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be gratified, and that the income-tax should be
remitted altogether. Now he was also sure that the re-
mission of the window duty for a house tax WAS an un-
certainty on which they never could rely. When he had
previously brought forward this motion the Noble Lord
at the head of the Government had been pleased t c say
that he would look into the matter. He did not know
how the change of circumstances could affect the change
of measures. This was no party question, and
he would therefore beg to remind his Lord-
ship that he had already assented to the
necessity of abandoning the duty upon insurances.
He believed that the tax was part of a system the effect
of which would be to undermine the strength and re-
sources of the country, and on that conviction he should
moveth at the Bill be read a second time that day six
months. Mr. MUNTZ seconded the amendment, and in doing
so begged to say that he concurred generally in what
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large proportion of the manufacturers were small men,
and they were able to see that on those small men the
tax fell most unjustly.—(Hear, hear.) Next to the
tenant-farmers, indeed—(Hear, hear)—who were obliged
to pay whether they made any profits or not, the small
manufacturers were more oppressed by the tax than any
other portion of the community.—(Hear.) These men
were notoriously surcharged, often more than once.
I They were surcharged on their first returns, and, not
being able to show their books, were obliged to pay.
The thing went on, and he had known instances where
persons had been surcharged three or.four times over.
Could anything be more unjust than that ?—(Hear.) It
was a COMM
ask what they
on practice for them to come to him and
should do; but all he could say to them
was, that they should produce their books, show what
their profits were, and so get off. Their reply to
this was, that they could not do so without letting
their neighbours into a knowledge of their business, and
that they would rather pay the tax than show their
books under such circumstances.—(Hear, hear.) For
himself, he must say he would rather pay double the
amount of the property-tax than such an inquisitorial,
unjust income-tax, as the present. The great difficulty
with him was, how they were to get rid of such a tax.
He saw no end to it. It was a tax for ever. He asked
the House, if the principle was to be recognised, how
were they to get rid of the tax?—(Hear, hear.) Could
they get quit of it as they got quit of the duty on bricks
or coffee? It was clearly impossible. His Hon. Friend
(Mr. Spooner) was wrong when he denied that any re-
duction had taken place in the price of bricks. He
(Mr. Muntz) paid from Bs. 6d. to 9s. the thousand
less for bricks than formerly. At the same time the
abolition of that tax only gave partial relief, for it
was a tax that operated very partially in many parts
of the country where nothing but stone was used for
building. Instead of the brick-tax, therefore, they
should have taken off the income-tax, and if necessary
imposed an increased property-tax. He remembered after
the first year's collection of the income-tax having occa-
sion to wait upon Sir Robert Peel on business, when he
referred to his (Mr. Muntz's) having voted for the tax,
and then said it was the prettiest way of adding five
million pounds to the revenue. He (Mr. Muntz) said he
had voted for the tax because he did not think any tax
could be imposed on the working classes, and he saw no
prospect that any other could be paid. By the way in
which it was levied, however, he had no hesitation in
saying that it was the means of making men rob them-
selves in the most iniquitous manner.—(Hear, hear.) It
was said that the window-tax was to be repealed; but it
was the middle class who paid the window-tax, and he
contended that they ought first to take off those taxes
that pressed most heavily on those least able to bear
them. There were a vast number of his constituents
who paid the income-tax who never paid one shilling of
window duty. They talked about taking off the taxes
on articles of consumption. Was the window-tax an
article of consumption? Yet they had repealed it, taking
care, however, to put it all on again in the shape of a
house-tax.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. FRESHFIELD, having had no opportunity of
joining in the previous deliberations of the House on this
question, and as this was the stage at which the prin-
ciple of the Bill would be determined, was anxious, on
personal grounds, to guard against any misconstruction
that might arise from the course he might take with re-
gard to voting on that occasion. The question was,
whether the income-tax, with all the objections that had
been stated against it, as being a war-tax now proposed
in time of peace, was to be continued, or whether they
were prepared with some other provisions by which the
expenditure of the country could be so met as to war-
rant them in rejecting the Bili? Were they to agree to
the second reading of the Bill that night, with the dis-
tinct understanding that it would be so modified in
Committee as to free it from many of the objections
urged against it, though not to the principle itself ?
(Hear.) In 1842, when Sir Robert Peel brought for-
ward this tax, and was so strongly opposed by gentle-
men now on the Government side, on the ground that
it was essentially a war-tax, he had this excuse, that
there was a deficiency in the revenue of 4,800,0001.,
while we were engaged in fighting on the Indus
and in China. Then in 1845, though Sir R. Peel
had a surplus, he was enabled to obtain a renewal of the
income-tax, on account of the many taxes which he then
remitted and moderated. In 1848, when the measure was
again introduced, not by Sir R. Peel, but by the present
Government, there was an excuse, if not a justification
of it, found in the mischievous measure of 1846; for the
Period wag appr...,•hir.s lA•Len, in j4;19, v. end „,,,,xj t,,,
put to the revenue from the importation of corn. In
1842 the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) stated that, had
the commercial measures proposed by him in 1841
been adopted, he believed there would have been no
necessity for the Bill then introduced. What was the
commercial measure of the Noble Lord? It was a
fixed duty of Bs. Now that the present measure was
before the House might they not hope, when they got
into Committee, to have brought under their considera-
tion the commercial measure that was desired by the
Noble Lord in 1841 as some reason why a part of the in-
come-tax should be abandoned? He wished, when he
voted for the second reading of the Bill—for he was
not prepared to give up so much revenue without a sub-
stitute—to guard himself against its being supposed that
anything would induce him to vote for this measure if
he did not believe that there would be important altera-
tions made in Committee—alterations as to extent in
point of time, the objects of the tax, and also the
amount of the tax.—(Hear, hear.) He hoped the Noble
Lord would find some substitute for the schedule
affecting the tenant-farmers, and he concurred in all
that had been said with reference to annuitants by
the Honourable Member (Mr. Spooner). With re-
gard to the proposal of the Chance Bur of the e.;xche-

Mr. DISRAELI said it appesred to him that the ob-
jections which had been urged by the Hon. Member for
Warwickshire (Mr. Spooner), many of which were very
just, might be brought under consideration when the
House should have resolved itself into a Committee
with much greater effect than on the present °eel-
sion. Under those circumstances, and considering
that his Honourable Friend had had an opportunity
of making a very able statement to the House, he
(Mr. Disraeli) did not think it was expedient to carry
the discussion further then. For his own part, he ob-
jected to many of the provisions of the Government
measure, but, at the same time, he was not prepared to
express an opinion to the effect that he was entirely op-
posed to the general scheme of the Government proposi-
tion. Therefore, seeing that his Hoe. Friend had
already fully given his opinions on the subject, and con-
sidering that he would again have an opportunity of ex •
pressing them in Committee, he trusted his Hon. Friend
would mot ask the House to divide on the present oc-
casion.

Mr. SPOONER said he did not wish to press his mo-
tion against the feeling of the House, and he would
therefore certainly consent to withdraw his amendment.
The Hon. Gentleman here paused for a moment, and
then said he would not withdraw his amendment, but
would prefer having it negatived.
The amendment was then put and negatived.
The Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be
committed on Friday next.
The Stamp Duties Assimilation Bill, the Exchequer-
bills (17,756,0001.) Bill, and the Indemnity Bill were se-
verally read a third time and passed.
The other orders of the day were then postponed.
COMMITTEE ON CUSTOMS.
Mr. MITCHELL moved that Mr. J. L. Ricardo be a
member of this Committee in lieu of Mr. Fagau, who had
accepted the Chiltern Hundreds.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER sug-
gested that some Irish Member should be nominated in
the place of Mr. Fagan,—and the name of Mr. Murphy,
the newly-elected Member for Cork, was mentioned.
Mr. MITCHELL objected to Mr. Murphy, as not
being a man of commercial experience.
The motion was finally withdrawn, with the under-
standing that it should be further considered on a future
day.

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he should move
that o❑ Thursday next, the Ist of May, the House do
meet at *ix o'clock, instead of at the usual hour of lour.
The House then adjourned.

EXHIBITION OF 1851.—APPOINT-
MENT OF JURORS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Six,—Feeling auxtuus that foreigners, as well as our
own countrymen, who are exhibitors in the Crystal
Palace, should not have any good cause to compluin of
the arrangements made by the Commissioners with re-
spect to the appointment of " the Jurors" for determin-
ing the prizes, permit me, through the columns of your
valuable journal, to call attention to what appears to use
a mistake on the part of the Commissioners, and which
may be considered by many exhibitors to show a want
of impartiality and fairness in the appointment of the
jurors.
I learn from the list published by you this 'evening,
that Mr. Thomas De la Rue and Mr. Venables (the
former one of the principal exhibitors, and the latter
also an exhibitor himself, or immediately connected
with the firm exhibiting under the same name), are ap-
pointed jurors under Section 17.
I do not impute any intention on the part of Mr.
De la Rue and his coadjutors of acting partially, but it
is so obviously a violation of principle to appoint any
nv kikitr,ro to dcoicl,, 011 she ~..uwveciug LuerliB or their
own inventions when compared with others, that I am
sure it will only require a notice of the fact to ensure a
more satisfactory appointment.
Amongst the large number of manufacturers under
Class 17 no difficulty could have existed in finding per-
fectly competent persons, who were not themselves ex-
hibitors or personally interested in the goods they were
called upon to judge of.
The case of Professor Cowper may be instanced, he
having declined acting as a juror that he might not be
placed in the awkward position of deciding upon the
merits of machines exhibited as improvements upon his
own inventons.—l am, Sir, Sw. JUSTITIA.
April 26.

DR. KAHN'S ANATOMICAL MUSEUM.
Among the most prominent objects of interest now
in the metropolis, the Anatomical Museum of Dr. Kahn,
which is now exhibiting at 315, Oxford-street, claims a
high rank. This museum is not only interesting to the
medical man from the number, anatomical correctness,
and artistic beauty of the specimens contained in it, but
it also gives to the general and non-medical observer a
clear idea of the marvellous structure of the human
frame, a knowledge of which, and of the functions per-
formed by each organ, is essentially necessary for every
person to whom health, the first of blessings, is an object
of consideration. Dr. Combe, in his admirable "Prin-
ciples of Physiology," complains of the slight know-
ledge of this science manifested among the people of
this country, and suggests that every parent should
make himself acquainted at least with the structure and
functions of the vital organs, so that the rising genera-
tion may be free from those exciting causes of disease
which observation has shown to proceed from a sys-
tematic violation of the laws of nature. This important
information may be acquired at Dr. Kahn's Museum,
where a medical gentleman delivers periodical lectures,
illustrated by wax models, on the subject. In a collec-
tion consisting of nearly four hundred specimens, it
would be impossible to mention all the objects of inte-
rest, but among the more prominent will be found a
series of models showing the formation of the human
being from the first moment of conception to the time
of birth. This series has called forth the highest en-
comiums from all the scientific gentlemen to whom it
has been submitted. Immense models of the eye and
ear are shown, and clearly explained; as is also a full-
length figure, which takes entirely to pieces, affording
opportunity for a most lucid description of the physio-
logy of digestion, circulation, &c., and the organs by
which those functions are performed. The evil effects
of tight lacing are also exhibited in the figure of a young
lady who suddenly fell dead in consequence of this per-
nicious habit; and models may also be seen which are
more calculated to deter youth from vice or imprudence
than the most impressive moral lecture. Some curious
malformations and freaks of nature are shown, and ex-
cite considerable amazement. We have derived great
pleasure and instruction from our visit to this excellent
museum, and can confidently promise equal gratification
to such of our readers as may feel disposed to spend an
hour or two in the examination of its varied and inter-
esting contents.

quer to give up one direct tax, and substitute another
iu its place, he drew from it the inference that there
was to be a reconsideration of the whole subject of
taxation, and that a more just system would be the
result.—(Hear, hear.) Iu conclusion, he would vote
for a renewal of the income-tax, but for a limited time
only, in order to give the Government time to consider

_ • -
what more befittin; mode of taxation ought to be
adopt-d.—(Hear, hear.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could
not congratulate his Hon. Friend opposite (Mr. Spooner)
upon any great accordance between him and the lion.
Gentleman who had seconded his amendment; for, though
they agreed on the general point that the Bill ought to
be rejected, there was not a single point in the argument
ore whic4 they did not diifer.--(Hear, hear.) The Hon.
Member for North Warwickshire stated that the great
grievance of the income-tax was the existing unjust
pressure on the landed proprietors included in schedule
A. The Hon. Member for Birmingham, on the contrary,
was perfectly willing; to double the pressure on the land
by increasing the property-tax, but thought it unjust
that the same rate should be imposed on trade.—(Hear,
hoar.) Tho Hon. Member fur North Warwickshire
spAte of the repeal of the duty on bricks as not having
reduced in any way the price of bricks; while the Hon.
Member for Birmingham said he himself paid Bs. 6d. a
thousand less for bricks than he did before. This was a
proof that considerable benefit had been conferred on a
large portion of the community. The Hon. Gentleman,
however, gave the oddest reason against the repeal of
the tax. He said it was an exceedingly partial
tax, and, therefore, ought not to have been

rep3aled.—(A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman (Mr.
Muntz) blamed him exceedingly for taking off the
window duty and not repealing the income-tax. Now,

the House bad, on former occasions, rejected motions for
the repeal of the window-tax; but he found, on referring
to the division list, that the Hon. Gentleman was one of
those who voted with the Noble Lord the Member fur

Bath on his motion for the total repeal of that tax.—
(A laugh.) The Hon. Gentleman was one of those who

RES FOR 1851.

last year voted for the repeal of the window-tax; and how
ho could now object to his (the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer) repealing that objectionable tax it would puzzle
him, he thought, to explain.—(Hear, hear.) He would
not detain the House long upon this question, as he
thought it would not require many words to prove that
the House ought not to assent to the amendment of the
Hon. Gentleman opposite. He bad proposed the re-
newal
well certain
what w
as
_ of the income-tax for a limited number of years.
l'ho Right Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. Harries)
thereupon made what was a fair proposition for him to
lteoarveen e tll.e
make.,a He proposed that the tax should be renewed only
extent. The Right Hon. Gentleman knew
too well whatrnalvinatse due
the state of the finances, and he proposed
income-tax to such an extent as would
what no thought an adequate revenue. He knew
to the credit of this country
and to the maintenance of its establishments not to
at
leastinuance of such a portion
of the income-tax"
propose the
resinhis (the Chancellor of the
im-
portant purposes. It w
a as was necessary for those
mai.sot that motion of the Right
Exchequer's) duty to
the House concurred
Hon. Gentleman, and a
voted the renewal
with him in the opinion he held, of
and
dvotTise House had
of the income-tax for a limited time.
oebthat a given
ryal.hee repeal of
davueties on
determined, in consequence of that vote
the Right lion. Gentleman
Now, if deter-
minedtheamount of revenue should be sacrificed
been
the window-tax, and by the reduction
coffee and timber. All these things would h
d. But, having
'Spooner) was
determined
(irro.srisiehrlreieiforlhieadmsoutic'ocreleodte.
on the renewal of the income-tax, the House had
amendmentthat ootfh et rh
e taxeslion . should
Gentlemen be r ep(ostall repealed.
carried, not only must tho reduction of the duties on
coffee and timber be given up, but the repeal of the
window duties must be surrendered also; and more than
that, while the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Hurries)
would have left revenue enough to maintain the esta-
blishments of the country, the proposition of the lion.
Gentleman (Mr. Spooner) on the present occasion would,
if carried, render necessary the imposition of further
taxes. He stated, on the first occasion on which he had
brought the subject before the House, that if the income-
tax werenot
(Haar, to be renewed there would be a deficiency
of 1,000,0001. this year and of 3 500 000/. next year.—
hear.) Re wished to know ''if the House was 1 '

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York Spring ..13
Bath ....................... 15
Epsom .................. 20
Harpenden ............... 28
Wye ........................ 29
North Herta ............ 30
Abingdon ..................
NE.
S. Lancashire (Newton) 18
Stockbridge ........ 19
Barnstaple & N. Devon 19
Lenham ................ 20
Winchester.... 2O
Newcastle ............ 23
Macclesfield ......... 24
Salisbury 26
Ipswich 26
Stamford.... l5
Ilsley
Nottingham .... 17
Chelmsford ............. . 22
Goodwood

' prepared, after the vote to which it bad already come,
to go back to a state of matters in which nut only would
there be none of the relief he had proposed to give, but
in which it would be absolutely necessary to impose new
taxes, not only for this year, but for next year also.—
(Hear, hear.) That was a decision which, he believed,
the House was not prepared to sanction, and therefore
he trusted they would negative the proposition of the
Hon. Gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) With regard to the
various proposals to which the Hon. Gentleman had re-
ferred for modifying the tax, he would only say, as he
had done before, that they were very proper questions
to be considered when they came into Committee. He
would not now, therefore, go into the subject of the vari-
ous schedules, but would be prepared to do so very deli-
berately when the time for doing so came. In the mean-
time the question was, whether they should repeal the
income-tax or continue it. He was not prepared to
adopt the first of these proposals, and therefore he hoped
the House would reject the amendment of the Hon.
Gentleman, and reserve for the Committee a full consi-
deration of the various questions that might affect par-
ticular interests.—(Hear, hear.)
Colonel SIBTHORP asked the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer whether it was his intention to go into Com-
mittee wirh the Bill on Friday next?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it
certainly was his intention, if possible, to go into Com-
mittee on Friday; but, as there were some motions on
the paper which had precedence, ho could not say whe
ther he should Ise able to do so or not.

Mr. MACGREGOR considered the schedules upon
which the income duties were now levied to be in themselves
unjust, but he would not say anything more on that sub-
ject until the Bill was in Committee. But this he would
say, that rather than abolish the income-tax altogether,
he would vote for it as it now stood, because they could
not abolish it without imposing other taxes of ts much
more objectionable character.

THE SEWAGE QUESTION.
MR. DOVER'S DISINFECTING PLAN.
Every one has heard of the convincing argument used
by the Emperor Vespasian in defence of a certain item
of taxation which formed part of the Imperial Budget.
Drawing forth a piece of coin which had formed part of
the contribution drawn from the obnoxious impost, he
placed it under the nose of the remonstrant, and with
the remark, non old mi filius, returned it to his purse,
and Titus no doubt was convinced, for we hear no
more of his expostulations, Mr. Richard Dover is cer-
tainly the Vespasian of our day, for he proposes to draw
a revenue of somewhere about 3,000.0001 per annum
from those great sinks of impurity and filth which as yet
have produced nothing but infection and disease—the
sewers. If Mr. Dover should succeed in his plan, and
carry out the promises which he makes, we doubt not that
he will find the public of the present day less scrupulous
than was the Emperor's son, and perfectly ready to con-
cur with him in any undertaking which will not only
remove an evil of the greatest magnitude, but convert it
into a source of profit and revenue.
On Saturday last we were witnesses of some experi-
ments which that gentleman made, on a large scale, on
some sewage water from the great Essex•street sewer.
The scene of his operations was an open space of ground
on the banks of the river, directly over the sewer which
discharges itself into the Thames at the bottom of Essex-
street; and into this grand canal of filth and abomina-
tions he had inserted a pipe, through which, by means
of a force pump, he drew off into a large tank some gal-
lons of dark, filthy, rank-smelling sewage water, which
in a few minutes more would have been precipitated into
"Father Thames," and formed a part of the giant
river so often apostrephised by poets and orators
as waving the shores of the Queen of Cities.
In this tank Mr. Dover had already placed
a portion of the chemical preparation which is the main
point of his discovery, and in a very short time the water
which we ourselves had seen pumped into the tank dirty
and of an almost overpowering odour, emerged through
a tap at the opposite side as pure to the sight almost as
a mountain brook, without the slightest offensive smell,
and which, on being further passed through a common
filterer, tasted not at all unlike a compound of Harrogate
and Cheltenham waters. The result of this part of the
experiment enacted before our own eyes was sufficiently
satisfactory, and if Mr. Dover had no other object in view
than that of rendering our river the pure and silvery
stream which it was in ancient days, we should have no
hesitation in pronouncing him a public benefactor, and
a more efficient conservator of the Thames than all the
Lord Mayors who ever floated over it in a gilded barge.
But the best part of the plan remains behind, and Mr.
Dover does not let the sewage get off so easily. The che-
mical agent used by that gentleman to purify and deodorize
the stream of filth, acts, by fixing and precipitating all
those matters which emit noxious smells and poisonous
gases, which a' the same time are of the utmost value for
agricultural purposes. A residium of these is thus left
at the the bottom of the tank, which, by a drying pro-
cess, is converted into a dark coloured sandy substance, to
which Mr. Dover has moat appropriately given the name
of British guano; a large quantiry of this was submitted
to our inspection, and on putting it to the usual test of
foreign guano, that of rubbing it between the hands, we
found it did not discolour them. The practical experi-
ments which have been tried with this British guano in
agriculture have been most successful, and we are in-
formed that in the growing of turnips it has been found
of the greatest value. This Mr. Dover calculates could
be sold to the farmer, with a fair profit to the manufacturer,
at 51. per ton; and as this is not one half of the present
market price of foreign guano, it becomes a serious
question whether an extensive manufacture of this article
would not really be a step in the right direction towards
the alleviation of agricultural distress; particularly it'
the declaration made by a Noble Duke be correct, that
with guan oat 51. per ton, the British farmer would
grow wheat to a profit at five shillings per bushel.
Mr. Dover proposes to erect works, of which the cost
would be slight when compared with other projects which
have been submitted to the public on tho oow.gu
queativti, AL the exit of each sewer, and
under his management, the dirty puddle of
a Thames which flows through the metropolis
would become a clear limpid stream, no longer the
bearer of poisonous odours and deadly infection—an im-
portant point in the great sanitary question would be
satisfactorily settled for ever, and the tons of agricul-
tural manure which each day are rolled uselessly on to
the ocean, would be arrested, and made the means of
increased fertility to our lands, and increased surplus in
our revenue.

The remuneration which Mr. Dover asks from Go-
♦ernment for his discovery is so moderate, as to re-
flect discredit on them should they refuse to give him at
least the advantage of a fair trial. They have before
them a simple, efficacious plan for promoting, nay, en-
suring we might say, the sanitary welfare of the metro-
polis, a cause in which they have been for some time
boasting of their great zeal and anxiety, and with them
rests the responsibility if they neglect to take advantage
of the result of Mr. Dover's long experience and un-
wearied efforts. We understand that the experiment is
to be repeated in a short time, and we shall then have
much pleasure in announcing any new facts which may
be elicited on a subject which must be of the greatest
importance to every member of the community.

THE BRIBERY AT THE LAST FALKIRK
ELECTION.
On notice being given by Mr. Edward Ellice of his
intention to move for a Royal Commission of inquiry into
the proceedings at the late election for St. Alban's, Mr.
Cobden gave notice that he would move, as an amend-
ment, that the Commission be also required to investi-
gate the proceedings at the late election for the Falkirk
District of Burghs. It will perhaps be alleged as an
objectionenp styto to
inquire
amendment, that there can be no
n
into this case, seeing that the par-
tiessit
who petitioned against the return of Mr. Baird
withdrew the petition without bringing it to trial, from
want of evidence, apparently, to support the charges it
contained. Should some Member of Parliament in his
ignorance make such an objection, Mr. Cobden, wo be-
lieve, will be able, from preliminary investigations which
are at present being made, to show that there is a great
reason for inquiry, and that the manner in which
the petition was got up
is as strong an argument and was afterwards withdrawn,
gument for his motion as aey that can
be derived from the proceedings during the election,
as proving that besides the practices alleged to have
been followed at that time, a transaction afterwards took
place, from which it would appear that there is some
one in the burghs assuming the right to manage their
business as it
they were his own domain, and as if
Mr. Baird were an interloper whom be alone
could. have a right to call in question. A London
barrister of great experience in election matters spent
several days in this town last week, and is now, we be-
lieve, in one of the other burghs, making minute inquiry
Into the practices on both sides during the canvasi. He
is not carrying on his investigations with any view to
unseat Mr. Baird, against whose return a second peti.
tion cannot be received. His sole purpose, we believe,
is to collect for Mr. Cobden and the other Mem-
bers of Parliament by whom he has been deputed,
information which shall show the necessity of giving pro-
tection to the voter against undue influence. It is said
the evidence he has already gathered is of a very de-
cided character, and implicates both parties. What-
ever may be the nature of the protection to the voters
intended to be proposed by Mr. Cobden, he will, at all
events, see from the evidence which will be submitted
to him, that it is in vain to look to universal suffrage.
He will be informed that the night before the nomina-
tion of candidates, three hundred of the unenfranchised
—the men whom Feargus O'Connor delights to honour,
wh o have cheered his democratic sentiments to the
echo, and who, like that disinterested patriot, are pre-
pared to die for their rights—allowed themselves to be
put in a state of brutal intoxication, and bartered their
vaunted integrity for a few gills of whisky. Some
of them, too drunk for the purpose for which they
were intended, were carried from the scene of
dissipation in carts, which were literally emptied of their
contents in the open fields. It has been jocularly said,
that the opening of the public-houses to these men was
an experiment for the purpose of ascertaining with what
effect the system of treating could be carried on under a
more extended franchise; and it must be acknowledged,
that it fully showed that an extension of the electoral
privilege, without efficient protection to the voter, would
be a moral and social curse b )th to the in lividuals so
admitted to the right of voting and to the community of
which they form a part.—Falkirk Herald.

MURDER NEAR TRURO.
(From the Devonport Independent.)
It has happily been some time since the frightful crime
of murder has boon perpetrated in Cornwall; but we are
sorry that we have again to add to the catalogue of
heinous guilt, a murder committed in this county on
Saturday last. The locality where the deed was per-
petrated is called Silverwell, near the Chiverton Arms,
on the road between Truro and St. Agnes, and about live
miles from the former place. The murdered man,
William Kendall, occupied a small farm, and lived in
the house with his wife alone. This was his second
wife, to whom be had been married about four years.
Her former name was Teague, and she had a son by her
first husband, called Elijah Teague, and now about
17 years of age. This son lived with his mother and
Ur. Kendall until January last, when he went to lodge
at a neighbouring house with Henry Grose; but he still
occasionally worked on the farm for his father-in-law,
who wax about 72 years of age. His fathoi-in-law

SWITZERLAND.
farm,
on Saturday last ridden to Chacewater; and
The government of the canton of Tessino, in S wit- young man, was
threshing
thaatbddbay;ilinwoortkuirnj
,son
Histhe
zerland, has just addressed the following circular to 3113, employed
neverthr Moirnegseen alive;'but wasil' disco-
the commissaries, municipalities, and police agents of father-inveredon-law was
morning ' in Sunday owl his own house, sitting
the canton :
on a chair in the parlour. There was a large wound
" It results from the official reports which have reached
the Council of State that several Austrian deserters have over the centre of his forehead, of an irregular oval
lately arrived on our territory, and that there is reason figure, two inches and a half in length and two inchesin width. The mortal blows appeared to have
to fear that others may follow their example. Such a
state of things might give rise to serious complications, been given with dreadful force; the bones were
and be the means of introducing into our country a class broken in, and the surgeon who was called, inserted
his finger on the right side to the depth of nearly an
of persons who would sooner or later become a charge inch. Sixty. one pieces of bone were extracted, and
to the State for want of being able to find an asylum in
the neighbouring States. The Council of State in the the fissures were driven an inch and a quarter below the
interest of the tax-payers as well as to fulfil surface of the skull. A hammer was found on the garden
its federal hedge, and this hammer fitted into the wound in the
duties, and from considerations of humanity towards man's forehead. A white hair was found attached to
the deserters themselves, invites you to use the
strictest surveillance and to take the measures necessary the end of the hammer, and the surgeon, on a micros-
to send those deserters back again over the frontiers of
copicel examination, believes it to be a human hair, and
Lombardy from which they had arrived. It is important
that in all probability it was torn from the deceased's
eyebrow. An inquest has been held on the body, belot e
that the municipalities of the frontier should not delay Mr. John Carlyon, county coroner. The inquiry com-
the execution of this measure, in case of need, for their
promptitude will prevent or alleviate the punishment in-curred by the deserters." menced on Monday at eleven o'clock, was continued on
Tuesday, and did not terminate until late on Tuesday
night. The result was, that a verdict of " wilful mar-
The Government of the Valais, in reply to a letter der " was returned against the deceased's son-in-kw,
from the Sardinian Charge d'Affaires in Switzerland Elijah Teague, who was apprehended under the coroner's
relative to the construction of a carriage-road over warrant, and has been committed to the county gaol at
the Great St. Bernard, has given an assurance that Bodmin, to take his trial at the next assizes.
the work in that canton shall be completed by the The evidence on which the jury grounded their ver-
time those on the Sardinian territory were finished. diet was of a singular character, and wholly eircum-
stAntial. The son in-law was examinA at the inquest,
as well as other witnesses. He states that he found de-
ceased, who had returned from Chacewater, about eighty
yards from his own house, lying on the ground insensi-
ble, with a large wound in his head caused by a kick from
his horse; that he then lifted him up, and carried him into
his own house, his heels dragging on she ground. There do
not appear, however to be any marks of the body having
been thus dragg, d over the ground. Deceased's wife
was absent at this time, having gone to Henry Grose's
(Elijah Teigue's lodgings). On her returning and ask-
ing for her husband, Teague said he was in the par-
lour, but he would not allow her to go in, saying the
horse had thrown" to him, and it would hurry her.
She did not go in, but went went back
to Grose's who called one or two nighbuurs,
and with them and his wife proceeded to
deceased's dwelling. When they got there they found de-
ceased's wife walking up and down before the house, she
having left Grose's house in the interim, and gone there.
The neighbours found the door locked, and could not find
the key where it was usually placed when no one was at
home. As they could not get in, deceased's wife proposed
that the door should be lifted from its hinges, but this
was not done, and strange to say, no entry was made into
the place until the next morning, when the old man was
found dead in the parlour, as before described. The sur-
geon, Mr. Moyle, does not conceive the wound in deceased's
forehead could have been caused by the kick of a horse,
as stated by Elijah Teague, but that the injury was in-
flicted by two or more blows from some heavy instru-
ment. Another circumstance was the fact of Elijah
Teague having been about three hours absent from home
to call a surgeon (according to his own statement), and
an explanation of which he was called on to give in his
evidence. He also pointed out five spots of blood at the
place where he says he found deceased's body before he
took it into the house; but the surgeon gives his opinion
that the spots aro not blood that had flawed from a re-
cent wound.
The prisoner's own statement of the circumstance having
been heard, and the evidence of the surgeon, Mr. Moyle,
as well us that of Mary Grose, Henry Grose, and Ed
ward Mitchell, of Tre4avethan, the jury, at the adjourned
inquest held on Tuesday, returned a verdict of " Wilful
Murder against Elijah Teague," who was committed to
the next assize for trial. There does not appear in the
evidence anything to show a motive for the committal of
the act, but it is stated in the neighbourhood that there
were frequent disagreements between the deceased and
his son-in-law.

THE LATE MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE

AT WALTON.
(From the Carlisle Patriot of Saturday.)
Both the principal parties concerned in this lament-
able tragedy have long been held in high esteem by all
who knew them.

The Rev. Joseph Smith is Incumbent of Walton, with
an income of 1301. a year and a ptirsonago house. Though
the means derived from his cure were so limited, he
did a great deal of good in the locality ; in fact he
dispensed in charity a large portion of his income.
His chief personal characteristics wero excessive ner-
vousness and timidity. He sensitively shrank from
giving pain to any living creature; and yet this very
nervousness and timidity seem to have placed him under
circumstances in which he deprived of life an individual
whom it is believed he never saw, and against whom,
certainly, he entertained not the slightest feeling of
enmity.

Yesterday the jury and witnesses again assembled to
sign the depositions and complete the necessary forms.
The magistrates were, we believe, again in attendance,
and found Mr. Smith labouring under great mental suf-
fering; and we are uncertain whether or not they were
enabled to read over the depositions to him. The case
is now in their haLds, and there is no doubt but they
will admit him to bail, if indeed the necessary forms
have not already been completed.
The remains of the unfortunate deceased were in-
terred, on Tuesday last, in Ettleton Churchyard, near
Newcastleton, and friends and acquaintances from far
and near flocked to the spot to pay the last sad tri-
bute of respect to the mewory of a man who was the
pride of the district, and beloved and respected wherever
no was known. A correspondent who witnessed the
funeral says—" The procession presented a very im-
posing spectacle. In some parts of the road along
which it pissed it appeared as if it extended for
nearly a q carter of a mile. It is doubtful if ever so
large an attendance was before seen at tiny funeral in
the parish. Many came from a great distance—for poor
Sorbietrees' was known far and wide—and many more
would have been present, but this beieg the lambing
season, the shepherds could not leave their flocks. Grief
was depicted in every faee, and every man seemed to
feel the loss as a personal bereavement. There is wail-

ing and lamentation throughout the whole district."
The deceased, who was a keen sportsman, was to have
met " the Duke's" hounds on " Canobie Lee" on the
Thursday morning—the day after his death; and it was
to enable him to keep this engagement that he declined
to stay all night at Brampton, as he had been pressed to
do by several friends. At the " meet" in the morning
his well-known face, cheerful voice, and hearty laugh
were soon missed—for wherever ho went he was the
" observed of all observers;" and the common expres-
sion on every tongue was—" God's sake, what's gotten
Sorbietroe4?"

Mr. Armstrong was the representative of a long line
of ancestors, famous in their day as chiefs and leaders
in the border warfare. He was considered one of the
handsomest men in Lidlesdale, and the surgeons who
made the post mortem examination describe him as one
of the finest formed men they had ever seen. He
was a fast friend and a kind neighbour—ever trying
to do goof to all who had ever come under his notice.
It was this strong feeling of regard for all who had ever
lived under his roof that cost him his life; for there is
no doubt, from what he said to his wire and others, that
the object of his calling at Walton Parsonage was for
the purpose of offering to re-engage the witness Glen-
dinning, who had lived several years with bis father and
himself, as a servant.

STATE OF TRADE.

BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY.—lnquiries during the pre-
sent week in the neighbourhood of Dudley have con-
firmed conclusions previously expressed as to the unsatis-
factory state of the iron trade; and advises received by
the last packets from the United States give little en-
couragement to the exportation of the raw material from
these districts. The proprietors of some of the most ex-
tensive establishments state that the demand for iron is
comparatively small, and, as is known (from the rates
fixed upon at the lust quarter-day), prices are barely re-
munerative; in some in,tances they are ruinously under
the mark. But althoagh prospects are so cheerless, fur-
naces for the most part remain in blast, and, so far us we
could judge from a cursory view of the most densely
populated parts of the iron districts, there did not appear
to be any observable or material cessation of employ-
ment; but how matters are to improve without a reduc-
tion of make is a problem yet to be solved.
The decreased demand for British iron in North Ame-
rica owing to the repletion of the market is not the only
depressing circumstance in connexion with the manu-
facturing interests of this neighbourhood and their trans-
atlantic commerce. Within these few weeks locks,
bolts, and other duor fittings, the make of which has
hitherto been confined chiefly to Willenhall, Walsall,
Darlaston, and other contiguous localities, have been
introduced amongst the factors of Birmingham and Wol-
verhampton, as of American make. Samples of cham-
ber bolts have been exhibited which Staffordshire ma-
nufacturers assert are offered one-third cheaper than
they could afford to make them. It is somewhat singu-
lar, however, that while this kind of iron ware is im-
ported at such low prices from the United States, the
exports to America of other descriptions of manufac-
tured metal goods remain unabated.
Amongst other branches of Birmingham trade at pre-
sent particularly active may be mentioned that of steel
toys. The name does not truly denominate the manu-
facture. Steel toys consist of chisels, pincers, and other
iron and steel implements of a like description: The
make is now unusually large, and the demand for Shef-
field files so great that the factors experience great dif-
ficulty in obtaining the execution of their orders. The
steel-pen trade, now carried on in Birmingham to en
immense extent, continues its career of prosperity. Mr.
Gillett, the eminent manufacturer, has considerably en-
larged his establishment; and Mr. Mitchell and other
pen-makers of repute are in full work. The electro-plato
trade is also thriving. Although a comparatively late
discovery, electro-plate, like plate•glass, has already
become of every-day domestic use, and finds employ-
ment iu its manufacture for no inconsiderable number of
our industrial population. The Messrs. Elkington's
works in Newhall-street are busily occupied, a large pro-
portion of their productions being for exportation.
Amongst the most splendid specimens of this modern
discovery exhibited in the Crystal Palace will be found
the productions of Messrs. Elkingtou.
The copper trade is brisk. The demand fur the lamp
manufacture and all description of tubing at the pre: ent
time is unusually large; so much so, that some of the
first houses are almost run out of stock, and prices, con-
sequently, remain high. Locomotive tubing carries off
an immense quantity of copper, and is now in great re-
quest. The brass foundry business remains steady, and,
notwithstanding continental competition, large quantities
of brass manufactured goods continue to be exported.
Some of our factors speak unfavourably of the state of
the home trade with regard to the demand for Birming-
ham manufactures; but, generally speaking, there are
fewer complaints than gratulations.
MANCHESTER, SATURDAY.—There is no little difficulty
at the present moment in arriving at a correct view of

the position in which the market stands, so much ',un-
steadiness pervades it; and to-day it hat, had more of en
uncertain character than during the last month. Oa
every hand loud complaints are uttered by producers
that they are offered prices which they cannot accept,
because they have a reference to what the raw material
is expected to fetch instead of its present cost; and that,
unless they close with these low-priced offers when made,
they are not usually repeated unless accompanied by a
demand for further concession. Still it, is remarkable
that we cannot hear of any accumulation of stocks ; pro-
ducers express a decided repugnance to commence run-
ning short time, and there is an increase of 700 bales in
the average consumption per week (as shown by the de-
mand on Liverpool) compared with the same period last
year, trade there being in a fair state. With such facts
to be remembered, we are bound to repeat that the
causes which brought about what may be termed the mo-
mentary panic of to-day are not to be stated. Want of
' confidence, which has hitherto been manifested solely in
respect t, the continuance of the raw material at itr
present high price, is now manifested with respect to
the credit of certain parties; and the feet that one Greek
house has stopped, that some other small manufacturing
firms have failed, and that other, are understood to be
asking for time, has led to rumours which we believe to
be exaggerated. The firms that are gone do not, in the
aggregate, represent any very serious amount of loss,
and would scarcely have been notice d at another time.
With a different state of feeling as to the circumstances
we have last named, it is not improbable that a large
business would be done on speculation, for India espe-
cially, as the latest accounts received thence warrant the
belief that extensive orders must be transmitted soon,
possibly by the next mail. Seine of the shipping houses
seem to be of this Opinion, fir wo understand that, large
offers were made in the Cour:it? et Thursday afternoon;
and we hear of houses that have given nut orders maid)
more considerable than any before this year, though still
below those which they gave last year at this time. The
demand for home languishes, and does not come up to
that of last year.

I
hand in the death of Caroline Jewell, but I -coroint ei
pris,ner Ann Connell f:r killing
and slaying bet'
too inala prisoner for thar',bbirg of Susannah
aci
field."—Committed aceordinaly.
CLERICEIV WELL. A at thi
Thomas Humphrey, 19 years of age, was pieneu, y
L
11
bar before Mr. Cocabe, charged by W. Burton,
E division, with having stabbed him with intent °pl
der.—He wes fully committed for trial. erdlet
icha7d Luffey, John Smith, Alfred Hatton,
a piib
Bishop, and _Emma Bishop, were then charged ;iO.
having been concerned in assaulting the officers anurof
citing the mob to violence and to rescue the prise
Hump!irey hie ill
The prisoners pursued the constable Burton sc--lob
had the prisoner in custody, and with some of the
wits
acted with c msiderable violence—pelting Will jobs
stones and calling for a rescue. The prisoner f
op
Smith first attacked the officer, and was ran°ed
the constable. ger
5 Emma
Bishop was discharged; Caroline Os, bog;
fenced to one month's imprisonment with herd
4 &ten
Luffey and Smith 20s. each or 14 days; 013,4 Col"
403 or a 3.• • •
•! munch '$ imprisonment in the Rouse "
rection.
SOUTHWARK. trod
William Cooly was charged with assaulting het
Cht7ales Percival in the throat with Ibeb
f - umbrella with intent to do him grinfells
harm. I'o
In consequence of the serious nature of the •;--nititroiii;
n cted on the complainant he has been confined ; evi•
bed,
and was incapacitated from attending tog'lre-lisl
Bence against his assailant until the present ,th.
At
one period, shortly after the alleged atilt-et
complainant's life w,.- . • 040-
buL he, uow cowd - en-d in immix' odoi I
pronounced by his medical atte
convalescent. rOd
The prisont r declined making an defence Dotits for
he was committed to the CentralY Criminal C°
trial.

LAW IN I'ELLAGENCE.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER, April 28.
(Sntifig, in 134ne,,.)

THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL V. THE LONDON DOCK COM

PANY.

Sir F. KELLY baying addressed the Court for some
time on the general facts regarding the aecumulatiun
the sweepings, but not with,,ut interruption on the part
of the counsel for the Crown, was ultimately inter-
rupted by
Sir F. PoLLocx, who stated that in the opinion of the
Court it was desirable that rules should be granted on
both sides, when all points should be open both to the
Crown and to the defendants.—Rule nisi accordingly.

JUDGES' CHAMBERS, April 28.
(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN.)
THE QUEEN V. THE REV. JOSEPH SMITII.
In this case, during the last week, a writ of certiorari
was issued upon an order made by the Hon. Mr. Justice
Coleridge, directed to Mr. W. Carrick, one of the coro-
ners for the county of Cumberland, to return the deposi-
tions taken before him; and an application was subse-
quently made before the same Learned Judge to admit
the Rev. Gentleman to bail, but, owing to an accidental
omission on the part of the coroner to return the depo-
sitions, the Learned Judge declined to make an order.
To-day Mr. J. F. Adams, of the firm of Plucknett and
Adams, Lincoln's Inn•square, the agents for the solici-
tor of Mr. Smith, renewed his application, and said that
as the depositions had been returned, and were then
before his Lordship, he was then i❑ a position to ask the
relief sought; the peculiar circumstances of the case
were no doubt familiar to his Lordship, from the publi-
city given by the press to the evidence taken before the
coroner; and he felt no doubt that his Lordship, on
reading the depositions, would readily concede than the
case was one which his Lordship would consider as a
fit and proper one for the exelcise of the jurisdiction
which the Judge possessed of admitting the prisoner
to bail. On the former application he adduced before
Mr. Justice Coleridge sufficient evidence, by the certifi-
cates of the Learned Coroner and Dr. Graham, to show
that the Rev. Gentleman had been in a state of mind
since the fatal occurrence to render his removal danger-
ous, and call for the sympathy of his Lordship and justify
the application he then made. Notice of the application
had been given to the parties representing the next. of
kin of the deceased, as also the coroner; anal he (Ur.
Adams) had the satisfaction of producing the consent of
those parties to the prisoner being admitted to bail, and
the only question was, if his Lordship should be of opi-
nion that it was a case for making the order, what
amount of bail was required. The prisoner was in cus-
tody under the coroner's warrant, and he would, there-
fore, ask that the hail to be fixed by his Lordship might
be taken before one of the magistrates felt the county, to
prevent the necessity of the defendant being brought up
by habeas corpus to London. _

The Learned JUDGE having read the depositions, said,
he was of opinion it was a fit case for the allowance of
bail, the defendant entering into his own recognialnces
in 4001., and two sureties In 200/. each.

An order was accordingly made for taking the bail as
fixed by his Lordship before a magistrate, the approval
of bail being in the discretion of such magistrate, up,,n
which the R-:v. Gentleman will be discharged out of cus-
tody until the next aisize6.

The order was forwarded by last n;ght's post to the
proper authorities.

POLICE
MANSION-HO LSE.
Alderman Wilson wain-d upon the Lord Mayor for
the purpose of requesting his Lordship's assiseince in
carrying out the alterations be proposed as to the con-
veyance of the public in omnibuses—alterations which
had been so long considered necessary, on account of the
vast inconvenience arising from the packing of passen-
gers in these vehicles.
The Alderman said, that since the recent convictions
had taken place at Guildhall he had received more ha-
ters than he could read, and more applications than he
could attend to. It was admitted by Mr. Lewis, who ap-
peared for a great number of proprietors, that the con-
struction of the omnibuses complained of was in, the
proportion of ninety-nine out of one hundred illegal.
The clients of that gentleman accordingly pleaded guilty,
and ho undertook on the part of 800 of them to have
their carriages altered with as little delay as possible.
It was gratifying to know that many omnibuses had
been altered, and the example had been followed by
several proprietors who had not been summ coned at all,
but were satisfied of the rational ground of complaint.
'At the same time it was necessary to state that some
proprietors were resolved not to make the required alte-
rations until compelled to act in compliance with the
orders of the regulations for the public accommodation.
Against some of the refractory parties he had received
information, and he had ordered informations to issue
for Saturday, and it was his intention to deal with them
according to the strict letter of the law.
The LORD Mevoa said, he also had received com-
plaints upon the subject, and he believed the only mode
of proc-eding likely to prove availing would be to en-
courage those who suffered from the want of room, as
regulated by Act of Parliament, to come forward in the
general cause.
Alderman WILSON said, that on his way td the 'Man-
sion-house he had been stopped by a gentleman who
complained of the act of a conductor in thrusting a thir-
teenth person into an omnibus when twelve were inside,
all of whom grumbled at the intrusion as illegal, and
calculated to cause intolerable inconvenience, but were
obliged to submit. To meet that case he should direct
a summons to issue, bat he wished it to go forth to the
public from the bench of the chief magistrate that the
excuse of want of time to make adequate alterations in
the sea's would not be available in cases of future trans-
gression, and that the heaviest penalties would be in-
flicted upon the proof of the admission of an illegal num-
ber, or the admission of more than twelve when the
licence was for thirteen when there was not sufficient
room for the latter number, or unless the proprietors
could show that the corner seats were c, nvenient accord-
ing to the terms of the Act, which required that their
should be sixteen inches in the front of each seat, mea-
suring lengthways in a straight line. A great majority
of proprietors have consented to make the required
alterations, and he thought it would not be justice to
those who had so readily acquiesced in the decision of
the magistrate to allow a few refractory persons to set
the law at defiance and to continue to give annoyance
to the public in the present condition of the nielropolis.
The LORD 1414.Y0R said that upon reference to the Act
of Parliament he found that the " convenience" of the
public was particularly and emphatically alluded to, and
he felt convinced that the admission of more persons into
an omnibus, whatever the licence might be, than could
be conveniently accommodated, would be a violation of
the law. He did not consider that the question was
whether the corner seats in omnibuses should or should
not be removed, but whether the accommodation con-
trived suited the convenience of all the passengers; and
he considered, too, that the Act required that there
should be associated together with the sixteen inches
allowance to each paisenger other accommodations in
the construction of the public carriage.. His Lordship
said he was persuaded that his brother magistrates would
join in carrying cut to the full extent the necessary re-
gulations, and that such public notice of their intention
should be given as would arm all omnibus Passengers
with the power of, to a great extent, protecting them-
selves. The penalty amounted to 101., and probably a
few convictions of the kind would check the practice
which daily increased of crowding in passengers going
towards the West-end. He believed, indeed, that Cheap_
side and Fleet-street presented at that moment many
instances of the inconvenience complained of, and of the
transgression of the law which it was so necessary to
observe.

_ -
THE CUUNTRY MARKET.ttieiti
The following is the official statement of the Oita"- r
corn, &c., received in the port of London from 9110
Essex, from the 21st April, 1851, to the 26th AP"
both inclusive :

2; c' • • : i I
..z: r - isl 4 ,' r,
Colchester
7 4 395
Harwich
Leigh......
, ,
Maldon 182,' 15 ... ,5 ,
. 655, o ._ 84 2i11....2..„`...0":,
•
n--"---- A • __..., ,is f011°,!5,0

CHELMSFORD, APRIL 25.—Prices to-day as- old
were IA
Wheat, white, old 41s to 455; new 405 to 465; cheil,
35s to 4Os ; neti, 355 to 40, ; barley, 26s to B°l
22, to 30,; grinding 19s to 255; oats 15s to 21%, 17/,:
to 55s ; chevalier 54s to 56s ; peas, partridge, p°, to
29s ; old, —5 to —s ; white, new, 26s to 28s ; old, "'old,
dun, new, 26s to 28s ; beans, tick, new 25s to 271;00; Iv
to 27s ; harrow ticks, new 259 to 278 ; old 00s t°
zagan, new 23s to 25s ; old 005 to 00s per qr. 441
COLCHESTER, APRIL 26.—Wheat, white 425 to
to 42s ; barley 22s to 28s ; beans, mazagan 223 to 241' 4
and small 24s to 28s; peas 26s to 28s per qr.
•••---
pr'sHADDINGTON, APRIL 25.—The following are
grain at our market to-day:—
Wheat.
First ... ... 42s 05
Second ... 39s 2d I 27s 3d 20s 10" 950..14
2B9sarleoyd.
23s
sd
i Oats. F- ,0
4
Third ... 34s Od 21s 6d 18s Od 395 rit
Total quantity of Wheat in market 411 V, 141510
Do. Barley do. 151 qrS.,
Do. Oats do. 433 qrs., Pt:o4
.
Do. Beans do. 140 (Ira" Ono
for APRIL 26.—The following are the Clll
for grain :
Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans- „.•
First 424 65 27s Od 21s 65 Od 0,1
Second 39s Od 24, Od 20s Od —s • ocl
Third 3ss 65 21s Od 18s Od Od Oki
91
Oatmeal, per bag of 2801bs imperial, 28s Od_t° 1
GLA so ow, APRIL 23.—Provisions—Cheese, aas_, „- ,r
per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 20s I)°, Mi
cwt. Country fresh butter, lid to Os Od per lb. ',resielj
dered, in lumps, 9/cl to 10d; country powdered, vihto.
to Od. Country eggs, 8d per dozen ; carried hen clopocr
la
per 120, or 6d er dozen. Hens, 3s Od per Pair;
2s 6d. tide :ft
FALKIRK, Aran 24.—The supply of grain 10, .se.
market was 570 bolls; wheat at 17s 3d to 19s 30 5,140
barley, 17s Cd to 19, Od ; oats, 00s Od to 00s Od; bell"
de"
to 14s 9d per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.
PERTH, APRIL 25.—Wheat, old, 00s Od to Os Od'a
new, 37s to 41s ; barley, new, 20s Od to 23s (A; °lttstilor'''
181; peas and beans, 23s Od to 26s per quarter.
.„
per sack, 00s to 28s.
o'p'
KELSO, APRIL 25.—Wheat, old, OOs to 00s ; IPP'-
to 32s Od ; barley, new, 17s Od to 20, Od ; ditto old, 01c0;01
potato oats, 00s to 00s ; ditto new, 15s Od to 16s 6d; 241
oats 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 14s to 155 Cd ; peal hela
to 28s Od ; beans, 22s to 24s per boll of six imperial buTotlef'
HAWICK, APRIL 24.—Wheat, old, 28s 6d to 325; to 051
new, 00s to 00s Od ; ditto old, 19s Od to 20s Od ;' To 915 ii
10s Od to 00s Od ; common oats, ON Od to-005' Pes*oper
to 23s Od ; beans, 2 s Od to 22s Od per 1;311 Of Ids
bushels. ' 2516
BERWICK' APRIL 24.—Wheat, 37s 10d ; barley, 001
oats, 18s 41d ; rye, 00s Od ; beans, 24s 54 ; Pte'
average per imperial quarter. eito
STIRLING, APRIL 25.—Wheat, foreign, 20s to Os ;lei,off
home, Os to Os; ditto ditto new, 17s Od to 19s Od,
,bar 19e Ji
boll of 6 bushels, N ;OdtoOs Od ditto new, 16s Cd tOl3
Oats, common, 003 Od to 008 ; ditto new, lls 6d tOi. osP.:
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, W°
distillers, 31s 65 to 33s ; ditto brewers, 32s rd to 341,0
(rer boll, et/8 00 to OOs 00; (into new, 12s lid to 14s Sd;
6d to 0, s Od; flour, new rsack 31s to 33s Od; ditton,
ditto, 18s 65 to 20s Od;oatmeal, per load, 00s to
ditto new 29s Od to 30s 04 ; ditto per peck of 7lbs, c"" toe'
fresh butter, per lb, 9d to 10d ; eggs, per dozen, ou
hay per ton, Os Od to Os ; ditto new, 80s Od to 000.

COAL MAR li ET. YESTERD.AY• 145
oil
61
Bite's West Hartley 13s 6d Eden Main ....•.•••••• 10 d
Elasting's Hartley l3s 9d -tletton ................... 00 in
North Percy Hartley l3s 6d Haswell .................• 14
. r,
Redhugh Main .
Pelton Main
South Peareth
l'anfield Moor
raafield Moor Butes l3ss 00dd
cSaterwadaoret's.
.......... .
................: 145:
.901
Wall's and, &c. South Hartlepool ..... 15E 0,,,,
Acorn Close
Gosforth ..... ......... 13s 6d Birchg. Graigola .••••• 130
Harton
.; Ai
Hebburn

gl°
.Allda lis Od Cardiff ... .••• .•"' 141
Riddell
Ships at market, 198 Sold, 101 unsold,

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS'
BRISTOL, APRIL 28. 00'
STOCK EXCIIANGL—The share market continue
but mahout alteration in prices of stock.
LI V h itYOOl,, APRIL 28. (10
STUCK EXCHANGE. —The share market was better to' tis•
and prices had an upward tendency. The amount, OctO
siness actually transacted, however, is not sufficiept 'l2
quotations altogether. The sales were—Birkenheadebesto
cashire, and Cheshire Junction, 0/2 dis.—Ditto (late
__alai.'
and Birkenhead), 2014 —Caledonian,ls—East IA!
17 LA —Lancashire and Yorkshire, 63M-Ditto, Fifths. 6sllo
dis.—Ditto (West Riding Union), 5% dis.—Lond„°°
North-Western, 129 tA —Ditto, New Quarters, 5,1193 /
Midland, 63%—Ditto, Halves, 13 dis.—North Britisi;:d P„
South-Eastern and Dover, 27'4I—York, Newcastle, Au
wick, 21% —York and North Midland, 27%.
BIRMINGHAM, APRIL 28. .ny
STOCK EXCHANGE.—There was no movement of ‘lo'
terest or importance in the Railway Share Market to Bit'
The chief transactions reported were in Shrewsbury
minghana (B), 3111 dis.

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[ADVERTISEMENT.] —The wonderful eig.--11 I
00
Holloway's Pills and Ointment in Curing an aged ?erg WO
Rheumatism.—Mr. John Pitt, of King-street, Duchsil2o
.
has resided in that town for upwards of 65 years, with Ott
ception of ten years, when he served in her Majesti s 0106
Regiment of Foot, began to suffer about four years ag° soilit'
severely from rheumatism, and at times was unable odicisel
He was under various doctors, and took every kind of nie core
without deriving any benefit, and at last was effectualif ss,
by Holloway's Pills and Ointment, and he can now lot 5
well as ever he could in his life.—Sold by all Druggists'
Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand, Loollo-. '
et
THE BELFAST LINEN TRADE.—The yarn ®stir;;
has been remarkably dull during the past week. Theri4ol
few operations, and stocks are increasing; very gooto
line can be bought at ss. lid., 45's at 4s. 9d., and So', so
at 4s. 7id., and a large discount given for cash. lEt obit;
mena, on Saturday, there was very little cloth sold; thsi oto
seldom been so dull a market, both as regards Yarn Os
cloth. In Coleraine and Armagh business in cloth itl
trifling. Wages have fallen in the country distriets'ott
yarns are reduced, and likely to be 6d per bundle lowehr.sper,
month, it is expected that cloth will be made much c'ZileSS:,
and manufacturers be enabled to do a more saving 1/0.,,7-e 11'
The news from the United States is most discourogribeir
regards prices. Three houses in New York auctioneu;s be'4-4 bleached and blay linens at a great sacrifice. it,
lievtd that those houses resort to such sales when thea
nexion fails to secure private sales. The advices frofil t
vannah a e much improved as reg irds demand, andrritio,
improvement has taken place in prices. Banner of

WESTMINSTER.
Frederick Judd underwent a lengthened examination,
charged with the,wilful murder of his father, Richard
Judd, formerly an army accoutrement mAcr, in his 63d
year.
Mr. BRODERIP inquired of Ur. Symons, an inspector
of the B division, whether there was any chance of pro-
curing further evidence; and, upon receiving a rep'y
that there possibly might be, said he should remand the
prisoner upon this charge of parricide until Wednesday
next.
The accused, who never exhibited throughout the in-
quiry the slightest emotion or concern, then tripped
lightly out of the dock, exclaiming, as he passed some
friend among the auditory, who told him to keep his
courage up, " All right, Bill."
Michael Connell and Ann his wife were finally PXI
charged With having caused the death of Carolir e
Jew.'ii by brutal violence at Chelsea.
Voluminous depositions, the substance of which las
been already published, were read over by Mr. Taylor,
chief clerk, and
Mr. BnODERIP having been informed, in answer to hip
inquiry, that there was no chance of procuring any
further evidence, said, "Under these circumstances it
is my duty to deal with the case on the evidence ad-
duced before me. I absolve the male priooner from any