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THE SU ONDON, TUESDAY MORNING,_ JANUARY 7 , t 845. PRESTON COUNTY COURT. (From the Preston Guardian.) BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE. MARY HOOTON V. HENRY RIMMER. Mr. CATTERALL, who appearead for the plaintiff, opened the case. The action was brought by Mary Hooton, of Churchtown, for a breach of promise of marriage by the defendant, Henry Rimmer, of the same place. Damages were laid at 1001.—the de fendant being understood to be in good circumstances. The defendant, he said, was the author of the ruin of the plaintiff in every respect. He called the follow ing evidence : Ann Twist—l live at Churchtown, and am aunt of the plaintiff. I know defendant; his father is a farmer. Cannot say what quantity of land he has. Defendant has been in the habit of seeing my niece about ten years. She is about 28 years of age, and he is the same. About two years ago my niece came to live at my house. When living at my house, defendant came two or three times a week to see her. He talked to her about marriage and she talked about purchasing a rocking chair, when he said he would send to Preston and get a pair of them against their marriage. He said to her he was not thinking of being married before spring, as he could have a cottage from his father then. About half a year after she was at my house she gave birth to a child. This was in last August but one, in 1843. The child is now above a year old. I remember she charged him with being with Ellen Baker. He denied, and said he never intended having any one but Mary. My daughter, who is now dead, was present. I heard him saying he would like a mahogany chest like Mary's. He said, on another occasion, he hated young men de luding young women, and he would never do so. He said he had visited her for seven weeks at South port, and found she never had any other sweetheart. Plaintiff went to a little cottage of her father's to be confined. Heard him often speaking about his wedding. He said he bought a marriage ring, and he thought it was gold, but it turned out not to be so. —(Laughter.) He had a horse and cow, and the cow was to be Mary's cow.—(Laughter.) He was in the habit of buying presents. He once bought her half a sack of potatoes, and said when these were done he would buy her more. I have also seen him going after her at other places. Cross-examined—My name is Ann Twist, and I have been about ten years a widow. I had seven children by my husband, and one since. I have brought an action against James Gregson for a breach of promise of marriage. It is not yet tried. It is to be tried at Liverpool. It was not to the defendant I had the child. The plaintiff has three sisters. The eldest is named Betty, and is about thirty years of age, and has had a bastard child. The second sister is named Ellen, and has had two bastard children by different fathers. The third sister is named Hannah, and has not yet been in the family way. I have frequently been at plaintiff's father's house in my widowhood. I was in the habit of going about once a week. I did not go on a particular day ; sometimes I went in the morn• ing, and sometimes in the afternoon, and sometimes at night. When at night I did not remain so late as twelve ; it might be abcut ten. 1 cannot exactly say how many persons I have seen there. Never saw a dozen young men there, nor eight, nor ten, nor six ; but four, I think. Will not swear I saw more than four there. I had no connection with the young men. I cannot say whether I always met the same four, or a variety of fours, at this place. Only occa sionally met young men there. Can't tell what the young men were doing. Never took any notice of whit the young gentlemen were doing. Never caw them upon the young ladies' knees, or near them ; nor was there a "squab" there upon which they sat. Never saw them " tickling" the young ladies—(Laughter)—nor with their arms round, their necks. Never got a kiss from any of them, nor did any of the young ladies. I will tell you another day where the unfortunate circumstance that occurred to me took place.--(Laughter.) It has given me much sorrow. My niece went to live with me in February, 1843, or beginning of January. The child was born about six or seven months after. Since plaintiff left my house I have never seen her and de fendant together. I know a person named Margaret Cadwell, and about three months ago met her in the house of Ann Cadwell. I did not say in this house that Rimmer never promised marriage to plaintiff. I sometimes met Gregson at Ann Cadwell's house. Did not know the plaintiff was in the family way when she came to my house. The child has never been fathered. Re-examined—l had the bastard child about eight years ago, and since then Gregson has promised to marry me. Mary Hooton, mother of plaintiff—l live at Church town. Have known defendant for ten years. nisi father was a neighbour of mine. He has been in the habit of coming to my husband's mother's house. My daughter had slept with her grandmother a long time before she went to her Aunt Twist's. Have seen many a time Rimmer and my daughter together. In January, 1842, heard Rimmer say to my daughter, " It is time we were married," and he also said the " askings" should be put up on Sunday. She took ill with the ague afterwards. The Sunday after Rimmer gave her a present of 2s. 6d., and a little pork for her to eat when ill. She went to live at one of our cottages after leaving aunt Twist's, and was confined there in August. Rimmer came to see her after, and held the child and said, "It is a fine child." He frequently came after the child was born. Cross-examined Have had thirteen children. Nine are living, five of whom are girls. The youngest is named Ruth, and is twelve years of age. Mrs. Twist has come occasionally to my house. Young men came to my honse ; and if they had not, my daughters would never have been injured. Some times Henry has come in, and others. Have had young men in my house to the number of six or eight at once, at a Christmas or at other times. John Blundell has been there, but many years since, Thomas Ritnmer, too, who was a neighbour, and others. I and my husband have retired to bed when they were there, but this was many years since. It was about the time Rimmer kept company with Mary. My daughters lived at my house when their children were born. Elizabeth Hooton, of Churchtown—l remember being at the weaving shop end about three years ago, when Rimmer said he would be " asked" the Sunday after. Cross-examined—lt was outside the shop where this was said, on the 18th Jan., 1842. Plaintiff caught cold that night in consequence of staying out with defendant. I am not come to tell you whether 1 have an action also for breach of promise. I will tell you another time. My father and mother were in the habit of going to bed and leaving us up with the young men. I won't tell you who kept company with me. I shan't tell you tow many stayed up with me.—(Laughter.) I did not come here to tell you these things. People have come here with lies in their mouths. I will tell you nothing but the truth. It is true I have had a child. It does not matter whether my sisters have had or not. James Halsell, of North Meols, labourer—l know Rimmer, and have seen him walking with plaintiff. He said on one occasion he had 2001. in ready money, and did not think it worth his while to talk to poor people. I was just behind him when he said this to me. On another occasion he told me he had a grey mare of his own. He has been in the habit of grow ing potatoes for sale, the land of which was given him by his father. Cross-examined—The land on which he grew the potatoes was more than twenty times as large as the table in Court. I was at liirkdale a few hours one day about stealing a duck, and I have once in my time been in prison for poaching. This was about twenty years ago. I never was in prison for any thing else. Mr. Noutx then addressed the jury, and contended that the character of the family was of such a flagrant description as to free the defendant from the charge. There was no direct evidence that a promise of' marriage had been made ; but in the event of' the jury deciding that there was, it would be for them to say how much damages would be required as com pensation; and certainly one farthing, he thought, would be a sufficient compensation for all the in jury such characters could sustain by a breach of promise. The ASSESSOR, in addressing the jury, said the first question to be disposed of was, whether there had been any promise of marriage. It appeared to him, from the evidence, that there was something like an understanding that the parties were to be married. In deciding upon the question of damages, they must take into consideration the character of who appeared to be most immoral. It the family, d am beth their duty, also, to consider whether the defendant was actually worth 2001., as stated in the evidence ' or whether it wa s not likel y he had onl y made a boast of having that sum. The , ho other hour's consultation, were called jury, in after into Co te u r rt ab t o o ut a tryntwo cases. After doing so, the Court adjourned, leaving the jury to decide upon the case. The jury remained in consul tation until ten o'clock, than result of their prolonged deliberations being a verdict for plaintiff—damages, 30s. DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY. We have received a statement of the " case and r:l , 2rits " of the Direct Northern Railway, which takes out very fully the grounds upon which the pnject was first brought forward, as announced to the public by the i3iorning Post, in its City corre spondenc.?, as long ago as the beginning of April last. The Direct Northern is so clearly the line be t•veen London and York (presuming a new line to be necessary, which is generally felt to be the case) for the public adoption, that we need do but little more, in the present stage of its progress, than to draw at tention to the statement alluded to, which has been printed for distribution. According to this docu ment, the Railway Commissioners report that the traffic on the Midland lines is already too great, which, of course, implies that another line is called for. The Direct Northern line eases the Midland trains of all the traffic going north of York, effecting an economy in the expense of travelling ; and being under but one direction, the time consumed on the road will be abridged by it even without an accelera tion of the speed. For these reasons alone all the Scotch interest and influence will be obtained for it _ _ in Parliament, and, from the circumstance of it not being liable to competition hereafter, it cannot but prove a good sound investment for capitalists. Such is the prevalent feeling, and hence the advance of the shires to-day to a premium of nearly per share. The main trunk at York is carried onward by a bridge over the York and North Midland Railway, and joins the Great North of England line at a point about a mile-and-a-half beyond the city of York, for the purpose of avoiding the detention that now occurs to onward passengers, whether proceeding north or south. It is of importance to the supporters of the project that the Directors have been acting to the utmost practicable extent upon the policy laid down as desirable, in the execution of railway enter prises, by the Parliamentary Commission appointed to report upon the subject of this branch of the na tional economy three or four years since. The London and York Com?any, in the plan of the line they have brought forward, would appear not to have been moving in a like spirit in accordance also with the suggestions of the Commission. The statement of the Direct Northern Company has the following pas sage bearing upon the point : " This mode of crossing the York and North Mid land line has been adopted in conformity with the following recommendation contained in the fourth report of the Railway Commissioners in 1841 (p. 43). —` We consider it improper that the traffic of any new line should open upon the York and North Mid land Railway, with which so many lines are already in connexion as to render delay unavoidable, and col lision not improbable. In consequence of thenume row trains of luggage and passengers using this line, nearly two hours are sometimes occupied in passing over a little more than thirty miles from York.' Not withstanding the opinion thus decidedly expressed, the proposed competing line of the London and York' comes upon the York and North Midland Rail way in the very manner objected to by the Railway Commissioners as likely to lead to danger, and cer tain to cause delay." The framers of the document state that a striking illustration of the progress which the direct principle is malting, and of the importance of saving a f e w miles on the main line of a railway, is most oppor tunely afforded by the fact that the London and Bir mingham and Grand Junction Railways have con sented, after several years of opposition, to join in the formation of a new line from Stafford to Rugby, f*.rty-eight miles seventy-seven chains in length, at i , stimated cost of about a million, for the sole pur ? of effecting a saving of nine miles thirty-nine 4 .1) ins between London and Stafford (a distance of 141 miles 15 chains), and this, too, although the etFect of the alteration is to carry all the through traffic past, and not through, the important town of .I :rminghant, which is thus placed, as it were, on a ranch with reference to the main line of cornmuni •• ion ; and that it is also remarkable that the line in :wit direction, originally contemplated and submitted to Parliament, was laid down so as to save the dis t:nee now to be curtailed at so great a cost, but that local interests prevailed at the time over the direct pr i nc iple, and carried the line round by Birmingham. ..s'occessive alterations have, it is added, at great cost, ,i a o been made, or are about to be made, in several .vier principal lines, viz., in the original Birmingham and Liverpool, the Birmingham and Manchester, the Manchester and Leeds, the South-Eastern, and others, ail of which alterations Mist he considered as adop tions of, or approximations to, the direct principle. The Committee, it is further observed, are confi dent that neither the Legislature nor the Board of Trade will now sanction a line from London to York on merely local grounds, but will regard the question as one of general national importance, for that it is evident that all persons to the south of the London terminus or on the north of the York terminus, rho desire to travel or tr insmit goods in either direction, have a clelr inter.st in the formation of the shortest throng I line, and that, for example, while it may be for the convenient of persons residing at Peter borough, when thy wish to travel or send goods to London, that the main trunk should be brought round by that town, it is equally clear that it is not for their convenience that it should bend round by Grantham, Newark, and Doncaster, when they wish to . travel or send goods to York, any more than it is 12r the convenience of persons residing at Grantham, Newark, or Doncaster to be carried round by Peter borough or any of the other towns, when they wish to travel or send goods to London. In short, that nothing but the direct principle (facilities for lateral branches being always provided) resolves the question of general aggregate convenience It has been objected that the Direct Northern line does not accommodate the same amount of local po pulation as the proposed London and York line. But this objection is combated, and a reference to the plans of the two Companies is challenged in support of the assertion that such want of accommodation is not to be established, various other matters being ad duced, in substantiation of the statement of the writers, to that effect. The general views of the Company are reduced to the following propositions, and into the merits of which inquiry is invited : " I. That an independent line between London and York is required by the public, and will com mand a sufficient traffic to yield an ample return. " 2. That the interests of a largo proportion of the population of England, and of the whole of Scotland, require that the most direct line should be adopted. " 3. That the Direct Northern not only satisfies ~Zrlse conditions, by being the shortest line betwe en London and York, but it is preferable by the charac ter of it gradients, and its economical construction. 4. That the line being the shortest and cheapest possible, passengers and goods may be carried by it at a lower rate of charge than by any other. " 5. That the primary object of shortening the tance is attained by the Direct Northern, with due - and to intermediate and local interests, and without . • Ilesslv interfering with the traffic of existing lines. 6. That as a question of investment of capital, it is essential that the most direct line should be taken to prevent future competition, or expensive alterations for the protection or improvement of the original line, ! that, consequently, none but direct lines can con ite a permanent property."—Morning Post. _r HE QUEEN AND THE ARTS.—In other ways be ,i,les sitting for her portrait, the Queen affords employ ment for artists; and though the commissions do not ex tend much beyond drawings for the royal album or for pre ,sents, still even this moderate encouragement is beneficial 'wen if the distinction of royal patronage be accounted a. s part of the remuneration. Nor is this con fined to artists of celebrity ; whenever talent worthy f recognition is brought under the notice of the Queen or the Prince, it is sure to be appreciated ; smd it is not the price paid, but the countenance shown, that is the most valuable part of royal patronage. Instead of lavishing thousands upon one or two favoured artists, tLe Queen distributes the sum she devotes to this source of en`gyment among many, including some to whom such honot:r is most valuable. —Spectator. THR L ATE INQUES A T KIRKBY LONSDALE. — DE - T' CISION OF THE POOR-LAN-Tf COMMISSIONERS. — The fol lowing is the decision of the 11;00r-law Commissioners with regard to the conduct of the medical and relieving officers of the Settle Union, in the rase of the child, Eleanor Mackenzie, the subject of the rent quest at Kirkby Lo ns d a l e. The Commissioners have carefully considered the evidence, and they P are of o iniorf that Mr. Sellers, the me di cal officer, and Mr. Thompson, tl.•e relieving officer, were both guilty of neglect in this case, more especially th e f ormer, Looking to the c.ircuie stances of the case, the Co mm . • to dismiss Mr. Sellers from hislsosifiners feel it their duty the j. , e of medical officer. 'With respect to Mr. Thompso st n a , te Commissioners have alreadyofficer, the their opinion that he was guilty of neglect in this case. It may be remarked, however, that although the relief he of articles this case was illegal in form (being money instead articles of absolute necessity), and was probably insuf6eie a mount, still he visited the case and did re li eve it. I t t r in Commissioners, therefore, under all the circumstances, will permit him to retain his office ; but they feel it their duty to reprimand him most severely, and to cau tion him that the Commissioners will certainly dismiss him from his office in the event of a recurrence of any similar neglect of duty on his part ; and the Commis sioners request that the Board of Guardians will com municate to him this reprimand anti caution.—Signed, by order of the Board, George Coode, assistant secretary. W. Foster , Esq , clerk to the guardians, Settle Union.— ocacterGwirdian. _ - The following robbery upon Messrs. de Roths child is relat e d b y the Journal de r Oise :—" The house of Rothschild, of London, has been in the habit of sending considerable sums in specie to the house in Paris. Lately the conducteur of one of these convoys, on arriving at La Chapelle. missed seven cases of Spanish piastres, each weighing above 130 kilogrammes, making a total loss of 140,000 f. The eonducteu- thinks that the robbery was committed at Voisinlieu, while he was taking some refreshment. The Administration of the Messageries, having bid an information before the Procureur du Roi at Beauvais, it has been ascert a i ne d that when the diligence was weighed on tha we i g h. bridge at Abbeville, the cases could not then have been on the coach, and therefore the robbery must h ave b een committed between Boulogne 4.nd 4bbor:iile. Five ry search and inquiry is being made." EXTENSIVE FIRE AT HACKNEY.—Sunday morn mg, about t, ur, a very alarming fire happened in the 0, , Mr. Fraser, oheesemonger, Oxford-place, Backney-road. Not a moment Has lost in spreading trw alarm, and by great exertion the family were soon rovis..t l . The engines were soon on the spot, but not the firemen and those present used their _,ertions, by five o'clock the entire Louse, stock, rarnituro belonging to Mr. Fraser were entirely consthaea, iuul the roof of the house ...ijoining, in the occup'ation of Mr. James, was partly destroyed. The fire originated from a clothes-horse full or 4inen having been left before the kitchen fire on - the previous night. ItalOi MURDER AT LEEDS. An investigation before Mr. Blackburn, coroner .for the borough of Leeds, relative to the deatn of Elizabeth Illingworth, the wife of William Illingworth, clock maker, Wortley, Leeds, was brought to a close, so far as concerned the coroner's inquest, on Friday evening last, by the jury, who had been sworn to inquire into the circumstances of the case, returning a verdict of " Wilful murder against Ann Simpson," a woman with whom the husband of the deceased had long carried on an illicit intercourse, The facts of the case will be best gathered from the following abstract of the evidence: — Mr. M. Hall, surgeon, and Mr. West, analytical che mist, were examined ; and from the evidence of the former, who had made a postmortem examination of the body of the deceased, there appeared to be no doubt that she had died from some irritant poison. Mr. West said he had found arsenic in the contents both of the stomach and of the intestines of the deceased, and he had no doubt that she had died from the effects of arsenic. Isabella Harrison, the wife of James Harrison, dyer, deposed that she lived near to Wm. Illingworth's house, and knew both him and his wife very well. She had also known Ann Simpson for fourteen years, who was a married woman, but witness did not know where her husband was. Ann Simpson had lived at Illingworth for two years, but now had a house a short distance from Illingworth's. She slept in that house at night, but lived at Ming worth's in the daytime. She had a child by Illlingworth about a year and eight months since. It was born in 11- lingworth's house, and the deceased, Illingworth's wife, waited upon her (Ann Simpson) during her confinement. Up to that time, and three months after, Ann Simpson lived at Illingworth's house. The deceased had been ill for some time, but at noon on Wednesday, the 11th of December, the day preceding her death, when witness saw her in her own house, she appeared better than she had appeared for many a month, was in good spirits, and complained of no pai❑ anywhere. Witness went again to Illingworth's, about half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, and the deceased was then in bed. Ann Simpson had gone to hers. Witness went upstairs to see the deceased, and she complained of being starved and pain in her head, but refused to have a surgeon. Witness never saw deceased again till after her death, when she saw her laid on a board at Illingworth's house, about eight o'clock on Thursday morning, the 12th of December. Witness went again the same afternoon to Illiugworth's house, where she saw Ann Simpson, who told her that on the previous evening the deceased, after being in bed a short time, complained that site was ill, and she asked her (Ann Simpson) to get her some thing to eat, fur she was nearly " pined " to death. She got her a quarter of a pound of sausages, about half of which deceased ate ; and also gave her some gruel with gin it, which she drank at the same time that she ate the sausages. About two hours after she had had the gruel and sausages the deceased began to be purged and to vomit. She then began to complain of pain in her bowels, and they bathed her with warm water and flannel. Complaining of being cold, her hus band and she lay down beside her, and she moaned and then settled a bit. Her husband then got up, and went to the fire, and they found she was dead. Witness was present when she died, which was about two o'clock on Thursday morning. Witness had known the deceased have pains in her bowels before, and had been called up at night to bathe her. Ann Simpson was as much mis- ' tress of the house as the deceased. Illingworth treated them both alike in point of kindness, but witness did not think they all three slept together. About a fortnight before her death, deceased and her husband were quar relling, and she said she would cut her throat and then she would be out of the way. She had heard her be fore threaten to destroy herself, and she believes that the woman Ann Simpson was the cause of her unhappi ness. Mr. Hall, surgeon, in his second examination, said that he did not find any sausage in the stomach or bowels of the deceased. William Guy, cloth-dresser, 'Wortley-lane, stated that his house was back to back with Illingworth's. In the dead of the night, when all was still, he could hear what was said in Illingworth's house. About one o'clock in the morning, when the deceased died, while he was in bed, he heard the deceased cry out, " Oh, my belly, I can't bide ; lam killed with pain." He heard her cry out twice. Then she was still for about a quarter of an hour. He then heard her cry out again, but in a lower tone, and as if she were weaker. On her crying out, he heard Illingworth, the husband, swearing at her. De ceased said, " Bill, I have such a pain in my inside, I cannot bide." Illingworth replied, " What the hell is thou making this d—d noise about ?" and that " he could not help her." or something of that sort. In about half an hour afterwards witness got up, and went down stairs, when Ann Simpson, who made a noise as she were crying, came to his door, and said that Eliza beth was dead. Ruth Barber, who lives in Ramsden's Fold, Wortley, said that she was at the house of deceased about a fort night before her death. Her husband was in about that time, and Ann Simpson came in soon after. The de ceased told the latter about a dog having run away with the remainder of the meat they had had for dinner, and said that her husband had beaten it. On this Ann Simpson said he ought to have fought his wife instead of the dog. Deceased said, " Dost thou want a row ?” Ann replied that she cared nothing about it. Decease] " then said to her, Thou shalt go out of my house, I will have thee no longer." On her refusing to do so a struggle took place betwixt them, during which Illingworth, the husband, came down and asked what it was about. Deceased said, " Make her go out." Ann Said she would not go. Deceased then said, " I will ra• ther kill her or be killed to-day." Upon which the hus band turned to his wife and said, " D—n thee, I'lt kill thee, and thou'lt never know what thou ails, in two mi nutes." She said, " Wilt thou kill thy own wife for a w— ?" He did not reply, but whispered to Aim, and she wont out. _ _ ✓ George Duckworth, barman at the Suspension bridge, stated that Ann Simpson went through the bar towards Leeds on Wednesday, the day before Elizabeth Illingworth died. Mary Catherall, a married woman, residing in Mans field, Holbeck, said, she had known Ann Simpson ever since she was eight or nine years of age. Witness was in Leeds on Wednesday, the 11th of December, the day before Mrs. Illingworth died, She saw Ann Simpson between three and four o'clock that afternoon in Brig gate, just coming out of the shop of Mr. Hall, druggist, in that street. She stopped witness near the shop door, and had some conversation with her. Ann Simpson went to the house of the witness last Thursday evening, about six o'clock, and told witness that she had had the policeman at her. Witness replied that so had she. Ann said, that he did not tell her that he had been at wit ness's house, but that a woman had told her, and that wit ness would take an oath that she saw her on Wednesday afternoon in Briggate. Witness said that she did see her on that day. Ann Simpson replied, "Nay, it was:on Tues day ; she had been about some watch glasses ;and that it was near the yard below." Witness replied that she knew nothing of the yard below, and that on Tues day she was not out; and that she was sure she came out of the druggist's shop door on the Wednesday after noon. She said, " Then thy words does me to-morrow at four o'clock; York's my doom, and my bairns to the workhouse." No ono was present at the time. She said, "If they took her, they took her innocent, as several had goise before." She also said that she should not sleep all night. Witness's husband then came in, and Ann Simpson went away, Ottiwell Kell, one of the Leeds pollee force, deposed to the fact that Ann Simpson had told him that Ale was not at Leeds at ail on Wednesday, the 11 th of December ; but that she was there on Tuesday, the 10th, and bought a lot of watch glasses of a man named Ripley. Ripley's son Wag called, and from his evidence it was very clear that Ann Simpson was not at his father's on either the 10th or the 11th of December. Blanchard Ringoose, assistant to Mr. Hall, druggist, Leeds, deposed that a woman like Ann Simpson asked for some arsenic at his master's shop on the 11th or 12th of December, but he could not say on which day, and he did not let her have any, because he did not know her, and because she was alone. That woman, ha observed, on her leaving the shop, entered into conversation with another woman at the door-stead. He could not be positive that Ann Simpson was the woman who went into the shop and asked for arsenic, but ha believed she was. SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS. FROI4 THE EVENING FIFERS OF YESTERDAY. GLOBE.—Tne public balance-sheet, which will be found in another column, will be regarded with general satisfaction by all to whom the prosperity of his country is a source of satisfaction. It not merely shows an excess of income over ex penditure : that might be the result of increased taxation, producing, for a time, an immense revenue wrung from the already diminished means of the community. The finance accounts now before us indicate a steady increase of revenue from those sources of taxation which rise, or fall, according as the trade and commerce of the country is in a state of profitable activity or depression. The " budget" of the approaching session will be looked for with no ordinary anxiety by the bulk of the nation. The " surplus" upon the April quarter— which will include the saving effected by the reduction of the Three-and-a-Half per Cents. to Three-and-a- Quarter per Cents., estimated at 1,300,0001.--• will raise the gross revenue at the disposal of the Government to upwards of 3,000,0001. In what way will Sir Robert Peel apportion the relief which this " surplus" will enable him to afford ? The removal of the in come and property-tax at the expiration of the three years for which it was originally imposed, is an almost necessary consequence of the large surplus remaining after the nat;onal expenditure has been met. The contingency on which Sir Robert Peel placed bis possible application to Parliament for an extension of the period to five years, has not arisen. The country is, happily, in a state which does not require its subjects to be harassed and oppressed by an impost at once inquisitorial in the nude of its assessment; unequal in the distribution of its burdens ; and oppressive, by the amount which it wrings from the humbler classes of those engaged in trade and professions. Had the resources of the country been as flourishing as they now are, there would have been no pretext for the income-tax, to which Sir Robert Peel flew, as by an instinctive im pulse, because it was a means of revenue of all others the most odious in the eyes of the nation. Nor can it be forgotten that the estimate which Sir Robert Peel gave of the probable amount of the proposed in come-tax fell far short of the sum it has actually realised. His estimate of its . yearly produce was 3,770,000/. ; its actual produce in the past year, when it may be fairly taken to have settled down into some thing like its legitimate results, is 5,190,000/. ; being an excess over the Premier's estimate of 1,420,0001. This excess over the estimated sum it would produce, constitutes a ground on which the nation may rest its claim for a discontinuance of the tax. The nation will have paid a larger sum than it was originally proposed should be raised by means of the tax within a given period. It has, therefore, a right—irrespec tive of other considerations, which tend tc show that the imposition was wholly unnecessary—to be re lieved from the load. STANDARD.—We this day insert what we are happy to consider the close of the correspondence between the Provost of Oriel and the Bishop of Exeter. We must, however, add, that our satisfac tion at the termination of the correspondence, does not arise from any disapprobation of the tune of either of the writers ; on the other hand, the correspondence on both sides is a model of the style in which gentlemen and Christians ought to treat each other when they state their differences; a model which we could wish to see generally imitated ; we rejoice that the correspondence has terminated, solely because we must always regard with pain any dispute between men whom we are bound to venerate and to love. Akin to this feeling is the satisfaction with which we publish the first letter of the admirable series with which we have been honoured by our correspodent " A Provincial." Without being Puseyites, as a Shrewsbury journal (patronised, if not written, we believe, by Mr. Ben jamin Disraeli the Younger) asserts we are, we feel that it is high time to pause in a popular agitation, when we find men proposing to carry the system of the Church for repair to a Parliament in part con stituted of Socinians and other Infidels, Protestant Dis senters, and Roman Catholics. This, we submit, is a warning that we may be going wrong, not in opposing the Tractarian heresy, but in the manner of opposing it. We wish the Church to be re-established by the Church, not by a mixed Parliament. Let the true friends of the Church look to the course taken by the authorities at Oxford, and they will see that the greatest of the Universities is nobly doing its duty in the right way—prostrating a system of falsehood founded on a vile fraud, by cutting away the root of the fraud. We trust that the Bishops, who have it completely In their power to put an end to Tractarian preaching, and may by their just influence, supported as they will be by the people, put an end to Tractarian practices—we trust that the Bishops, whose complete power to extinguish the heresy it were gross hypocrisy to affect to doubt, will but imitate the authorities at Oxford, and we ,hall not be under the ignominious necessity of supplicating Mr. Joseph Hume and Mr. Tom Dun combe, Mr. Benjamin Hawes and Mr. Benjamin Disraeli, Mr. Dan. O'Connell and Mr. Patrick Somers, to reform the orders of our Church. Mean while, let us give the Bishops time, anti a calm op portunity to obviate the necessity of appealing to the lay Church reformers named, and others like them. The Oxford statute is now the great object—let all energies be bent to carry that. If this statute fail, we see no resource but the terrible appeal to Par liament. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. The third session of the present Mayoralty commenced this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, Aldermen Sir Chapman Marshall and John Johnson, &c. The grand jury having been sworn, The RECORIMR addressed them, and said that he was glad to find the calendar was lighter tha n usua l, an d that it contained a comparatively sraall number of ch arges . There were two cases of false coining, three of f orgery , one of feloniously wounding an ass, two o f cutt i ng an d charge, he thou g ht th e gran d wounding, and two of concealin g t he birth of children. jury NVi d do w toth w r o e a g l ard the eli latterl to leave it in a course for f ur th er i n . quiry. There was a charge against two foreigners for i t in the c ommissio n o f th e act. Th ere was wounding with a razor ; there was but one razor, an d h e thought it would be proved satisfactorily th at b ut one a m ls a o de a u o s h e ar o g f e against a postmaster for embezzling a let ter which had been entrusted to him, He thought it unnecessary to draw their attention to any of the other charges, and would therefore dismiss them to their duties. There were altogether 91 prisoners. nedanthinat itionl had only just been ret urne d, it b e i ng In the case of "'eta , Wgliirl E s c i o C ß ol D n E ti a lit e t o e m d p u la po in RECORDER observed th a t j us ti ces in quisition held by Mr. Wakle y , the eovngor, pl take hi , Lite A.nt of Parlia men t t o by them, at th b s itti ng o f n t y ed themselves to a fin e f or then thehrieanl ti f e o n rireolnearly manslaughter, fo.r ciii t c h k e . and nti.hee tegu l Court,ree nc o tr t he o n n g e r adt sone depositions oa e s t r i h e it i ec:), bound os subjected u n t ba d jk e taken Ho then directed Mr. Clark, the Clerk of Arraigns, to write to the coroner to know why the depositions had not been returned at a more early period, POLICE INTELLIGENCE. (YESTERDAY.) BOW-STREET. A foreigner, whose name was not ascertained in con sequence of his p e rtinaciously refusing to understand the questions which were put to him, and who bad the ap pearance of a servant of the higher class, was uharged before Mr. Hall with obtaining money under false pre tences teora ,several hotel-keepers. George Hill, hotel.kaaper at Spring-gardens, stated that, on Saturday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the prisoner went to his (witness's) house to take lodgings, as he said, for a foreign gentleman, his master, whom, he said, he about to bring to that hotel in a cab. Having taken the rooots, ho asked witness if he would lend him half-a-crown, fur the parpose of paying the fare of the cab, as his master had no English coin. Witness gave him the money, but having Name suspicions of his character, be desired the waiter to watch him. The waiter followed him to several other hotels, where, it appears, he made similar applications with the same success. But one of the hotel-keepers, to whom it was suspected he intended to apply, having been warned in time b y the waiter who arts watching the prisoner, gave him in charge. Several cases of a similar nature were gone into ti but Mr, Hall, Considering the evidence too scanty for con viction, caution e d en d di sc h arg ed the prisoner, and the prosecutors left the C our t w ith manifest discontent. SOUTHIVABA: Elizabeth Griffith; servant at the Suffolk Arms, Tooloy-street, was charged with robbing her employer. It appeared that money had been frequently missed from a shelf in the bar, and, for the purpose of detecting the thief, some penny pieces were marked and placed there. On Saturday lest the prisoner being noticed to leave the spot was su b sequen tly searched, and several of them were found in h er possession.—She was remanded. LAMBETH. with st e aling r geAI a asan,ali basketas o F f ew w l e v a , , r a ing yaiun of 61., on the 9th of November. Susan Lowe, a laundress, stated that on the evening in question s h e employed the prisoner to go with her to carry a ba s k e t of clothes to St. Martin's-lane. The in•i soner walked exce e di ng l y f as t, and Mrs. Lowe desired him to go slo w er ; b ut w h en o pposite the Marsh-gate he young apparel, w an of the value was charged contrived to give witn ess the slip, there being a great crowd, and she never Saw the prisoner Or the clothes again. James Brooks, an active constable of the L division, appreapprehended the p r i soner i n Ch e l s ea workhouse. hended Lowe said she was very poor, and had to support her aged mother. She bad been compelled to make good the loss. . The • prisoner denied all knowledge of the robbery. The prisoner was then remanded, to give the constable time to find where the clothes had been pledged. A t the close of the evidence, Ann Simpson, after the usual caution, was asked if she bad any statement to make; but, acting under the advice of Mr. Hi ham, so lictor, who watched the case for her, and of William Illingworth, the husband of the deceased, she declined saying anything. The CORONER, in summing up the case for the con sideration (ff the jury, said there could be no doubt that the deceased had died from the effects of arsenic; but the natural question was, whether it had been adminis tered by herself or by the woman Ann Simpson, or the latter in conjunction with some other person. The evi dence was altogether of a circumstantial character. It was calculated to create strong suspicion against Ann Simpson; but he doubted whether it was so conclusive as to warrant them in finding a verdict of wilful murder against her; and he did not like to encourage juries to find verdicts which were not likely to be sustained before the tribunal where the case must be finally investigated and decided. He then recapitulated the evidence with a good deal of minuteness, and particularly pointed out those parts of it which appeared to bear upon the conduct of Ann Simpson. He referred to the fact of the drug gist's assistant having deposed that, as the woman who asked for the arsenic left the shop, she entered into conversation with another woman, which seemed to coin cide so exactly with the evidence of Mary Catherall, as to leave little doubt that the woman who applied for the arsenic was Ann Simpson. That portion of the evidence also suggested another important consideration. The druggist's assistant had stated that ho told the woman that he never sold arsenic unless the applicant was ac companied by a witness, or was personally known. Now, Ann Simpson had known Mary Catherall for a long time, and supposing Ann Simpson to have been the ap plicant, a suspicious circumstance was, that after what she had been told in the shop, she did not ask Mrs. Catherall to go in with her to enable her to procure the arsenic, if as she said, she wanted it to kill vermin. After pointing out some of the portions of the e vidence, the Coroner concluded by requesting the jury to give the ease tbeir most careful and impartial consideration. The jury, after consulting together for about half an hour, returned a verdict of Wilful murder against Ann Simpson," who, on the coroner's warraiA, was committed to York Castle, for trial at the next assizes. F I - THE LATE IRE N G HiLDFOgD - STREET.—The re mains of what were supposed to belong to another suf ferer, which were found on Tuesday, consisting o f a burnt foot, and several half-consumed bones, turn out to be these of a lad, and upon a close examination there appears to be little or no doubt that Cue.? p.,?, those of the boy Robinson, who was so dr eadfull y burnt, anti whoGt charred trunk had been alone di scovered u p to the period of the jury and Coroner t e rminating the inquest. It is, therefore, deemed unnecessary to re-open the pain -41 112 5 1117 7° . corr,e Salisbury, a powerfully-built man , was charged CLERKE/V tVELL with.etio folloi•iiiig i4iii .. 6e conqupt ;-:;-- On the previ ous nigh he was oi:ating a disturbance in Spencer-stree t, Clerkenwell. Police-constable 29 G repeatedly directed him to go away. The prisoner corn menced an indiscriminate attack on several persons who were quietly standing by—two he struck on the face, and seizing the finger of a thi r d i n hi s mou th, crus h e d it between his teeth. The officer then took him into cus tody. 153 G swore he was knocked down twelve times by the prisoner ; 170 G that he was knocked down three times. The prisoner was sentenced to 21 days' imprisonmen pecting he was after no good, he took him to the watch house, and upon searching him, found two candles, a box of lucifer matches, and a curiously-constructed key. He asked him to what place the key belonged, and he said he could not tell, nor did he know why he carried it. While he was looking at the key the prisoner said it was a rum 'un, and witness said the key was certainly a curious one, and he thought it would open many boxes or doors, which he .found to be the case. MYSTERIOUS DEATH AT SALT HILL, NEAR WINDSOR. (ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.) SUNDAY EVENING.—Upon the prisoner being taken to the house, at Eton, of Perkins, the Superintendent of the Eton Police, at the conclusion of the proceedings be fore the Coroner's jury yesterday afternoon, where he ar rived about four o'clock, in a fly, he appeared consider ably mere depressed in spirits than upon the former occasion. His sighs and moans, his quivering lip, and restless (ye, clearly indicated that he was suffering the most intense mental anguish, although there was not only an apparent but very manifest effort on his part to appear to treat the matter with stoical indifference. While he was waiting in a private room yesterday, at the Three Tuns, Salt-hill, during the progress of the inquiry before the Coroner, he appeared extremely fidgetty and anxious to avoid the glee of those who were present. He maintains an almost total silence, and has never once alluded to the mysterious and painful circumstances connected with the death of his former servant, Sarah Hart. During the whole of the past night he was very restless, scarcely obtaining any sleep till the morning. His appetite has also considerably fallen off since he was first taken into custody. Some years ago the prisoner was tried and found guilty of forgery, and sentenced to be transported for 21 years. The forgery was committed upon a relative of Mr. Smith, one of the partners in the Uxbridge Bank, to the amount (as I am informed by a member of the Society of Frieads, who came from Uxbridge yesterday to attend the inquiry before the Coroner) of 1,0001. His good conduct while in the colony obtained for him a ticket of leave after having served seven years of his time. He then set up in business at Sydney as a che mist and druggist, and embarked generally in the ship ping trade, in which he was so exceedingly successful, that in the course of a few years he had saved upwards of 20,000/.—some persons have reported 60,0001.; but I believe the amount I have mentioned is the most correct. As soon as the crime of forgery had been clearly es tablished against him, he was discarded by the Society of Friends, and no longer acknowledged to be a member of thal body. Upon his return to England from Botany Bay, between six and seven years ago, he applied to the ' society to be again admitted amongst them, but was pe remptorily refused, his former crime of forgery being an insuperable barrier, notwithstanding the great effort he made to be again received into membership. He then went to live at Croydon, where he resided but a very short time, but where he is well-known. Thence he went to Berkhamstead, where about four years ago he married (but much against the wishes of her family and connexions) a highly respectable widow, a Quakeress, named Cutforth. This lady kept a ladies' school at the t time of her marriage, but her extensive establishment was given up immediately after her union with Mr. Tawell, who lived with his wife and family in a spacious house, nearly opposite the church at Berkhamstead, in very good style. He had two sons and a daughter by his first wife. Both the sons have died within the last five years. The daughter, an interesting girl, about 17 years of age, resided with her father and step-mother, at Berkhamstead. A child is the fruit of his last marriage, which is now about 18 months old. The distressing intelligence of the apprehension of her husband, upon strong suspicion of his being concerned in the death of a woman at Salt-hill, was only commu nicated to Mrs. 'remelt through the medium of the Lon don papers of Friday last, which contained a report of the proceedings before the coroner and jury of the pre ' ceding day. Mrs. Tawell, in , state of mind it were impossible adequately to describe, her feelings wrought up to the highest pitch of mental excitement at receiving the afflicting news, immediately left her home and pro ceeded to London by the Birmingham Railway, and from Paddington, by the four o'clock train, to Slough, by the Great Western. The interview which took place be tween the afflicted wife and her unfortunate husband. which was of the most harrowing and heartreeding description, I will not attempt to describe. Mrs. Tawell, after remaining at Eton for upwards of four hours, took leave of her husband, and returned to London by the last train from Slough. It has been stated that the eldest child of the unfor tunate deceased Sarah Hart, a boy about five years of age, bears a close resemblance to the prisoner. From circumstances which have transpired since the first exa mination of the prisoner before the coroner's jury, there is very little doubt that he is the father of both the children of his former servant. He was always known, at the different lodgings occupied by the deceased, as Mr. Talbot. A special messenger was sent off from Eton with a letter from the prisoner to his wife at Berkhamstead on Friday morning ; the messenger, however, did not ar• rive at that town until after the departure of Mrs.Tawell to visit her husband. The letter was opened by the daughter of the prisoner, who was not aware of the painful situation of her parent. She immediately re cognised the handwriting, but even then she would scarcely believe her father was in custody upon suspi cion of some offence lie had committed at Salt-hill, "be cause," she said, " her papa never knew any person, either there or at Slough, and therefore there must be a mistake." Upon Mrs. Tawell's return, the dreadful tidings were communicated to her, Mr. Tawell is well known in the City, and is now, I am informed, engaged to some extent in the shipping trade and exportation of goods Ile is a subscriber to the Hall of Cornmetce, the Jerusalem Coffee-house, and other public mercantile establishments, and also to the Zoological Society. There is not the lea-t doubt that all the representa tions made by the deceased to her female acquaintances (with whom she became intimate at the different lodg ings she occupied during the past four years) as to her being the wife of Mr. Tawell's son, who was, as she said, abroad, and also as to Mr. Talbot (as she always called him, and not Mr. Tawell) bringing her her husband's quarterly allowance, are entirely without foundation. I have stated that both the prisoner's sons, by his first wife, are dead. She also stated to another of her ac quaintances that she was the wife of a servant of Mr. Tawell, ,jun., who was abroad with his master, and that a part of his wages was paid to her quarterly by his master's father ; but this statement ie equally devoid of truth. The public, however, will be enabled to form their own opinions as to the nature of the connexion which existed between the unfortuuate woman and her " friend," . the party in euitody, Mr. M. Chambers and Mr. J. J. Williams, barristers at-law, and also Mr. Bevan, solicitor, of the Oki Jewry, have been specially retained to be present at the ad journed inquiry on Wednesday neNt, to wen* the pp. eee die f is on behalf of tire prisoner. jn tile meantime the contents of the bottle and glass foiled on the table of the deceased at the time of her mysterious death, and also of the phial found the next morning in the garden of Mr. Bothaw, adjoining the Slough road, by which the prisoner passed in his route to the SloK, , h stetiop on the night of the supposed enurder, will be car.ettuily ana lyzed, and the necessary evidence produced ()auto the Coroner and jury. It has been stated that the prisoner is confined in Windsor gaol. This is not the fact. Windsor is not in the same eonnty akt that ip which the death oecurred. He was visited by his wife en her arrival on Vriday afternoon, at the residence of Mr. Perkins, the superin tendent of' the Eton police, in that town, where he will remain until he is taken again before the Coroner at the adjourned inquiry to be held on Wednesday. THE LATE DAIUNG ROBBERIES AT THE DOCKS. CAPTURE OF TWO OF THE GANG. Mr. John Clements, the principal of the London Dock Company's police, said that Clark was the captain of the gang which had lately b een ro bbi ng , an d h e as k e d hi m if the key belonged to any place he occupied. The prisoner said it did not, and he demanded of him where he ob tained the key. The prisoner said he could not tell, nor could he say why he carried it, but he had several more at home. Mr. Clements then proceeded to state that several robberies had been lately committed in the vast docks under his charge, and that the warehouses on the north and south ranges of the dock were enclosed on all sides with gates, and the key taken from the prisoner was found to unlock four of these gates. The key was not a perfect skeleton, and it had evidently been made for the purpose of carrying on depredations in the dock. The tobacco warehouses were bounded by a high wall, abutting on Worcester-street, Broad-street, Tench street, and Bird-street, St. George's, East. The entrance to Johnson-street was opposite the dock wall, which was fifty feet high, except at the corner of Tench-street and Broad-street, where there was an angle of the wall only sixteen feet high. This portion of the tobacco ware houses had been selected by the robbers, who plundered the premises, for the removal of the tobacco. He went on the roof of the tobacco warehouses that morning, and ascertained that the thief or thieves had removed one of the lantern lights of the roof and had got down into the warehouse, where many thousand barrels of to bacco were deposited. On the roof under the lantern he found several lucifer matches similar to those taken from Clark on Friday evening. He asked Clark where he bought the lucifer matches, and he said they were pur chased by him at a chandler's shop, at the corner of Johnson-street, and that he gave a penny for them, the last he had. There was no money upon him. Outside the wall, at the angle before described, he found the ropes and gear by which the thieves had descended from the roof of the warehouse in Tench-street. The thieves, for he had no doubt there was more than one, must have secreted themselves in the dock on Friday night, and got upon the roof by the yards of one of the tobacco ships, or by ascending one of the cranes. The gear was fastened to the cone of the lantern after the tobacco was stolen. He had not had time to have the casks which had been plundered brought out of the warehouse and re-weighed, but, as far he could at present ascertain, there was a deficiency of 1501 b.; and the leaf tobacco found in Hurly's apartment was precisely similar, and he had no doubt it was the property of the Dock Company. Mr. Ballantine—But Clark was apprehended before the robbery was committed. Mr. Clements—Yes, Sir ; but I have no doubt he is a confederate of Hurly and of the two men who were seen in the dock on Friday evening, and outside of it, by Judge on Saturday morning. Mr. Ballantine —Several robberies and attempts at robberies have been committed in the St. Katherine's dock. Does the key fit any of the gates there ? Mr. Clements—lt opens several of them. _ _ _ Mr. Ballantine called the attention of Mr. Taylor, the superintendent of the St. Katherine's-dock police, to this fact, and said it would be his province to make inquiries. Mr. Taylor said he was watching the case, and that the robberies in his dock had lately ceased. After further evidence, implicating the prisoners in other dock robberies of brandies, winas, and tobacco, Mr. Ballantine remanded them till Thursday next. The Court was much crowded during the investigation SUPPOSED MURDER of MR. MAY, The numerous robberies that have been lately com mitted in the London and St. Katherine's Docks, have created rauah constevnation in those large establish ments, and all attempt to discover the robbers have hitherto proved fruitless. During the last two months brandy and tobacco have been missed from both docks, and large quantities of both have been discovered in pow, coaled places in tha docks, anti also in bargee and craft, before the thieves have been enabled to remove their booty. A discovery was made on Friday night. and early on Saturday morning, which is likely to afford a clue to extensive deprttlatiow! committed in the docks l where properly to the aihouat of several millions sterling is deposited belonging to our merchants. AT BET HN A L-GREEN. An account was published on Friday of the myste rious diappearance of Mr. William May, a silk-manufac turer's agent and traveller, resident in King-street, near Bonner's Hall, Bethnal-green, who has been missing up wards of three weeks, under circumstances very distress ing to his family and friends. The last time he was seen was on the 9th of December, and on the following morning his hat and handkerchief were found near the Canal-bridge, at Twig Folly, Bethnal-green. The body, it was supposed, might have been thrown into the canal, and a statement of the facts which afforded ground for that suspicion having been laid before the magistrates at Worship-street, a communication was made to the Directors of the Regent's Canal Company, who, with the utmost readiness, agreed to afford every assistance in ascertaining the fact, by drawing off the water from that part of the; canal. On Sunday morning, accord inerly, at an appointed time, the canal between the locks at Twig Folly and Mile-end, an extent of probably half a mile, were completely drained, in the presence of the police and an immense number of spectators, and the whole bed of the canal through that space was carefully examined, but without any discovery. The process oc cupied Be4rly three hours, and the investigation was so far satisfactory as to have demonstrated that neither the missing gentleman, nor any other perso n , h a d b een drowned there. MARKET NEWS.—(YESTERDAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. As will be observed from our returns a very large number of vessels, which were long detained by the con trary winds, has arrived in the river during the past week laden with grain from our own coasts, as well as from Ireland and Scotland, but more particularly from the two former quarters. Still, however, we have not been so overwhelmed with supplies as might be expected, arising from the fact that no inconsidi rable portion of them had been previously disposed of by land carriage samples, previous to the vessels being imported. Fresh up, only a moderate quantity of Wheat of home produce came to hand, coastwise or by land sample. yet that on offer was quite adequate to meet the wants of the millers. For selected qualities, which were com paratively scarce, we had a steady, though not to say active, demand, arid last Monday's quotations were sup ported in every transaction. As to the middling and inferior kinds, there was a slow sale, yet holders were tolerably firm, and late rates were again realised. We bad only a moderate show of free foreign Wheat, never, theless, the inquiry for it was in a sluggish state, though at prices quite equal to those paid oh this day se'nnight. Bonded Grain of all descriptions was heavy, and almost nominal in value, speculation in Wheats appearing wholly at a standstill. We had a very large supply of Barley in the market, which caused deNle4 to operate with great caution. Maltin4 qualities commanded a fair inquiry, and the prices were readily supported. Grinding Mid distilling sorts were dull, at rates barely. equal to those quoted in our last report, Notwithstand ing the large arrival of Malts, spleeted season-made descriptions moved qff steOily 3 at last week's quotations. 4 11 "OW lard vt'q€: 41 1 1; and their value was hardly maintained, The supply of Oats being exceedingly large, that Article was in slow request, although many parties are sn or t o f stoc k , an d , w h ere sales were pressed, the rates were in favour of the buyers, B9tll 4e4ns and Peas were in moderate request s and their prices re mained unalterN. Tnp 44,1ur trade was in a sluggish yet the quotations were supported. Linseed, as well as cakes, were in large request, at fully the late advance in the currencies. All other kinds a seeds were iu sluggish demand. CURRENCY PER Itqp,RIAL AMASURE. .... A/Harr—Essex Meritlassw—Chevalier..... 613 to 65. Ffil . ' 40. to Sljs OATS—Yorkshire and TSitto, white 44. to 56s Lincolnth., feed 22. to 23. World* and Lin- Potatoe 24. to V.sg coin, red 353 to 46. Youghall and Cork, Dittowhite.... ...... 42s to 50a • black „„,„„.,„,. VI. to 22. Irish, red......„„,,„„ —5 to —. Co;k white Ditto, white RTII—OId ........ 30s to 3.4. ....... 35s to 375 New ..... .... 3.53 to 36. Pigeon. - _. ending 2fls to 31s PEAS— Grey ............... 35 s to 37s Malting Chevalier 3Bs to 40st White ............., 2t61 to aiis MALT—Suffolk and Nor I Boilers folk 584 to 625, FLotir t ,..TolaCritade ... 40s to 45s Brown 56s tct fall g0tt01..... ........... 33s to 35s Kingston an 4 Ware fits to 641 Stockton &Norfolk 33s t. 35r tatailax GRAIN AND FLOUR IN BOND. WhlLAT—..tiantile Hanshurgh Ns to .....3 Pets ue.t..t.. :• 13 . 1 to 32. BARLEY 27. to 21. noua—Americao „,.„ 2is to —s OATS—New Feed lss to lls, A great number — of persons atteuded the Thames Police-court on Saturday. to hear the examination of two Moot named janols iftirtt 4nd itlattilm Clar4, both reputed thieves, and who have been long suspected, charged with being concealed in stealing 150 lhs, of leaf tobacco, the property of the London Dock Company, from their pretniEea, Joshua Judge, a Thames-police inspector, stated that about three o'clock that morning, he was in company with other (Akers, in Johnson -street, St, George's-in the-East, facing the wall of the Landon Dock tobacco warehtinsea, when he saw two men, with caps on, loiter ing about, and frequently looking upwards' at the wall. Ile watched them, and saw them go into a house, 3, Johnson-street. Soon afterwards two men with raps on, came out of the house, but he could not say they ware the sanse persons who went In. He pursued them, but they made their escape among the labyrinths of courts to the neighbourhood. He waited about the dock wall till nearly eight o'clock, and kept a strict watch on the house till that time, when he entered it iu company with another officer named Henry Isaac Judg..., and upon entering a room in the upper part of the house, he saw Hurly lying upon the hearth opposite the fire place, and upon searching the apartment, ;band seven bugs, cOOtailling tOtbs. C tobacco, He amused the prironifir, and asked him where he got the tobacco from, and he said he knew nothing at all about it, but if he was released he would take witness to the parties who brought the tobacco into the house. lie refused to part with the prisoner, Who made a desperate resistance, and was not secured until after a severe struggle. He lashed the prisoner's hands, and upon searching him found a piece of string, some lucifer matches. and a wax taper. The string found in the prisoner's pocket cot, rer,ponded etfactly with stir,,: norii found in the tobacco warehouse of the dock, which had been plundered during the Right. Before he saw the men loitering about the street, the inhabitants of one of the houses opposite heard something heavy fall free} the clank ‘Y4II. knew Hurly to he a Wet', ttptt iw.haq heeu mine convitAcl,' Bwinlan t l, ipek constable, stated that on Friday evening, between lour and live o'clock, he was leaving the western dock, and coming into the eastern dock, when he saw the prisoner Clark and two others inside the tobacco-floor, goinir tow,lrd4 the eastern dock. He toppp.4 and aske4 r:here . 11;., wan to.Ve'replied that ass on his way to the AilirAtiav, it Dutch ship, and that he Ipqw iiet:s4 44 (,„ Witness told him that the ship sx ,- ,s not in Lb , . dock j and in consequence of the late robb er i es e"l",'n 140 The export season having been . pretty generally brought to a close in Holland, in consequence of the various ports being blocked up wjth ice, it is now placed beyond a doubt that the imports of live stock from the Continent, for some time hence, will be on a very limited scale. On looking over those for the past year—which will be found below—we find they have considerably exceeded those of 1842 and 1843, both as rospeetv numbers and quality; and it appear:; to us quite evident, from the exertions now making by the foreign graziers to improve the con ()ition of their Beasts and Sheep, that the importations for 1845 will be much larger than we have ever Ware noticed. In the week just concluded 1t S,haels, and 18 Oxen and Cows have been received far this ro4rXeS, and which were disposed of on Vriday last. With this ex ception, no arrivals have taken place into any of the ports of the Pnited Kingdom, The official returns of the importations of Beasts and Sheep give the followin results FROM JANUARY 1, TO DEcEunEa al, 1844. 11eusta, Sheep. London, , „ 2,531 Hull Liverpool Bl Southampton ..... ... 193 quite equal to the demand, which ruled somewhat la active, at previous quotations. There were upwards of 200 Pigs on sale from Ireland. Prime small English were in fair request, but other qualities hung heavily 00 hand, at late rates. Per 81bs. to sink the offal. s. d, to s. d. s. d. to 1 . le Interior Beasts ..... ....' 2 6 210 Second qualityditto.., 3 0 3 Second quality ditto... 3 0 3 4 Coarse.woollod ditto.. 3 3 ? N a Prime large 0xen...... 3 6 3 13 Southdown Wether a 4 U 4 Prime Scots, &c. 3lO 4 2 Ditto out of the wool '2 Large coarse Calves... 3 4 4 0 L arge H ogs 3 0 3 Prime small ditto 4 4 4 Small P0rker5.......... 9B 4 0 Suckling Calves, each IS 0 SO 0 Quarter old Plp,eachl6 0 22 I I Inferior Sheep SUPPLY AT MARKET. sts. Sh t Bea I eep. I Calves. I piss.. 2,954 24,580 92 NEWO.ALTII AND ZINIUMBDTIZAILL. Only a moderate arrival of slaughtered Meat has taken place for our markets during the past week, while the supply of that killed in the metropolis has been by no means extensive; still, however, the gen era l d em and has been in a sluggish state. Prime Beef and Mutton beve„ . sold at fully pr e vi ous ra t es; b u t t h e va l ue o f ot h er kin ds of Meat has not been supported, and large quantities have remained unsold at the close of each market day. At per stone, by the Carcase. i. s. d. to s. d . e. d. to c a Beef, inferior .., 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior ...... 2 6 1 i middling......, 2 8 210 middling 3 2 3„ • 6 -- prime large ...... 210 3 0 prime - 6 f 4 prime small ...... 3 2 3 6 Pork, large..„ 2 6 a Veal —.....—.............. 3 2 4 4 —email. s o 4a ' ARRIVALS DURING THE PAST WEEK. Beasts. Sheep. Calves. Pigs. Scotland 2O 200 150 Yorkshire Norfolk Suffolk 5 40 60 Cambridgeshire Essex 2O 30 40 100 Surrey...—. ........ ................ Devonshire Wiltshire Other parts ........ ......... Total l3l 1,133 we -- T92f Previottolveek%arrival Diftbrence since our last 4t 640 541 4sl BOROUGH AND SPIT.A.LFXEMBB. . Several vessels having made their passage l a den w i th Potatoes, the supplies on offer are now rapidly on the In; crease, yet as many of the large dealers are short of stock, the demand is somewhat active, at pri ces varying from 75s to 95s per ton. The total supply for the we has amounted to about 2.600 tons-100 tons being frogs abroad, 30 tons from Ireland, 400 from Jersey, O . from Guernsey, 300 from Scotland, the remainder coastwise. BOROUGH HOP MARXIST. There is a large business doing in bags, at very hig h i prices, while, for choice b a g s , th e d eman d i s ac ti ve , and the quotations are steadily supported. WOOL MATULLT. The imports of Wool during the past week have been only to a moderate extent, viz., 28 bales from the Cape, 241 ditto from Hobart Town, 31 ditto from Malta, 111 2 ditto from Ibrail, 9 ditto from Madras, and 30 ditto from Sydney. Both Foreign and Colonial qualities are 1 ° sluggish request, but no alteration can be noticed in the, quotations. English Wools are held firmly, at f 1"; prices. The total imports of Wool last year consistu of 84,717 bales of Colonial, and 142,324 bales of Foreign' TALLOW. There is in reality no material change in this market , although a slight variation in the quotations. There no speculative business doing; the prices are wholly go. verned by the demand for consumption, which, for th e last few weeks has exceeded that 4) f the corresponding period last year. All the St. Petersburgh Tallow h as arrived, and is included in the stock of this day. Tovfl Tallow is 40s 6d to 42s nett cash ; rough fat 25 4 K` per Sibs. _ _ COAL MILIMIIT. Prices per ton at the close of the market :_Adair,'' Main, 21s ; Buddle's West Hartley, 20s 6d ; Carr! Hartley, lOs Gd ; East Tanfield, 16s 6d ; Hastingi Hartley, 20s 6d ; Holywell Main, 21s ; Hedley's Hart ley, 17s ; Newcastle, 17s 6d ; New Tanfield, 19s 6d' Old Pontop, 18s 9d ; Ord's Redheugh, 193 ; PoutaP Windsor, 19s ; Pott's Primrose, 18s ; Tayl or ' s Wes t Hartley, 20s ; Townley, 19s 6d ; West H ar tl e y, 2056 a Wylam, 21s ; W. E., Bell and Brown, 22 s ; W. r) . ,„'' Clark and Co., 20s Gd ; W. E., Clennell, 20 s 9d ; W. Gosforth, 22s ; W. E., Heaton, 21s 6d ; W. E., Hilc_ l l 4 21s Gd ; W. E., Hedley, 21s 9d ; W. E., Hot s p ur , 21s6u; W. K, Killingworth, 21s ; W. E., Newmarob, 21s' W. K, Northumberland, 21s 6d ; W. E., Urpetb, 203 6a; Eden Main, 225; NV. E., Belmont, 22s 6d ; W.E., Ca stle Eden. 23s 6d ; W. E., Haswell, 245; W. E., Hetton, 24§1 W. E., Heughall, 22s 6d ; NV. E., Hylton, 22s ; W. V"* Lambton, 245; W.E., Morrison, 22s ; W. E., Rihmork u 'i 23s 3d ; W. E., Shotton, 24s ; W. E., Stewart's, 2 4 ! 1 W. E., Sunderland, 21s ; W. E., Whitwell, 22s 6 01 W. E., Heselden, 21s Gd ; W. E., South Hartlepool, 2 01 W. E., Gordon, 23s 6d ; W. E., South Durham, 22t 1 W. E., Tees, 23s 6 , 1 ; \V. E., Tees Hetton, 20 s ; W. r` 4 Tennant's, 2186 d ; W. E., West Tees, 21s 6d ; Hared' 20s 6d ; Town Hill Elgin, 19s 6d ; West Hartley Nether ton, 20s Gd ; Holywell, 20s 6d.—Ships arrived, 168. THE GAME•LA.WS.—It appears from the ealendit t laid before the magistrate at the quarter sess i ons f or the county, that there are no fewer than 46 persons tO l us i confined in the county gaol for poaohing. The t° number of males confined is but 1Z5,, so that we °S i ., snore than one-fourth of the whol e n um b er no w in P 4 '" son are committed for offences against the most disgene w ful of our penal laws. The magistrates have it in ea; templation to enlarge the pres en t gao l s , or b u ild 11, 0 n et ones at an enormous expen se t o th e county. Woula„ not be better to petition th e L eg i s l a t ure to abolish t", game-laws? Remove from the county bridewell t f t, prisoners committed und er th ese h orr ibl e l aws , an d 0 cient room would be then found for all th a t w ill be 1 ., future committed for other offences, It is far batten and would be a more satisfactory mode of procuring prison room—at least to the rat e -p a y ers , particultir' the agricultural portion of them.--Hampshire pendent. EXCESS OP GAME.—In addition to the narnegL i Dr. Lee, Sir IL Verney, and Duke of Bedford,,r f r o have now to add that of S Li• Thomas Cotton She and the list of those co e ' , o3o/1-sense landlords w h o have tag ° , the only I".”3per step towards putting an end to the g ii fe nuie-anee. One d a y l ate l y upwards of 600 hares 0.-4 d shot in Annie fields, on Si r T. Sh eppar d' s estatel:„ Thomborough, in this county ; an d th e worthy gen' a lean has given hi s t enan t s un li m i te d permission to defellr their property in any manner they may think propel from the ravages of the game. There will be no preserve; in the neighbourhood of Thornborougb* Aylesbury News. HANDSOME AND NOVEL CHRISTMAS GIFT.-- 11 ; John Allen, the contractor for keeping the line of l b e j Lancaster and Preston Railway in repair, has present , every lean in his employ (sixty-five in number), wit h fat goose.—Lancaster Guardian. SUSPECTED MURDER Or A FEMALE.—Yegterali morning, about nine, the body of a respectably-dreg% female, about 23 y ears o f age , was discovered lyingpir the mud near the s t e p s o f th e l ower S urrey s i de of VCrtto. 100-bridge. On inq u i r y, it was ascerta i ned that the ".„ ceased left her lodgings, in Buckle's-buildings, Wrlltel, lou.rosid, last night, in the best of health and spirits, t e _A, ing her landl a dy th a t s h e was go i ng to meet a frieTt The body having been examined, on looking the left hip, a dreadful wound was found inflioted, th e ir is every reason to believe, by a sharp knife, and o f a 0 0 siderable depth. Notice of the circumstance has bes forwarded to William Carter, Esq., the Surrey coro?,0 and also the necessary instru c ti ons g i ven ' to the Po l e . for an investigati on i n t o th e suspicious :affair. The 4 . ceased, named Emma Ashbur n h am ;was o f very preP'of sessing appearance, and alway s b ore th e c h arac ter being of a very quiet and lively disposition. [ADVERTISEMENT.]—A N EXTRAORDINARY - r 11 0 OF A BAD LEG AT HORNCASTLE, lalf IioLLO ,I 4O PILLS AND OINTMENT I—A f ew days sinee Mr. ' l° 4f Simpson, a highly respectable bookseller in that W u e a states that a gentleman of hi s acqua i n t ance h a d suffering for years, from one of the "worst description!;„ bad legs, frequently enduring the most excruciating Pry He had been under the care of severa l me di ca l me n vil e out obtaining the least benefit. This gentleman, l '„ ° e e ever, has just been cured by these in va l ua bl e menin';ol after every other treatment f a il e d. Th e Ointal o , will cure chilblains and chapped h an d s i n a f ew ho ,01 Sold at Prof e ssor H o ll owa y' s E s t a bli s h ment, 244. 545,11 (where advice may be had gratis), and by alms,d respectable vendors of medicine throughout the ci'"' world. BIRTHS. of On the 26th ult., at Milton, the Lady F. Miltong daughter, illet i On the 4th inst., at Eaton-square, L a dy Ros a Gres' a daughter. 0 On the 31st - ult., at Notting-hill, Mrs. Joseph Ludbi llb a daughter. 0 0 On the 2d inst., in Upper Seymou r -st ree t, P or t ma n-14 the wife of Charles Unwin, Esq., of a son. Lel al' Ou the 3d inst., in Mo un t- s t ree t, P ar k-l ane, the 1-1 W. Gaussen, Esq., of a son. O ° On the 3d inst., at Liverpool, the lady of Thorns , Esq., of a son. 5.1 4 On the 3d inst., a t C o) - , )mpton -terrace, the wife of J. • Esq., of a daughter. Ote On the 4th inst., at Lowndes• square, Mrs. Willi/In ford, ofa son. MARRIED. Et On the Ist i ns t., a t T r i n it y Ch urc h , St. Marylob)otoor ward Charles Hampt on , E sq ., t o Elizabeth Sw 3ll o - daughter of John Butler, Esq., of Dublin. Jel° On the 2d in s t., a t St. M ar k' s Ch urc h , K enn i ng ton, ' i o* William Ireland, of Camberwell New-road, t o R e beccaL r ef' second daughter of the late E. T om ki ns , o f N orwoo d, On the 2d inst., at Heavitree, Devon, Charles 1 ) . Esq., second son of Sir John Osborn, Bart., of Chic' of• Priory, Bedfordshire, to Louisa, eldest daughter of the Arthur Atherley, Vicar of Heavitree. On the 2d ins t., at St. John's, in Bedwardine, nearfter cester, William Yate, to Catherine M ar y, e ld es t daug h G. Farley, Esq., of Renwick House, noar Worcester_ i • h On the 2d inst., William J ames Hixon, Esq., of ti a .„` oe! pieF Surrey, to Jernima, daughter of th e l a t e R o b e rt Br°" Esq., of the Bank of England Totals There were only four Beasts and eight Sheep on sale from abroad, but as they were somewhat out of condi %ion, they attracted very little attention. Although 1 tikere was only a moderate number of Bealts offering in to-day's market--the principal portion of which was of very middling quality—the demand fur that description ipe stock, notwithstanding we had a fair attendance of DIED, A ipesod buyers, was witeetuely inactive. The few prime On the 29th of October last, at Ichaboe, JallltS s.' --- ~. SleQta attiring were mostly disposed of at prioes •commander of the ship Wilhelmina. of tP bout equal to those obtained on Monday last ; On the 26th ult., Donald Douglas Dl'Leeel, only 6 ,° l s i i. L but the value of most other breeds was lower by late Captain M'Leod, Ca., late of Grenwich 11 08 1 )1 00 0 " Ikl per Bibs, and even at that amount of depression, a On the 27th ult., Ottiwell Wea l , E sq ., of Mich y, clearance was nqt effected, There were very few seri . Yorkshire, aiia l F 4 l a p g e e y d , 2 Cy 7 0 , h?1. • itiv . 0 On the 26U alt., at s- an or df d Lodge, Cheltenham'oll 01 19. Peso of disease apparent among the beasts ; yet they Came to hand somewhat out of condition. The Tuipey, former , A d 45 ' Sheep were in, generally speaking, good order, and thouY On i', - ,, 29tItillt., Mrs. u ;lo ic rsfall, of fikley Hall , a g e .- -4. g . e j ;t t. d.s e uele n r o a f ,. the late Sir weight was equal to that of most fc,ziner seasons. e , t O n the 30th ult., at Walworth, William Corbett" -'''." - Der From Lincolnshire, Lei estseAleo, and Northampton. , .c we O li n , E t s h q e . 30th ult., at Blackbridge, Augustu3 L B "' este r i l k ° , On the Ist inst., at Coburt.' '1 IC ning °ll ' n br shire, there were eeceived fresh up to-day ab s o ,u ut iik) B , ;Nor Nili*,borna i while the receipts from Norfolk, Tilesez and Cambridgeshire were composed Pe 400 Scots eldest surviving son 9f M. i.• • Bla'cl -P s ia 4 c DPAbctarch•l ne " ,klfre a and Hornebreds ; for the Western a i d alidland Counties, On the 2d ins , ' -- • ~3 h Gra se s Ina) 500 Herefords, eeons, IriAh beasts, 4c. 1 from other Bartholow.j ew, Esq., •, architect, . . at WeneI F CIE S A. ouse, ~ eiic t parts qf Regland, 60,0, of vripoue Weds ; and from Sect_ 0 ti the - • • . and, 210 horned and polii4 oc9l -- -7-,tho voi?laind ,r of DA OW supply bOcig AicPs (1 " -4 1r 1 -"'" the neigh- - On of thne t l h at e e 2 p d . i D ns e t b ., e a u t T F u r e e k nc et h t a . y, near Bristol, Elisabeth, r _, the 2d inst., in South Audley-street, Lady 130 beuririciOq - 0 ch li nletToNeee - - time list of Sir Edward Baynes, aged 76. or ... or the time of year Phil qPVY a "" - was rather limited. Prime — I d London : Printed and Published 1)i B ilThU rae o e, l'It• V 10 135 1 4 0 4....i:vr.... - - ~ .., Were in fair request, and last week's quotations No. 112, Strand, Printar, at The 8 " '''''' GOVW were steadily supported. All other kinds were a dull Strand, in the Preatact of the Savoy, bi Ow 13.1e i though not cheaper. The supply of Calves was kuddleesx, Tao*. Jusit7 7, Mb* ~I I