The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-07 00:00:00

MARKET NE Ws —( THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE-WEDNESDAY
Although our market to• day wal very scantily supplied
with English Wheat, the quality was by no means good, the
demand for that description of produce was in a very inactive
state, at barely, but at nothing quotable beneath, aondav's
prices. Rather a large quantity of Foreign Wheat, 11,290
quarters, has reached,w; this week. Selected samples were in
moderate request at late currencies ; but the middling and
inferior kinds were neglected. The show of Barley was
good. Malting samples sold without d,fficulty at extreme
quotations. In other kinds next to nothing was doing.
There was scarcely any inquiry for Malt, and, to effect sales,
lower rates must have been accepted for low qualities. The
Oat trade was firm, and really fine Corn was held for 6d
more money. In all other articles of grain as well as Flour,
scarcely anything was doing.

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Irish. • • •• •...
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ARRIVALS THIS WEEK.

Wheat. I Barley.
540 qrs. 1,760 qrs.

11,290

I 1,310
Malt, 2,750 qrs.

Oats. I Flour.
220 ryrs. 650 sk.
100 i --
880

3302017G13 130 P 111.41152,ET.
For all kinds of Hops we had a very inactive demand' to.
day, at barely last week's quotations. The supply was some.
what on the increase : —Sussex pockets, 21 4s to 21 18s
Weald of Kent ditto, 2l lOs to 316 s per cwt.; Mid and Eas'
Kent ditto, 313 s to 61. per cwt.

VTAIXTECELPA.PMT.
The supply of each kind of Meat on offer this morning
W - but moderate. On the whole, the trade was steady, at
our quotations:—Beet; from 23 6d to 3s 6d; Mutton, 3s 4d
to 4s 6d ;• Veal, 4s to 4s 10d ; and Pork, 3s 4d to 4s 8d per
8 lbs. by the carcase.

SECONDARIES'.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Secondary POTTER.)
CANNON V. FLOYD. •
The plaintiff is a livery stable keeper at Windsor, and
the action is brought to recover the sum of 24 Bs. for
gig hire.
The defendant suffered judgment to go by default.
Evidence was adduced to show the hiring, and that
after the defendant had kept it as long as suited his con-
venience, he sent it home by a stranger. The only question
was raised by the Secondary, who said that the defen-
dant was not liable for money paid to the man who took
back the vehicle.
The plaintiff's attorney said they would not have got
it without.
The SECONDARY said the party could not have legally
detained it; it was true the amount was small, but the
principle was the same.
A witness was, however, called, who proved defen-
dant's promise to pay, and a verdict was given for the
amount.

BANKRUPTCY.—(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commissioner EVANS.)
IN RE WILLIAMS.
This bankrupt was described as of Jermyn-street, licensed
victualler, and to-day was appointed for consideration of the
certificate, which was adjourned for six months, on the
ground of extravagant expenditure.

SURREY SESSIoNS—(THIS DAY.)
Alfred Haynes, 21, was indicted for stealing sixteen pails,
the property of John Telleard.
The prosecutor said he was an oil and colour dealer, in
Great Suffolk-street, Southwark, and on the morning of the
25th ult. he placed six pails inside his shop door. After re.
maining a few minutes in the shop, he was called cut by a
man, who exclaimel, " Some man has run away with your
pails." He went to the door and missed them, when he saw
the prisoner running away pursued by two policemen. The
pails now produced were his property.
Burton, police-constable 272 M, said that he was passing
Mr. Telleard's shop, saw prisoner snatch the pails from the
shop door and run away. He pursued him, and saw him
throw the pail into the shop of a general dealer, in Filar-
street. After a smart chase he captured him.
Wild, another constable, said that he saw the prisoner
throw the pails into the general dealer's, and after the pri-
soner was secured, he returned to that shop, and found that
the pails had been carried into another part of the shop. The
owner of the place was taken into custody, when other stolen
property of considerable value was discovered, and on being
recognised that party was sent to the Central Criminal
Court for trial.

In defence, the prisoner said that he knew nothing of the
pails.

The jury found him Guilty, and the Court sentenced him
,o six months' hard labour in Brixton House of Correction.

MA RLBRO'-ST REET- ( THIS DAY.)

MURDER OF A WOMAN BY HER HUSBAND.
John Manley, a plasterer, residing at No. 3, Phcenix-street,
St. Giles's, were brought before Mr. Hardwick charged
with having murdered his wife Elizabeth, by dashing her
on the floor, and kicking Ler about the head and face.
The first witness called was a widow woman by the name
of Elizabeth Gurden, who on being sworn said—l live
at No. 74, Dudley-street, St. Giles's, and occupy the
front attic. I know the ironer and his wife.
About one o'clock this morning I was in bed with my
daughter, when I was awoke by a knock at the room do .r.
I called out, " Who is there?" The deceased said, "It is
Mrs. Aanley, and my old man has turned me out of doors
without bonnet or shawl, or anythirw else." I then got
out of the bed and opened the door and let the deceased
in. She was then without cap or shoes. She came
to the bed, which was on the floor, and laid her
self down by my side and- went to sleep. About half-past
seven this morning the prisoner came and knocked violently
at the door. I called out " Who is there ?" The prisdner
replied, "You have got somebody belOnging to me here, open
the door." I said I could not open the door to any man till
I was dressed. Ho said " I will not wait." He then forced
open the door, and came into the room, and dragged his
wife out of bed by her heels to the window. He then
took hold of her by the shoulders and dashed her head on the
floor, and while she was laying there he kicked her about the
head, and said, "I will be the death of you." He then gave
her a dreadful kick, and she dropped her head, and never
spoke again.

nßy 16. Leadly, the chief clerk—The deceased never spoke
after he dragged her off the bed. I then said to
the prisoner, ,6 Manley, you have killed your wife."
He replied, "You are a good-for-nothing old --." The
prisoner then stooped over his wife and pulled something
from her pocket, and ran out of the room. 1 saw him again
about ten minutes after, and told him that his wife was dead.
Ile said "I am going up to see her." I then went for a con-
stable, and gave the prisoner in charge.
Mr. Leadly—Was the prisoner's wife sober when she came
into your roem ? Witness—Yes, sir, she was perfectly sober.
Mr. HARDwicK—HOW long had he been in bed with you
and when was the last time you heard her speak? Witness
—She (deceased) came to her room about one o'clock, and
remained till half-past seven. Heard her speak just before
the prisoner pulled her off the bed. Deceased then said to
prisoner, " Jack, do not that." The prisoner was quite
sober.

Mr. HARDWICK —Was the prisoner in the habit of ill-
using his wife? Witness—He was, sir. About a fortnight
ago he struck her and blackened both her eyes. He told her on
Saturday last that he would be the death of her. The pri-
soner did not express the least regret for what he had done.
I have no more to say.
Agnes May said, I live at No. 3, Phoenix-street. I was
awoke about haft.past twelve last night by hearing the pri-
soner and his wife quarrelling in the back yard. Beard the
prisoner call to his wife to come in doors. She said she
would not. I heard no more. The prisoner and his wife,
when they first came to lodge at Phceoix-street, appeared to
be a very happy couple. Deceased was a teetotaller then,
but latterly she had taken to drinking, and the result has
been repeated quarrelling between them. _

Jury 30 F said, about -a
quarter-past eight this morning I
was called by the first witness to go to 74, Dudley-street,
where a man had murdered his wile. I went there, and on
going into the front attic I found a woman lying on the
ficit.r on her back quite dead. I examined the body, but did
not see Apy blood. I then sent for a surgeon, and took the
prisoner into custody. I then told him he was charged with
killing his wife. He replied, "Yes, I done it by kicking her
on the side of the head and neck, because she robbed me of
two shillings." I then c nveyed him to the station.
Mr. William Simpson, surgeon, No. 4, High-street
Bloomsbury, said—l was sent for to No. 74, Dudley-
strt et, and on going to the house I found a woman lying
on her back on the floor in the front attic, quite dead.
There was no marks of violence or blood upon her. Her
face was bloated, a'id had more the appearance of a per-
son having died from a fit or a fall than from a kick. I
cannot give any further evidence until a post moitem ex-
amination takes place.
The prison( r was then remanded till after the coro-
ner's inquest.

Accounts from Vienna announce a great loss toethe
Pad§h Blears.
musical ha the death 9f the harpist,

•
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE
ME FROPOLITAN BEFOIVI ASSOCIATION.
Sir.-03 Monday the sth, the most attractive por-
tion of the proe gs of Inc House was what related to
Mr. Milner Gibson'e motion for limiting the speeches of
Men:here to an hour. The pssitien of the question ay.
peers to be something like the following. The men of
business, consisting of the members of the Government
on one hand, and those who from having been members
of form r Governments or other causes, hold similar
tante upon the other, are unexceptionable in their way,
end can hardly ever be said to need or to invite
any law fir the regulation of their speeches. The ac-
cidental epeakers also, whom . connexion with the sub-
ject in hand or strong individual feeling occasionally
calls up, are tot of volume sufficient to call for re-
pressive legislation. But between these two classes
stand up what may, for brevity, be called the bores;
men of no unlimited power of utterance, and bent upon
talking themselves into such notoriety and eminence as
their line o. exertion may ha i to. They are not in ge-
neral remarkable fur devotion to any particular cause ; r ot,
for instance, the preachers in season and out of eeason who
indoctrinated the national heart with the truths of Free
Trade, nor The active exciters of the working classes to
10.,k into their own interests and to stand up for them.
They appear to act from no strong passion or unma-
naeable impulse, except the instinct of establishing that
they can and will speak without limits in the House of
Commons. And their example is infectious; for many a
well-meaning Member has been seduced by it into a be-
lief, that he must be lightly held by the constituency of
his love, if he does not demonstrate at least the occasional
power of wearying v;ith a two-hours' speech.
At the same time it must not be concealed, that a bore
sometimes rises into something better, and that there
are Members whose loss the public would sorely feel,
who began by being bores. There must therefore be no
direct attempt to proscribe the race; but self-defence
suggests the desirableness of something that shall tend
to check. The division of last night,—an unexpectedly
strong one, being in its proportions half as good again
as that which " the great Country Party" made the night
before,—will be operative to a considerable extent, and
must be followed up by others. One improvement
which it struck me might have been introduced
into the motion, would have been to insert words leaving
a latitude to the House, as, for instance, that speeches
should be limited to one hour " unless with the consent
of the House," or " unless no notice be taken by the
House." Something approaching to a precedent, though
not a very close one, exists in the rule which demands
the presence of forty Members. Any Member can
put a stop to proceedings with a smaller num-
ber; but if no notice be taken, the House goes
on, and in fact a large proportion of the rou-
tine business is so transacted. It would be very
undesirable that the restraining of a too prolix orator
should be dependent on notice by a single Member; but
the principle of allowing the rule to be in abeyance till
notice of some kind be taken, is as much there as ever.
The way to convey the House's hint, would be by crying
" Time," or if that be vulgar, " Chair." A triend to
whom I mentioned my notion in the House, said, "You
would have duels." He must have misapprehended my
intention. The act of rising to ask to have the House
counted, is much more annoying to the orator
who is condemned to instant silence, than would
be the warning calls of a number of Members,
hinting, but not too peremptorily, that the speaker would
do well to wind up his matter into a graceful peroration.
But no duels have been known to arise out of the harsher
course; and could not out of the milder.
One argument in contradiction is worth noticing. It
is urged that to limit to any given time, is only to intro-
duce a greater number in exact proportion. The answer
to which is, that the introduction of the greater number
in the place of the smaller is itself a good. The very
object of desire is to take the consumption of time out
of the hands of professed talkers, and divide it among
those who satisfy some laudable wish, exercise some
struggling talent, or gratify some honest constituency.
On the 6th, the Secretary for the Home Department
made his motion for prolonging the suspension of the
Habeas Corpus Act in Ireland. The strong portion of
his argument was, that the Government had used their
powers hitherto with so much advantage to all parties,
that it was a reason for acceding to their request for
prolongation. A less happy part, was where he did
something like rcquesiing to be allowed the suspension
for six. knonths now, in order that the Government might
see whether they could do without it afterwards.
This is like the Irish servant in the caricature, who
being asked with which of two fiery liquors he will
excite his stomach, replies that he will take one
while the other is getting ready. I suppose, on the
whole, the Ministerial proposal.must be agreed to; for
the case from the beginning was one in which there was
hardly an alternative, between taking the field with the-
Irish or taking it against them. But it ought to be
accompanied with intimations that the proposed
repetatur haustus must bo dispensed with, or, at all
events, that no recognition of its propriety is included in
any admission of the present draught.
It was observable that the discussion on the One
Hour motion was not withont its effect lest night. The
debate was concluded at half-past twelve, by a division
of 221 to 18, against Mr. Grattan's amendment.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
AN OLD REFORMER.

London, Feb. 7, 1849

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TUESDAY.
Her Majesty walked this morning on the Eastern Ter-
race and Slopes.
The Royal Family took their usual airings.
Prince Albert went cut hunting this mornig. His
Royal Highness w&s attended by Mr. G. E. Anson and
Colonel Wylde.
The Earl of Listowel arrived at the Castle this morn-
ing, and has relieved Lord Eiphinstone in his duties as
Lord in Waiting to the Queen.
Sir Edward Bowater--has also arrived to relieve Cap-
tain the Hoc. Joseph Denman, R.N., in his duties as
Gnum in Waiting to her Majesty.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended
by her Ladies in Waiting, is expected to visit the Queen
this evening.

Her I\l,,jesty's private band will attend in the Castle.
Yesterday evening the Queen's private band performed
the following pieces:—
Overture--n• Jean de Paris" Boieldieu.
Solo, violin, " Le CarnAval de Venise," va-
riations, burlesques---M. Saintun Paganini.
Finale—" Oberon," second act Weber.
Couplets---" Marie" Herold.
Feldbleamln Walzer Strauss.

A Cabinet Council, was held yesterday afternoon,
at the Foreign-office. •The Ministers present were—.
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, Earl Grey; the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord Campbell, the
Right Hon. H. Laboucht,re, the Marquis of Clanri•
carde, and the Earl of Carlisle. The Council sat one
hour and a hal,:

The Hon. C. P. Villiers had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colunial•office.

A
deputation from Regent street, consisting of Mr.
James Holmes, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Mr. William
Merchant, and Mr. Coh❑ Mackenzie, had an interview
with the Commissioners of her Majesty's Woods and
Forests yesterday, at their office in Whitehall-place.
The French Ambassador transacted business yester-
day, at the Fureign-office.

Mr. John Wood had an interview with the Chancellor
of the Exchequer yesterday, at, his official residence in
Downing-street.

Mr. Richard Harris, Mr. John Ellis, and a deputation
from Leicester, had an interview with the Right Hon.
H. iLabouchere yesterday, at the once of the Board of
Trade.

Dispatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial-
office, from the Governors of rthe West India colonies.

SPORTIN G INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESDAY

a •
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE.-15 to lon the field.
METROPOLITAN HANDICAP.-9 to 1 agst Canezou (taken)
—lO to 1 agst Lugar-12.t0 1 agst Flatcatcher-15 to 1 agst
and• other.

DERBY.-4 to 1 agst Flying Dutchman (take 9to 2)-
7to 1 agst Tadmor--13 to 1 agst Honeycomb-20 to 1
agat Osterley (taken)-25 to 1 agst IsTunnykirk-25 to 1
agst Unel-25 to 1 agst Strongbc,w-40 to 1 agst Saucy
Dick-1,000 to 20 agst colt out of Flambeau's dam (taken).
CIIESTER Cur.-18 to 1 agst the Tartar-20 to 1 agst
Joe o' Sot-27 to 1 agst inheritress-28 to 1 agst Geraldine
—3O tAJ agst Blucher (2,000 to 6 takeu)-450 to 10 agst
Lady Wildair (taken)-450 to.lo agst Great Western (t)-
50 to 1 agst Lugar.
NEWMARKET COURSING MEETING.-TUESDAY.
Chippenbam Field—The Derby.
Mr. Buckworth's Bruce beat Mr. Leader's Louis Philippe.
Mr. King's Rex beat Mr. Fyson's Faithful.
Mr. Leader's Locomotive beat Mr. Arabia's Alfred.
Mr. Buckworth's Baron beat Mr. Vipan's Victory.
Mr. Dobede's Desperate, beat Mr. Gillett's Gulliver.
Lord Stradbroke's Miller beat Mr. Gillett's Glentilt.
Mr. B. Smyth's St. Hubert beat Mr. Arabia's Abbott.
Mr. Dobede's Druid beat Mr. Osbaldeston's Ottoman.
The Cup.
Mr. Buckworth's Bridesmaid beat I.lr. Osbaldeston's Optinna.
Mr. Arabin's Alderman beat Mr. Dobede's Drift.

ALLEGED FELONY BY A CLERK.—The magis-
trates at Bristol yesterday were occupied in hearing a serious
charge of felony against a confidential clerk in the eminent
mercantile firm of Miles, liington, and Co. The accused,
Christopher Matthew Shaw West, was charged with stealing
a certain valuable security fdr 5001. Mr. P. W. S. Miles,
M.P. for Bristol, deposed that he jointly with his brother,
Mr. Wm. Miles, M.P. for East Somerset, was executor of
the estate of the late Mr. Phillip John Miles, and the
accused, Mr. West, was a clerk in their employ.
Amongst the effects of the deceased was a loan note
of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway for 5001. This note
had been stolen, and in a conversation with witness on the
16th of January, the prisoner admitted that he had deposited
it with Mr. !Robert Goss, a sharebroker, as a security for
money advanced to him. The prisoner ed no right so to
deal with thezote, and had taken it feloniously. Mr. Goss,
the sharebroker, stated that some time ago the accused, who
was well known to him, asked him if he could get an ad-
vance of 2001. on the note. About the Bth or 10th of Ja-
nuary he brought it, and on the 16th witness advanced the
money. Inspector Bosworth proved that he pursued the
prisoner to Hamburgh, where, upon the application of Colonel
Hodges, the British Chargé d'Affaires, the Senate passed a
decree for the prisoner's arrest, and he was handed over to
witness's custody, and brought to England. The magis-
trates committed him for trial.
THE MILITARY WAR MEDALS.—Our military
friends will be gratified with the information, that the war
medals for the veterans of the army were delivered at the
Horse Guards from the Mint, on Monday last, and are noW
being sorted preparatory to immediate distribution.
WRE CK OF TILE TIGRIS.—We are happy to learn
that about 1.050 bates of cinnamon, and about 50 tons of the
cocoa-nut oil, have been already saved from the wreck of the
ship Tigris, and we understand a considerable quantity more
of the latter article is likely to be safely brought on shore
llifough thd'exertions of e ors. Deane and rd d w itr de, the
diyere, from Whitstable,