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London, England, 1842-03-29 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, MARCHr29, 1642

entirely owing to his exertions, and the represents,-
tions made by him to the Board of Trade, that it was
not then carried into effect. The operatives, being
truly grateful to Mr. Tynte for the benefit conferred
on them by his exertions, presented him with a splendid
piece of plate, whilst some of the manufacturers, forget-
ing his services, and with a degree of ingratitude un-
paralleled, opposed him at the election in 1837, and as-
sisted in returning Mr.Acland in his stead. We rather
think that Mr.Tynte's services will now be much missed,
and we hope that some little compunction will be
felt by those who acted in the manner above stated.
With respect to the reduction of the duty, we cannot
consider that it will operate so very unfavourably to
the trade as many might imagine, as there can be no
doubt that it will lessen the inducement to smuggle
French gloves into this kingdom, and we are confi-
dent (and we are well aware that many of the manu-
facturers are of the same opinion) that were the
Corn and Provision-laws totally abolished, or even if
a low fixed duty was put on corn instead of Sir Ro-
bert Peel's beautiful sliding scale, that the British
manufacturer would be able to compete with the
foreigner, and that no protecting duty, as it is called,
would be required ; though we cannot see why Sir
Robert Peel and the present Government, who appear
to be so much attached to a sliding scale, should not
carry it a little further, and put a sliding scale duty
on the importation of French gloves, and other foreign
articles, and thus tar all with the same brush.—So-
merset County Gazette.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
T A T TER S ALL'S—YE STR RDAY.
The Derby betting was of infinitely greater impor-
tanee than on any public day this season. .Its interest
was derivable from the extraordinary animation with
which some of Scott's powerful lot were backed, viz.:--
Attila, the Lord of Holderness, Meteor, and the Joanna
colt ; this quartette, in fact, engrossed the attention of a
full room, during a considerable portion of the afternoon,
and from the confidence with which their respective par-
tisans laid out their money, he would be a bold man who
would venture to say which had received the right
" office." Attila was backed for upwards of 10001., at
9 to 1, 25 to 3, and 41 to 5, the layers at first being un-
commonly hot ; they cooled, however, towards the close,
and the last offers on the field did not exceed 8 to 1. Me-
teor was backed at odds, commencing at 40, rising to 25,
and finishing at 30 to 1 ; the Joanna c was backed eagerly
at 1,000 to 35, and 25 to 1; and the Lord of Holderness
with equal spirit at 25, 23, and 22 to 1 ; and at the
lower of the prices against the two last named horses,
their friends would have gone on. Auckland, Chatham,
and Wiseacre were slightly on the decline, and Palinu-
rus and Defier seriously so ; in other respects the bet-
ting was not of importance.
For the 2,000 Guinea Stakes,_ Wiseacre was backed at
2 to 1 (afterwards offered), and,Aleteer at:7 to 2.
The Oaks and Chester,Cup wme-sgarcely mentioned.
Closing prices

2,q90 GUINEA STAIIKO,
2 to 1 agst Mr. Wieford's ;Wiseacre. •
5 to 2 agst Bowes' Mete9r—taken.
. •
CHFATER CUP.- •3'l • -•-
10 to 1 agst 1461 Chesterfield's Marshall Souls
11 to 1 agst, Mr.irby's Laixareost = e
13 to 1 agst Mr. Plummer's Alice ilawthoru
30 to 1 agst Mr. Swith'o, The M.a41.-r-ta.kea :

DERBY.
3 to 1 agst Scott's lot—taken
40 to 1 agst Mr. Goodman's lot—taken
8 to 1 agst Colonel Anson's Attila
20 to 1 agst Lord Westminsters's Auckland
22 to 1 agst Mr. G. Clark's Lord of Holderness—t
22 to 1 agst Colonel Peel's Chatham
25 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Joanna c—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. Wreford's Wiseacre
30 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Meteor—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. Dixon's Ballinkeele—taken
•
35 to 1 agst Mr. Pettit's Espartero—taken
35 to 1 agst Mr. Ramshay's Moss Troper
40 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Canadian
40 to 1 agst Mr. Batson's Acacia c
45 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Palinurus—taken
45 to 1 agstLord Vernlam's Robert de Gorham—tk.
45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Barrier—taken
45 to 1 agst Mr. Gregory's Defier
50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Diree
1000 to 15 agst Mr. Allen's Beleceur=taken
4000 to 40 agst Mr. Thornhills's Equation—taken
100 to 1 agst Mr. Scotts Artful Dodger—taken
OAKS.
13 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Passion
20 to 1 agst Lord. Exeter's Amitpa filly—taken
20 to 1 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Dark Susan—taken
Ballinkeele arrived in town from Ireland on Sunday,
and started (for Lewes, we believe) yesterday morning.
Six or seven of Scott's .horses are expected at New-
market at the end of the week.
EPSOM SPRING RACES.
The following entries were made yesterday for these
races, which take place on Wednesday.
To start at two o'clock.—First race, Fifty pounds given
by Sir C. Heathcote, Bart., M.P., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 5 sovs. each ; for three years old colts, 7st.,
and four, Bst, 121b.—One mile.
Mr. 11. S. Thompson's b. f. by Physician, dam by Muley,
3 yrs.
Mr. Lawrence's b f Lampedo, 3 yrs.
Sir G. Heathcote's ch f Pannakeen, 3 yrs.
Col. Wyndham's h c Singleton, 3 yrs.
Captain Gardnor's b c by Camel, out of Cecilia, 4 yrs.
Mr. Beard's hr f Conjugation, 3 yrs.
Mr. S. Scott's b h Mosque, 4 yrs.
Mr. Balchin's b f Affection, 4 yrs. •
Mr. Higgin's ch c Vigo, 3 yrs
Mr. Forth's b f Vibration, 3 yrs
Mr. Garrard's b c The Dandy, 3 yrs.
25/. given by the ton n and neighbourhood, added to a
Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each, for three-yrs-old, 6st. ;
four, Bst. 41b. ; five, Bst. 131 b.• • and six, and aged,
9st.. 51b. ; the winner to be sold for 250 sovs. One
mile heats.
Mr. H. S. Thompson's b c by Physician, dam by
Longwaist, 3 yrs.
Mr. Goodman's br f by Muley Moloch, out of Melody,
3 yrs.
Mr. Verral's ch c Junius, 3 yrs.
Sir G. Ileatheote's br h Argos, 5 yrs.
Captain Gardnor's bl g Dismal Jemmy, 5 yrs.
Mr. Bushell's br m Jenny Jones, 6 yrs.
Mr. Greville's ch h Perseus, 5 yrs.
Mr. Nightingale's ch h Nick, 4 yrs,
Captain Colquitt's ch m Miss Emily, 4 yrs.
Mr. Dockeray's b f Dispatch, 4 yrs.
Mr. Balchin's b h Dromedary, 5 yrs.
A Match, Derby Course.—Mr. Goodman bets 2001. to
to. 1001. ; owners to ride. Mr. Goodman's br na by
Clearwell, dam by Sam, agst Mr. Burke's ch h Little
Wonder.

MEETING AT SUNDERLAND.
(From the Sunderland Northern Times.)
On Saturday, a very numerous and most influential
meeting was held in the Exchange, Sunderland, to take
into consideration the rates of duty imposed by the new
tariff, on the importation of foreign and colonial timber
into this country. These duties are, naturally, a matter
of the deepest interest to this town, as Sunderland, in
amount of tonnage, is the fourth, and, in shipbuilding,
the first port in the kingdom. A requisition was pre-
sented to the Mayor, Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart.,
by whom the meeting was called.
The MAYOR. having taken the chair,
JOHN SPENCE, Esq. (an extensive timber merchant,
both at this port and Stockton), after expatiating on
i the impolicy of Sir Robert Peel's plan in throwing the
carrying trade into the hands of foreigners, moved a
resolution condemnatory of the alteration in these timber
duties, of.which he hoped the meeting would approve.
J. CHARLETON,,Esq. (an extensive timber merchant),
seconded the resolution proposed by Mr. Spence.
HENRY TANNER, Esq., shipowner, &c.—l do think.
that although this measure may cause a little inconve-
nience at first, it will ultimately be productive of great
good. lam very glad that deals are to be charged
duty, when imported in the same manner as timber, ac-
cording to their cubic contents, because it will cause a
demand for a great deal of labour in this country, and
this is what we are in want of at present. Gentlemen,
I should never think of denying the great importance of
the carrying trade, and I should wish to forward it in
every possible way, but I regret to state that, of
late years, a very great proportion of the timber brought
into Liverpool and Glasgow has been brought by ships
built in America. These vessels occasion the greatest
evils, not only by the unfair competition into Which we
are thus forced, the timber of which they are built
being untaxed, but also by their inducing your men to
run away, when, from the scarcity of seamen there, you
are forced to pay exorbitant sums to inferior men to
navigate your vessels home. This is a heavy evil, and
one which is yearly increasing, as every shipowner who
hears me will, I am sure, admit, to our great loss and
detriment. These vessels have for the last few years
brought to Liverpool and Glasgow two-thirds of what
we ought to have been bringing. Now, for the resent
year, we can expect no material change in the position of
shipping ; but the fact is, that the resent depressed state
of that interest is attributable principally to over-pro-
duction, and a very great quantity of the materiel for
this "oter-production has been brought over by these
identical ships to our ruin.—(Hear, hear.) I think I
shall be borne out by parties- in trade, in saying that
hemp is dearer than when it was subject to a high duty.
Ithink, then, gentlemen, we have nothing to fear from
.the loss of the American trade, because the timber from
our colonies must still be in extensive demand. and be-
cause the Baltic timber will be so little cheaper ; and
though there may be a very great loss for one or two
years, and though I admit the very great depression
which exists, we must endure the temporary evil in the
hOpe that ultimate good will be the result.—(Applause.) ,
Under these circumstances, I beg to move as an amend.
ment—" That this-meeting declines to interfere with the
duties proposed by the Government on the importation
of foreign and colonial timber."

W. arm, Esq., seconded the amendment, proposed by
Mr. Tanner, and said : I come here, gentlemen, as the
advocate of the British shipowner—(hear)—and Ido
think that, after giving a full consideration to the new

tariff, the shipowner hai a right to be satisfied. with the
rates of duty on the importation of timber proposed by
Sir Robert Peel. Who, he said, are the principal movers
in this opposition :o the new duties ? A few large
houses in the ports of Liverpool and Glasgow, who are
extensive proprietors of Canadian-built vessels, brought
into this country without paying a shilling duty ; and it
is from these parties—parties interested in colonial pro-
perty—that Mr. Spence's statement emanates. Gentle-
med, by the operation of the new.tariff,,these untaxed
Canadian vessels will no longer enjoy, the,. advantages
which they have hitherto possessedovcr
J. J. WRIGHT, Esq.,t took• the game view- Mr.
Tanner. .
The MAYOR put the amendment, which wea carried,
unanimously and the meeting broke up.

THE SITN, ILONDO

ELECTION COMMITTAES.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
GREAT MARLOW

It was proved that the house out of which Davis re-
gistered consisted of three rooms, two of which were let
to lodgers, and the third was used by his mother.
He himself resided with his family about five miles
from Marlow ; but ho .ccasioually slept in the room oc-
cupied by his mother, and the furniture in it belonged to
him. The premises were valued at 11/., but he had let
a yard for -1/. 12s. a-year.
The CoMmittee decided that the vote was a good one.:
In the course of the day a long discussion arose be-
tween Counsel as to the admissibility of the evidence of
a witness, who had bet a pot of porter that Sir William
Clayton would be declared to be duly returned. The
Committee, after deliberating for some time with closed
doors, declared that the witness might be examined.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 28.
The Commission for the county of Surrey was opened
this day. The calender of prisoners is not very heavy,
but there are already nearly 70 causes set down for trial,
and the business will last until the end of the week, if,
indeed, it can be so soon disposed of. -
Both Courts will commence this morning at ten
o'clock. Baron Gurney will sit in the Crown Court, and
Baron Alderson at Nisi Prius.

MIDLAND ClRCUlT—Warwick, March 26,
THE QUEEN V. HENRY SMYTHIES.

This was an indictment charging Henry Smythies, a
solicitor, at Birmingham, with having committed wilful
and corrupt perjury in an affidavit sworn by him and
filed in the Court of Review, in opposition to a petition
of William Southall, the prosecutor praying that a cer-
tain fiat of bankruptcy which had been issued against
him by the defendant might be annulled.
Mr. WHITEHURST and Mr. MELLOR conducted the
prosecution, and Mr. HILL (Queen's Counsel) and Mr.
DANIEL, appeared for the defendant.

The case occupied the Court during yesterday after-
noon and the whole of this day.
From the opening of Mr. WUITEHURST, it appeared
that the prosecutor had invented, and obtained a
patent for, certain machinery for the making of
horse-shoes and iron tips and heels for men's
boots and shoes, and that in the year 1836 a com-
pany had been formed at Birmingham to carry out
the invention, for which the prosecutor was to be paid
the sum of 3,0001. out of the profits, and it was ;stipu-
lated that the Company was not to be dissolved until he
should have been paick that sum, or given his consent in
writing thereto. It further appeared that the defendant
was the attorney for the Company, and also a share-
holder, and that, though it had been at first to some ex-
tent profitable, it afterwards became very much the re-
verse, and the defendant and the other shareholders had
therefore been desirous of breaking up the concern,
which course had been resisted by the prosecutor, unless
he should have been previously paid the said sum of
3,000/. The Learned Counsel stated, that it was alleged
on the part of the prosecution, that the defendant and
certain other members of the Company had most unjus-
tifiably conspired to break up the Company, and,
amongst other means adopted for that purpose, had
made the prosecutor a bankrupt, on the petition of the
defendant, for a debt which was not a proper debt for
that purpose, and that the prosecutor had by means
of that conspiracy been declared a bankrupt. A petition
had been presented to the Court of Review to
annul the fiat, which was opposed by the defendant on
an affidavit, wherein he deposed " that he had never
entered into any agreement or engagement, or made any
promise whatever, written or verbal, to Southall (the
prosecutor), or Billinge, or either of them, in respect of
a certain action which had been brought against one
Gibson, and the sheriff of Warwickshire, by them, and
tried at Warwick, and in which he had acted as their
attorney, that he would take upon himself the risk of
the action and charge only costs out of pocket ; but, on
the contrary thereof, that they gave their consent to the
bringing of the action without any agreement, engage-
ment, or promise on his part whatsoever that he would
take upon himself the responsibility of the action, and in
the event a its being unsuccessful would take only costs
out of pocket,"—which statement was now alleged to be
false, and formed the subject of the present indictment.
Mr. Pegg, the Registrar of the Court of Review, had
reported against the sufficiency of the debt, and a trial at
law had been directed, in which the prosecutor had- suc-
ceAed, although a rule for a new trial had been obtained
upon another ground.
The questions for the Jury to try, upon the evidence
which would now be presented to them, we.re—first,
whether the statement in the affidavit of the defendant
which was alleged to be false were so or not ; and if it
were, then whether the defendant at the time he made it
knew it to be &he?

A great deal of documentary evidence relating to the
trial at Warwick, the proceedings in bankruptcy, and
the more recent trial in London directed by the Court
of Review, was put in, and witnesses were then examined
to facts.•

Mr. HILL then addressed the Jury for the defendant
in a very powerful and impressive speech, in which be
observed upon the high and hitherto unsullied character
of his client, upon the vast importance to that gentleman
of the decision at which they should arrive, upon the
probabilities of the case, and the sort of witnesses who
had appeared before them on behalf of the prosecution;
and then called a great number of most respectable gentle-
men, who &posed in the warmest terms to the high cha-
racter borne by the defendant for veracity, integrity,
And honour.

His LORDSHIP having summed up at very great length,
The Jury, after a short deliberation, returned a ver-
dict of Not Guilty, and the defendant immediately re-
ceived the hearty congratulations of his many friends
present.

- There was another indictment against the same gen-
tleman, with others, for a conspiracy arising out of the
same transactions, wherein Mr. Whitehurst and Mr.
Mellor appeared- for the prosecution, and Mr. Hill,
Queen's Counsel, Mr. Humfrey, Mr. Waddington, and
Mr Daniell, were for the several defendants, which
thr ea`,ened to last a very long time ; but after some con--
I'er sation between the Counsel and the Judge,
Mr. WRITEHURST said that as the evidence would be
much the same as in the preceding case, he would not,
after what had occurred, trouble the Jury wits any evi-
denc:.-, and they would accordingly pronounce a verdict
of Not Guilty in this case also.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

A young man named Thomas Watson was charged
with stealing a quantity of lead, the property of Mr.
Johnson, of Finsbury-square.
It appeared that the prisoner had been in the employ-
ment of Mr. Jones about two years ago, but was dis-
charged for dishonest conduot. On Sunday morning the
constable on duty near the prosecutor's premises ob-
served the prisoner lingering about the place in such a
manner as to excite his suspicions, when he called another
policeman to take him into custody. Upon taking him
to the station-house he was searched, and about 201bs.
weight of lead found concealed in the lower part of his
dress.

'I he prosecutor said he had been frequently robbed be-
fore, and entertained no doubt but Watson and a gang
to hich he belonged were the persons who did it, as from
the fact of having been in his service before, he was well
acquainted with the premises.
The prisoner, who said in his defence that he bought
the lead from a marine-store dealer, and was taking it
to Mr. Jones for sale, was fully committed for trial.
WORSHIP-STREET.

Edward Moore, a lad about 18 years of age, who
stood charged with' having stolen a variety of articles of
wearing apparel, from the persons of different children,
was put to the bar before Mr. Broughton for final ex-
amination.
It appeared that on the 16th inst., Police Constable
Dewar, G 151, was called into the sh ip of Mr. Kirk-
wood, a pawnbroker, in Brick Lane, Old-street, where
he found the prisoner, who was given into his custody,
upon a charge of stealing a cloak and two pairs of boots,
belonging to children named Hill, which he had pledged
at the shop on the preceding day. The police had
previously received information that numerous rob-
beries of a similar kind had been committed by a lad
answering the prisoner's description, who had been in
the habit of decoying away children, by promising them
toys and sweetmeats, and afterwards robbing them of
their clothes ; and it was stated that the thief gene-
rally carried about him some blacking and shoe-
brushes, and that he persuaded the children to allow
him to take off their boots for the purpose of cleaning
them. After taking the prisoner into custody the police-
man searched his pockets, and found therein a small pot
of blacking, a quantity of toys, and some articles of
wearing apparel belonging to children.
Samuel Cressingham, a shopman to Mr. Kirkwood, the
pawnbroker, produced the cloak and boots, which were
identified by Mrs. Hill, the mother of two little boys
from whom they were stolen, on the 15th inst.
A great number of other children who had been
stripped of their clothes were present with their parents,
and the policeman Dewar said that upwards of twenty of
them had pointed out the prisoner as the thief, but he
had only succeeded in recovering, the property in six
cases.

Mr. Vine was desired, by Mr. Broughton, to take
down the depositions in all the cases in which the pro-
perty had been recovered.

Amongst the cases was one in which a boy, five years
old, the son of Mr. Burgess, a clockmaker, in Percival-
street, Clerkenwell, was robbed by the prisoner, as long
ago as the month of May last. It appeared that
the little fellow and his brother, who were on their
way to school when they were accosted by the prisoner,
who asked them to accompany him a short distance and
he would give them some sweetmeats. On reaching the
corner of the street he desired the elder boy to wait there,
and promised to send back his brother with the sweet-
meats ; but after waiting some time without seeing
either of them, the boy returned home and apprised his
parents of what had occurred. Nothing was heard of
the missing boy until a late hour in the morning, when
information arrived that he was in the station-house at
Hoxton, and his father ascertained, on going there, that
the boy had been fastened in a -shed in Greengate-
gardens, Hackney-road, where the prisoner had left him
after stealing his hat. and blouse.
William Burgess, a little boy, identified the prisoner
as the person who decoyed his brother away.
The property was produced by Mr. Kirkwood's shop-
man, who stated that it was pledged by a..woman.
. The articles stolen in five other cases were produced
by the last witness, who identified the prisoner as having
pledged them.
The prisoner was committed for trial on six charges,
and the Magistrate told him that he must abandon all
hope of remaining in this country.
INCREASE OF DESTITUTION.—EIizabeth .Riley, an old
Irishwoman of miserable appearance, was charged with
having created a. disturbance at the Refuge for the
Houseless Poor, in Playhouse-yard, Whitecross-street.
that shortly Thomas Smith, a porter in the establishment, stated
h
prisoner applied for admission, in a state of drunkenness,
anda t sit:o being
aftotelrd lti2iaot'ctlzk on the preceding
place was quite full, there not night the
being room for even a single additional inmate, the pri-
soner began abusing him iu the_ grossest language, and
positively refused to go away. lie endeavoured to re-
move herfrom the door, but the prisoner seized hold of
the bell-handle, and pulled at it with so much violence
that she broke the wire, upon which she was given into
custody.
In answer to questions from the Magistrate, the
witness said that the number of unfortunate be-
ings who were . admitted into the house on the
preceding night was 530, although the place afforded
proper accommodation for only 400. The poor creatures
were allowed half a pound of bread every morning, and
the same quantity at night, and Div* Service was per-
formed every Sunday by a clergyman Who attended for
the purpose.

Hayward, a constable of the court said, that he knew
the prisoner, who was an inveterate drunkard, and had
been convicted of felony.
The prisoner was committed to the House of C orrec-
tion for seven days.

NEW YORK BOARD OF BROKERS.
(From the New York Herald.)
We displace and omit several articles which we had
prepared for to-day's paper, in order to give place to
the following novel, interesting, important, amusing,
serious, and singular document, which was yesterday
presented to the Court of Sessions by the Grand Jury.
At the close of their arduous and valuable labours
during the past term, the highly respectable mem-
bers of the Grand Inquest of the City and County of
New York, came into Court and presented to his
Honour the Recorder the following singular but im-
portant document:—
TO THE HONOURABLE THE COURT OF SESSIONS OF
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK.
The Grand Inquest for the City and County of
New York, respectfully present
That they have, as instructed by his Honour the
Recorder, in his charge, proceeded to inquire into
and investigate the transactions of the Board of
Brokers, and upon such information as they have been
able to obtain, make the following representations and
suggestions relating thereto :
That the reported sales of stocks, as published in
the newspapers, are generally correct as made at the
Board ; but that they do not always indicate the true
value of the stocks.
That the transactions of the Board are orderly, and
that a correct record is kept of them by the Clerk of
the Board.
That heavy operations are frequently made at the
Board for persons out of the city, and that a large por-
tion of these are of a mere speculative character.
That most of the members, of the Board buy and sell
for their own account, both on time and for cash ;
that some, however, do not, and are opposed to both
time sales and transactions for their own account ; and
that some even refuse orders from strangers, unless
good reference be given—always orders from known
speculators.
That the most ready time operators are those of
doubtful credit.
That by a law of the State contracts are not bind-
ing unless the party making the sale has the stock in
his possession at the time the contract is made.
That it is a rare thing for the party making the
time sales, to be in possession of the stock at the time.
That a large portion of the stocks reported sold,
are never transferred on the books of the respec-
tive institutions to which they are said to pertain.
The difference in price being settled between the par-
ties by due bills.
That time sales are made for citizens who are not
members of the Board, and that brokers frequently
suffer by the failure of their principals. Cases have
been instanced where some have been ruined in their
business and others have lost immense fortunes.
The Grand Inquest have been informed that there
are systematic operations among speculators in stocks
termed " hammering," calculated to injure and de-
ceive innocent holders and purchasers. This busi-
ness is originated and consummated by a combina-
tion formed and associated to depreciate some par-
ticular stocks in market. To instance the process
and its effect, we will suppose that the intrinsic
value of the particular stock to be one hundred
dollars per share. A real holder, necessitated to
realise, directs his broker to offer it at the Board
at this price. Then commences the " hammering"
operation. Immediately the same stock is offered on
time at 98, and at six months at 91. This same pro-
cess is repeated day after day, and the quoted price
appears on the stock list as low as 80 or less. Trans-
actions of this kind often commit members of the
Board for Stocks to an immense amount, and thus
their feelings become naturally, enlisted with those
who are technically termed BEARS. Efforts to pro-
duce this artificial depreciation are at times, it is said,
continued with untiring industry for month after
month, until stockholders are alarmed, and the com-
munity give credence to statements having no founda-
tion in facts. Thus the innocent and uninitiated are
prompted to sacrifice their property at severe losses.
Sales of this and similar character are confined to, and
so much with the brokers, that fifty- and sometimes
twenty-five, suffice for a whole day's transaction, in
which there are actually transferred some five or six
hundred shares of stock ; and finally, at the end of
the day, the stock is found in the name of the same
broker by whom it was started on its circuitous jour-
ney in the morning.
The Grand Inquest have also been informed that
there is an operation technically termed " cornering,"
frequently practised among those who deal in stocks.
This is effected by a combination, possessing itself of
the entire stock of an institution, while the same
combination, has heavy time contracts coming due;
thus having, in fact, clap from others, that which i§
not in market, and whiff can only- be supplied by the
party making the purchase. This results in enhancing
the price much above its real value, and at this en-
hanced price the stock reposes ordinarily in the hands
of innocent purchasers who are duped by the strata-
gem. The directors of such transactions are termed

BULLS.
The Grand Inquest are fully aware of the inefficacy
of additional legislation in restraining the speculative
disposition of those concerned in the mere exchange
of marketable commodities. So long as there are
stocks to buy and sell, so long will abuses, to a
greater or less extent, exist. The very nature of
the article termed stocks has produced in all coun-
tries assemblages of persons' surprisingly shrewd
and active, and stimulated by an ever rest-
less desire to gain by fluctuations, to which
that species of property is always liable. And to
the thing itself, rather than the Board of Brokers,
must the community look for the cause of our demo-
ralisation, the chicanery, the artifices incident to the
traffic in stock and other paper securities. The ef-
fectual remedy for the evils to which his Honour
the Recorder so properly referred, is, in the opi-
nion of the Grand Inquest, the purification of the
moral sentiment which has become diseased by the
feverish and deceased nutrition incident to the un-
due quantity of stocks of all descriptions which
has of late years been created. In addition to this,
the Grand Inquest with earnestness recommend, and
in their recommendation they are sustained by. the
opinions of practical men, that the Board of Brokers,
in obedience to the popular will, discourage the prac-
tice of the purchase and sale of stocks on time; and
that the Legislature repeal the law rendering time
sales null and void, believing the repeal would have a
most salutary tendency. The Grand Inquest would
further state, that while the Board of Brokers are not
a chartered body, so far as their transactions par-
take of the character of auction sales, they enjoy pri-
vileges and immunities incident to bodies corpo •
rate alone. In their sales at the Board, so far as
those sales partake of the auction character, they are
subject to no State tax, while auctioneers pay 1i per
cent. The withdrawal of this indirect protection,
should the authorities deem it expedient, by reducing
the tax on stocks sold at auction as low as one-tenth
of one per cent. would, in the opinion of the Grand
Inquest, prove most beneficial. IVe feel bound to say
that the Board of Brokers has freely offered us every
facility and evinced a disposition to give all required
information in reference to its transactions.
By unanimous consent of, the Grand Jury,
LEVI D. SLAMM, Foreman.
DAVID D. CRANE, Secretary. I
Grand Jury-room, March 3, 1842.

KEEPING-UP APPEARANCES !—Much as the read-
ing world, and through it, the community in general,
were indebted to the genius and acquirements of the
accomplished and lamented writer, so long known to all
Europe as L. E. L., perhaps none of the works published
during her life time, furnishes such indisputable evi-
dence of her desire and power to benefit her countrymen,
and particularly her country women, as the admirable
posthumous lessons she has left them, on that curse and
ridicule of modern England, the passion for " Keeping-
up Appearances." It will dome home like a household
truth to every class and description of readers. Mrs.
Maclean's new novel is, in fact, a keen satire ou one of
the most crying and mischievous follies of our time and
country; and if the " Lady Anne Granards" of every
grade of the community—and there is no grade without
them—do not feel and benefit by it, they are even more
callous than they are cruel to themselves and all about
them. Every one of the characters in this novel is a
portrait, so individualised, that it is difficult to suppose it
not drawn from actual life ; and the whole are so skil-
fully and compactly connected together, that the book
reads like a piece of real domestic history—indited, how-
ever, by a pen that seems to move into epigrams of its
own accord—as the mouth of the Fairy only opened to
emit flowers.

At the sitting of the Court of ;Assizes, yesterday,
a ruffian, named Lemaire, 40 years of age, was arraigned,
for brutal treatment of his father, who has attained his
77th year. On being interr,%gated by the President, he
admitted that, in early life, his father was obliged to shut
him up in the prison of Ste. Pelagic for his misconduct ;
that he became a soldier at 20, and during the ten years
he was in the army, passed five of them in irons for in-
k subordination ; and that since his discharge he had been
twice condemned to imprisonment for acts of violence--
once against his own wife ; but denied the assault upon
his father, for which he was then un4r trial. The poor
old man, was called in, and weeping, gave his evidence.
He stated that, on the 6th November last, the prisoner
entered his house in a state of intoxicaition, and demanded
monPy in the most threatening terms 4 and, on receiving
a refusal, seized hiin by the throat, and would have
strangled him, but for the interference of his wife, the
mother. of the prisoner, and some neighbours called in to
her assistance. The mother confirmed the evidence of
her husband, stating that he remained several hours
senseless from the injuries he had received. The testi-
mony of the two old people was corroborated by other
witnesses, and Lemaire was found guilty, and sentenced
to close confinement, for seven years.--French Paper.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town yes-
terday morning, for his scat, Bletchworth house
Surrey. Most of the Cabinet Ministers have left town
for the Easter recess.