The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY.

The following Bills were read a third time and passed :
North Staffordshire Railway (Churnet Valley line).
North Staffordshire Railway (Harecastle to Sandbach).
North Staffordshire Railway (Pottery line).
SHEFFIELD AND mANcHE_S:I:R MIDLAND

JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Mr. SHAW brought up the report of this Bill.
MANCHESTER AND ASHTON-UNDER-LINE RAIL-
WAY (DUKENFIELD and GLOSSOP BRANCHES).
Mr. GREENE brought up the report of this Bill.
DUNSTABLE RAILWAY.
On the motion of Lord HARRY VANE, it was agreed
that Counsel should be hoard on this Bill before the Cons.
'suttee.
HYDE AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

Mr. SHAWE brought up the report on this Bill.
RAILWAY COMPANIES BILL.
sOecnond time.motiontheV
of Lord HARRYVANE this Bill was read
a
Mr. AINSWORTH presented several petitions from the
landowners and others on the lines, against the Shropshire
Union Railway and the Trent Valley Railway.
MR. W. SMITH O'BRIEN.
Mr. SHAW gave notice of a motion, that when the Com-
mittee on Group 11 had closed its labours, and given in its final
report, he should move that Mr. W. Smith O'Brien be dis-
charged from custody.__( Hear, hear. )
GERAIAN CUSTOMS TARIFF.
Mr. WODEHOUSE wished to put a question to the First
Lord of the Treasury, relating to the German Customs Tariff.
He referred more particularly to the letter from the Earl of
Westmoreland to the Earl of Aberdeen, dated Berlin, Nev. 8,
1842, respecting the increase of import duties on woollen and
printed cotton goods, as well as other articles of manufacture,
to take effect during the years 1843, 1544, and 1845. He
wished to know whether the Right Hon. Baronet had any
objection to lay this letter and any other documents which he
had received on this subject on the table of the House ?
Sir R. PEEL, who was indistinctly heard, was understood
to lament that the Hon. Gentleman had not given timely
notice of his intention to put the question. To what docu-
ment did he articular) refer ?
Mr. WODEHOUSE said to any letters on the subject, of
any date.

Sir ROBERT PEEL was understood to object to lay on the
table of the House any documents relating to the alteration of
hose Customs Laws, but he should have an objection to lay on
hF tAMe Pptoras Duties of the Zollverein for 1845, 1t346,
mid 1 648.

HINGLEY POOEXOUSE,
Mr.. FERRAND rose, pursuant to notice, to put four
hqßnoejui questions tills
He
to the
wpt hriaesbußie.edi Honourable
SthoatTpaut::
slde Baronet
me
tuionpsobteht
incause in the
dignation
year
the Treasury relative to the present stele of the Bincley Work.
a
.1!342 the Riqht Hon. Baronet used a Poor Law Commission
Te"l't rt44Ye ito establishment as a weapon of
attack pperi ;co toe t►id of whichhe . the
the Howse
member that in tile the 013 Vcor4i7 ceased to be
the a'oeunery. The; house viotild re-

enforced in the town of Bingley, and at that time the work-
house was only large enough to hold twelve inmates. When
the Poor-law commissioners, however, took upon them-
selves the control of the whole parish, fifty-nine persons were
placed in this building. On a former occasion he stated
this fact to the House, but he was met by the Right Hon.
Baronet with the report of Sir John Waisham, throwing dis-
credit upon this statement. It was only necessary for him to
state now, that since that time, the Bingley poor-house had not
been visited by a Poor-law Commissioner, and the inmates,
instead of decreasing, had increased to 70. Now under
these circumstances, he wished to ask the Right Hon.
Baronet, firstly, whether the Government possessed the power
of rescuing from the tyranny of the Poor-law Commissioners
seventy poor persons who were now confined in the Bingley
workhouse, a building only capable of accommodating twelve
individuals; secondly, whether the Government had power
to compel the Poor-law Commissioners immediately to
visit the establishment and afford some relief to the inmates
amongst whom the fever had broken out; thirdly,
whether the Poor-law Commissioners had visited the work-
house since 1832? and, fourthly, whether the Right Hon.
Hon. Baronet the First Lord of the Treasury would now re-
tract his unfounded charge against the rate-payers of the
parish of Bingley, that they, were privy to the confinement of
fifty-nine individuals in their workhouse?
Sir R. PEEL said the House was aware that all communi.
cations between the Government and the Pour-law Commis-
sioners were not under his control, but the control of his Right
lion. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home
Department; but as one of the Honourable Gentle-
man's questions was connected with himself, though it related to
something which passed in that House some four
years ago, it would be perhaps convenient that
he should answer the whole of the ques
tioi s. The fact was, whether Government had had
the power of rescuing seventy individuals from the tyranny of
the Poor-law Commissioners? Now, his answer to this
question was, that he apprehended the Poor-law Corn-
m:ssioners have the power of restricting the number of per-
sons to be admitted into a workhouse under their control.
With respect to the power of the Poor-law Commissioners of
retaining a number of persons in the poor-house below the
number of those at present remaining there, he had taken the
necessary steps to ascertain how the case stood, and his Right
Hon. Friend had directed the necessary inquiries to be made.
Immediately upon the receipt of the communication of
the Right Honourable Gentleman, containing the sugges-
tions to which he had alluded, a letter had been ad-
dressed to Mr. Austin, the , secretary to the Poor-law
Commissioners, directing him to institute an inquiry into the
state of the workhouse of that union, to ascertain whether
the number was greater than it haul been under the old poor-
law. and whether there was any fever at that time in the
workhouse ; if so, to report to what extent it prevailed, and
also the names of the paupers who were afflicted with it, and
whether the removal of any of them was advisable, and of
what number, and to state the result of the whole
of these inquiries. Of course the House would
see that it was impossible to have any connexion
with such a breach of duty as that which the Hon. Member
had charged. Of course, if they had felt it necessary,
they would have communicated it to the House. He
must further say, that her Majesty's Government had
directed an especial inquiry to be made, and had desired
the medical officers to -make any suggestions for its
improvement that they might think necessary. With respect
to the second question, as to whether her Majesty's Government
had the power to interfere with the Poor-law Commissioners,
and whether they were inclined to exercise it, he thought the
House would give her Majesty's Government credit on this
charge for every disposition to controul the officials under
their direction, and that whenever any deficiency oc-
curred, they would take the requisite steps for
correcting the evils by whatever parties it might
be committed. Now, with respect to the third question, as to
whether her Majesty's Government possessed the power to
compel the Poor-law Commissioners' assistant to visit the
poorhouse of this union, and whether he had done
so since June, 1842, he (Sir Robert Peel) had to say
that as soon as the Hon. Member had addressed his inquiries
to her Majesty's Government, his Right Hon. Friend the
Secretary for the Home Department had directed the
Poor-law Commissioners to state what had occurred in
connexion with the report of their assistant. It appeared
an this report, that Mr. Clements was in the district for
several months, in fact, until he was removed into Ireland.
It appeared by that gentleman's report, that he was present
at a meeting of the Board of Guardians on the 17th of May,
1843—that he was there again on the 18th of May, 1844.
It should be borne in mind that the Union in question, was not
one of those which was deprived of the power of giving out-
door relief ; and, therefore, as the Poor-law authorities then
had the power to give out-door relief, there would be no occa-
sion to crowd the workhouse. No doubt it was to be lamented
that the Assistant Poor-law Commissioner had limited his
visits to one of the workhouses in question, and that he had not
visited them both more frequently ; but upon receiving the
communication of the Hon. Member he (Sir R. Peel) had re-
quested that steps migh be taken by Mr. Austin, the
Poor-law Commissioner, to ascertain the actual state o
the facts ; and when that gentleman had made his reports
he (Sir R. Peel) would take care that it should be laid upon
the table of the House ; and a report should also be made of
every step that had been taken to afford the necessary relief.,
in that union. Now, with regard to the last question
put by the Honourable Gentleman, which applied to
himself personally, he begged to say that he never said
that any Hon. Member had acted dishonourably, at the time
stated, namely, four years ago. Now, the proposition then
made was that the Poor-law Commissioners should
be abolished ; but he then said that it would not be
prudent to do so, as the Administration of
the law would then be confined to a few local autho-
rities, nor responsible to the Government. He also stated at
the same time the substance of the report of Sir John Wal-
sham on the state of this union, and that report confirmed
him in his opinion that it would not be prudent to abolish the
Poor- law Commission. Well, then, 'the Hon. Member said
that tl at report was altogether unfounded.
Mr. FERRA ND—Not altogether.
Sir R. PEEL—The Hon. Member said that She Secretary
of State should institute an inquiry on the allegation of the
Poor-law Commissioners. and that the question itself equally de-
manded an:investigation. On that observation a Select Committee
was appointed, to which Committee was referred the report of
Sir John Walsham with respect to that union. The Com-
mittee having made a full inquiry, presented a report,
which was to the following effect :—" No attempt
has been made to impugn the general accuracy
with one two or trifling exceptions, of any details of Sir John
Walsham's report. The accuracy of Sir J. Walsham's report
is fully borne out by evidence."

(L-EFT SITTING.)

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Yesterday, Margaret Glynn, the poor girl who was
a few days ago falsely charged with numerous robberies
by a man named Francis Bennet, his daughter Maria,
and his nephew, who sometimes passed as Thomas
Spencer, sometimes as Thomas Thorpe, and who was
stated to have been confined in Newgate under the name
of Thomas Ryder Walker, was brought before Alder-
mam Gibbs from the Compter, to which place she was
sent as a voluntary inmate.
Alderman GIBBS asked if any of the parties who had
appeared before the young woman were in attendance?
Inspector Fosberry said, that not one of them were
present, as he concluded would have been the case from
the intelligence he had received from the officer whom
he had sent to make inquiry into the truth of the state-
Alderman
daughter
made by the girl, relative to the character of her
three vio!ent accusers.
Sergeant Folger (No. 89 City police) stated to the
tliat
t ehre
abnci had
eeph ascertainedew,
beie that Rennet,
enenee te, r
gaanic!i
shedis
wife
a
gang of swindlers, who had been plundering extensively
in all parts-cif:the metropolis, as- Margaret Glym-4 had
deseyined, 4 sergeant or the Metropolitan police was
present, who had been long watching their movements,
and who could, if the Alderman considered it necessary,
enter into a variety of details.

Aklprmn Ginns, having said that a hrief outline
wotild only be required at the present moment,
Sergeant Dubois, 14 N of the Metropolitan police,
stepped forward, and stated that, to his positive know-
ledge, Bennet and his wife, daughter, and nephew, were
part and parcel of a gang consisting of upwards of fifty
persons, who had been for a length of time living upon
the public, As the
young female had correctly repre-
sented, they obtained goods npon the strength of false
references, beer-shops, greengrocers' shops, and other
places of apparent business having been take?' by mem-
bers of the gang in different parts
of the town as blinds
for their operations, The moment Fret:nisi:4 paYalei*
were to 6e made the 'whole face of things became
changed—neither principals nor referees were to be
Ibund, and the goods and the names and addresses of
the parties disappeared altogether. He (Sergeant
Dubois) had himself taken frail time to time twenty of
the gang into custody, all of whom he knew lived upon
swindling and thieving. Eight or nine of them had
been committed for trial to Newgate, and five or six had
been transported.
Alderman Gtuus—Do you know that Bennet keeps a
house of infamous character? Sergeant Dubois—Cer-
tainly I do, and I know that his wife attends to the
business of it. The unfortunate girl could not have got
amongst a more infamous set, and it was most fortunate
for her to have been charged by them with robbery, for
the exposure must not only give a cheek to some of their
plans, but will save her from any further connexion
with them. I know, beyond a doubt, that she was
trepanned into Bennet's brothel by Spencer. I have
followed up the inquiry into the transactions in which
they have been engaged, and I know that nothing could
have been worse.

Alderman GIBBS—The girl says that Thorpe, or
Spencer, has been in prison for thieving. Do you know
anything of his committal? Sergeant Dubois—l know
that he was committed to Maidstone Gaol for twelve-
mouths for picking pockets, in the name of Walker.
He generally used to work with a man of the name of
John Scott, a notorious swindler and pickpocket. Scott
has opened several beer-shops and chandler's-shops for
the purpose of reference. Thorpe resides in Hyde-
place, Hoxton, and Spencer, besides his counting-house
in Oxford-court, Cannon-street, has a house at No. 52,
Dnke-street, Aldgate, to which his wife attended.
Alderman GIBBS, after having had a private commu-
nication with Sergeant Dubois, said to the young woman,
" You see into what dreadful hands you have been
thrown ?"

Margaret Glynn—l do, my Lord. lam thankful that
I have escaped.
Alderman Grans—And you are anxious to go to your
mother ?

Margaret Glynn—Yes. She will gladly receive me.
Alderman Ginus—l do not know that I can do any-
thing better for you than send you to your mother, and
the officer has kindly promised to see you safe under her
care.
Sergeant Dubois said he was convinced the garg
would do all in their power to get hold of her again.
He was quite sure that several of them were in the
neighbourhood of the Mansion-house at that moment,
He should take care to protect her to the utmost extent
of his ability.
Alderman Grum desired the girl to give any of the
persons she dreaded into the custody of the police, if
she or her mother saw there was any thing to be appre-
hended from them. He then put into her hands a sore-
reign, which 134f1 hem left for
11"- by 4 fripn4 of his,
and which she gratefully received.

EXTRAORDINARY Hrr.—On Saturday last, in a match
between the klaryiebone Cricket Club and eleven members of the
ITnivcrsiq, in a field at the beck of the town gaol, tae Earl of Staii-
-1'44 strue a' Nil clean building 'in thirgaul, the height' pf
which is 2'6 feet, and the 414tace from the Wicket 24g teot.—cogii-
Fridgo Advertiser.

ON THE EDUCATION OF THE
OFFICERS IN THE sIRMY.
(From the Aaval and Military Gazette.)
When we compare the way in which young men are
severally appointed to commissions in the Queen's, and
in the East India Company's Service, we are justified
in affirming that the officers of the Royal Army, as
a body, are, in point of education, inferior to those of
the company's land forces. We say not this invidi-
ously ; far from it, for the two services are twins, and
the members of the one ought to look upon the mem-
bers of the other as brothers ; but we do make the asser-
tion in the hope of stirring up the authorities at the
Horse Guards, to test the scholastic attainments of can-
didates for commissions before they be gazetted.
The senior officers of the scientific corps of both her
Majesty's and the Company's service have been taught
at the same military academy ; and, although the offi-
crs of these corps are now educated in separate esta-
blishments, we presume that they are on a par, the one
service with the other, as to theoretical knowledge ;
but, at. the present day, the balance of practical know-
ledge must, we think, be with the company's scientific
corps ; as, for the last thirty-one years these have
been frequently actively engaged in the field, while the
Queen's engineers have not been called upon to put a
spade in the ground, or the artillery to unlimber in
action, since the year 1815. But how stands the result
of comparison with the infantry officers of the two ser-
vices ? Why, a candidate for a commission in this
arm of her Majesty's service, need not, of necessity,
have so much education as a national school-boy. Ay,
young gentlemen may, and do often obtain commis-
sions, who can do little more than write their own
names, who would be puzzled to know how many days
there are between the 25th of January and the 25
of June, and to whom the plan of a fortification would
be as unintelligible as a sheet of paper covered with
Arabic characters ; while, on the contrary, those des-
tined for the Company's Infantry, with a few exceptions,
must, for two years previous to obtaining commissions,
be under professional instruction at the Company's mili-
tary seminary. We cannot, then, he wrong, when we
say that there must necessarily be a preponderance of
military science in that Service, whose officers have at
least been grounded in its elements previous to their en-
tering, than in that where commissions are given to
those who may not be able to numerate a line of six or
seven figures, or know a berme from a banquette.
Considering, then, the number of our yoaths who are
destined for the civil and military service of their
country, it is to be regretted that the education in our
public schools, and other large seminaries, is so ex-
clusively classical and mathematical, so wholly intended
as introductory to our Universities, for which indeed
the greater portion of the students are not intended.
We should therefore be glad to see, in all these schools
a branch in which the education should be more par-
ticularly English. This plan has been found to be
eminently successful in the Cheltenham College, which
has now been established nearly five years, where, while,
as we believe, the classical instruction is not surpassed
by that given in any school in the kingdom—one de-
partment is wholly appropriated for preparing candidates
for the military colleges, and for direct appointment to
commission in the Queen's and the Company's service.
Indeed every pupil that has hitherto passed at once from
thence to Addiscombe has either been posted to the
Engineers, or his position now in the seminary is such
as to ensure his appointment in that corps.
We may take it as au approval of this combined
course of education, that Sir James Lushington, G.C.8.,
has placed an Addiscombe cadetship at the disposal of
the directors of the institution in question, to be com-
peted for in December next. In this liberal and con-
siderate disposal of his patronage as an East India
Director, Sir James Lushington has not only evinced
his interest in the Cheltenham College, of which he
has lately become one of the vice presidents and,
an ex. officio director, but has shown how mud-. he
has the welfare of that Service at heart, of which be is
so distinguished a member, by thus selecting from up-
wards of three hundred pupils, which the college num-
bers, seventy of whom are in the civil and military
department., that young gentleman, whose attainments
shall prove most likely to do credit to the Company's
military seminary, and eventually, in all probability,
qualify him for occupying a prominent position in the
service of the Company itself, whose possessions are so
extensive.
If the Commander-in-Chief would, in like manner,
think fit to give a portion of the nominations to the
Military College at Sandhurst, and from time to time
recommend to her Majesty for commissions, even by
purchase, those students at the public schools and large
' institutions where education is given with a special view
to the military service, who, on competition, should
show themselves the best qualified—a host of
talent would be thus infused into our military
system. Moreover, if schools of soldiership should be
established for the instruction of our troops, officers, and
men, in the science and art of war, much of England's
best and dearest blood would be saved, which otherwise
must again be lavishly shed in the event of war. The
British army thus officered, and thus instructed, would,
at least, he on a par, in point of military science, with
the continental armies, and, perhaps, after a time, be-
come as pre-eminent for professional intelligence as they
now are for overbearing valour.

RIOTOUS PAOCEEDINGS NEAR

THE CLARENCE DOCK, LIVERPOOL.

A riot took place near the Clarence Dock last night.
which, though arising from a compitrativ,ly slight cause,
was soon, partly from ignorance, and partly from the
spirit of mischief that lurks amongst a portion of the
dock labourers, and especially the "navies," and the
boys, women, and others of that densely-populated
locality, threatened for a considerable time dangerous
consequences, and caused great alarm amongst the
peaceable portion of the inhabitants. It appears that ar..
emigrant ship called the Rappahannock had receiw:d „
board in the Victoria Dock 460 steerage pas-
sengers, her complement being, according to her ton-
nage, only four hundred and fifty, ale Government
emigration agent of the port having gone on board and
ascertained the fact, ordered the chief mate, Mr. Cushen,
to transfer the ten extra passengers last entered to an-
other, and we believe equally fine vessel, the Ocean.
The mate on announcing the fact in the steerage, that
ten of those in the vessel must relinquish their places,
was answered by shouts and yells from the whole
of the parties intending to go by her. An abso-
lute refusal to quit, was, of course, the result. In
this state of affairs, the Government agent told Mr.
Cushen that he must exert himself to get rid of the
supplement of passengers, and he employed the steward,
we believe, to effect this object. A rope was fastened
round the body of the most uproarious malcontent,
which eventually fastened on his ankles, and he was
hauled up by it from under the deck, partly in a frolic,
and partly as an example to the others who had to leave.
The man, thua rather roughly handled, and probably
subjeet to fits, fell into, or threw himself into a fit, and
when being carried on shore, and afterwards to the
Northern Hospital, a hue and cry was raised that be
was dead, and that the mate was the aggressor and the
causel Mr. Cushen (who is stated to us to be a gentle-
manly and humane man), is son-in law of Mr. Hickson,
of the George the Fourth Inn, in Waterloo-road, in the
neighbourhood ; and, being recognised as he went to the
house, an itatnense mob collected round it (at the bottom
of Stewart-street), demanding the " murderer." Mr.
Inspector Johnson was early on the spot, at
first with only four police-officers, and by
the most strenuous, yet temperate, exertions,
prevented the house from being broken up and
gutted. The assailants quite forced one of the doors, but
were gallantly repulsed. The family of Mr. Hickson,
including Mrs. H. and several young ladies—her
daughter and others—were dreadfully alarmed ; but a
reinforcement of police-officers was got up and pro-
tected the house, though unable to do so until many
panes of glass were broken by the infuriated mob, who
(men and boys) assailed the officers with successive
showers of stone, pieces of brick, &c. Irnmeuse crowds,
including females and children, continued to gather in
the streets adjacent for a period of about two hours, bent
ilpon misehiA The whole of that part of Waterloo-
road, Stewart-street, Oil-street, &c., presented, from
time to time, dense masses of the lower classes, chiefly
Irish, who seemed to be much inclined for a bloody
affray, but the disturbance was quelled by about nine
o'clock. After all, the passenger who had been ejected
from the ship remained only a few minutes in the hos-
pital, being so little hurt that he would not remain, and
he aas soon afterwards walking about the inn, though
not known to the crowd. Mr. Cushen wis secreted in
the house, which was protected through the night.—
Liverpool Standard of Tuesday.

THE ENGLISH ARMY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sim,—ln the Gazette of yesterday evening I find the fol-
lowing announcement :
" His Serene Highness Prince William Augustus Edward
of Saxe Weimar to be Ensign and Lieutenant in the Grena.
dier Guards." _ _

Permit me to ask some constitutional lawyer, through the
medium of your columns, whether this admission of a fo •
reigner into the army of Great Britain be not illegal, and a
violation of the Act of Settlement?
It may be supposed that the Prince of Saxe Weimar has
availed himself of Mr. Hutt's Act, and obtained from the
Secretary of State a certificate of naturalization. I aPPre-
hood, however, that the Prince has done no such thing. He
would hardly take a step which would involve the renuncia-
tion of his natural allegiance ; nor would Sir James Graham
have granted him a certificate unless he were quite satisfied
that the Prince was living in the country with an intention
to abide here, according to the terms of Mr. Hutt's Act.
I have no doubt that the Hors• Guards has acted illegally
in granting a commission in the Queen's. army to atfhoerepiegonpelre.
It would not have mended the matter, in the opinion of the
great authors of the Act of Settlement, to
dtsci sayo that this
foreigner is nearly allied to a Sovereign Prince ; but it ap-
pears to me desirable that the relationsvlolation ofof
iotusrlail:trig.ns
of
futehenis
cshouonultdrynaost
ibnevhoelvidedupin baenfyore
Lincoln's Inn, May 20, BRITANNICUS.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
I:n.ina, in the Downs,
Arrivals—Macedon, Redknap, from
sailed 3d Oct., Singapore, 28th. s
IN ov., Cape, 14th March ;
Neptune, Stuart, from Meltritius, off Margate, sailed 12th
Feb., Cape, 14th March, St. Helena, 29th March; David
Feb., Mills, from Bengal, off Liverpool, sailed sth Dec., St.
Heler,a, 17th March ; Thomas Loury, Gratiani, from New
South \Vales, in the channel, sailed Ist Feb.
Arrivals at Sydney—Will Watch, Barry, Jan. 17, from
Launceston; Anita, King, 19th, returned to port; Kinnear,
-Veal], from Manilla ; Coolangatha, from Auckland ; Aurora,
22d, from Auckland ; Spee, Dicey, 22d, from Batavia; Judith,
Phillips, 21st, from Manilla; Essington, from Port Fairy;
General Ifewett, Golden Spriug, and Midlothian. from Lon-
don; Templar, 25th, from Adelaide; Joseph, Wheeler, from
Manilla; Dundee Merchant, 27th, from whaling; Baltic
and Nile, from the South Seas; Fortescue, 29th, from Nor-
folk Island; Olinda, Crickmay, from Oporto; Fortune tind
Ninus, from whaling ; Wave, from s,Anclwlcti Islands; Phcebe,
apui, frpm Port Philip.
illiam Metcalfe. Jan. 17; Jane
D.OpartUrks fromS'tclney—.•W
2 all to London." Janet )wing,Qoudie, gtst ; Rnterplae, Bth ;
9 ,WclVltla; ilarponer, lie
21st, to Auckland; Cecilia, 27th. t
29113 e t 9 the 39tIth Noliii!

Arrivals at Maurititia—Jane, Buckland, Feb. 10th, from
Launceston; Solway, Spence, 13th, put back leaky, bound to
London.

Departures from Maurifius—Ariel, Feb. 10th, to Mada-
gascar ; Lightning, to Swan River.
Arrivals at Port Pittlip—William Wise, Jan. 23d, from
London ; Robert Matthews, from Manilla, and cleared 22d,
for Sydney.
Departure from Port Philip—Reward, Jan. 21st, for London.
Arrivals at Sydney—Lucy Ann, Jan. 3, front the South
Seas ; Muntord, 4th, from Port Nicholson ; British Sovereign,
sth, from Auckland ; her Majesty's Steamer, Driver, ith,
from Hobart Town ; Tasmania, Bth, from Hobart Town ;
Margaret, Courtenay, from the South Seas.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, MAY 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are- Caledonian, 11 -Ditto, New.
1 % -London and York, 2%-3lanehester, Buxton, and Midland,
1 9-16 p.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3%.
31ANCHES1'ER, MAY 20.
STOCK EXCIIANGK.-The sales are-Anibergate, Nottingham,
17s. 6d. dis.-Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 1% p.-I.l.ack-
burn, Clitheroe, &c., 1 dis.-Blackburn, and Preston, 4 p. -Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield, sy c. dis.-Chelinstbrd and Bury, 16s. c. die.
-Chester and Manchester Direct, 295. c. dis.- Clitheroe Junction,
1 dis.-Derby and Crewe, 3 p. --Direct Northern, 12s. 9d. dis.-
Eastern Counties, 24- Es,ex and Suffolk, .74 dis.-Exeter and Ex-
mouth, ss c. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, % ois.-Goole, Doncaster,
Sheffield, &c., N dis.-Grand Union, 16s. c. dis.-Lancashire North
Yorkshire, % dis.-Leicester and Bedlerd, par-Leicester, Birming-
ham, and Trent Valley Junction, 1 dis.-Liverpool and Bury, New;
p.-Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston, % p -31anchester, Bux-
ton, and Matlock, 1 p.--Manchester and Birmingham, 80%-Ditto,
uarters (C), 7 13-16 p.-Manchester and Birmingham Continuation
and Welsh Junction, 17s. ills- Manchester and Hyde, p. -
Northumberland and Lancashire, 21s. dis. North Eastern, 1 7-16
dis.--North Staffordshire, 3% p.-. North Wales, 1% c. dis. -North
Western, 5-16 c. p.-Oldham District, % p.-Oxford, Southampton.
and Gosport, 17s. dis.-Sheffield and Manchester, Quarters, No.
3-16 p.-Shropshire Mineral, 1;4 die.-- Shropshire Union Itailiva,y
and Canal, 16s. 6d. dis.-South Midland, % p.-South-Eastern and
Dover. Halves, No. 4, 5-16 p. -- Welsh Midland, 23a. 6d. oils.-
West Riding Union, 2% p.--York and Carlisle, 11,4 die.
LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.
NEW STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales arc-Chester and Birkenhead,
20/. Shares, par - Eastern Counties, 2334 - Ditto, York Extensions,
1 p.-Glasgow and Ayr, 76-Grand Junction, Eighth Shares, 27%-
Manchester and Leeds Extensions, 3 p.-Manchester and Birmingham.
Quarter Shares (A), 9% p.-Ditto, ditto (11), 9 p.-Ilitto, ditto (C).
is p.-Midland, 401. Shares, 1 p.- Preston and Wyre, Half Shares
(II), Os. p.-Shaffield and Manchester, Quarter Shares, No. 1,4% p.
-Ditto, Quarter Shares, No. 3 (scrip), % p.-South-Eastern and
Dover Consolidated, Half Shares, 31,4 p.-Ditto, Half Shares, % York and Selby, East and West Riding Extension, 11 4p.
field Railway and Canal, par-Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction,
5% p.- Leeds and Thirsk, 4 dis. -Liverpool and Bury, ai p.-Ditto,
Filth Shares, 1% -Goole and Doncaster, 13s. 6d dis.-London and
York, Is. 6d. dis.- Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 14 p.-Direct North-
ern, 44 dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, ss. die.- Liverpool, Ormskirk,
and Preston, % p.-Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, 13i p.-
Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction, 1% p.-Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield, % dis. -Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham,,
dis.-Buckingharnshire,3a. p.-Cambridge and Oxford, 10s.
-Derby and Crewe, 344-Furness and Windermere, 1 dis.-Gra'ael Union, .4 dis. -Great Eastern and Western, 15e dis.-Inverness and
Perth, 19s. dis.-Leicester and Bedford, par-Leicester and Birtrif.ng.
ham, 4 dis.-Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junctie,n, par
-Manchester and Birmingham Continuation, 16s. dis.- Manchester,
Midland, and Great Grimsby, % dis.-Matlock and Midland Junc-
tion, 265. p.-Northumberland and Lancashire, 19s. dis.-North Staf-
fordshire, 765. Gd. p.-North Western, % p.-Rugby Mad Hunting-
don, 16s. 6d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Herefordshire, dis.-Trent
Valley Continuation, 1 (IN.-Trent Valley, Midlyad, and Grand
Junction, % dis.-Warwickshire and London Junction, par-Welsh
Midland, 23s W.-West Riding Union, 565. 6d p.-York and Carlisle,
114 dis.-Dutch Rhenish, 2 p.

LEEDS, 3lar 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE. -The sales are-Eastern Counties, York
tension, 20s. p.-Hucidersfleld and Sheffield, 5% p.-Leeds and F.rad-
ford, 28% p.-Leeds and Dewsbury, 1% p.-Leeds and T'airsk,
34 dis.-Ditto, New, 21. Is. dis -Newcastle and Berwick, 10 p.-
North British, Carlisle Branch, 235. 6d. p.-Sheffield and Manc.nester.
Quarter Shares, No. 3, par-Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, 13 p.
-Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, % dis.-Bradford, Waktlield, and.
Midland, 1 dis.-Clitheroe Junction, 16s. dis.-Direct Northern, %
dis.-Grand Union, 13s. dis.-Glasgow and Dumfries, b e. dis.-
Lancashire and North Yorkshire, 7s. di.- Lal.icashire, Yorkshire.
and North Eastern, 28s. 6d. dis.-Leeds and York, 28s. dis.-Leeds,
d is
Wakefield,
don and Midland, 6s, dis.-Leicester and Bedford, is. 6d.
.-Lon and York, par-Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and
Midland, 114 p. -Northumberland and Lancashire Junction, 19s. dis.
-North Staffordshire,
3% IL-North Western, 3s. p.-Sheffielf.l,
Rotherham, and Go,;,',e, dis.-Shropshire Union, 14s. dis.-So-dth Midland, 225. re',-Welsh Midlands, I % dis.-West Riding Union. 4%.
HULL, MAY 20.
g.:OCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-North British, Half Shares.
9d.-Axholme, 315.-Derby, and Gainsborough, 143.-Direct
Northern, 174 -East Lincolnshire, 195.-Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding, 175.-Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., IL 9s. 6d.-
Grand Union, I3s. 6d.-Ilull and Barnsley Junction, 265. 3d.-Hull
and Lincoln, 195.-Leicester and Bedford, 235.-Liverpool, Grua-
kirk, and Preston, 31. 125.-Nottingham and Mansfield, 2/. 1 1 s.-
North Western, 278.-North Staffordshire, 61. 25. - South Midland,
21. 19s. 9d.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham, 3.
SHEFFIELD, MAr 20.
STOCK EXCMANOE.-The sales are-Grimsby and Sheffield,. 31.
4s. dis. -Ditto, Extension, 9s. dis.-Ditto, Quarter Shares, ss. dia.-
Ditto, Railway and Dock, 1% dis.-London and York, % dls.-Not-
Ditt
tingliain and
io Mansfield, Is. p.-Slieflield and Lincolnshire, 7s. and
Extensn, 10s. dls.-Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and
Crewe, 13s. 6d. dis.-South Yorkshire Coal Railway, % dis.
HUDDERSFIELD, MAY 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are--Huddersfield and Manchester
Railway and Canal, par-Clitheroc Junction, 141. 6d. Ms.- Hud-
dersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union, 41. 75.-Leeds and York, 295.
dis.-Leicester aid Birmingham, 7s. -London, Salisbury, and
Yeovil, 31s. 6d.-Manchester, Barnsley, Dewsbury, sce., 20s. 6d.-
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Gri:neby, 21s. 6d.-Glasgow and Dumfries, 385.-Great Grimsby, Quarters, 6s. 6d. dis.-Essez
and Suffolk, Ils. 6d.-London and York, 2%,
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, MAT 20. STOCK EXCHANCE.-The 81004 are-Aberdeen, Banff, and Elgin.
225. dis.-Durham and Stuiderland, 24% -Inverness and Elgin, 1 Ells.
-Leicester and Bedford, Is, 6d. p.-Northumberland and Lanca-
shire, 19s. dis,

YORK, MAY 20.
.S.rocX EICIIANGZ.—The sales are—Easteni Counties, York EX-
tension, 1% —Grand Union, Nottingham and Lynn, 13s. 6,2l.—lPsivi„c,
and Bury, 6 Leicester and Bedford, IL U.—London and York, ."
1 lc—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 33(—Newcastle
and Darlington (Brandllng), 41% —Ditto, Extension, 9%—North
British, Carlisle Extension, 214—North Western,l% sheniela .
Rotherham, Wakefield, Barnsley, Huddersfield, and Goole, W
Wakefield. Pontefract, and Goole, 36% —Welsh Midland, IL 'fs.—
West Riding Union, 6—York and North Midland, New (EAst and
West Riding), 11%.

G
STOCK EXCHANOL—TheLASGOW, MAT 19.
sales are—Airdrie and Dtthgate, 565.
Banffshire, 19s. 6d.—Dridge of Weir, 445. 6d,—,
Sion, 33s.—Caledonian Direct Northern, 335.-- • ledonian Eaten-
Cornwall and Devon
Central, 285.—East of Fife, 29s.—East 10•!...ian Railway, 17s. 3d.—
Edinburgh and Bathgate, 42s.—Ed1111',Irgh and Peebles, 315.—Forth
and Ciyde Junction, 343.—Git'sgOvr, 13arrhead, and Neilston Direct.
9%—Glasgow and Bella 'Onion, 41s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 73% —GI"Pw, I'ainfries, and Carlisle, 38s.—Glasgow, Kil-
marnock, and Ardrinsan, 36s.—Glasgow and Dundee Junction, 34i.
"—Glasgow 1-1-,,rbour Mineral, 25i. Great Indian Peninsular, Bs-
-Kilinarine:lc and Ayr Direct, 378.—Lesmithagow, 46s.—London,
Bristol. •
And South Wales, 193.-14lancliester and Southampton, 45a.
: I)P.,rth and Inverness, 31s. 6d.—Scottish Central, New, 7
—scot-
''.Bh Central and Caledonian Junction, 30s. 6d.—South Midland, 649.
—South and Midland Junction, 225. 6d
CH

ARGE AGAINST A PRIEST OF
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRE-
TENCES.
At the Liverpool police-court, on Monday, a well-dressed,
grey-headed man, named Robert Swaine, but who had lat-
terly assumed the name of Stafford Swaine (the first being
that of his mother), was brought before Mr. Rushton ori
charge of having obtained various sums of money from dif-
ferent parties, ostensibly for the re-building of a new chapel
and priory at {we believe) a town in Ireland called Millorr.
A woman named Mary Parker, and several other parties, had
been applied to by the prisoner for donations towards
the object stated, which he obtained. It appeared that
the prisoner was a suspended Roman Catholic priest. Dr'
Kelly, of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic chapel, stated that
he believed the prisoner had no authority whatever front
his superiors to collect money for such an object, and
that a letter, found, with others, upon him, purporting to be
written by Dr. Sharpies, the Roman Catholic Bishop, and
authorising him to collect money, was not in the handwriting
of that gentleman. Another Itiiman Catholic clergyman la-
the Court expressed a similar opinion. On the prisoner wax
found a book, with a heading or prospectus, as preparatory
to the names of donors for the object stated, and holding
out to subscribers certain religious advantages that would
accrue to them after the lapse of a twelvemonth. Tkis
book contained the names of many respectable parties in
this town and neighbourhood, with sums appended as if subs
scribed, but a considerable number of those were fictitious,
they not having been contributed, and those who had done
so were, of course, imposed upon. Dr. Kelly stated that
the prisoner, on being suspended, was required by his suPe—
rtor, in order to purge him of the offence he had committel:
to do penance by a residence of twelve months at a priory 111 yo me, or some other part of the Continent ; but he had nth"
it appeared, done so. The prisoner, on being asked what he
had to say, stated at some length that he had resided for
twelve months at (as we understood him) -Mount Henry, and
that wishing to be reinstated as a priest, he had come to ,
is
town to solicit subscriptions, with A view to the rebuilding c;
the dilapidated chapel and priory of Millory. He addee,
that he had not made use of the letter purporting to be from.
Dr. Sharpies, or of the names of the parties in the !Jut)
scription book, who bad net paid, but had merely writtet
them as memorandums but his admission only impressed his
bearers with a conviction, that fraud had been perpetra?,L
Mr. Rushton sent for Dr. Sharpies, the Roman Catholic slow
apostolic of the district, who pronounced the document Pur:.
porting to be written by him to be a forgery. There Nrii
also a letter from a Mr. Maddock, a clergyman, also supposed
to be a forgery. Amongst the witnesses against the pilr2'nel.
was Mr. Richard Shed, whose name appeared in the listdonors, and who, it appeared, had been imposed upon by to!
prisoner some three years ago. Mr. Rushton, after what wad
el..
stated by Dr. Sharpies, committed the prisoner to gaol i"
three months, under the Vagrancy Act.

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BIRTHS ---
_----
On the 19th Inst., at Hendon, the Countess of Kerry, of a
ms:roc.hAnt
On the 12th inst., in Berkeley-square, the lady of Le
Thomas, Esq., of a son.
On the 19th ult., at Funchal, in the Island of Madeira,
tie Wife 6f
the Rev. J. Guillemard, of a daughter.
On the 16th inst., at Camb-ay, Cheltenham, the lae..i, of Dr. Color'
M.D., of a daughter.
Catnr
On °lc 16th hist, ate Rarnsgate, the lady of 12;aptain James
bell, Royal Irish Fustlirs, of a daughter.
I, rdens• ht
~
On the 17th inst., at Conduit-street West, Hyde-par---a"inset", °I
lady of Lieutenant-Colonel Irvin,,, cat., of the Bengal Eng
A daughter.
On the 14th inst.
August"
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Packs, of a dat,-
________
..enter.
at Brighton, the wife of the Rey.

MARRIED.
nd
on the 11th Inst., at Amersham, Mr. Watkin Do of Dole,Ra—n°rlb-
Peic.
street, Camden-town, to Catherine, only daughter of Mr. I'.
well, surgeon, of Amersham.
On the 16th inst., at St. Mary's, Islington, William, the eldest'
01
of Thomas Modgkinson, Esq., of II rton-eresein t, to Elizabeth,
of the late Francis Larbalestier, Esq.

D.
On the 16th inst., at Clifton, ME
Lucy Maria, the wife of Amend
Elton, Esq.
wife of
On the 17th inst., in Pall-mall, the lion. ElizabethAs",
William Buchanan, Esq.
Yorkshire,
On the 17th inst., at the Vicarage, North Otterington,
Marion, wife of the Rev. F. A. Sterky.
On the 17th inst., at Clifton, Richard Nott, Esq. General
On the 17th inst., at Charton, near Woolwich, major-
Peter Fyers, C. 13., Colonel Commandant of the 7th battalion R.
A.
On the 18th inst., William Horace, infant son of William JJ'_arY
Smith, Esq., of Russell-square.
On the 18th inst., at Thirkleby-park, Yorkshire, Caro_,Vine APO'
eldest mirviving daughter of Sir Robert Frankland part
On the 16th inst., at Granville-square, Pentonville wary, relict
the late W. Weightman, Esq., aged 93.
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on the 16th inst., at Barnsbury-park, Islir
On the 16th inst., Harriet Standidge, • J
of 3ir. Ormsby J•
Bank of England. 'eon, C. Chubb, ISci•

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