The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

L .4 MBETIL

Mr. James Wilkins Russell, a gentleman well
known in the musical world, appeared to answer to
a summons taken out by the overseers of the poor of
the parish of Lambeth, and calling upon him to show
cause why he refused and neglected to support his wife,
by which she had become chargeable to the parish.
The parties had been before the same magistrate
about twelve months no, when Mr. Norton made an
order upon the husband for the payment of 6s. a-
week, and this sum had been paid for some time, but
was latterly discontinued, and its non payment led to
the present proceenings. The defence now set up
against the wife's claim was that of her being guilty
of adultery, and therefore not entitled to any main-
tenance from her husband.

To prove the adultery three witnesses were called
—two on a former day and one on Saturday. A re-
spectable couple named Powell deposed that in the
month of August last Mrs. Russell took apartments
in their house, when she represented herself as a
widow, and said that had it not been for her son, a
youth of 17, she could soon, and most favourably,
change her condition. She soon got rid of her son,
and after this had been constantly visited by Mr.
Webb, a musician, a former friend and companion of
her husband's. This person, it appeared, had been in
the habit of calling on her three or four times a week,
and sitting with her in her bedroom for several
hours, and staying to one and two o'clock in the
morning; and on one occasion he was supposed to
have remained all night. The witnesses spoke of a
circumstance which took place on a particular night,
when the parties had an oyster supper, which left no
doubt on their minds that Mrs. Russell and Mr.
Webb had been to bed together, and that the act of
adultery had been committed.
To disprove this Mr. Webb was called into the wit-
ness box and sworn, and though he admitted that he
had been in the frequent habit of calling in and
smoking his pipe in the room of Mrs. Russell, yet
he swore in the most solemn manner that no act of
adultery had been committed. In reply to Mr.
Norton, he said that the room in which he visited and
sat with Mrs. Russell for several hours at a time was
one in which there was a bed, and no third party
was pre,ent.
Mr. NORTON told him he should have found some
other room to smoke his pipe in than that of the
bedroom of a married woman.

A respectable witness named Rose was, on Satur-
day, called, who flatly contradicted a part of the
statement made by Mr. Webb on the former day;
that peroon having denied that he had ever visited
Mrs. Russell while living at Mr. Rose's house,
whereas he had been in the constant habit of calling
on her.

Mr. Salomons, on the part of the wife, contended,
that though acts of considerable indiscretion were
proved, yet that no proof of actual adultery had been
given.
Mr. Renett, for the defence, argued contra, and
Mr. NORTON, having no doubt that in an action
for damages a jury on the testimony adduced would
infer criminality, and give a verdict for the plaintiff,
refused to make any order on the husband, and dis-
missed the summons.
THAMES.

James Hall, a man about fifty years of age, by
trade a gun-finisher, and employed in the small arms
department of the Tower, was charged before Mr.
Inghatn with stealing eleven pieces of gun steel plates,
the property of her Majesty.
It appears that for some time a great number of
gun-makers and others have been employed in the
Tower breaking up muskets, &c., and other warlike
instruments, the materials of which are reserved for
various purposes. It having come to the knowledge
of the authorities that an extensive system of plun-
der was going on, policemen vt ere stationed at the
gates to watch and search the labourers on leaving
the place, and many have been already convicted
of making free with the Government pro-
perty. On the prisoner being stopped by
James O'Connor, 177 11, coming out of the
eastern entrance with the above stated property
in his possession, the prisoner immediately said he had
been made the dupe of others, and he would take the
officer to a place in the gun factory where gun-springs,
locks, and other things were concealed in a box. The
constable went with him, when he pointed out the
stolen property, and implicated four other men, who
were discharged immediately, and a special report
sent to the Board of Ordnance.

The prisoner, in his defence said, that a fellow
workman, whose name he mentioned, gave him the
pieces to take out, and give them back to him outside
the Tower. That man had got his Wellington boots
made large for the purpose of concealment. He then
gave the names of other persons who were concerned
in the plunder.
Mr. INGHAM said, it was clear there was a whole-
sale system of plunder going on in the Tower, and
he had no doubt that the prisoner and his companions
thought that as the property belonged to the Govern-
ment there would be no notice taken of it. In con•
sideration of his previous good character he would not
commit him for trial, hut fine him 4/. for the unlawful
possession, and in default commit him for four weeks.

FOREIGN HoPs.—The importations of hops which
we have recently been called upon to notice as baying
taken place from the United States of America, and also
from Belgium, have just been followed by, we believe,
the largest arrival of the kind which has taken place from
abroad this season, the first of such importations to any
remarkable 'extent. The American line-of-packet ship
Hendrick Hudson, arrived in the docks from New York,
has brought 78 bales of hops to order, and also st) bales
of the articles cansigned to an eminent house, the growth
and produce of the United States of America. The
duty leviable on foreign hops on importation into this
country from abroad is 21. ss. per cwt., which would
argue well for the value and quality of these hops from
America to bear an import duty of so heavy a nature.
The supplies from Belgium continue to take place to
some extent. The vessel Fanny, since arrived in the
docks from Boston, has also brought 26 bales of hops,
conbigned to an eminent house as a portion of her cargo,
the produce of the United States of America. _

ACCIDENT ON THIN NOTTINGHAM AND LINCOLN
RAILWAY.—On Thursday, when the mail train, which
passes through the Newark station at 4 A.M., had pro.
ceeded about three miles down the line towards Culling-
ham, the brickwork abutments of one of the numerous
wooden bridges in that neighbourhood gave way under
the weight of the engine, and caused the coupling chains
connecting it with the carriages to snap asunder. The
extreme velocity with which the train was travelling at
the time enabled the engine to get clear of the frightful
chasm which had been so suddenly created; but the
violent breaking of the chains causiug the carriages
behind to rebound, each was driven with a crash upon
the other, and after rocking fearfully for a second or
two, the whole fell into the vast sea of water which the
late floods had collected in the valley of Trent. Hap-
pily there were no passengers in the train, or the effect
would have been very distressing. The stoker was
seriously injured about the head, and the guard some-
what injured about the hip, but the engine-driver and
post-office guard escaped with a fright. It is scarcely
necessary to explain that the accident was caused by the
flood sapping the foundation of the bridge.
USE OP GUTTA. PERCHA IN HOUSE REPAIRS.—
Hitherto the remedy to make good defects occasioned by
shrinking, &c., as in floor boards, has been to let in be-
tween the joint slips of wood, putty, &e.; but this can-
not be depended upon, as in case of further shrinking it
drops through, neither is it waterproof. I propose that
glace percha be used. Thus : Warm the gutta percha
till it become glutinous, then with a heated iron or
chisel point all along the joint, and it will be found that
the adhesiveness of gutta percha is such, after two or
three minutes, that the whole surface becomes as one
board, the great merit being that there is no occasion to
use any solution or cement to make the gutta percha
unite to the woodwork, as is the case when applied to
leather and other purposes ; but there exists such an
affinity between the two, that, for example, supposing a
hole six inches square were cut in the flooring, with
nothing underneath for rapport, and to make good the
same a new piece were let in, well set all round in gutta
percha, it will so unite with the boards as to enable that
portion to bear as great a weight as any other part.
What has been said of making good the space between
the floor boards will equally apply to all joiners' work,
as in the panels of doors; and a shake in them has
hitherto been without any,effectual remedy. Also to the
skirting running round the rooms, which is often to be
found leaving the floor boards, &e. The great feature
gained is, that gutta percha not only fills up the space,
but, at the same time, hardens and unites the whole.—
Correspondent of the Builder.
APPALLING EFFECTS OP DISSIPATION.-00 Satur-
day, Mr. H. M. Wakley held an inquest in Foley-place.
Marylebone, on Emma Lovesing, an unmarried female,
aged thirty-four. It appeared that, although most re-
spectably connected, she gave herself up to such habits
of dissipation that she was seldom sober. She had
been drinking the day previous to her death, and on the
morning of her death one of her companions left her,as
she supposed, asleep on her wretched pallet, but she was
then insensible and dying. When her companion re•
turned deceased was dead. One of the jury, horrified
at the wretched appearance of deceased's room, where
her body lay on some planks, asked her companion
whether that was the bed on which deceased lay ?
She replied, " No; and that she had a few rags that
formed her bad." Deceased's mother, addressing the
coroner, said, "My daughter, but for ber dissipated
habits, might have had her carriage." Verdict—Natural
Death.

[ADVERTISBMENT.]—The following extraordinary
Cure of a Swollen Leg by Holloway's Pills and Ointment is
published in the Adelaide Observer, South Australia :
" George Mundon, a settler in the colony, had been suffering
for many months with a swollen leg, and the pain was so intense
as deprive him of sleep. He was recommended to try Hollo-
way's Ointment and Pills, and by using them as directed for
about a fortnight, a cure was so far effected as to permit him to
walk to Adelaide, a distance of twenty miles, to give this state-
ment to the editor of this journal, for the information and bene.
fit of his fellow-creatures."—Sold by all Vendors of Medicine,
and at Profetior Altabliiiment, 244, Stroll
Loudon.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
P"0, s —The trldo tn•-1-!- s77,ir”tfl,
/).Tees.
MANCHESTER, DEC. S.—Although rather more bU3i-
teas has been passing in flour during the present week,
ocing to some of the dealers and bakers being compelled
to purchase, all whose stocks enabled them to do so
have continued to act on the reserve, and the transactions
collectively were only to a limited amount, some reduc-
tion on the previous currency being generally conceded
by factors. Oatmeal has met a languid demand, without
change in value. The imports of oats, oatmeal, and
flour fr.'rc Irelsnd, at LiVerp,iol and Runcorn, are only
to a moderate extent, and of other articles thence the
supplies are very scanty. From abroad the chief arri-
vals consist of 7,553 barrels of fl )ur and 5,384 quarters
of Indian corn. No Material alteration in the state of
the trade was apparent at our market this morning; all
articles met a slow sale, and (with the exception of flour,
which must be noted rather lower) we do nut vary the
quotations of this day se'enieht.
COLCHESTER, DEC. B. The markets of this district
have been dull and declining again this week. The price
of the best white wheat iu our market to day was only
quoted at 49a, and the finest red at 42i. Barley was also
the turn cheaper.
On Friday, at Chelmsford, sales of wheat could not be
effected unless a reduction of is to 2e per quarter was
consented to. Barley was 1 s lower. White wheat 44s
to 475; red, 40s to 445; malting barley, 27s to 295;
grinding, 23s to 245.
At Witham the best white wheat realised only 455.
In tho markets of Suffolk the supplies have been good;
in some instances very large; and prices have every-
where declined.
At Woodbridge wheat was 2s; the best barley 2a;
and inferior samples, 3s per quarter cheaper.
At Bury the wheat trade was heavy, and beans and
peas were cheaper.
A t Stowmarket, on Thursday, wheat was reduced is,
and barley Is to 2, per quarter.
GLASGOW CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 6.—At our market
to-day the numbers were—oxen, 581; sheep, 2,916. The
supply of cattle being small, prices had 'an upward ten-
dency. Best ox beef realised fully 50s per cwt, second
quality from 45s to 48s per ditto, inferior from 34s to 405,
per ditto, sinking the offal. A good clearance was
effected. B. st mutton brought 5d per lb, current from
41 to 4i per ditto, oil ewes 3d to 3id per ditto, sinking
the offal. A few turned out unsold.
DALKEITH, Dec. 6.—The relative weight per four bushels
of the three prices of wheat were 18st 51b, 176 t 91b, and 16st
111 b. Oats. 12st 121 b, Ilst 91b, and 10st bib. Barley, 16st 01b,
15st 91b, and 113 st 131 b. Peas and beans, 18st 121 b, 18st 51b,
and 16st tOlbs.
Qrs. Best. Current. Inferior.
276 Wheat .........£2 4 0 £1 14 0 £1 1 0
1520 Oats
1285 Barley
39 Peas and Beans 1 10 6 1 5 6 0 18 0
Average of wheat 33s bid.
AIERDEEN, DEC. 7.—Grain—Oats 13s to 136 6d, 401 b per
bushel; oats, new, Ohs Od to 00s; foreign oats, CO: Od to 00s Od
per qr.; barley, 19s to 00s Od, 52Ibs per bushel; bear,l9s to COs,
521bs per bushel ; wheat. 40s to 45s ; oatmeal, 11 s6d to 12s 6d
per boll ; flour, 31s to 38. per sack. Provisions—Beef,
5d to 7d per lb ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 7d ; veal, ditto, bd
to 7d ; pork, per stone, 45 6d to 5s ; lamb, per lb, Ed to 7d;
tallow, per stone, 4s to 4s 6d ; potatoes, per peck, Is to Is 2d ;
hay, per cwt, Os to Os ; rabbits, each is to 152 d; hares, each, to
to Is 3d ; grouse, per brace, Os to Os ; butter, per lb, 7d to 8d;
eggs, per dot, Is to Is 2d ; cheese, per stone, Os to Os ; hens, per
pair, 3s Od to 3s 6d ; chickns, ditto, 3s Od to 4s Od ; ducks, ditto.
3s 4d to 4s Od; ducklings, ditto, is ltd to Is 8d; turkeys, each, 48
to 4s 6d; geese, ditto, 3s 6d to 4s; butter for exportation (present
cure), per cat, 503 to 525; eggs, wholesale price, per dozen, Od
to 10d ; 41b loaf, 63 ; 21b loaf, 3d ; pork, per stogie of 14110,
3s 6d to 4s 3d; pork fine, small, 5s 6d to Os Od; pork large.
3s 6d to 4s 3d; ship pork per barrel of 204 lbs, Os to Os.
Meal—Oatmeal, Is 2d to is 3d; barley dust, 7d to Ed;
peasemeal, Is 8d to Is 8d; aids, 6d to 7d; bearmeal, is 2,1
to h 31 , dour, Is led to 2s ; barley, per Ib, lid to 2d; barley
dour, Is 3d to Cs 03.
DUBLIN, DEC. 7.—We had a small supply of all de'
scriptions of grain at our market to-day, and we have oo
alteration to report in the currencies of Tuesday; we
therefore report that day's quotations. The sale of
Indian corn continues in retail, but holders are rather
firmer as to price :—White wheat (new), 18s to 225; lied
, ditto, 16s to 20a; barley, 103 to 14s; oats, old (per brl),
8a id to 9s 93; Oatmeal, 10s to 1 is 63; second flour (per
cwt), 12s to 16s; Indian corn (per 48016), 25s to 28s.
Conic, Dec. 7.—We have to report a few arrivals of
foreign grain. Those of home growth continue mode-
rate, the receipts for the week Leine :—W heat ,2,780 brig
at 15s to 21s 93 per brl; barley, 3,400 brls at 7s 93 to
lls 8d per brl; oats, 5,997 brls at 6s 6d to 93 id per url.
In the green market, whett er for wheat, barley, or oats,
we have little change to notice, the prices obtained bed's%
much the same as those of last week. In prepared Irish
wheat we know of one sale of 500 barrels having take°
place at 225. Prime foreign wheat, however, is scarce,
and in demand, and if to be had, would fetch high prices,
the greater part of what is offering being of inferior
quality. In prepared barley we have no transactions te,
record. Malting samples are still scarce and sough'
after. In oats little, it any, business has been don.,
while prices continue nominally the same as last quoted:
In fact, as regards the prepared market—and the remark
applies to all descriptions of grain—holders are unwilling
to give way in value, while purchasers, deterred by th:
poor prospect of realising at the other side the Priee
asked here, are equally unwilling to enter into engage.
meats. Irish flour continues a very dull sale. Foreigol
and foreign mixed flours, however, aro in good
demand, and sell readily at full prices. Coarse
descriptions continue to be inquired for. India°
corn meets a very slow and restricted sale at the air'
rency of last week. Indian meal is tctally neglected.
Flour—First 12s 6d to 13s ed ; extra 14s rid ;
seconds, Its to 12s 6d ; households Os to 10, 6o1; thirds, 6s tot"
per cwt. Oatmeal 95 6d to 10s; Indian nseal6s6d to 6( Ili; wheat'
meal, 956 d to lhsper cwt. Indian corn 125 s Od to 13010(1pm' too.
Bran 31 Os to 3/ las 6,1 per ton. Hay—Farmers 26a to 40s; average
348; dealers 34s to Ios Od; average 381 per ton. Straw—Farmer
lisOd to 25s Od ; average sOs; dealers 271 Odto 00s 00
average Ohs Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to did;
household loaf 5d to bid per 416. Fresh bitter, Sd ti 3
93 per lb. Eggs -6s 63 to 6s 8d per hundred. Coals;
Newport 14s; Lydney 16s ; Landore 14s ; Best Nea
Culm 13s per ton. Tallow 39s Od to 00s per n'_!,
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. 1474,
—Beef 3id to sd; mutton 4d to sd; veal 4d
Od ; pork 3fid to 4d ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 5d Pw
lb. Hops el Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 31511
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 te01; Fresco
7153; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 105 to 12s per stollei
Hemp 321 to SO/ per ton. Fish—Scotch herrings 18s to lila; re
ditto 24s to 26s per barrel ; Newfoundland 00/ 00s to 001,hPe
ton. Timber—.Memel, 85/ per ton; deals, first quality, lcw't
second quality, 16s per 100. Hides—Market 12. to lib'.
salted 13s to 18s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to per
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Potatoes, white 6k3 to 3d; Minions lid to 12d; Gnaa
Peruvian, 11/ 11)s ; Ichaboe 91 per ton ; Tar —Arekallge
19s per barrel.