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APRIL 21, 1849.

SALES BY AUCTION.

Tory Capital and Elegant FREEHOLD MANSION, in perfect or-
der, surrounded by beautiful Park-like Grounds, and an ornamen-
tal Farm, for many years the residence of the Right Hon. Sir
William Freemantle, awl now of Thomas Blayds, Esq., near Wind-

sor Park and Virginia Water,
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, at the Auction Mart, on WED-
NESDAY, May 9, at Twelve, unless it should be previously disposed of
by Private Treaty,
One of the most desirable SEATS in the vicinity of Windsor,
on which several thousand pounds have been recently expended
in substantial improvements and repairs. The stabling and
offices are very superior, and it is upon an elevated, dry, and
healthy spot ; and the grounds surrounding it (about 100 acres)
are belted and studded with ornamental shrubs ant fine timber, in
such variety as to be beautiful and cheerful even in winter. The
mansion, which is handsome and complete in every respect, may be
purchased, with only 40 or 60 acres, if prefcrrcd. The grounds are
embellished by a fine sheet of water, and skirted and intersected
by extensive and broad gravelled walks and shrubberies, with flower
gardens, conservatory, pavilion or billiard-room, and good walled
kitchen-gardens; also a detached farm-house, and gardener's and
other cottages.
Descriptive particulars may be had on the premises; at the Auc-
tion Mart ; and of Messrs. Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents,
&c., in Waterloo-place, ; and at their agent's office in
Windsor.

TMPERIAL HOTEL, HUDDERSFIELD.
JAMES T. WIGNEY, in thanking his friends and the public
generally for their kind and increasing patronage since opening the
t-,b,yve Hotel, begs to assure t em of his continued exertions to afford
them every cormort and convenience when honoured with a visit ;
and also takes this opportunity of informing them that he has, in ad-
dition to the " Imperial" at Hudderifield, entered upon t' e long-es-
tablished and well-accustomed Commercial and Family hotel, the
" George," at 'Wakefield, where Commercial Gentleineu arid others
may depend upon having every accommodation t.ey can possibly
desire.
• April, 1849.

HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dhinars,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adclphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.

Messrs. ARCHER and MOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee roost,
which has been fitted up in the style of the period In which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatres, Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five preclsely, the
most comfortable and rea•onable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers untt. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.

N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

THE NEW SOCIETY of PAINTERS in
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THE COUNTRY MARKETS.

WAKEFIELD, APRIL APRIL 2).—The supplies are moderate.
There is a steady trade in wheat at an improvement of 2s per
quarter. English barley, from its scarcity,
is Is per quarter
dearer, and foreign is held at advanced rates. Oats are id per
stone, and shelling Is per load higher. Beans are not offering
freely at an advance of is per quarter.

New.

EXECUTION OF SARAH HARRIET

THOMAS.
BRISTOL, APRIL 20.—The wretched criminal Sarah
Harriet Thomas underwent the extreme sentence of the
law at 10 o'clock this morning. The scaffold was erected
over the great gates of the gaol. The scene throughout
was a most painful one. Last night four female turn•
keys sat up with the prisoner, and between 12 and 1
o'clock this morning she partook of a mutton chop. She
afterwards lay down for about an hour only, but the
turnkeys are of opinion that she did not sleep. For
breakfast she only had some tea, and refused to take any-
thing to eat. The chaplain arrived at 7 o'clock, and she
seemed more attentive than before to her religious duties.
Half an hour previous to the execution the governor
of the gaol, Mr. Gardiner, announced to her the pain-
ful duty which he had to perform, and said he hoped
she would accompany him to the place of execution
quietly. She stamped with her foot several times, and
said she would not go. She seemed almost frantic, and
at the time appointed Mr. Gardiner was somp(..lll. to

procure the assistance of six or seven men, who led her
into the press-yard. She resisted all the time. In the
press-room, at the suggestion of Dr. Sweet, the chap-
lain, she asked the governor to give her love to her
father. After having been pinioned she walked without
assistance as far as the drop, but afterwards she was
obliged to be led up the ladder by two of the turnkeys.
She struggled violently and shrieked in a dreadful man-
ner. When Calcraft, the executioner, put the rope round
ber neck she exclaimed, " The Lord have mercy upon
me! I hope my mother and none of my family are pre-.
sent." Immediately afterwards the_bolt was withdrawn
and she was launched into eternity.
The following is her confession of the circumstances of
the murder, signed by her own hand:—
" Two days before the murder was committed Miss
Jefferies called me up to her bedroom and attempted to
strike me. She also locked me in the kitchen during the
whole of the night. At five o'clock in the morning she
unbolted the door and told me to make a fire in her room.
I thought then to have struck her, but did not do so.
On the following night I slept in her room, but did not
contemplate murdering her till between five and six
o'clock in ,the morning, when I got up, went down
stairs, and returned with a stone, with which, whilst
Miss Jefferies was asleep, I struck her on the head three
times. Between the second and third blow she made
some sort of a noise, and the last words I heard her say
were Christ God!' I then dressed myself, robbed the
house, flung the dog down the privy, locked up the
house, and went home. I committed the murder and
robbed the house with my own hands, and no one else
had anything whatever to do with it ; neither did
I mention having done so to any person. I regret
exceedingly having committed so horrid a crime,
and I pray to the Almighty God for forgive-
ness. I never should have committed so dreadful a
crime had Miss Jefferies' conduct been less provoking.
After Miss Jefferies had died I remained in the room
for more than an hour. I then went home, and did not
return till about nine o'clock in the evening, when I
went for two boxes, but did not go into mistress's room.
On leaving the house I saw a strange man standing
opposite, who carried my boxes as far as the infirmary,
for which I gave him ninepence. I than took a fly and
went home."

Had it not been for the arrangements made by the
authorities it is probable that fearful accidents would
have happened amongst the crowd of spectators. Strong
barriers were placed in front of the gaol, and at each
side, so as to prevent the people from being driven
towards the river. The services of a strong body of
police were also called into requisition. The conduct
of the crowd was similar to what generally
takes place at public executions; some of the parties
present were smoking, whilst others were laughing
and jeering, until the clock strack the fatal hour, a so-
lemn silence then prevailed, and every eye was anxiously
directed towards the spot whence the unfortunate crea-
ture was to emerge; so strenuous bad been the exertions
made by the inhabitants of the city to get the life of the
convict spared that many persons imagined that a ro•
prieve would be received. One petition was signed by
3,500 women of Bristol, and sent to Sir G. Grey with
the accompanying letter:—

" Bristol, April 15.

" Hon. Sir,—We pray you to look favourably upon,
and to present to her Most Gracious Majesty Queen
Victoria, the memorial of the women of Bristol this day
forwarded to you. The near approach of an event so
fearful in itself, and so dire in its influence, has spread a
gloom over the minds of all the inhabitants of our city;
particularly over the minds of wotnen-3,500 of whose
signatures are affixed to the memorial, including many
of the most influential and enlightened ladies in the
neighbourhood. We earnestly hope that her Majesty
will graciously receive the petition of her loving sub
jests, and extend her Royal mercy to Sarah Harriet
Thomas. We shall anticipate, Hon. Sir, with great
anxiety your reply, and in the sincere hope that it will
be a favourable one,
"I am. Right Hon. Sir,
" (Ou behalf of the Committee,)
" EMMA S. MATTREWS.
" To the Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bat t."
The following reply was on Wednesday morning re-
ceived:—

" Whitehall, April 17.
" Madam,—Sir George Grey having carefully con-
sidered the memorial which you transmitted from the
Women of Bristol,' in behalf of Sarah Harriet Dar-mils,
a convict in the gaol at Bristol, under sentence of death
for murder, I am directed to express to you his regret
that alter a correspondence with the Learned Judge who
tried the case, the result of a very anxious inquiry end
deliberations, that Sir George Grey has come to the con-
clusion that he cannot, without a violation of his duty,
interfere with the due course of law.

"I am, Madam, your obedient servant,

" H. WADDINGTON.

" Miss Emma S. Matthews."

A reply couched in similar language has been re-
ceived by the Earl Fitzhardinge, to whom was entrusted
a petition from the Society of Friends, praying for a
commutation of the convict's sentence. Similar replies
have also been received in answer to several other peti
tions got up by the various dissenting and other religious
congregations in Bristol.

called his attention to the cheque and the pocket-book,
observing, My object is to find the cle que, in order
that it may be restored to your family, there being no
doubt that it is their property.' The prisoner said, 'He
knew nothing about it; he did not recollect having seen
it; he was quite sure he could give no information about
it.' Mr. Pinson said, Well, we must look over your
papers in the morning, and see if it can be found, be-
cause I want it for your family. I assure you, Mr.
Scott, of Aylsham (solicitor to the family), is the pet's in
applying.' No information could be obtained
from Rush that night. On the following morn •
ing Mr. Pinson again inquired of him about
the cheque, fe
aring that it might have been lost in court.
He still said that he knew nothing about it, but from the
manner of his answer the governor suspected that he did
know something about it; but after several days had
passed over and no information was elicited, he supposed
that the prisoner had destroyed it. On Thursduy, the
12th inst., Mr. Durrant, the solicitor, visited Rush in
regard to some family business, and Mr. Pinson was
present in the room with him. After some conversation
about the cheque, the prisoner turned round to Mr. Pin-
son and said, ' I cannot deceive you any longer; but I
must tell you what my suspicions were. I suspected
when you were making inquiries about the cheque, you
said one word for my family, and two for Mr. John Cann;
as I thought if you could find the cheque you would give
it to him.' Mr. Pinson expressed his surprise, saying,
'I don't know why you suspected me of that; as I told
you then that my object was, if I could find the cheque, to
restore it to your family. It is very true I have seen Mr.
Cann since your conviction, and he assured me he was
only anxious it should be found in order to be given
into proper hands, as it belonged to your family, and to
nobody else.' The prisoner then said, ' Will you suffer
me to give it to Mr. Durrant? I will tell you the truth
and produce it.' Mr. Pinson assented, and the prisoner
then took up his hat, and he drew out the cheque from
underneath the inside lining of the side of the hat. lie
had contrived to abstract it from the pocket book, when
at his request it was handed to him for examination on
the first day of the trial, and to conceal it in his hat un-
observed."

On being informed that the universal opinion through-
out the country was that he was guilty, he appeared
angry. He wrote a letter, asserting his innocence,
which he wished to be signed by his daughter, and sent
to the editor of the Times ; but Mr. Pinson declined for-
warding it. In two years, he asserts, the real murderer
will be known. _ _

Ho is watched by ten turnkeys, who rcl!eve each other
every two hours, and every precaution is taken to pre-
vent anything taking place to rob justice of its victim.

HULL.

Wo have been somewhat curious to read the account
of the doings of the Hull Corporation on the visit of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert to the neighbourhood of
that important borough, and the more so as we have
understood that the remarks published by us some days
ago had, in some measure, given an impetus to the
otherwise lethargic temperament of those intelligent
rulers over the destinies of Kingston upon-Hull.
The press of the town, much to their credit, con-
demned the apathy of the " Hull Corporation with re-
gard to the opportunity afforded them of manifesting
their loyalty." Somewhat late in the day those gentle-
men, or rather a portion, have tried to atone for the
past. A requisition was presented to the Mayor, signed
by twenty•tour members of the corporation. The Ma} Or
then called the couneil together, which met in the room
of the property committee last Monday, when the follow-
ing members •f the council were present:—The Mayor,
Messrs. Bannister, Hendry, Huntley, Holmes, Cobb,
Spratt, Jacobs, Thompson, Melaw, Savage, Horner,
Mitchell, Newton, Goodwill, Abbey, Richardson, Jack-
son, Bean, Larard, Boulter, Atkinson, Smithson, Foster,
Fountain, Tall, Armstrong, Forrester, 'Tubb, Casson,
Wilkinson, and Priest. _ _ _

Darin..' the meeting, as we gather from the reports, it
was said that a strong feeling pervaded the town that
the corporation had not manifested the zeal which might
have been expected from it in displaying the loyalty of
the people of Hull. In relation to the objections which
we have heard repeatedly urged against any expression
of loyalty by the town of Hull, that Prince Albert's
visit was to another county, and for the purpose of
laying the foundation of a rival port, Mr. Alderman
Bean very properly observed "Is not the Quet n of England
as much Queen of Lincolnshire as Yorkshire, and surely
the Prince could entertain no feeling of rivalry between
Grina,3by and Hull." A loyal address was moved by Dr.
Horner, and seconded by Mr. Jackson, who was exceed-
ingly sorry the council had not begun to move in the
affair sooner. Dr. Ayre thought it a pity that any re-
flection should be cast upon the corporation for seeming
backward iu attesting its loyalty. Mr. Jackson said
. .

that there was no doubt there had been both indifference
and neglect. 1)r. Ape apprehended they were suffi-
ciently early, and hved the reporters would b., requested
not to report a contrary feeling to this measure. Mr.
Alderman Jones thought they were certainly late, but

they were bitter th-in never. The Mayor
said there was so little time that ho suggested the
employment of the telegraph. Mr. Richardson stated that
there was a gene: n 1 complaint out of doers against the
corporation, an I for his part lie really did think the
Mayor should have moved in the matter before. Mr.
Jona Foster, Bel...;irn consul, gave his peculiar cifferings
in oppPsiiion to the rest of the gentlemen. Mr. Alder-
man (lean, however, reminded him of a statement he
(Mr. F.) hsd made, " he would cross the Humber if the

Duke of Wellington was coming," which was very
strange, as Mr. Poster is a member of the Peace Society.
On the eao'ion being put, there was only one dissentient
—was it not Mr. Foster, to whom Dr. Horner applied
the lino of Swift—
" Some for renown are singular and odd."

On Tuesday the Mayor announced a telegraph
communication from bis Royal Highness Prince Albert,
to the effect that his Royal Highness would receive the
address at Brockelsby in the morning. The address was
then read over and agreed to, and measures adopted fur
conveying the mayor, twenty-one of the corporation. the
town-clerk, and the two beadles. Omnibuses, drawn
each by six horses, were in readiness at the New Holland
ferry on Wednesday morning, and arrived with the re-
quisite portion of the Hull corporate body at Brockl:sby
at ton o'clock, when, after waiting an hour and a halt;
the deputation had permission to present the address,
and we learn was well received. How the expenses of
the deputation will be defrayed we know not, but the,
ways and means appear to have been a very formid-
able consideration at the meeting of the corporation on
Tuesday, and it is reported by the Hull Packet, on
the town clerk informing the meeting that each indivi-
dual would have to pay his own expenses, as it could not
be paid out of the corporation funds, " several of the
members present, who had previously intimated their in-
tention of going, renounced it by walking off, disap-
pointed, no doubt, at not being able to have a few days'
pleasure at the expense of other people."
Although this matter has been conducted with light-
ning speed, secrecy, and much unwillingness on the part
of many of the Hull Corporation, we are glad that some•
thing has been done to show that some
feeling of loyalty still exists in the bo-
rough of Kingston-upon-Hull. If due diligence
had been exerted by the authorities, the Prince
would, in all probability, have visited Hull, the docks,
and shipping, all of which are, doubtless, worth ♦iewing.
It has always appeared to us, that the most proper
course to have been adopted, would have been for the
Mayor to have called together, and publicly consulted,
the members of the couffbd, and for them, if they
thought fit, to have had a public meeting of tbo inhabi•
ta.nts to take the visit of the Prince into consideration.
As the affair has been conducted, it smacks much of the
old close corporate system.