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London, England, 1844-04-29

THE AMOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLUNDER.

The amount of the plunder levied by companies of
this description is not so large probably as the amount
of loss from companies founded en good faith, but on
bad calculations ; but it falls with great weight on the
sufferers, who are generally persons of limited means.
One of the least creditable of these concerns obtained
in the course of two or three years from about 120,0001
to 150,0001. ; and another at least 100,0001. ; by another
the shareholders lost about 160,0001. ; by another
80,0001. were lost in London, and 10,0001. in Edinburgh.
But it is impossible to esemate the full extent of the
mischief. In two cases, where the chief actors have
been bankrupts, no books or accounts were forthcoming.
In another, the clue was the enrolment of annuities. In
this case, too, property was discovered by the Registry
of Deeds for the county of Middlesex.
The amount of these levies is determined by the dura-
tion of the company t and this, if it be a company for
effecting insurances and granting annuities, is deter-
mined by the rapidity with which the claims come in.
The adventurers are eager to divide the spoil ; hence
their inability to meet their engagements is felt much
earlier than by a concern which has simply founded its
arrangements on bad calculations. The least hesitation
in meeting demands provokes suspicion and the concern
is brought to an end.
The mode of distributing the plunder varies. Some-
times it is taken by one of the leaders, and share& among
the others ; sometimes it assumes the form of a high
fixed payment, disproportionate to the service of the in-
dividual and means of the company,
London, England, 1844-04-29

LAW AND POLICZ.

John Skinner Francis, an officer in the Cape of Good Hope
Mounted Rifles, and Mary Anne Browne, a female elegantly
dressed, and of prepossessini; appearance, were charged at
Bow-street with forgery upon the bank of Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smiths, in presenting and receiving payments
for cheques falsely purporting to be in the handwriting of
the Dowager Lady Nelthorise, of Sevenoaks, Kent. There
was no evidence to support the charge against Francis, but
the female prisoner was committed, bail being refused. Mr.
Francis was required to give bail, himself in 1,000/. and two
sureties in 5001. each to appear if called upon. Bail was
immediately found. The particulars of the case have already
appeared in the papers. The female was greatly affected on
hearing the decision of the magistrate.
On Thursday two police constables of the B division,
Mathew Hurn, 189, and Henry Parbury, 202, were brought
up at Queensquare, and the further hearing was postponed
till' Friday, charged with being drunk and fighting while in
uniform, on the previous evening. On the case beirg called
on, Mr. Forbes, an inspector of the B division, said that
Hurn was no where to be found. Parbury was then placed
at the bar, and the charge against him proceeded with.—
Mr. Burrell said that this was not a case which came within
a clause of the Police Act, which inflicted a heavy punish-
ment upon constables for neglect or excess in the execution
of their duty. Their conduct had been most indecent and
improper; but as it seemed clear that Parbury was less to
blame than the other, he should be content with his entering
into his own recognizances to keep the peace. •
London, England, 1844-04-29

THE WILLS FORGERS.

The history of the discovery of these atrocious
4uds' and the gradual development of the facts con-
nected with them, are very curious. The following
particulars have been collected from authentic
sdurces
!The forgery of the will of Miss Slack, it will be re-
membered, was that which was first discoverd. It
appears that when a will or other evidence of death
is left at any of the offices of the Bank the course re-
gnlarly pursued is to send information of the fact to
the other offices of that establishment. Accordingly,
when the forged will of Miss Slack was left at the
Ilank for the purpose of claiming that portion of her
stock which had been transferred to the Commission-
exs for the Reduction of the National Debt, notice of
her death was forwarded to the office of the Reduced
Tree-and-a-Half per Cents., in which description of
stock Miss Slack had, it appears, also a sum standing
in her name.
Under this will the stock transferred to the Com-
missioners was, as is well known, appropriated by the
fictitious Emma Slack. Matters remained in this
condition, it seems, for some months, until a gentle-
man in the City, a broker, was instructed to pkurichase
a sum of Three-and-a-Half per Cent. stocntienman
name of the rightful Miss Slack. The g
when he proceeded to fulfil his instructions,ewas told
by the officials of the Bank that Miss Slack was dead,
and that it was against the rules of the Bank to allow
any stock to be purchased in the name of a deceased
person. He was somewhat surprised, as might be
expected, upon receiving such a communica-
tion, and, by way of solving the mystery, and
" making assurance doubly sure, he wrote to the
young lady herself, informing her of her reported
death, and requesting to know her own opinion upon
the subject. If the broker was surprised, it can be
easily imagined that the lady felt and expressed as
much astonishment as the individual who had been
employed, and, in order to set a matter of such pain-
ful importance at rest, off she came as soon as possible,
and presented herself in propria persona at the Bank.
The subject was fully investigated, and, in the result
all parties interested in the proper disposal of the pro-
perty concurred in the belief that a fraud had been
committed.

The first thing which naturally suggested itself to
those who were engaged in the investigation was, no
doubt, to ascertain who the solicitor employed on the
occasion of the transfer was, and in this stage of the
inquiry the name of Mr. Barber was brought into
notice. Mr. Barber was seen, but he failed to give
any satisfactory account of the transaction. Inves-
tigations were persevered in with remarkable zeal and
scrupulousness, and at length Barber was taken into
custody by Daniel Forrester.
Before Barber's apprehension, his diary, it appears,
was secured, a document which immediately made the
authorities at the Bank acquainted with the name of
Joshua Fletcher, although we are of opinion that the
ptosecutors must have obtained some previous know-
ledge concerning that delinquent. The possession of
London, England, 1844-04-29

FREEHOLD INVESTMENTS.--BRIGILION.
MR. FOOKS is instructed to SELL by
AUCTION, at the Old Ship Hotel, Brightont on THURSDAY.
lifay 9, 1844, at Three olock, in Lots, the following desirable pro-
Perty, comprising- excellent FREEHOLD 'HOUSE and PRE-
MISES, situate No., 17, London-road, and three ',desirable FREE-
HOLD RESIDENCES, Nos. 7,8, and 4, Lansdovine-sfqinu-e. Also
SIX Compact:well-built FREEHOLD HOUSES,'Situateln Frederick-
,place, mar the Railway Terminus.' Altogether, forming a rental of
1201. per annum, and constituting freehold votes for the county of
Sussex; The Houses are all well built, in extellent situations, and in
good state of repair:
May be viewed by 'leave of the,respettive tenants. Particulars of
Richard Comyn, Esq., Solicitor, '27,'Lintoln's Inn-fields; at the Mart;
at the Hotels, BHghton ; and' at Mr. Fook's Offices, 1, Serie-street,
Lincoln's Inn-fields. . . -
London, England, 1844-04-20

EGYPTIAN HALT., PICCADILLY,
IMPORTANT NOTICE.

ONE SHILLING Admission to THE NAPOLEON MU-
SEUM, the mdst magnificent and extensive Collection of Histo-
rical Curiosities and Works of Art ever known to hove been formed
by One Person, during Twenty-five years of elaborate research, at a
cost 0160,000 guineas, and to completely Illustrate, in the most in-
structive and interesting manner, the most Important part of Euro-
pean history, vlz.---TCHARLES 1., OLIVER CROMWELL, and
LOUIS XIV., to the deaths of GEORGE 111., and the EMPEROR
NAPOLEON, In 1821: This unique Museum has been visited often,
during the last and present year, by the Royal Family, the Duke of
Wellington, the FOreign Princes, Ambassadors, and their Ladies,
also many thousands of the Nobility and Public; and the Pro-
prietor has recently been able to increase, by several very fine
pictures, &r., his previous. almost incredible number and variety of
3155.. Works of Art, and a multitude of valuable Relics, and other
curiosities, in this most instructive and, as hundreds have said it
ought to he, a National Museum. Many thousand have Inspected it,
atal THIItTY rULNCIPAL EDITORS of the PUBLIC PRESS
have stated that it ought to be seen by every one. The price of admis-
sion is reduced to ONE SHILLING.
Hall, TIT NAPOLEON 'MUSFUIf is to he seen only at the "Egyptian
ekkadillY..datlY fro-m 4 Ten till Dusk.

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SECOND EDITION.
London, England, 1844-04-20

SUGAR DUTIES.

Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition against the
sugar monopoly.

MASTERS AND SERVANTS BILL.

Mr. SCOTT presented a petition from Horsham,
against the Masters and Servants Bill, stating that, in
the opinion of the petitioners, it would give too much
power into the hands of magistrates.
CORN-LAWS.

Mr. LIDDELL presented a petition from a parish in
Durham, from agriculturists' farming property rated at
4,600/. a year (the whole parish being rate) at 6,0000,
praying for protection to agriculture.
TOBACCO DUTIES.

Mr. HUME Presented eight petitions from North-
ampton and Willenborough, against the high duties on
tobacco and snuff.
CHARITABLE PAWN SOCIETIES BILL.

Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from the pawn-
brokers of Wolverhampton, against the Charitable Pawn
Societies Bill.

NOTICES OF MOTIONS.

Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on Tuesday
next, he should move for a return of all moneys paid by
the Government on accDunt of Mr. O'Connell's trial
since the glose of it.
FACTORY LABOUR.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE gave notice that, on the second
reading of the Factories Bill (No. 2), he would move for
a Select Committee to consider the limitation of labour
of young persons under ten years of age employed in
factories.
London, England, 1844-04-20

COURT-FASIIION.&111.E.

Her Majestyand his Royal Highness Prince Albert are
expected to be absent from the royal residence at Windsor
for a period of upwards of five months ; indeed, until the end
of September, or the commencement of the month of October
next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,. who will
take her departure for the Continent, accompanied by their'
Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians, on Thursday
next, will be absent from England for a period of about three
months.
The Duke of Bedford, the Earls of Chesterfield and Glas-
gow, the Hon. Colonel Anson, and many of the leading sport-
ing noblemen and g"ntlemen, proceed to Newmarket, on
Monday, to attend the Spring Meeting.
The Marchioness of Normanby is expected at the Claren-
don Hotel, where the Marquis is staying, on Monday next,
from Mnlgrave Castle, near Whitby, for the season:
The Hon. William Maule, youngest son of Lord Panmure,
and brother to the Right Hon. Fox Manic, was married at
Edinburgh, on Tuesday last, to Miss Binny, daughter of
Binny, Esq.
The Duchess of Hamilton returned to Hamilton Palace on
Tuesday last, from Holyrood House. The Marquis and
Marchioness of Douglas are shortly expected to proceed to
Brodrick Castle, in the Isle of Arran, where his Lordship, we
hear, intends to construct a spacious new mansion.
The Duke of Rutland left town on Friday for Southampton.
On Monday his Grace goes to Newmarket.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort had a dinner party on
Wednesday last, consisting of a circle of sixteen, among
whom were the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, the Earl
and Countess of Wilton, Colonel and Mrs. Anson, and Count
Esterhazy. The Duke leaves town on Monday for Newmarket.
The Dowager Lady Blantyre and the Hon. Misses Stuart
have arrived in Bryanston-square, from Lenoxlove, North
Britain.
Baron Le Couteuil de Mobay, Mons. De Glassenass, Aide-
de-Camp to his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Russia,
Prince Zurlo, and Prince Sans Severo and suites, &c., have
arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the
Continent.
London, England, 1844-04-20

THEA IRE R9YAL LYCEUM, LATE ENGLISH OPERA-

HOUSE.
Cnder the Management of Mrs. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 0,
Will le repeated the New Ccrnerlietta, in Two Acts, entitled
II ASTY CONCLUSIONS. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear,
F. Mathews, F. Vining. Emery, Miss F.irbrother, and Mrs 'Keeley.
A Ref which. MY WIF F.'S OUT. Principal Characters by Mr.
Keeley. Mr Wigan, Miss Chaplin, and Mrs. Keeley.
'ro be follnwed by a New Drama, in One Act, called THE POST
OF HONOUR. Characters by Messrs. Keeley, Turner, Kinloch,
J. Collier, SLnton, Yarnold, Miss Woolgar (from the Theatre Royal,
Adelphi, her first appearance at this Theatre), and Miss Grove.
To conclude with an entirely new Grand Burlesque Fairy Extra-
manila, called OPEN SESAME; or, The Forty Thieves. Cha-
ructins by Miss Woolgar, Miss E. Chaplin, Mrs. Woollidge, Mi,s
Turner, Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss James, Miss Fairbrother,
and Mrs. Keeley, Messrs. F. Mathews, Turner, Younge,
Yarnold, and Chaplin.
PRICES OF' ADMISSION—First Price—"oxes, 45.; Upper
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 25.; Gallery, 6d. Second Price—Balcony Boxes, 25.;
Upper Boxes, Is 6d.; Pit, Is. Private Boxes on the Balcony 1 ier
(holding eight persons), Two Guineas Private Poxes on the Second
her (ho'iling eight persor.s), One Guinea and a-Half. Private
Boxes on the Pit (ler (holding six persons), One Guinea. Free Ad-
mission 'rickets (for the first forty nights), One Guinea. Nightly
Transferrable Free Tickets (for the fint forty nights), Three Guineas.
Doors open at Half past :ix. Performances begins at Seven o'Clock.
London, England, 1844-04-20

C o

Iminedlittely, in 3 vols., post Bvoo
IN G S B Y:
•
THE NEW GENERATION.
Ey B. DISRAELI, Esq., M.P.
Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street.

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION, NOW READY,
Comprised in 2 vols. small Bvo, price 21s. bound,
FREDERICK THE GREAT.
HIS COURT AND TIMES.
Edited; with an Historical Introduction,
THOMAS CAMPBELL.
" This work has the high honour of being introduced to the world
by the Author of ' Lochiel' and ' Hohenlinden.' "—Edinburgh Review.
" We recollect but few biographies which have more highly and
constantly kept up" our attention."—Blackwood's Mag.
" This Life of Frederick the Great will become a standard work in
the libraries of England."—Scotsman.
" No book ever passed more rapidly into a standard work."—Bri-
tannia.
London, England, 1844-04-20

Privy Council, containing any provision or regulation
with reference fo the terms, conditions, or circum-
stances under which aid should be granted to schools in
Scotland, whether in connexion or.not in connexion with
the Established Church of Scotland, or with the National
School Society, or the British and Foreign School So-
ciety...-Agreed to.
PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES—(IRELAND.)
Mr. ROSS said that the Right,Hon. Gentleman oppo-
site was doubtless aware that great excitement had been
occasioned in Ireland by certain recent decisions of the
Courts of Law and the House of Lordi on the subject of
Presbyterian marriages. He wished to ask the Right
Hon. Gentleman if it was the intention of the Govern-
ment to introduce any measure to legalise marriages
celebrated by clergymen of the Presbyterian persuasion
—marriages which had been for the last two centuries
supposed to be perfectly legal ?
Sir JAMES GRAHAM said that the present state
of the law on the subject had recently attracted the at-
tention of the House of Lords ; a Committee of that
House had been appointed to investigate the subject, and
he had every reason to believe that a Bill on the subject,
emanating from the Committee, would very shortly be
laid upon the table of the other House of Parliament.
London, England, 1844-04-20

__—
Repayable in England, 136,463/ ; Special Receip,
200,8111.; Stoppages for Returns;3l,lls/. ; Misee
neous Receipts, 28,390/. Thelargest receipts, therefore,
are returned respectively, for Gibraltar, Jamaica, I'l'°v3
Scotia and New Brunswick, Malta, New South Wale's
the Cape of Good Hope, Van Diemen's Land, Wiadwaru
and Leward Islands, Mexico, and Canada. They
were,
severally, in the order abovenamed, thesells,39sk
151,1211., 159,645/., 218,9181., 233,6251., 237,331.„1'
276,3521., 302,2111., 408,2401., and 544,4521. 011'7:
hence it appears that the receipts of Van Diemen;
Land were 42,7471. more than those of the raotbe,
colony, New South Wales.) To the above total :4
3,151,5861., must be -added, for amount of balances
the several Commissariat chests, on Ist April, 1801
1,213,489/., making an aggregate receipt of 4,365,075
(B.) By this Analysis of Disbursements, it or
pears that, for Honduras, the payments were less Orr
the receipts by 536/. ; for Ceylon, by 61. only;
New South Wales, by 6,6691.; for Van Dierneni
Land, by 23,8141. ; for South Australia, by 2°71;
Almost all the other items show a very considers%
excess of payments over receipts; for exaraple, t.nOrl
lonian Islands, of 36,0261.; the Cape of Good Wri
of 31,3271.; Nova Scotia and New Br.unswic,
23,275/. ; 'Mauritius, of 39,843/. ; Mexico, of 44,448&•
and Canada, of no less than 137,7491.
Loan Societies (No. 65, 28th February, N. Gi
" Abstract of Accounts of Loan Societies in Eng,pla.l-10
and Wales, to 31st December, 1843, by John -1.1t,0
Pratt, Esq., the Barrister appointed to certify
Rules of Saving Banks, pursuant to 3 and 4 victolls_g
c. 110, s. 27." Detailed accounts for fifteen countle
of England and Wales ; the cities of London, Liira
coin, and Oxford ; and the towns of Leicester on
Southampton.
London, England, 1844-04-20

Uøruxfl fIL

LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1844.

In the House of Lerds, after the presentation of
certain petitions, and the postponement of several
Bills, the Bishop of EXETER presented petitions
against the Dissenters' Chapel Bill, and intimated his
intention of opposing the Bill. In presenting these
petitions, he took the opportunity of exhibiting a
specimen of nigh Church bigotry. It was stated
drat ronit.of them came from the Presbyterian Church
of Ireland) but there was no such Church in Ireland
or England, and there was an express canon of the
Church against persons calling themselves members
of any Church not the Church of England. The
canon was established in 1603 in England, and about
thirty years afterwards in Ireland-.
3116 Marquis of Noslssrun gave notice that on
London, England, 1844-04-20

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
Proprietor and Manager, Mr. BATTY.
Tetunphant Success of the Grand National Spectacle.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
WIC be reratcd the Historical Spectacle of the INVASION OF
ENGLAND BY WILLIA'.►I THE CONQUEROR; er, the Ilatt'e
of H. stings. With all the effects of the Norman Conquest, Death
of Harold, &c.
Monsieur Plage en the Tight Rope, New Scenes in the Circle, by
eminent Frenci and Bri ish Art stes.

To conclude with a Favourite Farc.

Mr. Batty (the Proprietor) begs . respectfully to acquaint the
Nobility, Gentry, and public that, encouraged .by the Battering
success during the past year, and linding the 'theatre not suffi-
ciently commodious for its numerous p ,t•ons, he entered into an
extensive arrangement with Messrs. Haward and Nixon, the emi—
nent builders of LaMbeth, for the re-constructing on a magnificent
and novel principle, the whole of the interior of the Theatre,
which has been rebu►lt, dress boxes eniarged, upper boxes widened,
and, pit and galleries ext, nsively improved. Fourteen glass lustres
are added, and a Grecian dome ceiling, with entirely new sp'endid
classic decorations, and gorgeous apppointments, which, with the
first-rate talent to be offered, he presumes cannot fail of obtaining
that support so liberally bestowed on his endeavours during the
la►t season. The grand Easter national Spectacle will combine all the
splendid historical effects of the Norman Conquest of England,
produced by Mr. W. D. Broadfuot. The Cirque Olympique will in-
troduce un quailed equestrian taleat, and the dou.le company com-
prise talent of the highest eider.
The door will open nightly at six o'clock, and the performances
commence at seven. Box-office opened daily from ten till four. The
private boxes have been reconstructed and decorated with care and
splendour.
Acting and stage.manager, Mr. W. D. Broadfoot.
London, England, 1844-04-20

LAW AND POLICE.

At the Central Criminal Court, Mr. W. Read was ac-
quitted on the charge of inducing Captain W. Simpson to sink,
at sea, the brig Colina. The verdict was received with ap-
plause by the Court. Simpson was then called up for judg-
ment, and sentenced to be transported for life.
A woman, named Mary Walters, was brought before the
Lord Mayor at the Mansion House, by the authorities of
Bishopsgate, upon the -charge of having abandoned her set-
tlement in Gloucestershire, to which she and her four children
had been regularly passed from St. Botulples, Bishopsgate,
to which she and her children became thus a serious bur-
den. She was sent to Bridewell for a month, and the children
were taken to Norwood.

Jane Walker, a showily-dressed, pretty-looking girl, 18
years of age, was charged at Queen-square with having
robbed her father, an aged and infirm pensioner from the
Coldstream Guards, of 41. 10s. It was the amount of his
quarter's pension, which he had just received, and given the
daughter to pay the bills of the tradesmen who were
in the habit of trusting him till he received his
money, but she expended it all in purchasing
dress. Only 9d. was found on her. The Magistrate consi-
dering it a breach of trust rather than a felony, dismissed the
girl ; but on quitting the Court she used such violent threats
to her old father, that she was again taken into custody and
sent to prison for 21 days.
Mary Hammond and Mary Ann Davis, late in the service
of Mrs. Storer, residing at 5, Upper Hyde Park-street, Pad-
dington, were charged at Marylebone with having robbed
the lady above alluded to of property of different descrip •
tions. Some of the articles stolen were produced and iden-
tified by Mrs. Storer, and the prisoners were committed for
trial.

John Shields, a respectable-looking young man, was
brought before Mr. Cottingham, at Union-hall, for re-exami-
nation, charged with forging and uttering bills of exchange,
with intent to defraud Aaron Smith, ship-owner, and bill-
discounter. The amount forged is between 600/. and 7001.
Some further evidence was adduced, and he was again re-
manded. • _

Margaret Brown, the wife of a tradesman in Broadwall,
was charged at the same office with attempting to destroy
herself. The unfortunate woman precipitated herself at six
o'clock in the morning from Waterloo-bridge, and the tide
running down at the time she was carried midway between
the two bridges, and picked up, being found floating on her
back. On an inquiry into the circumstances which led her
to attempt the rash act, it appeared her father, to whom she
was greatly attached, died a few days ago, since which she
had been in a low desponding state. She was given up to
her husband.
London, England, 1844-04-20

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and Management of Pregnancy and Lying-in.
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whom it is intended, and surpasses in value any other book of its cha.
racter."—Blackwood's Lady's Magazine.
London, England, 1844-04-20

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1844.

1,0231. was voted for the civil establishment of Heli-
goland.
On the motion that 18,3941. be granted to ply the
charges and expenses of the Governors and Lieutenant-
Governors of the West India colonies,
Sir C. NAPIER said that now that they had steam•
communication, there was no reason to appoint Lieute-
nant-Governors for all these islands. He begged to
suggest for the consideration of the Noble Lord, whether
it would not be better to have one Governor-General for
the whole of the islands.
Lord STANLEY said it had been found necessary to
have a separate officer for each island.
The vote was agreed to.
On the vote that 11,303/. be granted for the ecclesi-
astical institutions of British North America.
Mr. ROEBUCK said that he was desirous to have this
grant more fully considered than it could be in this
night's Committee.
Lord STANLEY said that he would make no objec-
tion to the adjournment of the Committee till Monday
next.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress.
The other Orders of the day were disposed of, and
the House adjourned at Twelve o'clock.
London, England, 1844-04-20

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POWERS of the DAY. By JOHN. EARL of SHREWSBURY.
. .
London, England, 1844-04-20

ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE
TH.I3 EVENING, APRIL .20,
Will be p thinned Sha:tspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO.
Othello, Mr Freet; lago, Mr Dale ; Cassio, Mr. Osba!diston ; Des.
demons, Miss Vincent; Emilia, Mrs G. Lee.
After whi.h, a New Drama, called THE FELON OF NEW
YORK. Arihalt (the Felon), Mr. Freer ; Lisette, Miss Arden.
With the Grand Fairy Ballet of ONDINE; by Mr. Frampton
and his Pupils.
To conclude with A BUMPING LEGACY.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.
THIS EVENING, APRIL U.
If crowded, fashionable, and brilliant audiences every night, are
symptom, of success, the Per formances of the WIZARD OF THE
NOR ru has male the greatest hit of all the EA.,TEIt NJVEL-
IES, for the Adelphi has been crammed to the ceiling; his mighty
wonders aro of so star tli,,g a nature, that the brill ant multitudes of
delighted .pectators sit, as if spell-bound, gaze with woaaer and
am..zement at the seeming superhuman miracles of the
AIODERN FAUSTUS.

If the lovers of " enld Ireland," Irishmen. and Irish Music, wish
to enjoy a treat, they will spend
AN HOUR IN IRELAND
with Mr. MALONE RAYMOND, at the Adelphi, whose tales,
songs, and anecdotes of the " Green Isle" have been nightly received
ith bursts of laughter, an I applause. He will appear nightly, be-
tween the parts, of the. Wizard's performances. assisted by Mrs.
MALONE RAYMOND and Miss LINLEY.
The GREA 1' WIZARD OF THE NORTH will nightly prove
that there are " more strange things in heaven and earth, than are
dreampt of in mortals' philosophy."
Boxes, Sm. Pit. Is; tid. Gallery, ed. Second Price at Nine o'clock.
Drors open at Seven, the Performances commence at half-past.
London, England, 1844-04-20

LAW AND POLICE.

The Wills Forgery case closed at the Old Bailey, by the.
conviction of all the parties implicated. Barber appeared to'
be confident of an acquittal.
Mr. Crook and Mr. Moses Nathan, two gentlemen who are
in the habit of attending the purlieus of the;Stock Exchange,
were charged at the Guildhall with disorderly behaviour in
the space between Capel-ourt and the Bank. There had
been a quarrel between them, arising out of some transaction,
in Spanish Funds, and the interference of the bystanders was
required to prevent them coming to blows. Mr. Alderman
Johnston exacted from each gentleman a promise that there'
should be no further breach of the peace, and dismissed them,
recommending an arbitration of the dispute.
John Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P. for Warrington,
waited upon the Magistrate at Queen-square to intercede in
behalf of Mary Laing, who was held to bail on Tuesday for
creating a disturbance at that gentleman's house. She had
formerly lived in the establishment as housemaid, and had
been charged about a month ago with annoying a lady
related to Mr. Blackburn, when she was ordered to enter into
her own recognisances. This, however, did not havethe
effect of keeping her quiet, and on the occasion of her visit to
Mr. Blackburn's it was found necessary to call in the police
to secure her. The woman was sent for from Tothill-fields
Bridewell, and on making a promise not to repeat her con-
duct, was discharged.
Thomas Jones, alias Bradshaw, was finally examined at
Lambeth-street on a charge of embezzling 245., the property
of Mr. John Barrett, his master, and committed for trial.
Ellen Kelly, a young woman in the service of Mrs. Wilson.
of Camberwell, recently deceased, was charged at Union
Hall with stealing plate, decanters, and wearing articles of
linen, and other property, belonging to her late mistress. She
was remanded.

Thomas Robson Bone, the master of the ship Robert Watt,
appeared before Mr. Ballantine at the Thames Police-office,
to answer a claim for double pilotage, preferred by Mr. James
Paton. The amount sued was for 15/. 14s. 6d. Mr. Paton,
in his capacity of pilot, had boarded the vessel while getting
under weigh, and offered his services, which were refused, and
the amount was therefore sued for under the Pilotage Act.
The magistrate enforced the penalty.
London, England, 1844-04-20

Sirene, with the special missionaries sent by the French Go-
vernment to the China Seas, left that port on Feb. 23, for
the Cape of Good Hope, in company with her consort the
Victorieuse corvette. All on board the two ships were in
good health.
The French Funds had advanced a little, the Fives
closing at 122 f. 35c., and the Threes at 83f. 65c.
THE BOURSE—THURSDAY, APRIL 18.

First Highest Lowest

Price. Price. Price. Price.
French Five per Cents..
Four per Cents.• •••• 106 30 .. 106 30 .. 105 60 • • 106 30
Three per Cents.•• • • 83 60 • • 83 65 .• 83 55 .• 83 65
Bank of France... 3095 ..3100 ..3095 ..3100
Latlitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesl47Q .. 1170 .. 1170 .. 1170
5,000 f. Sharessoss —5055 ..5055
Belgian Bank.. 7OO .. 700 .. 700 .. 700
Belgian Fives, 1831. - .. 103 103;
1840
1842 .•...... 107: .. 107: .. 107: .. 107:
Spanish Active •
Threes .• •• • • ...• •• 371 • . 37/ .• 371 •• 371
Passive .••... •
Portuguese Five per Cents.• 461 .. 461 •• 461 .. 461
Neapolitan. 101 50 .. 101 90 .. 101 50 .. 101 90
Roman . • •
106 .. 106 .. 106 •• 106
RAILWAY SHARES.
St. Germain .. • • •• • 832 .. 832 50 .. 830 .. 831 50
Versailles, L. 8...... ..... 235 .. 235 .. 232 50 .. 232 50
Rouen

707 50
.. 050

.. 235
• • 970

.. 230
. 965
London, England, 1844-04-20

' DATIOLIE'S ROYAL SURREY THEAI RE.
This F..staWishinent again takes the lead—Whitetriars, with its
splendid effects, and the Scapegrace of Paris, are the theme of ad-
miration. The lheatre has been more crowded than any former
Easter Holidays.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 40,
Will be repeated an entirely New Drama, embracing all the
efthcts of the celebrated work, entitled WHITEFRIARS,
in which the entire CoMpany will pertiam.
After which, THE SCAPEGRACE OV PARIS, sup .cried by all
the leading Favourites of the Establishment.
To which wi I be added the Wonderful Performance of Herr
HENGLER on the Corde Elastique, and the Carlo Family in their
Unrivalled Gyrnnastiques.
To c-include with, a New Drama of peculiar construction, entitled
BA RA K JOHNS,rN; Or; The Blind Witness.
P.atios and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the Box.
o tice, from Eleven to Four.
London, England, 1844-04-20

Rouen to Havre •• • ....... 707 50 . • 707 50 .• 707 50
Orleans . 950 50 .. 951 25 •• 950

Strasburg to 8a1e......

277 50

281 25

277 50 .. 281 25

RAILWAY SHARES, FOR THE ACCOUNT.

St. Germain .. • . • . • ......• 830

• 832 5

Versailles, L. 8.• ..... • • • • • • 235
Rouen •y 970

.. 232 5
.. 965 0

Rouen to Havre.• •• .•• ••• •710 .. 710 •• 708 75 708 75
Orleans

Strasburg to.13alo•

.. . 280

2 85

• 277 50 •• 278 75

Mr: Humfrey, the barrister, has started for Wood-
stock, in opposition to the Marquis of Blan,Word. The
politics of Mr. Humfrey are Tory, and he is pre-
sumed to have the countenance and support of Mr.
Thesiger's friends and of the Government. This is a
very pretty quarrel, and one instance among many of
the harmony which prevails in the Tory camp.
The Government appoint a Solicitor-General who
has no seat in the House, save dependent upon a Tory
nobleman—the patron strikes for a rise in his wages,
as the operative would say—a turn-out ensues—and
then a Government candidate opposes the patron's son
who seeks his patrimonial seat. We do not despair
of seeing the Duke of Marlborough in the Radical
ranks again.
London, England, 1844-04-20

WAR-OFFICE, APRIL 19.

4th Regiment of Foot—D. J. Gamble, Gent., to be En..
sign, by purchase, vice Ellison, appointed to the Ist or Grena-
dier Regiment of Guards, April 19.
16th Foot—Ensign G. A. E. Wall to be Lieutenant, by
purchase. vice Nembhard, who retires; George De la Peer
Beresford, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wall,
April 19.
18th Foot—Capt. A. N. Campbell, from 92d Foot, to be
Captain, vice Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., who exchanges,
Anril 19.
28th Foot—J. Meacham, Gent., to be Ensign without pur.
chase, vice Marshall, whose appointment has been cancelled,
April 19.
40th Foot—Lieut. G. Webb, from Ist West India Regi-
ment, to be Lieutenant, vice Olpherts, promoted in Ist West
India Regiment, April 19.
43d Foot—R. Agar, Gent., to be Assistant Surgeon, vice
Thompson, who resigns, April 19.
47th Foot—Lieutenant J. Orr, from half-pay 89th Foot,
to be Lieutenant, vice Elrington, appointed Paymaster 13th
Light Dragoons ; Ensign H. C. Lodder, to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Orr, who retires; J. Birney, Gent , to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lodder, April 19.
56th Foot—Lieutenant .1. Waddell to be Adjutant, vice
Lacy, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19.
63d Foot—E. N. Daly, Gent., to be Ensign, without pur-
chase, vice Masterson, deceased, April 19.
73d Foot—Lieut. P. B. Bicknell to be Adjutant,.vice Brown,
promoted, April 19, 1844. •
87th Foot—First Lieut. W. P. Lea to be Adjutant, vice
ho resigns the Adjutantcy only, April 19.
92d O'Brien,ioot—Captain Sir W. Macgregor, Bart., from the 18th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, April 19.
95th Foot—Lieutenant E. J. Cruice to be Captain, without
purchase, vice Tathwell, deceased ; Ensign J. A. R. Raines
to be Lieutenant, vice Cruice, April 5; T. B. Feneran, Gent.,
to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Raines, April 19.
Ist West India Regiment—Ensign R. D'Oyly Fletcher to be
Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Webb, appointed to the 40th
Foot ; W. Sankey, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Fletcher, April 19.
Commission by the Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.
Southern Regiment of Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Cavalry.
J. Morley, Gent., :to be Lieutenant, vice T. B. Charlton,
promoted.
Commissions by the Lord-Lieutenant of the North Riding of
Yorkshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave to be Deputy Lieu-
tenant ; H. Coore, Esq., to be ditto ; Sir W. Lawson, Bart.,
to be ditto; G. Witham, Esq., to be ditto; J. T. Wharton,
E q., to be ditto, April 16.
London, England, 1844-04-20

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 20, 1844

IREL AND.

POSTPONEMENT OF THE NEW TRIAL MOTION.
DUBLIN, APRIL 18.—The motion of the traversers for a
new trial, upon the grounds set forth in their affidavits, bas
been postponed until Monday next. It is likely that the
arguments upon this branch of the case will occupy the en-
tire of the next week.

It• is said, the Attorney-General, after gentence, upon the
declaration of the traversers' counsel that they were deter-
mined to prosecute a writ of error, would' intimate his assent,
and merely require that the traversers should give bail for the
speedy prosecution of the writ, and for their being forthcoming
to suffer the sentence of the Court, in case the decision of the
I-louse of Lords should be against them... This, certainly, is
the course which common justice and common sense would
point• out.
London, England, 1844-04-20

BOROUGH OF HORSHAM.

Mr. TUFNELL wished to know from the Hon. Gen-
tleman opposite (Sir T. Fremantle) why the writ for
Horsham had not been moved, when writs for the other
vacancies had been so? A vacancy in the representa-
tion ought always to be filled up without delay.
Sir T. FREMANTLE said he was not called upon to
explain why the vacancy for this borough had not been
filled up. He presumed, however, - that the writ of
summons to the House of Lords not having been issued,
the Hon. Gentleman indirectly referred to had not ceased
to be a Member of that House. The House of Commons
could not, of course, issue a writ for a Member until an
actual vacancy occurred..
Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hon. Gentleman who
had last spoken asserted that he had no know-
ledge on this subject, and he was not answerable
for what the Government took no particular interest in.
The Government ought to feel an interest wherever in-
jury was done, and there was no greater injury to the
public than when a borough was left without its repre-
sentative.—(Hear, hear.) It was notorious that no one
could
nmbouerse. therTehwehneonnh-eishsuaing o
dbecfomtheeawMrietmin-
br o f sitse as
other a iSie
question might occur from some delay or neglect, but, if
continued, then he (Lord John Russell) should consider
it necessary to bring the subject formally under the
consideration of the House, in order to the application of
a remedy.—(llear, hear.)
_
London, England, 1844-04-20

.. 230 .. 232 5

965 0

.. 708 75 708 75

.. 950

. 277 50 .. 278 75

Mr. llumfrey, the barrister, has started for Wood-
stocl., in opposition to the Marquis of Blandford. The
politics of Mr. numfrey are Tory, and he is pre-
sumed to have the countenance and support of Mr.
Thesiger's friends and of the Government. This is a
very pretty quarrel, and one instance among many of
the harmony which prevails in the Tory camp.
The Government appoint a Solicitor-General who
has no seat in the House, save dependent upon a Tory
nobleman—the patron strikes for a rise in his wages,
as the operative would say—a turn-out ensues—and
then a Government candidate opposes the patron's son
who seeks his patrimonial seat. We do not despair
of seeing the Duke of Marlborough in the Radical
ranks again.
London, England, 1844-04-20

Thomas Robson Bone, the master of the ship Robert Wai

appeared before Mr. Ballantine at the Thames Police-office,
to answer a claim for double pilotage, preferred by Mr. James
Paton. The amount sued was for 151. 14s. 6d. _ Mr. Paton,

in his capacity of pilot, had boarded the vessel while getting
under weigh, and offered his services, which were refused, and
the amount was therefore sued for under the Pilotage Act.
The magistrate enforced the penalty.
London, England, 1844-04-20

HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 19.

The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
Mr. WARD presented ten petitions from certain per.
sons connected with the Colchester and Ipswich Rail-
way, stating that two railway Bills were then before the
House, ifa—mely, the Eastern Union line, and the Har-
wich and Colchester line, which had been treated as
competing lines, and had in consequence been referred to
the same Committee. The petitioners prayed that the
Colchester and.lpswich Railway Bill might be referred to
the same Committee, as that was a competing line also.
Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET thought it was
too late to refer the petitions to the Select Committee.
After a short conversation, the petitions were ordered
to lie on the table.
Sir ANDREW L. HAY presented a petition from
Banff, complaining of the laws which regulate prisons.
Lord ASHLEY presented several petitions in favour
of as Eleven Hours' Factory Bill.
Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented petitions from twenty-
seven parishes in the neighbourhood of Horurastle, in
Lincolnshire, in favour of protection to agriculture.
Mr. BROADLEY presented similar petitions from
Yorkshire.
Mr. BECKETT presented a petitions from the letter-
press printers of Leeds, against the Masters and Servants
Bill.
Mr. WILSON PATTEN presented a petition from
!Rockdale, against the Small Debts Bill.
Mr. ROSS presented a petition from a Presbyterian
congregation in Scotland, praying that Presbyterian
marriages in Ireland might be legalised.
Mr. FERRANI) presented a petition, agreed to at a
public meeting of nearly 20,000 inhabitants of Bradford.
against the Masters and Servants Bill ; also, from Leeds
and other places, to the same effect.
Sir. G. STRICKLAND presented a petition from the
boot and shoemakers of Preston, in Lancashire, against
the Masters and Servants Bill.
Mr. WARD presented a petition from owners and
occupiers of land on the Trent line of railway against the
Eastern Union Railway.
Mr. JERVIS presented a petition against the Holy-
head and Chester Railway Bill.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented th'rty-six petitions
including petitions from Manchester, Birmingham
Bolton, Norwich, Halifax, Nottingham, Rochdale, and
Warrington, against the Masters and Servants Bill,
which the petitioners considered unconstitutional and
degrading to the rights of nations ; also a petition from
Charles Price and llenry Thompson (on behalf of the
Hon. Member for Warwick), complaining that they had,
been summoned beore the magistrates for the non-pay-
ment of church-rates, and that one of them, Mr.
Greenaway, said the magistrates did not come there to
le made fools of, but to enforce the payment of the rates.
Mr. DUNCOMBE presented a petition, complaining
that in several instances, where paupers had been found
dead in bed, no inquest had been held on them. The
Hon. Member moved that the petition be referred to the
Select Committee on Medical Relief.
London, England, 1844-04-20

PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD.STak.:EL
LESSEE, Mr. J. M. MAUI)OX.
THIS EVENING, APRIL 20,
Will be performe I GONE TO TEXAS. Mr. Swellington, Mr
W. Lacy; Mrs. Swellington, Mills Noel ; Betty, Miss Brool.s.
After whi. h, MY WIFE'S SECOND FLOOR.
To he followed by. a New Farce, in One Act, entit'ed THE
YOUNG SCAMP; or, My Grandmother's Pet. Joseph, Miss
Fortescue; Mr. Morris Barnett.
To conclude with a new Fairy Burlesque Extravaganza, cal'cd FAIR
STAR ; or THE SINGING APPLE, AND THE DANCING
WATERS. The principal characters by Messrs. Wright, Paul
Bedford, Oxbarry, Mrs. H. P. grattan, and Miss Fortescue.
London, England, 1844-04-20

PUBLIC WORKS (IRELAND.)

Lord GOSFORD gave notice that he should, on an
early day, call the attention of the House to the subject
of public works in Ireland.
GWALIOR.

The Marquis of NORMANBY gave notice that he
should, on Monday, put a question to the Government
relative to certain omissions in the papers which had boot
laid on their Lordships' table relating to Gwalior.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
London, England, 1844-04-20

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