The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-25 00:00:00

THE INQUEST.

The first witness produced was Elizabeth Waters, who
resides in the stable-lane at the end of Pembroke-road.
She stated that she was called on by her two children in
the evening ; they told her a child was dead at Miss
Brady's gate in the lane ; she then went to the place
described, and found a boy lying dead there ; did not
then examine the boy, but she saw the boy's throat cut
afterwards ' • there was blood on his clothes, and on the
road about his body a good deal ; did not know the de-
ceased boy.
John Delahunt was then called, and the Coroner told
him he was at present a witness, although in custody.
He need not answer any questions which might tend to
his own crimination. There never was, with the excep-
tion of that of the Italian boy, a more horrid murder
than this committed in this country, and he hoped the
guilty party mould be discovered. Delahunt then stated
as follows:—I live in -Eastmorland-place. There is no
number on the house. I was in a field outside the wall
while the murder was committing.
CORONER—Was it committed by a man or woman?
___. •

Witness—By a woman. I heard no noise, nor did I
hear the child cry. The hour was between five and six
o'clock. I saw the woman. She wore a large plaid
shawl, red and green colour, and white plain cap and
dark gown. She was from 18 to 20, or from that to 30
years of age. I could not see the colour of her hair, but
what I did see of it was black. I did not hear the woman
speak. I was at Mr. Clarke's, in Baggot•street, with a
letter, and was coming from that when I first saw the
woman and the boy.
To a Juror—l got the letter from a woman, but I
don't know who she was. I dropped the letter in Mr.
Clarke's box. -•

By the Coroner—l saw the woman and the boy coming
from Baggot-street towards the Bridge. The woman
was beating the boy on the neck, and he was crying. She
bid the child go on. lie was in his bare feet, and seemed
to be cold. I was in view of the woman to the end of
Eastmorland:lane,and saw her go down the stable-lane.

Juror—What did you do after you saw the woman
commitpurder ? Did youeall for,the police ?, ,
WitneksLLl returned bacl and •Irept out of a gap. I
didltht io'back near the citild. -There, is, no lamp in the
lane. I did not, pur§ue the woman. I did not know if
the child was dead at theilinebut I knew something
had been done to it I 'mace.'LMuch haste as I could
their to. Mr. tarrett, of the Caitlp-yard and told Aim
the story.
Juror—What did you tell him particularly. 'Witness
—I told him she cut the' threat of the child ; I told him
she then threw the child`from, her, but I did not know
what she did with it ; he asked me if the child was dead,
I said I did not know ; I did not mention to Mr. Bar-
rett any thing abont a knife ; Mr. Barrett went into
Major BrOwn'S house, and then he came with me to Lad-
lane, and Inspector Carmody was sent with me.
The 'witness was then removed in custody.
The Jury requested that a medical gentleman should
examine Delahunt's foot, and see if it was sore, as
stated. Surgeon Fox, who was present, did so, and
stated that Delahunt had a sore heel, but not of Such a
nature as to impede his walking or running.
Eliza Weldon, a girl about fifteen years of age, stated
that she saw Delahunt last (Monday) night, about eight
o'clock, and heard Delahunt's mother say he was gone
home with a stray child. Heard Delahunt. say he left
the child in some street, and that the child found its
way home.
A Juror—You heard him say that ? Witness—Yes,
I did ; he said when became to the corner of a street that
it found its way home ; this was before he said he was
going to take tea' with Mr. Barrett.
Eliza Mason, a more intelligent child, about thirteen
years of age, stated that she saw John Delahunt on Mon-
day evening, about six o'clock, on the road in Upper
Baggot-street; he' had a little boy with him—(Sensa-
tion)—the boy was a round-faced pretty little boy ; she
saw the murdered boy, but did not think it was the boy
she saw the night before ; this (a cap) is the very same
as the boy had on last (Monday) night.
Mary Delahunt, of 9, Eastmorland-place, sister of the
prisoner, was the next witness. She corroborated in
every particular the evidence of the girl Mason.
Thomas Delahunt, brother to the prisoner, stated that
the prisoner on the night had a little strange boy with
him at the time. The child was about nine or ten years
of age. The child, in reply to the wife of witness, said
his name was Tom M'Guire. The witness described
the child's dress, and the prisoner said he took the child
to leave it in .Buckingham-street.
Juror—Did you see the child again ? Witness—l
did ; I was brought down to see it now ; and, to the best
of my opinion, it is the same child • the prisoner told wit-
ness that he left the child in dumberland-street, and
that it then knew the way home.
The wife of the last witness was then produced, and
corroborated his evidence. She appeared greatly affect-
ed, but identified the child most positively as that which
she saw in her room with the prisoner.
On . the conclusion of the evidence, Delahunt being
called, the Jury brought in a verdict of " Wilful mur-
der" against him, John Delahunt, for the murder of
Thomas Maguire. He was then committed to Kilmain-
ham, under the Coroner's warrant, to stand his trial.

DANNELER'S ARIADNE.— A Correspondent
has furnished us with an account of the manner in which
at Mr. Gebruder Bethmann's (or Bateman's, as English
residents call him) at Frankfort, this exquisite statue is
viewed by visitors. Mr. Bethmann's museum is situated
on the ramparts, and in an octagon room at the end of
his hall, the Ariadne reclining on a Panther's back, is
discovered in the middle of the floor, upon a pedestal of
grey stone. The Keeper of the Museum turns outside a
wheel, by means of which the pedestal revolves slowly
round, to enable the company to see the statue on every
side without leaving their seats. When the pedestal has
resumed its place, the man touches a spring, and a win-
dow, exactly to fit the one by which the room receives
its light, flies up, covered with stained glass of a soft
flesh-coloured hue, so that the white Ariadne is now a
naked nymph, fresh, and as living flesh itself before you,
The groupe turns round once more, and you have seen a
composition alone worth while to go up the Rhine to
Frankfort for. The keeper sells a tolerably good litho-
graphic print of the Ariadne, which everyone buys to
carry home as a memento of Danneker's celebrated work.
AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—One of those lament-
able and fatal instances of allowing coke or charcoal to
burn in a bed-room, occurred at the Court of Requests-
office, Shelton, on Saturday night. The apartment
which was the dormitory of the old couple who had
charge of the premises, is very small, and without
chimney or ventilator. On retiring to rest the old
people put some cinders in a pan, to supply warmth,
ignorant of the deleterious nature of the gas evolved,
even when ventilated ; and this was more so, because
the place had been some months shut up, of course was
damp, and had been recently whitewashed, with the
other part of the premises. When a person went to the
place next morning, no answer being given, he forced
an entry, and gave an alarm. The old man was dead,
and had been so some hours ; the old woman was alive,
but expired about eight o'clock. A Coroner's inquest
was held on Monday, when a verdict of " Died by in-
haling sulphurous gas, while asleep," was returned.—
Sta ffordshire Gazette.
The General Steam Navigation Company's
vessel, the Columbine, W. Norwood, from Rotterdam,
arrived off the Custom-house, at ten o'clock, A.m., yes-
terday with the Dutch mail.
DESPERATE OUTRAGE.-...Thirteen men named,
Henry Potts, Thomas Swift, William Pearson, Charles
Bays, John Walton, Henry Pedler, Matthew Fuller, John
Moore, James Andrews, William Robertson, George
Haynes, George Johnson, aad Edward Johnson, were
yesterday remanded to the Surrey County Gaol in Horse-
monger. lane, upon a charge of riot, and a most out-
rageous assault upon a constable belonging to the South
Eastern Railway, and other persons, under very aggra-
vated circumstances. It appeared that on Wednesday
evening the prisoners and thirteen other men, who are
employed as navigators, or " navvys" as they are gene-
rally called, upon the railway, went to the beer-shop of
a person named Groombridge, at Godstone, where they
expected to receive some wages. After they had drank
a good deal of Leer, and had other refreshment, the
landlord asked for the amount of the reckon-
ing which they refused to pay, and he then asked
for the assistance of a man named Smithers, a consta-
ble, belonging to the railway, and he endeavoured to in-
duce the men to pay the amount, but this only appeared
I. rouse their anger, for they immediately assaulted the
officer, and a person who came to his assistance, in the
most brutal manner, and with the iron points which are
upon the shoes of the railway labourers for enabling
them to go up the planks with the 'barrows of earth, they
literally kicked the nose of the latter off his face, and
both he and the constable are still lying in a very dan-
gerous state. Having stAt.:(*ltd in overpowering the
officer and his assistant, and finding they were unable
to offer any further resistance, the men went into the
cellarhtom ussettionnfaeoanrnodmdf a
wtdi
lhoreanaf drank khhi
adatd and destroyed all the liquor
in the barrels, and they then broke almost
every window, and every article of furniture in the
taken
ke completeeennp conveyedlacean. wreck.
a eocnku. them bveßirlyl village e o thisthe f
Godstone
inhabitants armed themselves with' bludgeons and other
weapons, and proceeded in search of the' excavators,
and from information they received they found the pri-
soners, and after a desperate struggle, during which
several of the inhabitants received severe blows, and one
of the prisoners had his jaw broken, and several others
also were much hurt, the whole were secured and lodged
in the cage at Godstone, where they were guarded during
the night. The next morning they were taken before
the Magistrates, and, after a lengthened investigation,
were committed to the county gaol. The constable and the
other person wbo was assaulted are in a dangerous state.

PRICES OF CANAL,DOCK,ASSUR-
ANCE COMPANY SHARES, Sc. &c. &c.

4 't- LONDON, FRIDAY, DEC. 24.
Number Divlder.d Price
of - per CANALS. per
Shares. Annum. Paid. Sh'lT e
1,766 7 per cent. Ashtim & Old ha m...Averag e 971.183. sh. :98
1,482 41. As hby.de.le-Zouc h ATL rage 1131.6 h . 72
1,260 Basingstoke... 1001.5h. 5
1,065 . .5 fl. Breeknock and Abcrgavenny l5Ol. sh. 92
Mon Ivl6th. 10/. Birmingham, 1-16th share . Aft & 711. 200
4,300 .....»„Ditto & Liverpool Junct.l4:ll. sh. 1000 21
600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton.lool.st. all pi -
400 51. Chelrner and Blackwater lool.sh . 105
500 321. - Coventry •... 000000 .......... 1001. sh. 300
..... .... Croydon.-.......... Averag e 311.25.10 d. sh. -
2, 60 St SIN Dud1ey.................. lool.lh. 94
600 AN, Derby lool.sh. 120
20,000 4 perinent, Lianube and Mayne .........411.135. 4sl.pd 30
3,575 i 4i Ellesmae and Chester Averzse 133:•sh . 75
231 621 Erewash .. ...... . ... 1001 sti 735
.. •••••••••, •• ••• • •
,277 35!, Forth and Clyde... Average 400/. 165. 5. 670
11,600 7t. Grand Junction ............... lOOl. in 113
2,8414 255. Grand Union ............. .......... looi.sh 25
,500 ..... Grand Surrey ~, 1001.5 h. 15
1,0001 4/. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 1001.
1198 .... .... Grand Western .... ........ .... It sh. all pd 10%
600 131. 1.25. fid. Glamorganshire, Aver. cost 1721.135.4 d. 'l3O !
740 12s. Grantham ......... ............. . ... .1501.5 h. '2'l
6238 21.91. Hudttersflsli......Averagei,ll. 65.6 d. sh. 21%
108 ........... Kensington .................100 sh. all pd 10%
2'028 11.10 s. Kennet and Avon, Av. 391.185.108.5 h 20
11,699 e 1/. 7s. Lancaster ..............Average 471.6 x. Sd 27
2,897 e 301. Leeds and Liverpool lool.sh 73t)
5451 111. Leicester ............... l4Ol. sti 150
An St. Os, Leicester & Northampton Aver 631.10r '71%
2.409 101. Monmouthshire 1001.41• 200
250 101. Melton Mowbray lOOl. sh. 117
- Merseymaccies andfiew 1.r:e..1.1......
3,1100000 2Y.511.0...
247 17!. Neath •••••••••••••••••«••• lool.sh. 325
........ ...TO-01'72717a 111. pd'h • 521(1
%cm Y. Peak Forest.... ..Avet.ge about 781. sh. 71
1,418 85. Regent's (or London) Av. 331.16a.8d. sh. 9%
3,669 6/. n0chda1e..................Average 85/.4h. 82
500 81, Shropshire .... ....... . .......... 1251. sh • 137
:SOO 11/. 10s, Somerset Coal l5Ol. sh. 170
3,600/. 6 p..r cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 12/.los. sh. IN
700 361. Stafford and Worcester 1401.5 h. 656
530 151, Shrewsbury
300 91. 3tpursridge .............. 145/.lh. 396
3.047 51. oc Stratford-on. Avon A rer....791. 9s. t4d. sh. 33
533 1211 Swansea lOO/.sh, 265
3.762 21. 12s. Severn and Wyc &Railway Av.2,i/.95. sh. 45
2.8001 eh. 32/. 10s, Trent and Mersey, 4 share lOOl. sh. 500
8.142
~ ,
1,0005h.11 . Warwick and B;rmißgham lOO/.9h 203
I,oooes h. •-•
980 13s. Warwick and Na,,,,,„. 1001. sh. 117
7,000 41. Worcester & Birmingham Av. 7,4.85. sh. 55
5,000 365. Wilts and Berks Average 67/. 10. Sd. sh. 283(
100 6b. WII lee and Essington 123/. sh 74
'26 ....
ii.. W•soczico '';;;! 3h. no
goy Wry and Arun. llOl. en, 20
DOCKS.
2'600# i
3p. e. Commerc Al . ..... 94......••••••50i.0..... 1001. 8h . 61
1,065e5h.
5 per cent. East and West India ..........., Stock 102%
3,228.31011. 31. p. ct. London ...........Stock 74
Ditto Bonds

2,209 3/. 6s. sd. Bristol
68,3241. 5/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts
47/. 9s. sh 75
I
108
352,752 5 percent. St. Katharine Stock 92
500,000 41 per cent. Ditto Bonds ... lOO4
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years
••• •4. Deptford Pier .. .01. sh. 20t. pd 10
BRIDGES.
1,600 I/. Hammersmith.... ... ..... . . .............501.5h. 21%
1,231
1,700 1/. 15a Ditto, New. of 71per cent....... 501. sh. 153
d,OOO
5,000 9..25. Od Ditto, Old Annuities of 81 601. p 4 21
5,000 19s. 3d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71. .... 4Ol. pd 18.
80,0001. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds ............ ll9
5,848 271 Vauxhall .........Average 701.106.3 d. sh. 26
ASSURANCE COMPANIES.

2,000 3110. ifbr0n.7..... ............ ....5001. sh. 501. pd 72
50,000 161'ne; ciZ'.t'l Alliance British &Foreignlool.sh. 111. pd 13
50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine 1001. sh. 5/. pd 5%
24000 ill. per sh. Atlas 5O/. sh. 51. pd 14
I,2ooish. 51. Birmingham k ire "501. sh. 551. pd 107%
20,000 44 per cent. British Fire '2501. sh. 50/. pd 40
12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial ... . . .501. etc. M. pd 6
5,000 -51. pcv cent";
Economic Clerical & dical Lire, 100/.5h.2110s pd 134
4,000 210 x; County • 100/. sh. 10/. pd I(
1,000 , ss. Eagle... .....
Lilo
501. sh. 51. pd ' 4%
~„„,....r. fit pj3oibris./
10001. oh, 250/. pd 406
•
2,271 22s.per cent. Erkropean Ltii! 00/. sh.; all pd 22
50,000 2s. Ditto, New
1.000,0001. 6. per et Glare r i • - ...Stock , 115
20,000; 51' •,, Guardian
no,ooo . 4s. od._) rye ~ spt. I h. 51. pd , 55,,
2,4,00 pl. 12s. nd. imperial Fire' 500/. Sh. 501. pd' 135 i
7,500 ' 'l2s. 5 imperial Lite .;...4 1001. sh.'thl• Pd' ,-. 11
13,459 U. percent. Indemnity blaring lOO/. sh. 8/. pd 29
2,020 31 10. Kent Fire 5O/. sh. all pd 92
31. Ditto Life 5Ol. pd 66
10,000 16s. Law Life lOO/. sh. 10/. pd 31%
5.000 ,10s. London, Firo 251. sh. 121. 103. pd 18%
3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 121. 10s. pd 18%
1.000.000/. ... ..... Minerva Lite • - lOOl. sh.
21,000 5/. per cent. National Loan Furid...2o/. sh 21... IN. pd 23,
3:4000 al. per cent. Palladium Life 5Ol. sh. 2/. pd 216 s
50,000 Si. per cent. Protector I:.f_r 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 18s ed
10,000 4 per cent. Protestant Dissenters ....11,0!. sh. 5/. pd ' 5%
2,500 11. Provident Lite 1001. sh. 10/. pd 20
200,660 4s. Od. Rock Life ' 2/. pd 3;
89,2511 5!. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock 150
6,000 5 per cent. University Life 1001. sh. 5/. pd 6;
10,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 1001. sh. 51. pd 74
JOINT SI'OCK BANKS.
25,000 ........ Agric. and Corn. of Ireland2sl. sh. 10/. pd
15,000 R per cent. Australasia 401. sh. 40/. pd 534
10,006 10 per cent. Bank of Birmingham 504 A. 101. pd 13
10,000 10 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O!. sh. 104 pd 131 i
31,000 6 per cent. London & Westminster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 21%
60,000 51. London Joint Stock 50/. sh. 10/. pd 12%
3,000 4 per cent. tarncaster ........ .. . .. 1001. sh. 404 pd 30
25,000 10 per cent. Liverpool 100/ sh. 1244 pd 10
50,000 7g percent. Manchester and Liver ] 504 eh. 151 pd 10
• poolDistri2t.......
20,000 7 per cent. Manchester .. ..... ...... 1001. sh. 10/. pd 5
10,000 8 per eent. Provincial Bank of lreVandlool. sh. 25/. pd 41
10,1100 6 i er cent National Bank of Ireland 504 sh. 1714 pd 17%
10,000 6 per cent National Provi.acial Eng.loo4 sh. 351. pd 348
10,000 Ditto New.............. ..... 10t. eh. 10/. pd 10
10,000 ......... G10uce5ter5hire...............504 sh. 10!. pd 32
6,000. 10 per cent... Hampshire .............« ..... 501. sh. 54 pd 9

messengers instantly dispatched for the aid of the engines.
On entering the premises the firemen found that the fire
had burnt through the flooring of the attic into one of
the best bed-rooms on the second-floor, and the flames
were making great progress. By the great exertions of
the firemen they succeeded in extinguishing the fire, and
preserved the splendid mansion and furniture, before any
extensive damage was sustained. It is not known in
what manner the fire could posssibly have originated.
It proved a fortunate circumstance the family had not
retired to bed, otherwise the consequences would have
been attended, perhaps, with fatal ones.
The Duke of Wurtemburg (widower of the Prin-
cess Mary of Orleans) and sister arrived at Brussels on
Tuesday, by the iron railway, and proceeded in a Royal
carriage, which was waiting for them, to the Palace,
where their Majesties received him.
Dr. Heiler, Member of the Royal Academy of
Medicine, Paris, lately communicated to his Society,
that in Greece it is a practice to observe the tongues of
those persons who have been bitten by dogs, because at
the end of eight or nine days there appears on each side
of the tongue, and near the under part, pustules called
lysses by the Greeks. These pustules contain the
whole rabid matter, and immediately they appear they
are cut out and the wounds cauterised, which prevents
hydrophobia.

THE LORD STEWARD.—The chief officer for
the civil government of the Court is the Lord Steward,
always a member of the Privy Council. His authority
is important, having the sole direction of the Royal
household below stairs, and the control of a numerous
train 'of inferior offices ; his power extending over all the
officers and servants, except those of the chapel, cham-
ber, and stable. He is Judge of all crimes committed
within the Court or the verge. He receives his charge
by the delivery of a white staff or wand, the symbol of
his appointment. The present Lord Steward is the Earl
of Liverpool. His Lordship was born the 29th of May,
1785, and succeeded, as third Earl, upon the decease of
his half-brother, 4th of December, 1828.

A ROBBER KILLED.—Late on the night of
Saturday week Mrs. Allsop, wife of Mr. Allsop, of
Rowley, near this town, thinking she saw a light in an
old mill nearly adjoining the house, in which a quantity
of potatoes were stowed, awoke her husband, who, ac-
companied by his son and a servant-boy, went to the
building, and on entering found two men, one of whom,
named Hunt, immediately struck at Mr. Allsop with a
fork he had in his hand. Mr. Allsop being armed with
a poker, returned the compliment by a tremendous blow
on the head, which, fracturing the skull, laid the robber
dead at his feet ; the other intruder surrendered at dis-
cretion. A Coroner's inquest has been held upon the
body of Hunt, but was adjourned for the purpose of ob-
taining further evidence.—Worcestershire Chronicle.
THE DISTRESSED LETTER-PRESS PRINTERS
IN LONDON.—On Wednesday evening last a sermon
was preached in the Church of St. Michael's-le-Belfrey,
York, by the Rev. T. Myers, M.A., on " The Religious
Influence of Printing," from the text Proverbs ch. 18,
v. 21. A collection was made after the sermon, the pro-
ceeds of which will be devoted to alleviating the dis-
tresses of the unemployed letter-press printers in London.
Leeds Mercury.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—We are
happy to find that the price of shares in this great public
undertaking has of late considerably advanced, a fact at
which we are not at all surprised, considering it is one of
the great arteries through which the traffic of the North
of England flows, and which will become still more ex-
tensive when the projeetesl Darlington and. Newcastle
Railway i$ eompleted4---Leedo Mercury.
It is,rurnoured that a serious fracas bas. taken
place between the.Premier:and.the tuniableEarl of Car-
digan,: tespeeting the Lord Lieutenantey of Northamp-
'Wilshire; vdcatit by the-Earl of •Westmoreland's death.
The gentle disciplinarian,, being a very large landed pro-
prietor, we have heard the largest in the county, assert-
ed his claim to the office; but the'wily Premier, though
he contrived to invest his, opponents with the peculiar
credit that flowed from retaining his Lordship in a' regi-
ment, after his competence for command had been so
fully established, was by no means desirous of securing
for himself the merit of placing him in a position where
the mild Nobleman might find a wider field for the ex-
ertion of his benignity. The apiilication was-.accordingly
refused, in terms unctuous, but decided; and the refusal
so ruffled the usually placid character of his Lordship's
temper, that Sir Robert Peel . was obliged to manoeuvre
in order to escape the rising storm. But the " peculiar
art," for which Lord Stanley has given him credit, did
not desert the Premier on this occasion. By a dexterous
stroke of management the Marquis of Exeter has been
transferred from the Lieutenantcy of Rutlandshire to
that of Northamptonshire, and the Earl of Cardigan
having no estates in the former county, Sir Robert has
thus escaped from the delicate dilemma. Whether the
good-natured Peer is equally satisfied with the arrange-
ment, we leave our readers to infer.—Chronicle.

MORE FRAUDS.—Mention has been made of
the affairs of Mr. Howe, of the Stock Exchange, who
was obliged some time ago to compound for his differences
with the house. His defalcations arose chiefly from
the dishonest conduct of a person holding her Majesty's
commission in the navy. It appears that the per-
son alluded to authorised Mr. Howe to purchase
Spanish Stock for him to the extent of 120,0001.
This was unfortunately done ' without security, and
a decline occurring from 23 to 17 per cent., and Mr.
Howe's principal decamping for Calais, he was left
to provide for a loss of upwards of 7,0001. We
notice the transaction for the purpose more particu-
larly of putting people upon their guard, because
we have before us a letter from the party ii-yivhom
Mr. Howe was so scandalously duped, containing
an order to another broker of respectability to pur-
chase for him 100,000/. of Spanish Actives' with the
coupons, at the market price of the day, he (the broker)
picking them up for him as quietly as possible, and fur-
nishing, a note of the cost so soon as the operation should
be completed. The individual had obtained an introduc-
tion to the party addressed before he retired to the oppo-
site coast, and it is fortunate, therefore, for the latter
that he should have received, through the disclosures
made in Mr. Howe's case, some intimation of the cha-
racter of the former.—Pest.

The Tribunal of Frankfort, before which were
brought a number of workmen, arrested in the course of
the autumn upon a charge of belonging to political asso-
ciations, has acquitted most of them, and condemned the
remaining few to imprisonment for ten months.
The Antwerp Company's "steam ship Princess
Victoria, Captain Jackson, arrived on Thursday morning
off the Tower, after the very short winter passage of
twenty-one hours from Antwerp. •-•
CHRISTMAS GIFTS TO THE POOR.—Yesterday
morning the Vicar, Churchwardens, and other gentle-
men of the parish of St. Sepulchre, distributed sundry
gifts to the poor of the parish, not in the receipt of pa-
rochial relief. The donations •were of money, clothing,
beef,' coals, &c. Some were aminal gifts, others from
subscriptions of the benevolent• to relieve the distress
which prevails. Upwards of 100 recipients, whose cases
had been previously inquired into, were relieved. Simi-
lar gifts were made in many of the other parishes, St.
Dunstan's, St. Mary-le-Strand, St. Clement's, &c.
MURDER AT STOKE-UFON-TRENT. —On
Monday evening and Tuesday last the town of Stoke
was thrown into a state of great excitement, by a report
that a man named Thomas Morris, a brewer, had laid
violent hands upon his wife, and thereby caused her
death, whilst he was in a. state of intoxtcatien. The
report proved but too true. On Tuesday afternoon an
inquest was held on the body of the deceased, Elizabeth
Morris, at the Old Swan Inn, Stoke. The first witness
called was a niece of the prisoner's and deceased's,
named Fanny llilditch, a little girl ten years of age, who
stated that Morris and deceased lived at their house.
Witness remembered Morris coming home on Monday
night, about nine o'clock. Her aunt (the deceased) was
nursing a .baby about ten .months old, and sat by the
fire, making a cap and putting flowers in it. There was
no other person in the house except Morris, the de-
ceased, witness, and the baby. Morris said he would not
have the cap which the deceased was making in his
house. He endeavoured to get the cap from her, and
she resisted. He said he would throw it on the fire, and
she replied that he " durst not," and he replied that he
" durst ;" mid some further' altercation took place. He
then struck his wife a violent blow on her brow, upon
which she fell with her head upon his knee. He
pushed her off to the floor, which was of brick. After
she was down he kicked her twice on the side,'
and some time after tried to lift her head
from the floor, but it fell down again ; and he
then said that he " could not help it." De-
ceased could not get up. Witness went to call a neigh-
bour, named Mary Sweetnam, and told her that deceased
was dying, upon which she went to Morris's directly.
Morris was quite drunk. Mary Sweetnam said she went
to Morris's house with her ; the deceased lay across the
house floor on her back, and Morris was kneeling down
by the side of her. He exclaimed when witness entered
the house, " Aye dear, aye dear, Mrs. Sweetnam." He
had his left arm under her head. Witness asked what
was the matter, and he replied " he thought she was
dead, as he perceived no breath." Witness then laid
hold of deceased's hand and rubbed it, but she was quite
dead. Morris said something must be done. Witness
then went and called Sally Harrison and Betsy Mitchell,
telling them that Betsy Morris was either dead or dying.
They, came in soon, and then witness went to her own
house, and sent a man who lodged with her to call Mr.
Davis. When she went back to Morris's deceased was
quite dead, and they lifted her on the sofa. The inquest
was then adjourned until Wednesday, when, after further
evidence had been adduced, the Jury returned their ver-
dict---" That the deceased came to her death by violence
used towards her by her husband Thomas Morris," who
was committed to take his trial for the offence at the next
Assizes.

We observe that the new , Roman Catholic
cathedral now in progress of erection in St. George's-
fields, Surrey, is fast approaching a state of completion,
and from its magnificent style of architecture, al-
ready furnishes a most agreeable and imposing ad-
dition to the effect produced .by the other splendid
puolic institutions in that rapidly improving neigh-
bourhood. The funds from Which the expenses
of the new building are derived, is the receipts at
the Old Chapel in the London-road, where those who
appreciate sacred music will find an admirable treat
this day. On this occasion a solemn High Mass
will be sung. The orchestra has been greatly augmented,
and now includes some of the most distinguished vocal
talent of the day, and is under the leadership of that suc-
cessful musician Mr. George Stansbury.
. THE COURTESIES OF WAR.—In the midst
of the firing, a white flag being seen hoisted in the town,
hostile preceedings were instantly suspended, and on a
boat proceeding to the shore, the Indian mail, which had
arrived by way of Bagdad, was handed to the officer with
Suleiman Pacha's compliments to the Admiral. The
latter, on his part, immediately forwardeda warm letter
of thanks to the Pacha, and accompanied it with a pac-
ket of foreign wine, which had been seizedin an Egyp-
tian vessel directed to Suleiman. Fire was then at once
resumed,—Hunter's Expeditionto Syrai.

THE MARKETS -YESTERDAY.

CORN EXCHANGE.

This week's arrivals of Wheat have been moderate ;
of Barley, Oats, and Flour, good. The Wheat trade
remains the same as on Monday, with little doing.
Barley and Oats each very dull, and hardly supported
former prices. Flour unaltered.

MORNING SUN

3d to 31-d, fine bright heavy 3d, damaged in 'fair
condition 3d to 370 ; 380 bags ordinary Eastern,.
fetched 2id per lb ; the low rates are expected to
bring forward many orders shortly: white has declined.
in value 2d per lb, at auction 100 bags only partly' Sol d
at 10d for fine quality ; 115 bags long were taken in ,a;
is 3d. Cassia Lignea has been• taken sparingly, ""
prices have suffered a further depression of is per cwt
at auction 169 chests only partly found buyers at
88s 6d for good thin quill, middling 84s. Of Pi'
mento, a fair demand has existed, and prices are
firm at 2id to aid for ord to good quality. Cinnamon
sells heavily at a reduction on last sale's rate of 4d to 6d •
per lb. Nutmegs have met with a fair sale, brown at
4s lld to 6s, lined 3s to 4s per lb. Cloves have moved
off slowly; Bourbon at is to is Id, Amboyna is 2d to
is 6d, and Penang is 8d to 2s 6d per lb. Ginger ha
sustained the former value, but the market has been in
dull state for both East and West India. Mace little
inquired for.
RicE.—Holders of Bengal have displayed firmness
this week. At auction 500 bags went quietly at
its to
lis 6d for mid white. Java has been taken sparingly,
but prices have been steady at lOs 6d to 12s for low to
good white, and yellow 9s to lOs per cwt. Carolina in
fair request for home use at 30s to 36s per cwt.
FRUIT.—The opening prices of all descriptions this
season being so very moderate, and the quality generally
much finer than for several seasons past, have caused-si
very extensive demand. New Valentia Raisins at 365 ;
Turkey Figs at an advanee of 5s to 103 per cwt ; rely
few left in first hands. In Currants and Smyrna Rsisn"
there is very little alteration.
INntco.—The transactions in East India have been
limited this week, and prices have given way, at a ra
duction of 7d per lb, but the average may be taken at
4d to 6d per lb. For the 18th January 4,700 chests acre
declared. Spanish has moved off slowly, and parcel'
could only be disposed of at reduced rates. f
Saco.—At auction 1,086 bags were partly disposed of,
ordinary quality at lOs to Ils 6d, and middling 15s ow
Flour has been in fair demand at 12s to 13s per cwt'