Star. — London, England, 1830-01-16 00:00:00

MR. OWEN. TO THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN. The population of the British Empire is oppressed by a superabundance of wealth, and by an excess of poverty. It seeks the means of relief from both these Other civilized nations are beginning to experience the same effects from similar causes ; and the most enlight ened individuals in these countries look to the wisdom of your councils for a remedy. All who reflect now perceive, that the immediate cause of these is an excess of production, unaccompanied by a knowledge of the means by which that excess may be ad vantageously distributed. These evils were first expe rienced in the year 1810, when a new era commenced with regard to supply and demand. Up to that period the supply never equalled the demand ; it was therefore the chief business of political economists and others to devise and point out the best means of increasing the supply. The introduction, within the last fifty years, of ma t hinery into the manufactures of Great Britain, over came this difficulty ; and in the year 1810, the period of a deficient supply was passed, for the first time in the history of nations. It was passed, too, in the midst of a general, and most wasteful war ; proving that the powers of production were become not only ample for a period of . peace, but were also more than sufficient to meet the exigencies of the most wide-spread warfare, simultaneously carried on by the most powerful nations of the world. Since that eventful year, the distress which has arisen in Great Britain and the United States of North America, and in many of the civilised countries, has uniformly arisen from an excess, continually in creasing, of supply over demand. In consequence, a necessity at that period commenced for a change in the commercial policy of society ; that necessity daily increased, producing periodical distress among the industrious classes, until at length its severity in 1816 became such, that the proceeds of a large public subscription were inadequate to afford relief to the extent required. Under these circumstances, a public meeting was held in London, to consider of the cause of the- evil, and of its remedy. At this meeting a Committee was appointed to inves tigate the subject, composed generally of the most re spected public-spirited Statesmen, Political Economists, and others, and the late Archbishop of Canterbury was selected to preside over its deliberations. It appeared inexplicable to the Members of this Committee, how such general and alarming distress could arise among the agricultural labourers and manufacturing operatives,while there was at that moment, throughout Great Britain and Ireland, a greater superfluity of productions, both agri cultural and manufacturing, than had existed at any former period. At the first meeting of this Committee, various con jectures were offered by different Members, as explana tions of this singular anomaly, but none were deemed satisfactory. The writer, who was supposed to have some useful practical knowledge upon the subject, was requested by the Chairman and others to state his view of the case, which he did, but probably in a very im perfect manner, as he was then unaccustomed to public speaking. He attributed the difficulties, the causes, and remedy of which they were met to consider—to the rapid extension of machinery and other scientific inventions and disco veries, which had been introduced during the late war, and which had superseded the necessity for so much ma nual labour as had formerly been called into action. Thus a large surplus of all kinds of productions was created, and a diminished supply became unavoidable: the newly acquired scientific power produced more economically than did manual labour; manual labour was, in conse quence dismissed from employment, and machinery was retained. The Committee considered that this statement contained a reasonable and satisfactory explanation of the subject. and the writer was requested to draw up a report on the existing state of the working classes, and to propose a remedy for the evils under which they were suffering. He accordingly, in the Spring of 1817, pre sented to the Committee a detailed report upon these subjects. The distress of the working classes .had become so general, and pauperism had in consequence increased to such an alarming extent, that your Lower House was induced to appoint a numerous and highly respectable Committee, under the title of a " Committee on the Poor Laws," to trace the subject to its source, and through all its ramifications. When the writer presented his report to the General Committee, of which the then Archbishop of Canterbury was Chairman, the subject was deemed by them too im portant to be passed slightly over ; and they recom mended that the report should be submitted to the Com mittee of the House of Commons on the Poor Law*, which was then sitting. It was presented, accompanied by drawings explana tory of the practical arrangements proposed; and the writer offered to be fully examined as to the cause of the evils under which the country was suffering ; the princi ples on which he proposed to apply a remedy ; and as to the detail of the practice which be recommended. The report, the plans, and the offer of examination, were under the consideration of the Committee, with closed doors, for two days • at the termination of which time the writer was of f ic ially informed by one of the Members, that the Committee, after a long and interest ing debate, had come to the resolution not to receive the Report, or to examine the writer upon the subject. The Committee judged wisely. The public had not then been sufficiently prepared by commercial difficulties, or by dis tress among the lower orders, to believe that a change so extensive as the one proposed was necessary, nor indeed would become at no distant period unavoidable. The report and detailed reasoning thereon were, how erter, at that time extensively published in the newspapers, to prepare the public for the adoption of the principles and the plan when the further extension of mechanic and other scientific producing powers should compel all classes to seek relief from the overwhelming effects of over production, and of competition between scientific power and manual labour, and when the increased knowledge of the people should have convinced them of the necessity of changing the policy of the empire, in order to apply this new power in aid of, instead of being, as it now is, op posed to human industry, and the general prosperity of the British dominions. _ In proof of the benefit arising from the practical adoption of his plan, the writer now begs leave to refer to the experiment commenced in 1818, in the Nether lands, under the sanction of the Government and the auspices of the Royal Family, when some of the prin oiPles, and much of the detail, were put to the test of experience. That experience, during a period of nearly twelve' years, has now abundantly proved these emi nently calculated to diminish pauperism, and to hn prove generally the habits and condition of the indus trious &Mei. • The .principles and practice. recommended in the report to the House of Commons are no longer hypothetical ; it having been proved that they have raised the condition If 30,000 ignorant, and therefore generally vicious a nd useless persons, from a state of burdensome dependence upon the producing classes of the community, to become industrious and useful, to earn their own support, and to acquire good and orderly habits; and these favourable results were produced, too, in a country where knowledge was less diffused than in Great Britain, and where the colonies were, to their pecuniary disadvantage, without the aid of modern improved machinery. Still they have produced a surplus, which will repay the original capitsl expended upon each establishment, and all the interest accruing thereon. When the Committee of the House of Commons, on the Poor Laws; rejected in 1817 the report and the plan presented to them by the writer, circumstances justified their decision ; but these circumstances no longer exist, and have been replaced by others of a different character.. The machinery of the kingdom has been nearly, if not fully, doubled since that period, and in consequence dis tress now not only overwhelms the operative manufac turers and agricultural labourers, but pervades the smaller farmer, and a large portion of the master manu facturers, and threatens continually to advance upwards until the sufferings of the majority of the population will become greater than they can endure, and this by means of a power, which, under a wise direction, is capable of securing permanent prosperity, not only to those born within the British dominions, but to the subjects of every State brought under its influence, when aided by a national system of education, founded on a knowledge of the general laws of human nature. The writer, therefore, now in the most earnest manner recommends the full consideration of these all important subjects to the Members of the Imperial Parliament, as individuals and as constituents of that Government to which all nations are looking for direction, in the adop tion of measures for the relief of their respective popula tions, from poverty, vice, and misery. Bedford-square, Jan. 12. ROBERT OWEN. BOOTH, THE TRAGEDIAN. THE STASI OF •ALTIMORC V. 3. The defendant in this case is a person who has been astonishing the inhabitants of Baltimore by the wonderful exhibition of walk ing on the ceiling, and other feats, in the performance of which the safely not only of himself, but of his children, was placed in immi nent jeopardy. Among those who witnessed the performances he exhibited in the Belvidere Theatre were some so doubtful of the propriety of permitting their continuance, that a suggestion was made to the Chief Judge, calling upon him to recommend Mr. Peters to the notice of the Grand Jury. The Judge accordingly addressed that body upon the subject, submitting at the same time to its conside ration, as documentary evidence in the cause, the advertisements wherein the aforesaid Peters described to the public his calling, capacities, and intentions. Before, however, the business could be acted upon by the inquisition, the gentleman in question, obedient to the citation of the Court, or of his own accord, in anxiety to vin dicate his character and conduct (I know not which), suddenly plunged himself arm the stand, without waiting for a presentment by the authorised organ of the law. Making a lowly obeisance, the accused stood erect and fair to front his accusation, while the following dialogue ensued : " Are you Mr. Peters?" asked the Chief Judge. " I am," was the firm reply. " Are you the author of this advertisement?"—(Holding out the newspaper.)—" I am." " You call yourself the eighth wonder of the world ?" I " 1 do." "; You walk upon the ceiling?"—" I do." 0 And don't you thick it a dangerous way of performiug your leraisibutations?" No—may it please you, I walk, upon the ceiling with th e sante ease that you do upon the faor." Well, Sir, admitting that to be the case, and admitting your right to put your own neck in jeopardy, let us come to that per formance in which your children are participators, for of them we must at least have a care. Do you ascend ropes with your daughters, propelling wheelbarrows before you ?" " I have done it, but I will never do it again; I failed in the at tempt last night, but that was not my fault—it was the fault of the carpenter, who left the ropes too loose; I have done the thing in Europe—l have done it in America. I did it lan evening with success in rehearsal, and I thought I could have done it as well be fore the public ; but I failed, and I will nut repeat it again." .. Very well, Sir. Now, let us see if you endanger your chil dren's lives in any other ways. I perceive by your advertisement that they waltz upon the tight wire, on which they also balance themselves on ladders, and the legs of chairs, 'poised upon porter bottles. Surely, these feats are as fearfel as they are fantastic and surprising. We cannot suffer you to deal thus with your children, and use your parental authority for purposes so fraught with dan ger to their limbs and lives." The father here took fire, and, though still respectful in his look. and language, and with many a flourish of the fist (not a la Mendoza) and stroke upon the sternum, or stomach, thus gave vent to his emotions:— "Sir, my daughters are my children. Sir, I gave them birth, I gave them bread, I gave them breeding. I taught them my own trade for a livelihood, I instructed them in the mysteries of the science I profess, they assist me in my business, they help me to make money ; but, Sir, not for all the money in America would I expose their lives. Sir, I love my children more than money; eke I should be the greatest brute in the world.—(Here a thump oa the thorax that sounded like a gong.) Sir, lam on brute. (Here a second thump of increased loudness.) Sir, lam disk father, they are my children ; I can take care of them, I will take care of them ; and if I risked their lives for money I shook! be the greatest brute in the world."—(A third thump capping this climax of the moral sublime.) A moment's pause followed this burst of elo quence, and the Judge resumed— " Mr. Peters, we do not mean to charge you with want of fatherly regard for your offspring—nay, your present conduct leads us irre.istibly to a contrary conclusion; and as you have assured us t►at the wh.elbarrow bu.ineaa shall be brought to a close. and that the other exercises of your daughters are unattended with danger, we suffer you to retire, with a word of counsel in caution• ing you how you carry your own person; for though you are a stranger among us, yet we are not so indifferent to your fate as to feel unconcerned on your individual account; you can preserve your perpendicularity without hangini like a plumb-line from the ceiling; and although an antipode may be an animal we should be glad to see, yet we would not gratify our curiosity at the expense of your spine. You may withdraw. hi:. Peters was as•uring the Court that they bad nothing to fear for him, when a noise was heard at the door, and a man rushed into the room, ovetsettiog constables, suitors, and spectators, to his course. He pushed through the iron railing in spite of the bailiff who stood sentry, and to whose loud demand of " silence" he @bricked— _ _ " Be siknt yourself, I wUI speak." The crowd around the bar gave him a passage, and In instant kis band was interlocked in that of the acquitted juggler, who still occupied the stand. " Peters, my dear fellow, I'll stand by you," was the ezclama. tion which burst from his lips as be wrung the band of the mounte bank. " Give me the paper," be cried, snatching it from the clerk as be spoke, and glancing over the page as if searching for Mr.. Peters' paragraph. The Judge, at the beginning of the dis turbance, called out " Arrest that man ;" but, when in the intruder be recognised Booth, the tragedian, he countermanded the order, and requested him gently to withdraw. Booth crushed the paper in one hand, put the other akimbo, drew himself to his fullest height, and fixed an eye upon the Judge, whose look was very lightning. Never did I behold a gaze so stern —se piercing—so intensely expressive of bitter scorn and implacable batted. At that moment Richard, Skyleck, Bndus , Pisarest, and Sir Edward Weaker, stood before me concentrated into a single character. .71e ethereal essence of the tragic art was embodied in his air and 'attitude—a male personification of Melpomene—as he uttered. in the lowest depths of a voice that seemed to Issue from au abyss— " Do ye not know me? We've met ere this—Aye, and we shall meet again ; and when that moment comes, I tell ye— tremble!" " Yes," replied the Judge calmly, " to we may, Mr. Booth ; in 'the mean time, however, you had better it us for the present separate; Mr. „Peters needs no advocate now ; be is at liberty, suet you may both retire." He acquiesced without objection, withdrew his eye from the ob ject of be gaze, the stormy aspect of his visage brightened into a smile of pod humour and gaiety, and throwing his arm over the Ambler of the friend for whom he had step, forth a champion, they lift she room, twined in the mutual embrace et pleased tea- Ition. Mr. Booth soon after sent an apology to the Court for his strange behaviour. The incidents detailed presented a scene in Which the ludicrous and the pathetic were singularly blooded. Mr. Peters and his ex amination were legitimate objects el latighter—but the conduct of Mr. Booth excited emotions of a MIMS kW. It is well known to the public that this unteetinatesontkosom lo visited by paroxysms of temporary insanity, user whose Wiens be by turns puts on the characters which his pretleedos beds bin to personate. No one could base beheld him at the arnime alledsd to above without pronouncing his dramatic talent debt being ordoe—and it is only to be lamented that his was Shedd somedoes prove too mighty for his :cum ; if it be true that it his dewed= to the noblest of the muss may be traced the aright et his educe. His familiar acquintaece with Mr. Peters—and the low, "peeling the love of woman," which be displayed for that pereemege. Indeed furnish au enigma which the supposition of his insankty alone will solve. In one sense, indeed, Mr. P's walk of the drama may be called the more elevated, since he treads the came of that stage of which Mr. B. presses only the "dor. But apart from di view of the subject, the worthy mountebank would seem as far beneath his companion in respectability of profession, that intimacy could scarce exist with out the agency of the cause alluded to. It is said that Booth was tern on thesrevious night at the performance spoken of evidently labouring under a mental alienation, which vented itself in alternate bursts of laughter and of tears. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, Jas. 15. DOBSON •ND OVUM V. DACSOT. Mr. POLLOCK stated that this action was brought by the plain tiffs, who are owners of the ship ?denture, against the defendant, an importer of corn, well known in the city of London, to recover a claim of £5B ifs. for demurrage, or the detention of the above ship during footmen days, contrary to the stipulations of two bills of lading. The Mantura , in 1828, sailed from Liverpool to Bre men and the Weser, where she took in a cargo of corn consigned to several persons in Loudon. The defendant was consignee of wheat, oats, barley, and peas. There were two bills of lading. in each of which it was stipulated that the ship was to be delivered within fourteen days after bar arrival in the port of London : upon one bill, the allowance for detention beyond that time was £5 per day, and upon the other four guineas per day. It appeared that the ship arrived in the river, off Greenwich, on the Sth Jan. 1829, and was ready for delivery on the 6th. All the goods ought to have been taken out by the 20th ; but the defendant did not clear out the whole of his property before the 5d of February. The defence was, that no notice had been given of the ship's arrival; and, 2dly, that notice should have been sent to the defendant, that the time for taking out his goods having expired, be was liable for demurrage. The Arroaesv GSNKCAL—The defence is neither one nor the other.—(A laugh.) Mr. Pounce said there was another point of defence, namely, that the cargo was not accessible, but the plaintiffs were in a condi tion to prove that the goods were always ready after the 6th of Ja nuary, and might have been taken away. Several witnesses were called, and among them Mr. Isaac Dab eon, Captain of the Mentors, from whose testimony it appeared that the cargo consigned to Mr. Droop might have been delivered within the fourteen days after the arrival of the ship. The Arroawar Gresset, for the defendant, said, the main object in this action was to bring before his Lordship, and a more solemn tribunal, a question which had given rise to a mistaken opinion—an opinion which wouW make a great alteration in the mercantile concerns of this country. The original understanding upon the law of demumge was, that parties in default were to pay demurrage jointly, but it never had been supposed that the master and owners of a vessel were to receive five pounds or twenty live pounds, as it might be, per day, from several consig u e es of a cargo. The Common Pleas and this Court in decisions upon that point were at variance, and it was of great importance that the law should be clearly established. With respect to the merits of the case, he should prove that the defendant bad sent day after day to get his goods delivered, and that the answer received was that the cargo was not ready. It would appear that bags of wheat had been piled up in the hold of the ship, to act as bulk heads, for other consignments of grain stowed in bulk, and that it was impossible to get at the defendant's goods before those bags which kept one part of the cargo from mixing with another, were removed. The house of Exley and Co. had paid £75 for fifteen days' demurrage. and it was too much to call upon defendant to pay .258 in addition, when the delay was not occasioned by any fault on his part. Several witnesses were examined in support of the defendant's case. One of the name of Collins, a tide-waiter, said upon his cross-examination, that when goods were demanded on board the vessel, they were delivered. Mr. Pottarx,ln reply, contended that there was proof the de fendant waited for a sale of his grain, there being at the time a glut l in the market. There was not only a dithculty of sale, but lighters for the delivery of corn-vessels could not be easily obtained. The Learned Counsel observed, that he could not see much difference in the decisions of the Common Pleas and that Court, upon the law which the Learned Attorney• General bad aUuded to. Lord Tammanxe— ,l I am of opinion, that if a party cannot get his goods, being prevented by delay on the part of the owners of other goods in the same vessel, that he is not answerable for de murrage." The questiou in this case was whether the removal of the defendant's goods was obstructed by the misconduct of another ' ) in not removing goods. His Lordship added, where that was the case he should consider the party so obstructed not liable. If the Jury should be of opinion that the goods consigned to the defendant, and mentioned in the bill of landing, had been suffered, by the negligence of the defendant, to remain on board after the time sti pulated for delivery, they ought to find for the plaintiff. The Jury gave a verdict for £5B 16.. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, Jan. 15. Joseph Boss and Minos Staines were convicted of stealing several articles of wearing apparel from St. Gilds Workhouse. In the course of the morning, there were four prisoners tried and convicted, who were brought to justice by the exertions of the new police force. The thieves had been stopped with the stolen property in their possession. Joseph Mon* was indicted for stealing, ou the 29th of Septem ber last, a jar of tubacco.—Guilty. Wis. Laurence was indicted for hying stolen several articles of wearing apparel, at Holborn, on the Ist of January. William Bell arrested the prisoner, and found on his person seve ral skeleton keys, one of which corresponded with the lock in the door which was opened, and the bundle containing the goods that were stolen, was also found upon him. The prisoner endeavoured to account for the possession of those goods with which be was charged with stealing, by saying that they were given to hint by a man whom he was waiting for at the public house when he was arrested.—Guilty. .lokos Wittianu and dishes Woods were indicted for stealing. in St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, two pieces of bacon, the property of John Freeman.—Both Guilty. Lallans Stafford was indicted for stealing two coats and two horse dottiest Edmonton.—Not Guilty. WIWI'S* Jones and Thomas Ward were placed at the bar, charged with stealing, in St. Andrew's, Holborn, 81bs. of bacon.—Guilty. Thomas Jackson was indicted for stealing a counterpane, value five shillings, in Kentish Town.—Guilty. John Hoy was indicted for stealing a pair of shoes, the property of Joseph Johnston, of Tottenham-court-road. The prosecutor identified the prisoner as being the person who came into his shop and took the shoes away. The prisoner (a genteel-looking young man), in his defence, addressed the Court In a must feeling manner, and said that it was the utmost poverty that drove him to such an act, having bad a wife and children just starving, and being unable to gain any em ployment.--Guilty, but with a recoonnemeation of mercy, on account of his poverty. Mr. Sergeant Damon, after having extracted • promise of his future good conduct, humanely ordered him to be released from confinement. William Neiman Flanagan was charged with having stolen, on the 934 of December, several articles of wearing apparel. James Clarke (the prosecutor) enumerated the articles he bad lost from firiffma-hill. Tke rimer had lodged in his house fur three nights. David Davis deposed to the prisoner's !saving left a bundle in his shop, containing all the articles stolen. The policeman deposed to having arrested the prisoner by diree don of Davis. The prisoner, an being called on for his defence, burst into tears, and owned his guilt, bat said it was the extreme of wretchedness which drove hint to such an act. He said he had once . filled a meet confidential situation of 41100 per annum—Guilty. J. H. Herrington, aged Si, a surgeon by profession, was indicted for stealing in the dweltiog.hoose of Louisa Gough, our gold rings, and other articles of value, her property. The prisomr, who was attired in the first style of fashion, came forward to the bar, and entreated the Learned Judge to allow his trial to stand over until Monday. Mr. Sergeant AlAnill asked the prisoner bow long be bad been in custody ? Prisoner—Since the 28th of December. Costar—Then you ought to have been prepared to take your trial. Prisoner—My Lord, I did not know until, yesterday that nay offence was laid capitally. I ant a stranger in England,. and I have not mode known my disgraceful situation to nines than one or two persons that know me. Tke prisoner was about to speak of the rospistabnity of hie friends, when Mr. Sergeant Attains told him to make application to the Judges when they came into Court. This was done, and the prayer o. thr prisoner was granted. Wit. Gen* was indicted for breaking and entering the dwellit t hongs of Thos. Gentle, and stealing therein a silver watch, h:, Prol'M. The prosecutor proved the loss of the watch, and Wm. Anderton, a pawnbroker, deposed. that on day of elm robbery, tbe prisoner pledged the watch at his house.—Guilty. James Bottler and Jabs PickeU were charged with breaking am! entering the dwelling-bouse of James TimeweU, and stealing ht.() sheets, and other articles. The Jury found Plaott —Not Guilty. Butler—Guilty. Edward Mousy, a boy only twelve years of age, was charged wet. stealing from the how of Mr. J. Nicholson, on the 4th January. sixty yards of silk. The prisoner forms one of a juvenile gang of thieves who infest the city. Guilty—Deelk, but recommender: to mercy on account of his youth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. 71loses tionin, a man about thirty years of age, a working jew eller, by profession, was yesterday placed at the bar before the Presiding Magistrate, J. R. Cown., Rsq. charged with st e ali ng jewellers gold, the property of his employer, to the amount of up wards €9O. It appeared that the prisoner has for these last few months been working for a gentleman named Harris, residing iu Church.street, Soho, and on several occasions that gentleman has given him outdoor work, which be has repeated pledged, but Mr. Harris believing he was in distress, uniformly redeemed the arti cles, to the amount of upwards of ; and having missed more gold last week, he gave him into custody of Andrews, an °Meer of this establishment, and several pieces of gold in a rough state were found at the house of Mr. Dobree, a pawnbroker residing in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. Previously to the appearance of the prosecutor yesterday an in dividual named Dyer, a shopman to Mr. Dobtee, addressed the Magistrate, and informed him that the prisoner was of rather re spectable connections, and had a brother a hatter, residing ii - Usford-street. Mr. Constre, in looking over the articles of gold produced by the pawnbroker, which were upwards of a dozen in number, toll him chat they wire liable to a severe punishment for receiving it pledge gold in a state of manufacture, as some of the articles pro• duced were. Dyer replied that he should not have taken the articles in bad be not known the prisoner, who pledged them for upwards of 12 years as a working jeweller ; in fact, he had made phis, brooches, and other articles for them. The prosecutor now arrived. and the prisoner was brought for ward. Mr. CONANT enquired if the prosecutor could identify any of the gold? Mr. Harris replied that he could not swear to any of it. Dyer produced some part of the gold which had been pledged before the prisoner milted for the prosecutor. Some further conversation took place; and another Gentleman who bad been robbed appeared, but, as the property could nut be swam distinctly to, the prisoner was discharged. HATTON-GARDEN. A hitsmaz.—Yesterday morning a respectable looking man, who gave his name John Eroe, was brought before Mr. Rooms, by an officer of Pentonville. The officer stated, that on Thursday night the prisoner was put Into his custody by Mr. Reynolds, the schoolmaster, of Shadwell street, Pentonville, on suspicion of felony. Mr. Reynolds on Thursday night had a ball at his house, and the prisoner suddenly made his appearance there without any invitation, and, as no per son knew him, Mr. Reynolds gave him in charge on suspicion nt intending to commit a felony. The Officer stated that Mr. Reynolds had been to him yesterday morning, and stated that he had lost nothing ; and, as It appeared the prisoner had mistaken his house for a public house, be should nut appear against him. The prisoner was accordingly discharged. A GANG OF MONSTERs.—Between nine and ten o'clock last night, as Mrs. Freeman, an industrious widow, about forty years of age, residing at the bottom of Drury-lane, near Wych-street, was passing towards her abode, she was attacked at the end of Blaclunoor-street by four ferocious monsters in the shape of men, wrapped up in fa►blunable cloaks, by stabbing her in the side with a small sword, such as is worn occasionally in light walking-sticks. The villains broke the sword, leaving about six inches thereof sticking In Mrs. Freeman's side, who instantly fell upon receiving the wound. Police constable F. 122, who came up in a minute thereafter. lifted Mrs. Freeman from the pavement, and pulled the deadly weapon from her side. He then tollowed the ruffians through Clue-court, and other alleys In the vicinity. but we are sorry to say, that for the present they have eluded his pursuit. We are glad to state, that from the thick garments and stays worn by Mrs. Freeman, the sword did not pe netrate sufficiently deep to endanger any vital part. DIED. At Rothsay, in the bland of Bute, Mary Anne Eliu Sharpe, eldest daughter of Norman Shalep, Esq younger, of Honuoun. Deeply lamented. the Nev. William Huth, L. L. D. Theolo gical Tutor of Highbuty College, Paster of the Independent Church at Stoke Newington, and formerly of Cambridge. NEWOATE AND LICADRNHALI. SIAIIKETE, Jan. IS. Beef ..... 31 44 to Ss ed I Veal ... 46 to Ss 4d ?glutton ..... Es 4d to 41 0.11 Pork ... Ss Sd to 4s 41 PRICE/3 or HAY AND STRAW YESTERDAY. IT. JAMBS'S. WRITSCIIATIL. Hay 3115 s Od to 41 15s Od I Hay 21 10s to 41 4s 04 Clover 3110 s Od to 51 51 Od 1 Clover 31 Os to SI 51 Od Straw 21 0. Od to 21 Ss Od Straw 11 16s to 21 us Od al OF LEATHER. PRII Best Dressing Hides Common Ditto Crop Hides, 35 to 401bs for cutting 14d :o 164 Ditto 45 to 501bs ........ 164 to 18d Calf Skins, 36 to 40Ibs 50 to 701bs 70 to 1101bs ... .. Small Seals, Greenland) ..... ...... 20d to 211 Tanned Horse Hides ... ... .. 16d to 1111 Spanish Horse Hides .... ..... ........ 19d to 241 PRICE OF wvir rocicirn. Kent Sussex Essex _ Fatabant fine 151. to 151. Old Duty lal o—Seconds. 101. to 121. d at £39,866. PRICK o► TA L Town Tallow ... 40s Od Yellow Russia ... ... Ms Oft White ditto 58. 81 Soap ditto ... ... 361 od ►felting Stuff ...... .. Si. Od Tallow Imported from IOPS, Jos. IS. Navy meas. 11/04 to 11191 I Kent 1341 to 1404 I Sussex latis to 1001 1401 to 1806 Essex 140 s to 1601 ,LOW, SOAP &c. I Yellow Soap ... 768 Od I bladed . so. al I Curd .. . Od Grate 16s od Good Dregs as od . Petenburgh, 101 Casks. PRICE OF OIL. Rape Oil, brow., 411. Os. relined, 431. Os. Linseed Oil, 9.01. Os. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousaikl, 111. Rape Cake, per too, 51. Os. to 01. Os. PRICE OF SEEDS Jan. 15. Our market conthnies steady since our last quotation. 'rinse is some demand for Clover, some shillings d . COAL 31A IIKET. jin. 15. Ships at Market. Ships Sold. 7si Newcastle I S 361 Sunderland 51 S Yorkshire t: 4 Scotch Coal i O Stone Coal 0 if 'Welsh Coal i u Cohn 0 O Cinders 0 4 Small Coal ii Pt ice. 284 6d to 37s 0 35s 3d to 32s 0 34s Od to 001 0 28s Od to 001 6 00s 06 to 004 9 55. od to oos o 28$ &I to 00. 0 00s 04 to 00. 0 20s Od to 22s 0 COURSE OF EX Amsterdam —.12 7i C.F. Ditto at sight ...12 5b Retterdam 2 U 12 7i Antwerp l2 7i flambargb Ye U 14 00i Altuna 24 U £4 004 Paris,3day's sight 23 20 Ditto ...2 U 26 S Madrid Cadiz 3SI Barcelona ..331 Whoa ... ..3/4 MANGE, Jan. la. Gibraltar.— .. 47i Leghorn ... 47i Genoa l6 • Venice ...47i Malta Naples 514 Palermo Lisbon Rio Janeiro .. 24 Dublin 1 Cork • .. li JLD AND SILVER. 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