The Sun. — London, England, 1849-12-17 00:00:00

--,- THE MURDER in HARLEY-STREET MARYLEBONE POLICE-COURT. Sarah Drake, the woman charged with the murder of Lewis Drake, her own child, aged two years, was again brought before Mr. Long, on Saturday, at . the Marylebone Police - court , t o u nder g o a re-exami nation. She is about forty years of age, with a some what ugly expression of features—was respectably dressed, and seemed deeply impressed with the awful nature of her position. She held a white handker chief to her eyes, and appeared to be crying during the whole of the inquiry. Being in a weak state of health, she was accommodated with a seat at the request of her solicitor. The singular circumstances attending the disposal of the child after its murder, and the fact of it having been insinuated that this was not the first offence of this nature the woman has committed, have invested the case with a good deal of interest, and some time before she was placed in the dock the court was thronged with eager lovers of the horrible and mys terious, while the various approaches to it were equally besieged with well-dressed people, including many females, who were unable to obtain admission. Mr. Herring, the solicitor, attended to watch the case for the prisoner. Mr. LONG said the first thing to be done was to read over the depositions, to give the . prisoner's soli citor an opportunity of cross-examining the wit nesses. The depositions of the two officers who arrested the prisoner were read over and signed without an observation. It will be remembered that Thomas Kinder, the superintendent of the Nottingham constabulary, at East Retford, deposed to the finding of the box at North Leverton, containing the body of the child, while Sergeant Whitcher, of the detective police, 27 A, spoke to the arrest of the prisoner at the residence of F. Huth, Esq., 33, Upper Harley-street, in whose service the prisoner had lived as housekeeper and cook, when she asked him how he knew that she had murdered her child. Mary Anne Wignell, the housemaid in the same service, stated that the prisoner entered upon her situation on the Monday week previous to the first examination, and a few days afterwards a woman named Johnson called at the house in Harley-street with a child, which was never seen to leave it again. George Glass, the butler, wrote the direction for the box, and the footman took it to the station at Euston square. The female searcher of the Marylebone police station spoke to a conversation she had with the prisoner on the night of her arrest, in the course of which she con fessed having murdered the child. This was the substance of the depositions. The first witness examined was Mrs. Johnson, the female who had brought up the child. She deposed as follows :—My name is Jane Johnson. I am a married woman, and my husband is a policeman, living at Shirley-common, near Croydon. I know the prisoner at the bar. It is two years next January since I first saw her. She was introduced to me through a Miss Harrington, who lives at Chelsea, and I agreed to take the child to nurse for six shillings per week. The money was to be paid, and all communication on tha subject of the child was to pass through Miss Harrington. At this time the child was called Lewis, and was about three months old, and I was to bring it up as my own. At the end of the month the prisoner came and paid me 2-is. for the support of the child. After that I received three letters from her, which she signed with the name of "Taverner." I have fourteen letters in all, but with the ex ception of those I have named they are signed with the name of Mary Drake. In time the child was taken ill, and at the request of the prisoner, who stated that its father was a Catholic, it was baptised by a Roman Catholic clergyman as Lewis. I then understood that the prisoner went to Northampton, where she remained till August, when the prisoner came over to my house and proposed to take the child away to get it into a Catholic institu tion in France, where its father had been brought up. She owed me at this time ill. 124. She then took the child away, and I did not expect it would return again. I went with Mrs. Drake to the Croydon sta tion and she paid her passage to Dover, and went away by the train, taking the child with her. This was on a Friday morning. On the following Saturday, between eleven and twelve o'clock, she came to our house in a cab. I was in bed at the time, but got up and again received the child. She told me she had been to a doctor, and he had ordered the child medi cine for water in the head, and it would not live long. She said she would not take him away any more, if I would but keep him, and I said " Very well ;" and she gave me 1 le. in liquidation of the old debt. I told her that I would keep him for ss. a week from that time, and she agreed to that. I did not see her again, but received several letters from her at diffe rent times, enclosing various sums of money. On the 27th November I received the letter I now pro duce, dated the 26th of November, which I believe to be in the prisoner's hand writing. [The letter stated that she was going to Madrid with a family, and as she could not afford to maintain the child any longer, it was to go on the parish.] In consequence of that letter I went to Edward-street, Dorset-square, to try and hear where she had gone. From information I received there, I went to Upper Harley-street, but I did not know the number. This was on the 27th of November, in the evening, but I did not succeed in finding the prisoner. On the 28th I went again and found her at Upper Harley street, at the corner of the New road. I brought up the child with me, and I saw the prisoner in the housekeeper's room. She said in consequence of what she had heard the night before, she was not going abroad. I said " Don't say that, for I believe you had no intention of going." She replied "I think the family have put it off till April or May." She said she thought the child was looking very much better, and had got stout since site saw it last. I said he was quite well and a very hearty eater, and I could not keep it any longer, as it was the second time she had deceived me. She asked me to take him back again for a week or so till she could get some one to take care of him. I told her no ; I must leave the child with her. She was at this time indebted to me 9/. 103. She took off the hat and coat of the child, and then came to the street door with me, where I told her that my husband intended to summon her for the money. I went up the area steps, and she called after me to know how much it was. I told her, and then left. The next day was Thursday. I saw her again on the Friday in the housekeeper's room, and she asked me if I had received her letter. I told her no, and said I have brought the child's things with a note in it from my husband, and also the bill. She said very well, I will look at them by and bye. She said she had got the child out to nurse without any one knowing it was here, at a friend's, who would lend her the money. I then went home and there I found a letter from the pri soner, which I now produce, stating that she would pay the money in January. Last Saturday morning I went down to North Leverton where I saw the body of a child, which I am quite certain is that of the child I brought up and received from the prisoner. I saw some of its clothes—the same it had on when I left it with the prisoner. I can swear to them. (The clothes were produced and identified by the witness.) I had been in the habit of calling the child by the name of Lewis Drake. The Solicitor who appeared for the prisoner, post poned his cross-examination till he had had an op portunity of reading the letters. Mr. LONG agreed to this, observing that it was impossible the case could be tried at the next session. Mr. William Hall, of South Retford, deposed as follows :—I am a coachman, driving a coach from Newark to East Retford. On the 30th of November I received a box, to be taken by my coach. I got it not from the station at Newark, but through a Mr. Gillstraps, who has an omnibus running to the railway. I took it to the White Hart, Retford. I left Newark at half-past two, and reached Ret ford at half-past four o'clock. The box now pro duced is the box. The direction now produced is that which was on the box when I received it. The direction is Theophilus Burton, North Leverton." North Leverton is six miles from Retford. William Drake deposed as follows :—I live at Hab ble3thorpe, in Nottinghamshire, and am a shoemaker. The prisoner at the bar is my sister, and as far as I am aware she is a single woman. I have a married sister living at North Leverton. Her name is Bur ton. Her husband's name is Theophilus Burton. On the 30th of November, by the direction, of Mrs. Burton, I went to the White Hart at Retford, and received the box now produced. I saw "Theophilusßurton ' upon it. It was between four and five o'clock in the e ven i ng . Th e di rec ti on pro d uce d I believe to be the same. I took the box to my sister's house at North Leverton. She received it from me, but her husband came in afterwards. Burton and myself opened the box in another room ' • we found inside of it the body of a dead child. I saw a letter in my sister's hand, which she gave me to read. I know the handwriting. My sister bur n t th e l etter. One of her children cried for it, and then she threw it into the fire. It was a short letter. There was no name. It ran thus :—" There will be a box left for you at Retford ; phase to fetch it as soon as possible." I do not know the handwriting. Theophilus Burton. the husband referred to by the lest witness, deposed as follows :—I live at North Lever ton, and am a blacksmith. hly wife is the sister of the prisoner. I received a letter on Friday, the 30th of November last. The paper now produced was the envelope of the letter. It bears the London and Retford post-marks. My wife destroyed the letter, but the contents were as has been stated. Ido not know the handwriting. It was to this effect : There will be a box at Retford on Tuesday; fetch it away as soon as possible. On the same day the last witness brought me a box, which I opened with a chisel, and found it contained the body of a dead THE SIIN, LONDON, child. The next morning I gave the box and its con tents to a policeman. Edward Smith, the policeman, deposed to receiv ing the box from the last witness. The box and the wrapper now produced are the same I received. It contained the dead body of a male child. The direc tion I found on Gingley-hill, about a mile and a half from the residence of the last witness. The child was naked, with a handkerchief round its neck tied tight. There were bruises on the left tem ple and left ear, which must have been inflicted by a severe blow. The clothes which I now produce were found in the box. They were all shown to Mrs. Johnson, and are the same that she has sworn to to day. The child was quite fresh in appearance. Mr. Francis Blagg, surgeon, of South Retford, deposed as follows :—I am a surgeon, and have been in practice since 1830. On Monday, the 3d of Dec., I was called in to see the body of a child at the Royal Oak, North Leverton. The body was lying on a table. It was a male child, from eighteen months to two years old. It appeared to have been dead but a very short time ; I think it could not have been dead more than a week, and perhaps not so long. I examined the child. I observed great lividness in the face, particularly in the eyelids, which were swollen ; also the tongue, the breast, and between the teeth; the hands were clenched ; the nails were blue. I observed a contu sion on the left side of the forehead; there was also a bruise on the left ear. I performed a post mortem examination, and on the scalp I discovered extensive blows or bruises on the upper portion of the left side of the head, which must have been inflicted by violence with some blunt instrument. On removing the skull I discovered corresponding marks on the left membrane of the brain. On turning back the outward membrane I found a considerable quantity of extravasated blood on the left hemisphere of the brain, and the brain generally was congested. I then opened the body, took out the stomach, and found rather more than half a pint; of fluid in it resembling gruel ; also several small portions of meat undigested. The stomach was perfectly healthy, as where the whole of the abdominal viscera. On opening the chest I found the right lung completely collapsed ; the left lung, with' the exception of the lower portion, was in the same state. In the lower portion of the left lung I found a small quantity of air. A hand kerchief was tied round the neck which inflicted some injury on it. These were all the appearances I observed. The violence on the head, no matter how it was produced, was in my judgment sufficient to cause death. The state of the neck, in my opinion, indicated that such a pressure had been used in tying the handkerchief that might have produced death. Sergeant Whitcher deposed to having found on the premises in Harley-street some white handker chiefs, marked in ink S. Drake," which correspond with the one found in the box. He had also received a bunch of keys from the prisoner, one of which unlocked the box. Mary Ann Wignell identified the box and wrapper as belonging to the prisoner, having seen them in her room. She slept with the prisoner. The prisoner was then remanded till Saturday next. THE ARMY AND NAVY. (From the United Service Gazette.) REDUCTION IN THE ARMY.—The plan proposed for a diminution of the strength of the troops is, we hear, to abandon the West India colonies as military stations, which will relieve and place at the disposal of the authorities at home, six regiments of the line. We strongly deprecate such a measure, and trust that it may never be carried into effect. The local colonial Governments might find the means of forming colonial corps for the protection of their lives and property ; but this would be inadequate to meet any sudden broil or commotion which might occur amongst the black population, or on the occasion of a practical attempt to land and plunder the inhabitants. Buccaneering in full force would return to those shores, and the islanders would be in a perpetual state of excitement and alarm. _ _ _ Major-General Thomas Banbury and Major-Gen. J. W. Aldred have respectively succeeded to the Unattached Pay of twenty-five shillings per diem. The services of the former were limited to Surinam, Holland, and the American war. The historian is silent as to the war service of the latter officer. THE COLONELCY 01 THE 80TH FOOT.—As no one really knows who is to succeed to a vacant Colonelcy until the Commander-in-Chief an nounces it himself at the Horse Guards, we make a point of abstaining from lending our selves to the idle rumours born of the wishes of General Officers and their friends. We cannot, however, shut our ears to the current on dits, and therefore, we may mention that club gossip and cer tain convictions of what ought to be, point to Major- General Douglas Mercer, C. 8., as the probable suc cessor to Sir E. K. Williams. Captain Tulloch, lately returned from an inspection of the pensioners resident in North America, is at Tilbury Fort forming the local companies as convict guards for embarkation to Australia. The ship Eliza sailed from Gravesend on Thursday, with the first company for that colony. STAFF OF IRELAND.—Major-General his Royal Highness the Prince George of Cambridge, having proceeded on leave of absence to attend the funeral of the Queen Dowager, Colonel Cochrane, the Deputy-Adjutant General, has taken the com mand of the Dublin District. Major-Gen. Wemyss, C. 8., having arrived in Dublin on leave of absence, Colonel Sir Michael Creagh, K.H , has assumed the command of the Athlone district. Captain Seton, 74th Highlanders, Deputy-Assistant Quartermaster- General, has proceeded from Dublin to England, on leave. MEDICAL STAFF.—Staff Assistant-Surgeon Touch, embarked in medical charge of the detachments in the ship NVaverley at Cowes, on the 14th instant, to Malta. Assistant-Surgeon Deakins, 3d West India Regiment, having exchanged with Staff Assistant- Surgeon Manners, that officer will embark in medical charge of the detachment of the 97th Regiment, in the ship Prince Albert for Jamaica, and afterwards join his regiment in the West Indies. Staff-Surgeon Mapleton is on leave of absence from the depot battalion at the Isle of Wight, to 30th Dec., 1649. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.—Lieutenant Oxenden, late of the 43d Light Infantry, has been appointed barrack-master at 'long Kong. MINING INTELLIGENCE. (From the Mining Journal.) The share market continues firm, and an active in quiry is still made for most of our leading mines. Several negotiations, which were pending last week, have since come off. The present prosperous position of the mine generally, and the apparent firmness of the metal market, with the advance in tin and lead, affords every encouragement for safe and remunera tive investment. _ Devon Great Consols continues in request, and business doing in them. Condurrow, South Frances, South Tolgus, Tre hane, Mary Ann, ,Cam Bren, and East Wheal Rose are among the several mines in request. Tincroft is represented to have improved since our last, both in the shaft and 90 end, which is now worth 401. per fathom. Several transactions have been done. Tamar Consols is increasing her returns; the profits from the mines and the smelting department averages nearly 1,0001. per month. A dividend of 11. per share may be anticipated next month. Heignston Down is reported to have improved, especially in the 35 fin. level, where they have a lode worth full SO/. per fm. Shares have been dormant for some months, and buyers are now to be found at an advanced price. The profitable and improving position of Bedford United, and the progressive im provement in South Tamar have caused several large transactions during the week. Fortescue shares have also been in demand at a considerable advance, in anticipation of cutting the lode at a very important point. By Wheal Basset report we find, the mine is in a highly productive position. A new and more power ful engine is to supersede the present one. At Wheal Seton account a dividend of Si. per share was declared. The operations in September and October gave a profit of 6231. 9s. 6d., which, added to balance from last account, allowed the above dividend, leaving to credit 2221. Bs. The mine has consider ably improved of late, with every probability of further improvements being made. During , the last two months about 1,220 tons of ore have been sold, and the profit anticipated for the next account is esti mated at about 1,8001. At Wheal Tremayne account meeting a dividend of 103. per share was declared, leaving a balance in hand of 4171. 13s. 11d. The mine is looking re markably well. At the Mineral Court meeting the accounts showed balance against the mine of 4281. 12s. 2d. during the operations of five months, ending in October. A call of 3/. per share was made. Lady Greville, with her usual liberality, has signified her consent to reduce the dues to 1-18th. The reports of Captains Webb and Dale represent the mine in a very promising position. At the Tavy Consols meeting for September and October the accounts showed a balance against the mine of 2301. 16s. 41. The ore bills due, and not yet at maturity, were more than sufficient to discharge the debt, but to meet the expenditure of the current two months it would b e necessary t o ma k e a ca ll o f 53. per share at the next meeting. A vote of thanks was passed to G. Strode, Esq., the freeholder, for his generosity in remitting the balance of dues. The report presented by the agent encourages the share holders to entertain a hope that the mine would soon be in a position of meeting the costs. At the Wheal Mary meeting the acco un t s s h owe d a balance against the mine of 9121 16s. ld., and a call of 10s. per share was made. At Wheal Concord meeting a resolution was unani mously adopted, that the purser furnish an account current of the receipts and payments of the mine from the commencement of workings, and the meet ing was adjourned until it be ready for consideration. At the Herodsfoot adjourned meeting, the mine was divided into 512 shares, instead of 256, as for merly; and a call of 2/. 10s. per share was made, to pay off the liabilities. Shares of the following mines have changed hands during the week :—Devon Great Consols, East Wheal Rose, Tincroft, Bedford United South Tamar, Devon and Courtenay, Trethevy, Tamar Consols, East Buller, ITrelawny, Treviskey and Barrier, South Basset, Tremayne, Mary Ann, Trehane, Stray Park, Bwlch Consols, Heignston Downs, East Tamar, Wheal Russell, Wheal Fortescue, West Wheal Jewel, and Treleigh. In foreign mines the transactions have been chiefly confined to United Mexican, Copiapo, and St. John del Rey shares ; but some few bargains have been effected in Imperial and National Brazilian, Alten, Linares, Australian, and North British Australasian shares. From the Barossa Range Mines, letters have been received, dated 11th June and 9th July, reporting operations as progressing very satisfactorily ; 40 tons of ore had been raised at the Bremer, and 15 more would be ready for shipment in two months. The per centage of copper was 25 for 25 tons, and 16 for 15 tons ; the latter would be smelted there. The wet season made the roads all but impassable, and rather delayed work at the mines. At the Lyndoch Valley Mine, the ground was hard, and recourse was had to blasting. The quantity of ore raised there was above 30 per cent. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. The Court met on Friday, and after the transaction of some routine business the following report of the Committee of Health was read : " We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, your special committee, appointed on the sth day of July last, to consider the means necessary to be adopted with rela tion to the cholera, do hereby certify that on the 13th day of September last we were summoned by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor to attend his Lordship forthwith at the Mansion-horse, for the purpose of receiving a communication of urgent consequence from the Board of Health appointed by her Majesty under the authority of the Act of Parliament conferring upon the Board the general superintendence of arrangements in respect of the public health, during the prevalence of cholera, or other epidemic, or contagious disease. Your committee immediately obeyed his Lordship's summons, and were informed by his Lordship that having received a very forcible representation from the Government Board of Health concerning certain arrangements they deemed necessary to be adopted within the city, he had, by the advice of the City Solicitor, requested the Board in a matter of so much moment to put the communica tion, which had been orally delivered,: into writing, that it might be laid in official form before your com mittee ; and your committee do further certify that a written communication from the Board of Health was laid before us, in which a system of house to house visitation within the city was strongly pressed upon the corporation, and the committee was likewise attended by Mr. R. D. Grainger, the medical superintending in spector of the General Board of Health, by the orders of the board ; and that gentleman, in very forcible lan guage, and by arguments the most convincing, supported by facts within the range of his own personal observa tion, and others to a similar import, verified by medical men of high authority, placed the subject before us in such a light that your committee concurred with the Lord Mayor in opinion that we dared not encounter the serious responsibility of delaying, for a single day, to carry into execution, to the best of our means and judg ment, the duty which this communication bad cast upon us. We immediately gave direction to Mr. Simon, the officer of health, instructing him to retain the assistance of a sufficient number of qualified medical men to under take the required service; and having regard to the im portant benefits conferred upon the public in the year 1832 from the unity of action produced by combining in one body the medical men attached to the board with the medical officers connected with the various parishes within the city, the Officer of Health laid before us a scheme for this purpose, which we thought expe dient to adopt, as uniting a large amount of efficiency with a due regard to an economical expenditure of the corporation funds. By this arrangement, which was in force from the lath of September to the 12th of Octo ber, when the cholera was reported to have sub.ided, the constant service of eleven competent medical officers was obtained, whose duty it was daily to visit the inhabitants of the several houses within their allotted district, under the immediate superintendence of the medical officers of the respective unions, and subject to the general super vision of the Officer of Health of the city. Upon the medical officer of the union the duty was devolved of visiting at all hours of the day and night all cases of cholera and choleraic diarrhea, which were brought to light by the system of domestic visitation within their respective districts; they likewise prescribed for and supplied to the poor all requisite medicines, and they also made up the prescriptions of the medical visitors and furnished every applicant with all necessary 'men clines, free of cost, to the parties visited. In order to secure unity of action, and to obtain accurate information upon every point necessary to be known to enable the Officer of Health rightly to direct the powers and agencies placed at his command, the medical officers of the union daily attended him in consultation, to com pare the results of their experience, and to devise means the more effectually to discharge their respective duties under his superintendence. And we do further certify that we caused a notification of these arrangements to be made to the inhabitants throughout the city; and being anxious to avert any exaggerated apprehensions which this unusual step might otherwise occasion, we caused an address to be issued to the inhabitants, in white we familiarly explained the causes and objects of the course about to be adopted, and invited the co• ope ration of all classes. And we do further certify that at our weekly meetings we were attended by several inha bitants of different parts of the city, complaining of nuisances prejudicial to health, and tending to the spread of cholera and other epidemic diseases; and this committee not having neen invested by law with similar powers to those v<hich were devolved upon the City Board of Health during the visitation of the cholera in the year 1832 we were unable to grapple with those evils in the manner we should have desired to do if they had fallen within the scope of our authority. The clearing of the shores of the Thames at the outfall of the several sewers within the limits of the city having been specially committed to us by your Hon. Court, was duly executed under our orders; and we annex to this report a certificate of the City Archi tect as to the cost of constructing works permanently to abate the noxious and offensive nuisances occasioned by the discharge of the fetid contents of the sewers upon the shores o f the river at low water. From the information we rece ived during the progress of our labours, we are of opinion, and do recommend, that it should be com mitted to one of the committees of your lion. Court to abate the nuisances in the way suggested by the City Architect, or in some other effectual form. We do fur ther certify that we have had our attention especially directed by the Officer of Health to the injurious influ ence of the crowded state of the burial-grounds within the city upon the health of the inhabitants; wo are deeply impressed with the necessity there exists for the application of an effectual remedy for this evil, which we believe can be no otherwise removed than by a legal prohibition of further interments in the city. We have been invited to con sider a project, suggested some years since, for the corporati on to provide a suitable piece of land , in the vicinity of London, which (as has been since effected by the city of Oxford) might be rendered available for all the city parishes for the interment of their dead, to which the canon law rights of parishes might attach, subject to all the privileges of the parochial officers, both lay and ecclesiastical. This subject of intramural interments is very fully and ably treated by Mr. Simon, in a report laid before your committee, which was also submitted to the Commissioners of Sewers, who have caused it to be printed. We abstain from doing more than invite the attention of your Hon. Court to an early considera tion of the matter, being of opinion that its speedy set tlement is of deep importance to the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the city. We do further certify that the insufficiency of the water supply, the existence of ill-ventilated slaughter-houses within the crowded parts of the city, and the wretched state of the dwellings of the poor, have been shown to us to be the fruitful causes of disease amongst the inhabitants, which, though commencing with the humble, who are more immediately subjected to their influences, are propagated and extended to all classes of the community. All these topics are likewise treated with great force and ability in the report of the Officer of Health, to which reference has been already made. Your committee would have rejoiced if it had been within the scope of their powers to have applied even a partial remedy for some of these evils, which it is the opinion of your committee may be, and ought to be, mitigated, if they cannot be entirely redressed ; but your cousmitte were advised by the City Solicitor th a t th e l a w did not give them any jurisdiction in these . matters. Your committee are, however, happy to find they are all under the investigation of other bodies connected with the corporation, and your committee hope that this in vestigation will lead to a partial remedy, and give rise to legislative measures for their entire removal. "In the course of your committee's operations they have expended 6131. 15s. 3d., for which they have from time to time drawn upon the Chamber. This sum does not include any remuneration for the professional ser vices of the eleven medical officers of the union engaged in the visitation. In the absence of all knowledge as to the amount and duration of the labours that might be required of them, we were unable to make any prev ious arrangement as to the quantum of remuneration to which they would be entitled; but since notice has been inserted on the summons for this Hon. Court recom mending an allowance of 20 guineas to each of the medical officers, other facts have come to our knowledge which have induced us to recommend the sum of 30 guineas. "Your committee have further to express their un qualified admiration of the conduct of Mr. Simon, the Officer of Health of the city of London, who, without professional fee, and without your committee having any official claim upon his services, spontaneously devoted to their uses his valuable time and energies from the first day of their appointment to the close of their labours. " To the personal assiduity and professional character and ability of Mr. Simon the public are indebted for the admirable arrangements for house to house visitation, by which the personal and local knowledge of the medical officers of each union, in combination with the labours of medical men specially appointed for that service, were productive of the most beneficial results. " Among the numerous reports made by Mr. Simon to your committee, there is one general report which has obtained our earnest attention, but as this report was MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 17, 1849. made to the Commissioners of Sewers as well 89 to your committee, and as the Commissioners are by law em powered to deal with many of the evils therein described, we refrain from discusing its details. It would, however, be unjust to Mr. Simon, if we did not, in this our closing report, express the opinion of the committee that the public and the corporation are under the deepest obligation to that gentle man fur his zeal and industry in exploring the abodes of misery and filth, and in fathoming to their depths the causes and means of propagating epi demic and contagious disease, as well as for the ability, firmness, and courage with which he has given his opi nions to the world in a form calculated to awaken rea sonable apprehension and to lead to their mitigation and relief. And your committee cannot close their report without expressing their opinion in the strongest terms, and their conviction as the result of information they have received in the progress of their labours, that it is the paramount duty of the corporation to appoint some permanent committee, composed of representatives of the several wards of the city, to devise and carry into execution some broad and comprehensive measures for improving the sanitary state of the city and the condi tion of the humbler classes of its inhabitants; and for this purpose we are of opinion that your committee should be dissolved. " All which is respectfully submitted to the judgment of this Hon. Court•" The report was ordered to be printed. NEW GAS COMPANY. Mr. T. DAKIN brought up the petition of the di rectors of a company called the " Great Central Gas Consumers' Company," for leave to contract with the corporation to supply the Mansion-house, Guild hall, and other public establishments under their control, with gas, upon the same terms as the con tracts entered into with private consumers, for the purpose of enabling the company to ascertain the probable amount of their consumption, in order that they may adapt the extent of their works to the extent of tbeir requirements. Mr. H. L. TAYLOR, having elicited from the peti tioners who appeared at the bar that Mr. Charles Pearson, Mr. Thomas Dakin, and other members of the corporation were shareholders of the company, submitted that the petition could not be received, because it was opposed to the 40th standing order, which declared that no member of the corporation should be at liberty to supply the corporation with any article for profit. the objection was, after some discussion, overruled by the Court, and the petition was received. Mr. DARIN then moved that " The prayer of the said petition be complied with, and that it be an instruction to the several committees superintending the lighting of the various buildings and establishments connected with this Corporation to git e the needful directions therein." Mr. NORRIS seconded the motion. Mr. ANDERTON thought that it would not redound to the credit of the Corporation to accede to the motion. It had been got up merely with a view to St. Thomas's-day, and nothing else.—(No, no) He moved that the petition lie on the table. It was then moved that the consideration of the question be adjourned. On a division it was found that 19 voted for the adjournment, and 38 against it. Mr. Alderman SALOMONS opposed the motion of Mr. Dakin, on the ground that the company existed as yet only on paper, and that it was premature to make any arrangement of the kind proposed with them. On the motion of Sir P. LLURIE, the question of adjournment was again put, when there appeared 1$ for it and U against it. Alderman LiWILENCE maintained that it was ridi culous to ask the Corporation to connect themselves with a company who, it was clearly understood, never intended to open a single street or lay down a single pipe. The object was merely to secure a compromise with the existing companies. Mr. DAMN denied the truth of this assertion. On the motion of Mr. TowsE the Court was counted, and, there not being a quorum present, the Court adjourned at ten minutes to five o'clock. IRELAND. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) DUBLIN, FRIDAY EVENING, DEC. 14.—The case of Catherine Devine: against Captain M`Manus, which had been five days on trial, concluded this afternoon, at half•past three, by a verdict for the plaintiff-3501. damages, and sixpence costs. The announcement of the verdict was received with great satisfaction by a crowded court. The jury were in consultation only 45 minutes. Not a point has been reserved for the defendant. This morning's Freeman contains a correspondence of immense length between the Very Rev. Dr. Spratt and Mr. J. o.Connell, and the Very Rev. Dr. Spratt and Mr. Maurice Leyne, on the subject of the proposed junction of the Repeal Association and the "Irish Allance." The clergyman above named has been making strenuous exertions for the amalgamation of both sections of Repealers, but it seems without suc seas, notwithstanding the fervent desire expressed by both for an union. The summary of the negotiation is this : Dr. Spratt suggested that there should be a con ference of the Conciliation Hall and Alliance Repealers, and that this conference should consider the terms of union. To this proposition the Alliance acceded, and appointed a deputation, composed of nine members, to meet a similar number from the committee of Conciliation Hall. The latter, however, through Mr. J. O'Connell (who is the entire committee himself), declined to meet the Alliance in conference, until they (the Alliance) should unreservedly adopt the " peace policy " of the Association. Mr. Leyne, on the part of the Alliance, declared their willingness to accept the fundamental rules of the Associa tion "as founded in 1840," but not what is generally called " the peace resolutions of 1846," which Mr. Leyne designates an " unhappy document. Mr. Leyne likewise offered to refer the matter to Dr. Blake, R. C. Bishop of Dromore, Dr. Spratt, Robert Holmes, barrister, and Sir Colman O'Loghlen, to prepare a fundamental rule to keep the new agitation within the limits of the Constitution. Mr. J. O'Connell, in reply to the propositions of his "misguided and unfortunate relative," says that if the Alliance party be sincere in their avowed wish to have a perfectly legal organization, they can have no difficulty in adopting the resolutions of 1846 (which reserve " physical force" for self-defence), and the adoption of which he makes a sine qua non. So the matter rests—both only agreeing to differ, and apparently, as far from union as ever. The fact is, neither party is sincere, for the self-interests of both are antago nistic, in 'a way I need not explain just now. So far as this question of " union ' goes, reason lies on the side of John O'Connell, for pugna cious gentlemen—such as those we hear of, by the last arrival, boxing in the streets of New York, and who, by the way, were amongst the most respectable of the party—would scarcely stand tamely the supremacy which John O'Connell apes, in sadly ludicrous imitation of his father. But this correspondence is marked with a slander upon vir tuous misfortune—a dastard stab at fallen greatness, Which I did not think John O'Connell capable of uttering or inflicting, I could scarcely believe my eyes when I read the following passage in his long letter closing the correspondence, and in reply to Mr. Leyne's proposition : -- "I shall not waste time with the totally and Judi. criously unfounded assertions in his letter, as to the pre eminence of the seceders in education, property and intelligence; and as to their carrying with them the opinion of the country, Neither shall I trifle with you by discussing Mr. Ley nk's heroics about Tell and Washington, to whose names he certainly does not do much honour in aFsociating them with those of the un settled, vaAllating, and dreaming Lamartine, the mock Rousseau of his day ; and . the knave and terrorist, Kocsuth. And the republication of the document of 1846 will answer, sufficiently for all right-minded men, the strained references to America, Belgium, and poor —poor Poland I—more enslaved by the distractions caused by a small faction among her own children than by the power of Russia." Such is the competition amongst the steamers at this station, and the lowness of fares, that immense crowds of poor people are leaving, even in this cold tempestuous weather, for Liverpool. Feeling curious to know the fares, I inquired at one of the offices this afternoon, and found that the Dublin Company were charging ls. 6d. each for deck passengers, without changing the cabin fare; whilst the Waterford Com pany, who have put on boats to annoy the Dublin one, is carrying deck passengers at one penny per head, cabin 2s. 6d., horses la. each, pigs 3d. a piece, and other freight at a similar preposterously low figure. THE Xusnas.,"(Fernair).—Three per Cent. Consols, for Opening, 96 /; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cent. Stock, 97* k; Midland Great Western, and Royal Canal, 238 24; Dublin and Belfast Junction, 58 6; Great Southern and Western, 311; Ditto, Preference, 4 p. ; Wicklow Copper Mine, 91; Dublin Consumers' Gas, 5. AWFUL FATALITY IN A FAMILY.—About two years ago a boy, named Jones, in the employment of Mr. Robert Grier, of Quatsford, near this town, was sent to lead a horse, and it is supposed that he tied the halter round his waist. The horse took fright and ran away, dragging the poor fellow after him, gallopping across a hop-yard, jumping two gates, and killing the boy in stantly. About six weeks ago a brother of this lad was killed by falling down among a team of horses and the waggon wheel passing over his head, leaving a wife and two children to lament his death. Another brother, in the t mploy of T. France, Esq., of Marley Hall, was taking a lot of turk.sys home in a cart on Tuesday last, when they made a noise which startled the horse, and he gallopped t.ff. The boy, in endeavouring to stop him, was knocked down by the shaft of the cart. The wheel going over his chest and head killed him on the spot. Thus three fatal accidents of a similar nature have oc curred to three brothers within two years. It is but justice to say that they were all honest and industrious young men.— Worcester Journal. A PROLIFIC HEN.—A chicken the property of Mr. F. Lee, Allendale, Northumberland, which was hatched about the latter end of April, was discovered on the 9th instant to have brought out seventeen birds upon some planks on the attics of a cart shed. The mother of the same brought up twenty-six birds this season.— Carlisle Journal. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Dec. 15. JUDGMENT-THE ATTORNEY••GENE&AL V. JONES. The LORD CHANCELLOR delivered judgment in this case this morning. The information was filed by the Attorney-General, seeking to charge the defendants with legacy duty upon certain legacies left to them by a testator named Morgan. The funds arose out of the dues from the lighthouse erected on the Skerries Rock, off Holyhead. The lighthouse was originally constructed under a grant by patent from Queen Anne to a person named Trench, who was stated to have ruined himself by the expense incurred in the erection and in keeping lights in the house. The patent so granted WAS confirmed and continued by an Act of Parliament, in the second year of Geo. 11., to Mr. Trench and his heirs, who were bound to keep up ,the lighthouse, and they were empowered to levy a sum of one penny from every vessel coming within sight of the light. Subseluently, by an Act of 6 and 7 Geo. IV., powers were granted to the Trinity-house to purchase all lighthouses erected and kept up by private indiviluals ; and among others the lighthouse in question was purchased for the sum of 445,0001., and the money was paid to the heirs of Mr. Morgan, who succeeded Trench under the pa tent; that sum was then divided between the family, and one of them died and bequeathed the sum of 220,0001., being a portion of the money paid for the lighthouse to the defendants, and the question now raised was, whether these legacies were liable to the legacy duties. If it was decided that the money issued out of personal property, the legacies would, of course, be liable to the duty; but if from real pro perty, then it would follow that no legacy duty would be chargeable upon the legacies. The Le.ai CHLNCELLOR, after going through the circumstances of the case, and the various statutes under which the patents were granted, said he had examined the authorities cited, and the only one which, in his opinion, affected the question was that of the Rev. Mr. Cooke (5 Barn. and Cres.), where the point was, whether certain lighthouse dues were liable to be rated to the poor-rates. In that case the ultimate decision was, that the place was not within the parish, but from the opinions expressed by the judges, it appeared that they were in favour of con sidering the lighthouse dues as arising from real pro perty. In this case it was evident that the person to whom the patent was granted was bound to build and maintain a house for the purpose of keeping up the light. He thought, therefore, that the dues did arise from and were connected with real property, and that they were not liable to the legacy duty. VICE-CHANCERY COURT, Dtc. 15. (Before Sir J. KNIGHT BRUCE. THE DUKE OF ST. ALBAN'S V. HUGHAM. The bill in this case was filed for an account of the property secured under the will of the late Duke of St. Alban's, and of the proceeds stated to have been received by the Earl of Yarborough and others, the defendants, R ho were the trustees of the will, and the Dowager Duchess of St. Alban's, guardian of the infant plaintiff, and mother of the late Duke. An account was also sought of the salary and emoluments of the office of Hereditary Grand Falconer of Eng land, held by the Dukes of St. Alban's, and of the income of the Bestwood Park estate. The bill prayed that the income from the above sources might be se cured to the plaintiff, and that a receiver should be appointed during the minority of the plaintiff, and that an allowance might be made for his support and education, and that a fit residence might be approved of by the Master for the plaintiff and the Duchess Dowager. His HONOUR made the order as prayed, giving liberty to the Duchess Dowager to propose herself as receiver of the salary of the office of Hereditary Grand Falconer. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Dec. 15. (Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall, before Mr Justice COLERIDGE, and a Common Jury.) lIERESFORD V. PHILLIPS. Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. Willes were counsel for the plaintiff. For the defendant no one appeared. The defendant was a widow, and had for some time enjoyed the distinction of being the landlady of the Plough and Harrow public-house, at Leytonstone. The plaintiff's father kept another public-house at Lea-bridge, and it entered into the head of the plaintiff that he should like to supplant Mrs. Phillips in the management of the Plough and Harrow. Accord ingly negotiations were entered into, and the plaintiff was informed by the defendant of the quantity of beer which was consumed upon her premises. She wanted 1001. a year for the premises, which she held under a lease at 601. a year, and she also required a considerable sum, no less than 6001., for the goodwill of this Plough and Harrow. The defendant had been supplied with beer by Messrs. Charrington and Head. The plaintiff therefore went to them to know something of the " doings" of the house,and he also wanted a little assistance from them in the way of capital. Messrs. Charrington and Head, however, first informed the plaintiff that the widow had a little exaggerated the state of things, and they added that they could not advance him any money unless he procured the original lease. In consequence of this the parties again came together, and it was agreed that the plaintiff should pay 2001. for the stock, 600/. for the goodwill, and should have the lease; but the defendant expressly covenanted that she would not herself set up a public house or beer shop, or assist any one else to do so, or become servant to any one doing so, within a mile of the Plough and Harrow, under a penalty of 1001., as liquidated damages. The plaintiff took possession, but in a short time, to his surprise, he found the widow busy at work in one of her cottages, about 20 yards off, fitting it up as a beer-shop, and afterwards endeavour ing to get custom there ; and she was extremely par ticular in procuring a sign, called the Anchor and Hope, to be put up, and she gave express direc tions that this sign should be taller than the Plough and Harrow, which was completely put in the shade. The defendant told a :gentleman, when taken a little off h e r guar d, th a t s h e was determined to ba revenged on Messrs. Charrington and Head, and she had actually been endeavouring to dispose of this beer-house, asking, with great modesty, 160/. for the goodwill of the Anchor and Hope. The plaintiff then brought this action upon the covenant into which the defendant had entered. Witnesses were called who made out this case, and there being no defence, the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 1001. the Excise-office sales, the produce of parties who had eluded the law. There was a large body of Excise-officers, whose duty it was to protect them in carrying on their legal trade, but they had neglected to do so. If the law gave them further powers by the recent enactment, he wished to see them carried out fully, and it would be for the benefit of all. He had carried on a legitimate trade, until he found that his legitimate trade dwindled down to nothing at all. An illicit trade was no advantage to him, but he found himself completely undersold by his neigh ' bours, that he sold under it for four or five years, and no notice had been taken, which he hoped would be a reason for mitigation. HA he had the slightest knowledge that they had power to seize this polish he must have been a madman to run the risk, for he had other business besides selling this article. Had he received notice it would have prevented the in fraction of the law, which was rather the object than the punishment for it. _ The COURT gave judgment in the penally of 1001. W. Sykes, oilman, 7, York street, Middlesex Hospital; Vin. Gilbert, 64, Tottenham-court-road, oilman; Philip Chambers, 4, Red Lion-street ; Thomas Macaulay, 47, Curtain-road, Shoreditch, varnish maker ; Edward Smith, Aylesbury-street, Clerkenwell, oilman ; George Gee, Wood•street, Old street road ; and Thomas Hahon, 58, Bath street, St. Luke's, were similarly convicted in penalties varying from 50/ to 2001. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. LAMBETH. Julia Collins, a notorious character, was finally ex amined before the Hon. G. C. Norton, on a charge of being concerned, with four persons already com mitted for trial, in drugging and robbing a gentleman named Stone of a valuable gold watch, chain, and seals, and a purse containing about 141. in gold and silver. The prosecutor identified the prisoner, and said, that upen being forced into the house No. 2, Sussex place, Dover.road, by two women named Plummer and Hills, he saw the prisoner, who was the owner of the house, come down stairs. A witness named Davis deposed that on the day after the robbery the prisoner came to where he lived and exhibited a gold watch, chain, and seals, and mourning ring, which she said she had taken from a gentleman on the night before. She also said that Plum , mer and Hills brought the gentleman to her house; that two pints of gin had been brought in, and that the gentleman was " dosed" by a mixture of snuff in the glass of gin which he drank; and that as soon as he went to sleep his purse had been taken from him and its contents shared among the two women, Plummer and Hills, and two men, Stephens and M'Donnell, who went away. The prisoner then en deavoured to get away the gentleman's watch, but, though perfectly stupid, he held it so tight that she was obliged to cut the bottom of his fob off, and get the watch in that way. The barman at a public-house and the constables swore to having seen the prisoner in company with the four persons already committed for trial on the morning of the robbery. Sergeant . Goff, 8 L, said that from information given to him on Wednesday last he :apprehended the prisoner at Croydon on that night, but found none of the stolen property on her. In reply to the questions of Mr. NORTON, Sergeant Goff said that he had been informed by the witness Davis, who had been examined on Thurs day, and who was not now present, that he had given information to two sergeants of the M division of the fact of the property stolen being in the possession of the prisoner, and said that if they had used the least exertion the property would then be found on her; but they refused to have anything to do with the case, and finding this he (Davis), in ten da y s after, came and told him (Goff) of the matter. Mr. NORTON, on hearing this, charged Sergeant Goff to communicate the particulars to the superin tendent of the AI division, that an inquiry might be instituted, as it was a matter which, in his (Mr. Norton's) opinion, should receive the fullest investi gation ; and if it was found that the witness had given information as he had stated to the police, and that they had neglected to act upon it at a time when the stolen property could be recovered, the officers so acting were unfit for their situations, and should not only be discharged frois them but severely panished. The prisoner was then fully committed for trial. RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS. BRISTOL, DEC. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The market to .day was very inactive, the less satisfactory accounts of the London Stock Exchange producing a depressing • influence. But little business was transacted. ANDREWS V- SMITH. Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Honeyman were counsel fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Arnold for the defendant. The plaintiff in this case was a valuer at Peckham, and he brought his action against the defendant to recover the sum of 221. 15s. fur having made a valua tion of the stock on a farm at Beckenham, Kent, which the defendant had been about to take. After some negotiation the affair went off, and then the defendant refused to pay the plaintiff his charge, and was obliged to bring the present action. The defen dant paid 51. into Court. The defence was Olt the plaintiff had done more than he was authorised. Witnesses were called on both sides. The jury found a verdict for plaintiff-17/. 105. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 13. LAIONE V. ELLIS. This was an action on a policy of insurance of a vessel, called the Napoleon, of Christiana, the risk in which attached upon a voyage from Monte Video to Havre. A previous policy had been effected at the Falkland Islands, for Patagonia, Monte Video, and Falmouth, on a cargo of guano, to be taken in, but when the ship arrived at Monte Video, the captain was required to take in a cargo of hides. To avoid the payment of duty to the French Government he was paid 150/. to alter his flag to the Monte Videan, and then a new policy became necessary, as the port of destination was to be Havre. This was the policy upon which the action was brought. The original policy was for 450/., and according to the charter party the captain was paid 250/. on leaving the Falkland Islands, for the first month. The question now was, whether this money was recoverable as freight under the second policy. The principal matters urged in defence of the action were, that this money was not to be had back as freight, that it was, in fact, demurrage, and that there was a fraudulent concealment in not stating this, as a large portion of the cargo consisted of guano, in which case the rate of premium would have been much higher. The jury retired, and after a considerable absence retured into court at an advanced hour with a ver dict for the plaintiff—Damages 300/. COURT OF INLAND RI VENUE, Dec. 15. (Before HART DAVIS, Esq.; C. J. HERRIES, Esq. ; and CHARLES PRESSLEY, Esq.) Thomas Hough, of Bagnigge- wells-road, chemist and druggist, was charged with receiving into his stock and vending spirits, the produce of illicit distil lation. The case was similar to others reported at previous sittings of the Court. The COURT convicted the defendant in the full penalty of 100)., with liberty to petition the Board for mitigation. John Slipper, of 87, Leather-lane Holborn, chemist and druggist, was charged on a similar in formation. Mr. Anstey, Surveying-General Examiner, said that being empowered to put down the trade of illicit distillation, he went on the 4th of September with a search-warrant to the defendant's, having told him that information had been received of illicit spirits in his possession. In the shop found several bottles of spirit polish that defendant said had come from Pitch ford's. He produced the invoices, which nhowed that the whole of the articles had been purchased below the charge for the duty alone. The defendant then addressed the Court. lle said that he had never used cheap polish until he had purchased the cheap spirits that had been seized at LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15. StOCK EXCHANGE.—The share market was very dull to day, and prices are rather lower, closing heavily at the quotations. The transactions were as follow:—East Lan c Ashire, 1I X London and North-Western, 11 114 e.— Di tte, New Quarters, 1,4 p. Midland, 481,4 c. Ditto, Halves, 21% dis.—Shrewsbury and Chester, Preference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 15 , A —South-Eastern and Dover (No. 4), 61. Vs. 9d. MANCHESTER, Digo. 15. • STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were a.€ follow :—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 1 4 p. —Sheffield, Preference, 7 9.l6—Lincoln Union, 3% dis.— —North Staffordshire, 9 dis. —Manchester and Birming ham (C ), Quarters, 1 7.16 n. p. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 15. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The transactions to-day were as follow :—London and North Western, New Quarters, N I p. —North Staffordshire, 9 1 4 dis.—York and North Midland, 17. YORK, Dec. 14. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were as follow : —York, Newcastle, and Berwick, 17 1 4—Ditto (New castle Extensicn), 11%—York and North Midland, Prefer ence, 614 LEEDS, DEc. 15. ur.sold: S rocx EKCILINGE.—The. transactions to-day were as follow : —East Lancashire, It 3 %.—Caledonian, 11i4 n. —Leeds and Thirsk, 84 —North Western, 11 1 ,41 dis.—York and North Midlend, Pre:srence, 3 3 / i dis. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, DEC. 1 5. STOCK EXCHANGE.- The transactions to-day were as follow :—Hartlepool Dock and Railway, guaranteed 8 per cent., 127 W I —London and North-Western, 113. THE COUNTIi LIVERPOOL, DEC. 15.—F s. d. s. d. Y MARKETS. Wheat, per 701 b : 'rioes to-day are unchanged. s. Q. S. a 6 4 to 6 6 Do. new .. 6 0— 6 3 Irish, new •• 5 0— 5 6 Barley, English, pr Do., old • • • • 5 8 5 :0 Ilanx, red and wh. 5 9 6 0 Dantsic, high mixed 7 0 7 4 I)a., mixed • . .. 6 6 7 0 Rostock .. 6 8 6 10 imperial quarter 29 0 to3I 0 Irish, Scotch, anti Alanx,per6oll).. 3 0 3 2 liambargh and Lower Baltic.. 6 6 6 8 American, white 6 8 6 10 Barley, k'eeding.. 3 0 3 4 aye, par 480th .. 22 0 24 0 Beans, English, pr imperial quartr 34 0 36 0 Irish and Scotch, Spanish and Italian, red and white.. G 0 6 5 Hungarian and Mariaropoll .. 5 3 5 6, Odessa, Polish .. 5 8 -- 6 01 per 4801 b .. •: 30 0— 31 0 Foreign, duty pd. 25 3 25 6 European, per fin- Do., common .. 5 2 5 6 Do., hard.. .. 4 6 4 9 Egyptian .. .. 4 0— 4 4 Oats, per 451 b : English, Scotch, 1 ita perm q rter.. 32 0— 33 0 Peas, English, per imperial quartr 32 0 33 0 Foreign • . .. 29 0— 30 0 Malt, English, per and Welsh .. 3 0— 3 2 1 Irish, new, best imperial quurtr 50 0 56 0 Do., Irish .. 40 0 46 0 Do., brown .. 50 0 —56 0 Flour, English, pr 2801 b .. 31 0 —35 0 Irish, extra fine.. 3t 0 Umted States, per mealing .. 2 5 - 2 6 barrel - 35 0 Do., mid mid inf. 2 21— 2 51 Old .. 2 7 2 8 Indian corn, per 4801 b .. 27 6 30 Do. Meal, perl96ll) 14 0 14 6 23 0-26 0 Canadian .. 23 0 24 0 Oatmeal, English, Lic•Seoteh,m24olb '23 0 —24 0 Irish, new .. .. 21 0 —22 0 Do., old . 20 0 21 0 MANCHESTER. DEC. 15..--Thioughout the present week a firmer feeling has been apparent in the trade, and without any approach to excitement. A fair amount of business has occurred in flour, at fully the previous currency. Oatmeal was also in improved demand, and the turn dearer. At our market this morning both wheat and flour were, in some instances, held for some what higher prices, but the transactions were only to a limited extent, particularly in the latter article. Oats must be noted at Id per 451, and oatmeal 3d to 6d per load dearer. NORWICH, DEC. 15.—The new Corn Exchange was well attended, considering the pouring rain. The sam ples of wheat shown were many of them in very poor and damp condition, and unfit for millers without mixing; yet even finest white and red, weighing 621 b to 641 b per bushel, would not find an advanced price, primest going at 20s to 21s per coomb of 4 bushels imperial; moderato ditto at from 18s to 19s ditto. No alteration in flour free on board; best, 30s; seconds, 28s per sack of 2801 b. Bread at 21 the 21b loaf. Quantity of wheat sold as per inspector's return on last market day, 2,166 quarters 1 bushel, which realised 4,10310 s lid, or 1/ 19s lld per quarter. Barley was in fair demand, chiefly for malting purposes, yet malsters would not spring above the prices given last Saturday. A few very heavy chevalier, of prime colour, reached 30s per quarter, yet the general prices ran from gds to 28s per quarter. New malt offered at 56s per quarter. Oats, best, 20s per quarter; second-rate feed, I6s to 18s per quarter. Very little doing in other grain ; neither in small seeds, manures, oil cakes, nor hop s. B ar l ey so ld l ast market day, 6,294 quarters 4 bushels, which realised 8,529/ 33 6d, or an average of 117 s Id per quarter. COLCHESTER, DEC. 15.—The markets in this district still continued declining in the early part of the week, but latterly the supplies have not been so large, and within the last two days a slight reaction has taken place. In our market today there has been more firm ness in the wheat trade, the best simples realizing Is per quarter more money, the finest white going up to 505., and red to 443. Barley, too, was rather firmer. On Friday at Chelmsford the primest samples of wheat fetched from is to 2s per quarter more. The quotations were—White wheat, 45s to 50s; red, 40s to 435. Go id malting barley was dearer, and fetched from 27s to 29.; grinding, 23s to 245. Oats were reported as un saleable. In Suffolk, within the last two days, a similar im provement may be recorded. On Thursday at Stowmarket there was more firmness in the wheat trade, and for the best samples an improve• mcnt of is per quarter. At Woodbridge there was an improvement in wheat and barley, but beans and peas were is cheaper. At Bury the supply of grain was large, and the trade was not quite so brill as at the other markets. GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, DEC 13.—At our mar ket to-day the numbars were—oxen, 60i; sheep, 2,367. We had a larger supply of cattle at our market to-day than last week, and good beasts sold rather freely, and maintsined fully. former prices. Best ox beef fully 50a, second quality from 403 to 445, cows, bulls, and in ferior beasts, from 32s to 40s per eve, sinking the offal; nearly all sold. Sheep were scarcer tha❑ last week, READING, DEC. 15.—Wheat, per quarber, 30s to 50s ; barley, 25s to 295 ; oats, 16s to 20 s ; b eans , 30 s t o 33 5 ; peas, 30s to 325. Fat hogs, Ss to 53s 3d ; porkers, 8s 3d to Ss Gd per score. Poultry—Geese, each, 4s 6d to 5s Od; fowls, per couple, 2s 6d to 3s Od ; ducks, per couple, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; butter, per lb, Is to is Id ; eggs, 10 to 12 for Is. - . DALKEITH, DM. 13.—The relative weight per four bushes of the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 17st31b, and 16st 31b. Oats, 13st 01b, 12st 01b, and lOst 121 b. Barley, 16st 21b, lOst 71b, and 14st Olb. Peas and beans, 18st 111 b, 18st 21b, and 17st 101bs. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior. 383 Wheat .........£2 1 0 £1 10 0 £1 6 0 7 1825 Oats .. 0 18 4 0 15 0 0 11 4 1236 Barley 38 Peas and Beans 1 7 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 Aver age of wheat 33s bid. ABERDEEN, DEC. 14.—Grain—Oats 133 to 13s 6d, 401 b per bushel; oats, new, 00s Od to 00s; foreign oats, (Os Od to ON Od per qr.; barley, 18e to 19s Od, 52 lbs per bushel; bear, 18a to 194, 521bs per bushel ; wheat. 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, 1116 d to 12s 6d per boll ; flour, 3ls to 38s per sack. Provisions—Beef, 5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; lamb, per lb, Od to (id; tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes,:per peck, 10d to Is Oil ; hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Os to 0s Cd; hares, each, Os to Os Od ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, d to 8d ; eggs, per doz, Is to If, 2d ; cheese," per cwt, ISs to 2:3s ; hens, per pair, 3s Oil to 3s 6tl; chickens, ditto, Is 8d to 2s Od ; ducks, ditto, 2s Od to 2s (d ; ducklings, ditto, Os Od to Oa Oil; turkeys, each, 41 to 5s Cd; geese, ditto,;4s to 4s 6d; butter for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 50s to 52s ; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, Oil to 10d ; 41b loaf, 6d ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stone of 14Ibs, 3s 6d to Os Od; poi k fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od ; pork large, 3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to Os. Meal—Oatmeal, is •2d to is 3d; barley dust, 7d to 8d; peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 9d ; aids, fid to 7d ; bearmeal, 1 s 2d to is 3d, flour, is 10d to 2s ; barley, per lb, lid to 2d; barley flour, is 3d to Os Od. INVERNESS, DEC. I.—Wheat, per quarter, weighing 641 b per bushel, 40s to 455; new ditto, ditto, 00s to 00s ; old barley, per quarter, weighing 541 b per bushel, 20s to 23s ; new ditto, ditto, ols to 00s ; oats, 421 b per bushel, 18s to 20, Od. Oatmeal, per imperial boll, 16s Od second, 14s; barleymeal, Its 8d; peasemeal, 14s to 15s; bran per stone, Od to 8d ; first flour, per 2801 b, 36s to 37s ; second 28s ; oatmeal, best, per stone of 141 b imperial, Is 6d to Os Od ; second, is 4d; barleymeal, is 2d; veasemeal, Is 4d; first flour, 2s 9d cash, 3s credit; second, 2s 3cl cash, 2s Gd credit. Pota toes, per stone, 4d to Od; beef, per pound, 4d to 7d; veal, 4d to 6d; mutton, 5d to 8d; pork, 4d to 6d; fowls, each, 00d to 00d; chickens, per pair, 00d to Od ; ducks, each, :., 1 0d to 00d ; eggs, pm dozen, 9d to Od; butter, fresh, per lb, Od to 00d; salt, 9d to :Od; croudie (curds) 2) 2 c1 to Od ; four-pound loaf, cash, 6d to 7d, credit, 64d to 74d; coals, per cwt, 9d ; hay, per stone, 8d to 9d. CORK, I)Lc. 14.—The arrivals of foreign grain have been very moderate. Those of that of home growth have been equally so; the receipts for the week amount ing to—wheat, 2,330 brls at 16s to 22s per brl; barley, 2,260 brls at 75 6d to Ils 8d per brl; oats, 5,081 brls at 68 to 9a 4d per brl. With the moderate supplies coming in the prices of all descriptions of grain are well sup• ported, and we have no alteration of consequence to notice in the market. Of prepared wheat a small parcel of Irish has been sold at the price quoted in our last, namely 22s per barn 1. In foreign wheat also some business has bee❑ done at 23a ad per barrel for Polish Odessa, some of which is now on offer. In the absence of Marianople, none of which is to be had, quotations for the article must be nominal. Its value would pro• bably be 25s Prime malting barley continues scarce and iu demand, and some business Ms been done in superior grinding barley at the prices of last week. We know of no sales having taken pla:e in oatr, holders of which however are firm and refuse to sell on lower terms than those last quoted, namely 9s per. barrel. Lish flour continues very difficult of disposal. Prime foreign , and foreign mixed, however still inset a good inquiry an I sell readily at late prices. Coarse descriptions are still in demand. Indian corn continues without much alteration, some basin, ss having been done in the article at prices varying from 61 2s 6 , 1 to 61 SS, and in some extreme cases 61 7s 61 per ton. Indian meal still meets a very restricted sale. Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s Od ; extra 14e Od; seconds, Ils to 12s 6d ; households 9s to 103 6d; thirds, Is to Si per cwt. Oatmeal 98 6d to 10s; Indian meal6s6d to 64 9d; wheat' meal, 9s 6d to 10s per cwt. Indian corn 125 s Od to 12756 d per toe. Bran 3/ lOs to 3/ 12s 6d per ton. Hay—Farmers 24s to 375; average 34s ; dealers 36s to 4U5 Od; average 38s per ton. Su aw— Farmer s 14s Od to 26s Od; average `2ls; dealers 27s Od to 005 NI average 005 Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to Oct ., household loaf 5d to 5d per 41b. Fresh butter, 8d t ° 9i per lb. Eggs-6s 6d to 6s 8d per hundred. C0a15...." Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Neath Culm 13a per ton. GlowerTal 39s Od to 008 per ew . , t ' Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s p imperial gallon. —Beef 3ed to sd ; mutton 4d to 5d ; g veal 4d t° Od ; pork aid to 441 ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d pet lb. Hops 81 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3/ 59 per, ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 8/ 5s ; Valonia 141 to 01; Free cu 71 5s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per s tone; Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s; r e a ditto 241 to 26s per barrel • Newfoundland 10/ Os to 12 1 P et ton. Timber—Memel, 85/per ton ; deals, first quality, 18 " second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 181 ' salted 14s to 20s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2id per Iv' Potatoes, white lid to 9d ; Minions Ild to 12d ; Guano--; Peruvian, 11/ 10s; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar—Archangel 19s per barrel. INCENDIARISM IN BERKSHIRE. —On Saturday evening a fire broke out at Lullingdon farm, in the parish of Cholsey, near Reading in the occupation o Mr. George Hewett; and an extensive barn was totally destroyed, together with a large quantity of thrashed corn. Fortunstely, owing to the assistance rendered by the neighbours, and the speedy arrival of an engin° from Aston, the other farms, and a number of ricks nearly contiguous to the spot, were saved. Mr. Hewett' it is believed, is insured. The fire w as c l ear ly the ac' of an incendiary. Another fire in the above neighbour' hood also broke out about halt-past six o'clock in the morning at Drayton, on a farm belonging to Mr. W. Bet . teridge. The barn in which the fire was discovered !JO entirely destroyed, together with its contents, which con' tasted of about 17 quarters of barley in sacks, 20 ditto thrashed and ready for winnowing, and also four ri ck O standing close to each other near the spot. There is a r doubt that the fire was caused by some incendiary. 1)3 ,, r ; Betteridge is fully insured. A third fire, involving 61 , , destruction of farm property to a considerable exte n t ' occurred about eight o'clock in the evening at Inhollne farm, situated a few miles from Hungerford, in the el: patio!' of Mr. Spaceman. The whole of the farm bu il lugs, including three extensive barns, with their COVe tents of corn and agricultural implements, two 'erg, wheat ricks, a barley rick, together with a colt, Bo d o , fat pig intended for a prize exhibition, were totalli ni , stroyed. The whole of the property is insured. 1 0 fire also originated, it is believed, in the act of a incendiary. IMPORTATION OF POULTRY.—Very large impor t ` tions of poultry are taking place from the Belgian P be at the present time, the produce of that country. •L i m steamer Sir Edward Bankes, from Ostend, has 100111.0 94 packages, and the steamer Triton, arrived fro m tf, same port, ha 3 brought 136 cases of poultry, of varicT, 3 kinds, the produce of Belgium. Another arrival of l' o f cases has taken place from the same port, and one 0 110 cases, also of Belgian produce. These supplies fr ° ,o Belgium comprise large quantities of rabbits, with 101 00 that country greatly abounds; and we underetand , „„l, good authority, that the importations of them from P o ". glum, particularly towards the close of the week , t he eagerly looked for, and regu'arly purchased, b 1 ,he humbler portion of the community in various parts 0 ' '- metropolis. :„a eat SIIOCICING ACCIDENT.—On Saturday an ie-I.„, il e e , was holden at the Half-Moon Tavern, in the L°7 4 .0 road, Islington, to inquire touching the death of S' ho iy ' Golding, aged sixty-three. The facts of the melaec" rc e, case are these:—Oa 'Wednesday afternoon Mr. re fl ei o, one of the medical men connected with the above P s 'a of was visiting, in his professional capacity, the husberl i o the deceased; while the deceased was con d u cting 1 ,4 gentleman up stairs to th e a p ar t men t o f her tairbsd husband, she slipped through the staircase, which - 0 0 , 1 become rotten in conseque nce o f i m p ro p er d ra inege',lol' fractured her leg in two pl aees . E ver y a tt en tion 1 1' 1 0 0 1 site was immediately paid to the poor sufferer, blit,,l e fi al speedily ensued. A verdict of " Accidental death recorded. :ii , in [ADVERTISEMENT.]—Take Holloway's PP T .% i i i , cases of Deranged Health or Impurity of the Blood.— estimable medicine is a superior remedy in all cases of de:llroor nation of blood to the head, benumbed feeling in the, ' l O 4 impaired health, impurity of the blood, drowsiness, sw it tigel; in the head, disordered stomachs, loss of appetite, bad "17reo tion, and debilitated constitution ' • the number of person , ' c . , 4 01 of these affections by Holloway ' s Pills is incredible, and : ,;j to of them had been for a long time sufferers, and h ad fi"," tbo get relief from medicine prescribed by the first doctors 01 t o profession. A steady course of these Pills will rest °. et most weakly to a vigorous state of health.—Sold by all gists, and at Professo r H o ll oway ' s E sta bli shment , P l i ,3 244, St" Leedom BIRTHS, °el On the Bth inst . , in Austinfriars the wife of Mr. Vl° I Ellaby of a son. e 1/1` o On t ' he 12th inst , at Keppel-street, Russell-square, -- th of J. Deas n, Esq., of a daughter. 1 , g' v On the 12th inst., at Brampton, Derbyshire, m-r -s ' 0 Hewitt, of a daughter, R ide of the 13th inst., at the Rectory. Stansted, Kent, the 1,931 of the Rev. S. G. B. White, of a daughte r , On the 14th inst., in Upper Grosvenor-street, the Dorothy Nevill, of a daughter MARRIED. h prt On the 13th inst., at St. Pancras Church, Mr. n°"'",/ th e Archer, of Ipswich, Suffolk, to Hann a h, on ly daughte r ") late R. Towne, Esq., of Hackney. Pa" On the 13th inst., at Bishopstowe, Charles Belcher', of Caversham, Oxon, to Mary, secon d d au ghter of 4, ' J. W. Pusey, of Bishopstowe.house, near Stroud. te On the 14th inst., at St. Michael' s Ch ur ch. 1 - lighg t s olitc P : Eneas Dawson, second son of W. Dawson, Esq.' c l ' ia te dl heath, to Mary Isabella, y(,ungest daughter of the Robert Hutchinson, of Finchley. --- DIED. Ham On the 12th inst., at Inver l o dge, N e w-road, l iii smith, John Niell, aged 73. . za betl u On the fith inst., at Treson. Lanca s hi re , Helen E ll only daughter of the Rev. R. Harris, B.:). J 13° 43 On the 11th inst., at Bradninch 'e v on, the Rev* . §B. M.A., late rector of South Luffenham, Rutland, ag e- reo ,n r On the 11th inst., aged 79, the R ev . W. L. Beaufo rt, 1) 0* of Glantnire. in the county of Cork. : ming On the 12th inst., at Bellevue, Handsworth, BO — b e t Emily, the wife of J. Brown, jun. c olt, On the 13th inst. at Tottenham•green, aged 72, ' ifon' wife of J. Saner, M.D. of Finsbury-square. On the 13th inst., at ' Brixton, T. G. Miles, late of tile of East India Company's ,t'ervice, aged 35. re On the 13th inst., the Rev. William Alington, r to e, Twywell, aged 83. . ~.9 q On 'he 14th ice., in President-street East, King vi o f mq T. Russell, aged 81. w ido On the 14th hest at Lower Clapton, Margare t ' 00 ° the late Matthew Craven, Esq., • , d 88 On the 7th list., at Midhurst'lSguessex, John late of Stone Castle, Kent. Gorton, oi Landon; Printed and Published by IVitIRDO,, 1.0. l aF No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun 0 11 1c t S co ati Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy. in " i 4 M , ddleaox, Monday, December 17, 1848., MIP 4 M. but former prices are still maintained for good sheer Bes t wethers sid, current 4d to 4id, and old ewes to 3id per ib, sinking the offal. 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