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that if she had anything to say she might do so. After a
minute or two's consideration she replied, " I shall say
nothing." I then proceeded to search the house, and on
examining some clothes in a basket the prisoner said,
" There is no use looking at those things, there is no
blood there, that has already been searched." In a small
box, which the prisoner acknowledged to be hers, I found
a duplicate relating to a watch and trinkets pawned on
the 13th of January, in the name of E. Vickers for 31.
I also found in a drawer, which the prisoner said was
hers, the certificate of transfer dated on the 20th No.
vember, 1851, of 1,0001. Three-and-a-Quarter Stock to
the joint names of the deceased and the prisoner.
This valuable document the prisoner snatched out
of my hands, saying it was hers and that she had a right
to have it, and I had some difficulty in getting it back
again.

Sergeant Quinnear corroborated ranch of Mr.
Lund's statement. After which he produced 'two
sheets, several towels, shirts, and other articles
deeply stained with blood, though it was quite ap-
parent that the marks of gore were endeaVoured to
be removed by washing. The shirts particularly pre-
sented a most suspicious appearance, as they seemed
to be only half washed, the object being es, idently that
of removing the blood stains. A handkerchief was pro-
duced which supplied a strong piece of evidence. This
article was stained in different parts with blood, but in
one part was a clot of dried coagulated blood, to which
were adhering several grey hairs. The officer also pro-
duced a wooden mallet, of modern make and shape,
which he conceived, he said, to be a somewhat unusual
article in the house of an aged gentleman.
This being the whole of the evidence, the prisoner was
;liked in the usual way if she had anything to say why
she should not be .committed to take her trial for the
wilful murder of her late master.

Mr. Solomon, her attorney, replied, and said that, ob-
serving it to be the intention of his worship to send the
case before a jury, he should, on the part of the pri-
soner, reserve his defence until then. In the meantime,
he had to request a remand to a future day, lest the pri-
soner might, in the event of being then sent to the Old
Bailey, run the risk of being put on her trial at the pre-
sent session, a course which he (Mr. Solomon) was not
prepared for.

Mr. Elliott admitted that it would not be quite fair to
hurry the prisoner in a case of so serious a character
before a jury, and therefore he had no objection to accede
to Mr. Solomon's request, and should remand the pri-
soner for a week. At the same time, he wished that the
witnesses present should be bound over in the usual re.
cognisances to prosecute, so that they might not be put
to the trouble of attending on a future day.
This was done, and the prisoner, who seemed to treat
the matter with a nonchalance amounting to levity, was
removed from the bar.

SHOCKING MURDER OF A SOLDIER'S WIFE.

At the Guildhall, Bath, on Wednesday, the Mayor
(Mr. F. T. Allan) and a full bench of magistrates, were
engaged for some hours in investigating the charge of
murder, preferred by Mr. Hughes, the chief of police,
against Lewis Perran, who was suspected of having
caused the death of an Irish woman, named Honora
Hanaford, who was following her husband to the Win-
chester barracks, but who (as the medical evidence at
the inquest left little doubt) had been murdered on the
night of the 11th of January.
The particulars of the finding of the body in the river
Avon, and also of the first examination of Perran, were
given in the The Sun last week.

From the medical evidence, it was clear that a wound
upon the crown of the head had been inflicted during
lifetime, and little doubt remained that the unfortunate
creature had met her death by foul means. The jury
accordingly returned an open verdict.
Two other prisoners were also arraigned with Perran
—Bennett, who was again apprehended, and James
Webb, both charged with being concerned in the mur-
der. The only new evidence was that of
Eliza Jarvis, who deposed that between 11 and 12
• clock on the night of the 11th of January, as she was
at her door in Avon-street, she saw Bennett come back,
after having seen him leave with the woman. Perran
came back about a quarter of an hour after, and ran
into her passage. His clothes were covered with mud,
and witness caught him by the collar, and said, "Where
have you been to get into such a mess ? What have you
done with that poor Irishwoman 1" He said, " Drowned
for what I know,"
Perran exclaimed : God Almighty forgive you. I said
no such thing.
Witness continued—Perran then tried to get into the
kitchen, but witness said, "If you do not tell me where she
is, I'll call my mother." He said, " She is in the sand.
pit ; we both fell in together." The next morning wit-
ness went to Mrs. Champion's, where Perran lodged,
and the parties present began talking about the woman's
death. Mrs. Champion said to Perran, "You were
not satisfied with ravishing the poor woman, and taking
what she had got, but you must take her life, and throw
stones at her." Ferran replied, "I did not, so help me
God ; I only flung a lump of clay." Perran's girl, Sarah
Trotman, who was there, looked up, and said, "If so,
that is two you have murdered." Perran tried to strike
the girl, but witness and Mrs. Champion prevented him.
The following day Ellerton and Bennett were at A-
ness's house, and Bennett said Ellerton had sworn falsely,
and added, " I can speak if I am wanted to speak."
Mr. Hughes, the chief of po3ice, here handed in a note
from Mr. Brown, the surgeon, who examined the body
after it was taken from the water, to the Mayor, who
read it, and handed it over to Mr. Slack, observing that
it contained more than he was before aware of. _

Mr. Slack having addressed the Bench for his client,
• His Worship said the magistrates would discharge
Bennett and Webb, as the evidence did not implicate
them, but they had decided upon committing Perran for
trial on the charge of murder ; but he would be brought
un again on Saturday, to have the depositions com-
pleted.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-FEB. 2.

NYE V. COLE.

This was an action to recover the sum of 381. for fur-
niture sold and delivered to the wife of the defendant.
The plaintiff was an upholsterer at Ealing, and the de-
fendant, Mr. Francis Sewell Cole, an independent gen-
tleman, living at Childown, near Chertsey.
Mr. H. Hill and Mr. Ogle appeared for the plaintiff.
The defendant conducted his own case in person.
It appeared from the statement of the learned coun-
sel, that the defendant married in Dec., 1849, against
the consent of her friends, a daughter of Mr. Crawshay,
of O'Hersay Park, in Surrey (an elder brother of Mr.
Crawshay, the ironmaster). A child was born about a
year after the marriage. The defendant and his wife
separated in Feb., 1861, by mutual consent ; and she
subsequently applied to a Mr. Caubert to become the
tenant of a house at Richmond-hill. That gentleman
went to the defendant, who agreed to pay the rent, and
said he had no doubt his wife would be a good tenant.
He told Mr. Caubert that he had left his wife in conse-
quence of a quarrel with her father, who wanted him
to sell a piece of his land adjoining Mr. Crawshay's
land, which he (defendant) would not do. To assist in
furnishing the house at Richmond, Mrs. Cole obtained
from the plaintiff the goods, the value of which he now
sought to recover from her husband. There was no pre-
tence for saying that Mrs. Cole had acted unfaithfully to
her husband, or that there had been anything improper
in her conduct ; and the furniture in question must be
regarded as necessaries, the defendant having consented
to his wife taking an unfurnished house. The articles
which the plaintiff had supplied were all necessary, and
of the cheapest description.
The material facts having been proved,
The Chief Baron asked if Mr. Hill could show him
any case where a husband had been made liable for such
articles as those which had been supplied to the defen-
dant's wife ?

Mr. H. Hill could not ; but he contended that, under
the circumstances, they must be regarded as necessaries.
The Chief Baron—Where is it to end—suppose she
had bought an estate ?
Mr. Hill said the hire of the furniture would soon
have amounted to the sum charged in the present in-
stance.

The defendant (a person about 40 years of age) now
went into the witness box, and commenced addressing
the jury. He said he had never known the plaintiff,
and had not sanctioned his supplying his wifo with the
goods for which he had sent him in his bill. It was
true that he had been married to her, but he denied that
she was his wife morally, because, by her own admis-
sion, she had been guilty of incest before her marriage ;
and Lord Thurlow, in the case of "Addison v. Addison,"
had decided that where incest had been committed be-
fore marriage, the marriage became null and void.
Mr. H. Hill said that he was in a position to disprove
these statements, which were the result of an extraordi-
nary aberration of mind.

The Chief Baron said the case of "Addison v. Addi-
son" would not apply. Lord Thurlow had there decided
a very different point.
The Defendant—l will take it on higher grounds—the
Jewish law. (A laugh.)
The Chief Baron—There was no ecclesiastical impedi-
ment to your marrying your wife.
The Defendant—My friends think I have no other
course to take than to discontinue living with her, and I
have accordingly done so.
The Chief Baron—Have you any other point to urge ?
The Defendant—No, as you say you can't settle it, and
you are the head of the court. (Much laughter.)
The Chief Baron—You have no defence in law.
The Defendant—That may be,[but I have in justice. I
have not made it a question of pounds, shillings, and
pence. I shall, therefore, pay the money.
Mr. Hill—The defendant has raised a point upon
which no evidence has been given ; but it is altogether
an aberration, my lord. If he had become a witness that
would have appeared, and I should have shown why
it was that Mr. Crawshay refused his consent to the
marriage.
The Chief Baron said that he should reserve the
point for the opinion of the court, as to whether a hus-
band was liable for furniture supplied to his wife as
necessaries.

Verdict for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.

SECONDARIES COURT—FEB. 2.
(Before Mr. Secondary Potter.)
BILLING V. HELME.

The plaintiff in this case is an attorney, in King-
street, Cheapside, and defendant a farmer at Pontefract,
in Yorkshire, and the action was brought to recover the
sum of 8/. 12s. for a bill of costs.

- -- --.
Mr. Bagley appeared as counsel for the plaintiff, and
Mr. Pollock for the defendant.

The case occupied a long time, but the point turned
upon very doubtful evidence as to the retainer. It ap-
peared that the defendant had in the first instance spoken
to a person named Saward, who described himself as a
"certificated conveyancer," and attended the markets pro-
fessionally. Saward, who had a brother in London a
solicitor, and who held a part of his offices on this occa-
sion, employed the plaintiff, who carried on the pro-
ceedings effectually. Defendant, however, denied that
he had ever sanctioned the employment of any third
party, and that he was willirJ to pay Saward according
to the original agreement between them, which was that
Saward should recover the money if he could, and take
his costs out of the party, or, if unsuccessful, to take
costs out of pocket.

The evidence was very conflicting, and after a long
consultation the jury gave a verdict for the amount
claimed.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—Feb. 2.

Mr. Randolph Routh surrendered in discharge of his
bail, to take his trial on an indictment charging him with
an assault on Lieutenant Alfred Cooper, a lieutenant in
the Indian army, at the East India United Service Club,
in St. James's-square.
• Mr. W. Cooper appeared for the
prosecution ; Mr.
Parry for the defence.
Mr. Maude, the deputy-clerk of the peace, having read
the indictment, and put the usual question to the defen-
dant.

Mr. Parry said that he had communicated with his
learned friend who appeared for the other side, and he
ebeetianbzletbtoisrelieve the Court of any fur-
therholpebdter shortlyoluebal r respecting
depositions,edJdge- was ease.
to hear it, for, having
read he t
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p possible,
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dreeasdiratbhleetohave
the
was bound to state that the gentleman for
eared was of the highest respectability, and
lwoieuhMtbonlaerl.tiherPveiaaealCrPhe was formerly in the army. The prosecu-
tor' was a gentleman of station and of the. highest respec-
tability, who held a commission in the Indian army. Mr.
Routh was the husband of a sister of a young lady who
he thought had been insulted by Lieutenant Cooper.
He naturally felt this very much,
and a great
many com-
munications had passed between themon the subject.
Mr. Routh was completely iu loco parentis to this young
lady, 'for she had no father or brother living, and after a
communication he received from her mother, as a gentle-
man, he felt it his duty to protect her. Communications
had subsequently passed between Mr. Routh and the
prosecutor, and on the part of the former there was an
impression on his mind that he might have been mis-
taken with respect to Lieutenant Cooper's conduct. As
to the circumstances out of which this matter arose, he
might mention that these gentlemen met by appointment
in the visitor's room at the East India United Ser-
vice Club, and some dispute arose between them
about a letter which Mr. Routh wished should
be restored to him, but which Lieutenant Cooper re-
fused. A scuffle ensued, and a blow was undoubtedly
struck, a proceeding which in law he could not justify, and
therefore he must plead guilty to having assaulted the
prosecutor. Any course would be preferable to dragging
this young lady before the Court, and going into mat-
ters that must be distressing to her family. His own
feelings were very strong against such a course being
pursued. He thought the case must shape itself thus :
Lieutenant Cooper was desirous, in justice to the young
lady, to pledge his honour as a gentleman that no im-
propriety had passed between himself and her. Mr.
Routh was also desirous, when that pledge was given,
to admit that ho went to the club under excited feelings,
and that tho assault was committed under wrong im-
pressions.
Mr. Cooper said few words would be necessary from
were would
necessarily
kept behind the curtain.
him, after what had been so well said by his friend Mr.
Parry. He concurred in what he had said—that it
would be desirable not to bring these matters before a
forward much bet-
ter
which wu public
haveand
beent ha t the circumstancesrw brought
f
Mr. Routh then pleaded guilty.
Mr. Cooper said his client pledged himself, as a soldier
and as a gentleman, that no impropriety had passed be-
tween himself and the young lady.
Lieutenant Cooper then said—l desire, my lord, to
state that, before I leave this court, I wish to do so with
honour and as a gentleman. The defendant has admitted
that his conduct to me-was committed under erroneous
impressions. This impression I was desirous of remov-
ing ; and had I not considered that I could justify the
circumstances I was placed in, I should not have come
to the court this day. My endeavour throughout has
been to maintain intact the honour of the young lady as
well as my own ; and I will pledge my. word, in the sight
of God, that nothing whatever to injure her. character
has ever passed between us.
The Assistant-Judge said he must do Lieut. Cooper
the justice to say that a speech bearing more the character
of a man of honour and a gentleman lie had never heard,
and lie was glad that he had personally spoken instead of
lea'ring this expression to the learned counsel who repre-
sented him. This was one of those unfortunate cases in
which two gentlemen had some dispute, and in which
one had been betrayed by his feelings— which, although
natural, must be controlled—to do an act which no gentle-
man-could justify. But having committed this act, he
had the manliness to confess his fault, and to acknow-
ledge that he was now sorry for what he had done, ad-
mitting that he had acted under erroneous impressions.
The other gentleman had very properly said that he was
satisfied, and that he wanted no revenge. A blow was
a thing that no gentleman could sit down quietly under,
but he had taken the wisest and best course to set the
matter right—he had brought it forward. The one had
apologised, and the other explained the cause of the af-
fair, and they withdrew Without stain on the character
of either. He must inflict a nominal fine, and that was
that he pay Is. to the Queen and be discharged.
Mr. Routh said he was highly gratified at hearing
Lieutenant Cooper's explanation.
The parties then left the court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE. Catharine Leary, aged 89,
was brought up under remarkable circumstances.
An officer said—l have been constantly cautioning
this woman against begging ; but she insists upon soli-
citing everybody that passes her, and I was obliged to
tile her into custody, and lodge her in Bow-lane station.
The searcher found twelve pence in copper upon her per-
son ; but she gets more money than any five beggars in
the whole city, and a boy follows her for the purpose of
easing her of her load, so that she never has much money
about her at one time. She is called "The Queen," and
while, locked up in the cell at the station-house with an-
other woman, she robbed her fellow-prisoner, who had
fallen asleep, of 125., which were found in her posses-
sion by the searcher, who upon the first search found no
more than 12 pence about her.

The Lord Mayor—Why, what a wicked old woman
you are ! I have known you these many years about,
the town, but I never thought you were a thief before.
The Prisoner—Oh, then, faith I never thought of rob.
bing anybody. Sure did'nt she drop it on the floor ; and
what could Ido but pick it up again ! You can't call
that robbery. lam a poor old woman, God help me ;
but yez never no feeling for the poor.

The Lord Mayor—if you were a young woman you
should for this villanous robbery be sent to Newgate,
and the probability is that you would be transported.
You are a rank old imposter, and you shall go to Bride-
well for a month.
The prisoner was then committed.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. John, Casey and
Morris Fleet were brought before Mr. Bingham, charged
with having violently assaulted Mrs. Susan Grimston
at the door of the Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly.
John Grimston, of No. 1, High-street, Bloomsbury,
said his mother and himself were at Mr. Albert Smith's
exhibition the previous evening. As they were leaving
the hall his mother called out, "Some one is picking
my pocket." Witness turned round, and saw Casey
close to his mother, but when he was about to lay hold
of him, five or six persons, seemingly his confederates,
said, " Let him alone ; he is a respectable man," and
began to hustle witness, who, however, held Casey, and
called out to his brother to come to his assistance. Wit-
ness's brother came to his assistance, and took charge of
Casey. Witness received several blows in the attempt
to secure Casey ; and witness's mother was violently
beaten in the face by the prisoner Fleet Witness's
mother was too unwell, from the injury she had sus-
tained, to appear that day.
Police-constable Chilman stated that Mrs. Grimston
gave the prisoner Fleet into custody, and charged him
with assaulting her.
The prisoner Fleet denied the charge.
The police having stated that they did not know the
prisoners to be regular thieves,
Mr. Bingham ordered that they should be remanded
for the inspection of the detective police.

CLERICENWELL.—Cheron and Erneste d' Albert,
Frenchmen, brothers, who described themselves as teach-
ers of languages, of 19, Denmark-street, Soho ; Pierre
Berville, a carpenter, of Upper Rupert-street, Haymar-
ket ; and Leon, also Frenchmen, were placed at the bar
before Mr. Corrie, charged by Joseph Rouselle, of No.
1, Yardley-street, Clerkenwell, with having been con-
cerned in stealing a trunk, containing 52 sovereigns, a
quantity of wearing apparel, and other property.
It appeared that the prosecutor is a hairdresser, and
for some time was employed in a first-rate house at the
west end of the town, and had realised the above pro-
pel ty. He was acquainted with the prisoners. He
was about to leave England on a visit to France, prior
to which he took temporary lodgings at No. 1, Yardley-
street, Clerkenwell, when he deposited the trunk, &c.,
in a room in that house. On Wednesday week last he
was visited by the prisoner Leon, who invited him out to
have something to drink, to which he consented, and on
his return he discovered that a young man had called at the
house and had asked to go into his room, and that the whole
of the property was afterwards missed from the room. Sus-
picion immediately fell on Leon and the d'Alberts, and on
the prosecutor meeting' Cheron, he asked how he felt upon
the matter, when he replied that he felt frightened ; that
he intended, if not taken, to send the box and its con-
tents back, and that he had taken the box away in a
cab, and had intended to throw it into the Thames. The
other things, he said, would be found at Leon's, and if
he (prosecutor) would compromise the matter, he would
pay him some money in a few days. The man Leon,
with whom he had been drinking, had given a descrip-
tion of the room, by which means the robbery had taken
place, and that " Cree Cree," a nickname by which
the prisoner Berville was known, had got the gold. In-
formation was immediately given of the robbery to the
police, when Serjeant Gunn traced the property to No.
38, Stamford-street, Blackfriars-road, where it was sub-
sequently found.

The Prisoners denied the charge, saying that it was
got up through spite, as they had been challenged with
getting up an " infernal machine."
Mr. Coriie questioned the officers upon the subject.
Serjeant John Saunders, 29 A, of the detective
force, said that the prisoners d'Albert and Leon had,
by fraud and conspiracy, obtained 31. from the
French Ambassador, by pretending that the prisoner
Leon was privately manufacturing an " infernal ma-
chine," of an improved description, in order to take
laway the life of the Emperor Louis Napoleon. The
prisoners d'Albert were the informants. They communi-
cated with the French Ambassador, stating that Leon
had taken a cellar in a house in Theobald's-road, Red
Lion-square, in which he occupied himself by making an
"infernal machine" to assassinate Louis Napoleon.
They had an interview with the Ambassador, who made
the affair known to Sir Richard Mayne, the police com-
missioner, and for a length of time numerous officers in
plain clothes had been privately watching the house and
the manoeuvres of the prisoners both by day and night.
Pursuant to instructions he made inquiries, and on
visiting the " cellar" he merely found a few rusty old
gun barrels. It was evidently a trick of conspiracy to
extort money. The d'Alberts persisted in demanding
101. and then 301. before they would give further in-
formation. The French Ambassador upon that occasion
declined prosecuting them for obtaining money under
false pretences. He added that there were two other
persons connected with the prisoners whom the police
were in pursuit of, and he requested a remand.
Mr. Corrie thought there was sufficient evidence to
commit the d'Alberts and Leon upon, and he would
remand them for a week, but he should discharge Ber-
vine for the want of sufficient evidence to det3in him.

THAMES.—Dennis Ragan, a coal-whipper, was
brought before Mr. Yardley, charged with committing
an indecent assault on Miss Frances Scudder, a young
lady, residing at No. 17, Upper Martha-street, St.
George's-in-the-East.

The complainant, a respectable, modest female, said
she was living with her mother, a widow lady, who was
possessed of a good income. On Tuesday night her brother
was on a visit to some friends in Ratcliff, and his stay
being protracted to a later hour than usual, her mother
directed her to fetch him home. She was proceeding
along Broad-street, Ratcliff, for that purpose, when the
prisoner accosted her, and pushed up against her. She
attempted to avoid him, and stepped into the road, on
which he seized her, pushed her against the house oppo-
site, and raised her clothes. She called aloud for help,
and said he was a beast, and he acted in a grossly inde-
cent manner towards- her. She slapped his face, and
struggled to get away from him, on which he struck her
a violent blow with his clenched fist on the face, and
knocked her down. He then fell upon her, and was pro.
ceeding to commit another assault upon her, when some
men belonging to a brewery opposite dragged him away,
and gave him into custody.
Mr. Yardley sentenced the prisoner to pay a fine of
51., the heaviest penalty he could inflict, and in default
of payment to two months' imprisonment. The prisoner,
who could not pay the fine, was sent away in the van to
prison.

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STATE OF TRADE.

(Prom the Ma;chestee Guardian of yesterday. )

MANCHESTER, FEB. I.—lmproved advices from Liver-
pool, of the Ist January, appear to
,have occasioned a
rise in cotton, of ic. to i.e. per lb., in the speculative
market of New York; and telegraphic statements repre-
sent business as active at New Orleans on the 15th and
at Mobile on the 14th. The total receipts were
1,594,000 bales, against 1,141,000 last year.
re-
ceipts of the last week were 102,000 against 120,000—. a
falling off of 18,000 bales. Exports to Great Britain
70,000 bales against 68,000. Although man3yoofthe
estimates of the yield do not exceed 3,100, 0,, bales,,oo6.
others still reckon upon 3,200,000, and even 3,250,000.
But the Liverpool market and our own, whicl3l:ll-ad been
gradually improving during the previous fortnight, gave
signs, on Saturday, of an increase of spirit which, with
the aid of the above advices, has been further developed
this week, and especiallyto-day. The home and the foreign
buyers, who last week hesitated to pay the prices required,
would now willingly operate largely on thosts terms• but
for
producers, in every department, are standing out
higher rates. The quotations for yarns may be broau[y
stated to be at least id. to Id. above the rates of a fort-
night to three weeks back. The greatest advance is in
mule twist suitable for India, and in warps and pin-cops.
Some spinners have laid on a farthing to-day. But though
willing to pay something more than they would have
done a few days ago, the buyers, unable to see any sub-
stantial ground for the upward tendency of cotton, and
remembering how suddenly the last speculitive move-
ment collapsed, are not prepared to accede, all at once,
to the demands made upon them. Business is therefore
checked ; and the operations of the day have been ge-
nerally effected under nominal prices. The makers of
shirtings, jacconets, and printing cloths could sell readily
at the previous rates ; but they are not disposed to do
so. The purchases now going on in domestics are mak-
ing an impression upon the stocks in first hands, and
imparting greater firmness to prices. Fewer cheap lots
are now to be had. It will be seen from the advices be-
low that the trade in our staples was dull at Bombay,
with some decline in prices. At Calcutta, business was
also quiet, but prices firm ; and the position of the mar-
ket appears to be such as to have induced some inquiry
for both goods and yarns to-day. The last advices from
America advises a rise in the price of cotton, and a falling
off in the receipts at the American ports. This market
had been previously advancing, and these accounts have
had their influence in the same direction, which have
had the effect of raising the quotation of American 4d.
per lb. Since last week, all other descriptions were
in good demand, and have gone higher, neaaly in the
same proportion. The sales in four days are estimated
at 36,000 bags, inclusive of 10,000 American, 1,200 Surat,
and 800 bags of Bahia cotton.—The imports reported
since Thursday are :—.From the United States, 4,575
bags ; Brazil, 502 ; East Indies, 55 : total, 5,132 bags.
ROCHDALE, JAN. 31. The flannel market has been
less active than it was on the previous Monday, not-
withstanding there was a very good attendance of buyers
present. There has been a calm in the wool market,
through a prevailing belief that the raw material has
reached its highest point. In some five months the new
clip will be ready, and it is supposed that the stocks on
hand will see the manufacturer over this interval with-
out disturbing the present prices much.
MACCLESFIELD, FEB. I.—The demand for silk manu-
factured goods continues to improve. We have been
visited by many buyers the last fortnight, and prices are
somewhat better. The stocks for sale are very small,
and the enquiry for shipment good. The weavers are
unusually well employed for the season. Thrown Silks--
Tee market, as before reported, is bare of fine and useful
descriptions. There has latterly also arisen a demand
for the inferior sorts, of which the market has been nearly
cleared. The throwsters are all busy, and great scarcity
of hands is felt, although a considerable advance
of wages has taken place in this department of late
Raw Silks—The market for China's and Bengal's is in-
active, which may be attributed to some extent to the
difficulty experienced in getting silks thrown of late ;
prices are however Tinted as before, and the deliveries
to the trade continue large. Italians also maintain their
late high figures.
HALIFAX, JAN. 29.—1 n our piece hall to-day there
has been some little inquiry for worsted goods ; but as
the merchants are unwilling to give the prices asked,
very few pieces changed hands. In wools and yarns
there is no change since our last.
BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 31.—The excitement that pre-
ceded the quarterly meetings has been followed by a
calmer feeling. The different works are as fully em-
ployed upon orders in hand as the scarcity of fuel will
permit, and the workmen appear in general satisfied with
their wages. For a few days little disposition was
shown to make purchases, but there was an equal dis-
inclination to press sales. That the actual consump-
tion of iron has received no check, and continues rather
on the increase, is not questioned ; but the high range
of prices has naturally induced much caution, and
kept in abeyance all but the most immediate require-
ments. Many of our manufacturers and dealers are en-
cumbered with large contracts, taken at the first and
second advances ; at the time considered excellent
bargains, but they are found now very difficult of
execution. The advance of wages and materials has pro-
ceeded too rapidly for their interests. Pigmakers also,
under the exorbitant rates of coal and ore, have exhi-
bited some independence as to the usual control of the
manufacturers ; and have advanced their prices rather
beyond the previous relative value of raw and finished
iron. The unsettled state of the copper and general
metal market has caused some of the manufacturers in
Birmingham to issue circulars cancelling all previous
orders, and soliciting favours subject to such prices as
may hereafter be required.—..Aril's Birmingham Gazette.

DISCOVERY OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS IN MAGNA
GRrECIA.—The following is from a correspondent of the
Athenceum :—" One of the most important and interest-
ing archaeological discoveries that have for some
time been made has been effected in that part of
the kingdom of Naples commonly known by the
name of Puglia (Apulia), which formed a por-
tion of Magna Griecia. I believe it is known to many
that Cavalier Carlo Bonucci, architect and direc-
tor-general of antiquities and excavations in this kingdom
for 25 years, has recently discovered near Canosa,
founded by Diomede, a subterranean necropolis quite
entire. Its principal entrance is decorated with four
Done columns, two niches for statutes, and a second
line of lonic columns, all of slight and elegant propor-
tions, and of a workmanship which recalls the best
age of art—that between Pericles and Alexander.
This elegant entrance was painted in various colours,
which produced an effect not less pleasing than surpris-
ing. This specimen of polychromatic architecture is
valuable for its high state of preservation, its freshness,
and for the classic time to which it belongs. Entering
the city in question, over which time and death have
spread an eternal silence, we find streets which lead to
various groups of dwellings. The gates are decorated
with elegant lonic columns, the capitals of which pre-
sent the accessory ornament of a festoon. Signor Bo-
nucci tells me that, on entering the chambers, he found
everything arranged in its place, as it had been left
12 centuries ago. The walls were covered with linen
embroidered in gold—garlands of flowers, withered, it is
true, but preserving all their forms, hung in festoons
from the ceiling. All kinds of furniture and precious
vases were distributed about in the most varied and
graceful manner. Here were to be seen statues of mar-
ble—busts of deities and priestesses in terracotta,
beautifully painted— vases of " creta," of an extra-
ordinary size, on which are represented the most inte-
resting scenes of private life and the most classical tra-
ditions of mythology. Of these I spoke in a recent
letter as having just arrived at the Museo Borbonico.
They are not yet arranged ; but yesterday I was
favoured with a nearer and longer inspection. On
the large vase, which is of gigantic
,size and is still un-
packed, thoughl lying exposed, Homer is painted with
the lyre in his hands, as if he were singing some passage
of the Iliad or the Odyssey. In the midst of all these
treasures and miracles of art of every form, lay the
mistress of the house, reposing tranquilly, as though
she slept. So great was the illusion that one might have
almost said ' She is not dead, but sleepeth.' She
rested on a gilt bronze bed, supported by friezes, figures,
and genii, exquisitely carved in ivory. In the adjoining
chambers, which were all filled with the same wealth,
lay her daughters and servants. These young girls were
still clothed with dresses embroidered with gold. Their
heads were surrounded with garlands of gold which repre-
sented the sacred flowers of Proserpine—in the midst of
which were sporting, as it were, birds and insects. Other
garlands there were of roses ; some wore diadems covered
with precious stones finished in the highest style of art.
One of these I saw yesterday in private hands—and no-
thing can exceed its extreme beauty. The ears of these
children of death were all ornamented with pendants of
various forms, and their necks with necklaces in which
emeralds and hyacinths were interwoven with chains of
gold. Two of these, which were obtained by contraband
means, I have also seen. The aims were ornamented
with bracelets of a spiral form, or winding as a serpent.
An abundant and sumptuous table was laid by their side.
The fruits consisted of pomegrantes, pines, the corn of
the fir pine, and apples—while the flowers were narcis-
susses, hyacinths, and asphodels, apparently fresh. They
were made either of painted " creta, ' or coloured glass,
or of rock crystal. Their styles were made of metal
threads, with green smalt, or simply gilt. The plates,
basins, cups, and every other article necessary for
dinner, and the lamps were to shed their light upon it,
were of an extraordinary size, and all of glass—formed of
a kind of paste worked in mosaic with the most beautiful
designs, in which were interspersed small bits or dice of
gold. On some of the plates were painted landscapes,
and others were ornamented with lines of gold represent-
ing elegant and sumptuous edifices. These discoveries
were terminated only about the middle of last year; and
it has occurred to me that now, when we are seeking for
all the wonders of art with which to adorn the Crystal
Palace at Sydenham, it is right to make known to the
British public the above extraordinary facts. The plans
and the designs are all in the hands of Cavalier Carlo
Ponucci, and I am not aware that they came under the
ra otice of the commissioners of the Crystal Palace Com-
pi my during their hurried visit to this capital. In send-
in; -; you the above notices I feel almost as if they would
be received with increduality ; indeed, as I write, it ap-
pe/ irs that I am wandering again among fairy scenery.
Bu.t I have seen at least a portion of the objects which
h av a been recovered, and surely nothing so exquisite or
gi :useful have I ever beheld."
CHILD FOUND DEAD.—Yes:,erday the parochial autho
rit ics of St. Mary's, Islington, issued a bill offering a
rev. ,ard of 51. for the apprehension of the parties con-
cerr ,ed in the desertion of a new-born male child, found
in a , garden, situate in River-lane,. Lower-street, 'sling-
W
ton hen discovered the body was enclosed in a paper
obi isiderably burned.
04:EAT CITIES.—The area of Babylon was 225 square
miles, that of Nineveh 216 square miles, while that of
J.
gin- its environs is but 114 square miles.
on