The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 25, 1844.

pelled him to swallow their " gilded pills." He was
never worse than when his "system" had become
thoroughly imbued with the pestilent medicine which
had been forced upon him.
If a man will only consider the state of our trade
and commerce in the year 1818 ; the abundance of
money circulated in the United Kingdom ; the re-
munerating prices obtained without difficulty for
all descriptions of our manufactures; the fair wages
earned by industrial labour in all its departments ; the
scope given to the enterprise of capital, and its prodi-
gious energy of reproduction under the encouraging
influence of the times ;—if he will only bear in mind
the absurd fallacy of the assumptions founded by
the bullionists on adverse foreign exchanges (which
seven years before, Mr. HORNER had demonstrated,
in a paper in the Edinburgh Review, might be no-
minally reported at 17 per cent. against this coun-
try, and yet be practically 7 per cent. in our favour*);
if he will compare the buoyancy of private credit
and public confidence, the ready advances and rapid
returns of capital, and the generally thriving condi-
tion of all classes in the kingdom at the same period,
with the disastrous fear, the distrust, and displace-
ment which have affected the owners and the owner-
ship of money and property since 1819-20 ;—if he
will do this, we say, any man of ordinary reflection
must find it all but impossible to justify the conduct
of those who in 1819 ventured to pull down the
whole monetary fabric under which, or with which, or
by means of which (the distinction is immaterial),
our unexampled previous prosperity had been ob-
tained. To so gratuitous an abandonment of the
certain elements of present safety and steady and
progressive elevation in the scale of national great-
ness, for an ambitious, but untried, unproved,
and delusive theory of speculative finance a
vision of impracticable adjustment between gold at a
fixed unalterable price, and paper of very fluctuating
quantity, according to the fluctuating quantity of all
commodities, the value of which it was to represent
—we are at a loss to find a parallel. Nothing
short of the unfortunate Mr. COCKING'S suicidal
determination to cut the company of Mr. GREEN,
whose balloon had so agreeably buoyed him
up, and to sail away in a newly-invented, never-
tested apparatus in which he committed him-
self—deaf to the remonstrances of his friends and
well-wishers—to his untimely fate, can be properly
compared to the Premier's desperate expedient of
1819. But he has had, at least, a happier fate than
the not less obstinate aeronaut. Will he tempt ship-
wreck again by propounding "a single bank of issue ?"
A project for one imperial wine and liquor store, from
whence, only, bottles, Treasury corked, may be drawn
for the consumption of all Great Britain, in all time
to come—one legislative oven, destined to supply ex-
clusive batches of loaves (or statutes) for the refection
of all her MAJESTY'S subjects—one national vat, into
which the great brewings of BARCLAY and PERKINS,
TRUMAN and BUXTON, and WHITBREAD and Co.,
must be all absorbed in a sort of " Three per Cent.
' Stock' Entire" for the universal consumption of the
people—all or any of those projects would not be
more practicable, or less ridiculous, than this pro-
posal to have but one bank of issue for the United
Kingdom.
It may be, however, that the Premier, who, like
some of the Pharisaical ministers of CROMWELL, is a
great " waiter upon PROVIDENCE," has not yet given
his sanction to the preposterous design imputed to
him by our Contemporary. It may be that he lies
by, intending to avail himself of the best means
which accident may present to him for retracing
some of his steps from the fatal point to which they
tended in 1819, for retrieving his future reputation,
we will say, as a Minister, from the damage to which
the working of his favourite measure has ever since
subjected it. In this hope we shall address ourselves,
in our next, to the consideration of Mr. JOHN GLAD-
STONE'S Letter to the Times, entitled " Considerations
connected with the renewal of the Charter of the
Band of England."
* See Edinburgh Review for 1811, case of Colonial
Exchanges.

Madrid papers of the 17th have been received, and
as usual contain some fresh tales of horror. At
Alicant on the 12th and 13th three civilians were
shot; and Senor GARRIDO, Secretary to the Political
Chief, on being identified, was to undergo the same
fate, 'or remaining at Alicant during the insurrection.
A Barcelona journal of the 17th announces that a
new conspiracy had been discovered in that city, and
that the persons suspected of being engaged in it
were to be tried by a court-martial, then sitting in
the citadel. A letter adds that four had been capitally
convicted and shot. Two other executions had taken
place at Zamora.
The Heraldo, a Madrid paper, publishes the fol-
lowing atrocious order of the day, issued on the 4th
at Denasal, by the Commandant-General of the
QUEEN'S troops in the Maeztrasgo

" Any individual that shall be seized and convicted on
evidence, however slight, of having attempted to induce a
soldier or inhabitant tojoin the factions shall be shot. Shall
also be shot any soldier that shall be found communicating
with persons hostile to the Government of the Queen
(whom God save !), and that shall be known to wish to
join the enemy. Before he suffers death, his offence shall
undergo a summary inquiry of not more than two hours,
and he shall be allowed but three hours to prepare to die as a
Christian."

The Three per Cents. were done at 331- for cash,
and 34 at 60 days; and the Five per Cents. at 22i for
cash, and 23 3-16 at 60 days.

Most of the Paris papers have leading articles on the
defeat of the English Ministry in the House of Com-
mons on Monday ; and as they bring no news of the
slightest importance, we can find room for a few
extracts from them on this "untoward event." " If
we are not mistaken," says the Journal des Debuts,
" this is the first time since its accession to power,
that the Ministry of Sir ROBERT PEEL has found
itself in a minority. It is certainly not the first time
that it has met with serious opposition ; for, last year,
it was obliged to yield to public opinion, and with.
draw one of its most important measures—that con-
cerning the education of children in manufactories;
but this is the first serious check it has received in the
Parliament, and which all the influence of its chief was
inadequate to prevent. At the same time, the question
on which it had this majority of nine against it, had
no really political or ministerial character ; and the
Opposition, setting, in this respect, a good example,
had the good taste to declare that it did not seek to
make it a party triumph. On this occasion, the
House presented the singular spectacle of at least
one-half of the Ministerial Members voting against
the Ministry, while a considerable number of its
habitual adversaries divided with it. Lord ASHLEY is
a decided Tory, but on all questions where it
principle of humanity is involved he is to
be found strenuously contending against the
Government. He has successively brought for-
ward motions against the opium-trade, against
the occupation of Sinde, and against the labour
of children in the coal-mines. In this vote,
therefore, there was a perfect change in the usual po-
sition of parties. The agriculturists took pride in
voting for a measure which would make great modi-
fications in manufacturing labour ; it was also a tri-
umph for the philanthropic party, so strong in
England, from the influence it has out of Parliament.
This party, as we have more than once observed, has
often proved itself more powerful than the Govern-
ment, and has dictated laws to the legislative body. It
was this party that carried the emancipation of the ne-
groes, and caused the conclusion of the treaties on the
right of search, which it still upholds. The vote we are
now speaking or is a new example of its great influence."
The Ministerial paper regards the defeat as only
temporary, and expresses a conviction that on a second
division Sir JAMES GRAHAM will obtain a consider-
able majority. The result of the debate on Friday,
however, will undeceive the writer, and show French-
men that in the cause of humanity Englishmen can
forget political ties. The Presse, alluding to the ob-
servations of Sir JAMES GRAHAM, says
" There is both anger and pride in this short address.
Accustomed to see all their opinions adopted by an imposing
majority, the English Ministry cannot yet believe in their
being beaten. They look on the vote of the House as a 'ilia..
understanding through surprise, a momentary act of aberra-
tion, which it cannot fail to immediately retract. In con-
sequence, they ask it to reflect before a new trial is had
recourse to. The question is now to ascertain if the House
will consent to condemn itself—to exhibit the spectacle of a
shameful tergiversation, in order to save the self-love of the
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manufacturing
The following are the remarks of the Constitutionnel
on the subject :
"The struggle between agriculture and manufactures has
been going on for forty years in England. The advantage
has almost, in all cases, remained with property, or the Tury

party. However, within a certain period the situation of
manufactures has become such, that changes in the consti-
tution of landed property appear inevitable. The Anti-
Corn-law League is a formidable instrument in the hands of
the Whig party, and although an association equally
powerful to defend the interests of the soil is opposed to.
it, the former, nevertheless, seems to exercise an influ-
ence which appears to presage a certain triumph. The
corn-laws form the difficulty of the question ; favourable
to the possessors of the soil, they are one of the causes of
high wages, and of the distress of the working classes.
Agriculture has just attacked manufactures on their own
ground. If on the one side, said they, a diminution
in the price of corn is insisted on, on the other the
factory workmen must be relieved, and in consequence Lord
Ashley proposed, in the debate on the Factory Bill, an
amendment to reduce to ten hours, for women and children,
the period of daily labour in the manufactories. This amend-
ment was adopted by a majority of nine, notwithstanding the
efforts of Sir R. Peel, who insisted on the general interests of
manufactures in their connection with foreign commerce.
Sir Robert Peel thought it is duty to oppose Lord Ashley's
amendment. Three Whig Ministers, and more than sixty
Members generally opposed to him, voted with him. With-
out this support, taken altogether from a source independent
of politics, the rout of the Minister would have been com-
plete. What is remarkable in this vote is that politics were
removed to the second line, and that the defenders of the in-
terests at stake laid aside all other objects of consideration."

The papers of Saturday have since been received.
The only intelligence they contain relates to the plans
of the Government for constructing new lines of rail-
road. This grand scheme is the passion of the day.
According to the Journal des Debats the Government
have determined to take immediate and active steps
towards the completion of no less than five great lines
of railroad—from Paris to Lyons, from Paris to Bor-
deaux through Tours, from Paris to Strasburg, from
Paris to Nantes, and from Paris to the frontiers of
Belgium ; to a branch to Boulogne, and another ,to
Calais. These great undertakings will amount, to-
gether, to nearly 1,500 English miles.
The Funds had fallen a Tittle, but no reason was
assigned. The Five per Cents. closed at 1221. 50c.,
and the Threes at 83f. 10c. The prices of Railroad
Shares also declined. The Strasburg and Basle Rail-
road fell to 272+; Orleans Shares closed at 905 ;
Rouen at 912+ ; Havre, 690; Avignon, 7734

THE BOURSE-SATURDAY, MARCH 23.

First Highest Lowest Lgat
Price. Price. Price. Prlte.
French Five percents...... 122 30 .. 122 40 .. 122 30 .• 122 40
Four-and-a-Half.... 110 40 .. 110 40 .• 110 40 .. 110 40
FourperCents...... 105 50 .. 105 50 .. 101 50 .. 105 50
Three per Cents..... 83 .. 83 10 82 90 .• 83 10
Bank of France
Lanitte Bank, I,ooof. Sharesllls ..1115 • • 1115 ..1115
Belgian Bank ..• 660 .. 660 • • 660 • • 660
Belgian Fives,
1840......... 108 108 • • 108 .. 108
1842 ........ 109+ • • 1091 • • 1091 .. 109}
Dutch Two-and-a-Half ..... bBl • • 581 • • 58f • • 581
Spanish Passive 6l .. 61 .. 61 .. 61
Threes
Neapolitan lO2 30 .. 102 30 .. 102 .• 182 30
Roman

RAILWAY SHARES.
842 50 •• 842 50 842 50 • • 842 50

St. Germain .

Versailles, R. 8...
L.B. .
Rouen ... .. .. 925

.. 407 50 .. 405
.. 200 .• 185
.. 925 .. 920

407 50
•• 200
•• 920

Rouen to llavre.. 695 695 •• 692 50 .. 692 50
Avignon to,Marseilles
Orleans
Strasburg t0:8a1e........ •• 277 50 .. 2SO • • 272 50 .. 277 50
RAILWAY SHARES, FOR TILE ACCOUNT.
-•-

St Germain
Versailles, 398 75 . • 415 • • 398 75 • • 415
L. 8....... 186 25 .. 201 25 .. 186 25 • • 200
Rouen • . ..... 925 . 925 .. 922 50 .. 922 50

Rouen to Havre............ 695 .. 695 • • G9O .. 690
Orleans . 912 50 912 50 .• 900 •• 905
Strasburg to 8a1e.......... 280 •• 280 .• 272 50 .. 272 50
Avignon to Marseilles.•.••• 777 50 .. 777 50 .. 770 •• 773 75

THE WILLS FORGERIES

MANSION-HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.)
At a quarter before eleven o'clock this morning John For-
rester, the officer, arrived at the Mansion-house, bringing
with him Lydia Sanders, who stands charged with having
personated Miss Emma Slack, and thereby enabling the
other prisoners to obtain the sum of 2,0001., the property of
the said Emma Slack.

After the night charges were disposed of by Mr. Alderman
Thomas Wood, who sat for the Lord Mayor, the prisoner was
brought in about half-past one o'clock, when the Lord Mayor
came and took his seat. The prisoner, who is a much better
looking female than her sister, Mrs. Dorey, was dressed in a
check gown, a blue plaid cloak, and black mourning bonnet.
She was accommodated with a seat. Mr. Cotton, the chair-
man of the Bank of England, and several of the Directors,
were present during the inquiry. •.
Mr. Freshfield, having stated the nature of the charge, said,
that to-day his only object was to give such evidence as
would justify his Lordship to remand her.
The LORD MAYOR having inquired ;if she had any profes-
sional adviser, the prisoner replied in the negative.
Evidence, was then adduced as to the prisoner going to
Doctors'-commons and the Bank, and representing herself as
Einma Slack.

The prisoner was then remanded until Saturday, when she
will be brought up with the other prisoners, for the purpose
of being committed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE,

MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.)
Win. Reynolds, a powerful fellow, was charged with an
aggravated assault on Wm. Smith, a private in the 2d batta-
lion of Grenadier Guards.

The complainant said that as he was a married man he had
permission to live out of barracks, and he was, therefore, going
in company with his wife, late on Saturday evening to pur-
chase what he required in Portman-market. Prisoner and
and several others were standing at the corner of Church-
street ; and, on passing, he applied the epithet of - soldier
to him (complainant), and another of a similar character to
his wife. He remonstrated on the vile nature of his language,
when the prisoner " butter him down, and while on the
ground he was struck by him and his companions. Two
constables comi9g up, the prisoner was taken into custody.
The wife gave similar evidence, and the prisoner having no
defence to make, was fined 20s.

UNION HALL.—(THIS DAY.)
Sophia Mills, a young woman, in the service of Captain
Hamilton, of the East India Company's service, residing at
Nunhead, was charged before Mr. Traill with being con-
cerned in a burglary and robbery at her master's house.
The Captain stated that on Monday night his house
was broken into, the thieves having effected an entrance
by cutting two circular pieces of wood out of the back door
with a centre-bit. They then entered the rooms down stairs,
from which they succeeded in taking a gold watch, a mu-
sical snuff-box, and about two hundred cigars. The rob-
bery was not discovered until the following morning,
and the prisoner being suspected, she was questioned and
prevaricated so much that her master considered it neces-
sary to give her into custody. In the course of the inquiries
made respecting the prisoner, it was found that she had
given a fictitious character in obtaining the situation, and
that on the night of the robbery she left the back kitchen
i
window unfastened h such a way that would have rendered
it an easy task for thieves to get into the house. Other cir-
cumstances of suspicion being excited against the prisoner,
she was remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
(THIS DAY.)
James Trigg, alias "the Paddington Dustman," well known
to the police for many years past, was charged with robbing
a young man named Thomas Bain, living at No. 13, Tower-
street, Westminster-road, of 3101. in Bank of England notes,
and twenty-seven sovereigns, under the following circum-
stances :
On Saturday last, the prosecutor, having the money in
question, which had been left to him by a relative, in his
possession, went into a public-house in the neighbourhood of
Seven-dials, and while drinking there, fell in company with
the prisoner. They continued drinking together for several
hours, and at length they adjourned to another public house.
the George, in Great Chapel-street, Soho, where they had
more drink, and eventually the prisoner became overpowered
by the liquor he had swallowed, and fell asleep. On awak-
ing, he discovered that he was minus his notes and gold ; the
former were in a tin case, which was also taken with them.
lie immediately gave information to the police, who, from
the prisoner being so well known, succeeded in tracing him
out and taking him into custody, between ten and eleven
o'clock on Saturday night, in Little Harcourt-street, Mary-
lebone. In the meantime the tin case, containing the whole of
the stolen notes, was found, thrown down the area of the house
of Mr. Richardson of No. 78, Newman-street, Oxford-street;
it was picked up by one of the female servants who imme-
diately gave it to her master. It is supposed that the pri-
soner (who is a very illiterate man) being drunk at the time
did not discover that the case contained Bank notes, but
supposing them only to be papers threw them away to pre-
vent their being found on him.
The prisoner was remanded for the attendance of some
witnesses.

Only a few shillings was found on the prisoner when ap-
prehended, but he had purchased several articles of wearing
apparel which he had on.

QUEEN-SQUARE.-(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Magee, a bricklayer, and George Stafford, a sawyer,
two young men, M
were charged before r. Bond, the former
with fighting and creating a disturbance at Knightsbridge,
and the latter with throwing stones and mud at the police,
and otherwise obstructing them in the execution of their duty.
John Jones, 37 B, said that between twelve and one o'clock
on Sunday morning, he saw Magee fighting with another
man, not in custody, in the High-road, Knightsbridge, and
surrounded by a mob of two hundred persons, a great
number of whom were shouting and making considerable
disturbance. He tried to take Magee into custody, but,
on attempting td do so, several persons attacked him,
and prevented him from doing so. He sprang his rattle,
and obtained the assistance of four other constables, who as-
sisted him in taking Magee into custody, who tore the coat
of one of the officers, and was exceedingly violent in his be-
haviour. On their progress to the station-house the mob
attacked the police, who were compelled to draw their staves
in self-defence. Two of the police had their hats cat through
by the missiles thrown at them. Stafford, with other per-
sons, who escaped, threw stones and mud at the constables.
Other policemen,
who were called to Jones's assistance,
corroborated his statement.
In reply to the charge, Magee said he saw a mob opposite
the Marquis of Granby, Knightsbridge ; he ran into the road
to see what was the matter, and had only been there a few
minutes when the policeman came up and said that he was
one of the men who had keen fighting, and took him into cus-
tody. Magee complained that the police tore the clothes off
his back, and that lie lost six shillings.
Mr. BOND said that complaints were frequently made to
him by persons brought before him, that their clothes were
torn by the police, but that was no reason why a milder
punishment should be inflicted upon them. If persons, by
their own misconduct, rendered it necessary that the police
should interfere to prevent them from doing themselves or
other persons injury—and their conduct was so violent as to
compel the police to use force—they (the police) were not to
blame, but rather the parties themselves, who were the sole
cause of any injuries which they might receive whilst in
their custody.
Staftbrd said he was merely amusing himself by throwing
pieces of mud at the police. The pieces were so small that
he was sure no injury could result from them.
They were fined 30s. each, or in default of payment, twenty-
one days' imprisonment.

GOOLE, MAucn 24.—A schooner, from Scotland to Swine-
fleet, supposed the Magnet, upset this morning on Whitson
Sand—crew saved,