The Express. — London, England, 1868-01-09 00:00:00

~" drama. NEW VEEN'S. A three-act drama of strong &Martin intareet, written by Mr. H. J. Byron fee Mr. J. L. Tab, Inn pro she'd at this bones last night with the meet perfect and genuine mores, under the title of Dearer than Life. Like moat new dramas now produced in London, it has bad lie preliminary rehears is or trials in Liverpool, and eevesel other large and theatrical country towns, and, unlike acme drums, it has met with even a more favourable re ception in London than in the provinces. Unlike drama', too, that are "written to order" for an eminent and popular comedian, it is very far from being a one-character piece, and Mr. Toole has shown his good taste and judg ment in not cutting down the various secondary cha racters provided by his author. The interest felt in the principal part is not decreased by the prominence given to the other personages of the (hams, and no objection can be made to them, except that some few have no active connection with the story. The plot of Dearer than Life is very homely, and the main interest bears some little resemblance to that of the Por!or's Knot. The management have thought proper in place the drama on the stage with some of those " lime. light effects" and orchestral accompaniments that are p nerully associated with plays of a more sensational natant; but Dearer Man Life can very well dispense with these accessories. Mr. Toole's pathos is not increased by the tremulous performance of Mr. Wallerstein's admirable and admirably conducted band, and there is much absurdity in hearing broken-down tradesmen, and more broken-down paupers, speaking huskily through music. Mr. Byron's play has neither burglary nor murder in it, and it is a pity to waste such powerful effects on crimes that never go beyond eniberslement. The chief character, represented by Mr. Toole, is a thriving tradesman named Michael Garner, who bas a wife and one son—the petted darling of his mother. This eon, corrupted by a reckless companion and spoilt by his mother, is a speculator on the turf, and a mild kind of spendthrift ; and to provide funds for his extravagances he uses the property of his employers, a fins of solicitors. His character is not nn knewn to his father, who commas his faults out of love for his mother ; and when the inevitable exposure comes, Michael Garner takes his son's place and accuses bimetal of over-speculation and dishonesty. The son leaves the country, and the Garner family fall into the most extreme poverty. The rascally companion of young Garner at tee.pts unsuccessfully to supplant him in the affections of hi i betrothed, a niece of the old people, and the mother mil:learns that her son is guilty and her husband inno- OVEt through a drunken raving fit of the latter. The son returns—reformed, penitent, and rich—just in time to sari his family from expulsion from their lodgings, and the piece concludes in the happiest manner possible. This is a very brief and perhaps inadequate summary of the story—a story that is clear, simple, and sufficient to ea . ..-y the three tolerably long acts into which it Is divided. Though the play la well constructed, Mr. r'7oll has not indulged in what we may call the severi ties of construction. He has introduced several persons at a party given at Michael Garner's house in the days of his proorcrity who hare no necessary connexion with the Ist, 7, and who only serve to indicate the kind of society in which the chief character is moving. One of these ehr.racters (excellently played by Mr. C. Seyton) sings a ge:.ial song about " an honest man," but sever appears to be? Michael Garner in his misery ; and this neglect the author probably intends to be a satire upon " convivial geniality." Another character, flitting in end out, and played with remarkable force and judgment by Mr. Lionel agh, I. a drunken old brother of Michael Garner's, who rt.. is money for drink, and causes the scapegrace son to be suspected of more criuw s than those of which he is really guilty. This character, although only seen in the first mid last acts, has a real, though slight, hold upon the story, and is wade most effective by the actor. The mat act, in fact, is brought to a triumphant couclusion by Mr. Lionel ltrough's tragic power in a Bane in which be endeavours to open his sister-in-law's eyes to the real character of her petted son. Those who meek lent the half-drunken old men's denunciation in the first, act when he re-appoare in the third act will feel the t Mr. Nyron has weakened its effect by making the old man confer that he was robbing his relatives, and bringing them to poverty, at the time he was accusing his nej Ilea of swindling and stealing. The real rascal of the piece —one Bob Garritt, is some wit disappointing, as be does nothing lout threaten a hel:dess girl, and look savage. The part, however, that of a flash, uneducate I " loafer," is so characteristically mule up mod repiesented by Mr. 11. Irving, that very little Indt can be found with the author for providing such a ch..racter. Michael's son, lois niece, and his wife are all tor care:tilly and naturally represented by Mr. C. Wynd leen. ANN 11. lio,llloll, and Mra. E. Dyas ; Mr. John CI ',ton, dropping the young " swell " for once, is .elleistly made up and impressive as a middle a; 1 lawyer, the wronged employer of Michael's son, and M. , . E. mini is wonderfully life-like ea a vulgar dunning 11..dhely of a garret. Mr. J. L. Toole, se Michael Garner, ei a remarkably effective part—a part that runs through be.sly the whole gamut of stage humour and pathos—par tit ilarly in the last act, and he does full justice to it. Allowance being made for the anxiety of a first night with a new piece (his own property) in a new theatre, we have never seen him act better. Thom who hare witnessed his Caleb Plummer will probably find traces •of this artistic impersonation in the third act of Dearer than Life, but tins will scarcely reduce the value of the new performance. It seems to us to only want a little snore repose—a little less angularity of action—to wake it perfect. There is one indulgence that Mr. J. L. Toole should Merely deny himself, and leave to inferior actors—the in dit:gence in malapropisms. Whether written by the author or pat in by the actor, they are far too plentiful in the last act, and represent a form of humour that is antiquated an 1 elmetrappy. If souse few traces of Eccles in Caste caa be found in the maudlin drunken pauper who is given to Mr. Lionel Brough ; and if other diamas and other characters are also faintly reflected in this new venture of Id r. Byron':, there can be no question that Mover than L o`e has secured the great end in view, the unmixed ripplause of a very large mixed audience. The interest incresaes as the play progresses, and the third act ham the rate merit of being stronger than the first. It is almost unnecessary to may that the chief actors were called before tL.curt.inrepeatedly during the performance, and that the author was loudly called for at last. and appeared, to bow his acknowledgments. IMPOsPION tri A Snip's Carzats.—A penalty •_l/.. with cost-, has been imposed upon a Liverpool bo:.rding-homm keeper, named Goodman, for shipping two, travelling Polish s'Aziers as " abie-bodied " seamen. Tue two men had leen staying at Cloodinan's house; he bad I,:weeented to them that glaziers were iu gym! reel/test airfoad, is-d that it they were to arum° a seafaring garb he ' cu ld emdly get them shipped. The Poles magnum to the scl.enie aml having equipped them in a nautical dress, C ,odrisiat shipped them on board the Pwriot Queen. bound for Calcutta, telling the captain that they were " v ien; but strong and excellent idiom. The men cored tile necessary papers and obtained the advance metes, of which Goodman claimed a share, this being really the object of his scheme. He then quitted the ship, and when it put to set the captain speedily found that he had be,a most tho•otighly imposed upon. The Poles could do no ship work, and were, besides, so sick that they were utterly useless. Enraged, the captain swore if they did not leave the ship at Cork be would kick them ashore. Seeing hew they hr..' been duped, the poor fellows were glad enough to land at Cork when the vessel called there. T..e walked from Clark to Dublin, and thence embarked ter Court LEOISLATION.—An Ohio paper relates an iroident that lately occurred in Muskingum C'ount7, which illustnttes as clearly as possible one of the abstudities of colour legislation. Among a large number of coloured persons in that county, who form a well-to-do community by themselves, was one mulatto, whose children bear no outward evidence of being descendants of the patriarch whom Nnah cursed. As thole people paid a Urge amount of money in taxes for the support of schools, without enioying any of the benefits, the mulatto refened to deter rened to test the question by sending his children to nehooL Of course there was great indignation in the village, and a committee of the school directors of the county was sent to the school to expel the intrnders. The teacher refused to point out the individuals who had dia. turhod the peace of the school by their unwelcome pre- fence. the had no complaint to make against them, and WA willing they should remain. The committee selected three who, they thought, bore the strongest evidence of belonging to the proscribed race, and ignominiously eimelkd thole. The scandal was great when it was disco vered on the next day that the children of three of the wealthiest white men were the victim, of the movement ag - inst negroes. The ludicrous result of this raid was the establishment of schools for " coloured" children ' sad the exemption of the wealthy negro. a from further oosstrlhn tens to the education, of their poor white nelgisbeens.— Aston Ad‘ertiser,Da. 25. CENTRAL ORIMIN. (ashes Mw Julies Shea) Barak dews, 26, was **pa with the wilful mortis GC herteess d tiM the promeution. The primmer was by lb. Mail* Ty. iamb el this ease lay in • very sorrow estelTlet =yes denseelle servant to Mr. Pester, a al TB ' swhigtele. rd fee ewes lime preffliens 6th of November a sesphion was entertained that the was be the family way, bail gm denied that it was the fact. Oa the day essitiessed she was observed to be very medical man was sent for, to wham the prisoner aamtews that she had given birth to a child, but she said that it was dead, and was in a box La her bedroom. IJpa a week being made the dead bed? of a full-gown child was die. covered in the place indicated, with a pipes of woollen string tied tightly round ita threat ,• and according to de evidence of the wpm, the death was ocessioned =dation. The medial evidence, however, as hap In all them mum, failed to show that the child ever sked such a state of existence as to satisfy the requirements of the law. Mr. Sleigh made a most feeling appeal to the jury far the prisoner, and the jury, in the result, AequWe her el the murder, but found her guilty of ilatisamtring to cow mai the dead body of the child. They, however, at the NMI time, recommended the prhonee to mercy on amount el her preview good character. Mr. Justice &bee sentenced her to 15 months' imprimis meet, with hard labour. (Before Mr. Justioe Smith.) William Balkiest, a bootmaker, aged 39 was indicted for feloniously wounding his father, with intent to mar der him. Mr. Malign Williams prosecuted, and the prisoner was aselehried. On the indictment being read to him, the guilty. The Imis judge asked him il le ts g eW l e r frialware of the serious nature of the charge, sod be then said that he would leave it in his lordship's ham& Subsequently he stated that he did not intend to isender. and a plea of not guilty was accordingly entered. The facts of the case have appeared very recently. The prisoner lived with his father at Islington, and it seemed that while sitting down to partake of some food a quarrel arose between him and his brother-in-law. The father said he would not allow anything of that sort theme, and the prisoner then left the room. In a few minutes be returned, and boiling back his father's had, inflicted a severe wound co his throat. A question arose in the course of the seas as to tbs sanity of the prisoner, and Dr. Gibson, the surgeon el Newgate, having be e n called, he depo sed that he hod visited the pawner on several occasions since the let January, and had no reason to believe that his mind was affected. At the close of the evidence the jury returned a verdict of Guilty, but recommended him to mercy, as he appeared to be labouring under some delusion. Mr. Justice Smith sentenced him to six yam' peel servitude. John Blake, a labourer in Woolwich Arsenal was in dicted for feloniously wounding Thomas Whelan, with intent to murder him. A second count charged him with wounding with intent to inflict grievous bodily harm. Mr. Pater, instructed by Mr. Chappell, Gonda:4olllm prosecution. The prosecutor is also a labourer in the Arsenal, end lived at Plamstead. On Saturday, 26th October, be so companies' his cousin, Mrs. Wren, who is a cripple, to Woolwich, a distance of half a mile. They returned be tween 9 and 10 at night, and on their way had occasion to pass through Armstrong-street, where they observed the prisoner standing beside the fance of one of the houses. Shortly afterwards Whelan received a blow on the bask ad the neck, which ar mo ra to fall, and Mrs. Wren who was leaning on his ar f support, also fell to the grimed. The prisoner, who was the person who struck the blow , then knelt on Whelan's c he st, and struck him with his fists on the face and head. 'Whelan said to him, " I have never offended you in my life, and if it is money you neat, I have got none." After some struggling he managed to regain his feet, but the prisoner again knocked him down and kicked him in the side, and struck him with Mrs. Wren's crutch until it broke in two. Blake then ran away : and the prosecutor, who had become insensible from the injuries inflicted on him, was picked up by two man. On the fella • Mon- day the prisoner was apprehended, and when charged with the offence before the magistrate, he stated that he lived in Armstrong-street, and was in the act of taking off his boots when he heard a woman's once. On ,g to the street to see what was the matter, he alleged that he saw the prosecutor with his arms round Mrs. Wren's neck, and that they were having high words. He remon strated with Whelan, who struck him on the face, and in return lie then knocked him down, and a scuffle took place between them. Evidence was, however, given to show that Whelan and Mrs. Wren, who are both married, were perfectly sober, and were walldng quietly along the street when the att ack was made upon them. The jury found the prisoner Guilty of unlawfully wounding, and the learned judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour. (Before the Common Serjeant.) George Barrett, 19, and Mary Willie, 19, remanded from last session, stood indicted for feloniously and maliciously setting fi re to the dwelling-house of Mary Withers. They were also charged with stealing two pillows and pillow-uses, a counterpane, and two sheets. Mr. Daly prosecuted, and Mr. Beeley defended. The circumstances of this case were somewhat peculiar. It appeared that the prisonea, who lived together as man and wife, occupied a room on the second-floor of a house in Exeter-place, Chelsea. A little after 10 o'clock on the night of the lird December, the male prisoner went down stairs to the landlady, Mrs. Withers, and asked if she had been in his room. She replied in the negative, and he then said that some one had robbed the place and set it on fire, and that everything was safe when be had gone out at 6 o'clock. The landlady accordingly went up stairs, and on the top of the bed saw that there had been a fire and that one of the blankets was partially burnt. The articles specified in the indictment were also missing, and the offence imputed to the prisoners was that they had stolen the articles and attempted to set the place on fire, in order to throw the blame on some one else. The jury Arquilled the prisoners of the charge of arson. Willis pleaded guilty to stealing the sheets and pillows, and was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. This concluded the business of the session, end the court at its rising adjourned to the 2th of January. libtixilarrit %au THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY 6— .51 stea l Pthiththrath yetharday, 'newel* thenti& go ef lie. ,7" New Bu ll& Oaths. for that I= a se at ill the a ll=orrrecl etieliels, it the nth . tottiger7 to the bye laws of zeneko _ ll777ffilais uad =red for the company, and Lord was beliM=said he believed th e facts wen not disputed, Le . the - should be emended, ea it ins dated that the sdimm tens eammitted me the lift, whereas it was map estithible4 en the flOth Loth Renelegle add be veal sat tidth mailing any usbakia *Nike, In fest las weld plead guilty. lir.Dooke—fflien I almil the you en the mitigated pen& : al Kb. and sods. ; but I do nee with to before yon tt e e ms o - efa it law-breaker ; and I pleaded gOty it wu merely to mu time, as I do not dispute the fact ; but still Ilan scam observation to offer. Mr. Cooke—ln that cam you must withdraw yeez piss of weft, and I mast hear the evidence. Itnderiok John Passies, gamed on the Meireptithenliall way, mid—l was in charge of the 10.55 train ea Ibe OM. ing of the 20th December last. I maw his laiiipsohbg at the Aldan/ate-skeet station ; the Mein was J e rktt off, end I spoke to him and motioned tires lar smoke. In the h ,as the bath was el. IS is ma mmal = elble that he (Lord ) might ast have me, but I afterwards men it to him ei the thereing don station and he said there was no oft there to annoy, and he would smoke and be damned to me. Cromexamined by Lord Ranelegh—l don't think that there were more than two firdolain passengers on that night. I told you that amoldng was not allowed, and cautioned you on the previous niAt. Lord Ranelagh said' that smoEng in railway carriages now was the rule and sot the exasptm, and renamed& tions had been made so the directors of the Metropolitan Railway which it was hoped they would in common just' s(' adopt se to smoking carriages. Mr. Mislay mid the bye laws prohibited all smoking and the directors had had the e l t i ii i iect. of sa i a t aig rly carri ages before them, but on a line of railway %Vag such an enor mous number of peasengers as they Lord Ranelaglt - said he did not wish to appear as a breaker of the laws, but still what he had to my would he thought acquit him of the charge of wilful law breaking. It was well known that at the time those bye laws were made smoking was the exception and not the role ; now it was the rule and not the excerption. This was felt by mavadrsilway companies, and they had very properly to the requirements of the public ; but It appeared that the Metropolitan Railway Company deediaed to grant any convening* to theirpasmagers. Hereeolleetel a am of " Chitty v. the London and Heighten Company," • where the company had presumed to detain a gentleman for smoking on the authority of their bye laws, and that • gentleman brought an action against the company, and obtained 5001. damages, and on the judgment being • appealed against it was confirmed. Mr. Cooke said that on looking into the bye laws of the company he could see nothing there which would authorise him in setting them aside ; and as they were before him he would have to decide by than. Lord Ranelagh— I may also maths, sir, that I was once fined 10s. for smoking on the Richmond line, and • within a week afterwards smoking carriages were plead on that line. Mr. Cooke said that with respect to the Metropolitan Railway it was an underground one, and perhaps the directors were right, under the circumstanose, in prohi biting smoking, He should in the present instance fine the defendant 20e. and costs. The amount was immediately paid. THE STEANOR TBRATIIRNT or WORKHOUSE CHIL DREIK—Os Tuesday a discussion took place at the meeting of the Preston board of guardians with reference to the ex traordinary proceedings which have taken place, and have just been made known, at Walton-le-Dade workhouse. From what transpired, it appears that on the 23rd of het month, Mr. Patterson, master of the workhouse named, applied a quantity of mercurial ointment to the beads of a large number of boys who were inmates of the establish ment. Next day some of the boys became ill, and on the following day others were taken iIL Some of the guardians and Dr. Smith, the medical attendant, were at the work house on the latter day, but the governor said nothing to them about the illness of the boys. The day after,Dr. Smith and one or two of the guardians again visited the house, when they sacertained that three or four of the boys were unwell, but in the absence of proper information it was inferred that they were simply out of order through the extra Christmas food they had partaken of. Subsequently the attention of Dr. Smith was drawn to a boy named Patrick Burke, who was ordered to the Preston House of ' Recovery. Dr. Smith was not, however, informed what the boy was suffering from, and the supposition was that be was in some fever. Four days afterwards Burke died, and it was not until then that it transpired that menurial ointment had been put upon his head. If this had been known earlier, it is probable that the doctor could have saved the boy's life. In the meantime an anonymous letter with reference to the condition of the Walton workhouse boys was sent to the workhouse committee, who went to the place, and found fourteen boys in bed, and nineteen who were suffering from swollen throats, ulcerated tongues, and great weakness. Four of the boys had also been removed to the House of Recovery, hut neither this fact nor their illness had been registered by the governor. One of the boys sent to the House of Recovery bad, it at.. peered, got his arm broken some weeks before ; but it is stated by the boy that the governor refused to let the desks know of it. The bone was wrongly set by some person. At present the boy is in the House of Recovery, when he has been suffering from the application of mer curial ointment. His arm will have to be re-broken and set again. The governor say•that, with reference to the ointment, he only applied a piece about the site of • bean to each buy's heed. All the boys are now recovering. Relative to the boy Burke • coroner's jury has returned a verdict of " Accidental death." On Tuesday, Mr. Parks, one of the guardians, regretted that the verdict had been given so soon, as the jury could now have had • great deal more information on the subject. Mr. Patterson, who came to Walton from Manchester, and who for merlyed in Rdinburgh, sent in his resignation to the guard• II on Tuesday, and requested its immediate accept sum rather than suspension. The guardians decided to suspend him, and to request the Poor-law Board to send down an inspector ;for the purpose of making • searching inquiry into the management of the Walton workhouse. Tau MURDIR OF • COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS IN SHROPSNIRE.—Yesterday the adjourned inquiry into the mysterious circumstances attending the death of Mr. Barnard Z the Birmingham commercial traveller, whose murdered wee found in a ditch near Stnekley an the '29th November, was resumed before the coroner at Dawisy. Mr. Leeks, solicitor, was present to watch the case on behalf of Kr. George Harris, one of the witnesses, with respect to whom there recently spread through the district an extraordinary rumour circumstantially deecrib tag how he had committed suicide, leaving behind him a enafeesion that he was the murderer of Zuguan. On the opening of the court the coroner said he had received • meannnieation from the Home Secretary in reply to the nnanlaisas request of the jury that government would afar • reword for the detection of the criminal without waiting for their verdict. Mr. Gathorne Hardy said it was not usual for government to offer a reward in such oases until • coroner's jury had returned • verdict of wilful murder against seine person or persons unknown. It weer not for him (the coroner) to criticise the custom of the Home-office, or to my whether it would not lave been conducive to the ends of justice to depart from it in the present instance: but be would put it to the jury whether they would close their inquiry on the evidence sa In their possession, in which case he presumed a reward would be offered fo;thwith, or whether they would hear the additional evidence which the police were pre pared with, and which, he might say, did not materially serve to elucidate the mystery which surrounded the identity of the murderer. The jury decided to close their t b ot ai withoet hearing further evidence, and after brief on returned the following verdict :—" The jury, eassidering that it is most desirable that a government re wind altould be offered, and which, according to the reap anideation from the Home-office, cannot be done till • verdict has been returned, find • verdict of wilful murder some person or persona unknown. At the lame Est e i rhey cannot but express their regret that no reward has yet hem offered after the unanimous expression of their opinion that a brutal murder had been committed." SINGULAR CANE Or LOBB AND RECOVERY About ilir;eYeairs ago Yrs. Stewart, llontbey, while feed ing her calves, allowed one of them to tuck her fingers, but on withdrawing her hand beheld with consternation that her marriage ring and another which she wore as • keeper had diaappeared, the calf having apparently oval lowed them. la eensequenee of this the animal was kept at Montboy, where it was rested, fattened, and dual tered last week, when a proper search wu made for the miming treasure, and at the tint incision made upon the intestines, both rings were found as *lean and as bright as they were when they went aminslog three years before. Brakes Adureiser. At • meenw at the Lancashire Presbytery, held at St. Cleoige's - Prosbytwias almarch, Liverpool, on Tar day, the Rev. B. H. Landis glue notice of Ida integrates to more at • future ineedag that as it la desirable that*. presbyter ll iso Marti ths masa la lonised should em brace a the presbyteries abiders sat mogregatioas is that past of the ldatiem without meeption, an sweeten be presented to the synod I. take rash steps as asap as Mum ON= aZlPialte he opening up segenatime wilt • vise to the pelitenden of web adaisters end eteinen. tans within tie %Made elm& of the anion. 'imam zainatia sr Dv Rumex Poop so ins efauca, aro* 1101114 lad I Wir da isi moiltdas awssesses, apeman distrlewa, bearria. siNmegls. . le e s ank Th... Lew sai White bed resisted el ON at s Idlers tie op. It save Inss Wiest sem rssesilsa—lissa la s ; II& • MIR lOC at IL per assi.—Da Parry wil m U i lsgest- E Pietawas sot sat se • a. assseeta =la% usertairessi ailipeas dimills.—µdbuelimay EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1868 en min mews es sun mum. Sr ,—I shell feel meek ebbed if you will give iseertioe in rilie etiamme be lie farm el Adams be bar Mei Cleediree Wail& all loyal Warm in Lcedoe of every dam ad will harem be selseribe. I deo makes a bob NS el s = whentriams resew lles for Amstar& I bag fie bags I base rossivad, ad *a faailliiim obemtelly me for tide posemm. wad I alai be glell to met fade d the Wein le wej Loam ale& or to the preedies d am eamgray mime Mi nna me enger, on reeds* ea Wileeties fball I base so. I les be le elle le With* sway =Zonal az z ea c t e eit thee tbie deelmelina d blaft loyahy will te ar ie rri mi r sit& a mill lid wM _expose the in pain ii 1101111bIt or abanoter, of Landoa lebineen'a pithy with the doings and kelpie of the hood.—l am, Ito., WM. Miff 81TX0132. Temple, Jan. 8. so mu roar enamours Kamm TSB May it please your Majesty,—We, the undersigned blab subjects of your Majesty residing in London and its visinity, dram respectfully to Garvey to your Majesty the expression of our indignation and sorrow at ohs meat out rage at Olerkenwell perpetrated by arida evil-dimmed and misguided persons ; and we beg at the same time to assure your Majesty of our unaltered devotion to your con and throne, and our determination to 'a government against all treseonabl=poo l disturb paws of the realm. The Irish Address to the Queen lies for Avatars al the undermentioned plases :—Mr. Digby Seymoorb chambers, 2, Dr. Johnson's-buildings, Toughs ; the Mandard news paper-06os, Shoe-lane, Irleetelreet ; the Hindquarters of the London Irish Volunteers. Terkstasek Adelphi ; Lon don and North Western _O2 I• ti N. sad Ilaydon-square Stations ; Lands end Om* We tees Railway, Nine - elms; London and 81. Xrithatine Desks ; Surrey Commercial Dock • City of Lesion Gas Light Oom , pany, Dorset-skeet, Salisburrquare ; South Metropolitan Gas Light Company, 589, Id Kent-road ; Surrey Con sumers' Gas Company, Hotherhithe ; Raterliff Gas Light Company, New-crane, Wapping ; British and Steam-wharf, Lower East Smithfield ; Meows. Bilby, Nel son's Dock, Rotherbithe ; Messrs. Dndgeon, 10, London street, Fenchurcb-street ; Messrs. Ashley and Earle, 5, Charisesquare, Holton ; Mr. J. B. Thompson, 06, Long acre. BRITISH CORN TRADE. Mouth'itorikasie ZoorouL) The rue ontatmool vitt gm ponorol moms@ ot 6Os, rod oissed M MY. N. por v. 2% loop ot prim los boat from Md. 3d. is Monk to 700. ld. la November, maids( the Morton 10t. 10d. por qr. Tho imports is 1887 is who'd aid lour were ANA 8,700,000 qa, or dont ow• third more them is MIL 'Pima lso bora rho la odor thir:wook d 2a, and in sem plasm at 3s. to is., sod oven mom Thoorrtrtlo add the Good ottoe Decontor 27 were 9 senses of whisk i aflisflowmallawde l winissil s :9l o 7. I ham, 1 oaks, EtWitem temmesii as Wbs 42 Is elk de, Dee Gilds seri Mirka, 61e. Utak, Elk M peas, Bewlieredd Oki to Oh Ilk, Cellicialwa es. AL b 72s.,Banat 63e. 6d. to 685., Vella tea U. t. 635.. amps 645. to 655. Baas 61k, Pella Sle. to Us. ed Bigot.. 5.1., ed. to 56k, Disergalen 57.. to 63.. pee American 685. to ria. Big" 1 eargo, 46.. frd. lige; I ono, 51.. Beans, emple, 40s. Id. Oats I amp, als. 61. The sake of Earn* whose NAM LA week were WEI psi, se 675. 41. NAM 11 4. qra. 1•81. The Liebe tie were MAIL aw qrs. The Meets WM ihe kr the week Dm 28 ware 8311,4911 'Mk whisk 129.774 sWik Meek Monday in Mark-lews sem I mewled we weell Wei& sepplies of wheat ; bue them wail plientiret faseigi, itisiwiling 10,000 qrs. from Amides. 'Be show ef simples on the Essex and Kentish stands was ex- hem* limited, sad pality mostly inferior. The few lots of to. wen peeked el at le. per qr. edema*, but hems hispeeihis to fares ell the remainder. Notwithstanding the eleadswes of fenelim really fine samples obtained Is. Memos, but low despth.ns were no dosser. It wee the sense Mil Sealing saws, there being • good sale for bet quenelle. On Wednesday there were 690 qrs. per mask 9,520 qrs. foreign. With mall supplies, and a return of =hgo market for English wheat was very firm, and really line brought rather more money. The kedge trade had also an aspect of decided improvement, and few holders would sell unless at la. per qr. advance. Eddies returns were 720 qrs. coastwise, 15,520 qrs. kedge. The tone of the trade was still firmer, and Esg- Be peitles, with the country markets decidedly MI% ware fully Is. per qr. higher. All sorts of foreign wen ep and American red, which for • time had hem hie pemed,was 2s. per qr. dearer, and also moms other lbw seetn. The arrivals of country Sour on Monday were hiss thew of late, and there were but few foreign sacks, hauls holes lees plentiful. The trade gmerally had • firmer es peek Country sorts, especially good marks were fully as dinar, so were foreign necks, and some hailers of barrels would PM sell without an advance of 6d. Town rates IMO eftibieh change. On Wednesday there were 1,210 r eeil we ksre mast, 100 sacks 2,840 barrels foreign. The inw taws on Monday_ was confirmed , and factors wore sot dimmed to sail Norfolk' or other country sorts at forms rates. Holders of foreign, both sacks and barrels, were confident of the future, and not disposed to sell unless full pekes were paid. Friday's quantities were 1,330 seeks per mad, 100 sacks 2,840 barrels foreign. To-day there was a decided edemas in country qualities of fully Is. per seek, end she risme improvement was realised in fere* mots ; barrels also pined in value Gd. per barrel. With • moderate supply of UMW on Monday prices were fully as dear. Oa Friday the quantity imported was 2,780 qrs. only, and there was • very firm market. The supply of English barley on Monday was limited , and the foreign trifling, and exclusively from America. Rather more money was oesesionally paid for the finest malting sorts, and other descriptions were generally somewhat who, however, only purchased in retaiL g being a seriously losing concern. On Wednes ere were 30 qrs. coastwise, 1,150 qrs. foreign. Prices from these limited supplies were fully as dear as on the previous market, both as respects melting sorts and infe rior qualities. Friday's arrivals coastwise were 830 qrs., with 1,150 qrs. foreign. With the twat intense, and Namely any increase on Wednesday's imports, all descriptions were fxL to le. per quarter dearer. The malt trade on Monday remained inactive at previous rates. No change was noted on Friday, the de mand remaining limited. There wee another Leavy arrival of foreign oats on Monday, including 15,000 qrs. from America, with • fair supply of home-growth, though Scotch and Irish aorta were absent. The trade inquiry not being auffielent to clear the quantity offered there was • reduction of 6d. per qr., more especially on inferior new sorts, these being most abundant. On Wednesday there were 50 qrs. per coast, 180 qrs. Irish, :4,460 qrs. foreign. This supply being counteracted by a severe frost, which was likely to moodily limit arrivals, an advance of Gd. per qr. was realised. Friday's returns were AO qrs. coaatwise, 180 qrs. Irish, 41,500 qra. fo reign. The increased supply, with higher rates de mended, checked the upward movement, and though Mon day's rates were folly maintained any advance was doubt fuL There was but a moderate supply of beans on Mon day foreign included ; nevertheless the trade was dull, and English sorts barely supported the previous rates. With simper weather at the close of the week prices were firm. There were very few English pees on Monday, but • heavy arrival from Canada of white boilers. Hog feed were rather cheaper and thoug h . there wee still an inquiry from Sweden , for white, navigation being doubtful, prices were rather in buyers' favour. The frost on Friday advanced white boilers Is. per quarter. The linseed supply being moderate prime were well supported. Scarcely anything was passing in agricultural seeds, but there was more general confidence as to prima. Monday's advance of Is. on wheat in London brought • ready response in the country, where foreign swivels are comparatively of small influence. The dullest marketa were either arm or Is. per qr. dearer, while very many noted an improvement of Among these were Hull, Boston, Lynn, Ipswich, Mansfield, Chichester, Newark, i Barton-on-Trent, Bristol, Gloucester, and Newbury; while ; Bury St. Edmunds and Manchester were up 2s. to 3s. 1 Many of Saturday's markets were up 45., and some even a ss. per qr. Liverpool found • brisk demand for wheat at • 6d. to' d. per mental higher rates, with • further advance d of 6d. on Friday. Spring corn generally has been fully as y dear, especially barley, which was but li ttle o ff ered. In ip Scotland prices have not much altered. Edinburgh was ad quiet for wheat, but fd. to 1.. per qr. dearer for barley. to Dublin was up 6d. per barrel for wheat, end 3d. to Gd. for met barley. At Cork no fine quality corn was sold. in- AGRICULTURAL Pitoernefs.—The week opened with a cold seasonable day, sad a damp atmosphere, but no rain. Monday was cold and dry. Wind, N.N.E.; thermometer, 38 degrees ; barometer, 30.20 inches. On Tuesday morning there was a sharp frost, the thermometer ranging down to 32 degrees throughout the day. Our mimes on that day repo rted as under:—From the East Riding of Yorkshire : Weather is still mild ; the wind is now easterly with some appearance of frost . Winter appears to have set in on the continent by the latest tele graphia accounts.' This dry weather will have cabled the farmers to tort on the manure in preparation for spring tillage, and the land will be ut prime order after the frost experienced at intervals for some time past. The wheat plant is represented in places to be in a fair state, seasonably checked, and cer tainly with no complaints of its being " winter proud." With all their efforts to deliver wheat freely, the growers cannot keep up to previous deliveries. The return this week was only 49,929 qrs., at 675. 4d, against 56,721 qrs.. at 66e. 9d. the previous week ; the eorresponding one of the peat year was 57,445 qrs., at 60s. per qr. This short supply Is far from snEicient for the local consumption, for millers, anticipating that they would be enabled to get se much u they wanted up to next March, have allowed their stacks to ran down so low that they have little left, and NO flocking to be largest ports of importation, where they con secure • good perdu whilst there IS a line choice from the recent large snivels. The wind favoured the verde nicking quick from the United Sadie and Canada; had it con =fair for another week, all the vessels at sea from thence would have been in ; but chopping round to the eastward this week, a few stragglers are yet left out, and eannokmake their passage until a favourable change takes plue. The vessels from the south of Europe are also kept wit, and these being numerous, their absence will have some effect on prices. The deliveries of barley still fall eft ; those of this week amounted to 80,742 qrs., at 41a. 9d,, against 82,892 qrs. at 41c. 21. the pre view' week ; the corresponding one of the past year was 53,467 qrs., at 445. per qr. This grain 'deo Ulm favour, and is looking up, In spite of the dull trade foe =lt; and emits' deliveries Moreau, prices appear likely to ran up a few shillinpper qr., if not immediately, during seed time when fine samples will be much wanted fee pleating. 'Fie thermometer for three nights registered ▪ fear, end nine de a l of frost, with slight fall of mow en Friday, and a little on Saturday, which proved • doubtful day, be still at night the thermometer was down to 30 degrees, and a fall of mow was again threatened. Tlis weld do more good than harm, saving the plant hem the sharp frosts which may be expected ; and egri. cultural prospects closing with the first week of the new year atel tolerably cheering. !fart-lane Exprest. ACCIDENT TO A MAIL Tsars.—Oar Tuesday night rennin ier widest happened to one of the !Mil trains between Edinburgh and London, on the , and Carlisle section of the London end North Western Railway. As the train was proceeding at its mewl speed near Oxeaboirne, the tender of the engine, thrush sea cones, get detached from the van adjoining, and at the heed of the carriages. It being dark at the time, end se no notes was Walled through the sevelliDee the engleirdriver proceeded, and it ems not until • die: tuft et six or seven miles had been traversed that be bums awes' et what had happened, namely, that be bed left lie teak. As coon as this state of affairs became known the driver reversed his engine, the train was reesiodond cute nocoupled the journey was coati nod The sail was Wiest an hour and quartee late t Preston. No personal injury wee sustained through th e a mishap. Some time ago •similar neeident, attended with rather nelowicansegnseso, ounmed between Rugby and OINTXIST LIP Przia..-ftesaleat to 11111117boir.4tir mon ihia *kW mix •theie nomilles bate lees mid afters ell anite: l rft eltheale"a= m itl i **Una Ma be .2 'ea theeft ea clef. agr eftft. are is ma ans. the eiftrai tuft s o lk• la w b if Oa dila Oki ter s se SAtt . __ dem ellesksifteft nip rem = g as" ft Ste 1 t. t ; t, MIDDLESEX SESSION& (Before Mr. E. W. Con.) Jehn Berry, 41, a one-armed man, was indicted for as saulting Walter Chaffs with a whip, whereby he has lost one of his eyes. The prosecutor, a boy nine years of age, said he was in Covent-garden Market with other boys, picking up nate which a man threw away. The prisoner was there, and struck him with a whip, end " slashed" his eye out, say ing that be (prosecutor) wanted to steal his pears. Dr. Jabez H ,of Bedford-Num*, M.R.C.8., and of the Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, said the boy bad been unda• his care for three weeks. A chromatic cataract bad formed, and the sight of the eye was irrecoverably gone. The prisoner told a pitiful tale about the loss of his wife, and said the injury was unintentional on his part. Mr. E. W. Con—Have you any children of your own ? Prisoner—God, in his merry, has taken them all from me. A short time after that I lost my arm, as you may see. No one can know the misery and pain I endured for about two years. Dr. Hogg, who had acted with great kindness in the matter, said the prisoner had expressed great regret for what he had done, and had o ff ered to oompensate him. After some deliberation, The Judge said, considering all the facts, he should order the prisoner to enter into his own recognisance' to come up for judgment if be sheuld be called upon. The prisoner seemed very grateful for the leniency shown him. THE POLICE COURTS. William Mtn, 18, dracrioed _ as a hammerrnan, of 29, Surrey-street, Blackfriarrrosid, was charged on remand before 31r.Elliott with having in his • • tabis-cover, the property of William Evans, of P t-row, Kaman ton-lane. Police-constable Thomas Bunting, 940 R, said that about half. nine o'clock °tithe night of Tuesday, the 31st December, he met the prisoner in the Walworth-road with the pro perty is his possession, and as he gave no satisfactory account of it he took him into custody. lie afterwards ascertained that prisoner had gi♦en a false address, and had not worked as a namtnertuan for the master he stated. A table knife, ground to a point, was found upon him, and this was evidently used for the purpose of forcing task the catch of windows. . . Prosecutor said that on the slight in question the window of his parlour was forced open, and two sheets, • quilt, and the table cover found upon the prisoner, were stolen, the whole worth about 21. The window was all oafs when he and his wife left horse at 9 o'clock. The prisoner, to sire any further amount of himself, said he picked up the table cover to the read. way. The magistrate fully committed him for trial. THE LORDS JVSTlCES.—According to the Chan- airy sittinp piper, the Lords Justices wage to sit on Saturday, the first day of term. and take bankruptcy age pesle, but Lord Justim Solt will not, it is understood, be able to take his seat. By an act passed in the late sissies (30 and 31 Vie., e. fit), which was rendered oeowsaryby the illness of Lord Justice Turner, all the powers, and authorieires of the Court of lipped to Man= eery can now be meraised by ow ot the Lee&Jaeliera sad by a further sot (30 and SI Vic., o. 871. the jurisdietice, powers, and authorities in mitten of lunacy tea be exer cised by the Lords Audios acting or si oe ttigatker_,, or ao by either of them alone Ung or sitting There are a number et enamels is . lifteety to be bet ea the whole the in the several courts r•opeudiee ea Saturday are iaooaaidirable. PROTESTS 4OAINST FENIANISM. The Irishmen of Dowlais have taken an early opportunity of expressing their disapproval of the out rageoue conduct of their eountorrmen connected with the Fenian Brotherhood. On Sunday last they held a public meeting at the catholic church at Doyle* whkli wee crowded, there being from GOO to 800 present, the balk of whom were Irish workmen. Father Millen presided, and in a practical speech denounced Fenlaniim sad it' objects, and implored the Irish people of Dowlala not to he led away by persons who, under the mask of patriotism, were doing Ireland and the Irish all the injury they could. The following resolutions were adopted with unanimity,— " That we, being Boman catholios and Irishmen, residing at Dowlais, are deeply grieved and affected at the sudden and unexpected manifestation of Fenianiam in this town, which we considered to have been free from such caganisatica." " That we hereby record our abhorrence of those outrageous and diabolical acts at Clerkenwell and. elsewhere, by which life pr l i and property have been destroyed, and the'peem and wel fare of society very much disturbed t hro ughout the country " That whilst we sympathise with the cause of Ireland, and earnestly wish to see the evils that afflict her and her people removed or redressed by constitutional means, we hereby record our loyal attachment to the person of her Majesty the Queen and her throne, sad ex press our abhorrence of armed violence in resisting the civil power." " That as members of the catholic church we feel bound to obey her teaching and authority, and therefore we cannot but disapprove of all secret societies (including that now called the Fenian Brotherhood), and cannot be members of any emaciation interdicted by the church and condemned by our prelates." A similar meeting was held in Bolton on Sunday night, the Rev. Canon CAPTIII *ding. About 1,000 per sons assembled in St. Peter St. Paul's Schools in that town, most of them Irishmen. The following re solutions, among others, were passed : " That as oat olio and Irishmen we condemn in the strongest manner the out rages which have bean oommitted in London and elsewhere, by whomsoever and for whatsoever purpose perpetrated." That, as obedient sons of the catholic church, which consistently denounces all secret societies bound by oath, we repudiate all connection with secret oath-bound societies in general, and the Fenian Brotherhood in parti cular." " That we strongly deprecate the attitude assumed towards their Irish employ la by the =eaters in this neighbourhood, and beg respectfully to point out to them that the discharge of the bids in their employ would be a suicidal sot on their part, since it would throw the discharged men into the Fenian ranks, to obtain revenge for their wrongful dismission, or oast them and their fami- lies upon their parishes for a support towards which all the inhabitants would be forced to contribute." THE ARREST ON Boasts THZ O•Le./Ca. —The consul Lionel Granville, who was arrested on board the Orion. on Monday, upon the supposition that he was Captain Deasy, or, at any rate, that be was implicated in the Manch e ste r outrage in September last, has now been released from custody. Granville went on board the Orion. as a °pallid passenger at the Italian port of Leghorn, and during the passage thence his conduct and conversation gave use to the supposition that he was a prominent member of the Fenian Brotherhood. Intelligence to that effect had been communicated to the police, sad on the Oriana's arrival at London-bridge • body of the Thames-police in two boats, followed the ship ut the river, and several detectives at the same time boarded the vessel from the shore side. Granville was taken into custody, and privately , conveyed to the Leman - street police - station, Goodman ofields, Whitechapel. Commu nications were at once made by telegram to Marekester, and detectives from thence were quickly on the spot; but they failed to recognise him either as Captain Duey or Kelly; and after a private examination Granville was discharml from custody, no evidence being forthcoming to Imp lica te him with any of the Fenian outrages. He is entirely indebted to his own oondnot and statements for his arrest and the implications connected therewith. Cam° Musing BY Exposciak. —At the Edg ware petty sessions yesterday. Eliza Colley aged 21, re siding at 7, Stock Orcluird-terraos, Caledonian-road, was charged with the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, Sarah Colley, aged 1$ days, by leaving it exposed to the weather, in the parish of Harrow. Inspector Odell, of the Y division, said that shout 0 o'clock on Sunday even ing, the sth inst., he went to No. 7, Stook Orchard-ter race, Caledonian-road, where he saw the prisoner, and asked her if her name was Eliza Conner, and she said, " No, Eliza Colley." He said he wished to speak to her down-stairs, and she went into the passage with her dater (Emma) and another person. He then said to the pri mmer, You have been an inmate of IsliSnetorkhouse, and have been occe fi ned there." She " Yes, " and that she left last Monday. He then " Where is the child 1"--to which she replied, " I shall wit tell ; its all right." He mid, " You must tell me where it is ; if not you will get yourself in trouble." She said, " You are not going to accuse me of murder." He mid be bad not soeused.her of anything but be minted her to tell where the child was, and at the same time cautioned her to be careful of what she said. She then said, " I took the child to Harrow by the train at Bustou-equare. I went straight from Harrow eta , tion down a long lane, and left it on the grass by the side of the road. I left home et four o'clock on Tuesday, 31st December, and returned at half-path eight o'clock. I did not hurt the baby ;it was asleep when I left it. Ido not knew the name of the road. It was wrapped in as old linsey skirt." lie then took her to the station. On Mon day morning be went with the pthower's lister to Harrow, where she identified the body of a female thild as that o f her sister's. She also identified the deride, _whisk was then on the dowered child. Monte Odle, said the was a neediewesnao, sad the prisoner this bar ilathr; and Uved with her. On the 13th December she hit her to lo Into the Islington wceichscus, she being then pregaeat On Monday, the 30th December, she returned with a female child. About four &cloak in the afternoon next day ahe left the house with the child, slsAbe that she the grin to take it to an asylum at Honmey ; OM the maidisr of the workhouse was going to gee it la far her, as the was not able' to support it. About hag-peel eight she Masi without the child, end mid they lad takes it in. leaked very pale, and she sheathed her if else was dull She at baying her Child, and she said she was, but it was gene to • good home, and would be taken can of. The prisoner was remanded for further evidenes. FATAL ICZ AOCIDINT.--011 the ethamena of Saterisy last a number of boys Whinging to Had to the look at the south-oath of the thus few the par pews of Ad.. A insopirised tilde hiker of the sear el Oeswford. *Swam nine mai mss- eht, het gi : 8 :1 = s ha o seety neatly bell-wey Then the maws on whisk be steed pee way, sad the bey web in the MAIM ibmiedistely lberesiter he erne 'lathe geese% strl Jerituae ate et the eties._el the aim el Ceamieg„ whoa san.Mnia twig in Ms bead, s "she sad 414 hatthis be did with Nlo ZHU& rasa- 1 seas that he reed his adseenisses IMtle friend We the water, whoa both diwygesred. The boner sank to the belles, Thai the latter whilie bred above the weer, end the me' = b alw e ld did se • brother, heyelial by Wrong Wawa Zdeimimed se nest hist este crewed is thrombi • d monad his neck ; at demo tine be idestehei eta sash ow on the embeihig, tateshea blial g sad la Ste i s he was sampladel fee met* en beer sad •• laK Mese wee stiasedc *ere being h er tepee see Wise aellehle, sea eseitedkt thst wee ands whim* Sees webers& weed faille an sepals his deNowease aid bredaratly yeller te these asides bid et than. At bay* be& f lew mays at Neese were preened Is the tees, sad by tide empirt end itututiorlieler Ler Me .. data zattalrdeceveyeallitiV Ma ad labia Wee es bis piniftw~lol:l4ll74 TALLOW.—Winmemma It'ammra.—Tba market vy Arm to-day. Spot, 430. 3d. to 435. 6d. ; Januar, to March 43a. M. to 435. 64. ; Masao, 44a. ; Amtl to Jams, 44a Juno, 41s. 3d. ; °Mobs: to Dasmobor, 4 6d. 001TON.Ltrinroot, JAN. B.—The demand for set ton continues limited, and the market bee been dull sad irregular, at i& per lb. decline from last week's quatattsu. Tho sales are 8,000 bales, of which 1,000 are for exp ort and speculation. OORN.—Boirroc, JAN. B.—We bad a fair supply , wheat at our market to-day. The demand was slow at advance on last Wednesday's rates. Oats, beans, and p m were firm, and prime were In favour of the seller. 1111, a , red to 28s. • white, 78e. to 7%. ; Beans, 4as. to :4 old, 531. Osts, 2:45. to S3s. OLasoow, J ar. B.—At the close of the week we had slight frost, but the weather is again open, raw, and d ual To-day the market was pretty well attended, bat demand for wheat and flour was less active, the vanes however, being supported in the business del * , mere especially : for the better qualities of both. o w were 6d. per boll, and oatmeal le. to Is. Ca per dearer. Barley Is. per boll higher. Beans and brought fall prices. Indian corn Gd. per boll cheajc a mixed American, 281. per 2801ba., an quay. CATI'LE.--13OUTHALL, JAN. B.—Th. trade wee , slack to-day, and prices ruled rather lower. Beef from 3a. 4d. to Se. 2d. ; mutton, 4s. to ss. 2d.; veal, to ss. ; pork, 3s. to 4a. per stone of Slim, sinking offal. COLlA—Lowncar, Jas. B.—Hol7well Main, Lambert's West Hartley, 16a. ; North Pelton Cu, West Hartley, its.; Wylasa, 17,..; Eden Main, 181. Walls End Braddylls Hatton, 19e. 9d. ; Walls End L thorn, 175.; Walls End Tees, 20a. 9d.--9hips at maxi 19 ; sold, 15. IRONMASTERS' QUARTERLY MEETING. WOLVERHAMPTON, WIDNZSDAT Ermorru The_ quarterly assemblies of the ironmaster this diskiet commenold in this town this afternoon ; was a poor attendance, sad little business of any kini transacted. A very gloomy feeling prevailed through, and not without good cause, for after some fifteen eighteen months of quiet, and latterly of extreme pression, there is no apparent prospect of reectio, improvement. In the course of the period referred failure after failure has occurred, and rumours, more t less unfavourable again to-day, whether well or ill founded, had a tendency to increase the existing uneasinen. no time within living memory has the iron trade of South Staffordshire been in a more awkward condition. The resolution passed at the preliminary meeting isoi almost forced upon the assembly by two or three Menet. tial members of the association ; and in the fort; i4lt which has since elapsed the dissentients have become Inure outspoken against the course then adopted. In such dr curestancea tt is Impossible to foresee what charge nay take place • but it is quite certain that very few or.leir, have come in since the meeting referred to: and the ale..Ci• potions are anything but cheering aa to the cone likely to be entered into at the meeting at I:irmin.:l, to-morrow ; itis quite certain, however, they c ill be v a very moderate scale. The only favourable circunutatec is that stocks of finished iron throughout the con:: ry are esoertained beyond all doubt to be NI:. a The market for pig-iron is in anything but a waist:mut, state, and large as is the number of furnaces out of Wag, it is not improbable that there may be an increase is that respect before many weeks are over. The North Staffordshire ironnesters in the Exchange today spot., of their fixed determination to adhere to the resolutioa passed by them last Thursday to reduce the wages scale ; they desire to put the rate back to what it was prior to the List great strike ; and they assign as their reason for this resolve that they are selling manufacturers' iron a: Its, per ton less than was fixed in January, au that pace. ticslly the price is down, though it has not been actiully declared lower. TRAFFIC RETURNS. Mlles Pas. Mar- Total. 'lob!, RAILWAYS. open. mongers. chat Ale. ls Week ending Nov. 4. t 6 o t Northern of Buenos Ayres. 19 Week siding Jan. J. Limerick and Ennis Limerick and Forms Waterford and klikenny 3l 143 242 40:, Waterford and Limerick Week ending Jan. 4. Cornwall Lancashire and Yorkshire 403 18.169 r,654) 4%310 NorthStaffordeldre &AC ) 274 6.796 tt%fo Pembroke and Tmby (M 474 •'3i uth Devon 110} 2,144 1,430 3,614 l;,30. Week eadlng Jan. 5. London, Chapala, rt Dover & Met Ex. S lkanchee . 188 7,071 1,C71 P,747 Metro. Ex. of LC. It IJ f 1,011 194 2014 1.:71 London and South Western 503 18,188 7,021 2 2.187 19,771 Manchester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire tee 8.794 11,716 19.510 17;52 North London ll 3,0014 1 Id 5,544 Maier . 104 LIM 1,733 2,355 5015 • Tramway closed. t Camel Impeded by Ice. DEATHR rr.on DRlNK.—Yesterday morning Mr. Richards, the deputy-oaroner l held an inquest at H.l,4er stonmbridge, Hutton, touching the death of Elizabeth Baker, aged 32 years. W. G. J. Baker, 3, Mark's-place, Haggerstone, said that the deceased was the widow of a linendraper. Last August she was left a legacy of :zut, and since that time had spent over lied. of it in dnug. He was liar eon, and he had had words with her about her habit of intemperance. On Thursday night he returned home, and found her room door looked. It was broken open, and she was found dead on the floor. Jesse Crew said that he was the deceased's landlord, and he had not ' heard her move during the whole of tlie slay. It was believed that she had been dead for several hours when 'he was found. Dr. M. Greenwood said that when he was called to the deceased he found her body cold, stiff, and dead. A jowl-owed' examination of the body proved that she was a woman given to habits of excessive driukiug. The immediate cause of her death was fatty de generation of the heart. Drink and exp os ure to the cold would cause that. The jury r: turned a verdict, "That the deceased WOllllll was found lying dead on the door of her room, and that her death we., caused by exces sive drinking."—Yesterday Dr. Lankester held an inquest at the Silver Cup, Cromer-street, on the body of Elizabeth Susannah Blackwell, aged 78, of 17, Draper-place, Somers. town. The deceased, who received half-a-crown • week from the parish and ten shilling' a week from relations, was in the habit of getting drunk. On New Year's-eve she received her weekly allowance, and got drunk with it. She then retired to her lodgings, taking with her half a qwwtern of rum. The following day she WWI found dead, lying on her back on a chair , with her bead hanging over one side and her feet over the other. From the evidence of Dr. Paul, who made a post-wet* examination, it WAS found that death was caused by suffocation through extreme intoxication. The jury returned a verdict accordingly. ARREARS TN THE DIVORCE COURT.—As many SS 198 eases are standing for hearing in the Divorce Court in the ensuing term commencing on Saturday next, of which 134 are to be tried without juries, 29 with common juries, and 15 with special juries. EFFICACY or DR. DE JOHOH'S LH:HT-BROWN COD Una On. in DriillX/T.—la came of debility and emacia tion the powerful curative lolseucs of Dr. de Jonah's Brown Cod liver Oil is web and scientifically &embed air Henry Marsh, Bart., ILD., Physician in Ordinary to the Queen In Ireland, who, atter extensive use, strongly recommended this preparation. and observed: "Ihave frequently prescribed air %de Jonah's Light-Brown Cod Liver Ott lconsider it to he a verSpUrU OM not likely to create &gust and a therewith . agent of great value." This eminent physician remarks: "'that In strunions and emanated patients this remedy tabs with peculiar enercY. A regular daily course of this =inn ail is capsule of bringing about a most remarkable and salutary change in all the von functions. It does that which is most required ; it checks the roarer of emadatfon, restores the yielding health, rebinliP, as It were, the tottering frame, and its reviving and reanimating effects am highly satkdactory in all those cases in which the general health is numbed." Sold only in capsuled bottles. ra td., da %Land Os., by Dr. &Jonah's Agents, miser, IlerforiL and Co., 7T. Strand. Loudon, and tlemists. —beware of prei.owd substitutiona—lAdvertnement.l BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. LLAF. —January 0, at Burlington Lodgo, Streathamconuuuu, the wtfo of F. It Leaf, Esq., of a son. LODGE —January 6, at turghley-road, Highgate-road, the wife of O. Lodge, of a sou. 31ZWILL—January 6, at Admaston, near Wellington, Salop , the wife of It. D. Sewn', I:sq., of a daughter. PHELlPS.—January L at Weymouth, the vile of Captain B. H. Pilate , of a eon. PREEDY.—Jauuary 6, at York-place, Portman-square, the wife of F. Preedy, Eaq., of • lien. TAHOURDIN.--January 0. at Wilton terrace, Camplen.hill, Kensington, the wife of C J. Tahotudiu, Esq., ut • deugbter. MARRIAGE& COOK—conow.—January 7. at M. George's, HanOrerequate, by the Roe. L Hawkins, Frederick Lucas, son of F. Cnok, Rm., of Dough Rome, Richmood. to Bessie, daughter of tlr. Cotton Piecadilly. KIIKRY-11011 , of 2. autism , 7, at the parish church of St. MOO by Ma Rm. F. W. Mothersole, C. O. Binary to WOO ATES-1100RJnuary . the Rev. J. W Herefordshire, to irnzabstb, daustiter of the Rev. R. ° P l itt of Gm* Bestlap, Aeolic MAISEL AYIIII.-4Jensar7 6, at Amherst Villas, Atnherst-road, Hack cATioltr. 63. LL.--Jemear7 ik at host= him, Yorkshire, F. L CSITOiI, Bea" Mid HADOt—Ja 46. reant es Colville-terrace Bast, liensinithwriut• Marls Mims Übe daughter of A. Mutat tot. THORNION.—Jaana 6, at Cathcart-road, Brompton, Emily, widow of Adaskal Thornton, 11.14. 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