The Sun. — London, England, 1853-02-03 00:00:00

Jr _ lisbytt SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock. TATTERSALL'S. (THIS EVENING.) METROPOLITAN HANDICAP, 6 to 1 agst Contentment. 20 to 1 agst Grapeshot. 20 to 1 agst Lampedo. 25 to 1 agst Snowdon Dunhill. CHESTER CUP. 20 to 1 agst Lady Evelyn. 20 to 1 agst Contentment. 25 to 1 agst Trifle. 50 to 1 agst Little Jack. 50 to 1 agst St. Michael. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES 4to 1 asst Sittingbourne. NOTTINGHAM HANDICAP. 4 to 1 agst Bold Davie. 5 to 1 agst Tha Bishop. NOTTINGHAM TWO YEAR OLD STAKES, 3to 1 agst Bridesmaid. 3to 1 agst The Jewess. DERBY. 10 to 1 agst West Australian. 15 to 1 agst Pharos. 15 to 1 agst Cineas. 16 to 1 agst Sittingbourne. 35 to 1 agst Contentment. 16 to 1 agst Orestes. LIVERPOOL STEEP LECHASE. Bto 1 agst Miss Mowbray. Bto 1 agst Oscar. 12 to 1 agst Half-and-Half. 16 to 1 agst Sir Peter Laurie. THE LONDON AND COUNTY JOINT-STOCK BANKING COMPANY. The annual general meeting of the proprietors was held this day at the London Tavern, John Sadleir, Esq., chairman, presiding. The report stated that the direc tors had more than ordinary pleasure in submitting to the proprietors a general statement of the affairs of the company, and the result of the half-year's accounts end ing the 31st December, 1852. In June last they decided, that the large and steady advance in the busi ness of. the Company made it desirable to increase the capital from 300,0001. to 400,0001. In carrying out this mettsure, they offered to the proprietors the option of the new capital at a premium of 31. 10s. per share, and they had the satisfaction to state that the whole amount was at once taken up. The sum of 17,5001., arising from the premium, had enabled the directors to ex tinguish the dead weight of 17,0001., arising from the preliminary expenses which had accrued from the year 1836, in establishing the various branches of the company. (Cheers.) During the past year they had opened branches at Colchester, High Wycombe, Richmond, and Uxbridge. The marked improvement in the progress of the Bank has enabled them to give expression to their entire ap prc,val of the uniform zeal and integrity of the numerous of.icers employed in London, and at the country branches, /ay presenting to each officer a gratuity of 10 per cent. on the amount of his salary. The net profits of the half year ending the 31st December, 1852, after reserving an ample sum for bad and doubtful debts, amounted to 14,2991. 7s. 2d. They recommend that a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum, and a bonus of 2 per cent. (equal to 8 per cent. on the year), both free from income tax, should be declared. This, if approved by the proprietors, would leave 4,6741. 19s. 4d. to be carried to the guarantee fund, which would then be in creased to 44,3251. 7s. (Hear.) They had great gra tification in stating that their respected chairman, John Sadleir, Esq., had laid the foundation of a provident fund, for the relief of officers who, from misfortune, sick ness, or superann ua ti on , might become incapable of pro viding fo r th emse l ves and their families. (Cheers.) They had thought that the most acceptable return they could offer to Mr. Sadleir would be some general measure, by which this provident fund might be systematically en larged, for the benefit of the officers. They had given to this object their most mature consideration, and had established a graduated scale of guarantee among the officers, which combined the advantage of mutual watch falness and control over their fidelity and good conduct, with a regular contribution by each officer, to the in crease of the provident fund. The directors anticipated that the result of this plan will, in the course of a few years, give an extended and efficient aid to the benevo lent views of the Chairman. The directors retiring by rotation were—John Wheelton, John Griffith Frith, and Richard' Springett, Esquires—who had respectively given notice of their intention to become candidates for re-elec tion. The balance-sheet, up to the 31st December, 1852, was as follows : To capital To reserved fund To customers' balances, &c To profit and loss balance brought for ward from last account To net profit for the half-year, after payment of gratuity to officers, and 13,4121. 19s. 2d. for interest to cus tomers 360,670 0 0 39,650 7 8 3,281,603 14 4 7,246 14 14,299 7 2 £3,703,470 3 9 £ s. d. 581,810 2 9 Cr, 137 cash in hand and at call By Government and other securities, discounted bills, &c 3,088,356 14 8 By bank premises, freehold and lease hold 30,303 6 4 £3,703,470 3 9 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. T ( 1 half-year's dividend at 6 per cent. per annum £10,122 13 7 To bonus of 2 per cent 6,748 8 10 To bala nce carr i e d t o guarantee f un d 4,674 19 4 By balance from last account. By net profit for the half-year £21,546 1 9 .. £7,246 14 7 .. 14,299 7 2 £21,546 1 9 The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, observed that since he became the chairman of the bank, it had enjoyed such uninterrupted prosperity that it had been found necessary on two distinct occasions to increase the paid-up capital. In allusion to the paragraph in the report respecting the provident fund, he said the direc tors had determined to substitute for the old practice of taking from the officers of the bank private bonds, or the bonds of guarantee societies, as a security for their fidelity, a system of individual contribution, according to an established scale, the maximum amount of the „'Fiarantee fund being fixed at 3,0001. It was their intention to carry the surplus above that amount to the provident fund, which they believed would also be considerably augmented by voluntary contributions. The directors had expressed their sense of the excellent manner in which the officers had performed their duties, by presenting each gentleman with a gift equivalent to 10 per cent. on his salary, and they had taken this step in consequence of their unparalleled prosperity, in which they thought it was but right their servants, who had contributed to it, should to some extent participate. The motion was then agreed to ; and after the decla ration of a dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year, to gether ~R ith a bonus of 2 per cent., clear of income tax, the re-election of the directors and auditors, the meeting terminated with votes of thanks to the directors, chair 'liar, secretary, and officers. THE SWINDLERS OF AIISTRALIA.—Some surprise was yesterday felt in the cheque department of the Bank of England by the presentation for payment of an old . patched-up cancelled cheque, which had been drawn by a customer in the year 1834, and purported to be an order for 6 17/. 7s. 9d. The piece of dirty paper had been pasted to another piece of paper, and presented an appearance likely to excite the suspicion of the most ignorant. It was offered at the counter by two sea men, who stated that they had been at the "gings," accompanied by th e captain, who had agreed t o i l ay the vessel up for a few weeks, and try whether they could not recompense themselves for the delay by labouring in nold field ; that they had accordingly gone to work, -vad in seven weeks accumulated a considerable quantity 'of gold dust, and that at Melbourne, the two applicants, being anxious to get home to their families, sold their share of the valuable article to one of the gold dealers, named Stevenson, at the current p r i ce , amounting to 617 4 7s. 9d., which they were assured would he paid Ito them at the Bank of England the moment they showed the ay.thority. In answer to questions put to them by one f the officers in attendance at the Bank the seamen said they had sold five ounces on the day before to Mr. Ste venson, who paid them in dollars, with a readiness which prevented th em f rom suspect i ng hi s i ntent i on to rob them, and th a t t h ey had the i r reg i ster t i ckets, and could Trove by the admission of their captain that there had Leen no desertion or irregularity of any kind upon their Part. Upon being asked whether they intended to riturn to Australia, they said they had already paid for tl,eir passage back, and th ey d ec l are d t h at they would follr,w the advice of the officer and look out for Mr. '..i.!.venson, and compel him to make restitution. yCHILD FOUND DEAP.—Yesterday the parochial nutho ties of St. Mary's, Islington, issued a bill offering a r ward of Si. for the apprehension of the parties con e* rued in the desertion of a new-born male child, found in a garden, situate in River-lane, Lower-street, Isling t When discovered the body was enclosed in a paper considerably burned. GREAT CITIES. —The area of Babylon was 225 square !.Liles, that of Nineveh 216. square miles, while that of London and its environs is but 114 square miles. SCOTTISEI CENTRAL RAI LWAY.—Traffio return for the .............. 8 3 tr,;(3k ending Jan. 30, 1853 corresp on di ng wee k last year ................. 1,517 6 3 ALLEGED MURDER OF A GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE. Yesterday, Elizabeth. Vickers s a middle-aged, and well dressed female, was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, at Lambeth Police-court, charged with having, by vio lence, caused the death of Mr. William Jones, an aged gentleman of considerable property, on the night of Sun day, the Bth of last month. On the discovery of the death of the deceased, who was upwards of 83 years old, strong suspicions were enter tained by many of the inhabitants of the neighbourhood that it had been caused by unfair means, and this opinion became strengthened upon the fact being disclosed, that his housekeeper (the prisoner) became entitled, by his will, to the great bulk of his large property, to the ex clusion of his immediate relatives and friends. Mr. Lund, the superintendent of the P division, assisted by one of his sergeants (Quinnear), collected sufficient dvi deuce to justify them in apprehending the prisoner. The task, however, was not a very easy one, as the accused, who is a very powerful woman, and not at all unlike the notorious murderer Mrs. Manning, made a most deter mined resistance, and Mr. Lund declares that a more desperate woman he never encountered. Mr. Scudding, an attorney, attended on the part of the nephew and friends of the deceased to prosecute, and Mr. Solomon, who defended Mrs. Manning, appeared for the accused. The first witness called was Mr. David Key, a surgeon of Brixton, who said—l knew Mr. William Jones, who lived at Springfield Cottage, Acre-lane, Brixton, for 18 or 19 years, and attended him occasionally during the I whole of that time. I also know the prisoner. She had lived with Mr. Jones, as his housekeeper, for 12 or 14 years. On the 12th of January I was called to Mr. Jones's, about half-past five or six o'clock in the morn ing, by a man of the name of Evans. I went there a little after eight, and I found Mr. Jones dead, lying upon a sofa in the back parlour. He was dressed as usual, I believe, but I am not sure whether he had his coat on or not. He was lying on a blanket, which was wrapped round him. The prisoner was in the room at the time, and I asked her how long he had been lying there ? She said she could not get him up to bed the night before ; that he asked her for a little water, which she gave him, and then he died at half-past three o'clock in the morning. She said she could not get him up stalls because he was helpless, and that he had expressed a wish that she should sit up with him. I asked her what time he was down on the Sunday, the day before, and she said she could not tell me the exact time, but that he had dined up stairs, and after that he came down. I asked her if he had had any spirits, and she said he had a little gin and water, but could not tell the exact quan tity he had. She said he had been on the sofa from the time he came down until he died. I asked her if he had made any snoring noise, and she said "No." I asked her if he was insensible, and, she said "No ;" he died directly after taking the water. I asked her if he had swallowed any of it, and she said she was not certain whether he had swallowed any. It appeared to me to be a very confused account that she gave. I then ex amined the body, and found several wounds on the fore head ; two of them were cut wounds, and had been done some little time. They were in the course of healing. I should think they had been there about a fortnight. I think these wounds might have been inflicted by a blunt weapon or by a fall. They did not appear to be incised wounds. There was no bruise then to be seen. There was a crust formed over the wounds. They were on the forehead—one on the centre and one on the left side. There. were four or five other wounds on the head, some on the side, some on the back, and some on the top. All these wounds were trivial as to affecting liTe. I found dried blood on the hair. These wounds were covered over with dried blood. On washing, the blood came off and the wounds appeared. There was a severe bruise on the right temple—a Revere contused wound—but the skin was not broken. It was merely a swelling, larger than a crown piece, and it was slightly discoloured, and it appeared to have been recently inflicted. It might have been done five or six days, not more— it might have been done much less time. There were one or two scratches and bruises on the face. There was another severe bruise on the back part of the head, towards the top. There was a swelling, and I think it had been done about the same time. The lower carti lage of the nose, called the septum, was broken, though there was no bruise perceptible on the nose itself, but the cartilage might have been broken by a fall or a blow. On the right knee was a discolouration avisinii from a blow or fall, but the skin was not broken. Theire was a wound on the left knee, which appeared to me to be a bruise. I did not see any other bruises. I spoke to the prisoner about the bruises, and she said he had fallen upon the stairs, and had then hurt his nose, and that it was some little time ago, but she would not tell me when. She said, also, that he had had a fall in the garden, but did not say when it was. I have attended Mr. Jones medically for eighteen years, and I think it must have been two months before this happened' that I had seen him alive. He was very well then. He was subject to gout. I have not attended him medically these last two years, but have now and then sent him plasters for his feet. He did not complain of anything then, nor did I observe any marks of violence on him at that time. He was nearly 84 years of age, and was rather infirm from his years ; but, except the gout, I believe he was a perfectly healthy man. It would be uncertain whether death caused by such means as I found would be sudden or not. I cannot say whether those injuries were caused by a fall or a blow ; but there was certainly great violence, whatever it was. A person receiving such a blow as that which I found on the temple, for instance, would be rendered insensible for a time, but might not die immediately. The marks I saw on the head would not have been produced by one fall. I do not think a mere fall upon the ground could have caused such a bruise as I found on the temple or the side of the head, unless he had fallen upon a large stone. The blow on the back of the head might have been received by his falling backward on the ground, if he had fallen on something hard. I have been to see the deceased several times when I could not get in, but not for a month or two before his death. I saw him once in August last. He had then two black eyes and a slight scratch or two upon the nose, and likewise upon the chin. The prisoner was present at the time, and I asked him, in her presence, if he had fallen down stairs ? He made no answer, but the prisoner, before he had time to do so, exclaimed, " Don't answer," and he did not. The pri soner then began abusing me, and said, " Well, I have got the money, and you told Mr. Jones not to do it," and then she continued to abuse me for an hour for interfering between her and her master, who wanted to transfer some money to her. No other person lived in the house but the prisoner and the deceased. In cross-examination by Mr. Solomon, the witness said that an inquest had been held on the body of the deceased. At that inquest the witness had given evi dence similar to that which he gave on +he present occa sion, yet the jury returned a verdict that the deceased had died from the effects of an accidental fall. Miss Susan Allen was next sworn, and deposed as fol lows :—I have lived at No. 5, Springfield Cottages, Acre-lane, Brixton, for 14 years, and during the whole of that time the deceased resided next door to me. About 13 years ago the prisoner came to live with Mr. Jones as his housekeeper, and resided with him up to the time of his death. About a week before his death—on New Year's-day—Mr. Jones came to the fence of the garden and spoke t. me. He was then in excellent health and very cheerful; but he had a very large bruise, as big as a walnut, on the right side of his head, near the temple, and a large bruise above that, as large as a moderate sized tea-cup, on the right side of his head. The bruise on the temple was as big as a walnut, but the other was coagulated blood, and blood was issuing from it. He had his night-cap on at the time, and it was much stained with blood. It was put on so as not to cover the in juries, so that she could plainly see them. I have fre quently seen bruises on him before this, and he has com plained to me about them. I have seen the prisoner heat him• violently, and pull him about by his grey hair. I have seen her pull him from the garden fence to his own house by the hair, beating him on the head and shoulders with her clenched fists. I have seen . her beat him with both her fists about the head ; that was in the course of last spring. I have seen violence used by her in the autumn before. She pulled him in then by the hair of the head, and beat him with her fists on his head, and she said then she would make him remember going out, as she had desired him not, while she was out. For the last twelve months not a week ad passed without my hearing her beat him. I can ear it from outside the house. I had listened at his The prisoner frequently came home ititoxi- I believe she has not been sober for ar i entire request, cated. ------ - day, except Sundays, for a year. She told me th:tt Mr. Jones had made over 1,0001. in' their joint names—his name and hers—and she wished it in her own n ame ; but Mr. Key had persuaded Mr. Jones not to, but; she would make him remember going from his promi3e as long as he lived—that she would let him know that she was a lion resolved, and as he called upon M r . K e g un known to her, he should never go out of the how ;e by himself again, and if Mr. Key came there she should kick him out. It was last spring she said so. She said that Mr. Key persuaded him that if he did not transfer the money to a trustee for her benefit, It would be a bona i fide gift, and some young man might come and marry her, and then he should lose his servant. On the Sun day following, Mr. Jones came to me, and showed me bruises on his head. His eyes were blackened, and his head bruised and bleeding, I have repeatedly heard her drive him up-stairs and lock him up, then go out and come home drunk. On the Friday night, before he died, at about eleven o'clock, the prisoner came home drunk, and lay on the ground out side the door for about three-quarters of an hour abusing Mr. Key, and calling out, " Old Jones, come and let me in." Then the door opened, but was shut again, for the policeman was there with her. When the police man went away the prisoner went in and shut the door, and in two minutes after I heard a heavy fall in the pas sage or on the stairs. It appeared to me that the pri soner had fallen on Mr. Jones at the door. I went in side then and went to bed. The next morning, at seven •'clock, heard the door of the house shut. At• nine o'clock I found the shutters still closed. At one o'clock in the day I saw the prisoner, and was going to speak to her about Mr. Jones, but she shunned me. I listened the whole of that day and night, but could not hear Mr. Jones. Ile had a cough, which I heard generally, but on that day I could not hear it. On the Sunday morn ing I looked for the prisoner, but could not see or hear anything of her, and at eleven o'clock I went to church. When I returned at one o'clock I still found the shutters closed. I then looked at Mr. Jones's window, and saw the blind up, and the prisoner stood at the side of the window. She looked very agitated, and I nodded to her, but she did not return it, and seemed much confused. I repeated my nod to her, , but she did not return it, and I then went to the back of the house and found it fastened. I watched the house, but saw no one go out. About five o'clock I heard a cab . drive away from the gate, and some person speaking. At that moment the prisoner came out and picked up the papers that had been thrown into the garden by the postman at nine o'clock in the morning, and had been lying there all day. I watched the house all day, and saw no light or heard no person until the Monday, when I saw Mr. Key come with the undertaker. On the New Year's day, when she came home in the evening, the prisoner beat him, and threat ened that if he showed himself out again she would kick 'his life out. I distinctly heard the prisoner say, "I'll tear your eyes out, you damned old devil ;" and then I heard blows, and a sound as if a stick was being used. The deceased fell on the floor and cried and groaned. She beat him so violently that I think he was past doing anything. While she was beating him, he said, " Your conduct makes you look like a w-, and that he must turn his back upon her, as her conduct was so loose in going out drinking." The prisoner replied, "You call me a w- ; I'll tear your eyes out." She then beat him and made him lie on the sofa. She said she should leave him, and he begged her not to do so. She went out at half-past six, locking him up, and then she was intoxicated. Mrs. Annie Gray, a respectable married female, said —The house I lived in was next door to the late Mr. Jones's, but that house was left on the 6th of December last. I knew Mr. Jones well, but never had a conver sation with him but twice. The first time, in July, I told him I was sorry to see him so poorly and infirm, and added that it was a pity to see him in the state he was in. His reply to me then was, "lam a miserable man." I told him that if he wanted anything, and tapped at the wall, I should render him all the assist ance in my power. I have often heard cries in the house of the deceased. Mr. Jones and the prisoner used to have serious disputes about money matters. I have heard the latter say, " Give me the money, and let me go." At other times I heard her beat the old man. The deceased used to say to her " Don't leave me." I distinctly heard the sound of a slap on the face which the prisoner gave the deceased. I have fre quently heard them quarrel, and heard the deceased utter the cries of " Murder " on two or three occasions. The first time I heard these cries was in the month of July, I think, and on that occasion my husband heard them as well as myself, and he spoke to a policeman about it. The next time I heard the cries of "Murder " was in the latter end of Novem ber. About that time they were quarrelling almost daily, and I have then heard the sound of blows. In one of the quarrels I heard the prisoner say, " Give me the money, and let me go," and his re ply was, " Don't leave me ; I cannot lose you." She then asked him how he dared to go to Mr. Key's. . The old man not answering her, I heard several blows and groans, as if they came from a person in intense agony. On one Saturday night there was a very serious quar relling, and I heard the deceased groaning as if danger ously hurt, and I spoke to a policeman about it, but he refused to interfere or pull the bell, saying that Mr. Jones on a former occasion had refused to apply for a summons or warrant against the prisoner. In the month of July the deceased had the mark of a violent blow on the left eye, so that his eye could not be seen from the swelling. I have never entered the house myself, but I have seen gentlemen apply for admission, and refused. I have let gentlemen over the wall of my garden, on their telling me that the prisoner would not let them in, though I knew she was in at the time. This was in the month of October. They rang the bell, and Mr. Jones came out to speak to them, - and said he could not admit them. They were nephews of the deceased, and said they parti cularly wished to take Mr. Jones away, as they under stood his life was in danger. Miss Maria Hammond, who also lived next door to the deceased, detailed at some length the particulars of what she saw and heard of the prisoner and the deceased. She said that on the night on which Mr. Jones died, she was much disturbed by the quarrelling between the prisoner and the deceased. In the course of the night she was awoke by one of these quarrels. From the voices she could distinctly tell that there wore only the prisoner and the deceased in the room (the back parlour) at the time. Distinctly heard the prisoner talk angrily, and heard the deceased say, "Oh, what do you say ?" Immediately after this she beard a heavy fall on the floor, h er e f a e r ct a h d r e e a a tl t i h -l i i n k g e silence, o which was followed witness did by not p or a whisper. This w as broken b y the p risoner openin g the door, and admitting , as witness believed, some per sons to her assistance , as she could distinctly hear seve ral voices, an the noises from the room were must unpleasint. Mr. Elliott—What did the noises resemble I—Wit ness—The scratching or scraping of the floor with a shovel. Mr. William Jones, 155, Tottenham-court-road, said —The deceased, Mr. William Jones, was my uncle, and was in the 84th year of his age., The prisoner had lived with him about fourteen years as his houskeeper. In the month of August last I visited him at his late resi dence, and on thy entering the house I found him shav ing himself, and could see that he had marks of serious violence on his face. I asked him how he received them, upon which he exclaimed, " Hush, hush, she's in the next room ; I can't tell you now, but will pre sently." The door of the next room was opened, and the prisoner, who must have heard my question, entered the room where we were, and my uncle seemed so nervous about it that I did not press the question alsecond time, as the prisoner took care not to leave ns alone or give us an opportunity. I have made four or five attempts to see my uncle, but could not, as the prisoner would not admit me inside his house or to his presence. Mr. Elliott —What were the marks that you perceived on your uncle's face T—Mr. Jones--There were several marks of discoloration, evidently produced by violence, The next time I saw my uncle was on the Wednesday after his death, when I called at his house, and the pri soner took me into they oom where he lay. I then and re marked that there was great swelling on the face, a cut underneath the nose, and asked the prisoner how this happened ; but she made no reply, nor did she give any explanation in my presence. My uncle had two watches, and these, as well as his trinkets, are missing ; and I have no doubt that various property has been removed from the house since his death. Mr. John Lu nd, the superintendent of the P division of police said—ln consequence of what came to my knowledge in reference to the death w itnesses, different of the deceased, I had an interview with the and from what I gathered from t hem, I Wit had h mades up my mind t o a pp rehend the prisoner. thi view I went towards the residence of the late Mr. Jones, accompanied by Sergeant Quinnear. After waiting in front of the house a short togatme, I saw the prisoner come out, and give a bottle purpose of get tin g some gin. 'While she stood a t the gate with her bonnet en, I approached and asked if her name was Vickers ; and she replied not. At this time, however, Mr. Jones, she started from t he the nephew of the deceased, came up, and identi fied her ; upon which gate, and endeavourel to reach the house laid hold. I followed as fast as I cou ld, and, jt as she of the knocker, I managed to get between her nd a a the doo dr . I instantly found th yself in her grasp, and more e t er mined resistance I never encounteed in all my life ; in fact I was as nothing in her hands, r for a more power ful woman it would be difficult to find, and had it not been for the assist once of Sergeant Quinnear, she , cer tainly would have sr . cceeded at that time at all events in getting away fre.m me. I then told her who I was, and that I should take her into custody on a, charge of having caused the deF ath o th er late master, Mr. Jones, and that if she had anything to say she might do so. After a minute or two's consideration she replied, " I shall say nothing." I then proceeded to search the house, and on examining some clothes in a basket the prisoner said, " There is no use looking at those things, there is no blood there, that has already been searched." In a small box, which the prisoner acknowledged to be hers, I found a duplicate relating to a watch and trinkets pawned on the 13th of January, in name of E. Vickers for 31. I also found in a drawer, which the prisoner said was hers, the certificate of transfer dated on the 20th No. vember, 1851, of 1,0001. Three-and-a-Quarter Stock to the joint names of the deceased and the prisoner. This valuable document the prisoner snatched out of my hands, saying it was hers and that she had a right to have it, and I had some difficulty in getting it back again. Sergeant Quinnear corroborated much of Mr. Lund's statement. After which he produced two sheets, several towels, shirts, and other articles deeply stained with blood, though it was quite ap parent that the marks of gore were endeavoured to be removed by waling. The shirts particularly pre sented a most suspicious appearance, as they seemed to be only half washed, the object being evidently that of removing the blood stains. A. handkerchief was pro duced which supplied a strong piece of evidence. This article was stained in different parts with blood, but in one part was a clot of dried coagulated blood, to which were adhering several grey hairs. The officer also pro duced a wooden mallet, of modern make and shape, which he conceived, he said, to be a somewhat unusual article in tip house of an aged gentleman. Thi s being the whole of the evidence, the prisoner was asked in the usual way if she had anything to say why she should not be committed to take her trial for the wilful murder of her late master. Mr. Solomon, her attorney, replied, and said that, ob serving it to be the intention of his worship to send the case before a jury, he should, on the part of the pri soner, reserve his defence until then. In the meantime, he had to request a remand to a future day, lest the pri soner might, in the event of being then sent to the Old Bailey, run the risk of being put on her trial at the pre sent session, a course which he (Mr. Solomon) was not prepared for. Mr. Elliott admitted that it would not be quite fair to hurry the prisoner in a case of so serious a character before a jury, and therefore he had no objection to accede to Mr. Solomon's request, and should remand the pri soner for a week. At the same time, he wished that the witnesses present should be bound overt in the usual re_ cog,nisanees to, prosecute, so that they might not be put to the trouble of attending on a future day. This was done, and the prisoner, who seemed to treat the matter with a nonchalance amounting to levity, was removed from the bar. SHOCKING MURDER OF A SOLDIER'S WIFE. At the Guildhall, Bath, on Wednesday, the Mayor (Mr. F. T. Allan) and a full bench of magistrates, were engaged for some hours in investigating the charge of murder, preferred by Mr. Hughes, the chief of police, against Lewis Perran, who was suspected of having caused the death of an Irish woman, named Honora Hanaford, who was following her husband to the Win chester barracks, but who (as the medical evidence at the inquest left little doubt) had been murdered on the night of the 11th of January. The particulars of the finding of the body in the river Avon, and also of the first examination of Perran, were given in the The San last week. From the medical evidence, it was clear that a wound upon the crown of tho head had been inflicted during lifetime, and little doubt remained that the unfortunate creature had met her death by foul means. The jury accordingly returned an open verdict. Two other prisoners were also arraigned with Perran —Bennett, who was again apprehended, and James. Webb, both charged with being concerned in the mur der. The only new evidence was that of Eliza Jarvis, who deposed that between 11 and 12 • clock on the night of the 11th of January, as she was at her door in Avon-street, she saw Bennett come back, after having seen him leave with the woman. Perran came back about a quarter of an hour after, and ran into her passage. His clothes were covered with mud, and witness caught him by the collar, and said, " Where have you been to get into such a mess I What have you done with that poor Irishwoman I" He said, " Drowned for what I know,!', z , • Perran exclaimed : God Almighty forgive you. said no such thing. Witness continued—Perran then tried to get into the kitchen, but witness said, "If you do not tell me where she is, I'll call my mother." He said, "She is in the sand pit ; we both fell in together." The next morning wit ness went to Mrs. Champion's, where Perran lodged, and the parties present began talking about the woman's death. Mrs. Champion said to Perran, "You were not satisfied with ravishing the poor woman, and taking what she had got, but you must take her life, and throw stones at her." Perran replied, "I did not, so help me God ; I only flung a lump of clay." Perran's girl, Sarah Trotman, who was there, looked up, and said, "If so, that is two you have murdered." Perran tried to strike the girl, but witness and Mrs. Champion prevented him. The following day Ellerton and Bennett were at wit ness's house, and Bennett said Eilerton had sworn falsely, and added, " I ca.ntspeak if I am wanted to speak." Mr. Hughes, the chief of police, here handed in a note from Mr. Brown, the surgeon, who examined the body after it was taken from the water, to the Mayor, who read it, and handed it over to Mr. Slack, observing that it contained more than he was before aware of. Mr. Slack having addressed the Wildh for his client, His Worship said the magistrates would discharge Bennett and Webb, as the evidence did not implicate them, but they had decided upon committing Perran for trial on the charge of murder • but he would b e b roug ht up again on Saturday, to have the depositions com pleted. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. - THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 23, 1853 (2851 miles) £13,055 0 1 Corresponding week last year (2414 miles) 10,608 310 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn or the week ending Jan. 30, 1853 £17,119 10 3 Corresponding week last year.., 15,111 9 4 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for railway and steam-boats or the week ending Jrn. 30, 1853 Corresponding week last year Increase in 1853 £7o3 9 10 GLASGOW ♦ND SOUTH - WBSTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re tura for the week ending Jan. 29, 1853 £3,928 12 11 Corresponding week last year 3,618 6 4 Increase in 1853 £3lo 6 7 CORK AND BANDON ItAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Jan. 29, 1853 £l6O 9 11 Corresponding week last year 96 0 10 STOREKEEPING AT BENDIGO DIGGINGS.—The fol lowing particulars are extracted from a letter received by a gentleman in Liverpool from a spirited young Scotchman, who left Ayrshire for the diggings up wards of a year ago, and who is now prosperously pursuing the career of a storekeeper in Peg Leg Gully, Bendigo Diggings will take it for granted that you have heard of my prosperity in the won derful land of gold. The date of this will show you that I am still in the diggings, and there, too, have I every chance to remain for a year or two longer, by the end of which time I hope to be in a position to return to the dear auld toun.' - Up to the present time I have been most fortunate in my new business—storekeeping— having cleared for my own share something to the tune of 1,0001. or 1,200/. ; so you see I have no reason to regret leaving home, but rather the contrary. My partner is a Mr. T., belonging to Campbeltown, who came out in the same ship as myself—a fine steady lad he is, too. We have now two. stores. He attends one and I the other ; and in these we sell all sorts of goods, as you may guess , a t rather handsome p r ofit s . Not altogether clear of the hat trade, either. We sell lots of these Jim Crow ones, only here get 10s. for one that at No. 27, High-street, would hardly have brought two bob ! Certainly, it is wonderful to see so much gold Amide oot the gran', more like what we read of in story-books, when we were boys, than a substantial reality. To think that a man has only to sink a hole some 10 or 15 feet deep, out of which he might get 501 b. weight of gold ! I know some ' claims' that have produced upwards of 100 lb. weight in a few days, and that, perhaps, taken out by a couple of men Who were never possessed of a five-pound note in their life time before. Of course, many are unsuccessful, but the generality of those who are industrious can't fail to earn from 5011. to 1,000/. per year at digging. The quantity of gold th a t has been dug out of this district during the past 11 months —something like 70 or 80 tons' weight- is a proof of the correctness of my state ment ; because at no time has there been more men ac tually at work in the mines than 40,000. To be sure, there are thousands of others who keep stores and bakers' stalls, also women and children, who swell the number 10,000 more ; but, to go to the outside, say 50,000 dig gers. Reckon 70 tons of gold at 3/. per ounce, and see the average that each man must have earned. Verily there never were such chances for the labouring man. I expect that every poor o'erlaboured Wight' in the old country will make a struggle to come out here ; and so they ought, too, because there is room enough for all. Man ! money here is as plentiful as black- , berries on the B arrac k hill s i n harvest time. No grind ing of soul and body for a scanty subsistence ! Lot artisans of all classes come in thousands ; they will find plenty to do, apart from digging, and be well paid for doing it. The profession of a compositor pays well. something to the t une o f i s . 6d. per thousand."—Liver pool Standard. THE BURGLARY AT RAVENSWORTII CASTLE.--On Tuesday, Henry Norris, valet to the lion. Thomas Liddell, was again brought up before the Durham county magistrates, at the Police Court, Gateshead, on sus picion of being concerned in the burglary committed at Ravensworth Castle on the morning of the 31st of De cember last. The bench decided that the prisoner had been remanded long enough, and that as no material evidence ha i l been added to that of the previous exami nation, the prisoner must be discharged. It is currently rumoured that all the servants at the Castle are about to leave, in consequence of the unpleasantness created by these proceedings. THE' SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1853. LAW I.NTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-FEB. 2. NYE V. COLE. This was an action to recover the sum of 381. for fur niture sold and delivered to the wife of the defendant. The plaintiff was an upholsterer at Ealing, and the de fendant, Mr. Francis Sewell Cole, an independent gen tleman, living at Childown, near Chertsey. Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff. The defendant conducted his own case in person. It appeared from the statement of the learned coun sel, that the defendant married in Dec. ' 1849, against the consent of her friends, a d aug ht er of Mr. Crawshay, of O'Hersay Park, in Surrey (an elder brother of Mr. Crawshay, the ironmaster). A child was born about a year after the marriage. The defendant and his wife separated in Feb., 1851, by mutual consent; and she subsequently applied to a Mr. Caubert to become the tenant of a house at Richmond-hill. That gentleman went to the defendant, who agreed to pay the rent, and said he had no doubt his wife would be a good tenant. He told Mr. Caubert that he bad left his wife in come quence of a quarrel with her father, who wanted him to sell a piece of his land adjoining Mr. Crawshay's land, which lie (defendant) would not do. To assist in furnishing the house at Richmond, Mrs. Cole obtained from the plaintiff the goods, the value of which he now sought to recover from her husband. There was no pre tence for saying that Mrs. Cole had acted unfaithfully to her husband, or that there had been anything improper in her conduct ; and the furniture in question must be re g arded as necessaries, the defendant having consented to his wife taking an unfurnished house. The articles which the plaintiff had supplied were all necessary, and of the cheapest description. Th 9 material facts having been proved, The Chief Baron asked if Mr. Hill could show him any case where a husband had been made liable for such articles as those which had been supplied to the defen iant's wife ? Mr. H. Hill could not ; but he contended that, under the circumstances, they must be regarded as necessaries. The Chief Baron—Where is it to end—suppose she had bought an estate ? Mr. Hill said the hire of the furniture would soon have amounted to the sum charged in the present in stance. The defendant (a person about 40 years of age) now went into the witness box, and commenced addressing the jury. He said he had never known the plaintiff, and had not sanctioned his supplying his wife with the goods for which he had sent him in his bill. It was true that he had been married to her, but he denied that she was his wife morally, because, by her own admis sion, she had been guilty of incest before her marriage ; and Lord Thurlow, in the case of," Addison v. Addison " had decided that where incest had been committed be fore marriage, the marriage became null and void. Mr. H. Hill said that he was in a position to disprove these statements, which were the result of an extraordi nary aberration of mind. The Chief Baron said the case of "Addison v. Addi son" would not apply. Lord Thurlow had there decided a very different point. The Defendant—l will take it on higher grounds—the Jewish law. (A laugh.) The Chief Baron—There was no ecclesiastical impedi ment to your marrying your wife. The Defendant—My friends think I have no other course to take than to discontinue living with her, and I have accordingly done so. _ . . The Chief Baron—Have you any other point to urge ? The Defendant—No, as you say you can't settle it, and you are the head of the court. (Much laughter.) The Chief Baron—You have no defence In law. The Defendant—That may be Pint I have in justice. I have not made it a question of pounds, shillings, and pence. I shall, therefore, pay the money. Mr. Hill—The defendant has raised a point upon which no evidence has been given ; but it is altogether an aberration, my lord. If he had become a witness that would have appeared, and I should have shown why it was that Mr. Crawshay refused his consent to the marriage. The Chief Baron said that he should reserve the point for the opinion of the court, as to whether a hus band was liable for furniture supplied to his wife as necessaries. Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed. SECONDARIES COURT—FEB. 2. (Before Mr. Secondary Potter.) BILLING V. lIELME. The plaintiff in this case is an attorney, in King street, Cheapside, and defendant a farmer at Pontefract, in Yorkshire, and the action was brought to recover the sum of 8/. 12s. for a bill of costs. Mr. Bagley appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr. Pollock for the defendant. The case occupied a long time, but the point turned upon very doubtful evidence as to the retainer. It ap peared that the defendant had in the first instance spoken to a person named Saward, who described himself as a "certificated convoyan cer," and attended the markets pro fessionally. Saward, rho had a brother in London a solicitor, and who held a part of his offices on this occa sion, employed the plaintiff, who carried on the pro ceedings effectually. Defendant, however, denied that he had ever sanctioned the employment of any third party, and that he was willing to pay Saward according to the original agreement between them, which was that Saward should recover the money if he could, and take his costs out of the party, or, if unsuccessful, to take costs out of nocket. •• The evidence was very conflicting, and after a long consultation the jury gave a verdict for the amount claimed. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Feb. 2. Mr. Randolph Routh surrendered in discharge of his bail, to take his trial on an indictment charging him with an assault on Lieutenant Alfred Cooper, a lieutenant in the Indian army, at the East India United Service Club, in St. James's-square. Mr. W. Cooper appeared for the prosecution ; Mr. Parry for the defence. M. Maude, the deputy-clerk of the peace, having read the indictment, and put the usual question to the defen. dant. Mr. Parry said that he had communicated with his learned friend who appeared for the other side, and he hoped shortly to be able to relieve the Court of any fur ther trouble respecting this case; The learned Judge was glad to hear it, for, having read the depositions, he thought it would be extremely desirable to have the matter arranged, if possible, with out a trial. . Mr. Parry was bound to state that the gentleman for whom he appeared was of the highest respectability, and he believed he was formerly in the army. The prosecu tor was a gentleman of station and of the highest respec tability, who held a commission in the Indian army. r. Routh was the husband of a sister of a'young lady who he thought had been insulted by Lieutenant Cooper. He naturally felt this very much, and a great many com munications had passed between them on the subject. Mr. Routh was completely in loco parentis to this young lady, for she had no father or brother living, and after a communication he received from her mother, as a gentle man, he felt it his duty to protect her. Communications had subsequently passed between Mr. Routh and the prosecutor, and on the part of the former there was an impression on his mind that he might have been mis taken with respect to Lieutenant Cereper's conduct. As to the circumstances out of which this matter arose, he might mention that these gentlemen met by appointment in the visitor's room at the East India United Ser vice Club, and some dispute arose between them about a .letter which Mr. Routh wished should be restored to him, but, which Lieutenant Cooper re fused. A scuffle ensued, and a blow was undoubtedly struck, a proceeding which in law he could not justify, and therefore he must plead guilty to having assaulted the prosecutor. Any course would be preferable to dragging this young lady before the Court, and going into mat ters that must be distressing to her family. His own feelings were very strong against such a course being pursued. He thought the case must shape itself thus : Lieutenant Cooper was desirous, in justice to the young lady, to pledge his honour as a gentleman that no im propriety had passed between himself and her. Mr. Routh was also desirous, when that pledge was given, to admit that he went to the club under excited feelings, and that the assault was committed under wrong im pressions. Mr. Cooper said few words would be necessary from him, after what had been so well said by his friend Mr. Parry. He concurred in what ho had said—that it would be desirable not to bring these matters before a public court, and that the circumstances which would necessarily have been brought forward were much bet ter kept behind the curtain. Mr. Routh then pleaded guilty. Mr. Cooper said his client pledged himself, as a soldier and as a gentleman, that no impropriety had passed be tween himself and the young lady. Lieutenant Cooper then said—l desire, my lord, to state that, before I lea ve thi s court, I wish to do so with honour and as a gentleman. The defendant has admitted that his conduct to me was committed under erroneous impressions. This impression I was desirous of remov ing ; and had I not considered that I could justify the circumstances I was placed in, I should not have come to the court this day. My endeavour throughout has been to maintain intact the honour of the young lady as well as my own ; and I will pledge my word, in the sight of God, that nothing whatever to injure her character has ever passed between us. The Assistant-Judge said he must do Lieut. Cooper the justice to say that a speech bearing more the character of a man of honour and a gentleman he had never heard, and he was glad that he had personally spoken instead of leaving this expression to the learned counsel who repre sented him. This was one of those unfortunate cases in which two gentlemen had some dispute, and in which one had been betrayed by his feelings— which, although natural, must be ccatrolled—to do an act which no gentle man could justify. But having committed this act, he had the manliness to confess his fault, and to acknow ledge that he was now sorry for what he had done, ad mitting that he had acted under erroneous impressions. The other gentleman had very properly said that he was satisfied, and that he wanted no revenge. A blow was a thing that no gentleman could sit down quietly under, but ho had taken the wisest and best course to set the matter right—he had brought it forward. The one had apologised, and the other explained the cause of the af fair, and they withdrew without a stain on the character of either. He must inflict a nominal fine, and that was that he pay is. to the Queen and be discharged. Mr. Routh said he was highly gratified at hearing Lieutenant Cooper's explanation. The parties then left the court. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. Catharine Leary, aged 89, was brought up under remarkable circumstances, An officer said—l have been constantly cautioning this woman against begging ; but she insists upon soli citing everybody that passes her, and I was obliged to take her into custody, and lodge her in Bow-lane station. The searcher found twelve pence in copper upon her per son ; but she gets more money,than any five beggars in the whole city, and a boy follows her for the purpose of easing her of her load, so. that she never has much money about her at one time. She is called "The Queen," and while locked up in the cell at the station-house with an other woman, she robbed her fellow-prisoner, who had fallen asleep, of 125., which were found in her posses sion by the searcher, who upon the first search found no more than 12 pence about her. The Lord Mayor—Why, what a wicked old woman you are ! I have known you these many years about the town, but I never thought you were a thief before. The Prisoner—Oh, then, faith I never thought of rob bing anybody. Sure did'nt she drop it on the floor ; and what could Ido but pick it up again ? You can't call that robbery. lam a poor old woman, God help me ; but yez never no feeling for the poor. The Lord Mayor----If you were a young woman you should for this villanous robbery be sent to Newgate, and the probability is that you would, be transported. You are a rank old imposter, and you shall go to Bride" well for a month. The prisoner was then committed. MARLBOROUGH -STREET. John Casey and Morris Fleet were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged with having violently. assaulted Mrs. Susan Grimston at the door of the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly. John Grimston, of No. 1, 'High-street, Bloomsbury, said his mother and himself were at Mr. Albert Smith's exhibition the previous evening. As they were leaving the hall his mother call e d out, " Some one is picking my pocket." Witness turned round, and saw Casey close to his mother, but when he was about to lay hold of him, five or six persons, seemingly his confederates, said, " Let him alone ; he is a respectable man," and began to hustle witness, who, however, held Casey, and called out to his brother to come to his assistance. Wit ness's brother came to his assistance, and took charge of Casey. Witness received several blows in the attempt to secure Casey ; and witness's mother was violently beaten in the face by the prisoner Fleet. Witness's mother was too unwell, from the injury she had sus tained, to appear that day. Police-constable Chilman stated that Mrs. Grimston gave the prisoner Fleet into custody, and charged him with assaulting her. The prisoner Fleet denied the charge. The police having stated that they did not know the prisoners to be regular thieves, Mr. Bingham ordered that they should be remanded for the inspection of the detective police. CLERKENWELL.—Chero n and Erneste d'Albert, Frenchmen, brothers, who described themselves as teach ers of languages, of 19, Denmark-street, Soho ; Pierre Berville, a carpenter, of Upper Rupert-street, Haymar ket ; and Leon, also Frenchriaen, were placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie, charged by Joseph Rouselle, of No. 1, Yardl e y- s t reet, Clerkenwell, with having teen con cerned in stealing a trunk, containing 52 sovereigns, a quantity of wearing apparel, and other property. It appeared that the prosecutor is a hairdresser, and for some time was employed in a first-rate house at the west end of the town, and had realised the above pro perty. He was acquainted with the prisoners. He was about to leave England on a visit to France, prior to which he took temporary lodgings at No. 1, Yardley street, Clerkenwell, when he deposited the trunk, &c., in a room in that house. On Wednesday week last he was visited by the prisoner Leon, who invited him out to have something to drink, to which he consented, and on his return he discovered that a young man had called at the i house and had asked to go into his room, and that the whole of the property was afterwards missed from the room. Sus picion immediately fell on Leon and the d'Alberts, and on the prosecutor meeting Cheron, he asked how he felt upon the matter, when he replied that he felt frightened ; that lie intended, if not taken, to send the box and its con tents back, and that he had taken the box away in a cab, and had intended to throw it into the Thames. The other things, he said, would be found at Leon's, and if he (prosecutor) would compromise the matter, he would pay him some money in a few days. The man Leon, with whom he had been drinking, had g i ven a descrip tion of the room, by which means the robbery had taken place, and that " Cree Cree," a nickname by which the prisoner Berville was known, had got the gold. I n . formation was immediately given of the robbery to the police, when Serjeant Gunn traced the property to No. 38, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, where it was sub sequently found. The prisoners denied the charge, saying that it was got up through spite, as they had been challenged with getting up an " infernal machine." M. Corrie questioned the offi cers upon the subject. Serjeant John Saunders, 29 A, of the detective b force, raud a said that th conse p r isoners d'Alb er t and Leon had, y fraud French Ambassador, pi b racy, o bt a i ned 3/. from the y pretending that the risoner Leon was privately manufacturin g an " infern p al ma chine," of an improved description, in order to take away the life of the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The prisoners d'Albert were the informants. They communi cated with the French Ambassador, stating that Leon had taken a cellar in a house in Theobald's-road, Red Lion-square, in which he occupied himself by making an "infernal machine" to assassinate Louis Napoleon. They had an interview with the Ambassador, who made the affair known to Sir Richard Mayne, the police com missioner, and for a length of time numerous officers in plain clothes had been privately watching the house and the manceuvres of the prisoners both by day and night. Pursuant to instructions he made inquiries, and on visiting the " cellar" he merely found a few rusty old gun barrels. It was evidently a trick of conspiracy to extort money. The d'Alberts persisted in demanding 101. and then 30/. before they would give further in formation. The French Ambassador upon that occasion declined 'prosecuting them for obtaining money under false pretences. He added that there were two other persons connected with the prisoners whom the police were in pursuit of, and he requested a remand. Mr. Corrie thought there was su ffi c i en t evidence to commit the d'Alberts and Leon upon, and he would remand them for a week, but he should discharge Ber ville for the want of sufficient evidence to det3in him. THAMES.—Dennis Rczgan a coal-whipper, was brought before Mr. Yardley, Charged with committing an indecent assault on Miss Frances Scudder, a young lady, residing at No. 17, Upper Martha-street, St. George's-in-the-East. The complainant, a respectable, modest female, said she was living with her mother, a widow lady, who was possessed of a good income. On Tuesday night her brother was on a visit to some friends in Ratcliff, and his stay being protracted to a later hour than usual, her mother directed her to fetch him home. She was proceeding along Broad-street, Rateliff, for that purpose, when the prisoner accosted her, and pushed up against her. She attempted to avoid him, and stepped into the road, on which be seized her, pushed her against the house oppo site, and raised h er c l o th es. She called aloud for help, and said he was a beast, and he acted in a grossly inde cent manner towards her. She slapped his face, and struggled to get away from him, on which he struck h er a violent blow with hi s clenched fist on the face, and knocked her down. He then fell upon her, and was pro ceeding to commit another assault upon her, when some men belonging to a bre wer y oppos i te dragged him away, and gave him into custody. Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of 51., the heaviest penalty he could inflict, and in default of payment to two months' imprisonment. The prisoner, who could not pay the fine, was sent away in the van to prison. 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The huge roots are still attached to the trunk, and from one end to the other the tree was covered with seaweed from one to two feet long, while ad hering to the end of each strip was a shellfish. The sea weed was thrown round the tree, as it rose and fell with the waves, like a flowing mane ; the shells made a rat tling noise against each other ; and, as the roots now sank under water, now rose above the waves, there is little wonder that the vegetable was taken for some huge production of the animal kingdom.--Dmfria Courier. MORTALITY IN THE METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, JAN. 29. Zymotic Diseases Diseases of Uncertain Scat Tubercular Diseases Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses.. Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels Diseases of the Lungs and other Organs of Respiration 199 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digeston 62 Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus &c. Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and ?.luscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Malformations Premature Birth and Debility Atrophy Old Age Sudden Violence, Privation, Cold, and Intemperance....._ Causes not specified DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES . 189 106 Population Deaths in corre- Enumerated. spending week IS 1. of 1852. West Districts North Districts 490,396 Central Districts 393,256 East Districts 485,522 South Districts Totals 2,362,236 1,002 Males Females . BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males... Females, Total 24 1 1,011 1,712 Peatlig in the Weer 149 209 190 21 9 244 1,01 1 COUNTRY MARKETS. EDINBURGH MEAL MARKET—FEB. 1. There were in the market to-day-, 5 sacks oatmeal, each weighing 2301bs imperial, which sold thus :-3 at 1/ 110 ; 2 at 1/ 108. EDINBURGH HAY AND STRAW MARKET FEB. 1. Supplies of all kinds thesel;si . six days again large. Oat straw, from 5s Od to 7s 6d per kemple of 16 stone , ikon ; wheat d o ., 6 3 Od t o 7 8 Od ; b ar l ey d o ., 4 8 Od t o 55 6d• Hay from 8d to 10d per stone. DALKEITH MEAL MARKET—JAN. 31. There were in the market to-day 112 b ags oa tmeal, 14 bags of barleymeal, and 2 bags pot-barley ; sales dulld The top of oatmeal down Gd per bag, second quality is ter bag down, an d th e l owes t 9d per b ag d own ; barleym_"" he same as l as t wee k ; p o t-b ar l ey th e same as l as t weex• Oatmeal, per sack of 2801bs First. Second. 'Milt' imperial °4 Barleymeal, p er ditt o Peasemeal, per ditto Flor; per ditto —b Oct —s Od — 0 ‘ „n" Poi-barley, par ditto COAL MARKET—FEB. 2. Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the market : 8. d. Carr's Halley l6 6 Holywell. l7 9 North Percy Hartley l6 0 Tanfield Moor l4 9 West Hartley .16 6 Willington Hartley l5 6 Wall's End, &c. Harton l6 9 Hedley.. 16 9 Lawson l6 0 Eden Main 17. 9 Lambton Primrose 17 9 Ships at market ' Hetton Haswell Lambton Srtewat's Hough Hall Kolloe South Kelloo Whitworth 13aekhouse Clavoring Toes Tees .18 6 ~18 9 ~18 .18 6 ~17 $ .18 '.17 3 .16 3 ' 0 '7 I Sold 4l. RAIL TVA Y SHARE MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 2. Ana STOCK EXCHANGE.—The share m ar k e t very hen vi depressed to-clay. We have to note a decline of Ini gir o f 1 per ce n t, on all the leading stocks from the Erictir yesterday, and the market closed with a declining ; jl . dency. The closing prices are reported as follows : kenhead, Lancashire and Cheshire (Chester and Bi r l 3ir head), 21 ; Caledonian, 31 ; Chester and Holyhead , ,2 „ r i Eastern Counties, 12 7-16 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire!, .„.'; London and North Western, 119 i ; ditto Fifth shares,,f o rd, Ditto Quarter shares, 1 7-16 p. • Manchester, She and Lincoln, 29i ; Midland, 74 ; North d, South Eastern and Dover, 23i ; York and North •auw -- 26i ; Dutch Rhenish, 2id. MANCHESTER, FEB. 2. • 10 101° STOCK EXCHANGE. —Th ere has been a CO Bit Il iad ° pressure of s t oc k on the market, and sales have beel l ios ia to a large amoun t , b ut at much lower pric es . The o e l.ol, sales were :—Eastern Counties, 12a ; Leeds, 77 ; suow i , A a6, 29A ; Midlands, 761 ; Dovers, 23i ; Chester and Hob . '" ,cr 22f - London stock, 1184 ; Caledonians, 31i • lianclieS, a and Birmingham C. Quarters, 1$ p. ; Leeds isifths, 4 7.x" d. ; West Ridings, $ d. BIRMINGHAM, FEB. 2. STOCK ExcHANGE.—The railway share market WO.: shade firmer t o -d a y, th oug h th e b us i ness transacted 'o's limited. There has been a little bearing of London to North Western st oc k h ere i n th e course o f the week, Pr ick to-day being in favour of this class of speculators. To- North Staffords were clone at 4 dis., and South Staf f° at dis. LEEDS, FEB. 2. STOCK EXCHANGE.—There has been rather more 1 1, 1 114 ; ness done on 'Change thi s morn i ng , b u t w ith o ut anZ,l - 4 1 in prices. The closing sales were as follows 9, Westerns, 8/ 3s 9 ; Leeds Northern Extensions, dis, ; Midland stock, 76i ; York and North Midis!). d i ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Fifths, 4i ° 7 / q. Eastern and Dovers, ; Lancashire and Yorkshires, SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the m a il s aro sent from the Genera l FOS-t by the night—and Mby the morning—dispatch.] COUNTRIES. Dayln Gene r al when mad Port clue . --- 011ie% London. Dispatched. ......____---° —___ -- 4.------- Post - p From what loco America (by United Sts. America (byllrit.pack.N Feb. 4 . ...... .. Liverpool ... Fe b. , ' packet) .... ••• • N Feb. 11 .......... Liverpool ... Feb' 3 America (by U States packet) .... • • ....N ................ Southampton Australia (via South. ampton) .....• ....Al 4 th of March .... Southampton Feb. 19 Feb. 19 Ditto (via Marseilles N Bth o f M arch .... Dover .... • • , ' *Ditto (via Cape of uood SO Jan. Hope) .. . •• . • ..N 22d of February .. Plymouth • • ~,b , 12 Africa (West Coast) .. N 23rd of the month. Plymouth • • ~"0 . 1 9 Alexandria* .... ••• . N 19 th&30th of mon. Dover .• • • •• • `„ i py Belgium. ...... • ... ..li • Dauy........... Dover ...• • • ''' .- If Brazil ..... .. AI 9th of the month.. Southampton Fe b ', 1 6 Buenos Ayres .....' .. hi 9th of the month.. Southampton Fe_f io l California . .• • ....M .d & 17th of month Southampton A,„, r ;,. 26 Cape of Good Hope ..N 7d and 14th of Feb. Southampton ee" 20 Cape de Verds .. • ...N f4thof the month.. Southampton Feb' Feb. JO Constantlnople*.....N rthl7th27thof mo.. Dover .... • • ' b. 1 ~. Centrel America ....11 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Fe To..P" . Channel 151e5.... • ...II Mon•Wed.&.Frid Southampton 11 1. 4 .4(1 ~, 31 /d & 17th ormonth .. .ton 4 outham A;;; e dsw France .• . ..... M& N Twice daily ...... Dover ..•• L C,„b, 19 At t. Greece* ... ....... ..N lthl7th27thoftnon. Dover .....t " o" •• Tog, Hamburjh . ..... ....N Tuesday & Friday London ..• • • TO w- Holland ............31 Wednesday & Sat London ....• gam. 18 ... Honduras .......... N 17th of the month. Southampton F w e ice dslii Ireland ........M fk:/c Twice daily ...... Holyhead ... T o.b. 2 4 India (vlaSoutharnpt.)M 20th of the month.. Southampton F eb 19 India (via Marseilles) N B th&24th of month Dover .....• ' India (via Cape of Good F e b' 9 - 6 H0pe)........ ..... )11 14th of the month.. Southampton ,p c b 2 Mauritius . ....... N 14th of the month.. Southampton . Mediterranean (via Feb. 94 Southampton .. ....M 20th of the month , Southampton ' D. 19 Ditto (via Marseilles) .N 4 th& 24th ofmonth Dover ...• • • E i r . e e p. 1 M elia ) •••• • • . ..... 31 2nd of the month . Southampton „_„. j 5 Madeira .. .•• . . ... 11l 9th&23dof the mon. Southampton r c'' Mato ............ N f 7 th, 1 7th,19th,27th, . Feb. 1° t &30th of the month Dover ..... Feb. IS Napless ... .. • • ...N s thl s th2bthormon. Dover .... • • Feb. If Papal States*..... • ...N " , thlbth2sthofmon. Dover • • •• •• Feb 6 _,4 Peninsula .. ... • • ... M ' thl7tb27thof mon Southampton Af ro. , Peru . ... ...... .. 31 2d & 17th of month 4outharnPtnn fob. - 1 1 Tuacany* .........N F fthlsth2sthofmon, Dover .. •• - Are"- West Indies Land. ivt 2cl & 17th of month 4 onthampton Van Diemen's (;ee ____----: Australia) ._._• ....... e d * The mail s to those countries thus marked (*) 11" colyel French packet to Marseilles. BIRTHS. naio lv or A sox. squOanreth, t e h 2 e g l l l fe ul o t f . , Al at ex l a 4 n , de Q r u n ee a n lle A y r Ann-street, Cre On the 28th ult., at Hollington, near S. Leonard Sea, the wife of R. F. Pratt, Esq. Or A AUGHTER. On the 31 s t ult., the wife of O. Ring, Esq.,of Doe tol4. commons, and Upper Tooting. MARRIED. On the 26th ult., at Cheadle Walter, e ld es t son ° f ' l ° Bl „ i rohe Middleton, E sq., of Cheadle ll' ulme, to Cather i° ::,-- 1 -4' Augusta, youngest daughter of the late Thomas v 93 r i Esq., surgeon , Cheadle. ck Frodeter On the 27th ult., at St. Matthew's, Brixton, dog h Vavasour Sandford, Esq , R.N.. to Emily Sarah, lerliil6' of George Stanley Ma nn ; & a Citv and Berke ,i,„,,tea - Loughborough-park. 4 " ' ' -,,,,id,,..- to On the 26th ult., at the Catholic-chapel,,l toro o .f. , . a• lodge near Ilkley, G. W. Manley, Esq •J°J • 7 Vsfl .2 Charlotte, fourth daughter of Peter Middleton, are. dloton-lodge, and of Linton-spring, both in Yorke ______--- ____________ f are °. On the 31st tilt., WilliaDmigaDth.bort, Esq" °- 13°3 ifarP N t o ) r n t h t u h m e b 2 e 7 r t 6 2, ''' hurg li ' lhani k a , g a e t d E 7 l 4 lesmore, Cheshire, age d wife of Captain John White, R.N. HanleßFSM;Oiar,sitnsini.c:etoohsnfe, On the 2b 27, Lynedoch-place , Ecidoill; jell BarbaraßlB at Swinton,h i l t t o. Tempest, e a . g senators o f the o f the late "'c o llege O one of the I,;re, Justice. utaffords'gt, On the 31st ult , at the Manor-house,„ a ged of On the 31st ult., at Brighton, Bello], Louisa, the wife . of W. T. Hayward, -I"Bscp, R. metcal IT t a PS ll et , s.t Y ß ' o es r ni k set s de h ir ir cto o ' 7 Bl76-°. Il v ;it I t e e i n1" 13 ; 8 : ling° t Camberwell -grove, aged 80. -r,,, n isa, Ye s cp, On the aft ult ,at Petersham, Surrey, don, daughter he late . Simeon Baratty, of Crc'Y _...../..; aged 78. I oNDoN : Printed and Published by -41 of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Officetcowo Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in th e Middlesex, Thursday, February 3, 1853' 1