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

Vourtb_wviti n FRANCE. The Afoniteur has the following relative to the new copper coinage :—" The Bill which is now before the 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, contained no demand for a credit. The combination proposed svithdraws from circulation 10-.4 millions of kilo grammes of copper. The coins which 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 7,660,000 E, and that expense will be more than made up by the sale of the 5,t,- 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 i 3 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 zed heavy ones which disgrace our monetary system will in no way affect the budget." By the Senate:.-Consultum, which allows the Prince President twelve millions a year, and the national palaces, that of Compiegne, Scc., with their dependen cies, the right of hunting and shooting in various forests is reserved to him. W e understand that the forest administration has ordered about two hundred workmen to clear the rides in the forest of Compiegne. It is said that Louis Napoleon is to pay a visit to Compiegne in the month of May. Tee large equestrian statue cf the Emperor Napo eon, modelled by M. de Neuwerkerke for the city of Lyons, is to be C3S:: in bronze at one operation, by Mid. Eck and Durand, next week. The pedestal of this statue is for the present placed in the courtyard of the lavalidea. As the President of the Republic was the other day retuirning to the Elytee, 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 who • threw me the garland." The man to whom the mo ney had been given refused to give it up, saying that it was meant for himself. Some parsons 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. or Pei, lime past it has been contemplated to erect an equestrian statue (If the Emperor in some open part of the Champs Etys6e, and the magnificent and unrivalled avenue that stretches away from the Place de la Concorde to the superb arch of triumph cf the Barriere de l'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 cent ary to the 19th. , It is doubtful, ho wever, whether the contemplated project of crowning the arch with a triumphal chariot, similar to that of the Place Carrousel, will b tended into effect. In addition to the chariot it hed been proposed to adorn the four angles of ;he 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. Ii was, however, part of the original plan that it should he 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 piece 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 tvill probably before long assume a more imperial title — La Place Napoleon. A file is proposed to be given by the army on the occasion of the Grand Review fer 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 Traffic—week ending April 12, 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 ...£8,157 8 7 Goods ?,45610 8 Total ... £10,613 19 3 Total miles open, 1852, 173 1 4 ; ditto, 1851, 173%. London Terminus, April 12, 1852. 2HE CHEPSTOW RAILWAY BRIDGE. CHEPSTOW, SATURDAY.—Since the floating of the great tube forming per 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 more 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, b y mea ns of powerful " crabs," to be raised to a level with the line of rail way, about 50 feet above its first position. For this purpose three sets of chain-lifting tackle, of immense ti power and strength, were put in operaon. Each end of the tube is lifted in its turn, and the one end has now been raised by this tackle to its second eleva- Lir on the rock, oa 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 a b out 45 d eg rees. The other end will be raised in th e course o f nelt week. Ordinary trows and steamers cany to the east cliff ass underneath it by keeping close When it is raised to its final destination, a g an . w upon which the w g o a . y will be suspended from it, the railway, or rkm.eu will proceed to construct girders, which are rather in fix the girders. These will be raised in readythree parts, in i the company's yard below, feet (the middle one)' and • viz., one girder of 120 When the centre girder . two endg, of 85 feet each. chains fi.ona the tub,- wairibbrought up, the massive brought down and iv - - tached, and the two ends will perma m ne anner. chains from. the tub- in lik e Wilt also be attached to and mattaiale for the Tae roadway brought up and put together, and one '''.s - will then be plete. The present calculation, o l ir i hme 54 m t o h n ia th o s P , e i n f in n g o will be corn may be effected in six weeks or I t unforeseen accident occurs. This mineral l Z o ll be a nireesth i tuan . portant consummation, a s th e dice traffic, at present excluded from the • ere --. account of this gap, will then be introduced railway on opening of one line of rails will suffice this,fourcedThe 1 when this has been accomplished the additionalpiersanCil on the western half of the river for the reception ~f the up-line of rails will be constructed aed of second tube—now partly made and lying in' the yard below—will be raised. It is hoped that the whole bridge may be completed before the end of the year, and that in two months from this time the bridge will be opened for one set of rails. ROMANTIC LOVE STORY. (From the Lille Journal) The young AlreW-- 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 for ward a multitude of pretexts for post poning the wedding to the Greek Calends. liritated at these obstacles, the young people resolved to surmount them. Mr. W— left for England, where it appears pe.ople can get married more easily than in France, end nelde the necessary publications and preparations for a nuptuel cere mony. On his reorn he t made en attempt to soften the lady's father, but haying failed in it, he arranged with her to fir with him. In a short time they were Th e y arrived at * midnight, end obteined eat Cal a i'• a prm i ss iou to embark !Tom the Special Com missary of Polic e b y representing themselves to be husband and wife. At two o'clock they arrived at Dover, at seven o'clock they were (marled by a n accommodating clergy ma°e, and at nine o'clock th e y re-embarked for France. At Calais th ey had again to present themselves at the sir,' nighthcru polite than • Plss"rt-clici; They found the commissary much less ' Al) ' it . the preceding nigh . . is you, last nigh in you deceived me ' I have learned that wife, wherea s she that this young lady was your take her under en e is Only Miss G—. I have orders to charge o f h avi lProtection, and to arrest you on the husband, by v ia ; o e f ar r ried off 3 minor.' The new certificate, and sa id__.,Z l Y , pulled out his marriage lam not a deceiver'.' Th ' : sl T—this will prove that regular, and Wai 1 9.gned i 3. ce rtificate was perfeetly Dover, and all the compet4 t ie French Consul at m i ssa ry, seeing that he via ., i ll ‘nollties. The com missary, err _ -` couple at liberty , , set the young It would appear that the hietory shoals pa; end here; but alas ! no ; the newly wedded rived at the end of their troubles, k r y "je not ar riEw lis\ 4 , strived at Celaie, after haeing gi e „7" -- . and r*-- ti4P. nee!' police by teleg ra p h of the elopee„,l""roa d , . 4. ' 1 „11 , ring been told that the young coulia, ,~ ~ ~. PY; } ~ .;~- ~~~ ~~ n 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 Sr. Pierre lez Calaie. 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 was not there; and thee, 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. Gazelle, 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 nil 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 sou 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 the fait accompli, 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 far 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 hes analysed the products sent to the Academy by M. lloride, which consist of—let, a saline residue of a poet coneistence and greyish colour ; 2d, 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 e 3 exact and identical a manner as possible the sea water from whence it was derived. Taus, apart from the presence gases which me may of a little sulphate of and ac which a product of re-action, s( m have escaped in the operation, this first product con tains all toe ofnci di p s l o eso u f m, th m e sea ng . water at Croisio, n a nesium, and potassium ; alkaline and maz n e s i an sul phates, as well as i o di ne an d bromine, iu - the state of salt, if not in great abu n d ance , a t l east i n very ap preciable proportion. The commissioners think, con sequently,. that ther e i s reason t o w elcome the idea of the author both in a scientific and practical point of view, and they propose to address to him a note of thanks and encouragement, and to deposit his work in the archives of the Academy. These conclusions, after some short observations from M. Cloquet, were put to the vote and adopted."—Journa" de Chimie illedicale, February, 1852. ECCLESIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. Barton Lodge, M.A., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, to the vicarage of S:. Mary Megdalene Colchest er , rendered vacant by the deat h of the Rev. 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 o f 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 asbaldwick, 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 Primete of Ireland has presented the Rev. C. T. Hackill, B.A , to the rectory of Killaney, and the Rev. T. B. Kennedy, M.A., to the rectory of Kihnore, 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. Gaiton, Esq. The Bishop of Lichfield has presented the Rev. Thomas Weight Whittaker, M.A., of Emmanuel Col lege, Cambridge, rector of Stanton-by-Bridge, Derbyshire, to an honorary canonry in Lichfield Cathedral. The Rev. Francis Gartside Tipping, M.A., of Brasenose College, Oxford, late incumbent of More ton, 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, M.A., 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. awssett, M.A., on the nomination of trustees The Rev. Denis Browne, rector of Enniscorthy, hos been appointed Dean of Emly, in the room of Dean Di;ney removed to Armagh. A new church has been erected at Woolwich, and is to be consecrated by the Bishop of London on Wednesday, the 28th inst. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and the Rev. W. Duncan Long, M.A., late Minister of St. n t ßart d h toolothe mew s Church, Birming ham, has been appo ie incumbency. stftt ' ambition BIRMINGHAM RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH). Free Handicap. Gulnare ... •• ••• 111 , •• • ••• 1100 Paymaster ••• ••• ••• •CIP ••• The Midland Stec p'echawe• Tipperary Boy Oscar ... ... ••• ••• ••• Carrig ... ... ... . ... .• • 5 r9.n.. Won by a head. ... 2 ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 .. ARSI FhEopTioN. A woman residing at I N - ir a charge of assault preferred summoned to appear at the Ravenwersby was recently rate-collector of that place. ago the woman in question imprisonment.n d a nsp justice hw-room, some r o , h: to t wian swermasel t r e dpe vieted of poach- T s he remem brance upon the lands of the complainant, her by the ufficient in centive furthertimes it w h a o s ut at t a h l e l sentenced to two months' branceo t f o h th er is a c u a g s e u r a , lt w y a rate application. One day last week theprovocation of met with one of her sons, of whom he rate-collector amount of rate due; but the young man, after the that he had no money, advised him to appi r y stati h n i g mothr, and she would doubtless pay him. - 11e - a t e o r - d ' s ingly did so, and on his pony rode up to the front door the domicile, where he was met by the fair proprietor with with a sweeping brush, with which, on stating his errand, she aimed a terrific blow at his head; fortunat e l y for him it did not reach its destination, b u t d escended on the pony, which, smarting from the blow, began to rear up and retreat. The woman con tinued the charge with unabated fury, the poor fellow dodging his head from side to side to avoid the succession of blows which 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 ditch, knee-deep in stagnant water and filth, over the brink of which the hind legs of the animal slipped, and the luckless rider WC9 qujckly deposited in the mire; over her fallen enemy the outraged woman here wrought with better effect, inasmuch that after a few "decided hits," the vanquished and mud-soaked collector begged for mercy, in eonsideration of which he declared he would forgive her On amount of the rate. The woman's defence was that she expected that he was going to ride into th e horseback, and that, on endeavouring to drive h ou se on she perceived that its hoofs were destroy the ony back, ;b.. herbs, from which she concocted a ing the w e iwl rd?o g ine, and by its sale she partially obtains species GI rn. ..-: reucoptanee so exasperated her that a livelihood; ttll C ' usual'' During the recital of the 8h e.°:l°E4-tted the - affair the whble of tiv? c' ,urt wis convntsed with laugh ter. the wal fined lie. 6` l ,_ Lincanshire Chronicle. A TV CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice TALFOCED.) 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, had 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. Nevertheless 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 account, 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 601, 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's 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 detained 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 emplo3e-_!s 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. Ho was sentenced to transportation for seven years. Arnold Garber, William Wagner, and Philip Kessler were placed at the bar to receive judgment. These prisoners were convicted at the February ses sion, principally upon the evidence of an accomplice, named Solomon Krehcour, of endeavouring to pass a forged cheque at the London and Westminster Bank. Sentence upon them was respited in the expectation that they might mske some disclosures with regard to an alleged syttcm of forgery of which the bankers of this country and the continent were the intended vic :ins. Mr. CLARKSON, who appeared for the prosecution, said that the prisoners had made no such disclosures, and he therefore preyed the judgment of the Court. The Learned JUDGE raid he was directed by Mr. Justice I ,7illiams, who tried the case, to order them to be transported for ten years. The prisoner Gerber, as he was leaving the bar, ad dressed the Court in an excited manner, and declared that he Tsai innocent, and that the charge had been ordertru trumped up bnaegmaiingshtt hhitnn iintb.lyf get t e referred ie. to, in William Jackson pleaded guil t y to a charge of wilful and corrupt perjury. o w ut it o n f e ;Toub Mr. CLARKSON, who was, instructed for the pressen hatehis charge had been . preferred by the , Commissioners of Inlan d Revenue, in consequence . o f teen sate t evidence given by the p risoner 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 ho k new to be false; but it appeared that he was very young, and that be was to some extent under the influence of other parties, and possibly, under these circumstances, the Court would be inclined to take a lenient vices of the case. The Learned JUDGE sentenced the prisoner to he kept to hard labour for nine months. Isaac Cooper, ` , 4, fisherman; Thomas Knott,,3o, fisher man; and Richard Palmer , 27, fisherman, were indicted for piratically taking posse ssion of a fishin g -vessel u p on the high seas, within the jurisdiction of the Admiralty of England. In another count the prisoners were charged with the cffence 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 11 th 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 cotter, but had been purchased by a gentleman named Howard, who was the owner of a number of fishing vessels, to be emplsyed for the same purpose at Great Grimsby. She sailed from that place on a fishing voyage on the 4th of January, and at that time the prisoner Cooper acted as master, and there were also on board a man named Denny, who was the mate, and a seaman named Smales, and two boys. The ordinary coarse 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 cf 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 fishing until they had got a cargo, when, instead of returning to Grimsby, as it was his duty to have done, he sailed to Sunder land, where he sold the fish that had been caught, and also some of the tackle belonging to the vessel. He then 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 wont 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. They 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 abort 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 affair 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 he received, and found the other two prisoners guilty. Mr. 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. e fore course R RUSSELL E the LL GURNEY,afternoon Es q aj . u , r Q y . w e.) ere In the FOURTH COURT. em panelled in the grand jury-room. George Shirley, 16, poulterer, 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, and 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 the side of the head, but ry not a v W e severe one. She, becoming ill, was taken to the est minster Hospital, where she died the next night. The surgeon who attended her and made a post nz, ortem examination of the body, said he never saw a body so fearfully diseased, and it seemed difficult for him to explain the exact cause of death. Several witnesses gave the boy an excellent cha racter for kindness and hu manit y . The Jury Acquitted him. Daniel Bah: t n ')8 labourer, was indicted for atabbi nn , E ng 0 1 -1 . . with intent to kill her. Mr.W. E l len Sweeny , The pro 'ooper prosecuted. habits and aeoutrix and prisoner (who from his savage that niekna likeness to the murderer Good goes by with me) cohabited together, sleeping in a room an old Baker's-alle I r i shwoman , in a lodging-house in 22d o f za arc Y l ; Itcsemary-lane. On the night of the and the Iri s came home, and were quarrelling, " Murder ii, and hen was awoke by the cries of been stabbed i n til.;'e then found that the woman had hospital, wher e ont . ree places. She wag taken to the and close in the r- 7es found to be two inches deep, versed the abdorneeng'a of the kidneys ; another tra- Hie had been saved: and it was a miracle that her The poor creatur e be prevailed upon 1 ; who seemed very ill, cou ld not iaeCourt to say who did the injury to her ; but e v i dence of the woma n who J.! t was in the room ryes quit ne jury found him e conclusive. Guilty, 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. He was sentenced to two years, and hard labour. This ended the business of the sesFion, and the courts stands adjourned until Monday, May 10. I‘ T i v u E RD s z T R ,.l/ F N e s li T x m En , G POLICE INTELLIGENCE. . ATTEMPTED ee, a furniture broker, who has been in custody S. 111 1\lehael Collins' p i e the 12th alt., charged with felon iousl y sh ooting with intent to murde r hi m , underwent a lengthened examination. The unfortunate victim of the prisoner's ' an inmate deliberate attack has been ever sincethe IN e.st minster Hospitel, where, in consequence of . of the severity of the injuries he had received , Hewas but little expectation existed of his recovery. attend l ttend however, sufficiently convalescent on Saturday to at this court, a circumstance at which Mr. BroderiP, the presiding magistrate, expressed his gratification , admitting that, from the perilous b position , a _the unfortunate suf ferer had been in at o ne time , had hardly expected to have seen him. Michael Collins said that he resided at Buckingham Cottages, Rochester-row, and was associated with the prisoner and others in a progress ivemeetings teetotal so ciety, premises for holding the been taken in York-street, West' of which had mmster. Although the key of the place had bea n prisoner handed to the treasurer of the society for the body, ner set . up a claim to be considered the landlord, objectedshowingthe folly to a piece called Sir John Barleycorn, being acted, was frequently called yof people drinking, fi to . order at the meetings, and made himself veryo offensive. At about half-past seven on the evening of the 12th prosecutor found that prisoner had taken possession members in ; of the pre mises, and refused to let his brother upon which be ( Collins ) partially broke the door in with a piece o f q uarterin g , The prisoner was stand ing with a pistol in one hand and a drawn sabre in the other, and they repeatedly asked him to come out, but he refused , a nd s wore he would shoot the first ma n who crossed the threshold with the of the door. lle then struck at prosecutor e sabre, declaring that unless he removed his arm, ' which was resting . on the half-shattered door, h e wouid cut it off ; but . prose. cutor removed and avoided the blow. Prisoner re peated again and again that whoever entered should pay for his temerity with his life, and prosecutor then told him that he had n o themore. business in the pre mises than the rest ofthe society, and no right to have armed himself i n he had, and while in conversation prisoner firedway in his hand at hiin and the horse-pistol he held the charge entered his abdo men. He deliberately • was raised the pistol and fired it, and prosecutorthen carried .. away. Prisoner and hi s a most solicitor both questioned the prosecutor in hisirregular way—the former re peatedly interru ptingadvocate—and endeavoured to elicit that the pistol had gone off by accident, but received the reply that he had raised it and fired as described. Taey next, tioned the prosecutor exasperated the in order to show that he had prisoner by some offensive epithet, which prosecutor admitted he had applied with refer ence to a meeting about the wrongs of Ireland, which prisoner wanted to h. William Sherman proved held at the hall. proved that some of the shot with which the pistol was c h arge d a l so s t ruc k hi m . Mr. Miran, an inspector of the B division, stated that having he ar d what had occurred he went and found the prisoner told him his determination in the room, and when he The put . down thentstion of taking him into custody inspector found pistol and . sabre and surrendered. of shot, powder,sw two pistols loaded and a quantity Police -constable * Saunders, 192, B, proved that he and two other officers tini. were present while the prisoner stood for some in . the menacing position described when I „le arsd and while B ‘ rod wil . il , e he reloaded, and admitted in reply to Mr. question, that they made no effort to disar m hi m eriP 5 A . clerk from the him. of Mr . . Games, for the prose cution, asked ter a c remand, owing to the surgeon being unavoidably absent. Prisoner was remanded HORRIBLE MURDER in LAMBETH A WOMAN'S HEAD CUT OFF BY HER SON. A sensation, which it would be difficult to describe, was caused on Saturday afternoon, throughout the neighbourhood of Kennington-road and Lambeth, in , n upon his a consequence of the following frightful murder com mitted by a y oung ma respect ably-connected f ema le, of the name of Elizabeth Wheeler, a widow, 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 , a nd imme diatelyics. facing Bethlem Hospital for Lunatics. The building was occupied by Mr. Wickens, a dyer and scourer, a family named Toms, 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. Toms, 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 fall 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. Airs. 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, and 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, however, never lost sight of him, but followed his track until he got within a few yard s o f Chester street., At that point police-constable Lookyer, No. 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 hi s p oor mo ther, with of en axe and a k n i fe. The constable an iron, and a ft erwards cut her head and informed the officer that h e fi rst struck her on the off byhead means nmdanonto his way e station-house in Ken thither he told the officer he was now sorry that he h a d comm itt e d th e murder, but the fact was he c ou ld not help it, f or hi s at ni Ken nington-lane, t c o e n a o n k o the e 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, end 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 iu order to strain 011 th e water, when her son gave her a violent blow on the head, which felled her to the floor, after which he must have knelt upon her body and performed the act of decapitation. The saucepan was lying near the' door, and the steam was still ascending from the greens therein. In the 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 Lockyer not a sp o t of blood was per ceptible upon his clothes, and his hands were per fectly clean, leading to tha 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 prisoner, on being placed at the bar, looked wildly a li n e d v‘ l i g as ht dr w e n ss n e n d at i i n ti a o and an intelligent around him, and appeared to be either unconscious or indifferent to the Lambeth Police-office. The position in which he was placed. neckerchief, twisted rather than tied round features, his neck. He is a well-made man, black use frockiie hadcoat,a black blan kw scarf,eistc n t r , with large black eyes, regular Mr. Norton inquired —How old are you ? Pri soner (carelessly) —Twenty-eight. - --wenty-eight. Mr. Norton--What is - your name ? Prisoner — Thomas Cupper Wheeler. - The following witnesses were then called :-- t countenance. Eliza Phillips said, i n answer to questions from the magistrate—l reside at No. 1, Durham -place, Lam beth-road. I have known the prisoner from the time he was a little baby, I knew his mother, whose name , y. was Elizabeth Wheeler. I have resided I believe ed in the s ame house with her since August last. She was there before we went there. We found the prisoner and the deceased there. They lived on the second floor, and we lived on the first floor. The prisoner was living with her when I went there. His mother informed me on more than one occasion that there was something the matter with him. I have frequentl s een him in t he house with a flat-iron in hi s hand, Y and also a hatchet. He used to go up and dow n stairs w ith a flat-iron or hatchet in his hand. . . The Prisoner—,,, v ‘t gentlemen. The Magist rate— more It is impossib le to conceive any thingy mother did not fear thou g h, horribl e than the crime with which you are charged, and it my dut to inform you that every word you say will be taken down, and may be used in evidence against you. The prisoner —I don't fear anything. The Witnes9—l have seen him with the iron and the hatchet in his h an d , muttering to himself at frequent intervals. The prisoner -_I have a habit of speaking to myself, as I have no co b else to speak to, and my mother was always -. ht 11 C'kgUartling me. T" wit"B4—About three wet:ks ago I saw hi m with the flat-iron in his band, muttering to himself. He was then standing in the room. He 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 side. He has been doing so for nearly a twelvemonth, vs well as I can remem ber. About half-past eleven or a quarter to twelve this morning 1 heard a scuffling 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 something 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. He 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 stair:. 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 younc , man for the doctor. When the doctor came my landlady went upstairs with him, and when she came down she said Mrs. Wheeler was lying on the floor. I know not what weapon it was done with. I saw the prisoner about eleven o'clock this morninr, as if ho 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, and she had an ides 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 Tonbridge- 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 tne 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 lefr. Elizabeth Toms, wife of Charles Toms, landlord o No. 1, Durham-place—My husband is a carpet-bag menufauturer. I 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 waling for his living, for he was not able to do so. Hi s mo th er su pp or t e d 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. Lat e ly I o b serve d h e 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 his hand with some greens in it. That was at eleven o'clock, or half-past eleven. I think it was about an hour before the b fore the murder. Shortly after h e went up stairs I heard a noise, but I thought it was Mrs. Phillips beating her child. Mrs. Pnillip s th en came. down stairs, I and and in consequence of what sh e sa id I went up stairs the prisoner passed down. Th e d oor was closed, but I pushed it open, and saw something lying on the floor. I afterwards found it was M rs . Wheeler. She was lying close to the door, withi n a b out h alf a yard of it. I put my hand on her feet a n d 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 followed hi m up stairs, and the first thing I saw was M rs . Wh ee l er ' s b ea d lying on the table. The table was close to her shoulder. I went directly to my husband, who went instantly in pursuit of the prisoner. The prisoner was not brought back to the house. Mrs. Wheeler had three rooms, in one of which she slept herself, in another the prisoner slept, and in a third the lodger (Edwards). Mr. Thomas Hutchinson, No. 1, Moore-street, Kennington-road, assistant to Mr. Berrell, 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 head 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 w ent 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 mo re than ten minutes when I got there. When the policeman came I examined the body more particula rl y . I think she was first struck with the hatchet, the n cut with the knife, and the vertebrae afterwards severed with the hatchet. On the right side of the head there was a wound from an inch to an inch an d 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 washed, 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 flat-iron lying close to the clothes. Near tho 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 bundle of cloth es lying by the side of the body. There is blood on the 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 policeman—Yes, 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 sur geon there, and the body as described by the surgeon, and the head on the table, with the knife the n un i u nderneath then h the head, and the hatchet by her side. Loc h u: i told me that tie prisoner had said that he L had kytr to struck her with the flst•iron and to o k the e uP search for the iron, and after doing i_s° room, By the flat-iron. The towel was in th© ha" LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, I&2 side of the body there was a saucepan with greens or THE COUNT' turniptops in it. On the table there was a piece of lavantrooa, APRIL 10. bacon and pudding. On the way coming from the qu ry flour,. but holders station-hou se I no ti ce d bl oo d on the prisoner's hands sent quotatous. under the nails (the blood was still visible on the pri soner's hands when he '.VAS in court). He said. " I have only partially washed thew, buy if you wish it I shall wash them cleaner." Charles Toms, 1, Durham-place, carpet bag manufacturer—Before Mrs. Phillips came down to me this morning I heard a great noise. That was about half-past or a quar t er - pas t e l even . 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 ; hut I did not go up then. I ran down to my brother and he said, " I shall go up and pull the 13,11 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 priso ner i s well educated. At times he is rational, but at other times he is not. I think he must have listened when his mother was talking about removing him, ani 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 sft. 10in. or ift. 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 bad a sun-stroke as he was crossing the Line. He had a salary of 3001. a year, and be 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 Wedoesday, 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 . e. d Wheat, per 701b:- 1 ugilSll, I white 6 6 to 6 Si Do. red Iri3la • . .. G 0- 6 51 .• 5 G - 5 8 Manx, red and wh. 5 8 6 01 Dantsie, highmixed 6 10 7 0 Do., mixed 6 4 6 6 American& c white 6 6 6 Canadian, /red b 8— 6 Rostock, ize•• .. 6 4 6 t; Ilamburgh, & - c. • • 5 8 5 10 .• 6 0 6 21 French • • .. 5 10 2 _ _ - - Danish ik ILA ,tein 5 6 5 lo odessa, Polish .. 5 6 5 Do., common .. 5 2 5 Do, hard •• • • 410 5 Egyptian •• .. " 4 6 4 11. Flour, English & Irish, per 2SOII, 23 0 —3O 0 Do., extra flue 31 0 —34 0 French, fancy .. 35 0 —36 0 Do., superfine • 30 0 —32 0 Rielanond, choice 22 0 —24 0, Philadelphia, &c. 20 0 —2O 6 Canadian .. .. 20 0 —2l 0 FURTHER PAR FICULARS. The unhappy man, Thomas Cupper Wheeler, who now stands charged with the dreadful crime of matri cide, is in his 28th year, acd 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 had 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 had been from his youth in a mercantile establishment in the City, and a few years since was sent to Icldia 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'solcd, and of which he had not got the better upon his return to England, for shortly after his arrival it was found ne cessary to place him under restraint. For some four or five days before the Saturday, the accused had been seen to sharpen the chopper and the knives in ordinary use, but the deceased, so far from sugpecting the motives of her son actually men tioned the citcum,tance 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 Horeemonger-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. HORRIBLE SUICIDE ON THE SOUTH. WESIERN RAILWAY. FARNBOROUGEI, suNDAY..—.A frigh , ful occurrence has taken place upon the London and South-Western Railway, near the Farnborough station —namely, the 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 Armsworth, 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 was 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, bu*, 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 speed 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. T E wES, 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 accomplished by her own hands. She informs her victim she will give him a treat; she makes up a dish to which she knows he is partial (perhaps with words of affection on her perjured lips), and induces him to eat of the hidden poison Whi c h i s to take away his life. Then comes the consumma tion of the murderess's horrible depravity. O very night of the day— an d t h at day the Sabbat n h f t — he on which her husband was consigned to the grave, where she hoped and believed, no doubt, that her crime was buried with him, does the depraved woman give license to her desires, under circum stances so revolting that we will not recal them to re collection. This is the substance of the confession she has made T s i nhcee preparations her condrn condemnation the awful ceremony were tion to the chaplain of the gaol. com pleted at an early hour this morning. At twelve spac e o'clock the whole in front of the gaol was crowded by thousands of persons. under-sheriff, after wards the governor of the gaol, the e m, Placedc g andwlcroumfra'nt descending, h i Na e ‘ and imme and other officials, made their culprit,oppearkinch: a Shortly complete didtely afterwards came the riedup to the scaffold. state of bodily prostration, ca i r n this condition imme diatelygawteitehxderceow- by four attendants. under few moments ; Scarcely unPP three years ago the criminal ceased to exist. thet iexecu tioner,bolt,e r a di and us t e t h tdh e et rope,hbee h a a who became with her . was a spectator of theeae cutioanftoerf afterwards Deer ing,aAnfnrequtn source of conversation. Geering, it will be recol lected,convictod of a similar crim e . —S un d ay 7imes was . EMIGRATION FROM HULL.--. the tide of emigration from Hull sums 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. Either three or four of our largest ships were to sail yesterday or to-morrow, a n d they are all well filled, both with human beings and cargues 01 oil, earthenware, etc. Thei•c 114 s been a catiside!able iLflux of foreigners into Hull du r i ng t h e past week, princ ipallyfrom Holland and Belgium, w h o are I,:oceeding to LiTerpm, and thence 0 AilleriCAtsidAliddvertiler, MARKETS. -T3-day we have a fa 4. in lecliae taking offers at pre- F. d. Barley, English, pr imperial quarter 30 0 —3l 0 Irish, S cotch, and Mar x,per 601 b.. 4 I 4 4 Foreign, grinding 4 0— 4 3 Rye, per 601 b • • 4 0 4 3 Hearts, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 —36 0 Irish and Scotch, per .1801 b • • • • 27 0— 30 0 Dutch .. •• 30 0 —32 0 Egyptian • • .. 23 6 —24 6 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 36 0 —3B 0 Foreign •• 35 6 —36 6 )ats, per 451 b English, Scotch, and Welsh, old , cst 3 4 - 3 6 .. 2 91 2 10 Do., feeding .. 2 6 2 7 Do., foreign .. 3 0 3 2 Oatmeal, English, S.:Scoteh,pr24olh 24 0 —25 0 Irish, new .. 2 3 6 —24 0 Do., pinhead .. 25 0 —26 0 ;Canadian .. 2l 0 —22 0 !Malt, per imp. qr. 52 0 —56 0 Indian. corn, per 4 ,11,1 80 1 Corn l i b, Meal, te 29 6 —3O 0 Ir per i 9610 15 0 —l6 0 MANCHESTER, APRIL Io.—Another week of extreme intictivity has been experienced in the trade, the dealers and bakers continuing to confine their purchases to the mere supply of their pressing wants. The arrivals at Liverpool and Runcorn are fair of wheat, and moderate of other articles. At our market this morning wheat was offered at a further reduction of Id to 2d per 701 b., and flour fully 6d per sack and barrel, but without lead ing to uny increase of Liminess. Oats and oatmeal moved off very slowly and must be noted the turn lower. DALKEITH, Apart. B.—The relative weight per four bushels, of the three prices 01 wheat were 18st 121 b, l ast 01b, and 17st 41b. Oats, 12st 121 b, 12st ulb, and 10st 101 b. Barley, 16st 91b, 15it 10ib, and 15st 21b. Peas and beans, 19st 11b, 18st 3 11 4 end 17st •Ilbs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 307 Wheat ... ...... £2 5 0 £2 0 0 £1 15 0 759 Oats 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 6id. _ . _ ABXRDEEN, APRIL 9.—Grain —Oats 17s 9d to 185 Od, 401bs per bushel ; barley, 24s 6d to 00s Od, 52Ibs per bushel ; bear, 24s 6d to 25s Od, b2tbs per bushel; wheat, red 35s to 375; ditto, white i2s to 435, 621bs per bushel; oatmeal, 14s od to 151 per boll ; flour, 32s to 32s tid per sack. Provisions—Beef, 4d to 6d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 6d; veal, ditto, 4d to 6d ; pork, per stone, 3s to 3s 6d ; lamb, per qr., 5s to 6s Od ; tallow, per stone, 3.4 Od to 3s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, 4d to 6d ; rabbits, each, Od to Od; hares, each, Os to Os Od; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to 9a; eggs, per doz, 5d to 7d ; cheese, per cwt, Os to Os Od • hens, pci pair, 25 6d to 3s Od; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d to 3s Od; ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducklings, ditto, Us to Os Od; turkeys, per pair, 7s to 610 d; geese, ditto, 7s to 8s ; butter for exportation (present core), per cwt, (JOs to 62s ; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od to 4d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 141bs, Os ud to Os lid; pork fine, small, 55 6d to Os Od ; pork, larga 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is 5d to Is 6d; barley dust, 9d to Od; peasemeat, Is 10d to 2s Od ; side, Od to 7d • beremeal, is 4d to is sd; flour, is 9d to I s 10d; barley, per lb, iid to 2d; barley flour, is 5d to Is 6d. CORK, APRIL 7. The trade, which, is the early part of the week, ma nifested some s3mptoms of revival, has, with the un favourable advlces from London, resumed the dullness and inactivity which prevailed last week. The arrivals from abreact have rot been 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 receipts for the week being only—wheat, 145 brls at 183 6d to 213 6d per bri; barley, 592 Isrls at 125 to 14s 6d per btl; oats, 1,988 brls at 9s to 11s 8,1 per brl. Barley continues unchanged in value, but wheat and oat , have both declined to the extent of 6d per brl. In the early part of the week some business was done iu foreign wheat, and two or three large parcels changed hands at about the rates of last week. Since the receipt of the advicea from Mark-lane, however, the market has again become exceedingly dull, and wits prices 6cl per barrel lower, there is not a transaction. pas3ing. Some sales of black oats were made at an out.* port at lOs 6d per barrel. On the 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. Wo have had a fair amount of businees in Indian corn at the rates of last week. Some holders, indeed, are looking for an advance, but we have not heard that th e y h ave succeede d in realizing it. We quote the value of prime Galatz 71 2 s 6d per ton, and 71 53 asked. Barrels. Currency. O White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od 00 s Od-20 0 Red wheat OOl Od to 00s Od 2 Ditto 29s 9d to 00s Od 005 Od-20 do O Ditto oos Od to 00s Cd O Barley 00s Od to 00s Od 29 Ditto l3s Od to 13s 10d 90s Od-16 do O Ditto OO3 Od to 00, Od 0 Bere CJa Od to 00s Od Os Od 183 Oats 9s 8d to 10s sd ) 17 Ditto ..< les 8d to 12s Od 00s Od-.14 do O Ditto ... oos Od to Gas Od 19 Pigs Quantity sold at the Highest Prices:- 0 barrels white wheat; 0 red ; 4 barley; 0 bore; 4 oats; 4 pigs. Quantity of Grain and Number of Pigs sold last week c Wheat, 122. Barley, 455. Oats, 1457. Picts, €b. Return of Cattle sold for week ending April 3. Pigs, 536. Sheep, 423. Cows, 109.. Coax.—Flour—Fiat 12 s 6d to 13s 6d ; extra 14 . 6d; seconds, 11s Od to 12 a Od ; h ouseholds 9s toll); 6d; thirds, 7s tO .; m pe e r a c l w , I. o3 o t a o tm lo 7 6 ll d O p s e 6 r d e t w o t l . " In in di d a i n au c m orn eal 7 7 l ton. Bran 85s to 87s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s to 3tls; average 265; dealers 328 to 383 Od; average 34sper ton. Straw- -farmer: lss Oct to 18, Od; average 00a; dealers Oth, Od to 0 0 s average 00s Od per ton. Bread —Wheaten loaf 60: to 0,1; s o 6 3 .4 cd ro to 7s 7 9 l 4 2 ; s w 6 h d e l ui; household loaf bid to Od per 41b. Fresh butte r, 8 d „... t° led per lb. Eggs -4s 44 to 4s 64 per hundred. C ° „ 1 " 1 ,,. Newport 15s Od ; Lyeney 15s ' • Landore 00 8 ; 12s 6d per t on . Tallow 37s Od to 38$ per I L"— Whisky, 25 o . 5. 9d per i m p er i a l ga ll on. —Beef 4id to 7d; mutton 5d to 6id ; v ea l ed t o 7d ; pork 4d to Od ; bacon 6d to 7d ; sausrges bd per lb. 11° P ° 818, to 9/ Os per cwt. Bangor slates 21 17s 641 to 3101 pe r toz 6 Bark, red 71 to 8/ 108 per ton. Fleece wool 14, to 151 per c loss: Hemp 29/ to 34/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 19s to 00s; re° ditto, 24s to 00s per barrel ; Newfoundland, 10/ Os to 11 ! ton. Timb er —M eme l , 70s per ton ; red pine, 31 5s • ye arcil ditto, 2/ 15s per ton; deals, 151 to 181 per 10. ' Hid Market 18s to 255; salted 20s to 26s per cwt ; calf s 3id to Od per lb. Potatoes, white 8d to 9d • }s' i o d sj 10d to 12d. G uanc -P eruvian, 101 103 toP Ichabos, t o 911) 6 per ton. Tar—Archangel, 19s per barrel. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS MANCHESTER, APRIL 10. ted• STOCK EXCHANGE. —The business to-day was very —Th i g The transactions were as follow :—Caledonian 18 15- ',„, rs Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 34—Ditto, Quarters 1), 10 13-16--Midland 65 —South-Eastern and Do re " "s—York and North Midland, ' 25. 81E0111 , 441/ Nl36t, APRIL 10. STOCK EXCHANGE.— The s h are market has been 6 2C' tremely firm to-day, but there was very little business don*" The following were among the closing quotations—Birmingi ham, Wolverha m p ton, an d S tour Valley, 10,' —Great Northern, 20—L ondon and North-Western, buyers! sellers, 123 3 / 4 —North Staffordshire, buyers, 7% 8 , sellers, ! I t ; dis.—Sh rews b ury an d Bi rm i ngham (A), sellers, 7 %—D It : ( B), sell ers , s%—Ditto, P reference, buyers, 934—Shropsi,a(0 Union, sellers, 3 1-16 dis.—South Staffordshire, buyers, 1 7 dis., sellers, Iy B dis.—Manchetiter, Sheffield,and Lin co lnelairvP New 101. Preference, buyers, 12 '33—Midland Stock, bur l* 64 sellers, 65. [A. .DVERTISEMUNT.] — Declaration of a Dutch soldierci who fought at Waterloo, cured by Holloway's Ointment e n , Pills— " 1, J. de S war t, pu bli cly state that Holloway's Pills arl Ointment have cur e d me of several ulcerous sores, which 1 their origin in imp er f ect l y healed wounds received in the battlea of Waterloo. The pair, was infinite, and I was confined to my bed al ways during the harvest months. I ,hs now for two y ears b een enjoying the bast of health, stoleilie,• li tt consequence of us i ng Holloway's Pills and Ointment, vc pub lish thi s testimony. (Signed) J. d e S wart , o f L e nt, 0 cured me in a very short time ; in gratitude for which Ih, Vossepels, near Nymegen, Holland, Oct. 4th, 1849'" eat, s b oid by all Drug g i sts, and at Profess-or Holloway's Eatablishm 444, Strand, London. —The beats FEVER -STILLS AND LEGAL PGISONINGs• ed as over they were in towns and cities are as fully charg ou r Legislature has with the rich material of pestile 100. e extent of about 40,000 E and steams of another summer are at hand, and fever-stills taken care to grant security 0 per annum in perpetuity to the rE nission to inter elsewhere All of the living flock, but 16t permission care for vested interests is t Church, " not for the care inanimate carcase ;" but in their so imperfectly provided fo r they yenfy purpose still remains: a Pe rfect p th h e y purpose for which compensation that this c si a c r a r l y 7 3g rri , i ) p u t t i . c : T, the was to be granted, agitation of the question subsided in dead letter. The Thep IA mind, lately familiarised with the horri c i aad now the fight has to be fought over to its previous fatuous indifference, er l loathsome picture set before its eyes one! must have t ere it can be brought again t insist in vivid outline, o more te energy and determination, on the subject with adequate • in taken up by its law-making representatives, a nd A _ details, ag ain imagined h T a sh s ee s e i u r ru s i k t Y i i being again . purpose, it is to be hoped , "settler —to some more effectual than heretofore. It is a sickening task to repeat the Prt t t vious delineations of our intramural graveyard horrors. IL we fear this must be done, if the force of public opinion questo • nto be brought actively an d eff i ciently to bear upon t h e .uildcr. BJRTHS. OF A 2021. On the Bth inst., in Harrington-the square, the wife of th e Rev. Henry Gehle, D.D. OP A DAUGHTER. On the Bth i ns t., at Courland, Wandsworth-road. de wif e of Alfred B. 13Ienkarn, Esq. On the :Oh inst., at Charlotte -street, Belford-equal eP Mrs. Frederick W. Porter. On the Bth ins , at t. MARRIED. Park Chap e l, C am den-town, Chart* Jane, eld es t W. Howarth, li daughsq , ofter R of Josephichmon d-hiLe ech, Esq., 11, INlanchester, of lrvine to Emilie& ° ~ house, Ili g h gate. On the B t h i nst., at Bidaton Church, Cheshire, T. 13- Bourne, Esq only late daughter of Liverpool, to Henrietta Frances Beeke , f the Captain Kennan, Madras 11. A. n the 9th i nst., at Morn i ngton - roa d, R egen t' s - par k , Mr. lla\r" j ? e ll , i a L tu on l: b a l p r p d r . i s ll t , r a ce g t e , d ci B t3 4„ . D an i t E l D fo . r 40 years of Sherbourne - On the Bth inst., Margaret. the wife of John Plews, Esq., of the Camberwell New-road, Kennington, aged 52. On th e th e Bth i n st., at Stoke-by-Nayland, C a th er i ne , fifth daughter of the Ray. C. M. Fostesse. Ou the sth inst., at Stainforth. Yorkshire, Thomas Foster, EN formerly of London, aged 79. f ° , l f.;4l2 ll il;, 7s' ggnd ln,t P l r l in u t b e l ; ,2h aVT l Z l L ß O C L l :3: j isTl i6 ll °2 : Strand, in tn.; Precinct of the Savoy, in tho comity of Dliddleoest Monday, 44112, 1662, 1. i t