The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-23 00:00:00

MA R K£ 4 KET NE ws.—(Tii us DAN'.) cOIIN, ci 1141 4 ,`„ , tXC il A it, G E.— FRI D A Y ; ) l ots: - Pr '"ent .e,lt n% ivler- of ‘ 1 ? ' 2 t . t it, poduee hav e c, i, tiai,ii t;;r our ii. , a-k.... 614 lol; na ll Y I,nd earri-,,ti i.h-tit 100 triert.-r, canto ?ai k lyi: - third raorniL from E.4,:ex and Keut . , in 1631b-Proved conditi o n, ' born t• of the coch o el , A rfgh" 14 it P I bushd. Al ' th la ' the sli,w 4,f samples It , s,l, th. demands ouf., ~ 67 ver y i.,.7., for all ktnd. of Elie lish Wheat ~he lopt 4 f v.iu;;lve, at about stationary prices. 1 ergt: „4"10 Whorl have rather exceeded 13,000_ ,741 of "00d dry Tialities were mostly held at full NY lit,tettL"','''Y I all /tit •••e i msirie s :other kinds com Para was No English Barley i )v tr t a i d e a t tl u 'l l the show t f foreign was but modern, 1 4 e , 4 rath er d teo ealy, ard pricks were well ii supported. laic I.lles. gi)(l,,y , eadiforip e u li :yry t ro w r ll ' s l is t' a a ll t. fu SL Y •are , ly any .44,1w:5 were brought; Kir::rd.' The su pply fr(.in . tile '10.790 we'll Sa'es r,gressed ateadilj, ktillot(iltiotations %ere well natinrai P ried. Beam., l'ea, r /4 fe Oral; but Inoian Corn was neglic•xd. "iltßtvALa THIS 'WEER. Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ! malt. t 1 ' ) ur ' ' 4lll k • Qrs--- ------, ---- I - 7... I p acks toi t h,.• '..., 9,• Qrs. , Qrs. ,'''' CSO lip ".... ....° l3O I 540 1 _ 13,310 774 ° -- 10,790 , Th e skill sivziTari cad). ~tes 140 ',ls of littst. oii off.-r in to day's market ttle k e i ___naulyetebsive butof ver • interior q iality. of rart..'''n SeotB cutn., 'i i ) at, in some 4. 2 d , vii, % iijoh, . , me( ei a :toady sale. ~.ins. say kt I.: PQr Bibs , 1 ' Improverarnt in tne quotainquiry,. i ctetst,„ but all o ther tirc,e,ls were a slo A .". i i . l th, Si l ,,,' 3 nd a clearauce was with difficulty. eft.c.ted. 4; 4 IIY tup-Pl:7betb Euglish and foreign—we w er e i. , 4 ttli l4, b e t Iv& Oa the whole, the Mutton trade rtbdera -4111t1,,ti the:,.!tave fall actual fall to notice iii the c I , <a ~,, ~.rekle ante of the best old Downs . .being 411111s.tt°1"' 'r 9 • Limbs was in a very j)11.10:111:5;11,t:1,41+1llitcli ' Pr r i Y ce f s ur of 2d pr 81bs. prime 6dper Sibs. We gt h l i faie s , lB 1,...! 4 quuted at 4s th,Nl le,t e rat": C alves, the supply of which was F. 141ketei . . , 3 . in Pigs only a limited bu-dnoss w ., as u, 444, . ...diets c, ws Rio, ..d ft. s l owly, at from 141 . including their Bra t ail Calf kklo t sPer Blbs. d• + t° 4 ink the offal. 1 . d. to a • U . k40:41,11.... i os. d, .. 3 2 3 4 l'zo. i lk oP ze ';'• 210 : , t rnferl d r q B u h a e l, er Sheep 3 6 3 8 Ne t :MS .. --"" 4 3 ' e o c art-woolled ditto 10 2 i lli l ttie 0 4 1; 4 ' . 10 4 0 :B . outhdown Wether 4 0 4 q 4 41 P tilli tto .' ! 4 6 Ditt o out of the wool o 0 2 03 06 p i Alve4 ~,- . 310 Larg e Hogs .••• - 3 8 4 0 .... "••::'i ° 25 0 Small Porkers •• • • 14.14 t. TOT 6 4 6 Quarter old Pigs ..16 3 0 20 0 yr. AL suPPLY AT MARKET. 3 I Sheep, I E . i• 16,120 Calves. 1 Pigs. 3o 308 ' 4 4, SCOTCII. 14 s ' I 8b 1 Pigs k.... 2 e o e o P. I Calves. - RI POREIGIi SUPPLY. 11 2 ' I Firs. 1 BheeP. I Calves. I 10 00 ravioli:xi 3,860 150 ' kktielti v il ti li ttl r !ted 3! 4.,191) LEADENNALL• business was transacted in to-day's 'Yet ices were well supported. \44t41.1m... Is i t . P . e . . s _teee by the Carcase. s. d. to a. d. \ 4114 4 - ..... 2• - 4 , a , . d. 10 3 4 \ 44 41' **•• 2 . 2 Mutton,taterior •• 2 . 3 8 th,Pit tp , 7•1 to :, , , 210 —____ middling •• 3 ° -.4....ia1ic. i y 3 2 --- pri me .... 310 4 0 210 3 4 ......, a ; ! . Pork 1arge........ 3 a 310 Larab 6 3 1° 'ma11........ 0 4 the 4040.144. s6d te 4ii 4d. ji T. 14;tilis4,1:1? the tlt3CeloluOntl's at . It a nd from E the planta lft4llll i s ; Ei n id teg t , are f avourable, notwithstanding . that of NI ' T he h. °he an the increase in some p? . .l"t t s v , _ Ley lee is b kited Mostly in burr, and the .de .; e 8 eve 4 fai_ltt 200,0004 Some parties call it m . o e; A tt o illf„ ;0 ; I:l.eoland fur the finest Hops at full prl%; . • tilts' i t i rs,P o elc e 'ads very little is doing. Mid and ',t V i t a l 1 , L71 to 11/ 11 3 ; Weald of Kent d it to, b 154 to - n'i B " , er ditto, 41 15; to 51 12 4 ; Year . A t , u. 15s; Old Hops, 168 to 21 lOs pEr cwt • Year 'td a coLotrzax.. tltt' lip fh e nand for British Plantation has been d ~,, Net 40;" race 3 brie generally been (.btaine k ti hith, t d ts ofyellow and strong grey have even Illotillseat ear er in some instances. Barbadoes by tb, s lid at 35s for "t 37 4 tr , rown, 36s to 36+ 61 for low 4, %/ph -38 s 6i for low mid; fine 40; 61 to '6l -. "'"" - 131.0 A 46 a 6.. i. own grocery lumps have been sold at ‘ 44 I , I NI3I ?Yh'lllso„t*-,ull prices have been obtained i . ir ,;:y5ll wte,i4,hari !leen sold publicly N -m aod ° •' ', 3to ',, 8 ‘ 4 and 274 to 31; Ir s tti v 444 b,,, w 's6 i . for goo , at 39 sto 40; 0, eta at 3 ,, U; refining sort up to 33 . i and 38s. 1 1 , 1 010.097 "6d to 34s for ord and mid soft ye.l - a' I" i bah ' l4 *-4..ang hold 6-1 to is better, whit. 31 6 L l ° -it 6:11..-angOod yellow 32s to 36s 61, and brown has 11 44 1 1 1 ,, ti1el Priv,,;_liaYed Manilla, about 6,000 bags I „ . `94;te p r i 'Z'Y at 36s to 375. Foreign, there have L'1 11 , 411 cold ti : fan, and 12 000 boxes yellow d 'lOB tafC 4 , 4l ; 20 s 3(1 to 235. At auction t O9 42 4 64 ts ' i ' ll at 40 8 dd to 424, and fine, and set? . mid an i t ' 32 4 - 6 4 ,' I. White Havannah has bee h n so re l . l ''' , (l 4 - y to a 7. 4 for laid to fine. Porto Rico (), "64 46 a for low and mid, and 38; to 40 a s s for ~,'iti,e'tt.,6 ards N t t tho2T° has been rather firmer as reg , 11 I ts h -'''. " a ' not been' ere at deal (I ,, ing : go o " 'lo t go In rleliied - Plantation i s held ,i 9 oit h as ~ 4 1s to 425. ~ ,ii t, I, 1 81 ,, rilyteo y(id at 565 6,3 , fi nean d fine ord at lNit t l , 4 Bs. ld and Mid at 49i to b6i, and Pea Berry 1, 1 ( ,,, hilsni4 . s l4 t; rol ' l l's ss t ,l'Ar"gaPere sold at 35; 6d to 3_6', Theend `Jt.l 11vr,41„,"'• Rio damaged, brought 335. 5, , 04 ..,,, , t h .7 has a better torte , R Ili • tr e has 1 3 i 14 . N O 44 ton more demand and at stiffer f%k r '''rhi, .a 64 to 483 for mid and good red. 'OiNit(llt haaarti.e.le k and was dull early in the wVe _ L , te 4 a, b runted a little since. Good mid w°' 'll tk ! a- -.'D: eil nl 'ld at 105 6.1 to 1 is 6J. Pimento t qlis,efuetiPer has bi-en firm though quiet. td :tk 3188 t ° 7/ 'lit". Jamuica Ginger has been 5W I'4l - I`t l Per Cwt. ltttuat,ileiainiarltet locks firmer, and ord to good nem . 0,1,c-Thi, 'id to Is per lb. itt4 04..... article is stead lAtit,b4fter bei y ' an lm -14 tt, oth ; .ng sornevrhat depressed, 4 14 1 ''....0 , l l Prtces and demand, is observable. G 4 1 1 ) 0t. 1, 14 Y.C. . e , 37 s per cwt. eta tka t , OIV n , n 8 363 3d, and L or 44 vlin r , '' 0 58 6d. tt kl q i il e4 „, rit has oe ' e ss u : l 2 . l l . e Market is• quiet. A slight im s4 tke.q-iption4 Fr( d the price of Lemons. Nuts id' of I ) ilia k are dull of sale. An increased supply . ',°, of npitet",,enarrectived by the Lisbon steaoll_e e , d Th last )i t ', , to egt /4":,°. ttcter realise good prices. 44 ' NI n o u t i : ill in Appples occurredtioonn Monfntdhaiys .......... Lu ed consump v tb vrAbittort 4 k AU GUST MEETING, (8 1 , (rHis D A y. ) tut, ----,.... , k, o , (10 44CT RIC TELEGRAPH.) 1,,t Consolation Stakes. ' t let4 ••• ••• ... ... ••• ..• 1 liiiir .., The Convivial Stakes. ••• . walked over onl Th e G "' ••• - 'tiPrkt .. teat Yorkshire Stakes. ... . 1 415 ''." ... " 2 . ... .•• k ' ... ... . ••• -Nte 11l on by a l ength. .. T he Qu een ' s Plate. ••• P1'11.'411,1 *et Tlle Sel.l.iu tlcitlit , ..• ... •• • walked over. g Stakes. ... 1 Witj t 4 Naghrer . ''' *** ... . ••• 2 111 1. ••• ..• $i °4 ila, '"II,,•• • -•• ••• ••• •' . 3 li t l t te tr l th • e Gimcrack Stakes. .. . 1 2 1113444 .. ... ... ___ --- 4,000 ••• W Oll P ..f....-__ "Y. r i ,, • , - aU N bAY YOST DELIVERY. f, A I .2EAN. .-, e i, ,„%,u From Punch.) The •••••"ciodle•doo I 1341, rabbatarian Crew, t At I,: t t :rb that stopp'd, or w h . '4%ve been whooD'd• 41 0 41 4 ,8 li " I- eh thank ' ! '11...C1 W et Coso,t—you know alto M 1 1,41 ( 1 ) treB eki;:1114:----The • ote divided 'bited se curious specimens of hu 4qi,e , kid . at Totneqs o Monday and Tuesday Ih‘ i 'l t ri ll ail e t b tl °e, eitieenees- While then keeper was looking in It ' k Nt 4 irt. kt of the m 1: ) %th ih e tpe. r e4l . It -- supped off the stage, into the - tii -- . k,' At wh .- a moment dreadful shrieks were 1,444 i jt mv , 413 .he elder tkl to r eged 'oh the ladies were much alarmed. liki t Wi th, tar , I , th e coin pany to be easy, as there was '4 ‘44, l ' 4 4ta. e Wlfe, w , _ man had a few days before %tal e t i e ,,q , ae of his (ottoi remained i,s in the caravan,had and gone itlitl4lPkllt litfN'Or4tlYh' 110eNvepaese:) abser?c t e er i l l , e but would tii, 4 % tthi of e ~,e audience oollquie Sherburne Journal. 414 tirAt I/ coh,Tria pp --, Virgil, e4•,.et, IL A N RITIL—Her Ma . I t s th ktle;"Y or .?_mroander Otter and officers, will t iiit P,(i ,t 1 I s Serv e , ~.oe Pentlana Frith . in about two 11,41ti:eath7 coli;;;`.to east and north coast of Scotland li o l / 4 1 . t,,,_ an d Pi,Zt d from the Frith of Forth to 4 4 44 11 :tiri ipti e4 the whole published by the Ad -1141! 4,,,2 4 )0n loth 4a, the part between Duncan's-bay 4,7e te l t o :i th e ,nead, which will also b e pub- f k i Ll oki, 4 o t tit qli t. ' file_ tland Frith is completed. A spot o tl‘4l','. ll l t . 11 ' 11 1 d:b ay ` T I Proe has been discovered midway ili o l 'elo ti t t l!o r 4 4 . th e Zad of dan Stroma, causing the dan 44towli ) et i t a i ot , Ilia re u'sy Much more N g th Qttl irl e lid 3' ha expected, especially the set 111 , t 4 tat t hi„ ve stig ati B, Whieh will form an import: nt 1, 11 i 151 4,1 1 i:t 4 i 1 1 Y e T y ° B t aJzllardond When published it is to be Akkt• let t e e i , : T hi . us navigation will be rende,-ed MI, l lik „tVitt 4, 4 1 , 0 , 8 iinportant service will afford to IlViti e. qts hßett er4 , ' all nations that invaluable in'orma pii!giii P e ehti at i,je in them as n h confidence in na krit._% 1,„ 44 ._t th,, 45. few 1 Pr ith as 'tstheyera were on the .bromacl ,' .il 110„ 4 1 1 ,.` ee „u the service are equal to a,ea °Al t ` 4 ll ,"r--, tri ees B of the Frith, the velocity of one In qtk 4/,, c'itticpred being 8-6 10ths knots, or 10 khe qt- e . l ' o roat's Journal. ) ;h 4l l' littearlßlia , op Ho khich? th. 8,1 ti,,,At cell 'I.,A.NII'S PICTURES.—The . h?ttit .1 ts - uQat" Nin e ' ' et t'll (`f the late King continues NI p i . e, Ditt isseurs fro all parts of Europe. 14 141 1 ,4 t o k ott i t t i i tt oell t t tztiir4eridd I: 3 , ets re atga li ek a n v t e b-enln purcbssed for Russi o a t . 3 of experience. It does s not Nit: the 3 ' °I laati,-;,, e1 ; am measures for enlarging, ,b. old ,---.a, pictures by the purchase ot '` kitltZtaater3 ""7 400d4.°1? offered for sale. The rn E rir u CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY). OLD COV (84 ..to Mr. Baron FLATT.) CiIARGE OF MURDER. Mary Nook, aged 39, and described as a married womkn, was put tai the bar, charged with the wilful mur• Cer ~f E,:zibeth WAis. The prisoner was a masculine-lcoking woman, and when placed at the bar apt eared somewhat indifferent to the position in which she stood. When called upon to plead she said " Not guilty" in a firm voice. Mr. Parry defended the prisoner. Mr. CLARKSON tated the case for the prosecution, the circumstances of which will be found in the following evidence called to support it. Catherine Wallis called—ls no relation to the de ceased child, Etizsbeth Wallis. Lives at the Grove, Ealing. The prisener and her husband also live there. KLows the leis:ewer. Knew the deceaseii Elizabeth Wel le-; she was a daughter of the prisoner by the first husband. The deceased was about 17 years of age. The prieiner Lad six children by the second husband. The prisezier gi t her helve b) teeing in washieg. 'The deee s d turd en Thutsdey eight, the Bth August instant. Was preseet at her death. Have seen her ill treated by the pris ,ner, within six months of her death. At her death obit rived nisi its of bruises on her person. The deceased was iil abet five weeks before her death. She was erten& d by the medical man of the parish. Have seen the deceased struCK at the top If the stairs by the prisoner and kieicked down stairs. Tear was atiout fix menths before her death. Afe r she had fallen down staii a the prisoner fellow, d her down stairs and beat her again. The stairs have about ten steps. The mother beat her with her hand down stairs. The child cried out. She beat her perhaps about a minute. The deceased was perfectly healthy about that time. Have not seen her beaten much at any ether time—not more than is usual with mothers, Have seen her beaten across the shoulders, about twelve months ago, by her mother. Have seen the family of the second husband at mtals. The de ceased was not lei like them when witness had seen them at dinner. Have seen her (the deceased) have a piece of dry bread, and a piece of bread thrown at her by the mother, while the other children would be having bread and meat to dinner. The deceased did not sit at the same table with the rest of the family. The girl never complained to witness until the day before she died. Witness thought and told the deceased she was dying, and urged her to prepare for death by praying to God to pardon the sins she had committed In this world. She said she would pray to be forgiven. Knew that the deceased had committed some sins, and urged her to make a confession of them before she died, in which case she would not be likely to have so much to answer f ir in the next world. The deceased said she would pray to be forgiven those sins, and then she repeated the Lord's Prayer and part of the Creed in presence of witness. Asked deceased if she really felt she would die, and she replied she did. She complained that she was hungry. Witness then took a mutton-chop, which deceased said was in the prisoner's house, and cooked it along with some potatoes, and took them upstairs to the deceased. She complained of her ear aching very much. Remember the inquest being held. It was on the Saturday. The body of the girl at that time was in her mother's house. During the progress of the inquest, heard the mother say, if she got her liberty, she would go home and throw the b— out, (meaning the body of the deceased), box and all. The prisoner was then in custody at that time in the tap room of the public-house where the inquest was being held. The prisoner went to the station-house slung with her husband atid witness; and on the road she charged her husband not to follow the body of the de ceased to the grave, and that if he did she (the prisoner) would remember it when she came out of prison. She told her husband not to bury the deceased, but to let the parish doctor do it. Cross examined by Mr. PARRY—Am the wife of a chimney-sweep, and take in needlework. I also let ponies and donkeys for hire. Have children of my own; six, all living. Have had occasion to beat my own children, with my hand and with a strap also, when they have been disobedient. May have beat them with the stick I drive the donkeys with, but not to injure them. I have daughters. I know the pri soner had been drinking at the time of the inquest, and was, in fact, very much excited when she made the ex pressions I have related, at the time of the inquest. The prisoner is a laundress, and her husband is a labouring mar. She has always worked very well for her family ; but she does net toil from morning to night for their support. The deceased used to wash also; she like wise went out to wash occasionally. I believe the de ceased was the only child of the prisoner's first mar riage. I believe the prisoner was pregnant when her first hubeerld died. I was not on very friendly terms with the prisoner. I have, however, been in the habit of going to her house, and she has come to my house occasionally. The prisoner has a mangle, and I have had nay clothes mangled there. The prisoner and the family had meat generally to dinner; but I do not think I have ever seen the deceased have meat to her dinner, or sit down to dinner. I have known the family for six years, and may have seen them sit down ten times to dinner. I have had words with the prisoner, but not recently. I have often had words with her respecting the deceased, when the prisoner has ill-treated her. I have cautioned her about beating the deceased, and have t her some day or other she would give her an un itive) blow which would cause her death. Win. Brooks, 8,64 y-binder at Ealing, said he knew the deceased. Had seen her ill-used by her mother. Saw her so ill-used a month ago yesterday, when the mother entered the outer door of their house, and struck the de ceased on the head with her fist. The deceased was ill at that time. She tumbled on the stairs from the blow ; the mother saying at the same time to the deceased, " D—n yeur -- eyes." The deceased was about seventeen. On another occasion the deceased was hang ing out clothes in her mother's garden, when the pole which supported the clothes fell down, and the mother came out, and, taking her by the hair of her head, teat her for some minutes and swore at her. Witness occa sionally cut the neighbours' hair. About twelvemonths ago cut the deceased's hair, when he found three bruises on her head, her left ear was also cut and covered with matter. Heard the mother say atter that she would be her (the deceased'e) -- butcher or murder her. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—I believe my wife has quarrelled with the deceased, but I have-had no quarrel myself with her. I have not been in the prisoner's house since I cut the deceased's hair. The quarrel between my wife and the prisoner was very bitter on both sides. She said she would be my wife's b— butcher, and wash her hands in her blood. I did not hear the prisoner use that expression, but my wife told me she used it. I don't know that the prisoner has been i n the habit of erinkieg. I have not seen her drunk to my knowledge. Mary Turner said—l live in Ealing-grove, next door to Vie prisoner. I knew the deceased. I have seen her ill-used very often by the prisoner. My garden adjoins hers. I am a laundress. I have seen the prisoner beat the deceased about five or six weeks before she died; she beat her with her clenched fist about the head or any part of her body that came first. I have heard her being beaten in the garden, and the girl cry out. I have also heard her driven into the mangling house and beaten by her mother. When the girl came out on those occasions she was sometimes all over blood about the nose and mouth. That might be about three months before she died. That beating used to go on every day while the mother was at home. I have seen the mother beat her with a birch-broom, but I don't know on what part of her person, for I did not like to see her, and I would run away. I have seen the deceased rather stagger under the weight of the wet linen, and whilst her mother was wringing it out. That was about a week before her death. That was after the parish doctor had been to attend her. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—Fridays and Satur days were very busy days, and the prisoner seemed mote in a hurry and more irritated to get her work done, and on those days she was more in the habit of beating the deceased. I have always seen the prisoner work very hard while she was at her work. Mrs. Waffle recalled—The deceased was in the habit of thieving; but I did not know she had been taken into custody once. I knew acts of theft which the mother did not know of. Her mother has told me that table cloths were missing, and that she bed to supply articles to her customers which she suspected the deceased had stolen. Mary Massey—l live in a cottage in Ealing-grave, opposite the prisoner's. I went on the 24th of last July to work at Mrs. Payne's, which is a short distance from the prisoner's house. I saw the deceased at Mrs. Payne'e, sitting by the breakfast table. She appeared very ill indeed. She was unable to do her work. I bought a half-pint of beer, and gave it to the deceased with a piece of bread. She was not better after taking the beer and bread, and was unable to wash. Cross-examined—l know nothing of the deceased's habit of thieving. She never took anything from me; but I have heard very bad accounts of her. She was in the station once. Louisa Cutting—l am a married woman, and live in Ealing-grove, about three doors from the prisoner. Have known the prisoner for four years. Have seen her throw the flat-iron at the deceased's legs, but I don't know that it hit her. That was about twelve months ago. I have seen the prisoner beat the deceased with a mangle rope severely over her back. I have also seen her beat her across the head with a copper-sti c k, which is a little thicker than a broom-handle. These beatings were about twelve months ago. Cross-examined7l have beard the deceased was in the habit of thieving, but I don't know it of my own knowledge. The prisoner, emore than twelve months ago accused me of stealing some diaper from her. I have won ked for her since. Was. Henry Turner corroborated the testimony of his wife. Mr. Wm. Jones., one of the relieving officers of the Breetford Union, avid on the 11th of July the deceased came to me and applied for an order for the district sur geon, as she was IA at that time. I gave her an order on Mr. Goodchild, the surgeon. I went to the house where the deceased lived oft the Saturday before she died; I foiled her in bed, and I wished to have her taken to the workhouse, but she refused. She wanted to go to an hospital and I got her taken there. The mother said she had an order from the vicar for her admission into the hospital. I got a cart to take her there; but I don't know tnat she ever went there. The mother ap plied on the Wednesday, the day before her death, to the board of guardians to hare her taken into the workhouse, as they had refused to admit her into the hospital. An order was obtained to take tier to the workhouse, but she could not be removed. She, how ever, had meat avid tile from the workhouse. Cross-examined—l haves seen the prisoner very bard at work, and believe her to be a very hard-working woman. She has applied to me occasionally for relief on account of a complaint ohs has had in her legs ; but I ever gave, auy retie , ', thinking t , 03 her and her bus hq.tn(l'B inc,fue was sufficient to maintain them. M. John Goo'ichild—l am the pari,h surgeon at Eel iee„ anti live the, e. I received an order to attend the deep i,ed girl on the 11th July. I felled the girl suffer tug from col I ; I felled her at her mother's house, sit ting ur. I treat, d her cemplaint as an ordinary cold at first. I attended her until her death, on the Bth August. I made a post owl tem examination of the deceesed, and found that the cause of her death was in fltimmation of the air tubes of the lungs. There were three or four slight bruises on her person. With the exception of the lungs, the other parts of the body were healthy. I knew the inflammation of the lungs had ex isted for a moeth, and I should think it had existed longer, pi , rhape five weeks before her death. The bruises on her body had been ii filet( d perhaps nine or ten days before her death, and they were wearing off. I think they had been inflicted on her after I had commenced attending her. The three bruises I speak of were on the shin, but in addition to that there was a ve ry slight bruise on the thigh, and a alight puffi • LICSA I n a part of the scalp. I examined the ear by the din ction of the Coroner, but I could not determine whether its state had rei n caused by vi, , lence or whether it was constitutional. I have heard what the witnesses have said eith respect to the treatment of the &Teas , d, and I think it was lieely to bring her into a state of debility such as would render her 1 able to in 11.immation of the lungs. the hell Imination existed before, such treatment would aggravate it. By the JUDGE—The bruises might have been occasioned in ge,ting out of bed orin striking herself agsiust a chair el. such a thing. I should doubt that the puflioees I sew on the head was attributable to pulmonary action. I did not bleed the deceased, because I thought the inflam matory action was not sufficiently active to warrant it. Cross-examined by Mr. PARRY—I have no doubt the puffiness on the head had exi-ted more than twelve months, and it might have been born with the deceased. Thomas Tull, T 22, apprehended the prisoner at the ireeance of the Coroner. When she was taken to the station-house, lobe addressed soma words to Mrs. Wallis, but witness was not near enough to hear what they were. Sfle was intoxicated on that occasion. Cross-examined—The deceased was once taken to the station house for stealing tarts. This was the case for the prosecution. Mr. PARRY submitted there was no evidence to go to the jury. Mr. Baron PLATT thought the evidence did not bear out the more serious part of the charge, but as the assualts on the deceased formed part of that charge, within the meaning of the Act of Parliament, he thought the case shduld go to the jury. Mr. PARRY addressed the jury on behalf of the pri soner, and afterwards called several of her neighbours, who bad known her for many years, and who gave her a general good character for humanity, admitting, how ever, that she was harsh and hasty at times. Mr. Baron PLATT having summed up the case, The jury immediately gave in a verdict of Guilty of an Assault, and they begged to express their thanks to the parish authorities for bringing the case before the Court. Mr. Baron PLATT then sentenced the prisoner to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve calendar months. MARLBRO I -STREET.--(THIS DAY.) EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE.—Benjamin Sheppard, and Sarah, his wife, were brought betore Mr. Hardwick, charged with stealing two silver candlesticks, two valu able gold watches, and a large sum of money, the pro. perry of the late Colonel Charles Ryan, who died about six weeks ago, at No. 3, Upper John street, Golden- square. A gentleman who attended to prosecute on behalf of the heir to the late Colonel's property, stated that the prisoners were the landlord and landlady of the house in which Colonel R) an died. Alter the Colonel's decease his effects were examined, and amongst other things the property named in the charge was missing, and on being traced to the prisoners they were given in custody. Mary Hawthorn, servant to the prisoner, deposed that the late Colonel Ryan was a lodger in her master's house, and had been lodging taste f about eleven years. On la , t Saturday six we ks the Colonel died, and at the time of his death he bad several gold watches, chains, and a large sum of money in a cash box. The watches and chains produced, with the cash-box, be longed to the late Colonel. She remembered a gentle man telling the male prisoner if be had any of the late Colonel's property to give it up. The prisoner replied that he had not any of his priperty, as it was all under lock and key in the Colonel's bed-room. About three weeks ago the prisoners left the house, and witness saw no more of them until last night, when she taw them in custody. Last night she heard the male prisoner admit taking two 51. notes from the Colonel's box, one of which he had paid towards the funeral expenses, and the other he had with him in his pocket. Mr. Linklater, for the defence, said the gentleman who had attended to prosecute had not shown the least title or claim to the property, or to act on the part of the heir at-law. Be therefore contended that his clients, who were honest and respectable, had been hardly dealt with in being taken into custody. There was at present 4001. in the Court of Bankruptcy ready to be given up, with all the re,t of the property, to the heir-at-law whenever he thought proper to come forward and claim it. His clients admitted having possession of the property, and were willing to give it up to the person entitled to it. They had let held it with a felonious intent. Mr. HARDWICK thought it quits time enough to pro secute the defendants fir felony when the real owner came forward to do so, but at present there was no distinct heir or rightful owner to claim the property, and he should therefore discharge them, and recommend them to make out an inventory of the deceased's effects and &liver it to the real claimant. The parties then left the con, t. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. YORK RACES.—THORSDAY. RACE-COURSE, FOUR O ' CLOCK. — The raccs havingCotri menced late this ;Afternoon, a e have only to state that the weather was road and showery in the early part of the afternoon, and the attendance much larger than on the first day, but still below what we have usually been here on the grand day. The Bramham Park Stakes of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft, ft.r three yrs old colts, Bst 71b; fillies, Bat 21b; winners extra. Mile and a halt. (6 Subs.) Mr. Jaques's Mildew walked over The Chesterfield Handicap of 10 soya. each, with 60 added; the winner to pay 10 soya. towards expenses. One mile. (15 Subs.) Lord Stanley's - Uriel,4 yrs, 7st 101 b (Flatman) 1 Lord Zetland's St. Ann, 5 yrs, Bst 41b...(J. Marson) 2 Mr. Meiklam's Polonaise, 4 yrs, Est llb ...(Arnold) 3 Mr. Allen's Cuba, 3 yrs, sst 81b (T. Dott) 4 Sir J. Hawley's Hippie, 3 yrs (West) 5 Betting-5 to 4on Uriel-4 to 1 agat St Ann—and 5 to 1 agst Hippia. Won in a canter by four lengths. —Run in 1 min. 48 sees. The Filly Slakes of 10 soya. each, with 25 added, for three yrs old, Bat 71b each; winners extra. One mile and a quarter. (4 Subs.) Sir J. Hawley's Tiff, Bst 12Ib (Templeman) 1 Mr. Jas. Pilling's Lady E•len, Bst 121b...(G. Abdale) 2 Betting-11 to Bon Ludy Eden. Won by half a length. Run in 2 min. 46 secs. The Old Three yrs old Produce Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h ft, for three yrs old; colts, Bst 51b; fillies, Bat 21b. Two miles. (12 Subs.) Mr. Jaques's Mildew, Bst 2lb (Flatman) 1 Mr. Bowes's Mickleton, Bst 51b (F. Butler) 2 Betting-2 to lon Mildew, who won by a length. Run 3 mm. 57 sees. The County Plate of 100 soya., added to a sweepstakes of 15 soy& each, &o. T.Y.C. Mr. Halford's Hatriott, 3 yrs, Sat 71b...(Whitehouse) 1 Mr. Dawson's fightwaist, 2 yrs, 6st 9ab Lord Zeland's Radulphus, aged, 9st 3.b The following also ran:--Mr. Morris's Meridian, 5 yrs, 9st 61b—Lard Zetland's Miss Ann, 5 yrs, 9st 31b —and Mr. Davidson's Fleur-de-Seine, 5 yrs, Bst 71b. Betting—• 2 to 1 agst Harriott. Won in a canter. The Great Ebor Handicap cf 200 sovs., added to a sweep takes of 20 sow. each, 15 tr, and 5 only if declared; the second to receive 50 sovs. (93 Subs., 62 of whom declared.) Mr. Dawson's Mark Tapley, 3 yrs, sst 91b (Arnold) 1 Mr. Parr's Clothworker, 4 yrs, Est 2lb (Weil) 2 Colonel Anson's Champion, 4 yrs, 6st 91b (Charlton) 3 The following Woo started: — Mr. Rolt's flollingwood, aged, Bat 121 b (Nat) 0 Mr. Walt tar' Maid of Team Valley, ist 41b(Metcalte) 0 Mr. Wrather's Maid of Mishap), Bst 11lb (G. Abdale) 0 Mr. Pedley's Chatterer, 4 yrs, Est 121b...(Holloway) 0 Mr. Meiklam's Cocktail, 4 yrs, 6st ( A ldcrot t) 0 Lord Zealand's Cantab, 3 yrs, sst 7lb (Osborne) 0 Mr. Walter's Reality, 5 yrs, sst 41b . ..... (Marwood) 0 Mr. Stoptord's Elcho, 3 yrs, sat 21b (Wells) 0 Betting-7 to 2 agat Champion, 7to 2 agst Collings woad, 5 to 1 agst Mark Tapley, 6 to 1 agst Cantab, 7 to 1 agst Clothworker, and 12 to 1 agst Elcho. A very fine race from the Stand. Won cleverly by half a length; Clothworker beating Champion by a length, Cantab, Collingwood, and Maid of Masham well up. Run in 3 min. 22 secs. The Lottery Plate of 251., added to a sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, for three yrs old, &c. The second to save his s•ake. One mile. (7 Subs.) Mr. Hobson's Gladiole, 3 yrs, 7st 131 b ...(Osborne) 1 Sir C. Monk's Gulliver, 4 yrs, 911 71b...(Sampson) 2 Mr. Hesselaine's Andalusian. 4y rw,Bst2lb (Longstaff ) 3 The following also ran : —Lord Cardross'a Scarborough, 3 yrs, 7st 41b—Mr. Walter's Mary Nobbler, aged, Bst 91b—and Mr. MeAklam's French Susy, 3 yrs, 7st 11b. Betting-2 to 1 eget Andalusian, and 3to 1 agst Gladiole. Won by two lengths. The Scurry Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added for three yrs old and upwards. Gentlemen riders. T.Y.C. (5 Subs.) Mr. Davidson's Fleur deSeine,l lst 1011 , (Capt Broil dley ) 1 Mr. Nicoll na (Maid wick, 3 yrs, lOat (Ld. Cardross) 2 Won in a canter. YORK, FRIDAY MORNING. LATEST BET MG. THE YORKSHIRE STAKES. 11 to 8 on Pitsf Ord 10 to 1 agst any other 6 to 1 agst Cyprus ST. LEGER. 6 to 5 agst Voltigeur 7 to 1 agst Windischgratz 7 to 1 agst Pitsimd 10 to 1 agst any other GREAT YARMOUTH RACES.— WEDNESDAY. The Great Yarmouth Handicap of 10 soya. each, 5 ft., and 60 added. Ono mile and a quarter. (17 Subs.) Mr. Drinkald's Juggler, 4 yrs, Tat Cla (Rodney) 1 Mr. G. Ongley's Bird of Paradise, 7st 91b (Norman) 2 Mr. Cowley's Second Sight, 4 yrs. Bst 21b (Crickmore) 3 Mr. Gurney's St. Fabian, 3 y.s, 7st llb (Thorogood) 4 Mr. Derriau's Self-defence, 5 yrs, 7st 9;b (J. Mann) 5 Wou by alength. The Nelson Stakes were won in two heats by the Dromedary colt beating Goodwood by half a length. The Subscription Hardicap of 5 sous. each, 3 ft., and 20 added, about three-quarters of a mile (4 Subs.), was won easily by Mr. Clark's May-day, 4 yrs, Bst 41b LONDON, FRIDAY -EVE-NINO, (Jay) beating Cayenne,' 4 yrs, 82t Second Sight, 4 yrs, Bit 101 b, and the Lion ,, he, 2 J rs, 6st 10ib, by a leugth. The County Members' Stakes of 5 sows. each, and 25 acl , lcd. Heats, one mile. (2 S u b s .) Sir E. Lac br cby Dromedary, dby Mulatto, 3 yrm, Bat 41b (Thorogood) 1 1 Mr. Harve)'s Dover, Sit 1210... (Bartholomew) 2 dr Won by a Iprigth. The Consolation Scramble of 5 sovs, each, h ft, and 25 added, three-quartera of a mil.. (4 Subs.). was "n easily by Mr Ougley's Camilla, 4 yri, 9st (Norman). beating Cayenne, 4 yrs, Bst 10lb, and Anchor of Hope, 5 yrs, Bst 91b. CRICKET. MARYLEBONE CLUB AND GROUND V. COUNTY OF SUSSEX. This match was concluded on Wednesday morning. Ma►ylebone winning in one innings by 40 runs. The sewn as as follows: SUSSES. , First Innings. Second Innings. Dean, b Sherman H dson, b Lillywhite ... Picknell, c Dakin, b Sherman 2 c Diver, b Sherman... 4 Mr. E. Napper, hit wicke', b Lilly whi.e ............ ....• l2 b Sherman . • Bt:x, b Sherman Mr. W. Napper, b Lillywhite 4 b Lillywhite .....” 7 liushby, b Can ..... lB b -K erman • 5 Pennikett, b Sherman Mr. H. M. Curteis, b Sherman 2 1) Sherman Mr. A Smith, run out ...... . 10 run out Tooller, not out 0 b Li11ywhite........... 2 Byes 3, wide 2 83, - Ib3, w b 5 Total 126 Total .... ...... 98 az.% ItYLEBONE CLUB. Mr. W. Nicholson, b Hodson 3O Royston, b Dean .. Caffyn, b Wooller Mr. J. Walker, c Picknell, b Hodson.-- ••• 83 Dakin, b Dean • •• Mr. R. Kynaston, b Hodson ••• Mr. C. H. Hoare, b Wooller - Diver, not out Chapman, c Dean, b Pennikett ... . Sherman, cW. Napper, b Hodson ..„ 0 Lillywhite, run out . ... .. . Byes 1, leg byes 9, wide 2, no ball 1 Total 268 HER MAJEST Y'S. THEATRE. Last evening was the first of the extra perform ances at her Majesty's Theatre, and we had the last act of Lucia di Lammermoor, with Miss Catherine Hayes as Lucia and Mr. Sims Reeves as Edgardo, and the ever fresh and delightful 11 Barbiere, with Madame Sontag as Rosina, who sang and acted deli ciously. Never did she sing Rode 's air more bril liantly than last evening, and on being encored she substituted "Ah vous dirai-je," in which she was applauded to the echo. Then we had a divertisse ment, in which Amelia Ferraris created a perfect furore by her admirable execution of her pas, and the last act of Ernani by Mademoiselle Parodi and Gnr doni. The %hole concluded with Les Raisirs d' Hiver, in which Amalia Ferraris was again rapturously ap plauded. The house was crowded in every part by a brilliant audience. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. L'.Elisir d Amore was performed here lust evening with a very strong cast. Madame Viardot Garcia appeared for the first time as Adios, Ronconi for the first time as Dr. Dulcamara, and Mario and Tambu rini resumed their old characters of Nemorino and Belcore. Madame Viardot Garcia made an excellent Adina ; gay, coquettish, and full of life, she seemed the very beau ideal of a joyous Italian peasant girl, and in the latter scenes her tender pathos contrasted beautifully with her joyousness during the earlier portions of the opera. No artiste understands the power of contrast better than does Madame Viardot Garcia. Her singing was exquisite. Ronconi's Doctor, although sometimes too exaggerated, was on the whole an admirable re-- presentation of the impudent quack, and excited roars of laughter ; even his exaggerations were most laughter-moving ; he was applauded to the echo, and deserved the applause that he received. Tarnburini's Belcore was, as usual, excellent, and Nlario's Nernorino the best on the stage. His ren dering of " Una fur'iva lagryma" was perfect. This was, of course, rapturously encored. The opera went off most brilliantly, and was felt to be a pleasant relief to the heavy five act operas which have, during the greater part cf the season, formed the staple of the amusement here. The house was crowded. HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mr. Wright took his benefit last evening, and, as might have been expected, the house was a bumper; in fact it was as full as the most adroit packing could cram it, and many persons went away unable to se cure admittance. Tne performances were Paul Pry, The Spitolfelds Weaver, Domestic Economy, and My Precious Betsy, in all of which Wright appears, and is himself! , every inch himself! He acted judiciously in selecting The Spitalfelds Weaver for his benefit. It was the first piece in which he appeared before a London audience, and in which he at once assumed the high position which he has ever since held. The character of Simmonds is, more over, not that of a mere farceur —it is a bit of genuine comedy, and we should like to see Mr. Wright appear more frequently in pieces of this nature, which are much more wo:thy of his high talents than many in which he too often appears. He was excel!ently supported. The Adelie of Miss Emma Harding was a beautiful specimen of genteel comedy of a very high order. Miss Harding has made a vast advance in her professional career by her very ladylike and artistical delineation of this character. The other performances went off with great éclat, and the applause and laughter were throughout vociferous. OLYMPIC THEATRE. Last night the interesting drama, Time Tries All, was presented at this theatr e , f or t h e debut of Miss Clarissa Doria, in the character of Laura Leeson. Miss Doris is possessed of muc h hi str i o nic ability, combined with natural taste and appreciation. Her manner of acting is free and unconstrained, and the absence of all timidity gives to it a reality and truth fulness which cannot fail to have their due effect. In addition to these qualifications she is remarkable for her personal attractions. Sh e yes t er d a y evening rendered the part of the w a y war d L au ra with an ease and elegance which evinced that she bad studied the character attentively, and was determined to do it all justice. In the open ing portions of the drama her light, gay air, and the merry ringing peals of laughter into which she ever and anon burst forth, reminded the auditor most for• cibly of the fascinating Mrs. Nisbett. In the second act, when remorse and regret take the place of former forwardness, the fair and youthful actress threw into her manner a feeling and taste worthy of the highest co mmendation. She was l ou dl y applauded throughout. The other portions of the drama were carefully given by Mr. Howard, Matthew Bates; Mr. Rogerson, Mr. renderedLße. Leeson J. H. y Turner, ; r Mr.rnhe ruusly Tom T act , a character which he Lee, the Hon. Colonel Jawn ; Mr,. H. J. Turner; Fanny Fact, &c. In additio n t o t h e d rama already o vuumor programme contained th e farce o which Mr. Payne, wh ose benefit it was, ably acq u it ted himself . as Sharp; the mentioned, ila t id he or even i ng's Wife, in ballet Le Diable a Quatre, and the farce of The Lot tery Ticket. The house was crowded. SADLER'S WELLS egenTaHolEA Fl or e n ceß w . a s Leigh Hunt's play of A revived here last night, with a success fu lly eq ual v to t that which marked its first M Pe rfo mince e a the pri ncipal oen gardencharacters he te T rsw at er r some were sustained s s usta e yearn ined ago, rs W. Charles K een by Moore, and Mr. Anderson. On the present occasion Mr . these characters were played by Mr. Ph e l ps , M r. Waller (an actor new.to the London sta ge ), an d Miss Glyn, and their combined efforts tended to give full effect to all the leading features of the piece. Of the play itself it is almost superfluous to speak in critical terms. It may, however, be stated that the Legend of Florence is a play of purely domestic interest, and its object is to show to what extremeties a husband ' may be driven by a n infirmity of temper, rendered more intolerant by the meddling interfer ence of his wife's friends. The scenes in which Francesco Agalante, the hero of the play, and his gentle wife Genevra take the most prominent part, are fraught with numerous points of affecting interest, and the attention of the audience is constantly ex cited by the reflection that the characters before them are not " the mere fiction of a poet's dream," but are such as may too often be met with in our every-day existence. The story, in its gradual and poetic deve lopment, appeared to be fully understood and appre ciated, and the result of the performance gave abun ant proof that the management of this theatre con tinues to be marked by Judgment and good taste. MACKERPL.-00 Saturday last, a large number of fine mackerel were taken at Weymouth; they sold from 9d. to Is. per dozen. The fish market throughout the even ing presented a most business-like appearance in consequence. —Sheiborne Journal. It is understood that the three Commissioners un der the New Ecclesiastical Commission Bill have been nomi nated. The Crown nominates, as first Commissioner, the , the liabilities of Earl of Chichester; the Archbishop of Canterbury nominates so great , within the Right lion. Henry Goulburn, M.P. ; the third Commis sioner is Mr. John Shaw Lefevre.—Nonting Herald. THE LATE FIRE IN GRAVESEND.—It has ben decided to hold an inquest before Mr. Ililder, coroner of this borough, on the late fire, so immensely destructive of property in the principal part of the town for business —th e n igh. t s h t r e e e insurerst. The s o p rop extensive,e- de andtroy a period of six or seven years, of such sweeping destructive fires in, this town so remarkable, that the inhabitants, the insurers, and the public in general, are perfectly justified in e t d he is re their anxiety for an inquiry. The coroner has fixed this day for the inquest. MANCHESTER TRADE REPORT, AUG. 22.—The market to-day has shown a little more animation than on Tuesday, but there is not MUCh business doing. prises fi rm. AUG UST 1850. LITERATURE. THE FOURTH ESTATE. 2 Vols. By F. Knight Hone. Fortunately for himself the compiler of these two volumes has disarmed criticism by at once acknow ledging them to be mere " contributions towards a history of newspapers." Otherwise he must infals libly have incurred the blame of all impartial re viewers, supposing him to have arrogated to himself the title of an historian of journalists. Any such pretension, as we have intimated, is waived by Mr. Hunt with a grace and modesty befitting the delicate office upon which he has adventured. As " contri butions towards a history of newspapers," therefore, his volumes will prove not altogether unacceptable, though at the same time it must be confessed that their deficiency of information, in a thousand parti culars, must render them, in many instances, and in the highest degree, unsatisfactory. The opening sentence of the narrative, if such it can be termed with any degree of accuracy, though picturesque and striking in itself, seems in its tone to be a vast deal too pretentious considering the baldness of many of the subsequent passages. It runs thus : "When the reign of James the First was drawing to a close ; when Ben Jonson was poet laureate, and the personal friends of Shalisperel were lamenting his then recent death; when Cromwell was trading as a brewer in Huntingdon ; when Milton was a youth of sixteen, just trying his pen at Latin verse, and Hampden a quiet country gentleman in Buck inghamshire, London was first solicited to patronize its first newspaper." After so very dignified and sonorous an introduction it is impossible to peruse the very confused and fragmentary details into which the work not long afterwards degenerates without expe riencing very considerable disappointment. A ram bling superfluity of quotations from Ben Jonson's " Staple of News," a casual reference to the acta diurna, an incidental allusionito the Venetian Gazettes, and an inadequate account of the newsletters and newswriters preceding the rise of journalism, bring the reader rather abruptly to the establishment of the first newspaper, the Weekly Nerves, the earliest number of which was printed on the 23d of May, 1622. After this we are introduced at intervals in succession to Sir Richard Knightley, to Sir Lionel Craufield, and to Sir Roger L'Estrange. We read some insufficient remarks on the origin of the Censor ship, and have our attention directed but for a moment to the Star Chamber persecutions. Having glanced at the press as it was under the Common wealth and subsequently to the Restoration, Mr. Hunt pauses when be arrives at the period of the revolution, and thereupon ensues a somewhat more orderly and coherent arrangement of the narrative, which, nevertheless, in spite of all contrivance in the way of sequence and symmetry, still remains flawed by many unnecessary omissions. A century of news papers conducts us from 1688 to 1788, from the Orange Intelligencer to:the Times. During this period references are intermittingly made to Tutchin, Defoe, t and Judge :Jefferies, to Pope and Bolingbroke, to Swift, Steele, and Addison, to Fielding,Foote,Burke, Johnson, Smollett, ,Wilkes, Churchill, Junius, and Chatterton. Afterwards, while following the pro gress of journalism, from 1788 to 1800, we find mingled among those of the professional members of the press the names of Paine, Crabbe, Erskine, and Sheridan. The second volume contains a general survey of the press of the present century, followed by separate chapters on the London Daily Papers, on the Evening Papers, on Reporting and Reporters, and on the Mechanism of a Morning Journal. For the amusement of our provincial readers, and maybe of some alio of our readers in the metropolis, we transcribe from Mr. Hunt's work on " The Fourth Estate" the following graphic and accurate descrip tion : exten, o the speeches he has been listening to. If the de bate is prolonged, by the time his first notes have been prepared he must be ready to ge into the House egain, and it sometimes happens that a third turn is taken on the same night. When the speakers are good, or the debate important, this combined labour of so many pens completes a formidable mass of copy.' " I3y nine o'clock the editor, the sub-editor, the foreign editor are all busy; the editor with his leaders, the foreign editor with his G erman an d F renc h , and the sub editor with the mass of multifarious things that now load his table. The law reports being on matters of fact, and usually prepared by barristers, give little trouble; but with this exception, scarcely a line comes to the sub-editor which does not require preparation at his hands. Meetings reported to please speakers instead of the public, railway and commercial s:atements full of long tabular accounts to be summarised and made read able; letters from indignant ' constant readers,' in which libels lurk in the midst of long statements ef wrongs endured, or reforms demanded; reports of police courts, of inquests, of disasters, all w ritten on lii , nsfpaper, and requiring great qu'ckness of eye and mind to decipher at all; paper; from all quarters of the kingdom; state. tee: to of mat kets. e f shipping, of bit the, deaths, and all other conceivable and inconceivable things, demand et tendon and prepara:ion for the printers, who by this tia.e are ready far the six hours' rapid and skilful labour that shall convert this mass of contributions of all sizes, characters, and qualities into a shapely morning paper. With the help or an assistant or Leo, the load rapidly diminishes, and by midnight !here is a tolerably clear table, prel aratery to the arrival of the late railway dis patches. These received, anew labour has often to be commenced. Although the troublesome search through tifq county papers has afforded a great quantity of locul news, the hue dispatches otter bring up much more; the Irish and Scotch advices come to hand, and with this addition of home news very often comes a file of papers from America; from the West Indies; from Brazil; from France, Germany, or Hamburgh. An hour or two clears off all these new accumulations, and then the proof sheets having been attended to, and the place and ar rangement of the articles being decided upon; —the num ber of leaders, and the number of advertisements set tled, the columns calculated, and the decision made as to what shall appear, and what stand over, the editorial work of one day is done. By half-past four the paper is at press, and news-boys and morning mails distribute the papers to all parts of the country to meet their' con stant readers' at breakfast tables, in counting-houses, and at country fire-aides. " Just as the wet newspaper, fresh from the news. boy, is being opened at the eight o'clock breakfast table of the early-rising city merchant, the Dublin correspondent is again handing his dispatch on board the steamer at Kingston fur to.morrow's journal—and so the twenty four hours of a newspaper life are up." As we have more than once intimated, in our pre viotis observations, it is fortunate for the author of theie volumes that he repudiated, on :his; very title page, all intention of assuming to be the annalist of journalism. His labours, as here collected together in these volumes, are little better than loose notes, gathered from a variety of miscellaneous sources for the benefit of some future historian. For inasmuch as he has attempted to pioneer the way for his des tined successor Mr. Knight Hunt must be com mended : and, considering the novelty of his subject and the scattered nature of the materials, it is assu redly anything but surprising that numerous parti culars of importance have bsen all but, and some times entirely, overlooked. These blemishes upon the work under consideration are solely attributable, to our thinking, to the embarrassing amplitude of theme so large as journalism, and not to any depreciation of the value of completeness on the part of the com piler. The motto selected by him for the title-page is of itself a sufficient evidence that he has formed a highi estimate of the importance of the Fourth Estate, being nothing less than that brilliant sentence of M. de Tocqueville—" What is it that drops the same thought into ten thousand minds at the same moment ?—the newspaper." Perhaps the most feli citous remark in the book here submitted to our criticism is where the author says that a daily news paper is " a great mental camera which throws a picture of the whole world upon a single sheet." With that admirable epigram upon the literary microcosm —a newspaper—we bring our commeats on the " Fourth Estate" to a conclusion. A MONUMENT TO LORD ASHLEY. (From Punch.) Yesterday will long be remembered in the annals of the libro dor° of the Beadle of Exeter•ball. There never has been such a meeting in the memory of the oldest Sabbatarian ; and it was confidently prophesied that Time may stand upon tiptoe to watch the advent of such another and never behold it. It is the peculiar felicity of a grand idea to beget anumb-r of smaller notions, bearing some resemblance to the original thought. Alike, but very different. Thus, it was no sooner determined to erect a monument to the b-nevolent genius of a great statesman: of a man who, whilst he patronised the cheap loaf, did not loftily eschew the patronage of art and letters—than a monument was determined for his late Royal Ilighness the Duke of Cambridge; a monument, as it now appears, put off until next season, in consider ation of the calls upon Parliament, by grouse and the German spas. In the meantime, the architects of England have until February next mature their de signs for a monument to departed royalty, whose peculiar goodness it was—boldly avouched Lord Grosvenor—to have subscribed every minute of time, and every farthing of money, towards the necessities of human nature. To eternise such a fame (when duly proved, as no doubt it will be when the shooting season tnds), will tax to the highest the creative genius of England's sculptural worthies. In a while, and progressing at the rate we have travelled for the past month, monuments will start into stony existence rapidly as mushrooms. Lord Ashley is to have a monument; and his Lord ship deserves one. It was this deep conviction of his merits—a conviction throbbing at the hearts of his ad mirers—that yesterday filled Exeter-hall with the elect of the wicked city of London, gathered together to pay homage to the bold a nd subtle genius of that " pious and excellent nobleman," as the Times (leeringly called him, who " stole a march upon Parliament" on the day of the Derby, to shut up the Sunday Post-office; and, with the dexterity of a professor of the persecuted art of pea-and-thimble, worked a work of zealous holiness. The chair) was taken by Mr. DE NEWOATE, who called upon every really pious man with a heart in his breast and a shilling in his pocket to come forward with his sixpence. They would build such a monument to the good intentions of the Noble and Pious Lord, that an admiring posterity should go down upon its knees to it. Their opponents had flung it in their teeth that a certain place, to which at that meeting it was not neces sary for him more particularly to allude, was paved with good intentions; be, however, came not there to dwell upon the enlargement of that pavement, but to propose a ' monument to good intentions. Lord Ashley had been defeated—(Groans)—wickedly defeated by a mammon loving Government; but his Lordship's intentions re mained the same: he would' not only have gone the whole bog, but have compelled every man, woman, and child t,) wear a Sunday inner garment of its bristles.—(Cheer s ) Mr. SLEEILLOCES rose to move a resolution. For his own part, he wished to express to the noble, the heroic, but defeated Lord, the pious admiration of his disciples in the most significant and touching material—of course he meant gold. The iniquitous Sunday letter-delivery had been stopped. A sinner under sentence of death had been reprieved; but—the mail-bag remaining at the Pust - office—the.evil.doer was, for the day, kept in igno rance of the mercy ; and thereupon had his thoughts directed as they ought to be; whereas, had the sinful post run upon that day, the malefactor would have been rejoicing. Mr. Sleeklocks thought that a handsome gold ink-stand in the shape of a death's head should be presented to Lord Aebley in commemora'ion of his triumph=a triumph to be renewed next session— (Cheers)—over the carnal authorities of St. Martin's le- Grand. Mr. PHCSPHOR thought a lucifer- box, delicately chased with the armorial bearings of his Lordship, would—to use the express words of the speaker—" find an echo in the heart of every genuine Sabbatarian." Here ensued a long and desultory conversation, which it is needless to report. We shall therefore omit all details, coming at since to the determination of the meet ing. which was, namely— To erect, immediately opposite to the Post,-office, an obelisk to the memory of Lord Ashley's fleeting tri umph, made of the very best and most enduring black sealing-wax. DEATH OF MR. LET, CLERK OF THB HOUSE or COMMONS.— In our obituary of yesterday we recorded the death of Mr. John Hen 7 Ley, clerk of the House of Com mons, the duties of which office he has executed for the lengthened period of 29 years. Mr. Ley's connexion with the House of Commons dates from the 2d of July, 1801, when the House resolved that, in consuieration of the in crease cf the public business, "the clerk of this House be per mitted to appoint an additional clerk to assist at the table." Mr. Hatsell offered this appointment to the subject of this notice, in consequence of the valuable services of his uncle, Mr. Ley, who was at that time acting as deputy-clerk of the House. Mr. J. H. Ley performed the duties of second clerk-assistant until 1814, when, upon the death of his uncle, the deputy-clerk, and the promotion of Mr. Dyson to that office, he succeeded to the office of clerk-assistant, the duties of which he performed until the death of Mr. Hatsell, and the expiry of his patent in 1821. Mr. Ley then received the appointment of the Patent-office as Under-Clerk of the Parliaments, to attend upon the House of Commons, or, as the office is usually designated, the Clerk of the House of Commons. Altogether Mr. Ley has served the House of Commons without intermission for a period of 49 years. During the recess Mr. Ley generally resided on his estate of Trehill, in the parish of Reun, in Devonshire, where he was much respected. He married on the 23d of October, 1809, Lady Frances Dorothy Hay, the second daughter of George, seventh Marquis of Tweedile, by whom he leaves one surviving daughter and five sons. Mr. Ley was a bencher of the Middle Temple, and a magistrate of the county of Devon. DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACA 111EMY.—The much-esteemed President of the Royal Aca demy, Sir Martin Archer Shee, F.R.S., died on the 19th instant, at Brighton, after a long and severe illness, at the venerable age of 80 years. Ile was second son of Martin Shee, Esq., of Dublin, by the eldest daughter and co-heir of Francis Archer, Esq., of the same city, and was grand nephew to the late Sir George Shee, first baronet of Dur more. Ile married in 1796 the eldest daughter of James Power, Esq., of Youghal, county of Cork, was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1798, a Royal Academician in 1800, and was chosen to fill the president's chair on the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence is 1830, on which election he received the honour of knighthood. He was an honorary member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and of the academies of New York, Charleston, and Philadelphia ; was author of " RIOt me on Art," " The Commemoration of Reynolds," " Alasco," s tragedy, &c. • - TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF NEWSPAPER LIFE. "A sketch of twenty-four hours of newspaper life will give some idea of how the complex and expensive ma cainery moves for the collection, preparation, and publi cation of a daily paper. Perhaps the earliest contributor at work is the Dublin Correspondent. By the present Post-office arrangements, via Holyhead, a steamer leaves Kingston harbour, soon after eight in the morning, for Holyhead, and special dispatches sent by that convey ance reach London the same day. By this mode we have news at night in London dated Dublin the same morning. To prepare thii the correspondent must be up betimes, get early copies of the morning papers, write his dispatch, and be off by railway to meet the steamer by breakfast hour. He is then free till evening, whilst his copy is making its way across the Channel towards the Lo,don office. The French Correspondent, meanwhile. has risen, dressed, and is deeply immersed in the Debats, the Constitutionnel, and the Moniteur. Flimsy paper and rapid translators are in requisition; a brisk drive to the Hotel de Wile, or to the house of a brother journalist, or a call at some other point where additional information, or a confirmation, or contradiction of current rumours may be gained, and then ' Our Paris Correspondent' sits down to complete his dispatch. Quick pens and quicker thoughts speed on the work, and when all has been said, a capacious envelope receives the slips; it is sea'ed, and away to the post-office in the Ruu J. J. Rousseau before eleven. The day is yet early, and a stroll through the city, a call upon friends, a gossip at some public office, li and in a café, another glance through the newspapers, an overhaul of the letters from Rome, from Naples, from Turin, from Madrid, which the post has brought, and the correspondent is ready to prepare his more elaborate dispatch for the five o'clock post. This is a matter of importance, and takes time. It the Chambers are sitting, a reporter has been placed there to give the proceedings, and, as the hour of five draws mar, the copy' accumulates. The dipatch is written; .atracts from the leading Parisian papers have been made; Ga lignani has been laid under contribution; some digests of French statist:cal papers have been summarised into readable and valuable pars ; the report of the Paris Bourse, and of the Madrid Boise, come ise, followed quickly by that from the Chambers, delayed till the last half-minute, that the proceedings might be brought up till the latest possible moment before the words left sitting' closed the copy. Again the capacious envelope, with its printed address, is ready, and the abundant con tributions of Paris towards the London stock of news finds its way to the post just two seconds and a quarter before the bureau closes. Whilst these French and Irish ambassadors of the Fourth Estate are thus em ployed, their brethren at Berlin, Vienna, Madrid, and elsewhere are occupied much in the same way, each col lecting his batch , of news and commentary in time for the mails. Special correspondents, meanwhile, are less systematic. One, it may be, is vibrating between con tending armies, as in the recent cases of Radeteky and Charles Albert, or of Bem and Windischgratz; another is an attache to the fallen fortunes of Kossuth at Widdin; another hovers about the Golden Born to learn where the English fleet will really make a warlike demonsti a tion against Russia ; another is gathering news of California amongst the Wall-street sp-culaters of the western world; whilst another chronicles the doings of the Sooloo pirates in the suffocating atmosphere of the East. " The reporters at home are as busy as the correspon dents abroad. Amongst the earliest afoot in the morn ing, is one noting at Smithfield the prices of cattle; others, at Wakefield and Mark-lane, the price of corn; another, in Southwark, the prices of hops; and in Minc ing-lane, the qualities and rates of coffees and sugars At Liverpool, the cotton; at Manchester, the yarns; and at Leeds, the woollens, are being watched, their prices jotted doern, and the tone of the markets noted. Stocks and shares, also, are .beitig_ inquired about in all' these and many other towns; whilst corn prices, and supplies, are equally attended to. Where large local meeting.' occur, there also the reporters are to be seen taking up their places on the platform to note the thrice-told tales of agricultoral distress; and the equally familiar pro mises of prosperity to come From free trade. In one part of the country a railway collision is being reported; in another, an inquest on a mine explosion; in a third, an assemblage of persons favourable to church extension; in a fourth, a lecture on separation of Church and State; in a fifth, some terrible accident or appalling murder, — be it where it may, tt ere is a busy pen at work for the London paper. Post hour has less importance fur the newspaper man iu Englatd than abroad. The last train is the point of Interest here. As the hour fur that ap proaches the names of the sufferers by the collision, of the speakers for church extension and for church disrup tion; the described horrors of the fatal choke damp; an equal account of the murderous 10. ka and deeds are all quietly packed up together in little brown paper parcels, and steam-power is bearing them away towards the sub editor's table. Before this London is contributing its quota. In each law court there is a pencil busy in a note-book, or on the back of a brief; in each police court the reporter's box is occupied; in each coroner's court the highly respectable jury' look with surprise upon the often tattered habilimeets of the penny-a-line representatives of The Payers.' Does an engine rattle through the alarmed street.? there goes a reporter with it; dues a gentleman fall down in an apoplectic fit? a surgeon and a reporter are sure to be ready,—the one to ' use every means that medical skill could afford,' and the other to earn a few shillings by writing a paragraph. The Court Circular is chronicling the Queen's proceed ings; the liforniny Post has its fashionable friend buszirg about Gunter'a to hear of fashionable routs, or about Banting'a to learn full particulars of a fashionable funeral. Every district his its penny-a-liner; every dis aster its historian. " These minor contributors are not more active than their superior officers. The editor has been reading over the morning papers of London and Poris ; has glanced at the debates; and mentally arranged many of his topics for the night's leaders. Ile has written to st me of his literary aids, and received an article from one, a review from another, a suggestion from a this d, and he finishes his breakfast, and goes off to call at his club or on a political friend—his mind thu while shadow ing forth the arguments to be employed; the illustrstions to be used; and thei points to be made, in the paper of to-night. Theemb-editor, if any remarkable meetings, or other reports, are expected to come, has been to the office to consult with the editor, secretary, or other exe cutive daylight officer of the paper, about: expres , es or telegraphs; to talk over the character and usefulness of candidates for employment; to discuss sugeestions; to decide who shall attend various meetings in London an-ti the provinces, and settle the various points 'Which con stantly arise in the progress of working a daily journal. "If Parliament is sitting, another large mass of manu script is now growing up under the p' ns of the re porters. Fourteen or sixteen of these gentlemen each in his turn' sits in the gallery of the House, and f.,r three-quarters of an hour, or an hour, according to ar rangement, takes his note of the dilute. When the , time of one is up, and his seat at St. Stephen's has been occupied by a successor, he hastens to write out in THE QUEEN S VISIT TO OSTEND. OSTEND, AUG. 21.—1 n my communication of yes terday, I mentioned that King Leopold was expected to arrive here from Brutsels by special train in the course of the evening, and that the inhabitants were beginning to show some symptoms of animation in the near prospect of his arrival.. His Majesty arrived at the station at about eleven o'clock in the evening, accompanied by his aide-de-camp, Major the Count de Moerkerke, and General the Count Goblet. Three carriages were in waiting to convey the King and his suite to his house in the Long-street. The reception given to his Majesty by his faithful subjects of Ostend was rather a singular one, and calculated to surprise there who have been accustomed to the warm enthu siasm with which the English Sovereign is received when she appears in public. As I mentioned in Toy last, no official intimation of the King's arrival was given, but the fact of his coming was known on all hands, and even the hour at which the special train might be expected was generally understood. But not • withstanding this, the phlegmatic citizens were not to be put out uf their ordinary course. So far as the erec tion of triumphal arches went, or the hanging out of flags, they were perfectly willing to incur the trouble; but to proceed to the railway station, to welcome among them their Sovereign, was an entirely different affair, and one c f which they could not see the utility. Accordingly, when his Alajysty arrive d, at about eleven o'clock, there were not more than fifty or sixty people assembled in float of the railway -sta tion around the royal carriages. When King Leopold appeared, one solitary voice did certainly raise the cry of " Vive le Red," but it met with no response whatever. Scarcely even a hat was taken off, and the King stepped into his. carriage and drove off, amidst the respectful demeanour, certainly, but with out one loyal demonstration from his assembled sub jects. So it was on his progress through the streets. There was no more crowd—not so much, indeed—at the door of the King's house than there had ken at the railway station ; and as he proceeded up the silent and deserted streets, on his way to the house, a head might be seen peeping out here and there from the windows, which was as instantly drawn in as the carriages passed. No reception of Royalty could have been quieter than that which greeted the entrance of King Leopold into this his ancient town of Ostend. It must not be inferred from this reception, however cool it may appear in the eyes of an Englishman, that there is any want of loyalty among the inhabitants. On talking to some of them about the quiet manner in which they had received a Soverign who had not appeared among them for some years before, I was told that it was well known that the personal feelings of his Majesty are averse to all noisy acclamations or ostentatious display, and, there fore, that his subjects thought they showed their at tachment to his person and government by consult ing his wishes in this respect as much as if they had rent the air with viral:. That this quiet mode of reception is not disagree.. able to his Majesty was still further proved by the free and fearless way in which he mixed among his sul - jects this morning. Tne Prince de Joinville and the Princess Clementine, with the children of the latter, took their departure to-day by the steamer for Ramsgate, after a visit which they have been paying to their sister, the Queen of the Belgians, who, it appears is at present in delicate health, and who will not, therefore, be at Ostend to meet the Queen. King Leopold accompanied his relatives to the steamer, and on this occasion the carriages were • not even put in requisition. Their luggage having been sent on before, the whole party wa lk e d down to the steamer, the Chemin de Fer, which was then about to embark. The royal group partook se much of the appearance of an ordinary party pro ceeding through the streets, that it was some time before they were recognised. At last one or two of the inhabitants turned round to look at them as they passed—others, becoming a little more bold, followed in their course, till by the time they reached the steamer some twenty or thirty persons bad surrounded them, keeping, however, at a respectful distance, and dividing their attention between their own sovereign and the children of the exiled French Monarch. His Majesty proceeded directly on board witE his brother and sister-in-law, and remained on deck, conversing familiarly with those about . him, and particularly with the children, till it was time for the steamer to start on her voyage. He then bade his friends farewell, and left the steamer, accompanied only by his aide-de-camp. By this time the crowd bad increased to a con siderable number, but there was the same sombre and quiet air throughout, nor even when the steamer hauled away was there a single cheer raised; o:,ly when his Majesty came ashore room was re spectfully !Lade for his passage, and every hat was raised as he passed—a compliment which he cour teously returned. Instead uf returning home his Majesty proceeded along the quay, and walked to the end of the jetty, Count Muerkerke accompany ing him. was the usual hour for the promenade of the bathers, and great numbers were returning from their baths at the Digue ; but there was so little in the ap pearance of Leopold to mark out the monarch, in his white hat, his brown frock coat, and hii light grey trowsers, that many passed without recognising him, and the attention of others was only directed by ob serving the crowd that still continued to follow big movements. It was curious to mark the military' men, of whom the town is now becoming full, as they sauntered carelessly along, suddenly finding them selves confronted with their Slvereign, and almost suffering him to pass before they offered him the military salute. Meantime his Majesty, entirely un attended except by his aide-de-camp, pursued his way along the jetty to the end, and returning back, cour teously saluting all that met him on his way, pro ceeded along the sea wall, tracing the fortifications of the town, and thence home to his house in the Long street. It has now been ascertained that Queen Victoria is not to be here till to- morrow. A message to that effect, which had been forwarded to Dover, was brought over this morning by the Dover steamer. It is understood that her Majesty will embark at Os borne to-night, and be here by eleven o'clock to-mor row forenoon. Whether she will land or not is again uncertain, but the general impression still is that she will disembark in the harbour and dine with his Ma jesty in the town. Under any circumstances, it is said she will return to England the same evening. Some speculation has been excited by the departure of the Prince de Joinville so immediately upon the eve of her Majesty's arrival, but it is probable that the Prince felt his stay might have imparted a poli tical complexion to the meeting in the eyes of his sen sitive countrymen, while his presence would be a re straint upon the intercourse between the Queen and her royal uncle. The town is again gay with flags and streamers, and triumphal arches are erecting at each end of the Grand Place ; and across the Long-street lines are run from one house to another, from which are hung crowns and floral wreaths, gut up in an exceedingly tasteful manner. Soldiers, also meet you at every turn in the street, as, in addition to the 7th Regiment of the Line, two companies of the Corps d'Elite (the Belgian Guards) have arrived from Brussels, with the celebrated band of the Guides, and a squadron of that corps, together with a detachment of the Artil lery. The vessels in the harbour are all dressed with flags, and the ensigns of all nations are waving from their masts, among which the new German flag is displayed by one solitary vessel from Altona. The freshness of the preparations has, however, been con siderably taken off by a violent shower of rain which has fallen in the course of the day, with every pro spect of a continuance of wet weather. Among the vessels which are expected to accom pany her Majesty to Ostend to-morrow, are the Vivid steamer, in which it is supposed she will land, as the Vivid draws much less water than the Victoria and Albert. The Blenheim, 50 gun ship, is also ex pected; but it is not supposed she can come much within two or three miles of this flat coast and shallow sea.— Chronicle. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, AUG. 22. Her Mejesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, with his Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales, Prince Alfred,..the Princess Royal, and Prin . - cess Alice, embarked shortly after five P.M. on board the Victoria and Albert for Ostend. The royal suite consisted of the Right Hon. Sir Francis Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty, the Lady in Waiting, Viscount Canning, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Maid of Honour, and Miss Hillyard, Major-Gen. Wemyss ' Colonel Bouverie, the Hon. Charles B. Phipps, Mr. Birch, and Sir James Clark. Colonel Berkeley Drummond remains at Osborne until the return of the Court. The Chancellor of the Exchequer has left the seat of the Right Hon. Fox n►ule, liirnam, Dunkeld, Perthshire, for ArdverikP, Kinuusse. E XTRAORDINARY DthcovEnT.—During yesterday numbers of persons were collected at the top of the Old Bailey, it having been currently rumoured that a quantity of human bones had been dug up at that spot,and . a leg bone with a felon's leg-iron attached. Upon inciu3eY it appeared that when the men employed in laying , down the pipes for thew City of London Gas Consumers ' Company had dug do‘M about six feet, opposite St. Sepulchre ' s Chinch, one of them turned up a number of human bones, chiefly rib bones, and ono leg, with an iron which was formerly put on felon's legs, but which h as long since been disused except in extraordinary cases. In the course of the afternoon more bones were found near the same spot, together with another shackle. The place is the junction of the four roads, the Old Bailey, Snow-hill , Newg at e -street, and Giltspur-street, and it is rumoured that many years ago persons who com mitted f 10-de-se were buried here under the old barbarous custom, when stakes were driven through their bodies, and that the irons probaby had been buried in this way on the body of some felon who had coMmitted suicide in Newgate. As yet no skull.bone has been discovered nor any arm bones. , Those found are not in a very deio - Mtieied state. Why are the " Parliamentary Trains" so called 1.-- From the extreme slowness with vhich'everpthing moves .upon them.—Punch.