The Express. — London, England, 1864-12-19 00:00:00

THE HOMELESS POOR. A VISIT TO THE NEWPORT-MARKET REFUGE. At the Newport-market Reftg y in December, 1814, one room, with accommodation for eight uieu, was rented at Bs. a week ; shortly after wards another room was added ; next beds fur from treaty to thirty men and women were provided : and some idea of the modest confidence of the origi nal promoters will be given when it is said that the gthuatiteed Income wherewith they opened their refuge was just half-a-crown a month. But interest in the subject spread, subscriptions flowed gradually ie, until in March last a large slaughter-house was rented at 150'. a year, and some 6001, laid out in alteinug and adapting it for the reception of men, women, at! children, 147 of whom were sheltered there on the night preceding our inspection, last week. Before this decided step was taken I,ooof. !Lad been guaranteed by six gentlemen, and as another 1,0001. was collected during the year, 300 i. of which may be relied upon as annual sub seriptiou. The refuge seems to be a remarkable and encouraging instance of speedy and promising success. Women and children are admitted et half-past 5 every afternoon, men half an hour later, and it may be useful to mention that the committee not only sit every Tuesday, but are represented by a lady superintendent, a male official, or a clergy mar, at all Lours during the day. The stranger widiiug to observe the working of this most lute restimt institution hag only to proceed up the short street running from St. Martin's-lane to Newport market, to continue up a butchers' alley, and to turn down the first opening from it to the right. This approacii to the Refuge is gloomy and dismal in the entente. The few and widely scattered gas lamps serve only to make darkness visible, while the ill-kept, unilagged roadway, the bad odours, the Mout! oat Its and evil faces beard and seen around, all testify to the explorer that be is in 0110 of the niany low and wretched byplaces of Loudon, and that the Refuge lie has collie to see has been piteleal iu the very centre of squalid poverty, of destitution, and possibly of crime. The knot of meg,- l wee-begone figures waiting at the corner of another dark turning are a sufficient guide to a stranger, who, after knocking at some lofty closed doors, limbs himself ou aclutittany iu a email passage way, with a lofty weil-lit room opposite and soloetbitig between a counting house and a porter's ledge to his right. The entire building lute been whitewashed and cicaued, but it is not diet ult to truce its old uses, iu the size and form of the recesses wherein the Lei are placed, any more titit. it is to recognise in the cosy brightnees of the Me in its cemre, in the well-scrubbed Mors, the beneites ritueiug along its sides, and the books and to sat cis - li-eived about its tables, evidence of Leto fort far the audOf thoughtful cousideratiou in it managers. There were sax or eight pauper, of &Oen. nt ages sitting or steeling about this chamber on our arrival at line o'clora•k the other evening. 'raceme had been admitted iu time usual nrau: ra per, o n tpplicatiou at the door, and were found to hew se:eh delicate and feeble health that Ler tuisetoti had tit en given them to stay indoors througtiout the day. It is not an unusual practice at this Refuge to allow'a elan or woman once ap pre red and :ululated to sleep there fur seven site sdive nights, going out after their bread anti coffee in the inorniug to seek for work, and coining in at the iceelar hour at night. This facilitates inc l itiry us to is truth of the personal detail , : they have given, awl Las many instances led to the rcstors tem ol pour prodigals to their homes, aural to the kuiiiig a helping hand to men and semen too broken and cowed to help themselves. Ot. tie• night preceding our visit, half the tow cases admitted were skilled artisans out of work, two were diseharged seamen who had received pctiten•it of sixpeuce a day for a period now expired, and the rest of the nondescript class who are dubbed " laimourers." The crowd assent hied it tie• door by six ,'clock each evening is of course com posed hoth of these who are coining home, so to speak, and thee, who have to make good their eZetni ta L s received. Tba exate itatiou of the Letter sink the entry of the particulars eouceriming tle al in a h ...k arc carried on in the office or por ter', lodge j•it pained, each person standing at tie open window, and being t o ld to " g o in or - ref iieed acanraieeion, s I or she is thought to be "sadly in dietre-s. There is neither searching nor Cl/111- puIS,VY but each person admitted waehee it hal. and ea', in a small ante-nom leading rant of the main clianilar. This dune, they sit roiled the fire re:l.l4l4—m weigst the works supplied we hided " The "The Cortiliill," "Temple Bar,' and " Maeuidien's Magazine "—after which eight mutes < of laead and ball a pint of hot cetfee are served melt to each. The temperature of the sleep ing rooms is never lower than 60 either by day or night, ale! time barrack beds are supplied with rugs and eoloniou bedding sufficient for warmth. The women's sari upstairs is of the same size as the otme for men, and is under the immediate direction ate; contr.,: of a lady superititi talent, the windows of is hose retail command every portion of time ward, at el who makes inquiries of each new comer, and rec. , ade particulars, in similar fashion to the boo;;-keeper dowimstairs. When this said was tilled and the scat at the foot of each bed occupied by a carer ore wretched figure, its aspect was painfully striklug a:.d sadly suggestive. There were old feeble women she, with half-glazed eyes, awl an expres sion of item which almost realised moaning to tic ear, locked themselves to and fro, as if half stupi tied y long f,astiug , and more than half it to Lich form ofsutferiugtheywere tcm endure next. There were shrivelled, shrinking creatures who clasped their infants tightly to their bosoms as if iu dread that they would be called upon to give them up ; there were girls of twenty with the wriueles and lines of ago ; and a listless weary air pervaded the whole body, as they sat silently round the root., WOlLlall on a seat at the foot of the bed ailotterai her. There were no books or periodicals in this runs —d jelly because the colunattte ale nut be:thinly ,ale died therewith—and it was noteworthy VIA: !O. LI WI w a, lifted to gaze at the tiew comers, nor.' wa, whispered to the neighbour ou the adjoining bench, and that all seemed too almeerbed tai, it ,•ne deep wretcheelhess to take interest or 41 e••••:ay• lesity iu aught else. . • - ante tl. or as - this ward is a small room for d....till!ta and forsaken boys, from twenty to of whom clustered round the door as we eateral .Save that they were being kindly treated now, they realised the description of the inmates of lh.thehw.s Hall. Pale and haggard faecs--lank ii ;tires—children with the Collll2Cll:LticeN of old 1.1, :.—bays of stunted growth—little filo, ,hou'al have been handsome darkened with the ..• c.l of sullen dogged sutferim;—childlimal with its beauty , zoiie and its lidplessw , s alone re m:met-4-7,mi vicious-faced boys, broodiii• with lia • •e, like malefactors in a gaol—all those w. .1. ie. Desertion in Mll3ll, cases, start ,ition iu otie-r.. had been their passport to the lb.lieze. in broad Dormtshire dialect told us how •.his feytber had brunt him up to kinnoti, • lett Min iti the park ;" here another n tistie faced explained that his mother had roll away. !iii ing him to discover a shut up Inoue when returwsl from labouring in the fields. Some of them to mere babies, and were not only xhirtle.. but almost literally baked ; others had only cane out of maratitine, where it had been twee—•,ry to keep dims, until freed of the vermin wherewith they swarmed. A per ventage of these came out of the houses in the vicinity, but the sty :..01 drifted with older wanderers into the kit l mai hospitable gate. It is proposed by the dire...nes of the Refuge to establish a permanent seho..l for the children who, it is stated, " crowd the ir:.et beighhourhoo:l, and spend their whole ine streets.," and a rough calculation has been moue that about 500/. would enable the coin mitt, e to take premises and adapt thou for such a school, ac.i that 2501. a year would be sufficient to defray its Minna! eXpeilfte. It should be mentioned that the president of the Refuge is the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that the Bishop of London, Lord Derby, and the Duke of liuccleuch, are among its vice- i.re,idetits, arid that its working committee in cludes many names well known to the public. If one hundred inmates were received every night the cost of mailitamine it. inclusive of all expenses, would be, it is e , t l / 1 1 lead, 1,0 , 01, a year ; but it is 0:4 .11 ti.iraitly hoped that through donations and subscriptions the THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1864. committee will be able to provide for a far larger number than this. The number of applicants increases with the augmented severity of the weather. During the month of July the average nightly attendance was 28 wen, but from November until the present month it has ranged from 120 to 150 men, women, and boys. The consumption of rations is already over 400 portions daily, and it must be remembered that it is not in the mere doling out of foul that the labours of thin committee stand in stroug contrast to the legal adminiatration of relief. At the workhouse or police-office the pauper is—perhaps inevitably—regarded as a nuisance and an incubus, to be dealt with strictly according to law, and to be shaken off as speedily and cheaply as leasable. At the Refuge he is treated as a fellow-creature who has fallen into dire misfortune, and whose shortcomings are less to be thought of than Lis needs. The unworthy may occasionally impose upon its privileges, but, on the other hand, in instance after instance, the stray wanderer has been decently clothed and put to work, and has up to the present time behaved reputably and well. Many of these people have belonged strictly to the middle class, and shelter and relief has been afforded to ex-officers in the army, to ex-comwercial travellers, and to educated and even accomplished men in other stations of life. It sometimes happens that when a situation has been found fur a particular man that he is in rags, and has to be clothed by the committee before he is fit to undertake the employment they have obtained him. It will therefore be readily seen, that in addition to subscriptions of money, cast off gar ments, or even the weediogs of a library, will be gratefully received at the Newport Market Mission house, and it may be doubted whether the charit able could effect a greater amount of practical sub stantial oal , than by entrusting their alms, whether of money or material, to its promoters. THE UNITY JuINT STOCK DANK FRAUDS. Joseph NVaketiekl Terry and Thomas Burch ap peared on Saturday again before the Lord Mayor, to undergo a further examination upon the charge of having, they being respectively the manager and secretary to the Unity Joint Stock Bank, published a certain bulance-sheet of the affairs of the Uuity Bank up to June, 1562. well knowing the same to ba false in divers material particulars, with intent to deceive end defraud the meniben and share- Lulders of the said bank. Mr. Lewis, jun., again appeared to conduct the prosecu tion ; mud Mr. Sleigh, instructed by Mr. Watson, of Cannons atreet, appeared for the defendant Terry ; and Mr. Metcalfe, instructed by Mr. Wontner, jun., appeared for Burch. Mr. Humphreys was present to give any information that might be required from the directors of the Unity Back, who bad been subrituaed as witnesses. Mr. Metcalfe having intimated his wish to croe,-examine Mr. Alderman 3lecht, that gentleman was again called into the wit neoe•thoa and sworn, and subjected to a severe cross ' examination. In the course of it be said be held altogether shore.. Ho had twenty at the first. He could oot be a director without l'aff. was paid up. The whole of the money was paid 1).):1:1 tine. He purchased 40 more in August, He borrowed the money from the bank to :eke tp those shirts. Ile again borrowed money to purchase shares in September, Isso. He borrowed money on several occasion of the bank for the purpose of taking up shares in the bank, and also in the sister institution, the Life and lire Insurance-office. At the time of the failure of the Loyal British Mr. Chamber, said the money would all run out if something were not done to give the public coo tidenee. and it was intended to vote 10,000/. to take up some shares, but it nas found by the charter it could not be done, and he (Alderman Meeli) determined to do it at his own cost, and did so. and Lad loot by tt. He purchased between and 1:NY; 415 shares in the Unity Bank at a cost of 14,:5k:., and 40,01A1 in the Unity Insurancemffies. The tots! an:Yzda of his debt at that time was about 24,01.101. The insurance shares he purchased at an average of 2a. 3d. esch, and ss. was paid up. They were not worth much at the time he bought thew. By these transactions his liabi .ity to the honk, Melt:ding interest, amounted to 27.111.10/. lie had paid interest to the amount of 5,0001. He paid interest according to the bank rate, varying from 34 to 10 per cent., if the honk rate were as high. He instructed Mr. Terry not to favour him, but to treat him the same as au ordinary customer. lie bad paid off about 19,001.1/. The loan continued up to 1862. The bank might have been rediscoui.tiog bills at the time he was borrowing the money, but tee did not think they were paying at the rate of 1 per cent. higher than tic paid for what he borrowed. lie had no private account with the exception of the loan account. He had au account in the name of his firm, and had borrowed money on the firmsaccount if be wanted it the same as he should have done at any other bank, and if there was not sufficient balance a commission was charged as on other accounts. Ttie account might have been overdrawn to the extent of 2001. or 44.(0/. at times ; but the bank were not losers. Mr. Metcalfe said he was locking up the principal. Alderman Mecfii said he wished he had locked it all up. it would have been int.nd at the present time. The firm kept en account at the west branch, and which might have been overdrawn, sad it might have been that while the balance w.s being made at the head office the account at the west branch was overdrawn, and the money paid into the Lead establishment in every use. Hui partner Lad the management of the financial affairs ; if it had been done there was no intim. tion to defraud. Besides Lis loan his partner had • loan on good security. He thought it was BUOi. or 1,010. The firm also had • loan when they wanted it ; but there was no conesolwent, everything was made known to the shareholders and the other directors. Defendant Bower might have had a loan. His (defendant Bower e) was the beet account in the bank, and he generally had a very large balance. Mr. A; re and the other directors might also have laol loans. They were all men of responsibility. His (Alderawu Mechem) bills might have become overdue at some time. They were not dishonoured. They were held over be • urevious arrangement. Mr. Metcalfe—And would have appeared in the cash article book Humphreys said they would be considered as good bills, and would be entered in the cash articles sa a natter of course. Mr. Metcalfe read an entry on four succ-uive days of a Mr. Ayre's fur suW., and one of Alderman Michele for I,thaS., which appeared three days. Alderman Mechi said they were not dishonoured; he could always pay 291.. or 4th. in the pound. They would, of course, gu into the cash article book. Ili, owu bills were read over to the committee. It was very likely that the secretary communicated with him in reference to the reduc tion of his debt, which was in September, 1 , 4;2. 23,000 f., and he •eceived a letter from the solicitor to the bank. upon which h paid it all but ehies.ll. lie thought the amount he maid now was about 4,UUO/., which was subject to a reducti-u be the assets ensuing from the 53.5 shares, which would be about 2.'. per share. lie wished it to be under stood that what he did was not for the benefit of himself, but to support the institution with which be was counected. The other directors who borrowed borrowed at the Bank rate of loterrit. Mr. Metcalfe said he could not see how it was for the heuerit of the bank to borrow its money at the Bank rate of interest, sod then for the bank to be obliged to borrow at 1 per cent. higher. Mr. Alderman Mechi said that was not so, and be bad not stloattrd it.. Tie l , curity he gave was good, besides which the bath herd his shares, and had the power of preveutmg the ,ale of them. Mr. Metcalfe proceeded to question Mr. Alderman Mechi in regerti to the nature of the securities, and Mr. Bum phreya objected. Mr. Leal* s,kd the t,oney bad nearly all been tail, and be ern:duly coup: not tee what relation the question of the atruritiss could have to the case. Mr. Metcalfe sail the director. hid turned round upon the two detendahts, cud charged them with maiiiog a false Lakoce.shent. 31r. Hum►hrers said the directors, for whom be ap pated, had ho voice whatever au the matter. They were I..ll4kt:tted to attend tue court, mad they were there A/ 11l WWI. and that was all. The I,vl Mayor remarked that nothing that had come out ill the cross.eximonotioo hail tallied to shake in the leort his 011111100 that a large amount bad been treated as a —et, by the parties under examiDation before him which tlo v knew were worthless. Mr. Lewis said it was a prosecution by the shareholders. In answer to Mr. Lewis, Aldermen Medd said his debt almost all cleared. About 4.0u0/. remained, which was arran g ed to t, pod next month, and irrespective of the arrangement it was fully secured. That debt was known to the shareholders. Neither Mr. Arra nor any of the other directors owed the hack a shilling. The directors bad loans on the saris terms as the general public. There was no dis tiuctino made. In he was not shown dishonoured bills for Ist' and 1 , 7.0, nor was he ever, to his recollection, shown bill, covered with dividends. Tier* was no mistake aheut the directions ~iveo to the defendants about deduct- Mg the I es on the bills and putting them iu at their fair ir.:ue. The balioax-sheet of Int did not show the true state of atfeira. Ile did not know that Hal., which was hat on CJwell and Burcli'a hills, was put into the assets, and 110tbnt W. put before the directors to show what waa sit uek out re o mt. 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(Sitting day, appended for the present week.) Wisnilresna. St. II arthielatte.—Monday, Dec. 12; Tuesday, TO . Wednesday, 21 , Tbur, 12. BLOOMSBURY, Portland-road.—Wednesday, Dec. 21; Thurs day, 22 rlday, 23. SlAartilenta, Marylebone-read.—Tuesday, Dec. TO; Wednes day, 21. Baclurrew, WERehead'agrove —Friday, Dec. tS. CLIUMENWELL, Duncanterrace.—Tuesday, Dec. 20: Wednes day, 11. 81101LIDITCH, Old-street.road.—Tueeday, Dec. 5); Wednesday, — Bow, Bow-Toad.—Friday, Dec. 23. WHITKCHAYEL, Great Prescot.street—Wednesday, Dee. 21 Thursday. 22. Svf:THWARC, gran -street.—Tuesday. Dec. 20. La1124:111, Cautherwell.nrw-road.—Tuesday, Dee. 20. Ot►aswtex.—Wednrsday, Dec. 01. WOoLWIC/I.—Thursday. Dec. 2 3 u,awo Sonth.st• ed.—Thursday, Dee. 22. - LORD MATok'S Nom Guddhall.—Mouday, Dec. 10; Tuesday, 20; Thursday, 22. The jury retired to madder the ease, and, Mier as ' absence of about hour, returned a verdict of Guilty against both priaosen ur . but recommended Linden to money. Hie lordship maid the recommendation would be seat to the proper quarter, and would, no doubt, be seriously ow:I- A(l4nd, hat did not hold out any hope that Landes's sin twice would be remitted ea distinguished from Brown. Brown's guilt had been established clearly. Sentence of death was then passed. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.—Dsc. 17. After Term Nisi Prins Sittings et Guildhsll.—{Before Lord Chief Bono Pollock and Common Juries.) AARONB V. BADLEB.-BRACH OF FROMM OF MARILLLGE. Thu was an action to recover damages for breach of pro mise of marriage. The defendalt pleaded not guilty. Mr. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Robinson, sad Mr. Henry James were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Hesse, Q.C., and Mr. T. Salter for the defendant. It appeared from the opening of Mr. Hawkins that Julia Aaroos, the plaintiff, was 17 years of age, and the daughter of Julius Aaron., hoot and shoe maker, carrying oo business at M, New-road, Whitecbapel ; and the defendant, Thomas Sadler, a young man, kept the Duke of Gloucester Tavern, immediately opposite the fatber's shop. The action was brought for breach of promise of marriage. The intimacy between the parties began in 1862, and the defendant pro- fessed great attachment for her. In the early part of this year the defendant succeeded in seducing the plaintiff under a promise of marriage, mid she was now with child by him. When the parents ascertained her situatioo they commu nicated with the defendant, and he then promised to marry her on the 20th of October last. Preparations were made for the marriage, but the defendant postponed it until • subsequent day. He however did not total his promise, ►nd the result was the present action. The promise was not disputed, and the only question was the amount of damages. The defendant possessed • good deal of money, and had himself stated that he made 5704 • year by his business. Mr. Keane addressed tie jury for the defence. He said that according to the evidence the defendant bad never refused to marry the girl, and if the conduct of her parents; or of herself was the reason why she was nut married, the defendant ought not to be called upon to pay damage. on the day before that fixed for the marriage. The defendant received the lawyr's lett.r threatening action for breach of promise and seduction, and immediately afterwards the writs were leaned. The natural conduct of a young man under such circumstances was to break off the connexion. Not only bad be these actions against him, but he was arrested at the instance of the father at his own public house in midday, the result being that his creditors came down upon him and swept away everything he had in the world, and reduced him to his previous condition as a bar man. If the plaintiff or her parents had listened to reason. the girl would have been married and her husband would have been still carrying on business as • publican. bet from their conduct he was not now in a position to support • wife, and had no means whatever of paying any damages.. The only effect of the jury giving damages would be to throw hum into prison. Evidence was then given to show that the defendant in tended to merry the girl until he received the lawyer's letter, and th.it, in order to go into the links cf (acme's ter public-house, he borrowed money f rem the brewer and the distiller, and alto from his sister. It was also stated that the defendant did not wish the marriage to take place until his barmen, who was ill, returned, and that he did nut return until the evening of the arrest. . . ' The jury found • verdict for the plauntiff—damages 50W. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Drc. 17. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) CIiETWINI) V. CHETUYND. After our report left on Saturday, Mary Jane Smyth examiued, ssid—l went as servant at Loogdon.hall on the4th of March,:lsil2 ; and !stayed tall the IStb of December, 154,2. After 1 bad left I received a umber of letters from Mr. Chetwynd. (A large bundle of them were put in, some of which had been reed by Mr. Karelake M his opening arieech. They were couched is the grossest language.] I received those letterset Surbitou, at Brighton, in Loudon, at Birmingham, and et Winchester. Jane Newport came and stayed with rue at Surbiton for • week. I re. member going with Ler on the 2rith of June, h 63, to see her off be the London and North West. ern Railway. Ou that day I saw Mr. Chetwynd outside a public-Donee on Westminster-bridge, between four and five o'clock, and I went with him first to Blackheath and then to Lewisham. We went to an hotel there and I slept in the same room with Mr. Chetwynd. In Decemberl I went to my friends at Birmingham, and I afterwards re turned to Longdon.hall as a servant. That was oo the 12th of December. On the 24th I bad a quarrel with Mr. Chetwynd, and left. Mrs. Chetwrod was not at that time at home. I then went to Winchester. In Feb ruary Mrs. Chetwynd came to see me there. She risked me why I had left so abruptly, and I gave her the letters. When I was at Lingdon in lifti2, Mr. Chetwyud kissed me several times. I slept in the pantry room, which is next to his dressing-room. Between four and five one morning in the summer he came into my room and got into my bed. Nothing, however, happened, bee one I resisted. eras...examined—l have been living in service at Min. ' burgh, and when I have done with this trial I shall ascer tain whether I am to go lack, but I don't think I shall do so. I came to Loudon on Hondas' last, and I have being staying with Mra Chetwynd, at Miss Booth's, in Bur -1111(Mo-road. Ido not occupy the same sittieg-room or dine with her. I have seen Mr. Mathews at Longdon.halL I saw him once in his bedroom, where it was my duty to wait on him. there being no man servant. I afterwards saw him breakfasting with Mrs. Chetwynd. Once I heard her in his bedroom. I had Teen up to take him some Lot water, and I heard Mrs. Chetwynd in his room, speaking loudly, mid as if angry. I understood that she had gone in to fetch out the little girl Florence. It did not strike me that her going into his room was any thing very remarkable. Mr. Mathews gave me half • sovereign when he left. I think he had leen two or three days ; but I cannot nay whether it was not only one day. I did not think half • sovereign too ruuch.considering the extra work his visit had caused me. He did not tell me to say nothing about my mistress having been in his /troth. I will swear that; but i cannot swear that I might not have said he did. I cannot recollect wit log anythrog of the kind. He only desired me not to carry his heavy portmanteau without assistance. There was dissatisfaction in the house at my receiving the money from him. The court then adjourned. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.—MAIL wroNE, DEC. 17. Edward William Staples, 23, and James Tarns, .6, two respectable•hxddeg emu, were charged will the wilful murder of Caleb Fuher. Mr. Addison couilucted the prosecution. The prisoners were defended by Mr. Itibtou. The facts of this cuss (whizh arose out of a public-house dispute) will be fresh in the recollection of the public, as they have been reported very recently in the proceedings before the magistrate:4ml the coroner. Dm, prisoners wens ouly committal by the former upon a chorus of niaoslaughter, but the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder, aed the grand jury returned a true bill for the more serious _ . The jury found the prisoners Guilty of manslaughter. but recotumeeded them to mercy ou aocount of the circum stances moles .Lich the crime srms committed. _ Baron Channel', after commeutiug upon the brutal cha racter of the (deuce of which the pruiouers bad been coo •icted, said that, uotwithstaudiag the recoodileudatiou of the jury, he felt it his duty to pass a severe seutesoe, which was, that they be kept hi penal servitude fur lire )4112‘. NORTHERN ClRCElT.—Livektrooz, DEC. 17. Cows COCRT.-113.fore Mr. Justice Mellor.) Henry Itsw , -11 (32), sod Thomas Lihd.,l, (27), were in dicted for the wilful minder of Thomas ll'Carthy, at Liver pool, on the 3rd instant. , The prisoners and the deceased were all connected with houses of ill-lame. On the night of the murder the deceased, accompanied by Mary Roberts, the servant at the brothel where he lived. went to a public. house at the corner of Crumputreet. Here they found the woman with whom M'Carthy cohabited, and after remain. log a little time they went to another public-house where they saw the prisoners. Lindou offered the decease d a glum of ale, which the latter drank, and afterwards the prisoners left the house. R3herts also want out almost im mediately, and saw Linden beckoning the deceased. She observed all three talking together fur about five minutes, and then saw Brown take a pistol from his pocket and thrust it into M'Cartby's eye. The deceased fell, sod Undo., who was standing by, kicked him in the side when he was lying upon the nrouod. The prisoners then lifted him up, and Brown again struck M'Carthy in the eye with the pistol. The deceased again fell, and Ina again kicked as he lay by Lindoo. Roberta heart Brown exclaim to Linden (who wore a heavy pair of boots), " Kill the —" So far as Roberta saw, the deceased had Riven no provocation. Another witness (Mary Ann Cotteril) corroborated ' Roberta as to the striking with the piatol, and said that the deceased was quarrelling with a woman with whom Linde° cohabited. The deceased was assisted , home, and thence taken to the Southern Hospital, where he , died is • few days. A poet-modem examination disclosed the feet that death bad been caused by iotlimmation of • the brain, caused by a severe wound on the lett eye, such as ' the barrel of a pistol would cause. ' Mr. Cottiaahain in addressing the jury for the defence , dwelt upon the absence of that malice aforethought which • was oeceseary to coutitute the crime of murder, sod urged . that the evidence in support of manslaughter was unreliable as soonest of the character of the wanner. THE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN THE BLACKHEATH TUNNEL. We regret to.say that the loss of life which has been sustalfied in consequence of the frightful collision between the express and a goods train in the Blackheath tunnel of the North Kent Railway on Friday last has not been con fined to the dye unfortunate platelayers who were in the trucks at the time, Edward Miura, the fireman of the passenger-train engine, who was very badly injured by scalds, having died at the Marine Hospital at Woolwich yesterday. The chief incidents of the colli sion were reported by us on Saturday last, and it is remarkable how little additional information could be ob tained on the subject, notwithstanding the minute in quiries we h►ve made. The general answer received by those who applied for information was, that all the particulars bad already been published. It is not likely that until the inquest has been held, anything like the true cause of the accident will become known. Although several of the passengers were severely injured, there is every reason to believe that, in comeqtsenoe of the prompt assistance they received, they will shortly recover. Indeed several who received slight wounds and contusions have been already able to return to their homes. Miss Gillingham, who was taken to Guy's Hospital, suffer. lug from the fracture of the small bone of her right leg, is progressing favourably, and the same may be said of Dr. W. A. Brown, who was injured internally, and was takea at his own request to the Golden-cross HoteL The names of the platelayers who were killed are William James Wade, W. Jones, W. Morris, Henry Smith, and W. Sisley. Mrs.Vlrembling, of 12, Hereford-street, Laodport, Portiea, was considerably shaken ; Mrs. Ely. of Waltham stow, a compound fracture of the right leg, with contusions on the left leg and bead ; Mrs. Caroline Browning, of 7, London-wall, concussion of the brain ; Miss Louisa Price, Elf ra-road, Brixton, fractured scapula and rile, and severe internal injuries ; Miss Jane Price, 25, L'ision.square, Trinity-square, fractured leg ; Joseph Hunt ( - he driver), of Charles-street, Old Kent-road, very seriously scalded about the hands and face; and Mi. and Mrs. Erie Wiodus, 23, Terrace, Greenhithe, the former contusion of the left arm and left leg, and the latter fracture of the right leg, severe injury to the knee of the lets leg, and severe bruises about the head and body. These cases are all at the Aotigallican Hotel, Charlton, and are under the card of Dr. }'.gar, of Old Charlton, and Mr. Claydon, the station-master ►t Charlton station. Besides these there are two is the Marine Hospital, at Woolwich, with injuries as follows : Thower lt►udall, 23, Brook'.•plsoe, three toes amputated. A passenger states that be placed his wife and daughter in a brat clue carriage at Strood, ai.d got into a third class carriage himself. The effect of the shock of the collision was terrible. He was dung with great force against the opposite side of the carriage. The ladies and others in the carriage screamed frantically. He recovered from the shock suit got out of the carriage to look fur his wife. He caught bold of a rope attached to the side of the than, I, and by that means swung himself down. He found himself an total aarkuese, which was rendered dreadful by the appal hog shrieks issuiug from the different carriages and by the groans which reverberated along the tunnel from the direction of the bead of the train. to the midst of the fearful sounds Le was able to distinguish his wife's screams, and learnt thus that she was alive, by aid of the rope attached to the brickwoik of the tunnel he groped his way along through the darkness to the place where he heard his wife • voice. He found her seriously injured, but nut fatally so. His daughter, a child aged two years, bad escaped un hurt. After some delay asinstanoe came, and the injured were removed. At the Charlton station, whither the wounded were taken, the gorgeous called for lint, hut norm was to be had. A railway official promptly supplied the want, however, by tearing down a large advertisement sod, kicking it to pieces, tore the paperand canvas into lung stripe, which temporarily answered the purpose. Some boards inieshed up in tae same tough aud ready Nahum, were made into splints that did very well in the emergency. When the news of the acci dent became known the 'medical tato of the district pro ceeded to the Charlton and Blackheath stations to render assistance to the sufferers. Two ambulances, with a detach ment of the Military Train corps, commanded by Lieut. Bantall, were also forwarded front Woolwich garrison, and a body of the It division of police, under inspectors news,ll sod Brown, were soon on the spot. Tue suf ferers were conveyed down the hue to the Charlton station, from thence cm beds and stretchers to the Anti gallica° Arms Tavern. Seven of the most injured, four of whom are females, were placed under the care of Dr. Fagan and three other medical gentlemen. John Hunt, an sigma driver, was fearfully scalded, but is likely to recover. Five others were conveyed to the military hospital at Woolwich, and are under the care of the Army Medical Staff, and a number of the wounded were removed to Blackheath, and attended by tic. Adams and other medical men. With respect to the cause of the accident various accounts are current. By some it is stated that the goods train being too heavy to he moved by the engine the guard un coupled the trucks sod left sonic of thew in the tunnel with the intention of running the others to Blackheath, shunting them, aud then returning for the rest iu the twilit,' ; while others assert that the coupliog-ctiatus broke, and that the driver was not aware that any of them had been left be hind. A question of fact of this kind must he settled at the inquest, but there can be no question that the signalman whole duty it is to signal the arrival of the train at the station, did so underl the mistaken notion that it was all there. By the block system adopted ou this line the system of signals, we believe, is, that as soon an a train arrives in sight the signalman signals "train in," and until that signal has reached the station which the train last permed no train is allowed to leave that station. At the same time I the signalman telegraphs to the next station " train out," he having received the shoal that the previous train had left that station. It is perfectly clear that, supposing the trains arrive at the station unbroken, that is, with all toeir carriages ►ttached, such • system would procure an almost total iruninuity front collision, aud that would be so also if • delay occurred upon the journey between the stations, even if the train hail come to a stand still ; but it would be quite different In the case of a train dividing, aud • portion of the carriages aud trucks being left on the road ; because the signalman seeing the train approaching would not know, until it came to the station, aud even then might not know that a portioo of it had been left behind. It will probably turn out that seeing the train approaching the signalman in this case telegraphed as usual " tram in," sod iefore he could discover that some of the carriages were missing the express train had left Charlton and the mischief was done. We are informed that a question 'Merles at the coroner's inquest, whether in the event of • train being too heavy for the eosins to move, and in the event of its breaking, should the breakage be die covered in time, it was not the duty of the driver simply to detach the engine, which would enable ►he signalman to see that there was no train with it, sod to surmise that something was wrong. Another point is, whether any sig nal should be transmitted to the last station until the guard of the train lad certified to the signal man that the train was all right. Like the investigation into the accident which occurred at the Clayton tumid, the whole inquiry will tuna upon the efficacy of the system, and especially I upon the management of the telegraph signals under the block system. FIRE AND LOSS OE LIFE.-012 Saturday morn ing, between three and four o'clock, a fire, attended with fatal results, broke out on the premises, No. 28, Lorrimore street, Walworth. The house was occupied by Mr. Benson, his wife, and three children ' and so elderly lady, • Mrs. Durham. It appeared that Mrs. Durham was an invalid, 69 years of age, and possessed of some property. Yes terday • daughter was with her until midnight, bele; then urged to go by her mother. At the abovementioned time the police.constable on duty discovered that the house was on fire, when he gave an alarm, but some time elapsed before the inmates could be aroused. Mr. Beason and family were fortunately rescued, but Mrs. Durham fell a victim to the flames. Every vestige of furniture was destroyed and the blackened remains of the deceased were subsequently found presenting a frightful appearance. Seve ral engines attended, but the fire bad so far extended that it was impossible to save the contents of the house. The adjoining premises, however, were saved The body of deceased was removed in • shell to await an inquest. ORWELL PALACE. ••••• HALF-CROWN DAT. SATORDAT, DEC. 17.—Admissions on payment, 7157 ; ditto by mason tickets, 2,881 ; total. 3,66t4. BREAKFAST BlTERAGG—Homoeopathic practi• tioners, and the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa es being the most healthful .if all beverages. When the doctrine of houneopathy was nest introduced into this cousdm there were to be obtained lio preparations of coCOS either att active to the taste or acceptable to the stomach the nut was either Nupplie.l in the crude state or so unskilfully manufactured ea to obtain little notice. J. Epps. of London, Homeopathic Chemist, .as induced in the year lea to turn his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded, with the assistance of elahorat• machinery In being the first to produce as article pure In its composition, and so retinal by the peeled. tnturation It receives in the process It passes through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach For general use Eppirs Cocoa is distieguished sa an invigorating, grateful breakfast beverage, possessing a most delicious aroma. Dr. Hassell. In his work, "Adulterations of Food," says " Cocoa contains a great variety of Important 12Utralea prineb plea--every ingredient necessary to the growth sail sustenance of the body." Again As a nutritive, cocoa stands very much higher then either coffee or tea" Directions—Two teaspoonfuls of the powder In a breakfast cup, filled tip with honing water or milk. Secured in tin-lined tlb., +ib., and labelled packet, and cold at Is. lit. pm lb., by grocers. confectioners, and chemists —(Adiverilesamat. THE EXTRAORDINARY LIBEL CASE IN IRELAND. The hearing of this cam was resumed on Saturday. The learned Judge summed up at coasiderable length, **paladin( his sharp at 4 o'clock, whim the jury retired. After deliberating for two hours the jury returned into court with a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, one farthing. They found that the plea of privilege was not established. NAVAL AND MILITARY. DMILALTY DEC. 17. —A PPOINTM [NTS. Chief Engineers — Ed ward J. B. Bird, to the Cadmus, 21, screw corvette, at Chatham ; Benjamin T. Fittoek Pine, to the Highflyer, 21, screw corvette, at Portsmouth. Engineers—H. Knight, to the Cadmus ; J. Sumner, to the Hightlyer. Assistant Engineers—H. J. Isles and J. D. Chater, to the Cadmus ; John Adams, to the Hightlyer. Naval Cadet (nominated)—George H. Whalley. CHATHAM. Doc. 18. Orders were yesterday received from the Admi ralty directiog that the dockyard, storehouses, and the whole of the naval establishments at this port are to be closed from Friday afternoon next, the 23rd inst., until the following Tuesday morning, the 27th inst., sad the whole of the workmen granted two days' holiday. The extra day thus given by their lordships is to be pm/lonely made up by the hands working additional hours. PORTSMOUTH. Drc. 18. • " - - - ---. We believe we are correct iu stating that the Royal Sovereign, 5, iron screw turret ship, will be shortly re-commissioned. It is rumoured here that Captain George W. Preedy, C. 8., of the Hector, will be appointed to her, and that, after all, she will be subjected to a further test at sea by making a voyage to one or more of the French ports on the other side of the Channel. The transfer of Captain Sherard Osborn to the Excellent seems to bare been merely formal matter, and we understand that his COIIOOIAOIII with that vessel is now at an eniL On Saturday afternoon, the ceremony of laying the first stone of the new head•quartvrs for the Ist Surrey Rifles took place. The site selected for this building is is the Bruoswick•road, Camberwell New-road, which will prove highly convenient to the members of this splendid corps. Colonel ll'llurdo addressed the corps, and pointed out the use and the great importance of their having good and conveniect heal•quarters, and congratulated the Ist Surrey upon having the foundation stone of such a dswir4ble building laid that day. Thanks to, and three cheers for, Colonel Wllurdo, which were responded to with the utmost enthusiasm, closed the proceedings, MARKETS. COTTON.—LrnaPoot, llEc. 17.—We have had a quiet market, without change in prim Sales to-day 5,1100 bales, inchadiog 2,04A1 speculation and export. 210 Aniericau, 221 d. to 26.1.; 1:e) k'ernum, Sc., 261 d. WO Egyptian, 101 d. to 30d. to 40d. ; 10 Smyrna, 14d. ; 4,120 Surat, 111 d. to 23:4 ; Itengal3Sciude, &c., 124. to 12nd. ; China, 14id. to logd ; Jamul, 1711 ; 2U l'eru, &a, 2t;jd. to 274. COTTON GOODS.—MANCHESTER, DEC. 17.—The yarn and cloth market has been rather quiet throughout the week. On Tuesday very little busiueas was done, and in yarns some descriptions were rather easier to buy. Cloths were generally. steady in value, but there were some excep tions to the rule. The reduction in the rates of discount seems to have given rather more confidence to holders at the close of the week, and both shipping and home•trade yarns are held with more firmness. On the ether hand, buyers seem resolved to await the arrival of advice& by the Asia steamer from America, sod by the overland mail now over due from India, and exceedingly little business has been practicable within the last few days. In yarns, PinosPa, water twist (both in warps and bundles), India mules and doubled, have all been slow of sale. In cloths the sales actually made of India shirting' have been small, and the demand has been equally tame for T cloths, long cloths, domestics, and printers. fIARDW.IIIE.—BIRMINGHLX, DEC. 17.—The trade of this town is becoming quiet—that is, there are very few fresh orders coming in, but manufacturers generally ■re well eugaged in the completion of orders on their books, and will be so up to the end of next week. Duriog the last week or two the jewelers and all who ore in the fancy trades have been better engaged, and such is the CIAO at this moment. The hollowware manufacturers are doing a good ►mount of busioess,as are also the lamp and chandelier makers and electro-platers. The tin-plate workers are very fairly supplied with orders, of which a good proportion are oo account of the export trade. The edge-tool trade is brisk ; some of those who are engaged in that branch have a month or six weeks' orders on their books. The demand for material is steady, but has taffeta off this week, consumers Icing well supplied for the remainder of the ye►r's trade. In the foreign department business is dull. With respect to the American brooch of it no improvement has yet been experienced, the orders from that quarter during the last two months having been almost nominal. The continental trade is als) slack, the only exception being with respect to the Ilediternmeao markets. on account of which there are orders in hand. There is a fair amount doing to Australia and the West Indies. The general trade of the adjoioiug district is in a satisfactory state ; but the iron trade is almost as had as it can be. All business is in abeyance, until two meetings shout to be held have taken place ; one of these will be on Thu•aday next, and has reference to the pud- ellen' wages • it is expected that a resolution to reduce , 1 them will be ;greed upon. tin the following Thursday (the 2! , [11), the usual preliminary meeting will be held to fix prices for the taming quarter and it is not improbable that a reduction in the price of iron will then be determined upon. CORY. —CAMBRIDGE, DEC. IL—No improvement in trade to-day. Prime rather lower. Cam -lama, Dke. 17.—There wu a small supply of wheat at our market this morniug, and, there being a dull demand, last week's prices were barely maintained. Outs and barley were in fair supply, oata welling at late rates, and barley at • reduction of 6d. per Carlisle bushel. The prices were as follows :—Wheat, white, new, 14a. to 17s. ; ditto, old, 16s. to 16a. 6d. ; red, new, 13a. to Ira. ; ditto, old, 14s. to 15e. tid. ; barley, sew, 9a. 63. to 10. r. 61.; ditto, old, Us. 6d. to 10s. tid. ; oats, potato, new, 6s. to Is. 6,1.• ' ditto, old, sa. to Ss. 3d. ; common, •s. lid. to Is. lid, per Carl's° bushel. Flour, is. Id. to la .ii.; oatmeal, la, 6a. to ls. tu. barleymeal wed ryeureal, le. 3d. pH atone. COLtkiEsiSE, DEC. 17.—A fair supply of wheat and barley. Prices about the same as last week. Yeas and beans earns as before. GUILDFORD, Dec. 17.-The supply of wheat at market today was large. Trale ruled firm, ►td all fine parcels were readily placed at folly late rates. Barley wee agaio it large supply, end difficult to sell at last weeli's reductive iu price. Wheat, 37.. to 47e. ; barley, 25.. to 345. ; oats, Li.. to 25.. ; beaus, 40s. to 435.; peas, 38s. to 40s. HERTFORD, DEC. 17.-Only moderate supplies of wheat. Trade is not worse, the condition being better, but no im proverneut io prices can be toted. Good malting barley still fetches former prices, but coarse and iuferior is diffi cult to quit. Oats and beaus in demand at rather more money. Wheat, red, per load, runs. 21s. to 241. ; 6ue, 25e. ; white, 23e. to ;.his.; fine, 275. Barley, malting, per qr.. 32a. to 375. ; grinding, 265. to 30.. Oats, coarse, new, 16s. to 225. ; ell, 2ria per qr. Beans, per load, 21s. to 235. ; old, 275. per load. LEICEsTER, DEC. 17 .-W e had a fair supply of wheat at this ceru market to-day for the ireasou, and the atteutlance was moderate. There was rather more doing, and pievitass retes were realised. New white, 39a. to 43a. ; Dew red, 341,. to 44).. per 36 stone. The demand for barley was of a firm character. For the best sorts late rates wells main taMed, while inferior ditto sold at ls. per quarter reduction ; malting, 30.. to 345. per quarter ; grinding. 26a. to 295. per 3(.1 stone. There was a steady feeling in the oats trade, and • the rates of last week were easily made ; old, 245. to 29.. ; new. 20e. to 255. per 24 stone. NEWCAOTLE•UPOII-TTA!, Dec. 17.-At our market this moruiug we had a moderate show of wheat from the grower■, condition, for the most part poor, and it was cleared off at about previous prices. For line old south couutry we experienced an improved inquiry, sod sales were readily made, at fully last week's terms; whilet choice foreign, at the same time, commanded more general attention, at full rates, indeed, for one very extra lot of two years old Dautzie, weighing naturally 64114 per bushel, rather over our extreme quotations was realised, whereas inferior new was in little favour; upon the whole, however, our mat ket closed with a more healthy tone than of late. Flour, being held more firmly. had the effect of cheekier business. elating barley not so pressingly offered, and the few sales making are confined to the best white deecrip. tints, itifervir being quite neglected ; grinding met little iniiiiiry. Malt difficult to gait. Beans and peas difficult to quit. Oats unaltered. The arrivals this week are :- Wneat, oortstwiee, 1,069 ; foreign, 3,237 qrs. Barley, coastwise. 886. Malt, coastwise, 8.5. O►t., coastwise, 1.874. Peas, coastwise, 10 ; foreign, 226. Beater, coast wise, 178 ; foreign, 91. Flour, ocasswiso, 1,178 sacks; foreign, 475 barrels. Nesw , cll, llse. 17.—There was • very fair supply of wheat, and the trade at this market today may be quoted at about the wino rates for all dry sad Bond qualities : other aorta quite oeglocted. There was • liberal supply of barley, and the best malting descriptions were taken off on late terms ; secondary and grinding qualities met • limited sale at loser rates. In costa beans, and peas little pawing. White wheat (weighing 6311 n. to 611b5.). 44e. to 45a. ; red ditto (weighing 62115. to ii4lbs.), 36a. to 38s. ; best malting bole) (iambics 5.51b5. to 561ba.), 308. to 33a. ; runs ditto (weighing Silks. to 651ba.), 28s. to 30a.; distilling ditto (weighing 5211 iii. to &An.). 245. to 21ia ; oats, 24e. to %a. ; beans, 375. to 33*. ; peas (maple), 36a. to 38a. par quarter. Flour, this. to 265. 6d. per sack. Nurritentett. Dec. 17.—There was • tolerable show of wheat, and most of the samples were in damp condition. The demand was steady, and the rates of last week were supported. Old white made 445. to 48a. ; old red, 395. to 41s. ; new white, 41s. to 41s. ; new red, 375. to 40.. porn stone. The show of barley was good, but the demand was by no swum bride, sad prices for warm soda Twain favour of the buyer; fins qualities maintained their nitie. Nen malt*, 28e. to 34e. per qr. ; old grinding, 27e. to ; new, Ma. to 28s, per 30 otos*. There was a small sho w o f oats, for which the demand was steady, and the full rates of last week were maintained; old, 25.. to 30e. ; new, 225. to rks. j old foreign, 245. to 26.. per 24 stone. OXFORD, DEC 17.—Tbe Egebaoge was well attended be farmers and dialers, and trade generally for all kiods el grain was firmer, although we Gannet quote prices dearer. White wheat, best qualities, ruled from 4(h. to 42a, ; 375. to 40s. per qr. _Barley, 2265. to 30s. Oats, 1 , 4 a. 64. to . - PETERBOROUGH. D. 17.—Tbere was but a moderate show of all grain here to-day. The wheat trade ruled do.I but prices cameo' be called lower. All spring corn taw .0 demand and the turn dearer. ROCIIESTEE, Drc. 17.—The stands were well sam:i. I with farmer's wheat, and most of the samples were in fAir condition, the chaup in the weather having eionsidera.,,,. improved the character of the wheat. There was a inquiry for beet samples of homegrown aid foreign s , r••. which realised about former prices, while other kinds wtn: dull, and barely supported late rates. Beet sorts of ' , Lt.: made 425. to 445., and red, 375. to .19.. per quarter secondary ►nd inferior white, 40s. to 425.; and red, Xi.. t 375. per quarter. Flour was in rather better demand, hut the biudneas done was chiefly in retail. Of barley there . a fair show, but the business done was confined cbiet!y to malting samples, which realised from 325. to and grinding kinds 235. to 26e. per quarter. The oat trade AA, rather brisker, but samples met with no alteration in pri•e. Best English feeds were 19s. to 21a., and others 16s. to I per quarter. WISBECH, DEC. 17.—The supply of wheat today and the full prices of last week were readily oriole for a;: sorts. Oats in larger supply, and in favour of the 1.1 Beans and peas as before. Prices to the grower :—WLc.t. white, 40.. to 425., extra 411., 631 b. per bushel ; red, 36e. to 3de. ; oats, old, Is. per stone ; ditto new, 1.,1. to 11d. ; beans, 3fie. to 40.. per 19 atone. Wo•Curtn, DEC. 17.—At this dive+ market there a,. again a full supply of wheat from the farmers, but price. were sotsubmitted to for any description. Barley unaltered. Oats rather cheaper. Very little ifornry f or beans or pug. Yon/4 DEC. 17.—The quantity of wheat on offer w., about an average, there being a sprinkliog of white and ml sorts. Buyers could not supply their wants at any red .c. tiou on Late rates. New white may be quoted at 40., to 445. ; new red, 375. to 40.. per 36 stone. Barley was in fa r supply, but moat of the samples were of inferior The demand ruled slow. and prices in some cases ten.l•el downwards. Malting, 28s. to OW. per qr. ; grinding. to 275. per 30 stone. Of oats the supply was limited, and tne inquiry was healthy at the rates of last week ; new, t 225. per 24 stone. Kr RKCALIII. DEC. 17.—At our country market. thi. we W we had fair supplies of barley and oats, and small of win , Prices, although we can hardly quote any alteration, ..re steadier, particularly for the finer qualities of barley a., I oats. Here, to day, we had small supplies of wheat an! barley, but large of oats. Prices remain unchanged fr last week. Wheat, 295. to 33a ; barley, 19 a to el. • Cats, nil. to 19s.fld, per qr. WATERFORD, DEC. 17. —Our receipts of foreign grain continue on a low scale, only one cargo of midie hae,nt reached us this week ; but of home growth, deliverie, hare increased. Saucely any change to report in our Mal eo.t non this day se'onight. Irish wheat is somewhat Oats sod Indian corn command more money. For n. articles there has been a better inquiry. ITneit.— I larger supply, and fkl. per barrel cheaper. Foreign in re stricted demand. at cur quotation., which are • shade ea , r. Barley still in good request. Oat..—With plenty of offering. there has been increased activity in this article t. I tocornplete shipments. buyers have, in some inatances, rice obliged to pay an enhancement of 2-1. per barrel. In 1. in Corn. —The principal inquiry is for I of which a fur Tiantity has moved off &aria; the week. Imp .rts this week :—Maize, 2,200 qrs.; wheat, 311 , qra. ; dour. 1..1 sacks. Exporta this week. —Haig-. 7.') trio.; wheat, ; oats, 2,2n2. Flour, 1,208 sacks ; oatmeal, 24. HOMEWARD AM ERIC•N AND CANADIAN MAIL DI . E AT Lnutruut. THIS WieE.—There are three itesniersdue at Liverpool this week with the American sod Catatli.dt mails, viz., the Moraviae, Edinburgh, and China. The Moravian, with dates from Portland, Maine, to the loth instant, and Edinburgh, with corresionding advice. hum New York, may be expected, the former at Greencastle in the course of to-morrow (Tuesday) or early on Wednesday morning, and the latter Id Cape Clear or Queen.town on Wednesday night or Thursday next. The Cunard steamer China, with dates from New York to the Nth, will probably reach Queenstown on Friday night or early on Saturday morning. Should the present easterly winds e , ,.- tinue, the homeward passages of these steamers will Ls material!, lengthened, as the wind will be right in their teeth.' lii;PATCH OF THE WE-.T INDIA AND PAI IFIC MAILS.—SOCTHAMPTON, DECIADEIi l7.—The Royal Sad Co.upany's steamship Atrato, Captain Jellicoe, sailed hobos tu-day at 3 p.m., with the mails for the British and Foreign West Indies, the Pacific, California, Central America, .L.c. She took out $2 passengers, and on freight silver coin, 8,41A11. ; gold coin 14.51.01. jewe ll ery, MM. • French jewe ll ery. 3,054, an d a general cargo of Engliali and French tuerchandize. ANOTHER STORY AT SHIELDA.--SHIELDS, SATYR DAT NlL:Hr.—Another storm of a very violent character came on this morning from the EN. F., and at daybreak the sea off the Northumberland coat luid an awful appearance, reunion mountains high. The oldest seaman hat scarcely seen a higher or more violent sea. Ie the morning four lugs DC/11.1 collier. plunged io amongst the turmoil of water on the bar of the Tyne, and succeeds' in reaching the port in safety. During the day the weather got worse, being accom panied by blinding snow showers ' and the greatest anxiety was manifested this afternoon in this seaport with regard to the safety of the ships that would have to run for the port at tide time, and the lifeboats at all the stations were held io readiness, but though many of the ships were in imminent peril, and the greatest excitement prevailed with regard to the chamois of their getting in without being wrecked, they succeeded in reschiag the port. though many of them had most miraculous escapee. A solitary vessel wu seen in the offing about nightfall,but she has made off to someother place of shelter, as no ships have attempted to take the bar since o'clock. A number of shipwrecked crews have arrived in the Tyne from the south • and the crew of the brig Earl Aberdeen. which was • reeked on the sands off Yarmouth, are reported to have seen avenge' perish with all hands. Two more budiee of paseengers lost with the Stanley at our harbour mouth, making four recovered this week, were taken out of the sea this morning at Tynemouth. They were in an advanced state of decomposition ; but it is conjectured that the bode of one, a female, was that of Miss 'Amami, who was going from Aberdeen to her situation in London, and the other, a male, is positively identified ae that of • les man' named Addison , who was on his way to joie his ship in London. To-night, et 10 o'clock, the weather was mode rating considerably. THE. ALLEt:ED MURDER BY POISON AT MAN. cacsTER.—A woman named Ann Carrigan wee brought be fore the magistrates at Manchester last Saturday week and molested on suspicion of poisoning a woman named Ann Conway. The remains of some medicine given to the de ceased has been examined, and was believed to show trices of arsenic. A subsequent analysis by Professor Same bee removed that impression. Mr. Roscoe mays he has failed to trace either arsenic or any other mineral poison in the medicine. The error was caused by using sulphur of ammonium is place of sulphuretted hydrogen gas, the addi tion of an acid canning a precipit.rte of yellow sulphur which was erroneously taken to be sulphate of &TOMO. The woman IMO discharged by the magistrates on Saturday after being in prison • week. - - [ActverttsemetiL]—HOLlAlWAY'S PILL% AND OINT MRAT.—DF.AD AND Favyscu.—A disonlet, d stomach soon, r or Liter produces headaches, and all those painful, laugn , l dis agreealde feelings too well known to the dyspeptic. afforded In such Met by Holloway's Pills Iv extraordinary. Th., mast confirmed indigestion is easily remedied by friction ester ually with the ointment over the affected organs and the Internal use of the Pills. These pveparatious may be uied at all time+, in all Climate% by persons affected with hiliousnesa disordered liver for flatulence and heartburn they are specitlie. Indeed, no ailment of the digestive organs can ever Ion:: rc..t their purl() lug and corrective powers, which are frequent I} AC kW. !edged aud fully appreciated In every part of the clvilised world. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. BROM' N.-December la. at lho Terrace. Albion-road, Stoke Newington, Mrs. J. Brown, of a tIJ uhtcr. N LAME -December Pk a► South End, Kltham, Kent, Mrs. A. \came • of a son. FOLLIWK -itecember 16, at Moatazue- L'uaeella.ivare. the ad,' of A. J. P-Ilock, Eig M M., of a lon. Sl`l . KLING - Deernalmr 16, at Ile .eittny -terrace, Delltusrk hill. the wife of 11. J Spurlits. E.. 1 of a n . SA(' NIWIta.-lioct miter IS, at Fernll.ll. Quadrant-mad, 114A hon. New-park. II r. F. saun•tere. •.f a dath:Ster. P'lll ITIN tVIMN.-Derenther 16, at Guilford-at reek Kswell square, the safe of the nee. Intangton, of a datlaghter. MARRIAGES. __..... COLBORNE—RPICKERSirI7—Li 7 erniber 15, at earlabrooke, fele of Wight, by the Her. E. b. James, W. It. Colborue. t.. Lucy Itebe,ca, daughter of the late J. P. Spricberuell, Leg., tartahro,d‘e JIIN Es—% ReTSlOßLANV.—lleeember IS, at the parish church. Itranttorrhain, by the her. W W Warr, the Rev.!, P. Jur., .4 liall)hettar, tStrinarthenshhe, to Annie, .lauahter of We Rev. T. I% estmorland. vicar of Itrantinehara, Yorkshire. SIP REILL-110G0.— lavetsber IN at St. James's Church, hotting hill, by the ker. T. P. Rotated. Y. Murrill, Eat. ot St, fsn's.elllas, Notting.hill , to ruzw) Houma, Llaughttc of E. Hogg, Eaq., of Norlauti.equale. DEATHS. PORATElL—December 15. at St .1.;1717..vt11aa, Richmond, Surrey Mary. widow of the late Captain R b onter . LIAR N Ea.—December 13. at Highgate, Harriet, widow of the Into J Gardiner, Eel , aged ;5. MANSELL—December la, at Victorlaloder, ll'untneresuith, Suminea Marta, wife of W. Mansell, Eos Cominamicr 11. N. PONMiNHY. —December 15, at Esat.l.rook.sillea, Doter, .100 e Eliza Pormonby, seed IS ILI APLA N D. Irocensher 15, at the Htlllsouse. Hadley. Hereford• shire, Sarah Louisa, the one of .7 'Shapland, Em.. std 31.1. WYLDIL —Dem-usher 16. 51m7 Ann, ode of Mr. T. Wilde, of Aberdeen-park, Ilighburs. Printed and Published by WILLIAII Fro HALES, of O. lb I..mbardatreet, In the lily .4 Lenidutb Printer. st the (Mier. in Lombard-street. 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