The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

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STATE OF TRADF.

(From the Manchester Guardian of yesterday.)
MANCHESTER. —The market yesterday exhibited
every appearance of steady and continued improve-
ment. Yarn of all descriptions, and more especially
of the numbers and qualities suitable for Russia and
the East Indies, was in good demand ; and for the
sorts most in request an advance of id. to id. was
pretty generally obtained. There was also a very
fair inquiry for goods of all descriptions ; and an ad-
vance of about Id. per piece was obtained on print-
ing cloths. On the whole, perhaps, the improvement,
both in demand and prices, was more striking than
on either of the two preceding Tuesday's• markets ;
and it was attended by a decided increase of firmness
an d confidence amongst the spinners and manufacturers.
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET.-MONDAY, AUG. 1.
We ha.ve had another dull market to-day, somewhat
similar to those of, the three previous weeks. The de-
mand for flannels has been very limited ; and,the buy-
ers, who. have attended the market, have purchased very
sparingly at extremely low prices. The wool market
has been heavy, and the manufacturers seem to pur-
chase for immediate use only. Though there is no
change in the price of wool, yet the dealers are very
eager to sell at the old prices.

EXTENSIVE FORGER Y.

The Court of Assizes has been engaged on the trial
of an indictment against four persons for an exten-
sive forgery, of which the following is a summary.
In 1840, M.' Goliot, an engraver of Paris, was applied
to and. undertook to execute a copper-plate for some
lan sent to him by a printer at Madrid, as being
wanted for the Lisbon Bank, but, being doubtful as
to the correctness of the transaction, he made a com-
munication to the authorities, which gave rise to a di-
plomatic .correspondence, that proved the order to
have been connected with some contemplated fraud,
and consequently M. "Goliot declined having anything
to do in the affair. Sometime after this, Hermoso, a skil-
ful engraver of Madrid, came to Paris, and took up
his abode at an hotel kept by a widow named
Boucheney. Here he formed, or renewed, an inti-
macy with twopersons, one named Artayete, formerly
• alunner in Portugal, but living here under the name
of Aguere, and the other named Pemoulie, at one
time, a postilion, hut then engaged as a courier in the
service of the French Embassy. Hermoso and Ar-
tayete, it appeared, engaged .an engraver named
GraFset to engrave for them plates imitating the bills
of the Bank of Brazil, for which they stipulated to
illy, him 3,000 f. These, however, do not seem to
have been brought into actual use, as the indictment
accused them only of attempting to forge notes of
' the Brazil Bank. Hermoso, however, was in posses-
sion,of, plates of the notes of the Bank of San Fer-
nando, and Pemoulie, assuming the character of a
, . merchant, acting as agent for the dank of Madrid,
ordered and procured from M. Mongolfier, the paper-
maker, a quantity of paper with the water-marks
necessary for accomplishing the fraud contemplated.
This obtained, an immense number of forged bills
, • • :were.drawn off, and sent into circulation in France by
the three accomplices and the widow Boucheney. In
March, 1841, Artayete went to Madrid, and there in
• ' like manner issued the false paper to a very large
amount. At length the Bank of San Fernando dis-
covered the forgery, and, by giving public notice in
'the' Madrid Gazette, put the commercial world
throughout the Continent on its guard. It was, never-
., . theless, alter this, that Hermoso was detected, in com-
y, many with . Madame Boucheny, in passing some of
them at the, office of a money-changer in Paris. They
3 were Both arrested, and indicted with Artayete and
Pemoulie, who were also discovered and secured. On
, their 'previous examination, and at the trial, Pemoulie
'll '-‘lcl -ample revelations, which were fully confirmed
by corroborating testimony. Madame Boucheney,
hOweVer pleaded that she was totally ignorant of the
nature of the bills, which were such accurate imi-
tations that they.had deceived the most experienced
banker's, and the Jury, believing her asseverations, ac-
quitted- her. The other three prisoners were found
guilty, with extenuating circumstances. Artayete
was condemned to imprisonment for five years, with
a fine of 6,000 f., and to remain under surveillance of
the police for ten years after his liberation ; Hermoso
to imprisonment for three years, a fine of 3,000 f., and
surveillance for ten years ; and Pemoulie to imprison-
ment for two years and a fine of soof.

AMUSING ANECDOTE.—We have twice alluded to
the recent meeting of the Roman Catholic clergy at
Woolton, and have stated that the Rev. Dr. Shepherd
had had the honour of dining with them. Among the
clergymen present was the Rev. Dr. Folding, Arch-
bishop of Sydney, New South Wales, who wore on his
finger a rich gold ring, in which was set a topaz. Dr.
Shepherd, observing the brilliant, remarked, that Sydney,
alias Botany Bay, had had the reputation of being in-
' habited by a population not remarkable for [their mo-
' rality, nor for their regard fOr meam et tuum ; but he was
happy to think that a great change had, of late years,
taken place in this reap ',)et, and that persons and pro-
: perty were both much safer there than they had
'" been formerly ; a change, he had no doubt, which
the pastoral vigilance of his Grace and his clergy had
had no slight share in promoting. The Archbishop said
that he and his clergy had exerted themselves to the
utmost to raise the standard of morals in New South
Wales, and he was pleased to think that the Rev. Doctor
had received information of the marked change which
had been wrought in the colony. Dr. Shepherd re-
joined that he had not, as the Archbishop had supposed,
'any information to that effect ; he had the proof from
his Grace's own hand, the brilliant ring on whose finger
satisfied him that, had there not been a remarkable
change in the habits of the People of Botany Bay, he
conld scarcely have succeeded in bringing away with him
so valuable an article. 1)r. Folding and his Rev.
Brethren were, we need scarcely say, convulsed with
laughter at the Rev. Doctor's wit and humour.--Liverpool
Albion.

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Darnley, Count Reventlow, and Major Ste-
phor:3 tenbarked at the Tower yesterday morning, in the
1,4 44.4,tv, xnailpacket Neptune, Capt. Whittingharn, for Hamburgh.

'"~nsclfto Dft. Greene as
one of Mr. Greene's most effi-
cient'supporters at. the late election, but on questioning him
he found he had never been in Lancaster in his life. The
se•refary of the Mendicity Society stated that that was
an old trade of the prisoner's; he had been sentenced by
Mr. Maltby, at Marlborough•street, in 1841, to a month's
imprisonment for a like offence ; his name was Lewis,
and he was a Welshman. He was fined 51., or two
. months' imprisonment.
UNION-HALL.

Henry Gill, a painter, was charged with committing
an, outrageous assault on Mary Thompson, a young
female of respectable appearance.
The prisoner was employed at a gentleman's house,
where the complainant was living as servant. On the
preceding afternoon, the family being out, the defendant,
who was previously engaged at work on the exterior of
the house, knocked at the door, and said lie wanted a
ladder. The moment, however, he got inside, he began
to take improper liberties with the girl, who to escape
from him, was compelled to take refuge in one of -the
rooms, in which she locked herself until the family came
home.

The prisoner, in defence, insinuated that she was a
depraved character.
The complainant's master and mistress spoke in the
highest terms of her moral conduct, and they were con-
vinced there were not the slightest grounds for the vile
imputations attempted to be cast upon it.
Air. Col-mot:lAm, in strong terms, condemned the
.conduct pursued towards the girl by the defendant, and
inflicted a penalty of 51., the highest the law empowered
him, and, in default of payn\ent, committed him for three
months.

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MBETINti of MANCHESTER MER-
CHANTS and MANUFACTURERS.
On Tuesday afternoon a meeting of merchants and
• manufacturers connected with the trade of Manchester
and the neighbourhood, was held in the Town-hall, to
receive the Report of the deputation appointed at a
f• ormer meeting to lay the state of the trade of the
trict before the Cabinet, without reference to party or to
• the Anti-Corn-la.w League. Robert Gardiner, Esq.,
• chairman of the deputation, was called upon to preside.
- Mr. GEoace. CHAPPELL described the interviews the
deputation had. had with the leading Ministers in
on
.. London ; and added, that the impression left upon the
minds of the deputies was, that Sir Robert Peel, Lord
ob Ripen, and Mr. Gladstone would, if they had the power,
viS do more than they had done—(Cheers)—but that Sir
J. Graham, Lord Stanley, and Lord Wharneliflb were
no friends•to free trade. (Alderman Chappell sat down
~."";;_,A.pitiiti great cheering.)
Mr. HOLLAND HOOLE was received with applause.
• The facts stared by the deputation, lie had no doubt,
• -
• - had made a deep impression upon the Government. His
conviction was, that they had made a stronger impression
• thau on any former occasion.—(Cheers.)
Mr. H. ASHWORTH recapitulated the leading points
argued at these interviews, with which our readers are
already familiar. Of his own town, Bolton, he stated
,4 that no less than 12,000 persons were receiving parish
;,11 ' ' relief • that the rates laid, were 21,0001. in twelve
months, out of which only 9,0001. could be collected. He
showed Sir Robert Peel a pound of sugar which cost ad.
, . in New York, which could not be matched here for less
than Bd. per lb. ; and represented the gross hardship
of a system of taxation which, in one way and another,
taxed a man in five-eighths of his outlay.
. Mr. BROOKS also addressed the meeting.
The CHAIRMAN, in returning thanks, said, on one
point he thought there was some difference of opinion.
In his opinion, Lord Stanley had received the deputation
courteously. With respect to Lord Wharncliffe, it was
only just and right to state, that the deputation engaged
to meet him at four o'clock, but, in consequence of their
interview with Lord Stanley, they were unable to attend
until half-past four. Lord Wharncliffe told the
deputation when they entered the room, that he
would have to attend to his duties in the House,
•
• and therefore the deputation could not get fully
into the subject before him. With respect to
the subject on which they went, there could
be no difference of opinion. Such a law as the present
sliding scale could not exist. Its removal was a matter
of time. He could find no words sufficient to express his
, abhorrence of that abominable and wicked law, which
- had entailed a measure of evil on this country from
which it would not easily recover.—(Hear, hear.) The
repeal of this law was merely a matter of time—there
could be no doubt of its ultimate removal. He might A,
differ in politics from many of his friends, but he should
most cordially and sincerely co-operate with them for the
removal of the Corn-law.—(Cheers.)