The Sun. — London, England, 1852-04-12 00:00:00

fourtt Wbition FRANCE. The Atoniteur has the following relative to the new I copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the I Legislative Body opens a credit to the Minister of ! Finance of 7,560,000 f. for all the expenses attendant on the calling in of the old copper coinage, and the coinage of that which is to replace it. Persons who may read the Bill without the preamble may con sider this operation as onerous to the Treasury, but such is not the case ; the Bill, as it was presented by the Government to the Council of State, co ntained no demand for a credit. The combination proposed withdraws from circulation loi millions of kilo grammes of copper. The coins w‘eich will be struck off instead of them will only employ five millions of kilogrammes of metal, and will only cost with the expenses of coining, the above-mentioned sum of 7,560,000 f., and that expense will be more than made up by the sale of the s : i millions of kilo grammes of copper which will remain at the disposal of the State. The receipts will therefore at least cover the expenses. If the Council of State, while adopting the Bill of the Government, has modified its wording, it is in order to conform to the rigid rules necessary in the accounts which compel the expenses and the receipts to be entered separately. It is only a measure of order. It is therefore evi. dent that the substitution of a convenient and better struck coin for the rough and heavy ones which disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect the budget." By the Senatus- Coneulturn, which allows the Prince President twelve millions a year, and the national palaces, that of Compiegne, &c., w ith their dependen cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various forests is reserved to him. We understand that the forest administration has ordered about two hundred workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compiiegne. It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to Compiegne in the month of May. The large equestrian statue of the Emperor Napo. eon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city cf Lyons, is to be cast in bronze at one operation, by MM. Eck and Darand, next week. The pedestal of this statue is for the present pieced in the courtyard of the lavalides. As the President of the Republic was the other day returning to the Elyeee, a very old woman loudly expressed her wishes for his prosperity, and at the same time threw a small garland into his carriage. The Prince handed a piece of gold to a man who was within reach, saying, " It is for the good woman echo threw me the garland." The man to whom the money bad been given refused to give it up, saying that it was meant for himself. Some persons present remonstrated with him, he assaulted them, and it was necessary to call the guard, by whom he was taken before the Commissary of Police, and afterwards to the Prefecture. For soma time past it has been contemplated to erect au equestrian statue of the Emperor in some open part of the Champs Elysee, and the magnificent and unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph of the Barriere de I'Etoile, is to be adorned on both sides with statues of the great men of the past—from the times of Charlemagne to him who vainly wished to restore the era of universal dominion—from the 9th century to the 19th. It is doubtful, however, whether the contemplated project of crowning the arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of the Place Carrousel, will be carried into effect. In adlition to the chariot it had been proposed to adorn the four angles of the summit with allegorical statues in marble. It has, however, been found that the monument, massive as it is, would scarcely suffice to support such a weight. It was, however, part of the original plan that it should be surmounted by a group in bronze, representing France in an antique car, surrounded by the genii of the nation. But then the arch was raised higher than intended; and this was objected, when in 1835 it was proposed to place a gigantic eagle on the top, with outspread wings. All these colossal statues and enormous cars may endanger the safety of the magnificent monument. The erection of a new theatre, to be called Theatre Napoleon, capable of containing 6,000 persons, is also spoken of. The Place Carrousel will probably before long assume a more imperial title—La Place Napoleon. A fete is proposed to be given by th e army on the occasion of the Grand Review for the distribution of the eagles, and for which each officer will contribute two days' pay—all the more readily, no doubt, as numerous promotions are ex pected to take place on the same occasion. LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH-COAST RAILWAY. Traffic—Week ending April 10, 1852 ... £10,613 19 3 Tratlic—Week ending April 13, 1851 ... 8,869 14 6 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1852 ... 121,370 5 3 Total of the half-year, to this date, 1851 ... 118,878 7 10 Total number of Passengers—Week ending April 10, 1852 69,267 Passengers ... 48,157 8 7 Goods 2,456 10 8 Total ... £10,613 19 3 Total miles open, 1852. 173 1 ,‘ ; ditto, 1851, 173 3 ,1. London Terminus, April 12, 1832. 7HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE CHErSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the great tube forming reel of this important structure over the Wye, the second process of raising has been successfully carried on. This second movement is one not less important, and of morn interest to the spectator than the first. The tube having been floated, as previously described, to a point a few feet above high water mark, between the piers ultimately in tended to support it, has, by means of powerful " crabs," to be raised to a level with the line of rail way, about 50 feet shove its first position. For this purpose three sets of chain-lifting tackle, of immense power and strength, were put in operation. Esch dist] of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva tion on the rock, on a level with the railway. The other end still rests on its stage, a short distance above high water, so that at present the tube rests at an angle of about 45 degrees. The other end will be raised in th e course of next vi•-=ek• Ordinary trows and steamers can pass un d ern eath it by to the east cliff.keeping close destination a When it is raised to its final : gangway will be suspended from it, upon which the w or k eed to construct the railway, or ratherea will proc- ~.... to fix the girders. Tieese girders, which are ready will be raised in threen in the company's feet (the middle one) a - n a i rta, vlz., one girder of 120 yard below, be up, the massive When the centre girder is Vto ends of 85 feet each. chains from the tube will will down and at tached, and the two ends chains from the tube in like m also be attached to and materials for the permanent way The roadway will then be brought up and put together, and o i t \ e v tia lln Y e tw at this opening Will be com plete. The present calculation if no may be effected in six weeks er unforeseen accident occurs. This will monthsh ' portant consummation, as the mineral and m ost most im portant dice traffic, at present excluded from the 1ne7c11 ,,, -- „ . account of this gap, will then be introduced opening of one line of rails will suffice for thi railway and w hen this has been accomplished the additional piers on the western half of t he river for the reception the up-line of rails wil l be constructed, and the second tube—now par tl y made and l ying in the yard below—will be raised. It is ho p ed th at the whole y bridge may be completed before the end of the year, and that in two mont hs from this time the brid ge will be opened for one set of rails. —____ ROMAN ITC LOVE STORY. (From the Lille Journal) The young Mr4W-- and the young Miss G-- both belonging to English families, newly established in this town, loved each other for some time, and their parents, extensive manufacturers, not only approved of the attachment, but were ready to consent to a mar riage. All at once, for motives which we do not inquire into, W— found that his future father-in-law's treatment of him became quite changed, and that he put forward a multitude of pretexts for post poning the wedding to the Greek Calends. Irritated at these obstacles, the young people resolved to surmount them. Mr. , W— l e ft for England, w here it appears people can get married more eas ily than in France, and made the necessary , publications and preparations for a nuptual cere raonY. On his return he made an attempt to soften the lady's father, but having failed in it, he arranged with her to fly with him. In a short time they were midnight, and obtained at Calais. They arrived at a permission to embark from . the Special Com a of Police by . representing themselves to wife. At two o'clock they be husband and arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they 7:?. married by an accommodating clergy -An."kci at nine o'clock they re-embarked for France. -.4 %dal& polite than o • e- .." la they had again to present themselves at the PassPcirt-oft ce Th y 4. nd the commissary much less sir said he. on preceding nig . • ht• 'Ala ! it is you, last night in I wife, 'whereas have learned that you deceived me stating. that this young lady was your take her under in " only Miss G—. I have orders to charge of havinygVenteeti", and to arrest you on the husband, by Way o e f ar T li ,( l Off a minor.' The new certificat , -, and said— , j_ 1 , 3 ,: ( Y , , , pulled out his marriage lam not a deceivers 121 :' sir —this will prove that regular, and was signed tr..eetltifleafe was perfectly Dover, and all the competent authorities,Vreneh Consul at seeing that he Was i n e The com missary, Tr °r, set the young couple at liberty. IiEWS i s . , it _ o uld appear that the hist or y a , could en d ing giverAi — n r, and e•- iire -- ; - ityS !no ; the newly wedded pair ~. here; '4 '.. t_.. , ii* .r, l , the end of their trouhl-..5. Mr',lZe not ar :..illti r: P : rrivr,d al C.-dais, after ha'r -. '. - :i .... orm . -, ''.- '‘• . - e police by telegraph of the elopeni ent of a .. . _ .... -'. , . Saving been told that the young is coupl e ,-,-4- . 4 - . :-•,4 kJ II Et r. o `` \, ii~( ~ N..~ ._ - ~_ '~ i .__ ~~~ ~ THE SUN, had gone to the railway station they hastened there, and found the daughter alone in the refreshment room, her husband having gone to see after the lug gage. Mr. G—, who was greatly irritated, made his daughter get into a carriage, and drove off with her towards St. Pierre lez Calais. Just after the husband arrived, and learned that his wife had been carried off. He hastened to St. Pierre, but no one was there ; he took the railway to Lille—his bride WZ3 not there ; and then, his heart full of despair, he visited in succession Dunkirk, Hazebrouck, and all the towns on the coast, but in vain. At length he returned to Lille, and waited on M. Cazelle, Inspector- General of police. He proved to him that he was duly married, and that consequently his wife belonged to him in spite of all the fathers in the world. He accordingly demanded and obtained an order from the Inspector-General, to all commissaires or agents of the police, :and to assist him in finding out the place in which his wife was secreted. But where had the inflexible father-in-law carried his daughter ? Mr. W— knew not, and was about to leave at hazard to seek after her, when an anonymous letter was brought to him stating that the young lady had been brought to Lille by her father and brother, and that the three were about to leave the station at Fives. To Fives Mr. W— immediately hastened, accompanied by some police agents. Presently, Mr. G—, Mr. G—, junior, and the young lady arrived. Mr. W— took possession of his wife, and she threw her arms round his neck. The father and the son swore many Goddems, but Mr. W— carried off his wife in triumph. Since then we hear that Mr. G—, convinced of the reality of the rights of Mr. W— to the person of his daughter, has resolved not to resist th e f a it accom pli, and has even promised to be the godfather of his first grandson." CONCENTRATED SEA WATER. It is well known that M. Moride, of Nantes, has sent to the Academy some concentrated sea water, and a memoir on its preparation. M. Jolly has read the following report on this communication :—" The ob ject of the work sent by M. Moride is to compose sea baths by means of the sea water itself, by concen trating it, and collecting its mineral and or ganic principles in such a manner as to be able to keep and transport them to any distance that may be wished, with as much certainty of their composition as confidence in their therapeutical pro perties. The extract of sea water thus obtained by means of concentration and evaporation, would serve for the composition of an artificial sea-water bath by merely mixing it with simple water in certain propor tions or to a suitable degree of saturation, such as 5 kilogrammes of concentrated sea water to 160 litres of river water. One of the members of the commission has analysed the products sent to the Academy by M. I'iloride, which consist of—let, a saline residue of a pasty consistence and greyish colour ; 2i, an amber liquid produced from the salt pits. He devoted himself to the search of the principal elements, the really active elements, to which sea water owes its therapeutical properties. It results from this exami nation that the product of the sea water taken at Croisic and concentrated by the processes of the author to the degree wished for, a long journey, and its mixture in simple water, represent in as exact and identical a manner as possible the sea water from whence it was derived. Thus, apart from the presence of a little sulphate of lime, which may be merely a product of re-action, and some gases which may have escaped in the operation, this first product con tains all the other constituent principles of the sea water at Croisic, namely, chlorides of sodium, mag nesium, and potassiu m ; a lk a li ne and magnesion sul phates, as well as iodine and bromine, in the state of salt, if not in great abundance, at least in very ap preciaole preporti on . Th e comm i ss i oners thi n k, con sequeatiy,, that ther e i s reason t o we l come the idea o theand author both in a s c ientific and practical point of view, they propose to address to him a note of thanks and encouragement, and to deposit his work in the archi ves o f the Academy. These conclusions, after some short observations from M. Cloquet, were put to the vote and adopted."—Jourmal de Chimie Medicale, February, 1852. ECCLESIASTICAL lIVTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Barton Lodge, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of St. Mary Magdalene, Colchester, rendered vacant by the death of the Rev. John Robert Smythies, M.A. In consequence of this appointment, Mr. Lodge resigns the rectory of St. Martin's, Col chester, which benefice is in the gift of the Bishop of Rochester. The Archbishop of York has collated the Rev. Joseph Dunnington Jefferson, M.A., late of St. John's College, Cambridge, rector of Thorganby, to the canonry of Osbald wick, in York Cathedral, ren dered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. G. P. Marriott, M.A. The Bishop of London has licensed the Rev. John Tucker, 8.D., Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and secretary to the Church Missionary Society, to the incumbency of the new church in the parish of Hampstead. The Lord Primate of Ireland has presented the Rev. C. T. Hackill, 8.A., to the rectory of Killaney, and the Rev. T. B. Kennedy, M.A., to the rectory of Kilmore, both in the diocese of Clogher. The Rev. James Jones Reynolds, M.A., curate of St. John the Baptist, Bristol, has been instituted by the Bishop of Salisbury to the rectories of the Holy Trinity, Shaftesbury, rendered vacant by the resig nation of the Rev. Thomas Stanton, M.A., on the nomination of the Earl of Shaftesbury. The Bishop of Worcester has instituted the Rev. Jackson Porter, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the rectory of Oddingley, near Droit wich, rendered vacant by the retirement of the Rev. Charles Tookey, M.A., on the nomination of J. H. Galton, Esq. The Bishop of Lichfield has presented the Rev. Thomas Wright Whittaker, M.A., of Emmanuel Col lege, Cambridge, rector of Stanton-by-Bridge, Derbyshire, to au honorary canonry in Lichfield Cathedral. The 11 , 2 v. Francis Gartside Tipping, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, late incumbent of More tor, Staffordshire, has been licensed by the Bishop of Manchester to the incumbency of All Saints Church, Bolton-le-Moors, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Leach, M.A.; patron, T. Tipping, Esq. The Rev. Charles Lee, MA., curate of All Saints Church, Derby, has been appointed to the incum bency of Christ Church, Leicester, rendered vacant by the resignation of the Rev. R. Fawssett, M.A., on the nomination of trustees The Rev. Denis Browne, rector of Enniscorthy, has been appointed Dean of Emly, in the room of Dean Disney removed to Armagh. A new church has been erected at Woolwich, and is to be consecrated by the Bishop of London on w e d aes day, the 231 inst. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and the Rev. W. Duncan Long, M.A., late Minister of St. Bartholomew's Church, Birming ham, has been appointed to the incumbency. Rif .RECEPTION. Kasen justice-room, to an swer at the' awAerpreferred against her by the summoned to appear i North Owersby was recently assault u - tg It appears that some time rate-collector of that place. convicted of poach ing upon the lands of the complainant,sonment. The remem brance to two months' imprisonment. W at Pri ll times a sufficient in centive of this casualty Was - a to her anger without the a rate appliaation. 'One day met with further provocation of l as t one of her ons, of whom he s amount of rate due; bat the young week the rate-collector ()Halted the man, after stating that he had no money, advised him to apply to his mothr, and she would y, pay him. He accord ingly did so, and on his pony to the front door of the domicile, w h ere hewa rode b up the f a ir proprietor with a sweeping brush, amet withwhich, on stating his errand, she aimed a terrific blow for him it did not reach itsd at . his head; but descended on the pony, which, sme e r s t tination, t 0 h blow, from began to rear up and retreat..lng The woman con tinued the charge with unabi The t h e poor fellow dodging his head from '—' ' - to avoid the succession of blows w Zoliaide to side were mercilessly inflicted upon him. In this manner, having lost com mand of his horse, they continued backing across the garden until they arrived at a wide ditchrigi, stagnant water and filth, over the brink , ef - nee-deep in which the bind legs of the ani ma l s li ppe d , and the luckles was quickly depo s it e d i n the mire; over h€ r a rider enemy the outraged woman h ero wrought with fallen b effect, inasmuch that aft er a f ew " decided hits'"ter vanquished and mud-soak e d co ll ector begged for m , ' e r t e la e in eunsideration of which he d ec l are d h e would forg'Le her the amount of the rate. Th e woman's defence was that she expected that he was going to ride into the house on horseback, and that, on endeavouring to drive the pony back, she perceived that its hoofs were destroy ing the whole of her herbs, from which she concocted a 1 species of medicine, and by its sale she parti a ll y o b tains a livelihood; this circumstance so exasperated her that slr. , , committed the assault. During the recital of the affair the whole of the court was convulsed with laugh ter. She was fined 14a. 6d.—Lincolnshire Chronicle. whilen rumblingZob t ; A letter from Breslaw, in the Prussian Gaze tt e, states ,e t d ha t t o b one enveloped l e lst e d o f i n A a p t r i b l i c t k h e s m m e o k u e n , tai noise, like that of distant thunder, was heard. Whe n th e chapel smoke had cleared away, it was discovered that the w hich was being built on the summit of the mountain had disappeared, having been swallowed up in an abyss. N further details, nor any acco unt of t h e number of victims, a re given. T HE CONSOLIDATED F UND.—The only Act o f Parliament passed in the present session (Victoria, 15th, chap. 1) is to apply the sum of 8,000,000/. out of the consoli dated fund to the service of the present year. O FF RASTINGS, APRIL 10 —Escort, St. Micha e l' s . WEYMOUT H, APRIL 11.—Wind E.S.E.—SId. Atlantic, Quebec. .PLYMOUTH, 11.—Wind E .---Arrd. Sylph, bounce, Earbadce.l,- Doggerbank, Kirkman, Batavia; Millbay, Br:nson, Corunne. and Jersey. Sid. Gipsy Queen, Sydney, New Synth Wales; Jeeverne, Gaspe. LONDON, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before •Mr. Justice TALFOURD,) FORGERY.—Charles Clifford, aged 45, described as a labourer, was indicted for feloniously uttering a forged receipt for the sum of 601., with intent to defraud George Holgate Foster, and others. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. Mr. Clarkson conducted the prosecution, and the prisoner defended himself. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner, up to 1850, bad been in the habit of banking with the London Joint Stock Bank, but at the commencement of that year the balance standing in his favour was only ss. sd. Nevertheles a cheque which he sent in for 121 was duly honoured, and he afterwards sent in another which was stopped. The prisoner then sent in his pass-book to be examined with his aceount, and it was discovered by the bank authorities that an entry of 601. appeared in the pass-book, but there was no corresponding entry in the ledger of the bank, which circumstance led to the ap prehension of the prisoner on the present charge, as the entry of the CO/. was not in the handwriting of any clerk attached to the bank. The prisoner had no settled residence or occupation, but had some indirect connexion with the Stock Exchange, and generally gave his address as at the Hall of Commerce, or Garraway'a Coffee-house; but last month his wife called at the bank with a cheque, and she was asked where she got it from. She at once de clared that her husband gave it her, and she was then asked where he lived, but she refused to say, and she was detaine - d while an officer went in search of him. He was found waiting in the neighbourhood, and he was immediately told that his pass-book, which had been sent in a few days previously, contained a forged entry for 601., which purported to have been paid into the bank towards the close of 1850, since which time the prisoner's account had been balanced. He denied that it was a forgery, but his denial was not satisfactory; and ho was, therefore, given into the custody of the police. _ _ On being called upon for his defence, The prisoner denied the accuracy of the charge, and solemnly declared to God that he paid 601. into the bank either on the 30th Sept. or the Ist of Oct. He further said that if proper inquiries had been instituted no doubt the fabrication of the entry would have been traced to some of the employ ens in the Bank. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury found a verdict of Guilty, but strongly re commended him to mercy on account of his poverty. He was sentenced to transportation for seven years. mi'ehruary Arnold Garber, William Wagner, and Philip K ess l er placed et, the bar wer to e c r o e n c v e l i e v t e e d i uaot the judgment. nt wereT hes These prisoners ses sion, principally upon the evidence of an accomplice, named Solomon Krebcour, of endeavouring to pass a forged cheque at the London and Westminster Bank. Sentence upon them was respited in the expectation that they might make some disclosures with regard to an alleged system of forgery of which the bankers of this country and the continent were the intended victims. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the proeecution, said that the prisoners had made no such disclosures, and ho therefore prayed the judgment of the Court. The Learned JUDGE said he was directed by Mr. Justice Williams, who tried the case, to order them to be transported for ton years. The prisoner Gerber, as he was leaving the bar, ad dressed the Court in an excited manner, and declared that he was innocent, and that the charge had been trumped up against him by the witness referred to, iu order that be might himself get out of trouble. William Jackson pleaded guilty to a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury. Mr. CLARKSON, who was instructed for the prosecu tion, said that this charge bad been preferred by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in consequence of evidence given by the prisoner in favour of certain par ties charged with working an illicit still. There was no doubt that the prisoner had upon oath deposed to cer tain facts which he knew to be false; but it appeared that he was very young, and that he was to some extent under the influence of other pa ourt rties would , and possibly, unde to r t h ese circumstances, he C be inclined take a lenient view of the case. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to be kept to hard labour for nine months. Isaac Cooper, 24, fisherman; Thomas Knott„3o, fisher man; and Richard Painter, 27, fisherman, were indicted for piratically taking possession of a fishing-vessel upon the high teas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. In another count the prisoners were charged with the offence of simple larceny in stealing the same vessel. Mr. PAYNE, who appeared for the prosecution, said that this indictment was framed under the statute of the 11th and 12th William the Third, which enacted " that if any person having the charge of a British vessel, and being a British subject, should unlawfully take possession of such a vessel it should be deemed an act of piracy," and subjected the party convicted of the offence to a certain punishment prescribed by the Act of Parliament. The Learned Counsel then proceeded to state the facts of the case, and it appeared that the vessel in question was named the Experiment, and she had formerly been a revenue cutter, but had been purchased by a gentleman named Howard, who was the owner of a number of fishing vessels, to be emplsyed for tho same purpose at Groat Grimsby. She sailed from that place on a fishing voyage on the 4th of January, and at that time the prisoner Cooper acted al master, and there wore alio nn board a man named Denny, who was the mate, and a seaman named Smales, and two boys. Th© ordinary course of proceeding on such occasions was for the vessel to remain at sea fishing three or four days, and then to return to the port with the fish that was taken, which was then sent up to London. It appeared that instead of doing this the prisoner Cooper, in the first instance, after they had obtained a quantity of fish, proceeded to Scar borough, where he sold the fish, and then wrote a letter to the agent at Grimsby, stating that the vessel was in a bad state, and required repairs, and he requested that some money should be sent to him for that purpose. The agent, in consequence of this, dispatched a person to Scarborough, under whose directions some repairs were done to the vessel, and she proceeded to sea again, and the prisoner Cooper continued fishin;:e until they had got a cargo, when, instead of returning to Grimsby, as it was his duty to have done, ho sailed to Sunder land, where he sold the fish that had been caught, and also some of the tackle belonging to the vessel. He than proposed to Smales and Denny that they should go across to Holland, and get a freight and smuggle it home; but they both retused to have anything to do with such a proceeding. While they were at Sunder land, the prisoner Palmer, who went by the name of " Dover Dick," came on board, and ho also pressed them to join in the smuggling trip, and said that he had fre quently been across before. The; still, however, re fused to join them, and Smales proceeded immediately to Grimsby and stated what had occurred. At length it appeared the three prisoners took the vessel away from Sunderland, and after fishing about the coast a short time, they sailed across the Channel, to a port called New Dieppe, on the Dutch coast, and upon their arrival they sold all the fish they had taken for a bottle of gin and some tobacco, and very shortly afterwards they sold a large quantity of chain cable, three anchors, a compass, and other articles belonging to the vessel, and, in fact, almost dismantled her. The of air subsequently came to the knowledge of the British consul, who ordered the prisoners into custody, and they were soon afterwards brought over to England with the vessel to answer the present charge. • The prisoners said nothing in their defence. The jury acquitted Knott, who appeared to have merely obeyed the orders ho received, and found the other two prisoners guilty. ➢lr. Justice TALFOURD observed that the offence of which the prisoners had been convicted was a very seri ous one, and he sentenced Cooper to be transported for ten, and the others for seven years. The Learned Judge at the same time observed that the man Smales appeared to have acted very well in the matter, and that his con duct deserved some consideration at the hands of the prosecutor. Mr. Howard said it was his intention to make him a present for the very proper manner in which he had acted. F U O SS U E R LL T H GUR C N O E U ; R E T. (Before R E 3 4., Q.C. In the course of the afternoon a jury were em pane G l e l o e r d g ien Shi t i li a c r l g e r y a , n l d 6 j , u r p y o - u r l o t o e ra rer, was indicted for killing and slaying Ann Shirley. Mr. Platt prosecuted, and Mr. Parry defended It appeared that the prisoner and his father reside in Vincent-court, Westminster , a nd the woman co habited with his father. The prisoner had always been very kind to her, contributing to her support. She was a woman of most drunken and abusive habits. On the sth of March the prisoner came home while she was cutting some bread, and she imme diately began to abuse him, taxing him with having stolen a penny, which he denied, and was much frightened at her violence. She continued for some time to abuse him, and at last threw the knife at him, which fortunately fell at his feet. She then struck at him, until at last he seized the poker and struck her a blow on ON side of the head, but not a very severe one. She, becoming ill, was taken to the West where she died the next night. minster Hospital, The surgeon who attended her and made a post mortem examination of the body, said he never saw a body 50 fearfully diseased, and it seemed difficult for him to r Several witnesses gave the boy an excellent cha racter explain the exact cause of death. ac 4,7 for kindness and humanity. h a_ jury Acquitted him. unz el Killington, 2S labourer, was indicted for The pro Cooper prosecuted. steMbbri.eiV. Ellen Sweeny, With intet to kill her. that likeness to the murderer Good goes by and likeness and prisoner (who from his savage with an nickname)old cohabited together, sleeping in a room Baker's-all Irishwoman, in a lodging-house in 22d o f Au r e c 3 i , i Rosemary-lane.,_ On the night of the been stabbed in threese and the I rit , h ""Y came home, and were quarrelling, " Murder !" and she was awoke by the cries of and close in the regione hospital, where one then found that the woman had places. She was taken to the life had been saved! and versed the abdomen, of the kidneys; another tra versed found to be two inches deep, it was a miracle that her The poor creature, w h o seem©d ver ill, could not be prevailed upon by the Court to sa y y who did the injury to her ; but th e evidence of the woman w ho was in the room was quite concl us ive. The jury found him Guilty. MONDAY EVENING, Mr. GURNEY told him it was a very brutal case; and if the woman had died he would have had to answer the offence with his life. Ile was sentenced to two years, and hard labour. This ended the business of the session, and the courts stands adjourned until Monday, May 10. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WESTMINSTER. ATTEMPTED MURDER.—FeIix 'Gee, a furniture broker, who hes been in custody since the 12th ult., charged with feloniously shooting Michael Collins, with intent to murder him, under went a lengthened examination. The unfortunate victim of the prisoner's deliberate attack has been ever since an inmate of the West minster Hospital, where, in consequence of the severity of the injuries he had received, but little expectation existed of his recovery. He was, however, sufficiently convalescent on Saturday to attend at this court, a circumstance at which Mr. Broderip, the presiding magistrate, expressed his gratification, admitting that, from the perilous position the unfortunate suf ferer had been in at one time, he had hardly expected to have seen him. Mi c hael Collins said that he resided at Buckingham Cottages, y t a, taken prisoner acd others in a pro gress i ve teetotal premisesso ciety, for holding the m ee ti ngs o f w hi c h h a d es' Rochester-row, and was assoc i a t e d w ith the been in York-street, West m i nster . Alth o u g h c t the key of the place had been handed to the treasurer of the society for the body, prisoner set up a claim to be considered the landlord, objected to a piece called Sir John Barleycorn, showing the folly of people drinking, b e ing acted, was frequently called to order at the and made himself very o ff ens i ve . At about sev en on the eveni ng o f the 12th prosecutor found that pris oner ha d taken possession of the pre mises, and refused to let his brother members in ; meetings,h - pas t uponw wch h pistol C n ith a piece of quartering, The prisoner was stand ing with' aoin se partially broke the door in hand and a drawn sabre in e( i ll the other, and t he y re peatedly asked him to come out, but he refused , and s wore he would shoot the first m an who crosse d the threshold of the door. He then hi on struck at prosecutor with the sabre, declaring that unless he removed his arm, which was resting on the half-shattered door, he would cut it off; but prose cutor removed and avoided the blow. Prisoner re peated again and again that whoever entered should pa y for his temerity with his life, and prosecutor then told him that he had no more business in the pre mises than the rest of the society, and no right to have armed himself in the way he had, and while in conversation prisoner fired the horse-pistol he held in his hand at him, and the charge entered his abdo men. He deliberately raised the pistol and fired it, and prosecutor was then carried away. Prisoner and his solicitor both questioned the prosecutor in a most irregular way—the former re peatedly interrupting hi s advocate—and endeavoured to elicit that the pistol bad gone off by accident, but received the reply that be had raised it and fired as described. They next, in the very face of this, ques tioned the prosecutor in order to show that he had exasperated the prisoner by some offensive epithet, which prosecutor admitted ha had applied with refer ence to a meeting about the wrongs of Ireland, which prisoner wanted to have held at the hall. William Sherman proved that some of the shot with which the pistol was charged also struck him. Mr. Miran, an inspector of the B division, stated that having heard what had occurred he went and found the prisoner armed in the room, and when he told him his determination of taking him into custody he put down the pistol and sabre and surrendered. The inspector found two pistols loaded and a quantity of shot, ponder, 'c. Police-constable Saunders, 192, B, proved that he and two other officers were present while the prisoner stood for some time in the menacing position described, when he fired and while he reloaded, and admitted in reply to Mr. Broderip's question, that they made no effort to disarm him. A clerk from the office of Mr. Games, for the prose cuticn asked f or a reman d, ow ing to the surgeon being unavoidably ab sen t. Prisoner was remanded for a week. HORRIBLE MURDER in LAMBETH —ea.-- SON. cri be , A AWO sensation,lA N ' throughout the was caused on S a t u rday afternoon, t consequence of th e following frightful murder com- S w il hi E ch A i D t would be b O e F cl } iffi ß c Y ult li to E d ß es neighbourhood of Kenuington-road and Lambeth, in com mitted by a young man upon his mother, a respect ably-connected f e male, of the name of Elizabeth Wheeler, a wido w , about 44 years of age. The fol lowing particulars connected with this dreadful tra gedy were obtained on the spot a few minutes after the melancholy occurrence : The house in which the tragedy took place was No. 1, Durham-place. Kennington-road, and immediately facing Betblem Hospital for Lunatics. The building was occupied by Mr. Wickens, a dyer and scourer, a family named Turns, and the unfortunate woman who has been thus prematurely hurried into eternity, and her son, a young man about 28 years of age. On Saturday afternoon, at a few minutes before one o'clock, Mrs. Tones, who was in the house at the time, had her attention directed to a loud scream, proceeding from the upper part of the building, which was succeeded by a heavy fill of something on the floor. She immediately went to ascertain the cause, when the son of the unfortunate woman made a hasty retreat out of the building, carrying in his band a stick and a knife. Mrs. Toms having entered the apartment occupied by the poor creature, she was horror-struck at finding the trunk of the woman lying on the floor in a pool of blood, and the head, which was completely severed from the neck, was lying on a table in the same room, the flesh still moving to and fro. Mrs. Toms instantly hastened down stairs, end informed her husband that the young man had murdered his mother. By that pe riod he had proceeded some distance up the Kenning ton-road, in the direction of the Common. Mr. Toms, c onstable Lockyer, No. track un til he got within a few yards of Chester him) but followed his er, A n t e v th er at l opsotinsitgphotl lice-constable h street. osev 135, came along, and having had his attention directed to the alleged murder, he forthwith secured him. He at once admitted that he had murdered his poor mother, and informed the officer that he first struck her on the head with an iron, and afterwards cut her head off by means of an axe and a knife. The constable at once took the man to the stet' h son. ouse in Ken nington-lane, and on his way thither be told the officer he was now sorry that he had committed the murder, but the fact was he could not help it, for his mother and other persons were continually torturing him and following him about. He also informed the same officer that he had been confined in a. lunatic asylum, and had not been liberated long. The mur derer, when arrested, did not offer the least resist ance, and to all outward appearance did not feel the awful position he had placed himself in From the state of the room there ' •is no doubt enter tained but the unfortunate female was in the act of leaving the apartment with a saucepan of greens in her hand in order to strain off the water, when her son gave her a violent bl ow on the head, which felled her to the floor, after which he must have knelt upon her body and performed the act of decape steam it a tion. The door and th saucepan was lying near th e d 'was still ascending from the ' In the green s therein. midst of the pool of blood was lying a pillow, which, it is believed, the murderer had placed there to pre vent the gore from flying over his clothes. When apprehended by Leckyer not a spot of blood was per ceptible upon his clothes, and his hands were per fectly clean, leading to the supposition that after perpetrating the dreadful deed he had washed his hands. In the afternoon the prisoner was examined before the Hon. Mr. Norton, at Lambeth Police-office. The prisoner, on being at the bar, placed looked wildly around him, and appeared t o be either unconscious or indifferent to the position in whioh he was placed. He was dressed in a black frock coat, black waistcoat, and light woollen trousers. He had a black scarf, or neckerchief, twisted rather than tied round his neck. He is a well-made man, with large black eyes, regular features, and an intelligent countenance. Mr. Norton inquired -now old are you? Pri soner (carelessly)—Twenty-eight. Mr. Norton—.`ghat l h a t •s y our name r e Prisoner — Thomas Cupp er W heeler The following witnesses were then called : Eliza Phillip s sa i d, in s a n swer to questions fr om t he magistrate-1 res i de at No. 1, Durham -place, Lam beth-road. - 1. have known the prisoner fro m th e a time he was a little bby. I knew his mother , whose name, I belie esawas Elizabeth Wheeler. I have resid e d i n they ' me house with he r since August last. Sh e was there before we went there. We found the prisoner and the dec eased there. They lived on the second floor and we lived on the first floor. The prisoner r was living with her when I went there. His mother informed me o n more than one occasion that there was something the matter with him. I have frequent] seen him in the house with a flat-iron in hi s hand, y and also a hatchet. He used to 'go up and down stairs with a flat-iron or hatchet in his hand. The prison ei et.— y mother did not fear though, gentlemen. ' The Magistrate —It is impossible to conceive any . thing more horrible than the crime with which you are ever chargedword, a n d i t i s my d u ty to inform you that et, •,e y o u say will be taken down, and may be y used in evidence against you. The prisoner_ I don't fear anything. The witness_l h ave seen him with the iron and the frequent ' hatchet in his h and, mutter i ng t o himself at intervals. to my s elf, ' The prison er —I have a h a bit of spanking as I have no one wse to spela to, and my mother was ' always blaeliguarding me. The witness —About three weeks ago I saw him with the fiat-iron in his hand, muttering to himself, He was then standing in the room. Ha was per fectly still. His mother was in the room at the time, but she said nothing about it then. The Magistrate—Did he hold the iron in a threat ening manner ? The witness—No, Sir ; his hand was stretched down by his sine. He has been doing so for nearly a twelvemonth, as well as I can remem ber. About Mlf-past eleven or a quarter to twelve this morning 1 heard a scuffl'ng noise, and then as if something had fallen heavily. I immediately ran up stairs, calling " Mrs. Wheeler." I tapped hurriedly at the door, but got no answer, I tapped more loudly at the door, and said "Mrs. Wheeler ;" and then the prisoner partly opened the door, perhaps about a foot, but not sufficient to admit of any one going in. The prisoner had somethinc , in his hand. It was in his right hand, but I could not see what it was. I think from the position of his hand he wished to hide it from me. Ile stood with his right hand down. He stood sideways at the door. He then hastily closed the door in my face. The prisoner —That is true. The witness—Yes, he did ; and I ran down stairs to my landlord and his wife, for I was fearful there was something the matter, and I told them of it at once. They then listened on the stairs, and while they were listening they heard him coming down stairs. The prisoner—l left the house directly. The witness—When we heard him coming down stairs, the landlady called us into the parlour for fear of meeting him. When he went out and shut the door the landlady instantly went up stairs and saw Mrs. Wheeler lying on the floor, and when she told us we immediately sent a young man for the doctor. When the doctor came my landlady went upstairs with him, and when she came down she said Mr , . Wheeler was lying on the floor. I know not what weapon it was done with. I saw the prisoner about eleven o'clock this mPrnina, as if he was going for an errand, which he frequently did. I saw him from the window then. He had a basket with him. I heard him again cn his return going up stairs, when he was talking to himself as he went up. He often talked to himself, but I did not hear what he said. It was his usual custom , but on this occasion he talked _ _ louder than usual. Mrs. Wheeler had before then come into my room. I think that was about half past or a quarter past ten. She said she was so much frightened of him that she would send him away on Monday, as she could not bear it any longer, an she had an idea last night to send to the workhouse that he might be taken there. She asked me if my little boy would carry a letter to the Post-office for her, and I said he would. She said the letter was for her daughter, who:was at Tunbridge- wells. She told me the prisoner had been standing with a flat iron in his hand in the morning, and was muttering something that was most awful. Mr. Norton (to the prisoner)—Do you wish to ask the witness any question? The prisoner—The fact is that she has threatened to send me to the workhouse for a great length of time ; and she said she would have me dragged away, and I suppose they cannot drag people away in the most gentle manner. Mr. Norton—Do you wish to ask the witness any question ? The prisoner—All she has said is true. The witness—He has been at the asylum at Wands worth for some time. The prisoner—lt is exactly twelve months since I left. _ _ . -, • Elizabeth Toms, wife of Charles Toms, landlord o No. 1, Durham-place—My husband is a carpet-bag manufacturer. 1 have been in No. 1, Durham-place, nine or ten months, and found the prisoner and his mother there when we came. They occupied the top, or second floor. He did nothing for his living, for he was not able to do so. His mother supported him, with assistance she received from her friends. Ever since I have been in the house I have observed some thing irregular in his manner. At times he was worse than at other times. Lately I observed he was getting worse. When he had his fits on him he looked very pale and ill. The prisoner—All without liberty—she was bagged —I was worried. Witness—When I last saw him before the murder he was at the door with a basket in hi s h an d w ith some greens in it. That was at eleven o'clock, or half-past eleven. I think it was about an hour before the murder. Shortly after he went up stairs I heard a noise, but I thought it was Mrs. Phillips beating her child. Mrs. Phillips then came down stairs, and in consequence of what she said I wen t up stairs and the prisoner passed down. The door was closed, but I pushed it open, and saw something lying on the floor. I afterwards found it was Mrs. Wheeler. She was lying close to the door, within about half a yard of it. I put my hand on her feet and saw blood, and then ran down stairs. The blood was on some clothes near her. I then sent for Mr. Hutchinson, the sur geon, and when he came I follow e d hi m up stairs, and the first thing I saw was Mrs. 'Wheeler's bead lying on the table. The table was close to her shoulder. I went dire c tly t o m y h us b an d, w h o wen t instantly in pursuit of the prisoner. The prisoner was not brought back to the house. Mrs. Wheeler had three rooms, in oue of which she slept herself, ill another the prisoner slept, and in a third the lodger (Edwards). Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, No. 1, Moore-street, Kennington-road, assistant to Mr. Derrell, surgeon, examined—About one o'clock to•day I was called to No. 1, Durham-place. On entering the front room I found the body lying on the floor, with the head of the deceased on the table, separated from the body. The heed seemed as if it had been placed there, and there was a knife lying partly underneath the head, and a hatchet near it. The handle of the hatchet was covered with blood. The edge of it appeared to have been wiped, but there was blood on other parts of it. (The hatchet, a small one, was here produced.) The prisoner —She deserved it, and I put her head on the table. However, it is of no consequence. The witness—The knife is covered with blood. The body was a foot or a foot and a half from the edge of the table. The body was lying in a different di rection from the head. The feet were nearest to the door. I put my hand on the body and felt it warm. The woman who went up with me screamed and left me alone, and I then went to the window and called out to the people in the street to fetch a policeman. I have not made any minute examina tion of the body. I do not think she could have been dead more than ten minutes when I got there. When the policemen came I examined the body more particularly . I think she was first struck with the hatchet, then cut with the knife, and the vertebra afterwards sevared with the hatchet. On the right side of the head there was a wound from an inch to an inch a nd a half lon g , but I do not think that was the cause of death. The scalp and the bone was cut through, as it appears to me, with the hatchet. I think a further investigation is necessary when the body is wtshed, and then I shall be able to speak more positively as to the cause of death. There was a table in the room, apparently laid for dinner, and there were bacon and greens in a saucepan. I think a scuffle must have taken place, as a bundle of clothes which was in the room was in a confused state. I saw a flatiron lying close to the clothes. Near the woman's body there was a pillow, on the surface of which was blood, and impressions as of a man's knees. Underneath the pillow there was a side comb, and one similar to it entangled in the woman's hair and broken. There was also a large comb at the side of the pillow. There was diluted blood in the basin in the prisoner's bed-room, and blood on the washhand stand, and also on the towel. The Magistrate—Have you anything to ask this gentleman ? The prisoner—l have nothing to ask. I should like the window to be left open while the corpse is in the room. I didn't think of that before. It is the last request, perhaps, I shall make. Lockyer, police-constable 135 L—About one o'clock I was in the Vauxhall-road, when Mr. Toms came up to me and desired me to take the prisoner (whom he pointed out) into custody for murdering his mother. I said to him he must consider himself in my custody, and go with me to the station. He said, " They have not let me go far. I have been tormented for four or five years by them." I said, do you mean to say that you have killed your mo• ther ? and he said, " I have ; lam sorry for it." I said, how came you to do it ? " Well," he said, " I have been tormented for four or five years." I asked him how he did it ? and he said, " She was coming in at the door and I knocked her down with the flat iron, and I found that was not sufficient, and I then took the carving knife. She was very tough, and I then struck her head off with the hatchet." At the station-house I found a knife in his coat pocket, and I asked him what he was going to do with it, and he said " That was for myself." 1 understood that he was going to cut his own throat. I afterwards went to the house, No. 1, in Durham-place. I saw the de ceased lying on the floor dead, and her head on the table. He said at the station, " You will find a letter on the table, and take particular care of it." That was before he said anything about the knife. On going to the house I found several letters on the table, but I have not bad time to read them yet. I searched for the flat-iron, and found it in a bundl e of clothes lying by the side of the body. There is bloodonthe iron. The prisoner—l spoke more respectful than the man has said. I did not make a bravado of it. j spoke sorrowfully, did I not ? The policeum—yes 1 you did. The Magistrate—l have already more than once cautioned you as to what you say. The prisoner —I am quite prepared to go to the scaffold. I struck her with the flat-iron, and blood must have blood; but I did not bravado it. Inspector Cowling —I received information of the murder about a quarter past one. I found t h e sur geon there., and the body as described by the surgeon, and the bead on the table, with the knife underneath., the h-a-3, n , l 0 10 h l . c h tt : h , h , : ,. ,i f i,, 1 ,, P2 1 4 , 7P .r .-- < k told me that the prisoner ha ' d said that k s er i' to desired her with the flAt-iron arid I he L had search for the iron, and ' after doing 5° he took uc up the fl*t-iron, The bok room ! )3y the towel was in the. APRIL 12 1 1862. side of the body there was a saucepan with greens or T COUNT] turniptops in it. On the table there was a piece of LIVERPOOL, APRIL M bacon and pudding. On the way coming from the q cry tor flour, but holders station-house I noticed blood on the prisoner's hands sent quotations. under the nails (the blood was still visible on the pri soner's hands when he WEI 3 in court). IF! said. " I have only partially washed them, but if you wish it I shall wash them cleaner." Charles Tom;, 1, Durham•piace, carpet bag manufacturer—Before Airs. Phillips came down to me this morning I heard a great noise. That was about half-past or a quarter-past eleven. I was then in the shop at work. Immediately after wards Mrs. Phillips came down, and required me to go up, and said she thought something would hap pen, as there was a great noise upstairs ; but I did not go up then. I ran down to my brother and he said, " I shall go up and pull the bell violently." He did so, and then prisoner came down, and went out. Then my wife went up, and called out, "He has murdered her !" and I then made off after him. I saw him crossing by the cab-rank at the time in the Lambeth-road, and followed him until I saw a policeman, near Kennington-lane. I told the police man of it, and charged him with the murder. I then went home and saw the body. His mother was always very kind to the prisoner. The prisoner is well educated. At times he is rational, but at other times he is not. I think he must hive listened when his mother v►as talking about removing him, and I think that was the cause of it all. He frequently talked to himself. The prisoner—l have been in the habit of talking to myself. The witness—His mother was a beautiful woman, and stood Mt. 10in. or Mt. 1 lin. high. She was always very kind to him. When he has been very bad she has threatened to put him away. He has been in Bedlam eleven months, and seven months in an asylum at Wandsworth. He has been in Brazil, and had a sun-stroke as he was crossing the Line. He had a salary of 3001. a year, and he can speak three or four different languages. (A letter found amongst the prisoners papers con tained several allusions to poison and madness.) The case was then remanded till Wednesday, when the prisoner will be brought up again ; but before then a coroner's inquest will be held on the body. The proceedings, which occupied upwards of two hours, terminated shortly before five o'clock. s. d . s. d Wheat, per 701 b _ English, wtute - • 6 6 to 6 Do. red Irish .. .. 6 0 - 6 3 . • • 5 6- u 8 Manx, red andwh. 5 8 Dantsie, high mixed 6 10 7 01 Do., mixed .. .. 6 4 6 6 Ainericnn & S white 6 6 6 8 Canadian, /red 5 8 Rostock, &c .. 6 4 - 6 9 FURTHER PAR fICULARS. The unhappy man, Thomas Capper Wheeler, who now stands charged with the dreadful crime of matri cide, is in his 28th year, and is the second of two sons, of the late James Wheeler, a retired Bow-street officer. The latter, after his retirement, became a merchant tailor, and after being some years in busi ness, he took up his residense in Hercules-buildings, Lambeth, having amassed a competency, and at which place he died in 1849. The deceased bad been left a small income, which was augmented by regular contributions from her ' eldest son, who married a lady of considerable pro perty. The accused bad been from his youth in a mercantile establiAment in the City, and a few years since was sent to liidia as correspondent for the firm. While abroad the unfortunate man was attacked with brain fever, and soon after recovery was again pros trated under what is termed a coup d'aoleil, and of which he had not got the better upon his return to England, for shortly after his arrival it was fourA ne cessary to place him under restraint. For some four or five days before the Saturday, the accused bad been seen to sharpen the chopper and the knives in ordinary use, but the deceased, so far from suspecting the motives of her son actually men tioned the circurnAance to a neighbour as a sign of the young man's inclining to industry, he having for months prior sternly refused to do the most trifling thing about the place, always, however, insisting upon going to make such little purchases as the deceased required. Yesterday morning upon the visiting surgeon seeing the accused at Horsemonger-lane Gaol, the latter observed, " You can't call me a butcher at all events. I did it very cleanly, and only the neck was too tough. I would have done it much better, the chopper deceived me, but the knife was beautifully keen." In making these remarks the deceased seemed highly pleased with the dexterity of the dreadful execution he was alluding to, and the sangfroid of his utterance chilled the medical gentleman, who, as he was about departing, was further addressed by the madman as follows :—" I hope you'll go and see that the windows are not closed down. I left them up so that the body of my mother may have the benefit of the air. E SOUTH• HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON TH_ W ESTERN RAILWAY. FARNBOROUGH, SUNDAY.—A frighlul occurrence has taken place upon the London and South-Western Railway, near the Farnborough statio n — name l y, t h e death of an unfortunate individual who was killed by throwing himself on the railway, and was yesterday the subject of inquiry before the coroner of the county, at the new inn in this town. A great number of witnesses were examined. It seems the deceased was a man named Arinsworth, between forty and fifty years of age, the father of the Feltham station keeper, on the same line of railway, and who some years since was in tolerably easy circumstances, but, in consequence of reverses in business, had become somewhat reduced. The latter event appeared to have so preyed on his mind as to impair his intellect. His friends, anxious that he might be properly taken care of, had him placed under proper surveillance in the union. The poor fellow's conduct in the house wag such that no one ever anticipated he contemplated laying violent ,hands on himself. On Good Friday eve he was ordered to take a little walking exer cise, in order to improve his health. An attendant was sent out with him to take care of him, and to show him round the neighbouring fields. Having walked about for some time, the poor fellow appa rently enjoying his walk, they came near the railway at this town just as the down express train came in sight. The unfortunate man, on hearing the noise of the train, darted from his attendant, and ran upon the line before the engine up. The keeper called loudly to him to come back, bat, instead of so doing, he went forward to meet the train. Johnson, the guard, on seeing a man on the line, applied the break most vigorously in order to stop the train, and the engine driver shut off the steam and sounded the whistle, but without effect - , and before the momentum of the en gine and carriages could be arrested, they came almost at full spted upon the man, who held his head down so low as almost to touch the buffers of the lo comotive. He was instantly hurled across the metals, when the wheels of the engine and all the carriages passed over him, forcing his bone through the shoul ders, and it is almost needless to say killing him on the spot. A verdict was returned that deceased de stroyed himself, he being at the time of unsound mind EXECUTION OF SARAH ANN FRENCH. LEWES, SATURDAY AFTERNOON.----At noon this day Mrs. French, who was left for execution at the late assizes for the wilful murder of her husband, underwent the sentence on the scaffold in front of the county gaol in this town. The motive for the commission of the dreadful crime appears to have arisen entirely from the unre strained indulgence of an impure imagination, which, led her first to contemplate the violation of her mar riage vows by an act of adultery. By a series of little attentions she endeavours to secure the regard of the object of her illicit desires, and then proceeds to a more unequivocal and dangerous display of her guilty passion, until at last, with unblushing and unwomanly effrontery, she invites him to a realisation of her wishes—a proposal at which even he revolts, ignorant as he appears to have been of the moral relations of life. He tells her that while her husband is living such an act would be wrong; and with a suddenness which indicates a preconceived design, she asks if he would consent to her wishes in the event of her husband's death. The remainder is known. The dark deed is accompli s h e d b y h er own hands. She informs her victim she will g i ve hi m a treat; she makes up a dish to which s h e k nows he is partial poison which is (perhaps with words of affection on her oppljured lips), comes the scaobnbsuatt:tila—a and induces him to eat of the hidden t t i o o n take of a t w he a y his murderess's life. b c l o e very night of the day—and that day thee. On the consigned to the grave, vihn.bewrehiscbhohbeorpheudsbaanndd wbaelsievceodni crime was buried with him,) no doubt, that her stances so revolting that yes woman give license to her does the depraved desires, under circum stances is the substance of th:lelol re collection. h as made since her condemnation gsol. to the chaplain of the The preparations to n n f o e t s confession shel for the awful ceremony were com pleted at an At twelve o'clock , early hour this morning. tne whole space in front of the gaol was crowded by thousands of persons. Shortly after wards the governor of the gaol, the under-sheriff, and other officials, made their appea rance, and imme diately afterwards ' the scaffold state of bodily prostration, carried up to by four attendants. Placed in this condition ft the Newgate imme diately under the beam, Calcra , . descending, withdrew execu tioner, adjusted the rope, and the bolt, and the u nha ppy i woman in a few moment s ceased to exist. Scarcely three years ago the criminal was a spectator of the execution of Mary Ann Geer ing, who became with . her af'erwards a freqw-nt source of conversation. Geering, it will be recol lected, was convicted of a similar crime.—Sunday 2 imes. EMIGRATION FROM HULL.—The tide of emigration 1 ' from Hull seems to be growing stronger as each successive ship is announced. All our North American fleet are being fitted up to convey persons to the far west, where golden prospects are said to await them. Ei t h er three or four or !arp , ts4t Aire were to sfil psterclay or to-morro w , and they are all wed. litho, both with humau beings and cargoe4 of oil, earthenware, &c. There hasheenac prin onside c r i a p b a l l e iy in fr fl o u in x of foreigners into Hull d ur i ng the past week, Holland and Belgium, who are proceeding tp Liycrpcm, tuld thonBQ tg 40031CriCai_iwift4i4dvertissr. MARKETS. -To-day we have a fair in lecline taking offers at pre- F. d. i . d. Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 30 0 —3l 0 Irish, Scotch, and Mans,per 601 b.. 4 1 4 4 Foreign, grinding 4 0— 4 3 Eye, per 6016 • • 4 0— 4 3 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 —36 0 Irish and Scotch, per 4801 b .. .. 27 0 —3O 0 Dutch .. 30 0 —32 0 Egyptian • • .. 23 6 —24 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 36 0 —3B 0 Foreign .. 35 6 —36 6 oats, per 4516 : English, Scotch, and Welsh, old 3 4 3 6 Irish, nc est mealin; .. 2 51— 210 Do., feeding .. 2 6 2 7 Do., foreign .. 3 0 3 2 Oatmeal, English, & Scotch, pr 2401 b 24 0 —25 0 Irish, new .. .. 23 6 —24 0 Do., pinhead .. 25 0 —26 0 'Canadian . • 21 0 —22 0 !Malt, per imp. qr. 52 0 —56 0 liamburgh, &e. • . 5 8 5 101 Rhenish .. .. 6 0- 6 French • • .. 5 10 6 2 Danish & llol,teln 5 6 5 10 odesza, Polish .. 5 6 5 Do., common .. 5 . 2 5 _ Do, hard • • • • 410 5 2l Egyptian •• •• 4 6 4 IC I Flour, English Sr. Irish, per 28011 e 23 0 —3O 0 Do., extra flue 31 0 —34 0 French, fancy •• 32 0 —36 0 Do., superline • 30 0 —32 0 Ricianond, choice 22 0 —24 0' Philadelphia, &c. 00 0 —2O 6 Canadian • • .. 20 0 —2l 0 [ndian corn, per 4801 b, white .. 29 6 —3O 01 Irdian Corn Meal, per ►9Gib 15 0 —l5 0! MANCHESTER, APRIL 10.—Another week of extreme inactivity has been experienced in the trade, the dealers and bakers continuing to confine their purchases to the mere supply of their pressing wants. 'rho arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are fair of wheat, and moderate of other articles. At our market this morniug wheat was offered at a farmer reduction of Id to 24 per 701 b., and flour fully 6d per sack and barrel, but without lead ing to any increase of business. Oats and oatmeal moved off very slowly and must be noted the turn lower. DALKErrx, APRIL B.—The relative weight per four bushels, of the three prices of wheat were 16st 121 b, 18st 01b, and 1756 41b. Oats, 12st 121 b, 12st 01b, and lOst l')lb. Barley, 16st 91b, 15st 101 b, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 11b, 18st 31b, and 17st 4lba. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 307 Wheat ,£2 5 0 £2 0 0 £1 15 0 759 Oats ... 1 2 4 1 0 8 0 18 0 301 Barley... 1 11 6 1 9 0 1 5 0 62 Peas and Beans 1 15 0 1 14 0 1 9 0 Average of wheat 39s 60, A Exanastiv, APRIL 9.—Grain --Oats 17s 9d to 18s od, 401bs per bushel ; barley, 243 td to OW Od, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 24s 6.1 to 25s Od, 52ibs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375; ditto, white 2s to 435, 6'4lbs per bushel; oatmeal, 14s ud to 15s per boll ; flour, 32s to 32s 6d per sack. Provisions—Beet, 4cl to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 38 io 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to 6s Od ; tallow, per stone, 3, Ud to 3s 6d; potatoes, per peck, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Ud; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per 118, 8d to 91; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od ; hens, pei pair, 2s 6d to 3s Od; chickens,ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Ud; ducks, do., 2s Oil to 2s 6d; ducklings, ditto, Us to Us Od; turkeys, per pair, 7s to 5s Od; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter for exportation ( present core), per cwt, 60s to 62s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 40 ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b boat, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141 be, Os ucl to Os Od; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork, largo 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Us to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od; peasemeal, is 10d to 280 d ; side, Od to 7d ; beremeal, is 4d to is sd; flour, is 9d to 1s 10d; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, is 5d to is 6d. The trade, which, in the earls part of the week, ma.- CORK, APRIL 7. nifested some seemptoms of revival, hap, with the un tavourable act v:cea from London, resumed the dullness and inactivity which prevailed Islet week. The arrivals from abroad have not ben by any means as numerous as last reported, but with a change of wind we look for increased supplies. Those of home grain are very mo derate, the rectilye fer the week being only—wheat, 145 brls at 18s 6d to 21s 6d per brl; barley, 592 brls at 123 to 14s 6d per bel; oats, 1,988 brls at 9s to 11s 8d per brl. Barley continue.; unchanged in value, but wheat and oats have both declined to the extent of 6d per brl. In the early part or the week some business was deco in foreign wheat, and two or three large parcels changed hands at about the rates of last week. Since the receipt of the advice s from Mark. lane, however, the market has again become exceedingly dull, and with prices 6d per barrel lower, there is not a transaction passing. Some sales of black oats were made at an oat port at 10e 6d per barrel. On tho spot but little is doing in either black or white, and quotations, therefore, are altogether nominal. Some business has been done in barley, which maintains its value. The flour trade remains exactly in the state noted in our last. The business passing in fine flours is very restricted, but coarse descriptions continue in good demand, and meet a ready sale. We have had a lair amount of business in Indian corn at the rates of last week. Some holders, indeed, are looking for an advance, but we have not heard that they have succeeded in realizing it. NVe. quote the value o f pr i me G a l ate 7 1 2 s 6d per t on , and 715 s asked. Barrels. Currency. 0 White wheat OOs Od to 00s Od llos Od-20 stone O Red wheat oos Od to 03s Od 2 Ditto 299 9d to 00s Od} 00s Od-20 do O Ditto oos Od to Oos Od O Barley 00s Od to Oos Od 29 Ditto les Od to 13s 10d OOs Od .I 6 do 0 Ditto oos Od to 00s Od O Bere -.oos Od to 00s Od Os Od 183 Oats 9s 8d to 10s 8d 'l7 Ditto les 8d to 128 Od 00s Od-14 de O Ditto ... oos Od to 00s Od 19 Pigs, 30s Od to 33s Od 00s Od per cwt Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat ; 0 red ; 4 barley; 0 bere; 4 oats; 4 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last wterk tee , Wheat. 122. Barley, 455. Oats, 1457. Pigs, es. Return of Cattle sold for week ending April 3. Pigs, 536. Sheep, 423. Cows, 109. Coax.—Floor—First 12s 6d to 13s 6d; extra 141 6c l ; seconds, 11s Od to 12s 01; households 9s to 10s 6d; thirds, 70 to 9s per cwt. Oatmeal 10s 6d to I ls; Indian meal 75 6d to 7s 9d; "rhet , B l r a 0 n s t ß o sa t t O o s 8 6 7 ,1 8 p 6 edr per w t t 0 . n I H n a d yi —Far oairl7e 1 r8 0 2 5 2 C 5 r1 t0 t0 3 7 0 1 8 2 ; s al 6 ,e d rag r . : 265; dealers 32s to 38, Od; average :34s per ton. Straw— Fera i 15i Od to 18s Od; averag e OUs; dealers CO t Od to 00 4 C ui el average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 64d to 0.1; household loaf Sid to Od per 41b. Fresh butter., 8d to 10d per lb. Eggs -4s 4d to 4s 6d per hundred, Cosle-•• Newport 15s Od ; Lydney 15s ' • Landore 00 5; cellar 12; 6d per ton. T a ll ow 37s Od to 38. per el"' Whisky, 25 0 . p., 5 8 9d per imperial gallon: Aleei —Beef 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; veal 5d W 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; saosages bd per lb 1 10 0 818 s to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 21 17s 6d to 31 0 s per tee' Bark, red 71 to 81 lOs per ton. Fleece wooll4s to 15s per *tone: Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19; to CUs;; red ditto, 24s to OOs per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11,./ pet tan. Timber—Memel, 70s per t on ; re d p i ne, 31 ; , ditto, 21 15; per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 103. 111 Market 18a to 255; salted 20s to 26s per oat ; calf ski ul 3id to Od per lb. P otatoes, white 8d to 9d; I sod to 12d. Guam —Peruy' u , ian, 101 lOs to 11/; Ichaboo• to 9/ Os per ton. Tar—Arehang I 19 per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS • MANCHESTER, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCIUNGE.—Th e b us i ness to-day was very link ;ted. The transactions were as follow : — Caledonian, 18 15- 1 v Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, Quarters (No. 1), 10 13.16—Midland, 65— South-Eastern and D'o ver ' 217/B—York and North Midland, 25. AILN tat AM, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE. --The share market has been tremely firm to-day, but there was very little business doing' The following were among the closing quotations—BirmiDi ham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley, lON Grea t Northern, 20—London and North-Western, buyein3, 12 '4: sellers, 12P/ 4 .—North Staffordshire, buyers, 7 7 / 8 , seJllers i to dis.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), sellers, 7',/.4-I),it;ro ( li), sellers, 5 yi—Ditto, Preference, buyers, 9 3 4-5 Liropsu,', L Union, sellers, 3 1-16 dis.—South Staffordshire, b , syers,i: dis., sellers, 1% dis.—Manchester, Sheffield,and Lii leolns1 10 " New 101. Preference, buyers, 127 / B —Midland Stoc buYer t3 ° 64:y,, sellers, 65. [A _______________. .DvEaTfsEmENT.] — Declaration of a Dutc 1 soldie r , who fought at W a t er l oo, cured by Holloway's Oint talent An d Pills -" 1, J. de S wart , pu b licly state that Holloway's Pills An d Ointment have c ure d me of several ulcerous sores, l i t hichh% their origin in i mper f ectly healed wounds received in tile battle of Waterloo. Ih e pain was infinite, and I was confined to my bed a l ways during the harvest months. 1 hao • now for two years been enjoying the best of health, solely.g consequence of using Holloway's Pills and Ointme tat, vall cured me in a very short time ; in gratitude for whit 1 I n did pub lish this testimony. ( Signed) J. de Swart, of Len I . :, 0 i Solo Vossepels, near Nymegen, Holland, Oct. 4t h, Ist t by all Druggists, and at Professor Holloway 444, Strand, Loudon. cia —lThe heats FEVER.STILLS AN D LEGAL POISONXN . hand, and fever-stills in towns and cities are as and steams of another summer are at ' s Esta ashment, with the rich material of pestilence. the extent of about 40 000 L care to grant security to e i r sia ti t l i e r y e were per annum in perpetuity toChurch, du " ra n s o L t eeNgr lo r Om care permission care for vested intereglts ill inanimate carcase ;" "but in so imperfectly provident for Physical corruption, !,ee,v3"ery purpose for which compensoti°ll, of the living flock, but fo.rn ermission to inter elsewhere its the carrying out oftn A that this purpose still remains a pe rfs f - , was to be grante b ; agitation of the question subsideil 4- dead letter. and now the fight has to be fought o ' o l The public . mind, lately familiarised with the horri d thefull fully h e k into its previous fatuous indifference, a n . sunk details, has s the I,:athsome picture set before its eyes on,ct must have . ere it can be brought a • to iii i " - "n vivid outline, gain ct more i ate energy and determination, on the ambit with adequ and • again taken up by its lawmaking representatives, a im ga a i g n i . ned security being 4-,, —to some more effectual purpose, it is to be hoped' ~ ‘tt:it.tiltetofore, It is a sickening task to repeat the 1 , Z.-" vious delineations of our intramural graveyard horrors. Y et ii we fear this must be done, if the force of public opiniO n h , again • to be brought actively and efficiently to bear upon. t" question.—Builder. BIRTHS. On the Bth i ns t., in Ilarrington-square , the wife o f tb . Rev. Henry Gehle, D.D. On the Bth inst., at OF • DAUGHTER. E of Alfred B. Blenkarn, sq Courland, Wand swor th- roa d. the Wif e On the 9rh inst., at Charlotte -street, Belford-aquae, 111. Frederick W. Porter. On the Bth inst., at Ikpizrliglp/fl: Char les W. Howarth, Esq , o f R ichmond-hill, Manchester, to E t na Joseph Leech,sq., Jane, eldest daughter of house, Highgate. Camden-town, On the B t h i nst., at Bidston Church, Cheshire, T. 13. Bourne, Esq., o f Liver pool, to Henrietta Frances Beeket only daughter of the late Captain Kennan, Madras H. On th DIED. e 9th ingt at Mornington-road, Regent's-park, Mr . PapprilVaged 81, and for 40 years of Sherbourile' lane, Lombard-street, City. On the Bth inst.. Margaret. the wire of John Plews, of the Camberwell New-road, Kennington, aged 52. Oa the th e Bth inst., at Stoke-by-N a yl an d , C at h er i n e, fifth dang!iter of the Ray. C. M. Fostesse. On the sth inst.. at Stainforth. Yorkshire. Thomas Foster, Z1.7713' Of LTElthia, aged g. Print-,d and Published by 'HURD() YOUNO, o f No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 115 , . strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, is thip ONO Q 14iddloes t tiQadvi No, or- f / g ( Nc. 4 bci ;1 01 • gl A Al; ecr ~atti }~ ~~, ~:1 ,:~,