The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-13 00:00:00

OYSTER FISHERIES.

The correspondence between the oyster-dredgers and
the Board of Trade has just been printed. The object
of the drudgers was to obtain an extension of the period
allowed for dredging oysters in the Channel. The ca-
ricature which appeared during this summer in the
pages of Punch, representing a child swallowing oys-
ters in July, on the earnest recommendation of their
excellence by the seller, had a better foundation in
truth than our facetious contemporary was himself
aware of. The memorialists state that within the last few
years large beds of oysters had been discovered in the
Channel at a depth from 20 to 30 fathoms." These oysters
(they say) cannot be dredged except during moderate wea-
ther, and unless they are obtained during the summer
months they will not be obtained at all." From the
depth of AO water in which these oysters lay they do
not spawn until late in the summer, and find a ready
sale in the London markets, as they retain their quality,
and consequently their wholesomeness, in the warm
weather. The dredging for these oysters from the port
of Colchester alone employs yearly 170 vessels, each
numbering a crew of from five to six men. Similar me-
morials were presented from Margate and from Dover.
From the answers of the Board of Trade it appears that
the convention between the French and English Govern-
ments, limiting the period of dredging from the let of
September to the 30th of April, in the seas lying be-
tween the two countries, is rigidly enforced; but no such
limitation applies to any part of the east coast of Eng-
land within three miles of the shore.

THE LATE MURDER AND SUICIDE.
Yesterday Mr. W. Baker, the coroner, opened an
inquiry at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Nelson•
symptoms of insanity.
street,
Thomas
Elliott,Stepney,
a g
o d respectingeighteen
months,
ileNd7 i lli afromm
any
yplaining of headache.
violence, and Jane Collins, aged sixteen years, who
idt
leylda st , a t 7 o'clock, the elder
committed suicide under most extraordinary circum-
stances, the particulars of which were reported yea.
terday.
Elizabeth Mary Elliott deposed that the deceased
nJoatnaenhswaserb.eenixibtneaestsinwgeßntilulyp.
child was her son. The other deceased was her ser-
H"sseDvOthaaaene.ndli,lc:tddess.
ifaala Mr.ils
den°B2ndogh ,deef, adEbwooYnuul I :lftnsivo,
omdseufhtrrratietretph:dhgeeihiaeorndi:tgbe years,
ou
infant
tc ao mf e
bed,
lying
oid.
ng
,
and
roroom.om
When he returned witness asked him to call Jane
partially covered with the bedclothes. A search
was made for the female servant, but they could not
beard a noise on the night of Sundaydleasa
find her.
Mary Lee, a lodger, was called, and said she had
Elliott and his wife came home. 'Viral'
,W,lficeonuiwaitdnoes s remonstrated
anything
when
Collins, and asked her if she had the
last,
obenfotrehe
mbedr.,
Sunday evening, while her master
been eabesatsipongke to
children, for witness had heard a loud screaming.
paa-
slonate at. times. Ilea
deceased had
reading the Bible,
By a Juror—The deceased Collins was very
"If my mother was to die, I
several viaotemuhrl adhli
encru,OatCdpcmea
sacysesirootnhensdr.,:sagatoidTd::ehye
made these
a walk. Deceased
and generally
seemed Henry
jgr. Henry Taynton, of Bedford- I
Bedford-place, ace Commer-
cial-road East, surgeon, stated that he ' was called to
the deceased child on Monday m •
ornmg last, and
found him dead. Witness had ' examised the deceased.
observationsawn
ads
mistressv very
r y fonodu
wereao of reading
The appearances externally were not sufficient to
cause death, and in the absence of a post mortem
examination witness could not say what the child
had died from. Witness afterwards
li went
th floorup stairs,
and found the female servant
dead. She had just been pulleydelfroomn theehl quite_
had two superficial cut wounds in the fronto e, and
.of the
neck. There was a mark round the neck, which had
been caused by a cord or ribbon being tightly tied
round it. The immediate cause of her death was
strangulation. The wounds were not sufficient to
produce death.
The witness Lee, was recalled, and in answer to the
coroner said 84 had repeatedly heard deceased say,
" When I am in ci passion I con- ld kill the child, and
then cut my own. throat."
The Coroner said the case was one of a very pe-
culiar nature ; and that as the investigation could not
be completed' that evening, he should adjourn the
proceedings until Monday next, to give Mr. Taynton
time to make a proper examination of the body of the
child, and to give the summoning officer an opportu-
tl •
nity of obtaining additional evidence.
, I
I 0 M , UoiDtfafo aQ"a"ci
say°"

THE MARVELS OF SCIENCE, AND THEIR TESTI-
MONY TO HOLY WRIT. 1 Vol.—This popular manual of
the sciences, from the pen of S. W. Fullom, Esq., which ap-
pearstis under the auspices of the King of Hanover,
is
ftun-
characterised by the Globe :—" The book has passagssanod ele.
usual eloquence, and a diction uniformly corrt
favourable for
astro-
nomy and that of geology were not the most
would seek
the production of such testimonies as the w
of these two
to elicit ; the skill displayed in the treatmentv_num As to ' the
vated. It would appear at first sight that the field of ,
sciences is not the least marvel in the I
Jugs of our author are
and ' the human frame,' the giasonniat
emgbreatlye
calculated to make a deep
forcible, fluently expressed,
and has been done to the cause of
impression. Genuine serviceh a
book, which is more than a
world of plants,' 'the animal kingdom, ' the race of man,'
Revelation by the issue of suc_
an
.on.„
literary triumph. It is a good ti
embrace
few accounts n
being.week
.o.vneTiyhe preparations for the expedition to
few points of commercial
Presidential conte tM 8 oney
absorbed in the approaching
rather easier terms, and
the stock-
marketwas obtainable p
resumed, and it was to consist of
Japan had been actively
steamers Mississippi,
NinetwereYst,orakttetnhtiios
Princeton, and Al-
the three large war -steamers
Al-
legheny immigration
returns up to the end ofSeptem-
berThe
of the present year show some remarkable results. The
total arrivals had been 226,976, but, instead of the majority
from
being natives of Ireland, as has always heretofore been the
the largest number were from Germany, the total f
case,
that country being 92,686, while from Ireland it was 88,664,
weekly reviews from the Amsterdam and
and from all other countries 45,626. The
Rotterdam produce markets allude to a greater feeling of
was steaaduy
Tils HUNTING SEASON.--The sporting world will confidence among operators. The demand for coffee, al-
be glad to learn that foxes are generally plentitul in this and though not extensive, was sufficient to support prices, and
the neighbouring counties, and especially in the neighbour- in some cases a slight improvement had been established.
hood of Oxford. Last Saturday, while the Berkshire Several large transactions had taken place in sugar at an ad-
hounds were cub-hunting at Wytham, on the Earl of Abing- vance. Rice had not been so freely purchased, but for indigo
don's estate, several of the persons on foot viewed as many there was an active inquiry, and quotations were rising.
as seven foxes. In Lord Redesdale's and Mr. Drake's coun- The accounts from Antwerp and Ilamburgh represent a ci-
ties it is aleo stated that foxes are numerous.—Berkshire 'au state of trade.
Chronicle,