The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-07 00:00:00

STATE OF T RADE.
(From the AranchesieriGuardian of yesterday.)
MANCHESTER, TUESDAY.—Operations in yarns for
, the various markets of the European continent are sen-
sibly restricted by the firmness with which sellers
adhere to their demands. Common 40's, 50's, and 60's,
are, however, in fair request for India, and ow some
tendency to an increased value. On the other hand,
spinnings for home manufacture are not so much in de-
mand as they were, and it can hardly be said that they
are quite steady at the highest price lately obtained.
The advantage recently gained is held with a firmer
hand by the manufacturers than by the spinners. The
lighter descriptions of goods are easily disposed of at
the attainable rates of last week, particularly fabrics
suitable for India ; such as 40-inch shirtings, T cloths,
madapollams, and jacconets; and, on such terms, there
is a quiet and limited business doing in most other
kinds of cloth. The heavy China shirtings, however,
are still very dal]. Taking this day's market on the
whole, it is easy to detect some degreo of irregularity,
combined with great general firmness.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—For flannels, the market has
been decidedly weaker than on the preceding Monday,
and a more limited business has been transacted. There
has also been a slack market for wool, arising, princi-
pally, from the dealers asking an advanced price for it.
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—The two candidates for the
West Riding addressed the electors to-day in the Piece
Hall, and business seemed to be completely forgotten in
the midst of electioneering. In the warehouses, there is
a better demand for goods, principally for moreens,
which meet with a ready sale. Yarns continue to be in
request for the continent, and the spinners are fully em-
ployed. In consequence of the late advance in wool,
they have asked, and pretty generally obtained, a corre-
sponding advance on yarns. The wool market remains
firm, and, in some sorts, there is a moderate amount of
businessdoi
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lIUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—But little has been doing,
and no alteration in price, although it was hoped that
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LEEDS, TUESDAY.—Our market remains inactive, as
far as this day's transactions at the Cloth Halls are
concerned; we repeat, however, that fur the time of year
the position of our clothiers is very satisfactory, owing
to the bonafide orders which are in the course of execu-
tion. Prices continue steady, with the exception of
such articles as are at present out of season.

THE STANFIELD - HALL
MURDERS.

membered whether the murderer wore any such covering
on his head, but neither of them would identify the
costume, or say whether they thought the murderer was
so attired.
The CORONER said the jury were, he thought, not yet
in a situation to arrive at their verdict. Some important
evidence yet remained to be adduced, and, as he under-
stood the magistrates had appointed their adjourned
examination of the prisoner Rush to take place on Fri-
day, perhaps it would be better to adjourn until an
early day next week. The jury acceding to this sug-
gestion, the inquest was adjourned until Tuesday next,
at twelve o'clock.
The police have been engaged during yesterday and
to-day in making a most minute and careful search of
Rush's house, the Potash-farm, where ho slept on the
night of the murder. Carpenters and masons are em-
ployed in removing the wainscot, and in examining
every place in which it is likely that pistols could be
secreted. Policemen are also engaged in searching the
neighbouring hedge-rows and banks, to discover if there
are any appearances of the soil having been newly
turned; they are provided with trowels to assist in this
search. It is the general belief that the weapon or
weapons with which the murders were committed re-
main to be discovered. Two short double-barrelled
guns were found in Rush's bedroom, and if the stock
and barrel were concealed with the murderer's
cloak, the muzzles might have been taken for
those of pistols. But when it is considered what
unwieldy weapons two guns must have been to
a man prepared to make such rapid and deadly use
of them as the assassin evidently was, and how much
the prisoner would have been encumbered by one gun
while he was taking aim and firing with the other, we
seem to arrive with some certainty at the presumption
that the discharges proceeded from pistols, and not from
guns. No pistols have been found on the premises,
which is considered to be the more suspicious as it is
known that Rush has for several years been in the pos-
session of a revolving pistol having six barrels, which
pistol cannot now be heard of.
We understand that Mrs. Jermy continues to recover
slowly. The unhappy lady, who was suffered to remain
in ignorance of the funeral yesterday, was this morning
informed that it had taken place. She received the
information with quite as much composure as could have
been expected. The lady's maid, whose wounds are
more dangerous, is also a little better, and hopes are en-
tertained that she may yet recover.

WYMONDHAM, WEDNESDAY EVENING.—We are at
length enabled to give an authentic outline of the state-
ment made by Mrs. James, Rush's housekeeper, before
the coroner and jury yesterday. Her evidence is ex-
ceedingly important, and raises a strong suspicion against
the prisoner. The coroner refused to allow the repre-
sentatives of the press permission to peruse the deposi-
tions, nor would he state to them the purport of her ad-
missions, not because he himself thought.that the publi-
cation of her evidence would defeat the ends of justice,
but because the jury and himself having been admitted
by the magistrates into the Bridewell here upon suffer-
ance to examine the witness, he thought it right to defer
to their suggestion that his investigation should be con-
ducted in private. Now that the real nature of her tes-
timony is known, there does not appear to be the
slightest conceivable reason for withholding it; and the
magisterial injunction to secrecy, and the exclusion of
reporters from the examinations of the prisoner, can
only be regarded as a piece of magisterial whim and
caprice, happily becoming less and less frequent, even
in our most benighted rural counties.
Emily James is a rather pretty young woman of about
26 years of age, who lived with the prisoner Rush at
the Potash-farm, and who is now enciente by,him.: She
was called by the name of Mrs. James, but there is no
reason to suppose either that she has ever been married
or that James is her real name. She is said to have re-
ceived a superior education, and to have lived in the
prisoner's family as governess to his children, under the
name of Miss Sandford, until the illicit nature of the at-
tachment which existed between Rush and herself could
no longer be concealed. Mrs. James and the boy Sa-
vory were the only persons who slept on the Potash-
farm with the prisoner on the night of the murder. She
gave her evidence with great apparent frankness y ester-
day, and the impression produced upon the minds of the
jury was that she was keeping nothing back, and was
desirous to state the whole truth.
Her evidence is to this effect :—On the night of the
murder Rush had agreed to take Mrs. James to a concert
at Norwich, given by Madame Dalcken. It was arranged
that they should have tea earlier than usual, and at five
o'clock Rush came home and found her dressed for the
concert. Rush then said to her " I don't think I shall go
to Norwich now, for I don't feel very well. Do you
mind not going?" She immediately replied, that she
did not care about going. Rush said, "If you particu-
larly wish it, we will go." She repeated,that she did not
care about it, and it was agreed that they should remain
at home. They sat down to tea about six, and lingered
over the meal until about eight o'clock, when Rush said,
" I want to go out for a short time." She replied, "You
had better not, as you will increase your cold." He
took no notice, and proceeded to the back kitchen (pro-
bably for the purpose of being seen by the boy Savory),
and thence upstairs into his bedroom. After remaining
there for some few minutes he came down stairs, and
went out at tho front door, without looking into the
room where the witness sat so as to give her an oppor-
tunity of seeing or speaking with him. The prisoner
could not make the front door latch after him, and he
called to her to come and shut it. She went, but took no
light, nor, she says, did she open the door to see him
leave the house, so that she cannot speak to his dress or
appearance when he lett the house. Rush held the door
from tho outside until she had secured it after him, and
he then went away. She returned to the sitting room
where they had partaken of tea, and having removed the
tea things, she read until about nine o'clock, as nearly
as she can say, which would make him absent about an
hour. She then heard him tap on the door with his
knuckles, and went to let him in, but did not take a light.
She drew the bolt of the door, said " It's undone," and
then returned to her room. Rush waited a minute or
two at the door after he heard her draw the bolt, and she
had regained ber room before he entered at the front
door. He went along the passage, and as he passed her
door he called out " You had better go to bed." He
then went upstairs without asking for a candle; bat this
did not excite her surprise, as she knew he had wax
tapers in his bed-room by which he could procure a light.
Thus she had no opportunity, if she speaks truly, of
seeing him either when he left the house or when he
returned. The prisoner remained in his bed-room a few
minutes, and then came down without his shoes, and so
softly that she did not hear him until he opened the
door of the room in which she was sitting. He held the
door a little way open, with his hand upon the haudlo,
and looked into the room. She then observed that he
was in his shirt sl: eves. He said, " What a large fire
you have got; put it out and go to bed." There was
something in his manner that caused her to look at him
more attentively, and she then observed that his face
was deadly pale (he is naturally a man of very florid
complexion), and that he appeared much agitated. She
said, "Is there anything the matter with you ?" Ho
turned from her and said, " No." After a short pause
he added, " If any one asks you about me, say I was
not out more than ten minutes."—(This is what the
girl stated the next day before the magistrates.) He
then went up stairs to his bed-room again, and
locked the door. She took some of the heated coals
from the fire, and having a can of water in the room,
she threw some of it upon the fire, and quenched it. She
then retired to her bedroom. In the course of a few
minutes she heard the door of Rush's room opened so as
to make as little noise es possible, and heard the prisoner
groping his way stealthily down stairs without his shoes.
In the space of about two or three minutes :she heard
him return upstairs with the same precautions, and re
enter his bedroom. She then went to sleep, and did not
awake until the morning, when she was aroused by the
information that the police were in the house.
The CORONER having taken down her deposition,
called upon her to sign it. She replied that she had been
induced from certain motives to a&utne the name of Mrs.
James, and asked the Coroner by what name she should
sign the deposition. The Coroner declined to advise her
upon this point, and she signed her name " Emily
Jamas." She appears to be about five or six months ad-
vanced in pregnancy, and some difficulty may probably
be felt its producing her as a witness at the next March

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Dec. 6.
Sittings at Nisi Prius, before Lord Chief Justice
WILDE, Mr. Justice COLTMAN, Mr. Justice MAULE,
and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
RENNET V. THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM
NAVIGATION COMPANY.
In this case the declaration charged that the defend-
ants, being common carriers of passengers for hire, re-
fused to convey the plaintiff in their vessel (the Mont-
rose) from Southampton to Gibraltar.• The defendants
pleaded—first, that they were not guilty; secondly,
that they were not possessed of the vessel; thirdly, that
they were not common carriers of passengers in the
manner and form alleged; fourthly, that the plaintiff did
not tender himself as a passenger; fifthly, that ho did
not request the defendants to receive him as a pas-
senger; sixthly, that he was not willing to pay his fare;
and, seventhly, that there was nut sufficient room for
him in the vessel. It appeared from the evidence ad-
duced on the trial, that on the 27th February, 1847, the
plaintiff applied for his passage, and was refused by a
Mr. Andrews, who told him, on the part of the com-
pany, that he could not take him, and after some con-
versation on the matter, gave the refusal in writing.
It appeared also thtt there was at the time of
his refusal sufficient room in the vessel for the
plaintiff. At this time there was a civil war pro-
gressing in Portugal; Oporto was under blockade, and
the phiutiff was in intimate communication with Don
Miguel. 'The defendants, who were bound to carry the
mails to Oporto, refused the plaintiff a passage, believ-
ing that his object in going to Gibraltar was for poli-
tical purposes. At the trial, the Attorney-General,
who appeared for the defendants, contended that an
action would not lie against them for refusing to carry
a passenger, for at common law they were not bcund
in that capacity (in which character they were charged
in the declaration) to do so. He also objected that the
term " common carriers" did not apply to persons carry-
ing to foreign parts. The verdict was for the plaintiff--
damages, 2001. In Michaelraas Term, 1847, a rule nisi
was obtained, on the motion of the Attorney-General, to
show cause why a verdict should not be entered for the
defendants or a new trial had.
Mr. PETERSDORFP showed cause to-day against the
rule. He contended that the form of the rule was incor-
rect, and that the motion should have been in arrest of
judgment.

MINING SHARES.
The Mining Journal furnishes the annexed informs-
Lion respecting business in mining shares and the results
of late meetings :
"From the amount of business transacted during the
past few weeks, the general progressive improvement in
the leading mines, and the apparent firmness of the metal
market, we may reasonably consider that the mining
share market is assuming a settled or permanent position.
We learn from our local correspondents, that the several
adventures are generally looking well and productive ;
and, although foreign orders for copper are not nume-
rous, the home consumption is fair and progressing, in-
asmuch that the excessive stocks so lately complained of
by the smelters are sensibly diminishing. Several Devon
Great Consols have changed hands this week, sad buyers
are still in the market; Set in, Treviskey and Barrier,
South Wheal Basset, and Carn Brea, have been in re-
quest, and bargains effected in the two former. For
West Caradon, Trelawney, and Mary Ann, there has
been a lively inquiry, and several shares have changed
hands. Shares in the following mines have been done
during the week, viz.:—West Camden, South Wheal
Frances, Gonamena, Treviskey and Barrier, Stray Park,
South Roskear, West Frances, West Wheal Seten, Tre-
bane, Kirkcudbright, Trelawney, East Tamar, Mary
Ann, East Pool, Tamar Consols, Antimony, and Silver-
Lead, Kingsett and Bedford, wm Erfin, East Wheal
Josiah, Bedford United, Pennant, Tin Vale and Tres.
coil. At the Wheal ',ilargaret meeting it was stated that,
af:er paying a dividend of 121. per share, there was a
balanc: in hand of 2271. At the Wheal Trehane meet-
ing a dividend of 255. per share was declared on July
and August workings. A balance of 5911 was carried
to credit, and 73 tons of silver-lead ores were sold on the
23..11, realising 191. per ton. At the South Caradon
meeting the balance curried to the credit of the next
secouut aas about 600/. The directors in Cern Brea
have declared a divalend of 3/. per share. At the Tre-
saVean account meeting the loss on the two months ap-
peared to be about 50/.; but a balance in hand of 8211.
exists, which has been carried to the credit of next ac-
count. Tbo Iferodsft:ot meeting is adjourned for a fort-
night, and a committee appointed to consult with the
London shareholders as to the best method of paying
the debt incurred by the new engine, which has cost, it
is said, 1,300 Z In foreign mines we find considerable
business has been clone during the week, especially in the
Si. John del Rey, in consequence of the gratifying ad-
vices re:eotly received. Imperial Brazilian,Copiapo,
United Mexican, Burossa Range, Bolancs, and Asturian,
have also changed hands. Dispatches have been received
by the Imperial Brazilian, National Brazilian, and St.
John del Rey Companies. The Imperial Brazilian ad-
vices are to the 13th of October, and represent the ope-
rations at Bananel to be progressing satisfactorily. The
gold returns from Gongo Soco and Bananal from the
13th of September to the 12th of October amount to 44
lb. 3 z. 19 dwts., and the total from the first of July,
171 lb. 11 oz. 8 dwts. The National Brazilian letters
are to the 12th of October. The agent's report repre-
sents the appearances as most encouraging, fully calm
lat7ng on discovering some rich veins, going west e3pe-
ciolly. The produce from Codes, from 25th of Septem-
ber, to the 13th October, wai 111 M 7 3 7 9, and from
Cuiaba, from I 6th of September to 6th of October, mes.
9 2 4 7; total, mee. 16 6 3 16."

- Mr. OGLE having replied in support of the rule,
The COURT decided that the objection raised by Mr.
Pctersdurff was valid, and that there wai no ground for
making the rule absolute.—Rule discharged.

THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK V. SI.OMAN.
On the application of Mr. Sergeant BYLES, who ap-
peared for the defendant, this case was postponed till
next term.

INS OL VENT DEBTORS' COURT, Dec. a.
(Before Mr. Commissioner LAW.)
IN THE MATTER OF WILLIAM WOODOATE.
This case was further heard, and occupied seven
hours. Mr. Cooke opposed on the part of the Legal
and Commercial Assurance Company. Mr. E. James
and Mr. Duncan appeared for Mr. James Nevi ton and a
Mr. Carroll. Mr. Nichols supported the insolvent.
fThe complaint on the part of the company was that a
sum of 4501. had been fraudulently obtained from them,
and the object of the other two parties was to explain
their position with the insolvent, which it was alleged,
on their behalf, had been rendered necessary by the
former report of the case. The insolvent, it appeared,
owed in the aggregate upwards of 12,0001., and had
been concerned in numerous bill transactions. On the
other side his debts were about 5,0001., bat they
were not recoverable to that extent. When
greatly involved ho put forth his brother, Stephen
Woudgate, who had been a bankrupt, to bor-
row of the Legal and Commercial Insurance
Company 4501., and he offered himself and Mr. Carroll,
who had been proprietor of the Satirist, as sureties. Mr.
James Newton, a bill discounter, who held a cognovit
of the insolvent, was the referee. The money was ob-
tained, and out of the same Mr. Newton got 3201., en a
threat to levy an execution. It was stated by the refer-
ence clerk to the company that Mr. Newton said the
insolvent was a good man for the loan. There was a
who, however, admitted that he
material discrepancy in the evidence of the reference
good man for the loan. Mr. Newton
keawnetown,the money was to be raised from
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the Legal and Commercial Company, but the insol-
vent positively asserted that he was aware of the
circumstance, and
threatened to enforce his security
unless he was paid 300/. The inquiry on the present
occasion was of a lengthened character, with the view
of ascertaining to whom credence was to be given. The
insolvent, a solicitor, had not been long in practice.
After the four counsel had addressed the Court, -
Mr. Commissioner LAW expressed his opinion, and
subsequently pronounced judgment. Lie had no hesita-
tion, on the evidence given, would
convict nsaying
thpartthieast no juinthrfs case of a conspiracy to de-
fraud the company. But, with regard to the insolvent,
it was quite clear that he had no chance of paying the
money he had obtained from the company, for he was at
the time irretrievably insolvent,, worn out, and, instead
of being a " good man,' was good for nothing. Taking.
Mr. Newton's own admission, he was perfectly unjusti-
fiable in saying he was good for a loan, when he, in
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insolvent from the company.
Ilis HONOUR remanded the insolvent at the suit of
the general body of creditors for five months, and at the
suit of the Legal and Commercial Insurance Company
for eight calendar months (concurrently) from the vest-
ing order, for contracting the debt without reasonable
expectation of payment.
The case was not concluded till nearly six o'clock.

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assizes.
It will be observed that tho rumours so generally cir-
culated to the effect that the witness had stated that she
saw Rush go out on the night of the murder armed with
pistols and a mask over his face, pretending that he was
going out after the poachers, are wholly destitute of
truth. These rumours have been traced to some of the
police, from whom the reporters had a right to expect to
receive more accurate information. The prisoner has the
greatest cause to complain of these exaggerated state-
ments, and the magistrates both in Norfolk and else-
where will do well to remember that the gravest respon-
sibilty lies upon them when they determine to conduct
with closed doors the examination of a person charged
with great crimes. Public rumour is always unjust to
the prisoner privately examined under such circum •
stances, and magnifies his guilt, while there is too much
reason to suppose in many cases that country magistrates
have no better reason for excluding the public than
that their worships are in exclusive possession of a mys-
tery which every one else is exceedingly anxious to
know. In the present case there is no reason to suppose
the perpetrator of the tragedy at Stanfield-hall had any
accomplices. The use of the name of the Larners as
claimants of the disputed estate in the notices dropped
lby the assassin in the hall, was manifestly an artifice to
divert suspicion from the real murderer; and as the only
parson at all suspected of being an accessary to the fact
(Mrs. James) is now in custody, it is to be hoped the
magistrates will no longer persist in excluding the public
from their deliberations.
After the dispatch of our report last night, the Coro-
ner having expressed a wish to hear something about
the disputes which had taken place between the de-
ceased and the prisoner, a labourer named Stubbs was
examined, who had been in the late Mr. Jermy's
employment during the last seven years. He
stated that on the day after the auction on the
Stanfield-hall farm (when a distress had been put in by
the deceased against the effects of the prisoner), he
heard the elder Mr. Jermy say to the latter, Come, Mr.
Rush, let us go in and settle our business, without law-
yers. I don't like lawyers at all."e Rush said, "I will
bring that fellow Clarke (Mr. Jermy's solicitor) to his
recollection," meaning "to his senses." Mr. Jermy
added, "I hate lawyers, they are just like we barristers
in London. They quarrel all day, and at night they
have dinner and wine together, and shake hands." This
witness farther deposed that a trial took place between
Mr. Jermy and Mr. Rush last spring about a breach of
covenant, when a verdict was returned against Rush,
with 4201. damages. He had heard Mr. Jermy say
that he and Mr. Rush could not agree as to the
Potash-farm. This witness appears to have par-
ticipated in the general apprehension which has
been entertained for some years past in the neigh-
bourhood, that Rush was a man who would not
shrink from committing some desperate deed to attain
his ends or satisfy his revenge; and he states that he
warned Mr. Jermy to beware of Rush shortly before
the murder. Stubbs deposed that, about a fortnight
since, he said to Mr. Jermy, sen., "If I were you, I
would not allow Mr. Rush on my premises after dark."
The witness continued—" I would not speak to him
after dark if I were you, for I think one day or another
he will do you some serious injury." Stubbs was, of
course, asked by the Coroner how be came to entertain
so singular a presentiment, or what reason he had for
giving the deceased gentleman so singular a caution. He
replied, " I don't know how I came to use such an ex-
pression, but the thing was impressed strangely upon my
mind. I thought at different times that Mr. Rush would
do him a serious injury. I knew that Rush was very
angry about the distress, and that a good deal of feeling
existed in his mind towards Mr. Jermy in consequence
of the distress" It does not appear that the de-
ceased Mr. Jermy attached any importance to
tho prediction of his servant, or that he suf-
fered the members of his family to participate in the
alarm which so ominous a warning was not unnaturally
calculated to excite. Mr. Jermy made some reply to the
witness when he warned the deceased against Rush, but
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te.tnd removed it from the cart. I,was
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do so. d over to keep the peace, but he did not
The jury having
a person wearing. the I expressed a v,i,h to know whether
skin cup, found at the arse black wig and a huge bear-
tile servants of
stanfi fdr.ratlier's house, would remind
murderer, Co as to enable themt of the appearance of the
worn some such attire, the to depose to his having
nances for the chin, and k.urni4 with it 3 bushy appurte-
placed upon the head of a 'u ounted by the cap, was
nnst resembled the prisoner Rush in the room who
form and twee. The butler and cook were appeur-
re then asked if they re-

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CHESTER SPECIAL ASSIZES.
CHESTER, WEDNESDAY.—The special assizes for the
city and county of Chester commenced this day, before
Mr. Baron Alderson and Mr. Justice Erle.
The usual forms having been gone through, and the
grand jury sworn, Baron Alderson addressed them at
very considerable length, and, in thecourse of his charge,
alluded pointedly to the political .convulsion which had
happened over the whole of Europe during the present
year, in the course of which even the mightiest fabrics
of ecclesiastical power had crumbled to pieces, and he
who had claimed the right of giving and taking away
kingdoms was now a fugitive from his own people. He
then referred to the present position of France, and
pointed out the consequences which had fallen upon
that country by political disturbances, as a warning to
the disaffected in this country.
CONSPIRACY AND MISDEMEANOUR.
George Joseph Mantle, aged 22, a carver, pleaded not
guilty to a charge of having at Hyde, on the Bth of
August last, unlawfully conspired with others with force
and arms to subvert the laws, to the terror of her Ma-
jesty's subjects.
The Attorney-General (Sir John Jervis), Mr. Wels-
by, and Mr. Davidson appeared for the Crown. The
prisoner conducted his own defence.
The Clerk of the Crown road over the indictment
against the prisoner, which included the speech of the
prisoner delivered at Hyde. The speech was read, in
which the prisoner urged upon the people to resort to
physical force for the attainment of the Charter. He
disregarded moral force, for it was of no avail. He ad-
vised them to arm themselves with pikes and other arms.
The speech went on to say that they did not want Prince
Albert and the royal children, and that they would send
them to Germany to make German sausages. The
Qaeen's allowance was too much, and also that of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, which was 75,0001. a-year.
The prisoner then told those of his audience who were
for fighting and using pikes, and putting down the Go-
vernment, to held up their hands and give with him three
cheers.

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then rose to state the case
on behalf of the Crown, and the trial was proceeding
when our express left. It is not expected to be finished
before to-morrow (Thursday).
gr. Baron Alderson wi!l take all the cases for sedi-
tion, and Mr. Justice Erie the ordinary cases in the ca-
lendar.

015011
A MONSTER Wurr:.—ln the list of causes in the
Secondaries' Court, is OLO in which the Sheriff of Mid-
dlesex sought c..recovcr from one of the securities of ,an
of cer in his servlce the amount forfeited, in conse-
quence of en alleg.4l breath on the part of the officer.
T4o writ, the I,,,urned Secondary o
yards long:told the jury, was 47
A TRIFLE FROM SOYER.—The Irish Rebellion had
its' goose cooked at
the Clarendon Hotels—Punch.

SOUTHWARK.
George Bowchteh, a journeyman in the employ of
Gecrge Thorn, a baker, nag brought before Mr. Cot-
tingham on the following ehargb:---
Tha master, whose arm was ina sling, owing to a dan.
gerous wound inflicted with a knife between the fore-
finger and thumb of the right hand, stated, that for some
time past he has had reason to be dissatisfied with the
prisoner's neglect of business and his improper intimacy
with a female-servant in the•house, He had Nen re-

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1848:

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
iLiiiSIO/V HOUSE.
Thomas Powell, Guilford Hyde Mitts, and James Lewis
were charged with having stolen nine packages of gold
dust from the brig Lemuel, on the Western Coast of
Africa.
Mr. Hayward, feom the office of the Solicitor to the
Treasury, appeared for the prosecution. He stated that
Powell was chief mate, and Watts and Lewis were sea-
men, on board the Lemuel ; that Captain Vickerman,
the commander of that brig, had received for delivery in
England several packages of gold dust from merchants in
Africa ; and that the three prisoners had, in the absence
of the captain in consequence of illness, broken into the
place in which the property was deposited, stolen the
packages and other property, and escaped in the gig of
the vessel to a port of that coast ; that one of the pack-
ages was the property of Mr. Swanzy, an African mer-
chant, who immediately went in pursuit and captured the
thieves amongst many of the natives, who had taken
possession of the gold dust. Mr. Swanzy was fortunate
enough to recover the whole of the gold dust, with the
exception of about five ounces.
The whole of the particulars are contained in the fol-
lowing statement :
Captain George Vickerman, master of the brig Le-
muel, of Bristol, anchored in the roads of Elmira on the
27th of July, 1848, and caused notice to be given to
several of the merchants of the Gold Coast, Western
Africa, that he intended sailing for England on the Bth
of August, and that all gold freight should be delivered
to him on or before that day, and he received from seve-
ral parties eight boxes and packages, stated by them to
contain gold dust; one of which was from Mr. Andrew
Swanzy, a merchant residing at Annamaboc, to be con-
veyed as freight to England. That parcel contained
150 ounces, and was directed to Messrs. Foster and
Smith, London. As he received them, he placed them in
the corner of his bedroom at Elmira, to which he was
then confined by illness, but he did not leave the room
while any part of the property was there. On the 9th
he delivered eight of the packages to his second mate,
Thomas Price, to take on board and deposit in the state
room. Next day ho delivered four other packages to
Price, to deposit in the same place, being too ill to go
himself, and he received the key of the room; on the
11th he received from Price the following letter :
" Sir—l am sorry to inform you of what occurred
this morning. The mate, Watts, and old Lewis, went
away this morning at about half past three o'clock taking
with them all the gold, two chronometers, cabin dial,
firearms, cutlasses, &c. They went in one of their own
watches, when the mate came to me to wish me good-
bye. I then roused all hands, but they had all things
ready in the boat. They went to sea, and I have had the
ensign hoisted—union down all the morning. I could
not let you know before. They have broken all the
lockers. I hope you will be able to come on board.
"I remain, your obedient servant,
" T PRIE.
Witness then applied to the Governor of. ElmiCra" for
officers of police to accompany him on board the ship,
where they found the panel of the starboard state ,room
burst in, both larboard lockers broken open, and that all
the boxes of gold dust, the value of which was about
7,000/, the whole weight being 1,760 ounces, were miss-
ing. He also missed, from the same locker, a small
box which had contained two watches, and his two chro-
nometers from the library, and other articles, amongst
which were four cutlasses. Price, the second mate, gave
him a portion of the box which had contained the
watches. The three prisoners who had been on board
till he left the ship were all absent, but without his per-
mission ; neither had they any authority to go to a
place called Cormantine, nor had he told any one of
them that anything had been forgotten there, nor had
they authority to take from the ship any portion of the
gold dust, or the other articles to which he had referred.
He also missed the boat, called the captain's gig, from
the vessel. They had no permission to take that boat.
In three days after the robbery he went to Cape Coast
Castle, near Elmira, and found the three prisoners in
custody there, and ho also saw there his two chrono-
meters and other property of his own, and the gold dust
in bulk, which was not the state in which he had re-
ceived it. The gig had been brought up to Cape Coast
from Annamaboc. When the prisoners were examined
at Cape Coagt Castle, he heard Powell say before the
tnagistra.tes that he was so drunk he did cot know what
chho:nhhseaacidduttelanokneeeen,
oatfhniedllngheoeslsdh,edaursdt.the others say that they were
drunk. Powell also said, upon going into the cabin that
Mr. Hayward said, that Price, the second mate, whose
evidence confirmed that of Captain Vickerman, was, in
unable to come to town.
Captain Catchpole, master of the brig Tweed, of
London, said—On the 11th of August my brig was
lying off the Gold Coast. The Lemuel was lying at
Elmira, and I was 24 or 25 miles off. At about eleven
o'clock the watch gave me information, and I went upon
deck and found Powell and Watts on board my vessel.
chiefe, and
matethe
lyingaekaelodngthsied
from where I was lying. When he came to the cabin he
behindlweas ve
thoughtr ayt
heavy
of Cormantine,
leaving
cabin,ahare:ibt hi
eloieunnbgrss Cormantine,
et
biabi
uatetdffoaoN
bvrsreeh
etithenihtelml
was
lea. etasn t
about down
2h; soari d3b he wases
per-
suaded him to step till morning. He did not appear
otherwise than sober, but I did not exactly like his man-
ner; it was not as if ho was in liquor. They stopped
till about six in the morning. I observed a bag of some-
thing in the boat, which I took for clothing and provi-
sions. Having observed when they left the ship that
they pulled in shore, and as they got in they edged
away to go in a (Efferent direction from Cormantine,
my suspicions were excited, and I lowered one
of my beats to pursue them, but upon second thoughts
I went to Mr. Swanzy, and told him what I suspected,
and steps were taken to follow the prisoners, and I saw
them in custody of Mr. Swanzy about the middle of the
same day.
Mr. Andrew Swanzy said, I am a merchant residing
at the Annamaboc Fort on the Gold Coast, Africa. On
the 12th of August I received a communication from
Captain Catchpole, and in consequence I ordered my
canoe to be manned, and went with him on board the
Tweed, and sent a man to the mast-head to look out for
the gig of the Lemuel, but it could not be seen. I then
iftsibpTnnanorhitiduadosen:nladiongelleyliitrghtot fe
theis wLaseminuethlewgaigs.
pursued in the direction Captain Catchpole informed me
they had taken, keeping a distance from the shore, so as
to see on shore and out to sea, and about half-past 11 I
got sight of a boat with the aid of my telescope, close to
the surf, as near as she could be with safety; and I im-
mediately had my boat pulled to her, and found it was
the gig of the Lemuel, and that Powell and Lewis were
in the gig lying on their oars. When I got within
about 40 yards of the boat, they pulled in shore towards
the beach, and I did so also, and landed about 40
yards from the gig, which was then lying close to
the water's edge. Powell and Lewis were standing
close by, and immediately afterwards Watts appeared
with a great number of the natives. Some of the
natives had possession of a large clothes-bag, and
one had two boxes containing chronometers in his
hand, and two or three of the others had cutlasses in
their possession, which they gave up directly upon being
ordered by me to do so. I said to the prisoners, " You
are my prisoners;" and one of them—l can't say which
—said the bag contained valuable property, and Watts
said that the mate's jacket had fallen into the hands of
the natives, and that there was a small quantity of gold
dust in it. I afterwards got the jacket, but not the gold
dust. I tied up the bag and gave it into the charge of
my canoe men. I also found a small trunk containing
fishhooks, &c. I took the prisoners and property on
board the canoe to the Fort of Annamaboc, and next
day I took them to Cape Coast Castle, where they were
examined before a magistrate. I found amongst the
other property three packages of gold dust of 50 ounces
each, which I had sent to the Lemuel, and which I
had valued at about 590/. They had my seal upon them,
and had not been broken. I produced also at Cape Coast
Castle the various articles I had found; and Mr. Vicker-
man, in my presence, and in the presence of the pri-
soners, identified them as belonging to him. The three
packages were in a box when I sent them, directed to
"Foster and Smith, 5, New City-chambers, Bishopsgate-
street, London," and marked with my initials, " A. 5.,"
on the lid of the box. The box was not found, and
packages had been taken entire from the box. I fas-
tened these packages in a tin box on the 12th of August,
and on the following day I delivered them to the judi-
cial assessor (Mr. Fitzpatrick) at Cape Coast Castle.
Mr. Hayward , said the last evidence concluded his
case, and called upon the Lord Mayor to commit the
prisoners for trial.
The LORD MAYOR then asked the prisoners whether
they wished to say anything relating to the serious
charge brought against them?
Powell—No.
Watts—No, sir; I can't recollect what I did on board
the brig.
Lewis—My statement is brought from Cape Coast,
and I suppose that will be used against me; and that's
the truth, aad nothing but the truth, if I was to be hung
for it.
The LORD MAYOR—It is my duty to commit you al
for trial.

Lewis—l have been many years in the world, and
this is the first crime I ever committed; and it was all
from grog.
The prisoners were then committed for trial.
WORSHIP-ST.REET.
Owen Moran, Wm. Jones, John Breedes, and Joseph
Barnes, were charged with a criminal assault and rob-
bery upon a poor widow named Anne Coxfield, living in
Quaker-street, Spitalfields.
The particulars of the ease appeared in our paper of
Tuesday week, and Sergeant Kelly now reported to the
magistrate that the injured woman was unable to attend,
having been confined to her bed since the last-exanaina-
tion from the effects of the brutal treatment to which
she had been subjected, and had been attacked with a
succession of fainting fits of such a debilitating charac-
ter, that some doubts were entertained of her recovery,
and that she would not, under any circumstances, be
able to appear at the court in support of the prosecution
for a considerable time.
A neighbour of the prosecutrix, who acts as nurse to
her, corroborated this statement, and added, that upon
attempting to raise her this morning, about an hour b:-
fore, she fainted immediately.
Mr. 'alarm., who bad at the first examination pre-
sented the prosecutrix with 10s. froth the poor-box, di-
rected the officer to attentively watch the case, and take
care that the poor woman was provided with proper
medical attendance, and every necessary that her anfur-
tenet° condition required, and ordered the prisoners to
be again remanded for a week.

monstrated with on the subject, and in order to keen him
the (loot: was kept locked.
Abeul, two o'clock that day complainant went into the
bakehouse where the prisoner was engaged, and the mo-
ment he entered the place the latter seized a long and
sharp knife, and advancing with it towards his em-
ployer swore he would " du" for him. The complainant
retreated some steps on seeing the weapon, and was
followed by his assailant, who made two or three at-
tempts to strike him with it, when the former, fearing
that the prisoner would murder him, made a sudden rush,
in order to snatch the knife from his grasp. He succeeded
in laying hold of the blade of the knife, and a struggle
took place, during which he made the most vigorous
efforts to disarm his antagonist, who, however, still re-
tained possession of the handle of the knife, the blade
remaining in that of the complainant, whose wife
hastened to his assistance, but she, in her attempt to take
the weapon, was cut in the hand. Finding that the
prisoner continued to strive hard to get the knife into
his own hands the complainant's wife hastened to obtain
assistance, and a policeman at length being informed of
the circurostanca entered the bakehouse, and succeeded
in getting possession of the knife, which was produced
in court, and was a very formidable weapon, used for
the purpose of cutting dough in the bakehouse. The
complainant added, that the struggle between him and
the prisoner lasted nearly three. quarters of an hour, and
that to save his own life he held the blade of the knife,
which inflicted the wound between his forefinger and
thumb, and, as a medical certificate described, was of a
dangerous ❑ature, and within almost a hair's breadth of
dividing the artery.
A policeman said, that when he entered the bake-
house he found the parties struggling with one another,
each having hold of the knife, which he (the policeman)
took possession of, and the complainant then described
to him what had previously occurred, and he therefore
arrested the prisoner.
The prisoner, in defence, said that his employer flew
into a great passion with him while he was scraping the
dough off his trowsers with the knife, and tried to get
possession of it, and that in the struggle he had his hand
cut. Lie (the prisoner), however, denied having used
threats against his life, and now regretted what had
taken place on the occasion.
Mr. COTTINGHAM, in order to hear evidence of 1
the prisoner's former character, remanded him until
Tuesday.

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THE SMITHFIELD CLUE CATTLE
SHO W.
Yesterday this great exhibition was opened to the
public, and if numbers are to be held as an indication
of the popularity of the cattle show, it has become more
popular on the present occasion than at any previous
anniversary.
A meeting of the Committee of the Smithfield Cattle
Club was held at twelve o'clock in the Club-room at the
Bazaar, for the purpose of drawing up the annual report
of the club, his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the Pre-
sident, in the chair. Amongst the other noblemen and
gentlemen who visited the Bazaar during the day were
observed the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Leeds, the
Earl of Leicester, the Earl of Yarborough, the Earl of
Chichester, Lord Southampton, the Earl of Aylesford,
Earl Radnor, Earl Spencer, Major-General Wemyss, Sir
Francis Lawley, the Hon Dudley Pelham, Sir Thomas
Lennard, Mr. Pusey, M.P., Colonel Sibthorp, M.P.,
Colonel Challoner, &c.
During the afternoon the Duke of Richmond, accom-
panied by several of the above-named, visited the painting
by Mr. Ward, the Royal Academician, of the Alderney
bull, cow, and calf, at which they expressed the highest
gratification.
The sales of the cattle and other stock were, for the
first day of the show, more numerous than ever previ-
ously known, and with regard to some of the principal
prizes, a great deal of competition took place. The fols
lowing are amongst the principal purchases effected:—
In class 1, No. 14, his _Royal Highness Prince Albert's
4 years and 6 months old Hereford ox, which obtained
the first prize of 301., and silver medal to breeder, was
purchased by Mr. Thomas Pawsey of Bath, for, it is
stated, 60 guineas. In class 2, No. 30, Mr. W; Trin-
der's 3 years and 10 months old Hereford steer, which
obtained the first prize of 301., and silver medal to
breeder, sold to Messr. Etches, Ashbourn, Derbyshire,
for 45 guineas. In class 3, No. 34, 11;s Grace the Duke
of Rutland's 2 years and 11 months' short•horned steer,
which obtained the first priz of 25/, and silver medal
to breeder, sold to Mr. Bottrill, Rochester-row, West-
minster, for 40/. In claw 4, No. 48, Earl Spencer's 4
years and 3 months short-horned ox, which was removed
to extra stock in consequence of over weight, and ob-
tained the silver medal, sold to Mr. Roydon Oliver, of
Southampton, for 401. In class 5, No. 53, the Earl of
Leicester's 3 years and 8 months North Devon steer,
bred,by his Lordship, which obtained the first prize of
15/., silver medal to the breeder, and gold medal as best
ox or steer in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, and
sixth classes, sold to Mr. Waite, Wormwood-street,
City, for, it is said, 50/. No. 61, iu the same class, Sir
R. G. Throckrnorton's 3 years and 6 months old Devon
steer, which obtained the second prize of 51., sold to Mr.
E. Evylton, Stratford, Essex. There were in the cow
and heifer classes no sales effected.
In the sheep classes, No. 120, Mr. Robert Beman's
pen of three 20-months Cotswold wethers, which ob-
tained the prize of 101. and a silver medal, were sold to
Mr. Jackson, Begnigge-wells-road. 229, Earl Radnor's
56-months Leicester ewe, which obtained the silver
medal, sold to Mr. Fenton, of Davies-street. No. 156,
Mr. J. R. Overman's pen of 20-months Down and Lei-
cester wethers, second prize of 5/, sold to Mr. Waite, of
Wormwood-street. No. 138, Mr. John llitcliman's
pen of 20-months long and short wooled wethers, which
obtained the first prize of 10/. and a silver medal to
breeder, sold to Mr. Stevens, of Oxford-street. No.
142, the Earl of Leicester's pen of three 20-months
Down and Leicester wethers, which obtained the prize
of 10/., and silver medal to tbreeder, sold to Mr. A. N.
Somers, Cambridge-street, Edgeware-road. Prince Al-
bert's 33 months old Cotswold and South Down wether
was sold to Mr. Pawsey, of Bath ; and 167, Mr. Samuel
Webb's pen of 32 months.iold South Down wethers,
which obtained the second prize of 10/., were sold to
Mr. Ealey, of Oxford.
In the pig classes, No. 182, Mr. W. M. Barber's pen
of 24 weeks and 3 days old improved Middlesex pigs,
which obtained the first prize of 10/., and silver medal
to breeder, sold to Mr. Wilcocks, of Tottenham-court-
road. No. 186, Prince Albert's pen of 22 weeks and 6
days old Bedford and Yorkshire pigs, sold to Mr. J.
Garland, Market-place, Oxford-street. No. 191, Prince
Albert's pen of 40 weeks and 3 days old Bedford and
Yorkshire pigs, which obtained the second prize of 5/.,
sold to Mr. Wall, of Jermyn-street. No. 206, Prince
Albert's 40 weeks and 3 days old Bedford and Yorkshire
pig, highly commended, sold to the same person.
The usual interest was manifested in the department
of the exhibition appropriated to the show of agricul-
tural implements, and the entire arrangements reflect
the highest credit on Mr. Gibbs, the secretary of the
Smithfield Club, and on Mr. Bulnois, the itoprietor,
and Mr. Collins, the manager of the Bazaar, under
whose joint superintendence the whole has been effected.
A strong body of the D division of police, under the
superintendent, Mr. Hughes, wore on duty at various
points, and, notwithstanding the crowded state of the
bu
ere ildins ecg, t
urehd, e greatest order and comfort to the public
ss

It is ccamputed that from 10,000 to 15,000 persons
passed through the show during the day.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
BASINGSTOKE, DEC. 6. Wheat The trade to-
day was rather brisker for fine samples of dry wheats
(old and new), yet not sufficiently so to warrant us
quoting it higher in price. For damp and inferior less
money by is per qr would have been taken. Finest old
wheat went at 14/ 10s to 15/ per load; moderate, 11/ to
13/ ditto; inferior, 8/ to 91 ditto; flour, 44s per sack;
bread, 13d the gallon loaf. Barley: fine Chevalier made
34s per qr; moderate ditto, 30s to 32s ditto; grinding,
27s to 28s ditto. Malt offered at from 7s 9d to 8s 6d
per bushel. - Oats: heavy and sweet Polands sold slowly
at 23s per qr; good feed black oats at 20s ditto; com-
mon ditto, 17s to 18s ditto. White peas, lower 2s per
qr; very good at 40s ditto; grey, at from 36s to 388
ditto. Old beans, 661bs per bushel, for 38s per qr; new
ditto, 36s ditto. Tares at from 9s to lls per bushel.
Hops: the best Farnhams sold at 61 per cwt; discoloured
41 to 51 ditto; Yearlings, 3/ to 41 ditto; Alton's and
Crondall's, 4/ lOs to 5/ ditto; Bentley's and Froyle's,
414 s to 4115 s ditto; inferior ditto, 31 to 31103 ditto.
NE WCASTLE•UPON-TTNE, DECEMBER 2.—The weather
this week has been very variable, but upon the
whole favourable for outdoor work, with which our far-
mers are busily engaged. A good deal of land has been
sown with wheat within the last 14 days, but some has
been put into the ground where the soil was scarcely
sufficiently dry, so that fine weather is much to be de-
sired, in order that the plant may not suffer injury. The
trade during the present week has been of an inanimate
character, and although lower rates would have been
generally complied with, it has failed to bring forward
buyers, the only sale of consequence being a cargo of
1,300 quarters of Griefswalde wheat in bond, weighing
63 lb per bushel, at 46s per quarter. At our market
this morning we had a moderate show of wheat from the
country, and although the arrivals coastwise are by no
means upon a liberal scale, the deficiency has been fully
compensated by the receipts from abroad, which continue
considerable. Our millers having acted very much upon
the reserve, sales could only be promoted by submitting
to a reduction of 2a per quarter when our farmers' sup-
ply was cleared off, a similar decline having, at the same
tine, to be made on coasting and foreign samples. For
the best descriptions of south-country red 52s was taken,
general runs being saleable at 50s and fair quality of
Wisbeach white 569, all weighing 63 lb per bushel. For
flour we experienced a slow sale, at a decline of 2s per
sack; the millers also having reduced their price 3s to
meet the rates current for Norfolk qualities. Re un-
altered. Mahing barley must be again written is per
quarter cheaper; and only the choicest descriptions met
attention, other sorts being without inquiry. Malt 2s
lower, and in moderate request. Beans and boiling peas
each Is cheaper, and not much inTlired for. Wit oats
we were moderately supplied by our growers, but the
arrivals coastwise, as well as from abroad, continuing
liberal, sales could only be effected by making a further
concession of Is per quarter.
CHELTENHAM, DEC. 6. —Old wheat, 6s 6d to 7s per
bushel; new 53 Gd to Gs; barley, grinding, 27s to 30s;
ditto, malting,' 333 to 365; oats, old, 27s to 283 per
quarter; ditto, new, 243 to 275; bens, o:41, 44s to 4ss;
ditto, Lew, 34s to 40s; peas, white, 40s to 48s; hay, old,
70s to 80s; straw, 363 to 435.

GLOUCESTER.—Our wheat market was much depressed
on Saturday last. Now liaglkh oampl,s were 2s per
quarter lower, and old, both English and foreign, must
be quoted fully Is per quarter cheaper. Batley is un-
altered in value. Oats continue to decline, and a reduc-
tiol of Is per (loaner must he quoted on the rates ed
this day wet k. There was bilk, change in the value uI
beaus, but the turn wcs is favour of the buyer.
WORCESTER.—On Saturday latt cur market was
well supplied with wheat, and a large business was done