The Sun. — London, England, 1862-02-08 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. The usual meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was held yesterday at the office in Spring gardens, Mr. J. Thwaites in the chair. Tho Board was numerously attended. The financial statement was presented, which gave the following cash balances in the bands of the treasurer :—Current accounts, £66,795 lTs. 7d.; deposit accounts, £66,000; total, £132,795 12s. 7d.; Government Securities, New Three per Cent, An nuities, £68,813 17s. sd. Payments were ordered to the amount of £6,975 'Gs. 2d. THE PROPOSED NEW ROAD ACROSS HYDE PART. This day was appointed for the consideration of the letter of the Right Hon. W. Cowper, First Com missioner of Works, in reference to the proposed new road across Hyde-park, and which was laid before the Board at its last meeting. 31r. ECKETT moved the following resolution : " That considering there are many public improve ments required in the metropolis which are of greater importance than that of making a new road across the property of the Crown in Hyde-park, and which the Board at present cannot effect from not having suitable means for that 'purpose, this Board therefore does not deem it expedient that it should undertake the making of the proposed new road across Hyde Park." In moving this resolution, he said he was not wedded to any particular form of resolution, but was willing to accept any other terms by which the opinion of the Board could be expressed that they were unable to carry out the plan by means of the taxation of the ratepayers. He was decidedly of opinion that they ought not to undertake so expensive a work, or could they re commend that it should be effected by means of a toll levied on those persons using the road ? Mr. BROOK ER seconded the motion. Mr. ROCHE moved as an amendment, "That the letter of Mr. Cowper, of the 30th of January, 1862, be referred to the Streets Committee for considera tion and report." He said it appeared to him in the resolution which Mr. Eckett had proposed that his only object in moving it was to get rid of this question, and he did not seem to care in what way that was to be accomplished. The question was one of great importance, this road having been required for more than 20 years, and at the present time it had become one of absolute necessity. There was no doubt that there would be an immense number of carriages going to the Great Exhibition frcm the western and north-western districts, but to get to it they must traverse a circuit of between one and two miles. The whole of the traffic from the Great Western Railway and also from other parts would have to pass down Park-lane, where it would meet with a flow from the south, and from thence it would struggle on to Brompton, where the obstruction would be still further aggravated, until it finally reached the Great Exhibition. Park lane was too narrow for the traffic already passing down it, and there was in fact no real lead ing communication between the western and southern parts of the metropolis. There were few members of the Board but who would admit the necessity of this improvement, and the only ques tion they had to consider was, where the funds were to come from to effect it. He referred to some Parliamentary returns for the purpose of showing that the sums levied in the metropolis for local im provements were considerably below those which were paid by the inhabitants of many of the large towns of the kingdom. The taxation of the metro polis was inferior, and below that of Birmingham, Plymouth, Portsmouth, and many other towns of the kingdom. He stated, on his own responsibility, that the metropolis had less local taxation than any of the towns he had mentioned. The Government was not compelled to make the roads of the metropo lis, but they told the Metropolitan Board of Works that they would give them the necessary land to make these roads, The member for St. Pancras (Mr. Wil kinson) had told them that the road would be en joyed by millions of persons who had been invited, and who would flow into London during the present year, and he thought that was a etrong reason why the road should be made. He saw no reason why the people of London should do less than was done by the inhabitants of Birmingham or Manchester, who did not ask them to pay for their roads. They did not ask others to pay, and when visitors went there they had the benefit of them. It was said that the new road might be carried out by means of a turnpike trust, but it would be to the shame of the Metropolitan Board of Works if they were to FeteS to carry out this road by means of a turnpiltzt VS'2'es If the Board refused to make the road, and the First Commissioner of Works should be compelled to go to Parliament, he would say to the House of Com mons that he had a most disagreeable task to per form, because the Metropolitan Board of Works had neglected its duty and ignored its responsibility. When the Board wanted to build the palace in which they were then assembled they found no dif ficulty in borrowing £15,000, the payment being spread over three years, and if they wanted to bor row £30,000 for a great public improvement they would find they would have as little difficulty in borrowing that sum, to be spread also over a period of three years. A great many metropolitan im provements were required, but none of them at the present time were so pressing as the road across Hyde-park. (Cries of " Holborn-hill.") Holborn. hill had been mentioned, and there was no difficulty in getting up Holborn hill, but if this road was not made it would be impossible for thousands to get to the Great Exhibition, unless at a considerable sacrifice of time.* (Hear.) If that Board did not make the road the First Commissioner of Works must resort to other sources, and make the road by means of a toll, which would have the effect of ex citing discontent among the public, and would re flect great disgrace on the part of the Metropolitan Board of Works for having neglected its duty. He concluded by moving his amendment. Mr. LE BRETON seconded the motion, and in doing so said he should desire that the subject should be referred to a committee, so that it might be thoroughly discussed and its importance fully exa mined; believing that, if they should determine to make the road, the parish of Marylebone, St. Pan cras, and other surrounding parishes would be will ing to contribute towards the expense. He agreed entirely in the observation of the mover of this mo tion, that if the Board should decline to make the road it would neglect its duty and ignore its re sponsibility. The Board had liberally contributed towards the improvements of the city of London, but if it refused to make the road there would be only one small approach to the Great Exhibition, which would be attended with the greatest public i nconvenience. Mr. BENNETT said he conk; not support the amendment, and, although the member for Pad dington (Mr. Roche) had told them a good deal about the taxation of the metropolis, he could not agree wi th him that the metropolis was not heavily taxed. Apart from the Great Exhibition, there was no doubt that the road would be of great benefit to the parishes of Kennington, Paddington, St. Pancras, andMarylebone;- but they heard no thing of those parishes coming t ong forward with funds towards that object. A to Parliament for funds, that could n o t be expected going xpectedt to be granted, as the House of Commons had expressly declared and had completely set its face against voting funds from the Imperial Exchequer for metropolitan im• provernents. They had declared that before, and ha doubted not that au would do s ° again, the county members declaring that it was wren! , in principle that the country should be taxed for the benefit of the metropolis. On the same ground it would be equally wrong that the metropolis should e taxed for the benefit of the country. Now, h e thought that a means for effecting such improve ments might be obtained from the revenue which Government derived from the tax on hackney car riages. No less a sum than £170,000 was raised by the Government annually on metropolitan stage carriages, which went into the Imperial Exchequer; while the taxed raised on stage carriages for the rest of the United Kingdom only amounted to 13 8,000. Therefore he said that the Board had a right to ask that some portion of that income de rived from metropolitan stage carriages should be applied to metropolitan improvements. Mr. Deputy HAunisos supported the amendment, and hoped to see it carried unanimously, as only an act of courtesy to Mr. Cowper, and such an act as would be shown to any vestry who might the ap plication. lie hoped they would inquire into the subject by means of a committee, and, if that committee should be willing, he had no doubt that funds might be found to carry out the work independently of those derived from direct taxation. He hoped, therefore, as men of business, that no further time would be lost in discussing that ques tion, but, having several other things before them k their consideration, he hoped they would at once refer it to a committee. Mr. BRISTOW, M.P., said the matter was not so small a question as was supposed by the hon. deputy from the city of London, but the real question sub mitted to them by Mr. Cowper was—Would this Board undertake to make the road, and also pay for it ? He looked upon this as an attempt to tax this Board for improvements out of the funds of the ratepayers, but he denied that this was an im provement of an urgent nature. He hoped they would tell the First Commissioner that they were not prepared to make the road at the expense of the ratepayers. Mr. DOULTON said the hon.member (Mr. Bristow) had challenged the argument used by Mr. Deputy Harrison, but he contended that in respect of every improvement which had been brought before them, such as the lowering of Holborn-hill, the abolition of Middle-row, the making of parks, and other works of a like character, the invariable practice had been to send such matters to a committee for consideration ; but they were now coolly asked to throw the whole thing aside at once, and to tell the public that they would not only not carry out this improvement, but they would not even consider it. They would say that they did not intend to carry out the road, or to pay the proportion which they usually gave towards such improvements. He urged that the Board should let the matter go to a com mittee, who might suggest that, although the Board should not be at the expense of forming the road, they should obtain contributions from the different parishes that would be benefited thereby. He hoped the Board would not depart from the principle it had hitherto laid down, but would refer the matter to a committee. Mr. FREEMAN said that some of the members who had spoken upon this question appeared to be troubled with very short memories. His friend Mr. Bristow, the member for Greenwich, had forgotten all the facts which had come before the Board in reference to great works which had been already accomplished, and he would take as an instance of it the Victoria-park approach, which had been car ried out by that Board in conjunction with the owners of the land of the different parishes. They had already considered the same kind of improve ments, although they now gave a cold reception to the great improvement that was proposed. They had made improvements at the east-end and in the City of London, and they were now asked to tell the west-end of London that they would not even consider the question. He believed that it was quite competent for Mr. Cowper to ask Parliament to vote a sum of money, as Parliament had voted a sum for making a road from Rotten-row. He hoped they would tell Mr. Cowper that they were willing to make the road conjointly with the different parishes but they were now asked to say that the Metropo litan Board of Works would not move a finger to wards a great public improvement to give facilities to the thousands of persons whom they had invited to -visit them. There was not a road that ran from the Marble-arch to the Great Western Railway, and all going to the Exhibition must drive more than a mile round. He did hope that this subject would be referred to a committee, and by returning a respectful answer show that they really felt an interest in the matter. Mr. SAMUDA hoped the Board would pause be fore it negatived the motion for the reference of this question to a committee. The subject of this road was not a question of to-day. He had paid some at tention to the matter, and he knew that as far back as 1851 it was strongly urged on the Government of the day, and it was again brought forward in 1856. If there was a necessity for the road then, how much greater was it at the present time. It was urged that if that Board did not do the work, the road would be made by means of a toll to be raised, but he did not think that remark ought to influence their decision; but the question was, the usefulness of the work being admitted, were they the perscns who ought to carry it out ? It was said the work might be done by debentures to be raised, but that would be really no saving to the Board, for if the road were made and a toll were to be put upon it, the public out cry would be so great that the Board would be com pelled to raise the money to pay for it. Mr. Dlxox said he felt grateful to the Boma for an improvement which it had effected at the east end. of London, in the Victoria Park approach, which was a great public benefit. In that case the owners gave up the land, and the parish made up the remainder of the expense. Mr. PHILIPS said he saw no use in sending this question to a committee unless it was to give the vestries and district Boards of the metropolis an opportunity of sending in remonstrances against the funds of the parishes being applied to such a purpose. It was said that the road was a work of necessity, but he denied that there was any such necessity. There were numerous works, nume rous improvements, required in the metropolis which they were unable to carry out for Jhe want of funds, and were they now to begin by improv ing Hyde Park, and paying the whole expense ? The letter of Mr. Cowper meant that the Board should pay the whole expense, if it meant any thing. He said that if the Board would undertake the work he would obtain an act of Parliament — what fur ?—not to furnish them with funds, but to " secure the public the permanent and unre stricted use of the road." That was all Mr. Cow per proposed to do, and, although Mr. Roche bad endeavoured to show that the metropolis was not heavily taxed, he hoped that if he should ever be come Chancellor of the Exchequer he would be more successful in making the people of England believe they were very lightly taxed than he had been on the present occasion in reference to the taxation of the people of the metropolis. He saw no use in referring the question to a committee. Mr. NICIIOLAY said, if the subject was referred to a committee, the board would be by no means pledged to carry out the works. He hoped they would return such an answer to Mr. Cowper as the necessity of the case required, believing that the new road would not only be a great accommodation to the thousands who would flow to the Great Ex hibition, but would be a great boon to the traders of the district. Mr. DIFFANGER said he seldom differed with his colleague (Mr. Nicholay), out he must on the pre sent occasion, for if they had any balance of their funds it would be much better employed in the im provement of Holborn-hill and other parts of the metropolis. If they were to refer this to a committee they would be raising hopes that they would carry out the work. As to the people of the metropolitan district not being heavily taxed, he knew that the parish of St. Paul, Deptford, was taxed to the ex tent of 13s. in the pound, and if Mr. Roche could bring any other part of England that was more heavily taxed than that, then they might listen to his argument. Mr. Cowper had brought the matter before him at a late date, and if they refused to assist him it would be his own fault. Let him open Stanhope-gate and other gates where the roads were already made. A road had been opened through St. James's-park, and he sawn o reason why they should be so thin-skinned as not to allow cabs and omni buses to pass through during the three or four mouths the Exhibition wo old be open. Mr. Cowper after all was not so very sensitive as to the conve nience of the public, or he would not desire them to cornpassAimrth.iirtiiN o et u eo g .t h a sunken r .oad. He hoped they would n egati ve th e question at once, and not refer it to a of the parishess3:hoSari,d the sited upon Mr. Cowper stated on the question had representative of one that the parish funds could not be le ga ll y applied that was one sour ce from, fundsWhietho this road, and yet to be obtained. It •was said were expected the cost of the road would be £30,000, bt. , t he had th® authority of a person conversant with, the subject who said it would be more likely to *be £60,000. If the Govern ; 'why not let ment were honQst in 01 eir intentions THE SUN, LONDON, , SATURDAY EVENING, FE BRUARY 8, 1862, them cut a road across Rotten-row, as was done in 18M during the time of the Exhibition, and which could be done at a cost under £l,OOO ? Mr. DAMER advocated the improvement of the approaches to the city and the opening of South wark-bridge toll free, in preference to the making of the new road now proposed. Mr. EcKETT replied, and at some length combated the arguments which had been urged against the motion. The CHAIRMAN put the question, and declared the amendment to be carried by a majority of 22 to 17. The amendment being put as an original motion, Mr. LEGG moved as an amendment—" That Mr. Cowper be informed that the board decline to take upon themselves the formation of the proposed road unless Government place at their disposal funds for such purpose, the board having already deferred the consideration of many great improvements in the metropolis in consequence of not having funds to carry them out; but this board are prepared to take measures forthwith for the formation of the proposed road through Hyde Park, in accordance with the suggestion contained in the letter from the Hon. W. Cowper, dated Jan. 30 last, provided Mr. Cow per will obtain the sanction of Parliament for trans ferring to this board, for the purpose of effecting public improvements within the metropolis, the income arising from hackney cabs and omnibuses collected within the metropolitan area." Mr. ECKETT seconded the amendment. The CHAIRMAN put the question. The amend ment was negatived, and the former amendment carried as an original motion by a large majority. PROGRESS OE THE MAIN DRAINAGE WORKS. Mr, Bazalgette, the chief engineer, presented the following report of the main drainage works:— " Spring-gardens, Feb. 6, 1862. "On the northern outfall sewer contract Mr. Furness has made good progress during the past month. The ironwork for the River Lee aqueduct is upon the ground, and the girders are fixed. 'lhe subways for the East London Waterworks and the suspension of the supply mains have been nearly completed without accident, and a cutting through the embankment of the Eastern Counties Railway, 24ft deep, has been made without interruption to the traffic. The foundation of works for the new Stratford-road and the concrete foundation along the line of sewer towards East Ham are consider ably advanced. The three lines of intercepting sewers are in course of formation between the Bow and Barking Railway and East Ham. Sixty of the arches, each of 18ft span, which will carry the in tercepting sewers across the marsh land, are com pleted. The materials supplied are abundant and of good quality. The value of the work done is about £185,000. Of the middle level sewer Messrs. Brassey and Co. have constructed about 21,400 feet, varying in size from 3ft in diameter to 9ft 6in by 12ft, at an expenditure of about £96,200. These works were for a time retarded by an accident to their coffer-dam while constructing the sewer un derneath the Regent's Canal, by which the water escaped into the sewer and emptied the basin of the canal ; but it was again opened in two days, and no further mischief was done. Precautions have since been taken to prevent the possibility of the recurrence of such an accident in this difficult por tion of the work. The completing works of the Ranelagh Storm Overflow are in a very confined space in the Uxbridge-road, and progress slowly. The value of the work is £26,900. The southern high level sewer progresses very slowly, and the works are subject to frequent stoppages, owing mainly to misunderstandings between the contrac tors and their workpeople. About 7e i miles of sewer are n•w constructed, valued at about £144,000. Mr. Webster continues to progress satisfactorily with the southern outfall sewer contract, which will to all appearance be completed early in the spring, and be for the time named in the contract. He has now constructed about 61 miles of sewer, at an expendi ture of about £263,000. At the Deptford pumping station Messrs. Aird and Co. have brought up the foundations of both engine houses to the ground level ; they have constructed 484 feet of the double line of low level sewer, near to and below Deptford creek, and have laid 3,684 feet of cast iron pipe 3ft 6in in diameter, from the high level sewer under Deptford creek to the pumping station, and driven piles for about 150 feet of the wharfing. The value of the work executed by them is about £57,000. Mr. Pearson has commenced his contract at Dul wich, and Mr. Downes has constructed 332 feet of the Southwark subway, 355 feet of sewer, and 70 vaults, at a cost of £3,600. "J. W. BAZALGETTE, Chief Engineer." The report was received and ordered to be printed, and the Board adjourned. 11R _EDWIN JAMES. ' Most people certainly, thought they had got rid of Mr. Edwin James (still it seems), Q.C., for, though disbarred, :the royal patent is still uncan • • celled. The man had gone to America, where he had been admitted to the New York bar, and set up a legal partnership. Of course, the conduct of the New York bar in admitting such a person, after being disbarred in England, furnished a tempting subject to the anti-American writers here; but the dispassionate observer ought to remark that the Benchers of the Inner Temple are to some extent responsible for the conduct of their American brethren. It is not given to many Englishmen to understand the precise effect of being disbarred. Nor would it be correct to say that every cause of disbarment in this country is sufficient to render a person unworthy of practising as a lawyer in any other country. It is true that the leaders of the New York bar might - have written to the Benchers of the Inner Temple to ascertain the grounds upon which Mr. Edwin James had been disbarred—but the necessity for such a step shows conclusively that the grounds upon which the Benchers act in disbarring ought to be made public. It is to be hoped that in any future case, either of disbarment or of reprimand, this course will be followed. In the meantime 'an article has appeared in the Law Magazine and Law Review for the present month, setting forth all the circumstances connected with the " disbarment of Edwin J. James, Q.C.," which must have been communicated by the sanction of the Benchers. The account is, therefore, probably authentic, and deserves both for the sake of the . British and for the sake of the American public, the widest publicity. Mr. Edwin James was the son of one of the Se condaries of the city of London. He had never been to either University. Wild in his youth, he had originally tried the stage; but to him tragedy —which, like Mr. Keeley, he considered his forte —was more a passion than a success. Failing in this attempt, he was entered of the Inner Temple, and afterwards called to the bar in 1836. His success was considerable, and 10 years ago he obtained a silk gown, and finally was elected for hlarylebone in February, 1859. It cannot be said that he occupied any position in society; but, considering his cha racter, it is singular that he should have associated with men occupying the position of some of his ostensible friends. Nor, ndeed, did it seem abso lutely impossible that he should become Solicitor- General. It is true that, unlike most of the Queen's Counsel of his Inn, he was not a Bencher; and an attempt had been made by Mr, Craufurd, the mem ber for Ayr Burghs, on the occasion of Mr. James being appointed Recorder of Brighton, to have the causes of his exclusion from the Inner Temple Bench investigated by a Committee of the House of Com mons. Mr. Craufurd's motion, however, was not only negatived, but actually erased from the journals of the house. The transactons for which Mr. James was disbarred are long subsequent to 1855, but it is some satisfaction to Mr. Craufurd to know that his motion probably deserved a very different re ception than that which it obtained ; nor is it unfair to add that if the Inner Temple Benchers in the House of Commons had done their duty on that occasion the career of Mr. James might have been less discreditable to the country than it has been. Let us now record the history of this wretched man's fall. In the spring of last year, a few months after the member for Marylebono had returned from his campaign with Garibaldi, and had written his letter on the writ of habeas corpus to Cavour, London was surprised by the publication of an address to his constituents announcing his resig nation, and this was speedily followed by his retirement from Brooks's and the Reform Clubs. At the same time it became notorious that there was an execution in his new house in Berkeley square, on a judgment for a large debt. Then rumours came to the ears of the Benchers, and also one written complaint. It was resolved that an investigation should take place, and Mr. James, hearing of this, volunteered an expres sion of his anxiety to give the fullest infor- mation. The inquiry began in June, and Mr. James was the first witness. The writer of the 1 articles from which these facts are obtained does not produce the evidence of Mr. James, probably for the very sufficient reason that it ins, as he says, a " tissue of suppressions, falsehoods, and perversions of fact." But he does give the summary of the evi dence adduced by Mr. J. Parkes and Mr. Tallent, the legal advisers of the late Lord Yarborough. There was great difficulty in obtaining this evidence from these gentlemen, who considered themselves bound by a secret promise not to make any disclo sures. After some hesitation Mr. James permitted them to be examined, although it is tolerably cer tain that if he had refused his permission the scan dalous transactions with Lord Worsley would have remained a secret. The policy which dictated the giving of this promise was adopted in order to allow Mr. Edwin James to practise at the bar, and so to discharge his large debts ; but simultaneous seces sion from two clubs, resigning a seat in Parliament and a recordersbip, were occurrences so striking and unusual that they attracted public attention, ren dered a public inquiry necessary, and thus defeated the whole object of Lord Yarborough's forbearance. The precise mode in which Mr. E. James came to owe young Lord Worsley 135,000 would be an in teresting study. It is the duty of the Benchers to publish the full details. In the meantime all that is known is, that Mr. James, by some means or other, induced this young nobleman, just on coming of age, to incur liabilities for his friend, the Queen's Counsel, who had become acquainted with his family in the year 1849. For those debts Lord Worsley obtained not one farthing of benefit; on the con. trary, the very money which Lord Worsley ob tained from his father to discharge them was mis. applied by Mr. E. James. Nor was it easy even for men so shrewd and experienced as Mr. Tallent and Mr. Parkes to bring the imperturbable Q.C. to reason, for it was not until he was threatened with an exposure at all hazards that even a full state ment of his liabilities could be obtained. This act of the drama was concluded about April by an agreement, in which Mr. James consented to retire frem his clubs and public life, and to execute a war rant of attorney to Lord Worsley. But the incidents of the trial of " Scully v. In gram" are even more interesting. Mr. James was counsel for Mr. Scully. Mr. Ingram was the pro prietor of the illustrated London News, and was unfortunately drowned in the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan. The case was tried twice, and on the first trial Mr. James cross-examined Mr. Ingram. His cross examination was so severe that a friend of Mr. Ingram thus described it to Mr. James when he met him at the Euston Hotel :—" It is a singu lar accident (he said) that it was into this very room I with difficulty led poor Mr. Ingram after your cross-examination of him ; and I must tell you that if ever a man had a narrow escape of causing another man's suicide, you had it on that occasion." Mr..ln gram himself seems to have been of the same opinion, for before the second trial came on he said to an intimate friend, in a state of great excitement, " I must lend Mr. James some money ;" and although the friend objected, Mr. Ingram insisted, saying, "I must—l am so afraid of him; I must do any thing he asks, and you must lend him the money for me." Mr. Ingram had, in fact, between the two trials, lent Mr. James the sum of £1,250. A doubt seems to be expressed whether such an act as this would be sufficient cause of disbarment. But if any counsel, on the eve of an important trial, is to be allowed to borrow money of his adversary's client and remain a member of the bar, the sooner a new Temple is built the better. The other vicitim of this forensic Macaire was a west country solicitor. Early in 1858 Mr. James formed this gentleman's acquaintance in a profes sional case ; fascinated him ; visited him ; borrowed money of him, which, beginning with the modest sum of £4OO, soon rose to £22,000. In the mean time the creditor received the whole of the fees of the eloquent debtor; and when he had been elected for Marylebone the enthusiastic creditor, inspired by the possibility of his debtor obtaining the office of Solicitor-General or the Woolsack, took for him the mansion in Berkeley-square. On the 27th of Stine he told the story of his disappointment. Upon all these things being proved, the Benchers had but one course open and they followed it. Edwin John James was for mally disbarred, and it is something to know that he is the only Queen's Counsel who has ever ob tained this infamous pre-eminence. In vain he attempted to resign ; his resignation was refused. Indeed, it is to be observed that after he had, in a moment of reckless infatuation, permitted the advisers of Lord Yarborough to give evidence, he never again appeared in person before any tribunal. His last public act was a confession of guilt.— Daily News. in the abdomen, which produced internal hemorr huge. All the usual remedies were applied, but', without success, as death ensued from loss of blood, and the internal injury. He had since ascertained that the liver had been penetrated. The butcher's knife produced would inflict such a wound. The coroner then adjourned the inquiry to give time for the accused men to be brought before the court on a warrant to be obtained from the Secre tary of State. The inquiry occupied nearly three hours. TILE MURDER IN MARY LEBONE. Yesterday morning Mr. John Humphreys, acting for Mr. Wakley, commenced an inquiry at the Bed ford Arms, South-street, Manchester-square, touch ing the death of Mr. John Wincott, lately carrying on business as a butcher in South-street. The case excited great interest in the neighbourhood, large groups being assembled in the street eager to hear what decision would be come to. Mr. Beard ap peared on behalf of the widow of the deceased. Thomas Allison, brother-in-law of the deceased, identified the body, and stated that deceased was only 36 years of age. He knew nothing of the occurrence which led to his death. _ _ vv Joseph Phar, 30, South-street, assistant to Mr. Wincott, said—On Monday last I was in the shop, while a man named Byles was packing some hones in a cart outside. Four men were coming up the street, and went to a greengrocer's shop, where they broke and threw about some of the goods. They then came up to Byles's cart, when one of them stood on the wheel and upset a basket of bones into the road. The others threw the bones about, and Byles to defend himself struck one of them. They then pursued Byles into the shop, and Mr. Wincott came out to prevent them entering the premises. One of the men named Quail was the first to strike deceased, who in self-defence struck him again, when all the others struck Wincott. One of the men took up a chopper from the board and flourished it round his head, and he called out " Rip the --'s bowels open." The prisoner Quail took up a knife from the board, with which he stabbed Mr. Wincott in the abdomen. (The knife, a heavy but cher's implement, was produced and identified by the witness.) The stab was given upwards. Quail made then a second attempt to run the knife into deceased, but tho latter avoided the blow. The gang then went away, and I followed them into East-street, where I gave them into custody. They were apparently under the influence of liquor. There was only one other person in the shop be sides myself and deceased when the gang entered, and we were unable to render any assistance. By Mr. Beard—l do not know that Quail's mother had any quarrel about meat with the de ceased. Could not identify the man who took up the chopper. Wm. Byles, Bower-road, Hackney-wick, corro borated the statement of the last witness. When the stab was inflicted, Quail said, "'Take that." By Mr. Beard—After Quail took up the knife, one of the men called out, " Give it to him." If de ceased had not drawn back, the knife would have gone its whole length into him. Wm. Spinks, an assistant at a shop two doors from deceased's, saw the disturbance, and deposed that Quail was the first to get upon Byles' cart. When the men tried to get into Wincott's shop wit ness went to assist Wincott to keep them out, and took up a bone, with which he struck them. Win cott struck them with his fists, and witness sud denly heard him call out. He then saw Quail rush ing at deceased with a large knife in his hand to give him a second stab. Denis Shea—On Monday last I was in South street at half-past 4. I saw a disturbance at a bone cart, made by four men named Dublin, Walsh, Cox, and Poulton. I believe Dublin is also called Quail. When the latter stabbed deceased, he made another attempt, but I caught hold of his arm and wrenched the knife from him, and afterwards assisted to re move Wincott to the parlour. The four men were drunk, and they then went away when I took the knife away. The knife produced is the one I too k from Quail. After some further evidence of a similar charac ter, Mr. Beard applied b the coroner for an adjourn ment for the purpose of having the four accused brought before the jury, so that the man who took up the chopper might be identified. The coroner said that it was very necessary to have the accused identified before the verdict was given, and he should therefore adjourn the inquiry after hearing the medical evidence as to the cause of death. Mr. Finn, surgeon, of 4, Fair-street, was then e xamined, and said th a t w h en he was • called in he ,found Mr. Wincott suffering from an ezt _ _ agave cut NURDER IN RATCLLET-HIGHWAY. Yesterday Patrick Devereux, an Irish sailor, who is scarcely 19 years of age, was brought up on re mand before Mr. Selfe, at the Thames Police-court, charged with the wilful murder of James Gardner. The deceased, a very respectable and worthy man, was formerly in the army, and for many years kept a boarding-house for seamen, at No. 1, Denmark street, Rateliff-highway, which was well furnished, and fitted up in a comfortable manner, under the requirements of the Common Lodging-Houses Act. The prisoner arrived here in a ship from Quebec on the 25th ult., and on the same day repaired to the house of the deceased where he was treated well. Several of the prisoner's shipmates also hired apart ments in the same house, and speak highly of the liberal conduct of their landlord towards them dur ing the few days they were in the house. The pri soner was paid off on Wednesday, the 29th ult. He had only £3 to receive, which he gave to his land lord, to whom he was then indebted £4 5s for board and lodging, cash and goods supplied, including £1 4s 6d fer a suit of clothes, a cap, and a necker chief. A dispute took place between the prisoner and the deceased on the same day, arising from a very trivial circumstance. The deceased had charged the prisoner 4s for the repairs of a pair of boots in stead of is 6d. The mistake arose in this way. Gardner sent a pair of boots belonging to one of the prisoner's shipmates to be repaired at the same time, and the charge made by the shoemaker was 4s. This charge was made to the prisoner by mis take, and is 6d, the expense of repairing the pri soner's boots, charged to another man. When the mistake was discovered Gardner corrected it imme diately. The prisoner, however, made a grievance of it, and swore he would be revenged, and he kept his word, for on the same night he stabbed Gardner with a knife in the abdomen. The unfortunate man, who was only 40 years of age, lingered for four days, and expired. The prisoner is a short necked, morose looking boy, in appearance 14 or 15 years of age ; but there is no doubt he is within a few days of com pleting his 19th year. He was notorious for being a lad of strong passions and ungovernable temper. He was charged with stabbing a lad in Ireland be fore he went to sea, for which he was convicted by a j ury, and sentenced to eight months' imprisonment and hard labour. The prisoner was anxious to get back the £3 which he had paid to Gardner in part payment of his debt, under pretence that he wanted the money to go to Cork, but in reality to indulge in sensual gratifications, and on the refusal of the deceased to comply with his wishes the young ruf fian murdered him. _ _ The statement of the deceased, taken in articzzlo , nzortis by Mr. Selfe, in the presence of the prisoner, has already appeared in our columns. Gardner ex pressly stated that the prisoner abused him several times on the night of the 29th ult., and that while ho was talking to a neighbour, the prisoner, in a most deliberate manner, stabbed him. Mr. Morris Cohen, bootmaker, of No. 75, Ratcliff highway, after relating some previous transactions, which the magistrate said were not relevant to the case, said—l was with Mr. Gardner at the George and Vulture publichouse, in Ratcliff-highway, at half-past ten o'clock on the night of the 29th of January. The prisoner followed us into the house, came between the bar and the door, and said, " Now, Mr. Gardner, are you going to give me the clothes ?" or " chest" I can't say which. This was repeated by the prisoner five or six times. Gardner was smoking or filling a long pipe at the time. Gard ner said nothing to the prisoner, but he said to me, " Mr. Cohen, it is a hard case to stand here and be abused." The prisoner came to the house repeatedly after that, and frequently said, " I'll let you know in a minute," and went away again. About five or six minutes afterwards I and Gardner left the pub lichouse together. Mr. Gardner was speaking to me, when the prisoner came up and said, "Are you going to give me my clothes and chest ?" and laid on him. Mr. Selfe—How did he do that ? Witness—The prisoner thrust himself against Mr. Gardner, and laid on his shoulder. Mr. Gardner said "Go away, you rascal," or " saucy boy," and pushed him away. The prisoner imme diately made a plunge at the deceased, and struck him violently on the groin . It was an under thrust. Mr. Gardner ran bac with the force of the blow, and prisoner said " Take that," and stood with his right arm extended, and a knife in his hand. I called out, " A knife, a knife." Mr. Gardner ran into the George and Vulture public-house, and said, " Mr. Cohen, lam stabbed; go for a police con stable." The deceased took down his clothes, and I saw he had a stab, and his bowels were pro truding. In cross-examination by the prisoner, the witness said, I heard you say "I had no knife." lam sure you had one. I saw you first in Mr. Gardner's house that evening. I did not want 4s. for heeling a pair of boots. Mr. Gardner came to me about a mistake I had made in an account rendered that day. I did not say " You are a d—d rascal." Mr. Gardner said, " You are a bad boy. You owe me £4 odd, and you only gave me £3. I will keep the other boy, but you shall go out of my house." Gardner did not say, "I'll kick you out of the house." I did not see Mr. Gardner strike you in the public house or in his own house. George Pitason, a Swedish seaman, said—l was standing outside the George and Vulture public house, and saw the boy Devereaux come out. In two minutes Gardner came out. The boy had a knife in his hand, and he went round and gave it to Gardner. Mr. Selfe—Gave what to Gardner ? I Witness—The knife. He sent it into his belly. Gardner was smoking a long pipe, and went into the George and Vulture with his hands on his side. The prisoner dropped a knife. The Prisoner—Did you not see the deceased kick me and beat me ? Witness—No, I did not; he never struck you or kicked you any way. Mr. J. B. Ross, physician and surgeon, of High street, Shadwell, was called to attend the deceased on the night of the 29th ult., at 15 minutes before twelve, at the King David-lane station house. The deceased was suffering from an incised wound in the lower part of the abdomen on the right side. It was 3A- inches in length. The gut was protruding. The wound was dressed, and the deceased, who would not go to the hospital, was sent to his own home in a cab. Ile continued to attend upon him A da d i a ly m u s, n t t h il e h se is ni d o e r i s t u h r , g w eo h n ic o h f i t n h e c ° L in o p n a d n o y on Il w i o t s h p i M t a r l , occurred on Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Since ' t b h o e d n y, h a e had made nddisco a postmortem veredaninternal e w x o a u m n i d na a t n io i n ne o h f a t n h d e a quarter in length, extending through the walls of the abdomen, and wounding the peritoneum. It corresponded with the external wound. The cause of death was peritonitis, occasioned by the wound in the peritonium. The whole of the body was in a healthy state, except the liver, which was enlarged. Robert Smith, a police constable, No. 353 K, said he was called to the George and Vulture public house on the night of the 29th ult., about half past 11 o'clock. The prisoner was there and called out " I am stabbed, I am stabbed." The women who were about him said " No, policeman, the man who is stabbed is in the publie-house ; that boy is not stabbed." He went into the public house and saw Mr. Gardner, who exposed the wound in his belly. The bowels were out. He searched prisoner, and asked him if had a knife. The prisoner said, " No, I have got no knife ; you will find no knife about me." He took the pri soner into the taproom, and Mr. Gardner said, " That is the boy who stabbed me." He again searched the prisoner, and stripped him, but could find no knife. Mr. Gardner said, "You vagabond, what did you do this for ?" The prisoner said, " You should have let me have my things then, as I wanted to go to Cork in the morning." Christian Olson, a seaman, after confirming gene rally the evidence of Mr. Cohen, said he heard the prisoner declare, in the presence of Mr. Gardner— " I'll give you something you don't know of yet, unless you come home and settle with me." This being the whole of the evidence, the pri soner was cautioned in the usual manner, and called on for his defence. He said—" I'll wait until I go before the judge." Mr. Selfe—You are fully committed to take your ( trial at the next Old Bailey session for the wilful 1 murder of James Gardner. 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However painful the affliction may feel, how ever terrible the sore may Beem, the sufferer may he cheered by the knowledge that these remedies luxe cured as bad, if not worse cases, .711 E GREAT RUSSIAN BANK FORGERIES. Yesterday, at one o'clock, the five Polish Jews, Abraham Rosenberg, Kauffman Weber, Wolff Hor witz, Ephraim Reichberg, and Abraham Joseph son, who have been in custody for several weeks upon the charge of being concerned in an extensive conspiracy, having for its object the circulation of an enormous issue of forged rouble notes of all denominations throughout the empire of Russia, and also with having in their possession engraved plates, presses, and all the other necessary acces sories to effect that object, were brought before the Lord Mayor at the Mansion-house, to undergo a further examination upon those charges. The inquiry, as upon all the previous occasions. appeared to excite very great interest. Mr. Sleigh the barrister, again appeared, instructed by Messrs. Oliversen, Lavie, and Peachey, to conduct the pro secution on behalf of the Russian Government; Mr. Macdonnel] appeared for Horwitz and Reich berg ; Mr. Lewis appeared for Rosenberg ; Mr. Hope for Josephson; and Mr. Daniels, from the office of Mr. Herbert Wood, for Weber. Mr. Sleigh, when the prisoners had been placed at the bar, said he was happy to inform his lord- ship, that on the present occasion he believed he should be able to complete the case against the three prisoners Horwitz, Reichberg, and Josephson, and he should show, in addition to the former evidence, that these prisoners had been engaged in procuring ink and paper of a similar colour and quality to those used in the manufacture of genuine Russian bank notes, and he should then ask his lordship to commit these prisoners. The following additional evidence was then ad duced : Thomas Rawlings deposed that he was a litho• graphic printer, carrying on business in White cross-place, Finsbury. About Whitsuntide last year the prisoner Josephson and another man called upon him, and the former asked him if he would have any objection to teach his brother-in-law litho graphic printing. Witness inquired in what way, and he replied he wanted to take an impression from a copperplate and transfer it to stone. He, at the same time, produced a copperplate with a border round it, similar to the one now produced, but he was unable to say that it was actually the same plate. The plate now produced had been disfigured, but he had no doubt that there was originally a border to it. (The plate was the one found by In spector Leonard and Scott, concealed in a piece of gutta percha.) Witness showed Josephson and the man who was with him the process he referred to, and the latter went away apparently under the impression that he could perform the operation himself. Be fore he left he said that he had got a press, and he wished to have sufficient insight to enable him to produce an impression upon stone. The same parties came to him again shortly afterwards and pur chased a sheet of prepared paper, and they subse quently brought a stone for the purpose of making an impression, and they also produced the copper plate they had brought before, and asked witness to transfer the impression upon it to the stone, and he did so, and they took the stone away with them. About a fortnight after this they brought the same copper plate, and asked him to supply them with some impressions from a stone of his own, and he did so, and gave him about 70 impressions, which were printed upon paper that the prisoner brought with him. They came again a day or two after wards, and said that the impression was not good enough, and they must make some alteration in it, and they took away the stone for that purpose. At one of these interviews it was arranged that wit ness was to have 9s. per 1,000 for the impressions, and about ten days afterwards witness struck off 200 impressions for them. These interviews con tinued at intervals until August and September, and in the latter month Josephson asked him, if he had the border done in type, whether he could register the writing in the centre. (The impressions that were found concealed behind the picture of Gari baldi were here produced, and the witness said they were of exactly the same description as regarded the paper, the border, and the letterpress, as those he engraved for the prisoner and his companion.) Mr. Sleigh—Did The prisoner ever tell you what it was that you were printing ? Witness—Yes; he said it was a comic song. (Laughter.) Mr. Sleigh observed that he was afraid it would prove a very serious song. Mr. Abraham Kottowski deposed that he resided at No. 7, Somerset-street, Aldgate, and carried on the business of a "knickerbocker" maker. The prisoner Horwitz lodged in the same house with him for six months, down to the month of Septem ber. They occupied one room. On Wednesday, 15th January, in the present year, he was present when the officer Scott searched the room. There were some pictures in the room belonging to Horwitz, one was a picture of Garibaldi. He saw the officer Scott take from between the wood and the back of the picture the sixty rouble notes. He knew no thing about their being there. While witness was looking at Scott, Pratt found the plate in the cup board. On being cross examined by Mr. Macdonnell, the witness said Horwitz had been in the room for about six months. There were a good many living in the house—how many he could not say. The witness said it had been stated in the papers that he was the party who gave the information to the police respecting the forged notes which were found behind the picture in Horwitz's room, and he wished to state that such was not the case, and the report had got him into a great deal of trouble amongst his friends. Mr. Sleigh said he was glad of the opportunity of stating that that assertion was entirely a mistake. James Bell, assistant to Mr. Betteridge, 47, Old Bailey, deposed that in August last the prisoner Reichberg called and asked witness to cut him some brass type. The type was to represent a piece of paper which he produced. He wanted ten of each figure from 1 to 0. The prisoner gave him an order for 100 types and four No.'s and four type cases. That order was executed. The prisoner ordered two brass plates, which were made. Those produced by Scott were the same. At the time the prisoner took the plate away there was no figure 10 upon it. Reichberg afterwards brought some paper, and asked him to take some proofs from the plates. He cut a piece of the paper to make it the size he wanted, and witness produced it. It had the watermark of the maker upon it. He shortly afterwards gave an order for the figure 10 to be cut in steel. It was done, but the prisoner never called for it. Upon the last occasion Horwitz called with Reichberg. He cut up a ream of paper for Reichberg. The parcel produced was the same. This paper was found at Reichberg's lodgings, and was cut exactly the size of the notes. Upon being cross examined by Mr. Macdonnell, he said he was certain he cut the paper produced. The piece of paper which he produced was left on the press. It had a watermark. He noticed that Reichberg cut the watermark off the whole of the ream. He put the piece of paper in his desk because he thought it strange that a man should want a ream of paper cut up, and be so particular about the watermark being cut off. Mr. James Joyses, assistant to Mr. Crypt, of Skinner street, Snow-hill, wholesale stationer, stated that in August last the prisoner Reichberg called and wanted to see some paper called bank paper. He was shown some samples, and he asked if he could have it without the watermark. Hewes told he could not have it without the watermark. He then ordered two reams, and as there was none in stock they had to send to the mills for it. The prisoner asked if they could not put a wavey line in the paper. He was told they could not, and he said he would have it without, On Aug. 27th he called and took away one ream, and paid for it. The water mark on the paper was " Watman, 1861." The paper produced, found at Reichberg's lodgings, was precisely the same as that supplied to him by witness. Mr. RobertDunford, in the employment of Messrs Smith and Sons, Wine-office -court, Fleet-street, printing ink manufacturers, stated that on the 27th September last the prisoners Reichberg and Hor witz called at his master's shop, and Horwitz said he had been recommended by Messrs. Adams and Gee for some coloured ink. He showed them some red ink, and Reichberg pulled part of a border printed on paper in red ink out of his pocket, and said that which witness produced was not the colour he wanted. The piece of paper which he produced was similar paper to that of the forged notes found behind the picture in Horwitz's room, and the border was also similar. The witness showed them carmine, and Horwitz said it was too dark. The witness eventually sold them a box of common carmine printing ink. That produced by Scott was the same. The box of ink with which he supplied him would serve to print 500 impressions. Mr. Andrew Rurk, Providence-row, Fin s b ury, manufacturer of engravers' copper plates, d e p ose d that Josephson called upon him in the month of July, and bought several small copper and zinc plates for engraving plates, about the size of the plate produced. (The same found in th e gutta percha.) In December he called again, accompanied by Reichberg, and asked him to sup p l y a copper was to be cu t ou t, l eav i ng prepar e d f or engrav i ng., a p l b ate, ord t e h r e , mr c ! I I: iterbe wasof w h t o i c b h e (Th e witness produced the centre which he so cut from the plate, which was the shape and size of the engine turning in the centre of the back of a rouble supplied th e pl a t e as h e h a d none enough, and that plat e was b roug h t b y Hor witz.Reichberg The witness prepared the border for engrav ing and gave it to Horwitz, who called alone for it, and paid for it. Air, Sleigh said that really was the case against the three prisoners, Horwitz, Reichberg, and Joseph:soZ Theremere some more witueeseo, but he did not think it necessary to occupy his lord ship's time. If there should be anything more to add, notice would be given to the .olicitors for the de fence; and he asked that the prisoners might be committed for trial. The three prisoners were then committed for trial, Rozenberg and Weber being again remanded. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. WHITEHALL, FEB. G. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. Ralph Charlton, M.A., to the rectory of Althorpe, in the county nd diocese of Lincoln, the same being void by the death f the Rev. James Aspinall. FEBRUARY 7, The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John M'Calinan to the church and parish of Inch, in the pres bytery of Stranraer, and shire of Wigton, vacant by the death of the Rev. James Ferguson. CROWN-OFFICE, FEB. 5. The Queen has been pleased, by letters patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom, to constitute and ap point William Matthewson Ilindmarch, of Gray's inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ; George Boden, of the Inner Temple, London, Esq. ; and Thomas Weatherley Phipson, of Lincoln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., to be her Majesty's counsel learned in the aw. • FEBRUARY 6. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN TEE PRESENT PARLIAMENT. Borough of New Shoreham—Sir Percy Burrell, of Knepp Castle, in the county of Sussex, Bart., in the room of Sir Charles Merrik Burr.ll, Ba r t., deceased. FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 7. An address of condolence from British residents and visitors in Paris, on the occasion of the death of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, has been transmitted to Earl Russell, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by his Excellency the Earl Cowley, to be laid before the Queen. DOWNING-STREET, FEB, 6. The Queen has been pleased to reconstitute the Bishopric of Toronto, in the province of Canada, and to erect a por tion of the said Bishopric into a new See, to be called the Bishopric of Ontario; and her Majesty has further been pleased to appoint the Rev. John Travers Lewis, LL.D., to be the first Bishop of the new See. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. Charles Chambers, builder, Hampstead David Wood, merchant, Bramley, Yorkshire BANKRUPTS. James Coultman Wilson, auctioneer, Notting-hill Henry Johnson, estate agent, Jewry-street, Aldgate Alexande Vernier Dufour, schoolmaster, Lewes David Hill Bell, ship chandler, Crutched-friars William Henry Smith, attorney, Lincoln's-inn-fields John Rubery, umbrella maker, Birmingham Henry Bailey, grocer, Stoke-upon •Trent George Hart, George-street, Euston-square Daniel de la Cherois Gourley, Queen's Prison Henry Whitfield, Harrow-road William Buckwell, Phoenix-wharf, East Greenwich William Eaton, cab proprietor, Clarence-place, Islington Edward Adams, coachmaker, Regent's Park Henry Apsley Pellatt, Weston-road, Bermondsey John Woodcock, horse dealer, Ashford, Kent Wm. Topps, merchant, Great Yarmouth Gardner B. Hiorns, sexton, Edmonton, Middlesex Richard Gale, hall porter at a music hall, Holloway E. W. Davenport, vendor of patent medicines, Charlotte street, Bedford-square Joseph Aguilar, commission agent, Cheapside Campion Napper, Milton-street, Dorset-square John White, builder, Victoria Dock-road Thomas Cleft, baker, Gillingham, Kent John Evans, warehouseman, City Luke Killick Loft, gate-porter, Bank of England Mary Ann Hodges, trimming manufacturer, Brunswick square, Middlesex Edward Parsons, farmer, Tugford, Salop Charles Hartrodt, commission agent, Birmingham Edward Hopwood, coach spring maker, Birmingham Heron Hudson, commercial traveller, Handsworth George Hall, house agent, Bi rm i ng h am SCOTCH BANKRUPTS. John Whyte, grocer, Rothesay J hn and Samuel Brown, grocers, Newbigging Wm. Allan, merchant, Cumbernauld Mrs. Catherine Mitchell, widow, Port-Glasgow Robert Clark, miller, Aberdeenshire John Graham Galbraith, calenderer, Glasgow COUNTRY MARK.E 2S. 1. , LIVERPOOL-FEB. 7. We had a fair attendance to-day, but tho factors still showed little disposition to operate, and a moderate business was done in wheat at Id to 2d per 701bs lower. Flour slow of sale, and 6d per sack and barrel cheaper. Indian corn attracted more attention. Oats and oatmeal dull. WAKEFIELD—FEB. 7. The show of wheat to-day was not large, and business ' generally very dull, although lower prices would have been taken. Other articles quiet. CORK-FEE. 5. The following were the quotations this morning :.—Bed wheat, 28s 6d to —s Od ; white, 28s Od t0.32s 6d; barley 110 Od to 15; 6d ; oats, Os Od to 14s 2d. DERBY SMITHFIELD—FEB. 5. There was a fair supply of fat beasts to-day, and the attendance was large. Beef in good demand. The s upply of sheep was short, and prices unaltered. Fat calves were scarce, and sold well. The show of fat pigs was an average ono, maintaining late rates. Beet 6d to bid Veal 71.1. to 8d Mutton .. 7id to 31c1 Pork .. 6d to 61d Lamb .. Od to Od Rough fat, 4s 3d per stone. Hides, 3d to 4d; calf skins, 5d to 6d. EXETER—FEn. 7. Wheat, white 7s 6d to 7s 9d I 8ar1ey...... 3s 10d to 4s 6d Ditto new .Os Od to Os Od Oats 2s 9d to 3s 3d Flour, fine, 45s to 475:; seconds, 438 to —s per sack. CATTLE. The market today, wititaqUiet appearance, was but moderately supplied with stock. Fat beef,p score, 10s6d to lls Ewes, per lb .... 6d to 61c 1 Perk carcases, 9s 6d to lOs 6d Wethers, d 0...... 6d to 60 Lambs, per lb —d to --d Fat calves, d 0... 7d to 71 1 * Rough fat, 34cl per lb. 1 BRISTOL SUGAR—FEE. 7. Our stocks of raw sugars aro all exhausted. Refined sells steadily at about former rates. Molasses in very good demand, and firm. Rum dull. COAL M . (Prfoes of Coal per Ton at ARKET. t the close of the market 1 Walls:End. s. d. Carr's Hartley 15 3 Cowpen. Hartley 15 3 Eden Main ..15 6 Holywell 15 0 Bate 's West Hartley 14 9 Burnhope Gas 12 0 Walker Primrose 12 3 Tanfield Moor 12 9 Tanfield Moor Butes l2 9 North Pelton 12 6 Wylam ..15 0 West Wylam 14 0 Lambert's West Hart ley 15 0 Davison's West Hart- ----- s. d• Gosforth l4 3 South Hetton 17 Russel's Hetton '.. 16 0 Haswell l7 0 Trimdon Thornley 14 3 Eden 15 3 Acorn Close ..15 3 Brsddyll's Hetton 16 0 Sheriff Hill 14 0 Hartlepool.. l7 0 South Kelloe 16 0 Cassop ... 16 0 Hetton l7 0 Whitworth 14 6 Hunwick l4 6 Heugh Hall 15 3 Kelloe . . ....... l6 3 Shincliffe l4 6 Framwellgate 15 Stewart's ....' 16 F. South Hartlepool~ 192; sold, 123. _ _ • . _ _ ley ------15 3 Howard's West Hart ley ....15 3 Byass's Bebside West Hartley ...15 3 Craighead Steam 13 6 llastings Hartley l5 3 Bell's Primrose 0 Ships at market, -- - FOREIGN MAIL PACKET LIST. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton Feb. lg• via Marseilles Feb. 13. Brazil and Cape Verds, by British packet. March 6. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena March 3 8 China, Penang, and Singapore, via Southampton Feb. 1 8 ; via Marseilles Feb. 1 3 . Falkland Islands March tie Gibraltar, via Southampton India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Feb. 18. via Marseilles Feb. 13. India (Bombay), via Southampton via Marseilles Feb. 4. Lisbon Feb. 11. Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Feb. 10. via Marseilles Feb. 4. Newfoundland Oporto and VigoFeb. 1..1• U. S. and British N. America, by Brit. packet.... Feb. 5 . by U.S. packet.... by Canadian packet. Feb. •-"': W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe F e b. 10• Bahamas, via N ew Y or k Feb. 13' Mexico B. • • • • Feb. • All parts of West Indies, including Chili, Peru, California, and Briti s h C o l um bi a. I Feb. 13. BIRTHS. BLOOMFIELD.— On the 4th inst., at Richmond, Surrey, the wife of Arthur W. Bloomfield, Esq., of a son. IRBY.—On the 3d inst., at The Grange, Taplow, the Iron. Mrs. Irby, of a son. LAYARD.—On the 3d inst., at Hurn Cottage, Bever leYt the wife of Lieut.-Colonel B. Granville Layard, of A daughter. PAYNE.—On the 6th inst., at 32, Kensington -square, MO' W. Payne, of a son. MARRIAGES. GRIPFTN—PIKE.—On the sth inst., at St. James's, Picea" dilly, Mr. Willi am Li n d say G r iffi n, of Leadenhall-street+ to Sarah Vickers, only daughter of Mr. George Pike, 01 Sou hampton. SmAxaro H D —BEAUFORT.—On the 6th inst., at All Saints' Church, Norfolk, the Viscount Strangford, to Elni l ? Ann, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir Franco' Beaufort, K.C.B. _ _ DEATHS. CASEY.—On the 6th inst., at Carlton-hill Villas, Camden' road, Thomas Casey, Esq., aged 78. CLARE.--On the sth inst., at Redcar, Henry Clarke , Esq., of Gisbro', Yorkshire, aged 76. COOKE.—On the 6th inst., at 2, Tariton-street, Gordon' square, Edward Cooke, Esq., aged 71. EATIVELL.—At 3, Priory-street, Cheltenham Captain W' 1.N., aged 85. , IvENs.—On the sth inst. ) at Blackheath, Wm. Hadfi eld Ivens, Esq., aged 55. PARKES.—On the 6th inst., suddenly, at Abingdon-str eet ' Westminster, Francis Josiah Parkes, Esq., aged 3 6 . PYM —On the sth inst., John Pym, Esq., at 4, Laurent' Pountney- hill, city, aged 62. WALIVISLEY.—On the 7th inst., John Angus WaltuisleY Esq., of 6, Bessborough•gardens, Pimlico. LONDON : Printed and Published by MUItDO YOUNG of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at THE SUN Office, No. 112,StraNu in the Precinct of the Savoy 111 tho County of ididdif * gaturclah February 8, IN&