The Sun. — London, England, 1859-01-06 00:00:00

IRELAND. DUBLIN, WEDNESDAY MORNING. MORE ARRESTS, NORTH AND SOUTH. Another capture has been made in Belfast, and, according to private letters from that quarter, the police are likely to have more work on hand before their labours can be considered complete. Here is the last bulletin of the Northern Whi g _ . " On Sunday night the public excitement which has been so intensely felt in town in consequence of the arrests of the 12th of December was still fur ther increased by another capture, made by the constabulary. It appears that the authorities have received pretty extensive information—whether based upon sufficient data or not remains to be seen—of the existence of several secret so cieties in Belfast ; and among the premises pointed out as one of the places of meeting of a body of this character was the public-house of a person named Bernard Boyle, situated in Barrack-street, and almost immediately adjoining the Belfast Distillery. Boyle was, some time ago, a flax-dresser, and in that capacity was employed in some of the factories in Belfast. He then visited Glasgow, and, on re turning to Belfast, entered into partnership as a publican with his brother-in-law, a person named Wilson, who formerly kept a boarding-house in the neighbourhood of the quays. The prisoner Boyle took out the license for the present premises at the last quarter sessions. The business was carried on in his name, but, being . unmarried himself, Wilson and his family resided in the house with him. The arrest of last night was effected under precisely similar circumstances to those which had previously taken place. Head-constable Madders and con stable Canning were armed with the necessary authority, and were directod to watch the premises during the course of the evening. They were attired as civilians, and in that usually 'crowded thoroughfare—especially after six o'clock—their presence did not excite the least suspicion. About seven o'clock they entered the shop ; Boyle was present, and he was almost immediately arrested. The house having been searched by head-constable Madders, we believe that no documents of any im portance were discovered. The police, who were fully armed, and numbered altogether about 40 men, were then assembled in Barrack-street, Boyle was brought out, and in the midst of this force, and attended by an immense crowd, he was taken to the police-office. While the prisoner was being brought to that station there was not the slightest manifestation of political feeling on the part of the crowd, but great astonishment appeared to be very naturally felt at this further capture. Contrary to the order of proceedings adopted in the pre vious cases, there was no magistrate in attendance when the prisoner arrived at the police-office, and there was, therefore, no examination of any kind, and no order of committal. In the usual charge sheet of the court the name of Bernard Boyle, his residence, and the name of the complainant, head-constable Madders, were simply entered, a blank being left in the column usually devoted to stating the nature of the charges preferred against persons in custody. The prisoner was placed in one of the cells of the office, and it will remain with Mr. Tracy to order his committal this morning. About half-past eight o'clock the crowd had almost completely dispersed, but in the neighbourhood of Barrack-street and Mill-street the event was dis cussed with apparent eagerness by groups of per sons who thronged the corners of every street. For about an hour and a-half two bodies of police pa trolled this district, but-their presence was altoge ther unnecessary, inasmuch as there did not seem to be the least desire on the part of any one to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the locality. " With respect to the recent examinations held in the County Gaol, we believe that Hughes is not yet out on bail, but the necessary arrangements are being made for the purpose of effecting his tem porary liberation. We are now in possession of a copy of the warrant made out for his committal for trial, at the conclusion of the examination—which is similar to that of each of the other cases. It will be seen that it is laid upon the informations of John Kelly and Hugh Carolan—the two approvers —‘ and other credible witnesses.' The following is a copy of the document : ---- • -- ------- PETTY SESSIONS DISTRICT OF BELFAST, COUNTY OF ANTRIM. " The Queen, at the prosecution of William Mad ders, Head-constable of Constabulary, complain ant ; James Hughes defendant. " Whereas a complaint was made, on the 31st day of December, 1858, on the oath of Hugh Carolan and John Kelly, and other credible wit nesses, that the said James Hughes is, and has been for some time past, a member of an illegal society, which is so constituted that the members thereof are known to each other by secret signs and passwords, by way of question and answer, and that as such member of said society he had knowledge of, and was connected with, a certain meeting of said society, hold at Belfast, in the county of An trim, on the 12th of December, 1858, contrary to the provisions of the statute in that case made and provided. This is to command you to whom this warrant is addressed, to lodge the said James Hughes, of Belfast, in the gaol at Belfast, in the said county of Antrim, there to be imprisoned by the keeper of said gaol as follows—until the trial of the said Japes Hughes for said offence, at the next assizes at Belfast, county of Antrim. And for this the present warrant shall be a sufficient autho rity to all whom it may concern.' " It is now becoming more than ever evident— notwithstanding 'the other credible witnesses' re ferred to in the warrant—that the case will hang on the evidence of the approvers." The Northern Whig remarks : "With each fresh arrest public interest in the issue is deepened, and the responsibility of failure is intensified. Had the authorities permitted the public to be informed of the nature of the alleged conspiracies or confederations, their objects, and the extent of risk to public safety, as indicated by the complexion of the evidence, there would)iave been less uneasiness and less apprehension. As it is, however, a spirit of distrust, suspicion, and alarm is being awakened in many parts of the town, and it will require an unqualified success on the part of the Executive to justify the measures by which such a condition of feeling has been excited. If there be latent sedition or treason in Belfast, and if the authorities can forcibly suppress it, by all means let them go on ; but it will be a sad business indeed if these extraordinary proceedings should eventuate in the discovery of what the Saturday Review sarcastically designates an ' Irish mare's nest.' " Meanwhile the conspiracy seems to have been more extensive than was suspected at the first blush. Kilkenny is the last scene of new arrests. The cir cumstances connected with these arrests are thus narrated in the Kilkenny Moderator : "It appears that a great degree of excitement was created in the town referred to at an early hour of Monday morning, in consequence of head-constable M'Donogh and a party of five men having proceeded, at 5 o'clock a.m., to the house of a publican named Coyne, residing in Bridge-street, where they arrested that individual, on a charge of being con nected with the Phcenix Society. Shortly after a mounted policeman was observed riding hastily through the streets in the direction of Kilkenny, • which gave rise to all kinds of rumours; and the excitement was intensified at 7 o'clock, when Sub- Inspector Cullen and three policemen were seen escorting to the Bridewell a young man named Callaghan, a l so c h arge d, it is said, with the same offence. At 12 o'clock Lord Desart and Messrs. Hort, R.M., and P. Poe, J.P.. went to the Bride well, where they remained until half-past 2 o'clock, holding an inquiry ; and while their investigation, which of course was strictly private, was being proceeded with, two other young men, named Kavanagh, of Bridge-street, a married man, lately returned from America, and Mangan, a resident of Mill-lane, were arrested and brought to the Bride well, under the escort of Head -constable M‘Donogh and seventeen 'policemen. At half-past 3 o'clock Coyne, Mangan, and Kavanagh were brought out of the Bridewell and placed on two six-seat cars, no other vehicles being available ; they were es corted by thirty of the constabulary, under the command of the head constable, until they were outside the town, when the greater portion of the policemen returned to their barracks in Callan, leaving seven men to guard the prisoners, on the cars, to the county gaol in Kilkenny. When the prisoners made their appearance in the street in Callan for the purpose of removal, the excitement was at its height, as large crowds of relatives, friends, and spectators gathered round the escort ; but the Rev. Mr. Salmon, P.P., came forward and exhorted all to conduct themselves with quietness and propriety. This advice seemed to have a good effect, and there was no uproar or turbulence of any kind. So far for the proceedings in Callan, but now the scene shifts to our own city, where, in the forenoon, Sub-inspector Galway and Head constable Holmes proceeded to the leather store of Mr. Martin Hawe, in Coal-market, and took the proprietor into custody. At first the cause of the arrest was not known, but it soon became noised abroad that it was for being connected with 'tie Callan branch of the Phcenix Society, and that the actual charge against the prisoner was for ad :ministering the illegal oaths. A very great sensa -tion was caused by this discovery, and rumours of 'other arrests in our city were freely circulated, but we are glad to find that there was no foundation fol. any such reports. Mr. Hort, R.M. with Mr. O ur ti s , county inspector, and' Mr. Galway, 5.1., were engaged in investigating circumstances con nected with the arrests, at the James's-street police barrack, for some hours in the forenoon, but nothing has transpired as to the nature of the inve•l igation. The result was, however, that Hawe was lodged, with the Callan prisoners, in the county gaol, all being committed, as it is understood, on remand for further examination. Yesterday morning another prisoner was added to those arrested the previous day, being a young man named Denis Sullivan, a national school teacher. He is a native of Callan, but was in charge of Ballydonnell school, in the county of Tipperary, and was escorted to our county gaol by the Harleyark police, on a warrant sent for his arrest from Callan. The prisoners actually re manded for further examination are Martin Hawe, leather merchant, Kilkenny, aged 24; Edward Edward Coyne, publican, Callan, aged 23 ; Thomas Mangan, nailor, Callan, aged 29 ; William Kava nagh, nailor, Callan, aged 30 ; and Denis Sullivan, national school teacher, Ballydonnell, aged 20. Respecting Callaghan there is some mystery, as, although said to have been lodged in our county gaol as well as the others, he certainly was not brought there in custody along with the others, and from this reason some people allege that he has become an approver. Be this as it may, it is stated that Head-constable M'Donough, on search ing this man's house or lodgings in Callan, dis covered among some papers a treatise on the best means of arming Ireland for a revolt against Eng land. This, however, if we do not much mistake, will 'only turn out to be a work printed by Mr. W. B. Kelly of Grafton-street, Dublin, bearing the title, "The Military resources of Ireland, with a System'of Armament, of Organization, and mode of Warfare adapted to the Circumstances of ,the Country," by Charles Biggs. This work no doubt is suggestive enough of revolt against the British Government, but it will not tend to throw any light on the aims, objects, or resources of the Pheenix conspiracy. But we are altogether uninformed as to the nature of the evidence which the authorities may have obtained against the prisoners, as both the magistrates and police appear altogether indis posed to say anything on the subject, nor can sur prise be . felt that they should maintain a strict re serve in cases of such a kind." . THE GAOL OF .WETVGATE. On Saturday an important report was presented by the Rev. John Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, to the Lord Mayor and Corporation of the City of London, and by them ordered to be printed, upon the subject of the recent important alterations that have been made in the interior of the prison of Newgate, and the effect of these alterations upon the prisoners. The rev. gentleman commences his report by stating that he presents it on this occa sion with peculiar satisfaction, as for more than two months the north side of the prison has been opened, on the separate system, for the reception of male prisoners, and that, although the expense has no doubt been serious, the moral effect of the altera tion abundantly compensates for any expense what ever. Mr. Davis then proceeds to state :—" We have had two sets of inmates in the cells already, and the third. are now passing through the same ordeal, so that some opportunity has been given of ascertaining the real effect of the system in New gate. The period that each prisoner remains in Newgate is, on an average, 16 days, and, since the remands have been sent us, probably less. All the experience, therefore, that can be gleaned in this prison has, with two sets of prisoners, been ac quired, I find the result at present to be, not only the entire suppression of the corrupt and demo ralising effect of indiscriminate association, but a peculiar seriousness of demeanour is produced by separate confinement, which, except in a few hi stances,. I ,never witnessed before. Dishonest persons, and those addicted to crime, as a habit, generally strive under a forced gaiety and hilarity of manner to conceal or suppress the genuine effects of guilt on the mind. Nothing is more common among incorrigible convicts than the hectic laugh, profane jest, and half lunatic grin, that denote to a careful observer the real uneasiness of the con science. But to elicit these symptoms of guilt and depravity there is a necessity for companions ; apart by himself the joke is lost, the hero of daring dishonestness has no listener, and, instead of being surrounded by companions who exult in his mirth and applaud his narrow escapes, he has the pro found silence of solitude and the darkness of night by himself to think over the errors he has engen dered and the injuries he had inflicted during his whole career. The result is a greater degree of seriousness, less boisterous demeanour, and, as far as external appearance extends, a marked and decided improvement." With reference to the effect of solitary confine ment upon the minds of the prisoners the Ordinary says . - _ There are, however, two periods of great anxiety in the case of many prisoners who are thus confined. The first is, when they are apprehended and taken out of " their families, cut off from all domestic sympathies, and placed in separate con finement to taeditate over their fallen condition. That many persons would, under such circumstances, be overpowered with dismal reflections, so as to con template desperate measures, is no more than you would reasonably expect. The same remark applies with even greater force to the 48 hours after their trial arid some unexpectedly heavy sentence. Hopo never has had a more fertile place to expand in than the breast of a criminal. The slightest fact that is favourable, the smallest discrepancy in the evidence, the chance that an important witness may be absent, and the probability that some point of law may turn in his favour, are quite enough to create a strong anticipation f escape. That too many unprincipled agents, or solicitors, cherish, feed, and foster these delusions, and become most indignant at a doubt being expressed of their perfect accuracy, a long experience tells me is too true. The way that prisoners are buoyed up with' unwarranted expectations arising out of one, or other, or more of these causes, is extraordinary, and hence it arises that parties, so elated by false anticipations, feel proportionately disappointed, and suffer with the greatest keenness for two or three days after all these delusions have been destroyed. A person in separate confinement requires to be watched at both these times, and the most solicitous efforts are made to guard against any evil results from these causes.' The Governor of. Newgate pays the greatest attention to these periods, and, so far as time has elapsed, he has done so successfully, in carrying out the new system." With reference to the effect of the system upon the religious instruction of the prisoners, the rev. gentleman says,— " I perceive with most lively satisfaction the in creased advantage that the separate system affords for imparting such instruction. When prisoners were kept in a state of association with each other, whenever any serious impression. was produced by the chapel service it was instantly destroyed by the levity or mockery of the profane, and many and many a time has a prisoner complained to me of the total want of the means of meditation and devotion when kept in constant companionship with the profligate." Separate confinement upon harden ed criminals and old offenders is stated by the Ordinary to be pecu liarly irksome, as, their habits being depraved, they need the constant conversation of corrupted minds to keep alive the degraded principles on which they act, and any kind of labour, and almost anything, is preferred by them to the silence of the corridor and the obscurity of the cell. The Ordinary also states— " Prison offences are greatly diminished by the present mode of confinement. Litigious, bad-tem pered men have no one to quarrel with. By evil habits,. quarrelling becomes a part of. their nature. With no one to blame, no one to scold, no one to contradict, peacefulness becomes too tame, and their ill-concealed disposition would break out against the turnkeys ; but . the recollection that there are cells totally dark and underground makes the incorrigible convict become. prudent. These horrible abodes have never been required but once, and that was with an old returned transport, just of the character described above, and a few hours tamed him completely, and during the rest of his stay , in the prison he was quite docile and tractable." The Ordinary then proceeds to recommend in a most earnest manner that the same improvements should be effected in the women's wing of the prison, and he observes— "lt . would, indeed, be .an anomaly to con tinue the gaol as it stands now, with all the en lightened improvements of peace and modern days on the 'one side, and, on the other, that mode of imprisonment continued that has called down the severest animadversions for a long series of years, both in the reports made to Parliament and in the more public channels of information." The rev. gentleman concludes his report by ob serving upon the manner in which prisoners are at present employed not only in, this but other prisons. Upon this subject he says,— " It is quite time that something should be sub stituted for oakum -picking. Prisoners employed at this work earn about ss. for picking a hundred• weight, and a convict unaccustomed to the work with difficulty picks 21b. a day. It will take, therefore, 56 working-days, or nine weeks, to earn ss. The real price of a day's work is ld. and the fifteenth of ld. ; and, in the week, the convict only earns 6d. and two-fifths. It seems to me the height of absurdity to give such employment as this to men the lowest of whose wages is 15s. per week outside, and the highest as much as 15s. a day." He then proceeds strongly to urge the necessity of employing convicted prisoners in some profitable occupation. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1859, SURREY SESSIONS, Jan. 6. The January Sessions for the county of Surrey commenced yesterday, at the Court House, New ing-causeway. before J- E. Johnson, Esq., chairman, and a full bench of magistrates. The calendar con tained the names of 25 prisoners fortrial. IS ITALY TO BE FREE? The Italian question is one from which the ad herents of Austria in the English press seek to lead us away by conjuring up fears and apprehensions of French aggrandisement and Russian ambition. They would condemn 20 millions of people inhabit ing the fairest portion of Europe to present slavery and continuous misery, lest that artificial balance of power which rests insecurely on the maintenance of the worst of all human despotisms—that of Aus tria—should be disturbed. Independence and free dom must be denied the Italians, and the measures necessary to attain them must be averted by Eng land, because it suits the personal objects of a set of worn-out soulless politicians on this side of the Channel to propagate old jealousies of France and old hostilities of Russia, when there is reason to be lieve a better knowledge of the state of Europe and a more accurate perception of the inevitable tenden cies of events have brought the Governments of those countries to see that,in the interest of general peace and permanent prosperity, something ought to be done to relieve Italy from the oppression of Austria. France and Russia, it is now apparent, have a policy as to Italy in which there is hope and life for the Italians ; and any danger to England out of the prospects of such a policy can only arise from England having as to Italy no policy at all, or, worse still, throwing all her immense influence into the scale of Austria, and so becoming associated with—nay, responsible for—the enslavement of Italy. Is England going to support Austria, and by that support to prolong the slavery, the misrule, and the woes of Italy ; or will she unite with the Governments of France and Russia to liberate Italy from a domination to which nothing on earth or in heaven can reconcile the Italians, which it is a duty and a virtue in them to overthrow, and which is a standing and constant danger to Europe ? That is really the question now raised. There are people who try to persuade themselves and others that this question has not arisen, because Italy, has not broken out into revolt against Austria. They require bloodshed and massacre to excite them to thought and action. But it is a fact beyond all controversy or denial, that the peace of Italy is at present preserved not by the 90,000 troops which Austria has quartered on its inhabitants, not by the immense fortresses which Austria has in the very heart of Italy, but by the restraints which the Governments of Piedmont and of France place on the people of the northern Duchies, of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom, and of the Papal States. Either of those Govern ments has but to loosen the leash, to hold up a finger, and Italy is in revolt. What then would follow ? Why this, that the 120,000 brave men composing the Piedmontese army would march to the succour and support of the cause of Italian Liberation. War between Austria and Piedmont would of course ensue • but Piedmont has in France an ally, it may , be in Russia also, who would not desert her. It is a mere matter of time, how long the Government of Piedmont (to leave that of France out of the question) can or will defend Austria from insurrection ; and it is because that period cannot be much further prolonged, that we advocate the adoption of a policy by England on behalf of Italy that will save Europe from so dreadful a catastrophe as war. If anything maybe accomplished by pacific means for Italian independence (and nothing short of that can be accepted, because that only affords the least hope of freedom to Europe from this otherwise con stant Italian danger), now is the proper time. France is desirous, and Russia not indisposed to act ; it remains for England to direct their action into a right channel; but to do so, the English Govern ment mast adopt a fair, generous, and magnani mous policy, and instead of supporting Austria fol low the precedent which Mr. Canning applied to Greece in 1829. England, France, and Russia then united for a great European object, the establish ment of the independence of some four millions of Greeks. Why should they not now join in a still nobler aim—the independence of Italy and of 20 millions of Italians, far better prepared to enjoy the blessings of freedom by being released from the do mination of Austria, than the Greeks were 30 years ago for emancipation from the tyranny . of Turkey ? Or, if such a league be not now within the capa city or the courage of English statesmen, let us at least preserve neutrality so far as Italy is concerned. If our Ministers have not the spirit and the sense to avail themselves of the present opportunity for European concert on the affairs of Italy, in the name of all that is decent and reasonable let us not object to other States trying to do something for Italy. Let us not play the part of the dog in the manger, and, refusing to move ourselves with the object of bringing about a pacific settlement of the question, remonstrate against and resist all better aspirations and intentions in other Governments. If we cannot assist the Italians, don't let us oppress them. If we won't earn their gratitude and esteem, don't let us merit their hatred and contempt, That, it is to be feared, Lord Derby's Cabinet is doing. We said the other day, and the remark was then very true, that no, one knew what their policy towards Italy was. We now hear that it consists in urging Prussia to support Austria, and so diverting the French Government from the im provement of Italy, by attracting its attention to the German frontier. It would, however, be a fatal mistake if Prussia, placed as she now is in the van of German freedom, should humiliate Germany, disgust Europe, and abnegate her own mission in the world, to maintain Austria in Italy against the unanimous wishes of its own population, in opposi tion to the wishes of France, and in violation and disregard of every principle by which Prussia her self exists as an independent State. If the wishes of the intelligent and intellectual people of North Germany, who take as deep an interest in the cause of Italian freedom as we do in England, can prevail, no such mistake will be committed by:Prussia ; that Power will not co-operate for the degradation of Italy with the monarch who has disgraced Southern Germany by a concordat with the Pope, which to the end of all time will be a scandal and disgrace to the 19th century. But at present the question is not so much what the Germans will do, as what Englishmen will say to their Government seeking to stir up the Court of Berlin to join Austria in op pressing Italy. If England have a policy, be it good or bad, it ought not to percolate into the European system through the Court of Berlin ; or manifest itself in a great crisis and a noble cause, to a faithful Ally, through a personal andprivate correspondence even of the Prime Minister. These are wretched shifts and miserable expedients. Happily, however, the opening of Parliament cannot now be much longer delayed, and then, let us hope, there will be states men wise enough to insist that England and Europe shall know authoritatively what course the Cabinet mean to adopt towards Italy.—Daily News. PROPORTION OF FATAL CASES OF ANESTHESIA. There are in London 15 hospitals where surgical operations are being frequently performed. Some of these are small ; we will, therefore, confine our attention to the 10 largest metropolitan hospitals. St. Bartholomew's is immensely large ; at the lesser Hospital of University College 4,440, and at Charing-ross Hospital 1,600 operations have been performed under chloroform during the last ten years. St. George's, though larger than University College, is probably of medium size, and may there fore be fairly taken as representing the average number of operations which are performed in each of the other nine. In this hospital 3,000 operations are said to have been performed within the period just mentioned. If we multiply this number by 10, which is the numb er o f th e principal hospitals in London, it appears that at least 30,000 operations have been performed in the metropolis during the 10 years in which chloroform has been used. We are aware that according to the statistical state ments respecting the surgical operations performed in London, which have been published in the Medical Times and Gazette during the last four years, and which we have carefully examined. not more than 10,000 operations have been per formed in London during the last 10 years. But those statements only comprise the principal opera tions, and must exclude, as we know they do, and, as is proved by the data obtained from St. George's, University College, and Charing - cro ss , an immense number of cases in which chloroform is given. Now if, without considering the upper classes, who do not resort to hospitals, we regard the hospitals of London as affording surgical aid to all who require it out of a population of, say 3,000,000 ; if we suppose that the rest of the popu lation of the United Kingdom, and the population of France, Germany, and the United States demand surgical aid in the same numerical proportion as the people in and around London seem to do; and if we estimate the total population of these countries at 120,000,000, we arrive at the conclusion that during the last ten years the number of surgical operations which have been performed in the United Kingdom, the United States, France, and Germany collectively is 1,200,000. 'We have confined ourselves to these countries because it is from them mainly, though not exclusively, that the reports of deaths from anaesthetic agents have been collected. Among the deaths ascribed to chloroform there are seven, the cause of which is uncertain ; assuming four of these to be due to chloroform, the following is a state ment of all the deaths which we have been able to learn as having occurred either in Europe or America from the inhalation of =esthetic vapours —Deaths from chloroform, 68; from wther, 2; from mixture of chloroform and anther, 1; from mixture of chloroform and alcohol, 1; from amylene, 2-- total, 74. Westminster Review for January. SINGULAR CHARGE OF STEALING A COW. Thomas Turner Molyneaux, 39, described in the calendar as an agent, was indicted for stealing a cow, value £l2, the property of the Rev. Stephen Terry, of Dummer, near Basingstoke. Mr. Sharp prosecuted, and Mr. Lilley, instructed by Mr. Neale, defended the prisoner. The prosecutor, it appeared, advertised in the early part of last month the sale of two cows, and received in answer a letter from E. B. Somerset, York-road, Lambeth, request ing that one of the cows might be forwarded to him by rail, and that on its reaching the Lon don terminus a banker's cheque for' the amount would be returned. The cow was forwarded as directed, and taken away by a person named Goodson, residing in Brick-lane, Whitechapel, who said he did so by the orders of another man in the presence of the prisoner—that he paid the railway carriage, and lent the other man £5. Mr. Terry did not receive the banker's cheque as promised— on the contrary, he found that he had fallen into the hands of accomplished swindlers, and having given information to the police, the prisoner was apprehended. At the time of his apprehension several letters addressed to "E. B. Somerset, 143, York-road, Lambeth," were found on him, and Emil these and others since received at the same place, it was evident the prisoner and his associates had contemplated an extensive system of fraud, and his seasonable capture had saved one gentleman in the Isle of Wight 20 gold and silver pheasants, another gentleman a quantity of wool, a third a valuable pony and chaise, and the fourth a bull of the value of 35 guineas. The reverend prosecutor was examined by Mr. Sharp—He said that in the early part of last month he had two cows for sale, and he advertised them in a country paper, referring to his bailiff, George Stroad, of Dummer. In consequence of that he re ceived a letter (produced), signed " A. G. Somerset, York-road, Lambeth," offering to purchase one for £l2, and promising to send the amount, by banker's cheque, on receipt of the cow. On the Bth of De cember the cow was sent to London, but neitker cheque nor money had been received. Three letters passed between them, in one of which a reference was made to Mr. A. C. Gurney, 66, Cheapside, but on inquiry afterwards no such person was known there. The prisoner was afterwards given into custody, when he admitted that the letters were in his handwriting. On cross-examination by Mr. Lilley, witness said that in consequence of these letters he sold the cow. The Chairman here said there was an end of the case. It appeared a bona fide sale. The jury accordingly acquitted the prisoner. ROBBERY AT A RAILWAY STATION. Robert Rudrum, 20, was indicted for stealing a clock from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Station at Annerley. William Lee, a porter at the Annerley•station, said that on the 12th ultimo he was on duty at the station, when he heard a noise in the parcels office. He went to the window and saw the prisoner lying on the counter in the act of pulling something out. Witness immediately entered, and caught hold of the prisoner, when he said some persons had put him there for a lark. He had pulled a clock out of a drawer about two feet, and attempted to make his escape. James Smith, 276 P, said he saw the prisoner and two others loitering about the Annerley station a' short time previous. On being called in to take him into custody he discovered that he climbed over the partition and got access to the parcels office. The prisoner told him he wanted to get a ticket. In defence Mr. Charnock said that his client was drunk, and had made a mistake. He merely went into the place to sleep. - The jury found him Guilty, and a former convic tion having been proved he was sentenced to twelve months' hard labour. THE GREAT FOSTER HOUSE LUNATIC ASYLUM. On the application of Mr. Harrison, the court granted a renewal of the license for this asylum for the accommodation of fifteen male and fifteen female patients, and directed the name of Mr. Edward T. Furnwall, surgeon, to be inserted in the license, in addition to those of his father and Mr. Roberts, physician, to whom the license had been granted on previous occasions. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. Jan. 5. BOW-STREET.--John Lloyd was charged by a schoolmaster named Marquis with robbing him of a silver watch. The prosecutor was robbed of his watch in the crowd waiting for admission to the pit of Drury lane theatre. The prisoner, who was standing be side him, suddenly withdrew his hand from the prosecutor's dress, and apparently passed some thing-away in the crowd. The prosecutor gave him in custody on suspicion. He had no money to pay for his admission to the theatre. He was taken between the inner and outer door. The prisoner said he had a check, but had lost it. Mr. Henry said checks were not given at the early part of the evening. The prisoner meant to say an order. It was given him by a friend about a week ago. Mr. Mace (the chief usher)—They do not give orders away now; the house fills too well for that. The Prosecutor—No, and they don't give orders for the pit at any time. The Prisoner—Oh ! it was for the gallery. I had mistaken the entrance. Mr. Henry thought it still more unlikely that orders or tickets would be issued for the gallery, especially a week in advance. But, if it was true, the prisoner could easily call his friend to prove it. The Prisoner—He is not a friend, and I don't know where to find him. I ;net him in a public house, and we got talking and drinking together. I don't know him at all. Mr. llenry—l shall remand you for further inquiry. If you turn out to be a known bad cha racter I must send you for trial. I cannot convict you summarily, as you say you are innocent, so it must go before a jury. CLERKENWELL—Thomas Birchmore, late relieving overseer of the parish of St. Pancras, was re-examined on the charge of embezzling various sums of money belonging to the Board of Directors of St. Pancras. Mr. Humphreys, jun., attended for the prosecu tion, and Mr. Lewis for the defence. Air. Humphreys, in opening the case, said that since the last examination an investigation of the parish books had been made, and a great many de. falcations had been discovered. The prisoner ap peared to have received many large sums of money which he had not accounted for till some long time afterwards. He intended to prefer nine cases of embezzleinent against the prisoner. Mr. Hum phreys, after stating the nature of the cases he in tended to go into, and which will be found in the evidence given below, said that, in order that the magistrate should fully understand the case, he might state that the prisoner held the office of re lieving-officer and relieving-overseer. All the money the prisoner received he had to enter in a book entitled " Mr. Birehmore's receipts," and that book at the end of the week he had to add up and give to the clerk, aperson named Chas. Hibbard. The duty of the man Hibbard was to check the prisoner's ac counts, and receive the money from the . prisoner, and then apply it to the benefit of the parish. Hib bard having entered the amounts he had received in a rough book, that book would go to the accoun tant, who would make a fair copy, and afterwards place it before the audit committee for them to exa mine. He had gone thus far because the man Hib bard could not be produced. Hibbard was a de faulter to a very large amount. He proposed first of all to call persons who had paid the prisoner money, and which prisoner had not accounted for. As on the last occasion the prisoner had only been a short time apprehended, and the inquiry was only one of a preliminary . character, he proposed to commence the case again. He then called-- Sergeant Robinson, 27 A, of the detective force, who said—l produce a warrant which was granted from this court on the sth Nov., 1858, for the ap prehension of the prisoner. Samuel Chadwick said—l am a chimney sweeper, of 2, Little Welbeck-street, Cavendish square. My father is an inmate of the workhouse of St. Pancras, and has been so for some years : I have been in the habit of paying for his mainten ance at the rate of 3s. 6d. per week to the parish. On Nov. 3, 1858, Ipaid the prisoner the sum of £2 ss. 6d. for the parish on account of my father's maintenance, and prisoner . gave me the receipt produced. The receipt was signed by the prisoner —" Thomas Birchmore, Overseer." George Grimmell, a city missionary, 19, Willis road, Kentish-town, said—My wife in the years 1856 and 1857 was an inmate of St. Pancras work house, and was there for eight weeks. I was in the habit of paying 4s. por week for her maintenance during that time to the parish. On the 24th Dec., 1856, I paid prisoner4s. on account of the parish, a like sum on 31st Dec., 1856, and the 7th of Jan., _ _ 1857. On each of those occasions the prisoner wrote the receipt in the book produced for each amount. Thirza King said—l am the wife of Robert King, and I r3side at 16, Grafton-place, Euston-square. I am the stepmother to a boy who is an inmate of St. Pancras workhouse He has been an inmate about seven months. On the 31st of July last year I paid the prisoner the sum of £1 is, Bd, on account of the maintenance of Mr. King's son in the workhouse. On the 31st of August I paid the prisoner a like sum, and he put his initials, " J. 8.," in my book. Joseph Henry Clarke said—l am the relieving overseer of the parish of St. Pancras. I reside at 22, Winchester-street. On or about the 4th of May, 1857, I received the sum of £2 from Mrs. Pyles on account of the parish for the maintenance of her son in the workhouse. I entered its receipt in the book produced, and handed the money to the prisoner, and he signed his initials in .the book. On the 12th of December, 1857, I received the sum of £4 on the same account, and entered it in the book produced, which I paid to the prisoner, and he put his initials for its receipt. There is a per son named William Pyles in the workhouse. William Jaques, of 19, Clarendon-street, Somers town—l am accountant to the directors of the poor of the parish of St. Pancras. The prisoner was the relieving-officer and overseer in the service of the directors of the poor. It was part of the prisoner's duty . to collect and receive moneys due from per sons in respect of the maintenance of paupers, and he did receive moneys in that way. It was the prisoner's duty to enter moneys received in a book called " Mr. Birchmore's Receipts." When the moneys were entered the book was added up weekly, and handed with the cash balance to Hib bard, who was clerk to the directors. It was the course of business for Hibbard to check the pri soner's receipt-book with the amounts received, and to enter the total in his own book, called " the clerk's rough weekly abstract of receipts and pay ments," under the head of the individuals. It was the course of business to hand the book to me. It was my duty to check Hibbard's book with the prisoner's re ceipt-book, to enter it in a book called " the clerk's weekly abstract of accounts," and then place that before the audit committee for examination. There is an account in the ledger of Mr. W. Chadwick. In the prisoner's receipt-book for Nov., 1856, I findno entry of the receipt of £2 ss. 6d. from Mr. Chad wick, nor yet in the month of December. For Dec., 1856, I do not find any entry after the 20th of money paid by Grimmell, nor of any money being paid to prisoner in Jan., 1857. There is no entry in July, 1858, or any other month, of moneys paid. by King. There is no entry in the book in May, 1856, nor since, of money paid by Mrs. Pyles. I remem ber seeing the prisoner at the vestry, in No. 6 room, on the 22d Oct. last. I saw him between 9 and 10 o'clock. He stated to me that he was back in his accounts. I asked him to what extent, and he stated about £lOO. He asked me what I thought he had better do, and I said I should advise him to com municate with Mr. Wyatt. Mr. W. H. Wyatt, of 1, Harrington-square, St. Pancras, said—l am one of the directors of the poor of the. Parishl of St. Pancras. On Friday, Oct. 15. one Adams was called up to the board-room, and was sent to the prisoner with his receipt-book. The next day the prisoner called at my house about 10 o'clock. He 'said he had heard that the audit com mittee had made a report about him on the previous day. He said that he bad received the half-yearly dividends due in April at the time they were due, and that when the book was sent down to him with the question whether he had more to enter in it, he thought it applied to the other accounts and not to the dividends. Another half-year's dividend was then due. I advised him to go and receive the Oc tober dividends and pay in both accounts that day. At that time I bad no suspicion he was a de faulter on any other accounts. He then asked me if I thought the audit committee would withdraw their report. I told him I could not say, but he could make any statement he liked to them. The committee met on the 18th, when the prisoner was called in and asked whether he was backward in any other accounts. He said he mightbe to a trifling amount, but if he were allowed to the following Friday he should be able to give a full explanation. I then asked him if he had received moneys from King ? At first he said not, but afterwards he said he might have received £1 or a guinea. The special committee met on the following Friday to receive the report. Before the committee met on that day the prisoner called upon me at my house. I said, " I do not wish you to make any statmeent to me; I would rather you reserve it for the committee." He then begged me to hear him, and gave the fol lowing reason for asking it. He said he would so much rather that I should draw out the fads in committee than it should be left to a director whom he named, and who, he said, had always persecuted him. He then told me he was a defaulter for about £lOO, but that his surety was good and would fully cover it. Mr. Tvrwhitt—At the time had you held out any inducement to him to make that statement ? Witness—Neither directly nor indirectly. Witness continued—l then advised the prisoner to make what amends he could by telling the com mittee all about it. He then asked me if I thought the directors would consent to his liquidating the debt by retaining half his salary until it was paid. I told him " Certainly not," and the least punish ment he could expect would be his dismissal. The prisoner then said that he hoped the Board would not prosecute him, but be content with getting their money back from his surefv. I told him that personally I had no desire to prosecute him, and that I had not up to that time heard any one pro pose to do so, but I could not in the least tell what course the Board would adopt. He then left. The committee, which the prisoner had specially re quested, met at two o'clock that day, and the pri soner attended before them. The list I produce was in my hand, and the prisoner was asked sepa rately if the amounts were owing by the different persons. To some the prisoner replied that he had not received anything, and with reference to the others I put down the sums he had received. The total sum he said was £179 4s. 9d. He then repeated the proposition he had previously made to me in the morning. The committee declined to entertain that, and told him he was suspended from his office. He said he should attend the board on the following Tuesday, but he did not. The prisoner was in the habit of receiving money from persons who paid it for their friends, and accounted for it in the way described. Sergeant Upfold, 19 E—The prisoner was given into my custody between 11 and 12 on Tuesday night, the 20th. I told him that he was charged with embezzling money belonging to the parish of St. Pancras. He said, I knew it would come to this. lam quite ready and prepared for it." Mr. Humphreys said that was the case to-day, and asked for a remand, to enable him to bring further cases forward. Mr. Lewis contended that the prisoner was no ongaged to collect moneys, and that he was only liable to a civil action. Tyrrwhitt remanded the prisoner, and ac cepted the same bail for his appearance. SOUTHWARK. Walter Russell, a stout, country-looking man, dressed in a smock frock, was charged with being concerned with another man not in custody in committing a violent assault on Matthew Price, and stealing from him a gold watch and chain and a parcel containing a quantity of grocery. The prosecutor, a coloured gentleman, who is well known in the metropolis by his appearance and general display of jewellery, stated, that on the previous night, shor s tly before 8 o'clock, he was passing along the Waterloo-road towards home when he saw the prisoner and another man on the other side of the road who appeared to be watching him. When near Stamford-street he crossed over, and directly afterwards he received a violent blow on the head, nearly stunning him. He, however, recovered himself immediately, and caught hold of the prisoner as he was endeavouring to get away, and held him until assistance came and he was se cured. The other man made his escape with his property, as he distinctly saw prisoner pass it to him: Witness here 'exhibited several wounds on his head, showing that he had been most brutally treated. There were two cuts as if inflicted with a life-preserver. The prisoner here said he was quite innocent of the charge. He was a countryman, and at the time was passing along the road when he saw the gen tleman lying on the ground. He was, in fact, about to pick him up when he seized hold of him and gave him into custody. William Molen, of 5, Hatfield-street, Stamford street, said he saw the prosecutor walking along the Waterloo-road on one side of the road, and the prisoner and another man on the other side. As the prosecutor was crossing over he saw the prisoner go up to him, and strike him on the head with a life-preserver, which caused him to fall. While on the ground witness saw the other man snatch his watch and chain, and the prisoner passed him a parcel, with which he ran off. Witness called out " Police ! " and assisted in detainin g the prisoner until a constable came up, when he was taken into custody. The other man made his escape. Mr. Burcham remanded the prisoner. [ADVERTISEMENT.I—Rarey's Horse and Cattle Improv ing Food is equally adapted to improve the stamina of ill conditioned Horses, Cows, Bullocks, Calves, Sheep, and Pigs. It causes no extra expense, as it contains far more and better nourishment than its cost of lid. per feed sup plies in corn and hay; hence ensures an actual sav i ng in the keep. But its principal advantages are a great im provement in the digestive functions, the sta m i na an d general condition of horses enabling them to perform far more labour without getting distressed. It imparts new vigour to sick, debilitated, or old apparently worn-out horses, and it puts rapidly the finest flesh on cattle gene rally, and improves the milk in cows, as it enables them to extract the entire nourishment out of everything they feed on. Rarey and Co., 77, Regent's Quadrant, Piccadilly, London. Packed in tins of about 99 feeds, 11s. ; in casks of about 450 feeds, 505.; of about 1,000 feeds, £5, being lid. per feed, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT—Jan. G. • OLD COURT. (Before Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Willes.) THE FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE AT GREENWICH. Richard Roper, 29, formerly carrying on business as a corn-dealer, who had been remanded from last session, was placed at the bar, charged, by the first count, with felo niously setting fire to his dwelling-house, certain living persons being therein at the timr. ; in the second count, with committing an act with intent to defraud the Kent Fire Insurance Office; and in the third count, with felo niously setting fire to his house. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Sergeant Parry and Mr. Gifford appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Robin son defended the prisoner. The following additional evidence in this case appeared in a late edition of The Sun of yesterday : Elizabeth Waterfell, the female servant of the prisoner, said—l have been in prisoner's service about two years. Shortly before the firel removed the articles spoken to. I went several times to Mrs. Cowell's. I first took a dozen plates. I took a few things at a time. It was in the evening time. The prisoner told me when I took the things I was not to say anything to anybody. Roper took the large diihes himself. The wax flowers was removed on the Wednesday before the fire. I recollect a lot of glass on the sideboard. I missed it from its place before the fire. In dusting the wardrobe I noticed a number of her dresses were gone. I found a pawnbroker's duplicate. Before the fire two sacks of books were removed. I held the sacks while the books were put in. Mr. Roper filled the sacks. I removed the writing-desk on the Saturday before the fire to Mrs. Cowell's, by order of Mr. Roper. It was rather heavy, and was wrapped in a blue cotton handkerchief. On the Saturday before the fire, about 11 o'clock, the prisoner sent me for some turps. He told me to get sixpennyworth. He gave me a white bottle to get it in. I had got turps before, but never in that bottle. I got half a pint at an oil shop in London-street, Greenwich. Marie Harding served me. I gave the turps to the prisoner, but I don't know what he did with it. I told him how much there was. I used usually to get the turps in the bottle pro duced, a two ounce phial. The turps I got the night in question was in a much larger bottle. He told me it was to clean a bookcase. I went to bed the night of the fire about 12 o'clock. The prisoner went to his room at the same time. Before he went up stairs he turned the gas three-parts off in both the sitting room and shop. I had not beeridown in the cellar for three or four days. There was no gas in the cellar. When I went to bed everything appeared safe. I was woke up by the prisoner calling " Lizzy " twice. I got out of bed and went to the door. When I opened the door I saw the flames at the bottom of the stairs. 1 got out of the window on to the roof of the house, and was taken from thence by the fire-escape. The articles produced in court—the china, glass, &c.—be longed to Mr. Roper. Cross-examined by Sergeant Ballantine—Twopenyworth would about three-parts fill the bottle. The reason I got more than the usual quantity was that I thought the book case would require it. I did not know in the morning that the book-case was to be cleaned. I don't recollect it had been ordered to be cleaned. I was examined before the magistrate four or five times before I recollected about the turps. I don't recollect being directed to clean the furniture. I got out of bed as soon as I could. did not try to save the baby sleeping in the same bed with me. If I had attempted to do so I should have lost my own life. Maria Harding proved the purchasing the turpentine by the last witness on the Saturday previous to the fire, about 11 o'clock in the evening. Robert Morris, a lad in the employ of the prisoner, proved moving several articles from his residence by his direction. On the 10th of September (Friday) I brought nine trusses of straw from Murrell's. I put it near the back door. There is a place to go down to the cellar close by. After the fire I saw the trusses of straw lying underneath the steps in the cellar. The cellar, I think, would hold two or threeloads of straw. There was only about half a sack of flour and a few lots in bags when I left the•shop on Satur day. On the afternoon of the fire I saw Mr. Roper. He told me to say, if anybody asked me questions, to say I knew nothing. He told me to call upon him the next morn ing at ten o'clock to go round to his customers. Cross-examined—l don't know that the straw had been removed from the usual part of the cellar in consequence of the damp. I don't know what Roper meant when he told me not to mention anything. I didn't know anything ex cept the amount of stock he had in the shop. I don't know whether the ledger was burnt. I now recollect it was, and that was the reason I was sent round to the customers. I will not swear that Mrs. Roper did not tell me to take away some of the things. I know there were several applications made respecting the letting of the shop. I did not sleep on the premises. I swept up the shop by Mr. Roper's orders, before I left to go home to bed. Re-examined—l had had no quarrel with Roper. If the fire had not taken place I should have gone to my work as usual on the Monday. George Lilly, fireman, London-bridge, attached to the Southwark division, said—l took charge of the ruins after the fire. I was in charge a week. I then handed it over to another brigade-man. Nothing was removed whilst I was there. Thomas Smart—l am a fireman stationed at Greenwich. On the 21st I was placed in charge of the ruins of the house. I have been used to such business for 20 years. On Friday, the 22d of October, I went down into the cellar after the rubbish had been removed. I found the steps nearly consumed. I produce the bottom. There was no staircase in the cellar, merely a step ladder. The part of the ladder was here brought into court, and also a quantity of the burnt straw found in the cellar, and the witness placed it in the position he found it. . Examination resumed—The roof of the cellarwas charred by the action of fire. The fire, according to my opinion, must have commenced below. If the fire had occurred in the shop, and some of the wood had fallen into the cellar, the straw would not have been so much burnt as it was, as the falling rubbish would have smothered it and pre vented it burning. There were three holes burnt in the shop floor. My decided opinion is that the fire began in , the cellar. Cross-examined—l have made no inquiry where the gas was fixed in the house. I don't think it at all important to ascertain where the gas was situated. I made up my mind the fire occurred in the cellar, and I made no further inquiry about the matter. I don't know positively what the ceiling of the shop was made of, but I was told it was made of canvas. I tried whether canvas whitewashed over would burn briskly, and I found it would not. I procured the canvas for my experiment from the wall of the shop. I merely tried whether it would burn from pure curiosity. The fire, if it began in the cellar, would run upstairs and fire the shop. Mr. Henderson, the fireman, saw the holes in the shop floor as well as myself. When I first went into.the cellar a portion of the sifted rub bish had been thrown there, but not in the part of the cellar I have been speaking of. • Re-examined—l feel confident the part of the cellar I have been speaking of was in precisely the same state when I went into it in October as it was left by the fire. Richard Henderson—l am foreman in the London Fire Brigade. I have been so for 19 years. On the 24th and 25th Oct. I minutely examined the rains. I was of opinion that the fire commenced in the cellar, under the ladder. I saw some holes in the shop flooring, but it is just possible they may have been occasioned by some rubbish falling on it. There was a large quantity of straw under the ladder nearly consumed. The fire must have burned very fiercely. If turpentine had been placed onthe straw it would increase very considerably the strength of the flames. Cross-examined—lt was very difficult to get rid of the smell of turpentine. If some of the burning straw had dropped from above through an aperture into the cellar, that would ignite the straw below ; but I don't think the cellar would present the appearance it exhibited when I saw it. The rubbish, when I went into the cellar, had been turned over. Mr. Heisch, professor of chemistry at Middlesex Hos pital, said if straw saturated with turpentine was entirely consumed, no smell would remain. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You mean to say that if a thing is entirely consumed nothing remains. (Laughter.) Witness—Well, it amounts to the same thing. Mr. Carttar, the coroner for East Kent, put in the state ment made by the prisoner when he was examined, by his own request, at the inquest held upon the bodies of his un fortunate children. The statement was read by Mr. Hemp, the clerk. I. went on to say the fire was perfectly accidental, and that the lives of the children were lost in consequence of the shop door being burnt open long before the arrival of the fire engines. The things removed from his house were sent away merely because he was about leaving the neigh bourhood, he having thought that he had let his shop. At the time the inventory was made out he said he was in such trouble he scarcely knew an article mentioned therein. He took no active part in making out the list of his losses. The statement went to show that the furniture and stock was fully worth the amount insured for. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. Sergeant Ballantine then made a most eloquent ad dress to the jury on behalf of the prisoner. He said that this case had been very properly described by his learned friend, in his very able and temperate opening address, as one of the most fearful description, but ho believed that every one who had heard the examination of the witnesses for the prosecution must have felt that the charge had gra dually crumbled away ; and ho believed that he might safely leave the prisoner in the hands of the jury without any further observation, and that it was utterly impossible that they could convict him of this dreadful crime upon the evidence that had been laid before them. The issue, how ever, was a most fearful one ; and he should therefore ad dress a few remarks upon the evidence by which the crime was sought to be brought home to the prisoner; and he felt confident that he should be able to show that it was totally inadequate to make out the charge. The crime of which the prisoner was accused was infinitely worse than any or dinary charge of murder—the accusation was of such a kind as was rarely heard of. His learned friend had stated that it was not intended to impute to the prisoner the intention of destroying his helpless children; but if the jury should come to the conclusion that he had wilfully set fire to his house, under the circumstances that had been detailed, and he could not see how it was possible for any other conclu sion to be arrived at than that, he must have contemplated the destruction not only of his children but also of his wife and tho infant that had just been broUghtiiieihe world. The question - they had to consider was—whether the pri soner was a man who was likely to have committed such a diabolical crime ; and whether a man who had been proved to have always acted with kindness and affection towards his wife and children should suddenly have become actu ated by the horrible intention to destroy them in this cruel manner ? In all these cases the jury were bound to look for a motive for such a crime, and in ordinary cases it was shown that the motive was to obtain some large pecuniary benefit. What, however, was :the case in the present instance ? Instead of making any profit by the fire, he submitted that it was quite clearly established by the evidence for the prosecution that, instead of being a gainer, the prisoner would have been a serious loser. All he could, under any circumstances, have received from the insurance • office would have been £3OO, and it had been proved that he had been offered £l3O for his business, and there could be no doubt that he had at least £250 worth of property actually destroyed in the fire, so that, instead of reaping any advantage, he must have been a seriousloser. A great deal of stress had been laid upon the removal of a small por tion of the property, but he urged there was nothing to show that the prisoner's statement of his having let his business was not true, and that his only desire was to take what he called " breakables" from his house before his removal, in order that they might not be destroyed. Even supposing, however, he had removed this property, where was the evi dence of fraudulent intention, when it was admitted that there was a much larger quantity . of property actually de stroyed than was covered by the insurance ? He then called the attention of the jury to the period when the offence was alleged to have been committed, and asked them whether_ it was likely that a man who contemplated the commission of such a clime should have chosen the period just when his wife had been delivered, and when he must have been well aware that any sudden alarm would in all probability prove fatal to her. He then proceeded to argue that the theory put forward by the firemen, that the fire must necessarily have commenced in the cellar, ought not to be implicitly relied upon • and he at the same time said th a t, even if the jury should of opinion that it was a correct one, it was not at all impossible that, if the fire commenced in the shop, some sparks should have fallen upon the straw in the cellar, and thus have produced the same result. The learned sergeant concluded a most able speech by calling upon the jury to dismiss the prisoner from the bar, certainly not without having suffered pain, anguish, and agony, but at all events free from the imputation of being guilty of a crime of this dreadful description. A great number of highly respectable witnesses were then examined, all of whom described the prisoner as being a re markably kind and affectionate man, and apparently de votedly attached to his wife and children. Baron Martin then proceeded to sum up the case, and at a quarter to seven o'clock the jury retired to deliberate upon their verdict. They returned into court at a quarter past seven, and gave a verdict of Not Guilty. There was a burst of applause when the verdict was pro nounced, which was with some difficulty suppressed by the officers. Sergeant Parry said there was a charge of misdemeanour against the prisoner, arising out of the same transaction, the offence imputed to him being that of endeavouring to obtain money from the insurance office by making a false claim. The company were unwilling to press the matter against the prisoner, and he was anxious to have their lordships' opinion whether the other indictment ought to be gone on with. Baron Martin said that he and Mr. Justice Wiles were both of opinion that the whole case had been substantially inquired mto, and that it was unnecessary to p r o cee d w ith the other indictment. At the same time he wished it to be understeod that the court was very far from expressing an opinion that there had been anything improper in the inquiry that had already taken place. A verdict of Not Guilty was then taken, and the prisoner was ordered to be discharged from custody. COUNTRY MARKETS. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE-JAN. 4. Tho supply of farmers' wheat was good, which met brisk sale at is per qr. advance on Friday's rates. South country and Foreign grain in limited request, but holders firm. In the few transactions that occurred an improve ment of is to 2s was established. A better demand for flour, and full prices asked by holders. No improvement in barley. Oats steady: Beans and peas sold in retail, at former prices, Rye in some demand, but none offering. NEWARK-JAN. 4. At this day's market there was rather a fair supply of wheat, and sales were effected at the quotations of this day se'nnight, and in some instances rather dearer. Barleys were rather dearer. Oats unchanged in value. In beaus we have little alteration. White wheat, new, 44s to 48s Red do. 4os to 44s Old white 42s to 41s Red do.. 37s to 40s Barley, mating.— 38s to 43s Barley, grinding 27s to 300 Oats, old, 3os to 330 New do 24s to 283 Beans.. 44s to 480 Peas .55s to 570 HULL-JAN. 4. • At the market this morning there was a moderate sup ply of English wheat, for which the demand was good for best qualities. Prices firm, at last week's currencies. Barley trade inactive, and prices about stationary. In oats little alteration. Beans is up, and peas the same as before. Wheat.... 01e1\ white.. . . per qr 4ss Od to 47s Od Old red )9 New white .. „ New red .... , Dantzic, Konb., &c. old white 50s Od to 52s Od Dutch, Belgian, and French 4ss Od to 46s Od Baltic and Hamburg, red ...' 43s Od to 45s Od St. Petersburg and Riga, old. 385 Od to 39s Od Barley.... English malting 32s Od to 36s Od Grinding 2Bs Od to 308 Od Saal and Oderbruck Holstein and Danish 29s Od to 31s Od Grinding 26s Od to 28s Od Oats English, old Archangel and Riga, per.st Os lid to ii id Friesland and Dutch OBllO to is Od Swedish and Danish Oslld to Osllid Beans ....English, old, per qr 44s Od to 46s Od New pigeon 4os Od to 42s Od New tick. 39s Od to 40s Od Egyptian Peas Foreign breakers Grinding Tares ....Winter Bss Od to 90s fd Indian Corn 30s Od to 32s Od Linseed, feeding crushing Linseed cakes (Hull) • £9 5 oto £9 10 0 Foreign BlO oto 815 0 Rape cakes 6lO oto 615 0 Bones 512 6to 615 0 CORK-JAN. 4. The following were the quotations this morning :—Red wheat, 16s 6d to 19s 6d; white, 208 to 22s Od; barley lOs Od to 13s 8d; oats, lOs 6d to 12s 4d. An improved sale. DUBLIN-JAN. 4. At this morning's market the trade in wheat was of a rather better character, at an advance of 3d on last week's currencies for best qualities. The same may also be said of oats and grinding barley. Indian corn held for an advance which, however, was not realised. 's. d. s. d. a. d. s. fl• Wheat, white.. 22 6to 25 0 Do., new ..... 11 6to 13 0 Do., red .. 21 6t022 9 Bere Do., new .... 21 6to 24 6 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black ll otol2 0 Indian corn .. 26 oto 29 0 BRISTOL SUGAR-JAN. 5. The brokers' offices opened to-day after the holidays, but there was not much business done in sugars, owing to Wl porters requiring an advance of fully is per cwt. There i 5 no rum offering at present. LOCAL SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL--JAN. 5. The market declined in the morning, but closed rather firmer, though with little doing. Birkenheads, 67 674.-- Leeds Northern, 49—Dovers' 2 21 221—Berwicks, 941 —North British, 61 4—York and North Midland, 78 781 — Eastern Counties, 12 1 124 Midland, 103 I,—Chester and Holyheads, 46/ 7—Caledonians, 88f 4 —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 98/ London and North-Westerns, 97 East Lancashire, 96 97—Dutch Rhenish, 4 31 dis.-- Grand Trunk of Canada, 9k 4—Great Western, 561 7—* Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 40/—Blackburn, 114 6-16—Great Western of Canada, 161 MANCHESTER—JAN. 5. The market was rather quiet to-day, and prices lower. Midlands, 103 A— Sheffields, 4 0--Londons, 94—Leeds, 984—Rovers, 221---East Lancashire, 94. BIRMINGHAM-JAN. 5. The transactions to-day were limited, and the prices were lower. South Staffords, 101 4--London and N or th- Westerns, 97/—Birmingham an d Stour Valleys, 8 to 8/-- Great Western, 57—Birmingham and rerbys, 77 78. BIRTHS. BOURNE. —On the 3d inst., at Upper Homerton, Mrs. S. Bourne, of a son. ROGERS.—On the 4th inst., at 10, Queen's -gardens, Hyde park, the wife of . W. K. Rogers, Esq., of a son. RYRIE.—On the 11th Oct. last, at Jindabyne, N.S.W., the wife of Donald Eyrie, Esq., of a son. UPTON.—On the sth inst., at the Grove, Blackheath Mrs. R. B. Upton, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. FENDALL—PEARS.—On the 30th ult., at Windlesham, C. Bathurst, younger son of Lieut.-Colonel Fendall, late of 4th Light Dragoons, to Frances Cecilia, eldest daughter of the Rey. James Pears, of Woodcote House, Windle sham. WILLIAMS. — MESHA3I.—On the 4th inst., at St. George's, Hanover-square, Capel Hanbury Williams, Esq., of the Natal Civil Service, to Rosamond, eldest daughter of the late W. R. Mesham, M.D., of Bedford. DEATHS. ALBERRY.—On the 4th inst., Mr. James Alberry, of 152, Blackfriars-read, aged 62. ANDERSON.—At his residence, 5, Montpelier-terrace, Chel tenham, Simpson Anderson, Esq., aged 90. BADGER.—On the 2d inst., at 5, Bloomfield-street, West bourne-terrace, John Badger, Esq. BISHOP.—On the 31st ult., at Lewisham, Kent, the Rev. Hugh Arthur Bishop, M.A., rector of Clay-next-the- Sea, aged 59. BROWNE.—On the 4th inst., 46, Baker-street, Henry N. Browne, Esq., aged 69. GRAY.—On the 4th inst.. at 5, Paddington-green, Charles H. Gray, Esq., aged 35. LESLIE.—On the 2d inst., at Edinburgh. the Right Hon. George Evelyn Leslie, Earl of Rothes. LEWIS.—On the 4th inst., at Twickenham, the Rev. David Lewis, D.D., aged 80. LONGNIAN.—On the 4th inst., at 6, Earl's terrace, Ken sington, and of 1, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, John Thos. Longman, Esq., aged 52. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No: 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the Precinct of tho Savoy, in the county or Middlesez,Thursclay, January 6, 189. 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