The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-04 00:00:00

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THE BRISTOL MURDER.
TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF ANN THOMAS.
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)
GLOUCESTER, TUESDAY NIGHT.
The Gloucestershire Assizes opened here on Thursday
last, and the trial of Ann Margaret Thomas, on the
charge of having, on the 3d March last, murdered her
mistress, Miss Jefferies, by beating her on the head with
a stone, was appointed for this day.
Mr. Baron PLATT took his seat at nine o'clock, at
which hour the Court and all the avenues were crowded
to suffocation, so that it was only with the greatest eif-
ficulty that the barristers and those having business,: on
the circuit could force a way into the Court. Ar
large number of females were among the audience. vcry
The Counsel retained for the prosecution were ?Mr,
Whitmore and Mr. Skinner; Mr. Sergeant Allen de-
fended the prisoner, but only cross-examined a few 11 it-
nesses.
Mr. WRITAIORE opened the case in an excecdinc,lY
temperate speech, and then called a great number of
witnesses, who fully supported his opening. The sa no
witnesses were examined on the trial as on the coro-
ner's inquest, with the exception of the girl Sullivun,
who was not called.
The case having been closed,
Sergeant ALLEN addressed the jury for the .
He did not deny that the death of the deceased had prig(
bniereen
caused by the act of the prisoner ; but urged the :cup-
position that it was done in the heat of passion in ot )12-
sequence of provocation, and therefore that the crime
amounted to manslaughter only.
The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the jury, aft ,er
retiring, found the prisoner Guilty of murder. .'His
Lordship then passed sentence of death on the prisoluier,
who fell down in a fainting fit, and was carried ou:t of
court.

MANSION-HousE.—Yesterday evening the Loord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress entertained at din 1 ier
the Master, Wardens and Court of Assistants of the
Fruiterers' Company, and about 40
ward of Farringdon Without, gentlemen of .the
STATE OF TRADE, MANCHESTER.--The news fl'i 3111
India has much relieved the market. There has ti en
more activity yesterday and to-day than for some ti me
past. Yarns for India have advanced in price, and clod the
are firmer than last week. During the former part et.
last week there was scarcely any business transact,' -el.
The market presented a singular contrast as compel ed
with the activity at the beginning of the month. T ho
month commenced with a spirit of confidence and active
speculation; prices were rising, and the prediction Is as
current that they would continue to do so. The mot ,th
closed, however, with inactivity, marked caution, a nd
declining prices. The fact is, that speculators have ge no
from one extreme to another. The check which the f all
in prices has caused, and the stagnation of the last fi !w
weeks, have had a beneficial tendency; and as the injury
which undue speculation inflicted on the market -e .as
but trifling, and as business generally has been carri ,ed
on on sound principles, there is every prospect of prit •es
soon recovering a natural position, and of a large atno4 int
of business being transacted.
TRIAL OF Rasa, -_ OBSERVER. A gratun
supplement, of 20 extra columns, will be pttb-
)ished with the Observer of Sunday, April 8. This
gratis halt-sheet is intended to render the Trial of Rush
complete in the two Observers. That of Sunday, AI )61
the
1, gave 10 folio columns of this important trial, brought
down to Saturday night at Norwich
by Obser
reporters with an express special train.
The extensiver
ye
publication of the Observer commences at five o'clo ck
Sunday morning; the Monday's Edition (best for the
country and abroad) at four Monday afternoon. Asi x-
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return of post
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BIRTHS. ----
On the Ist inst., at St. James's-place, the Lady Maria
tPero.rtman-square, the wife
Ponsonby, of a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Clifton-road, St. John's-wood
the
widow of the late H. Dart, Esq., of a daughter. ,
of Own. tHh e.
Holmes,3 31st ult., ,Eisnq
~ Baker-street,of
a d aogh
At Brighton, on the Ist inst., the wife of Lieut.-Colotiel
Hope Gibsone,
ult.late
at 7th Dragoon Guards, of a daughter.
intosh, l'il.D., of a d
O 28th , Torquay, the lady of Charles H.
Mack-
daughter
On the 28th ult., at Kensington, the wife of Richard Valpy,
jun., Esq., of a son
On
the 29th ult., at Old Brompton, Jane, the wife of R.
Gunter, Esq. of a daughter.

M AWE
On the 29th ult., at Down Church, William Beardsworth,
second son of John Fox, Esq., of Farnborough, Kent, to
ham, K
Maria,ent. on daughter of the late Philip Eaton, Esq., of Wick-
ly
On the 29th ult., at Colchester, Algernon Wells, Esq , of
Upper Clapton, to Susannah Frances, eldest daughter of
Isaac Sewell Esq of Stamford-hill.
,

Di i 7 Li. - ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - . -
;On the Ist inst., at Herne-hill, Surrey, Robert Hutton,
Esq., aged 51.
On the Ist inst., T. Williamson. Esq., of Somers-place
East, New road, St. Pancras, aged 70.
On the Ist inst., at Bourninouth, Dorset, J. Quincey, Esq.
On the Ist inst., G. Priestley, Esq., of White Windows,
Yorkshire, and the Grove, Bucks, aged 63.
On the 31st ult., Miss Corbett, of Footherly-hall, Lich—
field, aged 74.
On the 30th ult., at Cheltenham, Jane, the wife of William
Burnside, Esq., of Lansilowne-place, Brunswick-square.
On the 29th ult., at Reading, the Rev. J. Lawson, rector
of Sherborne St. John, Basingstoke, Hants, aged 35.
On the :i9tli ult., in the Crescent, Southampton, Robert
Smith, Esq , aged so.
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London : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 112,
Strand, in the Precinct of the :-.avoy, in the countv of
Midd.leiezt, Wednesday, April 4, 1849.

CORN EA.CI-IA.Z.i GE— 'WEIDA ESDA.I
The supply of Engli,th Wheat en of4T in to-day
was very limited. The best kinds were in moderate r,
quest at Monday's quotations. All other qualities im'e
dull, and late rates were with difficulty supported. Th
accounts respecting the appearance of the young Wiwi:
plants are very favourable. Upwards of 18;000 quartet
of foreign Wheat have arrived this week. This larg
arrival had a d-pressn.g iLfluenco tiro,' the demand fc ali descriptions, at barely last week's decline in value
The show of foreign Barley was good, that of Englis.
small. Fine malting samples d full currenciel
Grinding and distilling sorts were a mere drug. Ma
dull, and the turn in favour of the buyers. We have re
ceived 10,180 quarters of foreign Oats this week, yet th
show of samples was not to say extensive. A node rat
business wrus doing at late prices. Beans, Peas, India.
Corn, and Flour moved off heavily.
ARRIVALS Tills WEER.
Wh,!at. 1 Barley. Oats. 1 Flour
1,040 qrs. 1,50 qrs. i 1,210 qrs. 1,370
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cl
I
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I 5,210 10,18
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0 1
Malt, 850 ors.
13012.01TG1A 310:e MallallT.
Our market continues to be very moderately supplies
with fine 1:lot,, the &mind for which is tolerably stead;
at full prices. In the middling and inferior kind
scarcely any business is doing. New flops:.—Sussexpockets, _l4 to 3/; Weald of Kent ditto,; 2/ I2s to 3/ 8s
Mid end East Keut ditto, 3/ 3s to 61 lOs per cwt.
wziT.LCILAPIEL.
The general demand ruled heavy at barely stationarj
prices. B,ef, trum 2s 2d to 3s 4d; Mutton, 2s 8d to 3:
8d; Lamb, 5s 4d to 64 4d; Veal, 3a 4d to 4s 4d; ant
Pork, 2s 10d to 4s per Blbs.

LLOYD'S 61-11PPING.—( THIS DAY.;
LONDON, APRIL 4. Wind S., light breeze and fine.
COWES, APRIL 3.—Wind W.—Arrd. Ilarmonie
Lagus, Rio Janeiro, and sailed for Altons.
PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind N.N.W. to W.—
Arrd. Hall (st.), Reynard, Gibraltar, left 16th ult. Ski.
Planet, Bermuda and Jamaica.
DEAL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.W. to S.S.W.—Arrd
2d, Nova Scotian, Corning, St. John's, New Brunswick,
Arrd. from the River, 3d, Promise Retallick, River St,
Lawrenca ; Woodbine, Skevet, New York ; George
Wilkinson, Brown, Quebec ; Ceres, D' Auvergne, Hon.
duras; Ramble, Hutchinson, Jamaica. Sid. Susan,;Collins,
INassau; Honor, Jannahill, Constantinople; Promise,
Sydney, New South Wales; Cromwell, Adelaide, South
Australia ; Richard Thornton, Batavia ; Hirundo,
Panama.
FALMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind N.N.Vir.—Arrd. 2d,
Richarond Csteatnobden, Stewart,t London, for Bombay. Sld.
Canter, Ayres, and sld. for Ant Off port, Flirt, Buenos
Cayes, and sld. for werp; Marie Antoinette, Aux
Antwerp; Bourse'D'anvers, Von
Coppenhole, flavannah, and aid. for Antwerp, with loss
of boat, and mainur4st sprung; Effort, Bromhead, Moul-
mein, and sld. for Hull.
OFF TriE WIGHT, APRIL 2.—Emigrant, Anderson,
Richmond, and sailed for Bremen.
PLYMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind N.W.—Sld. Victoria,
Cardiff and Jamaica; Fanny, Prince Edward's Island;
Queen Victoria, Quebec; Alicia, ditto,
DARTMOUTH, APRIL 3.—Wind N.W.—Sld. 2d, Ca-
in e°, Quebec; Emma Zoller, ditto.
bu rg
OFFh, for California DUNGENESS, MARCH 29'—Magdalena, Ham-
.
OFF DOVER, APRIL I.—Louisa, New York, for
Antwerp.
LIVERPOOL, APRIL 3.—Wind S.—Arrd. 2d,
Goldsworthy, Macao; Eliza Caroline, Bell, Cynthia,Nleans; Dibdin, Keane, ditto; Swan, Taylor,
ditto; O
sd,
Bling, Boyd, Shanghai; Mary Ellen, Porter, Mauritius;
Courugh aier, Now Orleans; Berlin, Smith, ditto; David,
Galilee,
Van, ile; Ocean Star, Williams, ditto; Acadia,
Savannah. Sld. 3d, Dickey Sam, Lima; Ox-
ford, New York; Townsend, Boston; Patruces, Rezotuf,
Paspebim; Mary Ann, Waddington, Quebec; Amy Arm,
Thomson, Montreal.
TORBAY, APRIL 3. Wind N.W.—Sid. 2d, Leonnais,
New York.
Corm, APRIL I.—Arrd. Hebrew, Blanchard, Mobile,
for Liverpool, leaky.
J)UBLIN, MARCH 31.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Arrd.
April 1, Talentire, White, Mauritius; Simon Hardy,
Gore, Barbadoes.
CLYDE, APRIL I.—Arrd. Jane Brown, Leitch, Per-
nambuco; 2, Arethusa, Lyon, Trinidad; Conrad, Bar-
clay, Mobile; Hindu, Fisher, Demerara, with loss of
foremast, main topmast, mizen topmast, and bowsprit,
OFF GUERNSEY, MARCH 30.—Lightning, Du Frog*
Pernambuco, and sailed for Rotterdam.
KINGSTOWN, APRIL 2.—A small vessel was seen lying
at anchor, dismasted, about 4 miles S.E. by E. of Wic.k-
low /lead, by the Elizabeth, Adamson, arrived her e.
Arrd. Ann M‘Lester. New Orleans.