The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-19 00:00:00

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL, FEE. 17.—The arrivals of most articles of the
grain trade the last few days have been liberal; at the same
time the demand has been inactive. There was a fair attend-
ance of millers and dealers at yesterday's market. Wheat and
Sour were in moderate request, at an abatement on Tuesday's
rates of Id per bushel on the former, and sixpence per barrel
and sack on four. Oats were saleable at full prices, but oat-
meal was easier to buy. Egyptian beans were sixpence per qr
cheaper. Barley and peas were in limited request. There
was a fair sale fur Indian corn, at a small concession on Tues-
day's price. Nothing passing in the trade, and prices remain
as quoted yesterday.

s. d. 8. d

Wheat, per 701 b :
English, white .. 7 3 to 7 7
Do. red.. .. 6 9 7 2
Irish, new .. 6 0 6 4
Do., old .. 6 4 6 7
Dantsie.. .. 7 6 7 8
Do., good mixed 7 0 7 4
Lowerßaltie,white 7 0 7 3

e. d. s. d
Barley,Feeding.. 3 6 to 3 9
Rye, per 4801 b .. 0 0 0 0
Beans, English, pr
imperial quartr 34 0 36 0
Irish and Scotch,
per 4801 b.. .. 31) 0— 31 0
Foreign,, duty pd. 25 6 26 0
European, per im-

red.. 610
•• 6 6 7 5
6 6 6 11

Do.
American .
Canadian .

serial quarter.. 32 0 33 0
Peas,-English,per
imperial quartr 32 0 —34 9

Spanish, red and
white..

Foreign • • .. 22 0— 34 0
Malt, English, per
_

•• 7 0 - 7 4

Tuscan and Bar-
letta, red .. • • 6 6 -- 6

imperial quartr 58 0 61 0
Do., Irish .. 55 0— 56 0

Marlanopoli .. 6 4 6 61
Odessa, Polish 6 6 -- 6 81

Do., brown .. 54 0— 57 0
Flour, English, pr

Do., hard.. . • 5 6 6 0
Egyptian 4 0 4 6
Oats, per 451 b :
English and Scotch 2 6 2 10
Welsh .• •. .. 2 6 2 7
Irish, new .. .. 2 6 2
Do., old ~ .. 2 7 2 9
Barley, English, pr
imperial quarter 32 0 34 0
Irish, Scotch, and
3 I anx,per 601 b .. 3 6 3 9

2801 b .. • • 35 0— 36 0
Irish, extra fine.. 37 0 3S 0
United States, per
barrel .. .26 0— 27 0
Canadian .. 26 0 27 0
Oatmeal, English,
& Scotch,pr24olb 24 0 26 0
Irish,. new ... .. 23 6 —24 0
. Do., old .. .23 0— 23 6
Indian corn, per
480Ib .. 29 0— 31 0

MANCHESTER, Fxir. 17.—Considerable inactivity has been
experienced in the trade throughout the present week, and in
the little business passing in flour the tendency of prices has
been towards a further decline. Facto r,s, however, have not
exhibited any anxiety to force sales, as the stocks of the article
are generally in a very moderate compass, and a revival in the
demand is consequently anticipated shortly. Oatmeal was in
limited request at the previous currency. We have again to
notice a tolerably fair supply of malt coastwise, and of oats and
oatmeal from Ireland into Liverpool and Runcorn ; but trifling
of other articles from those sources. The foreign importations
consist of a large arrival of wheat, fair of beans and Indian
corn, and only scanty of other produce. At our market this
morning wheat receded in value Id to 2d per 701 h. Flour
must likewise be noted 6d to Is per sack lower than on this
day se'nnight, at which reduction buyers came forward more
freely, and a fair consumptive business occurred. Oats and
oatmeal met an exceedingly slow sale, and were each the turn
cheaper.

SIIEFFIELD, FEB. 13.—The following is the inspector'
return :

Qrs. Bis. £ s. d. £ 1. d.
Wheat
Oats
Beans l5 0 ... 29 le 0 919 4 ditto

Best household bread, 6d; seconds ditto, 5d per 41b.
READING, FEB. 17.—Wheat, per quarter, 34s to 56s ; bar-
ley, 25s to 355; oats, 16s to 22s ; beans, 30s to 40s; peas,
30s to 40s. Fat hogs, 9s to Os Od ; porkers, 9s 3d to Os per
score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; ducks,
per couple, 3s 6d to 4s 6d; geese, each, 4s 6d to ss; butter,
per lb, is 2d to is 3d; eggs, 14 to 16 for Is.
DALKEI2II, FEB. 15.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 31b, 18st Ilb, and 17st
21b. Oats, 12st 71b, 12st 01b, and 10st 21b. Barley, 16st 61b,
I6d 11b, and 14,t 101 b. Peas and beans, 19st 01b, 18st 51b,
and 16st Blbs.

Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
249 Wheat .........£2 13 0 £2 8 0 £2 1 0
[214 Oats ... 1 • 1 4 0 18 8 0 14 0
422 8ar1ey............ 1 9 0 1 7 0 1 2 0
83 Pease and Beans 1 10 0 1 7 6 1 0 0

Average of. wheat £2 6s 21d.
ABERDEEN, FEB. 16.—Grain—Oats 14s to 16s 6d, 401 b per
bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 521bs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 245,
52 lbs per bushel ' • wheat. 50s to 545; oatmeal, 13s to 14s per
boll ; flour, 43s to 49s per sack. Provisions—Beef,
41 to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 5d
to 7d ; pork, per stone, 4s to 51; lamb, per quarter, Os to Os ;
tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to 5s ; potatoes, per peck, lOd to is ;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, Os
to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 8d to lld ;
eggs, per doz, 7d to 8d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per
pair, 3s to 3s 6d ; chickens, ditto, 2s 4d to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto,
3s 6d to 4s ; ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d ; turkeys, each, 41 6d
to 5s 6d ; geese, ditto, Os to Os ; butter fur exportation (present
cure), per cwt, 54s to 56s ; eggs. wholesale price, per dozen, 6d
to Od ; 41b loaf, 8d ;: 21b loaf, 4d ; pork, per stoae of 14 lbs
Os Od to 3s 6d ; pork fine, small, Os Od to 5s 6d ; pork large,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of '204 lbs, Os to 100 s.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 4d to Os Od; bearmeal, is 4d to Os Od ;
peasemeal, 2s to 2s 2d; sids, 6d to 7d; barley flour; 11 5d to
Is 6d ; barley dust, 7d to 8d ; flour, 2s to 2s 3d ; barley, per lb,
ld to 2d.

MONTE OSE, FEB, 16.—Wheat, 621 b, 44s to 465; barley,
531 b, 245 ; oats, 16s to 17s ; beans and peas, 621 b, 23. to 24.
per quarter. Oatmeal, per boll. of 1401 b, 12s.
BELFAST, FEY. 15.—Wheat—The supply is small, and,
from the quantity required for seed, prices of best qualities have
advanced since this day week 6d per cwt. Inferior is more
saleable at former prices. Flour—Course flour sells petty
freely, whilst fine is difficult to move even at an abatement of
6d per cwt. Barrels sell slowly at 28. to 28. 6d. Barleysells
freely at the advance (2d to 3d) noted on Friday. oats—
Fine oats, for seed, sells at an advance of 3d to 4d, and all
sorts are more saleable. Oatmeal has been scarce since Friday,
and sells at an advance on the week of 6d per cwt. Indian
corn is rather a slow sale at 7112 s 6d to 71 15s per ton for
yellow, and 2s 6d to 5s less for white.
CORK, Fins. 17.—Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 15s 6d; extra 163;
sceonds 13s 6d to 14s 6d ; households lls to 13s ; thirds 8s td 10s'
per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal 11s to lls 6d; Indian meal 8s ; *int
meal 113 per cwt. Indian corn 7/ 12s to 8/ per ton. Bran
51 per ton. Hay—Farmers 22s Od to 45s Od; average 00s,
dealers 43s to 483; average 45s Od per ton. Sir aw—Farmers
15s Od to 25s Od ; average 22. ; dealers 25s Od to 29. Od;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf od to 7d;
household loaf sicl to 6d per 41b. Coals—Newport 17s;
Lydney 18s ' Landore 17s; best Neath Culm 16s per ton.
Tallow 463 6d per cwt. Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per impe-
rial gallon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 61c1; veal
sfid to 7d; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per
lb. Hops 61 10s per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 3154 per
ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 7l; Valonia 111 to 131; French
6/; English 61 per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.
Hemp 35/ per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 185 to 00s ; red
ditto 25s to 27s per barrel ; Newfoundland 11/ to 12110. per
ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 10s ; old scarce ; red pine 3/
15s • yellow pine 31 per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 17/ per 120. Hides—Market Ils to 16. ; salted 11 sto
18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 2-1 d; market 2d to lid per lb.
Guano—Peruvian 10/ lOs ; Ichaboe 91 per ton. Patatoes—
White 10d to 12d ; Minions 18d to 00d. Tar—Archangel
18s per brl.

Tn ASSASSINATIONS AT STANFIRLD•NALL. ..---
WYMONDRAM, FRIDAY NIORT.--The late housekeeper
of the accused murderer Rush, who is known as the
Widow James, but whose real name is Emily Sandford,
a single woman, was last night confined of a female child
in the Bridewell prison of this town, where she has been
kept since the committal of Rush, to ensure her attend-
ance at the trial. In the event of her recovery, Rush's
trial will in all probability bake place at the latter end of
next month, at the ensuing assizes. Rush occasions con-
siderable uneasiness amongst the authorities at Norwich
Castle by his restless conduct and the singular requests
he is constantly making. He has instructed a solicitor to
retain a leading counsel of the Norfolk Circuit to assist
him in points of law that may arise in the course of his
trial, but it is understood that he has been unable to ob-
tain one on the conditions imposed, Rush intending to
conduct his own case throughout the trial, which, on ac-
count of the number of the witnesses, it is likely to ex-
tend over two or three days. The prosecution will be
conducted by Mr. Sergeant Bylos and Mr. Prendergast.
We regret to state that Mrs. Jermy has not yet reco-
vered from her wounds. Portions of the elbow bone have
been found to have been shot away. She continues at
Stunfield-hall.—Uhscrver.

EPSOM, SATURDAY.—The investigation into the charge
of rape by Miss Maria O'Grady against Mr. Robert
Bartlett, solicitor, was proceeded with.
This morning Mr. Bartlett arrived at Epsom by an
early train, in custody of Mr. Keene, Governor of Horse-
monger-lane Prison, a habeas having issued on the appli-
cation of the aceused's bail to permit his appearance.
Mr. Gosse officiated us chairman of the bench.
Mr. Borthwick said the course he would now venture
to suggest was that the deposition of the prosecutrix
should be read over. This having been done, he would
ask for the immediate committal of the accused.
Mr. Gosse—lt is quite clear that the remand took
place on one particular point of the prosecutrix's testi-
mony, and that was one of great importance. The
prosecutrix stated that she had mentioned the circum-
stance of which she complains to Mr. Bartlett's ser-
vant maid, Mary Morris, the morning after the al-
leged occurrence took place. That being the case, as
she is here, I certainly think we had much better have
her examined.
The witness was her introduced.
Mary Ann Morris—l am twenty-nine years of age,
and reside at No. 5, Adelaide-place, Bayswater. I have
lived in the service of Mr. Bartlett, of Epsom. I lived
with him nearly tour months, from July to the 30th of
October last. I knew Miss
O'Grady. I first saw her
about a month before I left Mr. Bartlett's service. She
came to reside there at that time. Shortly before [left
I remember Mrs. Bartlett going away into the country
for two days. She went away on Thursday morning and
returned on the evening of the next day. Iremember
seeing Miss O'Grady in her bedroom on the Thursday
evening alluded to. I went up stairs with her. There
was some inquiry about the key of her bedroom door on
likely she had put it
that ntiigmhet:
shelt
remarked
drkneodt
tbehaftoajennd., ' After looking for it
some
away with some other keys which she had. I left her
in the bedroom, and returned down stairs. My bedroom
was en the floor above Miss O'Grady's room, but
not immediately over it. I first saw her the next
morning in her bedroom, about eight o'clock. I went
there to call her. She was up and dressed. She did
not name anything in particular to me at that time. Miss
O'Grady never at that, or any subsequent time, made
any complaint to me as to the conduct of Mr. Bartlett
to her. Another servant girl, named Emily Hewitt,
slept in the house on the night in suestion. She was
not in Mr. Bartlett's service, but, being out of a situa-
tion, had obtained permission to sleep with me. When
I made Mr. Bartlett's bed on Friday morning I observed
certain circumstances, leading me to an impression that
two persons must have slept in it. (The witness bore
described that one of Mr. Bartlett's sheets 'bore the ap-
pearance of having been washed out and rough dried.)
Cross-examined by Mr. Owen—The footman Slept in
the house on Thursday night. He went to bed about
ten o'clock. Myself and Emily Hewitt, the other female
servant, went to bed about half-past twelve o'clock.
Some conversation passed between us previously on. the
subject of the missing key. I did not charge Maria
O'Grady with anything on the Friday morning. I saw
something which led me to believe that somebody had
slept in Mr. Bartlett's bed besides himself. I did not
make Miss O'Grady's bed on the Friday morning, but
from its appearance, I do not think she had slept in it
on the previous night. I asked Miss O'Grady to come
down to breakfast on Friday morning. She said she
would come as soon as Mr. Bartlett was down. Mrs.
Bartlett did not sleep out any other night while I lived
there except the Thursday.
By Mr. Borthwick—l have been brought here by a
gentleman whom I now point out. (The witness here
pointed to Mr. Owen's clerk.) Miss O'Grady's room
was
in
by a doorenteredforpomening shortannth
P which was itself closed
bolted on the outside by, Miss C'Grady's request, when
aess landing.a This door I had g
the key of her room could not in found. For that rea-
son I know she could. not have left her room to sleep
with any one that night, unless the bolt had been with-
drawn by some person outside. It was quite possible for
this to hare been done. I did not go to bed until about
half-past 12 o'clock, after which I slept soundly. Miss
O'Grady first spoke to me about her key. I afterwards
went with her to Mr. Bartlett's bedroom. She asked him
about it. He said he knew nothing of it. We left Me.
Bartlett's room together. Miss O'Grady went to her
own room and I bolted her in.

Cross examined by. Mr. Owen—Mr. Bartlett himself
asked me to re-wash the sheet of which I have spoken.
When I went into Miss O'Grady's bedroom with her on
the Thursday night I offered to assist her in taking off
her dress. She declined my assistance, and said she
wished to sit up to read a book she had.
There was considerable hesitation about the manner of
this witness in her replies to the various •questions pro-
posed to her, and. Mr. Borthwick made some strong ob-
servations as to the unworthiness of her testimony in
consequence. The Bench, however, seemed to be of
opinion that her peculiarity of 'Renner arose more from
stupidity than any other cause. •

Emily Clara Hewitt said—l resieo at No. 116, Church-
street, Lambeth, and am a servant out of place. I was
lately living in service, at Epsom, with Mr. Joseph Har-
rison, corn-dealer. I was in the habit of going occa-
sionally to see Mrs. Bartlett. When I left Mr. Harri-
son's service I went to Mr. Bartlett's the same evening.
I slept there that night with Mary Anne Morris. I had
previously lived for a week with Mrs. Bartlett, and left
on account of ill health. Mary said Miss O'Grady had
asked her to ask Mr. Bartlett for the key of her room;
that she had done so, and that he made answer, "Ho had
not seen it," adding " what did he want to do with her
key?" About ta oin the morning Mary Morris woke
me, and told me that she had hoard a noise of some one
walking across the passage; that she had got up and
looked over the banister, and saw Mr. Bartlett in his
night shirt, with a glass of spirits and water in his hand.
Nothing further passed that night, but in the morning
Mary asked me if I knew anything that had occurred
between Mr. Bartlett and Mtp O'Grady. I said no, I
did not. Nothing more passed until about ten o'clock,
when Mr. Bartlett rang for some hot water. Mary
took up four or five jugs of hot rater to him. I said to
her, " I wonder what Mr. Bartlett can do with all
that water." She replied, "We shall soon know."
Shortly after the bell rang again, and I took up
another jug of hot water to Mr. Bartlett. Soon after that
Miss O'Grady came down stairs. On entering the kit-
chen, she asked Mary what did Mr. Bartlett want with
so much hot water? Mary replied, "I do not know; of
course you know beat about it." Miss O'Grady made no
reply, and went up stairs, and Mary and myself went
up stairs to make the beds. We made Mr. Bartlett's bed
first. We could not tell whether more than one had
slept in the bed, as Mr. Bartlett always slept on the
mattress. The under sheet had been washed out, but
was still damp. We afterwards went to Miss O'Grady's
bedroom. Miss O'Grady had previously told us in the
kitchen that she had made her bed lerself, and asked us
to be good enough to lay it straight. Wo opened a
closet in Miss O'Grady's room, and there found a night
dress. (The witness here gave etch a description as
would lead to the presumption that Miss O'Grady had
passed the night with Mr. Bartlett). I remained at Mr.
Bartlett's two nights, and left on the following morning.
Mrs. Bartlett came home on the Fricay evening beforei
left. Before Mr. Bartlett went out to meet Mrs. Bartlett
on the Friday night, he called Maty on one side, and
asked her to be so good as to iron ott the sheet from off
his bed. She subsequently took the iron up-stairs, and
I ironed it whilst she held it. Mr. Birtlett came into the
room while we were so engaged, ffe did not say any-
thing; he merely laughed.
Cross-examined by Mr. Owen—Tie missing key was
found by Mary Morris, on the Friday siorning, down by_
Miss O'Grady's room. When Miss O'Grady came into
the kitchen I asked her if she knew anything about the
damp sheet. She said " No." She did not appear dis-
concerted at the question.
Mr. Borthwice—l do not wish to distress you or ex-
cite your feelings in any way, but I am obliged to put
this question. From observations which you have made
yourself are you of opinion that Mr. Bartlett was a man
capable of the offence with which lie is charged?
Witness—l am of that opinion.
Mr. Owen—Did Mr. Bartlett and Miss O'Grady ap-
pear to be on terms of familiarity and friendly inter-
course on the Friday ?
Witness—Yes, Sir, they did.
Richard Kennedy, sergeant of the metropolitan police,
and acting superintendent of the Epsom district, proved
having served the last witness with a summons on the
lath of the present month at 116, Church-street, Lam-
beth. He took notes of her statement to him, and now
handed in a fair copy of the notes.
At the request of Mr. Borthwick this statement was
here read for the purpose of showirg that there was a
considerable discrepancy between her evidence given be-
fore the Bench, and what:the witness stated in the first
instance to the police-sergeant.
The witness defended herself by stating that she had
forgotten several circumstances whet questioned by Ser-
geant Kennedy, which she load since recollected.
Mr. Owen hero handed a letter to Kennedy, and in-
quired whether he knew Miss O'Grady's handwriting.
Kennedy said he had seen her sign her name, but
could not swear to the letter in question.
The following is a copy of the letter which is stated to
have been addressed by .Mies O'Grady to Mrs. Bartlett,
after the return of the former from Liverpool :
" My dear Mrs. Bartlett—You w:ll be astonished to
hear that lam in Epsom since last aight. I arrived in
London from Liverpool on Thursday. evening. From
•,
the station I went to Mrs. Arnce's, where I found
mamma, from whom I received the to oat cruel treatment,
and was in danger of my ?if?. They were obliged to
call in the police, and were going to give her in charge,
but after they did not. At any rate they all advised me
to run away somewb ere from her, unless I
should be in danger of life. Not know-
ing of any place but Ipsom, I refuged
myself here. lam now , since foto! o'clock yesterday, at
Mrs. Chabot's, from wb.ere I write. My dear Mrs. Bart-
lett, I should be truly grateful to pa if you could only
assist me in getting nee a common servant's place. lam
now going up to Mrs. Northey's, it Woodcote-green, to
whom I have been recommende6 You mentioned to
Mrs. Peters that if you were sureof my age you could
get me into a school. I am seventeen years and four
months.

" I remain, very dear Mrs. Bartlett, your ever grate-
rul little friend, MARIA O'GRADY.

. „
" Sir,—My attention having been called to a paragraph
in the London Times of Monday relating to yourself and
Miss O'Grady, I deem it my.iluty to address you-on the
subject.
" You are a perfect strAnger to me, and I can know
nothing of what may have taken place between you and
Miss O'Grady; but I deem -it a duty incumbent on me
to inform you that-all-which Miss O'Grady is said to have
stated as having, taken place between the Mayor and her-
self is entirely untrue.
"There are other important pOints connected with
Miss O'Grady's visit to Liverpool,.which, if you think it
worth while to inquire into to-promote the ends of jus
-
tice, I will afford every facility. and information respect-
ing her during her stay here.—Yours, &c.,
" J. BRiIILEI Moons, Mayor.
"J. If. Bartlett, Esq., Epsom." .d
A short discuosion here ensued as to the most conve-
nient day-for the re-bearing, and Mr. Owen undertaking
that the accused should not be released frota the custody
of the until after that day, Wednesday next was
Ultimately decided upon.
The prosecutrix remained in the room during the
whole day.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT AT
GLASGOW.

GLASGOW, SATURDAY NIGHT.—About a quarter to
eight this evening an alarm of fire was given in the
upper gallery of the Theatre Royal, Dunlop-street,
which was, as usual on a Saturday, very crowded in
that part of the house. In their efforts to escape
down the narrow spiral staircase, which form the only
means of egress from the gallery, 50 or 53 people, men,
women, and children, were crushed and smothered to
death. The sufferers were all of the working classes.
As the same state of alarm did 'not exist in the other
parts of the house, the remainder of the audience kept
their seats until they were enabled to disperse at their
leisure.

The alarm of fire was first given in the front of the
upper gallery; and the cause of the fire was a leak in
the gas-pipe, the gas from which was exploded by a
lucifer match used by some one to light his pipe.
Scarcely any damage was done to the theatre.

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
On Saturday evening, about half-past seven o'clock,
one of the most fearful catastrophsa .that ever, occurred
in Scotland took place in the Theatre Royal, Dunlop-
street. Very shortly after the performance had com-
menced an alarm was given that a fire had broken out
in the upper gallery, and at a matter of course the audi-
ence, which was numerous in the gallery, became much
excited.
It was soon apparent to the manager that the fire had
been occasioned by an explosion of gas, and he, to-
gether with the members of his company, used their
utmost exertions to restore order, in which they par-
tially succeeded. Meanwhile, however, the alarm bad
been conveyed to the central police-offices, and the fire
brigade were very soon at the theatre, and immediately
commenced operations, which had the effect of increasing
the fears of the people, and a general rush was made to
the door, in order to escape from the fire, which had in
fact been previously extinguished. Despite all remon-
strance the people would be out, and the result was the
premature death of sixty-four individuals, besides four
more or less injured. It would be vain to attempt to
convey any idea of the scene which the theatre pre-
sented at the time of 'the accident; that can be better
imagined than expressed. The authorities were very soon
at the theatre, and, while assistance was being procured,
the gallery stair was ascended, when at one of the land-
ing places was discovered a scene of the most.horrifying
description—men, womee,and children huddled together,
trodden under loot, dead, and dying. The poor crea-
tures were carried to houses adjoining, and every exer-
tion used to restore animation, but, unfortunately, these
exertions were in but few instances successful. Sixty-
one were dead, and three sent to the Royal. Infirmary;
two died upon the way, and one shortly after. Eleven
persons, slightly bruised, were able to be removed to
their homes, arld others are still in the infirmary in a
dangerous state. •The sixty-one dead bodies were, in
the course of the evening, removed to the Clyde-street
Hospital, and there kept till Sunday morning for iden-
tification.

About ten o'clock the authorities were at the hospital,
and it was arranged, to satisfy the relatives of the poor
creatures who had been waiting in hundreds around the
hospital during the night, to admit them. The bodies
were spread out on the floor of the largo shed, and when
each relative, father, mother, wife, or other friends were
recognised, their shrieks rent the air. One woman
claimed three as her own. 'Without scarcely a single
exception the sufferers belong to the lower class of
society, and are for the most part lads between 14 and 17
years old; the enly female amongst the dead was one
girl three years of age.
A gloom has been cast over the city by the fearful
occurrence, which it will require some time to dissipate.
The theatre has sustained no damage from burning, as
the flame of the gas•pipe was almost instantly extin-
guished.

PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.
(From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRIVATE BILL OFFICE.

SATURDAY, rms. 17.
The following petitions against the undermentioned Pri-
vate Bills were deposited :
Lancaster and Carlisle Railway (from the Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway at Lancaster, to the Preston and Wyre
Railway, &c.) Bill—from the Company of Proprietors of
the Lancaster Canal Navigation.
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway (Junction with
the East Lancashire Railway in Preston, and Amendments
of Acts) Bill—from the Company of Proprietors of the
Lancaster Canal Navigation.
Lancaster and Preston Junction Railway Acts Amend-
ment (Powers to alter Tolls an for Appointment of
Officers) Bill from the Company of Proprietors of the Lan-
caster Canal Navigation.
Tyne River Conservancy Bill—from the Mayor, Aldermen,
and Burgesses of the Borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

THE SERPENTINE.—The level of the Serpentine
has been lowered several feet, with the intention, it is
supposed, of effecting a cleansing of the bed from the
foulness with which it is at present contaminated, and
the portion of the river beyond the bridge, and in KOPP-
singtsn-gardens, has been almost drained dry for a simi-
lar purpose. The north bank of the Serpentine was
crowded with pedestrians on Sunday in consequence of
the remarkable splendour of the day; and, in conse-
quence of the decrease of water, the pathway was con-
siderably enlarged, and was the subject of general notice.
It is proposed for the river to be completely emptied, and
a hard substance of brick or other material formed at
the bottom, and that it should subsequently consist of a
clear running :treats, of a few feet of water in depth
only, similar to th. I,ftsin in the bireen Park, next to
Piccadilly. This would have the effect of invigorating
the visitors, and furnish all the necessary means for ab-
lution in the summer, and skating in the winter months,
without the present vompaniment of foul collections
and pestilential vapours, which have so long and justly
been the subject of general complaint. At the time of
these improvements of the Serpentine being effected, it
will be well for the Department of the Woods and Fo-
rests to turn their attention to the state of the promenade
along the north bank of the river, and between it and
the carriage road. It is now the chief and most fashion-
able point for promenading, and is nevertheless in a very
uneven and uncomfortable state, and may as well, at the
same time that it is improved in that particular, be con-
siderably widened for the comfort and convenience of
the public.
ARRIVALS ov SPECIE.—The following arrivals of
specie have just taken place from the ports and countries
mentioned:—The ship Persia, arrived from Calcutta and
the Cape of Good Hope, respectively, brought from the
Cape 13 bags and 3 casks of copper, and 1 parcel and 6
boxes of specie, consigned to order, and also 3 boxes of
specie addressed to two commercial firms in the metro-
polis; the Ann Bridson, from Valparaiso, 660 bags of
silver ore and 33 tons of copper regulus, consigned to a
commercial house; the Orkney Lass, from Jamaica, 4
packages of copper, individually addressed; the Princess
Royal, from Hamburgh, 7 casks of nickel specie, ad-
dressed to a metropolitan firm; the vessel Vicar of
Bray, from Huanachaca, Iquique, and Islay, has brought
from the latter place 107 packages of gold and silver,
consigned to a firm of commercial eminence in the me-
tropolis; and the vessel Heroine, from Algoa Bay, has
brought one box of specie, individually addressed, and
also 1 box and 1 other parcel of specie, consigned to a
firm in the metropolis.
WAR MSDALS.—CHATHAM,
Smith, Barrack-Master at this garrison, and who is brother
FEB. 16.—Major T.
to Sir Harry Smith, the Gevernor at the Cape, has received.
his war medal—bearing clasps, two threes and a floauraetnhrieiee
sections—for services rendered in the Peninsula, ?sth
Rifle
was serving as Lieutenant and Adjutant ohf the 9
Regiment ; Captain David Cooper, of the I
also Lieutenant-Colonel Kelly, of the PrOm% les
same service.
have each received their medals for the sa
account, just pub-
QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY.ioln.teagl Battalion,en t'and
nors of Queen Anne's Bounty duringeee
R ived 200,054/. ; disbursed,
lished, of all the moneys received—anAdndtishbeursyeeadrbeyntdhineggovveere-.
31, 1847, gives these results:.
1381- The tenths of the deanery
difference concerning the right to
200,0571. The amount of y early reefntysodrkuea,reorininararreraera,ra,nids
will not be received till a
in Newcastle shortly, on a
pay l‘tihdel 1 e.
rieit
Grote.—Gateshead Observer.
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to Mr, and airs. Gr
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Lindisis determined.exp e

I SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS.
TIMES.—As far as they go, the Ministerial measures
for Ireland are characterised by undeniable necessity,
simple justice, and plain common sense. If the praise is
great, the qualification is as great as the praise. A crisis
may be net, a catastrophe averted, and an imperfection
set right, without any positive step in that bold and mas-
terly policy which all history tells us is necessary to re-
generate the mind and manners and condition of a people.
The present time may or may not he the golden oppor-
tunity. Perhaps a spontaneous, or, we should say, a Pro-
vidential decay and dissolution of Irish society is not the
time for its reconstruction. Perhaps the hour when one
set of agitators is in prison and the other in contempt,
when pauper tenants arc throwing lip their holdings and
pauper landlords their estates, and when myriads
arc flying across the Atlantic, is not that
which calls fur vigorous and prospective legis-
lation. Perhaps nothing of this 'sort is rosily
positive, and the comprehensive measures which
:present themselves in so bright but undefined a
form to the imaginations of unoilicisl men may be empty
and delusive dreams. We only observe that such mea-
sures there are not in this instance. What we have is
very good as far as it goes. The grant of 50,000/. is
necessary and will not go far. The lion. Member for
Middlesex has computed, on we know not what grounds,
that it will be exhausted in one fortnight. Mr. Disraeli,
following the Hon. Member for Stroud, assumes, on the
authority of one of the papers before the House, that
592,0861. is the calculated expense of maintaining the
population in the twenty-one suffering unions. But the
case is not quite so bad as these gentlemen seem to ima-
gine. This portentous figure does not represent the ex-
penditure of one year, for it includes old debts to the
amount of 84,3801. Nor is it to be supposed that the re-
maing 507,7061. is likely to fall upon the public this year,
or did fall upon the public the last. In fact, 199,0231. of
it was defrayed by rates actually collected in the unions;
the whole of the amount advanced in aid by the
British Association or by Government being 237,2301.
The case, therefore, is much more hopeful than it ap•
peered through the gloomy medium of Friday's debate.
Indeed, we are bound to say that we have never seen so
much reason to congratulate the country as we find in
the papers just presented to Parliament. They deter-
mine within manageable limits the locality and the
amount of Irish distress; and prove that our legislators
can " tackle" it, if they choose. According to the Minis-
terial measures, two or three annual grants of 50,0004
are the very utmost to be demanded from the Imperial
Exchequer. If that be all, England will have no great
reason to complain, and will not complain unless pro-
voked to it by her Irish calumniators. In these 21 dis-
tressed unions the annual deficiency to be met by ex-
ternal aid is considerably under 300,0001. There are
in other parts of Ireland some electoral districts
very crowded and distressed ; but 350,000/. is
probably a full estimate of the assistance necessary to
carry all the distressed localities of Ireland through
this fourth winter of famine. And now comes the ques-
tion,—how is this sum to be raised? Government pro-
ceeds on the path of precedent, common feeling, and
common sense, by proposing to raise it on the ancient
principle of a rate in aid. The proposal is, that when
the rates of the electoral division shall exceed ss. in the
pound, the surplus shall be collected from the unions at
large ; and when this union rate in aid shall exceed 2s.
in the pound, the surplus shall be collected from Ireland
at large; and when this Irish rate in aid shall exceed 6d,
in the pound, the surplus shall be paid from the Imperial
Exchequer. Thus the poor-rate of no one electoral dis-
trict will be able to exceed 7s. 6d. For the present it is
not intended to ask for this sixpenny rate on the landed
property of Ireland for more than two years. It will
probably realise from 250,000/. to 300,000/.; and even
if the present distress should continue, would only
leave about 100,0001. to be ,contributed by Govern-
ment. We think we can answer for the peo-
ple of England, that if they see Ireland
first doing its utmost, by the collection of an
Irish rate, they will not grudge the further sum required
from the Exchequer. But, on the other hand, as the
Irish Members are already showing themselves restive at
the idea of an Irish rate, we must beg to remind them
that Ireland is still financially distinct from this country.
Not only land, but all property, and even all income in
this island, pays a sevenpenny rate to the extraordinary
necessities of the empire, including the necessities of the
Irish crisis, Complaints are already made against the
collection of an Irish rate upon land only. Unfortu-
nately Ireland does not possess the machinery for a pro-
perty-tax; and it would not answer to create such ma-
chinery for an impost only asked for two years. Some
of the other propositions brought before the Select Com-
mittee on Thursday are of such evident utility that they
scarcely call for a word of remark. The periodical va-
luation of property, in lieu of one ad libitum, is so rea-
sonable that we cannot believe the latter to have been
practised to a considerable extent. As for the emigration
rate and the emigration powers extended to the rate-
payers and guardians of particular electoral districts, we
only hope they will be turned to some account; but, as
Irish guardians and rate-pavere have unlormly exhi-
bited a determination to speria,ns little money as possible,
and never to act in concert for any good purpose, we
wholly despair of ever seeing them subscribe for emi-
gration. The proposed addition of fifty now unions is a
change absolutely required by the practice of relief to
able-bodied poor. The unions were much two large even
for the former imperfect and niggardly syst,em of:relief.
What must be thought of an arrangement which made

it a common thing fora poor creature to walk thirty miles
to the nearest union-house, with the chance of rejection;
and under which one man actually walked 150 miles
backwards and forwards before he was ultimately admit-
ted? Want of funds will prevent the immediate construc-
tion of workhouses for the new unions; so that meanwhile

it will be necessary to hire such buildings as may do for
the purpose. We must confess to some serious misgiv-
ings as to one piece of indulgence submitted by Lord
John Russell to the Irish Committee. It is that boards
of guardians may be empowered to excuse incoming
tenants from payment of arrears of poor-rate, which had
accrued on property not occupied during the previous
twelve months. The reason for this indulgence is, that
the enormous arrears of rate now due on farms and
tenements in many parts of Ireland deter tenants from
hiring or occupying them, as they are liable to a dis-
traint on their property for the arrears. But why give
up the arrears altogether? Why excuse the landlord
for the sake of the tenant? The landlord will only have
to leave his land idle for a twelvemonth, and he will be
quit of all arrears. Would not the same object be an-
swered by the board of guardians declaring the arrears
a permanent debt on the land, to be recovered as the
Legislature may hereafter see proper, and simply giving
the new tenant as assurance that he, his stock, and Air
produce, will be respected? It must never be forgotten
that the Irish landowners are responsible for the state of
things which preceded the famine, and which have, so
fearfully aggravated its horrors. They must not be let
off. The laud is the proper lien for all the rates due
from it, and we are not disposed to release it from the
full discharge of its duties.
POST.—It seems that the adventurer of Boulogne and
Strasbourg, the prisoner of Ham, the fox-hunter of
Leamington, and the special constable of London, is de-
termined to be not only the ruler of a mighty nation, but
the liaroun al Raschid of the 19th century. There is
more in Louis Napoleon—not than we have:said there
was, for his actions but justify our recorded anticipa-
tions—but there is more in him than many of his well-
wishers bad hoped, or any of his enemies had dreaded.
The Liberte, in the passage which we quoted last week,
places his character in perhaps the fairest, light in which
it has hitherto drawn public attention, but in a light
quite conformable to the expectations and estimate con-
ceived of the Prince. President by all who personally
knew him. There have often been rulers, since Diony-
sius the elder of Syracuse, who have made it their busi-
ness to prowl incognito through their capitals, from
motives of cruel suspicion, and for the sake of
personal espial. There have been others who have
played the maskers for the sake of adventure ana
excitement, in the history of many a great
modern country; and there not only have been a third
class of Sovereigns who have done the same in order to
gratify their abominable lusts, but, alas ! there is, even
in the broad daylight of this journal-watched age, a
monarch of that execrable kiud—and a woman, too—
whose pranks, orgies, midnight prowlings, back-door ad-
ventures, and transparently vieled addiction to systematic
indecency, are the shame of an old and once glorious
throne. Meantime Louis Napoleon's amusements in,the
moments ot leisure which are snatched from important
and earnest labours set an example of another sort. In
business, not a holiday or make-believe sinecurist, but a
diligent and genuine workman, he is, when released from
it, a brave gentleman and a true man on every occapion
—one who knows how to give delight among the great.
the wealthy, and the refined, and to obtain it among
the lowly, the destitute, and the despairing.. Our
incident
readers will have remarked the little
i just
which has , suggested the observations sbv4:nhave_n
made. A poor woman had lost her husband
wdhileh thatet
terrible insurrection, to the suppression exalted posl- '
June Louis Napoleon owes
tion. She was now left with five
offtiaese children was but
presentchildren in a state
of starvation, and the eldest o
ten years old. Hearing that thenephewiinte l
Dieu,of thesh 0 French
cha
paper:—" The
Emperor had come to visit the
on a s
friend to write these words
wife of an insurgent killed at the bearraztaodfes, the daughter
of an old soldier, the mother of
ifive children
She, re
livesduced to
starvation, has no hop left but n yeu. a gel
nundro, fella rue. '
She threw these lines into tho car-
riage, while it was standingin the Place Notre Dame,
perceived
and the Prince
th e
pa per only just when he
alighting afterwards at th
eElysio. The rest we
was
again let the Liberte relate in its own graphic words:
"The following day a private carriage stopped in front of
the house indicated in the paper, and a gentleman having
made some inquiries in the neighbourhood, ascended to
the garret, where the most appalling distress presented
itself to his sight. " What does the gentleman wish?"
said the poor woman. "I bring von assistance in the
name of the President of the Republic." " Oh, my God!
he has taken pity on me. I was told he was charitable
and humane to the poor." " What do you require for the
moment, my poor woman?" " 20f. to pay my rent, and
some trifle to keep my children from starving until I can
procure employment." " Well, lam charged to give
you those two notes of 100 f. each." At the sight ot the
notes the poor woman had nearly fainted. Her first im-
pulse was to embrace her children, exclaiming, "You
are saved!" The stranger, AirtcOdi withdrew,