The Sun.
London, England, 1849-05-09 00:00:00

N°. 17)6661 LONDON, WEDNESDAY 14-
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FEMALE SERVANTS' HOME SOCIETY.
Es!ablished 1836.
Nutford-place, Edgware-road, and 110, Hatton-garden.

ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY•
Notice.—ln addition to presenting the card of admission which
has teen forwarded from this office :o the Holders of Consolidated
Stock, every person privileged to be present at the Adjourned Meet-
ing to be held at the London Tavern, on the 10th instant, at One
o'clock. will be required to sign his name and address before he can
be admitted to the Meeting.
By order of the Board of Directors,
C. I'. RONEY, Secretary.
Bishopegate Station, May 8, 1849.

LO`-DON SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY,
EXETER HALL.
PRESIDENT—Rev. George Roberts.
VICE-PRESIDENT—Rev. J. F. Stuinforth,
(lON. SECRETARY--Rev. W. Slfttaoll Austin.
CONDUCTOR—MT. Burman.
. .

MENDELSSOIIN'S ELIJAII will be pertormed by this society on
FRIDAY EVENING next, 11th inst. The orchestra will consist of up-
wards of 500 performers. Principal vocalists,—Miss Lacombe,
Miss Dolby, Mrs. Noble, 3liss E. Byers, Mr. Donald King, Mr.
Lawler, &c.
Tickets, 35.; Central Reserved Seats,ss. ; and Orchestra Galleries,
Is. each. May be had of the music-sellers, Mr. Iloreman, No 3,
Leadeuhall-street, and at the society's office, No. 9, Exeter flail.
The subscription to this Society is it. Is, per annum, or for re-
served seats 21. 2s , entitling subscribers to TWO Transferable
Tickets for each Subscription Concert, and free admission to the
Rehearsals, which takes place every Monday evening at eight o'clock.
During the past year (ending 25th March), TIIIR"PEEN Transfer-
able Admissions to the Public Performances have been received by
each suloc;iber.

The Committee request that all applications may be made at the
Society's office, No. 9, Exeter Hall, where every intorma.ion can be
obtained.

I'. S. BECK ELL, Assistant-Secretary.
The performances on Friday Evening will commence at Seven
o'clock.

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may be. obtained at his residence, No. 71, Upper No•ton-street, or of
the principal music-sellers.

Now ready, In Bvo., cloth lettered, price 10s.,
LONDON C NTALOGGE OF BOOKS
SUPPLE:WEN r, 1846-49, containing all the New Works
published during that period, with their sizes, prices, and publishers'
names; also the New Editions, altered in price, with a Classified
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Of whom also may he had,

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FALLACIES OF THE FACULTY,
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LETTER TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON, ON TIIE
CLERGY BELIE!, BILL, and Reports of the following Meetings
will appear in this day's CHRISTIAN TIMES.
Religious Tract Society- Jubilee Meeting (held this days, British
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TT is impossible to detail in the limits of an ordi-
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REGISTERED PALETOT, the MORNING COAT, &c., suf-
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BE not deceived by parties interested in the old
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VARICOSE VEINS, WEAKNESS, &e.
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11[1HE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
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One half the world are desolately single, and the other
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kv
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," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloureg
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HELL GWYNNE TAVERN and CHOP-
HOUSE, Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Diluters,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of the Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.
Messrs. ARCHER. and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room,
winch has been fitted up in the stele 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'llote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
most comfortable and rea,onable iu the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers unit. One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, flue Ales, and Barclay and Perkths's Stout.
_

T.B. An Entr.nee also from Maiden lane.

ESTAUR.A.NT to be DISPOSED OF, with
Fixtures, Furniture, Kitchen requisites, large Tanks for Turtle,
a useful stock o Bottled \Vines of superior quality, and in fact every-
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verpool. It is in the immediate vicinity of the Exchange and other
place, of public and commercial resort. It has also the advantage of
fronting two principal streets, and on the ground floor, givin2 it a de-
cided preference to the Cellar Restaurants. The present froprietor
is also proud to say that he h is been for years, and continues to be
supported by the most fespectable and influential gentlemen of Liver-
pool and its environs.

For lull particulars, apply (post-paid), to Mr. Richard Ford, Pro-
prietor of the Wu lington Hotel, Dale•street, Liverpool.

ROYAL MISSISSIPPI PICTURE,
EGYPTIAN HALL.

BANVARD'S great PAINTING having returned from WINDSOR
CASTLE, where it has teen exhibited, by command, to her Majesty
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, is NOW OPEN to
the Public at the usual hours, at the Egyptian Morning, Halt-
past Two ; Evening, Half-past Seven.
Admission—Lower Seats, 2s. ; Gallery, ls.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
HULL, MAY 8.

Messrs. Taylor and Bright's circular states :
We have again to report a week of great inertness in every
branch of the trade. The above import, as regards wheat,
may probably be regarded as the last of any moment until a
cessation of Danish and German hostilities removes the present
blockade of the northern and near ports. The character of
the present supply is good useful red wheat, of which we have
now a nice choice. The dulness in Mark-lane yesterday
affected our trade to-day; farmers brought a small supply, and
English wheat can only be written Is per quarter lower; 'fo-
reign, though the actual husitiess was exceedingly limited, was
more inquired for at 2s decline. Barley of fine quality meets
fair sale, and grinding goes off at late prices. Less business
passing in beans and peas, while oats are ra her more sought
after. With continued small arrivals of linseed we are unable
to note any alteration in prices. Less doing in cakes at the
prices of last week; the stock on hand very small. Rapeseed
fully as dear, and cakes in good demand at the full quotations
of last week. No alteration in bones.

The following are the present prices of grain—
S. s.
Wheat, English, red 42 to 46
Do. white 4l 48
Dan t zic and Ko-
nigsberg 4B 50
Pomeranian and
Hamburgh . 42 44
Danish, Holstein, &
Friesland ...... 38 —42
Russian and Odessa 36 44
Oats, English'.. l5 17
Do. Danish.... l4 16
Do. Friesland l6 18
Do. Russ. & Odessa 14 16
Barley,nulting 24 •26
Do. grinding..
Beans 2B 32
Do. foreign ...... 26 28

5. S.
Peas, white and yel. 25 30
Do. grey
Linseed, Black Sea 39 41
Do. Petersburgh
Do. Riga& Arclmgl 35 37
Do. Konigsberg
Per ton.
Linseed cakes, Hull 7112 s 61
Do. fine foreign
Do. interior foreign 5l 58
Rapeseed
Rape cakes 9os o,li
Fares, English .oos —00 s
Do. foreign 20s —26 s
Guano 6l to 91 lOs
Bones, do 953 Od to 97a 6d
Rye meal 61

IPSWICH, MAY 8.
Our millers would not purchase wheat to-day only at a de-
cline of Is to 2s per quarter. Barley and oats is cheaper.
Beans and peas are upon the advance. Malt and flour both
lower in price.

PER QUARTER.' PER QUARTER.
Wheat 3)3 to 48s Beans .......
Barley ..... . ..... 21s to 31s Peas. 2'4 to 31s
Oats 173 to 21s' Malt
Rye ... 2ls to 2351 Flour, per sack
AVERAGES FOR THE WEEK ENDING MAY 5, 1849.
Wheat
Barley
201 11 295. 6d.
00 „ 00s. Od.
Beans.
••• 64 ss 295. 4d.
Peas ... OO „ 00s. Od.
TAUNTON, MAY s.—Prices at the Tubs—Wheat, 4s Od to
7s Od ; ditto, new, Os Od to Us Od ; barley, 3s 6d to 4s Od ; oats,
2s 7d to 3s Od ; old oats, Os Od to Os Od; beans, 4s 6d to 5s Od ;
old ditto, Os Od to Os Od ; white peas, Os Od to 6s Od ; coloured
ditto, 4s Od to 6s Od per bushel. Fine wheaten bread, 41b loaf,
51d to 6d. •
DALKEITH MEAL MARKET, MAY 7.—At this day's
market there were 115 bags oatmeal, 7 of barleymeal, and 3
of pot barley ; sales ready ; oatmeal same on the top, but up
6d per bag on the second and third qualities; barleymeal same
as last week.
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. First Second Third
imperial 27s Od 26s 6d 26s Od
Barleyrneal, per ditto ... 20s Od —s 01 —s Od
Peasemeal —s Od —s Od —s Od
Flour ... —s Od —s Od Od
Pot. barley ... —s Od —s Od
—s Od
CORK, MAY 7.—Flour —Firsts 14s to 14s 6d ; extra 15s Od ;
seconds, 13s Od to 13s 6d; households lOs to 12, ; thirds 8s to 1 1s
per cwt. Oatmeal 12s 6d to 13s; Indian meal 8s 6d to 93; wiiaat
meal, 10s Od to lls per cwt. Indian corn 8 Os Od to 8/10s pcn.• ton.
Bran 41 to 4/ 5s per ton. Hay—Farmers 25s Od to 435; average
40s; dealers 45s to 48s; average 46s Od per ton. Straw—Farmers
Od to 32s Od ; average 285; dealers 36s Od to 00s Ott;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 6d to 6,1 d;
household loaf 5d to
...eitcpel.4ll),
pecriondpier_uovsL
VevniPrrrt 'Ll6s-;.°7.:ydriey 17s ; Landore I6s ; Best Neath
Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 43s 6d to 443 per cwt.
Whiskey, 25 o. p., 6s Od per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 7d; Mutton 5d to 6d; veal bid to
7d ; pork 4d to sid ; bacon 7d to 8d ; sausages 6d per
lb. Hops 61 lOs per cwt. Bangor slates 3/ 2s 6d to 3/ 5s per
ton. Bark—Barbary 8/ to 81111 s ; Valonia 141 to 0/ ; French
7110 x; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per stone.
Hemp 31/ to 361 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 18s to 19s ; red
ditto 26s to 28s per barrel ; Newfoundland 10/ 10, to 12/ per
ton. Timber—New Memel 4/ 10s ; old scarce; red pine 3/
15s ; yellow pine 3! per ton ; deals, first quality, 201; second
quality 171 per 120. Hides—Market lOs to 16s; salted Ils to
16s per cwt ; calf skins 2d to 20; market 2d to 24d per lb.
Potatoes, white 13d to 14d ; Minions 19d to 20d ; Guano—
Peruvian, 11/ to 11/10s; Ichaboe 9/ per ton ; Tar—Archangel,
19s per barrel.

and she was in the habit of earning money for herself by
giving lessons in music.
ou know
Mr. PRF,NDERGAST—I believe, Madam, y
nothing whatever about the prisoner having engaged a
lodging at this beer-shop? Witness--I knew nothing of
it. She used to be from home occasionally, and I under-
stood that she went to her mother, who resided in Lon-
don. The witness went on to say that the prisoner had
complained of pain in her head for several years, and
last August she had an attack of brain fever, and her
head was shaved, and since that period her conduct
bad been flighty and very much altered to what it was
befbre.
Mr. John Betts, a surgeon at Hammersmith, deposed
that, in his opinion, since the attack referred to, the pri-
soner had not had the proper use of her senses, and he
said he bad repeatedly observed that her conduct was
strange and eccentric.
The RECORDER asked the witness whether he would
undertake to say that the prisoner was not capable of
distinguishing between right and wrong, or that she was
under such a delusion as not to be aware that she was
going about robbing people.
The witness said he could not go so far as to say that
this was the case.

The RECORDER inquired whether the fact of such a
pocket as :hat which had been produced being made use
of, would ❑ot be a proof of So much contrivance on the
part of the party as to bee-quite incompatible with such
an opinion?

The witness said that a great deal of cunning was fre,
quently exhibited by insane persons.
The RECORDER said he was aware of that, but there
was a great difference between cunning of that descrip-
tion and the contrivance that was manifested in this case
to facilitate the scheme of plunder.
His LORDSHIP then addressed the jury, and explained
to them that before they could give effect to the defence
that had been set up on behalf of the prisoner, they
must be satisfied not merely that she was a little flighty
in her mind, but that at the time she committed the act
she was incapable of distinguishing between right aid
wrong, and it was for them to say, under the circum-
stances or the case, whet leer they could conscientiously
come to such a conclusion.
The jury immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.
The• RECORDER inquired of ,the constable what was
the value or the property which he found in the posses-
sion of the prisoner?

He replied that about 401. worth had been identifier],
but there was a great deal of which no owner had yet
been di-covered.

The RECORDER then gave directions that all the arti-
cles which were identified should be restored to their
owners, and that means should be taken to find out to
whom the remainder belonged. He also respited the
sentence upon the prisoner until the next session, in
order that further inquiries might be made respect-
ing her.

NEW COURT.
(Before the COMmoN SERGEANT.)
Michael Kelly, aged 27, a labourer, was indicted for
feloniously assaulting Elizabeth Waters, with intent, &c.
The prosecutrix, a respectable modest young woman,
the wife of a labouring man, living at lionierton, stated
that being on her return home at a somewhat late hour,
having been out visiting a brother-in• law, she was met
oy the priiouer in a sequestered spot near her own
house, when he forced her against a wall, and finally
,hiew her on the ground, where he would have effected
his purpose but fur her resistance and cries, which being
beard by the police on duty, they hastened to the spot
and found witness on.the ground struggling with the
prisoner. When taken into custody he said she was his
wife.
The police corroborated the prosecutrix's statement,
adding that they heard her cries for help some distance
from the spot where they found them. When the pri-
soner was apprehended he was very violent.
Mr. RomesoN, for the defence, said the story was a
most improbable one, and it was most dangerous to con-
vict in such cases upon the unsupported testimony of a
woman of whose previous character they had no
evidence.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The COMMON SERGEANT said it was an extremely bad
case, and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment and
hard labour.
Thomasks Storey,
with
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stealing
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number
bcehra charged
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dn
other articles of trivial value, the property of Lord
John Russell, M.P., and Caroline Baker, 29, a spinster,
severalboo, som indictments(, china cups, saucers, glass, a few towels, and
was indicted for receiving the same, knowing it to have
been stolen.
The male prisoner pleaded guilty, and the woman
pleaded not guilty.
The facts of the case were these :—The prisoners co-
habited together, and the man having been engaged in
his Lordship's stables, and so having an opportunity of
gaining access to the house, no suspicions were enter•
tained of his honesty. The woman, however, whom se-
veral witnesses stated to be very badly disposed, was
taken into custody for having stolen some things from
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steward, said that his
master requested him to recommend the man to mercy,
was not his wish that the charge
should also to state that it
should have been pressed.
The prisoner Storey said he intended to have redeemed
the things, and had taken them from distress.
The Contort SERGEANT said the woman was evi-
dently the worst of the two and sentenced her to
eighteen months' imprisonment, and the male prisoner
to six.

Two lads, named Douglass and Hurson, were con-
victed of stealing 10s. 6d. in silver from the till of Mr.
Bune, a publican, residing at the foot of Hammersmith-
bridge.

Ifurson had been seen to go in, and was taken with
the muney in his mouth, and Douglass,
who had been
waiting outside, was taken afterwards, whilst the police
were conveying Ilurson to the station.
Hurson, who had been before convicted, was sen-
tenced to twelve months' imprisonment, and Douglass
to four.

DOVER BAY AND _TF3REAKWATER.
TO THELEDITOR OF THE SUN.
SlR,—The insertion you gave to the letter of
Colonel Williams, R.E., respecting Dover Esplanade
in January, and also that relating to Dover Break-
water on Saturday last, induces me to hope. that you
will insert the following in your. journal, So distin-
guished for impartiality.
a long
reputa-
tion which the Gallant Colonel has acquired in
theorists,
‘Vith all due deference to the professional
n. The
service, I must say, that he, like too. ulany
done,et without
ehvaesntilsyugcognesdteimngnsatmhoarte whichproper tobdeeinogf
serious obstructions thereby caused to the. entranceof
a readily
the Dover and Folkestone Harbours,. is
travelling of the shingle from west to east, and the
admitted tact ; and whilst no obstruction was oftered
to this eastward progress of the shingle, the mouth of
Dover Harbour was seldom, if ever, to be entered in
safety, especially to vessels of heavy tonnage. Many
and erudite were the suggestions to get rid of this
dangerous barrier. The pier formerly known as
Cheesewan's Head was not only denounced as the
evil source of the accumulating shingle, but it was
actually pulled down ; this., only increased the mis-
chief. The shingle further raised its stubborn head
as Cheeseman's was laid low. Then reservoirs, basins,
sluices, and machinery were erected to scour away
the accumulation from the harbour's mouth—great
were the expectations, but small the effects, the shingle
still barred the entrance. Human skill and inge-
nuity were further put upon the rack, when a
sudden and unexpected incident supplied what
science and study had failed to achieve. The
operations of the South-Eastern Railway Com•
pany, in the celebrated blowing up of the
Round Down Cliff, by which a headland of many
acres was formed, projecting several hundred yards
into the sea, were no sooner accomplished' than the
Dover Bar begun to disappear, and soon to vanish,
leaving the chalk bed at the entrance to the harbour
as clean as a kitchen floor. This singular circum-
stance has certainly saved Dover Harbour from decay;
but the promontory produced by the fall of Round
Down Cliff being upwards of a mile from Dover to
the west, or shingleward direction, the result would
have been, that as soon as the amassing shingle
rounded the outer angle of this obstruction the ordi-
nary easterly drift would without any doubt again
have called up Dover Bar. But we find genuine
engineering skill taking heed of the laws of nature,
and advantage of the effects of an unexpected clear-
ance of the shingle, and therefore the present pier is
being erected so close upon the harbour mouth as
will, without any doubt, carry the shingle quite past
the harbour entrance; and from very close observation
of the onward movement of the beach there, we are
convinced that the fears of Colonel Williams as to
the accumulation approaching the end of the pier will
not be realised before a century of years have rolled
away. The Gallant Colonel knows that a bar will
exist at Dover without an obstruction of some sort to
the westward, yet he tells us not what he would
do ; and in order to make his weak case as strong as
possible, he conjures up the original scheme of the
I ahrebno ur
even
private
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enterprise
eespoke lightly of immensed in those pal my days
wen
amounts of capital), with all its enclosed area, its
entrances, the breakwater, and the two millions and
a half of money. Now let me acquaint him