The Sun. — London, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

THE GREAT MOGUL. (From Mevd'a Sepoy Revolt.) It is little more than halt a century since Lord Lake, whilst engaged in a campaign against the Mahrattas, encamped near the city of Delhi, and =akin his way into the palace, found there the re presentative of the royal house of Timor, in the person of an aged man, poor, helpless, and blind, the plaything of fortune, the prize, by turns, of numerous adventurers. His ancestors had, by the law of force, at one time acquired the dominion of all India, and the rule which had raised them to the pinnacle of greatne s had sunk him to the lowest depths of abasement. He had lived to see the dominions over which he had himself reigned the prize of successive conquerors, his wealth scat tered, his wives dishonoured ; and had reached the climax of human misery, when a brutal soldier scooped his eyes out with a dagger, and left him without the hope of better days. The English general seated him again in the chair of royalty, and in return for a parchment gift of the countries which he had won, and intended to keep, by the sword, allotted to him the first rank in the long line of mockery kings that once reigned, but now who merely live, in India. In public and private the Padshah, as he is called, received the signs of homage which were considered to belong to his p r e-eminent station. He has never' forgiven the Noglisti since a governor-general insisted upon having a chair in his presence ; and, until recently, the agent of the latter, when vouchsafed the honour of an audience, addressed him with folded hands, in the attitude of supplication. He never received letters, only petitions ; and conferred an exalted favour on the Government of British India by accepting a monthly present of 80,000 rupees. Merely as a mark of excessive condescension, he tacitly sanctioned all our acts, withdrew his royal approbation from each and all of our native enemies : and fired salutes upon every occasion of a victory achieved by our troops. Hitherto it would have been impossible to have found a royal ally more courteously disposed • and we believe it never entered the brain of the mos- suspicious diplomatist, that the treaties between the Great Mogul and the Hon. Company were in danger of being violated by his Majesty. To sweep away the house of Tamerlane would not have added one jot to our power. Out side the walls of his palace the King of Delhi, as he was termed, had no more authority than the meanest of those whom he had been taught to consider his born vaisals ; but within that enclosure his will was fate, and there were 12,000 persons who lived sub ject to it. The universal voice of society ascribed to this population the habitual practice of crimes of which the existence is unknown at home, except to the few who form the core of the corrupt civilisation of great cities. Its princes lived without dignity, and its female aristocracy continued to exist without honour. file physical type of manhood was debased, whilst the intellectual qualifications of both sexes, with one or two exceptions, did not reach even the Mahommedan standard of merit, perhaps the lowest in the scale of modern humanity. But a " Light of the World" could not exist even in these days without experiencing earthly troubles. His Ma jesty had no fear of Mahratta daggers, and his pen sion was paid far more punctually than were the revenues of his ancestors. Domestic troubles were more burdensome, perhaps, to his effulgent shoul ders than would be the cares of the universe, and there were no less than 1,200 little lights which radiated upon him from all parts of Hindostan, and required a great deal of oil to keep them burning. It was no uncommon thing for one of this celestial race to be obliged to live on 50s. a month, but in no case did he forget the dignity of his birth. A Mussulman is obliged to settle a dowry upon his wife, and a member of the Soolatun (plural of Sul tan) never endows her with less than 50,0001. Their sole occupation was confined to playing on the In dian lute, and singing the king's verses. Too proud to work with their hands, too ignorant to be useful with their heads, they would have been content to continue for generations to come in their lace miserable condition—forlorn mortals, empty alike in pocket and stomach, in heart and brain, and Conscious only of the possession of unsatisfied appetites. A MARRIAGE IN A MOUSETRAP. (Prom the Sunday Times ) It seems as though it were difficult for her Majesty and her counsellors in the important affair definitively to settle the details of the ceremonials and festivities that are to appertain to the royal marriage. First, it is announced, that there are to be grand processions, three in number, passing within view of a select portion of the British publics who are to have the privilege of squeezing them selves into some human peas, provided for the occa sion. This is subsequently contradicted. There are to be no processions, unless, iudee I, we are to give this name to the files of royal personages pass ing out of one room into anothtr in the gloomy Palace of St. James, to be witnessed only by those concerned, even the attendants being excluded, for want of space. Then it was announced that the public Might obtain tickets to view the processions, - on apslication to the Lord Chamberlain. We need not state, after what we have said, that this an nouncement has also received a con • radietion, or has been revoked, arrangements having already been made for the disposal of a few tickets which, in conse quence of the limited space in St. James's Palace, c m be given on the occasion." But then, as a compensation, the Lord Chamberlain announces that " the chapel and rooms will be exhibited to the public by ticket, immediately after the ceremony." Heaven forbid that we should indite a syllable savouring of a disloyal spirit ! We do not harbour it, while we deprecate the whole of what we may term the external arrangements for this royal mar riage, as amanget the badly mismanaged th ngs, which, if it were possible to lessen the affestionate loyalty universally cheris'ied towards the Queen, would be sure to have that effect. In addition to the gratification which Englishmen and women always take in showy ceremonial., and in the pomp and circumstances of royal processions, there is-- the truth must be told an interest of a commercial character attached to such things ; and it is neither discreet nor just in those who advise royalty on such matters, to wantonly divest them of that character. Everybody knows how much tradesmen at the west-end' depended upon the season,' to help them through their heavy payments for rent, taxes, and the other incidents of business ; and how much money used to be distributed in salaries and wages amongst the workmen, workwornen, and servants. That is now well nigh at an end. What with the attractions of Windsor, Osborne, and Balmoral, the residence of the Court in London is brief, in deed ; and that being so, the nobility and gentry which the Court draws around it in London, and nowhere else can scarcely be said to have a seasors' any more than the Court. And trade and com merce suffer accordingly. If her Majesty's tastes, or habits, or health necessitates this seeming dis regard of the prosperity of those on whom she largely depends for her comforts and luxuries, a royal marriage is, at least, one of the occasions that not only might, but should, be made to afford sore compensation for those losses which the regal loco motion of the time entails upon the trading portion of the metropolis. Mere pecuniary con siderations could not induce her Majesty to take the one of two courses which would withhold it. Had the marriage of our Princes Royal taken place in Westminster Abbey, thousands upon thousands would have participated in the festivities; directly or indirectly, trade would have been benefited, and multitudes, who have been suffering through the winter upon short commons,' would have ha i their hearts gladdened, and so, have joined in the chorus of general joy. As it is, the royal festivities will be flat, stale, and unprofitable' ' to all but a comparative few. They wh o pay the cost of these magnificent display s of England's hospitality and munificence are toovulgar to they provide. Sufficient forg upon the pageants ‘ th rooms. They Can gaze upon ma t the see tlitrisiarorott e shww th hu e elrd e e m t per have have trodden. atiefweddesires have ? Inordinate, indeed, the vulgar crowd, if they are not s liberty to staud upon ground hallowed by rowill the to build processions in the air, and to pay Y f a „ fe t t realities that have been enjoyed by the illustrious few. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. For the Two Thousand 4 to 1 was offered against Clydesdale, and 100 to 15 against Brother to Marehioness —7 to 1 would have been taken to money about the latter ; 10 to 1 was offered against any other ; 1,000 to 30 was was taken about Clydesdale this event and the Derby, and 1000 to 15 about Clydesdale winning this event and Sedbury the Derby. The Derby betting wss limited-12 to 1 was effered against Clydesdale, whilst his stable companion Sedbury was backed for 1001. M the price coots& DEBBY. 12 to 1 agst Clydesdale (offered) 18 to 1 aget Sedbury (takeil 1000 to 45 aget Ditto (taken) 1000 to 30 aget Sermon (offered) 40 to 1 agst Grand Secret (taken) 15 to 1 eget Sedbury and Ft z Roland coupled (taken) The general business of the port of London during the past week hal been very inactive. The number of sbips reported inwards was 128, including 9 with cargoes of sugar, 4 with dried fruit, and 17 with corn, flour, Sze The number cleared outward was 96, including 19 in ballast; and those on the berth loading for the Austra lian colonies amount to 50, out of which 2 were entered outwards in Sept., 0 in Oct,, and 19 in Nov. ANNUAL RETURN OF FIRES ATTENDED AND LIVES SAVED BY THB ROYAL SOCIETY'S FIRB ESCAPES AND COADUCTORS. Yesterday (Monday) being the commencement of the first week in the new year, Mr. Sampson Low, the secretary of the Royal Society for the Protec tion of Life from Fire, according to annual custom, laid before the committee the yearly return of the number of fires attended and lives saved by means of the escapes and. conductors ; from which it ap pears that, during the quarter ending March 31, 1857, not fewer than 104 fires were attended, and 21 lives saved, viz. :—at No. 92, East-street, Man chester-square ; No. 2, Minories ; No. 41, Kings land-road ; No. 15, New-street, Covent-garden, and No. 41, Aldgate. During the quarter ending June 30, the fires attended were 135, and the lives saved 19, viz., at No. 7, Leadenhall-street ; No. 150, Blackfriars-road ; No. 19, Eldon-street, Fins bury ; No. 10, Middle-row ; and No. 59, Exmouth street. During the quarter ending September 30, 135 fires were attended, and 13 lives saved, viz., at No. 14, Fore-street, Cripplegate ; No. 98, Old Gravel-lane ; No. 14, High Holborn ; and No. 61, Whitechapel. During the quarter finishing the last night of the old year, 142 fires were attended and 14 lives saved, viz., at No. 3, King-street, Long-acre ; No. 16, Sun-street, Bishopsgwe • No. 122, Cheapside ; No. 2, Spectacle-alley ; White chapel, and No. 25, New-road, St. George's-in-the- Eass ; making a total of 514 fires attended during the year, and 58 lives saved. This cannot fail to gratify thoso interested in the society's welfare ; in f sct, it must be a source of pleasure to all classes to learn that so many of their fellow-creatures have been rescued from such a dreadful fate as death from fire. Amongst the cases enumerated in the return are three worthy of especial mention. At the fire at No. 2, Minories, on the 25thof last January, when, from the number of persons not aroused from their beds, all equally in danger, and the house being thoroughly on fire, it required the greatest judg ment and determination to bring them all out in safety. This was accomplished, however, by the conductor's exertions, and the whole of the inmates, seven in number, were taken down the escape, the conductor only reaching the bottom of the canvas with the, last two children when the flames burst out of the window from whence he had just taken them. Also at the fire which occurred at 41, Ald gate, when it was mainly through the conductor's prompt attendance that the lives of five persons were rescued from inevitable destruction. In another case of fire in Spectacle-alley, there were upon the conductor's arrival with his escape no less than seven persons (including folir children) in the house, and it was owing only to the undaunted courage of Conductor Wood, of the Whitechapel station, that they were rescued in safety. Not only are the machines made useful in the preservation of human life, but they are likewise, from their great height. brought into action by the fire brigade, who, by conveying the branches up the ladder, are enabled to command greater in fluence over the flames than they could do by directing the water from the street. The escapes are kept during the hours of duty in a state of readiness, and upon the alarm - being given they are instantly taken to the scene of danger, and the society always remunerates those giving the " call." The fire-eecape brigade comprises a body of 60 well disciplined men, who are visited whilst on duty by the inspectors of the several districts ; this ensures their vigil tuce and attention to their duties. During the past year the society has increased the number of fire-escape stations for the metro polis, the number quoted in the return of 1856 having been 46, whereas they now number 56. The followi.:g stations having been added since that date: —Ball's-pond ; Richmond-road ; Barnsbury ; Care den-road, Holloway; Piccadilly; Golden-square, Southwark-bridge-road, Walworth-road, Old Kent road, Camberwell-green, High-street, Peckham. The committee attribute this success not only to their own endeavours, but also to the valuable and hearty co-operation they have at all times received from the c'iurchwardens and other officers of the parishes in which the escapes are situated. Three stations will shortly be added to the number—viz., at Tooley-s treet, London-bridge ; Ratcliff-highway, and St. John, Wapping; and the committee enter tain great hopes that the parishes of Poplar, Lime house, Stepney, and Bethnal-green will shortly co operate with the 'society, for in no part of London are fire-esespes more required than in these popu lous and closely-built districts. 431 persons have been saved from death by fire since 1843, and 3,563 fires attended by the escapes. ruE SUN :LONDON, TUESDAY i f EVENING, JANVART' 5, 'lB5-8. present in the infirmary of Camberwell workhouse in such a state that it is almost impossible she can recover. The unfortunate sufferer was pronounced to be in so dangerous a state on Saturday evening last that Mr. Smithers, the master of the workhouse, waited on Mr. Norton at this court to request that he would proceed to the workhouse and take her de position, and did so in the presence of the prisoner, who had been taken into custody. On being put to the bar yesterday the deposition of her daughter as taken by Mr. Norton was read over as the only evidence at present against her, and was as fol lows :—" About Monday fortnight my father and mother were quarrelling. My father wanted to beat her, and I tries to prevent it, and she gave me a push and threw me down stairs. My father hit her, and gave her a black eye and set it bleeding. I was suffering then with erysipelas, and was going to lie down on the bed, but she turned me out of it, got into bed herself, and compelled me to lie on the floor. My mother was very tipsy at the time, and my father on coming up stirs found me on the floor, and this was the reason for his hitting fay mother. I was following down stairs and begging of my father not to have any more words with my mother, when she pushed me down stairs, and I fell with the back part of my head on the edge of the stairs. The push she gave me was a violent one, and mother always spat her spite on me when she had a quarrel with father. Immediately after the fall I felt great pain in my he id, and I have been no better since. I had been ill a fortnight before this, and had not done anything to provoke her. When mother gets drunk, which she does at least once a-fortnight, she is like a mad woman. She' has struck me many a time, but not so badly as this, but I hope you will not punish her, for she has a young bahy." In reply to the questions of the mother, the poor girl, who seems rapidly approaching her end, acknowledged that her mother had gone to Dr. Flowers's for her, but she was then tipsy. She de nied having fallen out of the bed herself, and said her mother pushed her out. She (the mother), she said, aggravated her father before he struck her, and in conclusion she said she (her mother) had pushed her down stairs purposely, and caused the injuries to her head from which she was suffering. The prisoner, declining at present to say any thing in defence, was remanded. THE MURDER NEAR CARLISLE. The adjourned inquest on the body of Robert Irwin, the old man found lying dead on the road near Fenton, with his skall fractured and a deep wound behind one of his ears, was held in the Wesleyan Chapel, Fenton, on Saturday, before Mr. Carrick, coroner. Mary Ann Skelton, wife of Jacob Skelton, and daughter of the deceased, stated that her father had resided with them since last Whitsuntide. Her father had made an appointment on Claristmas- - eve to go to a prayer-tie-ting at six o'clock the following morning. He got up acc,rdingly, and her husband accompanied him to die door, closed it after him, and theft came back to bed. Her husband had once struck her father, and had given him a black eye. She did not know that her father was about to leave them, though there was a rumour t) that effect among the neighbours. Her father had about 1601. lent out at interest. Jacob Skelton was examined by his own consent. He said he did not go to the door until after the deceased had gone out, when he got up from the fire and bolted the door. He did not go out but went straight to bed after bolting the door. The cld man carried with hiin a bVck and a lantern. He wore a low-crowned hat, and wi , ness had heard him say that there were holes in it. When the old man was brought home he was quite insensible, and a doctor was sent for. John Bell stated that he discovered the body, about eight o'clock in the morning, 50 or 60 yards from Skelton's gate. The head was not on the hard metal of the road. When the old man was removed home, he thought Skelton's wife " This is Chriitrnas meetings." He afterwards went back to the spot where the body was found, and saw a stone. It was lying on the top of the mud, but was not buried in it. The report of the medical gentlemen upon the pist morte:n ex truination was here put in. it stated that the wounds could not possibly hive bee❑ c bused by a fall, and that one fracture had been caused before the old man fell, and the o hor pro bably when he was on the ground. Mr. Donald, guperintenqent of police, produced a hammer found in Shelton's house. Dr. Johnstone said such an instrument at this would be very likely to produce the wounds. The upper wound might have been produced by the face of the hammer, and the other with the sharp or pin. end. 4 Eleanor Dodd deposed that Mrs. Skelton had told her after the old man's death, that her hus band had set him through the gate. This sta'ement was denied by M rs . Sk e lt on , b u t re it era t e d by t tie witness, who stated that another witness was ready to come forward and prove it. ...William Parki n said. there was only a grass plot, 15 or 20 yards wide, between his home and the spot where deceased had been found, but he had heard no noise. The old man had often complained to Lim of ill-usage by Shelton, his sou-in-law. George Johnstone, one of Irwin's executors, pro duced his will, bequeathing the interest of his estate to Mrs. Skelton, and afterwards to her children. Ann Burrow deposed that she was standing with Mrs. Skelton at the garden gate on the day of her father's death. In the course of conversation Mrs. Skelton said, " What will become of me and my bairns, for my man will never stop in this coun try." Witness used to wash at Skelton's once a fortnight. They did not agree very well. The last time she was there Skelton said ho wished the old roan was cold in his gob (mouth). She had heard him use such expressions often. The de ceased had requested her to take him as a lodger, as he dared not stop any longer with Skelton. Some other evidence was then gone into, tend ing to show that it was impossible that the de ceased could have met his death by accident. After some conversation between the coroner further ther e and other. official' , it was agreed that Skelton, and adjournedsh j ou .. ldbe til a l p F p r r i e d h a e y nd n e e d x , t. and the inquiry farmers of li t a h v e • Skelto n committed ou man who accused two respectable robbed him. The men . were held to the sessions, although it was of theft. The proved that Skelton the old man Irri c t inflicted the fatal blows, suspicionad previously been convicted is that Skelton followed the door, and, after having bed. blows, returned to his DR. LIVINGSTON, THE Avg'OalT CHM SUGAR MILL —Our readers may remember AND TES arousing story which the Doctor told aboot a Xaerfather used to dine with him, and who was somewhat fond wh o c : sugar. Whet the suppli es ran s h ort, he wished to how sugar was obtained, and on being informed th at it was made from the su gar cane, which grows there t r , wild luxuriance, vibions of plenty a rose i n hi s mind. Ha ‘'o in procured a quantity of canes ; and when the Doctor !old him he could not manufacture them into sugar without machinery, he gave him ivory to purchase it, and all the other beautiful j) things in this country Mestrs. M'Onie and Mirrlees, engineers, Scotland-street, Tradeston, hays a small sugar miil nearly ready for 'Er. Livingston ; and we may venture to express the lope that this is but an earnest of what is to follow, and that at no distant day the olive-!abour market of Americ will have an efitctual counterpoise in that eastern lane Gicmgazo Chronick. MIDDLESBX SBSSIONS.—Jan 4. The January Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the county of Middlesex commenced this morning at Clerkenwell, before Mr. Paqhley, Q.C., Assistant- Judge, Mr. Pownall, Chairman, and a bench of magistrates. The calendar contains the names of 46 prisoners. The Assistant Judge shortly charged the grand jury. By a new arrangement made for holding the sessions there will, in effect, be a general gaol delivery for the county every fortnight, which will be a great convenience to the public, and the average period of prisoners being kept in custody before trial will not exceed eight days. James Mitchell, 33, was convicted of feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Margaret Allen, and stealing therein a feather-bed her property. The prisoner go: through a window in the prosecutries house, and had packed up her bed ready for carrying off, when he was detected. He was sentenced to bard labour for one year. Alfred Johnson, 17, and John Macdonald, 22, were indicted for breakingand entering thedwelling house of Edward Smith, and stealing therein two rings, value 101., his property. There was another charge against Johnson, in which Macdonald was included as an accessory after the fact. Johnson pleaded guilty. This offence was committed on the 14th Dec. by Johnson breaking a pawnbroker's window and taking out the property men ioned. The case against Macdonald was that he aided and abetted, but the evidence was not conclusive, and he was acquitted. Johnson was sentenced to three years' penal servitude. Joseph Preston, a broker, was indicted for a for cible entry upon premises, belonging to and in the possession of Edward Smith. He pleaded guilty, and was ordered to enter into a recognisance to come up for judgment when called upon. Alfred Moran, 30, one of the most expert pick pockets of the day, was convicted of stealing a sum of money from the person of one Wm. Henry Allen, in Oxford-street. He was detected by Green, a city officer. Fire convictions were proved against him ; two of them were under the Summary Act, and when before the magistrate on this charge he pleaded hard not to be sent to trial, but the magis trate committed him, as he was known to be an old offender. The Court passed upon him a sentence of five years' penal servitude. Richard Birch, 29, pleaded guilty to an indict ment charging him with assaulting and woundin g Alex. John &immer, the gate porter at Maryle bone workhouse. The prisoner is a low disorderly follow, and lived with a woman named Macdonald, whose character is as bad as his own. They had been for some time in receipt of relief, and the prisoner had been an inmate of the house at times, and on the evening of the 30th Dec. they made their appearance at the gate and demanded relief. The prosecutor told him he could not relieve them, and said the prisoner could have a ticket for the stoneyard, where he could earn ls. a-day. The prisoner said that was no use to him, and on the prosecutor turning his head for a moment he struck him a blow near the eye, which, brought him to the ground in a state of insensibility. The prisoner, as well as the woman he lived with, bad been in prison for assaults and misconduct, and he had refused work when it was offered him in his trade of a shoemaker. Mr. Tubbs, the relieving officer, proved that the prisoner and the woman had received ample assist ance from the palish, and that he was an associate of thieves. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to six months' hard labour. Mr. Metcalfe appeared for the pro.ecution, in structed by Mr. Randall, the parish solicitor. (Before Mr. Creasy.) - George Timlock, labourer, was indicted for steal ing 16 bushels of oats, the property of Messrs. Cur; is, Hervey, and Co., gunpowder manufacturers, of Isleworth, his masters ; and James Wright was indicted for feloniously re3eiving the same. Mr. Metcalfe prosecuted ; Mr. Mills appeared for the defence. The jury acquitted both prisoners. Thomas Rickards was brought up from the House of Correction to be dealt with es an incorrigible ro uo and vagabond, under the Vagrant Act The prisoner is a notorious beggar, and was taken into cut , tody by a constable of the Mendicity Society for stopping passers-by in Tavistock-square, and be seeching them "to give a few coppers to a poor hardworking -wan with a large family to support, to help him on the road." The prisoner has lived by begging for 30 years, and a list of no less than 25 convictions was put in against him, that being ' less than the actual number. Mr. Creloy sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for one year. Geo. Savill, 19, was found guilty of attempting to pick pockets in Whitechapel, and desperitely kicking the constable (181 H) who took him into custody. Mr. to Breton proueutecl, Mr. Platt was for the prisoner. The Court passed a sentence of 12 months' hard Labour. I _POL;CE lATELLIGEACE—Jan. 4. GUILDHALL—James O'Neale was brought up before Alderman Rose, charged with cutting and wounding a man named Richardson, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm. It appeared from he evidence of tho wife of the wounded man, that he and the prisoner had some dispute as to the payment for some rum, during which the prisoner accused Richardson of having an animosity against him, which so offended him (Ricbardson)that he took off his coat and challenged the prisoner to fight, and when the latter left him for the purpose of avoiding a conflict Richardson followed him up to his own room, and was soon afterwards heard to exclaim that the prisoner hid a poker, and he (Richardson) ran down stairs bleed ing from the head. He was very angry and excited, and was taken to the hospital, where he remains in a precarious condition, suffering from a fractured skull. The prisoner was remanded. THAMES.—Patrick Murphy, aged 23, George Sims, 22, and Catherine Crawley,.l9, who gave the name of Sullivan when she was taken into custody, were charged with being concerned with John Hen nessey, remanded on Saturday, Jeremiah Kallaher, sentenced tai two moaths' imprisonment on the 28th ult., Catherine Halloran, sentenced to 10 days' im prigonmont on the same thy, and others, in the wilful murder of Henry Morgan, a police constable of the K division, who was savagely beaten byKal laher and others on Boxin;.day, and died of the injuries he received on Saturday. The particulars of the occurrence appeared in The Sum of yesterday. After several witnesses had been examined, Mr. Self.) said he should remand the prisoners till Monday next, but he had no objection to take bail for Sims, if he could procure it. Sims was remanded with the other prisoners. An application is to be made to the Secretary of State for Kallaher to be brought up at the next ex amination. SOUTHWARK.—A short time ago two rather ood-looking coloured girls, who gave the names of Minnie and Rose Avery, appeared before Mr. Bur cham, being charged with begging in the streets. They were dressed as American slaves, and stated that they had escaped from Mr. Robertson's plan tation in Kentucky. Their case in the first instance excited much commiseration among the charitable, owing to the artful manner in which they told their story, and the distress through which they were supposed to have passed from Kentucky to Pitila delphia. The result was that his worship had let ters from several of the nobility offering them com fortable homes, and several sums of money were forwarded for their present necessities. Mr. Bur cham, however, was not perfectly satisfied as to the correctness of their story, owing to a letter lie reeeived, consequently the matter was put into the hands of Mr. Braufurd, the superintendent of the M division, who directed Sergeant Baker t) make inquiries about them. The result was that after considerable difficulty he suspected the younger girl was the daughter of an Irishman residing in Wentworth-street, where they lodged, and an old black woman iu Chelsea Hospital. They were con fronted before Mr. Burcham, when they all reso lutely denied all knowledge of each other. His worship, however, was of opinion that the tale was false, consequontly he refu-es 1 to have anything more to do with them, and they were cautioned not to beg again. A doubt still existed that they might be what they stated, especially as there was no di rect proof to the con' rary. However, it is now set at rest, Mr. Burcham having received the following letter frown one of the guardians of Chelsea Hos pital : "Sir,—lt may be satisfactory to you to know that you art ived at a proper cAaclusion in this case , as proved l,y the sea :—T o o l e k h fa c t u b s e e r ) of wayth e taken giils o an w l a d s i a eil inmateof following cil Chelsea ill the mother, accompanied by one calledyofettheerdgayir,lsa,r,(i confront e d with the porters at once acknowledged that to to-lay y o see the corpse, and when again the whole was a deceit, which they were prompted by others to practise on the benevolent. —I am, Sir, your obedient servant, "J. H. WALKER, " One of the Guardians of the Poor of Chelsea. " Wellington square, Dec. 31." •••••••..IMI LAM B ET II • Sarah Bennett, a middle-aged woman of dissipated appearance, was charged with causing such injuries to be inflicted on her daugh ter .1i: pay, a girl of 16 years of age, that khe i 6 a THE RIOT AT ASETON. At the Ashton Town-hall yesterday morning a full bench of magistrates assembled for the exami nation of the militia-men apprehended on Friday evening for being concerned in the riot. The Mayor (Mr. H. Booth) presided. Adjutant Russell and Lieut. Fleury were present. The names of the 14 prisoners produced were as follows :—Jas. 111‘Der mot, M. Riley, P. Caley, P. Garrerdy, P. Coyne, J. Mallabond, J. Kane, J. Skelly, J. Murthie, J. Bayley, P. Walsh, E. Conolly, P. Smith, and J. Cuff. The number of militiamen apprehended was 16, but they were delivered up by t, ,e police to the custody of the officer in command of the regiment on the understanding that they should be brought before the magistrates yesterday. Only 14, how ever, were produced, and it was stated that two had given wrong names on their apprehension. Mr. N. Buckley, the chief constable, stated that about seven o'clock on Friday evening a cicifian, named Murphy, went to the Shepherd's Inn, Old strs,t, and quarrelled with the persons drinking there. On leaving, he said there would bs a dis turbance, and he returned shortly with six or seven militiamen, carrying their belts in their hands, and one of the said, " Where is the man who dare ' strike me ?" Another cried out, "Go on Milli gan," and they then attacked the civilians with their belts. They were driven out, and when out side they broke the windows. Their numbers in• creased, and they divided into parties, by one of which the shop of Mr. Stanley was entered and the windows broken. They marched through the streets, brandishing their belts and shouting. The fire-bell was rung, special constables summoned, and 20 militiamen apprehended, but four were afterwards discharged, having been taken to the Town-hall merely to protect them from the crowd. The first witnesses examined were John Harling, a tripe-dresser, who was at the Shepherd's Inn at the time of the riot ; Eliza Cunningham, the land lady ; and Dunn, tho policeman sent for to the public-house. These gave evidence corroborative of the chief constable's statement, and proved that the gas-piping of the house was torn up and the glasses smashed. Dr. Lees stated that he was passing along Ohl street shortly after 7 o'clock on Friday evening. On going up the Avenue he saw shopkeepers putting up their shutters , and some of the windows broken. On going towards Cunniugham'a public-house he saw three or four militiamen running from that direction, and carrying their belts in th e i r h an d s . Three of them rushed at witness, saying, " Thats him," They struck him several times over the head and face with their belts. His hat was knocked off and broken in. At th4t moment a person in the crowd called out, " That is Dr. Lees," and witness siid, "I am not a policeman, why do you attack me I" After that he received no further molestation. His upper lip was bruised by a blow from a he . t. He could not ideutiiy lay of the prisoners. Sarah Ann Stanley said she assisted in her father's shop at the corner of the Market Avenue. On Friday evening she saw the militiamen break ing windows at Cunningham's house with their one nn d. entered. o,, hisa belts, while another body of them were running up rr A iv A s al an d town the streets. In a few minutes afterwards one of them entered her shop and struck her on the breast, knocking her down. There were several Inspector e e l :: aaclswpiicnkn, spinner, soon 11 messenger pushedsth the the militiaman of out of the shop. and took it from man got outside he broke the glass with his belt. w in a e s n se outside,ntfore b r u f t a only the father, Rogers, a man who saw the prism,r Maiiabend hs striking k l a t i erfitgenreaxapteswre parson o t e n nr 00 with s i e t s h were strugglee bayonet, e a y; oji 7 tk who was looking on when a militiamen struck him across th e face, entirely Rua bing his nose and rendering him senseless. He was found in a field near Kenworthy's pit, whore he had been carried and thrown down. He did not ree)ver conscious- f news till next minting._ _ _ The prisoners were all identified as having taken part in riots, except Bayley, Kane, and Conolly, who were discharged. They all denied their guilt, asserting that they had only used their belts in self defence; 2n€l some of them attAnpteci to show that they wore intoxicated, but the evidence on this point was not conclusive. The I 1 prisoners against whom the charge was proved were committed for trial at the Salford Sessions. THE SERIOUS DISTURBANCE A]IONO THE _PAUPERS AT p.REsToN. In consequence of the threatening attitude of the pauper labJurers, as reported in The Sun of yes terday, the magistrates on Sunday evening issued the following proclanntion : "PROCLAMATION, " BOROUGH OF PRESTON TO WIT. "Whereas information has beengiven to he r Majesty's jastices of the peace acting in and for the said borough, that large numbers of persons have tunou:tuout-ly aseetn bled together io the immediate neighbourhood of the offices of the board of guardians, and used threati tend ing to a breach of the peace ; " The mayor and tnagidtates of the borough hereby warn all persons that such conduct is illegal, and that a repetition of it will subject the offenders to severe punish tnent. " The mayor and magistrates further give notice that due means have been taken for the preservation of the future peace of the town. " By order, "THOS. DODD Clerk to the Magistrates. "Preston, Jan. 3," Theiniu . ing of this man if es t o cause d cons iderable sensation in the to wn . Y esterday (M on d ay ) morn ing the moity of the men paid by Kenyon, reliev ing officer, went to w or k on the moor, but ceased at no n, refusing to be employed the whole of the day. The other half of the paupers (who have been put on in the afternoon hitherto) refused likewise to com ply with the order, and, instead of going to their work in the morning, did not attend till noon. There were larg e quantities of stones on S a turday night in the yard of the relieving offices, Sand street, where the men are paid, and it was appre hended at the tim e that the (UsaffeUed labourers would use these m i ss i les in the ou tb rea k o f th eir violence. Yesterd ay the atones were c tr t e d aw ay t o prevent their b e i ng used. The mag i s t ra t es a l so swore in 50 special constables, and communicated with the com man d ant of the m ili tary a t th e bar ricks, Fulwood, near Preston. At half part 1 o'clock in the of ernoon th e guardians me t a t t h e B oar d room to consult as t o t h e best metho d o f re p ress i ng th e mutinous spirit of th e men an d en forcing the regu lations. There were present Messrs. M. Satterth waste ( he chairra an ) , Di xon' L o ng worth, Dewhurst, Wad, Jones, C. S att erthwaite, Dobson, Maynard ; Mr. R. As croft (the Town-Clerk), and Mr. Gibbocs, the Superintendent o f P o li ce . Mr. Acroft sug gested th a t th e paupers shou ld b e k e pt as separate as possible w h en t h ey were pa id ;and with that ob ject that they s h ou ld b e pa id i n different places and et different times. Mr. Dixon sugges' ed that the practice of dispensing the relief half in meal should be discontinued, and the men paid eutirelyininoney He knew th e men were i n th e h a bit of selling the meal below its value—one man sold 41b. for 3d. It was agreed to pay the men entirely in money after the following rate : —ls. for a full day, and 6(1. only for half a day. It was further arranged that Roscoe, relieving officer, should pay his men at the work house near the moor ; the other half of the labourers to be paid by Kenyon at the offices in Saul-street ; policemen to be provide-1 to take into custody all who might be disorderly, or who might attempt to create a disturbance on not receiving their day's pay for half a day's work. _ _ _ - Mr. Ascroft—The labour-masters should make a return to you of the ringleaders. The Chairman—The labour masters named two who are great " spouters" (talkers) among them. They are active men, and are always spouting. Mr. Aqcroft—You. should summon them before you, and let them know that they are watched. With the view of enforcing the regulations, Mr. Gibbons undertook to provide 30 pol;ce officers at the workboose, and 30 at the offices in Saul-street; and he left the meeting for that purpose. The relieving officers were directed to go and pay the men immediately, as they arrived, and before they assembled in a crowd, and a number of guar dians volunteered to attend at each place. The Chairman said the disturbances were no doubt provoked by a score or two of refractory men. It was resolved that the labour masters should be required to furnish immediately the names of all the leaders and agents in the mutiny, and also give notice to the men that all -who were willing to work a full day might receive a shilling. The committee was further empowered to purchase wheelbarrows, spades, and other implements, and to take such means as were necessary for carrying out the labour test. Mr. Ascroft promised to attend while the men were being paid. This was the state of things when our reporter left. To prevent a misunderstanding, it is necessary to state that ls. a-day is not the only sum the part;esreceive ; a man with a wife and two children, for instance, will tweive 2s. in money, 2s. in kind, and six pays on the moor—total, 10s. The men intendel on Saturday night to make an flit ick upon the provision shops in the town if they had not received the'r shilling. THE SHOREHAM PO ISO V ING CASE.- INQUEST ON THE BODIES. Yesterday an inquest was held at the Burrell Arms Inn , Shoreham, before Mr. F. H. Gal, co roner for East Sussex, upon the bodies of Estt.er Puttick, married woman, aged 37, and her step son, F. Puttick, aged 15, who came by their deaths in the manner and under the circumstances de scribed in the following evidence : The jury having viewed the bodies in the cot tage in which the tragedy took place proceeded to a bedroom in the same cottage to hear the deposi tions of Thomas Puttick, who is still too ill to leave his bed. On being sworn he deposed follows : lam a butcher at New Shoreham. Esther Ann Puttickt, one of the deceased, was my wife, and F. Puttick, the other deceased, was my son. My wife was 37 years of age, and my son nearly 16. He was not engaged in any business. On Thursday morn ing last, 31st of Dec., about 9 o'clock, I went up to my slaughter-house. We talked about the dinner. I think I said " There is a little flour in the house, you may as well make a little pudding." The Coroner—Who proposed this pudding, you or she I—Well, I cannot tell you exactly. I think I said " You may as well make a little pudding." What sort ef a pudding I—A hard pudding—flour and water. After thatl went away. and came b tck a little after 1 o'clock, when I had done work. My little boy was then gone up the hill, and my wife was busy washing. When I came in she left off, and came and put tke dinner on the table. She placed pudding and cabbage and bacon on the table. —Did you see her take the pudding out of the pot I —I think that was done in the other room. It was not on the table when I came in, she pre pared the dinner in an adjoining room. It con sisted of boiled cabbage, pudding, and bacon, all hot. My son, the deceased, did not dine with us then. My wife and I dined together. She partook of the pudding, bacon, and cabbage. I did not 01) serve whether she ate heartily or not. I also par took of everything. I ate more of the cabbage than I did of anything else. Just before I left the slaughter-house I had a bun and a pint of porter, and that rather took my appetite away. I did not eat so heartily as Ido sometimes. In the course of the morning I had partaken of two pins of por ter. My son came home about an hour afterwards. The first thing after dinner my wife cleared away, and she came over very sick and pale. She had a pain in her chest, of which she had complained for some time. That was about a quarter of an hour after dinner. Some people then came in to see what was the matter. My wife's sickness continued a long time, and she vomited a great deal. What do you call a long time ?—Well, it con tinued all that day and all night. She was at the same time purged. For some time, about a month before, she had complained of a pain iu her chest, and she did s© also on that morning, about nine o'clock, just before I went out I also experienced symptoms of sickness very shortly afterwards. About half-past 2 I began to vomit also. People still kept coming in, and I said I would go up to Mr. Hore, surgeon. I did go to Mr. lore, and told him how she was, that she had got a pain in her s'de. He asked me what she had been eating, and I told him. He said she had the spasms. I did not mention the vomiting and purging, because she had not begun hardly when I went away. She kept on retching and retching, but could not bring any thing up. Mr. Here did not come to see her, but gave some stuff in a little bottle, the half of which he told me to give her then, and the remainder in half an hour. I was gone about a quarter of an hour. On my return Ilound my wife rather worse than when I went away ; she was distracted almost. The people downst sirs, or one of them, sent for Mr. Fuller. I was in such pain that I did not know what to do, and could not go. When my little boy came in, that was about half-past 3, I said to him, " Fred, don't eat that cabbage ; it has upset me most terribly." I then set out the pudding, which had been cut off, buttered, and ph iced in the oven for him. He did not eat any of the cabbage, but took the pudding that bad been cut off for him, and some of the bacon. After dinner he went up to the train to watch for Mr. Fuller, who was absent when first sent for. On the road the boy also took ill, and could hardly get home. By a juror—The pudding was prepared and cooked in my absence. The Coroner—did you see your son on his return? —Yes ; he looked very pale indeed. He also vomited. He ►hen went upstairs and lay in this bed. We were then all ill togetherrbut my symp toms were not so violent as theirs. Mr. Fuller came about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and attended to us. My son died on Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, and my wife died on Friday morning be tween 11 and 12 o'clock. The Coroner—Do you happen to know where the flour was procured of which the pudding was made ?—lt was bought the day before. Who bought it ?—Why, my little boy went after it. We had a pudding of it the day before, of which I partook. On the previous day we had also bacon and cabbages. The fl Mr was bought at Mr. Adams' ; be is a miller. I did not expel ience any evil consequences from the dinner on Wednes day. On Thursday morning I saw the bag in which the flour is usually kept. It contained something which I loctlieve was flour. The re mainder of the flour was consumed on Thursday. The flour was kept in a bag in a cupboard. You think the pudding on Thursday was mach of the same flour as that on Wednesday Is—l am certain it was, sir. The bacon was kept in the same cupboard. The whole of the bacon was eaten on Thursday. The cabbage came from our garden. It was cut partly on the same morning and partly the dsy before. It was not put in the cupboard. The Coroner—Now, are you in the habit of using arsenic for any purpose ?—Yes, sir. For what purpose I—For destroying mice, sir, for farmers. Had you any in the house on Thursday ? Yes, sir. Do you know what quantity I—No, sir, I don't know exactly ; 2 oz or 3 oz. perhaps. White arsenic ?—Yes, sir. Where did you keep it I—ln a chest, sir, in the next bed-room ; I have kept it there for years. Is the cheat kept locked?—lt was in general kept locked. My wife very often wanted the key, as she kept her apparel in the same chest. It was not locked that morning. Had your wife the key that morning I—Well, I think sh© had, because the key was in it. She had access to the chest as well as I. sometimes I kept the key and sometimes she did. I did not see the chest that morning. You had not been to it fur any arsenic ?—No, sir, not since list Monday ; a week to-day. I think since then my wife kept the key. The key was found in the lock of the chest. _ _ _ Now, what way was the arsenic kept in the chest? —One little lot of about two ounces as near as I cm tell, was contained in a bladder. That I used to carry about with me. The remainder, about the same quantity, was iu a paper. Did you notice, when you last went to the chest, whether the paper had been disturbed at all ?—No, s:r, I did not. When Mr. Fuller took it out of the chest I don't know what stale it was in. How near was the flour placed to the arsenic ?--- The flour was placed in a cupboard down stairs, and the arsenic was kept in a chest which was up stairs. A juror —Did your wife ever use any arsenic for any purpose ?—No, never ; she would never touch it ; and when anybody came from the country for some " stuff," she always waited until I came home. She knew that it was arsenic I had in the chest, and could not have, taken it out in a mistake for flour. After her illness she did not say to what cause it was owing. On Monday I mixed the arsenic in an old quart pot, which I cleansed thoroughly afterwar is. Did you eit any of the butter that you say was put on your son's pudding Yes ;we had all the same. Did you mix the arsenic with butter ?—Yes ; with fresh butter. Did your son Frederick know where you kept the poison ?—No, I don't think he did. He left home in the morning the same time as I did. Wasn't your wife subject to fits of a morning ? Yes, nearly every morning. When she came to she would do anything. She looked as wild as a hare, and did not know what she was about. Mary Ann Fleming, who lives next door, corro borated as to the nature of the sufferings which the several persons had undergone. She had always thought there was something peculiar about the deceased woman, but she did not consider her at all deranged. Believed she was subject to fits, and had heard that she was rather intemperate in her habits, though she did not know it to be true. Never saw her more cheerful than on Thursday morning, and heard her singicg two or three times during the morning. Edward Henry Moore, chemist and member of the Pharmaceutical Society, deposed that he maoe an examination of what had been represented to him as the vomit of the woman. In that he dis covered arsenic. He had also analysed a portion of the pudding which he had received from Mr. Fuller, surgeon. In that he also found arsenic in great abundance ; infect, so great was the quantity of arsenic in the pudding that he believed 2oz. of it would be sufficient to destroy human life. He also examined a quantity of flour, about 2oz. or 3oz , which had been taken from the bag, but he did not discover the least trace of arsenic. From Mr. Fuller he had also received a dark-coloured fluid, which was said to be the evacuation of the man 20 hours aft r he was supposed to have taken the poison. In that he also succeeded in discovering the presence of arsenic. Tee inquiry was then adjourned for a short time for the purpose of awaiting the medical evidence respecting the post-mortem examination which the jury had ordered to be made. On resuming, Thomas Ful er, surgeon, of Shoreham, gave evi dence as,to his being called iu to attend the family on Thursday. He described their symptoms, which were such as would be occasioned by arsenic. When first called in he had not been aware that Puttick was in the habit of keeping arsenic in the house, and upon hearing it from one of the neighbours he asked Puttick, who admitted it was true, and described where it was kept, and the position in which it was placed in the chest. up stairs. In answer to his inquiry, the deceased woman ad I she could not account for the poison getting into the pudding. Witness then spoke to the post-mortem examination, which he had just come from making on the bodies. Arsenic was not to be detected in either of the bodies with the naked eye, although the redn-ss of the intestines would lead to the belief that they had died from the effect of arsenic. From each he had tiken th e stomach, kidneys, and a piece of the liver, and has them preserved in separate jars for analytical pur poses, should any subsequent discovery render that necessary. Ro! ert Puttick, cousin to Thomas Patrick, bad been present white the family were suffering from the effect of the poison. Knowing that Puttick was in the habit of keeping arsenic in the house, ha asked the deceased woman if she had broughtdown any arsenic 1 She said she bad not. He then asked her if she ever touched the arsenic at all on any pretence ? She said "she never touched it ; she would not do so. No one was allowed to go near it but herhusband, who was very particular." Wit ness had also been present at the death of the boy. Just before his death he implored him, if he hid anything to say to him to say it at once. The lad gave him no answer, and very shortly died in the greatest agony. Sergeant Parnell, of th e East Sussex constabulary, deposed to having received two packages of arsenic from Mr. Fuller, and that they had not since left his possession. This being all the evidence, The Coroner spoke of the mysterious nature of the case, the absence of any motive to lead any one to the commission of the crime of administering the arsenic, and also the absence of any evidence tend ing to implicate anybody in its commission. It was clear beyond doubt that the two deceased had died from the effect of arsenic, but beyond that the evidence did not go. It would be for the jury to say whether they would return a verdict to that effect at once, or adjourn the inquiry for further evidence. Tue jury then retired, and after a short delibera tion decided upon adjourning the inquest for a fort. night, ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES AT LIVERPOOL AND CLEVER CAPTURE OF NIB TMEVES. On Saturday evening last, a telegraphic commu nication was received at the Gre-nwich Police station, giving the description of twa men who, after sleeping at the coffee shop of Mrs. Armitage, 148, Dale-street., Liverpool, absconded alter forcing an entrance into the bed-room and stealing there from 1351. in Bank of E ,gland notes and gold, together with two gold brooches. Whilst staying aethe'coffee-Itouse one of the men had a letter di rected for him tcea collegein an in Greenwich Hos pit.,l, and on the robbery being discovered, the first thought that sueg , sted itself was that the thieves belonged to, and might possibly be found at Green wich. Accordingly, an officer of the Liverpool con stabulai y, with the son of Mrs. Armitage, arrived in Greenwich on Sunday, in order to prosecute their search. Yesterday morning, about noon, they were together at the' Prince of Wales Tavern, London s,r, et, Greenwich, when the band of the Royal Marines happened to pass through the town play ing. Tifis attracted the attention of the officer and Mr. Armitage, and whilst listening to the mus i c they espied the two identical me;) whom they were in quest of, and having obtained tl,e a-sistance of Constables Smith, 213 R, and Wyman, 72 R, both men were speedily in custody. A cab was then called, into which they were bpth forced, when one of them was observed to throw something out of the window, which, on bring picked up, was found to be a 101. note. They were then taken to the station, and on the cib being sub equently search ed, a purse containing 51. in gold was found under one of the seats. Ttiey gave their names He--ry Smith, 23, and Robert Moore, 20, but refused their address. Yesterday afternoon, from fuither informatio n rece i ve d, M r . I ns p ec t or Wilson caused a Greenwich Collegeman, named Phillmore, and his wife, and a woman named Minze, to be appre hended on a charge of feloniously receiving a part of the stolen property, and from facts then divulged, the 641. in gold, and seven Si. .notes were after wards taken possession of by the police from a man with whom the amount had been deposited, uncon scious that it was the proceeds of the robbery, and who will appear as a witness against the prisoners. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT TOTTENHAM. On Saturday evening a long inquiry was gone into before Mr. Baker, at the Chapereaux Inn, Park Station, Tottenham, relative to the death of Mary Anne Herb:rt, aged 21, who was thrown out of a chaise cart, in Marsh-lane, on Thursday last. Iti appeared from the evidence of several wit nesses that the deceased was in the vehicle, which was drawn by ole horse, with two male friends. They were going down the lane about four o'clock in the afternoon, at a steady pace, when they were inet by a cart going in a contrary direction. In order to avoid a collision, the driver of the vehicle in which the deceased was caused the near wheel to pass up a bank. in doinc , this, the wheel came suddenly in contact with the stump of a tree that had been cut do wn, when the chaise cart was turned completely over, the deceased and one of her com panions being under it. She was removed to the Chapereaux Inn, and a surgeon was sent for, who at once stated that life was extinct. There was a severe injury on her forehead, and it was the opinion of the medical gentleman that she had re ceived a fracture of the skull, which had caused instant death. In answer to the Coroner, it was stated by some of the witnesses that the sp-t in question in Marsh lane the road was only 16 feet wide, and too narrow for two vehicles to pass. The foreman and some of the jury observed thkt Marsh-lane was a great thoroughfare to the Eattern Counties Railway, and that it ought to be widened at the pat t where the accident happened. The Coroner observed that ho would write to the Tottenham Board of Works, and that he had no doubt, upon the representation of the juty, the roal way would be widened. Verdict—" Accidental death." [ADVERTISEMENT.] Earl of Aldbnrough and Pills.—An astounding cure by this miraeu hius medicine, after every other means had failed. See extract from his lordship's letter, dated Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845 :—" To Professor Holloway Sir,—l beg t acquaint you that your pills have ft ffectei a cure of a disorder in my liver and stomach, Which all the most eminent of the faculty, at home and all over the Continent, bad not been able to effect —nay, not even the waters of Carlsbad or Mrienbad. (Signed) ALDBOROUGII." These wonderful pills will cure any die orders of the liver or stomach.—Sold (also Holloway's OiatTent) ; at Professor Holloway's Establit.hment-, 244, Strand, London, and 80, Maiden-lane New York ; by A. Stamps, Constantinople ; A, Guidicy, SaayrnA and E. Muir, Malta. CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY. (From the Lancet.) Any ambitious metaphysician of sopiring genius de voted to the study of the doctrine of probabilities may find ample scope for original speculation in seeking to • fairly apportion the amount of moral guilt amongst those directly or indirectly implicated in any great crime. It is essential to the well-doing of society that murderers should receive the punishment of death. Yet there can be little doubt that many a man who has hang for his crime would have been held comparatively guiltless could the responsibility of the act have been apportioned se cording to abstract principles of justice, and that Mac heath would have had no occasion to sing-- ".It's strange we have not better company Upon Tyburn tree." A Well of three days' duration has just been concluded at Glasgow, which affords abundant material for much speculation. James Thomson, a journeyman taifor, ad ministered a doseof prussicacid to &young woman named Agnes Montgomery, which rapidly caused her death. He escaped detection at the time, as it is probable many other criminals escape detection in Scotland, through the absence of a coroner's inquest. Twelve days afterwards he again administered prussic acid to a man and his wife, having mixed it with some whiskey, of which he invited them to partake. They narrowly escaped death. Prus sia acid was detected in the spirit, and the body of the girl, subsequently exhumed, presented abundant evidence of her death being occasioned by this poison- For n either of these crimes could any motive be assigned. The prt. Boner was condemned to die, and we believe the verdict was nsostjust, though his perfect sanity seems more than ques- tionable. For we confess to little of the fine-drawn gni. paths , which relieves the perpetrator of a deliberately planned murder from due punishment because he does not come up to a certain standard of inganity. When we see criminals so frequently feign madness, and bear counsel cross-examine witnesses with the sole object of proving it, we may well be more cautious in granting reprieves on the score of insanity. In reading the particulars of the above ease it neces sarily becomes a matter of surprise how a, poor tailor could obtain possession of such an amount of so poisonous a drug. On the trial the prisoner's shoprnates proved that a good deal of conversation took place about the time of Miss Smith's trial regarding the rapid effects of prussic acid, which they said was sometimes used for photogra• phic purposes. A carrier's boy proved that he took a note from the prisoner to Hart's, a druggist in Glasgow, from whom he got a phial. He could not read, but another boy read the note on the way, and said it was for prussic acid. The prisoner told the carrier's boy that be wanted the stuff to dye his hair, but if he was asked by the drug gist he was to say it was wanted by a photographer. The druggist's shopman proved that prussic acid was supplied to the carrier's assistant on Sept. 12, and the latter said he gave it to the prisoner on the morning of the 11th, the day of Agnes Montgomery's death. It was proved that the carrier's boy got a second supply of prussic acid at Hart's on Sept. 24, the day before the second admi• nistration of poison. We cannot better express our opinion of the man who sold the poison than by quoting the words of the judge in summing up the case. Hi. said, " that he never knew of a more singular piece of carelessness in selling poison than that exhibited by Stirling, the chemist, Hart's as sistant. He got no satisfactory answer to his question as to who the acid was wanted for, and did not believe . that it was intended to be put to the use alleged, and yet gave it without inquiry. He (the Lord Justice Clerk) would not retract what he had said the day before to Stirling himself, and would repeat, that the death of the girl ought to lie on his mind for life. . • But we must go further back than the chemist who supplied the deadly drug. When the Sale of Poisons Bill was shelved last session we thus wrote in these salaams :—" If dearly-bought experience is to be taken as a guide, this delay of a bill restricting the sale of poisons may be accompanied by the death, either acci- dental or intentional, of some whose li ves th e t i me l y passing o f a judicious measure might have saved."— Med. Innot, August 22, 1857. Had this bill been then passed, and at once carried into effect, the man now condemned to death could not have obtained the poison in the easy manner above narrated, and the woman would, probably, have been alive, for no extreme vindictiveness was proved against the prisoner. There is a chain cf moral inculpation , sufficiently puzzling. Whether it will serve as a warning to members of Parliament who are preparing to °ppm' the introduction of a measure calculated to prevent the recurrence of such crimes remains yet to be seen. Country Manietz. CHELMSFOII.D—JAN. 1. There was a fair supply of wheat at our market to-day. - Beet wheats realised 2s and inferior is more wet .1 3 :beet baileys also is dearer. All other kinds firizt, at termer rates, ezcept beans, which were is cheaper, and sales dull. Wheat, white, old, per s. a. qr.sl 55 I O a t s s. 0. , per qr. ........... 24 29 new 44 55 I Peas, Partridge ....,,,40 43 red, old 43 1,0 White ............ 38 42 new 43 49 ' Boiling .........39 44 Barley 34 40 Dun 18 40' Chevalier 35 41 I Beans, Tick .36 38 Grinding .......... 30 33 H arrow ticks 36 40 Malt 70 73 I Mazagan 33 36 Ch.:wailer ..........72 73 Ditto, new 33 35 Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn, Ice, in the port of London, from the following pl Dec. 27 to Jan. 2, both inclusive. ~ received nts, frost • g g S a, 4 Colchester Bl 106 1310 27 -- Harwich — 610 900. Leigh 1 197 29 ( Nialdon j 753, 291, 24 ,323 60 9~0. COLCHESTER— JAN . . 2. A fair supply of wheat, and last week's prices were well maintained. Malting barley met a brisk sale, at is per qr. advance. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 50s to 568 red, 46s to 525; barley, 36s to 44s ; oats, 23s to 30s ; beams, Mazagan, 36s to 383; middle and small, 38s to 445; peso, white, 418 to 46s ; grey, 40s to 445. KIRKCALDY —JAN. 1. Wheat. Barley. ,iOats. I Beans. First sos Od I 3_;s 01 25s Od I Os 04 Second 46s rid , I 28s Od 22s Od Os 0 1 I Third 32s Od 22s 01 1.9 s Oil Oa Od A- . This being the N e w Year's-day ERDEEN—JAN Z our market was thinly attended. Few transactions in grain took place, and the prices nominally as last week. Potato oats •DsOd to 20s Od 1 401bs per bushel Common oats 18 s Od to 18s 6d f Bere 23a Od to 256 Od Wheat i 531ba ' Barl 23a Od to 25s Od ey , red (spri ng )3o s Od t o 33 s Od J 621bs " , white 28s Od to 44 s Od Oatmeal 15s Od to lrs Od per boll. Flour 38s Od to 398 Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 5d to Bd Butter, p lb. a --...d t o i s Oa I Mutton, per lb 5d t o 8d Eggs, p doz. Os fkl to Os 91 Lamb, do., Os 5d to 0 , 4 8d 1 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6d Veal, per lb ... 5d to Os 8 i Chickens,do. 2B Od to 2s 61 Pork, per1b...03 Od to Os Od Ducks, do,, is 6.1 tots 01 Salmon, per lb .... ..... Os Od Ducklings,clo2s Od to 2s 6 1 Grouse, per brace Os to Os I Turkeys, each Os Od to 0, 01 Tallow, p stone, Os to --s 01 Potatoes, pr pock, —d to 101 Rabbits, eac h 7d to Bd. Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt....86s to 100 1 Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen -d to 12S RETAIL PRICES. P10ur,141b....0s Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.oB to le 81 Oatmeal .....,Os Od to is 7d „ dust, Beremeal ....Os Od to is Cd , per lb 2d to 20 Peasemoal.., O s Od t o 2 s 4d Sid ' s, 7d Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 4s 6d 4-Ib. 10af.,.6d. 12-Ib. 10af...3d. ‘ RT.-JAN. 4 , the close of tho market Wallsendi Nixon's Duffryn. ausselVe.Hetton flraddyll • ibson South Hetton Tees 'Cowpon Hartley ... Eden Main - Northumberland ... Lyon's Stone Coal tietgit 'lan ..... Stet at '8 • ................. Whitworth ............. Kelloe &corn Close Haswell Framwellgate 1... t, 67 ; sold, 57 COAL MAR: Prices of Coals per ton al 8 d Bebside's Hartley 14 6 Longridge's Wst Hartley 14 6 Benton West Hartley 14 el Huddle W. Hartley l4 6 Howard's West Hartley ~ Netherton 14 Walker Primrose l3 0 Morpeth West Hartley 14 0 Wylain North Percy Hartley l4 3 Holywell . . ... ..... l5 6 Hastings Hartley l4 3 Chester Main Wsllsend, &c. _ _ - Riddell I 7 6 North Hartlepool l 4 9 Cassop ........... ........ 20 0 Ships at market BIRTHS. BURRELL—On the 2d inst., at Dorchester-house, Park lane, the wife of Robert Burrell, Esq., of a daughter. GORE—On the Ist inst., at Woodbury Lodge, Cambridge' shire, the wife of Harry H. Gore, Esq. LLOYD —On the 2d inst„ at 8, Haravrood-square, the wife Horace Lloyd, ^Esq., banister-at-law, of a daughter. WXLLER—On the 4th inst., at 8, Ki ng ' s - road, Bedford row, the wif e o f George Weller, solicitor, of MARRIAGES. D'AGUILLR DAWSON—On the 4th inst., at St. George% Hanover-square, Lieut.-Colonel Henry Torrens D'Agui lar, late Grenadier Guards, and eldest son of the late Sir George D'Aguilar, K.C.8., to Frances Catherine, third daughter of the Lady Elizabeth Dawson and of the late Hon. Lionel Dawson. E L LIO T — MORTON —On th e 2d i ns t., a t St. G eorge ' s, Han over-square, W m. B. Elliot, Esq., the eldest son of the Hon. John E. Elliot, M.P. to Mary Geraldi ne, w i dow' of the l a t e T . C. Morton, iw' Esq. DEATHS. li th A ri c:O lo c e ic k :On the 2d inst., at the residence of his bro. Brockh E arn 6q. 7a m rr . e p n . , f ß o e r tc t h h w e or ß t o h r , ou S g u h rre o y f , aged 53. Reigate,William PopiLE--On the 2d inst., at Trafalgar-terrace, Kingsland, of bronchitis, Air. John Pottle, of the Royal Exchange, aged 77. STEVENS—Oa the 2d inst., at 3, Devonshire road, Green wich, Alfred B. Moven', late of the Alliance Insurance Office, aged 47. WILLAN—On the let inst., at Gainsborough, the Rev. I. Henri Willan, Master of Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, and vicar of 8010, aced 19. LONDON : Printed and Published by KURD° YOUNG. of No, 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, Ne . 112, Strand, in the Precinct of bbe Savoy, in the cowl)" a Middlesex, Tuesday, Jannaryo,