Star. — London, England, 1822-12-21 00:00:00

WINTER ROME cramp. MAIDSTONE, Dtckmilidt 19. ATTEMPT TO COMMIT A RAPS •UPON A CHILD. fi,•o7»tin Hopkins was indicted upon a charge of having, on the 17th of Ahgust, assaulted and ill treated Mary Burling, with intent to commit it rape. Mary Burling, a delicate girl, eleven years of age, being placed in the witness-box, was questioned, by the !.earned Judge as to her knowledge of. the conse quences of perjury, when she stated that she could neither read nor write—thaushe said her prayers, an d sometimes went to Church—that she was nine years of age.—(Here the gill's mother said she was eleven, and his Lordship ordeied her and all the wo. men and children to leave the Court.)—Wituess did n .A know in what month her birth-day was: Knew if she told a lie she . should go to lieu ; but was L a rant of the punishment. The child was then sworn, and detas led - the minutiz .f the transaction against the prisoner, but the nature ef the evidence was such as to preClude its insertien• in the columns of a Public Journal: it did not 14- pear, however, that the child sustained any injury ; she did not raise any alarm, nor did she mention the circumstance to any one for several weeks ; she did net object to the prisoner's conduct at the time, nor did she now complain of his treatment. When the case had proceeded thus far, the Learned Judge said to the Jury—" Need I. aecalemen, 'pur sue this transaction any farther ? There does not appear to have been any opposition on the pact of the child, and some parts of her statement are so c ontradictory and vary so much with her deposition b:fore the committing -Magistrate, that I really can r.,t allow it to bear as penal evidence against the tn. Gentlemen, lam at all times unwilling to I .p a case in its outset, and more especially sue!' a as the present, where a person of the , poorest c ; .-..mplaios of ill-usage; lam ever unwilling to b anything that would seem to justify a feeling of s!ight or of preference against she lower orders of soeety, who have an equal right to the protection of the laws with the wealthy or the titled ; hitt I really c.tnnot see how this child's evidence can be received by you, and I therefore put it to you collectiiely, whether you would wish the ease to proceed r The Jury were of the same opinion as his Lordship, and immediately returned a verdict of—s/Voi The prisoner was then arraigned upon a second in dictment for the same transaction, but as a misde meanour only, and the Jury also returned a verdict of—Not r::rilly. The Learned JUDOS then ordered the girl's mother to be called into Court, when his Lordship addressed her with earnestness upon the probable consequences of the evident neglect so'obiious in the child's ins swers in the witness-box. His Lordship then informed her that the case could not be proceeded in on ac count of the prevarication and ignorance diiplayed in giving her testimony, and concluded by appealing seriously to the feelings of the mother as to the share of blame she might justly take to hetself, in the even: of the child'i dereliction from honesty and virtue at a future period of her life, in consequenee of having been neglected in her you th. Charles Lewis and John Oliver were indicted for a burglary in the dwelling-house of John Kent, at Charlton, in the night of the 21st of Oacrher, and stealing six silver tea-spoons, a silver table-spoon, a pair of silver buckles, and Other property, to the value of five pounds. It appeared that between five and six o'clock in the evening of the 21st of October, the wife of the prosecutor went out for a temporary purpose, leaving the door and windows fast. Shortly afterwards her son came to the house, and, finding the door on the latch, lie opened it, entered, and found his mother's drawers turned out, and their contents strewed about the floor. He heard some persons moving about up stairs, and pipsently saw a light. He cried " Holloa! who's there?" when in an instant the light was blown out, and two or three men - rushed down stairs. He seized the first man by the collar, and a fierce strug gle between them ensued, when another of the men struck him, and knocked both down she steps of The door. The lobber then got up and ran a few yards, but was overtaken and laid hold of by the prosecu- ' tors lon, when another struggle ensued. Another of the gang knocked him down again, and he and the man he had hold of fell together again. The latter got up and ran about half a mile, but was over taken and secured by his courageous pursuer. He turned out to be a man named William Burridge. In the several scuffles the coat of the latter was torn from his back, in one of the pockets of which was found a bundle of picklock keys. During his pas sage to the cage, Bur ridge threw from him another -bundle of picklock keys, which was afterwards picked up. The other man got clear off. None of the stolen property was found. William Burridge was examined as an approver. He described himself as having been a Gentleman's servant, and said he had travelled on the Continent for about five years. In October last, he, the two prisoners, a man named King, now in Newgate, and another man named Munion, all London thieves, hired a hackney-coach to go down to Woolwich upon the speculation of being able "to do a robbery." It was observed, that on that day Mr. Angerstein, of Blackheath, proposed giving a feast to the lower classes of his neighbours, and it was suggested that probably this circumstance would induce many per sons to leave their houses unprotected. In their way to Woolwich they observed the prosecutor's wife leave her house at Charlton, and lock it on the out side ; and it was determined to turn this circumstance to advantage. They went on to Woolwich, partook of some refreshment with the coachman, and then it was resolved that Burridge, King, Lewis, and Oliver, should return to Charlton to do the robbery, whilst the coachman waited their ars ival to carry them back to town. Accordingly, those four persons went to the prosecutor's house between sis and seven o'clock. It was agreed that Burridge and King should effect the robbery whilst the others remained outside to kee;) watch, The lock of iii outer door was im mediately picked, and Burridge and King entered, broke open a chest of drawers, and took the articles tnentione.i in the indictment. Whilst they were up staiis b.eaking open a large chest, they were dis turbed by the prosecutor's son, in the manner already described, and which the accomplice detailed with the same particularity. The accomplice described . • the evil 4 lik As Wk . dia. *Me' the bows ; Watell 7 .ot re fernainutes, WI rnki the prisoner Noe Guilty. • SPORTING n TELLIGENCL tend—'not tr +A ite .- • -- ,w s a :gond' indittintne against • the pri- Seaeial . Witireites"efere _called to sorrohorate the inner for , a ivischifit '. which charged in' sins. • accomplice in minor points of his e idence eanonr, iliac:he 'fiat broken Mitt entered the Medlin • g, Monday afternoon , ? a lik t T ll L cet r et, TD si t a N tio G ys, : sons rit r . table of Odiam George, Catheri a terward Th s in house e e tie, his wife. at the ' : pgrents in that neighbourhood, on returning from School went picklock keys and a dark lantern found I f • - same time being in an undretsid, and fraudii- ~• to slide on a pond near the Infirmary when the ice broke, , and the house, were also prodaced and identified, . four iif them were drowned. The names ' of the unfortunate The risoneYs . said nothing- in their defence. leetly, and under preren d ce of d: ' being the said Odiain suff . erers are JA • Cloapattan, Thomas Ward, William Rama d . Mr. Baton GRAHAM, in his charge to the Jury, did assault, &c. the said Catherine; she being wholly ' I /eda m Rota . —A Coroner's Noy W said that the breaking and entering • in the night time held bodies , ' la ignorant that the prisoner was not her husband, but returned a verdiet—“ Accidental - Me a th." on the wile was and offeredbelievin i g n him su pp t , o wi be of so. T . ): . 8 1 .1 .' r? h X ol l o N m G ew . Andrews on Th ar& night be left out * of their consideration, there being stiPposing this N i o nd e i v c i t denc n e t, ' no satisfactory evidence that it was night when the however', A Jury sat on the I F itid A day evening. the deceased having died in a pugilistic combee robbery was committed • but then they would say . and a verdict of Nei Orally was recorded. whether the property sto len ' amounted to the value I of h ad quarrelled at a public-house at Bretton on of 401. for If it did, the prisoners were still liable to . .' Catherine Smith, DECRNIREIt 20.—MURDER. • ' with a man of the name of Arnold on Wednesday. The Wiwi John Smith was indicted for the wilful murd er , the LoWer P w be found guilty of a capital felony; if the 1 at East Greenwich on the ord.road, and the landlord got rid of thehi in a drunken at. , ury were . , 4ali of when they crossed the fields with some drunken companions, and satisfied that they were concerned in the bb rr ery. October last. . in the last of which the deceased fell sense- The Learned Judge 'then summed up t h e whole of It appeared that the . prisoner, a Greenwich n- less, and ruptured a vessel in the bead. It was proved tha t . deceased V/34 a i l a trrelsome man, and that he had most t oat the evidence, with such observations as appeared to sinner, who was a very old man, upwards of 70, had rageously insulted Arnold, whuse forbearance was great m him to he proper to make upon the facts proved. cohabited with the deceased , and . th ey passed as Jury found a verdict of Manslaughter, as the loss .' l of life oc- The Jury deliberated a few minutes, and found man and w•f* ie. On the morning of the 4th Octcher, curred in an illegal act. the .i a pr son rs guilty of stealing in the dwelling-house about half-past five D' 1 kc oc , he went to a public to the amount of forty shillings, acquitting them of house called "T 1 •le C riateters," sat doWn near the bar , the burglary—Death. • and called for a pot of porter. 'lmmediately • atter • EXTRAORtsI NA RY RAPE. wards, addressing himself to the landlord, he said, • o J Ha wki ns, ohn Pearson, a man about 23 years of age, washave you seen my Woman this morn indicted for assaulting Catherine,• the wife of Odiarn in g ?., He replied in the negative. Upon which George, on the 10th September, at the Parish of Wood- the ., prisoner said, " If you s e e he r g o' past, call her church, and Violating her person. in. About ten minutes be fo re • • six 0 clock the de- It appeared from the statement of the prosecntriz, ceased came into . the public-hditse, in company that on the night in qrtestion she had cone to ma with another Greenwich pensioner, named Levitt.— alone, her husband not having then come home; she The deceased called for two glasses of gin. The fell asleep, and was awakened by- the caresses of a landlord drew a glass of gin, and set it before her man in bed with her ; her infant child was also in bed on the bar ; when she said, " You koow I take it with with her. Supposing the visitor to be her husband, peppermint." The landlord was turning round to she aemained passive, and yielded, under that per- get the peppermint bottle, when in an instantahe suasion, to what took place. The criminal act. was Prisoner, who was sitting close to the deceased, rose up and stabbed her with a knife in the right breast. rereated three times. In about three quarters of an hour, hearing a noise, she said to her bedfellow— Before this not a word had passed between the pi " What is that noise?" To which he replied, speak- soner and the deceased. The deceased immediately excl . aimed, " Ypn have killed me! Yon have killed ing of her husband , " It's Orly corning home ;" and lie immediately jumped out of the bed, and retired me!' The unfortunate woman was urged by• the into - the next room. The prosecutrix also got out of landlord to run to the Infirmary immediately. She bed, threw a gown over her, 'and ran into a neigh- went out, but before she got the distance of 40 paces hour's bouse,where she complained that the prisoner, she dropped down dead. The prisoner was immedi ately seized by the landlord, who said to him, 66 You fected his object. She appeated agitated; was in wicked old man, how couhi you do so rash an act?' l whom she said she knew by his voice, had thus ef wicked old man, how could you do so rash an act: " fected his object. She appeared agitated ; was in Ile replied, " She has been with that fellow all night. tears, pale, and trembling. She then dressed herself, and went to a neighbouring oast-house to give infor rhe priirmer was afterwards searched, and the knife • mation to her husband, whom she found the: e. The was found upon him, stained eith blood ; and being I asked whether that was the instrument with which lie prisoner had got there before her. A complaint of committed the murder, he said it was, and owned what had happened was made to the husband. Ten minutes only had elapsed from the first discovery that that he did it. The instrument, which was a corn the prisoner was the intruder into her bed. She had mon pocket knife, upon being examined, appeared followed the prisoner, and kept him in sight until he as if it had been recently sharpened at the point. ' went into the oast-house, where the huhand was.— • This was the case proved on the part of the prosecution: rhe prisoner, who appeared to be the remains of a The latter was asleep when his wife came, and had • been drinking at a public-house. She then told her very fine seaman, being at least six feet high, and still robust in frame, entered into a long statement of husband what had happened, andaliat she-believed it quarrels between him and the deceased, which, he was the prisoner from the colour •cir his smock-frock. On her cross examination by Mr. RYLAND , who said, had irritated and made him unhappy. She had was Counsel for the prisoner, she admitted that she come from London to live with him, and take care of him, he being old and infirm. They had lived was in the family-way by her husband before they to were married ; but she swore that she had never gether for about fifteen months ; but a short time allowed the prisoner to take any improper liberties before this transaction she was greatly altered in her behaviour towards him. He had, through friends of with her, and particularly that she had not admitted his own, procured her a situation as helper in one of him to herbed on the preceding Saturday night , nor the wards of the Hospital. She became cold and un kind he been in the house , after nine o'clock on the kind to him, and at last he discovered that she kept night in question, to her knowledge. During the • b Levitt.another Greenwich pensioner. time the prisoner was in bed with her en the night in company w it h On the morning of the 4th of October, he went to the question, no conversation at all took place between Cricketers public-house to get some beer. Whilst he them, except that he seemed more amorous than her was there he was cutting a piece of stick-liquorice a.. husband generally was..she said to him, +'vi t a Ody, is vita Ins knife, when the deceased and her l u bber ' this all love?" to which he answered " Yes," in an came into the house, and stood close to him. He had under tone of voice. She swore, positively , that she been drinking the ni ght before. Th e appearance off was ignorant that the prisoner was in her bed until the deceased with her paramour affected him very he said " Ody.was coming home." During her whole much, and the deceased having trod upon his corns, examination she conducted herself with the most iin he in a moment of rage committed the fatal act, but perturbable composure and coolness. She was a young without knowing what he did, and certainly not in woman, about 25, and good-looking. tending to kill the unfo • rtunate woman. Under such The prosecutrix's husband, the woman to whom circumstances, he hoped a merciful view of his case the prosecutrix first complained, and a man who was would be taken. at the oast-house at the time the complaint was made mB. r. aron G RAH A m summed up the case to the Jury. to the husband, were also called as witnesses. It ap- T h e Jury e found the prisoner Guilty, and he was peared from their testimony, that on the night of the ordered for execution on Monday morning. The un alleged rape, the prisoner had been at the oast-house fo r t un ate old man appeared firm, and retired from full three-quarters of an hour before the prosecutrix the bar with a steady step. came there to inquire for her husband, and that he The Assizes ended at three o'clock: Sentence of was seen on the preceding Saturday evening, at half- death was passed upon ten capital convicts ;but none past nine at night, to let himself into the prosecutor's were left for execution except Robert Hartley, for house with a key, sit down in the room, and take off stabbing Capt. Owen, of the Bellerophon, and Smith, his boots ; and th:tt he remained in the house twenty the man above-mentioned. minutes, when her husband also went home, and then the prisoner retreated by the back door. Before the case went to the Jury, Mr. RYLAND submitted that this indictment would not lie as for a rape. The indictment alleged force to have been used. That allegation was negatived by the evidence ; for the criminal act, which was the gravamen of the charge, was done with the consent of the prosecutrix. In the absence of force, and the direct proof of consent, it was impossible to support this indictment. Mr. Justice BAYLEY admitted that there was con siderable weight in the objection, but he thought the case ought to go to the Jury. An extremely nice question of law was involved in this proceeding, and I one which, for the present, he should not decide. If the Jury, however, thought themselves warranted in convicting the prisoner, he should direct them to re turn a special verdict, so that the point might be raised before the twelve Judges. , The Learned JUDGE then summed up the evidence I - or the Jury. He observed that the statement of the prosecutrix was certainly very extraordinary, and, in some particulars, very suspicious. She had been contradicted in two material points; and if she had mistaken or misrepresented circumstances in one or two instances, there was some ground for doubting the truth of the whole of her statement. In order to, ' justify the Jury in finding a verdict of guilty, they' must be fully satisfied, first, that the prisoner was the person who had committed the -alleged offence in the manner stated ; and, second, that it was com mitted by mean; of a false representation that lie was the husband of prosecutrix, and induced her to submit. They must be satisfied that the prisoner had prac tised a delusion, and that the prosecutrix wcetld have resisted his advances, had she known the real situa tion and character of the person who had obtained access to her bed. Should they think the case proved did not warrant such a conclusion, the p:i soner ought to he acquitted. His Lordship said, he should not himself give any opinion upon the case in point of law, hut should leave it as a matter within their proper province to determine. 'The Jury delibe- The Earl of Derby's Stag-hounds meet on Tuesday neat, at leatherhe.ol. H. Joffe, Esq.'s Fox-hounds meet on Tuesday, at Hand crou ; Saturday, at the 20-mile stone on the Merstham-road. The Surrey Fog-hounds meet on Monday, at Worms Heath; Thursday, at Riddlesduwn; Saturday, at Limps&id. The Surrey Harriers meet on Monday, Thursday, and Sa turday, at Kennel. The Worcestershire Hounds meet on Monday, at Kinfare Church; Thursday, at Fengate Cn Mode; Saturday, at the Fox on Shipley Common. ' The Gransden Hounds meet on Tuesday, at the 11-mile stone on the Huntingdon roach ; Friday, at Whitwell. Lord Anson's Hounds meet on Monday, at Teddesky. Lord Yarborough's Hounds meet oik Monday, at Stalling. borough ; 'fuesday, at Kingsfotth House; Friday, at Eikington Cow Pasture; Saturday, at Fox Dales. Buarox Hurrr.—Sir It. Sutton's Hounds meet on Monday,at Swinethorpe; Tuesday, at Nocton House; Thursday, at Legs!"; Saturday, at Blankney. The Southwold Subscription Fox-hounds meet on Tuesday, at Edlington Grove; Thursday, at Partney ; Saturday, at South House Bar. The Union Harriers meet on Monday, at Cratfield Church ; Thursday, at Walpole-street ; Saturday, at St. James's Park. FARLEY-HILL COURSING MEETING. HATCHES E.'S FIFTEEN GUINEAS EACH. Mr. Ilurcombe's Fanny beat Captain Meredith's br. d. Mr.. Stewart's Fly beat Mr. Morton's Tumbler. Mr. Gbent's Music twit Capt. llolmes's Dash. SILVER CUP AND coven. Mr. Mason's br. d. beat Mr. Francis's wh. b. Mr. Slade's Maria beat Mr. Cousins' Cowslip. Mr. Wilmot's Tarif beat Mr. Owen's Cossac. Mr. Herd's Juniper beat Mr. Fraser's Lunatic. Capt. Hind's Wasp beat Mr. Williams's brind. d. Mr. Haines's y. d. beat Mr. Gurney's Telegraph. Mr. Hughes's Flora beat Mr. Meard's wh. d. Capt. Swan's Hermitage beat Mr. Monk's gr. b. LIES. Maria, Wasp, Flora, and ll.:rmitage, beat the other winners. SECOND TIE. Maria beat Flora, and Wasp best Hermitage. ' THIRD TUG Wasp won the Cup, anil Flora the Cover. The - hares ran very strong, and the sport,was excellent. The Louth Coursing Meeting, which commenced on the 10th and terminate) on the 14th inst. was very respectably attended, and afforded excellent spar:, the weather for the most part being fine, the hares plentiful, anti the courses well contested. Mr. HOSEINS (from Derbyshire) was peculiarly successful, having won four matches. two sweepstakes, and an elegant silver cup. The second prize (a silver goblet) was won by Mr. Comma, of West Kasen. There were ordinaries at the principal inns on the three coursing days, and a ball at the Mansion-house on Friday evening, which was attended by many of the respectable fami lies of the town and neighbourhood. We learn that out of 98 prisoners on the Calendar at Chelmsford, 42 were acquitted or discharged by proclamation, and six were sentenced to imprison-. ment for a period which will expire before the March Assizes, which latter would therefore have had to have continued in jail three months in addition to their present sentence, which . has been considered by the Learned Judge commensurate to their re-' spective offences under a less period. Of the pro priety of an additional jail delivery in many counties, there can be no question, and all further comment on the above analysis is unnecessary. Dining the late storm a large chimney was blown on to the roof of a house adjoining the Sportsman Inn, Greetland, near Halifax, which burst through three floors; taking along with it two children out of the middle room, and depositing them in the cellar. Amongst the ruins were the father and mother and three children, who all escaped with their lives, but not without several severe bruises. Not long since, a most extraordinary flight of star lings was seen at Lydiard Park, near Wotton-Bassett, the seat of Lord BOLINGBROKE: they rose like a thick impervious cloud, with a noise resembling the tur bulent roaring of the sea : in their ascent they came in contact with a pheasant which had just risen, and with the shock killed the bird ; when in the air It was supposed they extended over nearly fifty acres of land. They were fired at by Mr. Mowlvos, solici tor, of Wotton.Bassett, who at one shot killed 150 of them. ANOTHER PRIZE Or £20,000 SOLD IN SHARES RY CAR a0LL,;—N0.3,4.25, drawn on Tuesday last a Prize of 00,000—and N 0.16,522, drawn last Ft idaY week (Dec. 6) a Prize of £2o,ooo—were aom Sold in Shares si.CmtaoLL, who also sold six other Capitals in the present Lottery. On Monday the Lottery ends—there are 52 Capitals in the Wheel, amongst which ate ONZ i.:93,000, Two of £lO,OOO, besides others of £2,000, £l,OOO, £5OO, Sec. Etc. the whole of which must be drawnoit Monday Next. Warranted Undrawn Tickets L'aud Shares are Selling at CA11101.1.'5 fortunate Offices, ',19, Cornhill, and 26, Oxford-greet. ) 1 1' ! :.' i 1 1 .1 i U t I I t I I I • 1 BULLOCK HUNTING. A fellow was brought up to Worship-street Police-Office yes terday, charged with being concerned in bullock hunting through several streets in Whiterbapel. The prisoner was convicted in the penalty of 204. and in defau:t of payment was committed for one month to the House of Correction. POACIIING. A gang of poachers has been committed to Dorchester jail, chlrged with stealing game from the preserves of the Right Hon. Mr. Pinu., at Lulworth Castle. SHOOTING. Saturday, a shooting party at Rendlesham, of which his his Royal Highness the Duke of Youc was one, killed 100 pheasants, 76 hares, and five woodcocks. His Royal Highness shot two of the latter. COACH RACING. Sunday night a dreadful accident, which is likely to prove fatal to a respectable individual, occurred in the Mile-end road, near the Little Driver public-house, originating from the above too frequent and dangerous practice. It seems that two of the Stratford opposition coaches were driving at a furious rate out of town. They crossed each other several times on the road. A light cart, in which were Mrs. Mayo, of Jane -street, Com mercial-road, two children, five more women, and a man, hap pened to be coming up to town at the time, when the cart was run down, and shivered to pieces. MI the persons in it fortu nately eseaPed with trifling injury, except Mrs. Mayo, who was so dreadfully hurt that little hopes are entertained of her life. HORSE-RACING IN AMERICA. A great match was to hive been decided at Washington, on the 22d ultimo, between the famous horse Eclipse, and Mr. flamusun's Sir Charles. The owner of the latter, however,epaid forfeit (5000 dollars), In co►►sequence of his horse falling lame. The bets on this race were exceedingly heavy.—" We heard," says an American Paper, •` of one bet tendered on Sir Charles, of 800 Negroes, valued at 300 dollars each !" PEDESTRIANISM. Monday, about 12 o'clock, a prodigious crowd assembled at Tradeston, Glasgow, to see ?,Jr. Russell, the pedestrian, set nut on Oki match to walk 102 miles in 24 successive hours.— Owing, however, to some dispute with the proprietor of the ground adjoining where he was to walk, he did not commence till half-past five o'clock. When it became dark, torches were procured, and the crowd increased every moment till nine o'clock, when it is conjectured upwards of 5,000 were present. The night was exceedingly dark, and a number of mischievous youths surrounded a large gully, or hole full .of mud, towards which, when any person approached, they opened their ranks, and allowed them to fall in. Hundreds were taken in by this stratagem, which seemed to give great pleasure to the specta tors, as was testified by a loud shout at every immersion of a new victim. Russell, meantime, was getting on at a steady pace of about five miles, or five miles and a quarter an hour, and at 27 minutes to eleven on Tuesday forenoon, had accom plished 83 miles. BELL RINGING. A few days ago, the Society of St. Martin's Youths, Bir mingham, paid a triendly viiit to their brother Cbange . Ringers at Coventry ; a selected ten of which ascended the lofty hand some Gothic west-end steeple of Great St. Michael's Church in that city (being 305 feet high), and completely rang a charming fine peal, in that most intricate composition, Ketaluh Treble 1106 Royal, comprising just 5,040 harmonious changes, which was boldly struck, and nobly brought round in three hours and 35 minutes; and the performers took their stations as follow, viz. Treble—Mr. Thomas Cole. I 6. Mr. Henry Cooper. ' 2. Mr. John Hopkins. I 7. Mr. Joseph Riley. X. Mr. Joseph Powell. 8. Mr. Thomas Bingham. 4. Mr. Thomas Chapman. 9. Mr. Nathaniel Blunt. 5. Mr. Alexander Sanders. Tenor—Mr. Thos. Tburstans, Who conducted the peal in a fine style. The weight of the tenor, 32 cwt. net bell metal, in the grand key of D. THE MARKETS. At an early hour this day the ♦arious Markets of the Metro.. polls were crowded with country• carts laden with poultry, &c. of the finest sorts. The meat markets, in patticular, were loaded to excess. I.eadenhsU boasted of having more priw cattle than any other—one sheep of the Somersetshire breed weighed 2191b5. measured across the shoulder 19 inches, and across the Waa -1 quarter is inches—and last, though not the kart s there was a 1 Prise Cud, weighing stilbs. I )el