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THE SUN, LONDON. TU'ESDAY MO4.NINa., iIECEMSER i 5, 1645.

thers, carrying on the business of grocers, in Clerken.
well-close, against the Great Western Railway Com- I
pang, to recover damages for the non-delivery of a chest
of tea, valued at 81.
Mr. Hayes and another Learned Gentleman, appeared
for the plaintiffs ; the Attorney-General and Mr. Haw-
kins
ft.'. the Great Western Railway Company.
It appeared that Mr. Wm. Leman, one of the plain-
tiffs, purchased a grocery business from a person of the
name of Colson, at Bridgewater. After the purchase he
requested his brother in London to transmit him a chest
of tea by the railway, but, as be was unknown
at Bridgewater. it was to be directed to Mr. Colson.
The chest was booked at the George and Blue Boar, and
arrived at Bridgewater. The company, however, re-
fused to give it up, alleging as a reason that it was di-
rected to Colson, who had bolted from his creditors and
become a bankrupt, and that they would detain it for
the benefit of the assignees.
Several witnesses were called on the part of the plain-

tiffs.
The defence set up was, that the tea had been
fraudulently transferred to the plaintiffs by Cohen, and
that they had detained it and delivered it up to his
creditors, believing that it truly belonged to them—in
which they were perfectly justified. They believed they
had performed a great public duty.
The jury found for the defendants.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Dec. 14.
SIMMONDS V. MUNTZ AND OTHERS.
This case, which was in part heard on Saturday, was
resumed this morning.
The case for the defence having been concluded, and
Mr. Humphrey having been heard in reply,
The jury, after a short consultation, found that the
plaintiff was entitled to the sum of 1001. fur his extra
services.
The LORD CrtEir BARON directed the jury to find
their verdict for the defendant upon each of the three
grounds, with liberty to move to enter the ♦erdict for
the plaintiff forthe sum of 3001. upon the first claim, 501.
upon the second, and 1001. upon the third claim.
A verdict was returned for the plaintiff upon several
unimportant points.

having heard that a marriage with the sister of a former
wife was illegal. In the month of March, in the pre-
sent year, he married a female named Eliza Bostock,
The friends of the second wife hearing of this, caused
him to be apprehended, and brought before Mr. Maude,
at Manchester, when the facts of the case having been
fully stated, Mr. Maude ordered the prisoner to be dis-
charged, he being of opinion that the marriage of the
prisoner with his first wife's sister was null and void. It
was understood that the prosecution was instituted by a
society of gentlemen, who have run the risk of violating
the canon law by marrying the sisters of their deceased
wives, in order to have the question fairly raised before
the judges.
Mr. FOSTER contended, that under the Levitical law
the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased
wife was perfectly legal. It was true that it was opposed
to the canon laws; but these were not based upon any
Act of Parliament. He contended at some L ngth that
the prisoner had not committed any offence within
the criminal statutes by marrying his first wife's sister,
and that therefore the marriage with her was perfectly
legal. Consequently, the marriage of the prisoner with
Eliza Bostock, during the lifetime of Ann Chadwick,
constituted the crime of bigamy.
Mr. MoNx, on the other side, contended that the mar-
riage with Ann Fisher was quite illegal, as it was for-
bidden that a man should marry with his wife's sister.
Mr. Justice WIGIITMAN (havingeonsulted Baron Rolfe)
said it appeared to him that the best course to be pur-
sued would be this—that the jury should find a special
verdict, simply stating the facts as to the consanguinity
of the parties in the ordinary form of a special verdict,
and stating that upon the question whether the persons
were guilty or not, they would bow to the decision of
the Court. He (Mr. Justice Wightman) would give his
judgment to the effect that the prisoner was not guilty,
and then the prosecution could move for a writ of error.
He thought this would avoid any difficulties. If the
prosecutors were advised to try a writ of error, this
would be the proper mode of reaching the question;
therefore, the facts that would be found by the jury
would be simply the facts of the two marriages—that on
the 14th of September, 1845, he married Ann Fisher,
and that, subsequently, on the 23d of March, in the pre-
sent year, he married Eliza Bostock. They would also
find that Ann Fisher, to whom the prisoner was married
on the 14th of September. 1845, was the sister of
Hannah Fisher, to whom the prisoner had been pre-
viously married on the 27th of June, 1825, and who was
deceased at the time that he married Ann Fisher. Now
that really was the whole case, and as to the question
whether the jury would find the prisoner guilty or not,
they must say that they did not know, up al which he
(Mr. Justice Wightman) would give his judgment that
he was not guilty. The jury would, therefore, find a
verdict stating the facts which he had mentioned. lie
thought that would be the best course.
Mr. MONK observed that he was not sorry his Lord-
ship had curtailed his (Mr. Monk's) argument.
Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN said that he entertained a
very strong opinion upon the subject, and therefore he
need say nothing more upon the matter.
The jury accordingly returned the special verdict as
desired.
Mr. Mom( said he thought it right to state that his
client, having heard some doubt passed upon the validity
of his marriage with his sister-in-law, had gone to the
R•v. Mr. Wilson, one of the chaplains at the Collegiate
Church at Manchester, from whom he obtained a docu-
ment, stating that the second marriage with Ann Fisher
was utterly null and void ; and it was not until then
that he again got married.
The prisoner was then discharged.
York. Dec. 11.
(Before Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)

George Adamson, convicted yesterday of having at-
tempted to poison a family at Wakefield, was placed
at the bar, when judgment of death was recorded againt
him.
__ _ _

ROBBERY NEAR POCHLINGTON.—DanieI Bradley, 29,
pleaded Guilty to having broken into the granary of Ro-
bert Hothan,:of Pecklington, and attempted to steal a
quantity of bran, maslin, and onions.
The prosecutor is a farmer residing at Pecklington
Mill Farm, and on the evening of the Ist of November
last, a servant in his employment was attending to a
horse which was ill, when he heard a noise in the gra-
nary. He went to inform his master of the circum-
stance, and on returning along with Mr. Hotham they
found the door of the granary open, and a man ran out.
The prosecutor seized a fork, and went in pursuit of the
robber, and on tho former attempting to leap a hedge,
the latter stabbed him in the thigh with the fork, from
the effects of which he fell, and was secured.
His LORDSHIP observed that it was a great mistake on
the part of persons who supposed they had a right to
inflict personal injury in the defence of their property.
Had the prisoner in this case died from the injuries in-
flicted on him, the prosecutor would have been liable to
a osecution for manslaughter at least.
The prisoner was sentenced to one month's imprison-
ment.
CONCEALMENT OF CHILD-BIRTH AT LEEDS.—Ann
Greenwood, 31, was charged with having, on the 11th of
August last, unlawfully concealed the birth of her child.
Mr. Hill was for the prosecution; the prisoner was
undefended.
Guilty.—To be imprisoned for two calendar months.
HORSE-STEALING AT WEST ARDSLEY.—John Fearn-
sides, 16, was charged with having, on the 17th Septem-
ber ast, stolen a mare, a saddle, and bridle, the property
of Joseph Dunnill.
Mr. Hill and Mr. Shaw were counsel for the prosecu-
tion; the prisoner was not defended.
The prosecutor is a farmer and innkeeper, residing at
Whttwood, near Pontefract. and on the day in question
he had a mare at Lee fair. On calling at a public-house
for refreshment, he gave his horse to the ostler, who, being
engaged at the time, handed the animal over to a boy to hold.
A few minutes afterwards the prisoner accosted the boy,
and said his master wanted the horse. The boy, be-
lieving this statement, gave the mare to the prisoner,
who immediately rode off with it. He attempted to dis-
pose of the animal at Wakefield, and it was subsequently
found in his possession on the Wakefield, Pontefract,
and Goole Railway.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty. Two previous
convictions for felony were proved against him.—Sen-
tence deferred.
ASSAULT AT ALMONDBURY.—MichaeI Buckley, 23,
was charged with havin, on the 21st of July last, at
Almondbury, assaulted John Collins, and bitten off part
of his nose.
Mr. Hall was for the prosecution; Mr. Shaw defended
the prisoner.
On the 21st of July last, the prosecutor, prisoner, and
other persons were at the Golden Fleece public-house,
at Aldmonbury, when a quarrel ensued, and the pri-
soner seized hold of the prosecutor, and bit off part of his
ose.
At this stage of the proceedings the prisoner, by advice
of his counsel, pleaded Guilty.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MANSION HOUSE.

TIRE QUEEN •. J. B. FAULKNER ♦ND B. FABIAN..
RAILWAY SCRIP.

Mr. Ball appeared, on Thursday last, upon the part
of J. B. Faulkner and B. Fabian, the former of whom
had been tried at the Central Criminal Court, and the
latter of whom had absconded before the day appointed
for his trial, that the remainder of monies and railway
scrip in the hands of Charles Walker, one of the in-
spectors of the City police, might be delivered up to
them or to their a ttorne) s.
The Learned Counsel stated that Inspector Walker
had in his possession certain railway scrip., and stock,
and money, tl a property of Faulkner and Fabian; that
Faulkner was ;tied at the Central Criminal Court, and
Fabian did not surrender; that Mr. Bodkin applied for
restitution of their property, and the Learned
Judge did not na :Ice an order, but it was
afterwards said that such property as Leon
Solomon, who prosecuted, could identify was to
be given up to him, and he identified 3602, part of
1,065/.; that the remainder was:expected to be delivered
to Faulkner ; that the money and other property were
still in the Inspector's hands ; and that afterwards an
action was brought by Faulkner and Fabian against
Walker and upon that a rule was drawn up, which hay-
ing been arguod, the Judge said he thought the 3601.
ought to have been impounded. Under these circum-
stances, it was referred to Alderman Gibbs, before
whom the case had been originally brought, to decide
what portiln referred to the crime • and the ',same I
Counsel argued that the property in Walker's hands did
not refer to the charge against Faulkner and Fabian. on
the face of the depositions, and that the only property
connected with the forgery was the Buckinghamshire
scrip, which was delivered to Mr. Leon Solomon, at the
office of his solicitor.

Mr. W. H. Cook, who appeared for Mr. Leon Solo-
mon, said I do not dispute the law, as laid down by Mr.
Ball, but he has carefully avoided the question here. In
the case of Greenacre the charge was for murder —a
totally different offence from the present—which is one
of forgery ; and .when Faulkner and Fabian were taken
into custody they admitted that the money taken from
them was that which they had received from Mr. Solo •
mon ; and he identified some of the notes as those for
which the forged scrip had been the consideration. They
are intimately connected with the offence committed.
They had money and other scrip raised from the sale of
forged Buckingham scrip. It was admitted by the
persons charged that 2001. found upon them were the
proceeds of a previous transaction with Mr. Solomon ;
and my application is that you will protect the interest
of Mr. Solomon upon the strength of that admission.
The inspector made the following statement, without
being sworn—When Faulkner and Fabian were brought
in custody to the station-house, Mr. Solomon came up
to the desk to me with some forged scrip in his hand, and
said the two persons were charged with forgery to
the amount of between 600/. and 7001. laulkner or
Fabian answered, " Your money is there," referring to
the money I had received from Faulkner at the station•
house. He handed it over to me, and Mr. Solomon said
can I take it. I said certainly not. Yon have brought
these persons on a charge of forgery, and now they are
in custody I cannot give up any of the property. I de-
sired Mr. Solomon to send me the numbers of the notes
he could swear to, and he did so the next day, and the
numbers corresponded with the sales for 3601. I had in
my possession.
Mr. W. H. Read, bill discounter, stated the parti-
culars of what took place when he went with Mr•. Solomon
to the office of Faulkner and Fabian. What one of them
said was immediately adopted by the other, and they said
that whatever transactions Mr. Solomon had had with
Mr. Richards they felt bound to take upon themselves.
Inspector Walker said he had delivered up 3601. to
Mr. Solomon, and 101. to Faulkner, holding in his own
hands 655/.
Mr. Cook—We claim 4801., and 2001., making toge-
ther 680/.. of which we have had 3601., and we do not
claim the railway scrip.
The case was then adjourned for two days.
Alderman Gums yesterday delivered his decision upon
the application of counsel, as follows (in the ap-
prehensien of Faulkner and Fabian on a charge of for-

gery, the prisoners delivered up to inspector Walker
sundry bank notes and scrip railway shares. After se-
veral examinations they were committed for trial at the
Central Criminal Court, but afterwards they were bailed
by one of her Majesty's Judges Faulkner surrendered
at a subsequent session—took his trial, and was acquitted.
Fabian did not make his appearance there, nor has he
surrendered at any subsequent ses,i-n, and his rec g-
nisances, as well as those of his bail, have been estreated.
Application has now been made to me, the committing
magistrate, to order the property in the hands of In-
spector Walker to be restored either to Faulkner an Fa-
bian, the accused, or to Mr. Solomon, the prosecutor, and
counsel was heard by me in support of the respective
claimants. After considering the argument of counsel
in the behalf of both parties, it appears to me that some
portion—but what portion does not appear—of the pro-
perty found upon Faulkner and Fabian, now in possession
of Inspector Walker, was admitted by both of the ac-
cused to be the produce of fraud, and as Fabian, one of
the accused, has not yet surrendered and taken his trial,
I consider it a question still undecided to whom the pro-
perty admitted to have been in the joint possession of
the accused, really belongs. Consequently, I don't feel
justified in making any order.
Thomas Johnson, who was charged by Messrs. Chaplin
and Horne, the carriers, with having stolen a truss of
silk, value 125/., was brought up for final examination.
Mr. Watts, of the firm of Goodman and Watts, of Cole-
man-street, appeared for the prosecution.
Mr. Riches, clerk to Messrs. Chaplin and Home,
upon being further examined, said lie superintended the
general delivery of the parcels. They were called over
from a book. The prisoner had been sent, on two occa-
sions, to Messrs. Machin with trusses similar to the one
lost. The word "silk" was put upon the delivery ticket,
and the prisoner returned the ticket the same night.
The prisoner packed the parcels according to the book,
and there was only one truss sent out that day.
Mr. W. Chappell, silk throwster, of Whitchurch, in
Hampshire, knew Mr. Machin, of Twisters-alley, and on
the 23d of November sent a bale addressed to him, which
weighed about 164 pounds.
Arthur Stanbury, a person in the employment of the
South-Western
Company, said he recollected
the arrival of
truss on the 23d of November, and
the Railway
the delivery of it to the prisoner to convey it to Messrs.
Machin's premises. It was placed in the centre of the
van, and witness said to the prisoner, by way of caution,
this is silk.

Mr. Cope, clerk to Messrs. Machin, of Twister's-alley,
stated that a bale of silk was expected on the 24th of
November from William Chappell, but it never arrived
at the warehouse. The value of it was 1251. 16s. 10d.

George Henry Williams, assistant to a chemist in
Chiswell-street, stated that on the 24th November the
prisoner called at the shop with two hampers, and on
going left his book on the counter, and did not return for
it, although called to is a loud voice. Afterwards a boy
called for the book.—Committed for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

William Eales was charged with an assault on a
gentleman named Barinehr, in one of the Islingtfn
omnibusses.

William Barinehr, the complainant said, about a
quarter before five o'clock on Saturday afternoon, the
omnibus in which he was riding, drew up in Portland.
street, and took up the prisoner, ~•ho came in and seated
himself on the transverse seat between the complainant
and a young lady. The prisoner, after having seated
himself; laid hold of his friend, who was following him
in, and attempted to place him in the young lady's lap.
Complainant and another gentleman opposed the inten-
tion, on protection of the lady, but the prisoner insisted
on placing his friend where he proposed. The
young lady screamed out, and after a good
deal of opposition, the prisoner consented to
his friend, taking one of the unoccupied seats pointed
out to him by the complainant. The prisoner continued
to be very abusive till another passenger was picked up.
and to him he pointed out the complainant, saying he was
the man who had the control of the omnibus, and who
said new and where the passengers were to sit. Com-
plainant, on remonstrating with him, was assailed with
very grass language by the prisoner, who immediately
darted at him, seiz,d him violently by the collar, tore up
the breast of his top-coat on both sides, and got his hand
down his breast, with what intention, whether for the pur-
pose of stealing his watch or not, complainant could not
say. The prisoner next struck him a blow on his nose,
and broke his spectacles ; but for tae interposition of the
gentlemen, who all gave him their aid, he would have re-
ceived very serious injury.
Mr. Fitzpatrick, the chief clerk of the Court, said he
was in the omnibus at the time. After being sworn
be confirmed the whole of the complainant's evidence. A
more unprovoked and wanton assault he had never seen.
The prisoner said be was tipsy at the time the assault
was committed, and he was sorry for it.
Mr. IlAniawick said, if such conduct were to go un-
punished, public conveyances might cease running. The
feelings of a modest female had been outraged, and a
gentleman, because he interfered to protect her, had
been brutally assaulted and abused ; and the apology
eff.red was that it was the efket of liquor. The prisoner
must pay 51., or go for two months to the House of
Correction.
The money was immediately paid.
CLERKENWELL.

A tall respectable-looking man, named Macintosh, was
placed at the bar, before Mr. Coombe, on the following
charge :
It appeared, from the statement of a constable of the
G division, that on Sunday night, about 12 o'clock, as he
was on duty near Penton-grove, he heard a heavy fall,
followed almost immediately by groaning, and on pro-
ceeding in the direction of the sound, he saw a female
lying on her back in a court, and the prisoner stlnding
over her, holding her arm. When the constable en -
quired what was the matter, the prisoner replied, no
thing, but upon raisin(' up the woman he found that her
leg was fractured, and that she had received such severe
injuries that it was necessary to have her removed on a
stretcher to the hospital. In reply to the policeman, she
said it was the prisoner who had thrown her down and
broke her leg.
The prisoner said he could not account for the manner
in which the female had her hurt, and thought it must
have been by accident.
Mr. CoomnE ordered the prisoner to be remanded,
with an intimation that bail would be taken for his next
appearance.
Henry Ryan and Joseph Worms, of the respective ages
of ten and eleven years, were charged with stealing a
sheep's head from the shop of Richard Parsons.
The extreme youth of the prisoners appeared to excite
a strong feeling of claimisseration in their favour ; but
the fact being so conclusive,
Mr. COOMBE said he had no other resource than to
commit them—young as they were—for trial.
They were accordingly committed for trial.
SOUTHWARK.

William Fitt, a young man, was charged with obtain-
ing money from Ann Elizabeth Clay, under the pre-
tence of acting as an attorney, under the following
circumstances:—
It appeared that the complainant's husband was con-
victed some time ago, and sentenced to be imprisoned in
Brixton gaol. The prisoner subsequently introduced
himself to complainant, and said that Mr. James, her
husband's solicitor, had behaved in a most scandalous
manner, and added, that he (the prisoner) would petition
the Secretary of State for her husband's liberation. This
was in November last; and he said, that for the purpose
of proceeding against Mr. James, he would require
14s. 6d. for a writ. The money was paid to him, and
on three subsequent occasions the prisoner called again on
the complainant, and succeeded in obtaining money to
the amount, in all, of 2/. 12s. for a declaration
and other proceedings which he alleged were necessary
to adopt, in order to punish Mr. James for the manner
in which he had acted on the occasion. When, how-
ever, inquiries were made, it was ascertained the pri-
soner had not commenced the proceedings, or had drawn
up the petition to Government regarding her husband's
release, but bad converted the money advanced to his
own purposes.
The prisoner, who assumes to be a solicitor, was con-
victed some time since at the Surrey sessions for ob-
taining money under false pretences, and had only been
out of gaol about a month, when he commenced his old
practices.
As the prisoner asked for a remand, in order to have
legal advice, he was accordingly remanded until Wed-
nesday.

THE MALT.TAX.—A very serious mis-statement
has gone forth to the public, through the medium of the
Times newspaper, as to the course lately taken on the
subject of the malt-tax by the Society for the Protection
of Agriculture and British Industry. The version of the
limes declares that, at a meeting of the committee on
Tuesday last, "it was unanimously resolved that the
Protectionist party should be called upon to demand the
total and immediate repeal (of the malt duty)." This
announcement is at total variance with the fact. The
committee, having had the question brought before them
by a deputation from one of the provincial Protection So-
cieties, came to a resolution that instructions should be
given to the secretary to address a circular to the various
ocal
• • -
societies in the following terms:.--" I am directed to
state that, at the December meeting of the committee,
repeal
lcreo-f
their
r•
syesterday, •
discussionthh They
yo society
beg,
the fixed
ciues
therefore,ti
othatn
odtfah)a,
of the country associations wll call meetings of
January,
rspective societies on that subject, that they will
tth(Jeathnreuepary 12)
forward to the central society, on or before the 12th of
a copy of any resolutions passed at such meet-
ings, and that their chairmen and vice-chairmen be
sent up to the central society's committee meeting on
that day." It is perfectly clear, therefore, that the
statement in the Times is in every respect unfounded.
com-
mittee, • blays,
gnieviethnearntohpn
eiPiornotienctrioenferSe(n)crieettyo,
thenorrepeal or
its
retention of the malt. tax. All that has been done was,
when the attention of the society was called to the ques-
tion, to fix a special day for the discussion of it, and to
summon deputations from the provincial societies on
that occasion, with a view to ascertain to a formal man
ner the opinions and feelinzs of the agricultural commu-
nity. We have felt it our duty to make this short state-
ment of facts, because it is of the greatest importance
that no misconception should exist upon a point on
which the public mind is at the present moment con-
siderably excited.—Post.
NEWBRIDGE FROMW
HITEHALL TO LAMBETH.—.
On Saturday a preliminary meeting of several or the in-
habitants owning property near, or whose interests will
be affected by the establishment of a new bridge, and
the removal of old Westminster-bridge, took place at
the Bridge Tavern, Westminster-road, when it was re-
solved to oppose the proposed Bill in Parliament, which
was described as destructive to existing and important
interests, and as little calculated to benefit the public.
ENLARGING BUCKINGHAM PALACE.--OH Saturday
the demolition of the ornamental colonnade forming the
front of the south wing ge of Buckingham Palace was
commenced, from which point the new wing begins.
The excavations for both wings fronting St. 'Lance's
Park are complete, and the foundations are already laid.

FARM SERVANTS' ASSOCIATION.
(From the Inverness Courier.)
We learn from a correspondent in Ross•shire, that a
meeting of a Northern Farm Servants' Association was
held for the purpose of taking into consideration the
measures attempted relative to the allowance of potatoes
(already guaranteed to them) for the current year,
when the following resolutions were unanimou-ly ap-
proved of:-
1. That the meeting think it putting the cart before
the horse in the farmers of the North to call meetings of
their farmer societies, in order to suggest, recommend,
and lay down rules and regulations for converting the
guaranteed allowance of potatoes to an equivalent in
meal, seeing that, in this transaction, they are the par•
ties failing to implement, and, at furthest, have only a
right to come and ask us, the farm servants, what we
will take to give up " the bond."
2. That although they find that they have the " whip-
hand " of their masters at the present " bout," they are
noway disposed to lay on heavily, believing it to be the
want of experience, rather than anything else, that
would induce the farmer to propose a boll of meal in
i lieu of two bolls of potatoes. In order, therefore, to
enable the farmers to judge correctly in this matter, the
meeting suggest to them to try the experiment upon
themselves for the now current half-year They would
then be enabled to state more clearly the amount of food
necessary for a working m►n, his wife, and family of
five or six children. The meeting here take the liberty
to remark, that the farmers in Scotland are proverbially
a feeding and experiment race. The horses, cattle,
sheep, pigs, and poultry, at agricultural meetings, are all
in exemplary condition. The meeting admire this spirit
of experimental Seeding with respect to the lower
animals, as it invariably consists of something added
to their daily fare, but they cannot help seeing
the discrepancy that prevails when human flesh is the
subject of experiment : this, somehow, always tends
(even at the present time, when farmers are obtaining
such enormous prices for their corn) to the elucidation
of the lowest diet that flesh and blood can hang toge-
ther upon. The farm servants of the north, therefore,
as far as they are concerned, discard all experimental
feeding of the human species, but they promise to give
every facility to others to ride their hobby. in trying
the experiment of feeding themselves, their wives, arid
children for half-a-year, on four and a-half bolls of meal
each family.
3. The meeting have no wish to oblige their masters
to purchase potatoes at an extravagant price, on their
account, if an equivalent in wholesome food is substi-
tuted, but they know that a boll of meal is not equiva-
lent to two bolls of potatoes in the consumption of a
family. They know, from experience, that a mixture of
food is more healthful and less expensive than living upon
a single species. They know that bulky food, like the
potato, goes farther in stilling the calls of a hungry
family, than the same amount of nutriment in a more
concentrated state ; besides, they know that the very
waste of the potatoes serves a useful purpose to them
in assisting to feed the pigs and poultry ; but more
than this, they see that a good part of their family's
subsistence will be :rendered null for the want of the
potato. What can one make of a salt herring without
a potato ? Why, the herring remains a dead letter,
and the whole of the family must be on the meal. All
these things considered, we, the farm servants of the
northern counties, at this meeting assembled, have, after
much experience and mature consideration, come to the
conclusion, that one boll of oatmeal is only equivalent to
one boll and a half et potatoes in the consumption of a
family, and we firmly believe that the great bulk of the
farmers in the north, if they would think seriously
over the matter, would come to the same conclusion.
4. That as this food agreement is a matter entirely
between each individal master and his servant, the far-
mers' societies had better leave it alone.

SWINDLING EXTRAORDINARY.
POSES PLASTIQUES.

This week the inhabitants of " the faithful city" have
been delighted by the performances of Professor Coll
and Company, who have been exhibiting very attractive
living statuary and poses plastiques, at the City and
County Library, and finished their exhibitions by the
most singular and striking tableau of all at our Police-
office, yesterday (Thursday) morning.
A week or two back a young man presented himself
at Mr. Sefton's, printer, Broad street, and stating that
he was secretary to Professor Coli, of poses plastiques
renown, requested that some bills might be printed, an-
nouncing the extraordinary things with which they were
about to please the people of Worcester; " and," add. d
he, in the most straightforward way imaginable, " I am
a perfect stranger, and therefore lam hi the habit of
leaving a deposit." He put down 10s. on the counter,
and said the great Coli himself would pay the remainder.
" You musn't be astonished," said he, " at his manner;
he will probably come into the shop, take a chair, say
you're the printer, I believe,' ask for the bills, put down
ell the money, and walk out again without another word.
You'll be sure to know him, for he is a tremendous big
fellow, quite sufficient to smash both of us if he pleased."
With this pleasing intelligence the secretary departed,
the bills were printed, and as the bill sticker, our own
veritable Quin, pasted them on the walls, gaping crowds
read of classical models such as " the Death of Denta-
tus," and "the Sleeping Beauty," &c. &c.; how Herr
l)obelii would recite this and Herr Bradigni spout that,
and how Boadicea would address the Ancient Britons as
in days of yore—till their mouths watered and their ears
tingled again. And what gave it all such an air of ge
nuineness and authenticity was a line at the bottom of
the placards stating that all bills were to be sent to Mr.
Sefton's by Thursday morning at 'ten o'clock.
The Monday when these grand performances were to
take place arrived, and the company having taken up
their abode at Mr. Siinmonds'e, in Mealeheapen-street,
the secretary went to honour the various tradesmen of
the city with a visit, anti to procure from them the things
necessary to their evening's doincs. At Messrs. Hill
and Turley's he bought 25 yards of green baize, a quan-
tity of cambric, cloak lace, binding, &c. &c. The things
were to be sent to the City and County Library and the
bill to Mr. Sefton's. Some inquiries were made at Mr.
Sefton's, and the articles sent. The same thing was
done at Messrs. Sidney and Hanson's, and several (Abel
places. On the Tuesday, the secretary and Herr Do-
walked into :dr. Sefton's and narrated how the cur-
tain would't act on Monday night, and how they hoped
to do better in future. and at last how they wanted
some fresh bills immediately. As soon as they a ere
gone, isfr. Sefton writes the gentleman a note to say
that it was not his custom to supply a second lot be-
' fore the first was paid for. Down comes the secretary
in a trice, and in a rage, too. He had never been served
so in his life before. He considered he had been most
grossly insulted. Let Mr. Sefton make out his bill in-
stantly. His purse, and he pulled one out apparently
well filled, had enough in it to pay everybody, and fifty
or sixty pounds besides. The bill was made out—Mr.
Sefton didn't wish to hurt his feelings—the bill was folded
up and placed in the pocket along with the pen se—matters
were made smoother—the secretary was rather appeased,
and finally Mr. Sefton printed another let of bills, with-
out being paid for either. Soon, however, various
tradesmen, with long faces, came to Mr. Sefton, to
know something more about the Professor—who was
he? where did he come from ?—and, finally, some of
them determined to pay him a visit at his rooms that
evening. Mr. Hanson accordingly went down just as
the large and respectable audience were about to as-
semble, and demanded his money. The consequence
was that the performers were brought to a dead lock.
Their last appearance was never made—they desert. d
the rooms and fled. Then it was discevered that they
had got all their things pecked up, and had ordered a
fly to be ready at the door as aeon as the performance
was over, to carry them, Heaven knows whither. The
Thursday morning would have dawned a blank, and Mr.
Sefton would never have been visited by the tremendous
bi fellow of peculiar manner. The police, by and by,
apprehended the performers at the Mouth of the Nile-,
on a charge of stealing a glass and a sheet from Mr.
Simmonds s, and the officer set off to Spetchley in quest
of the Professor himself. till at length, having kicked
his heels about till two o'clock in the morning, peeping
into the 'busses, and inspecting all the second classites
that were going off, he began to suspect the real truth
of the matter, that the Professor was, to use an expres-
sion of Jeremy Bentham's, a " fictitious entity," that is
to say, he had no existence save in the imagination.
On Thursday morning the five living statues, the poses
plastiques themselves, were brought up. They consisted
of three men and two young girls, among whom the
secretary figured conspicuously. He who formerly was
Mr. Ludoviek, the secretary, was now Mr. Samuel Cole,
otherwise Professor Coli himself, it being usual, he said,
to adopt aliases in the profession. Herr Dobelli
.ap-
peered as plain Henry Dobell, and llerr Bradigni as
Henry Bradley, while the ladies, with high-sounding
euphonious appellations, sunk down into ordinary
case,din a
ar,:/ss de-
tailed .
Ann Price and Mary Ann Roberts. The
tailed above, was gone into, and at last the four -subor-
dinates were discharged, while the active secretary', the
embodiment of the Professor, was kept in custody, on
the charge of obtaining
goods under false pretences,
and upon which he was committed for trial this morning,
monds s, as, though they had
Nothing could be rnade,out
_of the charge of dealing
the glass from Mr. Sim
taken it without leave, it had been returned again.—
Worcester Herald.

liVnsTbarisxsa•BßlDGE.—On Saturday the western
footpath
was a
light
throughout to the public, being pro.
tect"l
by ht wooden palisade, breast high, in lieu of
he •
former stone balustrade; the thoroughfare for car-
riagest is still closed, it having been di-covered that the
third, or centre arch from the Surrey shore, w 11 require
to be strengthened before it will be safe for vehicles to
pass. The eastern footway will be opened to the public
In a few days.

EMBEZZLEMENT EXTRAORDINARY IN MANCHESTER.
—Manchester has been all but electrified by the ab-
sconding of a person of the name of Stniih, for zany
years the confidential manager for Mr. Shuttleworth, of
the Stamp-office. Mr. S., as is well known, has had the
exclusive sale of a peculiar kind of yarn, the manufacture
of the Messrs. Strutt, of Belper and Derby, but he, since
his appointment to the Stamp-office, has, it is under-
stood, left the full management to Mr. Smith, and who,
in addition to his duties to Mr. Shuttleworth, has also
acted as a kind of cotton broker for various parties. The
exact mode in wh'ch he has contrived to involve several
parties is not fully known ; there is no doubt, however,
but that he has, in more instances than one, sold the
same lot of cotton twice over, obtaining, of course, pay-
ment in both cases, without handing over the proceeds
to Mr. Shuttleworth. Report states that Mr. Shuttle-
worth will be a considerable sufferer, and also a Mr.
Trueman ; and we have heard that the executors of a
person deceased have been thus swindled out of a sum
in
little short of 1,000/. The amount of his declarations s
differently stated, varying from 5,0001. to 10,000/. How
he has made away with such sums is at present n.t very
clear. It is one of the most extensive cases of embezzle-
ment that bas occurred in Manchester for a very lorg
period. No books of accounts can be found.--Leeds
Mercury.

MARKET NF‘A'S. --( ESTERDA .)
cOrair-EXCECANO E.
The arrivals of English Wheat for our markets, coa3t-
wise and by land carriage sample, were moderately ey-
tensive, yet the actual quantity destined for sale hero,
from a large portion of the supply having trove direct
into the lienrb of the millers,, was cmmo; r
Of Bar;,,y of hoer, produce IL-, z•
g(,thi ; aA 4?(fi'i•l1. 1, on, I, ,i;h,;;
and Scotland lazy li,tie grain carne to hand, while the
foreign imports of most aricies were comparatively
small—not a single cargo of Wheat having been reported
from any quarter. Fresh up to-day, the receipts of
English Wheat were on a full average scale, and of im-
proved quality; yet the stands were by no means heavily
filled with samples of either red or white. The attendance
of buyers, many of whom were short of stock, being large,
and the demand for inferior foreign Wheat very extensive
for shipment 40 Ireland, the English NVlteat trade was brisk,
at an advance on last Monday's quotations, of from 2s to 38
per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the parcels
offered were disposed of. The quantity of free foreign Wheat
on show was but moderate. A very large business was doing:in
that article, at a rise on last week's prices of from 3s to 4s per. qr.
The sale for inferior foreign Wheats in bond on Irish account
was very active, upwards of 20,000 quarters having sold at
5s per quarter more money. Wi,h Barley we were but
moderately supplied. The Barley trade was very firm, at in
most instances an improvement in value of Is per quarter.
The sale of Malt—the quantity of which on offer was small
—ruled inactive, yet prices were mostly supported. Good
sound Oats were in good request, and somewhat dearer.
The value of other qualities was readily maintained. Beans,
Peas, and Flour moved oft steadily at extreme quotations.
CURRENCY PER 431 PERIAL MEASURE
Wheat—Esser & Kent, Malt—Chevalier..
Red, New.. • . 57a to 655 Oats—Yorkshire and
Ditto,White, New 603 72s Lincolush., Feed. 278 24,
Norfolk and Lin- Potatoe 3ls 34s
coin, Red... • • 578 61s Youghal and Cork,
Ditto, White.... • • 578 605 Black . ... •• . 25s 268
Irish, Red........ —5 —s Cork, White ... • • 248 32s
Ditto, White ••• . • . —3 —s Scotch, Feed. • • 295 31s
Rye—Old ••• • . •• • 39s 41s Beans—Tick
New. .•• • • . 42s 448 Pigeons • 495 52s
Barley—Grinding ... • . 328 37* Pease—Grey.
Malting . .• • . 373 45s Maple
Chevalier 43s 445 White . ••• • • 53s 5Ss
Malt—Suffolk and Nor- Boilers .... ••• • . 605 6;e
folk •••••• • • • • • . 648 69s Flour—Town-made s4s 568
Brown ....... 538 56s Suffolk .. • .
Kingston and Ware 708 72s Stockta & Norfolk 445 46s
THE SMITHFIELD CHRISTMAS CATTLE

MARKET,
The holding of the Great Christmas Cattle Market has
been invariably regarded with more than usual interest, not
only by the agricultural body, but the community at large.
This being the day appointed for that purpose (which, ac-
cording to the arrangements for several past years, almost
immediately follows the close of the proceedings in the
show-yard at the Bazaar, thus giving the owners if the
stock there exhibited and not disposed of an opportunity of
bringing their Beasts and Sheep hither for sale), a very
large number of buyers and sellers, as well as visitors, from
most parts of the United Kingdom, assembled at a very
early hour; and nut a little curiosity was manifested by
them to ascertain the numbers and quality of the stock
brought together. As this could be best ascertained by a
comparison with former shows, we shall here make a few
observations to elucidate this important matter. On look-
ing through the supply of Beasts, we were forcibly struck
with the numerical strength of the pure Devons, not a few of
ehich were of a first-class character, both in symmetry,
weight, and fatness. The various points of the breed in
question reflected the highest credit upon the breeders, whose
exertions, during the present year, to improve that excellent
breed of beasts are beyond all praise. That a difference of
opinion has existed as to the comparative merits
of the Devons and Herefords, we are prepared to
admit. They have long had a severe, though by
no means profitless, contest for priority of excellence ; yet it
behoves us to state, on the present occasion, that the latter
breed, although the actual number brought forward was not
quite so large as that shown at the corresponding pet iodai
1844 and 1845, excelled the Devons in general quality, and,
in some instances, in symmetry. The next breed to which
we shall now direct attention is the Short Horns, the supply
of which, as might be expected, considering that this market
derives the principal portion of its bullock supplies from
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and our
other northern districts, during the present month. and in
which the Short Horns are principally bred, greatly exceeded
that of any other. In this particular portion of the show a
most wonderful improvement was apparent ; indeed, we may
ventute to observe that a filler collection of Short Horns was
never witnessed in this or any other market in the kingdom
This is a fact highly creditable to the northern graziers.
Our readers can, no doubt, recollect that years since this
descriceion of stock was not unfrequently shown in a very
"staggy" condition ; in (niter words, there was a great defi-
ciency in their fore-quarters as to symmetry. But, to-day,
the Short Horns were much improved in this respect; in fact,
we may state that, in some instances, they were nearly equal
in quality and ge,leral condition to many of the Herefords and
Devons. Considering, therefore, the importance of those great
counties, whence the Short Horns are principally derived, the
immense numbers annually sent to this market, and, more-
over, the absolute necessity of keeping pace with our in-
creasing wants, we conceive those who graze in the north
have made very rapid strides towards perfection in their
stock. We have now treated of what we conceive to be the
three greatest breeds in this country, shown here at this
season ; but there are others deserving of more than a
passing commentary from us ; though, from the present
time being that during which the arrivals from the eastern
districts are always small, compared with the summer
months, we are not in a position to generalise our remarks
upon the Scots and Homebreds grazed in Norfolk and Suffolk.
Still, however, those brought forward this morning were of
a character which confirms us in the opinion that they have
lost none of their well-known excellence. On the contrary,
the show in this respect was unusually good, and ,as such,
well merited the marked encomiums of all present. As to the
animals received from Scotland—the number of which
somewhat exceeded that of last year—we may observe they
were in first-rate condition, consequently commanded our
extreme prices. But we must not forget to notice another im-
portant breed, we mean the Welsh Runts. These were in strong
force, and of quality seldom, or never equalled. Again, there were
some exceedingly good old Sussex Beasts exhibited, and our
i
only regret was that their number was not equal to their m-
portance as a class. From the midland counties large droves
of Beasts, miginaily imported from Ireland in a lean state,
were on oiler in good condition ; but their weight of meat
was in no way adequate to their size. With Noah Dennis
and other breed, as well as with fattened Cons, the market
was well supplied. Having now detailed the quality and
ronditien of the various breeds of Beasts, we may state
ge,::erally that the show of Beasts to-day, taken as a whole,
lies been seldom equalled, yet at the lame time we may ob-
serve there was a falling off in the number of the prize ani-
mals broright forward. As illustrative of the foregoing ob
serrations, as to supply and value, we here give the tulloe-
ing statement of the numbers exhibited on the "great day"
during the last years, and the quotations at which they were
disposed of :
YEARS. BEASTS SHOWN. PETERS.
1839 5,074
1840 3,528
1841
1842 4,541 ... 3s 4d to 4s 8d
1843 4,510 .. —
1844 .. 5,713
_ 1815 5,326

It would appear invidious on our parts to offer any com-
mentary upon the stock offered by the various salesmen,
from the fact that nearly the whole of them had beasts on
show of a most superior character. We regret, however, to
state that Sir Charles Knightley was not an exhibitor on
this occasion, be having disposed of his beasts at Fawsley in
the preceding week. Another most intere,ting portion of
the show was the exhibition of Sheep. At the correspond-
ing period in 1845 the supply in this particular was market-
alq good, but that of to day was unprecedentedly prime as to
quality, the weight exceeding anything we ever before wit
nessed. We have now to consider the all-important question
of trade. Owing to the prevailing fine and seasonable
weather, and the large attendance of both town and country
buyers, the demand for all breeds of beasts was steady,
though we cannot call it very active, and the primest De-
von% Herefords, and Scots were mostly disposed of, at price,
varying from 4s 2d to 4s 6d per Sibs, at which, considering
the immense number brought forward, a fair clearance was
effected. As there were very few inferior beasts in the
market, we have considerably enhanced our lowest figures.
The droves from the northern districts comprised about 2,500
.e
re
Short Horns, while, from from the western and midland coun-
ties 2,0t)0 Herefords, Runts, Devons, &C.,
came, to hand ,
andthe
eifvreon,()ther parts
a England 500 of various kinds were
received,remainder of the supply being chiefly composed
of Scots from Scotland and the beasts derived from abro'itl.
The numbers of Sheep were somewhat large for the Christ-
mas market. The primeq old Downs commanded a steady
sale, at prices fully equal to those Obtained on this daV
on hand at barelj'
previous currencies. Prime
small qualitie of l ime
se'nnight ; but all other kinds hanging
late rates. With Calves we were fairly supplied. All kinds
se'nnight,
imports
atsonif aVlailesaPtligwwseemerkelsvaepdrs°ilcoffewss.(esaal'll'eliiieYlt
London since this day foreign stock into
have c'efnsistsed ofoarbkosulotw3lo)9-,
Beasts, 1,000 Sheep, and 24 Cal
yesirom Rotterdam in very
To-day we had on
offer about 100 Beasts and 300 Sheep
inferior condition. At the outports about 100 Beasts and
700 Sheep have been larded from Holland and Germany.
Per Blbs, to sink the offal.
S. d. 1. (1.
Inferior Beasts .... 3 i 3 8 s. d to s. d.
alO Second quality ditto 4 2 4 4
Second quality ditto. 3 8
Prime Scots ..... 4 4
Prime large Oxen.. 4 0 4 C, oarse-woolled ditto 46 4 8
4 2 Southdown Wethe. 410 5 2
6 Ditto out of the wool Large coarse Calves 3 8
Atickling Calves
Prime small ditto .. 4 4 44 2 Large Hogs ... • 3 8 4 4
~
is 0
29 8 Small Porkers .... 4 6 4 8
0 Quarter old Pigs .. 16 0 19 0
Inferior Sheep •• •3 10 4 0 Lambs .....• .• 0 0 0 0
SUPPLY AT MARKET.
Rugs. Sheep. Calves. I Pitts
I
5,470 26,570 92 260
IVEVATGATE Arno LECADENELAT.L.
From various distant parts of the country full average
supplies of slaughtered meat have come to hand for these
markets, during the past week; while those killed in the
metropolis have been large, and, comparatively speaking, of
improved quality. The continuance of cold and seasonable
weather has induced the butchers to purchase more freely
hence the general demand must be c nsidered steady, al
fully, but at nothina quotable beyond, last week's prices,
About 800 carcases of foreign meat have been on offer.
At per stone, by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d.

E. 4. to

, -. ... ... ..
Beaf, inferior .. 2 6 2 8 Mutton, inferior .. 3 6 3 8
- middling 2lO 2 0 middling.. 310 4 2
- prime large .. 3 2 3 4 i prime .... 4 4 4 6
- prime small .. 3 6 3 8 1 Pork, large.... ••• • 3 6 4 0
Veal.• ••• • .• •..... 3 8 4 8 j -smill .....• •• 4 2 4 8

Lamb. Os Od to Os od. _
BOROUGH AND SPITALFIELDS.
Several cargoes of foreign Potatoes have come to hand
since this day sen'night, in good condition. Coastwise, the
receipts have been on the increase; while those from the
various railways have been larger. The demand may be
considered steadily.