The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-23 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The Frankfort journals state that, independently of
and besides the promotion of its other plans, Austria
will propose, as soon as the sittings of the Diet open,
the establishment of a Central Executive, specially for
preserving the public security throughout all the
States of the Confederation. The former police not
being organized for rapid and common action for one
purpose, was inefficient, and the present plan will
strengthen it and give it a more military organiza-
tion, or place under it a large portion of the mili-
tary force of each state, to carry out immediately the
orders of the Central Commission, which will be se-
parated from the Executive Government of the Bund.

STATE OF TRADE.
(From the Manchester Guardian of this day.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—The increased excess of
receipts at the American ports has contributed to a still
further weakening of public confidence in the present
value of the raw material; and this effect has, in its
turn, operated unfavourably upon the market for yarns
and goods. In general, an impression that some fur-
ther decline in prices must take place has kept the
buyers very much aloof from business; and the aggre-
gate of the day's transactions is therefore inconsiderable.
There is, in some respects, a good deal of variance be-
tween the experience of different persons—some having
had more offers or found rather more inquiry; others
making an opposite statement; all agreeing, however,
as to an unfavourable tendency in prices. There is no
doubt that the German merchants (whose advices show
an active consumption at home, with very scanty sup-
plies) are restrained from operating largely in yarns,
solely by the view above referred to; and, as it is, some
of them have been induced, by the concession of *d. or
id. per lb., to venture upon purchases of fair amount.
Some of the makers of domestics have also succeeded in,
selling on slightly reduced terms.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a quiet market
to-day; a thin attendance of buyers, and a limited num-
ber of sales. The wool market has been dull, with little
doing, and prices stationary.
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—We have no alteration to
notice on the state of the manufactured goods trade;
very little business is doing; and yesterday being Easter
Monday, most of the warehouses were closed for the
usual holidays. In thrown silk there is absolutely no-
thing doing, the recent transactions in, raw, which it is
now ascertained were done at a reduction of Is. 6d. per
lb. on previous prices, having destroyed rail confidence
for the present.
HUDDERSFIELD TUESDAY.—III our ingset of to-day
flatness has prevailed, and generallyilot -so much busi•
ness is transacted on' holiday Tuesday. The stocks in
the Cloth Hall are vly on the increase; and the trade
in plain woollens, of the lower qualities, is flat at pre-
sent. A fair business has been done in the fancy trade;
and light goods, of new patterns, have taken very freely.
The warehouses have been doing a fair home trade dur-
ing the week. The export warehouses are flat at present.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—Thero were not many buyers
in our Piece Hall to-day; and they manifested great
reluctance to purchase to any extent. There is more
doing in yarn, and the quotations exhibit a little more
firmness. The same may be said of wool, which is selling
more freely, at fully late rates.
LEEDS, TUESDAY.—We have had only a quiet market
to-day at the Cloth Halls, but there has been a fair quan-
tity of goods delivered to order. Business continues
rather dull in the warehouses for the home trade; but
the shipping houses are busier.

THE CHARGE AGAINST' THE MASTER
OF ST. PANCRAS TVORKHO USE.
Yesterday the usual weekly meeting of the directors
and guardians of the poor was held in the Board-room
of St. Pancras Workhouse, Mr. Churchwarden Baker in
the chair.
After some general conversation respecting the charge
preferred against the master of the workhouse,
Mr. E. IlictorAN said that he observed in the report of
the proceedings before the magistrate, that Mr. Combo
ordered that the master should have no communication
with the girl Eliza Smith. He (Mr. IL) did not under-
stand how the magistrate's order could be enforced while
the master was in full possession of his office, which he
continued to execute.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. Churchwarden FRAZER said that every care was
taken to prevent the communication. The girl was
placed under the care of a paid nurse, who was directed
to prevent her seeing the master or any one else, except-
ing the surgeon.
Mr. HICKMAN—Who could or who dare prevent
the master seeing or speaking with the girl? If any
one dared to prevent him he (the master) could discharge
the person.
Mr. COOK (the clerk)—lf the nurse disobeyed the or-
ders of the board she would be di_missed.—(Hear.)
Mr. HICKMAN cared nothing about " ifs" or " buts,"
he only wished to be informed whether all communica-
tion between the master and the girl was prevented?
Mr. Churchwarden FRAZER—The nurse was ordered
not to allow any communication botweoc them; and
was further informed that a disobedience of the order
of the board would be attended with her dismissal.
Mr. Eliexmax put the question as a matter of duty,
because Mr. Combe had emphatically forbid any com-
munication between the master and his accuser.
Mr. CooKE—That was not correct, for Mr. Combe not
only interdicted all communication between the master
and the girl, but also between her playmates, and all par-
ties likely to influence her.—(Hear.)
Mr. HlCKMAN—Justice to the master, to the girl, to
the public, and to themselves, rendered it necessary
that the magistrate's order should be strictly observed.
Mr. DYKE—And so it was.
Mr. Churchwarden FRAZER—She was not left in care
of the schoolmistress, because a report prevailed that a
bad feelieg existed between her and the master.
The subject hero dropped, and the board adjourned.