The Sun. — London, England, 1845-01-13 00:00:00

PRESENT POSITION OF THE ANTI-SLAVERY CAUSE. (From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.) — he returning season engages us to take a mo tary retrospect, and a cursory glance at our pre position. )uring the past year sve have seen, with regret, the formation and partial execution, by the British Government, of an extended plan for transporting labourers from Africa and the East to the West India colonies ; but we have to record, with satisfaction, the steed taken by the Government against those pro yisi ins of t' ie colonial ordinances by which the pecu y burden inseparable from the importation of et asrers would have been thrown on the population at large. And we are not altogether without hope that the experimental proof furnished to the Govern ment of the inefficacy in practice of the most skil fully devised regulations for securing the freedom of emigration, and the aggravated mischiefs which are resulting from the vast amount of emigration to Mauritias, may induce an alteration of their course. At home we have witnessed with high satisfaction the introduction into British legislation of a principle of fiscal regulation favouring the produce of free labour, from the practical operation of which we feel warranted in anticipating the happiest effects. The last year exhibits two new features of an en couraging kind in France. On the one hand we have witnessed the origination of a monthly publication, the French Abolitionist, devoted to the cause of eman cipation, and adapted to enlighten and interest the public mind. On the other we have seen the public mind itself for the first time roused to action. The presentation to the Chamber of Deputies of petitions, both numerously and respectably signed by the inha bitants of Paris and Lyons, calling for the imme diate and complete emancipation of the slaves in the French colonies, which took place in the spring of last year, constitutes a new epoch in the history of anti-slavery effort in France ; and the commence ment, as we hope, of a series of efforts which cannot hut he crowned with ultimate success. The debate which ensued on those petitions witnessed the conse cration to this great cause of some of the most distin guished talents in that kingdom. In Holland an effort to advance the work of eman cipation has been made by the publication of a peri odical, entitled Contributions to a Knowledge of the Dutch and Foreign Colonies, from the influence of which much good may be expected. And we have some reason to believe that, although no overt mea sure has yet been taken on the subject, the Govern ment is seriously directing its attention to the extinc tion of slavery in the Dutch colonies. Of Sweden, happily, more than this can be said. King Oscar, setting the first example on the part of the crowned heads of Europe, of an act so noble, has sent to the assembled States of that country an inti- Ition of his desire to emancipate the slaves under .3 dominion; and it may be hoped that ways will ertly be found to overcome the practical difficulties e. the question. In Denmark, during the past year, an Anti- Slavery Committee has been formed, consisting of highly influential and respectable men. This body have already presented a petition to the assembled States, for the early abolition of slavery in the Da nish colonies. This petition has, with the full con sent of the Government, been referred to a Committee, whose report upon it is expected with interest. Of Spain we have as usual to speak in terms of regret. It is true that, at the present moment, there is before the Cortes of that country a proposition for annexing new penalties to the prosecution of the slave-trade ; but experience forbids us to hope that such a law, if passed, would prove anything else than e dead letter. In Portugal the Fame enlightened and patriotic men sy!lo in the preceding year brought forward the ques tion of emancipation in the eastern possessions of that country, have, during the past year, renewed the discussion of it ; thus doing themselves honour, and authorising an anticipation of success at no distant period. The progress of the cause in the United States, we rejoice to say, is beyond question. The recent Pre sidential election has called into vigorous action the body of abolitionists now known as the Liberty party, and - has exhibited a most cheering increase in their numbers and influence. Acquiring the respect of both great parties in the Union, it is not too much to expect that the balance of power may, ere long, be in their hands. Another cheering indication in the United States is the progress of anti-slavery sentiment in ecclesias tical bodies. Very important proceedings have taken place, in relation to slavery, in the Methodist Epis coped Church, in the Presbyterian, and several other e mu, zsnions ; all of them making it evident that the consciences of religious professors are extensively touched by the appeals which have been made to them, and w irranting the assurance that the leaven will rapidly leaven the whole lump. It is an additional ground of encouragement, thet, after many battles (not fought in vain), the Legisla ture of the United States is at length open to the dis cussion of the great question of slavery; the rule of Congress which required petitions all antislavery to be laid on the table, commonly called the gag rule, having, among the earliest acts of the present session, been rescinded. It cannot be doubted that the friends of freedom will avail themselves of the open door thus set before them. We can scarcely think it less than favourable to the ant:-slavery cause in the United States, that the pro slavery party have pursued with so much acrimony the system of vexatious prosecution and revengeful punishment, on the charge of aiding slaves to escape ; since these proceedings must tend to awaken universal disgust, and to combine humane persons of all parties in opposition to a system requiring for its support such detestable measures. On the whole, the anti-slavery cause wears, we ink, a favourable aspect. The work to which we _,ply' ourselves, indeed, is vast, and the opposing in ',u lima we have to encounter are both powerful and ~,;-irate. Better elements, however, are in effective ret'on • and slavery is everywhere , by the deplor able• mischiefs which it produces, aiding their progress. No slave colony is prosperous or contented. We are confident that none can be so; and we believe that, in the end, emancipation will be accepted as the best and only remedy for the many ills inseparabl >eads junct to the institution of slavery. BOKIIARA PRISONS. The fate of our countrymen, Captain Stoddart and Colonel Conolly, and their long suffering at Bok hara, give melancholy interest to the following account of the prisons of the A I nir, by the Russian traveller Khani it—" The palace of tilt , Amir, built on a mound :lather natural or artificial I cannot say) having or six sajenes in height, and about one verst and a half in circuit. It has a square form, and contains about 20,000 square sajenes, or 22 tanaps. On this area are built the houses of the Amir, the Vizir, the Shikh-Aval, the Topchi-Bashi, the Alirza Defterdar, as -well as the dwelling of the numerous retinue of the Aniir and the above-named grandees ; three mosques ; likewise the Ab-Khaneh, with some dark apartments to preserve water for the Amir during the summer heats, but which are more especially appropriated to state prisoners (dark reservoirs, to keep human beings in), when they happen to give offence to their master; such were, for instance, the Kush-beghi and Argaz••bey. From hence, to the right of the entrance, a corridor leads into another prison, more dreadful than the first, called the Kana-Khaneh, a name .which it has received from the swarms of ticks which infest the place, and are reared there on purpose to plague the wretched pri soilers. It is stated that in the absence of tl.`e latter, some pounds of raw meat are thrown into the pit to keep the ticks alive. This institution of reiined cruelty has probably given rise to the fable of the pit of scorpions, of which accounts were repeatedly given at Orenburg. The zindan or dungeon has two apartments, one called the upper and the other the lower dungeon. The former consists of several courts, with cells for the prisoners; the latter of a deep pit, at least three fathoms in depth, into which cul prits are let down 13y ropes; food is lowered down in the same manner. The sepulchral dampness of the illace in winter, as well as in summer, is said to be insupportable. Twice a month the prisoners, chained in irons, are brought out of prison to the reghistan, -where the Amir gives his judgment on those who are to be executed and those who are to be set at liberty. They generally go barefooted ; and to form even a faint idea of the sufferings of these unhappy wretches, one must have seen them standing bare-footed on the .snow, the thermometer of Reaumur marking 15 de grees below freezing point, waiting for hours together the appearance of the Commander of the Faithful !" Barnsley Linen Trade continues brisk in all its bra-inches ; yet there is no advance in the wages of the 1. Pavers, as is the case at other places, which has caused t. , rw-numbers of journeymen to stay at home, vviio used t i visit Barnsley in the fancy drill season. Householders hare been in the habit of having journeymen, who etifthied them to pay their rents at this season, complain init , •ll at being unable to procure them.—Shenield Iris. PUNCH AlsaoAD.—The old English game of Punch P.n,rl Judy has found its way to Malta. The first exhibi -I,:oti was on Tuesday last; it afforded the Malt ese much di,:issement. The leading character, the favoured Punch, * as enveloped in sixty-four yards of her Most Gracious 31,j e sty's duck; he seemed well pleased at the attention he recotved, particularly from the officers of the squadron, who were attired in full uniform to superintend this funny play: The last act was the " Rogue's March," when Punch took up his bed and walked, determined to evjoy the Ch ristmas festivities.—Malta m a x At the, Berkshire Quarter sessions, just concluded, 'tlll Earl of Falmouth took the oath, and qualified as a Inf..,•istrate for the c ount y . ;1 1Is'e Duke of Rutland was prevented from attend .l.l7,' the Waltham agricultural meeting on Wednesday fast, fro:n a slight indisposition. The Noble Duke is still at Be.,.lvoir Castle. • SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROM TUE EVENING PAPERS OP SATURDAY. STANDARD.—We rejoice to announce the ex tinction of the cause of the late distressing movement in the diocese of Exeter. The Bishop of the diocese has addressed to his clergy a circular, couched in the most grateful and affectionate terms, and stating that, having received from the Lord Primate, that most Reverend Lord's address to the diocese of Can terbury, he (the Bishop of Exeter) cordially adopts the views and sentiments of that address, and " advises all his clergy to act in con formity with the views so plainly set forth by the Archbishop; that is, to continue the services in their several churches as they now are, making no attempt to approach nearer to an exact observance of the rubric, unless they shall in any instance ascertain that the wish of the people is clearly in favour of such an advance." More than this cannot be desired ; and now is the, time for those who opposed the innovations attempted to be introduced in Exeter diocese to prove that their opposition rested upon religious grounds, and did not proceed from a wish to resist the due authority of their ecclesiastical superior; and this they will most effectually demonstrate by gratefully embracing the Bishop's proposition, that the late events "may be as if they had never been." We earnestly recommend a vigilant care of this " bond of peace" among churchmen, because we know that the enemies of the Church, emboldened by the late unhappy differences, will seek to rend it; and we offer this recommendation with more confidence, because, while we have all along tried to do justice to the honourable, pure, and sincerely religious motives of the Bishop, we have used no reserve in combating what we believe to be his errors. We trust that the Right Reverend Lord will live to receive the same justice from the hands of others : sure we are that he will have it from poste rity. When the present, or rather let us say the late, heats shall have fully subsided, men will re member that it was not the Bishop of Exeter who first patronised the Tractarian innovations ; they had been introduced in the metropolitan and in many other dioceses with episcopal connivance, in some cases with episcopal commendation, before the Bishop of Exeter was compelled to take some part, by the urgency of men who required him to sanction the novelties, and defied him to refuse his sanction, with the rubric in their hands. The Bishop saw, or thought he saw, that he could not resist the demand ; and, therefore, he issued his pastoral, recommending a general adherence to the rubric (as he read it), but nothing more. It is unfair to the Right Reverend Lord to read his recommendation as if it operated only in one direction. It had, as it plainly was in tended to have, a two-fold operation—to prohibit the Romanising mummeries for which the rubric afforded no authority, as well as to enforce the surplice preach ing, and the offertory which, according to the Bishop's interpretation (an erroneous interpretation, as to the surplice, in our opinion), the rubric en joined. Now, in such a difficulty, a sincere- and pious man, keenly sensitive to the obligations of duty, might very justly reason as follows-1 see the Church torn by schism in other dioceses, because the bishops will not take a part on one side or the other. I see our Church dishonoured, and religion itself degraded, in defiance of law, by the introduction of Roman Catholic ornaments and ceremonies, because the bishops will not enforce the law against them ; because some of the bishops have even approved of these Romanising violations of the law. I will protect my diocese from these evils, by a strict enforcement of the law re buking deficiency on the one side, and rendering impossible excess on the other. Is not such reason ing just and natural, and what would almost neces sarily offer itself to a man keenly sensitive to duty ? It, however, involved more than one original error in fact. The Bishop was, we think, mistaken as to the rubrical injunction of surplice preach ing—he was certainly mistaken as to the public feeling on the point. The question being at best a doubtful one, and the practice having been revived by the Romanising Tractarians, the people, the sound part of the clergy as well as the laity, classed surplice preaching with the other Tractarian innovations. This, probably, the Bishop did not know, though he ought to have known it. Again, the Bishop had, we apprehend, a rash confidence in his services to the Protestant cause to protect him from the suspicion of favouring Romanist practices. Certainly no man was better entitled to cherish such a confidence, but it is ever dangerous to be confident in one's former services, when opposing a conscientious public feeling. When men's minds are violently heated, they think that every other conscience is like their conscience, and will suspect of duplicity even those whom they have been most accustomed to venerate and love, if they differ from them. The Bishop's con stitutional kindliness, too, had seduced him into some good-natured acts to the very worst and most dishonest of the Tractarians, which aided a suspi cion of his hostility to the tenets of that party the practices of which he seemed to sanction, in part at least, and the leaders of which he admitted into his friendship, and sought to protect from a just condemnation. Then, as always happens when a su perior gives unpalateable commands, a new ques tion as to the limits of authority was raised. All, however, is happily at an end. And while we must always disapprove of the delay that has been permitted by the episcopal bench in enforcing that Protestant uniformity, which the address of the Lord Primate is calculated to enforce, we can scarcely regret (except on account of the pain that it must have given to himself) that the Bishop of Exeter has fairly brought the question to issue. It now rests with the other bishops to take instruction by his Lordship's (to him distressing) experiment, and to imitate his example by enjoining a return to the old Protestant uniformity. What ever the Bishop of Exeter does, he does it ho nestly. If he errs, he errs in a manly and ingenuous manner; if he repairs the error, he is sure to make the reparation ingenuously, and without reserve. Such characters may sometimes provoke our hos tility, but they will always command our respect ; and, if we are good for anything, some share of our affection. Would that all our bishops were es in genuous and decided, whatever their opinions. GLOBE.—The meeting held at Rochdale on Thursday last, to petition Parliament against the introduction of the New Poor-law into the Rochdale Union, will give to the opponents of that measure no additional strength. Large meetings and loud talking, alone, can never permanently serve any good purpose in this country ; and at the meet ing in question there seems to have been an al most total absence of everything but vociferation, invective, and false reasoning. A detailed notice of the speeches would only be a repetition of the worst and weakest points made by the opponents of the New Poor-law during the last ten years. Something must of course be allowed for the difficulty of saying anything new upon such a subject, and also for the temptations to exaggeration and random assertion to which all who now attempt to speak on that side of the question, and hope to be listened to, are inevitably exposed. The petition to the House of Commons, pre sented to and adopted by the meeting, may, however be taken as a fair specimen of what the Anti-Poor law gentlemen of Rochdale can, with all the advan tages of deliberation, say in favour of their view of the matter. In the first paragraph, then, it is asserted that, in the opinion of the petitioners, " the principle of self-government will be destroyed by the introduction of the provisions of the Poor law Amendment Act into Rochdale"—that this principle has hitherto been acted upon by the inhabitants " with perfect satisfaction to them selves and the poor of these townships"—and that if the New Poor-law be forced upon them, " the conse quences will be feelings of hatred and contempt, instead of that due respect for the laws and constitution which has hitherto characterised the people of these locali ties ;"—which, obviously, conveys nothing more than that the petitioners would rather be without the New Poor-law ! Had such an expression of opinion been allowed to have weight, perhaps there is not a parish in the kingdom which would ever have been afflicted with it. In the next paragraph the petitioners call the notice of the House to "the value of resistance when resistance can be justified by the nature of the aggression " and then seek to justify resistance to " the a c ts of the Poor law Commissioners " by what they " consider " " the spirit of the la . w of England ;" on th e ground that the Commissioners in issuing " mandates called rules and orders" do so only " under pretence" of administering the law ; and furthermore that they (the Commissioners) are " irresponsible to the people for their actions !" Have the gentlemen who have signed this extraordinary document ever given them selves the trouble to consider what is the real effect of these reckless and groundless assertions ? If the powers of the Commissioners have been illegally used, this is a reason, not for the non-introduction of th eir ' " rules and orders" into one corner of the kingdom, but for their entire abolition or modification; while the prayer of the petition extends only to the privi lege of appearing at the bar of the House "by counsel, to show cause why the New Poor-law should not be forced into these districts." The peti tioners next remind the House of " those great and glorious principles of civil liberty," &c. &c., and as sert that the Poor-law C omm i ss i oners h av e a ssume d the power of taxing the people without the consent of Parliament ! And then follows a gene ral denuncia tion of " all commissions, of wh a t soever na t ure th ey be," as " illegal and unjust r and the Bill of Rights e e is appealed to as the authorit y for this (3 r f e l e t l h ry m e Rochdale sw r t s ep oifng a doctrine. Such is theentire b e s c o t p i ; petition. Whatever might cause, it is not in the nature of things that it should receive anything but injury from such advocacy, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CLANCERY,Jun.II. The Lord Chancellor sat at Westminster to day, it being the first day of Hilary Term. The usual cere mony of breakfasting with his Lordship, of the Judges, Queen's Counsel, Masters in Chancery, &c., was dis• pensed with according to previous arrangement. The Court was occupied the whole day with appeal motions. • VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, Jan. 11. Although this was the first day of Hilary Term the Vice-Chancellor of England took his seat in his Court at Westminster as early as ten o'clock, it having been ar ranged that the Judges, Queen's Counsel, &c. &c., should breakfast with the Lord Chancellor only at Michaelmas and Easter Term. His Honour heard motions, none of which were of any public interest and having nothing to proceed with, rose shortly before twelve o'clock. Vice-Chancellors Bruce and Wigram sat this morning, being the first day of term, in the Committee-rooms, Nos. 1 and 2, of the House of Commons. The Courts now erecting in Palace yard will not be occeyied till Easter Term. Hearing motions engaged their Honours for the greater part of the day. (Before Sir J. WIGRAM.) MILLER V. MALL. , T.IEU. In this case his lloNotra gave judgment on some points which had been raised in a hearing since the last deci sion. The facts on which it rested have been repeatedly stated in the reports of the former hearings. LLOYD V. MASON.-JUDGMENT. Thig was the petition of a solicitor who had been dis charged by his client pendente lite, to be paid his costs out of the funds in the cause. His HoNova having stated at length the circumstances under which the said solicitor became employed for Lloyd, referred to an order which was made in the Rolls, in the year 1838, directing Lloyd to pay the costs, and to a second order of the same year, also of the Rolls, directing him to pay the amount within four days. In consequence of that order Lloyd was thrown into prison, where he remained till his death, in February, 1841. A person named Brown, who was named executor in Lloyd's will, shortly afterwards instituted two other suits, for the purpose of reviving the first and second suits which had been carried on by Lloyd ; and in May, 1843, a'decree was made on further directions relative to the four suits, by which the rights of the parties were declared, and it was referred to the Master to tax the costs of all the parties in these suits. The claim of the solicitor arising out of this arrangement was in some respects opposed by Lloyd's executor, Brown, on the ground that the solicitor's lien had been forfeited by his having had recourse to the remedy against the person, and thrown Lloyd into prison. His Honour, having recapitulated the arguments of counsel on this head, gave it as his opinion that the petitioner was entitled to what he sought. The form of the decree to be a: matter of ar rangement between the parties. THE NUN, LONDON, MONDAY .M.O_RNING,' JANUARY 13, _1845. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH, Jan. 11. This being the first day of term, the Court sat at ten o'clock. IN THE MATTER OF CHARLES CARUS WILSON. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for a rule to show cause why the rule for a habeas corpus obtained by Mr. Peacock from Mr. Baron Rolfe to bring up the body of Charles Carus Wilson, who was imprisoned in the gaol of Jersey, should not be set aside. The Learned Gentle man moved for the rule on the ground that the rule for the habeas corpus was, not in conformity with the Act of Parliament. DILL V. STRATPORD. This was an action tried at the sittings after last term, before Lord Denman, at Westminster, arising out of a gambling transaction, in which the defen dant lost a considerable sum of money, over 10,6001, to a person named Coghlan. The defendant ac. cepted three bills of exchange for 3,5001., which were discounted by. the plaintiff, who brought the action to recover the amount. The question was, whether the transaction was bona fide:on the part of the plaintiff. His Lordship told the jury that it was not likely the plaintiff would have discounted bills of such a large amount without inquiring how they came into the hands of Coghlan. It was proved that Coghlan and Hill were acquainted, and met together at a house in Piccadilly, where sporting characters were in the habit of meeting. The jury, under those circumstances, found a verdict fur the defendant. Mr. KELLY now moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict should not be set aside and a new trial had, on the ground of misdirection, and on the ground that certain evidence was submitted, on the part of tho de fendant. which ought to have been rejected. The COURT granted the rule. M`DONNELL V. CARR. This was a case tried before Lord Denman, at Guild hall. The defendant was the captain of the Marquis of Hastings, in which the plaintiff; Mrs. IrDonnell, was a passenger from India. It was advertised that the vessel was to carry a surgeon. They arrived at the Cape, where Mrs. M'Donnell left the vessel, stating that she did so because the previsions were bad, and because there was not a surgeon on board. She came home in another vessel, and when she came here she brought an action to recover the money which she paid for her passage. Tke defendant stated the plaintiff left the vessel on ac count of some reports which existed respecting her, and not on account of the badness of the provisions or the want of a surgeon, neither of which facts were true. It was proved that there was not a surgeon en board, and the jury fouud a verdict for the plaintiff amounting to ROL Mr. CROWDER now moved to set aside the rule, on ac count of misdirection, and as being against evidence. The COURT were of opinion that the defendant had not proved his plea, that he carried a surgeon, and re fused the rule. BAIL COURT, Jan. 11. (Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) The Court sat at ten o'clock this morning, and rose before twelve o'clock. Several motions wore made, none of which possessed any feature of interest, except to the parties concerned. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Jan. 11. (Sittings in Banco.) The Hilary Term of the present year commenced this day. The Lord Chief Justice, the Justices, Erle, Maule, and Cresswell, took their seat on the bench shortly after one o'clock. • VALPY ♦ND ANOTHER Y. MANLY AND ANOTHER. This was an actio❑ involving a question of impor tance. It was brought by the assignees of a bank rupt against the sheriff.; of Stafford for moneys had anci received. The defence was that no moneys had been received. The circumstances were these. A brewer, in Itudgley, Staffordshire, having been in difficulties, allowed judgment in an action of debt to go by default ; but having received an intimation that execution had issued in that case, made over his property to trustees for the benefit of his creditors at large. On the day when this act of bankruptcy was committed, the officer of the sheriff took formal possession under the execution. The fiat of bankruptcy issued immediately, and the assignees paid the sheriffs, under a protest, against the legality of this seizure. They then brought this action to recover back the money, 3701., and a ver dict was given for the plaintiffs at the last assizes; the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice Erle, giving leave to move for a new trial, to have the opinion of the court as to the legality of the seizure. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD now obtained a rule nisi accordingly. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Jan. ii. (Sittings in Banco.) The Court commenced its sittings in Westminster Hall. HUBBARD V. PHILLIPS. This was a motion for a rule to show cause why all further proceedings in this action should not be stayed, and the plaintiff's attorney ordered to pay all costs in curred. The ground of the application was, that the plaintiff's attorney had instituted the proceedings with out the plaintiff's authority, and that he was not justi fied, under the circumstances, in using his name. • The plaintiff, Mr. Hubbard instructed his attorney, a gentle man of the name of Lloyd, to commence an action against a person named Jones. When the matter had arrived at a certain point, a correspondence took place, the result of which was, that the attorney recommended his client to discontinue the action. To that the plaintiff assented, and the attorney having made out his bill of costs, it was paid by the defendant. It appeared that the action afterwards proceeded without any autho rity from Mr. Hubbard, and writs having been issued, the defendant was taken into custody. The defendant, however, having fallen with the sheriff's officer, into the hands of the Rebeccaites, was rescued by them from custody; and the attorney now brought an action of escape against the sheriff of Carmarthenshire, in which county the rescue occurred. The application was supported by the affidavit of the plaintiff himself, who swore that the action was brought without his knowledge or concurrence. The LORD CHIEF BARON said there were several instances of the kind, in which proceedings had been stayed, and the attorney himself had been compelled to pay all costs.—Rule granted. SMITH V. BOND. This was a qui tam action brought to recover penalties from the defendant under the statute of Anne for having won money at gaming. The case was tried in 1840, when a verdict was returned against the defendant for pe nalties amounting to 3,0001. In April last Mr. Baron Gurney granted an order directing the plaintiff's attorney to deliver to the defendant's attorney the particulars ~f the place of residence, occupation, and profession of his client, the plaintiff. This was done, but it was found that the plaintiff did not reside at the place described in the palticulars. Upon this the defendant obtained a rule for an attachment against the plaintiff for contempt, in having attempted to practise a deception on the Court by a mis-statement as to the place of residence. Mr. LUSH now showed cause against the rule, and sub mitted that there had neither been contempt nor misde scription. The place described was a lodging, for which the plaintiff paid rect, whereat his letters and parcels were directed and received ; but he admitted that he did not reside there. Mr. Platt and Mr. Butt were heard in support of the rule. The Court eventually discharged the rule, although they thought the plaintiff was not free from blame. The costs of the rule to be paid by the plaintiff. LONDON ADJOURNED SESSIONS. (Before the RECORDER, Aldermen JOHNSON, C HALLIS . and MOON). LIABILITY OF CHAPELS AND SCHOOLS TO BE RATED TO THE POOR-RATES.—HILLS A PPELLANT.—THE PARISH OF ST. LEONARD, EASTCHEAP, RESPONDENTS. This was an appeal against a poor-rate, made by the churchwardens and overseers of the parish of St. Leonard, Eastcheap, on the 7th c: June last. Mr. BODKIN, who appeared on behalf of the re spondents, stated that the grounds of appeal, as stated in the notice, were, that a certain chapel and house, in th e Al/ 914.1 occupation of. Mr. Culling, J. R. Mills, and John God frey, oil Fish-street Hill, known as the Weigh-house Chapel and School, or, Dr. Binney's Chapel, was not rat , -d to the poor. That notice was insufficiont, and the appeal could not be supported. Mr. CLAnxsoN, who appeared for the appellant, said he could not support the appeal, he would admit, on the grounds stated by Mr. Bodkin ; he should ask that the appeal be struck out for want of sufficient notice, and the appellant could appeal again. The appeal was then struck out.—Costs refused. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (SATURDAY.) MANSIOIV-HOUSE. Three men, named respectively Howell, Smith, and Franklin, the last being a young man of colour, were brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having committed a burglary in the George and Vulture note], in George-yard, Cornhill. The justice-room was crowded during the investigation. Eliza Ann Hughes stated that she was in the ser vice of Mr. Warrener, the proprietor of the George and Vulture Hotel, and that at a little after ten o'clock on Friday night, upon going up stairs, she was surprised at finding that the door of No. 6 bed-room, which had been locked, was then unlocked ; that she went in, and did not immediately see anybody, but upon turning round, she beheld, to her great astonish ment, the two prisoners, Howell and Smith, whom she had never seen before ; that she asked them what they wanted there, to which they replied, they wanted Mr. Gattier, a gentleman who lodged in the hotel ; that she ran out, screamed, and came down stairs, and that the two men followed, and overtaking her, put their hands upon her mouth ; that she thrust her hands away, helloed out, and that Mr. Warrener then made his appearance, and took them into custody. Mr. George Warrener, who appeared with his arm in a sling and his eye blackened, stated that at about ten minutes after ten o'clock he heard the screams of the last witness, and upon running to •her assistance, saw the: two prisoners, Howell and Smith, and imme diately seized them. They violently resisted, struck him violently, and not only blackened his eye, but sprained his thumb and wrist. They were, however, secured and taken to the station-house. Franklin, the third prisoner, had been seen by one of the waiters lurking about the hall of the hotel part of the house. Edward Fitzgerald, a waiter at the George and Vulture Hotel, stated that a little before ten o'clock he saw the prisoner Franklin in the servants' hall, and asked him what he wanted, to which he replied that he took the place for a beer-shop, and then walked away. Upon witness's return, he again saw Franklin, a few minutes afterwards, near the same spot, and observed him walk away down George yard. Inspector Merchant deposed that at half-past ten o'clock Howell and Smith were brought in custody to the station-house, in Tower-street, upon the charge of housebreaking. Witness went to the George and Vulture Hotel to ascertain whether any property had been removed, and upon looking about the neighbour hood found a cab waiting in Lombard-street. The cabman stated to witness that he was waiting for three gentlemen, and witness sent him to the station house, where he identified Franklin, who was subse quently apprehended. Upon Howell some keys were found, one of which opened the door of the bed-room in which that prisoner and Smith were found by the servant girl. Isaac Florry (a City policeman) deposed that he searched the lodgings of Smith and of Howell. In Smith's room he found a number of duplicates, and he observed evidences of poverty. In Howell's lodg ings he found some keys. While the last witness was giving his testimony, Smith and Howell declared the police were prompt ing Florry. The LORD MAYOR desired that no one should communicate with any person giving evidence. Nothing could be more prejudicial to the ends of justice. Mr. Filix Getter was next examined. He is a French gentleman, and his evidence was translated by an interpreter. He stated that he occupied the bed-room, No. 6, in the George and Vulture Hotel during the last two months. He had double-locked his bed-room door at half-past five on Friday evening, and taken the key into the bar. Upon going into the room after the apprehension of Howell and Smith, he ascertained that he had lost two rings, which he placed on his toilet. One of them represented a serpent, and the other was a small topaz, but neither was of much value. The Loan Marott—Have you any knowledge of any of the prisoners? The witness said he knew mithintr of any of them, l.ut it struck him that Franklin was the son of a man who made clothes for him. Henry Taylor, a cab-driver, stated that three gen tlemen, of whom Franklin was one, called him off the St. Paul's rank, in Cheap'ide, at nine o'clock, and got into his cab, telling him to drive to the neighbourhood of the India House, when two of them got out, leaving Franklin in the cab. Witness was then desired to wait near George yard. Franklin, about twenty minutes afterwards, got out, and about ten minutes subsequently returned and got into the cab again, ob serving that his friends were staying a long time, but he would see witness paid. At about ten o'clock wit ness saw Franklin go up George-yard, but never saw him afterwards until he went to the station-house. Witness could positively swear to the identity of Franklin, but he could not swear that the other pri soners were the persons who were Franklin's com panions. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, prisoners, what have you to say in answer to this very serious charge? Howell—l don t know anything of these two men (the other prisoners). The LORD MAYOR—What took you into the room in the hotel ? Howell—l merely just walked into the hall, and I heard a scream, and Lwent upstairs to bee what was the matter. I thought the police ought to be sent for, and I wished to know if that was the case, when the gentleman thought proper to collar me.— (A laugh.) I said to him I knowed nothing of any thing. lam quite sure the servant girl can't swear to me. I wasn't in no room at all. Smith—Please, your Lordship, I was so very tipsy that I didn't know what I was about at all. 1 havn't got the least recollection of what passed. The LORD MAYOR—You were so far gone in drink that you don't recollect how you got into the house at all ? Smith—Just the case, my Lord. The LORD MAYOR—What does the servant girl say to that ? Eliza Ann Hughes—He s.!emed as if he was tipsy after he was apprehended. The LORD MAYOR—How did h e appear to be when he spoke to you i n the bed-room ? Eliza Ann Hughes —Not at all tipsy. The LORD MAYOR—WeII, Franklin, what have you to say ? Frankhn—l was so very tipsy last night that I have not the least recollection of any thing at all ; but I know nothing at all of these two gentlemen next to me.—(Laughter.) The LORD MAYOR—I shall remand the prisoners till Thursday. Here a person, who said his name was John Field, and that he resided in King-street, begged that 'the Lord Mayor would allow him to make a statement, as he had been robbed of all he possessed on the evening of the same day on which the burglary had been committed. He kept, he stated, a cotree-shop, which he had let to the father of Franklin, a foreman to a tailor. Another son of the old man had been backwards and forwards to applicant's house, and on Friday morning his bed-room had been entered and plundered of coats, waistcoats, trousers, and silk dresses. The applicant was then directed to attend at the next examination of the prisoners on Thursday next. CLERKEN WELL. John Kempson, alias Shirley, was charged with nume rous robberies on housekeepers. He refused to give his real name and address. . . Eliza Sich deposed that on the pre►ious night the pri soner called at the house of Mr. Gregory, of the firm of Gregory and Faulkener, No. 1, Bedford-row, and gave her a parcel of books and a note for the cook. The cook knew nothing about either, and when she returned the prisoner was gone, and so was a barometer which hung in the hall. Lucy Anne Martin, cook at the house of Mr. Faul kener, solicitor, No. 41, Bedford-square, deposed that the prisoner called at her master's house with a parcel of books, and a note for her. The note began "My dear Jane," and ended " Your affectionate brother, James." Immediately suspecting a ruse, she prevented a robbery. The prisoner had stolen a cloak, the property of the Archdeacon of Van Diemen's Land, in a similar manner. There were no less than twenty cases of this nature against the prisoner, and sergeant Dodd said informa tion had reached the police of numerous others. Mr. GREENWOOD told the sergeant to select three of the strongest to send the prisoner to trial upon. The prisoner is a young man of shL rt stature, and well dressed. HORRIBLE CASE of FRATRICIDE, AND COMMITTAL OF THE BROTHER FOR TRIAL. The county of Stafford has become the scene of a shocking murder, and there is too much reason to fear that the diabolical crime was perpetrated by a brother. The condition of the unfortunate parties was that of small farmers. Thomas Brough, the de ceased, lived at the New Brent Farm, in the parish of Biddulph. It would appear that he was a man who, by parsimonious habits, had succeeded in accu mulating some little property, and was the owner of Whitefield Farm, which is situate near his own house. Whitefield Farm had been in the occupation of his widowed mother and his brother, John Brough, for a little more than twelve months. The mother was the recognised tenant, though it would seem that the brother John managed the farm, and was applied to for the rent when due. On Friday, the 3d inst., about dusk, a distress was put in by the direc tion of Thomas Brough, at Whitefield Farm, for rent, amounting to 291. 12s. In conse quence of some conversation which one of the Ni a bailiffs had with the moth-Jr and John Bro igh, the bailiff sent for Thomas Brough. in order to an ami cable settlement, if possible, without enforcing the distress. The deceased Thomas Brough shortly after wards came to Whitefield. There does not appear to have been any quarrel between the two brothers in the house, but the deceased complained very much about his rent not being paid, and intimated that he must have it; he also refused to return two boxes, which had been removed by the bailiffs to his house, until the following morning. The two bailiffs left the house, and the brothers remained in conversation. Shortly afterwards Thomas Brough went into the fold, were some further conversation ensued. He was about to leave, when his brother John said, " Stop a bit, I will go and kin (kindle) my lantern, and will go with you as far as the barn, and sweep two or three oats up.' John Brough then returned to the house, lighted the candle in the lantern, and went towards the barn ; and his brother Thomas walked down the meadow towards his own house. Thomas Brough was not afterwards seen alive, and nothing was heard of him until Saturday, about noon, when his body was accidentally found in a sand-pit on Biddulph Moor. THE INQUEST. The inquiry as to the cause of death, which was commenced on Tuesday, terminated on Friday, at the Talbot Arms, in the parish of Biddulph, before Mr. C. 'larding, the coroner. The following were the principal witnesses examined : John Brough, the son of Jude Brorgh, proved seeing the prisoner cross the meadows at the time with the deceased, which was the last time he was seen alive. .Mr. John Harrison, surgeon, of Barsham, who made a post mortem examination, said he found the head on the left side was much fractured, and several pieces of bone were found driven completely in, which were sufficient to cause death. It was the result of some severe blow with a heavy instrument, such as a hammer. James Brough examined—l live at Blackwood-hill Farm, and am servant to Mr. Challinor. On Friday night, while I was supping up my horses, my brother John and Ishmael Lancaster came to me. They opened the door and came into the stable. Ishtnael Lancaster then said, " I am came in to kill thee." My brother John said that Thomas had taken my box and his, and was going to sell him up, and he wanted me to go with him to settle it. I said, "itis so near the week-end, it's no use my going with thee to-night, he won't sell thee up this week." He said, " bed them down, and come with me now." I said, " I'll clean this mare, I've been to Leek with her, she is all of a sweat." As soon as I had cleaned her down, I went with them out and locked the door. After I had locked the door I went to look after the cows, to see if they were all right. We all three then went into the house. John Brown, another servant, got them bread and cheese, while I got ready to go with them. We all three went on till we got to Ishmael Lancaster's house, where Ishmael stopped. I and my brother came on. Just before we got to my brother Thomas's house, John said, " I will tell thee what thou must say when thou goes in. Thou must say, What is my box doing here ? where is Tom ?' " I did go into Thomas's, and saw the box. I saw my brother Thomas's wife. She said, in answer to my question, that she did not know; she was at Tunstall when they were brought there. I said to her, it was a strange thing they could not be quiet. I would go over to my mother's, and would call as I came back again. As I was going along the lane frommy brother Thomas's house, I overtook my brother John. He said, "Is he in ?" I said, "No, he has never been seen since he came from the Whitefield." Thomas's wife had told me this. John began crying, and said he did not know what he must do ; and I asked him what for. He said he reckoned he should be hung. I said, " What for ?" , He said he had hit my brother Thomas on the back of the head with a hammer, and he reckoned he had killed him. I said, " Oh, dear, John, you should not have done so, you're sure to be hung." I then said, "Where is he?"—[The prisoner, John Brough, was here sent for, and on being brought into the room, the Coroner told him that the witness who was then bein:r examined was beginning to give evidence which affected him (John Brough) as being implicated in the murder' of his brother, Thomas Brough. It was, therefore, his (the Coroner's) duty to have him brought into the room, that he might listen to what was said. The Coroner then read over to the prisoner those parts of James Brough's evidence which affected him. The examina tion of the witness was then resumed.]—He said that he was at the bottom of the meadow, and that I must help him to do something with him. I said, " Oh, dear, John, I cannot go near him." He kept begging of me to help him to take him somewhere. I told him it was no use asking me, I could not go near him. I went into my mother's house, and he kept following after me to ask me. My mother asked what she must get for our suppers. I said nothing, I had bad mine. She then warmed some milk, and whilst she was doing so John went out milking. When the milk was warmed she gave me mine, and I drank a few spoonfuls, the remainder set down for the dog. She asked me if I was going to stop all night ? I said no, I was going hack again. She begged of me to stop all night. When John came in I told him I was going; he said don't go to-night, start early in the morning. I said I am obliged to go to-night, if anything happens at Blackwood-hill, and me here, Mr. James will lay it all on me. I set off to the Blackwood-hill. John came out with me, and followed me to Thomas's house. I did not go in; there was a lock on the outside of the door. I came out of the yard and John begged of me to help him to do something with my brother Thomas. I said, "Ah John, it's no use asking me, I can't go near him." He then began crying, and I said, " Good night," and I star:ed. Up the lane I met Ishmael Lancaster and Thomas's wife. She asked me whether I had seen my brother Thomas? I said no. She said she doubted but that he was made away, as he had never been home. I said if he was he would be found. I said if I could have seen him I could have settled the matter. She went down to wards home, and I went to Blackwood-hill. When I t go t ol e t t h m e r John me in. Itß a w s n t h w e a n s a gone l e to bed, mo b re thanut h half-past l f_ tup p ast eleven by my watch. We then went to bed. Job Bailey--On Saturday evening I found the hammer now produced in a meadow which is part of the Whitefleld Farm, and in the occupation of John Brough. It was about sixty yards from a spot where there was a quantity of blood. When I found the hammer it was wet, and there was blood on it with black hairs. The blood on the ground was on a steep bank, at the bottom of which there was a little stream of water, and it was in a direct line from the White field Farm and the house of the deceased. The turf on the bank appeared to have been recently turned up, as though to hide the blood. The stream of water appeared as if it had been damned up ; there was blood about the place. There was also blood in another hole. The prisoner here said that the banks of the stream were red with carr water, which came from some iron works ; that it was so from year's end to year's end. After the Coroner had recapitulated the evidence, he asked the prisoner if he had anything to say with respect to the charge ? The prisoner burst into tears, and uttered some expressions which were not distinctly audible ; but we understood him to say that he "must suffer for other folks." He also said something in reference to transportation, or being sent out of the country. The jury then returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against John Brough for the murder of his brother, Thomas Brough. Brough was then committed for trial. EXECUTION OF MARY SHEMING IPSWICII, JAN. 11.—This wretched woman, who was condemned at the late assizes at Bury St. Ed mond's, for the murder of her grandchild, at Mart lesham, near Woodbridge, expatiated her offence on the drop in front of the county gaol this day, at twelve o'clock. From the time of her condemnation up to the period of her execution she uniformly maintained her innocence of the crime, and endeavoured to fix it alternately upon two of her daughters, one of whom is now confined in the gaol under a conviction for larceny, and whose imprisonment expires in the course of a few days. Yesterday she took her final leave of all her relatives, and mutual forgiveness was exchanged, after which the unhappy woman resumed her religious duties. Notwithstanding all the efforts of the chaplain, the culprit could not be induced to make any confession. Upon arriving at the press-room, she sighed heavily, and when the executioner attempted to pinion her arms, she complained, in a firm tone, that he hurt her wrists, and begged that he would not pull the cap over her face, so as to prevent her breathing. Beyond this, she never spoke a word to any one, except asking for a female attendant who had left her, and upon being informed that she was gone, the culprit walked firmly up the stairs, and took her place on the platform. The executioner adjusted the rope, and she was left standing alone and unsupported during the remainder of the prayers. The drop fell about five minutes after twelve, and the wretched culprit, after a few struggles, ceased to exist. rioosfehhaii:sg from having large the [ADVERTISEMENT.] —A NEVER-FAILING REMED Y FOR ALL CASES OF .SCURVY, Sconminc HUMOURS, AND SCROFULA, BY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS AND ()INT MENT.—EXTRAORDINARY CURE.--Henry Hill, now - 4 f i n was c o n s lately di scorbutic blotches all over his hands and &Cy, to his Duke e a o n f to Lord service B. great disfigurement. For twelve glanths he was treated by his master's medical attendants, but to no purpose and the ease Waa at last declared incurable, and he was discharged. The poor fellow then, as a forlorn hope, commenced using I - lollop/Ay** Pills and oi ntment, which effectually eradicated the disease from his blood in . less than three weeps. —Sold at Professor Hollovray's Establishment, 244, Strand (where advice may be had gratis), and by almost All respectabl e medicine vendors throughout die civilised world. ,i...►.1.:... ... „ ANOTHER ACCOUNT. (From our Bridg,twater Correspondent.) The hitherto peaceabb: and happy village of Shapwick has during the la,t week been tkrown into an extraordi. nary state of excitement by the death of a young man, one of that village, and from the symptoms attending his decease the medical attendant had reason to suppose it had been occasioned by poisoning. A coroner's inquest therefore sat on the body on Thursday, the 2d instant, and was, at the suggestion of the coroner, Mr. Caines, adjourned to the following Wednesday, to give the sur geon an opportunity of having the contents of the sto mach examined by Mr. Herapath, the celebrated che mist, of Bristol. We regr,t to state that the suspicion of the committal of the horrible crime falls upon the sister of the unfortunate youth, who, it appears, had been waiting upon him during his illness. She left Shapwick early on the morning on which her brother's death occurred, taking with her the wearing apparel, &c., of her poor mother, who also died about three weeks since. Her friends having occasion to look into the chest or box where the old woman's things were kept, were surprised to find the chest empty: suspicion of the theft at once fell upon the prisoner, and information of the same was immediately sent to the police in Bridgewater, wiio discovered that a part of the things had been pledged. They soon found the young woman to company with several loose characters dancing at a low pot-house in the town, where she was immedi ately taken into custody, and lodge.i in our gaol. A pri vate examination took place before the magistrates on Monday last, which was adjonrned until Friday, ti.e 10th, to await the Coroner's verdict. On Wednesday last the inquest was resumed, when a verdict of " Wilful murder" was returned against her, and the Coroner made out his warrant for her committal. The case, as may be supposed, has (Totted intense excitement here, not simply arisin g f rom t h e circtitn• s tances connected with the case for which the prisoner stands committed ; but from the fact, that within a short time she has buried no less than five of her nearest rela tives, busides her brother—viz , her mother, who was buried about three weeks since (and whose clothes she had stolen), three of her illegitimate children, and her husband. The body of the mother has been exhumed, and no doubt is stated to exist of the fact that the unfor tunate woman was poisoned. It is expected that the other bodies will also be taken up and examined. We are further informed, that the prisoner appears anxious to make a confession, but the gaoler and constables have hitherto refused to hear anything. They say that if she wishes it, a magistrate will receive her statement, and we have no doubt she will make one. A RETROSPECTIVE GLANCE AT THE STATES OF JERSEY FOR 1844. (From the Jersey and Guernsey News.) The States of Jersey have been summoned only fourteen times during the past year, owing to the lethargy and indolence of the bailiff, which is five times less than the year before, and they have done no earthly good whatever worthy of a legislative body. They began the year with a debt of 61.842/. 13s. 2id., and, notwithstanding our cur- rent expenses of the year exceed our revenue by nearly 3.0001., they have since managed to saddle us with a further debt of about 200,0001. for building a floating dock. They calculate, how. ever, to meet it all in time, by trenching deep into the impost which was expressly granted for the purpose of establishing a college; but, sewing to the influence of the shipowners, it has always been diverted from that purpose. Thus, it is not to be wondered at that education should be at such a low ebb in the island as to render it difficult to find men sufficiently qualified to fill public offices. By the re turns of the Statistical Society, it appears that there are not less than .from 3,000 to 4,000 children in the town parish of 24,000 souls, without any means of instruction whatever, so that our merchants are reaping riches at the expense of a national calamity. Our late Dean, with becoming zeal, prevailed on the States to promise the erection of a large school-room adjoining the hos pital, to mitigate this evil ; but we have not heard that any measures have yet been taken in the matter. The States have done nothing during the past year to reform the manifold abuses under which the island groans. They have not even passed a single Act worthy of note. Some Bills have been introduced, and very good ones in their way, but none of them have been brought to maturity. There was one by the constable of St. Helier's, for regulating inquests, requiring witnesses to be sworn, and reducing the ex penses from 51. 12s. to about 2/ 10s. It was brought in on the 26th of January, ordered to he printed on the 9th of March, pl e d g ed to be brought forward at the following sitting, but allowed to remain au greffe -•—or, in other words, to be kicked under the table! Mr. Le Sueur brought in another Bill on the 9th of March, for regulating the levying of penalties, a very large amount of which, he said, was due to the public, but remained in arrear, because no person had been designated or authorised to receive them. Thi3 Bill has also been thrown aside. The constable of St. Saviour's, Mr. Godfrey, brought in a Bill to prevent fresh witnesses being heard in criminal cases before the grand jury, after verdict by the petty jury, which being, as we think, a very injudicious measure, he has abandoned it. Surely a person convicted o f cr i me ought never to be deprived of the means of establishing his innocence, even down to the last day before the execution of his sentence ! A resolution was passed by the States to procure 1,0001. of copper coin (by the bye, we should like to know what profit is made on this speculation, and how it is disposed of); another to print Le Geyt's manuscripts, which have been taken by tender, at a very low figure, and the third to remove the register book of contracts from the care of Mr. P. de Carteret to that of Miss Quesnel, at the public library, for safe keeping. The oyster fishery, once a lucrative branch of our commerce, but which has been tampered with from time to time until nearly ruined, has been brought before the Assembly twice, the Hospital three times, the Impost twice, and the Habeas Corpus twice; the last time to appoint Mr. Le Breton De puty, at three guineas per day, to prosecute a suit on behalf of the Court, before the Queen's Bench, con trary to law, which only allows the States to appoint a Deputy to represent their common concerns to his Majesty in Council ; and which measure was brought in, adopted, and carried without bein g l o d ge d au greffe, contrary to law, by which the island will be taxed about one thousand pounds without its con sent. In short, the States have done literally nothing during the past year, excepting to vote money for the repairs of roads, enlarging the harbours and markets, and regulating weights and measures. It is abso lutely ridiculous to call them a legislative body--they perform none of the uses which belong to A popular assembly ; hut are an excrescence--a publio nuisance —which every well-'wisher of the country must wish to see abolished, that something bettor may be erected in its place, r EQUITY BUSINESS FOR HILARY Ttuot..--The arno',• nt of business o f t h e Ch ancery C ourt for the P appears t o b e o f an average o b araeter precedin g t erms o f late years. with that of the hear ing before the Lord cho- appeal cases for hear there aro 34, no ..ncellor up to the present peri od about u. causes before the Master of the Rolls P r esent term —. Of causes before the Vice-Chanctllor of Eng land 99. Before Vice-Chancellor Knight Bruce there are 34; and before Vice-Chancellor Wigram 46; making a total of 300. TAKING OF FIRE-ARMS. —We are informed on most respectable authority that yesterday (Monday) morning, at the hour of nine o'clock, some ruffians, with their faces blackened, entered the house of a farmer named Laurence Creagh, and of a gardner of Mr. Thomas Evans, of Ashroe, on the eastern borders of this county, and carried off fire-arms from both. When will there be an end to this wicked and disgraceful practice, from which no good can possibly arise, but, on the contrary, the most disastrous consequences to all engaged in it?— Linterich Reporter. ....~.r:.,. - - EXTRAORDINARY INQUEST AND MARKET NEWS.—(SATURDAY . ) COMMITTAL FOR MURDER. c OVENT-GAITZD ZN. We had a full average time of year supply of both (From the Sherborne and Yeovil Mercury.) SHA.PWICK.—A most intense excitement has b een ere- Fruit and Vegetables on sale, 'while the demand oral. . somewhat inactive, at but little voriation in price 9. ated in this visually quiet village consequent on the death Potatoes from 3s to 4s 9d. per cwt; Turnips, 13 ' 1 of Charles Dimond, a labourer, whose illness and death to 2s 9d ; Carrots, 5s to 68 6d ; Coleworts, were attended with circumstances that occasioned the 2s to 3s 3d • and Leeks, 8d to is 6d per dozen bunches; suspicion that he hail been poisoned. An investigation Apples and Pears, 2s to 4s ; Spinach, is 6d to 2s ; I::: into the case commenced before Messrs. Gaines and Onions, Is 9d to .2s ed per half sieve ; Pine APP 3 d Francis on Thursday, the 2d inst., when evidence was 8t to lOs ; and Filberts and Cobb Nuts, 10d to." adduced proving the symptoms attending the man's ill per lb ; Savoys, is to 2s per dozen ; Horse Radish, n ness were of such a character as to lead to the conclusion to Bs ; Broooli, 2s to 3s 6d • and Celery, is to 2 3 D'' that he laboured under the effects of poison. A post ; per bundle ; Oranges and Lemons, 8s to 105 per 100. mortem examination having been made by Messrs. Phil- or Greene lips and Bartlett, theindications observed internally con- WEWI6.IIICII APED 1.31146.1:11171/1111 1 . 1 . Although the supplies of both Game and Potds firmed their previous opinion and Mr. Phillips was re were by no means large, the sale was heavy, at Wel quested to convey the stomach and various other viscera of the deceased to Mr. Herapath, analytical chemist of previous rates. With the exception of prime Muttv_, and Veal commanding a steady sale at full carol ,. Bristol, to be by him tested for the presence of poison. The inquiry was then adjourned, to give necessary time : cies, the trade was heavy at barely previous figur, , li for this to be performed, and on Wedne s day t he investi Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 8d to 33 gation was renewed. Mr. Herapath was in attendance, Teal, 3s 6(1 to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 6d to 35 10d per 811 m and proved distinctly the presence of arsenic in the in- ' zelawrOSlT• testines of deceased, and in his opinion the man died from There was a fair inquiry for good Meat. In °thee! its effects. The sister of the deceased, Sarah Freeman. avtis , kind' next to nothing was doing. Beef from 25 10d to 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10d to 3s 8d ; Veal, 3a ed to 46 6 01 ' the party charged with having administered it to him ; and it appeared in evidence she had, under a false and P ork, 3s to 44 per Sibs. 1117NGERPON7b. t arti' name, purchased arsenic on the 9th of Decembar, at a Although we had but limited supplies of MO!. - is h chemist's shop at Bridgewater—that she had cooked the Iles off' ring,. the general demand was in a very 3 10 0 deceased's dinner on the slay he had been attacked with state, and prices were not supported. illness, and administered gruel to him during the coati- ' XIXI. 1 MGM:LAMM „A Hits nuance of that illness, until separated from him by the The supply o f F is h was no t l arge , y e t on ly a mode interposition of the magistrates, w hi c h was on the night business was doing in it, at about late rates. previous to his death, on the 29th ult. Atter a most , VTECITECIMPE3I. laborious and lengthened investigation, a the jury returned W e h a d a d u ll inquiry for almost all kinds of Afe st f ! an unanimus verdict of 4, Wilful merder ' against the still. h owever , we can notice no material alteration '- party charged, and she was at once committed to take value. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 10,,t,0, her trial at the next assizes on that charge. Mary Di- 3s Sd ; V ea l, 3 s 6d to 4 e 6d ; an d P or k, 2 s 8d to 3 1 ' mond, the mother of the deceased and of Sarah Free- per 81bs. man, died lust before Christmas, and the circumstances at:ending her illness and death are of so suspicions a nature, that Mr. Caines issued a warrant for her disin terment, and this was accordingly immediately done. A view was taken by the jury, and from the little alteration that had taken place in the features, identification was easily made. A post mortem examination was then per f orme d un this body, and the various viscera having been carefully taken from the abdomen and thorax, they were at once consigned to the charge of Mr. Herapath, for him to make similar experiments to those befor, made on the son. The inquiry was then adjourned till Satur day (this day), to enable this to be performed. The greatest excitement prevails, and it is very currently re [eine(' that several other parties have fallen victims to a similar fate. The prices of whenten Bread in th• Metropolis lb. from 7d to 7id ; of household ditto, Sid to bid per * loaf. EIDE PRAZZZT. ief° Raw hides at pur stone of 14Ibs.—Best steers and -e jo . 5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s Od to 5. 4a! si terior hides, 4s tid to 4 s 10d. She e p and calf skin> per skin—Market calf, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; long " sheep, 3s to 4s ; short ditto, 2s 6d to 3s 6d. JULY MASULZTII. 41 1511 SMITIIFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 31 lOs to to Useful ditto, 41 16 5 t o 51 4 s ; fi n e Upl a nd ditto, 5 ,' 4 , to 51 lOs ; Cl o v e r H a y, 41 lO s t o 6/ ; O a t St ra w, q ra de 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 1/ 163 to 11 18s per load. on the whole dull, at our quotations. 4 10" CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 125 v- , g Useful ditto, 41 17s to 5/ 5s ; fine Upl an d ditto, 5 `,1 ° 150 5/ 12s ; Clover Hay, 41 lOs to 61; Oat Straw, fpt to li 18s; Wheat Straw, 1118 s to 21 per load. average supply, and a steady demand. W HITECHAPEL.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 3/ 1 Os to 46 , Useful ditto, 4/ 16s to 5/ 4s ; fine Upland ditto, 51.1 ,,t0 5/ 103 ; Clover Hay, 41 10s to 61 ; Oat Straw, 1/ I . (n q , 1/ 16s ; Wheat Straw, 11 16s to 1118 s per load. v Hay and Straw sold slowly, at late rates. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FAIDO t to We have to report a very heavy arrival of Will e o this day's market. Fine dry samples support last 'lot prices, but all other descriptions . are slow sale and r of lower. The supply of Barley" js.not large, Let P o ols decline, in some instances Is. per quarter. Not . 00 0 1 business passing in Oats, Beans, and Shelling, wt, material alteration in value. ,ad", Per qr. of 60Ib. to the - - we Erma. 00., Wocas Suffolk, Essex, and Kent."... Red --to 411/ 0 Ditto ditto White... 51 43 41 N0rf01k............. ....... .... Ditto ditto White... Do t 1 Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red..... 45 4 6 0 Ditto ditto .... ...... Yorkshire Red. 44 46 0 Ditto ditto White... ... 5 8 41 Foreign 0 , his.l„.... -- 48 0 f r , t Ditto ditto ..... Per quarter '7,4 Raley, Norfolk and Suffolk ••••••••••••• ... . 1 1 il # Yorkshite and Lincolnshire ..„ ....... ...... a' , . 0) Grinding ... ...... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• .... r; 5) Ail FOreig.•••••••••••••••• ....... •••••••••••• ..... ...... . 1 ._'. wird For qr. o 18311), to 0 3 0 6 . 0 Aeons. Small f.ne . ....... ....... .......« ».«.».» •• 4 51 , .6 ..... Ticks .•. 00000000000000 ••••••••••••••••9•••• • 00000000000 •••••• Foreign...." 00000000000000 ••••••••••••••••••.••••••••• ••••• 42 1 . -,cat., a d Pola d. --a ••••• 5 Hid. to 12d., Foreign 10d, to 12d. Po L AP, •ass. to 27c od. Peg, I,co, Mdt R 000000 231.0 s 251. N. —.I. jls. Pe' • • RAILWAY RETURNS. RAILWAY TRAFFIC.—The following are the Total Receipt , ° "1, ways for the past week--that is to say, up to the date to W. H I I oatil respective returns are made, together with the reeelplll of '— week in the previous year ..... Week endiug Jan. 4 3 Last week. JE 200 2,245 1 51 , oil .' NAME OF RAILWAY. Arbrorth and Forfar Birmingham rnd Gloucester• • • • • • • • • • Brandling Junction . • •• • • •••• • • • • Bristol and Gloucester Chester and Birkenhead . • ....... • • • • Dublin and Drogheda...... . ...... . Dublin and Kingstown • ..• • • • • Dundee and Arbroath Durham and Sunderland Edinburgh and Glasgow . .. • • • .• • • • • Eastern Counties and North Eastern .• Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr •• •• Glasgow and Greenock• • •• • • •• • • • • • Grand Junction • • • • • • • •-•, • • • • • ..... Greut North of Great Western . • • ..... • • • •• • • • • • • • • Liverpool and Manchester .. London and Birminghani •• •• • • London and 81ackwa11...... London and Brighton. • ........ London and Croydon... London and Greenwich . London and South Western. •• •• •• •• Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Manchester and Birtningham Manchester, Leeds, and Hull. Assoc Midland Counties. •..> Newcastle and Darlington •• •••• •••• Newcastle and Carlisle•• •• •• •• Newcastle and North Shields North Union and Bolton and Preston Paris, Corbett, and Orleans Paris and Rouen . • • •• •• •• • Preston and Wyre .......... Sheffield and lianchester:: South Eastern ..... ......• •. • ....... Taff Vale ..... • . •....... Ulster Yarmouth and Norwich ............ York and No. th Midland ........... 579 139 Ir _ , 1 95 6 f BUTCHERe'eIiARITABLE night, the sixteenth annual meeting of the don°'yfr, subscribers to this Institution was held at th i e ej oii.l masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street, Mr. IL A 'tb Giblett, President, in the chair. The report statn6r, the charity was in a flourishing condition, and iw r lo," additional pensioners had been elected in Oct ° ,, he il making in the whole 110 deserving persons Yin e d Participated in the bounty of this Institution, 01 , by the philanthropy of the donors and subscribe,'''s c o, , • been rescued from a state of distress. During wajl, 4 year the committee have invested . in the public fo il b ol i ) sum of 6001., which has increased the stock of the , c ► to the sum of 8,9 111 6s. 7d. Three per Cent. v ° 3 ,o The officers of the Society having been duly ele ate rA te l „'r th e usual vote; of thanks given, the meeting seltefiq Henry Cutts, a young man, tried at last Do" j sessions for a riot and assault at the Manor, ne ll f,teri ct i / field, connected with the colliers' strike, and 5 L - o,„rp to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, o ;ider,„ been liberated from prison, in consequence ae e so' l , ) which had been forwarded to the Secretary ,T O O 4 fully proving that the witnesse s b a d been mist"e Cutts' identity. MEDICAL TESTIMONIAL--SIGBT I A At + • 'HEARING. ge,c, From T. J. Pettigrew, Surgeon, F.R.S. W T or o i S. and B. 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Al so , newly A OPO Aoromatic Waistcoat-pocket Telescopes $ ll , "pc 0 glasses of the same kind of Lenses.—Every hoov,:e l leseope of larger size and increasing powers for l' obs ero sea purposes, and upon stand for astronomi c brte tions the powers are so great and the lenses, 7„ 0 1, e 0 and brilliant that minute objects at an extraorol" r ts , tame is brought completely under the eyes. Srbo t t i ° o o tourists, and sea-side . visitors will indeed h i r ' ec tiF l great trea t . Acoustic instruments of evert " 0 03 for deafne ss . C aut i on. —M essrs. S. & B. Soorlited a l ur clans and auri s t s , are no t i n any wa y cenne c- e ialr; s ie person of the same name in their immediate n 40, 1 t hood, nor i n an y p ar t o f t h e coun t r y. 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