The Sun.
London, England, 1830-02-09 00:00:00

LONDON HOSPITAL.

Yesterday Almeroth, the constable of White-
chapel parish, and Miller, the chief officer of Lam-
beth-street, were called upon by Hirst, the surgeon's
beadle at the London Hospital, immediately to lend
their assistance, and that of all the force they could
command, to counteract the attack of a body of Irish
inhabitants of Holloway-downs, Wanstead, who were
besieging the Hospital, and endeavouring, vi et
arntis, to remove the corpse of a countryman of
theirs, who had expired in the institution. On
reaching the spot Mr. Miller perceived a cart stand-
ing outside the gate, which he ascertained to be in-
tended to take off the deceased's remains, and con-
vey them for waking and interment homewards. On
asking the reasons for their being in such a hurry,
the deceased only having died on the previous night,
he was told that there was an apprehension that the
body would be anatomised and mutilated, for which,
after his death, there was no necessity. He remon-
strated with them, and assured them that no such
thing should take place, and, acting upon this pro-
mise, they quietly dispersed. Previous to Mr.
Miller's arrival, however, seven or eight persons,
among whom were the poor man's wife, had got
into the room, and they refusing to leave at the de-
sire of the beadle, he was obliged to lock them up,
and seek for the police. On the door being opened,
they were all found plunged in sorrow, and seemed
little to regard their imprisonment, so long as their
presence preserved their friend from the violation of
the dissecting knife, The wife had the corpse en-
circled in her arms, and was, while the tears were
streaming down her cheeks, kissing-the face, and
calling on it in tones of the most endearing affection
to account for his death. Those to the bystanders
were perfectly 'unintelligible, but being explained to
them by a person present, who was well acquainted
with the Irish character and language, the laughter
which it first excited was turned into abetter feeling,
and the sorrow of the widow respected.

The arguments of the officers prevailed with the
male portion to depart quietly, on the pledge that
the body should not be disfigured, but it was with
considerable difficulty, for reason was lost upon her,
that they were enabled to extricate the wife from
the close cling which she kept to her inanimate hus-
band, and place her in the cart for her removal home.
The cause of the deceased's death was mortifica-
tion, brought on by the extreme severity of the late
frost.

STATB OF TRADE.—Huddersfield market on
Tuesday last was comparatively brisk ; it is to be under-
stood that this remark does not extend to fancy goods, but
has been confined exclusively to cloth. The fancy trade,
like that of plaids at Leeds, is becoming extinct, and the
manufacturers will eventually be compelled to manufac-
ture some other description of goods. At Bradford the
sale of stuff goods has been this week very considerable,
and both the manufacturers and the merchants seem in im-
proving spirits.—Leeds Mercury.

The frost was so intense on Tuesday even-
ing, about seven o'clock, at Bratton Fleming, that a far-
mer having occasion to wash his hands, according to usual
custom, at a small lake of water running near the entrance
to his dwelling-house, took up a bar of iron of 121 b.
weight, which he had been using, to carry with him,
which the frost so fixed to his hand in half a minute, as
to bear up the weight thereof, the hand being perfectly
open, with the back side uppermost, at the same time car-
rying it from the water into the house, and through three
rooms, before it dropped, in the presence of several spec-
tators.—North Devon Journal.
THE WEATHER.—The thaw which com-
menced on Friday se'nuight was succeeded on Saturday
night iq a severe frost, which still continues with un-
abated rigour. The cold is intense, and as yet we have
hardly had any snow. In consequence of the severity of
the weather, several hundred labourers are thrown out of
employment, and the dearness of fuel aggravates their dis-
tress. Their claims on the more affluent are urgent, and
we are glad to find that exertions are making to mitigate
their sufferings. The Corporation lass voted 5001. towards
the relief of the poor,llank Chronic's,

RAW HIDES.
Per Stone. s. A. to r. d. Per Stone. a. d. to I. d•
Best Heifers& Steers 3 0 3 2 Ordinary I 8 2 0
2 2 6 Market Calf- 6 (leach.