The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-23 00:00:00

JAMAICA MARKETS.

(From De Cordova's liltrcantile Intelligencer,)
Flour—The receipts of this article have been con.
sidPrable when compared with the present dull demand;
and prices have, in consequence, receded. 100 barreli
Baltimore, which were sold previous to the arrivals;
fetched 33s per barrel. We quote the article at 325, at
which price, however, only small sales can be effected.
800 barrels New Orleans have since been sold at 30s.

Meal—The stock on hand is large, and the deMend
extremely inactive. Sales in small lots continue to be
effected at 17s per barrel.
Rice—Some Carolina that has been here some time is
being moved in lots at 16s per 1001bs, which interferes
very much with the sale of East India. 200 bags of the
latter description have been parcelled out at ls. Carolina
is abundant, while east India is not plentiful. A small
parcel of Campeche, of fair quality, has changed hands
at 15s 61 per 1001bs.
Butter—The stock is light. Cork fetched lld per lb.
;A small parcol of Philadelphia, of very prime quality, in
kegs, commanded 10d, and for another lot of American,
in larger packages, lOid. has been accepted.
Lard—The market is well supplied, and the article is
receding in 'value. It may be quoted at Id to tid for
prime. Small kegs Philadelphia have been sold at the
former figure to close.. Some New Orleans at market
may be quoted at 6V. to 7d.
Candles are not abundant. 800 boxes Philadelphia,
well assorted, met ready sale at Sid per lb. A small lot,
consisting only of 6's, which are not so saleable, fetched
Bd. Short B's, 12's, and 14's ars the sizes most in
demand.

MACKEREL—The market is again bare, and in a posi-
tion to receive moderate supplies: The last parcels com-
manded 191 and 20s for No. 3. The Rival, with 500
barrels has just arrived. The Rival has, since come in
with 300 tierces and 100 boxes.

Herrings—The stock is light, and, in the absence of
mackerels, may be expected to improve. Roe herrings
are wanted. A parcel from Ragged Island brought 15s
per barrel. Split herrings do not obtain more than 14s.
Soap—Steele's 481 b and crown are wanted. A sale
has been made, consisting of 300 boxes feather at lls 3d
per box, cash; 190 boxes crown, 561 b, at 15s 3d; and
100 boxes, 601 b, at 16s 6d. These parcels were of a very
superior quality. 561 b feather brings 12s per box, and
Olden's 601 b is taken at 15s.
Pork—Prime and mess have been disposed of in small
lots at 60s to 62s for the former, and 70s to 72a for the
latter per barrel. An arrival from New Orleans has
taken place, and sales have been made at the quotations.
Hams—Lancashire of prime quality, which may be
quoted at 10d per lb, are very scarce. Inferior are being
sold at 5d to 7d, according to quality. American are
not abundant, and are taken at 61d per lb.
Cheese—D. G. is' worth Ild to ls. The market is
abundantly supplied with American, which is being
moved at 6d to 61d per lb.
Beef—Family continues at our quotations, 42s to 44s
per half barrel.
Tongues—lrish are wanted, there not being any of
this description at market.
Malt—Lane's Cork rules at 85s per hhd.

Brandy may be quoted at 6s 6d per gallon for ZMar-
tell's pale, and 6s for dark, in bond.
Rum is worth 3s 6d to 3s 7d for proof 21, or consump-
tion, equal to 2s to 2s Id for exportation.
Sugar is declining in value. Very few bidders at-
tended the recent auctions. We cannot quote higher
than 12s to 16s per 100 lbs.
Pimento brings lid to 2d per lb.
Freights—Sugar, to London, 3/ to 31 5s per ton. Rum,
to Lo❑don, 4d per gallon. Pimento, to London, id to
id per lb.
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
Colonial Bank-90 days, 11 per cent. premium.
Jamaica Bank-90 days, l per cent. premium.
Jamaica Bank-60 days, lt per cent. premium.
Commissariat Bills-30 days, 1 per cent. premium,
payable in specie.

SUDDEN DEATH OF COLONEL DBASE OF THE
GRENADIEItzGUARDS.—On Thursday, Mr. Bedford, the
Westminster G roller, was apprised of the death of
Colonel Tyrwhitt Drake, of the Grenadier Guards,
which took place about twelve o'clock that morning.—
It appears that the deceased, who resided at Little
Sparsoen, Bucks, had come by the Great Western
Railway that morning, for the purpose of fetching
his son, a youth of fifteen years of age, from school,
for the Christmas holidays ; and at the hour above
stated he had his son by the hand, coming out of the
Burlington Arcade, into Piccadilly, when, without a mo-
ment's warning, the deceased suddenly relaxed his hold
of hi,; child's hand, and dropped on the past( men, life-
less. Severat peison,; ran to his assistance, and ho was
ecnveyed to the Flion of Mr. Collins, a ,iirccon, who
pronounced life to be extinct. lik‘cea.bed was 6a )ear.
of age, and was previously in apparently good health.
Lie Was made full Colonel in 1841.

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ASSASSINATIbNS A iSTA•
FIELD-HALL.
ANOTHER EXAMINATION OF RUSH.
WYMONDHAM, FRIDAY. The vicinity of Stan-
field Hall was yesterday once more the scene of con-
siderable excitement, owing to the removal of Rush,
the suspected assassin of Mr. Isaac Jermy, and his son
Mr. Isaac Jermy Jermy, to the Hall from Norwich,
Castle, for the purpose of undergoing another exami-
nation before Sir John Boileau, Bart., and the Rev.
Edward Postle, county magistrates.
Some difficulty was experienced in removing the
prisoner after he had been fully committed for trial,
and accordingly application was made to Mr. Jus-
tice Wightman for a writ of habeas corpus, which
was granted.

The prisoner's presence at Stanfield Hall was neces-
sary, in order that he might hear a more lengthened
and collected statement from the wounded maid,
Eliza Chestney. It will be recollected that her death,
as also Mrs. Jenny's, being expected, the znagi,_
trates on the day following the assassination took
their declarations. The shocking condition of the
unfortunate maid, and the severe agony she was en-
during, only permitted her to describe the brief facts
which have been published. A favourable change,
however, has enabled her to give a more detailed de-
scription of the assassin and his movements, and, as
will be seen, her additional testimony is of the most
important character, as it tends to prove the disguise
found in the bedroom of Rush to have been that worn
by the murderer.

The oath having been duly administered, the girl
made the following deposition :—My name is Eliza
Chestney, and lam twenty-six years of age. I have
a clear recollection of all the circumstances of the
night of the nth of November. About eight o'clock
in the evening I was sitting with the cook in the
servant's hall, when I heard the report of a gun,
which I supposed to have been caused by one of the
servants. In a few seconds afterwards I heard
another report of a gun. I got up, and went down
the passage towards the hall and butler's pantry,
intending to ask the butler what was the matter.
Before I could do so, I met Mrs. Jermy,
looking dreadfully wild.N She said, " Watson (butler),
Watson, Eliza, go to Mr. Jermy." I said, " For
God's sake what is the matter?" She continued say-
ing, "Go to Mr. Jenny." I then threw my arm
round her waist, and with the other took her hand.
I said, "My dear mistress, what is the matter ?" I
returned along the passage with her, and I observed,
"For God's sake don't go." She never spoke, but
looked at me wildly. When we got down to the
door of the staircase-hall, I saw my master, Mr. Isaac
Jermy Jermy, lying on his back on the floor. I then
saw a man coming from the dining-room. When I
first saw him he appeared to be about a yard out of
the dining-room door. I could distinctly see the head
and shoulders, but Rot the face or features, the light
being at his back. He appeared to have up at his
right shoulder a sort of gun or pistol. I distinctly
saw him level it, and instantly after I was shot, and
in another second afterwards another shot was fired.
I saw distinctly my mistress's arm wounded. I then
fell to the ground, having been shot in the thigh.
My mistress left me, and ran along the passage up-
stairs. I twisted round severel times, before I fell. I
then gave two or three violent shrieks, and said, "I
am going to die." I called out " Will no one come
near me ?" Miss Isabella Jenny passed me, and
she must have gone by the man at the doorway in the
hall. James Watson then came out of his pantry.
He said, " Lord have mercy upon us, what is the
matter ?" I said, " Watson, lam shot." He said,
" Can't you move ?" I said, " No, don't touch me."
I remembered no more until I heard some one shout
three times, " Where are you shot ?" This was at
the bottom of the staircase. I spread my hand over
my wound. Some ope then said, " Poor thing!
poor thing ! did you see him ?" I said, " Yes, it
was Rush." I mean that man (pointing to the pri-
soner). The man I saw in the hall had neither hat
nor cap on, nor had he anything that disguised the
shape of the head. The form of the head was flat on
the top and bushy hair, apparently set out round the
head. He had wide shoulders, and seemed to have
hair round the head. It was hair—l saw it
distinctly. I should think he was about three
or four yards from me when he levelled the gun at
me ; but I cannot speak positively. Directly I fell,
I am quite sure I heard some personi pass me
besides Miss Jermy. It was my conviction at the
time, and is so still, that the person I saw in the hall,
who shot at me, is the prisoner Rush. I had seen
him several times before that night. The dress
appeared to be dark; but I [speak more particularly
to the head and shoulders. I was shown a wig by
Mr. Henry Hubbersty, a superintendent of police,
some day last week. Hubbersty put it on, and it
brought clearly and distinctly to mind the form of
the head of the man who shot me. I should like to
see it put on the prisoner.
The wig, it will be remembered, was discovered
lying at the top of a box in a closet in the prisoner's
bedroom at Potash-farm. It has a profusion of long
curled black hair, and attached to it is a wide band of
bushy hair, which almost covers tho lower part of the
face. Rush was here attired in the cloak and in this
wig, which, to a great extest, concealed his features
from view.

Eliza Chestney looked at his disguise attentively
and then said—My impression is, that the man now
before me resembles, both in height and size, and
form of the head, the man who shot me. If the room
was darkened, and a candle put behind the prisoner,
I might probably be able to speak more positively ;
but 1 am satisfied as it is.

The prisoner Rush then proceeded to cross-examine
the unfortunate woman :—I observed nothing else
about the head but what I have stated. I could see
the whole of his head and shoulders. I was standing
by the side of the staircase hall. He did not give me
time to observe more than his head and shoulders,
and the light being at his back I could not notice
him so particularly. I had net time to examine
carefully whether you had a cloak on. My master
was lying inside in the staircase hall on the mat by
the door. I cannot say whether there 'was a light in
the hall ; there was one in the dining-room. I can-
not say positively whether I heard of any
guns being taken from Potash-farm, but I
think I heard of one. I don't recollect hearing
if it was a long gun or a short gun. I have
said all along that the man I saw in the hall had
neither hat nor cap on. If I had had time, of course I
could have distinguished the dress the man had on,
but -perhaps not the features. ' I told Mr. Wilson
(the magistrate), who took my first deposition, that
the man had neither hat nor cap on.
The above testimony having been read over to the
witness, and she having duly signed it, the magistrate
informed Rush that he would return to Norwich
Castle to await his trial. Throughout the proceed-
ings he displayed the same coolness as he evinced on
the previous occasion • and in cross-examining the
witness he exhibited the usual legal tact.
At the close of the examination Rush was removed,
strongly guarded, to a fly, and as quickly conveyed
to his old quarters at the castle.
The search at Potash-farm is continued with the
greatest perseverance. Gangs of labourers and
policemen are examining every portion of land in the
neighbourhood, in the hope of finding some trace of
the fire-arms used by the assassin, but not the least
can be gained.

Mrs.-Jermy and Eliza Chestney are pronounced
by the medical attendants to be going on favourably.

BURGLARIES IN OKFORDSHIRX.—This week Oxford-
shire has teemed with burglaries and other serious
offences. Early on Sunday morning two elderly maiden
ladies, of the name of Terrell, residing at Teddington,
were alarmed by thieves in the house. They cried- out
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On Tuesday night
Cornish, Tetsworth,
were killed in a field in his occupation • two were killed
by cutting their throats, and the other
it up the belly. A leg was taken akenfromone by rippingofthesheep,
and the rest left in the field. On Tuesday night the re-
sidence of Mr. Holloway, solicitor, Woodstock, was plun-
dered of a check for 6L 35., drawn by William Wing, in
favour of B. Holloway; a Si. note of Gillett and Taw-
ney's bank, at Banbury; 12 sovereigns and 6 half-sove-
reigns, 2 silver salvers, a plated salver, 12 large silver
spoons, 12 silver teaspoons, 2 silver sauce ladles, a gravy
spoon, a silver mustard spoon, 4 silver salt spoons, 4 sil-
ver salt cellars, 6 plated dessert knives and forks, 6 egg
spoons, and a wine strainer. Early on Tuesday morn-
ing Mr. Paxton, farmer, of Williamscote, was alarmed
by thieves in his house, who, it wits found, had plun-
dered it of 601. in notes of Gillett and Tawney's bank,
at Banbury, and of the book in which Mr. Paxton had
entered the number of the notes. On thieves breaking
into the house of Mr. Ward, of Woodford-lodge, be shot
one of them. A man of the name of Sanders, of Bod-
dington, has been taken on suspicion of being the per-
son. He has been shot in the shoulder. Boswell has
this week been committed to Oxford gaol for trial,
charged with being one of the men who plundered the
house of Mr. George French, of Finmere Warren. On
Saturday night the warehouse of Air. T. Lee, shoe-ma-
nufacturer of Daventry, was plundered of about 301.
worth of property.
BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT INSTITUTION AND RN-
TREAT.—On Thursday evening a meeting of the Board
of Directors of the above institution was held at Pater-
noster-row. The report Er the past year stated,
that six retail and twelve booksellers' assistants, be-
sides three widows of each class, bad received re-
lief to the amount of 262-7 15s. 4d. Of the above
number five are permanent annuitants. The report
congratulated the members on the increased number
of subscribers, the permanent fund having increased to
more than 1,000/. The pree.e.nt recipients of relief are
24 individuals, viz., 18 males, and Eis fenialc!-, of which
number five were permanent annuitants. The amount
watreht:Led has vx.Leetieu 1,800/. in connexion with the
above institution there is a " retreat" for aged and de-
cayed members at Abbott's Langley, Rem