The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-21 00:00:00

Dee. tO. 184 A.

SUGAR.—The avenge price of Supr, the produce of the
BriuM poreepakem ha America, computed from the retorre made In
the week ending the lath day of 1849, is 245. bid. per cwt.
Sugar the produce of the 'Seurat us 2 Dec.,
4s. 114 d. pee cwt. Stager tke
the of the Fest Indict to 204 Id. per cwt. The avenge price of
the three foregoing description% j intly, is 23e. M. per est.--Gaz
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STOIIEOEIOO3 FREEHOLD LAND MOVEMENT.—
We are pleated, says tie Worcestershire Chronicle, to no-
tice the rapid progress the freehold land society in this town
is making. It is sear ,ely more than eighteen months since
the society wu established, and the members have already
purchased two pieces of land, together measuring 24 or 25
acres, adjaning each o'ber, on the Emilie and Bridgnorth
vied, about half a tulle from the cewre of the t3wn. The
first piece was allotted some time back among 47 of the
members, and the ballot fur the other piece, which is ci-
table of allotting 55 shine, will take place on Monday even-
ing next, at the British school room. We und, wand that
land in this ntighbourhood it Ming divided and sold in lots
to purchasers, at similar prices, and weekly payments, as
those of the land society. In this way the franchise
be wrestle extended ere lung.
ELOPEMENT AND NIURDER.—The north-western
bord-r ol this county (La Fayette Indiana, ) has been
the scene of one of the most =slam holy tragedies that it has
In en our lot to tee .rd f..r many • day. An old and substantial
farmer of this county, named David Jones, • married man,
some time since expi-r raced a pas.ion for 'he young wife of
a neighbour named Cantwell, and, notwithstanding the
urgent solicitations and tears of his neiglib -turn, frien ,s. and
relations, he et waived to leave his family and elope with her.
Acc,irdicitle, en Suuday terniog, the I Ith e told his
wile of his int.. ntion, stating thst Mai stoic gto meet the
woman at • certain pl tee, shutt a mite Iron his
res Bence, where& they ince dell to elope. His wife
endeavoured to dissuade him from going, mint
that she feared it was only a pl a formed to
get him oat from borne with his money and rob him, but
he persisted, and ab.int ten o'clock mounted his horse and
ktuted. On the following morning he wee missing, although
Mrs. Con'. well still remained at home, and some were of
opinion that he had gone off alone; but traces of blo^d
found mar the plate of assignation ac usod • suepici et in
the minds of his neigobours tied he had ben foul'y dealt
with, and a search was made for rim. T,is proved utisum
manful, however, for &rural days. On Sund y morning,
the 18th, a more general "earth was instituted. and on the
afternoon of that day the body co the unfortunate man was
found, partially covered up, in • small pond on the prsirie,
about toreetqoarters of • mile west of the propo-ed plea- of
amignsthoi. He had been shot through toe heart by a file-
t) ill, which had entered near the left nipple, and tak. it a
downward course, hr. ak nit one of the ribs in its plows. Ac
intpett wait held by the COroll.r of White county (the body
having been found • short Educe west of the Tippe-
t's.... county line), when the jury returned a verdict
" That be hat come to his death by the hand of come per-
son or tuitions to them unknown." Jones's horse and
saddle hags have not yet bean found ; neither hag his
money, of which it is supposed he had a large amount with
him at the time of his leaving home. Oa Monday u.orning
write were issued, and several arrests were made, among
whom were Alveil P. Cantwell and his wife, sad a young
man named Spencer Dayton, and they Were brought he( re
Squire Russell, if W Its county. ou a charue of murder.
We I ern trout a person who witnessed a part of the trial
that the evidence. so tar out he Ward tended very strongly
to fasten the goi t of the murder uport Cantwell. Mr.
Junes was a man a f some 40 or 45 years of eg-, poniessing
• most amiable wife, and a &mil of groan childri n.
Mrs. Csntwell is • young woman, probsb.y abut 25 years
of sec, and, as we are informed, of rather prepossessing
appearance—La Fasette Courier, 23rd ult.