Star. — London, England, 1826-10-16 00:00:00

THE ARMY. Lieutenant 13mas, and a party of the 29th, bare replaced the 84th kt Ross Castle, on the Lakes of Killarney. The Indian Trader transport arrived from Portsmouth at Cork, Sunday W i nnight, with the lint division of the 37th Regiment. A detachment of the 73d, under Major Dams', has arrived at Drogheda. Tuesday the depot of the 2d Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, trona tnitided by Li.eut..Colotiel blireaux, arrived in Limerick from Tralee, and on Wednesday pursued their route to Clare Castle, Where they replaced pan of the 24th under Major Hoots, who join head-tkuarters in Limerick. Detachments of the 2d RiSe 'Brigade for Clare Castle, will re lieve outposts of the 24th Regiment at Kilrush, Kildysart, and Enttlatittion. Captain Gostx and the depot of the 29th Regiment, succeeded the Ila Rifles at Tralee. Six companies of the 86th Regiment marched from Buttevant to Cork on Monday, for embarkation--.the depot remains still in i3uttevant. Lord Atrium Hitt arrived in Limerick on Monday, on a visit to his Regiment, the Scots Greys. Saturday se'onight, at Fermoy, the °facers of the 22d Regiment pee a farewell dinner to Lieut.-Colonel Fteatuto, on his promotion, and departure from that corps, in which he served twenty-sex years. THE MURDER NEAR LEATHERHEAD. CORONER'S INQUEST—FURTHER PARTICULARS. Saturday evening, at five o'clock, a Jury was em panelled at the Bell public house, at Fetcham, two miles from Leatherhead, for the purpose of investigating the cause of the deaths of John Akehurst, aged 96, and Elizabeth Haines, his housekeeper, aged 74, who had been barb irously'murdered by some person or persons unknown. The Jury, accompanied by the Coroner and several Magistrates, went to the cottage of the deceased per sons, to view the bodies. The house stands surrounded by fruit trees, and is so much concealed thereby, that only the chimney top could be discerned by those who passed down the lane adjoining. The Jury examined the bodies very minutely, and it was.their opinion that a hammer had been used by the murderer when he' dealt upon the poor unfortunate creatures. The old man, though nearly 100 years of age, and so debilitated from decay of nature as not to be able to raise himself from his bed, was in possession of his mental faculties to the last. He was constantly visited by the Clergyman of the parish, who read to him, and prayed with him. He would at times converse freely upon public events, and his memory was so good, that he was a living his torian, and could narrate the battles which had occurred from the time when the couutry was thrown into such a state of alarm by the Pretender, in 1745 ; he was then a fine young man, nearly 20 years of age. The poor old woman, who had been faithful to him even unto death, was of short stature, but her form was most de licate, and in her youth she must have been a very pretty little woman. She had a remarkably small foot and hand. The deceased persons had lost all their teeth, and very slight force would have been sufficient to destroy such feeble creatures. The Jury having in , spected the bodies, house, and grounds, returned to the Jury room, and the following evidence was taken t Mr. WOODS (of Godalmiug.), the Coroner for that division of the county, having sworn the Jury, stated to them that they were assembled on this melancholy (sc. casion for the purpose of discharging a most important duty. It was necessary that they should be particular when viewing the bodies, to ascertain if any marks of • violence were thereon. It was not for him to anticipate facts which would most likely come out in evidence before them, and he knew they would discharge their duty to their country conscientiously, and consonant with the ends of justice. Thomas Brown—l live at Fetcham, am a labourer; and am 21 years of age ; I have known the deceased persons from my infancy, having lived 'in a cottage with my mother not 150 yards from the deceased; I saw Akehurst on Wednesday last, the 11th inst. about eleven o'clock in the morning ; I had finished gathering apples for him in his orchard. Akehurst was in bed;, he was very infirm; I went to him, and told him I had finished gathering the apples; the housekeeper assisted me in getting the fruit; he said, that the housekeeper and myself might have the swan egg pears from one tree as a compensation for our trouble; I saw the house keeper on Thursday morning, about nine o'clock ; she came into Mrs. Sherlock's to borrow a tub; I never said that the deceased had money. I received 4s. from the housekeeper on Friday week, for work ; she brought the money down stairs in her hand. On Friday morning last, about a quarter past sir, I went to the deceased s cottage, to borrow a basket of the housekeeper. On arriving at the door, I saw it was partly opened; I pushed it open and entered; seeing no one inside, I called to the housekeeper, but received ocr Itilover ; on going out of the front door, I saw that the wash-house window was open, and that a pane of glass in the centre of the window had been taken out, and also an iron bar which fastened the window frame from the top to the bottom of it. The wash-house communicates with the kitchen by a door; I picked up the iron bar or stan chion a few yards from the window, round the corner of the house; I saw no foot marks that I particularly noticed. After I observed what I have stated, I went to my mother, Elizabeth Brown, and told her; she came to the deceased's cottage instantly, and went up stairs. I heard her scream out, and she exclaimed, " Mrs. Haines, the housekeeper, is murdered I" I was standing about three steps up stairs; I had not so much courage as my mother ; I ran to Mrs. Sherlock, and informed her of what my mother had said; and think ing that more assistance was necessary, I went to a neighbouring farmer, named Gibbs, and told him of what had happened; I said to Gibbs, " that Master Akehurst and his housekeeper were murdered;" my mother did not tell me that Akehurst was murdered ; but in my hurry I said so ; I returned with three men to the cottage, who were sent by Mr. Gibbs; I was absent nearly an hour, and went up stairs with the men; I saw the old woman lying on her back in a heap of blood, in her master's room, by the left side of his bed, with her head beaten to pieces ; I went round the bottom of the bed, to the right side, and saw the old man lying in bed covered with clothes ; I instantly turned out or the room, and went down stairs, being sati'fied they were both dead ; I observed the throat of the housekeeper, wit ch appeared to have been pinched by some person'• fingers, and bore black marks; there was a good deal of blood on the sheets on Master Akehurst's bed. Elizabeth Bennett deposed—l am the mother of the last witness, and have known the deceased persons 25 years. I saw the housekeeper the last time, on Thursday evening, about five o'clock ; she was carrying s:,me wet Illicit from the garden into the house. I did not speak to her. On Friday morning last, about half past six, my son called me, and told me that lie was afraid something had happened at Akehurst's cottage, because the t% inuow was broken, and the door open. I said, ' 1 LOUD have mercy, Tum, you don ' t say so?" I weot J with him to the door of the cottage, and called the housekeeper by her name, and afterwards I called "John Akehurst." I called at the door for some time before I entered, and ou receiving no answer, I walked up the stairs, and saw the housekeeper lying on the farthest bed-room f10. , r, by the side of her master's bed ; the room door was wide open; I did not observe the window; I went down stairs and fetched Mrs. Sherlock and another woman.. On entering the room with Mrs. Sherlock, we saw the housekeeper quite naked on the floor ; the bed in . the first room, in which the house. keeper slept, had been lain in, and the clothes were much disordered. I did not see the old man till Mr. Gibbs had arrived ; his bed-curtains were drawn on the side where I stood, and intercepted my view: When Mr. Gibbs arrived, I went up stairs again with Mr. Sherlock, and I saw the old man in bed, and from the horrible-state in which I saw him and his housekeeper, covered with blood and motionless, I was satisfied they were dead; I left the room, but did not touch them; I saw some of the drawers and boxes open. The housekeeper generally purchased the necessaries for the family. I never saw the old man with money, and I do not think be had much. The old man has a daughter, named Ayres, and three grandsons ; they reside at Oxsbot, near Esher.— One of the grandsons, John Ayres, visited the old man about a month ago. About a month ago, I heard the old man say he had made a will, and that his daughter should have his property as long as she lived ; he said nothing about having money by , him ; he often said he had none, and that, if he lived twelve months longer, he must mortgage some property to raise money to sub sist upon. if I speak the truth, I must say, that I did not believe the old Gentleman when he said be had no money ; I thought, and so did many others, that he had property; I was of opinion that he wished to con ceal the fact of his having property ; I remember, about fifteen years ago, the deceased (Akehurst) called to me by my first husband's name (Brown), when he was taken ill in the orchard ; I went to his assistance, and helped him into his house, when he told me that he had one hundred guineas. Mt. James Bright sworn—l am an assistant to Mr. Baker, surgeon, of Leatherhead ; I was called from my bed on Friday morning, between eight and nine o'clock, by a servant of Mr. Baker's, who informed me that two persons were reported to have been murdered in the neighbourhood of Fetcharn-common ; I made the best of my way to the cottage of the deceased, and saw the bodies ; I saw three or four women in the kitchen, and announced that I was a medical man ; I went through a bed-room en the top of the staircase, (which I was informed was the housekeeper's bedchamber,) through a door leading into another bed-room on the same floor; I saw an aged female lying on her back, her feet towards the door at which I entered, and her head near the foot oftpe bedstead ; having ascertained that she was dead, prOceeded to examine into the cause, being directed to k by the blood which had accumulated upon the floor round hie head. I- examined the posterior part of her bead, and there found a lacerated wound, with partial ,depression of the occipital bone, which must necessarily byte been the cause of her death. There were also marks round the neck of violent pressure by is hand. Coroner.—Do you think the marks were caused by an attempt I , to strangle the woman, by pressing her tightly round the sea Witness.—l think the marks were caused by tinsel one holding her down with their hands round her neck, while striking her. Upon critical examination of the bruises on her head, I think that the injury was not caused by a sharp weapon, but by some blunt insuls.. went, the face of which was of the size of a crown. piece ; such an instrument as a small mallet, or a ham mer ; I then turned my attention to the old man, whom I found lying on the bed, on his back, with his band a little raised ; he was inside the bed, and his body was partially covered with the clothes ; I saw blood on the l pillow, and a severe lacerated wound on the right tem ple, and, on closer examination, I found a division of the temporal artery, with depression of bone, which had caused his death. There were other marks of violence about the neck, hands, and other parts of the body ; it 'appeared that the same kind of instrument had been used to inflict the wounds on the deceased's person. I think they must have been dead, when I saw them, five or six boos ; I have no doubt the murder was commit ted on the preceding night. The lower jaw of the old man was fractured on the right side, and one of his hands was severely injured in struggling with his murderer. The Coroner ordered proclamation to be made for any other per son who could give evidence touching this inquiry W come forward. No person answered. The Foreman of the Jury, J. B. Hankey, Esq. said, that he and his brother Magistrates had used every amnion to discover the murderer, but he was sorry tol say without success; for so secretly had the clime been contrived and executed, that they had not been able at present to obtain any thing in the shape of legal evil dence against any individual. The Rev. Mr. Bolland said, that no person of a suspicious at tester had been seen in the neighbourhood where the deceased Masons resided, except one man, who was observed to be larking abase there a fortnight ago. • Mr. WOODS, the Coroner, said, if there was a like lihood that other evidence, tending to bring the author of this crime to justice, would be brought forward in s day or two, be should feel himself bound to adjourn the inquiry ; but when he was informed by the Magistrates present that they entertained little hope of bringing for ward further evidence, he thought it would be a waste of the time of the Jury to bring them from their homes on a future day, when, in all probability, no further evidence would then be brought before them. It was manifest, from the evidence given, that a murder, as cold-blooded, cowardly, and inhuman, as ever stained the annals of this, and he might say with truth, of any other country, had been perpetrated by some person or persons unknown. The Jury, without consulting a moment, returned • verdict of a Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." It will be recollected that in our former account of these most savage and atrocious murders, it was stated that Hall,"the chief officer of Union-hall, in the course of his examination of the premises on the morning that the murders were perpetrated, dilcoveied the old man's will in the drawer of a chest which was in his bedroom. This will was executed in the year 1805, by which it appeared that the cottage and grounds appertaining to it were to remain in the occupation of Elizabeth Haines, his housekeeper, for one year after the testator's death, and at the expiration of that period, she was to resign all claim to the property; which then de volved to his daughter. There was a codicil to this will, bequeathing several articles of furniture to his house keeper on her resigning the occupation of the cottage, which were to be selected by herself from the stock oh the premises. And in the event of his dauAbter's dea h, it expressed that his little c ipy hold estate should be sold for the benefit of bier surviving children. The daughter is a married woman, upwards of 60 years of age, and resides with her btisband, tie aged man, about 8 miles from her father's cottage. On being made acquainted with the murder of her parent and his housekeeper, the daughter and her husband immediately proceeded to the cottage, and took possession of it; and it was re• marked by several persons who were present on the occasion, that neither of them exhibited the slightest horror on witnessing the murdered bodies of the de ceased persons, but that strangers, to whom the unfor tunate poor creatures were unknown, manifested greater feelings of sorrow on beholding the horrid spectacle. The Rev. Mr. Bolland (who has been indefatigable in his exertions to find 'oaf some clue to the discovery of this shocking murder), on perusing the will, and also on being made acquainted with the apathy of feeling displayed by the daughter of the deceased en the occa sion, thought proper to examine her very minutely with respect to•her own family. In the course of the ques tions put by that Gentleman, after considerable reluc tance, she acknowledged that she had a daughter, who had cohabited with a man of very bad character. She did not know how they gained their livelihood, but knew they were in the habit of tramping about the country. She could not take upon herself to say whether they had not been lying about on the commons in the neigh bourhood of Fetcham, and was not aware that either of them had been seen at the late Leatherhead Fair. In reply to Mr. Rolland, she also said that she had not been in the habit of visiting her father recently. During the time occupied by these interrogatories, the husband sat by the side - of the fire, and remained perfectly silent. When the examination closed, the daughter seemed only anxious about her father's will, knowing that it had been taken out of the box. She seemed to be in a terrible fright, exclaiming 46 Where is the will, Gentle men ? It belongs to me; I am the rightful owner of it ; the property is mine now." Mr. Bolland checked the very improper and unnatural feeling displayed by the woman, whose whole thoughts appeared to be absorbed on the subject of the little property which came into her immediate possession, in consequence of the murder of her father and his housekeeper. . Mr. Bolland having obtained no information where it was likely the - two characters alluded to could be found, gave immediate directions that every exertion should be made for that purpose. Saturday a young man, named Jones, was taken into custody by one of the turnkeys of the King's Bench Prison, on suspicion of beipg implicated in the murder. It appeared, that Jones had just arrived from the country, and on walking through the Borough, met with a young man casuallz, with whom he entered into conversation on the subjedrof the murder. They pro ceeded together towards the King's Bench Prison, and on their way, Jones said, that the old people, meaning Akehurst and his housekeeper, had been murdered by knocking them on the head with a hammer; and the person who committed the crime, he said, only got 11. ss. in the house. The person to whom this conversation was addressed, surprised that the stranger should know so much respecting the circumstances of the murder, immediately suspected that he had a hand in it, and accordingly mentioned the above facts to a turnkey of the Bench, who brought him down to Union Hall police office. When Jones was apprehended, he bad a bundle of new clothes under his arm, which he alleged to have purchased that morning for 17s. and Bs. more Wog found in his pockets on searching him, the sus picion was strengthened against him. Oo being ques tioned where be had got the money, and from what part tif the country he bad arrived, be equivocated very much, but at length said that be had come up that morning from Leatherhead, and added that he had foued the money that purchased the new clothes, and part of which was in his pocket, tied up in a white handkerchief, in Leatherhead fair, on Thursday night. When Pople the officer proceeded to ask him some questions relative to the murder at Fetcham, Jones said, pulling up the sleeves of his coat, al You may see that I have no blood upon me ; and if yon examine these clothes, you will not fi nd a speck of blood upon them." The suspicion excited against Jones was therefore considered so strong as to warrant his detention, and he was immediately Wrist down to Fetcham, where be underwent an examination before Mr. Bolland ; in the course of which he equivocated so grossly, that scarcely a word he uttered was to be believed. At length, however, bn being threatened with committal to prison, be became exceedingly alarmed, and told a different story of the finding of the money. It plti mately, however, was ascertained, that a man, named Ball, had been robbed at Leatherhead fair; and that a handkerchief found on the person of the prisoner belonged to that person. Mr. Rolland accordingly committed him for further examination; at the same time observing, that there was considerable suspicion attached to his conduct. The prisoner was, therefore, locked up in the cage on Saturday night ; and the per sons from whom he declared he had obtained the parti culars of the murder were directed to be sent for, in order to discover whether there was any truth in his as sertions. During the examination, Jones frequently protested his innocence of having any participation in the murders; and before it concluded be was attacked with fits, which lasted for a considerable time. Indeed, this man's conduct and behaviour since his apprehension have been so mysterious, that, independent of the charge of robbery that will be preferred against him, the Magri crates will strictly investigate whether there are grounds for suspecting that he was implicated in the murders. The consternation excited throughout the county of Surrey, by. this diabolical act, is indescribable, and the scene of this tragical event has been visited by thousands. The only crime recently committed in this county, which can be parallel u kb the present, isthe murder of Mr. Chennel and his housekeeper, at Godalming, about seven years ago, for which George Cherinel, the old man's son, and William Chalcroft, a labourer, suffered the penalty of death. The cottage has five rooms in it —three upon the ground floor, and two sleeping rooms above. There is a door in the centie of the cottage, and a small window to the front kitchen, with paues of glass of a diamond shape on each side the door. There is also one window to each of the bed-rooms in front. Th e cottage is in the centre of an orchard. The perpetrator of the deed (and it is the general opinion that only one person was concerned in the murder, and one who knew well the habits and defenceless condition of the old people), to obtain admission into the house, took out of the window the centre pane of glass, and, having introduced a hand, opened the window, and wrenched away a thin bar of iron. Whoever the mur derer was, he could not be very large in person, as the aperture through which he entered the wash-h , use win dow is not above 15 inches in width, and two feet in depth. The stairs leading to the bedrooms are close to the frost do sr, on the right hand. In the room at the top of the staircase, which was miserably furnished, having nothing but a tester bed and an old chair therein, .•••=":&.- 'slept Elizabeth Haines,-who had been for thirty years the ciasispanion of the (Adman, John Akehurst. From the situation of the clothes of her bed, it was evident that she had got oat of bed in great haste—probably to assist the old man when he was contending with the murderer; on passing through a doter leading from the bed-room of Elizabeth Haines to that of the old man, the first object that presented itself was the body of the unfortunate female, lying on her back, with her arms extended, her right hand across her breast, and her left close to one of the legs of the bedstead ; her right eye was blackened by a violent :blow, and there was a se vere injury on the right side of the neck ; the blond had I flown so copiously from the back of her hea f, that it actually had passed through the bed-room floor and the ceiling of the kitchen to the kitchen-floor, and an earth. enware pitcher had been placed to receive the blood as it dropped. The old man •was so infirm that he had been nearly bedridden for a considerable time. His head was shockingly beaten at the back, and his few remain ing grey hairs were clotted with blood, and the pillow on which he had rested was soakei with blood ! at a chair by his bedside was a snuff-box, a can of water, and a handkerchief, for his use. Under a hedge, in a close next to Cock.lane, were found a new pair of shoes and a scarlet waistcoat, belonging to the old man, which the murderer had carried off and thrown away, after he had left the house. ft is slot believed that much property was carried off by the murderer. There were marks of dirty shoes against the wall, under the window through which the murderer entered ; and part of the brickwork, which projected,• had been broken off. The old man, some years ago, Was in the employment of J. Barnard Hankey, Esq , of Fetcham Park ; but lat. terly he had contrived to subsist upon a little money which he had saved by industry and economy, and the produce of his orchard, which he sold upon the average for about SOL per annum. The daughter, and one of her sons, sat up all Friday night with the bodies. GLASGOW, OCTOBER 12. A case of considerable interest to the Clergy of Scot land came on yesterday, before the Synod of Glasgow and Ayr, which is at present sitting here. The pa. rishiowrs of Neilston were interdicted by the heritors from entering the Church, and occupying their seats, without paying for them. The Minister of the parish, in consequence of this interdict, was recommended by his Session to preach in the churchyard to his congrega don, who were thus excluded from church accommo dation, and who had, to the number of 1000, petitioned him to give them sermons there. He accordingly obeyed, and the consequence was, that the sects were not, as usual, let at the annual letting, which has taken place for a number of years back in the end of May. The affair was lately taken before the Presbytery of Paisley. The heritors protested that they were not liable for the Minister's stipend, as he had refused to (reach in the Parish Church. The Minister maintained that the heritors had no right whatever to let the seats—that the seats were the property of the parish, and could not be converted into a source of revenue by the 6rd:ors ; and that the interdict was Mei: l, and ought to be removed. The Presbytery, at a loss ow to proceed, referred the case to the Synod, who have ordered, by their finding yesterday, the Presbytery of Paisley to authorise the Procurator for the Church to take the proper steps to remove the interdict in question, and to afford church accommodation to the parishioners, and to report to the next Synod.—Glargorn Courier. Saturday, one of the men on boatd a brig lying off Mill lane Stairs, fell overboard, when one of the crew, anxious to render his shipmate every possible assistree, dashed into the water with a. determination of savidg his life; but, unfortunately, they were both drowned. CORN'EXCH4NGE, MARK-LANE, 0cv.16. The supplies of all sorts of Grain last week were tolerably good. with another large quantity of Flour. This morning the fresh sup. ply of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Peas, from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, is moderate. There is some inquiry for the best parcels of old Wheat, at full as good terms as last quoted ; other kinds are very dull, and rather lower. Prime Barley for malting is is. per quarter higher, and other sorts are a free sale at last quotations.—. Beans are a brisk sale, and not any lower. Barley and Grey Peas remain as last quoted. The quantity of foreign Oats for sale con tinues large, and the demand to-day being hardly adequate to make much impression on the stock, the trade may therefore be reported heavy at last week's prices. There is a fair sale for Flour at the late reduction of 54. per sack from the top prices. Wheat, Red, new, 42s 57. Rye, new, 36s 40s ..—old, 48s 605 Beans, S mall, new, 45s 511 s White, new, 45s 625 -- old, 48s 54s -- old 55..541 Tick, new, 411 s 451 Barley, 30s 565 old, 44s 475 Making, 38s 41s Oats, Feed, new, 245 27s Peas, Grey, 1826, 50s 53. old, 255 28. OW, 00s 00s Poland, new, 265 30s Maple, 1826, 54. 51$ old, itts 32s —• old, 00s 00s Potatoe, new, 005 001 White,old, 485 50s old, 28s 34s new, 50s 525 Scotch, 335 34, Boilers, 1825, 54s 565 Flour. per Sack, 45$ 5011 .-- 1826, 583 60s Seconds 405 421 **RIVALS I AST wale. Wheat, British, qrs. 4,165 Peas, qrs. 832 Do. Foreign 8,672 Irish Oats 5,203 Barley, British 4,051 Foreign Oats 24,100 Oats 1,082 English Flour, sacks 10,119 Beans 815 Foreign Barley 870 SMITHFIELD hf SHEET, Oct. 16. Wells a shade dearer than on Friday, prime Scots being Ss. to Si. 2d. per stone. Mutton is also about 941. per stone dearer, 4s. to 4s. 4d. per stone being the top quotation. In Veal the variation is of little moment, fine young Calves being 4s. Bd. to ss. per stone. — Pork is steady at 51. to 55. 4d. per stone for the best young dairy fed Porten; and 4s. to 4s. Bd. per stone for the inferiot.—Beasts, 5,131 • Sheep, 22,670 ; Pigs,ls6; Calves, 200. - Beef, per kale, 4s. to 507. ed. Mutton, 4s. to 4.. 4d. Veal, 41. to Ss. Park.4s. to Si. 411.-.-Hay, per lead, X 3 10s. to XS ss. Clover, ies los. to X 6. Straw, ,C 1 lits. to set 16s. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 14. Upon the whole, this has been a very dull week, and the sales of every ankle of Foreign produce have been on a very limited scale. Corrou Woo...—The import is 5369, and the sales amount to 7520 bags, at a reduction of id on American descriptions; but at the close of the week the market was more firm. The New York quotations were, on 15th Sept. of Uplands ni to 11c. and exchange 12c. to 13e. width on 6th Sept. had been quoted 94 to I ic. and 11c. to 15c. respectively. SUOMI, &c.—The demand for Sugar has been very limited. and I only 400 hhds. have been disposed of at rather lower rates. In Molasses, Bice, Cocoa and Ginger, there have been no transactions. A few tasks of Coffee have been sold at a trifling reduction in the prices of ordinary qualities. Paovunons.--The Import of Butter this week is light—about 3220 frks. there has been a fair business done in Dry and Pickled. Beef and Pork very dull. New Bacon 554. to 545. Coen Exciramor.--The very increased .hew of ! , ameles at Tues. day's market, end the moderate attendar.ce of dealer., bad the effect of suspending hi a great degree the demand fur both Wheat and Oats; the former of which may be quoted 2d. and the latter Id. per bushel lower than the previous week. In Wheat there was little business dune; of Oats a few sales were efftcted at the above decline. For Barley and Beans there was scarcely any inquiry, though last week's quotations may he repeated for both. There was some demand from the country for Oatmeal, in which article a tew purchases took place. Boiling Peas being very seam., a small parcel or two brought very high prices. Wheat in bond supported its price, and fur fine qualities there was an easy sale. • 'fheie v as no demand whatever for sweet Flour in bond ; tor that duty pid, there were some applications fur small parcel.. i I