The Sun.
London, England, 1852-06-25 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

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Yesterday a Court was held, for the special purpose of
4eeiving a report from the Thames Navigation and Port
of London Committee, " for sealing deeds of agreement
filth water-works companies."
THE GREAT NEW MARKET.
Mr. ELLIOTT wished to know from the chairman of
the Markets Committee what progress . the committee
irti.ere making as to the purchase of land upon which to
bthe new market which was to substitute Smithfield
"'"ket.—(Hear.)
Mr. H. L. TAYLOR replied that the committee were
OrOceeding satisfactorily in the purchase of seventy-two
Ores of ground upon a site which he would venture to
.141 Y was preferable to any other that could be found in
Z,very respect. It was a site so much more eligible than
be
Islington site that no comparison could for a moment
" instituted between them. (Hoar, hear.) It was
(Witt) evident that Islington Market would stand no
°halloo of competition when the market of which be
°Poke should be erected. It was, he considered, neces-
jbßleY to state so much to the pablic, as he believed the
gLOR Market Company were endeavouring to induce
public to be the purchasers of their shares.—(Hear,
taro That market had always been at failure, and
ttlways would be hencetorward a deadly failure. He
'lade that communication fur the benefit of his fellow-
titizees.
[Mr. H. L. Taylor was supposed by the Court to
riade to the ground in Copenhagen. fields, about which
It has been reported they have beea for some time ne-
totiating.]
Mr. Deputy HOLT said money was so plentiful at
tt'esent that every sort of speculation appeared to be
gitimate.
,Mr. ELLIOTT said he supposed that Mr. H. L. Taylor's
abject
in giving such an ans wer to the question was to
everit his fellow-citizens from joining in any specula-
1911 which was likely to be crushed by coming in contact
,
with the powerful influence of the corporation.
The deeds of agreement were then sealed.
THE MORE EASY RECOVERY OF SMALL DEBTS.
UP on the motion of Alderman WIRE, the Remembran-
er was directed to draw ffp an abstract of the City of
London Small Debts Extension Bill for circulation
nongst the citizens, the subject being one of the
neatest interest to all classes within the operation of
,k
.qe Act.
The Court adjourned after a very short sitting.

t XTRAORDINARIE AND FATAL INSTANCE OF
LOVE.—On Monday night Mr. G. S. Brent held an
alest at the Prince Alfred, Lisson-square, Marylebone, on
try Mead, aged 44, the wife of a respectable master baker.
Z months ago deceased buried a favourite child, for whose
k.-4th she was inconsolable. She would go constantly to
Zensat.green Cemetery, throw herself upon the child's grave,
d weep for hours. She would then gather the flowers that
VW over the grave, bring
them home, ,and leave them in
Etter until they decayed, when she would eat them. Day
er day she thus indulged her grief, and, upon returning
C_lte last Tuesday week, after visiting her child's grave as
"gal, she told her husband, children, and friends, that she
441 Y had a few days to live. She then had the mourning
Ode for her children, which they were to wear for her, and
directed her husband to have the dead bell tolled for
:sr, refused all medical aid, nourishment, and consolation,
1,(11til Friday, when she fell a lifeless corpse from her chair
4 the ground. Mr. Obre, surgeon, performed the autopsy,
Ind ,found the deceased died of disease of the heart, produced
(lis opinion by deep affliction. The jury, whom the evi-
t4, his
greatly affected, returned a verdict in accordance with
e Medical testimony.
Tag WEATHER AND CRC,PB IN SCOTLAND'
te,ll"gh of rain has now fallen for the growing crops; but,
th 41 information from the north and from Ayrshire, we learn
1)„,t moisture is much required there. Here wheat is now
tit'rsting into ear, an
is d in some of the more forward fields the
is fully out, and unusually large and well developed.
the other crops are making rapid progress, and the almost
)441firersal flush of grass raked by the late genial showers,
caused an unusual demand for grazing stock of all kinds.
tFeral fields of hay are cut, but the damp weather has re-
"cl operations. It seems, on the whole, to be a light
Sea and i 3 the only exception to the most promising ap-
rice of all kink of crop that we have had for several
7112.-- Scotsman..
441 r
(4, „—CTURES ON GOLD AT THE GOVERNMENT SCHOOL
kill.sl;t3Es.—The council of the Society of Arts have ap..
Ve,„ted a deputation to wait upon the director of the Go-
rta.u,lll,nt Scool of Mines, to request that the eminent pro-
lejttTB of that school should immediately arrange a series of
1;4 tee on gold for the instruction of emigrants to Australia;
At)i,t is understood that they will endeavour to obtain the
ver7 of these lectures in the ensuing week.