The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-23 00:00:00

MARKET NEWS.--(THIS DAY.)

NEIV7GATE AND
Prime Meat moved off steadily, at full prices. Other-
Wise, the demand was in a sluggish state. Beef, from
31/ 4d to 4s; Mutton, 3s 8d to ss; Lamb, 4s 4d to
ss 4d; Veal, 4s to ss; and Pork, 4s 2d to 5s 4d per
81bs by the carcase.

MEAT MARKETS.
SOUTHALL, SEPT. 22.—We had a steady demand for
most kinds of fat stock, at an advance of 2d per 81bs.
130ef, from 3s 8d : to 4s 8d; Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ;
Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 8d ; Veal, 4s to 4s 8d; and Pork, 4s
to 4s 8d per 81bs, to sink the offal.
Itomporin, SEPT. 22.—Prime beasts and sheep were in
good request, at 2d per 81bs more money. Other kinds
of stock supported late rates. Beef, from 3s 6d to 4s 8d;
Mutton, 4s 4d to 5s 4d ; I.4^,mb, 4s 8d to 5s 81 ; Veal,
it% 4d to ss; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d per 81bs ; Suck-
iing Calves, to 275; Quarter Old Store Pigs, 16s to
'B3 • and Milch Cows, with their small Calf, 16/ to 18/

LEWES, SEPT. 21.—Beer, from 4s to 4s 10d; Mutton,
45 4d to 5s 4d ; Lamb, 4s 103 to 5s 8d; Veal, 4s 4d
to 4s Sd; and Pork, 4s 4d to 4s Si per 81bs. A limited
811PPIY, and a firm trade.

HAY MARKETS.
SMITHFIELD.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 15s; New
ditto, 21 8s to 318 s; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to 5/55; New ditto,
31 l2s to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, it 8s to 1/ 13s per load.
Trade steady, at the I,boye quotations.
CUMBERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 3/ to 31 Iss ;
ew ditto, 2/ 8s to 3/ 6s ; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to 5/ ;
41014, ditto, 31 8s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 1/ 8s to I/ 13s
Per load. Supply but moderate, and trade firm.
WHITECHAPEL.- Old Meadow Hay, 313 s to 3/ 165;
New, ditto, 21 8s to Si ss; Old Clover, 4/ 4s to 51 5s ;
'OW ditto, 3/ lOs to 4/ lOs ; and Straw, 11 8s to 1/ 13s
Per load. A fair average supply, and a steady demand.

CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

(Before Mr. Baron 1;;T;IIdZr:j-ustice WlLLiAsis.)
MURDER OF A WIFE BY THE ADMINISVRATION Or
POISON.—John Hutchings, aged 43, desci ibed in the
calendar as a cooper, was indicted for the wilful
murder of his wife, Mary Hutchings, by the admi-
nistration of poison.
Mr. Bodkin and Mr. Huddleston appeare d for the
prosecution, and Mr. Ballantine was counsel for the
prisoner.
Mr. BODKIN having detailed the facts of the case to
the jury, called the following witnesses in. support of
his statement on behalf of the prosecution, which had
been instituted by the parochial authorities of the
parish in which the crime took place.
Mrs. Bywater, the wife of Mr. Bywater, of St.
Paul's, Deptford—Knew the deceased and prisoner.
Lived next door to them. Was called in to see the
deceased on Sunday, Aug. 29. She was then very bad,
and lay on the side of the bed. She said sl se had great
pain at the bottom of the stomach, wad was very
sick. Witness put her to bed. Her two sons and
daughter were at home. Got some brandy for the
husband, who mixed it with hot water, and witness
gave it to the deceased, who immediately vomited it.
The prisoner, when witness first went, in, said he
wished she would go up stairs to his wife • that she
was very ill, and had been taking some Ci—d stuff or
other. Witness asked the deceased what she had
been taking ? to which she replied only a little jalap ;
to which he replied, he knew it was a d—d lie, as he
knew she had been taking something else. He said
first it was bitter orange, and then afterwards bitter
aloes. Witness asked him to make some tea
he did so, observing that he had made it the day be-
fore. When the tea was given her she vomited it, as
also some beer. Witness then told the prisoner that
his wife was very ill, and he must get a doctor. Dr.
Downing was then sent for. The deceased was a
very nice woman, but the prisoner and her were on
very bad terms with each other. The deceased died
on Monday morning, about half-past one o'clock. The
prisoner told me that he had broken open a drawer,
containing a bottle of arsenic, that he had thrown the
arsenic into the fire, and told his son to throw the
bottle into the privy, observing that there was no
more arsenic in it than would cover a six-
pence. He said that he had broken the
drawer open about half-past five o'clock. This
was on Sunday slight. The prisoner said his
reason for throwing away the arsenic was a fear that
his wife might get at it. On Monday evening the
prisoner said first he had thrown the bottle into the
garden, then into the pier, and then into the privy,
and upon being asked which, he said he gave it to the
boy to throw into the privy.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—There were
several persons present when the prisoner talked about
the arsenic.
By Mr. Baron PLATT—Was a most intimate friend
of the deceased, and never knew her to lock up any-
thing. The prisoner sent for witness by one of his
sons. He appeared most anxious for witness to go up
and help his wife. The deceased used to say she ex-
pected to die a very bad death. Did not think the
deceased said anything to the prisoner when he
brought up that brandy and water.
Re-examined by Mr. HUDDLESTONE—Did not hear
any noise from the room in which the prisoner and
his wife slept the night before.
Mary Molton, resided at St. Paul's, Deptford,
and knew the deceased and the prisoner—Was called
in on the night in question to see the deceased, and
had some conversation with the prisoner after the
death of his wife. He said that upon hearing his
wife groan he went and asked her what was the
matter, she said nothing, and upon her groaning
again he again asked her what was the matter with
her, and she said it was only the jalap that she had
taken. He said that she must have taken something
more, that he had some arsenic in the house, and he
was afraid she had broken open the drawer and taken
some of it.

By Mr. Baron PLATT—When witness was there
the prisoner went up to his wife, took hold of her
hand, and said Mary, dear, how are you now, to
which she replied she thought she was better. Wit-
ness did not observe the deceased withdraw her hand
from that of the prisoner. Medicine was sent to the
deceased.

Thomas Hutchings, was a son of the prisoner, and
was 16 years of age. Was living with his father
and mother when the latter died. Remembered
there being some arsenic in the house which his
father got from an ostler of the name of 'Wheeler,
some months before his mother's death. It was
got to kill cats, because they destroyed some
chickens which the witness had. The arsenic was in
a phial. His father put some of it out to kill the
cats. Before his mother's death the arsenic was kept
in a drawer in witness's room, and locked up. Wit-
ness kept the key. The Sunday before his mother's
death, witness saw the arsenic in the drawer, but not
since. On the day his mother died witness had the
key of the drawer in his pocket, and had it now.—
(It was produced in court.) lid did not think that
his mother knew that the arsenic was there. Had no
reason for not letting his mother know it was there.
The bottle was not half full of arsenic. On the Sun-
day morning on which his mother died they all
breakfasted together as usual. 'Witness did not
think he went out that Sunday morning. He only
took the dinner to the bakehouse. At dinner time
his mother appeared rather unwell; and shortly after
it she was taken ill, and vomited. Witness went out
after dinner, and his father (the prisoner) went upstairs
to lie down. Witness returned about five o'clock ; his
father was down stairs, and his brother and sister
getting tea. His mother was lying down on the
bed ; she was groaning. Before witness went up
stairs the prisoner told him he had broken open his
drawer, and taken the bottle out, and emptied the
stuff into the fire. The prisoner said his reason for
doing so was that the deceased had told him she had
been taking jalap, but he thought she had been taking
something else, and he therefore threw it away.
Witness, upon going up stairs, found the drawer
broken open, and the bottle gone. The drawer was
not a great distance from the bed on which his mother
was lying. The prisoner and the witness then put
the lock which had been forced off the drawer on
again. Did not hear anything pass between his
father and mother then. Witness and the prisoner
then went down, and had tea; some was taken up to
his mother, but he did not know whether his father or
his little brother took it up. It was about six o'clock.
Nothing particular was elicited from this witness
in cross-examination.
By Mr. Baron PLATT—There was no secresy
about his having the poison to kill the cats. His
mother must have heard witness and his father talk
about poisoning the cats. Thought his mother knew
he had the bottle with the poison in it. His mother
was crying while she made the pudding for Sunday's

dinner.
Charles Hutchings, also a son of the prisoner,
between eight and nine years of age, stated that he
slept with his brother in the next room to that in
which his father and mother slept. Recollected his
father coming home on the Saturday night before
his mother died. Ilis mother let him in. She

got out of bed to do so. He heard some-
thing pass between his father and mother. His
mother said to him, " You have begun your
games already, to which his father replied, " Hold
your tongue." His mother then called him a villain.
His father then hit his mother, who was sitting up in
bed. Witness heard her get out of bed, and went
down stairs and into the street, slamming the door.
As she was going out his father cried out, " Oh you
faggot, you had better not come near me to-night."
Saw nothing of either his father or mother any more
that night. Did not hear his mother come in again.
After breakfast on Sunday morning witness went to
school, and returned about twelve o'clock. His
mothor was at that time in the yard, cutting some
cabbages for dinner. Witness was sent out for
the dinner beer. His mother (lid not eat
so much as usual for dinner. After dinner his fatler
went up stairs to lie down. Witness then went again
to school, and upon returning home again at half-
past four he knocked at the door, but nobody an-
swering, he got over the palings. His father and
motheraa were up stairs but nobody below. Witness
m fantdhrd analm made the
fire,him asenldf.e the tea. Nobodyielahis father then came down stairs
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the time of making was there to tea but his
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he told him to throw down the privy. The bottle
was then empty. Ile saw his father take
some white stuff out of it, and throw
in the fire. Witness took the bottle and threw in
it it
the privy. When he came back the tea had not been
poured out. His father then poured out the tea, and
took some up to his mother. Witness also took up
some tea to his mother, who was there, in the room
where the witness and his brother slept. She was
lying on the bed. Witness did not know whether
she was well or ill. 'Witness fetched down the cup
and saucer, and his mother promised him a penny.
Witness at the time saw one of the drawers drawn
out. When he went down stairs his father was there,
but not his brother Tom. His father gave him a
halfpenny, and told him to go out and play.
Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTINE—A lad thrown
the bottle down the privy before his father made
the tea, or put the water or tea into the pot.
By Mr. Baron PLATT—Did not see his father wash
out the tea-pot before he put the tea in. Witness
himself threw the grouts out of the pot. He and his
father drank the tea as well as his mother.
4..,4 By Mr. BALLANTINE—Was (sure his mother had
some tea. lie saw it poured out of the pot by his
father. Did not know whether his father used his
mother's cup after he brought it down.
Thomas Wheeler was ostler where the prisoner and
his son worked. About three months before the
death of the prisoner's wife he gave him a quantity of
white arsenic for the purpose of destroying the cats,
because they killed the chickens belonging to the
prisoner's son.

Cockle, the officer of St. Paul's, Deptford, fott nd
in the prisoner's house several packets and a bot ;`tle,
which he delivered to the medical gentleman.
Spacey, a constable of St. Paul's, f 'und a bottle in
the privy of the prisoner's house. Took the priso ter
into custody after the Coroner's inquest at ;the
Mansion House public-house. He used extreme
bad language, and attempted to strike witness.
Mr. Huish, a lecturer on chemistry at St. Thoma s's
Hospital, stated that the packages found in the p ri-
soner's house contained jalap, pills, and other things.
The bottle found in the privy contained arsenic.
Witness submitted the contents of the stomach of the
deceased to a chemical analysis, and found it to (zon-
tain a considerable quantity of pure arsenic. 'i.e was
enabled from the contents of the stomach to restore
15 grains of arsenic into its pure state. It was quite
sufficient to destroy life. If put into tea it probably
would be tasteless.

Cross-examined by Mr. BALLANTIN E—The matter
found in the packages in the prisor,er's house were
perfectly innocent. Jalap was a most innocent me-
dicine, but it might have the effect of destroying the
appetite.
By Mr. Baron PLATT—Arsenic taken upon an
empty stomach would almost immediately cause sick-
ness and loss of appetite.
Mr. Downing, surgeon, was called in to see the
deceased—At nine o'clock on Sunday night she com-
plained of sickness and heat in the stomach, and ap-
peared to be rapidly sinking. On asking her what
she had been taking, she said jalap. Witness ordered
her brandy and water, and the purging was so great
he thought it was an attack of cholera. He told the
prisoner his wife was extremely ill, to which he made
no reply. lie did not say anything about his sup-
posing that his wife had taken poison. After death,
circumstances occurred which he considered justified
him in taking out the contents of the stomach, in
order that it might be examined.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
The jury at this period (quarter before two o'clock)
retired for refreshment, and upon their return,
Mr. BALLANTINE proceeded to address the jury, at
considerable length, in behalf of the prisoner.
(The trial had not concluded when our report left.)

CLERKENWELL.—(THIS DAY.)
E. T. Hilfrick, who had been remanded from last
Monday on the charge of embezzling various sums
of money, the property of his employers, Messrs.
Delarue, Fry, and Co., playing-card manufacturers,
of Bunhill-row, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Tyrwhitt for further examination this day.
The first witness called was Mr. Fry, who stated
in detail the facts already given.
Mrs. Sarah Anne Clarke said that she had formerly
worked for Messrs. Delarue and Co. For the last
eight weeks, however, she had ceased to do any work
there, and swore positively that she had received no
money on the 28th of August, the 4th of September,
or the 11th of September.
The books were here handed into Court, in which
appeared, in the prisoner's handwriting, three several
entries of a week's wages on the above dates, as
having been paid to Mrs. Clarke.
The cashier deposed to having paid the prisoner
those three sums pursuant to the entry in the books.
Several cases of a similar character having been
gone into the prisoner was fully committed for trial.

THAMES.—(THIS DAY.)
Joseph Mayhew was charged with robbing a sailor
named John Kean, of ten sovereigns, eight half-sove•
reigns, two half-crowns, and some small change.

The prisoner was an old acquaintance of the pro-
secutor's, and after the return of the latter from his
voyages, they were in the habit of drinking together.
Yesterday, after indulging themselves for some time
at the Duke of York public-house, Ratcliffe Highway,
they called a cab to take them home. When he got
into the cab the prosecutor felt his money was safe,
but when the cab stopped, putting his hand into his
pocket, he found his money was gone. The prisoner,
who previously declared that " he hadn't a farthing
about him," said" Oh, never mind, Jack, I'll pay for
the cab." When taken to the station-house, he was
searched, but only ss. 6d. in silver was found on him.
The police-constable who took the prisoner into
custody, K 228, appeared to know nothing of the
matter, but after a great deal of cross-questioning,
Mr. Yardley elicited from him that there was a per-
son on the box with the cabman who is technically
termed " a buck." There were also other persons
round the cab door, of whom, or any one else, to
the surprise of the magistrate, he said he had not
made any inquiries.
Mr. YARDLEY—What, Sir, not made any inquiries?
Here is a man robbed of a large sum of money—you
are called in instantly after the robbery had taken
place, when there was every opportunity to trace the
money, and yet you never make any inquiry. It is
almost impossible to suppose such ignorance can
exist, and really there appears to be in the police
force some individuals, the only imaginable reason
for whose appointment seems to be that they are too
stupid for anything else. There is nothing on which
I can detain this man; but if any of the money can
be traced to his possession, he may be taken up again.
The MAGISTRATE then addressed Inspector Frazer
who was present, and said, " Do direct some person
of ordinary intelligence to inquire into this matter.
These inquiries ought to have been made, and not
dragged out in the presence of the prisoner, thus
putting him and his friends, who may be in Court,
on their guard ; and I hare observed that frequently,
in such instances, even where the party is remanded,
nothing comes of the matter."

DISCOVERY OF A HUMAN HEAD IN THE RIVER.—
Yesterday morning considerable sensation was caused on
the Surrey side of the water, in consequence of a human
head being discovered in the mud off Messrs. Davey and
Pegg's coal•wharf, Upper Ground-street, Blackfriars-
road. It seems that at an early hour a man employed
at the wharf was proceeding to his usual occupation,
when his attention was attracted to a round substance
lying in the mud on the causeway just by the side of a
coal barge. He procured assistance, when it was found
to be the head of a female, which had been in the water
some days. It was conveyed ashore and given into the
charge of the police, who immediately forwarded in-
formation to Mr. Thomas Bridge, the coroner's officer,
who made the parochial authorities acquainted with the
mysterious discovery. A surgeon subsequently made
an examination of the remains, and he was of opinion
that the bead had been in the water a very lengthened
period. The teeth were all out, and the features not in
the least discernible from advanced decomposition. At
the latter part of the day the head was placed in a box
and removed to Christ's churchyard, where it was in-
terred by order of the parish officers.
The Lords of the Treasury have declined appoint-
ing a commission to inquire into the state of the High-
lands and islands of Scotland. In his official letter, Mr

Trevelyan says—" That their Lordships are of opinion
that the state of the Highlands and Island of Scotland is
so well known, that the appointment of a commission of
inquiry would not be productive of any advantage which
would counterbalance the objections to that course of
proceeding.
DEATH OF THE REV. THOMAS EGERTON.—We
regret to announce the death of the Rev. Thomas Eger-
ton, the third son of Wilbraham Egerton, Esq. of Tatton
Park. This melancholy event, being quite unexpected,
adds to the poignant grief of the family. The reverend
gentleman was most assiduous in the discharge of the
duties of his sacred calling. Several months ago he
had a virulent attack of scarlet fever, contracted, it is
supposed, in one of his visits among the sick members.
of his flock ; and from that attack he had not entirely
recovered. With a view to the restoration of his health,
he had been spending some weeks at Tatton Park, and
he appeared to be deriving benefit thereby ; but on
Thursday afternoon an unfavourable change occurred,
and his valuable life terminated early the following
morning. So sudden did the unfavourable symptoms
appear, and so rapid was their progress, that it was not
possible to apprise his now deeply afflicted widow and
children.—Macclesfield Courier.
ABOLITION OF THE CITY COURT OF REQUESTS.—
On the 29th inst. the City Court of Requests will be
abolished by the Act of last session, establishing a juris-
diction in the city of London in a summary way, for
debts and demands to 201. It is, however, provided
that the proceedings commenced in the City Court of
Requests are to be continued in the Sheriff's Court,
under the Act 10 and 11 Victorio, c. 71. The first
court is appointed for the 12th of October, and, by the
Act, the City Sheriff's Court is thrown open to the pro-
fession generally. Section 75,—" And be it enacted,
that no person shall be entitled to appear for any other
party to any proceeding in the court unless he be an
attorney of one of her Majesty's superior courts
of record, or a barrister-at-law instructed by such
attorney on behalf of the party, or by leave of the judge,
any other person allowed by the judge to appear instead
of such party; but no barrister, attorney, or other
person, except by leave of the judge, shall be entitled to
be beard to argue any question as counsel for any
personection
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confined to a few barristers and attorneys, will, on
Michaelmas day, be thrown open to the profession.
The Lewes Great Sheep Fair was held on the
usual spot, at Lewes, on Tuesday. The morning was
fine, and a considerable number of sheep were on the
ground at an early hour. There seemed to be a goodly
muster, not only of our home agriculturists, but of
" foreigners" also. By eleven o'clock it was, however,
perceived that neither sheep nor buyers were in usual
abundance ; the number of sheep penned was only
26,000, a number far less than was expected. Up to the
dinner hour we could hardly hear of a single sale, both
holders and purchasers apparently keeping most cau-
tiously back. After dinner matters brightened up a
little, but there was evidently no spirit, and trade con-
tinued extremely dull. The weather subsequently
became unfavourable, the afternoon turning out quite
wet, and literally " damping" the business energies of
all present. Some clearances were, however, effected.—
Surrey Gazette.
SEIZURE FOR CHURCH RATES.—On Tuesday
morning Mr. E. Eales, churchwarden of the parish of
St. Martin, Ludgate, accompanied by an officer and
. broker, entered the premises of Messrs. Miall and Cock-
shaw, printers, Horseshoe-court, Ludgate-hill, and
seized a mahogany writing-table, value between 31. and
41, for a church-rate of 13s. 4d., which these parties had
refused to pay.