The Sun.
London, England, 1842-04-01 00:00:00

EGYPTIAN TARIFF.

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We published in yesterday's columns the circular ad-
dressed by Mr. Stoddart, the British Consul at Alexan-
dria, to the English merchants and residents. The fol-
lowing is a translation of the note of the English and
Austrian Consuls-General to Mehemet Ali :

"TO MS HIGHNESS MEHEMET ALIT PACHA OF EGYPT, AT

CAIRO.

" On the 20th, or 23d of November last, the imrchants
learned from the officers of the Customs of Cairo and
Alexandria, that, dating from the said day, the new
tariff, or appendage of the treaty of c unierce, con-
cluded at Constantinople in 1833, should be considered
in force. In effect, the tariff has been enforced from the
days above mentioned, but only with respect to mer-
chandiie imported ; as to exports, the officers have con-
stantly refused to permit them otherwise than under the
restrictions of the monopoly. There have been some
exceptions, but these were in virtue of repeated 'and
urgent solicitationS, and with the special license of the
Egyptian authorities. And, moreover, these partial con-
cessions have been subje3t to capricious and vexatious
difficulties and modifications, to such an extent, that
connwrce has generally preferred to relinquish them
altogether than to struggle against the will of the Go-
vernment. _

" It has never been officially announced that effect was
given to the treaty. The Government confined itself to
the announcement that the import duty would be received
according to the new tariff, which neither was, nor could
be, anything more than the consequence of the pure and
simple execution of the treaty of commerce of 183 S.
More recently. the monopoly of liquors and of skins
has been abolished in consequence of the urgent repre-
sentations of the under3igned.
" By the al article of the treaty of 1838, English and
Austrian merchants have the right to buy and export
the agricultural and all other products of the territory
of his Highness the Emperor of the Ottomans. The
same article guarantees the full enjoyment of this right
by the provision that the Porte shall make compensa-
tion to the injured parties for all losses or grievances
arising from any contravention of the stipulations of the
treaty.
" After the representations now made by the under-
signed, it is easy to conclude that their adhesion to the
course hitherto pursued by the Pacha of Egypt must be

injurious and derogatory to the treaty solemnly concluded
bc;tween their august Courts and the Sublime Ottoman
Purte—a treaty which the high contracting parties are
equally interested to put in execution purely and simply,
and without the least delay ; it is from these motives
that the undersigned hereby declare to his Highness the
Paella of Egypt, that the merchants of their respective
countries will immediately be instrucied that the import
duty of two per cent., called the duty of compensation,
claimed by the Egyptian Officers of Customs since the
new tariff was put in execution, and until the treaty of
commerce in question shall have full effect, is not due ;
and they demand, in the name of their Governments, the
reimbursement of this duty in every case in which it shall
have been effectually levied.
(Signed) " BAItNETT, Consul-General of England.
" L AURIN, Consul-General of Austria.
" Alexandria, March 3, 1842."

DISCOVERY OF HIDDEN
TREASURE.
From an early hour yesterday morning about
150 persons of both sexes, and of all ages, were
busily employed in digging up the mud and
gravel of the banks of the Thames, opposite
the whole line of beach from the Lambeth
steam-boat pier, to the extremity of the east-
end of Lambeth Palace. The object of this ex-
traordinary activy is the recovery of buried
treasures, which, according to some reports,
amounts to several thousands. It appears that a
few days since as a "Jack in the Water," was
raking for coals, he found several old coins,
which proved to be of the reigns of the monarchs
of the House of Tudor. This obtained circu-
lation, and accordingly, as soon as the tide re-
ceded, the shore became crowded; shovels,
pokers, chisels, in fact every thing which would
turn up the soil being in requisition. A consi-
derable number of coins were found in the
course of the day. They are of various reigns,
including some of Edward IV. and Edward VI.,
but principally of Henry VIII., whose profile
is in admirable preservation. The pieces are
of various value, including sovereigns, half sove-
reigns, shillings, groats, half-groats, pence, half-
pence, and farthings of the British coinage of
those times. There were also in the collection
various rare and curious gold, silver, and copper
coins of foreign nations, including France,
Spain, Portugal, Germany, &c. Mr. Solone, of
Bridge-street, Lambeth, a coin-dealer, pur-
chased some of the collection, and amongst
them a gold piece of large size and very beau-
tiful die, and evidently of the time of the
Crusaders, having the Grecian cross, surrounded
with the motto "In hoc signo vinces." It is
supposed that the coins were deposited for safety
and secresy in the bed of the river by some
ecclesiastic apprehensive of confiscation of his
property for his opinions; and this surmise is
strengthened by so many of the coins being of
the reign of Henry VIII., and the contiguity
of the deposit to the Episcopal church. The
shore of the Thames opposite the Archbishop's
palace was literally crowded yesterday, at low
water, with men, women, boys, and girls, armed
with all sorts ,of mining implements. The dis-
covery has created quite a sensation in the
neighbourhood.

Er:Earwig or GUARDIANS.—As we predicted, the
ratepayers and holders of property in this borough have
expressed themselves quite satisfied with the conduct
of the late Board of Guardians, by electing the gen-
tlemen proposed by the Liberal Association. The
"trial" of those gentlemen who had the temerity to "be-
come candidates for the office" has resulted in a most
favourable verdict ; Mr. J. Boodle, against whom Tory
spleen was more especially directed, heading the poll by
not less than 1,089 votes above the highest of the Tory
list, and the lowest Liberal being over the highest Tory
852. When we compare the above majorities with the
numbers at the last election, where the victory was by
no means so decided, we are induced to ask what
becomes of the boasted reaction in favour of Toryism,
of which we hear so much ? The average number of
votes for the Liberals is 2,136, and for the Tories 1,019;
giving us a majority of 1,817, or a difference in the ma-
jority on the two years of no less than 2,492 votes ! I
So much for reaction.—Cheltenham Examiner.

DISTRESS IN STOCKPORT.-It is with genuine
sorrow we observe that the distress in this borough
among the unemployed operatives, continues unabated.
The Queen Dowager 'has surely only to be apprized of
the fulness and depth of its extent, to extend that cha-
ritable hand which she so perpetually holds forth. The
relief fund has now been on full operation 13 weeks,
during which time upwards of 4,000/. have been ex-
pended ; and the last weekly report shows a return of
13,463 individuals, subsisting on an average weekly in-
come of 9kd. per head. The Committee prepared, as
they supposed, themselves to meet the present press-
ing exigencies, have been unexpectedly overcome
by the intensity and increase' of suffering. Num-
bers of recipients have, they believe, no other
means of subsistence than the relief afforded by this
charity, and now that its continuance is hazarded, owing
to insufficiency of resources, they must, without help,
become dependent on the parishes to which they seyd-
rally belong. This will remedilessly increase the poOrs'
rates to an enormous burden, in places where at present
the taxation is almost insufferable. Urgency of appeal
cannot be too closely pressed upon all charitable and
philanthropic individuals to come forward and help with
ail their power. We observe that the London bankers,
Messrs. Jones, Loyd; and Co., Smith, Payne, and Co.,
and Denison and Co. have books open for this demand of
existence and humanity.

PARISH OF CLERKENWELL.—WOuesday evening,
at six . o'clock, an adjourned meeting took place at the
School-room, in Amwell-street, of rate-payers .of the
above parish, for the purpose of appointing beadles fdr
the ensuing year. The matter in dispute was whether
there should be one or two ; and as one rejoiced in.the
very romantic name of Mount-Stevens' while the other
held the less euphoniOus sobriquet of, Bug, it was de-
cided that such important matters should stand over for
one month ; and meantime a committee of eleven.rate-
payers were appointsd to inquire into the character of a
Bug, and the qualifications of a Mount-Stevens. As there
is now virtually no " beadle of the parish," the boys of
" lesser and of larger growth " can play at dumps and
chuck-farthing with some degree of safety. 'rho rental
of this parish exceeds 200,0004!
THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS7 WEDNESDAY.—There
was a large and brilliant assemblage of sportsinen at the
Salt-hill meet this morning, including his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, General Sir E. Bowater, Viscount Can-
talupe, General Wemyss, and Mr. George Edward An-
son (who were in attendance on the Prince), the Noble
Master of the Buckhounds, Earl Sheffield, Colonel Wyse,
Colonel Seymour, Sir Robert Gill, Captains Bates, Arch-
&de, and liawkins, and most of the officers of the Royal
Blues ; Messrs. Albert and Sampson Ricardo, Mr. G.
Wombwell, Mr. J. Aldridge, &c. The turn-out took
place soon after the Prince arrived, in a field on the
s.orth side of the Great Western Railway. The
favourite hind, Snowdeop, on being set at liberty,
made in a direct line towards Burnham, and run
into a wood near the Beeches ; on the hounds corning
up, she doubled buck and ran by the mill-pond of
Lord Boston's to within a short distance of the place
she was uncarted ; at this time the weather, which in
the fore part of the mornine, had been hazy, cleared up,
and the sight was 'extremely imposing. The field were
well together—the hounds and the deer a little in ad-
vance, and the numerous red coats gave the appearance
of a regiment of Life Guards in their uniform crossing
the country at full speed. The Prince was mounted on
his spirited chestnut limiter, which he sat close and well,
and appeared to have a good command of him. The
deer, with the hounds close at his heels, crossed the rail-
way just as the train had passed, and made for Salt-hill;
she then crossed the road, and made for the Thames,
which she crossed by Snrby Hall, and then ran to Bray-
wick, on the Maidenhead-road, where she was taken
after an hour and a quarter's good running. The next
meet, it is expected, will be at Brick-bridge on Saturday
next.

MORTALITY OF TIIE METROPOLIS.—The number of
deaths during the week ending March 19 has been un-
usually small, being 120 less than the average for th 4
last four years, and 318 less than in the week ending
January 22, 1842. The decrease in the number of deaths
caused by old age and diseases of the lungs is most re-
markable. In the latter week the numbers were—from
old age 109, diseases of the lungs 374 ; whilst in the
former they amounted respectively only to 51 and 269.
METROPOLITikN ImenovEmENTs.—There is a new,
square now being planted at the foot of Vauxhall-bridge,
on the Crown estate, which is to be called Lincoln-
square, in honour of the Earl of Lincoln, the First Com-
missioner of Woods and Land Revenue. This square
will have houses only on three sides, which will enable
each house to have a command of the bridge and river
Thames.

An Armenian peasant died lately at the village of
Bugukdere, in Turkey, at the advanced age of 108 years.
His death was caused by a. severe fall ; for up to the
period of his accident he bad never been afflicted by any
malady.
The Akbar of Algiers gives the following compara:
tivestatements of the navigation and Europeanpopulation
of the several French settlements in that part of Africa.
The first is a table of the navigation during 1840 and 1841,
showing an increase of 1,228 ships. These ships were
thus divided among different nations :—French, 1,846; -
Algerian French, 622; Algerian with license (conye),
399; English, 200; Russian, 29; Swedish and Nor-
wegian, 65; Danish, 15; Hanoverian, 1; Dutch, 10;
Belgian, 1; Prussian, 4; Austrian, 224; Sardinian,
478; Tuscan, 540; Roman, 105; Neapolitan, 489;
Greek, 52; States of Barbary, 93; Spanish, 943; Ham-
burgh, 2; Mecklenburg, 1. The other table shows the
European population was, on December 31, at Algiers,
20,980; Oran, 5,301; Bona, 4,030 ; Philippeville, 3,823;
Bug* 432; Chereliell, 333; Mostaganem, 826—making
a total of 35,727, being an increase of 7;530 upon the '
number on 31st December, 1840, which was 28,197.

Last week a young man, proceeding on foot to
Caen, was accosted by another traveller in military uni-
form, who looked like a soldier on conye. They pro-
ceeded together, conversing as they went, until they ar-
rived at a secluded part, when the soldier, tempted by a
bag which his fellow• traveller had on his shoulder, sud-
denly rushed on him, knocked him down, and stabbed
him repeatedly with a knife. He then hastened to exa-
none his expected treasure, and was thunderstruck at
finding that the temptation to crime was nothing but a
bag of nails ! He hurried off towards riviere Vhibour-
ville, where he was arrested the same evening, with the
bloody knife on his person. His unfortunate victim has
died of the wounds which ho received.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
HOME ClRCUlT.—Kingston, March 31.

CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron GURNEY.)
John Williams, 17, and Robert Horne,lB, were
indicted tbr burglarmusly breakin,* and entering
dwelling-house of Miss E. Grinley, and steal-
ing therefrom three thimbles, a work-box, and a
book.

Two policemen, it appeared, had watched their
proceedings, and afterwards followed them to a
house, where they fou.nd the stolen property and
four skeleton keys•

The Jury found the prisoners Guilty, and they
were sentenced to be transported for the re-
mainder of their lives.
The LEARNED JUDGE said the constables bad
acted in a very praiseworthy manner, and it was
entirely through their exertions the prisoners had
been brought to justice ; he therefore awarded
them 5/. each beyond the usual expenses.
. .

Mr. Baron GURNEY concluded the criminal
business about two o'clock, and he then proceeded
to dispose of some Common Jury causes.

HOPWOOD V. DUCIES.

The plaintiff, who sued in forma pauperis,
sought to recover compensation for a violent
assault committed upon him by the defendant.

Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. James were for
the plaintiff, and Mr. Chambers for the de-
fendant.

The plaintiff was a dealer in sand, residing at
Egham, and the defendant a gentleman of pro-
perty also residing there. In the month of
August last the plaintiff had three horses, which
strayed in the farm belonging to a Mr. lurnett,
for which they were impounded. The plaintiff
went to Mr. Burnett's bailiff, a farmer of the
name of Stone, on the subject, and he refused to
release the horses unless the plaintiff paid him
305., which, after some hesitation, was agreed
upon. Whilst they were talking the matter
over, the defendant walked up to him, and asked
Stone whether he had got all the money, and
added, " Take all the money from such a
vagabond, for he has treated me very ill."
The plaintiff replied that he could pay it without
his (defendant's) assistance ; upon which the
defendant laid hold of a gun which Stone had in
his hand, and struck the plaintiff, with the butt
end of it, a violent blow on the head, which
felled him to the ground ; he bled most profusely
from the wound, and was seriously ill three
weeks in consequence of the injury he received.
The plaintiff attempted to defend himself, and
the defendant then struck the muzzle of the gun
into his face. During the struggle which en-
sued, the gun was discharged, out fortunately
without doing any injury.
A person of the name of Perry, who was with
the plaintiff, proved the above fitcts ; and Mr.
Gilbertson, the surgeon who attended him, was
called to prove the nature of the injury the
plaintiff had received, but he did not answer.
On behalf of the defendant, Stone was called,
who stated that when he (defendant) told him to
make the plaintiff pay every farthing, he (plain-
tiff) became very abusive, made use of dreadful
language, and told him that his (defendant's)
father was hung for horse stealing; witness
gave the defendant his gun to hold for him,
whilst he went to, let the horses out of the stable.
The plaintiff again abused him, and he certainly
struck him with the gun; the plaintiff fell on his
knee, but instantly got up again, and struck at
the defendant, who held the butt end of the gun
towards him to keep him off. Witness told the
defendant that the gun was loaded, and, there-
fore, to prevent any accident, he stepped back
a few paces and fired in the air.
_ _

The Jury found for the plaintiff, damages 251.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Baron ALDERSON.)
WRAIGIIT V. DAVIDGE AND ANOTHER.

some tobacco they had b- supplied with was of short
weight, and torced the t lady to go into another
room to weigh the tobat' . where they detained her
about a quarter of an ,our. Afterwards the pri-
simer, W. Jones, preter.. to be drunk, squared at
the old woman with his and obliged her to re-
treat into the road, outs ! the, house, where he de-
tained her ten minutes longer. The prosecutor
returned home about half-past three, and at that
time the prisoners were still at the house, but left shortly
afterwards. In less than a quarter of an hour after they
had left, a person came to the house for change, and it
was then discovered that the boxes containing the money
had been opened, and the robbery effected. The pri-
soners, J. Price and Capper, were seen about three
o'clock by two witnesses in a field near the road, called
the Blossoms ; and on the spot where they were seen,
the handkerchief and some of the other stolen property
were found next morning, covered over with grass. All
the prisoners, except Roberts, the fiddler, were also seen
the same evening, in company with Clarke, of whom they
took leave, and the jingling of money was heard,
The Jury retired, and after an absence of a quarter of
an hour returned a verdict of Guilty against all, except
Roberts. •

This was an action by the plaintiff to recovar
from the defendant, the late proprietor of the
Surrey theatre, and his partner, damages for
injuries received by her owing to her having fallen
from a platform in the pit of the theatre, which
it was alleged was not properly lighted and pro-
tected for the prevention of such an accident.

POLICE IN TEL LIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.

A young man, named William Snow, was brought be-.
fore the Lord Mayor, upon a charge of an extraordinary
description, as it was stated by Mr. Hobler, jun., who
appeared for the prosecution.
The prisoner, who had been apprehended by o e
of the metropolitan police, at Ha% ersham, in E-,s; x,
stated that he was 24 years of age, I.nd that he had con e
over from France and Holland to meet whatever accuse-
don might be brought against him, as soon as he learned
that he had been charged with swindling and robbery.
Mr. Hobler, jun., said, that, some months ago, he ap-
plied at the Mansion-house, upon the part of Mr. Mark-
leu, of the Ship Tavern, in Talbot-court, Gracechurch-
street, for Magisterial assistance, in a case in
which the prisoner was a principal performer. It
should be recollected that the complaint made by Mr.
Markleu, on that occasion, embraced several matters cal-
culated to show that the perpetrator was no common of-
fender, for he not only falsely pretended that he paid the
passage-money of some young persons he prevailed upon
to consent to emigrate to Port Phillip, which
he had received from them and their credulous friends,
but he actually induced a raw young girl, who was
very nearly related to himself, to give up an annuity,
which he knew she would lose upon her marriage, to marry
a mere boy, whom he induced to accompany him abroad,
and after a variety of tricks and manoeuvres, succeeded in
leaving all his proteges in the lurch on board ship, from
which, upon her arrival at Plymouth, previously to her
long voyage, they were .as speedily as possible removed.
Mr. Hobler, jun. stated, that the four young people ar-
rived in London after having experienced a great deal of
hardship and embarrassment, while the prisoner and his
wife, who had left on board trunks full of rubbish, as a
sort of security for their return to the vessel, upon her
arrival at Plymouth, decamped with the money which
was to pay the expenses of the passage, and to prepare
the young visitors for a comfortable establishment at
Melbourne, in Port Phillip, where Mr. Snow assured
them he was making a rapid fortune in his hotel.
The LORD MAYOR said he recollected the case perfectly
well, and a more heartless business he had never heard of.
Mr. Markleu said his present object was to have the
examination postponed and the prisoner remanded for a
few days, in order that he might be enabled to collect
the evidence which was scattered about, as nobody inter-
ested ever expected to see Mr. Snow again.
The LORD MAYOR asked what became of the poor
girl, who had married in the expectation of being settled
for life?

Mr. Platt arid Mr. C. Jones were for the plain-
tiff. Mr. Thesiger and Sergeant Channel for the
defendants.

Mr. Markleu replied that she never recovered the dis-
tressing reverses to which she had been subjected in
consequence of having completely thrown herself out of
bread, for her husband was as much a child as she was,
and had no employment. The consequence was that sho
became the inmate of a workhouse, where she lingered
for a while, and, upon being taken out by her aunt she
died. Mr. Markleu here handed. a letter to the Lord
Mayor, which he said he had received from the prisoner.
The LORD MAYOR—The prisoner here admits the
truth of the accusation in effect.

It appeared that in the month of September,
at which period, owing to the recent destruction
of Astley's amphitheatre by fire, arrangements
were made for equestrian exhibitions at the
Surrey theatre, and various alterations were
made in. the pit for that purpose, the
plaintiff, accompanied by some friends went
into the pit for the purpose of seeing the
performances.. The house was very crowded,
and the. plaintiff got upon a sort of plat
form at the right hand side of the pit, and which
was.raised.nearly two feet from the level, and as
she was going frOm. it, in consequence of the
place being without any light, she fell down and
broke her leg in two places, and was confined for
nearly three months to her bed in consequence
of the injuries she received.
The defence set up was that the plaintiff had
no business 'to -get upon this platform, and that
having: done so, .she- was bound to use proper
care and caution, and that she had brought the
accident iipon her Self by her own negligence.
The-jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff,
damages 74.' • - • • •

NORTHERN .ClRCUlT—Liverpool, March 30.
CROWN -SlDE—(l3thre -Mr. Baron PARKE.)
Henry Ward was indicted for
.cutting and wounding
his wife, Catherine' Ward, with intent to murder her.
Another count alleged an intent to do her some grievous
bodily harm. - -• • • •
Mr. Jaines for the prosecution. The prisoner was not
defended ,by counsel.
The prisoner, it, appeared, is a fruit-seller in Wigan,
and on the night on, which this occurrence took place,;
came home' in a state of intoxication. He accused his
wife of having got his watch, and on her denial attacked
her with brutal violence. Some of the neighbours heard.
her Crying out "Oh dear !" repeatedly, as if in great
pain, and heard the noise of blows. On going in they
found her lying at the foot of the stairs, seemingly
severely hurt. The prisoner was not at that time beat-
ing her, but on going away the attacks, it would appear,
had been renewed. Her cries were again heard,
mingled with the oaths of the prisoner, demanding
to know where his watch was. The neighbours again
came in, and found the unfortunate woman lying
partly 'under the bed up stairs, quite insensible, and
bleeding copiously from several wounds in the head.
The police were called in, and the prisoner was taken
into custody. He said he didn't care if he had killed
her, and shouldn't mind being hanged for her. On exa-
mination by the medical man, it was found that the vic-
tim of the prisoner's violence had received several
wounds on the bead, to the number of six or seven, some
of which had penetrated to the skull, and divided a
branch of the temporal artery on each side. They were
of an irregular rounded form, and had evidently been
produced by kicks from a lo•avy shoe. Almost every
part of her person gave evidence of the shocking vie-
lance which had used towards her. Iler legs were
frightfully bruised and swollen. She was dangerously
ill for some weeks, and for a longtime was not perfectly
recovered.

The Prisoner—l am innocent of what I am accused,
and my wife. and I came over from a foreign country,
half-starved, for the purpose of proving that I am not
guilty of the base and heartless offence imputed to me.
I determined, when I saw the representations in the
newspapers, to come forward. If I wanted to abandon
these young people, and to take advantage of them, I
would have done it when I had possession of all their
money. I had no intention of defrauding them, and I
deny that I received the money under false pretences.
Mr. Markleu—You received money and goods from
me under pretence of paying for my son Edward's pas-
sage, and protecting him, and you abandoned the vessel,
leaving him on board.
The Prisoner—l say lam not guilty of the heartless
conduct ascribed to me. It .is .quite impossible that I
could treat my sister in the way described. I deny that.
The LORD MAYOR,--What did you mean by. filling
your trunks with stones and rubbish, and requesting that
one of those unfortunate young people would have a par-
ticular eye to them, as they contained most valuable
property ? The Prisoner—l can answer that and other
things at a future time, my Lord. I now say that I am
wrongly accused of want of feeling and of intention to
defraud. The, fact is, that as is very often the case with
ship agents, the ship agent employecrupon this occasion,
acted very badly. The prisoner then proceeded to de-
scribe what he said was the ship agent's conduct as re-
garded the engagement and pa} meet for the voyage.
The LORD, MAYOR, interrupting him, said, there is no
use in this special ,pleading here. The offence .with which
you are charged has been most truly called a heartless one.
The Prisoner—J must have been an egregious fool,
my Lord, if.l was guilty, in not.going off with the whole
of the money
.When I had it in soy power. I had made
a settlement , with my agent., Why (lid not those who
who had the authority come 'forward at Plymouth, and
offer to return what had been received, upon seeing the
distress which was said to lutVe4aken place?
NlTRe—sph:Penllha,nyon it that
ave all the particulars justice shall
be Tdhoen
eLtoon:py
0?,111.a.Y,
de-
tailed, and then you can use the ingenuity you are
.who said that he was the owner of the
possessed of to get out a the difficulty.
A:gentleman,
ship here „stepped forward, and said he was quite con-
vinced that' the prisoner made the bargain about the
passage of the young people with 'the intention of swind-
ling. them out of their property:.
The Prisoner was then remanded for some days, and
Mr. Markleti was desired by the Lord Mayor to bring
ibrward hii witnesses, and whatever documents he might
be supplied with.
His Loapshir directed that the prisoner should be al-
lowed to communicate with any persons from whose as-
sistance he expected he should derive any advantage.
Sir PETEttLevitiE.caine to tliairthislon-house for the
purpose of publicly stating that lie ;had. very good reason
for cautioning country bankers against being ready to
let strangers have their signature, as gangs of theintel-
lectual class of thieves: were most busily at work in de-
vising methods of turning their acquirements and talents
to account. _ _

`l'he facility with which the signatures of public men
are obtained, lead, in fact, to imposition, or attempts at
imposition, every hour in the day. There are puffing bills
handed about the streets, with the present Chief Magis-
trates name appended, with such accuracy of imitation,
that those who know his Lordship best declare that they
could not see the least difference between the real and
the fictitious signature.

The prisoner said he was intoxicated, and knew no-
thing of what had occurred.

ELECTION COMMITTEES.
GREAT MA RLOW.
(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
Counsel on both' sides having been heard; respecting
the vote of George Clerk, the room was cleared, and the
Committee decided that the vote was good.
The sitting Member was still in a minority of one. •
The Committee adjourned to Eleveno'clock to. morrow.

The Jury found him Guilty on the latter count, alleg-
ing un intent to do some grievous bodily harm.
His LORDSHIP .faid it was necessary to repress such
brutal violence by severe punishment, and sentenced him
to be transported for life, intimating that his lot would
be cast among those who would work in gangs upon the
roads.

The prisoner was taken from the bar, howling fright-
fully, and his cries were heard for some time, growing
fainter and fainter us he was taken along the passages
leading to the Bridewell.

WELSH ClRCUlT.—Denhigh, March 25.
SEmous LASE OF MANSLAUGHTEL—After church on
Friday, several criminal cases were disposed of; and
amongst them a very bad case of manslaughter, in which
Elias Jones was found guilty of killing and slaying John
Jones, of Eglwy-sfach, on the Bth of September.
It appeared that the prisoner had gone to the above-
named village on that day, and after drinking a consi-
derable quantity of ale he had quarrelled with several
people, and was turned out of a public-house, when he
appears to have become quite frantic, and walked up and
down the high road brandishing a pair of tailor's shears,
declaring he would stick theta five inches into the, heart
of any one who opposed him. When opposite the house
of the deceased the prisoner used some abusive language
towards him, on which the deceased came out and struck
the prisoner two or three bloWs with a walking-stick,
whereupon he stabbed the deceased in the groin, making
a wound six inches deep.
Verdict—Guilty : transported for 15 years.
MARCH 26.

BURGLARY, NEAR WREXHAM, WITH VIOLENCE.—The
greater part of this day was consumed in trying six men,
Hugh Price, James Price, John Price, William Jones,
Thomas Capper, and Huyh Roberts, for a robbery near
Wrexham, at a public-house kept by Mr. T. Ellis, called
the Greyhound, on• the road to Holt.
The prosecutor, Thomas Ellis, had entered upon the
Greyhound public house in the early part of November,
1841, and on the 25th, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon,
he went, accompanied by the maid-servant, to Wrexham
market, leaving his wife, Jane Ellis, alone in the house.
In a spare bed-room up stairs were abox and a tea-caddy,
the box containing about 30/. in gold, some hand-
kerchief., and other articles ; and the tea-caddy 15s.
in silver, an old guinea, and an old half guinea,
half a, dozen tea-spoons, and a gold seal, all of which were
seen safe just before the prosecutor left home. Between
12 and 1 o'clock the six prisoners, together with a man
of the name of William Clarke, not in custody, went to
the Greyhound, and called for some ale, and, after a
short time, two of them, James Price and Thomas Cap-
per, began to dance to a tune on the fiddle, played by
the prisoner Roberts, who, it appears, is a strolling mu-
sician, Capper having taken oil his shoes, and Price
dancing in clogs, and making a great noise. In the
meantime the landlady, an elderly woman, was sent out
of the way on various pretences, to draw ale, fetch to-
bacco, &c., seven or eight times, and about an hour after
the prisoners had come to the house she missed Clarke
and Capper. Further on in the day, Clarke and Capper
being still absent, the other prisoners pretended that

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVI4,:NiNG, APRIL 1, 1842

MONEY MARKET «nd CITY NEWS.
SUN.—Soyn after business commenced yesterday,
some purchases were made in the English Funds which,
although to a small amount, had the effect of raising
the price of Consols. It has seldom occurred that so
large a quantity of unemployed capital has been
afloat as at the present time : numbers of the bill-
brokers have funds in their hands without the oppor-
tunity of investing them. It is usually the case, that
at this particular period of the year, discounts are
difficult to be obtained, but now, money is more
plentiful than bills, although Monday next is consi-
dered one of the heaviest days of the year, and
acceptances falling due that day will have to be pro-
vided for on Saturday. The great dulness which has
for some time existed in all branches of mercantile
operations, may account for the small quantity of
paper offering; which, however, shows that trade is
not in a very healthy state. Consols left off at 893
buyers for Money, and 90 for the Account. Exchequer
Bills 29 to 31 premium.
The settlement in the Foreign Stocks has passed
off quietly, although the transactions, especially in
Mexican, had been somewhat extensive. Many of
the accounts have been carried over to the next set-
tling day, at rather higher rates of continuation,
great distrust being exhibited in taking foreign bonds
as security. A surer criterion of value may be dis-
covered in the interest demanded for loans upon
these documents than in the quotations, as much as
twelve per cent. having been paid, some of this de-
scription being the security. The last quotations of
Mexican were 424 to 43; Colombian, 27 to 27-4- ; the
Portuguese Five per Cents., 351 to 354; the Three
per Cents., 201 to 214, and Spanish, 244 to 24i. The
last price of Belgian was 103 to 104 ; of Brazilian,
684 to 691 ; of Danish, 814 to 824; of the Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 513 to 52/ ; and of the.
Five per Cents., 1024 to 102 g.
Railway Shares were all better, and several pur-
chases were made for real investment. Great
Western, 27 to 28 ; the Half Shares, 14 to 141 ; 'Bir-
mingham, 84 to 86 prem. ; South Western, 59 to 60 ;
Gosport, 59 to 60; Birmingham and Gloucester, 56
to 58 ; North Midland, 69 to 70; the, New Shares,
34i to 354; and Brighton, 36 to 36/ per share;
Eastern Counties, 131 to 124 discount.
The conduct of the Stock Exchange Committee in
I allowing the Converted Coupons of the Spanish Stock
to be quoted in their official lists, has been pretty
freely commented on during the day, and the prin-
ciple upon which they have acted remains yet unex-
plained. Applications were made some time since for
a relaxation of their rules in favour of the Greek loan,
which was guaranteed by our own Government, and
of the Portuguese Treasury Bills, both of which were
refused. These securities have either all been paid
off, or are in the course of regular payment, but pre-
ference is in the present instance given to the interest
due, four years since, from a country which in no
single instance has kept an engagement, and which,
according to the statement of the Finance Minister,
laid before the Cortes, will not, for a series of years
yet, be in a situation to make even the smallest re-
' mittance to the foreign creditors, having claims to
the amount of nearly forty millions sterling of capital,
and about ten millions sterling of arrears of interest.

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF
ABDUCI lON.
(From the Liverpool MuiL)
SECOND DAY'S INVESTIGATION.

The hearing of this case was resumed on Wednesday,
at ten minutes before three o'clock. The transaction
had created extraordinary excitement, and the Court
was crowded to excess during the whole morning. A
number of highly respeetable gentlemen surrounded the
bench, and every corner of the Court from which the
proceedings could be witnessed had its occupants.
The accused parties, John Orr John Osborne
Quick, Thomas Wormand .Royerson, Rickard Jones, Mar-
yaret Jones, and Jane Clayton, were again placed at the
oar, when Mr. Snowball called the following witnesses :
The Rev. John Herman Stafford said—l am a clergy-
man and a surrogate of this diocese. I recollect the pri-
soner Rogerson .applying to me for a license ; he was
accompanied by a Dr. Dunlevie, a surgeon. This was
on the evening of the Ist of March. They said neither
of them was the principal: I told them that it was
necessary that one of the parties should be present to
give the affidavit before the license could be granted. One
of them—l think it was Dr. Dunlevie—asked if I could
not fill up the affidavit, so as to be ready when the party
appeared. I filled up the affidavit, and I have it here (pro-
ducing the affidavit). I can hardly say positively whether
it was Mr. Rogerson or Dr. Dunlevie who told me. Mr.
Rogerson I conceive to be the brother of M'Gill, and
therefore think it was probably him. I altered the date
from the Ist to the 2d of March, and initialed the altera-
tion.—(The affidavit was read. It purported to be Mr.
M'Gill's affidavit, that he intended to marry Ann Crellin,
that he carried a license for that purpose, and that ho
knew of no just cause or impediment thereunto, &c.)
They asked if it would be convenient for me to be at the
church the following day, to swear the party and solem-
nise the marriage. When I filled up the form, Dr. Dim-
levie remarked that it was a friend of his that intended
to be married, and it was not convenient for him to at-
tend then. Mr. Rogerson said he was the brother of the
party. I did not know that his name was Rogerson. I
attended at the church the following day, to solemnise
the marriage. . The marriage was not solemnised nor
the license completed, for after waiting some time in the
vestry Mr. Rogerson came in. I asked him if the par-
ties were there'. He stated that his brother had not ar-
rived, and he was pretty sure that he would not that
day. I asked him if he had not seen him the evening
before, and arranged with him. He said he had, but he
was pretty sure he would not come that day, and he
would not give me the trouble of waiting any longer.
I saw a car waiting at the church gates. Ido not
think Rogerson returned to it. I saw, I think,
it was.. Mr. Rogerson and Dr. Dunlevie, talk-
ing to a lady whose back was turned to me. She was
dressed in either a scarlet cloak or shawl. I should not
know"the lady again. She and Dr. Dunlevie got into the
car and drove off. Last week I saw Mr. Rogerson alone.
He asked me if it would be convenient for me to attend
in the church that morning to marry those parties. I
think it was on Wednesday or Thursday. I asked why
the marriage was not soleinnised at the former appointed
time. He said there was some disagreement about set-
tlements. He said the parties, in the meantime, had
taken a trip 'and got married together at Gretna green.
Nothing further took place except settling the hour. I
attended the church, but the parties did not come.

Mrs. Catherine George, la7ndlady of the George and
Vulture, Hmfghton- street, examined by Mr. Snow-
ball.—l have known the prisoner Quick about twelve
months. I recollect his coming to our house some time
in March. The first party that came to our house was
Mrs. Clayton, on the 10th of March. She said 'she
wanted to ask a favour of me. She said she was going
to bring a lady to our house to meet a Mr. Martin,
" but," said she, " it's not to meet Mr. Martin, it's to
meet Mr. G'Gill, and when she comes you must tell her
that Martin was here last night, and that he will be
here again to-night." I said, " what is it all about ?"
She said, " well, there is a lady who is worth a great
deal of property, and she went to church with Mr. M'Gill,
some time ago, and made a complete fool of him, and he
has tried every way. to get to see her, and her friends or
some one have denied her to him, and they are now con-
triving this way to get her to meet him.' While she
was in, Mr. Quick came in. He asked her whether she
had seen Miss Crellin. She said she had not been for
her, but she would go then. She went, and he remained
till she returned. When she returned she said Miss
Crellin had gone out, but she had left a note for her, and
she would be sure to be down this evening; They went
away together. In the, evening Miss Crellin, Mrs.
Chamley, and Mr. Jones came about half-past nine. We
had a dancing party that night, and Mr. Quick was up
stairs. I went and told him that the ladies had come. I
told him that there was a gentleman there that I
knew.from his manner was a friend of Miss Crellin.
He asked me to describe him, and I did, upon
which he said, " Oh, call him out, he's a friend
of mine." I called him out, and they went to the
door together. - It was Jones, the prisoner at the
bar. They returned together, and Mr. Quick said he
wanted to get rid of one of the ladies. He went up stairs
again, saying I was to let Mr. Jones have whatever he
called for to drink. Witness proceeded to state that Mr.
Jones requested her to let him -have some money, saying
that Quick would refund it, but she only let him have
sixpence. Quick, by and by, took his, departure, and the
other three went away together afterwards. Martin had
not been at witness's house, but she knew him, and de-
scribed him to Miss Crellin, who told her how he had
got her money from her. Next day Miss Crellin and
Mrs. Chamley again came to my house to ask if Martin
had been there on the preceding night. I told them ho
had not. While we were talking Mr. Quick came in.
He asked how the child was. He had not attended -my
child, and I had no child ill. He went forward into the
kitchen. Here he said this was a plot laid to
catch " Ole old devil," which she could not get out
of. He afterwards went into the bar and spoke to
them. I afterwards heard of the wedding. I saw
Mrs. Clayton on Sunday last. She said she had
been to Gretna Green, and Miss Crellin, was married.
I ..made answer, what a shameful piece of business
it was. "Oh !" said she, "it served her right." I said
what a villain Mr. Jones must be, and his wife. She
said it served Miss Crellin right, she had served many a
one out. I said that did.not matter. She said after the
wedding she got quite agreeable to it. She had a shawl
on, which she said had been bought for her at Carlisle,
and they bought Miss Crellin one like it. She said she
had to sleep with her on •her wedding night ; Miss Crel-
lin had made a piece of work and was going mad, and she
had to lie down with her for quietness. She said M'Gill
slept in the same bed. She said she expected a very
handsome present, and when it was all settled she said
she would speak to the parties to have a ball at our
house. On the first day when Mrs. Clayton came to our
house, she said they had employed her to work it out for
them, mentioning Mr. M'Gill and Mr. Quick.
By Mr. Grocott—She (Mrs. Clayton) did not tell me
whether the marriage was consummated or not. She
told me that Miss Crellin had jilted several persons.
Mr. Quick was in the habit of attending a quadrille party
at our house.

Mr. William Denman examined by Mr. Snowball—l
am a paper-ruler, and carry on business in St. Thomas's-
buildings. I recollect seeing Mr. Quick one day last
week. It was on Tuesday or Wednesday. I had been
taking a walk with a friend of mine. Mr. Quick was
standing at the door of Mrs. Rogerson's house, in Boun-
dary-street. The person who was with me addressed
him, and he proceeded with us to the house of a friend in
Boundary-street. In the course of a few minutes after
we entered the conversation began by his addressing
some ladies. " Well,. you have lost Johnny," whom I
understood to have been Mr. M'Gill. • He (Mr. Quick)
said, he and Mr. M'Gill had been to Gretna-green, get-
ting MGM married to Miss Crellin. The question was
asked, " Where?" and he said, " Oh, at Gretna ;" and
he proceeded thus i—" Oh, we've had a d—d fine spree ;
we put the old devil into a coach, and off we drove to
Carlisle: When we got to Carlisle we persuaded the old
.devil we were in Warrington." There was a long
dialogue between him and the persons of the
house, who said the proceeding was extremely unjust
and improper. .I said, how was it that sbe did not know
the difference between Carlisle and Warrington ? He
said, " Oh, the old devil is drunk. From Carlisle we
took a post-chaise and drove off to Gretna-green, and
got married." lie said she was worth some 60,0001. or
70,0001, or thereabouts. He stated that she could smoke
a great number of cigars, and drink brandy " till all was
.blue."—(Loud laughter.) It was repeatedly stated that
their transaction was very improper and unjust. Me
said, " Oh, it was correct enough, for the laws of Scot-
land differed from the laws of England. He was v( ry
glad they had served her so, for she had jilted several."
Mr. Snowball suggested to Mr. Rushton the propriety
of adjourning the case until the next day.
Mr. Rushton assented, and the prisoners were ordered
to be remanded until this day (Thursday).
Mr. Grocott applied, on behalf of Quick, for permis-
sion for that individual to see his wife and some mem-
bers of his family.
Mr. Rushton said the case had now assumed so serious
an aspect, that he could not comply with his request.
The. prisoner's solicitor would, however, have access to
them in the usual manner.

RemoNs post APRlL.—During the early part of
the month silks will be watered, particuluarly on rainy
(lays, and bonnets will be trimmed with drops, which,
when the sun shines upon them, will have a very light
and graceful appearance. The customary colour for
boots will be a very light brown, and coats of the same
will be much seen on the road to the races. After thQ
turn of Easter white trousers will be a good deal met
with, and on Sundays they will be extremely general.
The greater number of them will be the same as last
year, but considerably shorter in the 'leg, and much
tighter. Straps will be a few inches longer 'than they
were at Easter last, and there will be an extensive
gap between the hem of the trouser and the top of the
highlow, so as to show a good deal of the stocking.
Yellow waistcoats ruled with black lines will be much
seen for a few days, but will probably disappear after
the holidays.—Punch.
A letter from Fumes, on the coast of Flanders,
gives an account of the wreck of two French
chasse-marees on the 10th instant. One was
driven ashore opposite to the Panne, but her crew
got all safe to land. The other, which was laden
with salt, struck opposite Coxide, a league from
Panne, and her crew were for a long time in imminent
danger, the violence of the storm making it impossible
even for the • life boat to go out. At length, how-
ever, with the utmost exertions, three intrepid
men attached to this service formed, at the
risk of their own lives, a chain from the shore
to the wreck, and saved the six sailors who were
in her, but the Captain was still missing.
Convinced that he was on board, they, undaunted
by the danger, made their way to the vessel, and
found that he had fallen down in the hold. They,
however, succeeded in getting him up, and conveyed
him also safe to Coxide. Both vessels were so much
damaged that they have been sold to be broken up.