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extremely defective.' Other accounts tell us that a large proportion of this year's crop will not grind well unless mixed with old wheat, and that for that purpose, if there were no other, foreign corn will be needed. But the quantity of in ferior, wheat now in our market, and the way in which it operates upon the averages, was most clearly shown by Mr. Baines, in his speech at the great Leeds meeting. He said— " Let them observe that the price of the best wheat last year was 545. per quarter, whereas the price of the best quality this year was 745. per quarter, thus making a difference of 20s. per quarter between the two periods alluded to.—(Hear, hear.) Now the range of average prices last year was 40s. per quarter for the lowest quality of wheat, and 545. for the highest; but this year the range has been 408. for the lowest quality,, and 745. for the highest.—(Hear, hear.) Last year the difference in the range was only . 14e. per quarter between the highest and the lowest qualities of wheat, but this year the difference amounted to 308.—(Hear, hear.) That showed conclusively that there was at this moment a great quantity of bad and low-priced wheat in the country—(Hear , hear)—the effect of which was to keep down the averages, and, by keeping them down, to keep up the duty, which prevented the importa tion of foreign corn just at the time when it was most wanted." Thus we have a price of corn, as well as a price of p otatoes, which is calcu lated to give us false impressions o f the extent of our available resources, and to hide from us in some degree the dangers by which we are threatened. This derangement of the standard by which our usual calculations are regulated renders it all the more necessary to take every precaution prudence' can !suggest. We see the course pursued by neighbouring nations similarly situated, and the effects it is producing. Belgiu m, for in stance, finding her supply of food short, or fearing that it may prove so, opens her ports to all the world, and from all quarters she receives what she requires. It comes to her from the Baltic and the Black Sea, from Italy and from France—nay, from England and Scotland, whence it is sent away. beyond a doubt, by the operation of the sliding-scale. That it should be as easy, or even easier for us than for Bel gium, to get supplies in this way, and that we: should no only neglect them, but keep up a law by which they are excluded, is not very creditable to the common sense which Englishmen are supposed to show in all business transactions ; but we may fairly hope that the time draws near at which our reputation, so far as this matter is concerned, will be fully vindicated. (From the Advertiser.) We yesterday, after perusing the manifesto of the Noble Member for the City of London, predicated the immediate annihilation of the landlords' monopoly. We now with equal confidence anticipate the abandonment of fixed duty, if that can be said to be susceptible of extinction which never, strictly speaking, bad a tangible existence. But though not in the literal sense ever having had a being, the fixed-duty principle possessed a strong hold on the minds of the Whigs, as a party. It will hereafter cease to have even that existence. As a principle, it has received its death blow. The letter of Lord John Russell to the electors of the city of London, and that of Lord Morpeth to Mr. Baines of Leeds, coming simultaneously., and without any previous u nderstanding between the two 'tinble Lords, have given the moderate fixed-duty principle its finishing stroke. What will Sir R. Peel do now ? He has but one of two courses open to him. He must make his choice between them. Either he must abandon the monopolists to their fate, and bring in a measure for the repeal of the corn-laws, or he must resign office, and make way for a successor who will. These are the alternatives set before the Premier. It is for himself to make a selection. Which will he choose? A little time will tell? We have our opinion as to the course he will pursue. He will not resign ; or if b e do it will only be for a particular purpose, namely, that of frightening his party, if party he can still be said to have, into an acquiescence in corn-law abolition. If he tender his resignation as Premier into the hands of his Sovereign, it will only be to be recalled to office as a total and immediate corn-law repealer. He will then carry the extinction of bread-tax monopoly with a high hand. He will carry it without an effort. Pressed down with despair, and overwhelmed with confusion, the landed interest will be incapable of making even a show of resistance. Let us not be misunderstood. We do not say that Sir Robert Peel will ever avow himself, as Lord John Russell and Lord Morpeth have done, a convert to the justice of corn-law extinction. But the want of any such convic tion will prove no barrier to his introducing a measure for the immediate and entire repeal of the imposts on human food. Sir Robert Peel has no idea that a conviction of the justice of a measure, is at all necsssary to it being brought forward. The greatest measures ever proposed and carried by him, have not been grounded on any conviction of their justice, but because he deemed it expedient that they should pass. Witness the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. That measure he always disliked. It was not from choice : it was from dire necessity he consented to bring it forward. Doubly true does the remark hold in reference to Catholic Emancipation. The Premier never pretended to approve of that measure on the ground of it being just. It was because he felt it to be expedient—in other words, because he could not help himself, but must either carry the mea sure or resign, that he consented to bring it for ward. And so of nearly all the great measures which Sir Robert has been instrumental in carrying. The repeal of the corn-laws will, we doubt not, add another to the cata logue of measures which the Premier has yielded to expe diency or necessity, but which he would never have brought forward from a conviction of their justice. But we have spoken of a second alternative. We have supposed it possi ble, though improbable in the highest degree, that the Pre mier will resign office altogether and permanently, rather than be the instrument of carrying the abolition of the corn monopoly. Even were it so, the circumstance would not prevent the repeal of the corn-laws. Lord John Russell would be the successor of Sir Robert in the Premiership, and one of his first measures would be to abolish the bread mono poly. Under any circumstances, therefore, and come what ministerial changes there may, the repeal of the corn-laws is not only inevitable, but will be immediate. We repeat what we yesterday said, that, before a fortnight of the coming ses sion has passed, the doom of the monster monopoly will be formally sealed by Parliament, and the time for its extinc tion announced. MONEY MARKET and CITY NEWS CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. POST.—The public securities rallied to-day to the extent of nearly 1 A per cent. on yesterday's closing quotations. This was owing principally perhaps exclusively—to the breaking up of the Bank Directors (it being the weekly board-day) without issuing any fresh order respecting the rate of discount. The minimum remains the same as for the last three weeks, namely, 3 1 , 2 per cent. In refraining from any further action upon the currency the Bank have, we think, acted for the best in every respect—best for the cor poration and best for the public. Apart from political em barrassments, there is nothing whatever to create uneasiness. The Bank have a superabundance of treasure, and we no longer hear of any pressure for money abroad, nor, with the exchanges so high as they are, is it :possible to believe that a scarcity exists. Already we find the value of merchandise has been forced down in a serious degree by the operations of the Bank parlour. This is an evil that requires correction, and, in the application of the remedy—the relief of the money market—the cases of vari ous other important interests will be benefited. The fund holders and the holders of all descriptions of joint-stock pro perty cannot but participate in the consequences of the in dulgence shown by the Bank to the trading classes in the greater liberation of their accommodation, and the modera tion of the charge they make for it. tinder these circum stances, dull as many things have been again to-day, an im provement is thought to be close at hand. Ministers have, we hear, resolved to adopt measures of some sort to prevent the payment of deposits on railway shares from disturbing the circulation of the kingdom. Should this prove to be the fact, it will have an ameliorating influence such as is so ge nerally needed. TIMES.—From various letters received on the subject there would appear to be a pretty general disposition among those who have received letters of allotment for shares in railways, but who have sold those letters, to resist any claim now made upon them for the payment of the deposit. Their liability to such payment is not denied, but as they conceive that it cam only be enforced by a suit at equity, which most of the promoters of bubbles would have peculiar reasons for not resorting to, they are inclined to await the result without much apprehension. In the event of such suits being insti tuted, it is not difficult to imagine the perplexity in which some parties would be placed, when necessarily called upon, as the basis of their claim upon others, to make affidavit that they had themselves paid the deposit on their own shares. Such parties, it is obvious, could never maintain a suit in equity, and their victims would be in no sort of jeopardy from their resistance to such a call. But in the compa nies of a sound and legitimate character it is equally clear that the case would be materially altered, and if the concern is proceeding with a fair prospect of ultimate success, it is the duty, and perhaps the policy too, for every man to keep to his engagements, as he will frequently thus assist in creating a value for the shares which they would not other wise possess, and legal proceedings would, in the end, ulti mately compel him to do so. The great objectionable feature of the matter, as regards the promoters of railway projects, is the lateness of the application, and the consequent short ness of the time which appears in many instances to be allowed for making the payment. Had all been fair with the directing board or committee, they would at the outset have adopted, as a stringent rule, the payment of the deposit within a given time, and made it a part of the original letter of allotment, which would have made the applicant fully aware of the liability in which he was placed ;. but, during the prosperous run of railway affairs, nothing of the sort was even hinted at. They evidently held it to be their policy to say as little as possible that could alarm their dupes, and the energy they are now using to compel payment of the deposits by the parties who originally applied for the shares only proves the difficulty into which they themselves have now in turn justly been brought. In almost every instance, therefore, their case would be far from a strong one, and in &great majority of them quite untenable. Mach credit is doe to the Directors of the Bank for the arrangements made to shorten the period during which the books axe to be closed against the transfers of stock. Last year the shutting day was the 3d of December, but the approaching shutting is not till the 10th of December. This arises chiefly from the reduction of the labour required in making out the dividend warrants, in which, by order of the Directors, the names of the holders of the stock are not in future to appear ; and this is adopted to answer the double purpose of lessening the period of shutting, and of withholding that information of the accounts, as to names and amounts of stock, which is capable of being turned to fraudulent uses. At all times an additional week for public transfers is valuable, but it is most particularly so at present. There has not occurred for many years a period for closing the Bank books against transfers which has been regarded with so much anxiety. The Directors of th e Auction Mart have pass . ed a resolu tion that their rooms shall not be used for the sale of scrip in projected undertakin gs not authorised by Act of Parliament. HERALD.-Another weekly meeting of the Bank Direc tors has passed off to - day without producing any further change in the minimum rate of interest by that establishment. This fact will be anything but gratifying to the alarmists, some of whom predicted that, ere this, the minimum rate of interest would be not less than five per cent. The foundation b e d is, however, even more fragile than that of some of the bases upon which they have relied for support. The fall in the prices of railway shares has not made money less abun dant, but, on the contrary, by restricting the field for its em ployment, it is rapidly accumulating in the hands of the London bankers, and by necessary sequence tending to re d uce its value. The distrust which has been created continues to impede discount transactions, and to some extent has enhanced the terms ; but, as we have often had occasion to remark, there was no speculation in commercial commodities,and the busi ness of the country being sound at the core, the effect of the reaction in railways will be but partial in extent and comparatively temporary in duration. Already the bankers and other capitalists are getting tired of keeping large sums of money unemployed in their tills. They have not, however, got entirely rid of the apprehension created that money will be more in request towards the end of the year, and abort dated paper is, therefore, discounted at rates considerably lower than the difference of time compared:with long dated bills. A preference is given to lending money re turnable on call, from the same apprehension, and it can be obtained in abundance by the discount houses on these terms at the rate of three per cent. per annum. Whilst this state it is not to be presumed that the Bank of Ilictei,iellkeir Assent rate, as the inevitable re su▪ l b t . w riy.hu of i mue4 of their discount and loan no a . - re*ti be given for the expecta tion th at and dearer - at the end of December' tine Jut two or Wee days some of the shrewder bankers have become less scrupulous with their discounts. Public securities have been rather firmer to-day, and the speculators for the decline have lost confidence to carry their operations further. One of the re sults, indeed, of injuring commercial credit, is to send more money to the public securities for investment, and of this the experienced speculators are so well aware that they hesi tate about timing their accounts and proceeding for the ad vance. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, N0v.28. fi gi at Nisi Prius, before Lord DEN MAN and Common Juries.) COBB V. SAVILLE. This was an action by the proprietor of the Theatre Royal, Brighton, against the defendant, who was lessee for a period of three years, and it sought to recover about 401. for alleged breaches of certain covenants in the lease. The lease was dated in 1841, and expired 13th April, 1844, at a yearly rent of 4001., and the breach complained of was neglect in keep ing the theatre itself, and the properties belonging to it, in proper and sufficient repair, as covenanted in the lease. Counsel for the defendant maintained that he gave up the theatre and properties in a much better condition than he had received them in, having expended a considerable sum out of bis own pocket in repairs and embellishments. A great number of witnesses were examined on both sides as to this point, but the evidence was of a most contradictory character. His LORDSHIP having summed up, The jury returned a verdict for the defendant. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 28. (Sittings after Term before Mr. Baron PLATT and a Common Jury.) CAUTION TO JURYMEN. At the sitting of the Court this morning, Mr. Baron Platt directed three jurymen, who had been summoned on the jury . , to be fined 5/. each, for non-attendance and failing to answer to their names when called over by the Clerk of the Court. ROSHIRE AND ANOTHER V. LA MONT. This was an action on the case brought to recover com pensation in the shape of damages for the loss of a valuable mare, which had lost its life through the negligence of the defendant's servant. The defendant had pleaded that he was not guilty, and upon this plea issue was joined. Mr. Sergeant Murphy, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Collier appeared for the plaintiffs ; and Mr. Wordsworth for the defendant. Mr. Sergeant Mialrin - stated the plaintiffs' case. The plaintiffs were lime merchants, carrying on business at Lime house, and the defendant a tradesman, residing in the City. A short time ago the plaintiffs sent Thomas Lorik, one of their carmen, with a load of lime to a builder in Westminster. On turning the corner of Queen-street, into the Horse ferry-road, with the usual caution, the carman was startled at perceiving a light van coming down the street at a furious rate. He called out to the driver of the van to "hold hard," but the driver heeded him not, and the shaft of the vehicle came -with frightful violence in contact with the breast of the leader in the plaintiffs' waggon. The near shaft penetrated the breast of the animal several inches, and killed it upon the spot. The value of the mare was fifty guineas, and the de fendant, who was the reputed owner of the van, having flatly refused to make the plaintiffs any recompense for the injury, the present action was brought to recover that amount. Evidence having been adduced to prove the accident and the amount of damage. Mr. WoßDswoßm addressed the jury . for the defendant, and afterwards called witnesses, with the view of preying that the accident would not have happened had the plaintiff's car man used ordinary caution, and taken a sufficient radius in turning the corner of Queen-street. Mr. Sergeant Murphy was about to reply, but the jury stated that they had already come to the determination of finding a verdict for the plaintiffs. Mr. Baron. PLATT—What damages do you award, then? Foreman—Oh, we have not considered that point yet, my Lord. Mr. BARON PLarr—You had better do so, then, for that is a material point for you to decide. The jury after a short consultation awarded the plaintiffs 45/. damages. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 28. ,Sittings at NisT Prius, before the LORD Crum' JUSTICE and a Middlesex Common Jury.) SIGGS V. BAKER. This was an action on a warranty of a horse which bad been sold by defendant to plaintiff on the 24th April, 1845. The unsoundness complained of consisted of a cataract in the off eye, and a lameness in the near fore leg, but the latter part of the charge was abandoned IT the plaintiff. The point in dispute was, whether the unsoundness existed at the time the horse was sold, or had been induced afterwards ; and the principal evidence on the part of the plaintiff was that of Mr. Mayor, a veterinary surgeon, who had examined him in March, 1845, and who was of opinion that the cataract must have been caused by inflammation of long standing. The eye must have been inflamed about three months before the time at which he examined him, and at that time it must have been very remarkable. Qn the part of the defendant, there were persons who had had the horse in their care, and in their possession at, and betbre, the time when he was in the stables of the defendant. All these witnesses said that they perceived no unsoundness in the horse, but that it might have existed and they not perceive it. William Silverton. of St. Albans, veterinary surgeon, exa mined the horse in question on the 12th of the present month, and perceived no cataract, or other unsoundness. He had had fifteen or sixteen years experience as a veterinary surgeon. He thought no unsoundness could exist without his perceiving it, but he could not swear that it might not. His attention was not particularly directed to the eyes, and he was not aware that this action had been brought at that time. Mr. Sergeant BYLES, on the part of the plaintiff, addressed the jury at length on the evidence, and The LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE having summed np,• The jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 121. SECONDARIES' COURT, Nov. 28. (Before Mr. Secondary J.4-iis.) PF.TERS V. --- rhis was an action brought by the plaintiff, who formerly ctupried on business as a baker, at Sydenham, Kent, to re coter the sum of 103/. ss. 9d., for good-will, fixtures, horn. cart, &c. The plaintiff was a young lady, a minor, and sued by her next friend. An auctioneer was called, who proved that he was employed by the parties mutually to value the property, and gave possession to defendant, who, however, had not paid any portion.—Verdict for the plaintiff. THE SUN, LONDON', S did. That was the excuse ; but he (the Commissioner) would beg to remind Mr. Reay, that if he turned to the first item of all in Jarvis's books, he would there find his own name entered for large credit, and especially during the first part of Jarvis's trade, was-his name entered for a very con siderable amount. Was it, therefore, surprising that when the world saw (for, no doubt, Jarvis advised the other houses of the fact) that Reay was giving support to this new firm, that others followed the example to a limited extent? Cer tainly not ; and if Reav chose to give false credit in this manner, and thereby induce others to do likewise, he must take the responsibility. It was through the credit given by Reay to Jarvis, that that person (who described himself as a porter, and Reay as a clerk) in the course of eleven months obtained 36,0001. worth of wines, all of which had gone to the winds. If the bankrupt's conduct was to be blamed in the case of Blumenthal, it deserved much greater censure in the case of Jarvis, for the last credits were all given in the year 1844, when, as a faithful steward of the property of his credi tors, he ought to have stayed his hand from further transac tions of the kind. It was, however, evident that so long as he could obtain the discount of paper, so long was he de termined to pursue this inconsiderate course of dealing. The allegation that the bankrupt had engaged in accommodation bills was most strenuously denied. He (the Commissioner) bad closely investigated the case on that point, and was per fectly satisfied that a system of accommodation transactions had been indulged in between the bankrupt and several of his insolvent customers. It was said the course the parties had adopted in this respect was a custom of trade. If it were, it ought to be most strongly reprobated. There was no doubt, from the books, and the discovery made since the bankruptcy, that bill dealings had been engaged in by the bankrupt for the purpose of keeping these parties " going," and supporting a fictitious appearance of credit. If it were not so, how was it that several thousand pounds' worth of bills were found in the bankrupts' drawers after the bankruptcy ? They were there ready, of course, to be pushed into the market to keep credit alive, and delude the public into the belief that they were dealing with men of substance. It was only when the bankers and bill-brokers refused to discount further that the ruin to the parties engaged was made apparent by the fiat. Could any one say this was proper conduct ? No one, not even the bankrupt himself, whom he (the Commissioner) be lieved, if he calmly reflected for a moment, must admit the impropriety of his career. It was necessary to state so, that the creditors might not be deceived, that the assets under the joint estate would not realise more than 2s. 6d. in the pound, and this one-eighth of the gross amount of his debts and liabilities was all that this merchant, who once oc cupied a proud position in his trade, could offer to his cre ditors in satisfaction of their claims. It now became his (the Commissioner's) duty to say what amount of punishment was to be awarded fur this want of proper conduct on the part of the bankrupt. If the Court wholly refused the certificate, it would be inflicting on the bankrnpt a punishment amount ing to a commercial outlawry. That he was not desirous of doing, considering some of the features the case presented. He thought there were mitigating circumstances to be taken into consideration ; one of which was the very good conduct of the bankrupt since his bankruptcy—an ingredient allowed by the terms of the Act to have weight in the judgment of the Court. He hoped he did not permit the sympathy which he felt for the bankrupt's position to interfere with the course of justice ; but he did consider that that circumstance ought to weigh in favour of the bankrupt. He could not but hope that inquiries like these would be of essential service to trade ; because. by the power the Court now possessed in granting or refusing certificates,all persons must undergo the ordeal in public instead of private, as heretofore. Traders would now find that the moment would come when whatever might have been done in the closet or the counting -house would be ex posed on the house-top. The present case ought, therefore, to be an example to them of truly and fairly looking their Wain in the face, and if on a true balance of books they found themselves wrong, to give up the property they possessed for full and equal distribution. Looking at all the facts of this bankruptcy, his Honour said, in conclusion, that it appeared to him the justice of the case would be met by the suspension of the certificate for two years.—Certificate suspended accord- Lngly. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Thursday a very remarkable case was brought before Sir J. Pine, after the Lord Mayor had finished the routine busi ness of the day in the justice-room. A seaman of very intelligent appearance, named John Potter, who stated his age to be about 30 years, presented himself at the bar in the custody of Bradley, one of the prin cipal officers of the Mansion-house, a voluntary prisoner. The following evidence was given on the occasion : James Bradley said, this day the prisoner voluntarily de livered himself into my custody as an escaped convict. He stated to me that he escaped in December, 1839, from Syd ney, since which time he had been at sea—that he was tried and convicted at Shrewsbury in the month of August, 1832 was transported for life—had received no pardon for his offence—and was actuated by a sense of duty to his God in thus giving himself up to justice. I have procured from John Bellamy, Esq.. the clerk of assize of the Oxford Circuit, the certificate of his conviction at the assizes holden at Shrews bury, in and for the county of Salop, on the Ist day of August, in the third year of the reign of his late Majesty King Willian the Fourth, by the name of John Potter, and the prisoner confessed to me that he is the person referred to as John Potter in the certificate I produce, and which I saw signed by Mr. Bellamy. Sir J. Pmw..--What have you to say to this statement made by the officer, prisoner? The prisoner—l admit that his evidence is in every respect correct. Sir J. Pium—l am aware of the particulars of your history from yourself, and I have every reason to give credit to all your assertions. I think it necessary, however, as a magis trate, to hear you make a public statement. The prisoner then said he had escaped from Sydney about four years ago ; that he there witnessed the miserably im moral condition of his fellow-convicts, whom, as he was now a reformed man himself, be should earnestly wish to assist as much as lay in his small power in reforming. That he had been earning an honest living as a sailor, first in an American vessel, and afterwards he was employed in the Hudson's Bay Company's service, and sent to Africa. He said that after a laborious service in foreign ports, he became a sea man on board the ship John Gray, trading from Greenock to Bombay, and on the outward voyage he was induced by a special Providence to turn over the pages of the Holy Bible, which wrought such changes in his mind, affecting the good of his fellow-creatures, that he was at once seized with the desire to do something for their advantage; and he certainly considered himself able, from the experience he had had of a convict's pains and penalties, to read them a strong lesson upon the nature and effects of their crimes and errors. There was one thing, however, to be got over before he could think of making the attempt upon which his mind and heart were fixed. He had been guilty of a further violation of the laws of his country by making his escape from his place of punish ment, and he could not satisfy his conscience without deliver ing himself up to justice. He had, therefore, come to the determination to confess his escape, notwithstanding the horror inseparable from the idea of a convict's life, and the great probability that he never should be discovered in the character which he had performed so long without having excited the least suspicion. After looking over the subject with the seriousness which belonged to it, he applied, through the recommendation of a clergyman at Calcutta, to whom he had mentioned the cause of his uneasiness, to Sir John Pine, who attended to him with the most benevolent interest, and declared the utmost willingness to give him employment by which he could earn a respectable livelihood, but considered, as a magistrate of the City of London, that an effort to shield him could not be consistently made without the sanction of the Secretary of State. Sir J. PIRIE said the case having all the evidences of truth about it, and the prisoner having abandoned the vicious courses which led to his conviction, an application was made to the Serretary of State for the Home Department to take the circumstances into consideration. The crime, however, for which the sentence of transportation was passed having been a heavy one, and the effect of example co-operating, Sir James Graham could not recommend the grant of a par • • himself to don, but intimated that the convict must resign. trial by the laws of his country unconditionally. The prisoner said the accusation against "him at the ShrewsbUry Assizes went much farther than it ought in jus tice to have gone ; for, although it stated that he had com mitted a burglary and stolen several articles, the real fast was that he entered the premises without the Least violence, and, he carried off but two articles, and they were of very little value indeed. Bradley produced the certificate of the prisoner's convic tion, of which the following is a copy, divested of its tech nicalities "These are to certify that at the assize and general de livery of the gaol of the late King William. IV., holden at Shrewbury on Wednesday, the 10th of August, in the third year of his Majesty's reign, before certain • justices assigned to deliver the gaol of the pri soners therein being, John Potter, labourer, was tried and convicted on a certain indictment against him ibr that he, on the sth of June, 1832, with force and arms, the dwelling-house of William Evans feloniously did break and enter, and two keys of the value of sixpence, one pair of braces of the value of sixpence, one coat of the value of ten shillings, two waistcoats of the value of five shillings, two pair of breeches of the value of ten shillings, one hat f the value of five shillings, and one pair of stockings of the value Of one shilling, did feloniously' steal and carry away, against the peace, &c., and thereupon judgment of death was re coreed against him for the offence, and afterwards his late Majesty was graciously pleased to extend the royal mercy to him on condition of his being transported beyond the seas for the term of his natural life, and such extension of mercy having been signified by Viscount Melbourne, the Court al lowed to the said offender the benefit of a conditional pardon, and it was thereupon ordered that John Potter be imme diately transported for the term of his natural Mc" The prisoner was committed to Newgate for the escape, and a true bill was yesterday evening, about. an hour after his committal for trial, found against him by the grand jury. Some years ago a similar case occurred in London. A man, who was sentenced to be transported, made his escape from Sydney, came to London, and lived in respectability as a tradesman for some years, but was one day met 'by the very officer on whose evidence he had been convicted. He -was committed for trial for the escapn, and immediately after his confession and conviction was, upon the strong re commendation of the jury, mercifully recommended to the 13overeign, who granted a free pardon. It appears that Potter is anxious to return to Sydney, in which he had witnessed boundless depravity, for the purpose of reforming his fellow'-convicts. DESPERATE ASSAULT.—A woman, named Mary Fowler, was charged with having struck the daughter of John Good child, a labouring man, in the forehead with a cleaver. The prosecutrix said, her father and the prisoner lived in the same house, and some words having been exchanged, the prisoner inflicted a murderous blow upon the young woman's forehead, and the cleaver would have descended with another blow, which would probably have dispatched the prosecutrix, had not her father interposed the strength of his arm, and turned aside the blow. The prisoner declared that she had used the cleaver in de fence of her life, which the family of the prosecutrix seemed determined to take from her. THOMPSON AND CO. V. BLLECAMP. The plaintiffs in this action are iron merchants, and the defendant a share-broker at Liverpool. The claim was for 391. ss. 6d. for balance of debt and interest thereon. . —.--- It appeared by the evidence that the account had existed since 1841, at which time the defendan; was a merchant and foreign agent, and the balance then ascertained to be due to plaintiffs was 941. ss. 6d., on which they now claimed interest, up to November last, when defendant paid 55L, and from that time to the present on the balance. Ths defendant had admitted the debt, but begged that legal proceedings might not be continued, as the share market was in such a depressed state, that unless there was a reaction, certain persons would be unable to weather the storm, and must stop payment, as he could not answer for taking up a bill. The SECONDARY said, that unless there was an assent on the part of the defendant, or notice given, interest could not be claimed. Mr. Paterson, the plaintiffs' attorney, said that the plain tiffs allowed defendant discount for cash. The SECONDARY said that might be, yet interest might not be due over and above credit prices. Mr. Paterson proved that defendant had agreed one day this week that the balance claimed was correct. Verdict for plaintiff. BANKRUPTCY COURT, Nov. 27. (Before Mr. Commissioner GouLnunx.) REAY AND RENY'S BANKRUPTCY:THE WINE TRADE o nave i udgment "hie His HONOUR gave judgment in this case this morning, any. tht Court was crowded with creditors and numbers of the wine trade on the occasion. He said ho had looked into the whole of the proceedings, and the bankrupt must be satis fied that in the prosecution of this inquiry every possible advantage had been afforded him. He had stated his own case as he thought, and he had given his statements under the sanction of an oath, and bad been assisted by his counsel with zeal and ability. The charges preferred against the bankrupt by the assignees were, the absence of the proper balances of the books, the purchases of goods, and pledging them, the "overdrawing" on customers, and generally reckless conduct in trade. His Honour then, at some length, referred to the condition of the bankrupt's estate, tracing it through its various stages, from the period of +his solvency down to the date of the fiat. In the course of the narrative he recapitulated the leading facts which were brought out in discussion yesterday, and which have already been reported. His Honour was understood dis tinctly to say that the bankrupt appeared to have been solvent in 1841. It was a distressing thing to see the bank rupt, a man who had occupied so high a position in the mercantile world, before the Court under the present condi tion of circumstances. After having for a series of years con ducted his business with credit to himself, it seemed that all of a sudden he had altered his course, and, by the reek ess line he had pursued, involved his crditors. It was said, on his behalf, that the punishment of this position was very great, and he (the Commissioner) could well believe that it was a bitter and deeply humiliating position for the bankrupt to be in; and as he (the Commissioner) thought the bank-. rupt felt it deeply, he should take that punishment into con sideration in the judgment he was about to give. Generally, it was said, there were mitigating circumstances in this case. TO see how this stood it was necessary to follow the bank rupt into the details of some of his transactions. With re gard to Wright, his conduct ought not properly to be made a matter of censure. The transaction with that person ap peared to be the result of many years' dealings, and Wright having got into his confidence, left him largely in debt. Be sides, the affair was wound up, and what loss was made was made when he was solvent, so that the creditors could not interfere with that—for bad as the bargain was, if he had then been called to account he could have paid every farthing he owed. He (the Commissioner) wished, he could say the same of the debts of B4umentha and Jarvis. He must say that he tlsought the conduct of the bankrupt with respect to Blu menthal amounted almost tc insanity. Blumenthal had been a bankrupt, and so he told Reay. Reay admitted that in his examination before the Court. It was much to the bank rupt's credit to say, that since his bankruptcy he had be haved in the most candid manner, and had afforded every assistance for the realisation of the assets of his estate. It was extraordinary how the bankrupt, without reason, could allow Blumenthal so much confidence as to trust him nearly to the extent of 50,0001. It was scarcely to be credited, and vet there was no excuse offered. If the bankrupt were ab 'Solved from the penalty of such conduct in the case of Wright, because he was then above the complaints of creditors, it was different with respect to Blumenthal. At the date he trusted that man his affairs were in a very different position, and the proper balance of his books in 1843 could not have deceived him. :In 1842 it might be a question whether he was entitled so to deal 1 The LORD MAYOR said, the case was one of such a serious with Blumenthal ; but in 1843 no person could have been ' nature, that he was resolved to send it to the Central Criminal ignorant of the condition of his affairs, such as the bank- Court for trial. rupt's were, without wilfully closing his eyes. The bank- The prisoner was then committed. rupt, as he himself ought to have known, was then in s . The LORD MAYOR requested that the press would honour hopeless condition, or, at least, fast going down the road t 4 ) ably acknowledge his receipt of the following sums for the insolvency. He (the Commissioner), therefore, did conside r poor-box at the Mansion House :-1/. ls., by Subpcena ; 51., that the charge of reckless trading was made out agains t No. 11-0 30,269; 1/., Mr. Blacket. the bankrupt, with little or no excuse for his conduct.. Tilt e GUILDHALL. ease of the credit to Jarvis was more extraordinary. Jarvis , A young man named George Hanslip, of No. 10, Alfred according to Reay's own account, was known to him as being place, Old Kent-road, and Olivia Hanslip, his mother, the a clerk in a respectable house. With respect to this poin t. of latter in the dress of a Quakeress, were brought up for steal the case a curious argument had been used for the bankn rot. ing various pieces of satin and cashmere, the property of Reay, since his bankruptcy, being a large creditor agai fist M essrs . C as h and Ledgard, wholesale woollen warehousemen, Jarvis, had been afforded an opportunity, under the proc ,mss of 39, Wood-street, Cheapside. of bankr u ptcy, of inspecting Jarvis's books. What was - the M r . M u lli ns , o f th e firm of Bush and Mullins, on behalf result? Why, that he had supplied himself with infom ta- of the prosecutors, said that before he entered into a state tion of the dealings o f J arv i s with other parties in the trade, ment of the case, he must observe that the female prisoner and it was now said for him, that if he did trust Jarvis, it did not belong to that 'respectable body called the Society of was no more than other parties h a d d one w h o were i n t l 1 e same line names of several firms were 'of business. The Friends, although she had assumed their mode of dress. „. With regard to the charge it was this : — George Hanslip men tioned, and the amounts named; but they were small had been for some years in the employ of Messr s. Cash and sums compared to the credit allowed by th e b an k rupt. indigent of the p os iti on o f Person to whom rd asenteri ng clerk circumstances. o , n and Thursdayfor a lon g l period net he w h a a , d bee n i n had made investigation Reay said that he observed Jarvis at his banker's , but no name was given. If he did to enter t h e sat i n d epar t men t an d t a k e a remnant of satin inquire, he would ha ve found that the and place it in his desk. A watch was then set to discover he gave 00 large a credit never dealt further th an to There be lived, and on searching the apartments occupied by WI extent of 1001 or 1501. Beay trasteg him as Qum' N, ATURDAY.MORNING, NOVEMBER 29, 1845. the son and mother, a number of pieces of satin were dis covered, as well as gowns, trousers, and other articles, made up, the prodace of George Hanslip's plunder. It was also discovered that a large quantity . of property had been pledged with various pawnbrokers in the neighbourhood by their landlady. But he now came to the greatest discovery of all, which it was necessary the trade throughout the kingdom should be made aware of, for the purpose of being on their guard against similar practices, and he wished par ticularly to call the worthy Alderman's attention to it. In the search above forty letters were discovered, from which it appeared the prisoner carried on a correspondence with one John Phelp, who was in the employ of a rival house — namely, that of Messrs. Bull and Wilson, N 0.52, St.Martin's lane, and if it had not been for the fortunate detection of the prisoner's delinquency, there is no doubt the prosecutors would have been ruined in the course of six months. He would read three letters, which would give an idea of the in tentions of both the prisoner and his correspondent towards the firm of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard. The first ran as follows : witness that one of his sheep had fallen lame, and desired ' him to look after it. Witness went back and saw the sheep, and having no place to put it he proceeded on his beat. When he came back, in about half an hour, he found that it was gone. He went down the road for about 200 yards, and on looking over a hedge he saw the prisoner, and twe other men, in the act of killing the sheep. On seeing him they ran away. Witness pursued thew, and collared the prisoner, and conveyed him to the station. Thos, Coleman, a cattle dealer of Buckinghamshire, proved that he sent the first witness to Smithfield with a flock of sheep. One of them was a brown-faced one. Has since seen the skin of that sheep, and is able to swear to it. The prisoner said nothing in his defence. Mr. Commissioner BULLocic having comwented on the facts of the case. The jury returned a verdict of " Guilty." Mr. Commissioner Bumocx told the prisoner that as the law stood a few years ago this offence would have cost him his life. Although the law had been altered, the offence was considered a very serious one, and the sentence was, that he be imprisoned and kept to hard labour in the House of Correction for twelve months. John Lawrence was indicted for feloniously marrying Sarah Brockitt, on the 11th of June, 1644, his first wife, Sarah, being alive. Samuel Parnell, a policeman, 192 M division, produced a certificate of marriage from Bermondsey; had compared it with the register in the church. It is quite correct. He also produced a second certificate from the parish church, at Upper Chelsea. Had compared it with the register, and had found it a true copy. Afterwards apprehended the prisoner. By Mr. HUDDLESTON _Received the last certificate from Mr. Gibson, the rector, who compared the copy with the regis ter along with him. Sarah Brockitt stated that she is a nurse in the Middlesex Hospital. Was married to prisoner in the month of June ; 1844. Were married by bans, and afterwards lived with him as his wife. The policeman Parnell proved that, at the examination be fore Mr. Cottingham, he saw the first wife, Sarah Collis, there. She was pointed out to him, and was examined by the magistrate. It appeared from those depositions that the prisoner admitted his first marriage, but stated that he was not aware that his first wife was alive. Mary Crisholm stated that she resides in Kent-street. Borough. The prisoner has lived with her. Had known $ woman named Sarah Collis eighteen years ago. The prisoner bad said he was mar:ied to her, and therefore could not marry witness. Did not see that woman for eighteen years until the g other da, when these roceedins had commenced. Mr. HUDDLESTO y NE addressed the the jury on the part of the prisoner. Mr. Commissioner Bumocx having summed up, The jury returned a verdict of Acquittal in favour of the prisoner, who then left the bar. " 52, St. Martin's-lane, Oct. 15, 1844. " Dear Sir,—What have you been giving for the inclosed goods to Robinson, what do you sell them at, and who have been buying? Six hundred pieces are a good many for you to get through. Is this something fresh? I have sent May nard with sized parcels of patterns to Cordell, of Plymouth ; Skerrit, Newcastle ; Gardiner, Bristol ; Browell, Coventry ; all marked low, and said we would charge them less the profits which are required to meet travelling expenses. Will that do? " Yours truly, " JOHN PHELP. " Mr. G. Hanslip." In the above letter were inclosed two patterns. The next was as follows, and showed that Hanslip was regularly giving all the information in his power to Phelp, and that they ac tually contemplated sending round a traveller to all his clients' customers for the purpose of underselling them :--- " March 12, 1845. " Can you give me the names for Ipswich, Wisbeach Stamford, Peterborough, Bicester, Wallingford, Bampton Henley, St. Ives ? When shall I see you ? Who is in town; What fresh news ?—Yours truly, " JOHN PHELP. P.S. We are excessively busy. Headland has done won ders in the north." Mr. Mullins ten read another letter, dated Feb. 3, 1845 The following is n extract : "I want the names, &c ' various parties and places. What fresh jobs did you buy of Butterworth ?" Mr. Mullins said he thought those letters would be sufficient to show the intentions of the parties, and he should now call evidence in support of the charge of robbery. Mr. Henry Ledgard stated that the prisoner bad been in their employ about six or seven years, as an entering clerk, and that it was his business to enter all goods, from whom bought, and to whom sold. One of the pieces of buff ker seymere produced he identified by the mark on it, and by its earresponding with the number on the invoice when it was delivered. Thomas Evans, under warehouseman, stated that between five and six o'clock he saw the prisoner take the piece of satin, and tear the cover in pieces, and throw it away. Pre sently after he placed it in his desk, and before witness could mention the circumstance to his master, he was called to take some letters to the post-office, which he did, and found that the prisoner had left for the day. Witness then made a communication to Mr. Holyland, and then picked up the pieces of paper and put them together. They came off the piece of satin. Several pawnbrokers here stepped forward and produced a large- assortment of satins, kerseymeres, &c., which had been pledged at their shops, and which were identified. They were pawned in the name of Ann Jones, by a Mrs. Wandsworth, the landlady of the prisoners. They were in for sums varying from 10s. to 11. 15s. and 21. Mary Ann Wandsworth proved she pledged the satins at the request of Mrs. Hanslip, who said she wanted to raise some money, and that her son had purchased them. She re marked to witness at the time that she should destroy the tickets, and she (Mrs. W.) replied that it would be a pity to do so. They had lately got new furniture into the house. Mr. Holyland stated that on Friday last, in consequence of the information he received, he went through the whole of the stock and discovered about 100 yards of satin missing of the value of 401. They were cut lengths. He could identify some of the goods produced, and had no doubt the rest be ' longed to his employers. He held patterns corresponding with them all. The gown produced was made of French satin, with a waistcoat pattern. The male prisoner said nothing in his defence, with the exception of asking Mr. Holyland, could he swear that the gown, came out of Messrs. Cash and Ledgard's premises, and how he knew it? To which the latter replied that he missed it by its not being entered in the proper book as being sold, besides having a pattern that was cut off of it. The mother merely said that she was under the impression that her son purchased the goods of his employers. On the application of the solicitor for the prosecution, the - prisoners were remanded until next Friday. BOW-STREET. is not the same. DELIBERATE MURDER. On Thursday evening, at about a quarter past five o'clock one of the most cool and deliberate acts of murder that has been committed in the metropolis for many years, was per petrated in Peacock-street, Newington. At that time a Daniel Fitzgerald, a labourer in the employ ment of Mr. Quennell, a respectable builder in Kennington lane, and a countryman of his, named Owen M'Carthy, were proceeding home after the labours of the day, and as they turned into Peacock-street they were met, at rather a dark spot, by a person who came in front of them, and who, with out the slightest parly or uttering a sentence, deliberately presented a pistol to the breast of poor Fitzgerald and dis charged its contents into his body. M'Carthy was so affected with the suddenness of the act and the flash of powder in his face, that he became powerless for the moment, and the as sassin would have escaped but for the promptitude of two gentlemen named Cotton and Allan), who, witnessing the murder, immediately pursued the murderer,who, on committing the act, instantly took to his heels. His pursuers, however, gained ground so fast upon him that they succeeded in cap turing him before he had got far down Kennington-lane, after running about 500 yards or little better. On securing him those gentlemen took him on to the police station-house in Kennington-lane, and gave him over to Lockier, the gaoler, saying that he had been shooting somebody, but they did not know whether the man he shot at was dead or not. The prisoner all this time never uttered a syllable, and was taken into the reserve room at the station by Lockier, where he sat down apparently quite composed. In a few minutes intelligence had reached the station that the unfor tunate man Fitzgerald was no more, and that so deliberate was the act of assassination that the poor man never even uttered a groan. The body having fallen close to the Pea cock public-house, at the corner of Peacock-street and Ken nington-road, was carried into that house, and Mr. Smith, a surgeon in the neighbourhood, was in immediate attendance, but the instant he saw the deceased he pronounced him dead. On examining the body he found that the ball had entered the left breast, passed through (he had not the slightest doubt) the heart, and come out at the left side of the back, so that his death must have been instantaneous; and one of the policemen picked up the bail which had caused the fatal wound at the bottom of the staircase of the Peacock, it hav ing fallen from the body while the deceased was being moved. The murderer, upon the charge being about to be entered against him, gave the name of Samuel Quennell, and it was then ascertained that he was brother to Mr. Quennell, the builder, and, as well as the deceased, had been employed by him. While the charge was being taker: Mr. Inspector Carter asked the prisoner if he had the pistol about him, and his reply was, that he had not. Immediately after, however, the prisoner was in the act of taking somethiug ou.i of his pocket, when Lockier seized his arm, and found that he bad got a pistol in his hand, which was immediately secured. It was a good sized pocket-pistol, single barrel, percussion lock, and it was evident that it had been but just discharged Upon the prisoner being further searched, some strong cord age was found in his pocket, with twopence in copper, and some trifling articles. Before the charge was fully taken, Mr. Rutt, the inspector of the L division, arrived at the station-house, and having been made acquainted with its serious nature, and perceiving also that the prisoner bad got a quantity of cordage about him, as if he intended to destroy himself, he gave peremptory orders that two men with a light should remain in the cell with him all night, which order was complied with. On making inquiries as to the causes which led to so shocking an act of murder, it ap peared that for some cause or other 4he prisoner had been discharged from his employment by his brother on Saturday last, and conceiving that Fitz gerald had been the cause of his dismissal, had been heard during the week to make use of violent threats towards Fitzgerald, and some go so far as to say that he had declared he should shoot him, and that witnesses can be produced to prove the fact ; at all events nothing could be more determined than the manner in which he has dispatched his unfortunate victim. Poor Fitzgerald resided at No. 11, Peacock-street, and his assassin resided close by, so that the unfortunate man met his death within a few yards of his home; indeed, sufficiently near for his wife and five children to hear the report of the shot which deprived them of a hus band and a father, and in an instant hurried him into the pre sence of his Maker. The prisoner, who is an unmarried man, and 22 years of age, maintained a perfect silence, and remained perfectly calm and unmoved until called on by Mr. Games, the solicitor, who had been retained by his friends to defend him at his examination on the following (this) day. He then, for the first time, appeared to reflect upon the dreadful deed he had committed, and shed tears abundantly. He soon, however, recovered his self-possession, and at half-past eight took some coffee and bread and butter, which had been sent to him from his brother's house. At a later hour Mr. Carter had ascertained from the pri soner's landlord that the murderer, during the day, had been to see the deceased at work, and having returned home re mained there until about five minutes before the murder was committed. He also says that the prisoner was perfectly sober at the time. Thomas Edwards, a cab-driver, a pp ea red upon a summons to answer a complaint preferred against him by Captain George Robert Harry Kennedy, of the Royal Artillery, for having, on the 6th instant, inflicted an injury upon him by furious driving. The complainant stated that on Friday evening, about half-past six o'clock, he was proceeding at the head of his company, from the Euston-square station, on his way to Woolwich, and while crossing the corner of a street in Long acre some of the men in the rear cried out " Take care," at which time he had just stepped off the kerb stone. At the same inst the defendant drove up in the same direction at a rapid rate, and passed the fore wheel of the vehicle over his foot. Had his foot not been on a flat surface it would have been crushed to pieces, from the rate at which the defendant was driving. The men were marching in single files to pre vent any inconvenience in the streets, and the defendant could not have been taken by surprise as he must have passed along the entire line. Mr. TWYFORD, having read the military surgeon's certifi cate, said that the injuries which had been inflicted were of a more serious nature than he had expected. The statement of the complainant being corroborated by two bombardiers, The defendant said that the evening was very dark and wet, which prevented him from observing the complainant. and the moment the accident occurred he begged pardon, in addition to which the gentleman who was riding in the cab game the number, which showed that there was no intention on his part to escape the charge. Mr. TWYFORD said that cab-drivers were determined to get on as fast as they could. They were bound to take care, particularly after receiving a timely warning not to drive over persons in the streets, in turning round a corner, and as there could be no justification for such conduct, he would order the defendant to pay a fine of 405., with costs, or be sent to prison for one month. The defendant paid the fine, and he was discharged. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. On Thursday Solomon Goldsmith was brought up for another examination, on a charge of having robbed, or connived at robbing, the shop of his master, Mr. Russell, of New Co ventry-street, of between 700/. and 8001. worth of jewellery and plate. The robbery occurred on Friday week, between the hours of five and seven o'clock in the evening. It was discovered by the prisoner, who made known the circumstance to Mr. Russell, at his other shop in King-street ; but in consequence of the adroitness with which the robbery had been ac,com plished, and the selection of the valuable from the inferior part of the stock, it was presumed that the thief was some one well acquainted with the stock and premises, and as the prisoner had only been a few weeks in Mr. Russell's employ. and was not able to give a very satisfactory account of his moiements on the evening of the robbery, he was suspected and given into custody. Mr. Russell stated to the magistrate that although he had used the utmost exertions to gain a clue to any part of his property, and had even offered a reward of 1001. to effect that object, he had not been able to obtain any information, and he was consequently not in a position to bring further evi dence against the prisoner. The prisoner's solicitor said he hoped, after the declara tion of Mr. Russell, that the magistrate would no longer continue to deprive the prisoner of his liberty. He felt him self bound to state that the prisoner had always borne the most irreproachable character, and so desirous was 'he of manifesting his innocence, that he was willing to come for ward at any future day, or, if necessary, his father, who was in court, would be bound for his future appearance. Mr. Russell said he knew the boy's father to be a man of respectability, living at Bath, and be would willingly take his word to produce his son on some future occasion, should further evidence be obtained. He could not ask the magis trate to detain the prisoner in custody any longer, as the evidence was net sufficiently strong to warrant his further detention. Mr. lisoupsvicicz said there were certainly circumstances of enspicion against the prisoner, but not enough to justify him in sending the case before a jury. Mr. Russell said lie could not divest his mind of the im pression that the robbery had been committed by some one acquainted with the stock and the movements of his esta blishment. A 'Lillie robbery had taken place in Portman street, but the thieves had destroyed about 80/. worth of jewellery in their plundering career, and this showed that the robbery was not done by any one in the house, but by regular burglars. The prisoner, on being told that he was discharged, de clared before od that he was as innocent as the baby un born of the robbery. He would give all the assistance in his power to Mr. Russell to trace out the thieves. The father of the prisoner said the dexterity with which the robbery had been planned and executed was no proof of the boy's criminality, for in Bath several large robberies had been committed in which the thieves had selected the best portions of the property, and had replaced everything in its usual order. After the parties had left the Court, Mr. Hardwick asked police-sergeant Langley, of the detective force, his opinion of the case. The constable said, though at first he thought the robbery must have been effected by some one connected with the es tablishment, he had since had reason to believe that it could have been executed by an expert London thief. The pro perty carried away consisted mostly of antiques and rings of comparatively small value to break up, and they formed so little bulk, that one or two thieves might have carried them away in their pockets and about their persons without ex citing suspicion. Mr. HARDWICK thought it was singular that no portion whatever of the property had yet been traced. Langley said very possibly it had been sent to Holland or llamburgh, where a ready market would be found for it. The matter here dropped. THAMES. A lad named Barrett Wonow, in t he employ of Messrs. Holt and Co., brewers, in Broad-street, Ratcliff, was brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with stealing various sums of money from his employer's counting-house. It appeared from the evidence that the prisoner had been in the service of Messrs. Holt for the last twelve weeks, and during that time they had repeatedly missed cash from an iron safe in the counting-house, the key of which was kept in a small hole in front of it, and was accessible to Mr. John Holt, his brother and a clerk. The prisoner was occasionally in:the habit of going into the counting-house, and so found out the depository for the key, and robbed the safe. The prisoner was committed for trial. after, which ledlirs.Brentwood to thedoor,when she was told a man had fallen. She in consequence went out, and saw Fitzgerald in a heap. She and a man lifted deceased into the Peacock public-house, where she remained with him till the surgeon came. M‘Carty re-called—Knows Mrs. Westwood's house. The murder occurred very near there. _ _ Frederick Bunn—jeeps Mrs. Tubb's shop, who is a broker in the New-cut. A man .came on Saturday night, about eight o'clock, and bought a pistol. The pistol, with several more, was hanging up at the door. The man looked at one of them, snapped it and broke the cock, for which witness charged him 25., and then sold him another for ss. He believes the prisoner to be the man. The man had a cap on then. The pistol taken from the prisoner is exactly similar to the one he sold. One of the officers here remarked the peculiar appear ance of the pistol being very large in the butt end of the stock). Witness said they had many more similar, and they bear no private mark ; he be lieves prisoner to be the man, would not swear positively. He was similarly dressed, does not remember what kind of cap it was the man wore, _ M'Carthy recalled—the prisoner used a cap at his work ; saw prisoner on Saturday between 3 and 4 o'clock, on the causeway ; does not recollect whether he wore a cap or hat. John Marne—ls a gunmaker in Walworth-road. He could not say whether he had ever seen the prisoner be fore or not. A man came the day before yesterday and bought some bullets at his shop. He first wished a mould to fit his pistol, but then put aside the mould and had bullets. This pistol (the one taken from the prisoner) is exactly the same. It was a peculiar pistol, large at the butt-end. He had gauged the pistol that evening, and found it 48. This (he gauged the :one in Court) is 48; and this, I see, does not screw down the barrel ;to the stock, very well, which was the case with the one that even ing. The bullet taken from deceased's body is a bullet similar to those he sold prisoner. . Samuel Wyse—Was called to identify the prisoner with one who bought shot of him, but he at once said the prisoner William Robertson—ls an oilman. Was in Mr. Rust's shop, No. 10, Crown-street, Walworth-road, when a man came in and asked for bullets. Mr. Rust said he had none. Witness then told him he might get it near the White Hart, at Mr. Marne's (the witness called). Prisoner is very like the man, but witness would not swear he is the man, and hesitated to say be believed hint to be the same man. Mr. Marne recalled—Did not recollect the description of the person who came to his shop. It was then dusk, and the gas was not lighted. Constable 148 P said that he picked up the bullet produced off the floor of the Peacock public-house. The bullet had gone right through the body, and slipped down between the flannel-shirt and the back. William Poppham, surgeon, Queen's Head-row, Newing ton—He was coming down Kenhington-lane. . Heard a re port; then saw a man rush out and run towards Kennington lane. He and two policemen went to the Peacock, in Peacock-street. Heard a man with a flannel jacket on cry " Stop him." Witness went into the public-house, and found upon examination that the wound had passed right through the body al4ove the seventh rib. He believed it to be a gun shot wound, and that that was the cause of death. Mr. Smith, another surgeon, was sent for, and Mr. Smith agreed with him in this conclusion. M'Carty was recalled to see whether he had ever heard of any cause of quarrel ? He had not. Mr. Carter, inspector, then said Mr. Quennell, the prisoner's brother, had stated last evening that the prisoner, while working with deceased, said he would like to give his brother a good hiding. That Fitzgerald told Quennell, and Quen nell informed prisoner of this on Saturday evening, saying at the same time he need not come back on Monday morning. It was intended to have brought up the witness Quennell but on application of the prisoner's solicitor the exan2inatioi was adjourned till Monday next. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT NEW COURT. This Court was occupied the whole morning in trying Mint cases, which were of no public interest. In order to facilitate the dispatch of the business of the session, a third Court was held in the Grand Jury Room. (Before Mr. Commissioner BULLOCK.) SIIEEPSTEALING.—George Collins, aged 32, was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of November, in the parish of Acton, a sheep, value 21., the property of Thomas Coleman. Henry Hopwood stated that he is a drover, living at Southall. On the 9th of November he was employed by Mr. Coleman to drive a fleck of sheep to Smithfield. On the road to Smithfield, near Acton, one of the sheep fell ',lame, and as it was unable to proceed, witness tied its legs and left it by the road-side. On proceeding with the remainder, he met a police-constable named Tiller, and told him that he had left a sheep by the road-side, and requested him to look after it. James Tiller, a constable of the Metropolitan Police, stated that on the morning of the 10th of November, at a quarter to one, lie met the last whom driving some oheep. Ile t,914 MARKET NEWS.—(YEbTERDAY CORN-EXCHANGE During the present week the arrivals of English Wheat for our market have been rather limited : hence the show of samples of that description of grain here, to-day, was small. For all kinds, both Red and White, the demand was firm, and Monday's prices were well supported. There was a fair retail trade for fine Foreign Wheat on quite as good terms, but bonded parcels were neglected. The best malting Barley (which was in short supply) sold readilv, at extreme rates : but other kinds were a dull sale. In • Malt a fair average amount of business was doing at full prices. Although the arrivals of Oats continue good, the Oat trade was firm, at, in some instances, a trifling advance in the value of the best parcels. Beans, Peas, and Flour ruled slow, but we can notice no alteration in value. Oats Flaur. 8,660 qrs. 6,190 mks. 10,190 - 4,830 - Wheat. 3,530 qrs. ARRIVALS. Barley. 10,410 qrs. 500 1,390 Malt. 4,640 ars. SMITHFIELD The supply of Beasts on sale here to-day being limited and the attendance of buyers tolerably good, the Beef trade was firm, at Monday's quotations. Sheep—the numbers o which were small—sold steadily, but we can notice no altera tion in value. There were on offer, 60 Oxen and Cows, 70 Sheep, and 30 Pigs, all from Rotterdam, and in fair average condition. Prime small Calves were quite as dear, but the inferior qualities of Veal hung on hand. Pigs sold readily, at extreme rates. Milch Cows produoed from 161. to 191. each. English • • •• • • Irish •• Foreign •• • • • . 10,970 Per Blbs. to sink the offal. s. d. 8, Inferior Beasts 2 10 3 Second quality ditto. 3 2 3 Prime large Oxen 3 8 4 Prime Scots 8. d. to s. d. Second quality ditto 4 0 4 6 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 8 410 Southdown Wethers 4 10 5 0 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 4 0 4 6 Prima small ditto .. 4 6 6 0 Suckling Calves 16 0 30 0 Ulterior Sheep • • • 3 4 3 10 Large Hogs ••••• • 3 10 4 6 Small Porkers ••.. 4 8 5 2 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 20 0 Lambs •••••• • • • • 0 0 0 Beasts. 787 SUPPLY AT MARKET. I Sheep. I Calves. 3,340 164 Pigs. 312 NEVETGILTE AND IMADENHALL. We had a steady trade, and prices were well supported. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior.- 2 a 210 ➢iutton, inferior .. 3 S 4 0 - middling •.• • 3 0 3 2 --- middling.. 4 2 4 4 - prime large 3 4 3 6 -- prime ••.. 4 6 4 8 - prime small .. 3 6 3 8 Pork, 1arge........ 310 4 8 Veal.: ••••••.• . • • • 2 le 4le - small ..•..... 410 b 4 Lamb. 05 Od to Os Od. BOROUGH HOP MARKET. The show of all kinds of Hops being small, the demand has become very firm, and, in some instances, a trifle more money has been paid for selected parcels. New Hops ;—Sussex Pockets, 61 lOs to 71 88 ; Weald of Kent ditto, 61 12s to 71 128; Mid Kent 71 7s to 91 12s. Yearlings :—Sussex Pockets, 6/ 6s to 61 15s ; Wealds, 6/ lOs to 71; Mid Kents, 6/ 15s to 7110 s. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The demand for West India has rather improved, and better rates have in some instances been obtained. The quantity on show is not large. Brown sorts have been 48s to 50s, and yellow 48s to 56s per cwt. 11En:sub.—Standard lumps have been at 67s per cwt. There has been a decided increasa in the demand for refinad goods for home consumption, hence the improvement in Ow prices. EAST INDlA.—There has not been much doing. Mauritius brown has realised 40s to 475, yellow 48s to 565. Stocks are much lower than last year, though prices are higher • 2,154 bags Bengal were partly take a in, low and mid yellow at 48s 6d is 51s 6d, good at 53s to 54s 6d, and good brown 44s to 45s 6d per cwt. For.Eius.—There has been very little disposition to buy. COFFEE.—West India is firm, but the transactions are limited. Ceylon has been firm, and about 5,000 bags have been sold at 44s to 68s 6d per cwt; for Plantation sorts, good ordinary pale is about 50s per cwt. Porto Rico has been taken in at 41s to 665. Mocha has been in fair request, at full rates. Cocon.—The demand for West India has improved, and rather better prices have been realised. Low to tine red Trinidad is 398 to 49s per cwt. The supply has rather de creased. RICE.—The demand for Bengal is less active, and there is a larger supply. Low to mid white is 19s to 20s 6d, and su perior 21s to 22s per cwt, being cheaper. SricEs.—Not much has been done in Pimento, but prices hare been steady at 3 1 / 2 d to 3 3 / 4 d per lb; Black - Pepper has been purchased with caution ; Malabar at 3d to WO; and Eastern at . 2%d to 2 7 / 8 per lb; white was in request pri- vately at 4d to 7d per lb. SALTPETRE.—BengaI has been rather dearer, good strong grey, 5 3 / 4 per cent. refraction, has realised 27s ; and 6 3 / 4 re fraction 28s to 28s 6d per cwt. Rum.—Leeward Islands has been 2s 3d to 2s 3 1 / 2 d per gal for proof, and Jamaica 3s to 4s for 29 to 35 over. East India also has risen, owing to the aotice of a Government contract for 100,000 gallons. TEA.—The market was dull, notwithstanding there is a fair consumption. The trade take only for present wants. Common to good common Congou is 9 1 / 2 d to Ild for cash; common yellow leaf Twankay is 2d to is 2 1 / 2 d. TALLOW.—P. Y. C. has txs , o at 42s to 42s 3d par cwt. on the spot, and Town 41s 6d to 42s vss cwt. nett. (From the London „New Price Current or Nov. 28.) SUGAR.—To-day there was not much inclination sho wn to purchase West India Sugar, but merchants evinced firmnes., and the small business transacted was upon former terms. REFINED. — There has been an extensive demand for re fined goods for home consumption, and advanced rates have been paid ; indeed the market has been nearly cleared, es pecially of the low and middling descriptions. Mausmus.—This afternoon Mauritius met with little attention, and 4,508 bags at auction were only in part sold, at rather lower rates. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon the market was better suTo rdied with Bengal Sugar, and three parcels, amounting to 2,700 bags were offered at auction. FoRE/GN.—Although there are few shipping orders for any descriptions of Foreigo, and our refiners working under bond being supplied for the present, still holders show firmness, and have refrained from bringing any to public sale. MoLAssEs.—Holders of West India submitting to rather lower rates caused buyers to operate more freely, and 500 puncheons have been disposed of. TmA.—There has been no public sale held since our last report, but there is a large quantity on. offer, by private treaty, of black and green; the trade, however, both in town and country, are not inclined to take more than their present wants require, notwithstanding the moderate rates that exist. UoIFEE.—To-day there was little desire evinced to pur chase Mocha Coffee, and ,at the public sales of 9 cases 387 hales, prices declined 2s to 4s per cwt; a small part only was disposed of. Cocon.—British Plantation is little wanted, and the quan tity brought forward _having exceeded the wants of the trade, a decline in price of Is per cwt has occurred this week. Sl , lcES.—This after' loon Black Pepper was purchased with caution, and 500 bags of Malabar at public sale were taken in at 3 1 4 d for heavy sound, but the sea damaged sold at 2%d to 3d. 30 sacks 85 bags Nutmegs :in the shell went at is 3d to is sd. 624 'bass East India Ginger were withdrawn, but 30 casks of Jan tam sold at 6/ 16s for good, 55s to 67s for middling to good middling, and 49s for low. RlCE.—There has been little desire evinced to purchase Bengal privately : aree parcels, amounting to 1,451 bags and 700 pockets, we re offered at public sale, and a part only sold at a decline on former rates of 6d to is per cwt. Madras is little wanted, and prices are not so firm. Of Java there is Mill little to be bad. Cleaned Rice is Meld with rumen and -------------------- is wanted ; Patna at 23s to 275, and Carolina 36s to 4 03 per cwit, Srtarrs.—There has been a brisk demand for Leeward Island Rum this week, and an advance in the value of Id per gallon has taken place; indeed nearly t h e whole on sho . has been cleared of the market. For Calcutta the dem ra ra and has been active, and hiher rates paid ; Deme has been in good demand g , and prices keep on ts advance. The Government Contract 10(:),"w gallons of Rum, half East and half West India, was taken this afternoon by Messrs. Lemon, Hart, and Co., ith in , 1 fraction of 2s lid per gallon proof strength. Brandy. u.e. been in good demand ; prices have advanced Geneva has been in good request. British C Spirits are much in demand at 105 9d per gain nett cash. Malt Spirit according to quality is el; at 12s 9d to 13s 6d. For .Gin the demand has been active , an prices are very firm. a litotira Fnurr.—ln Currants, by private contracts, the importers% having shown a disposition to meet the views of the buy! and a large business appears to have been done Of Turic.l Pulled Figs, in the low and inferior qualities, some extensive, sales have been made at reduced rates, but fine rather scarce!. and obtain full prices ; of Muscatels the finer freely, at very full prices. SAGO.—This afternoon atpublic sale 391 bags of Sag' ld at 139 Flour were taken in at 20s 6d, but sea damaged 6° Gd to 148 6d. SALTIPETRE.—Th' ft ,_ 1 5 00 bagg is a ernoon at public sale , rer rt. qualities & Calcutta went with spirit, at a further advance of of 6p Forelg" Ons.—This afternoon at public sale 80 tuns Sperm Oil were offered, and nearly all bo u g ht in. 1-fl_Atuoiril Newfoundland Cod went at 271. 19 tuns 20 casks I." Id st were taken in at 41/ to 44/. 55 casks Pa lm Oil were so . 311 to 31/ 15s for tine, and 271 to 30 1 15 s f or middlt 3 ing t° 11 03 good. 210 hhds 115 pipes Ceylon Cocoa N ut sold a 1 to 33/. TALLow.—This afternoon at public sale 489 cas t South Wales Tallow were offered and all sold ; fine a 4ls D. 042 3 d t to 42s 3d, middling to good 40s 3d to 41 s 3d, low 0. 5 39s 9d. . THE LATE MURDER 1 4 - COVENTRY. ; the COVENTRY, THURSDAY NIGHT. — The inqu i ry I,„ vi sa circumstances attending the death of the unfortun% 17th Tranter, who was murdered in his own house, en il lo ta inst., took place on Wednesday, and was adjourct"'t foil to-day, when, amongst others, the following impor were elicited:— t ools The boy Satchel], who, it will be remembered, Its" f the panied the old man over some land on the morning ; tb9 murder, said--When I was in my master's house, °oo3ei morning previous to my going out to work, a tus rl c er§r Roberts, a shoemaker, came in and held a short conotot tion with him. He did not remain long , ad d we vientanter into the field. About a quarter of an hour after he had returned to the house, I observed that the 1 4 1 were closed. Half an hour after that I saw a Yc li f it cl 1 0 come out of the front door. He locked it after hint, P t int° the key in his pocket. At twelve I endeavoured to e c e nigi, the house, but could not. I tried again in the till slns and on the following morning, but the house was , 0 0 t° up. On Wednesday I gave information to some Per the village. Mr. William Iliffe, a farmer residing at Berk:°ll,i' nt ar " that on Monday, the 17th, about midday , he sti vr ve it As named Read in the road, near to Tranter's house . „d itel talking to a man in my employ, named Wright, corduroy trousers. He had resided in the neigroote ' three years, working as a day labourer. He ustle w) 1 . cap. . ( 11 r e "el , The next witness was Mrs. Ann Hyatt, wh o said da vit! i a little way from the place where the murder was c" 0 t he P, P O ' The man (Read) has lodged at my house ever since he P , Monday in July. He left last Saturday week , t ot oe t instant, and did not say where he was going. 'l i e „„ t de r ii dark green waistcoat, ancle-jack boots, striPeu " h eel s „l trousers of a drab colour. There were tips on th e d ,y, ,e', l , his boots. He had previously left me on the 'ru es be ' ea he came back on Saturday morning, at which tittle ~,y f , and I have not seen him since. When he went ss to Tuesday, he said he was going to Hampton static and get a job, and he should be back at night. 0 d 0 0 4 hind him a Scotch cap, which he usually wore, 311 dr other articles. &1 1, , Mrs. Maria Raven, the wife of a farmer in the P ar : : be 6,11 posed that on the 17th instant, in the afternoon. 0 ' „ i Jo p i she saw two men in the lane. One, who was dr-"t`tio light-coloured jacket and waistcoat, was standing 11 021 1 , of the lane ; the other, dressed in a velveteen jacket, p ' 1 to be coming in the direction from Tranter' s hoar • col l sure that the man Read was not one of those. t 0 0 Thomas Trippas, the parish constable, said sequence of information he received on Wednee d Zied 1 1 0 6 went to Tranter's house, and found the doors f a r c e t° a the window-shutters closed. He obtained an ent r A s e c , e a house through one of the upper windows. There i f / 0, 4 and two drawers open in the room. A great numbers ` of / 0, 4 had been strewn about the floor, and the drawer,. I had been ransacked. On proceeding to another r° ° " t i l efe at the articles in it in a similar state of disorder • but jo 4 tits iet , 1 I no appearance of anything having been dis'turhedtteto attics. The witness here detailed the circumstanc e ' s Ol the finding of the body of the murdered man. A the d e' In the course of the inquiry, the bill-hook 1 111 % . al i which were found near the body, and with which, ° ci, n°,l bability the murderers executed their bloody u ee es sl le p straw hat were produced, which some of the witne s "i t ied fit they had seen the old man wear. It was much et 3 o .o . e ti a , blood, and there was a '„deep indentation in the L ic dge' which corresponded exactly with the end of a ' i' cut in a peculiar manner. ,aofe sad Two or three other witnesses were examined , ..," 0 . 11 0 deuce was chiefly in corroboration of the foregow°' ~ six o'clock the inquisition was adjourned. ~,o r ttil ig' The jury again assembled at ten o'clock this ''',. s , ,4' number of witnesses were examined, amongst otbe 0 a.,,,i George Hopkins, a labourer, who said that on the .. ,0 1 ',0 day after the committal of the murder he met the l';ol l ' o a about five miles from Birmingham. Witness cos,, v , e o 6 ,iete him as to where he had been, when he said that 0 : 0 pre ," 1 14 in Birmingham in search of employment from t° re tr Monday ; but that he had not succeeded, and wa s , home. Read has not been seen since. of° t rl Iv A 4 Joseph Blick, a shoemaker, residing at Bahl' „ frv o + said that he examined a number of footmarks nfroelid. house, and the impression on his mind was, tb 3 " A t 1 ,'" ii' ? produced from a boot which he made for Read hi '" -9 ti 0 1 ' 1 7° 0 The inquiry had not terminated when our : r f the D'r dispatched; but the general opinion is that Reap s i",, r pr e ,t/, derer ; and a reward of 1001. will be offered for hi.,0 6) ,, 1 i0 . sion. The old man who has been murdered was e l,ie O'Y penurious; he is supposed to have had a considers d A i a money in the house, but sixpence only was f° 11 „,,, t' pockets. One circumstance tends materially to es' s Poi suspicions entertained against Read. It apre',ici ° ,,i' ti short time since he was found concealed in the t ri is r' , house ;he was given in charge to the police; ti IV afterwards declined to prosecute. . 0 tli e s ,e,, Yesterday's Government Police Casette coots' au 0,, !i lowing additional information respecting the T iir ge d ,o ', William Read, alias James Reed, who stands e" v 0 e:'' the 'wilful murder, on the 17th instant, in tnyns,, t ittr . , Berkawell, in the county of Warwick, of Thenta s i tl r A i r ~ Th e suspected murderer, who has absconded•l'lsc" eity‘ posed to be working on one of the railways, i' d . ue tatir i it ti ; about nineteen or twenty years of age, five 'fele one high, stout made, and when talking as a srs" : iich,,V nance ; had on a pair of narrow cord trousers , Lot 1 : / 0: ci l hole in the left thigh, and is supposed to have L, - ifl i „,. l I; old pair of plaid trousers and an old dark jac"sb°' may be wearing. He is believed to be in the nes.' 4, of Birmingham." O r ~.... DEPLORABLE CALAMIT Y - 0 0 f of TEEN LIVES LOST. o t ote , , a to , 0 1 At a late hour last night accounts reacne s 1 1 occurrence of a calamity of the most deplorablf C a rt which, in the course of the evening, the Roi a v 01 ° ,0 ! r : the theatre, and by which the lives of very l'c a ,. ° "siSLeV i i low-creatures were sacrificed. It is certain ths," l o n''," 07, already dead. Of course the full particulars of, ' l ro affair are not yet fully known, but the followi n el4 s' tl` be relied upon, having been communicated t o us e igl a I t victual who arrived in town in the course of t be ,eter d i l vii ? ,l the scene of the tragedy. The night boat to Longford started ) „, i , . " e , ej 'T the usual hour, two o'clock in the after c ab t'n were eight passengers in the fore or rprineiPabin• 0 til l considerably upwards of twenty in the after a 9 t , reaching the neighbourhood of Clonsilla, tbesL, e , i dde r i ,', Pr/ below to dine, and unhappily committed the ' a t' d i', 0 0 0 ,1 have been informed, to a boy emplod on b!er ',O E ' This boy, either knowing nothingof the V' forVor Air steering, or not attending to the serious dutY , 1 to , to i and rashly committed to him, permitted the bl,„tel,' 0 0 0 4 the bank of the canal, which caused her imine'', - a btS,l 0 1) ;$' size, and speedily to fill with water. The fore"oe' t be el gers were saved, as that portion of the boat isf h . o lt; ft iood the water, which is, of course, shallow at the 11 ",, 5 t P ° :itOnd happy after-passengers, plunged into the deli' otlll'e l o. the canal, could not extricate themselves , .s l3 „ e r e i' ri jOi ° to diate assistance was at hand, many of them D i " WI vdti the waters. At the time our corresponde nt an " oi ed sixteen of ,the drowned already crowded the "'' lA, 11 drags were plying busily in search of more. . 0 51 f 1 ,,,,,i• This is a horrible calamity. It must be rig e 4 es‘r,,c 0 into, and this frightful sacrifice of human life ",;1 ' evidence, or punished by law.—Freentan's .P u " d nesday. , otolilltli tite r be rt e With deep reget we learn that an° of LBO has taken place—that of the respectable and Stafford, stockbrokers and notaries in that there are most distressing rumours of 0 l ot; co 1 meats, which, we sincerely hope, are void of f 0,..„ 0 , 1 p, Co object of every good citizen now should he '`' e sis f e il if e, than increase the ferment which unfortunatelLoci b,;eteAf! money-market—more, we firmly believe, Pr o d l'' or ip t than from any real lack of funds or resour ce the / situations in which men become spell-bound 11 0 th e de perils which enthral them ; and in a crisis ties Pr fearpften effects more mischief than d a ifdc w Du‘g Evening Mail. Al __. e .1 . Or OP - I, BlRTffff. On Wednesday, the 26th inst., the wife 0, it oi Esq., surgeon, of a son. iscif °f 1 On the 16th inst., at Sheerness, Kent, the ,l) F. br• Campbell, 91st -Regiment, of a datte n r i .' c P IP 01 A l On the' it,h inst., at Hampstead, Mrs. Ile -- ,he daughter. Jo O se n ph th ß e a 2 a s f t o h rd i , n E si sq ., ~ a son. l i, ~, 9 ow ey-vi as,, at II 1 'll Ma idivjj' so eff 0 'het , Is l On the 25th inst. , m at Stansted Mountfie ilijj, W. Fuller Maitland, of a son. ~..,; %t or On the 25th inst., at New Park-road , - P '" 1' James Spicer, of a son. 1 3 " 01. MARRIED. ~re the On the 22d inst., at II 1 G 1 ester 3 " l- 'tigy re. ei ,l l ' ors ey, oue , c is „ i C. Hayward, to Elizabeth Esther, seeer,,,,stere,"hicO,{l. late Rev. J. Phelps, Rector of Alderley, G',°?tirch,v,te Y / On the 25th inst., at St. Bartholomew's um , t he ...- r i George Duke, Esq., to Mary, only daughter e' t oo , fol i g je l Hopkinson, Esq., of Millbrook, near SoutharePcorr, 0! On the 25th inst., at Lee Church, Willie ilia ~ei 4 rc le Lee-grove, Blackheath, to Ann Mary, 0 0 'Y " u to a the late Mathias Dipnall, Esq. lk f 1 1 e " tj ett" On the 26th inst., at All Souls' Church, ,3 -` ll , see o Painter, Esq., of Berners-street, to Miss Luc.' DIED. icilli PP- i A O ° V' On the 19th inst., at Bri hton Jame s g fo ol, e l M.D., of Stretton Hall, Cheshire. ' n g 00"- t i, 0° On the 22d inst., at York-row, Rene' - ' t t'id ) Sandell, daughter of W. Spriggs. L'eut e°ll dlli" On the 23d inst., at Turnham-green, - .,... .~.. ‘. l Alexander Daniel, of the 63d Regiment.f PP. R ife ° „(•O P On the 24th inst., Elizabeth, the -AO/ Yuill, of Leadenhall-street. . 9q., O f Sw- Mi O dd n le th se e x 2 . 4th inst., Duncan Sinclair, -cA4I• Al , .40,, '''" - el On the 24th inst., at Fulham, AnthonY.,`"th,P' ,p, On the 25th inst., Mary, the wife of G. ''''' -V P . sail-road, Brixton. On the 25th inst., in the Grove, - , C — ' nt-16113°11P' Shearman, Esq. 0 1 Of 1146' : . f ;: T rt, r d Ds London : Printed ana Published by lA--; S , Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office No I ."' Sat of the Savoy, in the County of Tilidd les" 3 9 , 1846. FURTHER PARTICULARS. LAMBETH POLICE-COURT.--(YESTERDAY). On Thursday evening, about a quarter past five o'clock, a horrid murder was coolly committed in Peacock-street, New ington, on the person of Daniel Fitzgerald. Samuel Quennell, a labourer, was taken to the Lambeth station-house on suspicion of being the murderer, and was brought up for examination yesterday morning before Mr. Henry, at the Lambeth Police-court. The prisoner is of a very dark complexion, ruddy coun tenance, stands about five feet seven inches high, firmly built, and may be about twenty-eight years of age. When put into the dock he appeared depressed; his small dark eyes heavy with trouble and sadness. During the examine. tion he was observed to weep. _ . The first witness called was Owen M`Carthy. He said he was a labouring man, living in Queen-street, York-street, Walworth. Has been working for Mr. Quennell, but not for the last nine days. Understands the prisoner is brother to Mr. Quennell. Saw prisoner yesterday in Kennington lane about twelve o'clock, near the Horse and Groom, but had no conversation with him. Did not see him again till the time of the murder of Fitzge rald. Fitzgerald is a labouring man. Has worked for Quennell many years. Yesterday witness was at work down Kennington lane, came up to the yard with a barrow, when he met deceased about five o'clock. He and decestaes walked out of the yard, down Kennington-lane, and crossed over into Peacock street. They had just come up to where the pump stands, when some person came up and met Fit* gerald in front. Witness and deceased were then both abreast. Immediately a bright flash of light completely dazzled his eyes. He thought he heard the report of a pistol, but for the moment he was stunned. The instant after he saw the deceased with his hand pressed against his left side and bending double to the left. Deceased said " I'm a dead man." He said no more. At that time witness and deceased were close together. Prisoner came up right in front of Fits gerald. Prisoner said nothing. Deceased bent down side ways, holding his side, and said, " I'm a dead man." After the shot prisoner did not run. Witness saw him walk quite leisurely away, as the light dazzled in his eyes, He con tinued walking till witness bolloed out —" A man shot ; stop him." Witness heard nothing before •r after the shot, except the exclamation from Fitz gerald. Did not overtake the prisoner, and did not come to the station-house with prisoner after he was caught, but went and told Mr. Quennell that Fitzgerald had been shot. Did not return to the spot where Fitzgerald was. Witness does not know of any quarrel between Fitzgerald and the pri soner, or bad feeling, or heard any angry word ever pass. He did not see whence the prisoner came from at the time of the murder. The road where they were has no footpath. Is not a thoroughfare for carts. It is very narrow. Henry Cottin is a messenger in the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street, and lives in Vauxhall. He said, yesterday evening, about five o'clock or a quarter past, he was going down Kennington-lane, towards Vauxhall, when he heard a pistol report. He was then just by the corner of the lane and the Kennington-road. He had not walked above a hundred yards before he saw a crowd and a man advancing towards him, running. He went and took hold of him, and had him taken to the station-house. Prisoner is that man. He made little resistance. As another man came running up hurriedly, prisoner said, "Take me to the station-house." From first to last he heard him say nothing except that. He had a hat on, but nothing in his hand when running. At the station house a pistol was taken from him out of his trousers' pocket on the right side. Henry Martin Allam—Lives in Agnes-street, Waterloo road ;he was passing down Kennington-lane, last night, about five o'clock ; saw the prisoner running as if against him ; im mediately after heard a cry " Stop him." Witness could not stopped him. He did not come up with him ti hear any report. Ann Westwood—Lives at 11, Peacock-street, with Mrs. Brentwood, a greengrocer, in the same house as deceased lived at. Was within doors when a loud knock was heard at the outer door. Mrs. Brentwood called, " Come in," bu t no one =wend. 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