The Sun. — London, England, 1844-08-27 00:00:00

1 IRELAND THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO IRELAND. DUBLIN, 24.—Two or three weeks sinc e it was announced that her Majesty and her illustrious consort intended to pay a visit to this country before the close of the present autumn. The contemplated royal visit is the general topic of conversation in all quarters. Some of the newspapers regard it as a settled arrangement, whilst others express doubts on the subject. We extract some passages from the articles of those journals. ;he Dublin Evening Mail, the Orange organ, contains the following : '- It is stated in a private letter we have this day re - ceived from London, and written by one who ha.: DeF u liar means of obtaining authentic information, that it ha.. been resolved that her Majesty should visit Ireland this year. The authority upon which the fact of the intended royal visit rests, adds that Sir Robert Peel intends to make the royal progress the opportunity of a coup d'etat —that of releasing Mr. O'Connell and his co-conspirators fi om prison, as a graceful concession on the part of her Alkjesty on her first visit to her Irish dominions." The Evening Mail, in a true Orange spirit, adds— Is it possible that a prime minister of England can— is it creditable that Sir Robert Peel dare—convert his royal mistress into a political puppet in his hands, or in dues the Sovereign of England to play so disreputable a part as this, in so vile and contemptible a drama ?" Tile Dublin Evening Post of this afternoon animadverts upon the language used by the Mail in regard to the So vereign. The Post says— "We hinted, some time since, on the possibility that the Queen might pay a visit to Ireland this year. The Orange journal of last evening assures its Orange readers and others that the thing is settled—that her Majesty will, assuredly, visit this part of her dominions in the ensuing month. Now, these tidings, if they should ultimately prove correct—which we be loth to deny— will fill her faithful people, of every creed and class, with honest exultation. Still, notwithstanding the positive ness of the announcement, and the semi-official authority it breathes, we are as yet disposed to consider the intel ligence as apocryphal. But, let us for a moment treat the matter as if it were a thing resolved upon." After quoting the language of the Orange organ, in which the Queen is alluded to as a " political puppet," the Evening Post thus proceeds :—" It is incumbent on the Orangemen—or, let us confine ourselves, just now, to those gentlemen who rejoice in the appellation of Con servatives—it is incumbent on those, we say, publicly and emphatically to repudiate the sentiments which this disloyal journal would inculcate in respect to their Sove reign. We call upon our ci-devant acquaintance, Lord Glengall, by name. We should call, too, on Lord Char -3eville; but we suspect—not his good feelings, but—his instability of purpose. Lord Rosse and Lord Dunraven, we are quite sure, will repudiate such language as that employed by the Orange organ. And indee we are convinced that the great mass of the Conservatives will not be wanting to themselves on this occasion. But, they should make the demonstration. This is not a time to be hanging off and on. This is a crisis in the affairs I of their country—perhaps it may become a crisis in the affairs of Europe. There are portents in the heavens which are already enforcing serious observance. " Yes—the time is come for opening the prison-doors of the Great Victim. Had justice been done, he never would be the inmate of a prison. But, what can be worthier of a great Monarch—what can be more honour able to her first Irish subject—than that she should come to Ireland and set him free ? " Since these lines were put into type, we have received a communication which leaves little doubt on our mind, that the Queen will arrive in Dublin in the month of September." The Freeman's Journal thus alludes to this subject What truth may be in this rumour we know not ; but we do rejoice that the public opinion, which shapes ru mour, recognises that while O'Connell is a prisoner the Queen's presence in Ireland would be unsuitable. As to the graceful concession, Ireland has never asked for it— justice she has asked for. All we will say on this point is, that if the Queen thinks it is justice to liberate O'Con mell, she has come to the conclusion that every well-con stituted mind in her dominions has long since arrived at." The Nation also has an article on the Queen's visit, which thus commences : " The Queen is coming to Ireland !—coming to libe rate the State prisoners, and allay the waves of agitation with the approved specific of oily words ! So says the "Evening Mail. Let her come—she will learn with her own eyes (which are full of woman's keenness) how basely her Ministers deceived her, and how much more ignorant and incapable are the servants in her Cabinet than in her kitchen or her stable. We do not seek a royal visit, and we do net repel it. It cannot depress the hopes or the labours of the people (what can or shall ?)—and it cannot crown them with triumph. The time has gone by when a Monarch's will was the fate of a people. All considerations personally to the Queen makes us desire to see her in her ancient kingdom of Ireland,' which we believe she loves, and which loves her, notwithstand ing the infamy of her Ministers. But there is nothing in her great office, apart from her own character, to in vite sympathy for such a visit." IRISH MUNICIPAL DECLARATION.—The municipal declaration, in reference to the state prosecutions and the imprisonment of Mr. O'Connell, has been published in a complete form. This very important document is signed by 571 municipal representatives of the cities and towns of Ireland. EVICTION OF TENANTRY.—The Curk Examiner states time " ninety human beings have been turned off lands," withiis twelve miles of that city. BoYA.i. AGRICULTURAL ExHIBITION.—PRINCE AL BERT'S COW.—The cow of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, which obtained the silver medal and prize of ten sovereign e at the late show at the Coburg-gardens, was four years o:ld last January. She was of the blood of the late Mr. Itakewell, of Warwickshire. Her weight when living, IS cwt. ; weight of carcase, 8 cwt. S qrs. ; weight of tallow, 1331b5. ; height, 4ft. 4in. ; length from head to tail, 6ft. 6in. ; girth, 7ft. 6in.; breadth over loins, 2ft. 4in. ; breadth of breast, 9in. His Royal Highness Prince Albert Was graciously pleased to present the prize of ten sovereigns, as also the price of the cow (501.), to the Royal Agricultural Society, but retained the silver medal. MURDER AT BALLINAKILL (QUEEN'S Coustre).—A dreadful homicide has just taken place in our latterly peaceaLle district, being the murder of a man named Pierce Campion, residing at Meate, near this town. On Thursday evening, the 15th instant, between nine and ten o'clock, Campion was out in his field, when he heard a violent iiknoclasig ,. at the door of his house; and on going to the road t er the purpose of ascertaining the cause of the disturbance, :he was seized by a man named Patrick Coss, who held his af.7. 41 5, while he was struck on the head with a stone by anotie7 person named Fitz patrick. Campion immediately fell to :he ground, and his assassins fled. He was soon afterwards C`trried into his house, where he lingered until the followinf„, m,;7lday, when he died. An inquest was held by Thomas Budds, Esq., coroner, assisted by Thomas Cannon, Esq., R.M., and a respectable jury, when the foregoing facts were detailed in evidence, and the following verdict was re• turned:—" We find that deceased came by his death in consequence of a wound inflicted by a stone upon the right side of his head, which wound was inflicted by Denis Fitzpatrick, while deceased was held by Patrick Coss." It may be in the recollection of some of our readers, that Campion had been convicted of a rape upon his servant girl some years ago, for which sentence of death was recorded against him, but which sentence was afterwards commuted to one year's imprisonment.— Leinster Express. THE LAND COMMISSION. THE ORMONDS, AND OWNEY AND ARRA. The Tipperary Vindicator publishes the following evidence a a witness, who, it is stated, has been ac quainted with the above-named baronies for the last forty years, " who is a proprietor in fee, and whose evidence on oath is indisputable." STATE OF AGRICULTURE.—The agricultural state is Dot improving in consequence of the want of proper manure. FARMS.—The effects of improved tillage are an increased demand of labour, but grazing land has di minished that demand. RENT.—AII lands are set by proposal ; and such is th e desire to obtain it that tenants will give for land a rent which has been ruinous to former and indus trious tenants. Land is set by the acre, except moun tain and barren lands. There are no particular class persons usually employed in valuing land. The average rent is about 30s. per Irish acre, or 50 per cent. higher than the poor-law valuation. It is usually demanded in about four months after it be comes due, and is paid in some instances by bills. Tenants, in many cases, depend on local usurers to meet their rent or the bills they have given for rent, aue; after renew these bills at an interest of 20, 30, and 40 per cent., in some cases higher. Rent is re• .covered by distress or civil bill at a quarter session. ,In many instances arrears are held over the tenants VI a large SUM accumulates, which naturally causes the tenant to fear his inability to discharge the amount. If any : - ..rrears remain due receipts are only giver: on account. This creates great misunder standing between landlord an,4 tenant. TENURE.—The greater part or land in the three baronies abov e - m entioned are held unel,7r the owner in fee. Tenants under the court are better e?rculn danced than those under proprietors, but they hay . ' to depend on au uncertain tenure. In most cases tenures or f are held at will, or very short terms, with a covenant not to subl e t or burn nts from the land. These tenants ,short tenures prevent themaking any p r ovements . in the land s , such as fenc • or ma nuring them pr o per l y , tenants consideringm g that any improvement m ade b y them i s of benefit only to the landlord. IMPROVEMENTS. —In general the permanent im }provement of land is impeded by the lesser of the testate having only a life interest in it. In all eases witness has seen of land held for ever, the improve /trent has been greater than in other cases ; nor has witness ever seen tenants for ever implicated in any agrarian outrage. No remuneration is ever given by AA landlord to a tenant quitting a farm for any im provements he may have made. If longer leases were :given, improvements would speedily be made; but ',tenants are at present deterred from making any im- Ta.nvements by the uncertainty of the tenure. I:,,:NANT'S RIGHT, OR SALE OF GOODWILL.'—Un- Iess in cases where tenants emigrate they have seldom m an opportunity of selling their goodwill, but the in coming t 'enant will frequently give the ejected tenant a sum of money, to avoid outrage, assassina tion, or the dest:oying of his stock. This amount is regulated by the n umber of friends the evicted tenant may have, or his or thejr character for revenge. A tenant taking land from which another has been evicted without obtaining the goWwill of the evicted _ _ _ tenant, is sure to be annoyed, his property destroyed, and, in many cases, his life taken. . CONSOLIDATION OF FARMS.—Within the last few years this plan has become very general. It is ac complished by extensive evictions, and its conse quences ate dreadful. Landlords are frequently m urdered, or bailiffs, or i n-comin g tenants. In this consolidation of farms agrarian outrages have chiefly originated. It has diminished labour and caused great d s tress and misery, driving many of the evicted tenants to ci : tiFration. SUB-LETTIN G ca, FARMS.—Sub • letting is very little practised in rtieoc Irronies. The new letting on suil-tinants, in these c a ries oexe it, 4,-_; .---I. 4 arge &vino; with grass 6eourset e i l : j :f great condition. in a Prilfor4Ye is apneFally the case. -11 ntt for a • - 1 stag. has FARMING _ lands, are in some With tillage lands the Small farmers are generally strugg— hood ; and labourers are in the most wretche. Wages where employment can be had seldom excieu sixpence per day, without food. Witness knows many families who can get no more than one meal of pota toes and salt a day. The Government Loan Fund is of great service to labourers. The rent on small farms is generally higher than on the larger ones—the rent of smal farms is generally paid in cash, and witness believes more punctually than that of large farms. The children of tenants, on the death of their parents, are left to the care of friends, who, in general perform the duties of guar dians, if the farms are left to them. Labourers in the country usually hold cabins with little or no land from farmers, but they usually reside near or in towns, where their condition is miserable in the extreme. In the country the rent is paid by distress or civil bill at quarter sessions. The con-acre system which prevails in some parts, is of infinite service—but for this they would be unable to obtain provisions. Con acre is usually set at 101. per acre, and taken from farmers. In many cases, employment cannot be obtained at any rate of wages. The wages usually given are Bd. per day in summer, and 6d. in winter. Witness has known labourers to go seven or eight miles at four o'clock in the morning, and offer to work the day for 6d. Agrarian outrage in almost every case has arisen from the eviction of tenantry. AGENCIES.—The lands of resident proprietors are in general best managed. The duties of agents con sist in collecting rent, &c. CHARGES ON LAND.—The amount of county cess varies in this county, but is generally about 3s. per acre. It is collected in January and June of each year. The poor-rate varies in each electoral division of the union. In the division of Nenagh it is ls.sid. in the pound. The amount of poor-rate division is about 7s. 31d. per acre. The landlord allows half the rate in the rent, provided there are no arrears. The rent charge is paid by the tenant; in cases where he refuses to do so he is evicted. EVICTING FOR NON-TITLE AND NON-PAYMENT OF RENT.—Witness never knew much sympathy for te nants evicted for non-payment of rent, unless such as paid a rack-rent or arrears accumulated. There is always sympathy for persons turned out for non-title —and this, in witness's opinion, is the cause of agrarian outrage. Lord DEVON—WouId small farmers with farms from four to ten acres be able to pay their, rent and support themselves ? Answer—l know of small farmers with four to six acres being more independent than large tillage farm ers ; because farmers of this class will till with ma nual labour, and thus the ground is better tilled and more productive ; they also keep two or three pigs in the year, and this enables them to pay their rent. On the contrary, farmers with from twenty to twenty five acres will keep a couple of horses, whose support takes away nearly all the profits, and a great portion of the produce of the farm. Lord DEVON—Do the Catholic clergy assist by ad vice to put down agrarian outrage ? Answer—Yes, always—and but for the advice of the Catholic clergy—the dread of future punishment, and the hope of future reward, I am confident assassi nations would be more frequent. Lord DEVON—How did these outrages originate ? Answer—Before the passing of the - Emancipation Act, gentlemen gave leases to a numerous tenantry for the purchase of making them 40s. freeholders, and had frequent intercourse with these tenants for dif ferent purposes ; but since the passing of that Bill, the landlords have consolidated their farms, and driven the smaller farmers to seek employment as labourers when no employment could be obtained. If the landed proprietors had more intercourse with their tenants, and corrected such grievances as lay in their power, I feel confident that the tenants would do all they could to cultivate their friendship. But the rents are chiefly paid through agents, who, having no in terest in the welfare of the tenantry, do not care, with some honourable exceptions, what becomes of the tenant so that the rent is paid. Now, as the rents are frequently demanded at a time when the tenant is unable to pay it, from not having sold his crops—an eviction takes place, and the tenant is driven out on the world. From the number of these evictions, the tenants look on the landlord with sus picion—the landlord, on the contrary, equally fears and suspects the tenant, and thus originate the agra rian outrages. Some landlords and agents ask their rents in a harsh and intemperate manner—this ap pears to the tenant as if the landlord or agent owed him some and he is, therefore, afraid that they will evict him. Tenants will make great sacri fices to serve a landlord or agent who deals with them in a kind and courteous manner. I know of some landlords and agents who are more kind and generous to tenants of a desperate character, than to their more industrious and peaceable tenants. PUBLIC P44g,—MANCHESTER.—Amongst the sub scriptions announced is the munificent sum of 1,0001. from Jones Loyd and Co.—Manchester Guardian. TEA SALE AT BRISTOL.—After the stagnation which has prevailed for some some time past in the trade, it was cheering to witness the animated competi tion at the sale held on Wednesday morning, at the Assembly Rooms, when a selection of 3,500 chests from the imports per Anna Maria, Eagle, and Malacca were brought forward, and upwards of 3,000 chests sold at full priees. We observed several strangers froni the --lon and Liverpool markets amongst the purchasers; and, upo.. - the whole, the result, as a specimen of the re vival of this i ni - cnrtant trade in Bristol, is very manifest, and must prove very g :Q.tifying .i, !o the parties concerned. We are glad to see that the rect import to this plane has begun to attract more general by the esta blishment of some new concerns amongst us.— Bristol Alirror. DEATH FROM TAKING IMPROPER MEDICINE.—OH Saturday evening, an inquest was held at the Globe Tavern, Greenwich, before Mr. C. J. Carttar, upon the body of Sarah Elizabeth Sage, aged 19 years (late house maid to Jarrett Dashwood, Esq., surgeon, Royal•hill), who came by her death under the following circura stances :—Ann Hughes Sage, aged 21, deposed that she was sister to the deceased, and had lived three months iu Dr. Dashwood's family. Her sister's health had been very bail lately. She had taken an old woman's advice belonging to a garden at the back of the circus. The old woman said she would get something for her. She took the prescription on Thursday. It was two penny worth of - pennyroyal mixed with a pennyworth of hysteric water, purchased at Riche's shop, a chemist in London-street. She also got pennyroyal in a green state from Mr. Morley's son on Royal-hill. The mix ture made three glasses, to which was added a penny worth of gin. She did not take it by her master's advice. She took it in three doses, and it seemed to give relief. At eleven o'clock on Friday night she became much worse, and Mrs. Dashwood gave her a little brandy and water, and paid her every attention. She remained in great agony until half-past four on Saturday morning, when she ex • pired. Mr. Jarrett Dashwood, surgeon, deposed that deceased had not been quite well in health for some time, and had tried various remedies. From Christmas last she had been in the habit of taking medicines from per sons not qualified. Had also taken two or three doses of Widow Welch's pills. All advertised medicines con tain drugs of a deadly quality, such as aloes, gamboge, calomel, &c. The mucous membrane of the bowels was highly inflamed. Witness returned from London at five o'clock on Friday afternoon, and found deceased in a very dangerous state. Her pulse was at 140. She was suffering from vertigo, fainting, and nausea, with, the ex tremities cold and rigid. He took the most energetic means, and ordered bleeding. Her blood was still highly inflamed. Administered Dr. James's powders, chalk, &c., and applied a blister to the abdomen, and saw her four times during the night. Had she consulted a pro fessional man, instead of quacking herself, she would, in all probability, have been still alive. The mixture taken in the state her stomach was then in caused it to be highly inflamed. The jury, after conferring for a short time, returned the following verdict :—" That the deceased died from natural causes, hastened by her taking a decoction of a vegetable herb, while the stomach in a state of inflammation." was _ Iked-of measure to grant soldiers a O. The mt., a - : ten years' service, appears to have free discharge atte boons of late years, deferred been abandoned, or, like a,. are so obvious, in a as long as possible. The advantag, - .7 -..under it has financial view of the question, that we The not been pressed in Parliament by the Economists• enormous reduction it would ultimately effect in the Pension List merits more consideration than t he matter : has yet received ; and, as a measure calculated to intro duce a better class of men into the service, it is most desirable in a military view. We well know that in every regiment there are many men who enlisted under the heavy pressure of circumstances, pecuniary or moral, who would now gladly return to civil life after ten years' ser vice. Under the present engagement of unlimited service, this class of soldier is a discontented, unhappy being, only held to his colours by the chains of martial law. We would see with gratification these men allowed, after their ten years' service, to depart free. The country would be amply repaid b y ten years' work, and bene ficially freed f rom the future charge of pension to indi %iduals unwillingly eking out the time of discharge in slack wat a o n b d e s c u t l i k o y pfo rn s e c r an m e x a i n s e t e w o h f c a h slittle s d t r u o t n y g a e s n po ou s g s i h b l t e o . counteract these great national and professional advan tages, we know not. We well remember when pur chastd discharges were exceedingly rare ; but in due time it was admitted, that by readily permitting them, under ordinary circumstances, the country was largely benefited by the sum paid, and the army recruited, al reoct wlthouP charge, And with more facility.—Naval and .111ilitctry LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Aug. 26. The first case before the Court this day, the choice of assignees in the matter of Frederick Cook, was fixed for half-past eleven, at which time the parties concerned v‘ ere in attendance in ➢lr. Commissioner Fonblanque's Court, but it was after twelve before the Learned Com missioner took his seat, and the business of the day did not commence till some time after, to the evident annoy ance of the suitors. Nothing worth reporting occurred in any of the Courts. --.ImAtER ASSIZES. Su.— NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Liverpow, ti.T.PE.—(Before the LORD CHIEF BARON.) Etiia naky:'..ram6 Daley, and R4 4 4em indicted for attempting to murder a new-I)!grn infant. 44. 4rtstiong,assiSted 43i Mr. Hulton, conducted the f 91 4 -4f -r. Wilkins the defence. .4.l43i§plPlsFP having stated the caag tp thgjvy, it 11145.0 Eleanor kvan4 whg stated that §he lived at pi, Pe7 Manchester, and. kept a lodzinz.-hphie, and who were mother, soil, and from her. The female -7 Aua. 23. ~•~ers, dale-s;,:ee 4 the three pnse,..._ daughter, rented apartme,,,,.. prisoners slept in the same bed-room wuu .•. James Daley occupied a room to himself. Witness ob served that the younger woman, Eliza Daley, ap peared to be pregnant, and remarked to her, that it Nas so said by all the married women in the neigh bourhood. She had also spoken to the mother relative to the state in which her daaghter was supposed to be, and she (the mother) said it was nothing of the kind'; she had a complaint of dropsy before she left Ireland, and that she had had two other daughters who had died of the same complaint. On the afternoon of the 25th of July, the two women in company went out, and remained absent until seven o'clock in the evening ; and when they returned, Eliza Daley went immediately up stairs, and the witness following shortly afterwards, perceived that she was undreeeiag herself, and remarked to her that it was an early hour for her to be goin to bed. Eliza replied, " Yes, but lam rather unwell./ig Eliza Daley, having undressed herself, went to bed, and the mother took up a cup of coffee. About half-past ten o'clock witness had occasion to go into the bed-roam, when she found Eliza Daley sitting on a box at the foot of the bed, having on at the time a green striped dress. W itness said, " Miss Daley, what are you doing out of your bed ?" and she replied, " lam not well, and have got up," and she then jumped up and ran down gtairs, and shortly afterwards witness heard the back door opened, and some one go out. Witness, after a little lapse of time, went down stairs, and found that Eliza Daley had gone into the privy, in which she re mained upwards of half an hour, when she was called in by witness. Witness about eleven o'clock went to bed, leaving the two female prisoners in the parlour, and shortly afterwards she heard some one come in at the front door, who proved to be James Daley. About twelve o'clock the son and mother came up stairs, and witness asked Mrs. Daley where her daughter was, and she replied that she was sitting in the kitchen. Witness said, " It's a main poor excuse ; I must go down and look after her." Mrs, Daley said, Don't, my dear; I'll go." Witness said, " I feel alarmed ; 1 1111•10 look after you both." Mrs. Daley made no reply, but got into bed, and witness shortly afterwards heard an infant cry. Her nephew, John Roberts, brought a candle, and she went down stairs, and found Eliza Daley sitting in the kitchen, and from the appearances near to the place, site found that she had been in labour. Mrs. Jackson was called, and Eliza Daley said, " What do you want here ? go to your bed," and she then swore. James Daley came down stairs, apparently much confused, and asked for an explanation of what was going on. He was told that his sister was in labour, and he exclaimed, "It's a mis take 1 0, my life and my character 1" The elder Daley said it was not true that her daughter had had a child ; she was suffering under a complaint of which two of her daughters had died, and the appearances were caused in consequence of the great quantity of medicine she had taken, and said it was unkirld of witness to expose the girl before her sister. James Daley begged hard of witness to be as silent as possible, for he believed it to be altogether a mistake. From what his mother had said witness went up stairs, and found Eliza Daley in bed, and requested her to confess whether or not she had had a child, for if she had had one, every attention should be paid to her. She (Eliza Daley) said it was nothing of the sort ; swore at them, and requested that they would go to bed. Some time afterwards Eliza Daley exclaimed, "0, what shall I do ?" and her mother ri quested her to be quiet. Witness, on awaking in the morning about six o'clock, found Eliza Daley sitting up in bed changing her clothes. The mother was not there at the time, but came in shortly afterwards, and took away some foul linen and a green dress. Eliza Daley's clothes were placed together, as though she had con templated leaving the house. Eliza Daley was taken izno custody. Several witnesses were called to depose to the facts mentioned by the witness, and that the elder Daley early on the morning named in the indjptmept was endeavour ing to gain access to a privey, having with her at the time a bundle. • ' —itness, anti Peter Smith, a night-soil man, stated, that on the morning of the 26th of July he found the body of a male child, wrapped in a cloak, lying on some ashes in a midden. Mr. Wzmusrs proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoners, when His LORDSHIP interrupted the Learned Counsel, stating that he wished to consult Mr. Justice Cresswell on the subject of the indictment. On his Lordship's return into Court, he said he thought it his duty, in order that justice might be done, to stop the proceedings. He had looked at the indict ment with some care, and had found that it was founded on a statute that, whoever should attempt to drown, or [ suffocate, or strangle, with intent to commit the crime of murder, should, although no bodily injury should be ocoasioned, be held to be guilty of a felony. In the in dktment there was no other crime whatever charged ; awl it was his duty to tell the jury that, what ever they might think of the misconduct of the prisoners, there was no evidence whatever of an attempt to suffocate or drown. If the child had been placed in the midden-hole, without the pesson so placing it there having a knowledge of what was on the other side of the wall, this would not be a legitimate mode of construing the statute ; and on the other hand, supposing that the person placing the child there was acquainted at the time with what was in the midden-hole, it then must appear that they had se le( fed the dry ashes to put it upon a place of compare, tive safety and not of danger. There was enother diffi culty also which presented itself. It was necessary that it should be shown who was the person placing the child in that situation, and of this fact there was altogether an absence of evidence. His Lordship, after spore re marks relative to these points, said he should not order that the prisoner should be liberated, as an indictment in a different form might be presented. 4 verdict of Not Guilty upon this indictment was then tel. en, Alfred Locke, T kompts Jept,dpgs, and El/en .Creel[ were chsrged with having committed a burglary on the night of ,he 21st of July last, in the house of Deborah Taylor, snit 7 4;:len therein upwards of 3001. in money, and some silver plate, itc,r property. Mr. Brandt add mv. 4cr4c conducted the case for the prosecution; and Mr. James and Mr. Wilkins defended the prisoners. The prosecutrix is a widow, and keeps a public-house in Salford called the Nelson Arms. The front of the house looks into Chapel -street, and the 4494 into Sidney-street. On the evening of Sunday, the 21st of April, Mrs. Taylor's bedroom was noticed to be in a state of safety, and the bookcase, in which the money was kept, was locked. o f t a little after ten o'clock it was found that the room bad been forcibly entered, and the box, containing the cash and some silver spy ons, Stc„ stolen away. The persons who had com mitted the depredation must have gained access from the back part of the house. To ponnect the prisoners with the burglary, it was shown that the two men, about a fortnight previously, had been sitting in an upper room in the house, from which room they could obtain a view of Mrs. Taylor's bedroom. On the Saturday night be fore the robbery, the male prisoners were seen in Chapel street, opposite to Mrs. Taylor's house, from which situation they could see the bedroom window. The prisoner Locke lodged in Spear-street, which is about a mile and a quarter distant from Mrs. Taylor's house, and there had several times been seen with him at his lodgings a short man, not in custody, who must have been one of the parties who committed the bur glary. On the. Sunday evening in question, Locke and and the little man spoken of, left the house at which Locke lodged, in company together, and want to a public house kept by a person named Wilson, where the little man changed his dress ; subsequently Locke and this man, in company with the other two prisoners, were to gether at the College Inn, near to the old church. The next place in which they were seen was in Sidney-street, near to Mrs. Taylor's premises. The prisoner Jennings was keeping watch at one corner of the street, and the little man before alluded to at the other, and the prisoner Locke was passing about before the house, and after doing so for some time, he turned the corner into Scholefield-street, and was lost sight of for about a quarter of an hour, when he was seen to come apparently from the house, carrying something under his arm, and on going up to the other men some one said it's all right, and the parties separated. In a pit standing in the road taken by the man who was seen to carry some thing under his arm, was found the stolen cash box, and on the road taken by the man who has escaped the vigi lance of the police, were found other portions of the stolen property, and also a dark lantern. To connect the female with the transaction, it was shown that at the time the prisoner Locke was walking before Mrs. Tay lor's house, she had gone, in company with Jennings, into Mrs. Taylor's vaults, probably with the view of as certaining in what situation the inmates of the house wei e statipned, Jennings, after this, went to his lodg ings, where he left a ge,l7sage that if a man, answering the description of the little man spoken of, called, he was to meet him at the College Inn ; and at a quarter after ten o'clock this man and the male prisoners were toge ther at this public-house, where a transaction tools place which was important to the inquiry into the guilt of the prii,:,ners. The landlady and inquiry daughter were sitting in the kitchen opposite to the room in whieh the par ties were, and they heard a sound as of gold money beitgg counted. In consequence of this, on hearing of the robbery, a communication was made to the police, and instructions were given what was to be done if the parties came again. About ten o'clock the following morning the two male prisoners did come again, and the police were sent for, who took them into custody. Locke had on an entire new suit of clothes, and in his pockets were found seven sovereigns, and in the pockets of Jen nines were found four sovereigns. When told the charge upon which they were apprehended, they stated that they were at their lodgings at the hour the offence was com mitied, which was ascertained not to be the fact. These accusations having been proved in evidence, Mr. Wiractris addressed the jury on behaltof th'e pri soners. This, he said, was n case Which Would rettuire bn their parka very great dial of care, watchfulness, and jealousy o'er themselves' He 19ieW of nothing more easy than by 'an exeirelie or ingenuity to excite suspicion against others ; and if they' lent a ready ear to the party Making an accusation t and allowed that party to make an impression on their minds, there was afterwards a secret satisfaction, of which, perhaps, they might be uncon scious at the time, in making every circumstance fit the accit.satiett and justify the impression on their minds. All cases of circumstantial evidence were calculated to ex cite suspicion i and the circumstances in this case, as OatPtel gy tlitt lAPVIIP4 Ookinsei foe the prosecution, were put tog Wier with great skill And ingenuity _ ; and it fre queniiy .appentu a .I,earneu L;ounsei so situated, unless he was somethine more than hinnr mi i ti g i .p nqn t O'he 7arp,e4. r *Raid dul y to find a 'verdict in accordance with' the evidenc e ; and he felt as sured they "would take great care to ascertain whether the evidence which hid begin ailihicql was guff cieut to ustify thesis prono 9 eing a v . e'rdiet of guilty against *the prisoners, of one of the highest offeuces known to the law of the bnd. lie conterictetl that the ease against pri§qnpis i stat ed prqsccution, was not Mll e:ea to justify them in pining to a conclusion of guilty, and that all the facts deposed to were perfectly compati ble with the innocence of the parties ,accuse d ; in fact, a nious defence by a passionate appeal as to the conse quences if a verdict of guilty was returned against the :; 41 1i d ater ., . ~,haeins Learnedt t he fema l e prisoners. Counsel P r concluded thre a ; a c s i o n q o u c e a p s t e The Learned JUDGE, with great perspleuity, up the case to the jury, who, after a deliberation of tifavir minutes, returned a verdict of Guilty against the whole of the prisoners. A previous conviction was proved against Jennings. Sentence deferred. August 24, CROWN SlDE.—(Before the LQED CalEr BARON). William Swanston was indicted for the murder of his wife at Wigan. Mr. Sergeant Murphy and Mr. Segar conducted the prosecution. Thp prisoner 'n,sdpfpndpd by and Mr. James. It appeared that on the evening in question the prie walgi , dame hums from the factory in which he wAR eril ploypa as an overlpoker, He went up stairs, and found his wife lying intoxicated on the floor. It would ap pear that he had given her a kick in the hinder part of her person, and shortly after he came down stairs and mentioned to a little girl, his eldest d aug ht er , th a t h er mother was drunk, and there was no supper ready. He afterwards went again pp stairs, and finding his wife still lying on the floor, apparently in much pain, he carried her down, put her in a chair, and sent for a doctor. by the time he arrived, the seat on which she sat and her N Jthpa were drenched with blood. The medical man had her again taken up stairs, and on examination found that the kick the prisoner admitted he had given her had displaced the bone at the extremity of the spine, rup tured the bladder and some blood vessels, of the hemor rhage from which the unfortunate woman finally died. She was sinking, indeed, when the doctor was firstcalled in. Some brandy was administered to her, which she a; first refused, saying she did not like it. The prisoner then yernark:ed, " i f thou hadst not been so fond of it, this would not have happened.'' He expressed, how ever, great sorrow at what had occurred. He had al ways borne an expellent character, but the pnfortu nate deceased had latterly been given to habits of intoxi, cation. Guilty of manslaughter.—Sentence deferred. James Purgess was indictment for an attempt to mur der his wife, Mr. Brandt conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner was defended by Mr. J. Pollocic. The prisoner was a nmehine.inaker, and about two years ago, being then Is, was married to his present wife. They had one child. Some family disputes arose between the wife's family and him, and he finally sold off his goods with the intention of going to America, she returning to her friends. The windows of his f fitterrin-lawfs house haring beep broken, the PrisoPer was accused o haring dope it, and be asked his wife to meet him at the house of a mutual acquaintance, to try and make it up. She did so, and they being left alone in the house, he asked her to go into the other room. She re fused, He then put out the candle, seized her by the throat, and strangled her, as she said, until she was blind, and then with a knife attempted, as she supposed, to cut her throat. The neighbours hearing an alarm, broke in the door, and fuund the prosecutor standing on the floor leaning against a table, and nearly insefisible. Her throat was much bruised, but no wound had been inflieted, it having apparently been the back of the knife which had been used, Evidence was given of the prisoner having threatened on more than one occasion to cut his wife's throat. Verdict—Guilty of an aggravated assault. To be im prisoned two years, OXFORD ClRCUlT—Gloucester, Aug. 23. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Sergeant ATCHERLEY.) John Smith, aged 50, a bill discounter, was charged with forging and uttering an endorsement to a bill of exchange, with intent to defraud Thomas Gardener. Mr. Godson (Queen's Counsel) and Mr. Greaves con ducted the prosecution; Mr. Keating, Mr. Cooke, and Mr. Gray, the defence, This case was rendered more interesting than similar investigations usually are from the singular circumstances disclosed in the progress of the inquiry. The prosecutor and prisoner had been intimate asso ciates for years in the business of hill discounting, but had recently disagreed. The alleged forgery, an en dorsement to a bill of exchange drawn by prosecutor, took place in March, 1842, when notice of its being dis honoured was given to the prosecutor by the attorney for the prisoner, who commenced proceedings against the acceptor, and recovered the amount in an undefended action at the Gloucester Summer Assizes, 1543. In March last, a bill for forgery was presented to the grand jury, without any previous inquiry before a magistrate, when the trial was postponed to these assizes, the pri soner being admitted to bail. Numerous witnesses were called to state their belief that thp endorsement was not in the prosecutor's handwriting, but, as usual, they all varied on cross-examination as to the parts of blance and non-resell - )I4PN? After a very powerful and searching speech from Mr. KEATING, The Learned JUDGE summed up the evidence, and a verdict of Acquittal w as pronounce 4. The trial lasted until half-past ten at night, when the business of the assizes closed. At one o'clock Chief Justice Tindal left the town on of Error upon the Irish State Trials, which is to be de his way to London to prepare the .11Adgment in the Writ livered on the 2d of September. On the 4th of Septen. ber we understand that that very learned and most ex cellent person starts on a continental tour. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Bristol, Aug. 23. (Pefore Mr. Justice 1. - . ) .l7TEgox find a Special Jury.) PARFITT v. THOMPSON AND OTHERS. Mr. Crowder, Mr.. Sergeant Manning, and Mr. Ball conducted the case fur the plaintiff, and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Butt that fur the decepdapt§. This %Akin was brought to recover the amount of the loss on a policy of insurance for 2,0001., which had been effected on a vessel called the " Hutchison" by the Forth Marine Insurance Company, of which the defendants were members. The ship was built in 1825, arid pur chased by the plaintiff in 1838, when she was repaired at ar. expense of 1,500!. In 1841 she was chartered by Laurie, Hamilton, and Co., on a voyage to Sierra Leone, and then this insurance was effected. On the 10th of March, 15/1, the ypssel 5;110 frpm Bristol, under the command of 'Captain White. In tbe Bay of Biscay the weatherlwas very bad, but the vessel arrived in the Main couri river on the 15th of April, where it remained till the 9th of July, when she sailed for pighttyl l . W4en off the Isle co Los there was very rough weather, but when off Cape Verd, the windlass, anchor, &c., were lost, and the vessel became leaky, and with some diffi culty reached the Gambia liver. An agent of Lloyd's then survpyed the yessel and it being Ruud necessary that very considerable repairs must be done, and which could not be completed there, it was considered best to sell the vessel, which fetched 4111. The defendants contended that thpy were net liable far a total lass, but only a portion, and they paid 400 j. into ()out, and alleged that the question was, whether the vessel had sustained the damage by the perils of the sea or through unworthines, Mr, Justice PArtHsow having summed up. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, the amount of damage to be regulated by Mr. Powell, of London. Several common jury eases have been tried, but they have been chiefly brought uller the Inter')leade r Act, to determine as to the proprietorship of goods and fur niture, and their interest w as con fi n ed t o the locality. q CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Baron GURNEY and Mr. Justice WIGATMAN.) The Court was occupied in the early, part of yester day in disposing of cases of an atrocious character, the details of which are not fit to meet the public eye. .Tohn Joyce, 20, a young man of very respectable appearance, was indicted for feloniously demanding money of Frederick Randall, under a threat of charg ing him with an o ff e n ce o f the above description. Mr. Ballanti ne con d uc t e d the prosecution , and the prisoner was d e f en d e d b y Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Bodkin. The particulars connected with the charge are unfit to be published. The prisoner was said to be re spectably connected. The jury returned a verdict of Guilty.—Judgment was respited. Henry Brow; 41, Emma Brown, 16, and Eliza beth Jones, 23, were indicted for feloniously making counterfeit shillings and sixpences, and also for hay ing in their possession moulds calculated to make counterfeit coin. Mr. Bodki n con d uc t e d th e p ro secution. It appeared, f rom t h e ev id ence , that, from informa tion received b y th e par ti es , an i nspec tor, named Penny, accomp an i e d by S erg eant Brennan , and a constable named R e d man , proceeded to a room in one of the houses i n B roa d' Arrow-court, St. Luke's, where they found all the prisoners busily eng a g ed in the act of coining, an d surrounded by the implements made use of by persons of that description. They all made a violent resistance, the man attempting to swallow four counterfeit shillings, and was nearly choked before the officers could get them out of his mouth. The women also resisted, and when they were at length secured, they said they had had quite enough of this country, and should be glad to get out of it. The prisoners, in their defence, declared that they were the victims of a plot laid by a woman named Allen, who had placed the things in their room, and r who, they dechired, had "sold" them, for the sake of the reward usually paid by the Mint for the detection of offences of this description. The jury 'convicted the prisoners, but recommended th younger one to the mercy of the Court. Mr. Baron GURNEY sentenced the male prisoner and Elizabeth Jones to be transported for twelve years, and Emma Brown was ordered to be kept to hard labour for six months. The prisoner Jones was very insolent when the sentence was pronounced upon her, and she left the bar declaring she had been " sold" by the police. Thomas Corby was indicted for feloniously forging an acceptance to a bill of exchange for 6/ with inter , to defraud II"' aatluln teranligi The case was of rather a peculiar description. The prosecutor is connected with a loan society, to which application was made for a loan of 61. for a person named Elliott, and the name of the proposed security was given as John Scott. Application was made at the place indicated as the residence of this person, and the prisoner represented himself to be him, and signed the promissory note as John Scott, upon which the money was advanced. The real Scott was examined r,s a witness, and he of course said that the si,patlye to the bill was a forgery, but ii i aNwer 4 - t a que4tion r?ilt by the prises-, he Omitted that he had told the ho might use his name to obtain a loan, although he understood that it was not to be done without his knowledge. It was also proved that Beott's wife hail received 31, of the rappay that was advanced, from the Dripper, n the shape of rent. The jury ypturned a verdict of Not Guilty. POLICE INrrl",,,Ljui. ENCE. (YESTERDAY.) GUILDHALL. Wm. Berry, a boy, was placed at the bar before Alder man Brown, charged by Israel Lyons, 5, Great Alie ttreet, with felony. complainant, a Jew retired from business, said that his son kept a factory in Holborn, and the prisoner at the bar was in his service. On last Wednesday he went there, his son being out of town, and told the boy to take to his house, Great Alie-street, a coat, waist coat, trowsers, two shirts, two silk handkerchiefs, and a little bag with a valuable diamond pin. He (the pri soner) then went away, and had not been seen from that time till the constable took him into custody. Constable 215 said he observed the prisoner in Smith field with a lot of young thieves, and knowing that he was wanted for 4‘ this job," be took him into custody. Alderman BROWN—Remand him till Thursday, and in the mean time make a search through the pawnbro, kers' shops after the stolen articles, James Flannigan, a Withheld drover, was charged with wantoply ill-using a bullock, and refusing to show his badge when required, both being offences punishable by fine or imprisonment under the Police Act. Mr. John Charlton, gentleman, of St. Margaret's Bank, Rochester, saw the prisoner in that same morning hulloek violently over the eyes and head with the heavy knob of a bludgeon. He continued the violence for a considerable time, and when witness interfered and demanded to see his number, which was turned under , math his arm, he refused to show it, He (witness) then called a policeman, and gave him into custody. Thp constable said the number could be partly seen, and the badge might have slipped round in consequence of the strap being loose. The prisoner said he had only struck the bullock over the horn, and WO po ißtpF 4 tion of injuring it. Aidemati BROWN said that he had committed two offences, but he should only deal with the one of cruelty, as he thought it the most clearly proved. He would, therefore, order the prisoner to pay a fine of 205., or go fourteen days to the House of Correction. BOW-STREET. A very respectable-looking man was brought before Mr, Hall, charged with stealing three §overelgns, the property of Mrs. Mary Scott, who keeps a stand in Covent-garden market. Mr. M. Chambers, the barrister, appeared for the prisoner. The prosecutrix stated that on Saturday week last the prisoner came to her stand in Covent-garden, and asked her to give him change for a sovereign. She had at that time three sovereigns in a bag, which bag she opened, and the prisoner immediately snatched it out of her hand, and walked away. She was so surprised at the conduct of the prisoner, that she did not make known her loss to any one. She saw the prisoner again on Saturday last, and accused him of the theft, but he de nied it. She then called the officers of the market, and gave him into custody. As she did so, she said that if the prisoner would give her the three sovereigns back again she would not proceed against him, and when they arrived at the station-house she said she would not pro ceed against him if he would give 11. 10s. Mr. Chambers said the defendant was a respectable grocer carrying on business in the West-end, and was in the habit of going to Covent-garden market to get change on a' Saturday night, The Learned Counsel then called Mr. Draper, who keeps a shop in the arcade of Covent-garden market, and ha stated that he knew the prisoner well. He was in the habit of going to Covent garden market for change on a Saturday evening. lie Qarried on an extensive business. He (the witness) had no doubt that the sovereigns which had been lost were dropped by the prosecutrix amongst the stands in the market. Mr. HALL (the depositions having been taken) said, that after the evidence for the defence, he could not think of sending the case for trial,--.-The prisoner was accordingly discharged• UNION-HALL. Thomas 'Wheeler, a pauper in St. George's W.-xhouse, was charged with disturbing evening prayers, by making a noise like the crowing of a cock. _ The master of the wr:rith,ouse stated that the chaplain had of late p.iade repeated complaints that the service Ila;.1 been disturbed by one of the inmates making a shrill noise like the crowing of a cock. The service of the Preeedhl; evening had scarcely commenced before the erowing began, and the defendant, on b e i ng watc h e d , I was found to be the person who made the discordant noise. It was further stated against him, that he was a fellow of very bad character—had been previously con victed of felony and his example in the workhouse was quite enough to contaminate the other inmates. The Magistrate said the workhouse was not designed for such a worthless fellow, that he was deserving of pu nishment for such gross indecency in a place of public worship, and he should commit him for twenty-one days to The House of Correction; and at the same time he re enuimended that when he came out he should not be ad mitted back into the workhouse, ci.-ERKENWELL. A smartly-attired young man, who gave the very dubious name of Smith, was charged with numerous robberies of ready-furnished lodgings. Mrs. Peat, a lady residing in Hedden-court, Re gent-street, deposed that, on the 19th inst., the pri soner took ready-furnished lodgings from her, and on the same evening occupied them. In the morning her servant found the street , deor open, and they soon after ascertained that during the night the prisoner 114 d robbed the parlour and bed-room of every port able article they contained—bed-clothes, men and women's wearing apparel, and some jewellery. Wit ness identified a handkerchief on the prisoner's neck when arrested as a portion of the stolen property. Mrs. Anne Bradley, residing at University-street, Tottenham-court-road, deposed that, on Saturday last, the prisoner tools a parlour from her and retired to rest at ten o'clock. On Sunday night she care fully locked and bolted the street door. In the morn ing she saw the street door open, and it was found that the prisoner had decamped during the night, taking with him bed clothes, wearing apparel, house &c. Police-constable Morris, 75 E, deposed that he met the prisoner carrying two large bundles on that (Monday) morning, and not being able to satisfac tawny account for the possession of them, took him into custody. He treated witness in a very cavalier way said the property was his sister's, and threatened witness with the consequences of so grave an infrac tion of the liberty of the subject. The property having been identified, the deposi tions for trial were taken down. Two men, named Saunders and Batton, were charged, the former with assaulting police-constable 215 G, the latter with an attempt to rescue. The constable deposed that between twelve and one o'clock on Sunday morning he was getting away a drunken man at the corner of Wilderness-row, St. John street, when the prisoner Saunders came up and used ba,l language towards him. He seized witness by the collar, and both fell on the ground together. Witness was taking him to the station-house, when Batton came up and attempted to rescue Saunders, but ran away when he saw another policeman. Witness gave the pri soner Saunders into custody, ran after Batton himself, and arrested him in Sutton-street. When the clerk was about to read over the evidence for the Magistrate, it was stated that Saunders was drunk, and Mr. CoMBE ordered him to be locked up. The evidence was then read, and Batton declared in the most positive manner that he had never touched the constable, but was going home quietly from a friend's house when he was arrested. A tradesman, in whose house Batton had been stopping, gave him an excellent character, and swore that from the time the man left his house on Saturday night he considered the policeman must have been wrong in the identity. He was, however, fined 55., or five days' imprisonment. TomT~ivuts.—Thislittle hero is now in posses session of the outward and visible sign of a gentleman — he keeps his carriage ; and on Saturday we were invited to inspect it. An ingenious artificer, Mr. Beaton ' of De mark-st ree t, h as d evoted his energies to the task of building it, and hi s gen i us h as enabled him to produce a beautiful model suitable to the dimensions of the general, complete in all its parts —even to springs, window-blinds, and folding -steps—and quite available for the purposes of locomotion. It is a chariot about three feet and a half in height ; the body is of intense blue, and the mouldings are of silver ; the wheels are elegantly picked out with white ; the hammercloth is of rich crimson, embroidered fancifully, containing also the general's arms—a mixture of the heraldic symbols of England America—with the business-like recommendation, " Go-a-head," flourishing underneath, in the form of a motto. We are informed that a pair of ponies of matchable size are in training for this pretty little vehicle, and that two small boys have been obtained to fill the arduous situations of coach man and footman. In this chariot the general, we pre sume, intends to take the west-end air, and we may there fore calculate upon his equipage " stopping the way," after the manner of bigger, if not better folks, A FARMER CHARGED WITH INCENDIARISM, Mr. Thomas Chinery, a respectable farmer, of Belchamp St. Paul, was brought up at the Castle Iledingham Petty Session, last week, in custody of the police, charged on suspicion of setting fire to farming buildings, in his occupation, the property of S. M. Raymond, Esq., on the evening of July 3. Mr. Raymond deposed as follows :—The prisoner is in the occupation of a farm called "New Barns," my property. On Wednesday evening, July 3, be tween nine aid tent i r,,.1=.1;, I was alarmed by a per.. son pried *ammers, coming to my house, and 4 ,yk ii that Chinery's barn was on fire, meaning the prisoner's. On going out of my how, I saw the sparks coming towards try tav-miag buildings at home; I yeti aome person to protect them. I called kuy son, ;Ind went immediately to the fire, which is about 4 quarter of a mile off; when I arrived, the premises, which consisted of barn and bu(ldltyo were burnt down • after being at the A N . ltttie time I saw prisoner, When I said, thlg cionws of your hav ing so much Imultp it tlie yard (having seen prisoner botit fourt9en days before the fire, and objected to so haUltn being in the yard in stacks mid on account of the prevalence of fires), rrisoner re plied, as any other farmer would have' done, " Had it been wet weather, it watM have all been made into manure befo,re this time." I asked him if 12 had site; piclon of any person having caused the fa Q Tie re plied, "No. . . By Mr. , Goocri—T2,l,i you oup to him, or he come to you? o.lr. R.—l spoke to him first. I had given hiin notice to quit next Michaelmas, as he did not pay his rent regularly; about a fortnight after the notice was served, he paid me his rent, and left the notice to quit at my house, saying, " He did fr,i know what it meant," and there was an end of it, as I did not want to turn him out if 110 paid his rent. On the Monday following, Mr, illinden came over and valued the damage, when, said to him (prisoner), have you quarrelled with any one ? He replied, " No." I than told him, it would have been much better for him to have sold his wheat, and paid his rent, and then it would not have Wen burnt. By Mr. Goocu—Whan was the rent due ? Mr. R.--He had not paid the Michaelmas rent when the notice was served. By the BENCH— the Lady-day rent \vas not paid till after the tire. Amos, labourer, deposed, that when he got to the fire he aaw several persons removing a roll ; he Paw prisoner when it had been burning nine or ten minutes ; witness assisted in removing the roll, when he with several others went up the yard towards the south side, which oocupied about three minutes ; some one then called out " There comes Thomas Chinery" (meaning prisoner), who was getti ng ov e r a gap at t h e corner of a wheat-field near the premises ; witness asked him, where he was when he saw the fire ; pri soner replied, " At Mr. John Pratt's, at Otten Bel champ. Witness told him that was impossible, for the fire had not been burning more than ten minutes, and that Mr. Raymond had not got a pigeon in his dove house that could fly the distance in the time. By the lignu--It Is more than two and a half miles the read. In a straight line it is nearer. Prisoner said that he came over hedge and ditch, and he did not know which way he came. About a quarter of an hour after saw prisoner go up a barley-field belonging to Mr. Raymond, which was near the old castle (a mock ruin, which was built by th e l a t e M r . R aymon d) ; he was by himself, and then came round the back of the premises and over the same gap as in the first instance. Thomas Edwards, labourer, corroborated the last witness, and added, it was impossible, as a pigeon could not have flown th e di s t ance in the time. lie also saw him go into the barley-field and returr again to the fire as described. Ile (Edw?.'ras) did not lose sight of the prisoner at the fire because he thought he looked like a guilty man. William Stammers corruboratod the last two wit nesses, and stated i n reply to the Bench that th e thatch was burnt off when he saw prisoner, but the sparks had not fallen in. William Deal confirmed the testimony of the former witnesses as to the prisoner coming over the gap near the premises, and in answer to a question from the Bench, said he did not notice whether he was hot, but he had his coat on his arm when he saw him. llenry Farrow and five other witnesses were ex amined, but nothing further was elicited to connect the prisoner with the charge, Mr. Mayhew, solicitor, of Coggeshall, appeared to watch the ease for the prisoner, and called six wit nesses for the defence, one of whom spoke positively as to passing him (prisoner) on his way from Mr. Pratt's towards the fire. Another proved that he saw him coming to the fire, and advised him to g..) round the premises, as the farm-yard was impassable from the fire burning, and which accounted for his enter ing it by the gap at the rear of the premises, as de scribed by the witnesses in support of the charge. The Bench here retired fox a short time, their return M. BAIMAM addressed +l - telling him they a " - ; on had g iven his ' - ase the greatest at , tention, and were of on;-' insufficient to m i.. , - -,ion that the evidence was the charge against hi m . If, however.^ u - ay further evidence could be obtained, he ..ould be brought up again ; but his (Mr. B.'s) own private opinion was, that he (prisoner) left that room without the least stain upon his character. Other magistrates were of a different opinion, but that was in their own breasts.—Prisoner was then discharged. The case excited the greatest interest in the neigh bourhood, and the hearing lasted upwards of four hours. The room was crowded nearly to suffocation, principally by farmers of the neighbourhood, amongst whom the greatest sympathy seemed to exist on be half of the prisoner, who had been incarcerated several days in the police station. On the acquittal of the prisoner great applause was manifested. Chelmsford Chronicle. HEART-RENDING CARE. The 53d Regiment sailed from this port (Liverpool) on Saturday, for Calcutta. There is one circumstance connected with that sailing, most painful in its de tails, which we have deemed it right to bring thus particularly under the notice of th e p u bli c, i n t h e hope that it may meet the eyes, and bespeak the sympathy, of the commanding officer of that gallant corps. It appears that, about a fortnight since, one of the privates, who left for Calcutta on Saturday, obtained liberty from the commanding officer, at Manchester, for himself and his wife, a fine young woman, only nineteen years of age, to whom he had been married only about a year and a-half, to pay a short visit to their friends in Ireland, previous to leaving the country. The private returned to Manchester at the expiration of his furlough, but the wife remained in Ireland a few days longer, not expecting the de tachment to sail until the end of the present month, or the beginning of the next. On Wednesday last, however, she received a letter from her husband, stating, that they were under orders to leave Liver pool for their destination on Saturday, and that it was absolutely necessary for her to be in Man chester on. Friday, in order that, as she was one of the women selected to go to Calcutta, there might be no difficulty in getting her passed with the detach ment by the commanding officer. She immediately proceeded to Dublin, where she arrived on Thurs day, but, to her inexpressible regret, found that the Liverpool steamer had just left the quay, and that she must remain for the night. She was, therefore, unable to reach Liverpool before Saturday morning ; and, on coming here, she found the detachment in the act of shipping on board the Nith, at the Prince's Dock, and learned from her husband that, as she was not in Manchester on the previous day, the wife of one of the other privates had been seleced in her stead by the commanding officer. A most heart rending scene succeeded. The parties burst into floods of tears ; embraced each other several times, in the belief that the period of th e i r l as t p ar ti ng had arrived; and the soldier, a fine, atheletic youngfellow, took his child, an infant about five months old, re peatedly out of its mother's arms, and kissed it with all the fervour of an attached and most affectionate father. After this affecting interview, one that was witnessed with lively feelings of sympathy by a crowd of spectators on the quay, had lasted for some time, the afflicted mother, in a paroxysm of grief and de spair, ran, with the infant in her arms, to the railway station, in Lime-street, with the view of going on to Manchester and entreating the commanding officer to allow her to proceed with the detachment. She had been informed that the Nith, after having aken the companies on board, would lie in the iver until yesterday, and she hoped to be able to re turn in time for the sailing, and with the joyful intel ligence that she had achieved her object. On reaching the station, however, she discovered, what she had been too much grieved to think of before, that she was all but penniless, and wholly unable to pay her fare. She was, therefore, compelled to return to the dock, where she arrived just in time to see the vessel sailing out of the harbour for Calcutta. Hope now forsook her, and the poignant anguish she felt may be much more easily conceived than described. Inspector ' Bibby found her on the Prince's Pierhead soon after, and, ascertaining that she was without money, friends, or even acquaintance in the town, he, much to his credit, took her to his house, provided her with food, and is interesting himself to get her on to Manchester, to see whether the commanding officer will allow her to proceed to Calcutta with the next detachment.— Liverpool Albion. RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Friday afternoon, as one of the Paisley trains, drawn by the Hecate, one of the Greenock Company's engines, was on its way to Glas gow, and when about two miles from Paisley, the axle of the tender broke, when both tender and engine were thrown off the line. None of the passengers or serval* were seriously hurt ; three of the former were slightly a, third.cl au injured, and were able to walk away soon after the acci dent,,etention to happened. The tender, enOne, and carriage, were considerably damaged. A .4 several traim4, 044 place in consequ ence o f the obstruc tion, but, t by about Half past three 9'o 9 a. 4i4 stud the line oleitr.—gicisam- rails were _ National, MARKET NEWS. (YESTERDAY) CORN-EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain, of home produce, during the past week have been only moderate for the I time of year ; but the imports of Ferign Wheat, Barley, and Oats have been extensive. Fresh up to-day we received a full average supply of Wheat, coastwise:as well as by land carriage and sample, at least three-fourths of which were of the present year's growth, and of very superior quality. There was rather an extensive number of buyers in attendance, while the sale for new English Wheat was steady at fully last week's prices, or from 53s to 589 per quarter : but, with other kinds of wheat the trade ruled heavy, at, in most transactions, a decline in the quotations of Is. per quarter, and a clearance of such was not effected. There was a very large quantity of' free Foreign Wheat offer ing. The demand for that description of grain was in A very slugg4h state, and prices had, in some instances, downward tendency. There was scarcely a sample of YkAtlish Barley at market ; but the supply of free Fo reign was good. The Barley trade ruled inactive, het we have nu variation to notice in the quotations. The best Ware Malt was quite as dear. In other kinds the supply a Wheat was good ; next to nothing was doing- Tha display of Oat samples was not large ; yet, the sale ior that article was inactive, at late rates. Old Beans were in demand at 2s per quarter more money. In other kinds very little was doing. The sale for Peas was , steady, at Is per quarter advance on last ,week's rater. Tito Flour trade was heavy, at barely late rates. Ia Seeds very little was doing, CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE. WREAT—Essex & Kent, IMALY—Chevalier......... 633 to •-• 423 ft: 52s OATS—Yorkshire r i d D N itto, lk % h an e d 42/s to 5781 Lincolnsh., 23s to 1 Potatoe Lss to wan, red Dittowi—and Cork ite 4os to 535 1 t: Lack red 471 to 50.1 Cork, white ..... lfs to 2011 Ditto, white RYE—Old BARLEY—Grinding 33 to irt S s PEA. Grey ...... 31. to 3111 5 Making 3 2 3% to MI Maple Chevalier 32s to 355 ; White 351 to SIM MALT—Suffolk and Nor Boilers... 32s to VI folk Brown 56s to 62s FLOUR—Town mad ... 441 to 46 s 50s to 54,1 Suffo k ...... , ..... 341 to 3 1 3‘ Kingston and Ware 56s to 6'2s! Stockton & Norfolk 33s to*. FOREIGN GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WURAT—DardziC ..... 204 96s Hamhurgh 36s to 40s P egs , 23s to 575 BARLEY 3os to 33s nowt American OATS—New ........ 14s to 16s Baltic Feed l4s to leis SMITHFIELD. Compared with that exhibited on this day se'nnights the supply of Beasts was somewhat numerous. Tbe weather being rather favourable for slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers good, the Beef trade, partico: larly with the primest Scots, runts, &c., was steady, s* prices quite equal to those obtained last week. 1 101 v: ever, a total clearance was not effected till a late 1 1 °, 11 V, We had on sale only s i x O xen from Rotterdam, met a heavy sale at f rom 171 l Os to 1815 s each. '.1.1w arrrival of Beasts from our northern grazing districts consisted of about 1,000 short-horns. Those from Norfolk , Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, comprised 500 Scot , and homebreds; from the western and midland coun ties,. 500 Herefords, Dev ons , runts , & c., f rom other parts of England, 300 of various breeds, and from Scotland, 150 horned and polled Scots. The numbers of sheep wet+ again extensive. Prime old Downs, which were rather scarce, produced full prices ; but the value of other breeds arising from a heavy demand was with difficulty supported. Very little business was transacted in Lamb-Ts the supply of which was tolerably good, at about sta. tionary prices. Calves met a heavy inquiry at befell late rates. In Pigs very little was doing. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d. to a. d. s.d.tOLL Inferior Beasts 2 6 2 8 S econ d quality/Cu A .... 3 2 3 Second quality ditto 2lO 3 4 Coane-woe.aled ditto.. 3 8 3 Prime largeOsen 3 6 3 8 Southckwn Wethers 310 4 ' Prime Scots, &c. Large coarse Calves 3 4 310 Large Hogs 3 0 s Prime small ditto 4 0 4 6 Small Porkers 3 8 310 Suckling Calves, each 12 033 0 Quarter old Pigs 603 0 ' Infetior Sheep eachl 3 8 4 8 SUPPLY AT MARKET. Beasts. I Sheep. I C a l ves . I Pigs. 3,065 36,900 i 116 I 280 NEWOATE AND LEADENNALL. The arrivals of country-killed Meat up to theme markets during the past week hare been only to a . 11 ' mited extent, but of f a i r average qua li ty. The supp lies slaughtered in the metropolis have been by no means extensive, yet they have proved quite equal to meet the wants of the buyers. Prime Beef, Mutton, and Veal have sold steadily at full p r i ces . I n a ll other kinds o'',. Meat very little business has been doing, yet previous rates have been supported. At per stone, by the Carcase. s. d. to s. d, s, d. tot d i ; Beef, inferior 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 9 --; middling ..... 210 30 middling ..... 3 2 5 prime large, 3 2 3 4 ----- prime 3 9 -- prime small 3 4 3 6 Pork, large 2 6 1 Veal ........ 3 4 4 4 Lamb, at 6d to 44 6d. s 2 a - ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep Pis. Calves. Pi 100 8 84 45 20 .... JO Scotland Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk —•—• I. Cambridgeshire , - Essex Surrey .4.. 20 140 100 120 Devonshire Wiltshire . 14 ICO 00 80 Other parts Total ....... 61 583 290 453 Pr " l "s reek's arrival Difference since our.last WOOL IVIALIMMT., One of the principal features we have to notice in this market is a considerable improvement in the demand for all descriptions of British Wool, and a trifling advance in the quotations of that article. This improvement has been principally caused by the increased activity everr where apparent in the manufacturing districts, as well as to the improvement in our export trade. Although many of the large flock-masters have withheld the bulk of the present year's clip from the market for the present, under the impression that prices will, ere long, rule higher thansi present, the supplies in London are quite as extensive ss has been observed at the corresponding periods oftiost past seasons. From this it is evident that the growth ot. Wool this year has been extremely large, and 01 very superior quality. It is esti ma t e d t h a t, dur ing the past week not less than 28,000 fleeces have been sod in London, and transmited to Manchester and other places. About 10,000 of this was flannel and blanks: wool; the remainder combing and Down Hoggits. far as the future value of wool is concerned we are quite of opinion that, though a slight advance may be el ) " tained in it, the improvement will not, for the Jae supplies, exceed that at present noticed. South Down, Hoggits may now be quoted a t is ld t o i s 2d ; H a lf-bred ditto, is 24d to is 3d; Kent Fleeces, 1 lid to 1 5 1d : Flannel Wool, lOicl to is Id; Blanket ditto, 6id to 1s; Swinton Fleeces, llid to ls id p e r lb. Th e effect of the, abolition of the duty is clearly exemplifi e d by t h e increase d importations of wool. It will be remembered that, sopil weeks since, the largest public sales o f co l on ial W o ,° l ever held in this country took pl ac e, y e t near ly 00 whole of the parcels brought forward, amounting t; about 25,000 bales, were disposed of at full prices; al this, this, too, with the prospect of other auct i ons equa l large. The importations of wool from our Australasill Colonies during the present year, ha ve excee d e d those of last by about 17,000 packages, while those of foreign have somewhat declined. It is gratifying to o bserve that the Colonial Wool now comes to hand in a greatly improved condition. Formerly, great complaints w . made as to false packing, but now s carce ly a s i n gle Wu' comes to hand in that state; hence all classes of buyer s are exhibiting more confidence in effecting purchase?' During the past week, about 2,000 bales have been age° imported from New South Wales, which, added to the previous arrivals undisposed of, causes the stock in war e : house to exceed 24,600 bales, a large portion of wiluis will be submitted to public competition about the middle of September. Of Foreign Wool the imports hi:eel:W l exceeded 700 bales. The quotations of Austrian W 0 now range from 9d to 2s 10d ; of Cape, 7d to 2s ; Spanish, is 4d to is 10d ; of German, is 9d to 4s 9d p er pound. BOROUGH AND SPXTAZ,FIZIMS. The supplies of Potatoes are still confined to those It ceived from the neighbourho o d o f th e metropo li s . Theme quality is very good, and the pri ces p a id vary f ro m ' to 61. per ton. 13012.017G11 HOP MAILZET. sl Although the Hops have m a d e some little progre, dnring the week, th e y b e i ng most l y i n b urr i n the wn° of the plantations, the accounts are still considered 1 favourable, owing to which the demand here is acti ve k at full prices. The duty is ca ll e d 125,000/ Weald Kent pockets, 614 s to 6t 12 s ; Mid Kent ditto, 7154 9118 s; East Kent ditto, 71 5s to 9/ 4s ; Choice dial' 101 to 11/ lls; Sussex ditto, 6/ 2 s t o 6/ 10 s; Mid gen bags, 71 to 815 s. TALLOW MARIEZIP. The market is firm, and the weekly deliveries are i rr proving, the weather being favourable for conay.raPti, °l3 ' and the demand f u lly equa l to t h e supp l y, so twat 11 0 `- duction in the price of Town Tallow is looked for. Government have decid e d on th e Following P idcef , to be central depot s f or military P'isoners fur England I eau, „ -- ( 1,. Southsea Castle, and Chatham, late extensive reneh prison, at Greenlaw, for Scot i a n Governors and chaplains are to be appointed to tt e6e — The mode of punishing misbehaved soldiers in tll ,l l prisons will have a much better effect than the m ere ybe carceretion in idleness which has heretofore been ease.—Naval and Military Gazette. [ADVERTISEMENT .I—THE TURN op /Al"' A_ CURE EXTR&ORDINARY BY HOLLOWAY'S P IL th S. ;7I, respectabl e woman , age d f orty - seven, named kitrs• - 03 S residing in S co tl an d- roa d, Li verpool, was i n the,n s ing critical and dangerous state for nine months, of D'_ sometimes almost chok e d wit h p hl egm, w i t h s hortnes e s roi breath. palpitati on o r t h e h eart, together w i t h a gelifier derangement and debility of the whole system* n eed life was in the greatest danger when she cocaine_ to . the use of th ese m i racu l ous Pi l l s, wh i ch restor ed he e i the the highest stale o f h ea l t h i n fi ve wee k s. They ar sold finest medicine in the world for females of all ar,e 9 ow •___ o 's (.: , o t 4, loway's Ointment) a t P ro f esso r Bol be establishment, 224, Str an d ( w h ere a d v i ce m ay edi gratis), and by almost all respectable vendors of cine throughout the civilised world. —.woe BIRTHS. ,:. agar On the 19th inst., a t L a Bill ar d er i e , near Cognac, F r the lady of Frederic Hennessy, Esq., of a son. Fs c i 4 On the 19th i ns t., a t H am b urg b, t h e w ife of G. Ca 'le- '' civil engineer, of a daughter. _____---------------- MAIED. On the 6th in s t., a t Frankfo ßß r t- on -the-Maine, by th e rte ifi Mr. Bolton, the Rev. W. F. Lanfear, British ChaplainWiesbaden, to Agnes, youngest daughter of t he late Murray, Esti , of Murraythwait, DIEJ). On the 23d inst., at Blackheath-park, James Kemp,On the 23d inst., at Kensington, Kitty, relict of the ta t Ferarit, Esq., of Englefield green, Surrey • .41 of London : Printed and Published by e/lEJRDO 70111"!,.2 No. 112. Strand, Printer, at The Sum Office, Nek. 'a Strana, in the Precinct of jhe Savoy, in the Covi 3 W Middlesex, Tuesday, August 27 1 1e44. -