The Sun.
London, England, 1846-03-12 00:00:00

TnE SUN, LON DON, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1846.

CASE OF CRIM. CON.

COURT CIRCULAR.

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NORFOLK ClRCUl7:—Bedford, March 10.

The Queen and Prince Albert took an airing on Tues-
day afternoon, in an open carriage, the Prince driving.
attended by Major-General Sir Edward Bowater on
horseback. The royal party returned to Osborne House
soor .4-,er five o'clock.

CIVIL SIDE.--( Before ➢lr Baron f'ApatE and a speeikil
jttry.)
JOIN COtJLTAS V. TLIIOTIIY TISII FORD BOWES, CLERK.

This was an action of trespass for criminal conversation
with Ann, the plaintiff's wife, to which the defendant pealed
not guilty.
Mr O'Malley and Mr Wells appeared for the plaintiff. The
Attorney-Geueral, who was Fpecially retained, appeared
with Mr. Sergeant tyles and Mr Prendergast for the rev.
defendant.

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENUM
LONDON, TUESDAY, MARCH 10.
ZOINT-STOCE, ZANIES.

Royal Family rode to the beach on ponies, and
afterwards were taken a carriage airing, accompanied
by the Dowager Lady Lyttel ton.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and her Royal Con-
sort took their accustomed early walk, and visited Barton
Farm.

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price,
Annum. Share.
-- -•••----
X s. d. X s. d.
Australasia •••••• • • • • 6/. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 26%
Britsh North American 51. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 45
Commercial of London Si. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 22
`Jolonial. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 16
Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 26%
London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0
Metropolitan ......... - 25 0 0 7 10 0
Provincial of Ireland - 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 4834
Ditto, New... -••- i 11/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 17%
National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 I 18
Nat. Provneial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 0 3534
Ditto, New..... •• • • 151. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia -.• , 61. per cent. 23 0 0 25 0 0 25
Union of London. -- I 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 12
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
i - -
X s. d. X s. d.
Albion ......... ••• • • 3/. lOs 500 0 o'so 0 0 74
Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 193
Ditto Marine. •••• • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 50 0 6%
Atlas 13s.6d.pr sh. 50 0 0 5 0 0 163 Y
British Commercial .. 78. per share 50 0 0 50 0 N
Cleriel,3led.&Gen.Life Si. per cent. 100 0 0 210 0 6%
County •••••.•• - • • • • 3. 100 0 0 10 0 0
ct.,
crown .. .. .. .. .. .. .. lOs.. 1500 42 50 0 -
,
Eagle • . 65. 50 0 0 5 0 0 5%
Economic Life.
S 5 Per t &30s.bs. 1000 0 0 250 0 0
Eng. & Scot. Law ••• • •• 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 20 0 214
European Life •••• • • 534 per cent. 20 0 8 All paid. 20
Freemasons' ..• •••• • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
Globe - 13$
Guardian •••••• • • • • • • 51. per cent. 100 0 0 36 10 0 50
Imperial Fire •••• • • • • 6/. and bonus 500 0 0 50 0 • 240
Imperial Life •••• - .. 12s. 100 0 01 10 0 0 16%
Indemnity Marine.... IL sh. & be. 100 0 0 , b 13 1 29
Law Life 11. ss. 100 • • 10 0 0 51
Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 2 0 0 6%
London Fire •• • • •... 10s. 25 0 0 12 10 0 15%
London Ship •.••• • • • 10s. 25 0 0112 10 0 1538
Marine -•••.• • • • • 51. per cent. 100 00115 0 0 10%
Med. Invild&Gen.Life 4341. per ct. 50 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
National Lean Fund.. 51. per cent. 20 0012 10 0 234
National Life.
Palladium Life bl. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 2/. 2s.
Phoenix 31. p. et. & bs. - . - 205
Protector Life.... ••• • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 I 1 0 0 11. 4s.
Provident Life •• •••• • • 11. ss. 100 00i10 0 0 23
Rock Life . ....... 45. 5001 0 10 0 434
Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. - 180
Sun Fire 6l. 10s. - - 210
Ditto Life . 11. 6s. - - 48
Universal Life

Mr. WEt.Ls baying opened the pleadings and stated the
damages to be laid at 2,0001.,
Mr. O'MAI.Lsy proceeded to address the jury, and
to open the ease on lrehalf of the plaintiff, whom he
represented as a poor man seeking for justice and com-
pensation at the hands of the jury from a rich man—
a man by birth, rank, and education, their own equal.
Flaying thus introduced his client and his position to the
notice of the jury, the Learned Gentleman proceeded to state
that in 1816 the plaintiff married his wife, the subject of the
present proceedings. Before that time they lied both been
in the service of the defendant's family, but on their union
they left the establishment. In 1820 the wife, whose maiden
name was Barnes, returned to the house as Mrs. Bowes's
maid, and in 1831 the plaintiff came back. In 1839 the
establishment of Dr. Bowes was removed from 'Yorkshire to
this county, where 'the, defendant possessed the living of
Barton. There Mrs. Bowes died, and after that event Mrs.
Coultas, who was always known by the name of Barnes, be-
came cook and housekeeper, and her husband became groom
And gamekeeper, to the defendant. Frein that time an inti-
macy sprung up between the plaintiff's wife and the de-
fendant, which would no doubt be attempted to be justified
to-day. If the defendant, who was 67, had been weak in
mind and body, he might excuse such intimacy on the
ground of his requiring nursing; but it would have better
become a gentleman in Dr. Bowes's state of health (for he
was a hale and hearty man, although near 70) to check his
inclinations to associate with his female servant ; and it
would certainly have been more seemly if he bad selected a
male servant for his confidence. In 1843 the defendant took
up Mrs. Coultas to London, her health being then (or being
stated so to be) in a state to require the best advice of the
metropolis. Instead of being taken under the care of her
husband, she was escorted thither by the defendant, her
master, and there established by him in lodgings. The
Learned Counsel then read a letter from the defendant, ad-

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of -Wales,
Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice
were taken their usual exercise on the beach yesterday
morning,accompanied by the Dowager Lady Lyttleton.
The Duke of Cambridge honoured Earl Cawdor with
his company at dinner yesterday evening, at his resi-
dence in South Audley-street. His Royal Highness
afterwards honoured the performance of the Concert of
Ancient Music with his presence.

Mr. Charles Drouct, Belgian Charge d'Affairs, trans.
acted business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Mr. B. Hawes, 'M.P., had an interview with the Ear'
of Dalhousie yesterday, at the Office of the Board 01
Trade.

The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
general meeting yesterday afternoon at the Office in
Whitehall Place. There were present the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Ban-
gor, the Bishop of Carlisle, the Bishop of Chester, the
Bishop of Chichester, the Bishop of Ely, the Bishop of
Hereford, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Ro-
chester, the Judge of the Prerogative Court, the Judge
of the Admiralty Court, the Earl of Devon, the Earl of
Bessborough, the Right Hon. H. llobhouse, and the
Right Hon. Sir George Grey.
Colonel Barney bad an interview with Mr. Secretary
Gladstone yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The Earl of Haddington gave a dinner yesterday
evening to the Cabinet Ministers at his residence in the
Admiralty.

A Deputation from the Paper-hanging Manufac•
turers, consisting of Mr. Turner, Mr. Boyle, and Mr.
Hinchcliffe, accompanied by Mr. B. Hawes, M.P. and
Mr. Brace, had an interview, on Saturday, with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Vice-President of
the Board of Trade.

eressed to the plaintiff ; after which he continued his re-
marks as follows :—This letter affords the best proof that
the plaintiff was kind to his wife, for it comes from the
defendant himself, and it might be asked whether it was
'decent and proper for a man in the defendant's position thus
to play the nurse to another man's wife, and that man his
servant ? Ought he to be climbing up into the sick room
of a female servant, where rather he ought only to have
appeared as the minister of religion? It was plain, how-
ever, that the defendant had no honest purpose in removing
the plaintiff's wife to town, and his object was carried out
on her return, for he then brought about a separation of man
and wife. Mrs. Coultas after that visit to town abstained
from sharing her husband's bed. She was then in the habit
of rising at five o'clock, and taking tea at that hour to the
defendant's bed-room, where she remained two hours. At
night she was constantly in his study, and there sat with
her master. who, without any sympathy of mind with one
so beneath him in rank and education,, could yet pretend to
enjoy Social intercourse with her, while in truth he was seek-
ing for the communion of foul and gross lust and passion.
The defendant had made professions of provision for the plain-
tiff and his wife, which veiled the eyes of the former for some
time. Circumstances, however, arose in 1845 which could admit
but of one construction, and he awoke to a conviction that he
had been dishonored by his master, He looked out for proof
of his master's guilt, and resorted to the expedient of em•
ploying his fellow-servants to watch the guilty pair from
Michaelmas to the,end of November in that year. Nothing,
however, was discovered on which he could act till the 29th
of November, when, as would be proved, the persons em •
ployed by him detected the defendant and his wife in a
situation which admitted but of one conclusion. On the fol-
, lowing Monday, the discovery being made on the Saturday.
the plaintiff taxed the defendant with the odious charge, and
then beyond all question it would appear that a complete re-
volution ensued in that house. The plaintiff left the house;
in the evening he returned to remove his wife—she was gone.
He asked the reverend defendant where she was, and he
called God to witness that he did not know. Almost
instantly afterwards the defendant sent his own servant, on
horseback, after her, to warn her that her husband was in
pursuit of her. It appears that she went to the house
of her sister, who lives at Wakefield, in York-
shire. The plaintiff, exercising the authority of a hus-
band, obtained from the post- office at Luton a letter from the
defendant to the plaintiff's wife, and also the Pictorial Times
and Punch, which the defendant seemed to regard as very fit
instruments of consolation for the servant whose absconding
he had declared to be most injurious to his character. Having
read this letter, the Learned Counsel then proceeded to com-
ment on it at length, Looking at these letters no doubt of
the charge could be entertained, and coupled with the direct
testimony which the plaintiff was about to adduce, the case
would be made out beyond all shadow of doubt. The
Learned Gentleman then concluded by earnestly calling upon
the jury to do their duty to the plaintiff, and the cause of
truth and virtue, by awarding to him the most substan-
tial damages, and thus to read a lesson to persons in the
situation of the reverend defendant, that they could not de-
part from the paths of virtue without meeting with the
rdsgrace and punishment at the hands of their fellow-
countrymen.
The following witnesses were then examined on the part
of the plaintiff:—
Catherine Furness—There were only myself and Mrs.
Coultas. I was housemaid and under-cook fora year. I rose
at six ; Mrs. Coultas got up earlier. Dr. Bowes used to
take a cup of tea before he got up, as soon as Mrs. Coultas
was up. She used to remain in his room from an hour and
an hour and a half to two hours. Mrs. Coultas used to go
into the study after tea. She would remain half an hour or
an hour, or more. There is not the least doubt she was Mr.
Coultas's wife. She used to bring out the doctor's clothes for
Brooks to brush. She stopped in till the doctor was un-
dressed, and then brought out the clothes. I have gone into
the doctor's room after he left it, to brush the grates. I went
to look at the bed, and I saw the impressions of two people
in it.' I did so because we used to talk of it in the kitchen.
This occurred once or twice.

Tho Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat
yesterday. The Lords present were, the Lord Presi
dent, Lord Brougham, and the Judge of the Admi-
ralty Court.
Mr. Jervis, Queen's Counsel, and the Solicitor Ge-
neral, were heard on Woodcroft's Patent Ship Pro-
peller.
Lord and Lady Hatherton arrived at Far-
rance's Hotel yesterday, from their seat, Teddesley
Park, Staffordshire.

IMPORTANT FROM ST. PETERS-
BURG.
(From the Hull Packet.)
We have the important fact we are about to com-
municate from a confidential authority, in which we
place the most implicit confidence, and from which it
will appear that the effect of the development of the
future commercial policy of the British Government is
working away abroad, sooner, perhaps, than was gene-
rally anticipated by our merchants and the public.
We learn from SL Petersburgh, notwithstanding re-
cent assurances from high quarters that nothing would
be done with the Russian tariff, for this season, at least,
that it is more than probable that', in the course of a
short time—a few days—an announcement of consider-
able reductions in the duties of the leading exports, and
on many imports, will be made. These reductions, we
are assured, will take effect this season.

Y each,ES T RwDi
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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
for 3 yrs old 7st, and 4 yrs Bst 71b ; mares and geldings
added ;
The CravenCTOrraEl NStTaßkels' oRfAICOEsSoc;
allowed 31bs. Once round and a distance. (9 Subs.)
Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs (A. D..y) 1
Sir John Gerard's Pantasa, 4 yrs
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Meiklam's b c by Touchstone, out of Laura--Sir C. Cocke-
rell's Amazon, 3 yrs—Mr. W. Scott's Highfield, 3 yrs—and
Mr. G. Ongley's Symmetry, 4 yrs.
Betting-5 to 4on Pantasa, and 4to 1 each agst Buttress,
Laura colt, and Ilightield. Won easy by half a length;
Highfield a good third.
The City Handicap of 5 sovs each, with 23 added. Two milts.
Lord Warwick's Roebuck, 4 yrs, 7st 12lb (G. Whitehouse) 1
Sir C. R. Cockrell's Niobe, 5 yrs, Bst 6lb
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr. G.
Ongley's Fama, aged, Bst 121b—Mr. Southby's Europa, 6
yrs, Bst 101b—Mr. Jones's Sailor, aged, Bst 61b—Mr. Wil-
liamson's Marian Ramsay, 4 yrs, Bst 51b—and Mr. Escott's
Exhort, 4 yrs, 7st 81b.
Betting-3 to 1 agst Marian Ramsay, 4to 1 agst Roebuck,
and 4to 1 agst Fama. Won by half a length. Exhort a
good third.
The City Stakes of Five sovs each, and 20 added, for three
yrs old, 9st 71b ; four yrs lOst 71b ; five yrs llst 41b ; six
yrs 1 Ist 121 b ; and aged 12st ; winners once, albs ; twice,
slbs extra. Mares, &c., allowed 31bs. One mile and a
half. (10 Subs).
Mr. Davies' Master Downes, 4 yrs (Sly, jun.)
Mr. Robbins's Sweetbrier, 3 yrs 2
Mr. Stovenson's Silversides, 4 yrs bolted
The following also started :—Mr. Herbert's Powick, 4 yrs—
Mr. Davies's Kitty Wee, 4 yrs—Sir R. C. Cockerell's Niobe,
5 yrs—Mr. Stapleford's Pot-Boy, aged—Mr. Wheeler's Sir
Harry, 4 yrs.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Sweetbrier, 3to 1 agst Powick, 3to 1
agst Niobe, and 4 to 1 agst Master Downes. Won easy.
The winner objected to by the owner of Kitty Wee, as being
thorough bred.
A Handicap of 10 sovs each, h ft, with 30 added. One mile
and a half. (14-Subs. 4 paid.)
Mr. Meiklam's Godfrey, 5 yrs, Bst 81b......(Templeman) 1
Mr. Stebbing's Billy Purvis, 3 yrs, sst 51b 2
The following also ran :—Lord Warwick's, 6 yrs, 9st—Mr.
G. Ongley's King of the Gipsies, 6 yrs, Bst 81b—Mr. Baker's
Porto Bello, 6 yrs, 7st 121 b —Mr. J. T. Rawarth's Kilgram,
5 yrs, 7st 61b—Mr. Barton's Reliance, 5 yrs, 6st 121 b—and
Mr. Hook's Buttress, 3 yrs, sst 71b.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Buttress, and 4to 1 each agst Billy
Purvis, Godfrey, and Porto Bello. Won by a head. But-
tress a good third.
The Hurdle Race Stakes of 5 sovs each, and 25 added. Two
miles over six hurdles four feet high. (6 Subs.)
Mr. Southby's Tom Tough, 6 yrs, list 121 b (E. Parr) 1
Captain de Salis's Isabella, aged, 12st 2
Er. Collins's Isaac, aged, 12st 3
Mr. B. Austin's Little Johnny, aged, 12st .... 4
Mr. Stapletbrd's Mayflower, aged, I2st 5
Betting-2 to 1 agst Tom Tough, and 3to 1 agst Isaac.
Won in a canter.
CHESTER CUP—BETTING ON THE COURSE.
16 to 1 agst Mr. A. W. Hill's Sweetmeat (15 to 1 t to 2001.)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Woffinden's Miss Burns—t
25 to 1 agst Lord G. Bentinck's Clumsy—t
1,000 to 1 agst Captain Payton's Magnet—t
50 to 1 agst Mr. H. Stebbings's Billy Purvis—t
DERBY.
25 to 1 agst Mr. W. Scott's Tibthorpe—t

Cross-examined by the Arr.:3El.lElr- GENERAL—I wished to
leave because Mrs. Coultas was always tipsy. I a not mean
she was tipsy every other day, but she was never to say
sober. I was ordered not to go into Dr. Bowes's bed-room
the day I went there. I thought it very strange that I was
not to help, and suspected something within a week, because
Mrs. Coultas was so much with the doctor. We had family
prayers morning and evening. When I went into the room
I saw two impressions—they were on the top of the bed,
about a foot apart. The bed clothes were half turned down ;
the impressions were on the middle of the bed and on the
pillows, as if two persons had been lying on the bed.
Hannah Hind—l was a kitchen-maid at Dr. Bowes's.
Coultas used to attend OR the doctor, and went into his bed-
room. I have seen her take tea into him at six o'clock. She
used to stay a long time, a quarter of an hour. Not longer.
I don't think I have known her stay longer. She used to go
into the study about six o'clock in the evening, and stay a
considerable time with him. I mean an hour or two. There
was no one else with them.
Cross-examined by the Arroasiev-GENERAL—AII I know
is that she took the tea up stairs, and came down within a
quarter of an hour. I have heard the doctor and Coultas
talking iu the study when I went near there. I never went
to listen at the study.
By the JUDGE—I have seen Mrs. Coultas drunk several
times—the second and third times I was there. I have seen
her drink in the presence of Dr. Bowes in the day-time.
Henry Smith—l am a tailor, and live at Luton. My
brother William lives in the service of Dr. Bowes, I believe.
I went on Saturday, 24th November, with my brother to
Dr. Bowes's. It was between five and six—very near six. I
saw Coultas coming from Dr. Bowes's house. He spoke to
my brother, and said " Stand still—l want you to go and
look." I did not know where. My brother refused to go,
and I went. I went up to a window in Dr. Bowes's
house. I believe it to be the study window. I looked one
side and could see nothing. I then looked on the left side,
and saw two people in the room. It was about six o'clock.
I saw Mrs. Coultas—no one else—she was sitting at the fire.
I remained twenty minutes or half an hour. She was sit-
ting on the left-hand side of the fire. I heard her say, "Of
course—certainly ;" and a voice said, "Do you think that
Coultas suspects us now ?" I saw no one. She said she did
not know—she sometimes thought he did. Dr. Bowes then
crossed the fire from the right-hand side of the room, and
be took hold of Mrs. Coultas's hand and put it to his lips.
He said, " Never mind, I will take care of you." He
seemed to raise her by the hand, and she stood up. They
seemed to press against each other. His arm was round
her neck, and her arm round his waist. They remained
in that position for a minute or two. [The witness went
on to describe circumstances which in his opinion proved that
criminal intercourse had taken place ] At this moment
I thought I heard my brother William speaking behind
me. I then turned and saw the plaintiff and him stand-
ing at the corner of the coach-house. They had a gun.
When I saw them they seemed to be striving with the gun.
I lightly stepped towards them and held up my finger, I
said, " Oh, Coultas, don't do that, for if you do, you'll get
hung." My brother William said if he did not give up the
gun he would call out. I returned to the window and saw Mrs.
Coultas poking the fire. Dr. Bowes took the skirt of Mrs.
Coultas's gown and shook it. She rose and smiled and he
smiled at her. Half a minute after Coultas pulled me by
the coat, and I rose and stepped a yard ortwo. I slept that
night at my brother William's. I saw Coultas next evening
(Sunday) in Tooley's field, at Barton. It was about six
o'clock. He asked me to come again on Saturday.
William Smith—l am now in the service of Dr. Bowes, as
gamekeeper; I have been so for nearly five years. On the
29th I saw Coultas at night, with my brother. This
witness then went on to corroborate the testimony of
his brother, and spoke to his having also looked into the
study window, and having seen Dr. Bowes put his arm
round Mrs. Coultas's neck " as if he was going to kiss her."
I had watched some time before, at Coultas's desire, and
have seen master kiss her several times. I can't say how
often. Coultas said that night that he wanted me again on
Sunday. He came and took the ladder away and I followed
him. He set it against master's bed-room window, where
there was a light. I got up and looked in through the flute
of a blind which was let down. I saw Mrs. Coultas come in
. .

ELECTION NEWS.
WINDSOR.
WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY EVENING.-Mr. Neville is still
proceeding in his canvass, accompanied by Mr. William
Jennings, brewer, of Thames-street, the chairman of his
committee, and a party of his friends and supporters, the
great majority of whom consist of the royal tradesmen of the
borough. The town is as dull, and everything appears as
calm and quiet, as upon ordinary occasions. Indeed, there is
not the least outward sign of one being within three days of
an election for " a Parliament man" taking place. It is
rumoured in the town, and in quarters likely to be well-in-
formed, that Mr. Neville will not contest the representation
of the borough after the present Parliament shall have
been dissolved. This, however, is only to be received as
a rumour, the truth of which will be tested within probably
a very few months.
Mr. Neville is accompanied in his canvass by his brother,
but not by the influential gentlemen of the vicinities of the
"two towns" of Windsor and F.ton, whose support he received
at the election in 1841, when he was first returned for the
borough

in her dressing-gown and socks. She undid the curtains,
pulled down the bed-clothes, took off her dressing-gown and
socks, and got into bed. Master was in bed, and rose up.
* * • * * She remained in bed an hour or so, and I
stayed all that time on the ladder. I then saw her get out
of bed and put on her dressing-gown and socks, and tuck up
the clothes and kiss master, when she left the room with
the candle. Next morning I saw Coultas speak to master,
who said—" Good God! Coultas, I hope you will forget
all that's done and past, and say no more about it."
Coultas said "I cant; for what I have seen and
others have seen I can't bear any longer." They
were speaking again together at five o'clock
very loud. Master said, " Coultas, where are you going?"
He had a gun in his hand. Coultas said, " I am going to
fetch back your —, that you have sent away." Master
struck his hand against his heart, and said, " I take God
to witness that I don't know where she has gone to."
Coultas said, " It's a lie, you do knew." Master said, "If
I am believed, on the word of a man I do not know; I'll
take God to be my witness." I did not hear what else
they said.
Cross. examined by Mr. Sergeant BYLES—i first saw master
kiss Mrs. Coultas eleven or twelve months ago. When I
looked through the flute of the blind the candle was on a
table near the window, and the curtains were open on that
side of the bed. Mrs. Coultas got in on that aids.

Mr. Baron PARKE here suggested that, as it was nearly
seven o'clock, and the case could not possibly be concluded
to-night, this was a fitting opportunity to break in upon
the evidence; and the case was, therefore, adjourned till
to-morrow.

IMPORTANT FACT.—It was stated by Dr. Guy before
a Parliamentary Committee, that heat, not moisture, is the chief
cause of sickness ; that in London in 1842, the maximum disease was
in August (the warmest month), the minimum in January. In ac-
cordance with this fact, the Zoological Society of London have lately
exposed their carnivorous animals to the open air in place of con-
tinuing them in artificially heated dens, the result being an ht.
fro-fed state of kealth and fewer deaths.

REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CORN
TRADE DURING TIIE PAST WEEK.
We have on former occasions intimated, that though un-
foreseen events of a political character have hitherto pre-
vented the advance in the price of Wheat, which, from the
indifferent result of the harvest and the disease in the potato
crop, all parties engaged in the trade confidently expected
would have occurred, still we can see no reason to alter our
opinion as regards the facts of the case. The shortness of
" the produce of Wheat, and the disorder which has affected
. potatoes, may have been made the most of for party pur-
poses ; still it cannot be denied that these two principal
articles of food suffered so much from the excessively wet
weather experienced during the summer and autumn, as to
afford just reason for concluding that both will run short
before the time can come round for gathering another crop.
With respect to potatoes there is also ground to apprehend
that the malady may net prove temporary ; indeed it has
been recently proved, by carefully conducted experiments,
that the diseased potatoes when planted—though they vege-
tate freely—do not yield a sound return, the young tubercles
exhibiting the disorder of the seed at an early stage of their
growth ; we maintain, therefore, that abundant cause exists
for surprise at the present position of affairs, and that there
is every prospect of business assuming a more healthy tone
so soon a 3 the long protracted discussion on the corn-laws
shall have been disposed of in one way or the other.
The necessary out-door work, preparatory to commencing
spring sowing, has been steadily proceeded with, notwith-
standing the somewhat showery weather ; and from present
appearances there is every probability of the Lenten crops
being well got in. The occupations in the field have left
little leisure for thrashing, and only moderate supplies of
grain have been brought forward at most of the provincial
markets held since our last. As already remarked, there
has been very little animation in the demand for Wheat ;
sellers have nevertheless manifested considerable firmness,
and at Liverpool, on Friday, fine qualities of new brought ld.
to 2d. per 701bs. above previous rates.
There is now scarcely any free foreign Wheat remaining in
granary at all suitable for mealing purposes ; the few good
lots on the market have been held high in comparison to the
value of similar sorts in bond ; the pressing wants of the
millers have, however, obliged them to comply with the
demands of factors, and the retail business done has been at
quite as high prices as those of Monday last. Bonded
Wheat has met with no attention as an article of invest-
ment, notwithstanding the moderate terms at which it has
been offered; fair to good red Baltic might easily have been
bought at 50s. to 525., and Dantzic at 54e. to 58s. per qr.,
which, presuming that the duty will, before the end of April,
have been reduced to 45., certainly appear tempting prices,
free Rostock Wheat being at present worth 655. to 665., and
fine Dantzic very near 70s. per qr. The transactions in lock
Wheat have, nevertheless, been of very little importance, the
only bargains having been small purchases made by millers
is supply pressing wants. To liberate what has been bought
for immediate use, bonded certificates have been in great re-
quest at about 12s. 6d. to 13s. per qr.
In consequence of the very inferior quality of most of the
English Wheat of last year's growth, the averages continue
to decline; and the aggregate return for the last six weeks;
by which the duty is regulated, having'fallen below 555., the
duty has risen to 18s. per qr.
REVIEW OF THE FOREIGN CORN TRADE.
There have been several arrivals from the United States
this week; but, as far as regards the grain trade, the news
received is of very little interest. At New York, and most
of the other large markets, the price of flour had remained
nearly stationary ; and good brands of western were, on the
12th February, still quoted 5 dolls. 54 cents, to 5 dolls.
62i cents. per barrel at the first named place. A few orders
had been received, from time to time, from England ; but
not to sufficient extent to cause excitement. At the prices
quoted, adding freight and insurance, the article might be
laid down here at about 265, per barrel; if, therefore, the
present corn-laws are to be repealed, and Sir Robert Peel's
scheme substituted, it might pay to import from thence.
The exports of flour from the Ist to the 10th of February
had amounted to 17,546 barrels ; besides which, upwards of
100,000 bushels of Indian corn had been shipped from New
York to various destinations.
From the North of Europe the most important news is that
from Poland, where something very nearly approaching a re-
volution has broken out, owing, we believe, principally to the
scarcity of food.
From' Dantzic we learn that holders of 'Wheat had re-
mained very firm, and that it was looked upon as so nearly
certain that Great Britain would, sooner or later, require
extensive assistance, that no one felt anxious to press busi-
ness. The demand had, however, been far from active ;
and, on the whole, the tendency of prices had been rather
downwards.
At several of the lower Baltic ports the value of Wheat ap-
pears also to have slightly given way; nevertheless, quota-
tions are far too high there, as compared with prices here, to
hold out any prospect of profitable business.
From Stettin we learn that few merchants were then willing
to enter into contracts to deliver tine 61 to 62 lbs. Wheat,
free on board, in Spring, below 475. to 41s. per qr. ; and at
Rostock, on the 2d instant, similar rates were asked.
By letters from Hamburg, of Tuesday, we learn that
since the previous post-day scarcely anything had been done
in Wheat, except for local consumption : for which purpose
good old 61 lbs. Saale had brought equal to 50s. 9d. per qr.,
and other sorts at rates in proportion.
In Holland and Belgium the demand for Wheat seems to
have fallen off, and by the latest' advices from Rotterdam
and Antwerp it appears that former terms had barely been
supported.
From the Mediterranean the advices are of much the same
character as before. At Marseilles, on the 28th February,
Wheat was dull of sale, owing to the large arrivals, and a
falling off in the export demand.
At Malta, on the 27th ult., there had been less speculation
in the article than earlier in the month ; and advices having
been received there that the Pacha of Egypt had again per-
mitted the export of Wheat, a decline had taken place in
the value of Egyptian.
The latest accounts from Odessa are of the 16th of
February. For some days previous Wheat had rather re-
ceded la value, and good qualities were then obtainable at
345. per qr.—Mark-lane Express.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS DECLARED.
J. Mann, grocer, Warwick—first div. of 3s. 6d. in the
pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Bir-
mingham.
C. Carter, miller, Saddinton, Leicestershire—first div. of
ls. sd. in the pound (on new proofs only), any Friday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Birmingham.
G. Last, general merchant, Birmingham—final div. of 10.
in the pound, any Friday, at the office of Mr. Whitmore,
Birmingham.
J. Tomlin and W. Man, merchants, St. Michael's-alley,
Cornhill—second div. of 2i-d. in the pound, any Wednesday,
at the office of Mr. Whitmore, Basinghall- street.
J. Wartna6y, shipbroker, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street
—first div. of 50. in the pound, any Wednesday, at the
office of Mr. Whitmore, Basmghall-street.
T. F. Lucas, coach-proprietor ,Long Buckby, Northampton-
shire—first div. of 3s. 10d. in the pound, any Wednesday, at
the office of Mr. Graham, Coleman-street.
J. Thorn, paper-hanger, New Brentford—first div. of 4s.
2d. in the pound, March 14, and two following Saturdays, at
the office of Mr. Groom, Abchurch-lane.
G. Thomson and J. Forbes, corn-factors, Crutchet-friars—
first div. of 2s. in the pound, March 14, and two following
Saturdays, at the office of Mr. Groom, Abcurch-lane.
G. and W. Noel, bootmakers, Jermyn-street, St. James's
—a div. of 34d. in the pound, March 11, and three follow-
ing Wednesdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-
yard, Moorgate-street.
B. Todhunter, drysalter, Mincing-lane--first div. of 21d.
in the pound, March 11, and three following Wednesdays,
at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-
street.

B. B. Cross, glover, Woodstock—a div. of 6d. in the
pound, March 11, and three following Wednesdays, at the
office of Mr. Belcher, King's- Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
G. Chapman, cowkeeper, Pullin's-place, Islington--a div.
of Hid. (making with former div. 3s. Hid.) in the pound,
March 11, and three following Wednesdays, at the office of
Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Moorgate-street.
G. Maywood, bricklayer, Luton, Bedfordshire—first div.
of Is. 3d. in the pound, March 11, and three following Wed-
nesdays, at the office of Mr. Belcher, King's Arms-yard,
Moorgate-street.
J. B. Bucklee, mercer, Kidderminster—first div. of ss. Gd.
in the pound, any Thursday, at the office of Mr. Valpy,
Birmingham.
T. R. Creigh, cartwright, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—first and
final div. of Gd. and 9-10ths of a penny in the pound, any
Saturday, at the office of Mr. Baker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
DIVIDENDS.
At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street.
J. Kent, beer brewer, Stowmarket, March 20, at twelve
—G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. Macfarlane, calico
printers, Cheapside, March 20. .
In the Country.
J. Batchelor, butcher, Bath, March 31, at twelve, at the
Bristol District Court—W. Newton, coal merchant, Bath,
April 2, at twelve, at the Bristol District Court—G. Brooke,
banker, Honiton, Devonshire, April 2, at one, at the Exeter
District Court—A. and F. Atkinson, colour manufacturers,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 3, at twelve, at the Newcastle-
upon-Tyne District Court—A. Atkinson, colour manufac-
turer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 3, at twelve, at the New-
castle-upon-Tyne District Court—F. Atkinson, colour manu-
facturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, April 3, at twelve, at the
Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court.
CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be showi, to
the contrary, on the day herein mentioned.
J. Warren, dentist, George-street, Hanover-square,
March 31—E. Streeter, builder, Bristol, April 3—F. Lingard,
teacher of music, Durham, April 3—W. W. Spence woollen-
draper, Newcastle-upon Tvne, April 2—J. Denbigh, wool
merchant, Bradford, Yorkshire, April 2—J. C. Platt, printer,
Sheffield, April 3—T. C. W. Pierce and G. Homan, mer-
chants, Manchester, April 3—F. Whitworth,
manu-
facturer, Shawforth, Lancashire, April _
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Kelseycott,onbu
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Manchester, April I—T. Findley, p
April
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Bllisuhruopse- painter,
Without,o
Southampton, March 31
M.'Leßaronwn' Su,
nbustirldeeert,'
—E. Smith, innkeeper, Southwell, Nottinghamshire,
G. Hind, grocer, Bishop's Waltham,
March 31—J. Gainer, dyer, Bridgend, Gloucestershire,
March 31.
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
J. Young and IL Weston, linendrapers, Albion-place,
King's-cross—E. T. Archer and T. J. Taverner, house de-
corators, Old-street, Goswell-street--G. Grimley and W.
Kirkby, boot manufacturers, Nottingham—C. Perry and J.
Lateward, coachbuilders, Wolverhampton—W. F. and C.
Breed, linendrapers, Wigan, Lancashire--G. Young and N.
Peppercorns, blacking manufacturers, Cousin-lane, Upper
Thames-street—T. P. Tyacke and J. G. Plomer, attorneys,
Helston, Cornwall—J. Shoolbred, G. Cook, W. Shepherd, and
H. Brown, linendrapers, Tottenham-court-road (so far as
regards W. Shepherd)—W. and J. Alexander, saddlers,
Hungerford,Berkshire—E. and E. Williams, schoolmistresses,
Newport, Blenmouthshire—J. Aitken and J. Mapleton,
leather dressers, Russell-street, Bermondsey—A. and J.
Bourra, dyers, Edgware-road—H. Day and E. Marshall,
schoolmistress, Balham-hill, Surrey—G. 11. Cottrell and T.
Morley, leather dressers, Barbican—T. Shephard and 'l'. Pye,
lacemakers, Nottingham—J. B. Roberts and E. Cheetham,
sharebrokers, Sheffield—J. M. and E. Maude, cement manu-
facturers, Rotherhithe—P. Cruikshank, .I._ Melville, R.
Ramsay, and W. F. Street, Austin-friars, City (so far as re-
gards R. Ramsay)—W. and T. Shaw, machine makers,
Leeds—C. Cole and W. Gell, furniture brokers, Nottingham
—J. Rigg and C. Boykett, slaters, Liverpool—J. Travis, J.
Barcroft, and J. Whitaker, woollen printers, Green-bridge
Lancashire— S. Waters and G. Freeman, straw-bonnet manu-
facturers, Luton, Bedfordshire—J. Salmon, jun., and R. C.
Salmon, coal merchants, Beaumont, Essex—E. Harratt and
T. Balbirnie, builders, Huntingdon—T. Sharpus, W. Cullum,
and J. W. Sharpus, glass dealers, Cockspur-street, Charing-
cross—ll. Donaldson and Dixon, Mark-lane--J. Hopwood,
W. C. Mence, and H. Jackson, coal masters, Barnsley,
Yorkshire.

SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION.
James M'Leod, eartwright, Glasgow, March 13 and April
13, at two, at Cameron's Bowling-green Tavern, Glasgow.

George Stephenson, Esq., has sent a challenge to
Mr. Brunel, to the effect that he will put 10,000/. down with him to
build an engine on the narrow gauge which shall best anything
constructed for the broad. The challenge has not been accepted,.
PerkAalre Chrler.