ireland early in Novem-
ber, not having had an interview with Mr. Fairfax,
but the latter gentleman having undertaken to appear
in the pulpit on the ensuing Sabbath.
True to the compact, Mr. Fairfax arrived at Raw-
marsh rectory—his future home—on the Saturday
evening, preparatory to the assumption of those im-
portant duties that had been delegated to him. He
was a young man—perhaps twenty-five, or he might
be a year or two older. In stature he was tall and
slender, of dark complexion, with large expressive
dark eyes, and jetty hair. The ladies thought him
handsome. Ile soon made confidants of divers of the
villagers, and upon the minds of these he most sedu-
lously imprinted the fact that he was nobly born, and
one of the mighty ones of the earth. His private
fortune was represented at 20,000/. a year; and the
profuse liberality that he began to display seemed to
warrant the assertion. The children of the schools
were regaled sumptuously during his first week with
claret, &c. Like a faithful minister, he was inces-
santly active in every part of the parish, and was
markedly attentive to those who did not form part of
his congregation, or who were known to cherish a
spirit of hostility to the Established Church. All
these were asked why they did not go to church ; and
if a want of suitable personal habiliments was named
as an impediment—which, during the existing dull-
ness of trade, was no doubt in many cases the fact—
the obstacle was at once surmounted by an order
upon the village tailor, or hatter, or shoemaker, or
bonnet maker, according to the necessities of the
individual.
By the time that his Reverence had been a month
or so in his new quarters, and when he found his
credit among the tradespeople unlimited—which,
by the way, he had pretty well tested, for his
own external appearance had undergone a:a
estatesnosdftahtei
:3
won-
derful improvement—he began to make some
important additions to his household, which hitherte
had consisted of only one female domestic. There
arrived one day at the rectory a youth whom Mr.
Fairfax described as his page, a youth about whom
there appeared a great deal of mystery. There also
arrived another personage, even more mysterious
looking than the former, whose sex purported to be
masculine—at least the dress so indicated. This
personation of mystery Mr. Fairfax spoke of as his
cousin, and familiarly called him "Johnny Deer," or
" Johnny dear ;" but as in either case the sound was
the same, there was no means of deciding, Johnny,
for his part, shunned communion with every one ex-
cept his aristocratic relative ; and those who sat near
him in church observed that he seemed ignorant of
the use of the prayer-book, for he turned over the
leaves quite at random. Connected with the personal
appearance of this creature, in short, there was a
variety of matters of observation which led to a
very general suspicion that he was a female in dis-
guise. If this was so, her relation to the occupant of
the rectory will be easily inferred, and the necessity
for the disguise will be apparent.
' However good Mr. Fairfax's credit might be, it
soon became evident that he had very little money at
command. The few payments that he made—and
they were few—were mostly in fourpenny pieces, a
description of coin which the villagers brought to him
in profusion once a fortnight, as contributions to a
clothing club. From this source he received about
said
thatlaa sum
ry
71. a fortnight. He was straitened in his finances, he
said, on account of his father's steward having ab-
sconded with
ac-
quaintances,abinliwaslerutnhstso.nanndes laid
a made
claim
veryatoim large
histo America family
ily
very
m
he
d inde
he the
had mostv
there. He al-o stated that he was the only surviving
son of Lord Fairfax, who was an intimate friend of
Earl Fitzwilliam ; but that nobleman, who resides in
the neighbourhood, disclaims any knowledge of either
Lord Fairfax or his reverend son. of
fs
contradictorymoney.the connexions
place
extensive
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LAMB
Yesterday Mrs. Mary Ann Ellwood, the wife of a
gentleman of property, residing at No. 8, Mount-
row, Old Kent-road, who has been in custody since
Wednesday, on a charge of stabbing her husband,
was placed at the bar, before Mr. N orton, for final
examination.
Evidenceof
having been given that the accused, when
in a state
intoxication,
had frequently threatened
and attacked her husband with a knife, and that on
the present occasion she had made repreated cuts at
him, one of which wounded him in the wrist, she
was comtnitted for trial.
MA I?Y LEB 0 NE.
Thomas Sturdy and Frederick Pilbeam were charged
with having stolen various articles from the house of
Mr. James, landlord of the Wheatsheaf,. Edgeware-
road ; and also with the a ilful destruction of property
to the amount of more than 150/.
The evidence, which was gone into at considerable
length, may be thus briefly summed up :—On Satur-
day night last, at twelve o'clock, the house was
closed, and soon afterwards all therein retired to rest,
the premises haying been properly secured by the
locking of doors, &c. At a quarter before five on
Sunday morning the front door was found open, and
on a constable of the D division going in he saw
brandy, rum, and gin, as also compounds, running
frcm taps, no fewer than twenty-eight of them hav-
ing been turned on. The inmates were aroused,
and on their coming down stairs and examining the
premises they discovered that the spirits, &c., which
had fallen on to the floor of the bar from the
casks, had run into the cellar, where it was nearly
ankle deep, and several men were employed for four
or five hours in baling it out with cans and bowls.
Two hundred gallons of different kinds were, by hg
malignant and shameful proceeding of some parties,
rendered valueless to the prosecutor. About 10s. in
silver and copper money, as also wearing apparel, a
plated candlestick, and some other things of no great
value, were missed from the house. There was no
direct evidence against the prisoners, but circum-
' stances of a strongly suspicious nature regarding both
of them were adduced. They were in the tap-room
on Saturday night, in company with a d
person called
Billy Mann, and all of them quitte the room in
question at twelve o'clock, upon their being desired
to do so. Mann was observed to leave the house by
the front door, but the prisoners were not seen to
make their egress. About fortnight ago, Mr.
James had occasion to use violence for the purpose
of ejecting from his house the prisoner Sturdy, who
had since been heard to make use of language expres-
sive of his intention to be revenged. It was further
shown that while the prisoners were in the tap-room
on the night alluded to, they several times whispered
to each other, in a most mysterious manner. The
officers, Sergeants Hughes, 13 D, and Bilford, 245,
of the same division, were of opinion, that the parties
by whom the robbery and wilful mischief was caused
had contrived to secret themselves in the coal vault
below stairs The prisoners were ultimately taken
into custody, neither of them having, when ques-
tioned, been able to give anything like a satisfactory
account as to where he was after the public. house
was closed. The officers had not as yet suc-
ceeded in tracing any of the apparel or other articles
missing.
The prisoners, who said that they knew nothing
y
about the robbery, were remanded till Wednesday
(to-morrow) week.
Henry Twine, a porter in the employ of the Great
Western Railwa Company, was placed at the bar for
final examination, charged with robbery.
It appeared that on Sunday morning, the 16th
inst., the prisoner was observed to pass through the
lodge
gate at the Paddington terminus, with a bundle
under his arm. He was walking along without pre-
senting a Pass ~ ticket, and upon his being ques-
tioned as to what he had with him, he replied, that it
\ was only a chicken which he had bought in the South
Vharf-road. He was then detained, and upon Mr.
Collard, superintendent of the company's police, ex-
amining a truck upon the platform, he found that a
portion of the right side of a wooden case had been
broken in, and that there was a vacant space in the
said case, from which, beyond all doubt, a fowl had
been removed.

The time allotted for Mr. Fairfax's sojourn draw.
ing to a close, sundry tradesmen's accounts were
presented for payment. Mr. Mahon returned to
Rawmarsh on Friday, the last day in March, and
then odd parties dropped in at the rectory, and begged
that they might have a settlement of their small
accounts, but not a farthing could they get—
nothing but excuses. Suspicions then arose among
them that they had • been duped, and their
worst fears were soon strengthened. Mr. Fairfax
left the rectory on the following Monday, under the
Pretence of spending a few days at Whiston rectory,
and saying that he should return in a few days ; but
it was ascertained that he had taken up his quarters
at the Prince of Wales' Hotel, at Masbro', whence he
departed by train in a northwardly direction, at four
o'clock on the morning of the following Friday,
without having paid one shilling to his creditors.
He took away with him an immense quantity of lug-
gage—property that he got from tradespeople at
Sheffield, Rotherham, and elsewhere., The page and
"Johnny" had been dispatched by train in opposite
directions.
After Mr. Fairfax's disappearance from Rawmarsh
under such discreditable circumstances, it occurred to
the mind of one of the churchwardens, Mr. Hall,
that Mr. Fairfax had received the amount of a col-
lection made in the church on Sunday, the 12th ult.,
in favour of the Propagation Society, in obedience to
the Queen's Letter, The stun collected was about

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II ORRIBLE MASSACRE ON
THE GENERAL WOOD CONVICT SHIP.
The intelligence we announced a fee/ a ays since
J 3 OA RJ :
relative to a report of the foundering of
was. erroneous-,,
mentioned convict ship, with all hands,
It is too true that the vessel was lost, but tuader cir.
excite_
cunistances that have caused the most painful,
the above.
ment. The convicts, of whom there were near'
10"
and who were on their way to the Penang settlement,,
having mutinied, horribly murdered most of the crew:
and afterwards caused tne destruction of the vesaei
She sailed from Singapore on the 2d of January 1a.4
wiV out the protection of the usual military
guard, and hence arose the fearful. catastrophe.
The subjoined details are extracted from st commu•
nieation written by Lieutenant Seymour, who Was a
passenger on board of the unfortunate vessel :--
convict',
the
"On Sunday, the 2d of January, at six A.m.; the
General Wood weighed anchor and stood out 0
hr
harbour with a fair wind, in company with two other
vessels. After rounding the Rabbit and of
here
had a stiff breeze against us, and by six o'clock we
in _
sight of the two vessels I have mentioned. The w licit
and tide being both against us, we soon broug.e
up, I think, off the Carimous, determined to II
• and Nye
there till daybreak the following morning!
retired to bed, leaving the watch on deck in charge
, of the First-Lieutenant, all apparently,
about half-past one o'clock in the morning we wae!,?,
startled from our sleep by a loud noise on deck, 1.11-
- _ntraediateriy.
the smashing of glass inside the cuddy. T i
rose and went to the door of our cabin for the ,PL.n_,
pose of ascertaining the cause of the uproar. 1,9!,""
scarcely touched the handle, when the door Woluff,
quiet. At
separates the master's cabin from ours, burst open,re
the captain rushed in exclaiming, "For God e s,a„
shut the door ani keep it fast." He was followea_ '-',7
Mr. Farquhar and other passengers, who imored to
know what was the matter; but could get foe
from him for some time, when to our horror btoldon
us the convicts had mutinied, and had got possesslo,
of the ship. He appeared to have lost all presence
r:
mind, and kept exclaiming, "0, merciful Fathee ,
what have I done that this should happen. 0, bless.bao
Jesus, save us, save us I They have got ln,,° the
cuddy and have secured all i",he fire -arms. .
obtained his own private pis tlps, and loadiaK
them stood on the defensive, expecting every It);
ment they would break in itpon them. I,li
said nothing, was to be done, I.( ix he was fearful
his officers had already perished. Sr ion after he heardat
the cries of Mr. Gill, the third offie er, apPoreatil a
the cabin-door, endeavouring to get in, at the
snot°
time followed by heavy blows—his moans bete
the
nehue
and managed to get hold of the poor fellow, nt
dragged in, and discharging his pi: Aols to red'
them following. He was dreadfull2i mutilated 11,P_
was deluged in blood. Having ag On secured tp_.:
cabin-door, we consulted as to the besit means a cos'
cealing the female passengers, when ti
was Bugg° ks
of placing them down the hold. The deck-Ptntire
were torn up, but to our disappointmeiat the oPelhem
by the rudder down was too small to adroit I, the
being lowered. The passengers then
Captain to offer the convicts the boats for Wouldth
escape from the vessel conditionally, ,if they
d; he
spare our lives. The poor man appeared clistracte
...A
said it will be no use, " we were in their power!. gli
tut`:
imploreu _
the wretches know no mercy." He said lie walla
galley
tempt their request, and went out of the
port for that purpose, but we never sawhina after, Find'
little doubt but that he was instantly murdered. •th'eum,
ing the captain did not return, the females bid t.,„,,
.qt latter ~,
selves in the quarter-gallery as the last res.",er
having previously barricaded the cabin door Il the
utmost extent. I could see through the chink of
door what was going on in the cuddy. Tlie,,a;e4; the
seemed busy knocking off their irons, and ru',...lief and
s ip. At daybreak they slipped the ship's na"lyeid
made all sail for the south-east, striving to ;ose
till
ingapore harbour. They continued on this
within
sunset, when they tacked, avoiding corning, „1 the
reach of any other vessel. We were coarl,'„; rd,
cabin, unconscious of what was going on Vl'ailoor.
On
armed convicts were placed at the cabin„„7 ta.
ma Friday, the 29th, they sighted the Great 13a 0,
s, and on the following day, at nine ill
ontaawinboi
dotnthah:
letiehyai
es,vlinai
fnnogttrhi
eottfhh
passengers.oeß uligthe 'nor
ti
ing, the vessel was run on a rock near Pulo Salsa°
vessel,convictsa ro n
in.
had
et
About wfeovarestrhi
rtehtyii37ogLa evidentlyspt,t e t
sipnaktreienouiga:
twenty convicts were left on board to gist.
awayu with the remainder of the crew, who peterbelie
tonedh t
down in the fore part of the vessel. W
horrible le
to say, design was carried into execution I ampll,,
or what really was their fate, for within s" id
afterhour the ship went down in deep water, an
hour
the
vestige of her was to be seen. The impression
minds of my fellow-passengersthat the
whole of the unfortunate creatures was,
moors and
the wreck went down with the who were left on
for there was no boat to escape b We aPrreirvisenncirctail
the island at sunset, where we were
of Malays, who showed every symptom olkiandPness•
They offered to conduct the passengers to the Raja's
residence, but the ringleader among the convicts said
it was their intention to protect us, and they in.
tended to take us up the coast as soon as they could
prepare three boats. One of the passengers con'
trived to communicate our real position to the
natives, who at once declared their intention to take
us to the Itaja's residence. The convicts resisted,
but the natives, to our infinite joy and heartfell
satisfaction, mustered, and we were led up the
country to their houses where we received everi
comfort their means afforded. I am confident ils,';
the natives left us behind, we should have been e''
murdered. It was admitted by one of the convicts+
who was afterwards captured, that such was the iai.
tention of the ringleaders. Before daybreak the Pi
lowing morning the greater mass of the convicts ant
the Lascars had retaken to the boats, and stood
for sea, leaving about twenty behind, who were taloa
prisoners by the orders of the Raja. Some of tb:
General Wood's crew contrived to escape, but ler),,
few of them. All the officers belonging to her Wet
murdered. "
On the arrival of the above news at Singapore seat
Penang, the authorities adopted every means to effe
the capture of the convicts, who, it is presage"'
would remain at sea till a vessel made her appeal-00
e 1
lw
when they would be picked up as sh'lol- eckir,
mariners. The steamers of the Hon. East- r-lin
Company's service have been sent out to the principal
in the above locality, in search of then!). 1‘,17t6t
of the convicts were felons from Singapore and
adjacent country.
s

THE TRADE OF CLYDE.
THE COMET AND THE NIAGARA
STEAMER.
We recollect very well one fine summer day, in the
year 1812 or 1813, of taking a walk down to the
Broomielaw, to see the shipping, the gabbarts of 50
and 60 tons burthen, and the " fly-boat," with its
coarse red painted awning, &c. It was no difficult
matter then to walk to the bottom of the quay ; but
at the extremity of it, on that day, there lay a sort of
toy, a small steam-vessel, named the Comet, which
everybody everybody laughed at, which the sailors jeered,,hatf.;
and the maker, Henry Bell, was talked of as a"half-
daft, al
daft, crazy man," for producing such a foolish affair
in the face of day. Nothing daunted with this, as the
vessel was about to sail, we took a passage to
Greenock, in that little craft, the precursor and the
germ of all the splendid steam-ships which now move
along the waters in every sea. The Comet was the
subject of merriment to the sailors and spectators, as
we smoked out of the harbour—in fact, she waf
always so, whenever she smoked; and the indignant
saying of the old " fly-boat" captain at the time,
namely, that "he had the pleasure to sail with the
Almighty's wind and not with the devil's reek," may
serve as a sample of the feeling which was entertained
at the outset of the new invention. The Comet had
an engine of three•horse power, with a raised deck,
like the canal passage-boats, the company entering
by a door before the helm. To have ventured past
'Greenock at that period, and for a considerable time
after, in a steam-boat, would have been accounted a
tempting of Providence.
On the 20th April, 1848, we again took a walk to
the Broomielaw. But such a change ! The quays
upon both sides extended as far as the eye could
reach, and the harbour was filled with leviathan ships
from every quarter of the globe. The place of the
little Comet of three• horse power was supplied by
dozens of magnificent Liverpool steamers, and Dublin
steamers, and ships of war,- and ships from China;
and there is the Niagara, just nearly ready for sailing.
How we do wish for a sight of the Comet of 1812
alongside of this splendid floating palace, of 1,800 tons
burden, and 700-horse power I Having stepped on
board, we discovered, through the politeness of our
friend Captain Rylie (who is an accomplished and
genuine seaman), that the Niagara belonged to the
British and North American Royal :Mail Steam-ship
Company ; that she was built by Mr. Steel, of
Greenock, and fitted up with engines by Mr. Robert
Napier,• of this city, as a companion to the other
splendid new steam-ships the America, the Europa,
and the Canada, all of the same class, and belonging
to the same company. We had no time to take
down• any detailed account of the internal fitting-
up and workings of this wonderful vessel, but we
learned that the number of berths was 180, and
we saw that the steward's pantry, under the
able superintendence of Mr. Emans, was all that could
be wished for in a voyage across the Atlantic, or any-
where else. We then entered the grand saloon, and
we must say, that a more noble and chastely decorated
apartment we have never seen. It is impossible, in
this short notice, to do anything like justice, but as
we shall take a look at it again, and report, it may
only be necessary here to state that the beautiful
paintings (scenes in the Prairies) and elegant deco-
rations, are the workmanship of Mr. W. B. Simpson,
of West Strand, London, under the able and judicious
superintendence of his foreman, Mr. Hobbes, a gen-
tleman possessed of the most exquisite taste and skill
in'his delightful art. Truly, such a noble vessel is a
proud trophy of the energy and wealth of the proprie-
tors, as well as of the talents and skill of all concerned
in its formation. The Niagara sails on Saturday for
the Gareloch to have her compasses adjusted. We
hope that Captain Washington (who praises the river
trustees the one day for their exertions to improve
the river, and condemns them the next) would come
to witness the sailing down the Clyde of this mighty
vessel, which, by the ,way, could be converted into a
ship of war in a couple of days.—Glasgow Constitu-
-1 tional.

MIDDLE TEMPLE, APRIL 22.—The undermen-
tioned members of this society have been called to the
bar, and were sworn in this evening before the benchers :
—Benjamin Forbes Mosse, Esq., and Chas. Henry Cook,
Esq.

A circular-has<been,jasued,by the leading London
discount houses reducing the rate allowed for money at
call to 2i per cent.

MAN, APL 24.
&rock EXCHANGE.C
—TheHESTER sales are— RI
Birkenhead, eljoned
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 7 1-16 n. dis.—Lancash're atia
Yorkshire (West Riding Union), 44 dis.—Lond°__ParterS
North-Western (Manchester and Birmingham), Qusorth
(A and B), 1 11-16 p.—Ditto, ditto (C), P.—south'
Staffordshire, 3 5-16 dis.—Shropshire Union, 3 dis•
Eastern and Dover, No 4, 334 dis.

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MARRIED. raptain tC.
On the 28th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Jersey, -- h-er
A.ug ..
C. Lucas, Bombay Army, to Mary Elizabeth, eldest ""broP
of David Morgan Lloyd, Esq., of Haverfordwestf Fell' of
shire. ~,,,rrisg' h.
Ou the 18th inst., at Jersey, Lieutenant G. G. J'''''" dog'
the Bengal Army, to Josephine Lacoste, young"'
ter of the late Major-General J. W. Graves.

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DIED
On
Wallast,hEe 32q1.:toufltth.,ataitsliBinIadd.eira; Jane, the wife a ilo
, end
On the 18th inst., at Bridge-place, Lewisham, Ken' Ø
Claytn, Eq., aged 65 of A illill'.
Ono s
the 20th inst... Mary Lavinia, daughter 1
Humfrys, solicitor, Hereford.
On the 28th inst., at Clapham, Surrey, Mrs. Merinlii.ign. ,
On the 20th inst., at Windsor, Mr. Richard Shari,..n3Th‘Ari"
On the 20th inst., in Eaton-place, the Lady -13''''"
J ermyn. h. Pg
On the 20th inst., at Hackney, Samuel Smith Tillic"-„i rer
On the 20th inst., George Frederick Wessell, 1;5(1'0 -
son's-hill, Woolwich. , „betlb
On the 20th inst., at Queen's-row, Walworth, El'i-
the wife of Mr. C. F. Seytang, aged 7. ' o•Dalle'
On the 21st inst„,Mary Ann, the wife of Mr. A. - •

of Piccadilly, aged 80.
On the 21st inst., at Brixton, Mr. H. Drew, age— cleric"
On the 21st inst., at Eaton College, Augustus Frerabs°
eldest son of the Rev. F. F. Beadon, Vicar of 13°
Somerset, aged 9. wed 58403
At Bute House, Petersham, John Jones, Esq., 11'' le, °
On the 22d inst., in Essex-street, George Orgill
son of Robert Miller, Escl

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'UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. -
v,__...PllaoNus—irer Most Gracious Majesty the QUERN.
"'44 l'Antorfess—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT.
PasslDENT—Lord BROUGHAM and VAUX.
TIEAsuREB—The Baron de GOLDS3IID, F.R.S.
CE.ApLAIN —The Rev. Dr. STEBBLNG, F.R.S.
VICE-PRESIDENTS.
The Duke of Somerset, K.G.
The Duke of Bedford, K.G.
The Duke of Devonshire, K.G.
The Duke of Sutherland, K.G.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, K.G.
The Earl of Radnor
The Earl Fortescue
The Earl of Burlington
The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B.
Lord John Russell, M.P.
Viscount Morpeth, M.P.
Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.
Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice
Lord Portman '
The Lord Bishop of Durham
The Lord Bishop of Norwich
The Right Hen. Sir F. Pollock
The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington
• The Right Hon. Thomas Erskine
The Hon. Mr. Justice Coleridge
The Hon. Mr. Justice Coltman
The Hon. Mr. Justice Maule
• Sir G. T. Staunton, Bart., M.F.
Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart.
The Baron de Goldsmid, F.R.S.
• George Bishop, Esq.
P. Stafford Carey, Esq.
John Cartels, Esq.
Charles Dixon, Esq.
William Walker Drake, Esq.
J. Heywood, Esq., M.P. F.R.B.
John Pemberton Heywood, Esq.
Joseph Hume, Esq., M.P.
Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.
William Marshall, Esq., M.P.
Charles Morris, Esq.
Martin Thackeray, Esq.
William Tooke, Esq., F.R.S.
...44itlanaS_TIVLL in ald. of the Funds of the Hospital will
thheeld4atht
kir
la, Tavern, Bisliopsgate-street, on THURSDAY,
tat kerl FORTESCUE, Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household,
in the Chair.
STEWARDS.
The Dake of Bedford, Z.G.
• The Earl Fitzwilliam
The Earl of Auckland, G.C.B.
Viscount Morpeth, M.P.
Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P.
Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P.
The Lord Bishop of Durham
The Hon C. P. Villiers, M.P.
The Right Hon. Dr. Lushington
The Right. Hon. T. B. Macaulay
The Right Hon. Sir Edward Ryan
The Right Hon. Edward Strutt
The Hon. Richard Denman
• Sir Benjamin Heywood, Bart.
The Baron de Goldsmid, F.R.S.
Sir Moses Monteflore, Bart., F.R.S.
J. H. Adams, Esq.
Robert J. Bagshaw, Esq.
David Barclay, Esq.
Seorge Bishop, Esq.
James Blyth, Esq.
James Booth, Esq.
John E. Blunt, Esq.
Matthew Clark, Esq.
Ryde Clarke, Esq.
Charles Cope, Esq.
Thomas Cope, Esq.
J. Malcolm Corrie, Esq.
William Cubitt, Esq., M.P.
The Rev. Thomas Dale, M.A.
Professor De Morgan
John Dillon, Esq.
Charles Dixon, Esq.
Professor Donaldson, M.1.8.A..
William Duckworth, Esq.
Edward Enfield, Esq.
John Evans, Esq.
Joshua Evans, Esq.
William Ewart, Esq., M.P.
Daniel Gaskell, Esq.
Thomas F. Gibson, Esq.
Francis Henry Goldsmid, Esq.
Frederick D. Goldsmid, Esq.
Professor Grant, M.D., F R.S.
• George B. Greenough. Esq., F.R.S.
Charles Gregory, Esq.
James Hakes, Esq.
Thomas J. Hall, Esq.
Alers I3nkey, Esq.
Philip Hardwick, Esq., F.R.S.
J. Helbert Holbert, Esq.
Dr. Henderson
James Heywood, Esq., M.F.
John Pemberton Heywood, Esq.
J. Hopkinson, Esq.
The Rev. Henry Hughes, M.A.
David Jardine, Esq.
Z. A. Jesse], Esq.
henry Lewis, Esq.
Emanuel Lousada, Esq.
The Rev. D. Marks
Richard Martineau, Esq.
John R. Mills, Esq.
Nathaniel Monteflore, Esq.
Thomas Morton, Esq.
Professor Newman
Robert Philips, Esq.
J. Lewis Ricardo, Esq.. M.P.
A. G. Roberts, Esq.
Robert Rogers, Esq.
Edward RomillY, Esq.
The Solicitor-General, M.P.
Samuel Sharpe, Esq.
Professor Sharpey,
Martin T. Smith, E""
The Rev. Dr. Stebbing,
Charles Summers, Esq.
Professor Syme _
Sir. ,erjeant Talfourd
RichardJ hnTayTloary,l
oErs,qE., q. R.S.
Martin ThackeraY, Esq.
Professor Thomson, M.D
F.R.S.
Henry Warburton, Esq.,
John Watson, Esq.
_.p.
John Williams, Esq
Professor Williams, M.D.,F.R.S.
John Wood, Esq.
of
rittaete Six o'clock
appupnecaltualtolyp.
üblic benevolence
Vile Hospital CDOi
ender circumstances of more than usual urgency.
It is now two years since the last festival.
During that time, while the prevalence of epidemic disease and
general distress has caused an increase in the number of patients, and
e cost of maintaining the charity has keen further augmented by
high prices of provisions, the Committee have proceeded with plans
or improving the accommodation for patients by an extension of the
building. They have thus incurred expenses and liabilities to a large
Acroserved fund of upwards of 5,0001. has been exhausted, and a
a
lit Of I,sl3ol.iontracted. For some time past the Hospital has been
-wklest for its maintenance on a loan from the Treasurer.

Tlll5 charity, besides providing relief in sickness for the poor of the
alpua and increasing neighbourhood in which it is situate, is open
as
I,o' free hospital to all sick and destitute persons, and for the pur-
1M of extending its benefits as widely as possible, the clergymen
Ministers officiating in the surrounding parishes are limited to
''‘nel Patients.
tiae annual cost of maintaining the charity on its present footing
moiety IS contributed by the Medical School of University College,
C 2.5001. being annually paid over by the Council to the Hospital
~,,,Araittee as the amount of students' fees for clinical instruction.
diebursements amount to 5,0301. ; a deficiency of 1,9001. has to
provided for every year.
nulds an d ohs furniture are required for the
additional
wards ; the an-
exPensef supporting the occupants of 50 beds is es-
um., at 1,500/. The number of beds which the Hospital is now
Th of containing is 200.
15„,;;e„nuMber of patients was last year 18,794, of whom 1,403 were
hitZ7.ents, mi 508 women in childbirth, attended at their owna-
esta„:"ua ; thenemaining number received relief as out-patients or as
PPants.
ey .&.,.'ergymlican of the Church of England officiates as chaplain, but
ofiy,,Pastient is allowed to have the advice of a minister of that form
n which he himself professes.
ratfted advancement of the sciences of medicine and surgery is pro-
elms. and much consequent benefit conferred on the public of all
liftiefs bY the existence of the School of Medicine, of which this Hos-
, T4erra,.s important a branch.
One Guinea each, may be had of the Stewards, of the
Um,. re?, at the Tavern, at the Hospital, and at the Office of the
bo'nrsitY College, Londo, n.
following
and Subscriptions will be received by the Treasurer and
~nrestrai,;'3 Bankers :—Coutts and Co., 59, Strand—London and
`11811.1,,,7`ef Bank, Bloomsbury Branch—ScAt and Co., 1, Cavell-
- Smith, Payne, and Smith, I, Lombard street. At the
hAvettat
the APothecaty. the Matron, and Clerk to the Committee
71Dr4ci
nted receipts, signed by the Treasurer, ready for delivery to
;tore
th'e erfacto.rs and Subscribers who do not make their payments te
Trel, ithkers are requested to take printed receipts signed by the
Urer.
41)111, 1148.
J. W. GOODIFF, Clerk to the Committee.

CALLABLE
REVERSIONARY INTERESTS TO MONEY IN
THE FUNDS.
EssRS. ROBERTS and ROBY will SELL,
~k xbt,„ Lotts the Auction Mart, on WEDNESDAY, May 3, at Twelve, la
III6ARSOLUTE REVERSIONS to TWO FOURTH PARTS or
141(1 i'„l3,of 1,5001. in the Three per Cent. Reduced Bank Annuities,
alea Three per Cent. Consols, payable on the demise of a Lady,
Also 5001 -three.
"Mb East India Bank Stock, payable absolutely upon the
Pim a LadY, aged Forty-eight.
11% eulars may be had of George W. Anstie, Esq., Solicitor, De
14%2 itt the Mart ; and at Messrs. Roberts and Roby's °faces, 24,
.........zte-street, Bank

A. BUSINESS RHYME for EASTER TIME
I'll weave a rhyme for Easter time,
That holiday of spring ;
When flags display their colours gay,
And merry changes ring.
Hail, Easter, hail 1 Thy joys prevail,
Wherever we may turn ;
Thy hours give birth to scenes of mirth,
Which none but stoics spurn.

The busy fair, where crowds repair,
Or animated park,
lias ever been a cheerful scene,
Which thousands gladly mark.
'Tis there we view the dresses new,
From MOSES' noted Mart ;
Unmatched attire, which all admire,
As elegantly smart.
MOSES and SON have ever won
The highest approbation
For Easter dress, which all confess,
Unequalled In the nation.

These garments prime, for Easter time,
Claim fashion's palm for MOSES ;
And all admire the choice attire
Which such such a Mart discloses.

LIST OF PRICES.

ii.ILLII mavz.•
Beaver Taglieni ......
** • ******
. •from XO 9 0
Chesterfield and Codrington's, and everydescription of Over-coat, handsomely s 0
tri—. ••••• " **
The Pacha mmed...
Coat 1 1 0
.. • ••
The Bullrner, especially adapted for snowy and 0 0
wet wsather...... • • • *
ThePrernier....... •• •• •• •• • • •• ••
"* 0 15 0
Boi's Winter Coats, in every style— ———•• • • • • 0 6 °A
Men's Do. Trousers, lined .... —••••• • • • " 0 4 o
Doeskin .....•
••
•• ••
••
••
.• •••• _ 0 12 6
Dress Coats—. ...... • ••• • • ..... 1 0 0
Double-breasted, Winter Ve5t5.......... •• .... •• 0 2 0
Boys' Hussar and Tunic Snit,

'---•-•••••••••• 0 16 6
MADE TO MIASMIC.
Winter Coats, In every style and shape, hand-
somelytrimmed .• ................
from 1 6 0
Milled cloth Over-coats, velvet collar and cuffs 2 4 0
Tweed Wrapper
Doeskin Trousers , ................ 0 18 6
Best, or Dress. •.• • • 1 2 0
(I
Dress Coat • • • • • • • • • . • • • • 1.
Best quality !cede.. 12
2 lb 0
Frock d 0 ••• • • .
Best quality made a 3 0
Cashmere Vests .. •••• • • • • ..... •••••••• • • • • • • • o 8 6
Satins, Plain or Fancy •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 12 0
Boy's llussar and Tunic Suits .. •••••••• • • • • • • • • 1 6 0
Great Coat• • • • • • • • •
A Suit of Clothes complete.. ••..•••••• • • • • • • • • 1 16 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.

Take Notice.—The Establishment of E. MOSES and SON will re.
time business as usual To-morrow Morning.

_4)1'80'1-vs.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to tnea-
-.re, if not Approved of, will be exchanged, •r if preferred, the
money returned.
EI E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
Ro°Biers, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters, for
adies and Gentlemen, 154, 155, and 156, 157 Minoriea, and 83,
c,*s, and 86 AlAgate, City, London.
pub.„autha.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard the
.Ik.'a against impostors, but have learned that the untradesman-
lfalseliood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
een ' /
resorted to in many instances, inid for obvious reasons.
.have no connexion with any other house in or out of London;
end who desire t genuine and cheap clothing, &c., should call at,
Minories and Aldgate, City, London.
att i;:clZ—No business transacted at this establishment from sun-
lecl.4ck amulet ciaturday, jrl en bUgli9l4l is reVallal WI tW9ITO