The Sun. — London, England, 1852-12-13 00:00:00

ttittion SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. TATTERSALL'S.—THIS EVENING. METROPOLITAN HANDICAP. 1,000 to 25 agst Lncio (taken). 1,000 to 25 Sally Warfoot colt(taken). 1,000 to 25 agst Lord Fauconberg (taken). 1,000 to 80 Alkali colt (takn). CHESTER CUP. 50 to 1 Nancy (taken). 1,000 to 15 Goldfinder (taken). 1,000 to 15 Trifle (taken). 1,000 to 15 Confessor (taken). 1,000 to 15 -- St. Michael (taken). 2,000 to 25 Vermuth (taken). DERBY. 12 to 1 agst West Australian. 1,000 to 60 Pharos (taken). 18 to 1 I7mbriel (taken). 33 to 1 Brocket (taken). Offers to take 20 to 1 about Cineas. THE CALCUTTA AND CAPE MAIL. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) ARRIVAL OF THE QUEEN OF THE SOUTH, PLYMOUTH, DEC. 13, This splendid screw steamer, Commander Geo. Hyde, arrived here this morning at 10 o'clock. Her dates of sailing are as follow :—Calcutta, Sept. 15th ; Sands-heads, 21st ; Madras, 26th ; Point Galee, Oct. 241 ; Mauritius, 14th ; Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 6th; St. Helena, 15th ; Ascension, 19th ; St. Vincent, 29th. She brings 70 passengers, including the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Buckner and family, Mr. Bruce and family, Hon. Mrs. Erskine and child, and a com mercial gentleman of the name of Palmer, Hon. R. B. Pellew, 43d L. 1., Mr. Horsefall, Mrs. J. Bruce and child, and Mr. M. J. Bruce—all from the Cape. She also brings a full cargo of sundries. She was detained in Calcutta river four days on account of the disorderly state of her machinery. In coming down the Bay of Bengal she encountered strong currents, in consequence of the south-west monsoon. Not being able to obtain enough coal at Point de Gallee, she had to work on short allow ance of fuel to the Mauritius. Four days after leaving the Mauritius one blade of the screw broke off, and she was obliged to work easy in consequence. She put into Simon's Bay on the 29th October, as being, from its sheltered situ ation, well suited for repairing ; but on examina tion it was found that another blade of the screw had broken off. She shipped a spare blade, coaled, and sailed for Table Bay, where she arrived on the 6th of November. On the passage home she was obliged to work very easy under steam ; in fact, nearly all the pas sage to Corfu was accomplished under sail, the screw having been in such a precarious condition, that it was only used in cases of emergency, where it was impossible otherwise to obtain speed of six knots. The Sarah Sands, with emigrants for Australia, was in Table Bay Nov. 6. The Indianna sailed for Mauritius, October 30 ; the Great Britain left the Cape October 17 for Australia ; the Cleopatra left October 29 for Syd ney ; the Earl of Hardwick, one of Green's ships, waa in Table Bay. The Coromandel and the Earl of Chalmont were at St. Helens. In Ascension her Majesty's ship Firefly; the Tortoise, receiving ship ; Westwind, Yankee screw steamer, sixty days from New York, with emi grants for Australia. Saint Vincent, Melbourne, outward for Australia, and Teviot, homeward. The United States corvette Dahl sailed for the coast of Africa. The Queen of the South was seventy-two days from Plymouth to Calcutta. On her arrival at Plymouth, the mails were sent on to London by the 12 o'clock train, which will arrive there at 10.30p.m. The following summary of proceedings at the Cape during the month of October, as far as the war is concerned, is taken from the South African Advertiser, November 6. By the sth October, General Cathcart had cleared the Waterkloof of its troublesome tenants and taken sufficient measuses to prevent their returning. He has established posts, and is now cutting out roads in that mountainous dis trict. Before the activity of Colonel Eyre, with a sufficient force, the enemy has also retired in a measure from the Amatolu. FRANCE. The Cirque Napoleon, the construction of which was commenced last May, and which is now com pletely finished, was inaugurated on Saturday even ing with unusual pomp. Its cupola and façade were illuminated, and decorated with the Imperial arms. An eagle with outspread wings hovered over the entrance, in the midst of a double row of flags and garlands. The interior glittered with light and gold. The Emperor arrived at eight o'clock precisely in a caleche, having King Jerome Napoleon on his left, with Prince Jerome Napoleon and Marshal de Saint Arnaud, the Minister of War, in front. An immense crowd assembled near the theatre, and saluted the Em peror. On alighting from his carr:age cries of " Vive l'Empereur I" were heard. Louis Napoleon was received at the entrance by the Prefect of the Seine, the President of Police, the Mayor of the 7th arrondissement and his deputies, and by N. Dejean, the director of the theatre. Count Bacciochi, tie Grand Master of the Ce7e monies, had scarcely blade his appearance, when the audience rose and saluted. The audience was not composed solely of statesmen and courtiers. There was a large proportion of military of every rank and operatives present. The Emperor took his seat on a fauteuil; in the centre of the first stall of the boxes, which was decorated with red velvet and a profusion of gold embroidery. A gilt eagle was suspended over the Imperial box. His Majesty seated himself in the centre, with his uncle Jerome and the Minister of State on his right? and the Minister of War and Prince Jerome Napoleon, Prince Lucien Murat, and the Minister of Police on his left. Marshal Magnan, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Paris, the Prefect of the Seine, Gene ra Count Roguet, Generals de Montebello, Carre let, Col. de Beville, and other officers of the Im perial household took their station behind the Em peror. The Minister of the Interior, the Countess de Persigny, and Madame de Montebello were seated in the first stalls, underneath the Imperial hox. Several Senators, Deputies, Councilors of State, M. Latour-Dumoulin, Director of Publica tions in the department of police, and the chiefs of the various ministries were present. M. Laurent, of the Theltre Lyrique, sung a cantata, entitled " Dieu nous r a rendu." Each verse was applauded, Tad was followed by cries of " Vive l'Empereur." Fo Napoleon throughout the entertainment gave 1 7 signal for appl ause . H e l e ft a t a quar t er p as t , followed by King Jerome and the prince his son and returned to the Tuilleries by the Boule var rids. H e Was e was pr ece d e d by a f ew C u i rass i ers. pE mpereu r r e p c,trtly cheered with cries of " Vive were rathe r .4 y the crowds on the pavements, who IZeorous, as it was the first night of the masque Lepene f t. th e season at the Grand Opera n the Rue The Emperor reviewed -ier. batteries of artille r y i n to-clay (Sunday) severa of t e. h coi i irt of the Tuilleries• $© stood on the step s avillon de l'Horloge• The men, as they Massed' re epeatedly cried ; " Five PEmpereurl IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS—(THIS EVENI NG. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat o n the wool sack at five o'clock. On the motion of the Earl of DESART, the West India Colonies Loan Act Amendment Bill was read a third time and passed. On the motion of Lord COLCHESTER, the Com. Inclosure Bill was read a third time and passed. Their Lordships then adjourned. 11°1 JSE OF COMMONS--(THIS EENIN G •) The SPRARER took the chair at five minutes to four o'clock. STANDING ORDERS. Mr. W. PATTEN moved that standing orders Nos. t 9, 60, and 156 be repealed, and that the following 'orders be made standing orders in lieu thereof :- 59 - That, excepting in the case of a railway bill, a sum not lessthan one - twentieth part of the amount required to be subscribed shall, previously to the 15th day of January, be deposited with the Court of Chancery in England, if the work is intended to be done in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England, or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland ; if such work is intended to be done in Scotland; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such work is intended to be done in Ireland. 60. That in the case of railway bills, a sum not less than one-tenth part of the amount required to be subscribed, shall, previously to theilsth day of January, be deposited with the Court of Chancery - in England, if the railway is intended to be made in England ; or with the Court of Chancery in England or the Court of Exchequer in Scotland, if such railway is intended to be made in Scotland ; and with the Court of Chancery in Ireland, if such railway is intended to be made in Ireland. 156. That alli3etitions praying that any of the sessional or stand ing orders of the house, relating to private bills, may be dispensed with, and all petitions for the re-insertion of petitions for private bills in the general list of peti tions, and all petitions opposing the same, be presented to this house by depositing the same in the private bill office ; and every such petition, so deposited, shall stand referred to the select committee on standing orders. Agreed to. PETITIONS. Petitions against the financial propositions of the Chancellor of the Exchequer were presented by Sir W. CLAY, from the Tower Hamlets ; Lord D. STUART, from St. Pancras; and by several other hon. members from other places. Lord D. STUART presented a petition from Ken dal, praying that the Government remonstrate with the authorities in Italy to allow the Bible to be read by the people in that country ; also several' petitions from the metropolis, praying for the interference of the house in the case of Edward Murray. Mr. PHINN presented a petition from a Mechanics' Institute at Bath, praying for the transmission, at a small cost, of Parliamentary reports to literary insti tutions. Mr. MONSELL presented a similar petition from Limerick. Mr. COBDEN also presented a similar one from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Similar petitions were presented by Lord BARNARD from Galway, and Mr. LOCKE from Honiton. . . Mr. 0. doNNOR HASTIE presented a petition from Kildare, complaining of the interference of Roman Catholic clergy at the. last election in Ireland, and praying for the adoption of the ballot. Mr. W. LOCKHART presented a petition from Edinburgh against opening 2 the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Mr. WILKINSON presented a petition from Mary lebone, praying for the interference of the Government to obtain the liberation of Edward Murray. Mr. HA YTER presented a petition from Wells against the proposed increase of the house-tax. Mr. GRANVILLE BERKELEY presented a peti tion from Evesham, to the same effect. Mr. ISAAC Burr presented a petition from Youghal,_praying for an enquiry into the interference of the Roman Catholic clergy at the last general election in Ireland. Mr. T. DUNCOMBE presented a petition from the Holborn Union against the recent order of the Poor- Law Board. Mr. TUFNELL presented a petition from Devonport against, the extension of the house tax. MR. BOYD. Mr. M. MILNES wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, ,whether any steps had been taken by the intervention of his department with foreign governments to ascertain the fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd, supposed to have been murdered or held in captivity, on landing at one of the Solomon islands in the latter part of the last year, and whether there_would be any objection to lay such information as her Majesty's Government might have received on the table of the house. Lord STANLEY had no information to lay upon the table because no information had been received, but in reference to the first part of the question he might perhaps be allowed to state that in the month of June last a dispatch was written to our Minister at Washington, requesting him to make application to the American Government on the subject, and request them to assist this country in obtaining information. Mr. Webster, the then Secretary of State, promised to com ply with that request, and shortly afterwards a notice was published in the newspapers of the States, requesting any private individuals who might obtain information connected with the fate of Mr. Boyde, to communicate it to the American authorities. He was sorry, however, to say, that up to the present moment no information whatever had been received. INCOME TAX. Mr. HEADLAM wished to ask the right hon. gen tleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer a question rela tive to the proposed reduction of the income tax. It was proposed to reduce the incomes liable to the tax in cases where the income was derived from fixed and certain sources from 501., and those derivable from industrial sources, to 1001. Now, sup posing a person to be in the receipt of 401. from realised property, and 1001. from professional resources, would he be exempted from payment of the tax, or would he have to pay it upon the whole 1201. ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it was extremely inconvenient to enter into such questions then. It would be much better to leave it for the Mi nister to state his details when the proper time arrived for doing so. CLERGY RESERVES. In reply to Mr. V. SMITH, Sir JOHN PAKINGTON said, the returns con nected with the Clergy Reserves of Canada were nearly ready, and they would be laid on the table before Christ mas. MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS. Mr. H. BROWN wished to ask the President of the Board of Trade, whether it was the intention of the Go vernment to propose any measure for more effectually enforcing the due and punctual observance of efficient regulations on railways to secure the public safety ? Mr. HENLEY said the whole subject of railways had been referred to a committee that was about to meet, and until that committee should have reported, it was not the intention of Government to make any interfer ence with the existing laws relating to the management of railways. Mr. H. BROWN begged leave, under those circum stances, to give notice, that he should on an early day after Christmas, call the attention of the house to the lamentable loss of life incidental to railway traffic, re sulting from the absence of better regulations in its management, and the necessity for some more direct interference on the part of Government, for the purpose of correcting the irregularities incident to the manage. ment of railways. ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS. In reply to a question, • Mr. Secretary WALPOLE stated that he had no ob. jection to lay the report of the Ecclesiastical Comniis sioners on the table. It was his ' own private opinion that local courts ought to be established for granting probates upon wills, &c. SMITHFIELD MARKET. Mr. FORSTER wished to inquire of the Secretary o State for the Home Department, what was doing toward the removal of Smithfield Market. Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said, the City of London had the power of constructing the new market, and they gave notice to the Home-office last summer of their in tention to do so. They had selected Copenhagen fields as the site of the new market, but the approbation of the Secretary of State had not yet been given to the plans ; Government had no power to inter fere until the expiration of the year. Sir J. DUKE did not know whether he should be in order in endeavouring to give the house some informa tion on this subject. (Cries of " Order, order.") Sir W. CLAY begged to ask the hon. baronet what proceedings the corporation had taken with reference to the removal of the market ? Sir J. DUKE hoped he was in order now. (No, no.) The SPEAKER said it was not competent for the hon. baronet to put a question to a private member unless it related to some bill in proceeding before the house. (Hem. hear.) Mr. T. DIINCOMBE did not wish to be so disorderly as the hon. baronet—(a laugh)—but he begged to ask the night hon. gentleman the Secretary for the Home Department, where the rate was that he had given his sanction to ? Mr. WALPOLE had already stated that it was in Copenhagen-fields, and he had every reason to believe that the City of London were taking active steps to carry out the sections and plans. (Hear, hear.) TEA BUTIES. In reply to a question from Mr. MorFATT, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER stated that it was his intention to reduce the duty on tea, in the first year from 2s. 21d. to ls. 10d. clear of the 5 per cent. at present charged, but the 2s. 21d. included the 5 per cent. THE KAFFIR WAR. Mr. HINDLEY gave notice that to morrow he should put a question the right hon. baronet, the Secre tary of State for the Colonies, relative to a statement which had appeared in the Cape newspapers—namely, that all the Kaffirs taken Waterkloof were immediately hung, and if so, whether that course was justified by the laws of war. (Hear, hear.) EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF MURDER. (From the Times.) The trial of Mr. Kirwan, at Dublin, for the mur der of his wife on the 6th of September last, has terminated in a conviction. The wretched man has received sentence of death, and the presiding judges held out no hope of mercy, as the evidence was of so conclusive a nature as to leave no doubt upon their minds of his guilt. The case is a curious one, not only from the respectable position in life occu pied by the parties to the tragical occurrence, but from the manner and the spot in which the crime was carried into effect. All persons who have visited Dublin must be familiar with the appearance of a little rocky islet which is situated at about the distance of a mile from Howth, and which is pointed out to the traveller as " Ireland's Eye." It is a wild spot enough, and is seldom visited but by an artist in search of the picturesque, or by an occa sional party of merrymakers, who would find addi tional freshness in a summer's afternoon. Such is the spot which will henceforth have gained addi tional notoriety as the scene of one of the most hideous murders recorded in the annals of our criminal courts. The only parallel to the case in modern times which occurs very readily to our re collection is that of the Duke de Praslin, which shed so lurid a light over the closing scene of Louis Philippe's reign. In that case, as in the one be fore us, it was the husband who murdered the wife. Nor does a certain analogy fail even in the minor details of the case. In the Parisian, as in the'Dublin tragedy, it is evident enough that the lawless attachment of the husband to a woman not his wife led to the conception, and finally to the completion, of the bloody act. In both cases the unfortunate ladies appear to have struggled for some time against the violence of that hand which should have shielded them from all harm. In both cases a chain of circumstantial evidence led to the conviction of the murderer's guilt. One point, in deed, of difference exists between these two in stances of unbridled passion and ferocity—the Duke de Praslin died by his own hand in prison ; Mr. Kirwan will no doubt expiate his crime upon the public scaffold. Th e s t ory a pp ears to be briefly this William Burke Kirwan is about 45 years of age. He was married some twelve years back to a very beautiful youn g woman, with whom it would not seem as though h e had lived on good terms from the first ; nor, from the circumstances of the case, can we well come to any other conclusion than that the fault lay on the husband's side. From the first hour of his union w ith his wife, Maria Ki rw an, he lived with another woman, Theresa Kenny, by whom he had a family of eight children. The strangest feature, perhaps, in the whole story is, that during the whole of these twelve years neither of the two women had the slightest idea that she had a rival—nor, indeed, was Mrs. Kirwan aware of this fact until about six months back. It may well be supposed how the embarrassments insepa rable from such a situation would embitter the feel ings and influence the conduct of Kirwan towards that one of the two women who did not stand the highest in his favour. That woman was his wife. But when the story had reached her ears, and she had spoken and acted as women will act and speak in such situations, Kirwan's feelings towards her appears to have been converted into mere ferocity. This being the position of Mr. and Mrs. Kirwan, in the month of - June last they went to lodge at Howth for change of air, and from the first, accord ing to the testimony of the woman at whose house they lodged, Kirwan's conduct to his wife was brutal in the extreme. Thus matters went on until Sunday, the sth of September ; on Tuesday, the 7th, they were to have returned to Dublin. On the Sunday evening Kirwan went down to two boat men, Patrick Nangle and Michael Nangle, and en gaged them to carry him and his wife over the next day to " Ireland's Eye." Whether or no the awful purpose which he finally carried into effect was then present to his mind it is not for us to say, but it certainly would appear as though the desire to get rid of his wife in some way or other had been long present to his mind. On Monday, about ten o'clock, the unfortunate lady and her murderer went down to the boat. They had a bag and two bottles of water with them. Mrs. Kirwan, besides, had a re ticule, and Kirwan a sword-cane and sketching book. The boatmen rowed them over to the islet. At about twelve o'clock they conveyed a second party across, whom they brought back at four o'clock in the afternoon. By that party, and by the boatmen, Mrs. Kirwan was seen alive at the hour named, when she desired the men to come back for her husband and herself at eight o'clock in the evening. The boat went on its way. At about seven o'clock cries were heard from " Ireland's Eye" as of a person in distress. Not only were these cries heard upon the mainland, but by the crew of a boat which w a s re t urn i ng f rom f i shing. At this time Kirwan and his w if e were th e on l y peop l e on theisland. According to orders, the boatmen re turned at eight o'clock, when - they found the hus band standing alone at the landing-place. In reply to th e i r i nqu i r i es, Ki rwan sta t e d t h at his wife had left him about an hour and a half be fore and—he knew not what had become of her. The party then proceeded to find the lady, and continued their search until they arrived at a place called the " Long-hole," which is out of sight of Howth Harbour. The spot i s a l wa y s covere d w ith water when the tide is in, but uncovered when the tide is out. Upon a rock in this spot the dead body of Mrs. i Kirwan was f oun d at 10 o ' clock. The in cident s thus described by the boatman :—" Her bathing dress was up under her arms, and there was a sheet under her ; her head was lying back in a hole, and her feet were in a pool of water about the hat—about h a lf a ga ll on . I saw cuts fullon her my erforehead an d un d er h er eye ; t h ere was blood coming down by her ears, from her side and breast, and other pl aces. " On the day in question it was high water at half past three, We should here state that Kirw an ' s 3ta t emen t i s , th a t a t half past six his wife l e ft him for the purpose of bathing. At that time there were 2 feet 6 inches of water over the rock in which the body was found ; at seven o'clock, when th e cr i es were h ear d, 1 f oo t 9 inches. Now if the tide had been a rising tide, it might have been supposed that she had been drowned further out at sea, and so had been washed in. But the tide was falling, the night calm, and what little wind there was was westerly. There is yet another fact which tells with damning effect against the murderer. The boatman went about in search of th e c l o th es o f th e un f or t una t e woman, in vain ; they were not to be found. Then Kirwan went, and he could no t—as he pretended —find them either ; but when the boatmen went a second time he found the clothes, which had been subsequently placed by sone hand, which could have been no other than that of Kirwan, in a spot which he had most diligently searched but a few minutes before. M ore t h an t hi s, a ft er th e b o d y had been removed to the mainland it was found to bear many wounds and marks of great violence. Kirwan's trousers and g ravers were wet ; he sat down at the kitchen fire to dry them. Now, he had not had occasion t o we t hi mse lf w h ere th e b o dy was found ; for the which it waterwas wastwo cis t e h ev er e e red.T feet below low the rock uponwas certainly the circumstance reflects very little credit aupcoonrotnheer'cg inque s t--h ow manage d we k now no t ; coroner or the jury who investigated the case—but, by some h ocus - pocus or ano th er , a ver dict of " Acciden-,alD ea th "was returned. Poor Mrs. Kirwan was buried in the cemetery it Glasnevin, place that could be selected, so th a t in n he e w dyl t v e as st sc decompo se d, even i n th e s h or t time that had el a p se d s i nce h er mur d er, th a t me dical testimony could scarcely be b r o ug ht to bear the b wettest upon the case. But the circumstantial evidence was too strong. From 4to 8 o'clock Mrs. Kirwan and her husband were alone upon the lislet ; at 4 she was seen ali ve - ; at 8 o'clock nothing was left but to search for the remains of the murdered wo man. The case of Mrs. Kirwan will retain a-pain ful notoriety even in the dismal annals of Irish crime. CASTLE A.Voz. By the Author of " Emilia Wyndham." 3 vols.—Whoever takes up this novel has only to reed the first chapter to feel that he is under the spell o f a p o t en t charmer. His attention is at once fix e d , ais interest is excited, his sympathies are enlisted, an d he is bound by an irresistible force to follow the en c h anting story-te ll er un til it pl eases h er to dissolve the incantation and bring her entertaining nar rative to a cl ose. As a roman tic story, " Castle Avon," full as it is o f extraordinary i nc id en t s an d p a th e ti c lif e passages, record of f a ithf ul womanly a ff ect i ons , an d as a v i v id re may be p r onounced most exciting ; but as a presentatio n of human feelings stirred to their depths, it is peculiarly deserving of admiration. The characters are drawn with remarkable boldness and vraisemblance. --Globe. FRomE.—We h ear u p o n good authority that the Rev. Mr. Griffith, of th e W oo dl an ds, a truly evangelical clergy man, h a s resign(' his curacy in consequence of the undue o f t he V i car o f F rom o w ith hi m i n th e edis charge of his duties. Mr. G. it appears will not consent to do the bidding of the Vicar in carrying out his Puseyite and Romish innovations.— Wiltshire Independent. We congratulate the readers of The Flying Post on the fact, that Mr. Robert John Trewman, the editor and proprietor of that journal, is to be elevated to the Magis tracy of Exeter.— Western Times. irkADVERTISEMENT].—THE EARL OF ALDBOROUGH AND LLOWAT'S PILLS.—An astounding cure by this miracu lous medicine, after every other means had failed.—See extract from his lordship's letter, dated " Villa Messina, Leghorn, Feb. 21, 1845. To Professor Holloway. 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Having viewed the financial statement as a whole, he asked himself whether it was founded on the principles of justice, would pro mote the general interests of the community, was in harmony with the principle of unrestricted competition as lately adopted, and unloosed the fetters which bound the arm of the shipping interest; and he rejoiced to be able to answer all these questions in the affirmative. He therefore, on behalf of himself and his constituencies, tendered the warmest acknowledgments to the Chancel lor of the Exchequer for the Budget which he had sub mitted to the House. He had come to the conclusion that a man of genius might also be a man of figures. (Hear.) In fact, he thought that the discussion on the propositions of the right hon. gentleman had come to an not attempt e d end, and that th ey were generally approved of. (Hear.) M r. e OB DEtNo answer r tt t e he regretted s t t h a a t t em t e h n e t h s o of the n.me ri mb h e t r h h o a n d gentlem an the member for Halifax. (Hear.) The g fact of the hon. member who represented Belfast saying that of the evil of I r m o his constituents approved of the Budget, was an illustra tioninn e th h e on li . n dif ferent modes of taxati vi on ng d s o consti tuents e n d t gentleman's might cordially concur the income and house taxcuiLin the proposed increase of in the question, Ireland being they had no interest (Hear, hear.) Re (3..r. k .o e2cempt from these bur dens.o bden) had been taunted with the assertion that in making their financial grope sals, the Government were only carrying out his own principles. Now he did not object to direct taxation, where it could be levied equally on all descriptions of property ; but his answer to the taunt was, that he did not recognise any distress or loss which entifed the ag ricultural interest to ask others to submit to taxes which they would not pay themselves. He had received a letter from a farmer in Mid-Lothian, stating that the agriculturists in that district were in very great pro sperity, and that the present demand for land there was without a parallel in the last thirty years. It was said that the reduction of the malt tax was a measure of re lief for the land. Such being the case, they were again entering upon the old controversy between town and coun try, and compelled to act in a spirit whichhe thought would never again be revived. He did not object to the re duction of duties on articles of consumption if taxation were made equal and direct, but the Government had failed to do that. He considered the existing house tax was a most unjust proposal, because it placed 64 per cent, on dwelling-houses and only 3 per cent. upon land. Then it was proposed to double the impost on houses ; this would increase the tax to 10f per cent., yet land would be subjected to no more than 3 per cent. (Hear, hear.) That, however, was not all. In as sessing the value of property, houses were taken at 15 years purchase, while land was estimated at 30 years' —thus the real tax on houses was at the rate of 21 per cent. as against 3 per cent. on land. (Hear.) There fore, even if the intended increase were carried, the towns, which were the centre of intelligence, would not lon g submit to so unfair a bnrden. In — deed; should the tax become law, it would be unfortunate for hon. mem bers opposite, because a controversy would arise that could not be designated as one between cotton lords and landlords, for every little market town would join in op posing so unjust an impost on house property. (Hear.) Then, again, the owners of houses would suffer, while the ground landlords would altogether escape, though they might be in the receipt of some 20,0001. or 30,0001. a year. (Hear, hear.) The house tax was avow edly imposed for the purpose of removing half the malt tax, but he also understood that it was intended to benefit the consumer. Now he was ready to support the remission of the whole malt duties, but he would never be a party to any substitute for them, and he was equally opposed to taking off the half of those duties. It had been said that beer was a prime neces sity of life, and necessary to health and strength, but there was a wide difference of opinion on that subject. There was a large body who thought that it was not only not necessary, but a very pernicious beverage and they were entitled to be heard. Well, he had the copy of a certificate to that effect, signed by seventy medical men, among whom were Sir B. Brodie, Dr. Chambers, Sir J. Clarke, Mr. B. Cooper, and Mr. Aston Key. (Hear.) He opposed the contemplated reduction, first, because it was a personal tax ; and next, that it was levied for a purpose to which the great bulk of the people were indifferent, hundreds of thousands—he believed even millions, being wholly opposed to the use ofsuch beverages. This tax upon hops was worthy of Persia or Turkey, but it was too ridiculous to be maintained in England in 1852, and the sooner it was abolished the better. Don't let them be making two bites at the cherry in the manner now proposed—(a laugh)—butlet them sweep the whole away at one‘gulp. (A laugh.) The tax was ob jectionable in every point of view, and he hoped the house would never condescend to deal with tts abolition piecemeal. (Hear, hear.) Now, with regard to the modification of the sncome tax, he was surprised to find the Government dealing with that question. Snch a proposal as that they had now before them ought to have been left to come from the Opposition side of the house. There were only two modes of dealing with it ; either a broad distinction should be made between incomes derived from property, and incomes obtained from industrial resources, or they must capitalise the whole of the— country in the same manner that they did in the United States of America. (Hear, hear.) As a principle he had no objection to extending the area of the tax, but so long as seven eighths of our whole war revenue was derived from persons of small incomes, through the medium of indirect taxation, he certainly did object to the manner in which it was now proposed to be extended. (Hear.) Let them see how this plan would work. Why a farmer with a farm of 200 acres would have a floating capital of something like 2,8001. invested in his trade, which would realise him someloo/ ; and yet he was to be exempt from the payment of the tax, while the poor lawyer's clerk in the receipt of 1001., the same sum was to be taxed at the rate of 50.. in the pound. (Hear, hear.) Now, did the house suppose the country would stand this ? (Hear.) Certainly they would not, and the sooner the agricultural interest abandoned these delusive schemes, the better it would be for their own pockets. (Hear, hear.) The Government were confounding direct taxation with protective duties, but it was a mistake to suppose that the advocates of free trade were necessarily adverse to direct taxation. It was also a mistake to suppose that Free-traders wanted everything at low prices ; but what they did want was an abundance of everything. Free trade very often, as it had done in the case of wool and meat, increased the demand for commodities, the result was a rise in prices. (Hear, hear.) He objected to a Budget which proposed to reduce the price of beer at the ex pense of the lodgings of the poor man ; but the fact was, the Government had placed themselves in a false position. (Hear, hear.) They had promised to do too much, and now they talked vauntingly of reducing the cost of the necessaries of life while they were talking a course that would have directly an opposite effect. (Hear, hear.) He found fault with hon. gentlemen op posite attempting to fasten upon them the problem of direct taxation. Free traders had nothing to do with it, nor were they to be justly called the advocates of unrestricted competition. Lord Byron he believed it was who said a man had a right to decide the pronunciation of his own name, and upon that rule he claimed the right to call himself a free trader, leaving it for the followers of the Government to take the title of non-monopolists, or advocates of unrestricted competition. What he wanted was to see the excise duty taken off such articles as paper and soap, and the Custom-house upon a sound and legitimate footing. Commerce must be left as unrestricted as possible, and sooner or later, if the free trade policy rendered it necessary, they must resort to a more extended system of direct taxa tion. Our present system was at least a hundred years behind the age, and the sooner they placed it in advance of the spread of knowledge on this subject the sooner they would increase the prosperity of the country, and the readier they would assist the advance of civili sation in the colonies. (Hear, hear.) All classes must submit to taxation, he was for excusing none—neither the upper, nor the lower, nor the middle —but before they could justify taxing the 10/. householder, as proposed by this Budget, it must be shown that the expenditure which necessitated it must be both just in itself, and sanctioned also by public opinion out of doors. (Cheers.) Lord J. MANNERS said that the honourable member saw at last the evils of unrestricted competi tion. (No, no.) But the hon. gentleman, if he did not admit the evils, at least found fault with those who called him the advocate of that system. The arguments of the hon. gentleman were a little hazy and uncertain, but, with regard to what he said about the soap duties, was doubly applicable to the malt tax—the repeal of which, the hon. gentleman said was undeniable in point of justice. In the case of the soap duty, however, the manufacturer enjoyed a drawback upon the soap that he used in the course of his trade, or that the merchant exported for him ; but the farmer enjoyed no such privilege in the case of malt. He would leave the assertion of the hon. member oppo site, that the remission of 2,300,000 of taxation would neither benefit the consumer nor producer, to the ver dict of the country. He believed that beer was neces sary to the labouring classes, and that none of the eminet medical men recognised who signed the certificate against alcoholic liquors thought it necessary to abstain from using them oeevery day of the week. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord observed, in conclusion, that the country knew that the object of all the opposition to the budget was to maintain all the in justice and iniquities of the financial arrangements which characterised the income tax. (Hear.) Mr. RICH then rose, and was (Left speaking.) YORKSHIRE AND ITS MANITFACTURES.—There can scarcely be a more picturesque journey than that through the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire. Approach Bradford which way you please, you cannot but be forcibly struck with the beauty of the country around. Bold hills, gently undulating meadow-land, highly cultivated fields, canals, railroads, a most charming little river, and all dotted about with copse and dell, and innoculated with pretty villas, and lightly sprinkled over with busy towns—Yorkshire looks like a somewhat uneven grass-plot stuck about with bee-hives. It is true the hives are rather smoky hives ; but then the green hills, and the greener fields, and the fine bracing air, make one forget the colour of the smoke. You need not inquire when you are beyond Lancashire and into the confines of the West Riding : you can detect the locality by your nose. There is nothing but wool, and oil, and water, being knocked about, and mixed up, and torn asunder, and broken on savage, unrelenting wheels, and drawn out into "slivers," and scalded in hot soap-suds all day long, and all the year 19g. It may rain, hail, thunder, or anything else it pleases, but it's all the same to the Yorkshire folk : there's no peace for the wool. The whole county smells fusty, frowsy, and moist: the length and breadth of the West Riding must be full of damp great-coats and wretchedly wet trousers, or lam much mistaken. Now and then you get a mile or so of fresh sweet air as you are whisked along in the train, but only as a short relief from tall, dark, mysterious-looking buildings, like county gaols or model prisons, with a curling black stream of smoke above, and another gurgling black stream of water below, which would induce one to believe the place to be a blacking manufactory, and that they were then busy washing out the old bottles. You whistle past it, and smell more greatcoats and trousers, and then you come to some more green fields, rattle over a canal, wind round a hill, plunge under the high road, whisk round a corner, and there you are—in the very heart of damp wearing apparel—in the town of Bradford. If the reader should pay a visit to this interesting manufactur ing town, he will, perhaps, feel, as I did, rather surprised to see so many over-grown school-boys lounging about. Why, some of those old boys in blue and white pina fores were really grey-headed. They had none of their books or slates with them, and, upon the whole, I thought they were taking it rather easy. When I 'en tered one of the large stone factories, I found the ground floor filled with these elderly lads, and began to fancy I had walked by mistake into some extensive national school for adult pupils. However, this was soon solved. The men in pinafores were simply the factory labourers,, long custom having given them these long habits, which , however useful, are far from picturesque. —Dickens s Household Words. MILITARY COMMAND IN NEW SOUTH WALES.—Major General Sir Robert Nicido has 'aeeu appointed to command the troops in New outla Wales. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-DEC. 11. BROWN V. TEMPLE. Mr. Hugh Hill (with whom was Mr. Willes), for the plaintiff, stated that in fact the Corporation of London was the plaintiff in this case, the action being brought in the name of its officer, Mr. Brown. The object of the action was to check a practice now and then resorted to, but which was very objectionable, of men acting as brokers in the City of London without being duly autho rised to assume that character. The corporation had the power of granting or refusing licenses, and it exer cised this power for the protection of the public. There was no pretence to complain of the mode in which this power of the corporation was exercised, and the cost of the license was too small to be complained of, it was only 40s. The defendant had been a clerk and traveller in a very respectable house in the linen-drapery business, but in 1851 he thought fit to act as a broker, without first taking out a license for that purpose. here had been an Act of Parliament prohibiting persons from so acting without a license, under a penalty of 251. It was found by experience that this penalty, so great were the profits made by the brokers in good business, was insuffi cient to prevent people from breaking the law. Another statute, therefore, increased the penalty to 1001. for each offence ; and this defendant had, by sixteen different acts, subjected himself to sixteen different penalties. Mr. James (with whom was Mr. Hawkins) said that he had had a communication with the City Solicitor on this subject, and that the corporation was willing to act with great consideration towards the defendant. He understood that the purpose of this action was merely the enforcement of the law, and that there was no de sire whatever to oppress the defendant with severe pen alties. The defendant was willing to allow a verdict to be taken against him for one penalty of 1001., and he understood that the city would be satisfied with that. Mr. Hugh Hill said that the corporation was not all disposed to act with vindictiveness, but only to vindicate what was a very just and necessary law. Lord Campbell said that the corporation had acted with perfect propriety. The law was a beneficial law, and the officers of the corporation had properly deter mined on enforcing it. A verdict was then taken for the plaintiff on one count in the declaration. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS-DEC. 11. MITCHELL AND WIFE V. CRASSWALLER AND ANOTHER This was an action to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff's wife, who was knocked down by the defendant's cart, and for consequent expenses in curred by the plaintiff. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and that the cart was not theirs ; and, in the course of the trial were permitted, under the new prac tice, to add a plea, that at the time of the accident the cart was not under the care of the defendant's servant. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Garth were the plOtitiff's counsel ; and Mr. Sergeant Byles and Mr. Petersdorff the defendant's. It appeared that on the Bth September last, Mrs. Mitchell, whose husband is an iron bedstead maker, was crossing Grafton-street, near Tottenham-court-road, with her child, when she was knocked down and severely in jured by the defendant's cart, which the plaintiff's witnesses said was " flying like an engine ;" but the defendant's witness said, "if not walking, was going very gently." It transpired, however, that at the time the cart was not being used in the defendants' service, but that the carman, without his employers' knowledge, was giving their foreman a ride towards his house in the Caledonian-road ; and a question of law as to the defendant's liability thereupon arising, the Lord Chief Justice reserved that for the decision of the Court above, and left it for the jury to say whether, supposing the de fendants were liable, the accident was occasioned by Mrs. Mitchell's negligence, or that of the defendants' servants. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs-301. far the injury sustained by the wife, and 101. for the loss and expenses sustained by the plaintiff, her husband. SURREY SESSIONS.--Dec. 11. Daniel O'Donovan , a priest, was indicted f or commit ting an assault o n ary Murphy. Complainant said-she was the wife of Michael Murphy, a labourer. On Friday fortnight she lived with her hus band, at a Mrs. Harrington's, in Parker's rents, Snow's fields, Bermondsey. A Mrs. Winter and a Mrs. Gee han also lodged there, and they were all Catholics. Her bed was in the kitchen, which they all used. She was confined about three weeks ago, and the defendant called upon her and left her a shilling. That was three nights after she was confined. On the Friday in ques tion she had just got out of bed with her child, and was sitting near the fire, when the defendant entered the house, and asked her whether she was the woman that the man fell upon. That had reference to a man who misconducted himself in the house, and the police not having power to interfere, the defendant was sent for, and on his arrival the man hid himself away. Defendant then asked her in a severe manner whether the child she had in her arms had been bap tised. She replied that it had ; when he asked her whe ther he had baptised it. Witness replied, "No ; Mr. Armstrong baptised it at a Protestant church which she belonged to." The defendant then said she had sold her soul to the d evil, and he struck her three times near the left ear with his umbrella. He appeared very angry, and asked her whether any ladies had been there. Mrs, Geehan told him there had, when he asked whether they brought anything, and on being told they had sent some bread and coals, he said it was not for her good. Wit ness was badly off at the time, and required nourishment. The defendant said if any one gave her anything she was to receive it, and thank them for it, but she was not to pay any regard to them, as they were bad people. He struck her three times, and cursed her in Irish. He hurt her very much at the time, and she cried out for mercy. Witness was weak at the time, having only been re cently confined. After he struck her, he told Mrs. Har rington, the landlady, t o t urn the devils out. Her bed was taken from under her, and she and her child were compelled to sleep on the bare floor that night. Mr. Robinson—Did the defendant leave you anything ? Complainant—He left me a shilling and a good beat ing. (Laughter.) Mr. Donovan, when he called upon me, he rebuked me because I had changed my religion. I was a Catholic before I was married, but now I am a Protestant, and Mr. Donovan k nows it. _ _ Mr. Robinson—Did Dr. Armstrong - ever call on you ? Complainant—No, he did not. My husband called him in. Mr. Donovan struck me hard with his um brella, and told me to go to the seventeen devils. Mr. Woollett addressed the jury at some length, and called Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Winter, and Mrs. Geehan, who lived in the house, and were present ; b u t th e i r evi dence confirmed complainant's as to the assault, and her being turned out of bed at the defendant's direction. The jury, after consulting a few moments, returned a verdict of Guilty. Mr. Robinson said that his clients had no wish to press for any severe punishment. - The chaiiman (Mr. Puckle) said it gave him great pain to pass sentence on a person like the d e f en d ant, but the court as well as the jury were satisfied that an aggravated assault had been committed on a poor and weak woman. It was, in fact, an act of religious perse cution and domineering which could not be tolerated in this country, and had it not been for the recommenda tion of the learned counsel for the prosecution, he should have committed him to prison with hard labour • but, under all circumstances, he s h ou ld fi ne him 5/. fo r' the assault. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BOW-STREET.—SamueI Smith, the proprietor of one of the pleasure-boats which ply every Sunday on the Grand Junction Canal Paddington, was charged with selling beer and spirits without a licence. Two officers of excise proved being served with beer and gin in the defendant's boat. M. Henry said it was a great hardship upon licensed victuallers to be compelled to close their houses all Sun day morning, while men like the defendant were doing an extensive trade in beer and spirits. Fine 101. and costs. The charge against William Avis, for falsely register ing the death of Diana Tees, whom he had represented as his wife, was appointed for further hearing at eleven o'clock, having been remanded from Saturday last. His worship was informed, however, that owing to the sug gestions made by the Court at the last examination, and the conduct of Tees (the husband) throughout the mat ter, the Attorney-General had advised the withdrawal of the prosecution. The summons was accordingly dismissed. MANSION-HOUSE.—Tames Saville, a person in the employment of Moses, Levy, and Co., of Aldgate, out fitters, was brought before the Lord Mayor, in the cus tody of Monger, the officer, charged with having robbed the firm. Brewer, the foreman to the prosecutors, said—The prisoner has been employed as cutter since April last, at 6s. a day for five days in the week. In consequence of gross irregularities in his accounts, I suspected his in tegrity, and mentioned my suspicions to Mr. Levy, who called him as he was leaving the shop yesterday, and questioned him. The prisoner declared that he had never carried an inch of stuff off the premises, and that he had no objection to be searched at that moment. He then turned out of his pockets some things that belonged to him, but Mr. Levy asked him whether he had not some thing else about him, and pulled out of one of his coat pockets some pieces of linen which belonged to the firm. He immediately said that the pieces of linen must have been put in his pocket out of a lark. The police officer arrived, and taking off the prisoner's hat, found concealed in the lining as much black cloth as would make two waistcoats. The prisoner —I assure your lordship that the witness has spoken nothing but the truth. (Laughter.) Monger—Before I took the cloth out of his hat, I asked him what was in it. He replied that he did not know ; it must be some villany on the part of the men, who did it to get him out of his situation. He also said that, as he was in the habit of carrying a. bottle of ale in his pocket, he did not perceive any change in the weight. The 'Lord Mayor—Do you wish to say anything now ? The Prisoner—lt is all true 7 • and I wish t o ma k e no observation, further than that lam a tailor, and that I work at home on Saturdays. The Lord Mayor—l shall, in every cast of this kind, send the accused to the Central Criminal Court ; and I shall do everything in my power to stop the robberies committed by servants. Committed for trial. James Lacey, also a servant in the house of Messrs. Moses, Levy, and Co., was charged with having robbed the firm. He had been watched by an officer, who saw him come out of the house, and a piece of cloth, belong ing to his employers, was found in his coat pocket. The prisoner was committed for trial. GUILDHALL.—Mr. W. Wainwright, a tobacconist, of 58, Fore-street, Cripplegate, appeared on bail before Mr. Aldernian Copeland, to answer a charge of receiving about 60 bundles of cigars, value 801., knowing them to have been stolen. Richard Edwards sworn : I am 14 years of age, and was in the employ of Mr. Matthews, a merchant, of 23, Crutched-friars, up to about four or five months ago. In March last, while carrying out some cigars, I met the prisoner's boy, who asked me if I could get any cigars, and, if so, to bring them to Mr. Wainwright, and his master would buy them of me. I afterwards took a bundle to the shop of the prisoner, who bought them, and directed his boy to give me is. 6d., the price he was to pay for the cigars. The prisoner then asked me to bring him a lot more. There were nearly 11b. in each bundle, and they were worth 28s. per lb. Between the month of March and the following June I took between fifty and sixty bundles of cigars to the prisoner's shop, some of which were purchased and paid for by the prisoner, some by his wife, and others by the boy. Some were bought in the shop, but those purchased by the prisoner's wife were generally taken up stairs to the kitchen. I generally received from is. to is. 6d. per bundle. On last Friday week I received a bundle from my master, with instructions to dispose of them in the same manner that I had done with the sixty bundles which I have spoken of. I took it to the shop belonging to the prisoner, but not finding him in I went up stairs, and found his wife in the kitchen. I delivered the cigars to her, and she gave me 2s. When I came down I met my father and Mr. Matthews outside the shop, and gave the latter the money I had just received. We all re turned to the shop, and proceeded up stairs, where we found the cigars ; and Mr. Matthews having marked the paper they were in, they were folded up and sealed, and we marked the paper again with our signatures. Mr. Matthews then marked the 2s. I had received of the prisoner's wife. At the station-house, on Friday night, the prisoner denied having received the sixty bundles of cigars, but admitted he had had the bundle now pro duced. There are about one hundred cigars in every bundle. My master, on discovering the cigars were gone, accused me, and said he would not prosecute me if I would tell him how I had disposed of the cigars, and to whom I had sold them. Mr. Emmanual Matthews, a foreigner, carrying on business as a merchant at Crutched-friars, said : I did not miss the cigars till a few days ago, and suspecting the last witness, I sent for him ; but he denied it until I promised to forgive him if he would tell the truth. He then told me he had taken them to Mr. Wainwright's shop and (in order to test the accuracy of the lad's state ment) I marked a parcel of cigars, and directed him to take them, in the same manner he had done the others, to the prisoner's shop. He did so, and I afterwards saw them in the kitchen of the prisoner's house. Mr. Sydney (for the prisoner) contended that the case of alleged stealing had broken down, as it was satisfac torily shown that the cigars produced had been given to the boy by the prosecutor. Mr. Alderman Copeland reminded Mr. Sydney that it was the missing sixty bundles that the prisoner Was charged with receiving, and there was no evidence of their having been given to the boy. He said he felt it his duty to remand this case. The fact of the prisoner having given 2s for a bundle of cigars. worth twelve times that sum, was sufficient to induce him to put the case in a course of further investigation. He looked upon the case in a very serious light, and he could not part with the prisoner without receiving bail of a most substantial character. If the prisoner had lived 25 years in the same neighbourhood, he could have no difficulty in procuring two sureties of 501. each, which, with his own recognizance of 1001., would be sufficient. In default of procuring bail, the prisoner was com mitted to Newgate. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—C7tarles Wilson and Catherine Pickford were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing a quantity of wine and spirits, the property of Mr. Rowland Moule, proprietor of Morland's Hotel, 23, Dean-street, Soho. Mr. Moule said the female prisoner had been in his service about four months, and the male prisoner only a week. At seven o'clock last evening witness went into a vault adjoining the kitchen, which led to his wine-cellar. There was a box in the vault, which witness happened to look into, and finding a bottle of brandy stowed away among the things in it, he made a further search, and found a quantity of cheroots and tobacco hidden in the same place. He called the two prisoners, and on being questioned, both of them denied all knowledge of the property. Witness told them he should wish to search their boxes. They did not object, and witness went with them into their rooms, and looked first into the male pri soner's box and found nothing. While examining Wilson's box, the female prisoner passed into her room, and he distinctly saw her take a bottle from her box and place it beneath her bed. Witness took the bottle from its hidingrplace, and found it contaided port wine. Witness also found a bottle of sherry, and then sent for a police-constable. At the station-house the female prisoner said she ought not to be blamed for other people's faults, for the male prisoner had a false key, and could get into the bar whenever he pleased, Witness then caused the male prisoner to be taken into custody, At first the prisoner said he knew nothing about the false key ; afterwards he admitted having had such a key, but that he had thrown it away. The prisoner also admitted having taken the things found in the vault out of the bar ; he said it was his first offence, and hoped he should be forgiven. A search for the key was made in Wardour-street, and it was found ; when tried, it opened the lock of the bar. Police-constable Shipman corroborated the above evi dence. Both were fully committed. WORSHIP-STREET.- Thomas Elliott, described as a hawker, living in Old Nicholl-street, Bethnal-green, was brought up on remand, before Mr. Hammill, charged with a murderous assault upon his wife, whereby she had sustained such serious injuries that she had been ever since an inmate of the London Hospital. The prisoner was given into custody by one of his lodgers, a man named Mason, who stated that at a late hour on Friday se'nnight he was roused from sleep by a violent uproar in the prisoner's room, accompanied by loud screams of " Murder," from his wife, which were succeeded by the sound of heavy blows, and the most savage threats and imprecations on the part of the pri soner. Witness instantly hastened down stairs, and, on entering their room, observed the prisoner in the act of dragging his wife across the floor, and beating her in an unmerciful manner about the head and face. The poor woman, who appeared completely exhausted, presented a shocking appearance, being covered with blood, which was streaming copiously from her nose, mouth and ears, and before witness had time to interfere, the prisoner finally struck her a terrible blow on the face, which stretched her senseless on the floor. With the assistance of several of the neighbours, who had been attracted by the disturbance, witness succeeded, after a violent resis tance, in securing the prisoner until they obtained the assistance of a policeman, when he was given into cus tody. _ _ A married woman named Fossett, residing next door to the prisoner, and who had also been alarmed by the agonised exclamations of his wife, fully corroborated the foregoing evidence, and added that but for the timely interposition of the last witness, she felt satisfied that he would have carried out his threats and murdered her on the spot. On being closely piessed by the magistrate, the poor woman admitted that the sole reason for his attack upon her was in consequence of her inability to supply him with money which he demanded from her, and added, in a deprecatory manner, that although he was in the frequent habit of ill-using her, when he happened to be intoxicated, he was a good husband in his sober moments, and she did not wish him to be punished. Mr. Hammill said that this was one of those cases in which he felt the utter inadequacy of the powers with which he was invested for the punishment of such brutal offenders as the prisoner, as it was perfectly clear, in the event of his sending him for trial, that his injured wife would abstain from appearing against him, and he would thereby be allowed to escape with absolute impunity. Under these circumstances he should order the prisoner to pay a fine of 51., or be committed in default for two months to the House of Correction. The prisoner was unable to pay the penalty, and was carried off in the van. SILK-WORMS. —The breeding of silk-worms' is becom ing an important branch of industry in Germany ; and it is so in northern as well as in the southern parts, though the general impression is that silk-worms cannot thrive in a northern temperature. The first attempts to establish this branch of industry in the north were made by French Protestant refugees in the district of Wurtzburg in 1594, and they were encouraged by the Prussian sovereigns. In the middle of the seventh century, the ramparts of Peiz and the environs of Frankfort on the Oder were planted with mulberry trees, and in the following century Frederic the Great caused plantations to be made at Ccepnik, Postdam, and in the i mme di a t e v i c i n i ty of Berlin. Since 1821 the production of silk has become con siderable, not only in Prussia, but in the other States of the Zollverein ; the annual production is at present several thousand pounds. In quality it is remarkably white, and finer than that in the southern countries ; and Berlin manufacturers say that if enough of it could be obtained, they would not apply to the producers of Lombardy. From Berlin and Potsdam the cultivation of mulberry trees gradually extended to Silesia and Hanover. It is schoolmasters who chiefly occupy themselves with it—one of their body having in the eighteenth century commenced it as a means of ad ding to his income : and some of these persons now gain from 20 to 80 thalers (75fr. to to 300 fr.) annually. Seve ral of the German Governments encourage the produc tion of silk by granting premiums, and causing societies of patronage to be formed. A short time ago, the Minis ter of Commerce recommended that the sides of all the railway should be planted with mulberry trees :—the King of Wurtemburg has caused the French translation of the Chinese treatise on the breeding of silk-worms to be translated into German, and to be extensively circulated at Dresden, M. D. Carlowitz one of the Ministers, has pub lished a work on the subject ; and at Munich the Queen, the Royal Princesses, and the principal ladies of the aris tocracy patronise societies for encouraging it. In the Grand Duchy of Baden, the roads and sides of the rail. ways have been planted with mulberry trees, and in the village of Saint Ilgen, near Heidelberg, the breeding of worms has been carried on, during the last twelve years, on an extensive scale. Austria, on its part is sparing no pains to increase its production which already amounts to about 100,000,000 fr. annually —one half coming from Lombardy alone. On the military frontier of Turkey, a garden of mulberry trees has been esta blished in every village, and the military colonists are encouraged to extend the cultivation. At Prague, the fosses of the fortifications have been planted with mul berry trees, and orders have been given that such trees shall also, be planted by the side Of 411 the milwayfi in the monarchy,—Gralignont. COUNTRY MARKETS• IA per Pitiur DALKEITH, DEC. 9.—The relative Weig -- , 13L' , bushel of the three prices of wheat wore 18st 91b, l'' t 911 N, and 16st 101 b. Oats, and, 12st 31b, and 10e b 0 Barley, l6st 41b, 15st 41b, 14st 11b. Peas and e 1 19st 51b, 19A 01b, and 17st 41b. I n fori° f ; @r• Best. Current. 0 0"1 506 Wheat. ..... ..... £2 14 0 £2 9 0 0 11, 0 ' 1,620 Oats 14 4 10 4 I'm 775 Barley ... . ... lll 3 1 6 3 1V ' 64 Peas and beans _1 18 0 116 0 - HADDINGTON, DEC. 10.—T] of grain at our market to-day e following are Ole Pri ° oos. Olos 23s Gj 40s edi ~8 ? ,2 6 0 1 7 5 s g i rs Od id ., 83 3346 :1 502 qrs., 5 02 ti 431 qrs., 41,5,,"5 92 qrs., s'" . WHEAT. BARLEY. First s7s Od 32s Od Second sos lld 29s 5d Third 46s Od 24s Od Total quantity of wheat in market, f f 71 , barley „ ~ 7, oats ~ ,f, 7/ beans „ ad to 0.,/ ABERDEEN, DEC. 10.—Grain—Old oats, l es -- Asi w y -401bs per bushel ; new oats, 16s Od to 16s 6d , "b i s bushel ; bear, 26s Od to 27s Od, 53lbs per bushel:;33oo,l 26s Od to 27s Od, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, rod_ 48s 37s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 448 oil, bah: 621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 13s Od to 14s 0, ,, 1 per lb, flour, 36s Od to 37s Od per sack. Provisions—se 6d, fr" 5d to 6d. ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 6d ; veal, ditto, u; Oa; pork, per pound, 5d to 6d ; lamb, per lb, t' 4 5 3 a abbits, each, Od to 8d ; tallow, per stone, 4s Od oslOa potatoes, per peck, Od to 8d ; butter, per lb, Os 9tit°,pJ f 0 eggs, per doz, is Od to is 4d ; m; per pair , " s 1 1 ' 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s e 6d, ducks, ditto, tirice; to 2s Od • ducklings, ditto, 2s Od T to 25 6d, A ; each, 3s dd to 8s 6d ; geese, ditto, 3s Od to 30 ou ;N s V" for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 0138 , t 4,1 ditto (summer cured), 00s to 60s ; eg gs, wbotic; park' per dozen, Od to 10d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, `': l( o,A, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork, large, tine small, 3 s 6d to 4 s "- CORK—DEc. 10. Brls. Curr ene/ gtoPe' Od^ /° White wheat 00s Od to 00s Od. Os 107 Redwheat 22, Od to 25, 6d 20 do ' Ditto ad 00s Od to 00s Od 24s ---- Ditto Os Od to Os Ocl 386 Barley l4s Od to 14s 4d) A 16 0 Ditto 00s Od to 00s ocl}l4o 3 Ditto 00s Od to 00s Od 2 Bere 12s 10d to 00s Od Os Od 738 Oats 9s Od to 10s Od ~A do , 591 Ditto 10 8 Od to 10s 3d 90 1 " 211 Ditto.. DU 10s 3d to 10 s 7d „ , of" 146 Pigs .....338 6d t o 36 s Od 3 4 s P ar A Q sold at the hest rices 0 barrels white whea4 ; 14 r h ed ig p bere ;' 5 ; 18 barley ; oats ; 3 pigs. Quantity of g ra i n an d number of pigs sold las t e elc 1 91 Wheat, 910. Barley, 2,640. Bere, 0. ° 3tg ' Pigs, 1,824. PRICES OF BI7TTER. 7 9/ CANT. CURREllef° . First quality BBs First quality ........ Second quality Third quality Fourth quality ~5 61 73s Fourth quality ........ Fifth quality 6ss Fifth ua1it.......... , 7 Sixth quality...... 548 Sixth quality. '.. ..... ; . Return of cattle sold for week ending Dec. 4 Pigs, 1,064. Sheep, 189. Cows, 228. 1P . r jsr CORN.--Flour—First, 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; eater' • tio,i; seconds, 12s 6d to 13s 6d; households, lOs 6d tor fr ,'So ' O 4 7s 6d to 108 Od per cwt. Meal—lndian meal, !es - pe r e`` oatmeal, lOs 6d to lls ; wheat meal, lOs to 1 15 5/ .. ., t4) Indian corn, 71 12s 6d to 71 17s 6d per ton. Br a n ; osei e i ' Os Od per ton. Hay—Farmers, 20s Od to 38 8 ut` sOt 28s ; dealers, 32s Od to 408 Od ; average, Os per ton. 85 Utd Farmers, 18s Od to 24s Od; average, 208 ; dealers,o Or, 00s Od ; average, Os. per ton. Bread—Wheaten 1 ,P r, Od ; household ditto, 5d to Od per 41b. Fresh butt 10d per lb. Eggs, 6s 10d to 7s Od per hundred. . wie3 ',., 4 'j• 4id to 7d ; mutton, 5d to bid ; veal, 4d to 6d ; 5,40,1 0 ; Od ; bacon, 6d to 7d ; sausages, 5d per lb --Fish , tou j , • els land, 91. lOs to 101 Os per ton ; Scotch herring , 'd; 1 0 Red, do., 24s per b r l .—Potatoes white, 8d to il n, lld to 12d.—Coals, Newport, 26s ; Lydney, 20s g .. 3110 Od per ton.--Whiskey, 25 0 .p., C s Od per impeitict. Hides, market, 22 s t o 28 s ; Salted 24s to 30s Per ti ) „,,t skins, 3,fd per lb.—B angor slates 2/. 17s. 6d to 3 / . t 401.1 Fleece wool, 16s to 00s per stone.—Hemp, ton—Timber, Memel, 3/. 10 8 ; red pine, 31. ss; •imi 3/. 15s. per ton ; deals, 151. to 181. per hundred• — _,7,-01 0 , 71. to 8/. 10s. p er t on. —Tallow, 498 to 00s per 71. lOs to 0/. per cwt.—Tar, Archangel, 19s. per br ' --- Peruvian, 10/. lOs to 111. per ton. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. LI V ERPOOL, D EC . 11. °t't 0 STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market has been verfb day, without any change in prices, which belelie 9 i,,,,r ported as follows :—Birkenhead, 11 Lancashire, an 0 13 ;0, d.; ditto (lat e Ch es t er and Birkenhead), 2 " 43 5 4 ; f t) man, 34?, ; Eastern Counti es , 13i ; Manchester, and Lincoln (pr e f. shares), 114 ; Midland, 89, „ 141 British, 10 5-16th s ; N or th Staffordshire, 3 1 . d ; D n ° ,4 ern and Dover, 24 ; York a n d N or th Midl a nd, ' Southern and Western, 54. MANCHESTER, DEc. 11. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The m ar k e t h as been to with rather lower prices :—Lancashire and Yore jp lll l , Lancashire and Y or k s hi re (W . R . U n i on ) , 24 . n ,- U.; rjll 7 0 0 and North-West ern' 127 ; North Briti s h, 10i if' ° Tl i e o fordshire, 3 dis .; South-Eastern and Dover, 24. account day will be Wednesday, Dec. 15. or BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 11. 4 .,„ c . trto o STOCK EXCHANGE.— There has been very A- _We' tions in this market to-day. London and North closed at 128 ; and North Staffords at 4 d. LEEDS, DEC. 11. 101 4 b STOCK EXCHANGE.—Th ere h as b een a ve'J ve•ji market on 'Change to-day. The transactions IA c lool limited to the following lines, of which we give the ; Vol sales :—Eastern Counties Union, Class B an d C, eg o Northerns, 184 ; ditto E x t ens i ons, N o. 3, par'; Creek, a pm. SEABORNE MAILS. __ (N signifies that the malls are .0. sent from the Cie nee r° Bt ' °o by the night—and M by the morning--dispatch.] migut—aum 1n ny tne morning—dispatch.] 0 0 1 Day when made up From iv" I i COUNTRIES. in General Post- Port _A °Mee, London. Dispatch America (byßrit.pack.N Dec. 17 .......... Liverpool ••• America (by United Sts. packet) N Dec. 14 Liverpool ••• America (by U. States N t tlY e ' packet ... .... Australia (via • South t P ". ampton 20th of each month Southampto n pee' Ditto (via Marseilles N 24th of th e mont h D ove r .. •• 50 *Ditto (via Cape of Good 104 Hope) N lath of December.. Plymouth ••• ,150. Africa (West Coast) N 23rd of th e mon th. Plymouth • pee: Alexandria* ...... N 19th&30th of mon. Dover .• •• pe l4 o Belgium N Daily.. .......... Dover .. •• • pee' 0 . Brazil 9th of the month.. SouthamPt? 0 ~9 pee' Buenos Ayres ...... 3ll 9th of the month.. SouthamPl u :', pee' 0 California .. •• M 1d & 17th of month SouthamP l° " f10°•59 iCape of Good Hope N I 4thof the month.. Plymouth " 50'0 Cape de Verdis N I4thof the month.. Plymouth " pee' l s,o Con•tantlnople* N 7 thl7th27thof mo.. Dover .• • ," T i Central America ....Ai 2nd & 17th of mon. SouthamPO., 0,4 Channel Isles N Mon.Wed.&.F r id ay S o utharriPtc; oecr Chili France ........ M & N Twice daily • Dover ..•• • 4 , Greece* . ...... . N 7thl7th77th ofmon. Dover .•• • • Hamburgh N Tuesday & Frid a y L on don .•• • • .10 0 ' 10,1 f Holland Al Wednesday & Sat. London •• • • ii ; be e v eil°' Honduras N 17th of the month . SouthamoW iff 54 Ireland ........M k'N Twice daily Holyhead • pee'll India (viaSouthampt.)ll4 20th of the month.. Southan l P l° ' pee' India (via Marseilles) N Bth& 24th:of month Dover ••• • •• 0 India (via Cape of Good kto '0 14th of the month.. Plymouth ••• Sof' Mauritius .. Mediterranean (via 4 ,. in De e :ll Southampton 2011 of themonth , Southan l P. D."l Ditto (via Marseilles).N Bth & 24th of month Dover .• •,.• 1 6 Mexico 'ind - clf the month SoutharnPn: Dr' Madeira 9th&23dofthemon. Southat7ll o- 7th,17th,19th,27tb, 050 Malta's.... ••••• • • • • N &30th of the month Dover .• • • 13'°": Naples* ... .......N sthlstli2sthofm on . Do v er •• • • 1)°,." . 1° Papal States*........N ithlsth2sth o f mon. D over ' • • •:„'„' I° Peninsula , thl7th27thofmon. Southallgt; De e ' 0 Peru . . - I° Tuscany* ..........N sthlsth2sth o r mon, D ove r • • •„OIPeC. / West Indies ........M 2d & 17th of month Soluthaulf' Tuscany* N ii ' p ec. West Indies M Van Diemen's Land (sect Australia) I - 1 " -' 1' di a ro f * e , ' ti * The malls for Australia via the Cape of Good IreP":oli ,o o ,` pi on the 2d of every alternate month. Those made 11, a re - 11 e r and 24th of each month via South am pt on and Marie Year th , or sailing vessels at present from Singap ore , b u t ne xt Yer iitli sent in steam re ers. i li o V,I f Mails a also made up on the 2nd of every alternate Ye the Cape of Good Hope. are oeli * The mails to those countries th us marked (*) French packet to Marseilles. 1 1 P B rit f THE SARDINE FISIIERIES.-011 the coasts 0 A i ere which are upwards of sixty leagu es i n extent' ~.,11 i 06 40 1° taken annually on an average 576,000,0 00 sP 'eti which one-half are sold fresh, the other preseThrvefs,oo sum received for the sale is 3,585,000 fr. Ale Ol t employs about 160 vessels, and 3,500 men on'd th e , lie shore the preparation, conveyance, and sal e - Ot t , give occupation to 4,500 persons, of whon l A 400 r women ; and in the interior of the country, T ic , an"lieh persons are occupied in the sale. The mak,,', l "lo l o e pairing of nets employs during the winter 3,u" le g. or 9,000 persons, of whom one-half are fern 3 be gis l p' fishing lasts on an average, 210 days—from th e o l eo DO of April to the end of October. The sardines, ja W ot . appear, and the fishermen are unable to e' l ,1" e becomes of them. They only leave when th% srvi l ie tained their full growth. In April sardines 04, 3 ,, e * O . but they are younger and smaller than ti' °- sel ,s ' abandoned the coast at the end o f the preceding BIRTHS. s i 4 l OF A SON. tl° o. th o On the 7th inst., a t M e l ton Now b ra y. Coventry. On the 13th inst., ° a l ; wife of Commander Osborn, R.N. On the 9th inst at Trinity Church, 1 1 4) W. Adams, of inst., AEaDseAb7clioTtEtang.e, lwickebosl/ tj" MARRIED. Isabella, youngest clan hter of the late Georg;,.." of Wath, Yorkshire. g o t.' LP 0 ° DIED. ye, L n On the 10th nit., at Barbadoes, of yellow fo. r yl Aille i Col. H. Williams, Commanding the Royal A— Co os West Indies, aged 60. On the Bth inst., at Tring-park, Ilertfordsh irc ' 'l‘ i l tof ) ,; Esq., aged 76. re Or i l e tte r On the 9th inst., at 62, Regenor K w) " - I ', of * ce j, Amelia Snell, wife a Lieut.-Colonel Carpente , os Bar Middlesex. flit° dn the 12th inst., Louisa Katherine, clang and Lady Laura Meyrick, aged 21. St.3l ajryouluept. jol:ve,;:104., f 0 11 LONDON : Printed and Published by I 1 3. 11 ,3 re, • 14 _..., °. 4 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun, "cow' Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, "" Middleaca,lll9nday, Degomber 13, Way WE I RISHWi rt sußm. NICE IS HE 1 1 : ;: , t e y s ( t i a ti t e t: 4 41.7 9 e( j , rn 7 to confer cer t° t: ka l T ili es") That a ,tilruterr nuaitipplemet k,l e l e t in t e lle r Z r tN _ l. l referred 133 T ade and Phu ' , QI3 9th day of NI , R 0) POLIE 1i( r ,, C ,. / r UILDHALL, ` eshmtnta incl -4 4 lbs.; fur a la '1)001 -street, Clt ' ;' , 3:'n2 so: r B op t n II II :e V: C °3I :I QE, t aRBC i rn:j4 By or 41111 1 7th NOVel STMENTE o MI S NAKES Per cent pe gitt i f"''ktiES in . the kg, 'I Will soon pa S4erabie improv 4 tTe tt e es, Lombard-: WEST 3 A C o ri P '(.:t ri ittee of the 'ltt,' . f retn their C( S! v et. 30, annou pd valuable I:ll(.o,, e rrris ledge a lohnial had dell 1 11tEr: Catherwoc tritZ; immediate p kij o r t l, London I ti,„gal at once cc N and g eomp ladly a t r 4 ding to the 1 e contemp 1- ;nittee have la t `linived in goo( I<ilnee to can l 's'eourt, Lond ICI, C harles Emile , q t. I, std ~ , ,4 1 4. Pursuant , ,arY evening v ( 4ton, M. Bc , 411 at. n d ai el f : a l , ), 1 ' 1 1 140 „ 110.,1 a ria te‘iit 4 i::::::e:W8Lqoy.rd: f: P TRO Y A N I t ,,,,, - AL POI o , ILLINTE) 4 -.,,,, Bishop, al A N I , y' ~, a, except S on oh l .on Tuesday k l Yj s ii . ...o_n_FßlCl % ? ? ,,, 4 C 4 LEN : 1 4 i'• —Wel of POI' L. W 4,% 1 , 14 GRU5, i N I - --It CASTLE °ll ' 18 . ; Scho4 l ib t/LESE] w t l ie titehers, Me Ot rs. Woollen-d ,Z 4 ses of Corr House of „ ilti se I, 4 iti Li oiled ARTI t t )14 tine next, viz eizhts ; good ti„ Ox-heads, R e ': : !; of breasts, _ ,117,,,, t , 11 Barley, C kiZ l ien Cloth,: i ß ,to I ) 4 see patterns 4t .. Irnade, and 4 1 k re " ,, , at either Oisto be delivere Zt,7 l , er , , at the Se V e ' t tnB, or sot leven o'Clo i t, to risible Buret y oti),,, 4 ecept the 14 'Wilber, 185! POR' IkICY.—CaP 4 lt per ' 2s sh t he4 4 ,ol The _ s approva and get , and Suss 4 , ,trl of Winter 41,1 t Monck, 4 'kit ,Yor of Port 4 4- 'everell, Esc L , T14 1 e nrY John Le A O. H Evelyn, A u tuant. .. 011, 1 ,a3r0r of Pete !1 1 tenhans Car' 1 4. 4 ' w s addington 1 110 1 ; 441 Miral Sir laj a - ' ll . J. J. Cat tid o ' Mundy Ho] 4c,, e 4 e1 The r , ) , Martineau' elo h - '? • William ' ] r 67' Charles NV Bit 'uarlos Taylor I. l4,7ehibald.Kep - ' 4B Littler, E Henry BI Itlinutier, Lip It, en Eldridge 1 11, a m Carte ° l l. Thome.: +I N er ra l , g 114 3 , -el 'E sq F eMangles. 11 ,,!!in Mew,] Mowatt, Londor knk w ,tll,7 : 4 :lll a s rt Ow , E tyokct t .Lt John Sec 40 4 „ .. -.0 -1 Sir Jam ENGIN) The Lond :Messrs. G The Lond The West Sot SECRETAI C4llca.- 4 nt't', l ~,,,, Ztittg Tr 41. " s otti t le9?)11,1tleatio; 4 I-4441, 134 ) 4 1 V .°111 bu 'irY r 4 le rsh, 3;, th l ' 9 rto an m df -; th e fol,"1 1 c. To till t Or h, Co m , ktb s `,7 o o 4 . lt 114t N tit"i 9r4 v'''' B , 3