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

PIEDMONT.

CHOZANOWSKT, 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 ant\ 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 Royal Navy, and who has for some time been TiP-
tirnising the public under the assumed names of Captain
Welsh, Captain Howard, Wm. Corney, Henry Pectin-
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 Ladbetter, ornithologist, 19, Brewer-
street, Golden-square, said, on the 21st of July last,
the prisoner came into his shop, and said he 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 'showed him a quantity of skins, and the pri-
soner selected sixteen, which came to 6/. Witness
packed them.up in a box produced, and handed it to the
prisoner. The prisoner then put his hand in his pocket,
and 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 flinchley 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., S
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 Palmetto
and Coburg cloths, crapes, and other articles, and was
admitted by the girl Jones, who conducted him to a pare
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 3
further order for a quantity of black ribbon and six
pairs of kid gloves, which he afterwards delivered at the
door to the rrisuner 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, via , 231. Bs. Bd., but on reaching the
place, at the time appointed, he found the house shut up.
Mr. George Mattley, landlord of the hcuse in Coven'
dish-street, stated that he let the premises at Mid-
summer lest, to a venerable-looking gentleman, who
said he was a retired ahipbroker, and having heard 0
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 had clandestinely 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 door 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 v. hich 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 a°
most strenuous efforts to strangle him by forcing the
window upon his neck, and finding that inefftetual, 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 formal agreements fur the occupation 0`
houses, in various names, and in all parts of the me'
tropolis.
John Broad llinchley, son of the elder prisoner, Nil
charged with having fraudulently obtained a quantity)
wearing apparel from Mr. Edwin Kenworthy, a tailor, 10
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, iu sufficient time to enable him to
wear it at his father's funeral. Tho order was deli„
executed, and the prisoner subsequently called n 132;
him, and obtained a waistcoat and shooting jacket, t". 9
latter of which was sent him upon approbation. Witne'e
afterwards found that the family had absconded from the
house they had occupied.
Henry Roberts produced one of the coats which tge,
pledged at his shop, a few hours after it had been ne
tained from the prosecutor.
Several other cases were ready to be gone into against
the prisoners, but the magistrate thought that enough
already had been proved against them to justify bile 1"
committing them for trial. At the suggestion of Seri,
geant Brannan they were ordered to be brought ii
again.

THE IRONMASTERS QUARTERLY MEETINGSI
BIRMINGHAM, THURSDAY.--A considerable number us
the principal ironmasters and coal proprietors of Seuhie
Staffordshire and East Worcestershire assembled in
Town-hall to-day. There was also a fair sprinkling °f
persons interested in the iron trade and settlement
o`
quarterly accounts from other parts of the kingdom; ucl
the attendance was not more than an average one, it-„
in consequence of the publicity already given to then efof
sion adopted at the preliminary meeting held at Dl'oli
a fortnight ago, no person anticipated any alteration 4
the prices of last quarter. None took place. It is Deli
to impossible to state the precise figures, but as flea:to
as prices can be ascertained, they may be named 674,
the following scale :—Bars, best quality, about 61 1"00,
hoops, 71., sheets, 81., and pigs from 31. .ss. to 31. 10$
It is satisfactory to know, more especially at the pr es f,,,
moment, that the comparatively improved position of levd,
iron manufacture is by well-informed people attributor
not to any sudden railway demands, but to the
a.io,
quirements of the general trade of the country. I.P 0
as compared with former periods of improvements 1%0
favourable symptom. The settlement of accounts, co
far as it has proceeded, is satisfactory, and the prosPe.
of the ensuing quarter, if not brilliant, are at least en
couraging.
pig'
BLACKWALL RAILWAY.—The directors of this -ye
way intend altering the gauge, and using the locolo°,:o.
instead of the stationary engine, and the workmen c 0
r 1
menced taking up the north line yesterday, prePorleso
to the alteration of the gauge. The trains now 0
either end every half hour, instead of every quarter'
heretofore.
It is not the intention of the Earl of Westrlerd
land to pay London a visit at present. Ills accoa3P°:oio
Countess is on the point of departing for Berlin, tc).o
the Noble Lord.
Madame Dulcken, Mr. John Parry, NM.: the
and Hausmann, have performed at concerts, duen'or,
week, with the greatest success, at Reading, Exeter_ 'OO ol
quay, Teignmouth, Plymouth, &c. In constqu7,-;oter
Miss Nelson's inability to attend the concert at 'D,rogo
Mr. Ashe came by railroad to London, and et 1,11;
Mrs. Hampton, who returned with him ; but lie vost
taken so unwell on her arrival at Exeter that it ten
not able to sing. Mrs. Ashe became her tocuni,‘
vieu,
at an hour's notice, and acquitted herself extreigeg