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`JiteLa ~a,l 2 rP 414 0 trb f l rira;l 'i CI U . "' ri v.A.: , 'TERSALL'S.—T HIS EVENING. Six o'cLocx. DERBY. 9 to 1 agst Hobble Noble IS to 1 agst Claverhouse 38 to 1 apt Vortex 40 to 1 apt Little Harry 40 to 1 agst Filius CHESTER CUP. No change. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT M.skNaLACGHTF.II. William Murphy, aged 26, a cooper, and Mary Ann Murphy, aged 26, his wife, were indicted for feloniously kiting and slaying Bridget ." 4 .1 urphy. On the 19th of November last the prisoner took a lodging near to the Commercial-road, and a few days afterwards the female prisoner came home in a state of intoxication. Mrs. Walsh, the landlady of the houe, followed her into the room, and was horror struck at finding one child lying dead on a table, and another child lying insensible on a bed, with its head hanging over the bedside. A f ew minutes afterwards th e ma l e p r i so ner also came home intoxicated, and Mrs. W a lsh remonstrated with them upon the brutality of their conduct, wh_en they aanowledged that both the children were their own. The living child was in a wretched state of filth, and famishing tor the want of food. Mrs. Walsh to o k i t down stairs and gave it some bread , which it d evoure d with greedy eagerness. This was the deceas e d B r id get. The prisoners, instead of attending to the wants of the poor child, went out again and remained out all n i g ht, and the next morning, w hen they return e d h ome aga i n , M - rs. Walsh told them it would be a charity to send Bridget to the workhouses, for she had been starved, and Was a mere bundle of skin and bones, but the female pri soner took no heed of the observation, except to say that she wished the child was dead, as then she could leave her husband. Two days afterwards Bridget died, and th en a medical man was called in, who pronounced it as opiaion, that the child had died from want of food ; an d as it appeared that the female had some money in h er possession when sh e came h ome d run k , w hil e h er husband was in a situ at i on b y : w hi c h h e cou ld earn 24 5 . a week, if he pleased, the two prisoners were given into custody on the pr esent c h arge. n The prisoners denied that they had starved the child. she died, they said, from the effects of the hooping cough, and the medical witness admitted that the child must have had the cough, and its ravages upon the child's windpipe were as much the cause of death as the want of food. TheLearnedJUDGE summed up, and the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The prisoners were accordingly liberated. GERMAN Y. The German Diet has adopted the following resolu tions for the regulation of the publication of its pro ceedings : " 1. The proceedings of each sitting of the Diet, as far as no objection exists to their immediate publica tion, shall, in their essential purport, be printed as speedily as possible, in the daily journals chosen for that purpose. " 2. The publication of the protocol of a sitting, with the exclusion of all matter that is to be kept secret, is permitted within a fixed period, hereafter to be defined, hut at longest one year from the date of the protocol. The Diet reserves to itself the measures necessary to take to insure the verbal accuracy of the reports of the protocols.. " 3. A. Committee of five members of the Diet, chosen for a year, will be elected, who will be charged with the following duties :—A. To put in execution the resolution No. 1, and as far as neces sary to make to th e Di et the necessary proposa l s f or doing , so. B. T o super i nten d t h e d raw i ngs o f t h e resumes of the s itti ngs f or t h e j ourna l s appo i n t e d, with the omission of all not calculated for immediate publication, and to see that it is inserted as soon as possible. C. To prepare for the successive publication of the protocols, by fixing the dates of their appearance, when they are permitted. Every envoy of the Diet is allowed to address any representations to the Committee in reference to the publication of matters that directly affect his Go vernment, or to make any proposals to the Diet itself respecting them. In case of difference of opinion in the Committee, the question is to be referred for decision to the Diet. " Finally, this Committee is authorised, at a proper time, to report to the Diet how these resolutions have worked in practice, and what modifications in them may be desirable." This Committee has been chosen ; the foregoing resolutions are the firit of the series, being the autho rity on which all the others are to follow. The cacial journal is the Ober-post-amts Zeitung. Letters from Viinna state that the sisters of Kos 'suath have arrived in that city as prisoners. LITHOGRAPHIC PORTBAITS.—We hare just had submitted to us an admirable lithographic proof print, after a daguerreotype by J. E. Mayall, pub lished by Mr. J. L. Grundy, of 130, Regent-street, ex ecuted on stone by that accurate delineator of pictorial life, Mr. G. B. Black, representing four of the most eminent medical psychologists of the present clay (Messr?. Munro, Winslow, Lawrence, and Suther land) in consultation, a subject which forms a suit able companion to a print previously published by the same house, of celebrated chemi,ts. SCOTTISH CENTR.AL RAJLWAT.—Traffic for the Week =ding Dec. 14, 1851 : Passengers (6,821), parcels, horses, and carriages ... .£746 4 2 Goode, cattle, &c. 912 5 3 Total .. ... .. 1,658 9 5 Corresponding week in last y.ar... 1,544 2 2 Perth, Dec. 17, 1851. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. LYONS AND AVIGNON. A. meeting of the shareholders interested in obtain ing a return of the caution money was held yesterday at the London Tavern, to consider and determine on the immediate steps to be taken ; Mr. Alderman Salomons in the chair. The CHAIRMAN said he had called the meeting with 3 view of obtaining their opinion under the circum stances in which the holders of shares in the old Lyons and Avignan Company are now placed. The minting would recollect that in 1846 there was a company formed, consisting of English and French shareholders, for the purpose of constructing a line from Lyons to Avignon. The capital,was subscribed, and the concession completed; but there were reasons to appre hend at that time that the various details on which the assumed capital was based were erroneous. A period of famine and commercial difficulty followed. The Trench Government, at the time M. Guizot was in power, agreed with the directors of the company that there was reason to believe the estimated cost of con struction was fallacious, and that the concession to the company required modification, in order to enable the company to carry out the undertaking. The French Government at that time brought a Bill into the Chamber of Deputies, embodying cer tain modifications of the concession for the line. The democratic part of the Legislature deemed the modification so proper that they agreed to the Bill as introduced, but when it came I '-for e the Chamber of Peers a question was raked a° to the probability of a scarcity of money, which was b , rn e out by the great financial difficulties evi denced in the tailures of 1847. The Chamber of Peers thought it would be more favourable to the French national interests that such enrerprises should be got rid of rather than to encourage railways, and the Bill was thr ow , out. The Lyons and Avignon Company had no other alternative than to dissolve the company, and to divid e the funds in hand ; the caution money being l e f t in the hands of the Government. From .that date to the pre sent time various aoPlications h a d b een ma d e for he return of the caution had hail interviews on she subject of the money. He money yal with Louis Napoleon since he be came Is:resident of the Frenc h R qutAio, an d he had recei-ied from the President a ssuranc es that as f ar as lay i n hi s power h e wou ld do all he could to place thse claim of the shareholders in the best possible libsition. He had no doubt, if the question rest e d with the Pr es id ent , th a t th e y would obtain what they required. On the Ist of December the late the Assembly to about its last act—gave its approbation framework of a concession fora line from Lyons to Avignon. Having looked closely through the condi tions of the lease, which was for ninety-nine years, they were most ample and favourable, and on the 19th day o f c' the pr esen t mont h t h e l i ne is to be concede d to some o r n tn e l l 'iny• As f ar as h e was aware, t h ere was on ly ‘,„ company. in treaty for the line, a nd, conse quently,nO second company appeared, it would be given to the company who had been a consider able time in negotiation for the line. He was not aware that any of the English parties in treaty for the line bad represented the interests int -s of the pany in th a t concess i on. The old COM.' w present proprietors w e re cal led tog e th er to determine h step should b e t a k en ')n the 19th inst ant, or whether th at they ought to rotest ag ainst its b e i ng g i ven to any o th er comps P Bering for the line, or whether it was their niny ten s tere t to tender for the lin e:,theuiselves. E very Minister of Public Works in succession had been aP piied to on the subject, an d they had offered on behalf of the company that if the aovernment .were wilting to grant the concession, the shareholders would subscribe to make the line. The conditions ' of the new concession specified that the capital should be 120 ,000,000 f. 4 ; 4,800,0000, the Government to sub? cribe one-half that sum; but under the old condi tions they did not offer to subscribe anything towards the undertaking; and with a view to enable the new parties to raise money, they would be authorised to TI-114.1 SUN, raise one-half of their moiety of the capital on bonds at 5 per cent. interest. He had but l i t tle ho p e of suc cess in obtaining the new concession, as it appeared the whole matter had been arranged in the Minister's office, and he believed that three or four English con tractors and capitalists were the parties who would obtain the concession. The memorial to the President of the French Re public was then read. It states that the committee nominated to represent the claimants consists of the following gentlemen, viz.:—Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., the Hon. W. Ashley, Mr. J. Bagshaw,- M.P., Mr. F. B. Barlow, Mr. J. Field, Mr. J. A. Frank land, Captain Kelly, Mr. J. P. Kennard, Mr. F. Mowatt, M.P., and the Hon. C. P. Villiers. M.P. The CHAIRMAN', on moving the adoption of the memorial, stated that the material part of it was, that they were ready and willing to take the con cession upon the condition of the caution-money being brought into account. He believed the object of the English contractors was to deal with the in terest of the old company in the caution money, and to give them 53. or Cs. Bd. in the pound. After some observations from Mr. ,OLIVERA and Mr. BAGSITAW, M.P., on the propriety of the Lyons and Avignon and Bordeaux and Cette shareholders acting together, with a view to obtain a return of the caution money, Mr. MowATT, M.P., explained the grounds upon which they claimed a return of the caution-money. The estimates of the French engineers, upon which the original concession was granted by the Govern ment, and accepted by the company, amounted to 76,000,000 f. (3,040,0001.), for the construction of the line from Lyons to Avignon and the branch to Grenoble. On the company's engineers making a fresh estimate of the cost, it was found that it would be 130,000,000 f. (5,200,000 l.), or 4,800,0001. without the branch to Grenoble. These estimates were veri fied by the French engineers, and it was admitted by the French Government that the company were enti tled to a modification of the concession, and as more money would be required for the construction of the line than they were authorised to raise, they could not proceed with the undertaking. It had been ad mitted by the French authorities that the failure in carrying out the enterprise was not the fault of the company, but it arose from circumstances over which they had no control. Resolutions were passed adopting the memorial, adding the Honourable C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. F. B. Barlow, and Mr. F. Mowatt, to the com mittee appointed on the 15th of May, 1851, authos. rising the committee to declare the readiness of their constituents to tender for the concession of the railway from Lyons to Avignon, as authorised by the law of the late National Assembly, or to adopt such other measures as may be found expedient for se curing the recovery of the caution-money now in abeyance, expressing a hope that no English capitalists will interfere to weaken or prejudicefthe indisputable claims of the company, and that they will feel under great obligations to any member of the committee who will undertake to proceed to Paris as a deputa tion to represent their claims to the French Govern ment, and to enforce the same in every suitable manner. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 17.—1 n a convocation holden this day, the Rev. John Bury Harrison, M.A., of Magda lene College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eunilem. The Rev. Robinson Thornton, M A., Fellow of St. John's, was nominated by the Junior Proctor one of the masters of the school. I❑ a congregation holden at the same time the following degrees were conferred : DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.—The Rey. Thos. Francis Cross, Exeter College. MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rey. Randolph Payne, Mag dalen Hall ; Rev. Charles John Newdigate, Christ church ; James Empson Alcock, Lincoln. BACHELORS OF ARTS.—Alfred Newdigate, Christ church ; Herbert Harman Mayo, Scholar of Pem broke; Charles James Wynne, Jesus; John Young Sargent, Postmaster of Merton. On Monday last Mr. Frederick Elliot Blackstone, Scholar of New College, was admitted an actual Fellow on the Law line of that society. CAMBRIDGE, DEC. 17.—At a Congregation holden on Monday, graces passed the Senate 1. To appoint Mr. Johnson, of King's College, an Examiner of the Moral Sciences Tripos for the en suing year. 2. To appoint Dr. Paget, of Caius College, an Examiner of the Natural Sciences Tripos of the en suing year. 3. To appoint Mr. Thring, of King's College, and Mr. Westcott, of Trinity College, Examiners for the Maitland Prise. Mr. E. T. W. Polehamptom, M,A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, was admitted ad eundent. At a Congregation on Tuesday (being the last day of term) the said term was dissolved in the usual form, CROSSE SCHOLAR. The vacancy in this scholarship has been filled up by the election of Mr. George Martyn Gorham, 8.A., of Trinity College. NATURAL SCIENCES TRIPOS, 1852. The examination fa the Natural Sciences Tripo3 will begin un Monday, March g, at nine o'clock, A.M., in the Senate-house. The order of the examination will be as follows : Monday—Comparative anatomy and geology. Tuesday—Physiology and botany. Wednesday—Chemistry and mineralogy. Thursday—Mixed questions. All persons who shall have passed the examination required for the degree of B.A. after February, 1851, may be candidates for honours in the commencing Bachelors' Natural Sciences Tripos. All persons who have passed the examination re quired tor the degree of B.A. between February, 1850, and February, 185], may be candidates for honours in the Middle Bachelors' Natural Sciences Tripos. All persons who have passed the examinations and kept the exercises for the degree of LL.B. or M. 13., may be candidates for honours in the Commencing Bachelors' Tripos on this occasion, if the term be the fourth Lent Term after their first term of residence ; and in the Middle Bachelors' Tripos, if the term be the fifth Lent term after their first term of residence. (Grace, May, 1851.) All persons desirous of being candidates in this ex amination must send their names, with notice of the requisite examination which they have passed, to the Professor of Anatomy, on or before Friday, March 5, 1852. 1 he Lectures of the Professor of Moral P hilosophy will commence on Tuesday, F eb. 10, 1852, at one o'clock P.m., in the Lecture Room in Trinity College. Tnese lectures will be continued every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, during the greater part of the Lent Term. The Professor will examine candidates for the Professor's certificate on Monday, March 22, at ten o'clock. The subjects of this examination will be Dr. Whewell's "Elements of Morality," books 1 and 2, and Plato's " Republic," book 1 (in the English translation). HEALTHOF LONDON DURIiVG THE WEEK. (From the Registrar-General's Report.) Though the rate of mortality in London is still high, the present returns bear witness to a considera ble improvement. The deaths, which after a period of continuous increase, ultimately rose to 1,316, de clined under the influence of milder temperature, and in the week ending last Saturday the number was 1,194. The weekly mean temperature which during the earlier part of November fell to 40 degrees, or 12 degrees lower than it had been during the previous month, and afterwards suffered a further reduction to 35 degrees (which is about 8 degrees less than the average of the period), again rose in the week ending 6th December to 38 8 degrees, and last week to 44.8 degrees, or about 3 degrees above the average. 'faking for comparison the corresponding weeks of 1841-50, with the exception of that part or the series which belongs to 1847, when influenza swelled the mortality of the week to 2,416, it appears that the average number of deaths was 1,031, or with a cor rection for increase of population, 1,134. The return of last week shows an increase of 60 on the corrected average. _ 3 Diseases of the respiratory organs, which rose to 3 s e 3 in the previous we e k, have f a ll en t o 284, and P h tbisig, which in the table forms part of the tubercular class, has declined from 180 to 142. The number of fatal cases ascribed to bronchitis last week was 136, and to sepneumoniaeer or infl amma ti on of the lungs 105, of which 83 w children. The increase of bronchitis above the average is worthy of remark. The mortalityfrom z ymotic or epidemic di seases week 243,t0 o malady i n thi s c l ass and is in th e aggrega t e heavy,amoun amounted last hn no particul ar prevails to a formidable extent. Th e table shows that 37 Pr off by small-pox 16 b b w y e r e scarlatina, carried 24 by h oop i n g cough, 5 by croup, 21 by diarr hoea, one b y dysentery, 2b y measles. e 3 n 4 s cholera, 6 by influen za, one b y P ur nura, 3 by fever,re i2ebsy3inofttneteilceaseso puerperal dise ase ) , 10 by fever after childbirth e (besides one by rheumatic fever, 62 by typhus, continu e d fever, &c., 11 by erysipelas, 5 children by syphili s, and 2by noma or tantrum oris. The mortality from fever is considerable, and does not yet evince a disposition to fall to its ordinary amount. STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK SUNDAT.—The sky was overcast till evening ; cirrostratus and light clouds. Light rain fell at noon Electricity— Nothing was shown during the first four days of the week. MONDAY.—The sky was one-half covered with cloud during the earlier portion of the morning, and generally clear until evening; cirrostratus and light clouds. TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ; three-fourths‘a s n y —T cirrostratus. A few d ro p s o f ra i n f e ll d ur i ng t h e even i ng . V EpN skywasov reermcaasithduenrtil of nothoen, day;and coveted he during the cirrostratus, fleecy clouds, and scud. LON DON, TiteßsDAT.—Light clouds and haze prevailed during the afternoon, at other times the sky was clear. Electricity— Positive, and very active after noon. FRIDAY.—Dense fog prevailed throughout the day Elec tricity—Positive, and very active throughout the day; sparks were shown. SATURDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day; cirrostratus Electricity—Positive, and tension strong throughout the day. The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main mast, and read each day at 9h. A.M. was 45•2°; and the mean reading at 9h. P.M. was 44'8° ; the mean readings at the Royal Observatory for the same times were 43.5 4 and 43.7 Q respectively. The reading of the barometer decreased from 3013 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.84 in. by 3h. AM. on the Bth; increased to 30439 in. by 9h. A.m. on the 9th; de creased to 29 89 in. by 9h. r.m. on the 10th ; increased quickly to 30.29 in. by 9h. A.m. on the Ilth ; and still further to 30.42 in. by 9h. P.M on the same day, at which reading it remained for several hours, and then decreased slowly to 30.23 in. by Bh. P.M. on the 13th, after which it turned to increase ; and was 30.31 in. at the end of the week. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 13, 1551. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*243 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 36 Tubercular Diseases 190 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 125 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 4141. ... 41 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... 284 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... 66 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• •.• 15 Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, Sze. ... „. 8 Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ••• 8 Diseases of the Skin, Sco. 1 Malformations— ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 5 Premature Birth ••• ••• 41 •• ••• ••• 41 Atrophy ••• ••• ••• 41440 ••• ••• 18 Old Age 4141 . ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 61 Sudden ••• •• • •• • ••• ••• ••• ••• 7 Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance ... 51 Causes not specified ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• 4 DEATHS FROM ALL CA.IISES 1,194 Population Deaths in cone- Deaths Enumerated, sponding week in the 1851. of 1850. Week. West Districts... 376,332 . . 177 ... 157 North Districts.. 490,441 .. 215 ••• 263 Central Districts 392,986 ••• 166 ... 202 East Districts ... 485,336 ... 233 ... 270 South Districts .. 616,545 ... 299 ... 302 Totals..., 2,361,640 ... 1,090 ... 1,194 Males ... ... ... ... ... 589 Femalss ... ... ... ... ... 605 BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males ... ... ... ... ... 802 Females ... ... ... ... ... 735 Total ... ... ... ... ...1,537 * In this number are included 34 by Scarlatina, 62 by Typhus Fever, 21 by Diarrhoea, and 2 by Cholera. THE EINGLISH PRESS AND THE FRENCH POST-OFFICE. The great number of English families resident in France, and the vast sums of money put into circulation by them in various departments of French territory, forbid the supposition that the French authorities can imagine they have any interest to serve in driving Eng lish visitors from France, or in rendering that country a less agreeable place of residence than it has heretofore been. If the exclusion of certain English newspapers could be shown to be necessary for the preservation of public tranquillity, allowance might be made for such an interference with the rights of Englishmen at home and abroad. But the fact is, that the vast majority of the subscribers to the English newspapers in France are Englishmen, who, from the British Ambassador down wards, have maintained throughout the late unhappy events the most religious neutrality, and whose exem plary abstinence from any participation in the internal affairs of France has deserved a more generous acknowledgment from the authorities of that country. With regard to the small proportion of English newspapers which find their way into French families, we thought it was universally conceded that the class of persons whose tastes and whose leisure lead them to cultivate a knowledge of the politics and literature of a foreign country are not those who make barricades and descend with their muskets into the streets. The matter becomes worse when we remember how heartily Louis Napoleon admired in his better days the wholesome, manly, and practical tenden cies of the English press, and its unswerving support of law and order at home. The latest instance of an English newspaper stopped in the French Post-office is that of our excellent contemporary the Illustrated London News, whose spirited pencil sketches can hardly have given umbrage to the President, but whose views of the breach of tise 68th article of the Constitution possibly approximate much more nearly to those of the High Court of Justice than to the fashionable belief at the Elys6a. Our contemporary will, no doubt, feel compli mented by the exclusion, but his English readers in France will have some cause to complain of this latest piece of interference on the part of the French officials with the liberty of the press.— Times. CHANGE 1N COLOUR OF THE HAIR. The changes which are produced by disturbances of the heart upon the cutaneous capillaries are illus trated in a remarkable manner in persons where the hair of the head has suddenly become white from a disturbance in the heart caused by violent mental ex citement. A lady who was deeply grieved on re ceiving the intelligence of a great change in her worldly condition, and who had a very remarkable quantity of dark hair, found on the following morning the whole of the hair had become of a silver white. Some striking instances of this kind are narrated by historians. " I was struck," says Madame Campan, " with the astonishing change misfortune had wrought upon Maria Antoinette's features; her whole head of hair bad turned almost white during her transit from Varennes to Paris." The Duchess of Luxem bourg, when caught making her escape during the terrors of the French Revolution, and put in prison, the next morning it was observed that her hair had become white. A Spanish officer, distinguished for his bravery, was in the Duke of Alva's camp, and an experiment was made by one of the authorities to test his courage. At midnight the provost-marshal, ac companied by his guard and a confessor, awoke him from his sleep, informing him that, by order of the viceroy, he was to be immediately executed, and had only a quarter of an hour left to make his peace with Heaven. After he had confessed, he said that he was prepared for death, but declared his innocence. The provost-marshal at this moment burst into a fit of laughter, and told him that they merely wanted to try bis courage. Placing his hand upon his heart, and, with a ghastly paleness, he ordered the provost out of his tent, observing that he had " done him an evil office ;" and the next morning, to the wonder of the whole army, the hair of his head, from having been of a deep black colour, had become perfectly white.—Dr. Wardrop on Diseases of the Heart. TRADE IN PALM OIL.—By the entries in the Liverpool Customs, it appears that during the eleven months of the present year ending oa the Ist instant, no less than 23,180 tons of palm oil have been imported from Africa; thus proving that the natives who formerly exported their brethren as a matter of traffic, now find at least an equally profitable trade in the exportation of the vegetable products of their native soil. In addition to the quauity of oil already received this year, the following ve s s e l s are also shortly expected to arrive in Liverpool with the same artic'e, viz. :—Hants, 700 tons; Lord Elgin, 400 tons ; Roe, 228 tone ; Ariel, 220 tons ; Dido, 204 tons ; Mediterranean, 145 tons ; Mercury, 140 tons ; Huakisson, 388 tons; William Hutt, 285 tons; Golden Eagle, 99 tons; Taplin, 459 tons; Magistrate, 518 tone; Lydia, 362 tons; Juverna, 209 tons; Banshee, 145 tons; Swiftsure, 208 tons; Ides, 125 tons; British Queen, 330 tons ; Cleopatra, 508 tons; America, 690 tons; Petrel, 132 tons; St. Lawrence, 860 tons; Cronin, 177 tons; Mary G llespie, 264 tons; Vesta, 262 tons; Doucie Davis, 417 tons; Mary, 545 tons; Scotland, 562 tons; Severn, 362 tons; Ellen Jenkinson, 149 tons; Sarah Horn, 199 tons; Druid, 350 tons ; Belle, 499 tons ; Zephyr, 214 tons ; Princess Royal, 612 tons; Abeona, 1,000 tone; Celicia, 922 tons; Tipperary, 185 tons ; Adnaun, 285 tons. YANKEE WlT.—Dau Russell, the Union candidate for Auditor of Public Accounts in Mississippi, is an original genius, besides being gifted with a ready and happy wit. On Friday night last, at Jackson, he was suddenly called upon for a speech by enthusiastic shouts from the audience. Rising upon the speaker's stand, Dan thus commenced : " Fellow-citizens, you have called on me for a ftw remarks. I have none to make. I have no prep.red speech. Indeed, lam no speaker. I do not desire to be a speaker ; I only want to bean auditor." We need hardly say that the well. timed pun brought down the house.— Natchez Courier. PIitTRSDAY EVENIN(3, DECI . I 3: , iS, 18!4. THE IRON TRADE. This great staple trade of our district has retained an unchanged aspect of dulness and depression. If any alteration can be noticed, it has been a further tendency to decline rather than to improvement; and the trifling transactions of the last fortnight appear, in several instances, to have been concluded upon some what lower terms. It would be difficult, however, to define any actual limit of variation in the prices of iron either at the present moment or during the last six months ; but while the first makes are commanding something near the nominal figures, it is not going too far to say that others are now to be had at 159. per ton lower. Among the purchasers of pig. iron a strong dis inclination is shown to forestall the requirements of the approaching quarter; while holders of materials are everywhere endeavouring to press forward their sales. From the Scotch market accounts are gloomy, re • porting 3d. per ton decline. The unusually short supply of water in the various canals is also inflicting a serious injury, increasing the expense of transit both upon iron itself and the materials for its manufacture. Notwithstanding these adverse symptoms, it is gene rally expected that there will be no declaration of red duction at the approaching quarterly meeting, but that some a g o atis s f o ae fa te r ry as p t e o si e t n ie t n er e t a a r in ly a in h t o .h p e e . sporfiahgcr Among g ag a existingeem prices will be maintained at Christmas ; and other reasons for suchare a a more opinion, it is stated that the . first-rate w or k s orders, and maintain their tolerably lttat w i well supplied with that no ac cumulation of stocks, eitherons with . firmn h e t ss , unwrought iron, has taken place during the last or t we l v e months of . depression ; that the principal al evil felt is rather the impossibility of obtaining remunera tionp than an absolute scarcity o f d emand ; and that while it is impossible that the home consumption should suffer further, the commencement of the spring trade will bring an additional accession to the continually increasing amount of export demand sufficient to warrant higher pretensions. It is also naturally expected that the iron trade will participate in the beneficial effects resulting trom an abundant and growing supply of the precious metals, which will not only insure low rates of discount at home, but will have a tendency to enhance the value of articles of commeice, both here and among all our foreign connexions. Of the correctness of such views those who are interested must, however, form their own judgment.—Birniingham Gazette. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT; OLD COURT. THE TRIAL OF ISAAC BOYD. (Continued from The Sun of yesterday.) Some witnesses were examined to show that, du ring the period between January and June, 1851, the defendant had obtained a large quantity of silk from the other firms, the whole of which had been pledged. Mr. Josiah Robinson was next called as a witness. He deposed that he carried on the business of a silk merchant in partnership with a gentleman named Drakeford. He knew the defendant, and had sold him goods in his trade, and they had had many trans actions together. He believed the defendant was in their debt at the present time, but they had not proved under the bankruptcy. The last time their firm sold anything to the defendant was in January of the present year, and after that period, from what they heard of him, they should have declined to give him credit if he had applied for it. Between the months of January and June, 1851, the defendant deposited silk with them, for which they ad vanced 2,800/. Oa the 17th April he gave the defendant 6001. as an advance. On the same day he deposited three parcels of silk with them. This silk was all in the state in which manufacturers of the article obtained it from the merchant. The money was advanced upon the general account of the silk that had been deposited with them for sale. On the 20th April they received two hundred weight of silk from the defendant, and advanced him 2001. On the 17th May a further sum of 1601. was paid to him, and he deposited another parcel of silk. On the 11th June the defendant deposited two other parcels of silk weighing 256 pounds, and he was paid 2401. Wit ness remembered ,purchasing a quantity of silk from Mr. Attenborough. The defendant came to them, and represented that he knew a person who had a quantity of silk for sale, and that he should be paid a commission for selling it. The defendant produced a sample of the silk, and after some negotiation they agreed to purchase it. A person named Pawley acted as the agent of Mr. Attenborough, and received the money for the goods. Witness could not say posi tively when this occurred, but it was certainly before the bankruptcy of the defendant. in June. Witness could not say whether it was in April, May, or June, as he had not got his books, and he would have produced his books if he had been required to do so. He could, therefore, only give an opinion as to the time. It was certainly more than six weeks before the bankruptcy when the transaction with Mr. Pawley and the defendant took place. He could not say the exact amount that was paid, because he had not got his books ; but he believed it was from 2,0001. to 2,5001. (A book was here handed to the witness.) He saw by the book he had just examined that the transaction took place on the 27th of May. The quantity of silk he pur chased from Mr. Attenborough appeared to be 2,259 lbs., but no price was mentioned. The whole of this silk, as well as all that he received from the bank rupt, had been sold, and no portion of it had gone back to the bankrupt. By Mr. CLA.RlitON—Their firm was in the habit of advancing money in this manner upon unmanufac tured silk. By the COURT—It was their custom to receive the silk, and sell it on commission, advancing money upon it in the first instance. The whole value of the silk was accounted for to the defendant. John Pli% ley deposed that he was in the service of Mr. Attenborough, a pawnbroker. The defendant bad been in the babit of depositing silk with them for some time, and advances of money were made upon it, for which, by agreement, 15 per cent. per annum interest was charged. The silk that was sold to Mr. Robinson belonged to the defendant, and was sold by , his order, and he acted as hit' own broker in the mat ter. The amount for which the silk was sold was 2,1681.43. 9d. The sum of 1,7181 had been ad vanced upon it to the defendant, and there was 901. due for interest. The balance was handed to the de fendant. _ _ This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. CLARKSON then addressed the jury for the defendant. He said that although he was aware, from the prejudice that must naturally be excited in the minds of the jury by a case of this description, that he should have a very difficult task to perform, yet he trusted he should be able to satisfy them that the defendant ought not, in law, to be convicted of this offence. In a moral point of view, he should not insult them by attempting for a moment to deny that the defendant bad conducted himself in his trading transactions in a most reckless and improper manner, and for that conduct he would be justly ame nable to punishment in the Court of Bankruptcy ; but the question the jury now had to decide was, whether he , had been guilty of a misdemeanour under this statute, and whether the evidence would justify them in saying that he was guilty of that offence. The Learned Counsel then called the attention of the jury to the terms of the statute, and contended that there was no evidence of the defendant having obtained the property from Messrs. Fordasti by the false pretence required to support such an indictment; and that, on the contrary, instead of there being any proof that he was falsely and colourably carrying on his trade, the evidence show ed t h at he really was so engaged, and that the art icle was required for a particular 'ltiinantigt the such proceedings were the it into pressure, purpose. Mr. Clarkson observed upon the facility that appeared to exist samemetropolis ti time, e , for th a t the he dfiesaproesda,l ino times f money at a ruinous sacri ficeccmpelled to pawn goods shortly after n to punish cr i m i nally those persons property; rof en:aininrnidttneugrr:: but too frequently resor ted to, and that it would be a great possessi on o f t h em for the purpose ot that if they p I C their temp orary necessities. The Learned concluded b y entreating the jury not t mhoeyin hadhardship hobtained t bs to meet a p ar ti cu l ar case, and sa id were not sati s fi e d t h at the spec ifi c charge had been lega ll y established, it was their duty to declare that o p inio n by their verdict, whatever t ty h h°i e ent lygn lav'g e they might thin k of the proceedings of the defendant in a moral point of view . u rt Baron wereAsummed up. H e sa id th a t th e opinion that the c o u n t i n the indictment referring to the case o f M essrs, Allepson could not be supp o r te d , and the jury would therefore only have to Court clearly ElsoN of co nsider the other, on which the defend ant was charged with obtaining the property of Messrs. Fordaett. His Lordship called the attention of the jury to the terms of the statute, and said that if they could be o f o p i nion that at the time the goods were obtained t h e de f endant had no intention of using pa wn them, in that case t h ey wou ld be tthdfo to r the purposes of hi s tra d e, b ut that he in enemde jus tified in finding him guilty upon this indictment. He however, that th e ev id ence t o suppor t such a must,vie view say, o f the case appe are d to hi m to b e rat h er slender, but the jury were the judges upon the ques tion of fact, and it was for them to form their own conclusion upon the subject. The jury retired, and were absent about an hour, when they returned into court and gave a verdict of Guilty against the defendant. Baron ALDERSON, in passing sentence, told the de fendant that he had been convicted by the jury, after full deliberation, of the offence of obtaining the goods of Messrs. Fordasti by false pretences. Although some doubts might exist whether he committed the specific offence alleged against him under the statute, there could be none on the mind of the Court, or any one else, that he had been trading in a very reckless and fraudulent manner, and that he had become bankrupt after defrauding his creditors to a very large amount. The jury having returned a verdict of guilty, the Court had now to pass sentence upon the whole case. The offence was a very aggravated one in a commercial community, and the sentence must therefore necessarily be a severe one. He then or dered the defendant to be kept to hard labour for one year. THIRD COURT, (Before Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY.) Robert Matthews, 24, labourer, was indicted for cutting and wounding Harriet Donnow, with intent to murder her. Mr. Thompson prosecuted, and Mr. Giffard de fended. It appeared that the prosecutrix had for two years cohabited with the prisoner, who is an itinerent cake vendor, and in the early part of last month they had some quarrels, and she then expressed her determina tion to leave; and it would appear that on the 13th of November she did so. The prisoner, on that day, was at Greenwich selling his coke, and upon coming home and finding her gone he became enraged, and finally traced her to Duke of York public-house. He went into the tap-room where she was, and said to her " I want to speak to you," and putting his arm round her neck, drew from his jacket pocket a large table knife and drew it across her throat, inflicting a wound three inches long and one deep, from which the blood flowed most rapidly. She was immediately taken to the London Hospital, where the wound was sown up, and for some time her life was despaired of. The prisoner had stated that he was deternained not to let any one else have her. The jury acquitted the prisoner on the count charging the intent to murder, finding him guilty of wounding with intent to do bodily harm. He was transported for ten years. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, Dec. 17. (Before Mr. Sergeant ADAMS, Assistant-Judge.) Henry Pepper was indicted for keeping a cununon brothel in lie parish of Saint Luke. Mr. Parry prosecuted; Mr. Metcalf &fended. Oa the part of the prosecution evidence was given to show that the house, or rather the houses in ques tion, Nos. 21 and 22, Beltic-street, St. Luke's, were frequented at night by prostitutes and men, and In spector Brennan, of the G division, and two police• officers gave evidence of their having seen prostitutes enter the houses at all hours of the night, and of their having repeatedly been to the houses in search of prostitutes who had committed robberies, and other parties who were charged with felony. One prosti tute who lived in the house was tried in this court in the name of Ward, and convicted of robbing a man about twelve months ago. The defence was that the houses were not brothels, and a number of witnesses were examined to contra dict the case for the prosecution. They asserted that the houses were let out to lodgers, mostly respectable married persons, and that they were never known to be the resort of prostitutes. One of the witnesses, who looked a mere boy, and who said his name was Hubbard, stated that he was married and lived with his wife in one of the houses in question. He had been married twelve months, and was by trade a pocket-book maker. The house was not a brothel. Mr. PARRY—Are you a pocket-book maker or a pocket-book taker ?—(A laugh.) Witness—A pocket book maker. Mr. PARRY—You say you are married ; now, he careful ; where were you married ? Witness—Yes, I am married, and have been twelve months. Mr. PARRY—Upon your oath, sir, where were you married ? Witness (hesitatingly)—Where, did you ask, sir ; what does that matter ? he JUDGE—Answer the question, or I will com mit you. Witness—lt was at Cripplegate Church. Mr. PARRY—Now, I caution you. Will you swear that you are married at all ? Come, we happen to know something of you, Mr. Hubbard. Witness — Well, then, I aint married at all, I live with a young woman. Mr. PARRY—Then you told a lie when you said you were married ? Witness—That's it, sir. Mr. PARRY—Have you ever been in trouble, Mr. Hubbard ? Witness—l don't understand you. Mr. PARRY—Have you ever been in prison ? Witness—What's that to do with this ? Mr. PARRY—Have you ever been in prison ? If I asked you if you now steal pocket-books you might decline to answer, but you are not protected from answering my question. IVere you not sentenced to six months' hard labour for picking a roan's pocket of a watch ? The witness refused to answer. He was threatened with committal if he did not, and he then said—" Yes, that's right, sir. The JUDGE—Were you tried in this court ? Wit ness—Yes. The JUDGE—Before me ? Witness—l don't know, Mr. PARRY replied, and contended that the evidence for the prosecution was not at all shaken by that fur the defence. The jury found the defendant Guilty. The COURT sentenced him to six months' bard labour, and to find sureties, himself in 1001. and two sureties of 251. each, to keep the peace and to be of good be haviour for six months further. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. Mrs. Dawson, alias Phabe Blakeney, a lady rather advanced in years, residing near Maida-hill, was brought before Alderman Challis on a warrant charged with having committed wilful and corrupt perjury in 1533, by making affidavit in Doctors' Commons that she was the daughter and only next of kin to Mrs. Eliza Elam, the late widow of Lieut. Joseph Elam, of the Bth Garrison Battalion. Mr. Huddlestone, instructed by Mr. Cotterell, ap peared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Lewis for the prisoner. Mr. Huddlestone said he was unable to produce witnesses trom Doctors' Commons at that moment, and would therefore only show sufficient to justify the Alderman in remanding the prisoner. Mr. Lewis submitted that in the absence of evidence to substantiate the charge of perjury, his client would be entitled to ask for her discharge ; but as a full and searching inquiry was courted by her, he would only ask that her own recognizances might be taken for her appearance on a future day. His client was the owner of two houses at the west end of the town, and highly respectable. Mr. Huddlestone said he should certainly oppose such an application, and, in the event of bail being taken, require that it should be substantial. Mr. Lewis said under these circumstances he should ask for the immediate discharge of his client, as the course adopted by his friend Mr. Huddlestone was altogether unnecessarily severe. Mrs. Dawson had been brought up on a warrant when a summons would have answered the purpose, and now they were about to detain her in custody without producing any evi dence as to the crime alleged against her, and which he was confident of being able to rebut. Alderman CHALLIS said in this case be could not get over the fact that he held in his hand the state ment upon oath on which the warrant was granted, and he could not think of allowing the prisoner to go at large, but upon very substantial security. Mr. Lewis said he must then press for the discharge of Mrs. Dawson, for the Act of Parliament required that when a prisoner was taken into custody he should be brought before a magistrate and viva vase evidence should be produced, that the witnesses might be sub jected to a cross-examination, and that if such evi dence was not produced the prisoner must be dis charged. Mr. Huddlestone thought Mr. Lawis could not be fully acquainted with the nature of the charge, or he would not imagine the alderman would be justified in discharging her without receiving good bail for her appearance. Mr. Huddlestone then briefly narrated the facts of the case, stating that in 1827 a Miss Eliza Good married a Mr. Joseph Elam, whose regiment, the Bth Garrison Battalion,was at that time quartered in Athlone. In 1828 Miss Georgina Elam was born, and in 1829 Lieutenant Elam died. In 1833 Mrs. Elam died, leaving a daughter, who was taken charge of by Mrs. Dawson, the prisoner, who was at the time under the protection of Lord Portarlington, and had been in the habit of visiting Miss Elam's mother. The daughter was then put to school with the prisoner's daughters, at a Mrs. Rubinson's, at Ealing. Prisoner represented herself as the friend of the " dear child's" mother, and that she would take care of her. Accordingly Miss Elam's education was conducted under Mrs. Dawson's observation, until she went to Rouen, in France, about two years ago, for the purpose of `nishing her studies. In June, 1851, an advertisement appeared in the Times that if the neat of kin of the late Mrs. Elam would apply at a certain place, they would hear of something to their advantage. Miss Elam saw nothing of this advertise ment until her attention was called to it by her friends in October last, and, on application to the place, was referred to Doctor's-commons, where she found that Pheabe Dawson had taken out letters of administra tion to Mrs. Elam's property as the daughter of that lady, and only next of kin. She took the necessary oaths, and became the possessor of the property, then sworn at under 5,000/, but after wards at under 4,0001.; and subsequently, having obtained possession of, she sold out the stock. It was under these cir cumstances that he asked for the bail to be fixed at a heavy amount, and he did not consider he was un reasonable in so doing. Miss Georgina Elam having been sworn, said she was 24 years of age, and lived at 3, Torrington-street Torring'ou-square. She did not remember her mother's features ; but recollected living with her in Cutzon•street, May Fair, and afterwards in Clarges street, Piccadilly. Shen membered her mother's death; but could not call to mind having ever seen Mrs. Daw son before then. She was at Brighton when her mother died, and Mrs. Dawson went down, removed her from there, and ultimately placed her at Mrs. Robinson's with her own daughters. She remained there till 1834, and was brought up :as Georgina Dawson, and used to call prisoner her mother. Mrs. Dawson brought her up as one of her own children, and was very kind to her, and she had no fault to find with her for the manner in which she did so. She had ceased to live with Mrs. Dawson for the last t wo years, and bad passed that time with her friends at Rouen. She was at Mrs. Robinson's at intervals as far back as 1841. Mrs. Dawson took her away from there, and always speaking of her (witness's) mother as Mrs. Elam, frequently asked if :she recollected her. In 1848, previous to going to F ranee, witness ob• tained her baptismal certificate. Sne was not baptised until she was three years old, and therefore remem bered being called Miss Elam. Lter friends applied with her to Mrs. Dawson to know under what name she should be married in France, and prisoner then said " in her own name, Eiam," ai id offered to pro cure the baptismal certificate, but 7rt ascertaining it had been already obtained she became very much annoyed. Witness's reasons f or olitl lining it arose in the first instance from a feeling of pride that she might know who and what she i!ez.lly was; and, in the second, because in France you ng ladies cannot be married without th e p ro d uc ti on o f t h e i r cert ifi ca t e o f baptism.—(Laughter.) Mrs. Daw su n never said any thing to her about her mother having property. She had made inquiries at Doctors'-co in mons, and found that Mr. Lewis here objected to ver ba 1 evidence being given as to the contents of any written document which might b e p ro d uce d. Mr. Iluddlestone asked the wi( :nem if from what she saw at Doctor's-commons she tad reason to be lieve she could establish the charg a against Mrs. DAwson, in the event of a remand be ing granted. Mr. Lewis objected, on the groan d that it was for the magistrate to be satisfied, and la° t the witness. Mr. lluddlestone then tendered i3:l evidence a veri fied copy of the warrant of admit iistration, wherein Mrs. Dawson represented herself as the deugilter of Mrs. Elam. Mr. Lewis objected to any but the original docu ment being received as evid-nee. Mr. Huddlestoue said he would then swear Mr. Henery Cotterell as to whit he saw at Doctors'. commons, and then apply for a remand, to enable him to produce all the various books and documents that would be required. Mr. Cotterell was then put into the witness•box, but his examination was not proceeded with, on Mr. Lewis intimating his consent to an adjournment if his client was to be admitted to bail, which Mr. Huddle stone agreed to, proviiing it was fixed at such an amount as would ensure Mrs. Dawson's attendance on a future day. Mr. Lewis then offered two respectable parties, who were bound in the sum of 2501. each ; and the prisoner having entered into her own recognizances in the sum of 5001., was liberated, and the case re manded. BOW-STREET. A dissipated-looking old dame, named Mary Barry, was placed at the bar before Mr. Henry, charged with cruelty to animals under peculiar circumstances. William M‘Mahon, an intelligent boy, stated that shortly before eight o'clock in the morning he was passing through Parker-street, Drury-lane, when he saw the prisoner skinning a live cat; and observing that she had laid two others with their throats cut on a window ledge, upon which she was about to perform a similar operation, he went in search of a constable, to whom he gave information. He had also seen her on Sunday morning last, at an early hour, in Brewer street, with a bag containing a dozen cats, which she had picked up during the night, each of which was smoking hot and skinned, except the heads and legs. When he accused her with acting in such a cruel manner to the cats, she threw them into a watering place at hand, having secured the skins, and said he was mistaken, after which she took them up, and told him they were rabbits, and that she could do what she pleased with them. Mr. HENRY—Are you sure that the bag contained nothing but oats when you saw her on Sunday morn ing ? Witness—There could be no mistake about it, as I saw the leg of a full grown tabby sticking out through a hole in the bottom of the bag. Mr. HENRY—Have you heard any of the inhabi tants complain of having recently lost their cats ? Witness—Yes ' • Mrs. Daly told me she bad lost a splendid black Tom, and another woman said she feared something wrong had happened to her tor toiseshell tabby, as it had not been at home for several nights. Samuel Smith, another boy, said that he had to go through Parker-street every morning to harness his donkey, and saw the prisoner several times engaged in the manner described by the other witness. The street was strewed every morning with the carcases of dead cats, to such an extent that persons passing were made sick at the sight, and they remained there until the street orderly came round and removed them. He had heard many females bewail their loss, and when he spoke to the prisoner upon the subject, telling her she ought to be ashamed of herself for such conduct, she replied that he knew nothing about them, they were only wild Hampshire rabbits, and excellent food if he wished to take them home. Constable 102 F proved that be conveyed the pri saner back to the place mentioned by the boys, and pointing to the dead bodies lying about, inquired if these were her work ; she replied she had only ex amined them to ascertain if they were rabbits, and that he or she might take them to cook if they pleased. Having learned that she had lodged at 44 in the same street, he went there and found that the landlady was compelled to turn her out of the house for cooking cats. No person was able to inform him what she did with them, but he understood that hot cat skins brought double the amount she could get for rabbit skins, which were only worth about a penny each. He bad often seen the prisoner prowling about the back streets at late hours, without knowing that she was engaged in such a novel speculation. The prisoner, being called on for her defence, said that Mrs. Daly was too ignorant to know the dif ference between a rabbit and a cat if it was properly skinned; and if the latter was given to her to cook, she would find it excellent food. If any person said that she got ber living by skinning cats alive, it was not true, as she worked with her needle, and had suc ceeded in educating her son, who was now officiating as a Roman Catholic priest, on which account she was constantly persecuted by the women, to such an extent that she was occasionally compelled to walk about the streets at late hours. Had the boys be haved in a proper manner towards her, she would have given one of the animals fresh to them, after the skins bad been removed, and they would find it excellent food, as she often did. Mr. HENRY—I can hardly conceive a more barba ous act, which is made worse, if possible, by being told that such animals are excellent food. Prisoner—Barbarous, your Honour ! Why, sir, I can assure you that one of them, if properly managed, would serve you with an excellent dinner. Mr. HENRY—I have already heard you express yourself in the same disgusting manner ; and I could scarcely credit, had it not been proved by witnesses who could have no motive to mislead, that any person could be found capable not only of stealing cats be longing to persons who justly complained of their losses, but of destroying them by cutting their throats for the paltry sum to be obtained for their skins. As the law has happily made provision for the punishment of such barbarous crimes, I shall consider it my duty to inflict the full penalty, by sending you to hard labour in the House of Correction for three calendar months. WESTMINSTER. EXTRAORDINARY AYFAIR.-A few days ago a lad named Thomas White, errand boy in the employment of Mr. Peers, a very respectable printer, at Kensing ton, was brought to thin court, charged with having uttered a forged cheque for 461. 104. upon Messrs. Coutts and Co. From the evidence adduced it ap peared that on the previous evening the accused had presented a letter, purporting to be written by the Rev. Mr. Bowdler, of 2, Onslow-square, inclosing t be cheque above named, bearing his signature, at the s hop of Mr. Kirby, cheesemonger, Queen's-buildings 13romptom. Mr. Kirby read the contents of the letter, which requested that he would be good enough to cash the inclosed cheque, and if not provided with sufficient money to do it at the moment, to send him what he had, and the remainder when his man called tor orders in the morning. Mr. Kirby, knowing the rev. gentleman as a customer, was most desirous of accommodating him, but having prudently determined upon taking the cash to the house himself, the priso ner willingly accompanied him, telling him on the way that as he was passing the butler called him and gave him the letter in the street. Oa their arrival in bnslow-square the accused pointed ou the Rev. Mr. Dowdler's house as that from the steps of which he had received the letter. It was soon ascertained, upon in quiry at Mr. Bowdier's, that neither that gentleman nor the butler knew anything of the cheque or the prisoner; the latter declaring that the butler, who was pointed out to him, was not the person he had Alluied to; and upon the accused being brought before Mr. Arnold, and a private communication Liaving been made by the police, an opinion was en tertained by all parties, which was strengthened by the good character the boy received from his master, that the accused had been made the instrument of s ome designing scoundrel, who had planted himself on Mr. Bowdler's door-step and personated his butler. The case, however, assumed a widely different com plexion upon a Mrs. Faulkener, of King-street, Westminster, butcher, coming forward and stating that the prisoner had uttered a similar cheque to her, drawn by a person signing himself M'Dermott, in favour of Dr. Partridge, accompanied by a note from that gentleman containing the same request, couched in precisely the same words as in Mr. Bowdler's case. The accused said he was at home at his master's at the time in question ; but, as Mrs. Faulkener and her foreman positively identified him, the prisoner was remanded. Immediately after the disposal of the night charges yesterday, a very respectable looking man, addressing Mr. Arnold, said he had seen an account in the news papers of a lad named Thomas White being remanded until this day for uttering forged cheques. He found by the report that it was alleged he bad conveyed a letter and cheque to a Mrs. Faulkener, and had ob tained a large sum of money from her ; but, as it was very shocking that any person should suffer inno cently, he had considered it his duty to come forwa r d and put the magistrate in possession of the fact that the accused was not guilty of the charge, but that his (the speaker's son) was the person who had obtained the money as described, at the request of a person who had accosted him as he was walking along, and had given him the letter and received the cash. Mr. ARNOLD requested his informant to wait until the case was called on, with his son, who was in at tendance. Upon the accused being placed in the felon's dock, Mr. ARNOLD requested Mrs. Faulkener, who had just arrived, and was not aware of the disclosures that had taken place, to stand forward. Upon her entering the witness box, Mr. ARNOLD said—You expressed yourself very positive when last here about the identity of this pri soner. Are you now of the same opinion ? Mrs. Faulkener—l am positive as before. Mr. ARNOLD—Can you fix the day on which he came to you? Mrs. Faulkener—lt was on Monday, the 24th. Mr. ARNOLD—You stated on the former occasion that you were positive he was the person who brought the letter to your shop and obtained the money; I put the question home to you, and you stated that you were the more positive upon hearing him speak. Have you any reason to alter that opinion. Do you still positively identify him, or have you any doubt ? Mrs. Faulkener—l do not seem to have the least doubt. Mr. ARNOLD requested the stranger who had - ._--__-__------- -- ' --- di o clozur s waited upon him and made the i m p ort3nt above referred to, to st. , n , l for-xi-Ad v.itli bis on. ~,,i o th Tile , latter, a boy younger than the "cussed, le `s aa tile accused, and as unlike him in conwltlt, and appearance as any two persons could possiblyirer. was i then sworn and said—My name is Henry Ha l ' eet I so t h ve with my fic her, a shoemaker, at 93, IN'aa'str....o' I was coming across the Park when . 1','", 0 camel) e o'and tapped me on the shoulder. lie locked t° like a gentleman's servant, and said, “ Cs a i l ti o u spare ten minutes ? I want you to go on B -1 •ed errand him for me." I said , t Yes." I then accomPll,De..,, street and he appeared to go into the house 19, I N in ie and fetched me a letter, which he gave a le. re said the family had got a dinner party, and be the to fore ta could not spare time to go himself, an I w ee _ h .oke.care of what they gave me at Mr& with Fe et a it 1 ent 1 t "' nom I was to deliver the letter. Mrs.t h o ad Faulkener's, the butcher, as he told Ine' ave , never seen her before. She gave ing t he a n° reigns and a half and a 61. note. She put t k to into h a bag with the gold. I was taking it back w h ere I had received the letter, when Inlet 4 . le j, boat who bad sent me running down N.w-otree";:sbil* I gave him the bag, and he gave me - ot his ,. f at. lingg h or my trouble. He also gave me a letter to person in to t e post. I don't remember the name of tb s „ P &ro' whom it was directed, but the address WAS - hill." Mr. ARNOLD—In what Park d id be ru eet Ve lieW6tree ? tt Witness—ln St. James's ; close 0 t Spring Monday A . g R a gardens. L d o e ----' three weeks,whatOn day was five Mr. five. M r. ARNOLD—DO W you know anything °f t v b e e t P o 86; hsoinmerti?li now. whatever. 1 ne thisM r. ARNOLD--You have heard the s tatero e w et so e ; • w.th witness, Mrs.,Faulkener. What do You v n° , 4o oo . II : respect to the prisoner's identity ? you ' th ' e boy. r—l went as far as to say I thought it itr w as "F o ulke ne Mr. ARNOLD—Do yOll say so now ? ors' fool r—l don't know any difference of the o ne bg rov g, I th ,m e other. I'm sure I didn't mean ttlYtbieghw• killi sure it has disturbed' me very Ma ch 1-11) about it, i 0 61 Mr. i ARNOLD—And very properly.. I wa s f a ' r ter t t o im p ace every reliance upon the w elght of Y° A ta i ny that this was the boy. rs. Faulkener—l see now the difference. ht the Mr. ARNOLD—Can you say now who brooPothet cheque ? Mrs. Faulkener—l certainly sees go, must be the boy Mr. l i r kn e.erCtan ARNOLD—You erii b. it believe notthe n P e r i r ig ° h e e r i g et ei Fa y , was onl y n him, as I said. at dell .. Mr. ARNOLD—Pardonyou went a g re od er further. I thought you might be laboor,ivgs ace amistake, because I have known such th ing r iiooe at similarhgai.clarionnchargedst ht weh them, a I : 3o itte d that when persons are sent for to sou t mt h au Be a t e s they allesbiy similar h t i th l a h a e v e r e op ie e o rr r ff os r u e o o n mn n c . e a e o t a u jo s as o y e s o t ohocet h t e e a ° the oeseirue; there fore , tit q uer ..o at no mistake should affect the prisoner, P ii bAd n° 1111 upon question, and you declared that you eve° doubt whatever of his identity, and 9 °ll w more positive when you heard him speak. • voice' rs. Faulkener—lt was a sort of faulterf.hagroperlf Mr. AnNoLn—You have acted m ost lon 1 1 Mrs. and incautiously. Owing to the facilities g boo g i f ea evidenceFpubc press, the father of the boy ich° la a 005 l became acquainted with wh at -a vOr d il l3 d e p ei txx a ao c i a loo e teri h nba e :t r teei e dno , natf,hon for tp h hr a ei s s or v ne e ep r ro y r wt properly hpo umbiiys tei e:r do e e f 13 thetiil el ri : : P o i 01 :0; the father of the boy Would base to"; m nothing about what had occurred hero., bo ld b il i f ie would have been unimpeached. " s ot d ad 4 fel ° t llY. tt my bl l a So duty to have committed would, in all probability, have been e°1314 &AO the transported. Some witnesses having been Coll ect ' Wi Tioe j3l°lll)l accused am excellent character, and th e at at Ill; stated that they had no other charge theea Ow 111 r; Mr. ARNOLD immediately discharge' that coo nate accused, assuring him that be le f i t bstoc ter. without_ the slightest imputation 01)(4113;6f:ion°. The poor boy left with his master 00' _..---------;, , v rir S. _,, 0 , THE COUNTRY MO' 1 0 cv il' NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET. DO f lot 1.- - 0008 , f or sequence of the depressing account!' frdr os o 0 6 .40 , 0 laecrtse acteda cted, al th v o e u r g y h e pries lo a sv o u to tr odo waueticoaunslnyo,tacnadulittle bolo . r. , 0,,. or slow sale, and the turn cheaper. T he o° l° tinues dull at former terms. ncc 6. T a ber ar l ‘ f t e4 NEWCASTLE CATTLE MARKET, ..•••-• i j a t tio- ° , 3 iO-.: the finest display of cattle ever eabibitetVovi 155141,307 and much superior to our Christmas p as OteeFser The supply comprised 850 head. Trade kit but of oed active for the better qualities, end all rums op 4 ° 4 0 f e i l a kinds a slow sale, and part left over. x'" po i re 00 at 3,600. Trade not so animated as las t if- r i t se1 15 :410 6 " let't over. Prices-Beef, 6s 6d to 7s; P. c) f i t ;000 " I , 6s 9d ; large, 6s to 6s 9d per stone ;-- I ere; per lb. ode / Al EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET, DO' . i . ege' 100 e ke „ 6 ..._ h ~_ _ , 2801bs. the meal market to-day 6 sacks oattliet, ft 11 1 0,0' . imperial, which sold thus:".." 11904' 16/ and 4at 119 s ed ; average price of the whow sue• „ s e; 2 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 251. . 0 . 11. . e. - o no, EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW 0° - 0 0 * -12 ii Oat straw, from 7s Od to 11s Od per keaWie of '4 tO esr° w H h a e y a , t fro d l e i d d t p o er BsOd,• from 9d to 7sostre srto' stone. c I 5.--- divy 9, td d o se DALKEITH MEAL MARKET 911 ... his . 0° 04 . 69 bags of oatmeal and 4of • I 4" t ee de ' barleymes uPt bag ' se' which meta .. ready sale. Oatmeal 6d Per, per ' sist j, lay the same as last 'peek ble n2eal Is , 1 0 ' 4 there was no pot -barley in ; ar Y ea 0 C o d po - arley market. e., s eo , ~ Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First '''‘, s Ou /4 1 o i l imperial .. .. 28 5 od ', Od ~.4, Barleymeal, per ditto • ••• 20s 01: 1 .. 2,0 0 4 / 01 0 j barley ditto, Peasemeal -• ..41 Od -OA 0 4 1 Flour .., ... ''' "* ..ss Od 'L i - 0 4 Pot barks - ''' "' ss s Od ..--1::----,... gr 00'. ket:r A O COAL MARKET 3g be n i-r ' B6° ' Prices o f t .." 160 a of Coal per ton at the close ~ .••• 0 3) s , S i Carr's Hartley ..... ... las Od Stewared„;;;;ete eli l's - i O u , Hasting s •-•' Hartley ... 15s Od Shotteu k`' ..''''''' i,' Su Newcastle Hartley.... 15s Od Caradoe "• .. .. . .... Id° 01 New Tanfield ...... 12s Od Denisottss,"; . s . ..... :it 0, Ravensworth'sW Hart 15s Od Ileugllo°' .• .... • "'- 1,', - , 9 0 Tanfield Moor ......... 15s 3d Kelloe ... ....... .."` IL: ea Canfield Moor Butes... 15s Od Soutk aar„ t ' e s P s e''' . 10 4 Townley... ...... 15s 6d South ex 1() "' .... ...... : . 1 5 4 sa Wylam 1 , 0 0 close 1 ..'" 1 , iy/ Wall's End, &c. Bowdon 000 . ~. _ Acorn Close Clarke ...,.. .... . _ s „ s Teed ''• s e , ' 19 1 0 6 Clennel • 15e 3d Igacle- .....". ... ,6.0 si n Eden Main ...... ...... 0 .. s v Bell dCI vels,CdfreT ...s, p 6 ,1 17s 6 e f i s stle fr tleJ 14 0 Belmont. l7s 6J,CoorP erl ter • ; Braddyll .••• i s 0.1 tietton Lambton Pensher Russell's lletton Scarborough l7s 6dl . 601 d, IS. ... Ships at market, 1 38 ... i,,...... ~..gll o' —________-,—_--'-------::,— A ftiv" aoll RAILWAY SHARD , ITA , ,„, be °P BRISTOL, DO. m ar ket P" .- , dr, STOCK EXCHANGE. - The share u''':- and inactive to-da, with no business doing. re 0, The LIV ERPOOLs pt C o Thret If ii 4sech t stes . • STOCK EXCHANGE.-The share -- ..,arcl te"- Es t , "61 7 a pressed to-day, and prices bad a dova3”to fe d h i,, sd transactions were as follow :--Araberg a d yoritl"ljel a " 31 41 dig. -Caledonian 15-Lancashire p d, 2 1 A '.. Midland, 55%- Y ork • and North Dliel a— ile 4 ' Ballymena, 3034 c.rililtii,,l D o. 1 7 ' o il . 0 0 .... MANCHESTER, dor W s ot' A . V 4 STOCK EXCHANGE.--The business to - tr so A l l , . se, The seew,,se 00 and ' prices had a downward tendency. s s ter, f i st - n/1G as follow:-Caledonian, 1511 ---M ancues s oth i. ' 6 ,... Is' Lincolnshire 32 , - Midland, 554 ' 57P• Wet id Dover, 204 ) 4 • Yorke o it-Lancashire and dept North Midland, 21%. T 1 c. 17 . ia,l BiltbniNGß Agf l itt le ' or pots orte STOCK EXCHANGE.-There was s os rel t 4 4 p. the share market to-day. The oan'Y Nety oarterS, 1 oeti London and North- Western, e 0 i S ' , ..s , s e Oit il l O P se r .0111 I , OP ,I, 0 1 d , A oi [ADVERTISEMENT.] -- 11°1-WS c roia -- 'fo - g - ' c lio v Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing° flo or, soanout, l et y and Bad Legs.--Mr. 1.. Fordyce, 94 e r e s Id r gssoi e lidod deenshire, suffered for a long period thee, fro bs se o bet h s o, thigh, from which disordered piece ° of was at the Aberdeen Infirmary for ser er be sstro e 00 ° 00 ,0 ante of the treatment there adopted 1 1_ l imb ; b id, ic e h .f ° ,I that the surgeon advised him to have W it ", wor ts , Ob e ltersi his objecting to this he was discharge d , so d P e 0, fi 03" commenced using Holloway's Ointuteet'•o re o leSeP o° ' so effectually cured him that he is able II p ii, j, now enjoys most excellent.--Sold II," WO Professor Holloway's Estublishment, 24' 0 f 0 -.--.---------____-- wif e /ER TV* 9 f t h e ,Ise 800. prr e . of ' OF A .11 Ill ie On the 12th inA., at Eghain-111" th e Dr. Emmett. "1 Pot, e On the 15th inst., at Faversha-'f 00' v.sse % ' s' Rev. Alfred L. Winter, ri LA., ViCall„ix, r , , p' OF A DAIIOII,IIOOOOO 00 , s. Oa the 14th inst., at the Priory, v lif e h th e W. T. Longbourne. st 1 AO On the 13th inst., at Bleach,' Er r Barrow, Esq. ties S°4l Cbd 0 0 , -11fABB-LeV•tee Se f * s t ge l $O O l 4 At St. Mary's, Bryan stone-square,.. o f 014 0i i c ebr 9 Fellow of CaiusColleg, s f „d rectel c f ,i, P , 4e 94 f 0 folk, to Henrie ta Maria.,, daughter giatii ii t ter y Faulkbourne-ball, Essex: • . ceureb't 6014 4, On the 16th inst., A t Cowleyss etl s ides 0 Theodore Goedes, Rea& ng, to Clo ne,,' ei ol Beasley, Esq., LL.D., C o wley- s „ , s, L ie, a o) `" s et' 1 0 --. V lE ' r). t, Stieouat 0/. On the 13th inst., in Charles-sir Ac of 0 ,3 E s q,, fore' 0 10 O el Augustus H. Bradshaw,. r 0 0 of the Army Pay-office. . ss ate, pee , Of si et i On the 15th inst., at. tsarnsg 0 E • t A Ingram Rider, Esq , a ged. 77, r ott , relic err On the 15th inst., ' ctizbtall 13a eloP 6 ye re ri to Higbgate-rise, aged 7I- sri bsto, pp i re On the 16th inst., at ClielTBs. o p _ ot o late Adam Gordon, E. K. , Bgeuhboro, surrey'' , 7 /, P 1 1 On the 7th inst.,. at Co" ag e° ' / 0 Watts, aged 100. v s se3rt ~.„---„,.41 .1 9 f On the 16tb just.,, at Lea ton ' ,„,--- - "i"Ots , ,, relict of the late W . • RbotL,lu;;2'..rli s pl2 ices !de ."ss----__:/-_----ss----'----- ."-'' • - "--=-'";. ---- 1 - 3 ,, d by °',,,,, O w t y g "" London: Printed A nd Puha ° .Os . i . 10 No. 112, SU' aid, Printer, o,"he $O/.6,i, of L 18 x' Strand, in t ) .11,0 Pi :acioct alba I Middlesex, 'll.luFw odsh Dec )y ... 4 e° Th. th. t 11 'ute, Lriu fir 4 Itti ti t ,. ~i "~ ~ k ,~ L tl ttt, tk,Otuk I 0 li 0113(