The Sun. — London, England, 1847-03-08 00:00:00

WHAT WILL THE ENGLISH COT TAGER DO IN THE EVENT OF A STILL GREATER FAILURE IN THE POTATO ? The impending scarcity involved in the possibility of a greaterfailure still, in the potato crop.of this summer, is enough on due consideration, to cause the most sanguine to doubt, and the most apathetic to feel. What, then, should be done? I answer at once, enforce the cultivation of those other valuable keeping and nutritious roots—the carrot, the Swede, the parsnip and the beet. One-half of the usual breadth under potatoes would be quite enough to speculate in. It is of little use to talk of advising such a course with the cottager; a host of prejudices meet you at every point. Let us hope for the best, say some; excellent: to which I may add —let us also provide against the worse. Had such advice been taken, and steadily carried out, how different would have b een the fate of Ireland at this moment. The peasantry are not long sighted enough to think about such matters; somebodyought therefore to think for them. Extraordinary circumstances require extraordinary measures, and although the enforce ment of any particular mode of cultivation may seem a retrograde course in the present state of society, yet I am persuaded that it would be not only justifiable, but the soundest policy imaginable for one season at least. Could not our great agricultural societies do much in oromoting the cultivation of those roots ? They oughtito think, at the present juncture, to direct all their energies and many of their awards to this very point. Instead of offering premiums for large or unusual specimens, why not for one year offer them for the greatest extent of land (intended for arable purposes) occupied with those roots, based perhaps on the ratio their extent of cultivation bore to that of the potato and rendered capabl- by a proper classification of the holders ? In carrying out such plans, I have no doubt that most of the local societies would render much assistance, and the landowners in their respective districts would un doubtedly not be last in a well concocted scheme et the kind. The cottager should also he taught the value, or rather the greater certainty of mixed cropping, of which he at present knows comparatively nothing at all. The fact is, that parsnips, beet, and Swedes, are regarded by the bulk of this class of persons as mere cattle diet, and hence the great prejudice against them. Of the carrot they entertain a more favourable opinion ; merely, I suppose, through habit. To pursue the subject of mixed cropping, it may be remarked that by a judicious combination of crops, a saving of ground is effected, or, in other words, by way of illustration, three .acres may be made into four. To accomplish all this, how ever, a tolerably fine tilth is necessary. It can scarcely be carried out in a satisfactory way, moreover, where that pest of agriculture, the couch grass, abounds. In casting a glance at the above-named roots, it may be seen that one portion of them may be sown rather late in the spring —for instance, the beet and Swede in the end of April. Now as far as the matter of shade is concerned, there are other crops which, if introduced at a very early period, would become a strong plant—in fact, have attained three parts of their ultimate size and perfection before such crops as the beet Swede could at all feel the influence of their shade. Crops of this character, which I would at present point to in a special way, as most eligible under the present circumstances, are the cabbage and the broad beans. Land ploughed betimes in the autumn, tilth well reduced, and worked into raised drills as early as possible in the spring, might receive either cabbage or beans in the middle of February. On the raised drills, if light uplands, or between them, if of a sound cha racter, reserving, in that event, the raised drill for the winter roots. I speak not here of clay lands ; they are out of the ques tion, but of the light sandy brims possessing some depth, of which there are t housands of acres in old England, adapting for mixed cropping. Early potatoes, moreover, will alternate with some of these root crops; and I think for this purpose they would be best in what we call double drills, leaving a broad space between for the horse , hoe, and working the drills, if friable soil, with the hand hoe. As soon as the cleaning anti soiling process was comlieted, the spaces be tween Tr ight be planted with ox cabbage, or with Swedes; and the moment the potatoes were up, some Swedes dibbled in their place. Many other modes of mixing crops might be suggested. but room will not permit. One piece of advice I would offer to all parties in the present year—be sure to provide a good bed of Swedes for transplanting . ROBERT EItRINGTON. Oalton Park, February, 1847. SOUTH AUSTRALIA. The following is an extract from a letter addressed to Wm. Rendell, of Linkinhorne, near Liskeard, by his father, who emigrated with his family to South Australia some years since, and is settled near Adelaide. Rendell, it appears, had written to ask his father if there was any truth in the idle stories about the natives, &c., which the wiseacres at home terrify each other by fabricating. The letter bears date " Mount Barker, Adelaide, June 21, 1846."—" I am rather surprised at your abandoning the idea of coming out to make one of us ; I trust you will alter your mind—as fur the blacks committing such acts of murder it is all false, you have a great deal more to fear from the white people than them, believe me I would not wish you to come out un less it would be for your benefit. As for Australia, we could feed all the poor in England by their only work ing thr, e days a week. We want nothing from hng!and. We have gold, silver, copper, and iron mines in abun dance ; miners now got 3/. per week. Now I must tell you how I get on myself. I have two sections of land 160 acres ; I have just finished ploughing ; I have 100 acres of wheat, and shall plant about four acres of pota toes. I have twelve working bullocks ; two horses worth about 20/. each ; cows, heifers, pigs, &c., in fact every comfort, and I only wish you were here to enjoy it with us, which I sincerely hope will not be long first —it is no use, you must come, for I want the boy to drive the bullocks." " Wm. Tonkin has a farm to him self of forty acres, and six good working oxen." " Joseph Bull has a section of $0 acres and six working bullocks ; in tact they are all doing well, if they do not it is their own faults. 1)o not think I want you to come out to go mining, fur I can put you in a farm, that the remainder of your life you may live in more ease and comfort. Your mother is looking as young as ever, but plenty of work tending the pigs, cows, and poultry. I could give ou four or five pigs, and not know they were gone, we have got so many : we have about 45, two I should think weighing about 8001bs.; we have been killing one every week. Win. Tonkin has had this year about 400 bushels of wheat, and will hava more next year. The rain is coming down beautifully as I write this." This be it rernemberel is th• letter of a working man to his own son—a man who left home without money, and realised property and attendant cumforts in a colony blessed with a fertile soil and salubrious climate, and where there are thousands of acres waiting to be made productive by the labours of industrious Englishmen, who have the moral courage to adopt a step which will raise them and their families to a situation of comfort, and perhaps affluence, to which it is impossible they can attain here.—Devonport Telegraph. SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE LAW. A general meeting of the above society took place on Wednesday evening at eight o'clock; the Earl of Devon in the chair. On the motion that the report as to the masters' offices be received, Mr. STUART moved, " That much of the delay and expense which now arise in the progress of a suit in Chancery is to be traced to the present practice of bring. ing the suit in the first instance before a judge, who refers either the whole or part of the matter in dispute, or involved in the suit, to the master to be inquired into, which matters the master reports on, and these are again brought before the court. That it deserves con sideration, whether in many suits, the whole of the matters in dispute between the parties, or involved in the suit, might not be disposed of by the judge, sitting in court or in chambers, as might best suit the circum stances of the case. That it further deserves con sideration, wheth*r in many cases the whole matters in dispute between the parties, or involved in the suit, might not be satisfactorily disposed of by the master without any reference to the judge. That it further deserves consideration, whether the business of the Court of Chancery might not be distributed between the judge and the masters, in some mode better calculated to insure the more speedy and effectual administration of justice. That it further deserves consideration, whether the judicial duties which are now discharged by the masters, should be performed by an officer of court subordinate in rank and of limited powers. That it further deserves consideration, whether a more effectual machinery for taking accounts, and for disposing of the administrative business of the court than now exists, might not be devised, and that therefore it is expedient that the present resolutions be referred back to the committee on equity, with the view of extending their report to them. That no satisfactory report can be made on the present reference without a proper con sideration of these matters." The Learned Gentleman supported the resolutions in an able speech, in which he complained of the abominable abuses in the Masters' offices, and suggested the appointment of an officer like the official assignee in bankruptcy. Mr. SPENCE moved the previous question, as he entirely objected to the form of the notice, and after a debate of some animation, in which Mr. C. Clarke, Mr. Field, &c., took part, the discussion was adjourned to the next night of meeting. Lady Charlotte Greville has taken a mansion in Lansdowne-square for the season. ST. PANCRAS ROYAL GENERAL DISPENSARY.— Thursday the eleventh annual meeting of the governors of this charity was held at the institution, in Burton-crescent, K. S. Cox, Esq , in the chair. The report stated that the funds of the institution continued in a satisfactory condition. During the past year 2,587 patients have been admitted, the majority of whom have been cured or greatly relieved. The tAal number who have participated in its benefit sir* the ormation of the charity are 21,865 poor persons. The ex penditure for the past year was 4441. 15s. ; the receipts, 5841,. 6s. 6d. ; being a balara •in hand of 1391. 103. Bd. The 'Tort was adopted. TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Two LIVES LOST. About three o'clock on Sunday morning, the inhabitants of ' Bonnie of an e gto xo n os a io nd the ,. neighbourhood were alarmed by the noise car ried on there It: which occurred at the chemical works car lives. It apne z ra Mr. Astley, whereby two men lost their _ that, according to the practice of the esta blshment, the two men in questi•tn, of the names of hart aid Forbes jou, nmat i e lv m ei= is in charge of a still charged with highly ma the n progress of which the) , were re quired to watch articles, the men had becom e In the distillation of the c tutiously approached th e eipatient, and one of them in gas arising! _arntmions. m irk the progress of the s t ill r wi . th a lighted lamp, to contact with the which coining in instantaneously exploded, and kil t ie h , ; chemical li qu id companion ; the walls and roof of the hriliPial d i o n n g the w and his partially shattered. The alarm hayinc , . spread the 6 engine belonging to Leith Fort was speedilyre means of which the flames were prevented from esrPeOto,nblyy to the adjoining buildings, and shortly the fire-brigade from Edinburgh was in attend.ince, hut their services were rot required. The bodies of the unfortunate men were s oon recovered, though much disfigured from the effect s o f t h e explosion; and it is understood that they had unhappily acted contrary to the usual practice o f this ex tensive establishment, in approaching the still with a light, which had occasioned the unfortunate catastrophe. The melancholy affair has occasioned considerable gloom in the neighbour hood. It is satisfactory to learn that no accident of a similar nature has ever occurred at these works. Both of the unfortunate men were unmarried. —Edinburgh Advertiser. --- The "oldest inhabitant" is said to be a woman now living in Moscow, in Russia, who is 168 years of age. At the age of 122 she married her fi.th husband. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 1847. THE PROPAGATION OF THE POTATO. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. beg to submit to you some important remarks on a new method of increasing the potato, which promises to be of the utmost utility. Ever since the introduction of the potato, now nearly three hundred years, the general way of increasing them has been either by pla n ti ng th e sma ll tu b ers w h o l e , or by dividing the large ones into two, three, and four sets, but rarely making more than four sets from one tuber. The present great scarcity of that valuable esculent, and my own practical experience in the propagation and management of plants, more particularly to the procuring of a great number from some of the tuberous-rooters kinds, induced me to turn my attention to the subject, towards obtaining a much more abundant increase from the potato than the present system gives. I have made a trial of the method now so successfully practised for the propagation of the dahlia, as follows:—The roots of the dahlias are taken up for preserving through the win ter about the same time as the late-planted potatoes, and stored from the frost; some of the sorts that are much in demand and scarce it is now customary to put into pots in December and January, and to place them in the hothouse or hotbed, which causes them soon to show th., eyes just above the tubers; these are allowed to grow to about two or three inches in length. They are they: taken off carefully so as not to destroy the eyes that are formed at the bottom part of the young shoots; two eyes are left on each of these shoots, which will give (fount. the quantity of cuttings, ready to take off in ten to fif. teen days after the first lot, and every succession of cut tings may be expected to be much more numerous. I have known instances when the almost incredible num ber of 500 good healthy plants has been made from one dahlia root by the above mode of treatment. It will. perhaps, be as well to mention that, by the old way of propagating, viz., by dividing the root when in a dor mant state, it was scarcely possible to make more that; six or seven plants. I now lay before you the result of my experiments with the potato as far as time has permitted me. I placed some tubers of four sorts in the hothouse and treated them in every respect as the dahlias; they made cuttings quicker, these cuttings rooted sooner than the dahlias, and by the present thriving appearance of the tubers, from which some cuttings have now been taken, I have not the least doubt of their proving as prolific as the dahlia. Some objections may be started to this method of propagation in competition with the old estab lished system. My present endeavour is to provide in some measure for the great deficiency of potatoes for this season's planting, and I am convinced that, to a certain extent, it will be found to be perfectly successful. I think my suggestion will open a great field for improve ment in the culture of the potato, and may lead to many experiments ; and some other advantages may be ex• pected to be made known. I regret this idea did not strike me earlier in the season, as it would have given me an opportunity of placing before the public my other experiments, which are not just now sufficiently matured, although I feel quite satisfied they Is ill come up to in) anticipations. In order that this plan be fully and fairly tested, I would venture to recommend every gentleman's gardener, or other parties hiving the opportunity, to commsnee immediately to make the following trials:—viz., where they have already planted the tubers in frames for the first crop, and the tubers have made shoots, or not, the mould to be taken off carefully, by hand, from one, two, or:more rows of the sets, so as to expose them, and SOM. light and pure soil, finely sifted, he put on directly, just thick enough to cover the sets ; by adopting this mode good cuttings will be produced, and, if treated ever) way the same as dahlia cuttings, they will readily takt• root. On some of the earliest planted sets they will probably be found, on removing the soil, to have already made some growth; these should be taken off to near the sets, they will throw out fresh shoots or cuttings very soon, anti every attention should be paid to promote the growth and health of the tubers or sets, such as oc er ionally to replenish the soil about them, giving air e' times to prevent a too rapid growth or the shoots wit? become weak and succulent. I am under the impression that if from twelve to twenty cuttings were nut into each store pot in the. middle or latter end of * April, they would take root ir ten or twelve days, and when gradually hardened to bear exposure they could at once be permanently planted into gardens or fields with as much certainty and in a similar manner as the turnip, cabbage, &c., are from the seed beds ; and here I would suggest the propriety of getting them out as soon as possible in order to proven' the plants being checked too long, for the success of the crop of all tuberous-rooted plants depends, in a great measure, on their free and uninterrupted growth. In a former part of my letter I expressed regret at not having had the opportunity of making an earlier trial of my plan, and that will very likely lead some persons to inquire how I propose to manage with the young plants that might be rooted in January and February, and when they could not be planted in the open ground. 1 beg to add my recommendation for that early time of the year for the young plants would be either to put them into large sized pots, or plant them in frames for an early crop for the table, or to give stock, the tubers would be ripe in time for re-planting out of doors in May, making two crops in one season ; and if of a new and choice sort, I would re-pot the young plant, takt off the top for another cutting, and keep the young plant for increasing, and I think it would yield man) cuttings if encouraged. This method might be pursued to a great extent. _ And probably this new method of propagation may b. a means of throwing some light on the much talk..d of disease in the potato as to its origin ; my impression is. that it arises from a very minute parasitical plant, whici, attaches itself to the haulm and fills up the pores of the leaves and stems, checking the circulation of the sap, and depriving the plant of all nourishment of the atmo sphere, and that it is only in remarkable seasons this parasite vegetates. From experiments now making I expect some further important results, which I shall be happy to make known EDWARD BROWN. The Cottage, Slough, Bucks. EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTOR OF CITY DUES.— On Friday, information was forwarded to the police stations, that Robert Albion Fellowes, who had filled the responsible situation at the Custom-house of receiver of wine duties, had absconded. He is charged with having at various times embezzled moneys to a large amount. A re ward of 1001. is offered for his apprehension. The amount of his defalcations is said to be nearly 7,0001. The discovery took place under the following circumstances :—ln the course of the year 1846, the gauger of the city of London, who is appointed by the Corporation to gauge all the wines that arrive within the port of London, and who is paid the sum of 4d. per tun, made a large demand, which far exceeded the amount that ought to have been paid on the duties paid in by the collector to the Chamberlain. This led to an inquiry, and a committee was appointed by the Court of Common Council to inquire into the matter, on which an application was made to the alleged defaulter to render an account of the moneys which had been paid to him. The collector refused to do so, on which he was suspended, and a gentleman of the name of Scott was appointed pro tent. to the office. The in quiry, during the period up to the 11th of last month, pro ceeding, on which Messrs. Burn and Selson, who had been appointed, brought up a report, and in which they recom mended that proper legal proceedings might be adopted against Robert Albion Fellowes for embezzlement, as they found that the gauger's charge for gauging for 1841, at 4d. per tun, amounted to 439/., and as the City dues were 4s. per tun, it showed 5,268/. ought to have been paid into the (ace of the Chamberlain, whereas only 3,3581. had been re ceived, thus showing a deficiency of 1,910/. for 1841 ; the deficiency for 1842 was 1,7351.; for 1843, 1,749/. ; and for 1844, 1,8181. ; and they also found that the yearly average of wine imported into the port of London was 9,000 tuns, or 17,000 pipes, and that the defalcations, in round number, was upwards of 1,800/. a year. The report was referred back to the committee to amend, which being done, has led to the present proceedings. A case of great iniquity was brought last week before the Court of Assizes for the Vienne, held at Poitiers. The parties accused were a woman named Meunier, and her son, by a first husband, tamed Rene Lachaise. The charges against the latter were for robbery, for complicity with a young man, named Jean Courlivent, in an attempt to commit parricide, and, lastly, for the actual murder of the said Jean Courlivent, in which last crime the mother joined. The following are the circumstances of this atrocious case : Courlivent, who is about 24 years old, lived as servant with a M. Perrault, of Audesigny, but having become too inti mate with the woman Meunier, and her son Lachaise, both of whom bore a very bad reputation in the country, the wo man having been convicted of a robbery and suffered im prisonment in a jail, Coulivent's master discharged him. Upon his dismissal, Coulivent went to live with Meunier and Lachaise at Belair, and was induced to sell a piece of land of his own and purchase, conjointly with the latter, the house in which the mother and son lived. Under their in fluence, Courlivent was induced to attempt a robbery upon his own father, who held a small farm in the neighbour hood. He and Lachaise went on the night of the 26th Oc tober, to execute their purpose. The dogs, however, by their barking awoke the father, and he got up and came down to the yard. The two villains attempted to strangle him, but his cries brought help, and they fled. During the struggle the father disfigured the face of the son, and bit him severely on the thumb, leaving marks which were afterwards found upon him. The father had too many proofs of the identity of his son, and the other assassin. They both returned to the house of the woman Meunier. On the following day Courlivent left his home and went to a public-house at 111i rabeau, where he remained two days in a state of great de pression. When the attempt upon his father was mentioned, he attempted to fix it upon his brother. In the evening of the second day he returned to Meunier and Lachaise, but the next morning he was found dead in a wood about a league from their house, having been evidently strangled by a rope which ha been stolen from the well of a neighbor. The crime was not committed on the spot where his body was found, but from marks on the ground, and the under. wood and rushes, he had after death been evidently dragged front the house of Meunier and Lachaise, whose traces were proved by the marks of the woman's shoes, and the man's sabots. The chain of evidence against them both in this murder, and of the participation of Lachaise with Courli vent in the attempt upon the father of the latter, though in greater part circumstantial, was too complete to leave any doubt of their guilt in the minds of ,the jury, and conse quently they returned a verdict of guilty against them both, without extenuating circumstances. They were both condemned to death, and the Court adjudged that the execu tion of Lachaise should be attended with all the inflictions imposed by the law upon parricides. Consequently he will have to walk to the scaffold barefooted in his shirt, and have hi,: eight hand struck off before being decapitated.— Gal4nani. THE DEFENCES OF DOVER, DEAL, &C.—The following is a return of the guns mounted at Dover, Deal. and the adjoining fortresses :—Deal Castle, four 32-pound guns, on common carriages; Walmer Castle and Saluting in ti: n tery, eight 36-pounder guns, aed six 6-pounders, on cons n carriages ; Sandown Castle, live 34-pounders, on coni- Tirlss), r o n n a c g o es m ; ni D on ov c e ar r I ( . ..Last e l s e,. four 12-poun d er gun tw s o(oue guns, on trey • g ' Eas t Drive Field, five 32- B as t ion, 32 pounder Bulwark, threellr d ersing platforms; Shoulder of Mutton ers, on traversing platforms; Bloats, Guilford Bette pr:euger guns, on common carriages; ; Archclid Fort, Six pszider guns, on traversing plat formsplatforms; Citadel, two 12 -pounder TY, th ree pounder guns, on traversing carriages ; Drop Redoubt, th - re u ter carronstdes, on common, ing platforms; six 12-pounder pounder guns, on travers ing one 8-inch mortar ; total fort:ll'lr common carriages, , Over, ikc„ 58 gan5,..... Dorer Telegraph, ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME ClRCUlT.—Hertford, March 5. The assizes for this county concluded to-day about one o'clock. The following are the only cases that possessed any feature of public interest that have been disposed of during thee. assizes. CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Lord DIcEAN and a Special Jury. MI .ES V. YURRAY• This was an action to recover damages for an assault al leged to have been committed by Sir Robert Murray, a ma gistrate for this county. Mr. Montagu Chambers appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Shee was for the defendant. _ This case arose out of an action that was tried at the last assizes, and which has since been several times befcre the public upon the application for a new trial. A man named Beadel brought an action against Sir Robert Murray for false imprisonment, on having given him into custody on sus picion of stealing some fowls; and the result of that action was a verdict for the defendant. It appeared that, shortly after the trial Beadel and some of his friends, among whom was the present plaintiff, had been regaling themselves at a public-house in the village, near Sir Robert's residence, and as they were passing by one of them blew a horn, and sonic other discordant noises were made, and it was alleged that Sir Robert had come out, accompanied by some of his servants, and made an attack upon the party, and committed the 23- unit complained of upon the plaintiff. Lord DENMAN, in summing up, said he lamented that a gentleman in the position of the defendant should have acted in the manner alleged, even although he might have re ceived some provocation. That was no excuse tin- an act of violence from a gentleman who, by his position, ought to set an example of forbewl.nce. The jury, after a short deliberation, returned a verdict for the plaintiff.—Damages, Is. His LORDSHIP, subsequently, upon the application of Mr. Chambers, certified that there was ground of action, so that the plaintiff will receive his costs. he. The neighbours assembled and sent for a constable ; but Mr. May, one of the surgeons, with singular tact gad presence of mind went down stairs and forbid the con stable to interfere till he should know on what charge the prisoner was to be apprehended, and then returned up stairs ar.dp in the presence of the prisoner, Mr. Rusher and Mrs. Martin said to her " It is an unfortunate thi ng you ( lid thi s . What could be your motive for doing it?" To which she replied, apparently in amazement at such a statement, " I did it !" and then added, "It was he did it." Thereupon the prisoner went up to the head of th e b e d, an d sa id , " J enny, will 3 ou swear I did it?" and she said " Yes, I will." Mr. May then told her to be cautious as to what she was saving as the charge was a serious one against Mr. Smith, and told the latter that a constable was waiting to take him into cus tody; whereupon he observed, "This is a sad job for me;" to which Mr. May replied that if he was innocent of the charge he would have no difficulty in proving himself so before the magistrates. lie was then co nve y e d t o B r id ewe ll. She remained at his lodgings confined to bed till the next Monday, when she left to attend before the borough magis trates. These gentlemen having heard her evidence, and that of the medical men and of the persons who were in the house at the time of the occurrence, and the prisoner's state ment, which was to the effect th a t s h e had inflicted the wound herself, dismissed the charge. This decision did not give universal satisfaction, and a subscription was raised in the town to conduct the case to a hearing before a jury. A true bill was found by the grand jury on Tuesday; and the prisoner, who was at large, and p ursu i ng hi s employment i n the tax-office since his release by th e mag i strates, at once surrendered to take his trial. The facts in dispute must be gathered from the following report of the evidence bearing upon them : Mr. KEATING, in opening the case for the prosecution, said, that as the only object of those who instructed him was to elicit the truth and to vindicate justice, he would call every witness whom he was aware of as knowing anything of the matter, and even put in evidence the statement made by the prisoner in his own exculpation before the magis trates, though it could not be submitted to the jury by him under any circumstances in the present inquiry. Jane Morris, after stating the circumstances of her con nexion with the prisoner up to her arrival in Reading, said that after she had found him out here, and met him, they had remained on good terms till he went to his lodgings on the evening of Wednesday, the 20th of January last. "At first," said she, "he did not speak to me. Afterwards he asked me, had I got a lodging at Cavershara ? I told him I coul t not. He then wanted me to take lodgings at an inn for the night, and wanted me to go early. I complained of being faint. He ordered up a glass of water. I said he ought, knowing my weak state, to have ordered a cup of hot coffee. He said the water was good enough for me. I said, this is the way you wanted to starve me at Manchester, but a friend enabled me to find you out. He pressed me to tell him who the friend was ; I told him it was Mr. Bradbury, who lodged in the ' same house with him at Bury,and who gave use money to come up to him. some time after that he said, lam determined you shall go.' I had put my bonnet on the table before then. On his saying that, I said nothing. lie then attempted to put on my bonnet; I would not let him, but told him I would go presently. He said nothing, but took my glove and cuff off the table, and threw them on the fire. The glove was burnt. I took the cuff off. It was then a quarter past eight o'c:ock. He said he had no doubt it was nine. He then put his arm across the mantelpiece, and laid his head upon his arm. I was sitting at the time. After a time he turned round and said twice, Will you go ?' I arose from the chair. Ile seized hold of me and threw me backwards. I felt some thing pass across my throat. He afterwards thrust a hand kerchief into my mouth. I felt something pass across my throat a second time. I struggled and moved the handker chief from my mouth with my left hand. I felt blood trickling dossn my bosom, and cried out. On my crying out he dragged me from where I was standing, near the fire, and threw me on the floor, and knelt on my chest. I should say it was impossible for him to ring the bell. I saw no razor in the room. I heard the prisoner say I did it myself. Upon my solemn oath that is not true." ' Cross - examined—The prisoner left a dressing-case and razor at Manchester. I brought the razor to Reading, be cause it was his favourite razor, having been his grand father's. I brought the strop and other articles also. I gave him the razor a few days after I first met him. He gave me 30s. since I had come to Reading. He did not put any :money that evening in my basket. There was a half crown, a sixpence in silver, and fourpence in copper in it. With one hand he seized my right hand at the wiist and pressed it against my chest, and threw me back against the table, and then inflicted the wounds. The witness was cross examined at great length as to the mode in which the wounds were inflicted, but no material contradiction was elicited. She gave very firmly and unhesitatingly point blank contra. dictions to questions as to whether she told a Mr. Martin that she kept the razor to protect her, or a Mrs. Cray that she kept it to cut her corns, or that she once flourished it in the presence of Mrs. Cray, with a menace that if she found a Mrs. Smith, or any other woman, at Mr. Martin's, she would —, meaning she would use it; or that she told Mrs. Mar tin that he had tied her hands behind her back before he cut her throat, or that he cut it while he was putting on her handkerchief, or that on the Saturday subsequent to the Wednesday in question, after Mr. May had come to see her, she told him she bad a pain in the head from having been thrown hack on the floor by the prisoner, and in the chest from his having knelt on her, and that when that gentleman left she burst out laughing, and told Mrs. Parr, the nurse, that the fact was she had been out on the landing to over hear what they were saying about her, and, hearing some body coming, she ran into bed, and in doing so knocked her head against the boards. Re-examined—The prisoner in holding her wrist hurt it. The mark was there when Mr. May came. William Martin, a tailor, residing at 26, West-street, proved that on going into the room he saw the prosecutrix lying on the ground with her eyes closed, and apparently unconscious. He afterwards heard her say "he did it; He did it." He was not sure he heard the bell ring. Eliza Martin, the wife of the preceding witness, confirmed him generally. Cross-examined—Heard the bell ring. On going into the room found Jane Morris lying on her back. There was a holland spread over the carpet. The blood from the wound was already on the holland. She wished to save her carpet, and therefore begged of the prisoner to apply a handkerchief to the wound. He, at her request, pinched up the wound • with his finger. She could not say whether there was blood • on his hands when she went into the room. Jane Morris L afterwards told her that the prisoner had tied her bands behind her back before he cut her throat, and afterwards, again, that he did it while he was putting on her handker chief. She saw blood on one of Jane Morris's wrists. Reexamined—She could not say when or where she first mentioned the statemants made to her by the prosecutrix. James Robert Cottell, an apprentice to William Martin, on going into the room, saw blood on the prisoner's hands. Could not say whether this was before or after the prisoner had been stanching the wounds. Mr. May, a surgeon in Reading, after proving what we have already mentioned above, went on to state, that when I he observed the prosecutrix on the ground there was no blood on her hands, nor was there any when they undressed her. He observed it particularly, as his attention was called to her ring. Nor was there any blood on either of her wrists. There was blood on the prisoner's hands. Two days afterwards Ise saw a bruise on her wrist. It was a bruise of about two days' standing. A bruise does net show itself at first. This was such a bruise as might have resulted from an injury inflicted two days before. On dressing the large wound they discovered a second, slighter than the first. This had not cut much deeper than the skin. The large wound was on the right side of the throat, and made by a cut from right to left, and was deepest at the right or upper end. It was improbable, but not impossible, that the wound was in flicted by herself. It was more probable that it was in flicted by anether. She appeared to be in a weakly state, independently of the wound—such a state as a person would be in who had recently miscarried. Had examined her feet. There was no appearance of her ever having had corns. Cross-examined —lf the prisoner held up Jane Morris in his arm while inflicting this wound it would be very difficult for him to inflict it. Re examined —But, supposing that he with his left hand caught her by the right wrist, and, p ress i ng i t against her chest, forced her backwards against a table, and he, while so facing her, had a razor in his right hand, there would be no difficulty in inflicting such a wound; and, as there was no spring or purchase at the back of the razor, he would cut rather backwards —from right to left--than forwards, from left to right. Mr. Rusher, a chemist and druggist in Reading. on going into the room saw the prosecutrix lying on her back. The razor was three or four yards from her left-hand side, and bloody on the blade and on the handle. There was blood on the floor near it—such a quantity as might be supposed to fall from a bloody razor thrown there. He took up the razor and placed it on the pianoforte, and was: he believed, the first person that touched it after it left the hand that inflicted the wound. li e particularly observed Jane Morris' s h an d s . There was no blood on them. There was blood on both the prisoner's hands. The prisoner was holding a handkerchief to the wound. When the prisoner, in the bed-room, asked her would she swear he did it, her answer was, " You know you did it." The razor was produced, and the prisoner's statement be fore the magistrates was put in and read. The substance of this was, that he repeatedly begged her to go away —that she herself threw her glove and cuff, and also a handker chief, on the fire; that she wanted to get back the razor ; that he refused to give it; that she at last promised to go if he would give it back to her; that he at last, after much importunity, gave it; that she stood for a while before the fire, apparently preparing to go; that he suddenly heard her scream and cry " Murder," and saw her falling; that he met her, supported her in his arms, rang the bell, laid her on the ground—that the persons in the house then came in, and that the wounds were inflicted by herself. At the close of the case for the prosecution, Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD (with whom was Mr. Selfe) put in her examinations taken before the magistrates, and again cross-examined her on discrepancies between her statement then and to-day. Mr. KEATING having re-examined the witnesses, Mr. Sergeant TALFOUxD then proceeded to address the jury on behalf of the prisoner. The Learned Sergeant's ad dress occupied nearly two hours. Several witnesses were then called to prove the affirmative of the questions to which we have already stated the pro secutrix, in her cross-examination, had given point-blank contradictions. These witnesses were all in humble life. Not one of them was shaken in cross-examination. One of them, Mrs. Parr, proved the affirmative of the last of those ques- tions, as given above. Cross-examined--Was appointed by Mr. May to attend as nurse on the prosecutrix. Never told Mr. May what the prosecutrix had so stated to her, b eca use she had never since been able t o s e e him till last Saturday, and then could not speak to him. She went on the Saturday after the Saturday on which the prosecutrix had made that statement to her to his house, and saw his servant, but could not see him. Was certain she had not seen him since that Saturday, the 23d of January, till last Saturday. At the close of the evidence for the prisoner, Mr. May was recalled, and swore that he was attending on the prosecutrix on the Sunday and Monday after the occur rence, while she was at Martin's house, and saw Mrs. Parr l i there in attendance as usual, and that Mrs. Parr never said one word about this statement to him. Mr. Sergeant TALFOURD replied on this evidence. Mr. KEATING replied on the whole case. Ills Lotinsnw Commenced his summing up by observing, that though he would not presume to say that the magis trates were wrong in dismissing this case, yet thanks were due to those who enabled the prosecutrix to bring it before a jury; for, of all the cases he had ever seen, it was the one which was most proper for decision by the verdict of a jury, His Lordship having read through the evidence in detail, and commented upon it, The jury consulted for about five minutes, and then re turned a verdict of Guilty on the second count—for cuttipg and wounding with intent to disable. His LoaDsmr, after observing that the verdict met with his entire approbation, sentenced the prisoner to ten years' transportatioe. ROYAL MARINES.—The orders to recruit to the extent of 1,500 men have been issued by the Admiralty, and communications made to that effect from the several divi sions to the officers employed on the reeruiting service; the standard of height is to be reduced. A union flag is ordered to be issued to each recruiting party. and will be displayed at the officer's quarters in the different towns. There is not o be any increase of officers this year. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (Before Mr. Justice COLTMAN.) TIIE LATE ROBBERY AT TILE CATHERINE WHEDL, IN THE BOROUGH.— William Burficld, a porter, was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of January, a pocket-book, containing bank- notes to the amount of 3001., the property of Francis George Shaw Skipp. Mr. Ballantine and Mr. Wilde attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson defended th , s prisoner. Mr. BALLANTINE having opened the case, proceeded to call witnesses. Francis Skipp stated that he recently resided in Finchley, and had since been in the Queen's Bench Prison, from which place he bad come that morning. On the 26th of January he had received 3001. He was then staying at Drummond's Hotel, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Last, was staying with him. On that day they left the hotel at four o'clock, witness having previously deposited his pocket-book, containing the money, in his left boot, and strapped the trowsers down. About five o'clock on the succeeding morning they arrived at the Catherine Wheel in the Borough, where they asked for beds. The prisoner let them in and informed them that there was only one room unoccupied, to which they were shown. Wit ness sat down at the foot of the bed and asked the pri soner to pull off his boots. Last, who was much intoxicated, was then at the other side of the room. Witness felt his boot, and found that the pocket book was then quite safe. The prisoner pulled off his left boot, and witness observed him stoop for a second. He jumped up almost immediately, said he had left the gate open, and left the room, and at the same time witness discovered that his pocket book was gone. The prisoner returned in about five minutes, and witness then told him that he bad lost his pocket-book, and that there fore he (prisoner) must hare taken it. Prisoner said, "Do you mean to say that I robbed you? because it you do you may search me." Witness took prisoner's cap off; but was not allowed to search further, the prisoner saying, " Keep your hands off me, don't be after putting any thing in my pocket." Witness said that he should call a policenian,'On which the prisoner called up his master. The landlord, Mr. Gunder, said he was quite satisfied of the ho nesty of his .servant. After some time passed, witness went out and Cared a policeman or two, who searched the room, but - not- persons of those p r e s e n t. On l ea ving the Ca theripe Lieel for the station-house, witness and his brother in-lawz Walked in front ; the prisoner was nearest the shops. At the station-house the prisoner was searched, and nothing found on bun. Witness and Mr. Last were also searched, at the desirp of Mr. Gunder. Mr, 6.Altxsox cross-examined the witness at great length, and be was also re examined by Mr. Ballantine, but nothing material was elicited. George Last gave somewhat similar evidence. James Hall, 101 M, observed'a cab stop on the morning of the 27th January, at the Catherine 'Wheel, from which Mr. Skipp and the last witness descended, and passed within the gate. In about half an hour, witness was called in, and in formed by Skipp that he had lost his pocket book, and would have the house searched for it. Mr. Gander said he should not allow his house to be searched, as it would disturb the lodgers. Witness then recommended Skipp to bring two more policemen, and he did se. Mr. Skipp said "it was no use searching the prisoner, as he (Mr. Skipp) had done so already." Some of the rooms were searched, and they after wards walked to the station. The prisoner and witness walked first, the prisoner being on his right hand side. Mr. Skipp and Mr. Last, with a policeman, followed, and Mr. Gander came after. They preserved the same order in passing the top of Adams- court. By the Learned JUDGE—A complaint was lodged against him for neglecting to search the prisoner at the Catherine Wheel ; but the decision on that complaint was deferred until the trial was over. Henry Assister, 30 M, sail, that the prisoner told him when walking to the station that he had been searched. John Slielley Yates,' inspector, produced a pocket-book Landed to him by a person named Munro, containing four 501. and one 100/. notes. The prosecutor and Last were sober when the charge was taken at the station-house. William Munro, employed at the Phtenix Gas Company, received the pocket-book from a person named William Cox, and handed it over to the last witness. William Cox, servant to the Phoenix Gas Company, was passing down the Borough at a quarter to six o'clock on the morning of the 27th of January, and kicked against the pocket-book, which lay about the middle of the pavement, nearly opposite Adams-place, and in the way from the Catherine Wheel to the station-house. Mr. CLARKSON addressed the jury for the prisoner, and contended that nothing was shown bringing home the charge to him. Mr. Justice COLTMAN summed up, and the jury retired to consider their verdict. After an absence of half an hour, they returned into Court with a verdict of Guilty.—Sen t once deferred. The Learned Judge then sentenced the prisoner to be im prisoned for six calendar months. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. WORSHIP-STREET. A man named Yarnell was charged on the police sheet with stealing a quantity of paper, valued at 31. 18s., the property of Mr. John Knight, paper-hanger, of No. 190, Brick-lane, Spitaltields. From the evidence of police-constable Hanway, 118 G, it appeared that a man named Munro, was this last week tried and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for robbing Mr. Knight, the prosecutor in this present instance, of a quantity of valuable paper. Munro was duly conveyed to prison, where he at once made a communication to the authorities there, implicating Yarnell. The subject of the communication was transmitted to the Recorder, who or dered that Yarnell, who is described as an oilman, of No. I, Earl-street, Finsbury, should be immediately taken into cus tody and conveyed before a magistrate. Twenty-two rolls of paper, valued at between 91. and 10/. stolen property, had already been discovered. Munro, it appears, was in the habit of calling with a horse and cart at various paper-stainers, with an order from Mr. So-and- So, for a quantity of paper, which was delivered to him at once, when he was met with on the road by Yarnell, who eased him of his booty. The prisoner was remanded, in order to have time for fur ther investigation. Tfiz CASE OF L.tTITIA HANRAN.—It will doublessly be gratifying to many of our readers to learn, that the case of the young woman, Lfetitia Hannan, the particulars of which appeared in The Sun of Thursday se'nnigbt, has been attended to by several distinguished, benevolent individuals, and the result has been that she will be enabled to carry into effect the laudable design she had in view, viz., that of opening a school on her own account. Mr. ARNOLD, in announcing further donations, said that the envelope of one of them contained a recommendation for her to apply to the Governess's Home Society. He (Mr. Arnold) had instituted inquiries respecting her, and the re sult was so satisfactory that he would be happy himself personally to recommend her. The Magistrate then desired Hayward, one of the warrant officers of the Court, to give her the necessary assistance, in the pnrchase of those articles required for the purpose of carrying into effect the object desired, and the recipient, having thanked the worthy magistrate for the assistance he had rendered her, left the office. CLERKEN WELL. Mary Clarke, an interesting-looking girl, about 16 years of age, was charged before Mr. Greenwood with having com mitted a number of robberies in the vicinity of Somers-town, Camden-town, and KeEtish-town. The prisoner was deeply affected, and wept all the time she was in the dock. From the evidence of a number of witnesses who were in attendance, it appeared that a gentleman, named Lambden, residing in Albion-terrace, Somers-town, hearing a noise in his hall, went down and found the prisoner concealed in the yard. She had with her a large bundle, containing a damask table-cloth, some sheets, and a quantity of wearing ap parel, and said she wanted to see a lady named Smith. No person of that name being known, and the prisoner being unable to give any more satisfactory account of herself, Mr. Lambden gave her in charge to a policeman, when it was ascertained that the house of Mr. Rutherford, at No. 4, York-place, Somers.town, had been robbed of several articles, amongst which were the sheets and table-cloths produced is court this day. The constable said that he had not as yet had time to make inquiries after the owners of other property which had been found upon the prisoner. Mr. GREENWOOD committed her for trial on the charge of robbing Mr. Rutherford, but ordered her to be brought up again on Monday, when it was expected the policeman would be able to perfect other charges in the same neighbourhood against her, MARRIAGES IN SCOTLAND BILL. The following is a copy of the Bill to amend the law of Scotland affecting the constitution of marriage, which was introduced by the Lord Advocate, and read a first time in the House of Commons on Monday : Sec. 1. Whereas it is expedient that the law of mar riage in Scotland should be amended as far as the same affects the constitution of marriage in that country; be it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assem bled, and by the authority of the same, that from and after the last day of March, 1848, excepting as hereinafter ex cepted and provided, no marriage to be contracted in Scot land shall be valid or effectual unless it shall be registered by the parties contracting the same, in terms of an Act passed in the present session of Parliament, intituled "An Act for Registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scot land," by the said parties appearing in presence of the Regis trar, and then and there signing before witnesses the entry of their marriage in the register, and having the same other wise registered in the manner provided by the said Act, in the case of the registration of marriages by the parties them selves contracting marriage; upon which registration only the marriage shall be held to be contracted or valid or effec tual to any effect or purpose whatever : and it is hereby de clared that such registration shallof itself constitute marriage, and such parties shall thereafter be held and deemed to be married parties to all effects and purposes whatever. 2. Provided always, and be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall affect, or be held or construed to affect, the validity of any marriage where the marriage has been solemnised in presence of a clergyman, or of a party profess ing to be acting as and believed to be a clergyman, or, in the case of Jews, has been solemnised according to the rites ob served by persons professing the Jewish religion, or, in the case of Quakers, according to the rites or form observed by persons belonging to the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers. 3. And be it enacted, that the word " clergymen," shall include all clergymen or ministers of religion au thorised to solemnise marriages, whether belonging to the Established Church or any other church, or to any sect or persuasion, by whatever name or denomination known. 4. And be it enacted, that this Act may be amended or repealed by any A c t t o b e passe d d ur i ng th e p resen t session of Parliament. We hare to record the demise of Lieut.-Colonel W illiam Webber, an artillery Waterloo and Peninsular gilicer. He died on the Ist inst. at Hexworth, after a bril liant service of forty-three years. There were present at her Majesty's Theatre on Saturday evening—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Augusta Cadogan, Baron Knesebeck, and Mr. Edmund Mildmay ; the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers; the Duke of Welling ton and the Marchioness of Douro; the Conde de Monte molin ; the Earl and Countess of Sheffield and party (who occupied her Majesty Queen Adelaide's box); his Excel lency the Russian Minister and the Baroness Brunnow ; the Baron and Baroness Rehausen ; the Marquis of Aile:bury, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Falmouth, the Earl of Munster, the Earl and Countess of Harring ton, the Earl of Lonsdale, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Aboyne, the Earl Granville, the Viscount Duncannon, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Francis Gor don, Lord A. 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IL per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 29 WATZFL-WORKS. Dividend Name of Company. per Amount raid. 111 c, Aii - num. Est London.... •• •• •• 81. Grand Junction Kent • • •• •• • • •• •• •• •• 21. 10s. Vauxhall •• •• ..•• 51. per cent. West Middlesex . . . 51.108. pr cut.' Share. X s. d. 100 0 0 41 13 4 100 0 0 100 0 0 63 12 9 MARKET NEWS.-(SATURDAY.) COVENT-GARDEN. . . Pine Apples, 5s to 8s ; Hot-house Grapes, 53 to 8s per lb ; Dessert Apples, 208 to 25s ; and Kitchen ditto, 6s to 103 per bushel; Oranges, 8s to 15s; and Lemons, 10s to 14s per 100; Filberts, 1003 to 1208 per 100 los. ; Savoys, is to 2s 3d per dozen ; Greens, 4s to 6s 6d per dezen bunches ; Brocoli, 2s to 5s 6d per bundle; Forced French Beans, 2s to 38 per 100; Potatoes, 8s to 12s per cwt; Turnips, 3s to 5s ; and Carrots, 68 to 7s per dozen bunches; Horseradish, is to 6s per bundle; Rhubarb, is 6d to 2s 6d per bundle; Brus sels Sprouts, 2s to 4s per half sieve ; Mushrooms, 2n to 4s per pottle ; Turnip Greens, 2s 6d per bushel; Leeks, 2. to 4s per dozen bunches; Parsnips, 6d to Is 6d per dozen ; Onions, 7s to Os per bushel ; Celery, is tots per bundle. NZINVGATE AND 31311.6.DENE111.1.1.. Prime Mutton and Veal moved off steadily, all other kinds of Meat slowly, at our quotations :—Beef, from 2s 6d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; Veal, 4s 2d to 5s ld ; and Pork, 3s 8d to 45 10d per Sibs by the carcase. Turkeys, 4s to 9s ; Geese, 4s Gd to 6s; Ducks, Is 6d to 2s 6d; Tame Rabbits, is 3d to is 8d; Wild ditto, 8J to Is 4d ; and Pigeons, 6d to 10d each ; Surrey Fowls, 6s to 9s; ditto Chickens, 4s to 6s; and Barndoor Fowls, hs 6d to 6s per couple. Eggs, 103 to 14s per 100; Fresh Butter, is hl to is 3d per lb; flares, 2s to 3s; and Wild Ducks, is 6d to 2s Gd each. NEWPORT. Beef, from 2s 8d to 3s 8d; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; Peel, 48 6d to 5s 4d ; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s per Blbs. WIIXTECIIII.PiL. Beef, from 2s 8d to 38 6d ; Mutton, 3s 6d to 4s 4d ; Veal, 4s 4d to 5s 23; and Pork, 3s 8d to 4s 10d per Sibs. • y ascribed to the arrivals continuing upon a large • de; the stock here being heavy, and several ships still to a r For good and fine descriptions of Congou, of which the arrivals still chiefly consists, a reduction on for mer rates or Id to 2der lb. having been submitted to occasi oned Mani aparcels to be taken for home consumption. Green h as been operated in with caution, although there are sellers upon rather lower terms. SmEs.—To•dav at public sale 83S chests of Cass is ; aer Lignea were sold at full rates. 120 bags of African were taen in mun aove te value. • • tell RICE k _ —To-day c the b limite h d busine. , is transacted PO i t in East India Rice was at rather lower rates. 30 bags i d public sate sold at 23s to 23s 6d for good mid white, 2 ' s u , for sea damaged fist class, 22s for second ditto , and 16s 18s for third and fourth. A with SAGO.—The market having been liberally suPPlie" ; . t he this article, and the demand being less active , a fa" " . 04 value to the extent of . 2a per cwt took place; at auction d chests were only in part sold. Sago Flour can be ohrai :d at '2os, but few buyers are to be met with. For Tapiocaa Arrowroot prices arc unaltered. SALTPETRE.—For Rough the market has a firm APPIe; ance, the !ionic and export demand being good, and Oa eels sold were at rather higher rates. There is but a na n d, rate quantity on offer. English Refined is in good &Mall Nitrate of Soda sells freely. al of Srturrs —Of Calcutta and Madras there are sev er ,, - of rivals near at hand, and the quality is better than t". 01 last season. All sorts of Jamaica have been purchased Witiit much caution for home use and export, and it is (" ic y ," to quote priers with accuracy. In Demerara s carclY 8 d sales have been cot eluded, and 5s to 5s 3d is the vall n i, strong. The operations in Leeward Island have been tretbo and pot more than 3s 9,1 can be obtained for pr . oof. value of Brandy we have little variation to notice. Genes has been in limited request, common shipping sort at o_o to 2s 7d, and fine for home consumption at 3s 2d to per gallon proof strength. Corn Spirits little wanted. fined CIICHINEAL. A favourable opinion is still eat,ertgliod towards this article, as the consumption is extenslOri stock not half of what it was at tbis time last year, 1011 filed for prices there is little difference. A good demand p reys black and silvers, and stiffer rates are paid. bee° OiLs.—ln Cod only a small amount of business let transacted. For Southern the tendency of prices ls ire d. downwards. Seal is little wanted, but prices are sust s ho es There is a fair stock of Sperm Oil here, and few Pur c A lics have been made. Rape Seed Oil met with a free sale' for is held with firmness, and many parcels have been sou.oa i home consumption. Cocoa Nut met with attention, ro, holders are enabled to obtain high rates. Palm does n o o se : prove in value. Linseed Oil prices are still on th e ads's RACES TO COME- The following is the list the season of 1847: Liverpool (Lord Sefton's Plate) Coventry Warwick Spring d' fixtures already 13:' .Cll. IS Kilpin Coates ...... ....• 23 Northampton ••• ........ Croxton Park "1 6 Bantry Old Meet ......... lIL. 16 Epsom S. ............... 19 Newmarket, F. S. ...... 0 Durham .................. 5/ Chester ............ •'" Nowmarket C. Burton Constable 7 Abergavenny 8 Bath Catterick M. Nev, market, S. S. 1 3 ;yrnouth and Dvvon- shire . . Shrewsbury Edinburgh ............... ts jEpsom ................ ,6 I Newton .................. 91 I llungerford ............ NE. 16 Bibury Club ............ 17 Stockbridge ............ Newcastle .............. 30 Carlisle ................ LY 1 4 1 Liverpool .......... 10 INottingham .......... .• 2 1 Good wood ............... Ascot heath Ilumpton . . Tcnbury Sutton Park Writtle Newmarket Lancaster 12 AUG ;UST. ; 1 5 : Derby ............. . ..... 25 *Hereford .......... I *Huntingdon .......... 0 *Canterbury ........... 3O I Stourbridge ............ Ripon 2 Bright on Tlorw ich Wolverhampton Chelmsf,td Reading ll Lew es ll Yarmouth SEPTE Warwick Knutsford Aberdeen Doncat-ter Leicester Lichfield OCT , Stafford Newmapket, S. 0 ll NOVEI Worcester not fixed [The meetings against terisk have not been officiall . b,bility will take place at th 3'l I B w E a it i Bed s o a r i .............................. : Richmond .......... 29 I *Lincoln ............... /8 I Newmarket, F. 0. " 29 I Sandbaeh ........... ER. 5 DB I Newmarket, 11....... 313 E l llt. Tarporley ...........a . which we have place fro. I 3• announced, but in all r" le time mentioned.] .A 7 BURNING Or A MOTHER AND CHILD.-- -- A n IPel 00 II was held on Friday ni g ht, at St. Ba r tholomew's "eP' ilea the body of Charles 'William Hoare, aged 7 mont hs ' t ee (le. Keel, of Collingwood-street, Shoreditch, said that tee corked resided with its parents at No. 7, in the same, abotit The mother was laded with fits, and on WednesdaLoes half-past twelve, supposing that the mother was in s went in and saw the child lying upon the floor tcl it oat, clothes burning. She put them out, and Was takirle of the room when she saw the mother standing on t wee° with the whole of her clothes in flames. 1% Rh ass - 'er e they were extinguished, and b o th mot h er and childbot brought to the hospital. The d ecease d was so rnn el t, re' that he died shortly after his admi ss i on , an d t h e fire` of tee mains without any hope of recovery from the severity bl burns. It further appeared that the ac c id ent wa s cse s- ifer the mother having fallen, when in a fit, into the lire' diet, "Accidental death." set' EMIGRATION.—On Friday the New York 1 3 ° 1)0 05 ship Northumberland, R. 11. Griswold,:left the Loitii I ( ; ds,erim 47 o with ICJ passengers and a very large carp? o f B r:i.y factured goods. The emigrants consist prin i cip oi ll ie comities farmers and agricultural labourers from the and a few natives ot Ireland. GOOD ADVICE.—The New York Tribune, „„g to the fatal consequences which often occur from 11; 0 ; 0 . steam when a boiler bursts on board a steamboat, mends all steam-boat travellers to remember tep.l.lsorsi.„o advice :—" Keep your mouth shut when the boiler so p ALLEGED DEATH FROM FALSE IMPRlSONelybite --On Friday Mr. W. Carter held an inquest at th deat b the .str eeh Hart, College-street, Belvedere-road, respecting Thomas Barnard, lately residing at No. 14, Colleg e la ced who, it was alleged, had died from the effects of being l ice in a damp cell. The deceased, it appeared, was in t„ he tip P e r, of :Mr. George Simmons, wharfinger, of No. 2 ul s e, Thames-street , City. On the morning of Wednes" n 'j o yert 24th of February, he proceeded, by the order of his e e t r oresl to fetch a load of flour from the Eastern Counties , eitt terminus, Shoreditch. He did not return that d1;001: late in the evening the master received a la de ! ' ce gentleman at the station, requesting his attenoaceoeei Worship-street police-court, as his servant (the (1 4041 had been taken up on a charge of felony. On the h oc);,." he was taken before the magistrate for stealing A 0 .0 ar t ' flour, which charge was not substantiated and h e ,.ieed,,, b a l . missed. The deceased returned home, and comp, es terly of the dreadful nature of the cell w herein 00, placed. He was very weak and and said, " ,etia da shall not live to see the morning." On the foltomeeelei he became worse, with difficulty of breathing, an d 8 s he 'P placed under the care of Mr. bliskin, the surg!nn' t igan t e e . 3 the same night. The coroner adjourned the In ge ra nee for the attendance of the police, and the parties Otei, es with the railway, and to allow time for a post O f t . amination. w icP, The late Joseph John Gurney, hanker, of 14 o°r I., spd left personal and funded property amounting to 1 4 %0. 03 has directed his executors and trustees to invest 7 0, " po to pay the interest to his widow for her life, giving,,t r gitte rit i to diep ,se of 20,0001. by will. Bequeaths to his ",c RIS; legacy of 20,0001., ancla further sum of 35,00 02 °l,i s re/, f / of his widow. His furniture, plate, and books, I , t ,r, g 12 , 1 7i dence at Earlham Hall, he leaves for Hs wife anur t u toL to make a selection first therefrom, and the rentainu - st sun, who is the residuary legatee, and upon w hen d ettl' decease of Mrs. Gurney, will devolve the trust _,, fun s iso prised in marriage settlement; and to him be 11 "„ i d e l pointed and devised all his landed and freehold est,e'ae has left to each clerk in the Norwich Bank; of "' hie- ble a partner, a legacy of 101.; and to the public chari,t!' cots; stitutions in the county, including several Sthools ,I!3aieet° flexion with the Society of Friends, he has left :° s iste u r ' amounting in the whole to 1,100 guineas. To "to b r A Richenda Cunningham 1,000/., and other bequeste usable family. To his nephew, Henry Birkbeck, 2501., for his Tb as uried acting executor with his son John Henry died tthe deceased executed his will in March, 1846, and d ° 4th of January last, aged 59. c tor' DESPERATE AFFRAY' WITH POACHERs. --,, (1 — . Joe, day morning, as Keys and Frost, keepers to the Re'deiSS Bramston Scene, of Forest Hall, High Ongar, were ' c sel their rounds between two and three o'clock, theY l, aeu upon some poachers in the wood near Norton 0 4 '- r efl when within five or six yards of them the villains , the gun before a word had been spoken, but providential oe shot passed between the men, and they escaped injury' e l/ poachers then took to their heels, and the keeP ir g e chase, when Frost came up with a man named Blolvi.e'' pi turned round upon him, whirling the butt-end of t 6, 00 11 and had not Frost evaded the blow the consequen ces 10.1_,e -doubtless have proved fatal to him. We, howev e ':,:hi"' ; : with the fellow, whose companion stopped to re se- a - of 11 when the other keeper came up and with the butt-en,- ape, gun levelled the other poacher to the ground. T h r e l then secured them both. During the affray a a ci which Keys had with him seized Blowes near the Ol e ; almost tore it out, and Keys in rescuing the dog they through the hand. The prisoners were taken on nog ° by Superintendent Flood before the Ongar bench 01 d job: Crates, Henry Bullock, J. 'l'. Wright, Capel Cure, no th Bramston Stane, Esqrs., and the Rev. H. J. Earlericrisertel: above facts were sworn to by the keepers, and th e , cytiel John Page and Charles Bowes, both labourers 0 , "via were committed to take their trial on the charge (91 ode r feloniously shot at Keys and Frost, with intent to i ,T o to oX . them. The men were both in work, and the Pet'd fon' from Page a good silver watch, with 295. in silver, a. Blowes 21s. 6d. The poacher's gun was fractured "'At We? Of places, and the keeper's gun was broken in hal f of bin spot where the affray took place there was a pool t ev as if a sheep had been killed, and Pag e was su s r t o f thigh by the lieepes, after he had been lw Chelmstbrd Chronicle. • BIRTHS. t he 11 ,0 Re O v n jtlaine,2esstihnuill,t3.,ia.l.t,hoet R a e s y o al n. Hospital, Greenwich , the wi re s. Oa the Ist inst., at Holland - road , Brixton, M. man, of a daughter. o f„ eon On the 3d inst., in Hans - p l ace , Mrs. Philip Rose, riederich MARRIED. , „ by ill° Ile to it. On the 6th inst., at All Souls' Chapel, Langhatn-Plae" perX o, S. C. Lord, D.D , Robert Gibson, Esq,, of Sandhurst Lodge, ..gellt* Eleanor Harriet, only daughter of Sir Benjamin Sn' ith ' 0". — street, Fortland-place. clif lall On the 2(1 inst., at St. George's Church, Hanover -square,_ Dre, to I:An igll EarnondA, of Lowndes-street, Bel,grave-square , _......----" widow of G. Bray, of Holborn DIED. to"-i4r°ret'16it On the Ist inst., at Woolston, near Southampn3,. surviving daughter of the late Arthur JOHeS, ESq•• 01 lecturer or On the Ist inst., the Rev. Georg t- St. Jam s's, Bury St. Edmund's, aged 57. ten ° Cornwal l . tie° On the I't inst., at Hexworthy . House, e John Ilaggitt, Colonel William Wehber, h p., Itoyal Artillery. In Piccadilly, Dr. Adam Black. On the 4111 inst., Samuel Mills, Esq., of Aged 7g' - 411•1.1..............=••••,........1•••••• - __ .. .. O. I "; London: Printed and Published by )11IIRDO YOUNCir o f 1, ".1 2 ,60- ran,l, Printer, at The Sun °Mee , No. 112. strand, in tte ..iatb 4.1 ere Savoy, to the County of Middlesex, 3lendsb 8, 1847. BILLIN GSGFATZ: Turbots, 8s to 18s; Brills, 2s 6d to 4s 6d; Cod-fish, 2s to 78; Haddocks, 8d to is 6d ; Whitings, 4d to 8d; and Lob sters, Is to 3s each; Soles, 4d to 3s per pair; Eels, 6d to Is ; and Crimped Scate, 8d to 10d per lb; Mackarel, 14s to 26s per 100; Salt Fish, 2d to 8d per lb. ECIINGEXFORD. Fair average supplies of most articles were on offer. Generally speaking the trade ruled heavy, at but little variation in prices. _ _ SULAM. The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from 10d to 10 1 / 2 d; of Household ditto, 8d to 9 1 / 2 d per 41W loaf. SIDE mitime.T. Market Hides, 561 b to 641 b, 24d to 3d per lb; do. 641 b to 721 b, 34d to 3 i ; id ; do. 721 b tc. 801 b, 3 1 /. 2 d to 3%d ; do. 801 b to 881 b, 3%d to 4 , 4 d ; do. 8811) to 961 b, 44d to 5d ; do. 961 b to 1041 b, 5d to 6d; Calf Skins, each, 4s 6d to 6s 6d; Horn Hides, 13s; Polled Sheep, 4s 6d to as 7d; Kent and Half breds, 4s 4d to 543 2d; and Downs, 3s 6d to 4s Bd.; Shear lings, 6d. NAY MAU. IE DTs. SMITHFIELD.— Meadow ifai7.2773867) 31 163; Clover ditto, 31 8s to 41 16s ; and Straw, 11 Ils to 11 143 per load. A full average supply, and a sluggish demand. CUMbEltLAND.—Meadow flay, 21 5 s to 3/ 183; Clover ditto, 31 5s to 4/ 14s; and Straw, 11 12s to 1116 s per load. Trade tolerably firm, at the above quotations. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 83 to Si 17s; Clover ditto, 3/ 8s to 51; and Straw, 11 123 to 11 153 per load. Supply good, and trade dull. (From the London New Price Current of March 5.) SLIGAII.—To-day there was a greater desire manifested, by both refiners and grocers , to operate in raw sugar, and the country brewers came into the market with more freedom. In some instances a slight improvement in the value took place. The market altogether has a firmer appearance. West India Muscovado was sought after for all purpos es , an d ra ther higher rates were offered; but business of moment was prevented by the scanty supply, and only 150 hhd s an d trcs were, in consequence,. sold, making the total sales for the week 310 hhds and tierces. RLFINED.—To-day large purchases were made in Refined Gcods by the home trade, in conseq uence o f t h ere being some sellers upon previous reduced rates. Bonded Crushed Sugar is held with firmness, first quality at 36s per cwt. Loaves are much wanted. natrurrits.—The supply at market continuing to be ex tensive, and merchants eager to realise, produced a further fall in prices of Is per cwt; still the demand from grocers and refiners has been good, and sonic parcels have been pur chased by the brewers in the country. The quantity brought forward to public sale, amounting to 16,1 9 6 bags, all found buyers. EAST ISDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar met with more attention; and the parcels offered at auction, amount ing to 3,101 bags, were all sold: white and the better sorts of yellow at a rise of 6d per cwt, whilst brown and inferior yellow sold at the former currency. MoLAssEs.—The market is still in a dull state for West India of all sorts, and there is a fair quantity offering for sale. Few buyers are to be met, with, although there are sellers at a furth er re d uct i on i n pr i ces , an d 2l s to 25s 6d is the value of low to fine. East India Treacle is dull of sale at 23s to 25s per cwt. FOREIGN.-11olders of Foreign Sugar, available . for home , consumption, are not so desirous to reduce their stocks, and . the market has been lees freely supplied ; but the , quantity on offer is chiefly the better description... By private con. tract the demand has been good from refiners and grocers, in consequence of rather lower rates being taken. COFFEE.—This afternoon good ordinary pale NatNato Ceylon was in good request by private treaty , , difficulty to be obtained under 44s per t and was with Plantation is wanted, and 541 bags at public sale sold at stiff rates. TEA.—Holders of all descriptions of both black and green have manifested less firmness this week, and which can be THE QUEEN V. STURT. This was an indictment preferred at the instance of the ustices of the borough of St. Albans, against the defendant, who is a banker in that town, for a libel. Mr. Sergeant Shee and Mr. Hawkins were for the plain tiffs; the defendant conducted his own case. . This action was also connected with one tried at the, last assizes, in which Mr. Blagg, the town-clerk, and clerk to the magistrates at St. Albans, was the plaintiff, and Mr. Sturt the defendant, and he was charged with publishing a libel concerning him. The libel was contained in a letter addressed to Sir J. Graham, while Home Secretary, and charged the magistrates and Mr. Blagg with some irregular proceedings in reference to the examination of two persons for embezzlement ; the latter particularly, as having acted as clerk and professional adviser to the magistrates, and also as attorney for the prisoner. The present indictment was preferred by the magistrates for the attack made upon them in the same communication. After the case had proceeded some length, it was put an end to by the defendant consenting to make au apology, and pay the costs ; and upon this understanding a nominal ver dict was recorded. CROWN COURT.—(Before Chief Justice WILDE.) Caroline Brown, aged 24, a good-looking young woman, was indicted for the wilful murder of her illegitimate child, by casting it into the waters of a mill-stream, and thereby suffocating and drowning it. Mr. Hawkins conducted the prosecution, and Mr. Ryland defended the prisoner. _ _ From the evidence adduced it appeared that the prisoner was in the service of a gentleman at Hitchin, as cook, and for some time prior to the month of January there: had been a suspicion that she was in the family way, bnt there was no positive evidence upon the point. On the 9th of that month the body of an infant was found in a mill-stream which ran at the bottom of the premises of the prisoner's master, whence there was access to it by a gate or flap. It Appeared in evidence that there was a grating above the +Trot in question, and the inference was that the child must have been thrown into the stream at the place where it joined the residence of the prisoner; and there were some other circumstances of suspicion, tending to fix the guilt upon her, but the evidence was very far from being conclusive. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. WESTERN ClRCUlT,—Wi nchester, March 4. CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.) George Pink was indicted for burglariously breaking into the dwelling-house of Frances Covey, on the 24th of July last, and stealing therefrom 2701. Mr. Greenwood and Mr. Edwards conducted the case for the prosecution; and Mr. Cockburn and Mr. Massey defended the prisoner. _ _ It appeared from the evidence, which in detail was of very great length, that Miss Covey is a maiden lady, 85 years of age. She lives in New-street, in the town of Basingstoke, keeping one servant maid. The prisoner, who is a respec table-looking man, 28 years of age, lived as shopnian in the service of Mr. Barton, a butcher. Miss Covey and her servant went to bed about 10 o'clock on the night of the 24th of July; both of them slept in the same room. They were awoke about two o'clock in the morning by some noise, and instantly perceived a man standing by the bed with a candle in one hand and a pistol in the other; they also saw that his face was covered with something resembling a piece of muslin. Although alarmed, they were enabled to take notice of his dress, and they stated that he had not any coat on, bet that his waistcoat was of such a pattern that they could re cognise it. The man said, " Money I want, and money I'll have." The old lady wanted to get out of bed and attack him, bat the maid held her down and spoke to the man, who said if she was not quiet he would blow her brains out. The servant then told him she would give him her mistress's money, and she hoped he wou'..d spare their lives. He was then a little quiet, and then the servant took a purse from under the pillow and gave it him. This did not satisfy him, for he said that was not what he wanted, and he desired her to give him the keys of the drawers. The woman was so much frightened that she gave him the keys; there were several purses containing money in the drawers, and among that was a Queen Anne's sixpence. The prisoner having the keys, went to the drawers and opened them, and took out all these purses with the money. lie then tied the hands of the servant with a cord which he took from his pocket. He then went away, but in an instant he came into the room again, and told them if they did not lie still he would blow their brains out. He then went out of the house. Imme diately after this the servant opened the window, and ob served the same man who had been in the room walking in the street. She then gave an alarm, and a person who lived on the opposite side of the street hearing it procured a police man, and, accompanied by him, went to Miss Covey's house. l'hey proceeded to make an examination of the house, and found a back window open and a pane of glass broken. They also found a hammer and chisel near the drawers. Miss Covey and her servant gave a description of the man, and particularly alluded to his waistcoat. In the course of the morning the policeman went to Barton's, and in the pri soner's bedroom be found a coat and waistcoat and a pair of trousers, and upon taking the waistcoat to Miss Covey she identified it as that worn by the man who was in the room. The policeman then examined the rest of the clothes, and he discovered that one of the pockets of the coat had been torn off. He then proceeded to examine Mr. Barton's pre mises, and under some sawdust he discovered a sort of big, which, upon inspection proved to be the pocket of the pri soner's coat, and it contained all the property Miss Covey had lost, and among the money the Queen Anne's sixpence was discovered. In the privy they found several bullets and a lucifer match- box. The hammer and chisel found at Miss Covey's were identified as the property of Mr. Bar ton. They had been placed in the slaughter-house the night before, and the prisoner was in that slaughter-house about nine o'clock that evening. The mother of the pri soner lived next door to Miss Covey, and a chair had been taken from the premises adjoining Miss Covey's, and placed against the wall of her premises. Mr. Barton hail two other men in his employ, and they and the prisoner slept in rooms outside the dwelling-house of Mr. Barton, but the two men had to pass through the room of the prisoner to go to bed. On the night of the robbery the prisoner was not in his room when they went to bed at eleven o'clock. A large dog was kept on Mr. Barton's premises, and no stranger could have gone there without the dog making a great noise. The dog, however, on that night was perfectly quiet. A short time before the robbery the prisoner had purchased a brace of pistols, and on Monday last those pistols were found in a cess-pool on Barton's premises. The cord which had been tied round the hands of the servant of Miss Covey was stated to be similar to those used in slaughter-houses. The pri soner was apprehended on the day of the robbery; he had only been married a short time before, and had intended set ting up in business on his own account. No one could have got to the back part of Miss Covey's house but by means of the chair put against the wall. Mr. Cocanuiex addressed the jury, and called several wit nesses on behalf of the prisoner. The Learned JUDGE having summed up the case, The jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Sentence-15 years' transportation. John Parry, the black, convicted yesterday of uttering a forged 201. note, was sentenced to seven years' transpor tation. NISI PRIUS COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice CRES3WELL and a Special Jury). LANKASTER V. COUPLA ND. Mr. Crowder, Mr. Cockburn, and Mr. - Slade were counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Sergeant Kinglake, Mr. Barston, and Mr. Saunders for the defendant. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, an ironmonger, against the proprietor of the Hampshire Advertiser, for a libel imputing to the plaintiff misconduct in his character of Com missioner of the Improvement Act for Southampton, relative to making a road. The Learned JUDGE characterised it as an extremely dull case, except to those interested in the politics of South ampton. The jury eventually gave a verdict for the plaintiff, with 40s. damages, at the same time stating that they did not consider the defendant was actuated by any malicious motives. OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Reading, March 5. CROWN COURT.—(Before Sergeant GesELxa. ) CUTTING A,VD WOUNDING. — CharIes Smith was indicted for cutting and wounding Jane Morris. The trial did not close till one o'clock this morning. The undisputed facts were these :—The prisoner, a young man, of about twenty two, was the son of a gentleman, who was a respectable soli citor at Bridgnorth, in Shropshire, and a clerk to the ma gistrates there. The prosecutrix, a tolerably well-looking young woman, twenty-one years of age, of small figure and sharp features, and who gave her evidence to-day with great firmness and presence of mind, was the daughter of a journeyman plumber and glazier at Bridgnorth. About six years back they became acquainted with each other, and about four years back a connexion commenced, the conse quence of which was that she became a mother. After this event be went to live at Bury, near Manchester. She fol lowed him, and he took apartments for her at Manchester, and supported her there for some months. After some time his pecuniary advances to her began to diminish, and at length he abandoned her without giving her any notice of h . intention to do so. After undergoing some considerable privations, she learned that he was at Reading, and by the assistance of an acquaintance of his at Bury was enabled to follow him to this town, where he at the time had a situa tion in the tax-office. On her arrival here, on the last day of last year, she took a lodging under the name of Mrs. Smith, at the house of a Mrs. Cray, in West-street—he lodging at the house of a Mr. Martin, at No. 26, in that street. They met—their acquaintance was renewed—he visited her as his wife, and they spent the night before the day in question together at her lodgings. On the evening of the 20th of January she found means to get into his lodgings about six o'clock, and stopped there till lie came home. Ho was, of course, anxious that she should leave. She refused. Some bickerings and reproaches took place. At length, between eight and nine o'clock, the people of the house suddenly heard screams and cries of " Murder!" They ran up, rushed into the room, and found her lying on her back on the floor, at some distance from the fire-place, in a state of unconsciousness, and bleeding profusely from a wound on the rii,ht side of the throat, and the prisoner standing at her feet. in a stooping position, and facing her, and a razor lying on the floor, three or four yards from her left side and the prisoner's right, bloody on the handle and the blade, and the carpet near it stained with blood from it. 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