The Sun. — London, England, 1844-01-01 00:00:00

GREAT FREE TRADE MEETING AT DERBY. Sm;ett-%,_ who is born with brains—whick people keep, unless they allow them to be guzzled out of them—(Laughter and applause)—who will say, "I hold up my hand against the removal of this state of things ?" Who will ~ay, " Whatever you do, do not remove that " ' Keep s you are." "We love it." "We like it." "We will not alter it, and we stand here to prevent others from doing it." Ido not know that they have any monopoly of common sense or reason--(Hear and laughter)—yet I am sure they will stand up in great and important numbers to declare that they are the greatest sufferers by these evils, and will be the first to endeavour to re move them.—(Hear and applause.) Now, turn to the manufacturing classes, and I would fain ask those who sre in the habit of reasoning, what interest they can prove they have in preventing the extension of the trade by which they individually live? Why, if I were to pro pose that any of our dragoon guards should be posted as sentinels over the workshops of Leicester, to prevent 'hat was made from being carried abroad or sale, men would say I was a military tyrant. Now what difference ,loss it make whether this is done by a man in blue or rei, or a Custom-house officer?—(hear, hear, and laugh /en) Why, a difference of this kind; suppose that men, instead of being paid in money, have taken a quantity of stockings; or suppose there is 116 dispute on the division, and the question is, Where shall we sell them? There are forty-five millions of Russians who would take them ;f we would take what they have got in return; let us take them there. Somebody stands up and says, "No selling stockings there, because they will give you four bushels of corn for the same quantity for which we will .4ive you half a bushel here."—(Laughter.) Is it any good the having a sentry placed on the workshop? If not, demand that the sentry shall be removed. If you were on shipboard, and the stock of provisions or water was small, no amount of wages would have any effect upon that stock ; and what is the consequence if you are stopped from procuring provisions from abroad? —(hear, hear.) Wages can neither be ground into flour, nor kneaded into peck loaves.—(Laughter and applause.) Exactly in proportion to what is allowed to come in, must be what the industrious classes get—the richer always take care of themselves, and you would do the ante if you could.—(Great applause.) Do not hinder ,s from trying to make it so —to do this for you. Just see, if you had a good trade and good wages, k.liether you would not be able to bring to account those 'hat harm you, getter than now.—(Hear, hear, and loud ,pptanse.) There are men that are willing and anxious go away that cannot but assist you ; go with them ; ,i.ake no contract, but sell yourselves after, if you like.— hear, hear.) Leave to chance and to the future what "'mall come out of their conduct, but take care that your •.onduct does not bring you into the field with empty t Jmach3, which always make dizzy heads and weak hands. --(Hear, and laughter.) Try what the chance would be ,f comforting yourselves into action.— (Laughter and ap dause ) Every man knows that I am nobody's enemy.— Hear, hear, and applause.) I have endeavoured to take :;,at road which should be fur the good of everybody. — Hear.) No man can say that I have got or mean to et anything unjustly. I have always walked in the ay that seemed to me the best for the community at •Tge,‘--(Applause.) If there is any part of it that I ave cleaved to more than another, it is that of the opera , i ve and the poor.—(Applause.) I have not troubled my '.cad with inventions for making the owners of tall liinneys taller than they are, but I have cared for those :'ho worked below them.—(Applause.) If other classes nould be benefited too, God forbid that we should be so ',veal: as to lose what is good for ourselves, for fear • 6inebody else should be benefited at the same time.— Great applause.) Allow me to thank you for the :.!tience with which you have heard ine. I take the itserty of begging that you will give me credit for the ntentions I have mentioned ; and I leave you, begging vou to Five these things your cool attention. The Gal lant Colonel resumed his seat amid loud applause, which 'acted for same time. _ _ The meeting having been addressed by Mr. R. R. !ioore, the list of subscriptions, amounting to 8081., was read, after which, with a vote of thanks to the Chair man, the assembly separated. The great free-trade meeting was held in the Lecture hall, Derby, on Thursday evening, on which occasion about five hundred (males and females) partook of tea, provided by Mr. Earp, of Sadler-gate Bridge. The I,Treatest order and decorum prevailed. The room _had been tastefully decorated for the occasion with flowers, evergreens, banners, &c., and when lighted up and the company seated, had a most pleasing appearance. Among the company - were many farmers from the neighbourhood, and some of the principal gentry, manu facturers, and tradesmen of the town. Robert Blurton, T:sti., of Smallwood Manor (a landed proprietor and practical farmer) occupied the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business, said, he had been a corn-law repealer all - his life, and he felt quite ashamed that the hard-working population of this coun try should have to pay any part of what they work for, for the purpose of putting it into his pocket.—(Cheers.) Colonel Thompson, Mr. Cobden, and Mr. Moore, then addressed the meeting in long and able speeches. Mr. COBDEN, in the course of his address, remarked, :vith regard to the word " party," he would take the bull by the horns. They were a party, but no one could say with justice that they were a political party.—(Cheers.) 'lie challenged any of their opponents to say whether he ever did one party act, in Parliament or out of Parliament. —(Cheers.) The Tories do not claim him.—(Laughter.) The Whigs do not claim hiss—though some of them VI jab they could.—(Renewed laughter.) No man could say that the Anti-Corn-law League, since its first esta blishment, had ever swerved a hair's breadth from the object of attaining an immediate application of the prin ciples of free trade.—(Cheers.) He cared not whether the rsfpeal of the corn-laws were carried by a Tory, Whig, or Radical Government. Ile would as soon see it car ried by Sir Robert Peel as by Lord John Russell ; but w hether Sir Robert Peel or Lord John Russell were their opponents, the same high motive would ac mate the conduct of the League, who would not :novo to the right or to the left to suit any party -embination, or any man whatever.—(Much cheering.) lie and one or two friends—certainly never more than three—had gone to these county meetings without a single acquaintance—with no influence to back them, and with nothing in their favour but the force of argument and the justness of the principles which they advocated ; and yet in every instance except one—that of Hunting don—(Laughter)—they had overwhelming majorities in tavour of free trade.—(Loud cheers.) Nay, more— though many of the farmers whom he had met differed with him on some points, there was one on which they were perfectly unanimous. He put it to them whether, .ender the corn-laws, with a given amount of capital— ,-ay 3,oool.—whether they upon an average of cases had made as much money, and were as prosperous as the tradesmen of the county town ; and he never heard a t;issentient voice from any of them—they all said, " No, arming is the worst business that is carried on." At the conclusion of Mr. Moore's address, the sub ription cards were handed round the room, and in a !lota time the sum of 9601. ss. 6d. was announced as ,aving been subscribed—including the handsome sum of siel. from Messrs. W. G. and J. Strutt, loot. from T - essrs. I3oden and Morley, and a number of other sums. 'he announcement of the sums elicited reiterated cheer .tg. The subscription last year was about 400 i. The ;:ecting then separated. RAILWAY RETURNS. We , extract from the Ruibectit Magazine the sums re , eived on the prineiyal Railways of Great Britain ',,r the week eliding on the day of the month prefixed each. The return includes the money received for ' ssengers, parcels, carriages, horses, mails, and iner : auul i ze Week Total. Name of Railw a y . ended s. d. Lice. '23 Birmingham and Derby Junction 1,516 13 5 22 Birmingham and Gloucester 23 Flrandling Junction .. 716 14 5 22 Chester and Birkenhead 330 4 6 24 Dundee and Arbroath 23 Edinburgh and Glasgow... 1,822 6 11 24 Eastern Counties 23 Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr 1,092 5 2 23 Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenoek...... 643 7 0 23 Grand Junction, and Chester & Crewe 8,166 6 8 23 Great North of England 24 Great Western ...... 15,692 12 9 1-lull and Selby 9 70 12 11 22 Liverpool and Manchester 3,817 4 0 23 London and Birmingham ... 18,266 '2 3 28 London and Blackwall 667 13 9 23 London and Brighton 26 London and Croydon 249 0 7/ 1 28 London and Greenwich 764 12 0 24 London and South Western ...... 6,216 2 3 21 Manchester, Bolton, and Bury 698 6 4i 23 Manchester and Birmingham 23 Manchester and Leeds. 4,8.34 8 10 23 Midland Countie5.... 23 Newcastle and Carlisle ...... 1,404 5 10 21 Newcastle and North Shields ...... 285 17 5 24 Northern and Eastern 26 North Midland ... 4,976 6 4 North Uni0n............. ...... 19 Paris and Orleans 3,675 4 8 25 Paris and Rouen ... 3,068 0 0 23 Preston and Wyre 2lB 1 6 23 Sheffield and Manchester 474 6 4 28 South Eastern 23 Taff Va1e..... 597 9 11 24 Ulster 621 11 7 23 York and North Midland 2,134 5 5 THE POST-OFFICE AND THE MONEY ORDER-OFFICE. —A dispute has arisen between the Post-office and a firm .1 Russell-street, Bermondsey, which is likely to be ottled only in one of the Courts of Law. The circum siances are these :—A person at Sheffield wrote to the : - !.)116e in question for a quantity of morocco skins, rich amounted altogether to 51. As he was a ranger to the firm he annexed to his letter an rtler on the Post-office for the amount of 5/. It equired nearly •a month to prepare the skins ordered, hen they were sent to the party at Sheffield. The order was then, and not till then, presented at the Post office, when the clerk, into whose hands it was placed, tore it up, saying that the money had been drawn back by the party who sent it. Upon application being made to the Sheffield house, they stated, that in consequence of the delay, they had transferred the order to another house, and withdrawn the money, but they were willing to return the goods or pay for :them at three months. This was refused, as some loss would be incurred, and it is- contended that the Post-office had no right to part With the money, acid farther,itlff by destroying the order they have de tlie _ . of the skins of the chief, if not the . offticir debt. The Post - office refused to ~.ic.ll4Pl4he-turieuiatAs d the firm at Bermondsey are deter .'"\--1:1-7,',',,1-t-1-.,'L4111fi7: the .question on the broad ground of prin, itta%'-order can be presented and must be t.rai6ind that the Yost-office had no more ;10‘re.tttitilioney than it had 'a letter when once - in wit qrstgi-- WINTER ASSIZES. NORTHERN CIRCUIT, Liverpool, Dec. 29. Nicholas Clark, late of Manchester, labourer, was ar raigned upon an indictment charging him with the wilful murder of Catherine Rippingham, otherwise Ca therine Clark, by striking and beating her with his hands, and kicking her with his feet. The prisoner ple, ded not guilty. Mr. Joseph Pollock conducted the prosecution. In answer to a question from his Lordship, the prisoner said he was a poor man, and could not afford to employ counsel, whereupon his Lordship said that Mr. James had kindly offered to undertake his defence. Mr. PoLLocx, in stating the case, said the principal question for the jury would be , whether there was such ' reasonable and immediate provocation as would reduce the amount of the offence. After stating the circum stances of the case, and mentioning the fact, that for three years the deceased had lived with the prisoner, and was by some supposed to be his wife, the Learned Counsel called witnesses. . The particulars of this case have been so recently given in our columns, in reference to the coroner's inquest, that it may suffice now to state that on the 12th ult. the prisoner and the de ceased being in the house of a Mrs. Colvin, he called her out, and immediately afterwards she ran back into the house followed by the prisoner, who struck her on the head with his hand, and kicked her on the neck and breast and left side. On receiving the kicks on her side, the deceased exclaimed she was killed. She was put to bed up stairs, and died that day week. 'The surgeon who was called in three days after the injury had been inflicted, was deceived by being told that the deceased had a cold, and was only informed that she had been hurt the night before she died. On the post mortem examination, the surgeon found injuries to the spleen and liver ; either of which would cause death, and must have been produced by a violent blow, or kick, or external pressure. Mr. JAMES, for the prisoner, contended there was no evidence of malice, to constitute the offence murder. His Lordship recapitulated the evidence, and the jury, after retiring for ten minutes, found the prisoner guilty of manslaughter. The prisoner was then sentenced lo be transported for life. The following priaoners were called up to receive their sentences :—Roger Horrocks, James Howarth, and Mary Ann Hulse, convicted of blurglary, were severally sen tenced to be transported for ten years. Charles Booth, Charles Jones, Thomas Hale, James Bailey, and Henry Mann, who had all pleaded guilty to the charge of burglary, were sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and hard labour. John Walker, convicted for highway robbery, to be imprisoned for twelve months to hard labour. William Slack, convicted of burglary, to be imprisoned for twelve months to hard labour. James Francis Bentley and George Allinson, who had both pleaded guilty 'to forgery, were sentenced to be transported for ten years. James Moss Smith, who had pleaded guilty to two in dictments, one charging him with embezzlement, and the other with obtaining money by false pretences, was sentenced, for the first offence, to be imprisoned for ten calendar months, and kept to hard labour ; and for the false pretence, to be imprisoned for three months. James Newbold, convicted upon his own confession, of stealing in a dwelling-house, was sentenced to be im prisoned for eight calendar months, and kept to hard labour. Owen Rooney, convicted of feloniously stabbing George Seymout, with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm, was sentenced to be transported for fifteen years. John Sullivan, who had pleaded guilty to having fraudulently incited and procured another person to be guilty of the crime of forgery, was sentenced to be im prisoned for two sears, and kept to hard labour. York, Dec. 28. (Before Mr. Justice MAULE.) This morning having been specially appointed for the trial of Thomas Walker, who was charged with forging certain interlecutory orders of the Commissioners of Bankruptcy, there was •a full attendance in Court, the case having excited considerable interest on account of the nature of the offence and the respectability of the party accused, who is an attorney in the West Riding of York. The Commissioners of Bankruptcy for the dis trict, and also some accountants from London, were in attendance. On the arrival of Mr. Justice Maule in Court, Mr. Wilkins rose and said, he appeared on behalf of Mr. Walker. That there were three indictments against him, and of only one of which the defendant had had a copy, and that copy was delivered to him by the officers only last night. Ile did not complain of the late deli very of the copy, for it consisted of 52 counts and was many yards in length, but he grounded on it the fact that he and his Learned Friend Mr. I'ashky had found it quite impossible to scrutinise such a document in such a way as was necessary for the defence of the defendant. He had seen enough, however, to assure the Court that much law must necessarily arise for discussion at almost every step, and he trusted it would not be thought un reasonable that the defendant desired a further delay, and he put it to the counsel for the prosecution, whether they did not think it reasonable that the case should stand over till next assizes. Mr. HALL and Mr. OVERAND, for the prosecution, could not consent to such an arrangement. The day had been appointed for the trial with the concurrence of the defendant's counsel, and as to there being three in dictments, the other two were the same as the one a copy of which had been furnished. There was a fourth, but that was a short one, taking the offence in a different light. Mr. WILKINs then called his Lordship's attention to the recognisances of the defendant, who was out on bail. The recognisances were conditioned that he should ap pear and take 'his trial at the next assizes and general gaol delivery for the county of York. He submitted on this that the defendant was not bound to appear now, as he apprehended that this, though a gaol delivery, was not an assize, and that the recognisances would not there fore be due till the usual Spring assize and general gaol delivery. Mr Justice MAttLE said, he certainly had an opinion that this was not an assize, but a gaol delivery only. Mr. WlLKnes said the defendant's counsel had advised him not to appear. Mr. HALL moved that the recognisances should be estreated, but it being suggested that that motion should be made in the Court of Exchequer, when the Court could determine whether the recognisances were due or not, the motion was not persisted in. Mr. HALL then said he should apply for a bench war rant to apprehend the defendant. Mr. WILKINs said that the defendant had no objec tion to enter into fresh recognisances-if it was thought necessary. This, after some conversation amongst the counsel, was agreed to, and the case was accordingly postponed. James Allison was indicted for feloniously setting fire to his dwelling-house, with intent to defraud the Globe Fire Insurance Company. In a second count he was charged with setting fire to the dwelling-house of certain mortgagees of the same (naming them), with intent to defraud the mortgagees. Mr. Bain, assisted by Mr. Raines and Mr. Liddell, conducted the prosecution. and Mr. Bliss the defence. It appeared that the prisoner was the owner of five houses in Hull, situated on what is called Sutton-bank, being the bank of a canal or drain leading to a place called Sutton. The houses were mortgaged to two per sons, by whom they were insured, arid the prisoner had himself lately effected an additional insurance upon them, the whole amount insured being considerably above their value. Ile had been living in one of the houses, but had left it with/nit intending to return to it. On the evening of the :31st of August last Mrs. Heseldine, passing the house, saw a light through the keyhole. She returned in a few minutes, and saw the light so much increased that she was induced to peep, and she became convinced that the house was on fire ; she ran for her husband and gave an alarm at the station- house. People came. An entrance was effected, and buckets of water obtained. The water was thrown on the fire by Mr. Heseldine, the husband of the first witness. He stated that a tar barrel was placed close to the foot of the bannisters of the stairs and was blazing furiously. The stairs and a window on the staircase were on tire. The fire was extinguished. The prisoner was proved to have procured shortly before a barrel of red Norway tar. Several persons gave evi dence to the above effect, and evidence of the insurance, the interest of the mortgagees, and the like, was put in. Mr_ 131-tss, on behalf of the prisoner, objected that the indictment was not sufficient, first, because there was no proof of any corporation called " the Globe Fire In surance Company ; ' and as to the second count, that there was no proof of the house being the dwelling house of the parties whose dwelling-house it was alleged to be. It might be their property, but not their dwell ing-house. Considerable argument, took place upon both points, And the Learned JUDGE, after referring to several cases, held both the objections good, and directed the jury to find the prisoner not guilty ; which was done, and he was discharged. WESTERN CIRCUIT, Winchester, Dec. 28. AxsoN.—Josiah Fehham was indicted for having, on the 21st of December, at the parish of Nursling, mali ciously set tire to a stable and other outbuildings, the property of John Bennett. Mr. Sewell and Mr. Rawlinson conducted the case for the prosecution, and Mr. C. Saunders defended the prisoner. Edward Pilbeam, superintendent of police, proved that the plan produced of the premises was correct. John Bennett—l am a brewer, living at a cottage be tween Ramsey and Southampton. I have a beershop on the premises, and near to that I had a stable and out house. The prisoner was in my service. On last Satur day fortnight (the 9th of December) I sent him to Southampton with a cart, which afterwards w as broken, in consequence of which I gave him notice to leave, but we afterwards arranged that he should stay for a fort night ; but on the next Saturday he quitted my service. On Thursday, the 21st of December, I was in my beer shop ; about a quarter to eight o'clock at night I saw the prisoner sitting in the bar. I told him to leave. He refused to do so, but I told him he should not stop. He wished to know what he had done, and I told him I had sent for Pope, the policeman, and I thought he knew about the saddle. He said, " What saddle ?" I said, "Never mind ;" and I told him he might wait till Mr. Pope came. He left the bar, and I did not see him again till nine o'clock, when I saw him in the tap. A party then talked of playing at skittles. Finding the prisoner there I would not allow them to play. All the patty then left. Pope came about half-past nine. We supped together, and about twenty minutes past ten we heard a noise in the yard as if a person was breaking into an outhouse, and we heard the cows lowing. We went out into the yard, and on opening the dour we perceived the stable and outbuildings in flames. The buildings contained hay, straw, and corn, a horse, a goat, and two cows. No servant had occasion to go into those buildings after half-past seven ; when my horse was brought home from Southampton, I first let my neighbours know. I then perceived the prisoner in the brewhouse, that was twenty minutes after I first went out. He was pumping at the brewhouse-pump. I looked about the premises on Christmas-day and ob served footmarks of a man coming from the corner of the field towards the building. There were also foot marks of a man going from the premises in a direction towards Hurst's house, where the prisoner lived. They were the tracts of one man, as if he had been running. I could not step the distance between one footmark and another when walking, and, therefore, I consider he must have been running. The footmarks appeared to have been made three or four days. I was present wizen these footmarks were compared with some shoes. Tha marks both going and coming corresponded exactly with the shoes. Cross-examined—l had differed with the prisoner on account of his telling me two stories about the accident by which my cart was broken. When he went away he told me he could be employed four days in clipping horses. No one was present for the prisoner when the footmarks were examined. The prisoner was taken into custody on the night of the fire on my premises. George Skeykes—l live with Mr. Bennett, and look after his horses. I did not know the prisoner till the night of the fire, when I saw him in my master's tap room. I saw him take a bottle from his pocket, which contained naphtha and turpentine, used for singing horses. The prisoner said it was naphtha and turpentine. He put the bottle in his pocket. He (went away between 9 and 10 o'clock. Cross-examined--I first saw the bottle in the skittle alley. I afterwards saw a bottle in the hands of a police man, but that was not the bottle I had seen in the hands of the prisoner, nor did it contain the same sort of stuff. James Pope—l am a policeman. I went to Mr. Ben nett's house that evening, between nine and ten o'clock ; there was not any appearance at that time of any fire upon his premises. After the fire I apprehended the prisoner. While he was in my custody he said he won dered wit , the two persons who were to have come for ward to say where he was before the fire broke out had not come. I told him I could not say. •He said, "If they say anything to you, tell them I said nothing." Cross-examined—l have not been before the Magis- trates. Richard Hurst—l am in the employ of Mr. Bennett. The prisoner lodged in my house, which is about 200 or 300 yards from Mr. Bennett's. The prisoner came to my house between ten and eleven o'clock on the night of the fire. I was in bed, and came down to let him in. I then went to bed again, and in two or three minutes afterwards I saw a fire at Mr. Bennett's. It was from the prisoner's room I saw the fire. He then went to the fire with me. I had been in the habit of seeing two bot tles in the stable while the prissner lived at Mr. Ben nett's. I have been shown a bottle by the policeman, but I had never seen such a bottle in the stable, or in the prisoner's possession. Cross-examined—The prisoner was undressing when I went to his room. We both helped to put the fire out. ire had only been at my house two days and nights. When I saw the fire from his room I said, " What light is this ?" He said, " I don't know." Edward Pilbeam—l am superintendent of the South ampton division of the county police. I searched the prisoner and found on him portions of three lucifer matches which had been broken. I searched the pre mises, and among the ashes of the fire I found a small glass bottle, which was red hot; it was where the straw house had been, and close to the adjoining field. This is the bottle. I bound it up in blue riband. I took pos session of a bottle of naptha at Hurst's premises. From some information I received I went on Monday to exa mine some footmarks. I measured the impressions, and went to the prisoner's lodgings, and got an old pair of his boots, which corresponded exactly with my measure ment of the tracks, but not with the toe or tip on the heel. The next morning I came to Winchester, and took the prisoner's boots off his feet. I had previously put two men to watch the tracks. I then compared these boots with the tracks; they completely corres ponded in every respect. There was a plate on the heel and a tip on the toe. I compared several tracks. It was a light sandy soil. Cross-examined—l don't know much about singing horses. I believe naptha and turpentine and lucifer matches are used in singing. I believe tips and plates are very common on shoes. There was nothing in the bottle I found in the ashes. Edward Coxwell—l am attorney for this prosecu tion. I was present when the footmarks were exa mined. They corresponded exactly with the prisoner's boots. Harriet Mandridge—l am in the service of Mr. Ben nett. After the prisoner had notice to leave, I heard him say he would look out for Mr. Bennett, and inform against him for keeping his house open after ten o'clock. He said he was discharged without a cause and would do him an injury. When he was in custody, the morning after the fire, I said there was seldom a case of this sort but was found out. Hurst, who was present, said there were several cases that were not discovered. The pri soner said, it was according to how many were in the mess. Cross-examined—The prisoner remained in the ser vice a week after the first conversation. Robert Chippenfield—l am a druggist at Shirley. The prisoner came to my house yesterday week. He asked for some turpentine to singe a horse. I said turpentine was not the proper thing. He said he knew that, but it would do. He then asked for some naphtha to mix with it. I said they would not mix together. He said," Yes, they would, but it would look greasy." I then served him with some in a bottle (which was found at the pri soner's lodgings). W. Forden, jun.—l went to the fire. I saw a bottle in the ashes of straw. Id Pilbeam of it. is John Henry Bullerp . 'ye at Mersling. The pri soner had been singing an clipping a horse for my father on the morning before the fire. I observed the stuff he used. It was in a bottle, which was like this one (the one found in the fire). He used some naphtha which my father gave him, as he said his own was too strong. lie took his own bottle away with him. There was naphtha in it. It was proved that it was 1,300 yards from Kemmish's beershop to Mr. Bennett's premises. Daniel Richards—On the evening of the fire I was at Mr. Bennett's beershop. The prisoner and several other persons were there. We all went away together to Kemmish's beershop. We remained there till the house closed at ten o'clock. I went leisurely home. As I was going along I observed a smoke about twenty minutes aft"r I had left the beershop. This closed the case for the prosecution. Mr. SAUNDF.ES then addressed the jury for the pri soner. He appeared with some anxiety, not on account of the strength of the evidence, but from little circum stances which had been introduced, and which might have taken possession of their minds. Arson was a crime of such a description that it became necessary to guard their minds, lest any prejudice should arise which the material facts of the particular case did not warrant. He therefore called upon them to look with the greatest caution at every part of the evidence. They were sworn to defend the prisoner as well as to do justice, and they were to give him the benefit of any doubt, and if they were not thoroughly convinced by the evidence that the prisoner had committed this offence, they were bound to acquit him. The Learned JUDGE summed up the case with great care and minuteness. The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal. George Rocket and William Hosburgh were indicted for aThurglary in the house of Henry Humphries, at Al verstoke, and stealing therefrom a large quantity of coffee and other articles, his property. Mr. Missing conducted the prosecution. It appeared that Humphries kept a shop. On the night of the 23(1 of November he fastened up his house and shop. About 4 o'clock the next morning, hearing a noise, he went down stairs, and found the shutters of the sle p had been taken down. He then missed a quarter of a hundredweight of coffee and a quantity of other articles. On the 25th of November a constable went to the room of two women of the names of Gray and Warder, in South- street, Gosport, and found a large quantity of currants and other things, and in consequence of what the women said the prisoners, who were soldiers in the 44th Regiment, were taken into custody. On the morning of the 24th of November, between 3 and 4 o'clock, the two prisoners knocked a$ the door of the women's room, and asked for admission, and upon being refused they broke in the door, and got into the room. They had some coffee and currants and lard with them, which they put on the bed and ran away. The currants and coffee were in a pair of white trousers, having on them the name of William flosburgh. The women got a light, and were thus enabled to see the men. The pro secutor swore that the dish in which the lard was found was the dish which had been taken from his shop. The prisoners were both found Guilty, and sentenced to be transported for ten years. James Macdonald was indicted for stealing from the person of William Freeman a purse of money, on the 21st of November, at Alverstoke. Mr. Missing conducted the prosecution. Both prosecutor and prisoner were in the 44th Regi ment. On the 21st of November in the evening, Free man went into Mr. Callis's eating-house at Gosport ; he fell asleep, and on waking missed his purse, containing 2/. The' prisoner had gone into the eating-house with him, but when he awoke the prisoner was gone. The prisoner cross-examined the prosecutor at great length and with considerable ability, showing that Free man had had 5/. sent him the day before by his friends, and that he had scarcely been out of public-houses afterwards, he and the prisoner going from house to house drinking. He could not tell how much he had spent at these different houses, but at all events the sum of 21. 55., which he had in his purse when he went to sleep, was all he had left out of the 51. The servant at Mr. Callis's eating-house recollected the prosecutor and prisoner coming in, and after the former had gone to sleep she saw the prisoner take the pnrse out of the prosecutor's pocket. lie then looked at the money, and she saw there was gold and silver. A sailor was present. He afterwards put the purse into his own pocket, and went out of the house, saying he should be back in twenty minutes, but he did not return. The prisoner, who was a very fine young matt, ad dressed the jury, and urged upon them the improba bility of his stealing the purse in the presence of two persons. He declared the whole case was based on fraud and falsehood, and stated that , if he was guilty he would acknowledge it and beg for mercy, but his con science told him he was innocent, and enabled, him to ask for justice, for he was entitled to it. He declared, in the hearing .of Almighty God, before whom the judge, jury, witnesses, and all must soon appear, that he was as innocent of stealing that man's purse as the babe un • born was of committing murder. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Nut Guilty. • OXFORD CIRCUIT, Stafford, Dec. 28. (Before Mr. Baron IfOLFE.) MURDER.—Sarah Westwood, aged 42, was arraigned upon a charge of having murdered her husband, John Westwood, by the administration of arsenic, Mr. Corbett (with whom was Mr. Cope), conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner bad retained the services of Mr. Yardley on her behalf. Charles Westwood examined by Mr. COPE—I am the prisoner's son. We live at Burntwood, in this county. There are four in family besides myself. On the 9th of November last my father complained of pain in his head. He dined:on that day upon gruel, of which the younger children also partook. While dining he told one of my sisters to bring his Bible, and that he would read a few chapters, as was his wont. I went out then and returned at one. My father in the meanwhile had gone to lie down up stairs. I saw him again at five o'clock ; he com plained of being , . very cold. I never saw him again until he was dying. borne of the neighbours were then around him, and some of them said it was of no use sending for a doctor. My mother had had some tea for dinner. A man of the name of Phillips was lodging with us, who had been living there some years. Cross-examined by Mr. YARDLEY—My father and mother had always lived on very good terms. On the day in question my father first complained at eleven o'clock. We dined at twelve o'clock. My eldest sister was there part of the time. My mother was in the con stant habit of taking tea for dinner. My father had some bread an.d meat after his gruel. He had been ailing for some time, often once or twice a month for several years, upon which occasions he had been used to go and lie down after ihis dinner. My father himself declined the assistance of a doctor. lie said he should be well as soon as he could get warm. My mother tried to light a fire for him. Eliza Westwood examined by Mr. CORBETT—I saw my mother make the gruel for my father. She put into it sugar and butter. I had some of the gruel with sugar in it, but no butter. My father asked what white stuff was that he perceived in the gruel. My mother said she did not know. My father complained of being unwell soon after dinner. I went out for a short time. When _ I returned my father had gone up stairs. I went out and came back again at four o'clock. I was not unwell after my dinner. Cross-examined--I did not see the things washed up after dinner that day. The basin in which my father had his gruel was the one he generally used. My mother usually had bread and butter to her dinner. Mary Dawson examined by Mr. COPE—I saw the de ceased on the day of his death. He appeared in good health in the morning. I saw him again between eight and nine o'clock in the evening. He was then in bed, partly undressed, and was lying across the bed. I was about three-quarters of an hour, in the room. The pri soner was in the room part of the time. I saw her the next morning. She told me she had been to Lichfield for a certificate to bury her husband, but had not been able to get one. She then asked me to go for one, and said I must talk the registrars out of one. Robert Westwood, brother of the deceased, said that he remembered on several occasions having heard words between the deceased and the prisoner. From the tes . timony of this witness it appeared that an intimacy had fur some time subsisted between the prisoner and a man of the name of Phillips, contrary to the wishes of the deceased. Cross-examined—The prisoner and the deceased had been married about 20 years. I have been married about 23 years. One dispute between the deceased and his wife occurred on the 19th of October in my house. Ido not think there were any others present at the time. William Dawson—l live at Burtwood, and knew the deceased and his wife, and also Phillips. I was present on the occasion of a quarrel on the 2d of September between those three persons. I was there when it began. West wood said to Phillips, " D—n your eyes, what were you about when I knocked you down ?" Prisoner said, " D—n his eyes, kill him, kill him 1" Then Westwood said, " What was Phillips at with you ? I couldn't drop on you last night." Prisoner then said, she would beg her bread from door to door before she would live with the deceased, that she had a little girl, and would take her with her. That lit as her youngest child. She walked away with the child. Charles Dawson—l live above 50 yards from the pri soner. I was present on the occasion of a quarrel be tween her and her husband in the harvest time. I was sitting on a bank. She laid hold of me and struck me. She then did the same with her husband, and said, " D—n your eyes, do you want to kill the man?" The deceased said he did not want to kill him, he only w anted a " right thing, and a right thing he would have." She then struck me again, saying, " This row is all through you." I said, "If you repeat that, I shall striate you.' I did so, and knocked her down. The deceased then walked on with me, -and we left her lying in the road. She d—d her husband's eyes repeatedly, and wished him dead. An assistant to Mr. Highway, a surgeon, proved that the prisoner and Hannah Mason came to his shop on the Ist of November, and the latter asked his master for white and red precipitate—arsenic and hellebore ; he furnished her with them. She said they were for the itch. I saw Hannah Mason mix them together with her thumb. About a week after I saw the prisoner again. She asked for the same articles that Mason had previously had. I refused to supply the arsenic, but my master directed me to let her have it on her saying that she had had it before. I labelled the packets separately, and Marked the arsenic " poison." She had either two or fourpennyworth. It is Bd. an ounce. Cross-examined—The two drugs mixed together would be of a pink colour. Hannah Mason makes itch ointment for sale. Mr. Highway, surgeon, corroborated the :above state ment. _ _ _ Hannah Mason, a decrepit old woman, also confirmed the account relative to the purchase of the poison, adding further, that previously to going with the prisoner to the shop, the prisoner asked her to accompany her to High way's, mentioning at the same time that she had three children ill with the itch. Cross-examined—l have never been examined before the Coroner. I knew that the mixture:which I had would never poison any one. Mary Westwood, daughter of the prisoner—l have no been living at home latterly. My father and mother did not live on good terms, disputes often arose respecting Phillips. I have seen my mother in prison. She told me, on my asking her where she was on the Ist of No vember, that she went to Walsall to buy some poison, as she and my father had had some breaking out in the body, and that Hannah Mason had said that would cure it. John Raymond—l am inspector of police. I brought the prisoner to Stafford on the 20th of November. While on the road, she entered of her own accord into conver sation, and asked if bail would be taken for her appear ance. I said, how could she expect it, under such a charge? I said, " You admitted to the Coroner that you were at Walsall, and I believe you were in company with Hannah Mason. She said she had been; but that she had bought no poison. Mr. Chevas, surgeon—l made a post mortem examina tion of the deceased. Dr. Rowley was there, and one of the brothers of the deceased. The body was perfectly healthy. I opened it. The muscles were remarkably firm. The bowels were in an intense state of inflamma tion, the lungs turgid, and the whole body had the ap pearance of being injected. I took out the contents of the stomach, and analyzed them. I tested them with various tests. Every one c l ea rl y indi ca te d arsenic. I could independently detect small grains of arsenic by the eye. With nitrate of silver I obtained the yellow pre cipitate. I used ..the black flux on charcoal, and re produced metallic arsenic and all the other tests and re agents. As I was going to Birmingham, I took the stomach and contents to Messrs. Southall, analytical chemists there ; and we perfectly satisfied ourselves of the presence of a large quantity of arsenic, I think of nearly half an ounce. Cross-examined. --Rumours had reached me that the deceased was poisoned before I examined his body. The appearance of the intestines of a healthy subject would not be similar to those of the deceased. They would not be of so intense a red. The quantity of arsenic in the stomach was so 'great that it could be removed from the coats of the stomach with a spoon. This witness underwent a rigid and skilful cross examination by Mr. Yardley, but his testimony was not altered in any material particular. Upon the close of the case for the prosecution, the Learned Counsel addressed a very able and forcible ap peal to the jury on behalf of his client, commenting with much minuteness upon every portion of the evi dence that had been adduced against her, and contend ing that, although a case of grave suspicion had been made out, yet, notwithstanding this, if the circumstances detailed were not incompatible with the innocence of the prisoner, they would be bound by their oaths to ac quit her. The Learned BeitON summed up with the greatest impartiality and minuteness ; and the jury, after some deliberation, returned a verdict of Guilty, with a re commendation to mercy, on the ground that the convict was a woman. His LORDSHIP, after the usual proclamation for silence had been made, thus addressed the prisoner at the bar —Sarah Westwood, the result of this long investigation has been to satify a most patient and attentive jury that you have been guilty of the crime of wilful murder, and that against one'whom it was your duty to have cherished and protected instead of to have injured and attacked. I can scarcely conceive a crime of greater enormity or one of a deeper dye. In cases of murder by violence the attendant circumstances which contribute to the death of a fellow-creature are comparatively easy of investigation, but it is only by the adv a nce of science and the progress of knowledge that we are enabled to arrive at a satis factory conclusion where the offence has been perpetrated in the cruel way which you thought proper to select. When the guilt of a party has been explored, and, after careful investigation, h as b een c l e arly proved, it is then incumbent on the law to interpose for the purpose of punishment, with its severest vengeance. I make not these remarks in order to intimidate or to upbraid you, but rather to influence and exhort you to employ the few remaining hours th a t w ill yet be allotted to you here in earnest preparation for that solemn state on which you must shortly enter. The Learned Baron then passed sentence of death on the prisoner, who, upon being asked whether she had anything to urge in stay of execution, affirmed that she was pregnant. A jury of matrons w ag therefore empannelled to ascer tain the truth of this assertion, and a medical man was sworn to assist them in their investigation. On re turning into Court in about 20 minutes they negatived the allegation. CHARGE OF MURDER.—Santuel Fellows, aged 19, Ro bert Purslow, 21, John Perry, is, and Daniel Webb, 20, were charged with the wilful murder of Mary Jane Wild, at Bilston, on the 29th of November last. Mr. Yardley with the assistance who was retained of Mr. Boughs}', opened t h e case for the prosecution, and, with him on the part of the Crown, elicited the facts of the case. As these have been so recently before the public a very brief recapitulation of them as they appeared in evi dence will now suffice. Ann Willis, examined by Mr. BOUGIIEY—Said she was in company with the deceased on the 29th of No vember last, and that about six or seven o'clock in the evening they met the prisoners Fellows, Purslow, Perry, and Webb, and Thomas Haynes, in the streets at Wol verhampton, and had liquor and ale with them at dif ferent places. They left about eleven o'clock to go to Bilston, and Webb wished her to go with him. She re fused, and he struck her. She then, with Haynes, went on to Bilston, leaving the deceased with the other four men behind. She and Haynes reached Bilston about twelve o'clock, and slept in the same house. She saw no more of the deceased until about half-past one o'clock the next morning, when she was brought home sadly hurt. The deceased and herself were perfectly sober. John Turner, shoemaker, said his hous6 was on the Wolverhampton-road, a short distance from Blaze's shop. On the night of the 29th of November last he was called up by John Perry and Samuel Fellows. They said, " Here is a woman in a pit down below ; come and help us to get her out." He asked them how they knew this ; and they both said "We were walking up the road and heard her shouting clown the pit, and wef went on the bank and answered to her, and asked if she had any bones broke, and she said No.'" Witness immediately went down to them, and said, they had better send for a police man, but they expressed themselves anxious to get her out them selves. He then accompanied them to the coal-pit. which is near to a footway leading out of the turnpike road. He called down, but no one answered. Perry and Fellows then procured a rope, and witness informt d the police. The deceased was brought out of the pit with his assistance, and in his presence ; and he assisted to remove her to the house in which she died, accompa nied by Perry and Fellows, who said they knew where she lived. Witness did not hear her speak ; she seemed unable, and to be badly injured by the fall. The de ceased's way home was not by the pit, but just the re verse. The height of the pit bank from the foot road is about three yards, and the pit is about 28. yards deep Mr. Charles Hodgkins, examined by Mr. BOUGHEY. —ls a surgeon of Bilston. Attended the deceased from the time she received her injuries to the time of her death, and minutely described the different fractures from which she suffered. He had, he said, made a post mortem examination of the body, and detected the source of all the mischief, which was the fracture of the os pubis, or pubic bone, near its junction with t'e hip bone, and which had produced, by means of a very mi nute portion or spicule of bone, a small laceration of the peritoneum, and caused death. The deceased had a se vere lacerated wound on the forehead, two lacerated wounds on the right knee, and a compound fracture of the right thigh. Mr. W. Baldwin then gave evidence that he took down the following deposition of the deceased, made in the presence of the prisoners, Fellows, Purslow, Perry, and Webb, and the deceased was sworn, and perfectly col lected at the time. She also made her mark to the de position :—"I am eighteen years old, and have lived in Bilston, in the county of Stafford, about six weeks. 1 never was married. I went from .Bilston to Wo!ver hampton on Wednesday last, in company with another girl, named Ann Willis. I came back with the same Ann Willis. We were overtaken on the road by five men, whom I shall know when I see them. Four of those men ill-used me. They pulled me out of the turn pike-road, and wanted to have concerns ' with me, but I would not suffer them, and the same four men threw me down a pit, because I would not suffer them to have concerns' with me. The fifth man never came from the turnpike-road with me, but he went along with Ai.n Willis. The man that was with Ann Willis never in jured me at all. They pushed me into the pit, and I cannot recollect anything after that ; it was late at night when it happened, and I was quite sober, and I make this declaration in the prospect of death soon taking place, and fully believing that I shall live but a short time through the injuries I have received. I was in service until the latter end of July last, and since then I have been on the town. The men said to me before they pushed me into the pit, that if I would not let them have concerns' with me, that that should be my doom, to be thrown into th e pit. I did not think they would have put me in. I thought they were only threatening me. They took hold of me round the waist, and then pushed me into the pit. The four men are now present. I know 'them all, having seen them before, except John Perry. They are the same men that were with me on Wednesday night. I had been with three of them previous to that night. There were four men went off the road with me, and one went back again, but I can't' say which it was, I was so knocked about by them before they got me to the pit." Thomas Tomlinson said he was a police-officer in Bil ston on the 29th and 30th days of November last, and was on duty on the first of those days, and met the two witnesses, Haynes and Willis, who made a charge of assault against Webb, who was in company with three other men and a young woman, on the Wolverhamp ton-road. He soon after met Purslcev and another young man, whom be believed to be Webb, and asked them if they had seen four young men and a girl coming from Wolverhampton ? and Purslow said, " No." He then went back into the town, and met the last witness. and accompanied him to the pit. He there saw Purslow and Webb, who assisted to get the deceased out. They said, " You saw us on the road ; we were then going to get assistance to get her out of the pit." Fellows brought the deceased out of the pit, and he said, " She slipped in as we were going by the pit, and I might as well have slipped in myself." The deceased's dress was much disordered. She had a pair of drawers on, but they were‘ over her heels. On the cfose of the case for the Crown, Mr. ALLEN addressed the jury in a speech of great eloquence and ability, and Mr. Baron ROLFE having summed up, The jury, after five minutes' deliberation s returned verdict of Acquittal. The Court rose at 9 o'clock. The four prisoners will be arraigned to-morrow morning upon a charge of as saulting with intent to ravish the deceased. During the. day the heat of the court, from the crowds with which it has been thronged, has been most suffocat ing. The above two trials appeared to excite much in terest. The trials of Oakes and Spilsbury, for the murder of James Beech at Apedale, is fixed for to-morrow. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. Mr. Busbridge, the landlord of the Robin Hood public house, in Robin Hood-court, Shoe-lane, Fleet -street, appeared, in company with Mr. Duncombe, the solicitor, before Mr. Alderman Challis and Sir James Duke, to answer a charge laid by the police for unlawfully and knowingly permitting persons of notorious bad character —to wit, thieves, &c.—to assemble and meet togther in his house on the night of the 14th inst., contrary to the tenour of his license, and against the Statute. He pleaded not guilty. The constable who laid the information, George Haw, No. 205, stated that on the day mentioned in the sum mons, at about midnight, he went into the Robin Hood, and in the tap-room found nearly twenty persons assem bled. Amongst them he recognised eight notorious thieves, namely, six men and two females. Five of them he knew had been convicted. He saw the defendant at the bar, and told him he should summons him for having improper persons in his house. The defendant knew what he (witness) meant, he having laid an information against him for a similar offence some months since. Sir JAMES DUKE (to the officer)—You have stated that you knew them to be notorious thieves. Do you know their names? Witness—Yes, Sir, I do. Sir JAMES DUKE—Then name them. Witness—They are called the " Piggott's Gang." Sir JAMES DUKE—That's not an answer to my ques tion. Witness—Their names I know to be Witham Piggott, Hugh Christ, John Luton, Little Old Man, and Cavener. Sir JAMES DUKE—What were they convicted for ? Witness—Some were convicted at the Old Bailey. Sir JAMES DUKE—Were you in the Court at the time ? Witness—l was not. Sir JAMES DUKE —How long ago is it since the con viction took place? Witness—l cannot tell. .Sir JAMES DUKE—Have you made any inquiries of the proper authorities, or obtained a copy of any official document to prove to the Magistrates that these persons are convicted thieves? Witness—l have not, Sir. Sir JAMES DUKE.—Have you any witnesses to call to prove that they are convicted thieves ? Witness— No, I have not. Mr. DuNcomnE (the defendant's solicitor)—Then where did you obtain your information from ? Witness —A brother constable told me. Mr. DuNcomuE—l thought so ; and is he here ? Witness—No, he is not.—(A laugh). Sir JAMES DUKE (with much surprise)—Then how do you expect we can go into the case, upon the wholesale manner in which you have brought it into Court ? For my part, I will never decide upon such evidence. Mr. Alderman CHALLIS—Nor will I. You ought to have brought proof before us that these parties were characters who had been tried and convicted. Your statement amounts only to hearsay. The defendant said he used every precaution in his power to prevent bad characters entering his house ; respecting the man Piggott, whom the officer had spoken of as being a thief, he could positively state, that if he had been convicted, it had not been during the last ten years. Sir JAMES DUKE and Mr. Alderman CHALLIS dis missed the summons ; but cautioned the defendant to be careful for the future, otherwise the license of his house would be endangered. BOW-STREET. A carter named Wm. Hibbard was charged before Mr. Twyford, by one of the officers of the National Animals' Friend Society, with wanton cruelty to a horse in the Strand. The officer stated that he saw the prisoner, with three other men this morning, cruelly beating a horse that was in a sand waggon belonging to Gore, the dust contractor. The horse was in such a state of perspiration that it appeared as though it had been just taken from the water. It IN as quite exhausted, and was unable to move. The prisoner was brutally beating it with a heavy whip. The prisoner, in his defence, said he was obliged to do so much work in the day, and he could not get the horse on. They were compelled to overload the waggons. Mr. TIVYFORD regretted that the law would not reach the owner if the horse, who was equally to blame for sending it out as the driver. He had but one course" to pursue, and that was to fine the prisoner 205., or in default of payment to com mit him for seven days.—He was committed. MARYLEBOIVE. Matthew Bentley was charged with having committed an aggravated assault upon a policeman, in Tottenham-court road, yesterday evening. • The constable proved that the prisoner had been drunk, and annoying every person who passed him on the pavement. Sec tog him at last push a gentleman and lady off the pavement upon the street, he went up and took him into eu,tody. The prisoner then turned round upon him and struck him several severe blows over the eyes and face, and knocked him down. With assistance he was eventually taken to the station-house. The prisoner said that he was intoxicated. Fined 40i. C LERKEN E LL. John Gibson, a decently-attired young man, was charged by Charles Gibson, his brother, residing in Francis•place, Holloway, with having assaulted and wounded him under the following circumstances : Before the prosecutor was sworn, the mother of the prosecutor and defendant, a respectable looking elderly woman, who was exceedingly affected, addressing the Magistrate said, that the quarrel between the .partieg •ss of a very trifling nature, and they felt desirous of arranging the matter amicably, without entering into the exposure attendant on a prosecution. Mr. GREENWOOb thought, as they were brothers, that would be the wisest course to adopt in the case. Prosecutor—But .he has stabbed me, and inflicted wounds. I am willing to forego a prosecution, but I shall require him to put in heavy bail to keep the peace towards me. I do not wish him to be punished if he does so. Mr. GREENWOOD-If you require him to find bail,l am hound to hear the evidence against him, to see whether I shall be justified in ordering him to find sureties. The mother was much affected, and taken into a sepa rate apartment. .The prosecutor deposed that on Thursday last the de• fendant came to his mother's house ; and •where 'he (witness) re';ided with her, and asked for a loan of two sovereigns.• Witness refused to let .hiM have them, on wh:ch he took up a poker and assaulted witness. He took the weapon from him after a struggle, when the defendant took up a fork which lay on the table, and made a stab at witness, which wounded him on the face; and he would have done him other serious injury had not he (witness)'rushed out of the house to seek the aid and protection of the police. Mr. GREENWOOD inquired - whether there were any witnesses ? • He was informed that the mother was the only person present at the time. They, however, dispensed with her testimony. . gr. GREENWOOD asked defendant what he had to say to the charge ?—The defendant sail he was out of employ as a shoemaker. Ilk mother was a woman of independent \ property, and lived with his brother. He (defendant) had been in difficulties, and he sent to ask his mother ftir 21., when his brother interfered to prevent her lending him the money, and threptened him with a poker. He took it from him, and they struggled to- gether, when he (the brother) hit him on the cheek, and beat hiin. GREI N WOOD—Has he got any marks of violence? _Lettiti, 200 N, said he had a severe bite on the cheek, and other markF. Mr. GREENWOOD said the assault was proved against him, and, I n 4, r all the circumstances, ha would order him to find responsible bail. Robert and /Teary Simcoe, brothers, were charged with obtaining, on false pretences, two suits of clothes, value 11/., the property of ?.Jr. Pritchard, a tailor, residing in St. Pancras. Last Wednesday week the prisoners went to the house of the prosecutor, and Or erect two suits of mourning to be ready without fail on the following Saturday. On being asked for a deposit, they had no small change about them." Mr. Prit chard went home with the clothes on the following Saturday. His wife, who suspected the prisoners, directed her son, a fine little boy, to wait outside the door while his father went in. Mr. Pritchard saw the prisoner Robert, who introduced him into the front parlonr. - The prisoner had slippers and no coat on. He took the bundle into the back room, "to try a suit on." He fastened the door, and was in the street in a twink ling. The little watcher pursued him for nearly a mile, and at length saw him enter a house in Hannah -street, Cromer street, and in a little time the other prisoner, Henry, came out, and was given into custody. Robert was arrested some days after in Jermyn-street, and the two suits of clothes were found in the pawn-office. The prisoners were committed for trial to the Old Bailey. WANDSWORTH. George Nicholas Gifford, whose father, up to the time of his death, held a situation in the House of Commons, was brought before Mr. Clive, for re-examination upon a charge of burglariously breaking into the dwelling house of his brother-in-law, Mr. William Cook, a brewer, at Wimbledon, who also holds a situation in the house of Lords. . It appeared, from the evidence given on the first ex amination, last Thursday, that on the night of the Bth, or early on the morning of the 9th inst., a forcible entry was made into the kitchen of Mr. Cook's house, and pro perty, consisting of four brass candlesticks, six glass cloths, some knifes and forks, a shirt, and other articles, stolen therefrom. Informati:m was given - to the police, and suspicion fa upon the prisoner, who had been seen hover ing about the prt raises on the night of the robbery. A sharp look out %as kept for him and he was apprehended on Wednesday last, on Wimbledon-common ; he was wearing the stolen shirt, and upon searching him a du plicate relating to the stolen candlesticks was found. Mr. Cook was afterwards informedthat the prisoner was in custody, but he refused to attend, and the pawnbroker, who produced the candlesticks, could not identify the pri soner as the party pledging. Mr. Olive, the sitting Magistrate on that occasion, ordered summonses to be served upon Mr. Cook and his servants. Charlotte Sutton, the housemaid, was with much diffi culty made to prove the fact of the house having been broken open and the property stolen. John Davis, ,the nephew of Mr. Cook, was called to identify the shirt which had been found upon the pri soner, and which bore his initials. He was under exami nation nearly an hour, and said that he did rot know when the robbery was committed,. and that he coil(' nit tell, after examining the shirt take • from the prisoner, whether it was like one of his or mot, although it was marked with the same initials and in the same manner and place. At lair, when the Magistrate declared that he would commit the %‘itness to prison if he did not cease prevaricating, thew itne: , 3 said it was very likely the shirt might be his . -- it was like his in all respects, but yet he would not swear to it. Some further evidence was given, connecting the pri soner with the robbery, and he was again remanded. _ _ Mr. CLIVE said it was evident to`tiim that interested parties were en eavourin: to stifle the inquiry, but he was determined it should proceed, and if the police wanted summonses to compel the attendance of witnesses they should have them.- The prison , r was tht n remanded until Tuesday next, CHRISTMAS AT CALAIS.—This day will be long re membered here, front the new sluice-gates being fully opened for the' first time tlis morning with great so lemnity. At six o'clock the unwilling ear was obliged to listen to the drums, which passed through the streets awakening - the national guards, if not the echoes. At eight o'clock the sous-prefet of the department, the mayor and the authorities, the town council, the society of arts and agriculture, and many of the military officers left the town-hall, and proceeded to a tent erected for the pur pose near the gates, where the colours flying, an immense crowd on the jetties - and on the undulating line of the heights, made quite a picturesque appearance. The sous-prefet pronounced a discourse, as well as the mayor and the chairman of the tovvn"council, the. music of the national guards playing at intervals. The clergy then chanted a prayer, blessed the work, and sprinkled it .with eau Unite. Madame Le Gros, the mayoress, had the honour of opening the gates, attended by the engi neer in full uniform. 'She put her hand to a rope, the workmen hauled on, and out rushed the waters, at the same moment the cannon thundered a salute from the heights, and cakes and wine were handed round to the ladies. Large masses of water in motion always form a magnificeLt object, but this was doubly interesting from its showing the power that man has over the elements, and which was especially noticed in the discourse of the sous-prefot. The. engineer, Mons. Nepon, must have been gratified by the compliments paid him verbally, as well as being presented with a goblet and a sword of honour. It now remains to be seen whether this costly work will produce the expected results of making Calais a harbour accessible to the mail and other packets at all times of tide, and which is more than probable from the effect this essay has had in removing the banks of sand. On Wednesday, a respectably dressed female ar rived by the train at the Box station, having an infant about five weeks old in her arms. She went to the King's Arms public-house, and representing herself as dealing in blond lace, stated she wanted to go on to Chip penham the same afternoon. She at last left aie house, and about half an hour afterwards the child she had was found abandoned at the door of a cottage in the village. It was afterwards ascertained that she had taken a place for Bristol by the five o'clock train, but had not since been heard of'. This is the second instance of the kind that has ocurred in Box within a short time.—Devizes Gazette. RECAL OF LORD DE GREY.—Thy recal of Lord De Grey front .the Lord Lieutenantcy of Ireland is re ported to have been decided on .by the Cabinet. 'the necessity of a' more cordial union, a more perfect agreement in opinion, and consequent de cision of purpose and act than have characterised the present executive of Ireland, in order to creat ing and maintaining confidence in the govern int nt, has been long seen and felt. The return of Lot d DeGr.,‘y may not take place till early in the ensuing spring ; but that his Lordship's neat has been dytermined on,. is—we are assured from a quarter on whielt we place full reliance— now settled. The Duke of Richmond is mentioned as the new Viceroy.—Evening Pap .r. THE LATE OUTRAGE AT NOTTINGHAM.—The six young men who last week committed an outrage at No.- tingn by attacking; the Lincoln mail and beating the coachman and 'guard, have surrendered and been exa mined before the magistrates at Nottingham. The case was fully proved against them, but the magistrates de ferred their judgment in order that the. minutes of the evidence might be sent to London to the Post-offics so licitor, after which their decision will be given. CRUEL TREATMENT OF THE HOLYHEAD AND CAI NARVON MAIL COACH HORSES.—Mr. Thomas, secretary to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, brought before the magistrates at Abergele, three very gross cases of this description. John Daven port, Esq., of Vaenol, Carnarvonshire, who had writb n to the Society on the subject, deposed to the wretch( d condition of the horses employed in the Carnarvon mail to Chester, and also in the Carnavon day mail. The horses were all dreadfully galled, and quite unfit for work. The third complaint was proved by Mr. Thomas himself; with regard to the Holyhead mail. The magistrates convicted each of the drivers, and ordered them to pay a fine of 40s. and 10s. costs each, or to • be imprisoned 14 days. The drivers all ad mitted the charge, and said they were obliged to flog tl.e horses most unmercifully, in order to be up to time, the poor animals were so overworked. Mrs Green, the contractor, expressed his regret that such serious cause ofcomplsint should have existed, and said be wou'd pay the penalties and costs, and take care to guard against it in future. Mr. Green having paid i L 10s. Mr. Thomas requested the magistrates to name some charity to pay the moiety of the penalties to ; they directed 31. to be paid to the Abergele National School, and the remainder as directed by the Act of Parliament.—Shrewsbury Chron;ek. • A CANDID ADMISSION.—We are able to state, on the best authority, that Mr. Bulwer, before his de parture for Madrid, receiv!d from the French Govern- ment the most satisfactory assurances as to the policy to be adopted towards Spain, an'i that one important point, on which he felt it necessary to speak rather strongly, was settled entirely to his wish.. It was fully understood before he left Paris, that Count Bresson would cordially support him in the views entertained by the British Goverment for the settlement of affairs in that country. MARKET NEWS.-SATURDAY. • t, COVENT-GARDEN. Our market was again largely supplied with most kink 1, of vegetables, as well as fruit. The demand, generallyi speaking, was inactive, yet we have very little variations to notice in prices.—Potatoes from 2s 6d to 4s 9d per cwt ; coleworts, or greens, 28, to 3s ; turnips, is 6d to. 3s, and carrots, 4s to 6s 6d per dozen bunches ; onions,. 2s to 3s 3d ; apples, is 6d to 3s 8d ; pears, 7s to 8s; turnip greens; 8d to 10d, brocoli sprouts, is to is sa, and spinach, 8d to is per half-sieve ; walnuts, 8d to 'ls 2d, and new oranges and lemons, 8s to Ils per 100 ; Barcelona nuts, 21s to 25s per bag ; Brazil ditto, 2s 6d to 4s, and Spanish ditto, 2s 6d to 4s 64 per peck ; endive, Is 84 to 2s 6d, savoys, 8d to is 6d, red cabbages, 4s to Bs, and parsnips, 6d to is per dozen ; filberts, 10d to is 2d ; English hot-house grapes, 2s 6d to 4s, foreign grapes,. 4d to Bd, and pine apples, 8s to 9s per lb ; brocoli, Is: • to 3s, celery, 104 to ls Bd, forced asparagus, 8s to 9s, and rhubarb, 10d to is 2d per bundle. HUNGEIeFORD. Our market was but moderately supplied, yet the trade was in a stagnant state, at barely last week's luotatiuns. NEV.iGATE AND ZkADENHAZI. For prime Beef and Mutton we had a very steady de mand at full prices, but otherwise the trade ruled dull:. Beef .from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 2d to 4s 4d; Veal„ 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 2s 10d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. We had a large quantity of both Game and Poultry, but the sale ruled heavy, on the follow jug terms :—Fowls, 2s to 4s ; Chickens, is to 2s ; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d , Geese, 3s 6(1 to 6s 6d ; Pigeons, 6:1 to 10d ; Turkeys, 5s to 10s ; Rabbits, 6d to is 6d ; Hares, is 64 t o 3 s ; G ro use. 2s to 2s 6d ; Partridges, is 6d to 2s 6d ; Pheasants, 3s to 4s ; Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s; Teal, is to is 6d ; Widgeons, Is to is 6d ; Snipes, 6d to 10d; Woodcocks, 2s to 3s 6d; and Plovers, 3d to 6d each. Larks, 10d to is per dozen. NEWPORT. There was a very limited amount of business passing, and prices were with digiculty supported : —Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s to 4s 4d ; Veal, 3s . 4d to 4s 4d; and Pork, 3s to 4s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. Although the supply of Fish was not to say great, the sale was inactive, at last week's quotations. . vernxTEd HAP.EM. With the exception of prime Mutton selling briskly the trade was heavy at previous currencies :—Beef from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Muttos, 3s 2d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 4d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 4d per 81bs by the carcase. BREArk The prices of Wheaten Bread' in the metropolis aro from 8(1 to 9d ; of Household ditto,fiid to Id per 41b Loaf. HIDE MARKET. Raw Hides at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers and Heifers, 5s 6d to 5s 8d ; middling Hides, 5s to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 10d. Sheep and Calf Skins at per skin :—Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s 6d; Long woolled Sheep, 2s 3d to 3s 9d ; short ditto, 2s to 3s 3d. HAY MARKETS.. SMITHFIELD. --Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 31; useful ditto, 31 5s to 31 lOs ; fine upland ditto, 3/ 125 to 3l 18s. Clover Hay, 31 to 5L Oat Straw, 116 s to 11 8s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per lead. Trade very dull at the prices above quoted. CumnErtLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 lOs to 3155; useful. ditto, 31 6s to 31 14s ; fine upland ditto, 3115 s to 41; Clover Hay, 31 5s to 5/ ; Oat Straw, 11 6s to 11 9s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 12s per load. A moderate supply, and a heavy demand. Quotations about stationary. WIIITECIIAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 5s to 31; useful ditto, 31 5s to 318 s ; fine upland ditto, 31 lOs to 3/ 16s; Clover Hay, 3/ to 5/ 3s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 6s to —4 11 Ss ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/ lOs per load. Supply good, and trade very dull. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FnmAY. There is not an extensive business passing .in Wheat.' to day, but great firmness is shown by the holders, and fully as good . prices as on this day week are obtained. Fine Barley is not plentiful, and for such samples we s note a little improvement, but no material alteration in other sorts. Oats and Shelling are slow sale. Beans remain much the same as last stated. . . Per qr. of 601 b to the bushel. OLD. NSW, Wneat, Suffolk, Essex, and Kent Red. 53 to 54 52 to 59 Ditto ditto White... 56 60 56 57 Norfolk Red 52 53 , 47 51 Ditto ditto White... 55 59 51 54 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 51 52 47 51 Ditto ditto .. ...... .... White 53 56 51 53 Yorkshire Red 49 53 47 51 Ditto ditto White... 51 55 50 54 Foreieu - Ditto ditto White... 55 59 -- Per quarter imperial. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk - 32 35 Yorkshire a- d Lincolnshire — 31 33 Grinding 93 SO . Foreigi 29 31 --- _ Per qr. t f 631 b. to th:- bushel. Beans, Small "n. 32 34 30 3 1 Tio s 3l 33 al 31 Foreign — --• Oats, Potati, a d rola d —ii ... —5. .. ... _ lr.ealine lOl. to 114, Fcrtign —d to —d. pet Stour. ihalling Ili. to 24t. per Lead. Malt .......................„..., 39, fine 41s. per I.e. d Ripmed........ ..... ........ ........23/ .0a 24t. Cc 251. Os. per Lae t. DISTRESSED NEEDLE-WOMEN OF LONDON.-lEL consequence of the-very depressed state of this class of persons. whose miseries have been so frequently before the public, a meeting took place at the chaMbers of Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Lancaster-place, Waterloo bridge, on Wednesday, the 27th instant, to take into consideration the propriety of an establishment being formed for affording work to as 'many of the unem ployed as possible. to insure to them a fair remuneration for their labour, that no middle-women, or job-masters be employed, and the goods manufactured to be ex pressly for distribution to the deserving poor ; ' thus serving two parties at the same time—namely, the needle-women so employed, and the destitute poor, who, at the hands of the humane, receive those comforts so de' sirable at this inclement season; to be supported by contri tition, and each subscriber to receive goods to the amount of their subscription, for their own distribution, when the worthy Alderman, and the gentlemen present, signified their decided approbation of an institution being established. Mr. Rooper, of Queen-square, was nomi nated honorary secretary, and it was determined that A Committee of ladies, for this laudable purpose, be named forthwith. We trust very shortly to see a plan, by which means our depressed countrywomen will meet with some protection when needed; we are more stroll!y led to indulge in this hope, as previous to this meeting the proposed establishment had met with the entire con currence of the highest City authorities. There can be no doubt the nobility and gentry will readily lend a fos tering hand to promote the views of the Committee. Full particulars will be laid before the public as well as possible. PRINCE ALBERT'S HARRIERS.---Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by his Grace the Duke of Wellington and She Marchioness of Douro, drove from Windsor Castle between ten and eleven o'clock oil Wednesday morning in a pony phaeton, and proceeded to the farm-house of Mr. W. Nash, at George Green, Langley. General Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, Captain Seymour, and Mr. - G. E. Anson, were in attendance on horseback. The Royal party were met by a brilliant field of sportsmen, including Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, Capt. Bulkeley (Royal Horse Guards) , Major Udney, Captain Lambert (Grenadier Guards) , Captain Seymour, Mr. Stanifortb, Captain Wells (Untercombe), Captain Rushout, and about sixty gen' .tlemen and yeomen of the neighbourhood. The Queen, with the Marchioness of Douro, were driven through Mr. Nash's orchard, into the middle of a wheat-field,: and a fine hare was soon started close by th e ' side 0' the phaeton. The hare made towards Slough, over soils stiff arallo land, and crossed the railway at the time the up and down trains were passing, which caused the hounds to be called off. They afterwards " hit it off, on the other side of the line, but findi ng the s c ent ha d got too cold in consequence of the delay, they trotted back to the same field in which the hare had been found. Her Majesty Was afforded an excellent view of this run, from being driven along the lanes and bye roads of that neighbourhood. Immediately the Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal party had assembled in the field , another hare was found, and afforded a pretty scurry o f about twenty minutes, and was killed in Short's nursery grounds on the high road, between Langley - Broom and Colnbrook. her Majesty had an excellent view of this run, and was up soon after the death. The Royal part)' then proceeded ,to Mr. Bulkeley's mansion at Hertel); .where they immediately found a hare and chopped her. The Queen and the Marchioness of Douro the° left for the Castle. a few minutes afterwards another hare was found, and afforded a capital run right through the town of Colnbrook, to the turnpike-gate, where sh e was killed. The Duke of Wellington, who rode his fir vourite chesnut hoise, was looking remarkably well. The Prince and his Grace, and attendants, afterwards re' turned to the Castle. • TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES; Good Common Black 3s. Od. Fine Pekoe Souchoug-4s. Strong Cor,gou .*. ... ...3s. 4d. Superior ditto 4s. 4 7; Fine ditto, Pekoe flavour-3s. Bd. Finest ditto imported ss. 0' COFFEE. I Good Common ............O s. 9d. Fi nes t Java .........ls.lo. 6d• 84 Ceylon, sound and sw ee t ... l s. Od . Di tto C u b a .28. l id Fine do., recomm en d e d ... I s. 2d . Fi nest M oc h a Finest Ceylon, rich and mellow ...... ... _ls. 4d. Goods delivered its all Country orders amounting to M. Brits MANSELL and CO., 2, B parts of Town daily. _„' t sent free to all parts of Gr"- lucklersbury, Cheap aide. BIRTHS. On the 2 8thult. ' tb at the Cadets' Barracks, Woolwich, . lady of Capt a i n R. B. Burnaby, of •a daughter. On the 29th tilt., at Cheshunt, Herts, Mrs. Christoph° Boyd, of a daughter. On the 29th ult., at Wandswort&comaion, Mrs. R. Davies, of a daug •, hter. f On the 29th tilt., the lady of E. T. Murray, Es+ ~ , daughter. MRIED. On the 28th n it., at S t. Pancras Church, Edwin Fen n* ll, Esq., of Wimbl e d on, S urrey , to S op hi a J ane , d aug hter of 1 11 * ate T. B. Williams, Esq., of Gower-street. 1 DIED. On the 27th ult., at Sydney Lod near Southansptcer; Urania Ana Dowager Marchioness of C lanricarde , ' only sisl of the late karquis of Winchester, aged 77. is. amid On the 25th ult., in Moorgate.street, Lieutenant m. 0./ Wiliam Vaughan, of the 32d Regiment Madras Native I fantry. On the 26th ult., at Whitchurch, Shropshire, Hannah. r e- . lict of the late W. Hunt, Esq., aged 99. On the 25th ult., at 'Oak Cottage. Old Brompton,, the wife of T. H. H. Cauty, Esq. , h. p. Bourbon Rifle Reglm"; 0 1 On the 26th ult., a ll York-street West, Cornmercial-r East, Mr. Donald Ross, late of her Majesty's Customs. (o ho On the 26th ult., at Gibson-square, Islington , Mr. 4 Jennings, aged 63. reli c On the 26th ult., in Ssuth-terrace, Brompten. Mary, of the late W. Neale, Esq., of Bury-street, St.br -------------- London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNTin No. 112 , Strand, at The Sun Office, No. 113,Sta n the County of Middlesex" Monday, January 1, 1844. T repo' to tt *vio l the a have pOlic Th cord s of th e sprin g ness t ht vecta th e I, Fro atnour past yi advant the A ( RS also effect vided, THE: To— carriet the art to i nve of the *Mb( ay Oa The tUtion Year: 20th Toti ---,__ I on Th e assets PXeMpl signed Years . 6 *E3 • C z z • ra. 44 Years. M em that thi London TIT Ao it% e City,rai THE STIN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 1, 1844.