The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATU'RDAY EVENING, MARC'H 31, 18156;

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(Prom the Mining Journal of this day.)

In dividend mines there has been a good business
doing this week, and prices have decidedly improved.
Bassets have been in demand at 5401. to 5501. ; South
Frances, 3501. ; Rosewarne, 1501. to 1601. ; Great
Devon Consols, 3701. to 375/. ; North Basset, 171. to
181. ; United Mines, 2151. to 2201. ; Vale of Towy, 12s.
6d. to 15s. ; Alfred Consols, 141. ; North Buller, 31. ss.
to 31. 10s. ; Eaglebrook, 201. ; Wheal Kitty (Lelant),
101. to 101. 10s. ; Sortridge Consols firm, at 21. 15s. to
21. 17s. 6d. ; Great Alfred, 181. to 191. ; West Provi-
dence, 161. to 171. Rosewarne, on Tuesday, declared
its first dividend of 31. per share.
MINES WIIIOH HAVE SOLD ORE.-Brynford Hall, Cae-
Gynon, Camborne Consols, Carrack Dews, Dyfngwns,
Eaglebrook, Ecat Polgooth, East Wheal Rose, Great
Wheal Alfred, Herwood United, Ivybridge, Leeds,
Town Consols, North Buller, Sortridge Consols, South
Crenver, Vale of Towy, Wendron Consols, Wheal Kitty
(Uny Lelant), Wheat Zion, Yeoland Consols.
The Gold Mining Share Market has continued flat
throughout the week, and although many transactions
were effected yesterday, they were generally at reduced
rates.

SETY OFFICE, o'Clock.

The Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company have
advices to the 13th Feb. The rain had enabled Sir H.
Huntley to re-commence crushing for a few hours each
day, and the result, so far as the agent was able to re-
port, was very satisfactory.
The Irish Consols Mining Company have convened a
meeting for the 10th April next, when it is expected a
resolution will be proposed to wind it up.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From, the Manchester Guardian of this day.)

MANCHESTER, March 30.—We are closing the week
with much complaining on the part of manufacturers,
as to the very bad state of their trade. Printing cloths
of most widths and kinds are extremely flat, stocks are
increasing, and whatever is sold leaves a considerable
loss ; only in certain light and narrow makes has there
been a little increase of sales. Madapollams, jacconets,
T cloths, and 9.Bth shirtings are in about an equally
satisfactory condition with printing cloths. Long cloths
are duller than they were, and do not command the same
prices. The better domestics, though steady in price,
are inanimate. The yarn' market is perfectly firm at
Tuesday's prices.
BRADFORD, March 29.—Wool—The business doing in
combing wool is still very limited, and the supply of
good bright-haired and Midland Counties very small,
which checks the demand. Of light-haired wools, there
is a better supply and less demand.
LEICESTER, March 30.—The continued cold weather
retards the spring demand ; and the want of American
orders, which are usually given out at this period of
the year, operate most prejudicial upon business.

WOOLLEN TRADE.

(Front the Leeds Mercury of this day.)

LEEDS, March 30.—There has been no alteration in
the state of the woollen market this week.

HUDDERSFIELD, March 27.—We have nothing to re-
port as favourable of the market to-day. Neither in
the cloth-hall, nor warehouses, nor wool shops was there
anything doing corresponding with the season.
ROCHDALE, March 26. —There was ne change with
respect to price, but the market appeared to assume a
more cheerful aspect than it had done for several weeks.
HALIFAX, March 24.—There is no material alteration
since our last report of the piece and yarn markets,
though prices continue to show greater firmness.

MURDER BY STARVATION IN NEWINOTON
WORKHOUSE.-EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

For some time past considerable sensation has existed
in the neighbourhood of the workhouse of St. Mary,
Newington, in •onsequence of a rumour that one of the
pauper inmates of that establishment, a female about 22
years of age, had wilfully caused the death of her own
offspring by starvation.
These circumstances becoming known to Mr. Thomas
Cook, the summoning officer for the district, he imme-
diately communicated with W. Carter, Esq., the coroner
for East Surrey, who issued a warrant for an inquest,
and which was held yesterday morning in the board-
room of the workhouse.

The first witness examined was Ann Halford, a pauper
inmate and one of the nurses. She deposed that the de-
ceased was about three months old, and was the illegiti-
mate child of a woman named Sturges. The woman.
Sturges was an inmate of what was called the "Infant's
Ward" for about a month, and during that period she-
repeatedly refused to suckle the infant, or attend to it
in any way, and used to beat it with great violence.
It consequently wasted away, and witness accordingly
gave information to Mr. Lownd, the medical officer, who-
told her to feed it, but she refused to do so. The mother-
was afterwards charged at the police court with neglect-.
ing the deceased, and the witness then fed it with arrow-
root, boiled milk, and sopped bread, but she died on.
Saturday last. When she (witness) went to request the
mother to suckle the child, she refused, and said " she
wished the little devil was dead." Witness had no doubt
Sturges wished the child to die, as she several times ad-
- - iff'd; Elticrh3 -e"Wiaufd not fad it,—as'irririttred

ter own of
to die.

Sarah Hollyoak corroborated the above evidence.
Mr. G. H. Lownd, the medical officer of the work-
house, said that he had made a pest mortent examination,
and found the body almost bloodless. He was of opinion
that death had been accelerated by want of proper
nourishment, which had been withheld from the child by
its mother.

After a short consultation the jury returned a verdict
of "Wilful Murder against Sarah Sturges, otherwise Ann
S turges."

JUNIOR 'UNITED SERVICE CLUB—FIRST STONE OF
NEW HOUSE LAID.—The first stone of the new club-
house in Regent-street, Waterloo-place, was laid on
Thursday last by the Right Hon. the Earl of Orkney,
assisted by the committee and numerous members of the
club.

THE LATH GBN. SIR CHARLES JAMES NAFIER.—At a
meeting of the executive committee of the Napier Testi-
monial, held on Saturday, at the United Service Mu-
seum, Whitehall, and presided over by the Earl of
Ellenborough, it was resolved that the design of Mr.
George G. Adams-, for a statue in memorial of the
above distinguished officer, should be selected. The
statue, to be executed by Mr. Adams, will be of bronze,
twelve feet in height, and will be placed on a granite
pedestal eighteen feet in height. It will be erectld in
the metropolis.
Tin- AMERICAN 'MAIM—The next mails from the
United States to this country will be conveyed by the
American steam-ship Nashville, Captain Berry, which
was advertised to leave New York at noon on the 21st
instant, and may, consequently, be expected to arrive in
the- Mersey on Sunday next. The Nashville harbeen
chartered for the trip by the Collins Company, to relieve
their steamer, the Pacific, which, we believe, requires
some repairs.

THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.—" Further papers" re-
specting the alterations in the constitutions of the Aus-
tralian colonies were yesterday presented to Parlia-
ment in continuation of papers presented last July,
August, and December. Those before us refer solely
to Van Diemen's Land, and a correspondence between
the Lieutenant-Governor, Sir W. Denison, and the
Colonial-office, in the year 1854, on the subject of
the responsible government of that colony. Sir W.
Denison expressed his views at length in a confidential
despatch dated February 4, 1854, and in November
of that year forwarded to the Colonial-office an act
to establish new electoral districts in Van Diemen's
Land, and to increase the number of members of its Le-
gislative Council, and another act for the establishment
of a Parliament and the granting of a Civil List to her
Majesty. By this act, the Legislative Council and the
Assembly were, with the governor, to be collectively
styled " The Parliament" of Van Diemen's Land. The
Council was to consist of 15 members, to be elected
by freeholders of 501. a-year, and persons qualified by
education ; the members to go out in rotation, five at
the end of every three years. The House of Assem-
bly would consist of 30 members elected by the occu-
pants of 101. houses, by persons receiving a salary of 1001.
a-year, and persons supposed to belong to the educated
classes. The Assembly to be elected quinquennially.
The Civil List was to be 15,3001. a year, and a reserve
of 15,0001. was to be made for public worship. Sir G.
Grey, in a despatch of the 3d of August last, bad inti-
mated to Sir W. Denison that her Majesty's Government
was disposed to grant to the people of Van Diemen's
Land the same privileges that had been offered to other
Australian colonies, and that, provided the Legislative
Council was so constituted as to possess the respect and
confidence of the community, and less directly liable to
popular impulse than the Assembly, the nomination of
the Council by the Crown would not be insisted on by
the Home Government.
BRUTAL ASSAULT.—BARNSTAPLE, Thursday.—The
magistrates of this town were engaged a long time
yesterday afternoon in inquiring into a most savage and
unprovoked assault by a gentleman, named Barnard,
living on his property at Ilfracombe, upon Mr. Morgan,
a most' respectable surgeon of this town. It will be re-
membered that about a week since Tire Sun contained a
report of a case tried at the Exeter assizes, in which a girl
named Eliza Boucher, who had been living as a servant
with Mr. Barnard, was indicted for the murder of her two
children. On that occasion Mr. Morgan was called as a
witness, and he mentioned something which the girl had
told him as to her master's conduct towards her. At
this Mr. Barnard seems to have been annoyed ; and ac-
cordingly on Friday last he gave a boy 6d. to go to Mr.
Morgan, and tell him to come to the North-walk, near
this town, to a person who bad broken his arm. Mr.
Morgan accordingly proceeded there, and on his ar-
rival Mr. Barnard walked up behind him, and struck
him many heavy blows on his head and shoulders
with a hunting whip. Mr. Barnard was also accom-
panied by a bloodhound, which, it is said, prevented
some persons who were standing near from interfer-
ing. After he had received considerable injuries Mr.
Morgan contrived to escape to a neighbouring house,
and his wounds were afterwards attended to by another
surgeon. A warrant was on the next day issued by the
magistrates, and Mr. Barnard was apprehended in Lon-
don, from which place he was brought here by the super-
intendent of police. On his arrival at the station a vast
crowd assembled, and hooted at him, so that it was
found necessary to take precautionary measures for his
safety. Subsequently he was taken before the magis-
trates, and committed for trial at the sessions, bail being
taken—himself in 1001., and two sureties in a similar
amount. The case bas caused 'considerable excitement
here,