The Sun. — London, England, 1845-03-24 00:00:00

Shell Lac and Lac Dye—A moderate business has been done i these articles, but principally in low qualities; former rates re fully maintained. Exports from Ist inst. up to date are as follows, viz. :—To 'irreat Britain—Shell lac, 414 maunds; lac dye, 52 maunds; France, Shell lac, 208. Hides, Horns, and Tips—There has not been much doing in hides lately, but prices are maintained, and shipments to Great Britain go forward pretty freely. Buffalo horns and tips are in moderate demand, the former at 9r. to 9r. Ba., and the latter at Br. 4a. to 9r. 4a. per =find. Exports from the Ist inst. up to date :—Hides, Great Britain, 16,669 pieces; France, 1,796 pieces; North America, 1,740 pieces. Cowries, Tiucal,s nd Catch—Cowries--We have not heard of any sales lately, but shipsments to Great Britain go for ward freely. Tines' and Cutch—Nothing doing. Exports from Ist instant up to this date are as follows, viz.,—Cowries, Great Britian, 660 maunds. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. British Cotton Piece Goods—We have again to notice an inactive market in all the leading staples, and, notwith standing the reduction in exchange, prices show no amend ment, and, with considerable tightness existing among the bazaar-dealers for money, no material improvement can, we fear, be safely looked for for the next mo n th or t wo. Gray s hirtings have been sold in moderate quantities at rather lower prices than were current on the 20th ultimo. White shirtings have engaged little attention, but we hear of no alteration in value. White jaconets continue saleable at about last month's sa les, And stocks are moderate. Grays are quiet. Imports in January were as follows : White. Gray. Longcloths and shirtings 548 packages. 1,644 packages. Maddapollams Cambrics 94 0 Jaconets ... 419 470 Lappate I enoeis . 67 Book Muslins Mulls and mediums Checks, spots, and stripes 229 Scarfs and chuddure Dhooties Twills .... ..... 147 SHIP NEWS. ARRIVALS AT SAUGUR FROM THE 18TH OF JANUARY TO THE 4TH OF FEBRUARY, 1845. Jan. 19.—The Hon. Company's ship the Amherst, Pater ion, from Khyouk Phyoo, on the 15th of January—the Earl of Hardwicke, Drewt, from the Cape of Good Hope, on the 13th of November—the Tenasserim, steam-vessel. Jan. 20.—The Bentinck, steam-vessel, Kellock, from Suez. Tan. 21.—The Chatham, Gifford, from Singapore, on the 2.oth of December. Jan. 24.—The Success, M'Kerlie , from Cork, on the 10th of September—the Ceylon, from Newcastle, on the Ist 4' August. Jan. 25.—The Dhur, Cumberland, from Madras, on the 10th of January—the Sophia, Chaplin, from Penang, on the 9th of January. Jan. 26.—Arratoon Apcar, Durham, from Singapore, on the 31st of December—the Australia, Blanchford, from Bom bay, on the 27th of November—the Ingleborough, Rea, from Liverpool, on the 28th of August—the Recorder, Sharp, from Bombay, on the 9th of December. Jan 27.—The Hasheny, Saxton, from the Cape of Good Hope, on the 20th of November—the Colonel Newall, from Liverpool, on the 28th of August. Jan. 28.—The William Wilson, Shilstone, from Rangoon, on the 12th of January. Jan. 29.—The Bengalee, Boadle, from Liverpool, on the 18th of September. Jan. 30.-:—The John Brightman, Viall, from Singapore, on the 7th of January—the John Hepburn, Livingstone, from Singapore, on the 14th of January—the Espiegle, Shaw, from Moulmein, on the 13th of January. Feb. 4.—The Pallas, Henley, from Penang, on the 16th of January. DEPARTURES FROM SAVOUR FROM THE ifiTII OF JANUARY TO TIIE 3D OF FEBRUARY, 1845. Jan. 17.—The Spiteful (her Majesty's steam-vessel); the Maidstone, Nash, fur the Cape and London. Jan. 18.—The Enterprise, steam-vessel; the Asia, David son, for London; the Cowmjea Family, Durham, for Singa pore and China. Jan. 19.—Fyzel Rohoman, Nacoda, for Muscat. Jan. 20.—The Joseph Manook, Young, for Rangoon—the Coquette, Eldridge, for Macao. Jan. 22.—The Pattie Rohoman, Nacoda, for Bombay—the Harlequin, Morris, for Singapore—the Anne Louise, Ireland, fur Havre. Jan. 23.—The Lord Althorp, Elliot, for Liverpool—the Dorothea, Smith, for St. Helena and London—the William Wallis, Pringle, for Liverpool—the Asie, Guyodo, for Bourbon. Jan. 24. —The Sulimany, Monk, for the Mauritius—the Monarch, Walker, for St. Helena and London. Jan. 25.—The Ripsima Anna Maria, Heckford, for Moul mein—the Raize Rohany, Nacoda, and the Fattle Mobareck, Nacoda, for Muscat. Jan. 26.—The Juddle Rohoman, Nacoda, for Muscat—the Ariel, Burt, for Singapore and China—the Gloriana, Webb, for the Cape and London—the Fettle Hair, Ingalls, for Ba tavia—the Tenasserim (steam-vessel)—the Amherst. Jan. 27.—The Blorenge, Banks, for Liverpool. Jan. 2g.—The Blundell, Hunter, for Jamaica and London —the l'Asie, Duperon, for Bordeaux. ~ , . . Jan. 30.—1 he Lord Hungerford, Pigott, for the Cape and Demerara—the Elphinstone, Fremlin, for London—the Ivan hoe, Simpson, for Liverpool—the Kandiana, Rigley, for London. Jan. 31.—The City of Palaces, Major, for Bombay. Feb. I.—The Rustomjee Cowasjee, Hill, for Bombay—the Futteh Salam, Nacoda, for Cannanore and Judda—the Ot terspool, Wickman, for Liverpool. Feb. 2.—The Enterprise (steam-vessel )—the Fattle Barry, Nacoda, for Allepee, Aden, and Judda. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Stafford, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.) REGINA V. WILLIAM WALKER. William: Walker, a labouring man, 29 years of age, was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of William Sudbury, on the 15th of August last. Mr. Beadon conducted the case for the Crown; the prisoner was defended by Mr. J. Neale. The prisoner and the deceased were both labourers in the employ of Mr. Thomas Cammack, who keeps the Bassett Pole Inn, in the parish of Drayton Bassett. On the afternoon of the day on which the unfortunate affair Look place, Walker and the deceased were drinking at this public-house. Walker had a sickle in his hand, and some dispute arose between him and Sudbury regarding meat, which the latter accused him of not having paid him for. Walker went out, but returned soon after, still Lolding the sickle. The altercation continued, but Whether the prisoner actually received a blow from the deceased, as was attempted to be shown for the defence, did ziot very clearly appear. However, Cammack heard him suddenly exclaim, " What does he mean ?" and imme eiately saw him strike Sudbury on the head with the sickle. He fell from the blow, and the prisoner made his escape, but afterwards gave himself up of his own ac cord. Sudbury died in about six hours from the effect of the wound, the point of the sickle having penetrated th 4 parietal bone, and caused an aperture through which the brain issued. Mr. NEALE having addressed the jury for his client, His LORDSHIP summcd up the evidence, and, after pointing out the distinction between the crime of murder and the inferior offence of manslaughter, the jury were told to consider their verdict. They returned one of manslaughter, and the prisoner, who bad previously borne a good character, received from the Learned Judge the merciful sentence of six months' imprisonment, ~nithout hard labour. Frederick Gregory, convicted list night of a wholesale burglary at Stone, :was again tried to-day for a like of fence, and found guilty. Mr. Meteyard prosecuted in both cases. The prisoner made a most artful defence, but it availed him little, for he was transported for ten years. CIVIL SIDE. (Before the LORD CHIEF BARON and a Special Jury.) HILLIARD V. THE REV. - IDIrEYD. This action was brought to recover the amount of an attorney's bill. It did not seem to possess the least in terest to any one beyond the parties concerned; but the trial had not terminated when this report left. Sergeant Talfourd and Mr. Whitmore were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Godson, Q.C., and Mr. Gray, for the de fendant. With this case the business of the assizes will terminate. The commission-day at Shrewsbury is fixed for Sa turday-. NORFOLK ClRCUlT.—Huntingdon, March 20. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PARKS.) John Wrigldson and William Lewis were indicted for the manslaughter of William Hall. Mr. Gunning prosecuted, and Mr. O'Malley defended Wrightson ; the prisoner Lewis was undefended. The spot in which the deceased met his death is situ ate in a yard loading out of Poorfolks-lane, in the town of St. Ives. and in which yard Lewis resided with his mother, and Wrightson, who is a corporal in the Gre nadier Guards, at the houso of a widow named Asplin. On the morning of the 22d of July last, the prisoner Lewis and the deceased had been drinking, and pro ceeded, in a state of intoxication to the yard, when the deceased knocked at Mrs. Asplin's door, and requested permission to lodge at her house for the night. This she refused, in consequence of the state in which he vas ; and, on his persisting in knocking at her door, called up the prisoner Wrightson, who proceeded, half dressed, into the yard. A " scrimmage" then took place, which was witnessed by several persons from their windows, and one stated that the deceased was struck on the head—by whom it did not distinctly appear—and immediately fell. The voices of the prisoners were heard during the scuffle. One or two persons went out to see what was the cause of the disturbance, and found the deceased on the ground in a state of stupor, and the prisoner Wrightson was seen to kick him twice, but he .n.td no shoes on, and seemed to be only endeavouring to zcuse him. A surgeon was called, who proved that the death was eouaad by extravasation of blood on the brain, whieh might have been produced by a blow or a fall, or brought on by drunkenness or any great excitement. ,The Lear ne d J UDGE , h av i ng i nqu i re d w h e th er , i n case c , its having been produced by external violence, death ~ ould be instantaneous, and being answered in the afiirmative,—it appearing that the deceased had spoken after he was on the ground, he thought the case too • , 19ubtful to allow it to proceed against the prisoners :nrther, and directed an acquittal. Thomas Hell was indicted for setting fire to a stack of haulm, the property of John Bull. Mr. GUNNING opened the case to the jury for the prosecution, and, from his statement, it appeared that the fire in question broke out about nine o'clock in the evening of the 6th of March, and consumed a large haulm stack standing in the prosecutor's rick-yard, at Yelling, in this county. In order to bring home to the prisoner the perpetration of this outrage, it was proved that, on the evening of the fire, he had purchased a box of lucifer matches, and, a few minutes before the fire broke out he was seen loitering about the prosecutor's premises. Several witnesses were called to prove that the prisoner had frequently invited them to set fire to the prosecutor's premises. On one occasion, he asked a labourer of the prosecutor's " to go with him, and do something to be sent out of the country, as transports lived better than he did;" and the prisoner also stated to the same person " that he should stop a little while be fore the March assizes, then he should not hare to lay long in prison." The ease against the prisoner was wound up by the testimony of Robert King. This witness deposed to his having had a conversation with the prisoner the night after the fire, on which occasion he asked him " if he should not have been sorry to have seen his master's premises burnt to ashes?" And he replied, " I should have been sorry if I had broken my muck fork." The prisoner afterwards said, " If I had done as I had wished to do, I should have been at home and in bed, and it would never have happened." lie further stated when in custody, " that he did not care what became of him ; they might send him to h— if they pleased." The Learned JUDGE pointed out to the jury the various facts on which the guilt or innocence of the man must turn, and left if for them to say whether or not they en tertained a reasonable doubt of the prisoner's guilt. The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty; and the prisoner was sentenced to transportation for twenty years. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. William Boggriss, aged 35, a respectably dressed person, was charged with obtaining from Messrs. Hanker► and Co., of Honey-lane-market, a quantity of damask, ♦alue 51. 10s., in the name of Messrs. Cowper and Co., of St. Paul's Churchyard, and afterwards disposing of the same without authority. Mr. William Husband, a salesman, in the employ of Ranken and Co., proved that, on Thursday last, the pri soner obtained three packages, containing a dozen and a half of table-cloths, of the value of 51. 10s., which were delivered to him by witness. Knowing that he had pre viously obtained goods for Cowper and Co., the invoice was made out in the name of that firm by a fellow clerk named Young. Mr. H. Nash, 'of the firm of Cowper and Co., St. Paul's Churchyard, stated that the prisoner had been in their employ as warehouseman for upwards of seven years. On Thursday last a " corrected" invoice of the above goods was sent from Messrs. Ranken and Co., with a request that the one given to the prisoner might be re turned. The prisoner immediately said that the goods were for himself, but witness's suspicions being aroused he proceeded to Ranken and Co.'s warehouse, where he was informed that the prisoner had obtained the goods, whereupon the latter said he had purchased them for Mr. Kidd, of Tottenham-court-road, who paid him 31. 12s. for them. Mr. Andrew Kidd, of 120, Tottenham-court-road, was then sworn. Alderman FAREBROTHEIt thought it proper to caution him against saying anything which might in the slight est degree criminate himself, as it was proved he had purchased the goods at an extraordinary low price. Mr. Kidd said he wished to tell all he knew of the transaction. When the prisoner brought the goods to his shop he stated that they belonged to his cousin, who lived in Essex, and he wished to dispose of them, as he was short of money. The goods were purchased for a 12s. At the request of the solicitor who appeared on behalf of the prosecution, the prisoner was remanded until Saturday, when it is expected several other charges of a like nature will be brought forward against him. BO IV-STREET. Two men, named Boyd and Phillips, were charged with having in their possession a quantity of cambric handkerchiefs, alleged to have bet n smuggled. It appeared from the evidence of a person named Palmer, who described himself as a captain on half-pay, that he met the prisoner Phillips in Holborn, and in consequence of certain representations made by him, he was induced to accompany him to a public-house in that neighbourhood, where he found the other prisoner Boyd. That some cambric handkerchiefs were then produced, which the prisoners represented to be of foreign manu facture, and which witness was ultimately induced to purchase at the price of one sovereign, but afterwards, having reason to suspect that he had been imposed upon, he made an excuse to leave the room, to which he after wards returned with a policeman, and gave the prisoners into his custody. The prisoners, In order to convince him that the articles were of foreign manufacture, gave him a foreign bill of parcels for them, which they told him he might keep for his own satisfaction. Mr. Bayley, an officer of the Customs, attended, and he stated that he had examined the articles, which were undoubtedly of British manufacture. He then called the attentit n of the Court to the Act of Parliament, which stated that no person was justified in giving any party into custody for an offence of this description. unless lie was expressly authorised so to do by the Commissioners of her Majesty's Customs. Mr. JARDINE, on reference to the Act, found that officers on full pay of her Majesty's army, navy, or marine, had power to detain goods of this description, in whatever possession they might find them, but all other persons detecting an offence of the kind must proceed by information, and subsequent summons, or in the Court of Exchequer. Mr. Bayley said he did not know anything of the pro secutor in the present case, and at all events he had not the authority of the officer of Customs to give the pri soners into custody. Mr. JARDINE said that under these circumstances the prisoners could not be detained, and he ordered them to be immediately discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Margaret Dobson, an Irishwoman, living at No. 23, Crown-street, Soho, was brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing an infant four months old, and its clothing. When the prisoner was put to the bar, she had an infant i❑ her arms. She hugged it and caressed it, evi dently with the intention of attracting notice towards her extraordinary exhibition of fondness, and when the real mother made her appearance she called out, " You're the woman that wants my dear baby, but you'll not get it ; you'll get my life first." Caroline Swan, when sworn, said she was a brush maker, living at No. 11, Playhouse-yard, Whitecross street, and she got her living by going about the streets selling her goods. On the 15th of last February she was out selling her goods, when she " put in" at the Spot ted Dog public-house, Goodge-street, Tottenham-court road, to refresh herself with half a pint of ale. While drinking the ale the prisoner came and sat alongside of her, and began asking some questions about the child. The prisoner looked at the child, and said it was a very pretty boy, and then she told witness she was wait ing for her sister, who was about to leave her place, at No. 15, London.street, Fitzroy-square. The prisoner asked her to carry a message for her to her sister's, to say she (the prisoner) was waiting for her. The prisoner said it would appear strange to take a baby to a respectable house, especially as the lady was very particular, and, therefore, she begged complainant to leave the baby with her. The prisoner then took the infant, and complainant went to London-street. She had not been away more than two minutes, when she found, on her return, that the prisoner had gone and taken the baby with her. Complainant made search and inquiry, but could hear no tidings of the prisoner until last Wednesday night, when she met the prisoner accidentally near St. Giles's Church. She had only seen the prisoner once before, but recognised her imme diately, and the prisoner also knew her again, for she instantly ran off towards Crown•-street. Complainant pursued her and said, "You wretch, you stole my baby." The prisoner struggled to get away, and asked her what she wanted with her. Complainant called " police," but no assistance came, and the prisoner broke away from her and made her escape. Complainant at last as certained who she was and where she lived, and went with the constable to No. 2,3, Crown-street, and on going upstairs and knocking at the door of a back room, the prisoner opened it, but on seeing complainant imme diately shut the door in her face. Complainant got into the room, and saw her baby on the bed. Mr. HAnnwrex—Were any clothes found in the pri soner's room by which the infant can be more com pletely identified ?—Police-constable E 102 found a child's sh;:t and bed-gown, which he now produced. The complainant said these articles were part of the infant's clothing when the baby was stolen from her. The constable further stated that when the prisoner was accused of stealing the baby she protested it was her own child, and that she had been delivered of it in the house of a woman named Sullivan, living in Upper Gren. ville-street, Somers -town. Mr. HARDWICK (to the prisoner)—Where were you confined, and when ? Prisoner—l went on the 14th of February to be confined at my friend's place ; they wanted me to go into St. Giles's Workhouse, but I would not, and so I was confined. Mr. HAnDwick—Then you were confined at this woman's house ? Prisoner—No ; I was confined in the street near the church. Mr. HARDWICK—Where did you take the baby? Pri soner— To Mrs. Sullivan's, and I stopped there some days. A woman, named Sullivan, was called. She said she recollected the prisoner coming to her about nine o'clock one night in the middle of last February. She had a child with her, and she appeared very poorly. The child had a cap and clothing on. It appeared dressed as infants generally are. The prisoner was carrying the child, and walking without assistance. The chief clerk (Mr. Fitzpatrick) told the gaoler to bring the infant to him, to give him an opportunity of judging of its age. The prisoner handed him the child, which was immediately given to its real mother. The prisoner, seeing this, said, " Won't I get back my baby ? then see how I'll die ;" at the same time setting up a sort of a prolonged cry, known as an " Irish bowl, until lodged in the lock-up cell. In addition to the evidence, the infant's clothes found in the prisoner's room, and the identification of the in fant by its own mother, the constable found the dress worn by the prison when she stole the child, in her room, of which dress the complainant had given a de scription when she mentioned the loss of her child. The prisoner was fully committed. CROYDON. Mr. Richard Messenger, a pawnbroker at Croydon, was charged, upon information laid by Mr. Charles Leigh Hoskins Mister, the Chairman of the Godstone Board of Guardians, with having taken certain articles on pledge from one James Herriett, and with having neglected to make a proper entry of the transaction in his book, and also neglecting to make the proper inquiries of the person who pledged the property as to whether he was a lodger or housekeeper ; and likewise with neglecting to place the letter L. for the former, or H. for the latter description of the person, upon the ticket. Mr. Rickards attended on behalf of the Board of Guardians of the Godstone Union, by whom the pro ceeding was instituted, and Mr. R. Russell appeared for the defendant. It appeared that some time in March of last year a man named Ja mes llerriett, who was at the time anin mate of the Godstone Union Workhouse, absconded with some blankets and other articles, the property of the guardians. Inquiry was set on foot, and it was at length ascertained that Herriett had pledged the stolen articles at Mr. Messenger's, and upon his being appre hended Mr. Messenger was requested to attend and give evidence. lie at first did no t d o so, b ut on t h e se cond examination he attended and produced a duplicate, which, upon being examined by the officers of the union, did not appear to them to be in conformity with the re. quirements of the Act of Parliament ; they, therefore, directed the present proceeding to be adopted, Mr. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 1845. Richards observed, in opening the case to the bench, that it was very important for the public that pawn brokers should be compelled to act up to the letter of the Act of Parliament, and comply with all those regula tions which were necessary to prevent facilities being given for the disposal of stolen property. James llerriett, the prisoner alluded to in the infor mation, and who stated that he had come from the county gaol, where he was undergoing a sentence of im prisonment for unlawfully disposing of the articles in question, was examined as a witness, and deposed that on the 21st of March, 1844, he pawned two blankets at the defendant's shop for 45., and the name he gave was James Strep. He added, that he did not recollect that Mr. Messenger asked him any questions as to whether he was a housekeeper or a lodger ; but he said that all he did was to give him a ticket and 4s. That ticket he had since destroyed. Some discussion here took place as to whether parole evidence could be given of what appeared upon the du plicate produced by the defendant before the bench at Godstone, and at length Mr. Russell said that to save trouble upon the point, Mr. Messenger was ready to produce his book, and also the duplicate. Mr. Messenger accordingly produced a duplicate, and a book containing entries of pledges made in the month in question. The duplicate and the entry appeared to be both in the proper form, but Gower, the master of the workhouse, who had been summoned as a witness, ex pressed his opinion that the duplicate now produced was not the same that was brought to Godstone. Mr. Messenger requested the witness Gower to be cautious in what he stated, for ulterior proceedings would certainly be taken if he stated what was false. Mr. LUCAS told the witness that he was throwing a very serious imputation upon Mr. Messenger, and he requested him to look at the duplicate again carefully, and then say whether he persisted in his former state ment. Gewer having done so, declared his belief to be that the duplicate now produced was entirely different from the one he formerly saw in Mr. Messenger's possession. Mr. Russell then addressed the Bench and submitted that th• charge against the defendant had altogether failed in proof. He said that Mr. Messenger had been long known in the town as a most respectable tradesman, and far from his ever having given any facility in the disposing of stolen property, he could, if it were neces sary, show by the evidence of the police that he had on several occasions given them valuable information and assistance to discover offenders. The Magistrates, after a very short deliberation, ex pressed their opinion that the evidence was not sufficient to support any of the charges against the defendant, acd the information must therefore be dismissed. and sixpence out-door relief from St. Matthew's, Bethnal green, and, unless some benevolent hand is strl,tched out in their behalf, their sufferings from want will be severely f e l t . Th e y li v e in a narrow court, in Manchester-street, P,ethnal•grecr', and either of the guardians of the poor, or the vestry clerk of the parish, or even the rector will, we arc sure, receive any amount towards relieving their condition. mable substances. In the top story there was a large quantity of empty castor-oil packing-cases, whilst ' the other stories contained a vast variety of chemicals and drugs more or less inflammable. It need scarcely be wondered then that the flames progressed with the greatest rapidity and intensity. Parties who saw the breaking out of the fire state, that first there issued a dense black smoke, and then, as if by a simultaneous movement, the flames burst forth from every window. Almost in a second, the whole building was in a blaze. Those who were not on the spot will scarcely credit the effect of the heat. The eyes of individuals who stood at least 40 yards from the building, and in a contrary direction to the wind, were severely scorched. A better idea of a volcanic eruption, perhaps, could not be given. The roaring of the flames, as they ascended hundreds of feet above the walls had a most overpowering effect among the spectators, many of whom shrunk back in terrror. About a quarter to five o'clock there was a terrific explosion, as of a thousand rockets, arid the flames rose higher than ever. Volumes of densely black smoke then made their appearance. This was followed by a second rush of brilliant red flame, and then a third, which was succeeded by a discharge of light green vapour. The flames on these occasions reached across Wood street and ignited the hack of Bold-street premises, which were at some distance. Ladders were imme diately raised to the walls by the exertions of the fire men, and in this direction the fire was soon subdued, although a chimney of one of the houses which ap• peared to have been ignited, by some of' the flakes of red hot fire which were floating about in the air, continued to burn for some time. The roof stood much longer than could have been anticipated, and the molten lead was seen running from it in large quantities. The warehouse was topped by large heavy free-stone cornices. These, by the great heat, were soon cracked, and they fell to the ground with tremendous crashes, greatly endangering the lives of the officers who were standing below. The fire brigade worked with great faithfulness and determination, and to their exertions alone must be attributed the almost miraculous preservation of the houses adjoining. Had the flames extended in any direction, the consequences must have been ap palling. Next to the public-house of Mr. Cato was the workshop of Mr. James Swallow, lathe and axletree-maker, and adjoining this was the soap and candle manufactory of Messrs. Brown and Co., the materials in which places would have been an easy prey to the devouring element. Opposite the laba tory, in Back Colquitt-street, was the warehouse, well stocked with drugs and other articles most susceptible of fire, whilst a cabinet-maker's shop stood to the south. Nothing, therefore, had the fire not been confined within its original limit, could, in our opinion, have saved the whole of that part of the town. Human exertions would have been used in vain to stop the flames. The Mayor, although not yet recovered from his late severe illness, was early on the ground, and re mained until six o'clock, when all apprehensions that the fire would spread were allayed. Amongst other gentlemen present were Mr. Rushton, Mr. Alderman Turner, Mr. J. Aspinall (who attracted some little attention in consequence of his attempting to protect himself from the flakes of the fire and the water from the engines by means of an umbrella which he held over his head), Mr. Harbord, Mr. Sheppard, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, &c. The head constable (Mr. Dowling) was early in attendance, and exerted himself in the most praiseworthy manner, as also, we need scarcely add, did Mr. Hewitt, Mr. 111Tad zen, Superintendents Brown, Quick, and Leverett, and in fact, the whole of the police force, officers and pri vates. Great emergencies like the present prove the superiority of our fire-brigade and the talent and energy of the force generally. The West of Eng land fire-engine was on the ground, and the men, under the direction of Mr. Kelly, exerted themselves well. Alarmed by the appearance of the fire the poor people in a few of the small houses in Wood-street removed their furniture, and we fear they will be con siderable losers thereby ; it is a matter of great satis faction, however, to be enabled to state that not the slightest accident occurred to life or limb. The loss is roughly estimated, including building, stock, and machinery, there being a grinding-mill and steam-engine on the ground floor, besides other valuable pieces of machinery, at 50,0001., and we understand that the greater portion is insured in the Manchester, West of England, Phcenix, and another office, the name of which we did not learn. In con sequence of some dispute, the Liverpool office, fortu nately for itself, as it now turns out, would not ac cept the risk at Christmas last. The origin of the fire at present remains a mystery. It is stated that, in the third story, where the smoke was first observed, there had been no fire used that day—nothing but the steam-pipes passing round the building. Mr. Superintendent Leverett saw the la boratory at twenty-five minutes after three, and then there were no symptoms of fire. It appears to have burst forth instantaneously. The four blackened walls are now the only remains of :this fine building, if we except the tall chimney, used for conveying the smoke from the furnace; and the firemen, at the time we write, are still plying the engines, and pouring water over the now mouldering embers. There is not the slightest chance of any fur ther damage being done.—Liverpool Mercury. DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT LIMEHOUSE.-TWO LIVES LOST On Saturday afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, an explosion of a very terrific character, and which has in volved the loss of two lives under circumstances of a most distressing character, happened at the Patent Marine Signal Light Manufactory, the property of Messrs. Rob son and Higham, the patentees, situate on the north side of the Commercial-road, Limehouse, immediately adja cent to the Regent's canal. The factory in question formed a portion of the right wing of some large works that were built several years since, but which have been apportioned off for the imam facture of various articles. Its walls were brick, with an iron roof, covered with slates, and was not more than 36 feet in length, and about 29 in breadth, and one story in height. The interior was divided into five compart ments, viz., the store, case, machine, boiler, and stuffing rooms, the divisions being composed of wood and iron, all of which contained a good stock of the articles re quired in the formation of the lights and signal rockets, the more dangerous part of the combustibles being kept in a small adjacent outhouse. Employed in the several portions of the factory were Jas. Terry, John Chesterman, Henry Harris, Henry Jones, and a boy, and a little girl, known by the name of Charlotte, about thirteen years of age. The latter is said to have been engaged in the store-room, in which was a stove alight for the drying of the cases, &c., la belling the lights, and, as she was about to remove a quantity of them off a shelf, she accidentally pulled the shelf down, and one of the lights falling against the stove its instant ignition was the result. Quick as light ning were the stock of them, including a small portion of rockets, which were stowed on some shelves round the south and east end of the building fired, producing the most fearful explosions. The massive iron roofing was at the onset torn asunder, and, by the following shocks all that remained was scattered in various directions. Of the interior everything that had been erected in the shape of machines, divisions, &c., were blown, compara tively speaking, to pieces, and how it was. that the prin cipal portion of the human beings employed therein were saved appears to be almost a miracle. Terry, Chesterman, and Harris saved their lives, but how or in what way they could not state. When the fire was got under, Smith, the engineer of the School-house-lane engine station, immediately com menced searching for the remains of the unhappy crea tures, and on going about the centre of the factory, he found the body of the lad, not so much burned as might be anticipated, although the clothes were, to a great ex tent, consumed. Having removed it to a neighbouring carpenter's workshop, an active search was then insti tuted for that of the little girl, and, after much trouble in turning over the blackened rubbish, heavy irons, and other ponderous materials, what was left of the body was dragged forth, a shocking spectacle, from that part of the manufactory used -as the boiler rooms. All the flesh was literally burned off, and the young creature had evidently bees blown with much force to the spot where she was found—the extreme end of the building—her death, no doubt, taking place almost instantaneously. THE DRUNKARD'S FATE.—On Thursday night Mr. Baker held an inquest at the Sebright Arms, Well street, Hackney-road, on view of the body of Susannah Kearn, aged 50, the wife of a tradesman carrying on business at No. 6, Half-Nicholls-street, Bethnal-green. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was occasionally addicted to excessive drinking. On Tues day morning last she called on an acquaintance at No. 5, Gloucester-place, Hackney-road, before breakfast, and drank a quartern of gin at a draught, upon which, i n a few minutes, she took a pint of ale. She then sent out a little girl, the daughter of the landlady, who said she fetched for her two quarterns of gin. The landlady, fearing that she would also drink that, went to the room, where she found that she had just swallowed the whole. She soon after fell asleep, and in the course of the after noon was discovered dead in bed. Verdict—Apoplexy, brought on by excessive drinking. INCENDIARY FIRE AT WESTLETON.--About one o'clock on Thursday morning, some sheds were set on fire at an off-hand farm of Mr. Thomas Capon, at Westle ton, but fortunately were early discovered, or the whole extensive premises must have been reduced to ashes. The inhabitants showed praiseworthy exertions, and pulled down some part of the buildings, which was the means of preventing much damage. A shed, a load of hay, two fat hogs, all the fowls, and a quantity of harness and implements, were destroyed; the damage is supposed to be between 501. and 601. One or two persons are in custody on suspicion.—Suffolk Chronicle HAMPSTEAD-HEATH.--For several years Sir Thos. Wilson, the lord of the manor of Hampstead, has endeavoured to obtain an Act of Parliament to enable him to build on the land adjoining the heath, b u t th e Bill h av i ng b een act i vely opposed by inhabitants, every attempt made to pass it tnrough Parliame n t h as prove d ine ff ectua l . The object of the Bill was to give the lord of the manor power to grant long building leases, he only having a life interest in the proprty. He has now commenced, at his own risk, to do that which Parliament refused to sanction, and several villa resideirei are being erected op the *pins fields aiolioioing the heath, to the.grea tdetritneut of the picturesque beauty Of the Pepe.—Post. THE CONVICT TAWLLL. AYLESBURY, SATURDAY.—The unfortunate Tawell is said to be somewhat more composed and resigned to his fate to-day than he has hitherto been. The authorities of the gaol are as close as possible in regard to him, and it is therefore with much difficulty that any inform ation can be obtained. He continues to be supplied with dinner from the White Hart in the same way as he used to be previously to the trial. It is remarked by some, that this indulgence to him is such as most pro bably would not have been granted to a poorer man if he was placed in the same position ; at least, such has never been the case before. As it is, however, near nine years since any one has been executed at Aylesbury, and then, perhaps, the party under sentence might not have been enabled to pay for a dinner sent to him from an inn in the town, it is just possible that this inference may be unjust. It is expected that his wife will pay him another visit on Monday. She is in a dreadfully depressed state, and seems even now to be innocence. A impressed with a conviction of his A petition has been got up in the town, to be presented to the Secretary of State, praying that the sentence may be transmuted to transportation for life. The petition, however,goes more upon the general principle of the impolicy of capital punishments than upon any assumed probability of the verdict of the jury in Tawell's case not being strictly in accordance with the truth. The petition has been signed by about 120 persons ; amongst these are the names of one Baptist minister (the only clergyman who has signed it), and the foreman of the jury who found him guilty. In the town there ap pears to be a very general aversion to capital punish ments ; and many even who do not go so far as to say that capital punishments ought in all cases to be abo lished, appear to think that executions ought not to be public. It is said that on Friday next, when it is fully expected that the execution will take place, the shops will be closed. The general impression as to the guilt of the unhappy man appears to increase. The more calmly all parties are anAblcd to think upon the subject, the more fully do they seem convinced that the verdict of the jury is a proper one. Within the last few days a circumstance has come to light which would have been of material importance on the trial, and which now has the effect of corroborating the impression of his guilt. It is stated that in the omnibus, in which it will be recollected he travelled a short way after he had left the deceased, Sarah Hart, an empty bottle was found, ' having a label on it marked "Scheele's Prussic Acid." This was found by the conductor, but some of Tawell's friends got intelligence of the fact, and through their in fluence, backed, perhaps, with "substantial reasons," it was kept " dark " until the trial was over. It is supposed that the unfortunate man must, in his confusion, have dropped this in the omnibus. Although the Quakers have expelled him from the society, yet, with a strange inconsistency, many of their body continue to visit him. Many religious tracts have also been forwarded to him by them, which, it is said, he reads with the greatest attention. The part of his con duct, since his conviction, which is considered to be the most strange and unaccountable is the fact that he never makes any allusion to the awful crime of which he has been found guilty. Many, from this, are inclined to draw conclusions unfavourable to him ; and it also tends to strengthen the conjecture that he will not make any con fession. It may be remembered that a man named Wilder was tried and convicted at the Aylesbury assizes, and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation for a rubbery committed at the residence of the Rev. Mr. Luxmore, with whom the prisoner lived as butler, at Eton College. During the incarceration of John Tawell at Aylesbury gaol, Wilder and he were ccnfined in the same ward, and a sort of fellow feeling sprung up between them : Tawell, it appearing, being equally certain that Wilder also would be acquitted. Tawell, who had taken a fancy to Wilder, absolutely engaged him as his servant. at a certain rate of wages, to live with him at Berkhampstead, and it was arranged that at the conclusion of the trials they should return to his residence in that town together. Wilder was first tried, and when bis conviction was announced to Tawell he remarked, with evident feelings of alarm and dismay, which he attempted to conceal, " Well, it's very extraordinary; I hardly know what to think of a Buckinghamshire jury after this!" When Wilder returned to Tawell, at the prison, the latter very coolly ob,erved to him, " Well, be of good heart; y► u will find Sydney a very plesant place, and I have no doubt, after a little time you will manage very well, as I did." We have heard that at almost the last moment it could be legally done, the miserable man, as some atonement for his horrid crime, settled an annuity of 20/. a year upon each of the two children, the issue of his connexion with the murdered woman, secured, in the names of trustees on his property in Australia. It has been stated that the expenses of the defence of the prisoner amounted to 700/. This amount only em braced one portion of the expenses incurred on his behalf We have heard from one of the parties retained by Tawell that they will fall, on the whole, very little short of 2,0001. Independently of his counsel, Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, Mr. O'Malley, and Mr. Gunning (whose fees were exceedingly liberal), he had three solicitors—viz., Mr. Bevan, of the Old Jewry ; Mr. King, seltcted for his extensive chemical knowledge ; and Mr. C. S. Voules, of Windsor, who was retained on account of the local knowledge he possessed of the neighbourhood in which the foul crime was perpetrated. Not less than eight of the most celebrated medical practitioners and operative chemists were subpcenmed on behalf of the prisoner to attend the trial, none of whom, however, were examined. We learn that these gentlemen were summoned to be present to be examined in the event of the medical gentlemen, who attended for the Crowe, failing in those direct proofs with refer ence to the presence of hydrocyanic acid in the contents of the stomach of the deceased, so necessary to establish the guilt of the accused. The proofs in this respect being deemed to be too conclusive to rebut with the least chance of success, they were not examined. The names of those gentlemen are—Dr. Letheby, lecturer on chemistry at the London Hospital, who rendered great assistance to Mr. Fitzroy Kelly (sitting by his side) during his cross-examination of the witnesses for the prosecution ; Dr. Addison, physic►an to Gay's Hos pital ; Mr. Bransby Cooper, surgeon to Guy's Hospital ; Mr. Herapath, of Bristol Dr. Stour, Dr. Barnes, and Mr. Bell, of London ; and Dr. Graham, professor of chemistry. The execution is fully expected to take place on Fri day next. THE CONDEMNED CONVICT TAPPING. FINAL INTERVIEW WITH HIS RELATIVES. All hope of saving the life of this wretched criminal has been set at rest by the reply of the Secretary of State, Sir James Graham, to the petitions forwarded to him to be presented to her Majesty. According to previous desire, Saturday was appointed for his final interview with his relatives, and—distress ing, as certainly such event might appear—certain it is that the parting took place in a manner rather sur prising, as far as regards their deliberate self-posses sion. At noon, his sister, who is a very pleasing, well behaved girl, about sixteen years of age, with four younger brothers and sisters, and an elder brother, ♦isited him in his condemned cell, which circumstance of him much consolation. He appeared deeply at tached to the younger branches—very so ; and fre quently kissed them. His sister begged that hew ould confess to his sins, assuring him that such a step was the only sure means of gaining that mercy which could not be shown to him in this world. Ile replied, " What am I to confess ? Surely I must not die with a lie in my mouth. She is dead, and so shall I be ; and God Almighty sill only know I cannot confess more than what I have." Such was his general replies ; and, after being with him for about an hour, they bade him adieu—a most affectionate adieu—of this world ; and, with an extraordinary self possession that marked the whole party, this interview ended, and the relatives left the prison. The present destitute state of the culprit's family has excited a feeling of much commiseration, and a subscrip tion has been set on foot amongst the tradesmen of Bethnal-green to in some way alleviate their sufferings. They are left fatherless and motherless ; and, bad as Tapping may have been considered, yet he supported them, with a little assistance of his sister, for nearly two years. They are at present in the receipt of one shilling SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS FROM THE EVENING PAPERS OF SATURDAY. GLOBE.—The recent revelations touching the con tion of the Spa-fields burial-ground, revolting as they are, will yet be viewed with a failing of satisfaction by those who are aware of the extent to which the health of every town-population in the kingdom suffers from the to lerated nuisance of inter-mural interment. This is but a single instance, ard it is no worse, in reality, than hun dreds of others ; but it will probably serve to attract public attention to the general subject ; and, in doing this, will, we believe, remove one of the chief obstac:es to an amendment of our present system of interment. Among those whose attention has been drawn to the sanitary condition of our population, particularly in connexion with the recent Parliamentary inquiries into the causes affecting the health of the in habitants of towns and popular districts. there are probably few who have not been painfully conscious of the vast amount of physical suffering and moral degra dation which is traceable directly to such causes as mere indolence, ignorance, or prejudice on the part of the chief sufferers. That men, being breathing animals, need a constant supply of air, must, however vaguely, have been practically recognised as a truth from the days of Adam downwards. But that the health or good condi tion of the breathing body was dependent in any degree upon the purity of the air supplied to it— that the pro cess of respiration was a chemical as well as a mecha nical one—appears to have been left for the 19th century to discover. For ages men have continued to immerse themselves in collections .ef foul air, and die at once, or gradually to accumulate it around them, and sicken slowly to the same end, without any definite idea of what they were doing. From the mute astonishment of the won der-seeker in the Grotto del Cane to the unknowing and silent suffering of the denizens of three-fourths of the habitations of Europe, the want of a visible distinction between the vital necessary, and the subtle poison, alone seems to have prevented a recognition of their difference. Rooms, and houses, and towns, have for ages been constructed wholly without reference to ven tilation. Food, a want more gross and palpable, but no whit more pressing, has always been an object of keen regard. It has often been hard to get ; and mul titudes have died of famine. But during its greatest scarcity we do not hear of men having voluntarily and largely mixed with their food articles not only unfitted to nutrify, but especially adapted to disorganise and destroy their bodies. Yet so have they invariably dealt with the air they breathe. Of all the neces saries of life it is by far the most plentiful, and most universally accessible ; and yet it is in dubitably that with which we are worst supplied. As to the economy of towns in this respect, recent investigations have established the fact that, under ordinary circumstances, the population of a town vitiates, or renders unfit for the purposes of respiration, a stratum of air " sufficient to cover the entire surface of the town to the depth of three feet." To this is to be added " the changes caused by the products of com bustion from forges, furnaces, and other fires mingling s ith the atmosphere (to siy nothing of the enormous quantity of gas, oil, and candles nightly consumed in large towns), and by the escape of gaseous effluvia from manufactories of different kinds." The expediency of constantly changing the air, thus rendered unfit for further breathing, is obvious enough. The vitiation itself, so far as we have yet described it, cannot be avoided. It is a necessary result of the congregation of the people in towns. There are, however, many diffi culties in the way of a constant and complete change being spontaneously, or even easily made. The most prominent feature of the alteration effected in atmo- spheric air by its use in respiration and combustion is the generation of carbonic acid gas. This, being heavier then air, settles downwards, and so is easily confined in narrow streets and in low districts. Again, much of the foul air is pent up in close rooms and passages. It stays there till it is driven out, and as no means are, in general, taken to do this, its stay is commonly de pendent upon causes merely accidental, and is in almost all cases very much longer than is consistent with the health of those most nearly concerned. All this, how ever, merely concerns ventilation in its more general point of view; it goes only to impeach the neglect of the measures required for clearing the air of crowded districts of impurities necessarily engendered in it. But the peculiar class of atmospheric impurities to which our attention is now mainly directed, and of which the state of the Spa-field's burial ground furnishes so apt an illustrat;on, involves far more pressing considerations. The question, in this department of the subject is, no t w h et h er we shall fold our hands and leave untouched those sources of atmos pheric contamination consequent upon the mere existence of towns constructed in ignorant disregard of the natural laws affecting ventilation, hut whether we shall continue the barbarous and disgusting prrctice of slowly poison ing each generation with the gaseous effluvia from the dead bodies of the preceding one. STANDARD.—Mr. Morison's speech of Thursday, on the subject of railroads, merits more attention than can be claimed for his resolutions, with which, indeed, the speech is at variance. The resolutions demand to fix a maximum of railroad fares, than which we can imagine nothing more foolish, or more likely to deprive the public of the benefit of these improvements. This great instrument of social improvement is as yet in its infancy, and its prompt and successful operation, must depend to a great extent, upon the perfect freedom with which the experiment is permitted to be tried. We are firmly convinced that the necessity for competition (in eadem maScria) to induce railroad proprietors to lower their fares will not have arrived for many, very many years to come, if it shall ever arrive. Judging from the experience of the last few years, it is plain to us that the lowering of fares will be the true means of increasing profits, until all the population shall have beome travellers. The pro prietors of railways may not, perhaps, have yet made the discovery, or if they have, they may reasonably enough think that it is as well not to apply it too abruptly; but no less is it manifest to us, that before the lapse of many years extreme cheapness will be the rule in railroad travelling--dearness the exception. It must be apparent, however, that at all times, in the future as well as at present, some railroads must have less traffic than others ; and therefore, to in sure remunerative profits, their owners must demand higher fares. Any attempt, therefore, to fix a maximum fare would be either unjnst to the less popular, or useless on the more popular lines, and would thus repress enter prise in every case, except where very great profits were certain. As matters stand, the public surely has little reason to complain, seeing, that on any one of the principal lines a person can travel any given distance at about half the expense, in from a third to a fifth of the time ; and beyond all calculation more at his ease, than he could travel by coach ten years ago ; and as respects expense, this is merely a beginning. Most, if not all,- of the lines commenced at their opening with much higher fares than at present ; but, uncompelled either by law or competition, they have lowered their fares, and as they have lowered them they have found their profits increase in a greater proportion—and so it will proceed, fares descending and profits rising, until the locomotive wants and propensities of the whole thirty millions (probably the number of the present population of the United Kingdom) are exhausted—a term which we may con sider as indefinitely remote, when we reflect upon the multitude of new trades and pursuits which railway tra velling is creating, and the prodigious stimulus which it supplies to old pursuits. Mr. Morison's allusion to the improvement of the fisheries, among the rest, is most interesting and most gratifying. An im provement which really makes provision for half the food of the people, in case of necessity, is itself an occasion for deep gratitude to the Giver of all good, but in the low light, this must cause a great traffic not merely of fish, but of fishermen, and of all others concerned in the renewed trade. The same must take place in a greater or less degree with hun dreds of other trades and pursuits revived or called into existence by railroads. " The iron net," as Mr. Smythe poetically calls it, thrown over the island, gathers the whole population into one market—(the Greek word agora, " gathering," better describes the collection) and the whole of the two islands will soon present the bustle and activity of a market. Already, indeed, we have some specimen of this bustle and activity at the railroad termini ; but this is a very slight foretaste of what may be looked for to occur in the lifetime of many now living. We may mention in passing, that there is, as regards the metropolis, at least one obstacle, the removal of which will, we are persuaded, at a stroke augment the number of railway travellers twenty-five per cent., wo mean the delay, expense, and turmoil of getting at any railway, whether by omnibus, coach, or cab. A man going to Oxford or Portsmouth, thinks much more frequently of the stage to Pad. dington or Nine Elms than of the rest of the journey. We can answer for some who would have visited both the one and the other of these places half-a-dozen times within the last year, had it not been for the delay and difficulty of getting at " the London end" of the railway. Were it not for this diffi culty, multitudes who now confine themselves to London, would consult their own health and the health of their families, by residing at a distance, thus leaving the City more airy, and therefore more healthy for those who remained. STATE OF TRADE. ENGLISH WOOL TRADE.--LEEDS, MARCH 21.—We have not any alteration to report in this market during the present week. The manufacturers buy combing wools sparingly, and for present use. Prices are about the same as last week. There is a moderate demand for clothing sorts, at recent rates. LEEDS.—There has been less business done at our halls this week, but this is in some measure accounted for from the circumstance that considerable quantities of goods have been delivered at the merchants' warehouses direct from the manufacturers. The demand is, how ever, not so brisk for low goods as of late, but fine and middle qualities are in pretty good demand. Prices are steady, and stocks low. There has been a good business doing in finished goods during the week. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY, MARCH 18.— The demand for new goods was again brisk to-day, and anything of a novel description met with ready sale. The business in the warehouses during the week has been active. The fineness of the weather during the latter part of the week has caused an influx of buyers to the market. Wools are in steady demand, and prices re main firm. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There is nothing different in the market for combing wools, which for some time past has been very dull yet, from the small supply cowing from the growers and country dealers, there is no increase in stocks, nor any material decline in prices. The Yarn trade is still flat, and the prices de pressed to a point beyond precedent, with the raw mate rial at the present value. In Pieces we do not learn of any amendment, and the business done today is very similar to that for several weeks past. TAADE OF MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING. — We hwr had another dull and inactive week, and as soil THE CONDEMNED SERMON. Yesterday, tie unfortunate man James Tapping, who stands condemned for the murder of Emma Whiter, at Bethnal-green, heard the condemned sermon in the chapel of Newgate. The Rev. Mr. Davis, chaplain to the gaol, officiated. At a quarter past ten o'clock, at which time those who were favoured with cards by the Sheriffs were admitted, a number of applicants, not having the necessary order, wore refused ; and among these, the unfortunate man's brother was one of the most pertinacious. He met with an indignant remonstrance from the worthy governor, Mr. Cope, on the indelicacy of his request to sit a mere spectator of his wretched relation's demeanour. A considerable number of those who did pass the gateway were females ; and certainly the taste must be a very morbid one, indeed, which could have induced them to lay aside the delicacy of their sex in the gratifi cation of an unfeminine curiosity. The Sheriff and one or two of the Aldermen were present at the service. Shortly before eleven the prisoner Tapping was intro duced. He was shortly followed by Thomas Henry 'locker, and they were accommodated with chairs placed apart from the rest of the audience, and on opposite sides of the room. They were, however, facing the clergyman. Tapping seemed stouter than when last seen at the Old Bailey. His manner was grave and resigned, and he evidently paid the deepest attention to the different parts of the beautiful Church service. Occasionally, where the subject of the lesson seemed applicable to his own painful situation, he covered his face with his hands. Hocker exhibited the same callous indifference which has marked his manner all along. Ile sometimes stole a furtive glance at the other prisoner, as if wishing to observe with what spirit he bore his peculiar position, and until the service commenced his eyes wandered over the general body of the prisoners who were permitted to be present. Tapping made the responses in an under tone, while 'locker made them in a voice firm and audible, and during the service of the communion, when the clergy man rehearsed the Commandments, at the sixth, " thou shalt do no murder," while Tapping made no response, Hocker, in a voice easily heard over the chapel, replied, " Lord have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law !" After the morning service had been read, the chap lain preached from tho 4th verso of the 130th Psalm : "For there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be found." The preacher, after adverting to the fallen nature of man, and instancing the cases of several of the most wise and holy of the Scripture worthies, to show that they and all had need of pardon and indulgence, pro ceeded to state, that though earthly judges were prone to error, and often capricious in their decisions, yet that One Judge above, supreme over all, the infinite, and the immutable, would deal mercifully with the very chief of sinners, if he but came before his throne with a con trite and a humbled spirit. There had been already of fered an all-atoning sacrifice, the blood of his own be loved Son, and through him there was forgiveness to be found for the meanest of his creatures. But the sinner, hardened in his iniquity, might not hope to escape. There was no hope that at that bar there could be an escape, from any informality or irregularity in its His guilt would be clear as noonday, and his pu nishment would be certain and eternal. The preacher then referred to the spirit of the English law as opposed to gratuitous concession on the part of the criminal. Clergymen were liable to be called into open Court, there to reveal what might have been told to them under the seal of confidence. They were, therefore, almost obliged to address prisoners in the first instance thus, " The less you say to us the better for yourself, and, therefore, keep us in ignorance." Was not this sys • tem quite opposed to the principle of the Scriptures? Oh, that men of judgment, that the legislators of their country would think of these things. He had de voted much time, and care, and attention, to the eluci dation of every fact connected with the painful history of the unfortunate young man more immediately interested in the proceedings of that day, and it appeared that he had been most kind and gentle to his younger brothers —that his labour had been given to support them—that, in fact, he had been as a father to them ; was it not singular, then, that be should stand there—he, so kind and so gentle, charged with a crime of this enormous magnitude? The problem was easily solved. Unfortunately, neither he nor his unfor tunate victim had had any religious impressions. She had been in the habit of using certain jocular ex pressions calculated to raise in a jealous imagination doubts of her constancy ; and other parties had inflamed those differences more, by penning the most libellous insinuations under the cowardly and the unmanly se curity of an anonymous signature. What had been the result ? Oh !at that dread judgment, before which all must appear, that sin, if unrepented, must be a heavy one to answer for. He found that the morals of the un fortunate young man had been contaminated from the operation of two causes ; first, the beer-shops, and other places of nightly resort, dens of infamy which he and the young female used to visit ; and, secondly, from the society of the prison inmates with whom the offended laws of his country had before cast his lot. He had been three times before the judges of his country, once acquitted, the second time committed for three months, and the third time sentenced to die. The preacher con. c'uded by a powerful exhortation to those present so to walk h e in p prisoners e so a t r e u r s t h t h t h e !l a t left.,t hei their end da m s s i g o h o a t not as t h b e e y l i ke we r h a i s. re conducted to their cells, the remaining part of the per sons present were dismissed. EXECUTION AT READING. The wretched man, Thomas Jennings, suffered the ex treme penalty of the law on Saturday, in front of the new gaol, Reading. It will be remembered that the criminal was tried be fore Mr. Baron Platt, at the Berkshire assizes, held at the above place, on the 3d inst., f or t h e w ilf u l mur d er o f his daughter, at the village of Thatcham. At an early hour the Rev. Chaplain visited the wretched man, and remained with him until the last mo ment of his earthly career. Precisely at four minutes past twelve o'clock the prison bell commenced to toll. At that time the whole of . the va can t groun d f rom t h e gao l to ia ternon waiting ay, nearly two hundred yards, bAward. si iee f trcahl el t yl tu t d h de superintendent r M studded with human b e i ngs , man y o f w h om n a railway, to witne ss the awf u l s c ene. • of the R ea di ng s t a ti on , w ith Mr. Collard, chief inspector, and several of the Com pany's officers, were required to keep the crowd from getting upon the line Owing to the admirable prepara cltedlitts the Forbury, we did not hear , the Mayor, who had a num berdent occurred, although the pressure About five minutes past twelve o'clock the mournful procession reached the . top of the gallows, led by the t chaplain, who read in a most impressive manner•the wasl o a n t osvafenirb:s.aidgnrergri great. yr t s . a Ae c i . r c r i burial service, the wretched man, Jennings, followed, with his eyes turned heavenwards, but we were unable to hear whether or not he responded to the prayers. In the course of a few minutes all the preliminaries being finisbed, the fatal bolt was drawn asunder, and the wretched man was sent hence i n t o e t ern i ty . Th e b o d y having hung the usual time was cut down, and taken in side the gaol. ALARMING AND DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT TIIE APOTHECARIES' HALL, LIVERPOOL. Liverpool has again been th e scene o f a d rea df u l if conflagration, which, less disastr o u s i n it s resu lt s than some of the extensive fires that occurred about two years ago, was certainly more threatening in its aspect during the short time it raged. It commenced yesterday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, in the manufactory or laboratory connected with the Apothecaries' Hall, situated in Back Colquitt street. The Apothecaries' Hall itself, which is one of the largest and most handsome edifices in the town, is situate in Colquitt-strut. The building in which the fire originated is four stories high, at the corner of Wood-street, im mediately in the rear of the main structure, but separated from it by Back Colquitt-street, which is about eight yards wide. The fire was first observed by a labouring man, filmed Dilston, about half-past three o'clock. He was at work in the third story when he obser ve d a d ense sm oke in the room. A fire engine being k ep t upon th e premises, he immediately took steps t o get it into play, with a view of putting a stop t o th e fl ames, b u t, j us t at this time, police-offi cer, No. 11, Anderson, who was leaving Seel-street Station, observed, as he was passing along Colquitt street, the flames bursting from one or two of the stories. He instantly gave the alarm, and proceeded to the fire-station, where he found the horses had scarcely a moment before been unharnessed after their return from the fire in Lodge-lane. Of course no time was lost by M r . H e witt in again attaching the horses, and in a few minutes the engines were at the scene of conflagration. Short as was the interval be tween the alarm being given and the arrival of the engines, yet it was found utterly useless to attempt to save the laboratory. In fact, it was completely en veloped in fla mes , w hi c h were bursting forth with great intensity and fury across the street, threaten ing the destruction of the splendid building opposite and the property surrounding it. The exertions of the firemen were therefore judiciously directed in pro tecting the premises adjoining. Two hose from the engines were passed into the interior of the Hall, and water from th ese was poure d u pon th e d oors an d windows outside, and in front of the laboratory. At the same time from both sides engines were throwing water upon the large doors of the gateway, and, although the woodwork was partially consumed, and the cornice s t ones crac ked by th e in t en se heat, the building sustained no further injury, if we except that consequent upon the introduction of the water pipe and the flooding of the whole premises. Next to the laboratory, in IV oo d- s t ree t, i s a l o w building, the public-house o f M r . G eorge C a t o . To the roof of this 4 branch was passed, and a continual stream of water dashed upon the walls, in orris r to prevent the flames from proceeding further in that direction, Whilst these arrangements were being made and carried out for th e preserva tion of the property th premises adjoining the fire itself were burning with unexampled fury. The story in which it broke out was filled with an immense quantity . of castor oil, all highly almond oil, and balsam of capivi, inflara. allege, on account of the continued frost ; at nil lour dyers are very sl ac k as c o m p are d w ith their lat I engagements. The calico printers, &c., 11 0 Cloth is in consequence easier to buy. Twi s t' e contrary, meets brisk sale, an d comm ands ir e ' prices. TRADE OF BARNSLEY.—The linen trade 0 , 11 , steady, with a fair p r o s p ec t f or th e Sp r i n g trtioe:4 work is impeded by the continuance of a severe f 7 e , account of the process of bleaching being obstraoo that many hands are waiting for want of bloichel which would o th erw i se b e we ll em pl o yed." 111ercuwy. MARKET NEWS.-(SATURv- COVENT-GARDEN. In consequence of the limited supplies broughti' f t , Vegetables commanded a steady inquiry, at fully last quotations ; but, in fact, exceedingly little was s o we except Oranges, which, from their scarcity, sod paratively high rates. Potatoes, from 3s 8d to 9 G cwt ; Turnips, 2s 3d to 2s 8d ; Coleworts, or 0 , 3s 3d to 4s 8d ; and Leeks, is 3d to 2s per dozen ball Spinach, Is to 2s; Apples, 2s to 4s; Pears, 39 to 'ii Onions, 2s to 3s per half sieve ; Forced Pota , Pine Apples, 8s to lOs ; and Filberts, is to is 6 d Savoys, Is 3d to 2s; and Parsnips, Gd to Is p e ts Forced Rhubarb, Is 8d to 2s 3d; ditto Asparagas , A 7A Horseradish, 2s to 5s ; Brocoli, 2s Gd to 4s ; an" ; 0 1,' is 3d to 3s per bundle; Oranges, 6s to 1 2 s; Lela r d to 12s ; and Forced French Beans, 3s per hundredL. Cucumbers, 3s to 5s each ; Carrots, 5s to 6s per bus w BUNGERPORD. 11 0 ; mat' The supply of Vegetables on sale was very s high prices were again demanded. In all other gal a moderate business was doing, at late rates. ICEWOATB AND I.IIADIANICATS' o fi O Prime Mutton and Lamb sold briskly ; ot h er kinds 31 (« slowly, on the following terms :—Beef, from 2s Gd 1° 1 04/ Mutton, 2s Sd to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal , 35 0, , , 4s 10d ; and Pork, 2s 8d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the ~,„„r There was only a moderate supply of Game and Po u f the demand was in a sluggish state, and prices WV supported. Turkeys, 3s to is ;Hares, is 9d to 3s; i ;o 0 , bits, 4d to is each; Fowls, 4s to 8s; Chickens, 25 and Ducks, 3s to 6s. per couple. NEWPORT. ;„ tbe °' We had a steady trade for Lamb, but other'-evol mand was inactive. Beef, from 2s 8d to 35 6d; 2s 10d to 3s 10d ; Lamb, 5s to Os ; Veal, 4s to 4 3 I ' . Pork 3s to 4s 4d per 81bs. BILLINGSGATE. There was an immense supply of Salt Fish, Ye t l i business was transacted in it. All other kinds of a dull sale, at late rates. WIIXTECIIAPEI.. of Lamb was in brisk demand, but all other kinu A sv i r, were a slow inquiry. Beef from 2s 6d to 35 6c l ; Voss 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Lamb, 5s to 6s; Veal, 4s to ss; a° 3s 2d to 4s 2d per 81bs. BREAD. 01# The prices of Wheaten Bread in the Metropolis 7d to 70 ; of Household ditto, 5d to 60 per 41b3 le 4 HXDE MARKET d Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs :—Best Steers an Info'l,4 5s 6d to 5s lOd; Middling Hides, 4s 8d to 5s 4d; ; 1 0.„ ditto, 4s 4d to 4s 6d. Sheep and Calf Skins, ate r 45; Market Calf, 6s 6d to 8s • Long-woolled SP 5s 6d ; Short ditto, 3s to 4 s ' 9d ; Lamb Skins, Is to and Shearlings, Gd to 8d each. HAT MARKETS. ,/ ips;.t4 SMIIIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 10s to Ofj ful ditto, 4/ 12s to 5/4s ; fine Upland do., 5/ 5s to 5 11 u s 'iVer it Hay, 4/ lOs to 61; Oat Straw, 11 163 to 1/ 19 5 ;., Straw, 21 to 212 s per load. A short supply, an d demand. CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hav, 31 15 s to 41 5 11:111 useful ditto, 4/ 13s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 5/ 5 , 5 0 t :t04 Clover Hay, 4/ 103 to Si 17s; Oat Straw, 1 1 Wheat Straw, 2/ Is to 2/ 3s per load. Supply rathe r and trade somewhat brisk. 4l 10// E WHITCHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 1 05 "' 5 15 5 useful ditto, 4/ 12, to 51 45; fine Upland ditt s ,6 10,4 5/105; Clover Hay, 4/ lOs to 61 ; Oat Straw, 1 1 . n " c i $ 0 " Wheat Straw, 2/ to 2l 2s per load. Both Hay '— moved off steadily, at our quotations. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—Fi I f I9 6O / 10ro In consequence of contrary winds, the supply ° - ...5t been :mall to this day's market. In Wheat, b: e lt: have been brisk at an advance of Is. to 2s. per q tlP kee I last week's quotations. Moderate sales have been jier Barley, but no alteration can be noted in pric e ' shade dearer. Oats and Shelling remain quiet. 0 ,4 Per qr. of 601 b. to pi ...-wil Wheat—Suffolk, Essex, and Kent .... Red.... 44 to 45 / 0 Ditto ditto .......White.. 49 54 / 0 Norfolk Ditto ditto ......'White.. 45 4 : / 0 Lincolnshire and Cambridge.. Red.. . 42 0 Ditto ditto .. White •• 46 48 , Yorkshire . ..... ............ Red.... 40 48 ,0, Ditto ditto .... • . White.• 45 4 ° English, Old . Red.... 43 4 : / 9 Foreign ..... ...... ......... Red.... 41 f", ; 0 110 Ditto ditto ... ... White.. 48 S et , / Per c1 1144 "„ 4 3 ° _, / Barley—Norfolk and Suffolk .................. 34 0, 4 r / Yorkshire and Lincolnshire ..... •••• • 31 3- ' / Grinding • Foreign . . ... ... . Per qr. of 631 b, to , 0 Beans—Small tine . . ... 36 ~1 0 . , Ticks , f) Foreign 40 Oats—Mealing, per Stone .......... .. ,6 91 1 Feeding .. 10d, Ild 10d, lia A' 41 Foreign .. Shelling, per Load . 4 253, ;.l. Malt, per Load of 6 8u5he15...... • ........... 0 42 iopV/ Per tir• / / Pease—Blue and White Boilers. . Grey and Feed ... .. Rapeseed—English, per Last Imperial .... . 25i''',. Foreign . • 231., RAILWAY RETURNS* jot 0 1 , 4 0 RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total ReCe 4 .o ' ofll l- 00 0 ways for the past week—that is to say, up to the date wf i 1 respective returns are made, together with the receiPt 6 ° week in the previous year:— Week ending L a st fir. NAME OF RAILWAY. b oo 3,441 Arbroath and Forfar ... . • ••• • • Birmingham and Gloucester • • • ..... • Brandling Junction . •••••• • • " • • .., Bristol and Gloucester • • •• • . • • • • Chester and Birkenhead . • • • . • • • • Dublin and Drogheda.... • • • • • • ..._ ... _ _ t o g; 0 11 V ihr 1 1 6 19 • O f 0 0 j 1 04 4, 6 el 0, 6 1: Sl e p 1, , H e t 34 0 9 g 354 46 4 GO° 5 , „, 9) .9 834 34 764 '47 57 6 ,10 ISO V' 24 666 0 1 :0 1 , TROTTING FOR TEN POUNDS A-SIPS . ~o g itte° afternoon a good number of persons congt'v tor e ich Manor-house, Tottenham, to be present at til o wh o ; tween Holcroft's pony and Harwood's greY P e s ° vg : e° o 6 was to trot five miles under saddle; but an 00 jet was subsequently made upon the groun d contesting distance to three miles, and, ali3 - el being adjusted, the race was commenne is 1 ;0p' taking the lead, and performing the first Om o.'"ore minutes and a half, and being twenty-five Yarooloo4 At the conclusion of the second mile the grel., en O f t he tamed the lead, and the time occupied was„s e ' o ile ° A its eighteen seconds; and, when within halt a et WO goal, the grey was a hundred yards in adven c ip g io ol d opponent was pulled in, the grey ponY e l:4 %o es winner, and trottine , the three miles in eleven n i " thirty-three seconds.' the "'sta On Sunday, being Palm Sunday' , CO e rJ custom of cracking the whip in the por% 009 church was as usual proceeded with. 31an 'fiefi r 'd came to witness the ceremony. This is a ne ts b ey the first time a whip has been held over "" ‘othr Caistor church.—Doncaster Gazette. WS- le r' FIFTY RUNNING ULCERS CURED IX 01' o f tafti HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT. EXtrEet . i° I P; dated Tobago ( West Indies), 4th February , tb,, 4 . ' fessor Holloway—Sir, I have the pleasure to ill 0 01L 0 /13 1 r your astonishing medicines have cured a g ent -e 111 9 " Ice" island, who had, I believe, about fifty running u e jicin - oo k,o legs, arms, and body, who had tried all other 0 0 gata„,, the arrival of yours, but all of which did bi te re, o : o o_,vi yours cured him in about six weeks, and he is g o o's% VA health and 'vigour. Signed—John Martin --' 1 • t Tobago." Sold at Professor Holloway's ' e stsbi b l l $ /°° ifil if Strand (where advice may be had gratis), a nd , ihe respectable vendors of medicines thronghou' world. Dublin and Kingstown • ..... • • • • • • • • Dundee and Arbroath . ........ .. Durham and Sunderland ... .. Edinburgh and Glasgow . •• • • • ••• • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern • • Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr • • • • • • Glasgow and Greenock • • •• • • .• • • • • • Grand Junction •••••••••• • • • • • • • • Great North of England •• •• •• •• Great Western . Liverpool and Manchester •• •• •• •• •• London and Birmingham . •• •• •• •••• London and Blackwall. ... London and 8right0n............... Londoa and Croydon ....... •• •••• _ _ London and Greenwich. •• •• ....... • London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury .. •• •• Manchester and Birmingham.... •• •• Manchester, Leeds, and Hull Assoc•• Midland Counties • ...... • •• •• • 65 19 9, 8 L 9 LP!: 1, 31 ' 398 Newcastle and Darlington .... • • •• •• Newcastle and Carlisle•..... • . • • •• •• Newcastle and North Shields.. • • •• •• North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbel', and (Mewls .. Paris and Rotten . •• .• • • •• • ..... •° Preston and W - - Sheffield and Manchester • • • • • • ..... South Eastern— •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Taff Yale .... Ulster . ..... Yarmouth and Norwich .. .. • • • • • . • • York and North Midland . •••• • • • • li BIRTHS. near Cbic Or On the 20th inst., at Appledrom House , Shaer' the wife of W. C. Dewey, Esq., of a daughteL shor A On the Bth inst., at Oporto, the lady of Joni' flew' of a daughter. Piff ° di ~ 1 11°° 0 vir O eb n b, t o h f e a l s 3 o t n h . inst., at Park-hill, Clap Thos 0 1' On the 16th inst. , at Clifton, the lady ° I. AAP tfii i Walton, jun., of a daughter, still- born. .„ife "' ao i On the 17th inst., at Camden-town, the " e le Cecil Johnson, of a daughter. , e ,pt, t h Ail l On the 17th inst , at Farningham -hill, P - jOr William Waring, E;q ,of a daughter. 0 0, g r6 ' iftt On the 18th inst., at . El- field, Upper Clap t .0P r Savory, of a son. the P o pos, On the 18th inst., at Within ton Rect or y' i f. or" Gustavus Talbot, of a son. ..-,- mildr ew , l On the 19th inst., at Woodford, Mrs. Th. rorto l i re „J On the 18th iust., in Gloucester - Pl ace ' f AO. ~,ipOP 0$ the wife of Thomas Poynter, Esq., 0 a -° thiP - yr On the 18th inst., Mrs. Watson, of sou , of Bloomsbury-square, of a daughter. t he 10 On the 18th inst., at Gloucester-squa re, w j Somerville Head, Esq., of a son. fr inst., at St. Paul's, EdiuburgT ad et/ Thomas, Esq., to Mrs. Norton, of Sloane Wee" bt DIED. m e std illig On the 19th inst., Sarah Falconer, 1 8. Rodgers, Esq., of De vons hi re - sq uare, age u ;Toilv On the 12th inst., at Cheltenham, Jam .0 - t late Major in the 11th H ussars , aged 52 ;, baths „IN On the 14th inst., at Ch e lt e nham, r , u'tv late W. eHl.4Athddinsisot.n: at E Antonysq., of l Demerara. et cor e/ Gerald Pole Carew. 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