The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-19 00:00:00

THE IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY V. PAR.

QUHAR.

This action commenced on Thursday, and, with an-
other of a similar character, occupied the attention of
the Court until nearly ten o'clock on Friday night.
Mr. M. Chambers, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Bovill were
for the plaintiff ; Sergeant Shee, Mr. Ogle, and Mr.
Anderson, of the Chancery bar, were for the defendants.
This action was brought to recover from the defend •
ant a large sum of money, being calls in arrear, that had
been made upon him as a shareholder or proprietor, in
the undertaking of constructing a railway through the
western counties of Ireland, from Dublin to Galway.
The case was one of a purely technical character, the
answer on the part of the defendant being that the di-
rectors had abandoned their original scheme, to which
alone the defendant alleged he had become a party, and
had amalgamated themselves with some other company,
contrary to the interests of the shareholders, and that,
therefore, he was not bound by tke original contract.
Mr. Baron PARXE, however, said, it appeared to him
that the Act of Parliament referring to the proposed
railway had given the directors almost unlimited powers,
and the defendant by signing the Parliamentary con-
tract and the other deeds as a shareholder, had delegated
a power to the directors to act as they considered best,
and he held therefore that under these circumstances
the defendant was liable.

The jury accordingly returned a verdict for the plain-
tiffs, several points of law, however, being reserved for
further consideration.

THE SAME V. MASTERMAN.

This was anOtriera:tionof a similar character, and
the jury found for the plaintiffs upon all the material
issues, the points of law, as in the last case, being re-
served.

(CROWN SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
Robert TVickson, 30, a marine artilleryman, was in-
dicted tor feloniously casting and throwing Elizabeth
Mullinder from a window of the height of twenty feet
and upwards, to the ground, with intent to murder her.
Mr. Tassel! prosecuted, and Mr. Addison defended the
prisoner. _ .

-
The prosecutrix stated that she was 14 years old, and
in November last she was in service at Strood. On the
sth of November she had a dispute with her mistress,
and she in consequence left her place, without giving
any notice, on the following morning. She walked about
Chatham and Rochester all that day, and at night she
got a bid at a public-house where she was known. On
the fallowing day she continued walking about the town,
and about seven i❑ the evening she went into the Union
Flag, where she met the prisoner. After this they went
to several other houses, and at length they went to bed
together. After a short time she got up and dressed
herself, and the prisoner began to abuse her, and at last
said he would throw her out of the window, and after
having struck her and used very bad language, he opened
the window of the room and took her by the shoulders
and pushed her up to the window and left her on the
sill, where she sat for a minute or two, and the prisoner
then pushed her off and she fell into the yard, a height
of 24 feet.

Upon being cross-examined, the prosecutrix said that
she had been in the same service two years, and the' rea-
son she went away as she did was because her mistress
boxed her ears. She likewise swore positively that she
had never before been intimate with any man.
Elizabeth Lawrence, the servant of the house, deposed
that upon bearing some person groaning in the back
yard she went out, and found the prosecutrix lying upon
the stone in an almost insensible state. She said to her,
" Good God, you have not jumped out of the window
have you?" and she replied that she did not jump out,
but that the prisoner had thrown her out.
Harriet Toomer, the landlady, said that upon hearing
what had occurred she questioned the prisoner how it
happened, and he said that the girl had got out of the
window of her own accord, and that he laid bold of her
arm and tried to prevent her from falling as long as he
could. He then requested that she might have all the
assistance she required, and said he would pay whatever
expense was incurred.

Mr. Archibald Robinson, a surgeon, Chatham, deposed
that he was called in to see the prosecutrix on the night
in question, and found her in s fainting and frightened
state. She was bruised about the face, and also on the
knees, but none of the injuries were of a serious cha-
racter.

Mr. ADDISON, in addressing the jury for the prisoner,
said that the story told by the prosecutrix was of a most
improbable character, and he urged that it was much
more probable that in alarm at the position in which she
had placed herselfwith the prisoner, she had gone to
the window and jumped out, than that he had thrown
her from it.

The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
-----_

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Staiord Marcia 16.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PLATT.)
Timothy Burke, 42, was indicted for the wilful mur-
der of Joseph Higgins, at Wolverhampton, on the 10th
of September.
It appeared that deceased died from the effects of a
kick, received during la street row. There was, how-
ever, no evidence to prove that prisoner was the party
who actually killed deceased; and, after a trial of five
hours,
His Lordship directed an acquittal, as he did not
think it safe to convict a man of murder under such
circumstances.

William Norris, 26, was indicted for attempting to
drown Sarah Jane Bloomfield, at Gwosall, on the 13th
of A ugust. 1848, withintent to kill and murder her.
eatndthe yonng woman on the towing
made improper proposals, when
optaitThhheoerfrpterhtiuesoscinnaengratlmo, consent to his wishes, he took her by
the shoulders and pushed her into the canal. He then
ran away, leaving
.her to drown. A man, however, who
was near, jumped into the canal, and with considerable
difficulty rescued her from death.
The prosecutrix did not appear, and her recognizances
were entreated, but,. the case wai fully proved by other
witnesses. The prisoner was convicted, and sentenced
to be transported for life.
The Court sat until eleven o'clock to-night.

WESTERN CIRCUI P. —Dorchester March 16.
Mathew Symes. 58, was arraigned on the Coroner's
inquisition for causing the deaths of John Hoare and
Samuel Hoare, the children of a dairyman, by inocu-
lating them with the small-pox.
It appeared quite evident that the prisoner bad acted
from feelings of kindness, but as the Learned Judge laid
it down very distinctly that the prisoner had
committed an unlawful act by violating the Act 3d and
4th Vict., cap. 29, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.
He was sentenced only to two days' imprisonment.
George Davis was indicted for stabbing William Bolt,
with intent to kill and murder him.

The parties were together in a public-house at Wey-
mouth, and some dispute arising respecting the Wey-
mouth races, the landlady took the prisoner by his
shoulders and pushed him out of ;the back door. This
adjoined his own lodging, a part of which was occupied
by a shomaker. The prisoner seized up a shomaker's
knife, ran round to the front of the house, and thrust
the knife with great violence into the abdomen of the
prosecutor, who was dangerously wounded thereby.
The prisoner was found Guilty of the offence, with
the intent charged.—Death recorded.
Tho assizes terminated early this morning.

were counsel for the
NORFOLK CIRCUIT.—Cambridge, March 16.
Mr. Andrews asndirrl&
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Sir F. Perzocit, and a Special
Jury.)
Plaintiff; Mr. Pendergast and Mr. Sanders appeared for
of a promise of ma:El...Els:l:G
the defendant.
to which the defend-
aariertyETT.
This was an action of assumpsit, in which the plain-
tiff sought to recover compensation for the breach
defend-
ant pleaded non assumpsit. From the opening statement
of the learned counsel it appeared that the plaintiff was
a young lady of great personal beauty, the only daughter
of a medical gentleman of long standing and respecta-
bility in this town, and that the defendant at the time
when the foundation for this action was laid, was an un-
der.graduate of Catherine-Hall—himself the son of a
medical man in the north of England. In early life the
plaintiff bad been a great invalid, and during a long ill-
ness had fallen lame. From this defect, however, she had
gradually recovered, but still remained indelicate health,
when she was introduced to the defendant at the house
of a common friend. Ere long her attractions had eli-
cited great attention from the defendant, who was not
much her junior. and in a short time he became her pro-
fessed admirer and suitor, till in the month of May, 1847,
he gave expression to his feelings in the following note,
which may perhaps be given to the world as a remark.
ably neat and appropriate mode of conveying an offer of
marriage : _ _

Catherine Hall.
" Since my first introduction to you I have not been
master of my own heart, and therefore I cannot do bet-
ter than (sic) to offer it to her who has robbed me of it.
,
If you will accept of such an offering, I am indeed a
happy man.

" Believe me, your truly attached
H. W.
This letter was enclosed in a very tiny envelope, ad-
dressed to " Miss Southee, Cambridge," and, being
shown by the young lady to her mother, was submitted
afterwards to her father, who thereupon wrote to the
defendant a highly creditable letter, wherein he deli-
cately alluded to the state of his daughter's health, and,

after admonishing the defendant that she would ones,.
nay iequine Lire gr, iatest care, coasieeralion, and
affection at his hands, called upon him to examine well
the serious nature of the offer he had made to
her, and to pause ere he involved her in an engagement,
which, unless honourably carried out on his parr, would
entail a load of misery upon her, which would be c
siderably enhanced by her infirmity. The defendant
responded to this appeal in a manner and with an earnest-
ness which satisfied Mr. Southee that his affection for
the plaintiff was not of a transient character, and from
that time he was the accepted suitor of the young lady.
In July he left Cambridge for a short time, repairing to
his family at Liverpool, whence he wrote frequently, ad-
dressing the plaintitl ss " My dearest Amelia," and sub-
scribing himself as her " devotedly attached, 11. W.
Garrett." At the installation of Prince Albert, the
defendant repaired again to the University, when he
became the guest of Mr. Southee, and accompanied his
family in all the gay doings of that memorable event.
On his return home he resumed his correspondence,
which, at first, was characterised by the same ex-
pressions of attachment to the plaintiff which
had won her heart. In a short time, however, he
alluded to certain losses which he had sustained, and
ere his return to Cambridge, in the October following,
she was simply " dearest Amelia," while he was only her
" attached H. W. Garrett." When he came up in October
he sent a friend to speak to Mr. Southee touching his
losses; but that gentleman preferred a personal inter-
view, wherein he put certain questions to the defendant
relative to that subject, which were now described to
have been but:unsatisfactorily answered. On the whole
the conduct of the defendant excited the suspicion of the
young lady's father, who had heard rumours of another
attachment, and after waiting some little time for
" further and better particulars," as the lawyers
have it, he took upon himself, although his daughter's
affections had been rather strengthened than weakened
by the reported deficiency in her suitor's fortune
(which at no time was ever supposed to exceed
3001. per annum), to address a pointed letter of re-
monstrance to the defendant, calling to his mind the cau-
tion he had given to him in the first instance, and re-
quiring an explicit explanation of his motives for discard-
ing his daughter, with whose feelings he, as her father,
could not but deem that he had been trifling in a most
heartless manner. To this letter no reply was given by
the defendant, who had in the meantime taken his degree,
and had entered into holy orders, and no solution of his
conduct was vouchsafed till his marriage with "a lady in
the north ".. was announced in the public prints. Stung
to the quick by this desertion of his daughter, Mr.
Southee determined that this action should be brought;
and soon after the proceedings were commenced the de-
fendant wrote a letter to the gentleman at whose house
he bad met the plaintiff, in which, after enquiring
whether his friend had heard of " Southee's proceedings,"
and wondering why he had been "so sly about them,"
the writer added that he did not care for
them, as "he had made a settlement on his wife
of all his tin, so that neither Southee nor any one else
could ever get a copper of it." This effusion, so differ-
ent from his first composition, his friend deemed it his
duty to show to Mr. Southee, and, as may be supposed,
its terms did not in any way assuage the indignation of
that gentleman, nor make amends to his unhappy
daughter for that insult which the poet terms the
" spretos injuries formce."
The above statement having been made on behalf of
the plaintiff,. her father was put into the box to sub-
stantiate it, but his examination had hardly begun ere
The CHIEF BARON interposed, and observing that as
the defendant could not deny his promise and its' breach,
the only question was as to the amount of the damages,
and suggested that they might possibly be arranged be-
tween the ,parties on terms commensurate with the cir-
cumstances of the defendant, who, as appeared from one
of his letters, had accepted the appointment of under
master at some grammar school in the country.
On this suggestion, the Learned Counsel entered into
a close and lengthened negotiation, which finally re-
sulted in the defendant's submitting to a verdict of 3001.,
accompanied by an express and suitable disavowal on
his part of any imputation on the conduct or character
of the fair defendant. On the contrary, the defendant,
to use the language of his Learned Counsel, " hi.d
always desired that his case should be conducted in a
manner which might relieve the plaintiff from all blame
and pain; but the truth was that he had formed a prior
attachment in another quartet-, which had only given
way to the influence of the plaintiff's attractions, and it
was, perhaps, but natural and likely that the defendant
should revert to his earliest love when removed from the
immediate presence of the plaintiff."
The CHIEF BARON expressed his entire approval of the
course which had been taken in the arrangement of the
case, and having passed a well-merited compliment on the
first letter of Mr. Southee, added that the object of the
action had been fully obtained, for the plaintiff had now
the satisfaction of knowing that the change in the de-
fendant's feelings towards her had not been actuated by
any impressions in the slightest degree derogatory to her
fair fame and reputation, which had been fully vindi-
cated by these proceedings.
The jury then found a verdict, under his Lordship's
direction, for the plaintiff for 3001.

OLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
• John Eaton was brought before Mr. Hardwick for
final examination, charged with having committed a
burglary at No. 28, Denmark-street, and stolen a large
quantity of boots and shoes, the property of James
Towers.
Police-constable Godden, F 28, said he was on duty
in Soho on Friday night, when, on going his rounds,
about twelve o'clock at night, he noticed that the street-
door of No. 28, Denmark-street, was open. He went
into the passage, and called up the landlord. Mr. Eld,
an auctioneer, who came down stairs immediately.
While in the passage three men suddenly rushed out of
the shop; two of them he seized, and a desperate struggle
commenced. Witness was repeatedly struck by both men,
and was pulled into the street. One of the men fell
down, and witness fell down also, and was then obliged
to release his hold of the men. The man who had fallen
down jumped up and ran off ; but witness called out
" Stop thief 1" and in a minute or two the prisoner was
stopped by police-constable F 23, and brought back in
custody. Witness was quite sure the prisoner was one
of the men with whom he had struggled, and when the
prisoner ran off witness never lost sight of him for a mo-
ment. On their way to the station-house the prisoner
said to him, " Old fellow, you have got the wrong one
this time." Witness searched the prisoner at the station-
house, but found nothing on him except 2s. ld. in money,
and a whistle.
Police constable Frost, F 23, said he heard a cry of
stop thief, on Friday night, and seeing the prisoner run-
ping as hard as be could down Denmark. street, he pur-
sued and stopped him. The only remark made by the
prisoner at the time was, that that was all he got for
attending to police duties.
Joseph Barfield lodged at Mr. Eld's house, in Den
mark-street, and heard the alarm given by the first
witness relative to the street-door being open. He went
down stairs, and he saw three men jump out of the shop
and attack the constable. Witness was also struck by
one of the thieves.
Police constable Gibbs said he examined the premises,
No. 28, Denmark • street. He found that the street-door
had been entered with skeleton keys, and that the pad-
lock on the shop-door had been opened in the same way.
In the shop he found two bag:. such us were commonly
used by thieves. One of the bags was filled with boots
and shoes, the other was empty and lying on the floor.
Witness found 54 pairs of boots and one pair of shoes in
the full bag, and there were about 27 other pairs on the
floor ready to be placed in the other bag. Witness found
two skeleton keys in the shop.
Wm. Gunneron, shopman to James Towers, shoe-
maker, said about ten o'clock on Friday night he fas-
tened the shop-door with a padlock and left all safe.
The shoes and boots found in the bag were worth about
25/. Witness recollected that a few days before the
robbery the prisoner and a female, whom witness under-
stood was his wife, came into the shop and bought a
pair of women's bouts. The prisoner wished to be al-
lowed to retire into the back yard for a few minutes, and
leave having been granted, the prisoner had an oppor-
tunity of making himself acquainted with the fastenings
of the shop. Witness noticed that a man was waiting
outside while the prisoner and the woman were making
the purchase.
The prisoner said he would reserve his defence, and
he was fully committed on this charge.
The prisoner and his wife, Caroline Eaton, were then
charged with having committed a robbery at the shop of
Mr. Parslow, tailor, 6, King-street, Bloomsbury.
Sarah Parslow, wife of John Parslow, tailor, 6, King-
street, Bloomsbury, said, on the 23d of February,
about half-past eight o'clock, some one entered the
shop and stole about 251. worth of cloth, and other
property.
The daughter said, just before the robbery the female
prisoner called at the shop to make some inquiry.
William Harris, sawyer, said he lived opposite to the
prosecutor. On the morning in question he saw a female
come out of Mr. Parslow's shop with an armful of cloth,
and other things. She gave the property to a man who
was with her, and they then crosses! over to another
man who was waiting for them beneath an archway.
The parties then went away together. Witness had only
an opportunity of seeing the man's side face, to whom
the woman first spoke, but witness was certain the pri-
soner Eaton was that man.
The prisoners declared that the witness was quite mis-
taken. They had no knowledge whatever of the robbery.
They were remanded until Wednesday.
An elderly man of respectable appearance, who gave
the name and address of Edward Thompson, St. Sidwell,
Exeter, was charged with stealing several pairs of ladies'
boots from the shop of Mr. John Simpson, shoemaker,
1, Tottenham-court-road.
Mr. Simpson said he saw the prisoner sitting in his
shop that afternoon, waiting, as the prisoner said, for
some ladies. In consequence of information witness re.
ceived, he went up to the prisoner and told him he sus-
pected he had robbed him. The prisoner got up, and
witness then saw two pairs of boots fall from his pocket.
Witness detained the prisoner, who attempted to escape,
and the prisoner then took a third pair of boots from his
pocket and gave them to witness. The boots were
worth 12s. 6d.
In the pifsoner's possession an oil painting was also
found.
The prisoner maintained the strictest silence, and was
fully committed.

GLASGOIk IRON MARRET.—MARCH N.—During
the week pig iron has been gradually needing in price ;
and there seems to be no disposition to contract for for-
ward delivery from the impression that lower rates must
yet be submitted to. Manufactured iron remains tole-
rably steady, but the demand is ❑ot improving.
THE FIRST LIFE GUARDS.—The Earl of Munster
has been gazetted to a captaincy in the First Life Guards,
in the room of Captain Cavendish, who has retired, and
Lord Eliot has succeeded to the lieutenancy vacated by
the promotion of the Noble Earl.

INSTITUTION (IqP CIVIL L7I`.ZGI-
NE ERs.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13.—Joshua Field, EN., President,
in the chair.

The paper read was " A description of the Camden
Station of the London arid North stern Railway ," by
Mr. R. B. Doekray, Al. Ins:. C. E.
In the first design of the railway, in 1833, this station
was intended for the sole terminus of the line, and, after
much discussion, thirty acres of ground were purchased,
although that quantity was considered preposterously
large. A very short time demonstrated the necessity
for the establishment of the Euston Station solely for
passengers; and fourteen acres were there secured, and
ultimately covered with buildings. The whole station
at Camden was then devoted to goods and cattle; and
although in the original design great care was taken to
anticipate the wants of the traffic, yet such his been the
rapid development of the railway system, that io the
space of ten sears it has proved necessary to sweep away
almost every vestige of the original constructions, and
entirely to remodel the station. These changes have
been partly produced by the increase of the goods' traffic,
which was first undertaken by the great carriers, who
built large warehouses on the company's land. The
whole system has, however been reformed, and the com-
pany do ,all that business, and are responsible to the
public for the due performance.
As the increase of the traffic progressed, the trains in
sidings frequently became of such length as to cause
danger to the passenger trains; it, therefore, became
necessary to alter the whole disprsition; which has been
so done, as now to give a length of double line of two
thousand five hundred feet, for the goods' waggons only,
entirely clear of the main line.
Another reason for the alterations was, the demand
by the public for a more rapid rate of travelling—this
demanded heavier and larger engines, and necessitated
wider buildings and larger turn-tables; in fact, every-
thing required to be remodelled ;—and the results of all
these changes were shown in detail in the paper and the
illustrating drawings.
The circular engine-house, one-hundred and sixty feet
diameter, tocontain twenty-four engines and tender, with a
central turn. table, forty. one feet in diameter, and an iron
roof, was excellently described; as were also the other
engine houses, stores, warehouses, sheds, &c., with their
appurtenances; and among the external works, the new
wrought-iron bridge, at Chalk Farm, on Mr. Stephen-
son's box-girder principle, and the wooden lattice bridge
over the Regent's Canal.
The supply of water for the locomotive engines was
then treated of at some length, and exhibited some cu-
rious anomalies. The only water that could originally
be used, was taken from wells at Tring and Watford; an
attempt was, however, made to obtain a supply at Cam-
den station, from the Regent's Canal, and then by
sinking a well down one hundred and forty-five feet into
the chalk, or to a total depth of three hundred feet be-
low Trinity high-water mark. The water from the sand
stratum was excluded, and although only that from
the chalk was pumped up, which ought to have pos-
sessed the same qualities as the water at Tring and
Watford, derived also from the chalk. yet it was found to
cause the locomotive to "prime," or flash water through
the cylinders, with the steam, to such an extent as to
seriously impede the progress of the trains. This was
shown, by analysis, to arise from the excess of carbonate
of soda contained in this well water, which there was
an entire absence of in the waters of the wells at Tring
and at Watford.
The well, therefore, became useless for the engines,
but the water was so excellent for househould and other
purposes, that it has been employed for the general uses
of the station, and for the hotels and houses belonging
to the company.
Some idea of the extent of the station was given by
the statement, that the length of single line of railway
exclusive of the main lines, exceeded twelve miles.
There were one hundred and twelve sets of poi:As,
one hundred and ninety-six turn-plates, and
one hundred and ten cranes, varying in power
from one ton and a half to twenty tons. The area of
goods' sheds was upwards of one hundred and thirty-
five thousand supercial feet, and that of the platforms
was thirty thousand feet.

The annual consumption of gas exceeded six millions
of cubic feet.

The discussion that ensued turned chiefly on the
causes of the excess of alkalinity in the water at that
spot, and it was suggested that it might be owing to the
rapid filtration of surface water through a crevice in the
chalk upon which that well had been sunk; and as a
cure for the "priming," it was suggested to try a minute
quantity of sulphuric acid to neutralise the alkali.
There appeared, however, to be a question whether the
water from the green sand was really completely ex-
chided.

The subject was announced to be resumed at the next
meeting, of Tuesday, March 20th, when the paper read
would be "On Electric Telegraphs." By Mr. E. High-
ton, Assoc. Inst. C. E.

SHOCKING MURDER OF AN INNKEEPER AT TOR
KINGTON, GLOUCESTERSHIRE.—An unusual degree of
consternation and alarm was occasioned on Friday
night, in the peaceful village of Torkington, Gloucester-
shire, in consequence of its becoming known that Mr.
W. Fowler, the respectable landlord of the Crown
Tavern, had been brutally killed by a man of the name
of Charles Kibby. Kibby, who was a tarm-labourer in
the employ of Mr. Samuel Bowden, a farmer of the
neighbourhood, bears but an indifferent character. On
Friday last he had been during the day at a beer-house
called the lVhite Horse, and which is kept by a person
named Thomas. At about eight o'clock in the even-
ing he sallied forth, and proceeded to the Swan Inn, and
being there refused admission he went straightway to
the Crown. The landlord was sitting in a chair in
the bar, and as the fellow passed to the taproom he,
without having received the slightest provocation, mut-
tered curses at him, and said he would have him out of
that chair. He then went into the taproom and called for
some liquor, which, having drunk, he tendered the servant
a half-grown piece in payment. It happened that he had
had a pint of cider on trust on a previous day, and in
giving him change the money for it was stopped. At
this Kibby became very wrathful, anti using dreadful
oaths, he vowed vengeance against the landlord. This
language at length became so disgusting that Mr. Fowler,
anxious to spare the feelings of his own family and his
respectable customers, ordered him to quit the premises.
This he refused to do, and became more insulting, so
that Mr. Fowler was obliged to put his hands to his
shoulders for the purpose of pushing him towards the
door. Kibby then commenced a savage attack upon him,
struck him violently about the head and body, and at
length gave him so severe a blow over the heart that
the unfortunate man fell, and never spoke afterwards.
The parties in the house then seized the murderer, who
was secured with difficulty, and conveyed with the as-
sistance of a constable to the county police station at
Almondbury, where he will be detained to await the
result of the Coroner's inquest. Mr. Fowler, who was
highly respected in the village, has left a wife and
three children.

STANrIELD HALL MURDERS.—WYMONDUAM, SA-
TURDAY.—We have this morning made inquiries at
Stanfield Hall as to the state of health of the unfortu
nate lady, Mrs. Jermy, and her maid, Elizabeth
Chestney. Mrs. Jermy was described to be in an ex-
ceedingly critical condition. Since the operation she
underwent on Tnesday morning, of the amputation of
her wounded arm, she has had two good nights' rest;
and although she is far from being out of danger, yet her
sufferings are not so severe as previous to the removal
of the limb. At first it was deemed necessary by the
legal gentlemen who are preparing the case for the
prosecution, that Mrs. Jermy should be brought forward
as a witness at the trial, to prove certain im-
portant conversations between the elder Mr. Jermy
and Rush, a few days prior to the assassinations.
It is now clear, however, even should she survive, that
it will be quite impossible for her to attend. It has
been said, that by the Attorney. General's new Act, Mrs.
Jermy's disposition would be admissible as evidence.
Such, however, appears not to be the case. Another
difficulty also presents itself in the unfavourable state of
Dina Chestney. The poor girl is devotedly attached to
her mistress, whose precarious condition has so much
affected her as to bring on a relapse, and she continues
in a low way, requiring the constant attendance of her
medical gentlemen. Notwithstanding the melancholy
condition of these witnesses, the officers for the prosecu-
tion have decided on placing Rush on his trial at the
forthcoming assizes, which commence on Monday week,
at Norwich Castle. On the authority of a Magistrate,
we learn that Rush intends to defend himself. The
greatest interest is manifested amongst the gentry of the
county to be present at the trial, and already large prices
have been offered for seats in the Court.

---
THE LATE MURDER AT BRISTOL.—Ann Thomas,
the mother of Sarah Thomas, wbo, on Thursday last,
was committed upon the coroner's warrant for the wilful
murder of her mistress, Miss Elizabeth Jefferies, at Bris-
tol, was on Saturday examined before the magistrates of
that city upon a charge of being an accessory to the
murder after the fact. The paints upon which the charge
was founded are these:—On the Wednesday evening
after the body was found, when the police went to the
house of the girl's father, at Horfield, for the purpose of
apprehending her, the mother answered them from a
window; and on being asked by the inspector of police
if Sarah was at home, replied that she had not seen her
for two months, and that she was living at Pensford, and
the last they heard of her was by a letter. Subsequently
the prisoner and the stolen property were found in the
house, the prisoner in the coal-hole, and the property
secreted in different places, and from this the guilty
knowledge of the mother was inferred. The magistrates
considering that the mother had been admitted and
sworn as a witness on the coroner's inquest, did not con-
sider the case a sufficient one to commit upon, and
directed that the old woman should be discharged upon
her finding bail, in the amount of 401., to appear when
called upon to answer any charge which might be pre-
ferred against her.
FIRE AT A SOAP FACTORY.—Yesterday morning,
shortly before three o'clock, the extensive soap factory
belonging to Messrs. Paton and Charles, 148, High-
street, Wapping, was discovered to be on fire. Owing to
the immense size of the premises, and the large quantity
of inflammable articles in the same, a most fearful con-
flagration was apprehended. There being an abundant
supply of water flowing from the mains of the East
London works, the land engines already on the spot
were called into operation, and other engines of the bri-
gade and West of England Company coming up, the
brigade men set to work most vigorously, but in spite of
their exertions the flames continued to spread, and a
long time elapsed ere they could be extinguished, and
not until nearly 50 feet by 30 feet of the roof over the
main factory was burned off, and two vats, containing
about four tons of tallow, were seriously damaged by
fire. Fortunately Messrs. Paton and Charles were in-
sured in the SUR fire office. Mr. Superintendent Braid-
wood returns the origin of the fire to be owing to " the
spontaneous ignition from the steam apparatus."
Mr. Osman Ricardo had an interview with Sir G. Grey,
on Saturday, at the Home-dace.

T A C 1,7 Al
r's". F.I;ETS

LIVERPOOL, MARCH 17.—We have had good arrivals of
wheat, oats, flour, Indian corn, and beans since Tuesday, and
at the same time a slow demand for every article of the trade.
We had several buyers of wheat from a distance yesterday, and
a fair business was transacted at a decline, in a few instances,
of Id to 2d per bushel; fine white and Polish wheat, however,
brought the same prices as on Tuesday. Flour was 6d per
barrel lower, and two or three parcels changed hands. There
was no change in the value of oats, barley, or oatmeal. Beans
and peas declined 6d per quarter. There was a moderately
fair sale for Indian corn, but the price was scarcely so :good as
on Tuesday.. Some transactions have taken place in Indian
corn for Ireland at yesterday's prices. No change to note is
the value of other articles of the trade since yesterday.
MANCHESTER, MARCH I7.—Throughout the week our
market has remained in a state of extreme depression, no new
feature having occurred to enliven the trade, and ti e value of
almost all articles has consequently continued to recede. With
the exception of 5,214 quarters of oats from Ireland, the imports
thence and coastwise into Liverpool and Runcorn are on a very
moderate scale. From abroad the arrivals of wheat are large,
and of beans, Indian corn, and flour, fair supplies are reported.
At our market this morning the greatest stagnation prevailed,
and wheat further declined ld to 2d per 70Ib. In flour so little
business was effected that its value is almost nominal; hoUlers
would, however, have accepted offers at is per sack under the
currency of this day se'nnight had buyers appeared, and we re'
duce our 'quotations accordingly. Oats were again the turn
cheaper ; and oatmeal, continuing to meet a very restricted
sale, was offered at a reduction of 6d per load.
READING, MARCH 17. —Wheat, per quarter, 34s to 555; bar'
ley, 25s to 355; oats, I6s to 22s ; beans, 303 to 40s; peas,
30s to 40s. Fat hogs, 9s to Os Od ; porkers, 9s 6d to Os per
score. Poultry—Fowls, per couple, 4s Od to 4s 6d ; ducks;
per couple, Os Od to Os Od; geese, each, Os Od to Os; butter,
per lb, Is ld to is 2d; eggs, 18 to 20 for Is.
ABERDEEN, MARCH 16.—Grain—Oats 14s to 14s 6d, 401 b Poe
bushel ; barley, 23s to 245, 52Ibs per bushel ; bear, 23s to 24*
52 lbs per bushel;; wheat, 50s to 53s ; oatmeal,ll Is'6d,to 1256 d
per boll ; flour, 38s to Os per sad,. Provisions—Beef,
4d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 4d to 7d ; veal, ditto, 6dto 8d ; pork, per stone, 4s dtoss ; lamb, per qn. 7s 6d to 105;
tallow, per stone, 4s 6d to ss; potatoes, per peck, 10d to is;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each Od to Os ; hares, each, °6
to Os ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 9d to I Id;
eggs, per doz, 7d to 9d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per
palr,i3s 6d to 4s ; chickens, ditto, 2s 6d'to 3s Od ; ducks, ditto,
2s 6d to 3s A:ducklings, ditto, 2s to 2s 6d; turkeys, each, 4s 6d
to 5s Od ; geese, ditto, Os to Os ; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cwt, 60s to 003; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, 5d
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 1001.
Meal—Oatmeal, is 3d to Os Od; bearmeal, Is 3d to Os Od;
peasemeal, is lOd to 2s; lids, 6d to 7d 1 - barley flour, Is 4d to
Is sd; barley dust, 7d to 8d; flour, is 10d to 2s; barley, per lb,
1 id to 20.
DALKEITH, MARCH 15.—The relative:weight per four bushel%
of„the. three prices of wheat were 18st 91b,
_lBst 21b, and 174
41b. Oats, 12st 61b, 12st 31b, and lOst 31b. !Barley, 164'8%
15st 10Ib, and 15st 01b. Peas and beans, 19st 21b, 18st 91b,
and 18st 21bs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
811 Wheat ... ...... Z 2 12 0 £2 6 0 £1 16 0
1095 Oats, .., 1 1 4 0 18 8 0 12 8
198 Barley ll3 0 17 0 11 0 0
62 Pease and Beans 1 11 0 1 8 0 1 6
Average of wheat......,.... 443 lOid.
CORK, MARCH 16.—The weather during the week has beell
remarkably fine, and most favourable for out-door work, ill
which great progress is being made. We regret to have to
report continued dulness and depression in the trade throughout
the kingdom. Having already adverted repeatedly to the
causes of the depression, it is needless to repeat them here.
We may, however, remark, in passing, that as the arrivals el, foreign grain have fallen off, and are still falling off very con"
siderably, we may naturally conclude that prices have at length
reached the lowest point. The receipts of home-grown grain
continue trifling. Wheat and oats (prime samples of the Ist'
ter, which are in demand for seed, excepted) are lower in
value, but barley remains the same. In prepared Irish whoa'
no business has been done. In foreign a few transaction)
have taken place at low rates, but the general characteristic
of the trade is that of depression. We quote the asking price°
of Marianople 26s per barrel, but we believe sales have been
made at 255. We have no prepared barley offering. In pre"
pared oats no sales have been made, and the market is wet"
sively dull, at, nominally, the rates of last week. The trade
in flour continues totally devoid of animation. The businese
done in the article has been on the most restricted scale'
while to effect sales, especially of fine flours, which
are least in demand, a reduction of 6d per cwt would be
submitted to. For Indian corn we experience a steady
consumptive demand, and a fair business is doing at late
rates. We quote the top price of prime Galata 7/ 10s per ton;
Indian meal, except for the interior, whence the derail?
is good, does not sell so freely as the raw material
Flour—Firsts 14s 6d to 15s Od ; extra 16; ;
seconds 13s td to 14s Od ; households lOs to 12s ; thirds 8s to 101
per cwt. Meal—Oatmeal Ils to lls 6d; Indian meal 8s ;
meal 11s per cwt. Indian corn 7/ Os to 7,12 s 6d pe: ton. Bra'.
4/ lOs per ton. Hay - Farmers 24s to 42s Od; average 325:„
dealers 42s to 48s; average 00s Od per ton. Straw—Farmed
12s Od to 239 Od; average 235; dealers 25s Od to 341 6 ~,,13
average 30s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6id to
t'
household loaf sid to 6d per 41b. Fresh butter, o
10d per lb. Coals—Newport 16s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 165,:
best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 41'
per cwt. Whiskey, 25 0. p., 6s Od per imperial g:1,1
lon. Meat—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; v
5d to 7d; pork 4d to 54d; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d Per
lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3153 Per
~
ton. Bark—Barbary 61 to 71; Valonia 11/ to 131; Frena.
6/; English 6/ per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per
Hemp 351 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 00s; red
ditto 25s to 27s per barrel • Newfoundland 101 10, to 12/ per
ton. Timber—New Memel 4110 s; old scarce; red pine
15s • yellow pine 3/ per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; sec T.!
quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market 118 to 16s; salted lls
18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 20; market 2d to 24d per 10
Potatoes, white 10d to 12d; Minions 18d to 19d; Guano••••
Peruvian, 10/10s ; Ichaboe 9l per ton ; Tar—Archangel, 185
per barrel. Eggs, 4s to 4s 2d per hundred.
BELFAST, MARCH 16.—Wheat is a slow sale at about
former prices. Foreign scarcely inquired for. Flour—Our
best millers still hold for former prices, but common runs or
flour is fully 6d, and American barrels is lower; the latter rate
from 25s 6d to 2-is 6d per barrel. Barley sells at about former
prices. Oats The supply continues small, and the prices are!
in consequence, well maintained. Oatmeal is a slow sale 0‘1:
reduction of 2d to 3d per cwt. Indian corn goes slowly .
consumption at last week's prices—say 71 7s 6d to 71 101'°
yellow, and 5s less for white.

_ . .
RAILWAY SHAR,.E MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, MARca 17.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was dull and declining t°m
day, and closed with a tendency to still further recede. Ind eci 0
until matters improve in London no change for the better can u":
place here.—The sales are—Edinburgh and Glasgow. 42 ex div.,
Lancashire said Yorkshire (late M. and B.), Fifths, 3% c. ex cllT;te,
London and North-Western, 133%—Ditto, Fifths, 6% p.-134,iii, Quarters, New, 51. Is. 3d. p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Linev
40—Ditto, 10/. Preference, —Midland tock, 753—Ditto, 41r.
Halves 8% c.:clis. —York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. „it
chase), 6 per cent. guaranteed, Os. 3d. c. dis—Dablin and B"."-
Juaction, 30% dis.

BIRMINGHAM
ofMen thew eek on the stock efs
change has closed much in the same state as it began. Prices 1157
generally given way, and the transactions have been very limits.'.
The sales are—Chester and Holyhead, 19—North Staffordsllir4
W. 7s. Gd. dis.—Shropshire Union, 2% dis.
16.
STOCK EXCHANGE —TheYOR bus,KinesM s.nacin transacted to-day was S 9 foo, lows : —York, Newcastle, and Berwick Extension, 83i —Ditto
N. E. Purchase), 7h.

, 16.
STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The GLAfollowing areliancn to-day's transactiong;,„
Clydesdale Junction, o—Edinburgh and Glasgow, 85—Ditto
ling Midland Junction), 5 per cent. [guaranteed, 15%—Glase.„."'
Kilmarnock, and Ayr, 49 per 5 per cent. guaranteed, 1U",,,f
Ditto, Halves (No. 1), 5/. 9s. 6d.—Ditto (No. 2), sN—Gla4tjtg;
and Greenock, 12%—Great 11- orth of Scotland (Scrip), 4s—
Brit
ish, Preference, 255.—York, Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N• g,
Purchase or Preterence), 8.

THE LATE RIGHT HON. SIR ALEXANDErt
JoHNSTON.—The remains of' the above lamented Right
Hon. Gentleman, whose death we announced last weer'
as having taken placo at his residence in Great Cumben
land-place, were removed privately on Friday last to the
Euston-square terminus of the London and North;
Western Railway, from whence they were to be conveyo"
to the family residence in Dumfriesshire. The muurner°
consisted of the Right lion. Gentleman's son and of WI
cousins, General Sir Ch.irles James Napier, G.C.8., 611"
Captain Henry Napier, of the Royal Navy. We under'
stand the body will be interred on Friday next in the
family mausoleum, a very beautiful specimen of Gothics
architecture, romantically situated in the grounds 9i
Carnsalloch, a few miles from the county town
Dumfries.

CURE FOR TOOTHACHE.—Heat a small quantity °f
whiskey, a glass say, in a tin cup, but da not allow it fc:
boil, taking care that it does not catch fire, and 91313.4
the whiskey to the nerve of the tooth repeatedly, or O.
you overcome the pain. In applying the whiskey, tiSe
long pin with a little cotton wed rolled into a ball al/
large as will fill the hole in the tooth; and if you succeed
in removing the pain, allow the wed to remain.
[ADVERTISEMENT.]—A most inveterate Skin Dig'
ease Cured by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Jain,i°
Hazlitt, millwright, of Menagh, county of Donegal, 1/5,
affected with a dreadful skin disease, being covered
sores from the ear to the elbow, and down the right Fide'
which rendered him totally unable to work at his trade;
His malady was of so malignant a nature that he bear'
a loathsome object of pity. In this state he was Pre,i
sented with some of Holloway's Ointment and Pills, and
by persevering in the use of these wonderful rernediev;
for a few weeks, he has been soundly cured, and is 'l°l
able to resume his laborious occupation.—Sold by
Druggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish:De° '
244, Strand, London.

RIMS.
On the 26th ult., at GibrB
altar, the lady of Captain Mars-
ton, R.A., of a daughter.
On the 11th inst., at Carnarvon, the wife of F. J. A•
Jones, Esq., of a son.
On the 14th inst., the wife of H. Nethersole, of South
Lambeth, Esq., of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., at Upper Brunswick-terrace, Barnsburr
park, Mrs. John Hinton, of a son.
On the 15th inst., at Sussex- place, Regent's-park, the
wife of W. Harris, Esq., of Lincoln's Inn, of a daughter.
On the 15th inst., at Gonville-cottage, Cambridge, the Vr"
of the Rev. 11. Roberts, M.A., of a son.

On the 10th inst., at MARRIED. St. Leonard's Church, Ilestont
M'Laughlin, only son of John Whiting, Esq., of the 130'.1,
road, Hounslow, to Susan Victoria, youngest daughter of
y. Brookes, Esq., of the same place.
On the I.sth inst., at St. Nicholas, Arundel, James 110103,e°
Hopkir;s, Esq., manager of the County Bank, to Elizabet'
__.......--
eldest daughter of R. Holmes, Esq., both of that place. _....

ED.
On the sth inst., at the Cove of Cork, W. Armstroll
Esq., of Mealliffe, county of Tipperary, late of the 47t
Regiment.
On the 15th inst., at Salcombe-hill, Sidmouth, George
Yates, Esq , aged 22, son of W. W. Yates, Esq. 61,
On the 15th inst., at Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park. aged
Susanna, wife of the Rev. R. B. Plumptre, of Forthingluut4
near Tewkesbury.
On the 15th ,nst., aged 73, Miss Tate, of Burleig -
Leicestershire.
On the lb,th inst.. at Sandling-park, Sophia, youngest
child of William Deedes, Esq., M.P.
On the 15th inst., at Fenchurch-buildings, Mrs. Apps
Mary Jordan, aged 51.
On the 16th inst., at All Saints-lodge, St. John's-vi°°.d'
M 'ry Anne, the wife of the Rev. E. Thompson, D.P.,
cumbent or All Saints, St. John's-wood, aged 34.

London: Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG,,!2)
No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No. 11,4
Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the count,' "
Middlesex, Monday, March 19,1849.