The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-25 00:00:00

PUTNEY BRIDGE.

Among the improvements called forth by the in-
creased locomotive propensities of the age, we note one
which is likely to be productive of much convenience
avid advantage to the public. The old, unsightly, incon-
venient, and dangerous bridges on the Thames have one
by one given way to more safe anti elegant structures.
The bridge across the river from Fulham to Putney
still remains, a serious obstruction ti the navigation.
Fur the requirements of a century ago, the existing
bridge was doubtless sufficient; but the enormous in-
crease of the traffic, more especially of steamers, calls for
a bridge less dangerous to vessels and passengers. To
effect this object, a company has been formed, with the
view of obtaining an Act of Parliament, conferring the
necessary powers. The capital, a large portion of which
has already been subscribed, is ample for the purpose,
and as the shareholders in the old bridge have already
shown a desire to amalgamate with those of the new
one, the expense and delay consequent on a Parliamen-
tary opposition will be avoided. The new c,)mpany
propose to construct a handsome iron bridge, with arches
of sufficient height and span, to replace the present un-
sightly mass of timber. They have received the best
assurances of support from the neighbouring proprietors,
and other parties likely to be interested. In addition to
the tolls obtained on the present bridge (which will be
adjusted on a liberal principle), there will be those de-
rived from steam-boat passengers, a part of the plan
being to erect a pier f.fr their accommodation, as on
llungerford-bridge.

MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS.
NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN
THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, DEC. 20, 1551.
Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*251
Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ... 56
Tubercular Diseases ... ... 204
Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 121
Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels ... 55
Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of
Respiration ... ... 252
Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs
of Digestion... ... ... 51
Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. 15
Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. 12
Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and Muscles ... 13

Diseases of the Skin, &o. ... ••• •••
Malformations... ••• ••• ••• •••
APmature Birth ••• ••• •••
Old Aph y
••• ••• ••• ••• •••
SuddeZ,•n ... '" ••• .•• ••• •••
• ••• •••
Violence, 'riv•u....,-
on
Cold, and Intemperance
Ciusos not ap,aeci
...
••• ••• •••

... 3
... 2
... 33
... 19
... 52
• 6
... 53
• 8

DEATHS FRox
Enu:ne:Z CAUSES
POpuu,_
Deaths in corr 43-
••
1851., 813011 ding week
West Districts,.. 376,332 of 1850.
North Districts.. 490,441 ' • 156 •••
Central Districts 392,986 .::
225391 ...
East Districts ... 485,336 ••• 247
South Districts .. 616,545 ..• 31a "•
____.

1,206
Deaths
in the
Week.
187
250
210
257
302

..... 2,361,640 1,166
••• 1,206
Males ••• ••• ..• ••• ••• 603
Femates ..• 6U3
•••

BIRTHS IN THE WEEK.
••• ••• ••• 733
••• ... ... ... ••• 672

Males
Females

Total ... ... ..„ ... ... 1,455
*ln this number are included 41 by Scarlatina, 50
by Typhus Fever, and 17 by Diarrhoea.

STATE OF THE WEATHER DURING THE PAST WEEK.
SUNDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ;
thick fog. Electricity—Nothing was shown at any exam!-
nation.
hIOI4DAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;

cirrostratus. Electricity—Nothing was shown throughout
the day.
TUESDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate
during the afternoon.
WEDNRSDAY.—The sky was overcast throughout the day;
cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate
throughout the day.
THURSDAT.—The sky was overcast throughout the day ;
cirrostratus. Electricity—Positive, and tension moderate
during the morning and afternoon.
FRIDAY.—The sky was generally covered with cloud till
7h. A.m., soon after this time the clouds became broken, and
by Ph. 30m. A.M. the sky was clear, and it remained in this
state till lh. 30m. P.M. During the remainder of the day
the sky, with slight exceptions, was overcast. Thick rain
fell during the evening. Electricity—Nothing was shown
throughout the day.
SATURDAT.—The sky was generally overcast throughout
the day; cirrostratus. Thick rain fell frequently.
The mean reading of a thermometer placed on the main-
mast, and read each day ati9h. A.M. was 42.8 Q ; and the mean
reading at 9h. P.M. was 43.7°; the mean readings at the
Royal Observatory for the same times were 40.74, and 42.3°
respectively.
The reading of the barometer increased from 30.31 in.
at the beginning of the week to 30*39 in. by 10h. A ar. on
the 14th, and decreased to 29.89 in. by the end of the week;
every successive reading after 14th at 10h. A.M. being less
than the preceding.

PRICES OF SHARES

IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-

PANIES' STOCK.
From the Official List.

tUBLISIIED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.

LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23.

JOINT-STOCIC BAZVER.

THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1851.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—York, Dec. 23.
CROWN COURT—(Before Mr. Justice MAur.E.)
Frances Cooke, aged 26, a sickly-looking woman,
was indicted for the wilful murder of her infant
child, John Herbert Cooke, on the 18th September
last, t Huddersfield.

Mr. Hardy and Mr. Boothby prosecuted ; the pri-
soner was defended by Mr. Overend.
It appeared that the prisoner was a member of a
respectable, though very poor family, and the wife of
a person named Charles Cooke, who had formerly
been a waiter at the George Hotel, in Huddersfield.
He having deserted her, she was last May living at
her mother's house, and being pregnant, she on the
80th of May went into the Kirkheaton workhouse,
which is three miles from Huddersfield, for the pur-
pose of being confined, taking with her a child two
years old. She was confined there on the 21st of
August of a male child, and remained at the work-
house till the 18th of September. All the wit-
nesses called spoke of her being uniformly kind to
her children, and to her being extremely well con-
ducted whilst in the: workhouse. Ou the 18th of
September she expressed a wish to the matron,
Mrs. Mothershaw, to leave the workhouse and go
home to her mother's, and she wished to go that day,
in order to go the day following before the board of
guardians to get some alto wance made to her towards
the support of herself and children. Being in a very
weakly state of health, the matron thought she would
be unable to take care of both her children to Hud-
dersfield, and as a pauper named Heaton was going to be
sent on some errand great part of the way, the matron
suggested that Heaton should carry her eldest child for
her, to which she assented. The eldest boy had been
dressed in a blue nightgown belonging to the work-
house, and while the prisoner was unable during her
confinement to wash and attend to the eldest child,
another pauper had done this, and knew the night-
gown he was in the habit of wearing. This blue night-
gown was hanging over a line when the prisoner was
going and she put it on the baby. The baby, which
was then four weeks old, was also bound round with
a bandage which the matron had made and which she
identified, and was also dressed in a little shirt stamped
with the workhouse mark. Some things were lent to
the prisoner for the child, which she was to return,
and she left the workhouse at four o'clock carrying
the baby and accompanied by Heaton, who carried
the elder boy. Heaton accompanied her to a bridge
over the canal between Kirkheaton and Huddersfield,
called the Gut Bridge, and there left her. She gave
suck to her child as she went along. As she seemed
tired and exhausted he looked back after her, and saw
her walking slowly along carrying her baby, and the
other boy walking after, holding by her gown skirt.
On her way were two roads, both leading to her
mother's, one of which went along the canal side.
That by the canal had no houses near it, though it
was a frequented path. About half-past five o'clock
that afternoon the prisoner was met at Chapel-hill
Huddersfield, by her sister, Emma Hopkinson, fro.n
which it would appear that she was coming in the
direction from the canal path. She was then carrying
her eldest child on one arm and a basket on the other.
Her sister asked her where her baby was. She replied
it was dead and buried, and appeared very much dis-
tressed, and looked very wild, and began to fret, and her
sister then said nothing more to her, but that she would
call at night and see her at her mother's. That night
her sister again asked her more particularly about her
child, and she said it was dead and buried in Kirk-
beaten churchyard. Next day she gave a messenger
the clothes she had borrowed at the workhouse, and
when asked where her child was, she said it was at
her mother's. She also went before the board of
guardians to ask for relief, and they granted her 4s.
a week, and she then said, " Is this all for three of
us ?" On the 25th of September, a week afterwards,
a man named Holmes saw something floating in the
water at Waterhouse Sharefoot Mill dam, the cut to
which is open to the canal, and down which there is a
stream from the canal, and on getting this floating
substance out, it was found to be the dead body of a
male infant child, in a state of great decomposition.
The body was found to be dressed in the workhouse
clothes of Kirkheaton workhouse, and it was accord-
ingly shown to persons there, but could not be iden-
tified ; but a blue gown upon it was i lentified as
the one which had been worn by the prisoncr's
eldest boy, and a bandage and little shirt upon it
were also identified as belonging to the work-
house. The prisoner was in consequence apprehended
on suspicion of having murdered her child, and after-
wards was on several occasions found wringing her
hands and exclaiming, "I am a guilty woman." One
of her neighbours asked her, " Was it asleep when
you did it ?" and she answered, " No, it was sucking,
and I thought of throwing myself in and the boy
after it, but was spellbound and could not." She
afterwards said that she must have been deprived of
her senses to do such a thing. The clothes worn by
the dead child were identified, and a surgeon gave it
as his opinion, from a post mortem examination of the
child, that it died from drowning. The body was
healthy, the brain slightly congested, and there was
milk in the stomach ; the child appeared to him to be
a six or seven weeks' child.

had been driven twenty-two yards into the seam of
coal, which was so " sulphurous" (as the men termed
it) that before working i❑ it on Friday, the sth, they
were obliged to " waft" their jackets backwards and
forwards to repel the foul air, and work in it with
Davy lamps. The state of this " board bole" was
made known to the prisoner, but he had not ordered a
" brattice" to be erected in it to direct a current of
air through it, and it appeared that it was intended on
the day of the explosion to break a way through this
" board hole" into another " horse-gate," and the men
of their own accord bad, therefore, not thought it ne-
cessary to erect a " brattice," though " brattices"
were lying about, and could be erected in a few
minutes. It appeared that so far as the works of
the pit had gone, the men had been left to look
after their own work, and the prisoner, though told
that the pit was not fit to go into in a morning,
took no precautionary steps. O❑ the morning in
question, a man named Hamsden was wheeling a
waggon down the " horse-gate," past the entrance to
the "board hole" mentioned, having a lighted candle
stuck up at each end of his waggon. On passing
the " board• hole," which was filled with infl immable
gas, an explosion took place, which killed Remsden
and another man named Stones, and severely burnt
and bruised Samuel Bacon. Bacon was taken out of
the pit alive on Saturday night, but died afterwards
from the injuries he had received. Mr. Charles
Morton, the Government inspector of collieries for
this district, who has had twenty-five years' ex-
perience of coal mines, was then directed by
the Secretary of State to inspect the colliery
where the explosion had occurred. The pri-
soner stated that the ventilation of the pit was
similar to what it had been during the week. The
quantity of air passing into the pit at that time was
quite insufficient to ventilate it for 30 men to work in.
It was decidedly insufficient for 10 persons. The mine
was a fiery mine, generating fire-damp, and it therefore
required more air on that account. The details of
the ventilation he found to be greatly neglected. The
entire ventilation of the mine depended on one very
bad door at the bottom of the pit, and there ought to
have been two good doors. Generally speaking the
air passages were too small, and these were unneces-
sarily obstructed by heaps of rubbish carelessly left
in different places; and in two places the works had
been allowed to fall in altogether, so as to obstruct
the air passage almost entirely. The general details
of the ventilation did not appear to be attended to.
The prisoner told him a fire was kept burning in the
pit in the day time only, the effect of which would be
to slacken the ventilation during the night time, and
to make the pit more dangerous when the men went
to work in it in the morning. It was the duty of
the ground-steward to go down into the pit first every
morning, and to see that each working was fit for
the men to go into. There ought to have been
"brattices" erected at the " board hole," where the
explosion took place, to turn the air up it. It would be
extremely dangerous to work a " board hole" a week,
as this had been worked, without " brattices." The
" board hole" would fill with inflammable gas in 24
hours, and when filled the gas would escape out of it
into the " horse-gate," and passing the end of it with
a candle would lead to great risk of an explosion.
The prisoner had always reported to his master that
there was good air in the mine, and when taken into
custody he admitted that it was his duty to have gone
down into the mine first to see that it was fit to work,
but said his breathing was so bad that he could not
" tew" with the foul air. It appeared also that the
prisoner had four sons and two grandsons working in
the mine.

Mr. OYEREND, for the defence, contended that it
was left to the men in the mine to do what they
thought was required, and it could not be supposed
that the prisoner would be wilfully negligent of his
duty when four of his own sons' and two of his grand-
sons' lives depended upon its fulfilment.
his LORDSHIP having summed up the evidence,
The jury Acquitted the prisoner.
This case finished the assizes, at half-past seven.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

LAMBETH.

Joseph Cox, describing himself as a tailor and
draper, carrying on business at 22, Drummond-street
Euston-square, was brought up for further examina-
tion before Alderman Cubitt, on the charge of at-
tempting to obtain 1001. from a charity known as
" Wilson's Trust" by fraud and forgery.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
Mr. James Solyman Davis, of 14, Dalby-terrace,
City-road, dealer in jewellery, &c., was again placed
at the bar upon the charge of obtaining a large
quantity of goods on credit within three months of
his bankruptcy under false pretences, with intent to
defraud his creditors. A Jew dealer was also charged
on remand with conspiring with Davis, and also with
receiving stolen goods with a guilty knowledge.
The prisoners were commited for trial.
Mr. Clarkson, for the,prisoner lleilbrond, requested
that his client might be admitted to bail, and after
some discussion it was arranged that the same bail,
two sureties of 1001. each, should be accepted, but
that 24 hours' notice should be given to the solicitors
for the prosecution.

Mr. OVEREND, for the prisoner, contended that
from the absence of all motive to commit so dreadful
a crime, and from the fact of the prisoner's uniform
kindness to her children, it was impossible to suppose
she could have committed the crime imputed to her.
The body was not identified, and the evidence was by
no means conclusive that the child found was the
prisoner's from the circumstance of the clothes being
identified as belonging to the workhouse, as many
children were born there who would be dressed in
similar clothes. If however, the jury thought the
evidence conclusive that the child was the prisoner's,
then he suggested that, in the absence of anything to
show malice or motive on her part, it was more pro-
bable that in her weak and exhausted state she had
accidentally let the child fall into the water
whilst walking along the canal side ; that this sup-
position would explain her subsequent conduct and
distress, and that she had told falsehoods to conceal an
accident from want of moral courage and the fear that
it would be imputed to her that she had purposely
thrown the child into the water.

WORSHIP-STREET.
William. Moore, a well-known thief, identified by
Alderman, the gaoler, as having been transported for
felony and subsequently sentenced to nine months'
imprisonment for some other offence, was placed at
the bar before Mr. D'Eyncourt, charged with the fol-
lowing dexterous robbery :
A lady named Hymns stated that she went on the
preceding evening to the City of London Theatre to
witness the performance of Mr. James Anderson, and
at the conclusion of the entertainment was passing
through the door of the lobby attached to the boxes,
when the prisoner forced his way up to her, and,
lightly raising her shawl, drew from her bosom her
gold watch, which he had no sooner got into his
hand than he gave it such a violent tug to wrench it
from her as to pull her completely forward and break
the ring of the watch, leaving the guard still hanging
to her neck. She distinctly ssw the watch in his
hand, and made a grasp at his collar, but the prisoner
broke away from her and by a violent struggle got
out of the house; hut she could positively identify
him as the man who had so assailed her.

His LORDSHIP, 111 summing up, told the jury they
must first be satisfied that the child found was the
prisoner's, as to which the evidence produced was
rather the other way, as the surgeon stated his belief
that the child found was six or seven weeks old,
whilst that of the prisoner was only four weeks old,
and at that age very little time made great alteration
in a child. Ti:erae,
o was
theasno
colourother eovfidheniscehaaisr. to
Theits
clothes
identity,itsiz
found on the body were such as had been
used in the workhouse for years, and it was quite
possible that they might have been on some other child
than the prisoners. The expressions used by the
prisoner were rather general expressions of distress
and sorrow than admissions that she had killed her
child. It was consistent no doubt with the facts
proved that whilst in a state of exhaustion and great
depression she might in a half frantic state have
thrown the child into the water, though the probabi-
lities from the prisoner's conduct to the child were
entirely the other way.
The jury, after a short consulta`ion, found the
prisoner Not Guilty,
Joseph Oqfillde
ca
onllieo
at man,lv otohdetghororpe Collieryund-stewmtd,
n
of a coal mine, was indicted for the manslaughter of
Sasamt u
s by
neglecting a
on Saturday, the 6th of December
ine
his duty in keeping the said mine
properly
whereby an explosion took place,
el h
e Bacon,yfneendiventilated,
causing the death of the deceased.
Mr. Phillips and Mr. Pearce prosecuted, and Mr.
Overend defended the prisoner.
It appeared from the opening of the Learned Coun-
sel for the prosecution, and from the examination of
the witnesses, that the prisoner was ground-steward
of a coal-pit leased to a Mr. John Rhodes, at Wood-
thorpe, near Sheffield, and that as ground-steward he
had the complete management of the pit, and it was
his duty to take care that the pit was properly venti-
lated and fit for the men to work in. There was a
shaft sunk down into the coal-seam 164 yards deep,
passing through an upper seam or pit into a lower
coal-pit ;from this shaft passages or " horse-gates"
were driven through the coal seam horizontally a
considerable distance, and branching out on either
side from this " horse gate" were other drifts into the
coal seam called " board holes." These were exca-
vated so as slightly to ascend. For the ventilation of
the pit one-half of the shaft was boarded off and used
as an air-hole, the other half being used for the pas-
sage up and down of the corve, or coal-waggon, by
means of which the coal was drawn out of the pit. The
" horse -gate",at the bottom of the shaft was then divided
by what was called a " brattice," which was a boarded
longitudinal division, the object being to carry the
current of air along one side of the " horse-gate," and
by means of valve gates and doors this current was
directed along the various passages divided in a similar
manner by " brattiees," and then brought down the
other side of the " brattice" to the air-hole of the pit,
by which means a current of air could be directed
along every passage of the pit, and the inflammable
gas could be removed and driven eut of the air-hole.
The current of air was caused by a furnace burning
at the bottom of the shaft at the extreme end of the
air passage thus formed, the air required by the fur-
nace
for its supply creating the current down the
shaft. In this manner the air traversed the passages
of the lower bed, then ascended to the upper bed, and
after traversing 650 yards of passages, escaped out of
the air-hole. To create a sufficient current of air
there ought to be a regular furnace kept burn-
ing night and day. In the mine in question
there was only a coalpan kept burning during the
daytime, while the men were at work. The
coal seam of the deep mine was two yards thick,
and thirty men usually worked in the mine. On the
morning of Saturday, the 6th of December, fourteen
men had gone down into the mine to work. At a
distance of 145 yards from the shaft a " board hole"

Mrs. Floro Hyams, a widow lady, stated that she
was in the company of her sister at the time in ques-
tion, the latter in advance, but holding each other by
the hand, in consequence of the pressure of the orowd,
when the prisoner brushed past her and went direct
up the prosecutrix, who immediately exclaimed "Oh,
that man has got my watch !" Witness called " Stop
thief !" and pursued him as fast as she could, but he
was not captured until he bad got into Spital-Bquare,
when the witness came up and charged him, having
kept him in sight the whole way.
Watkins, 660, of the City force, deposed to seeing
the prisoner running with great rapidity from the di-
rection of the theatre, with a crowd of people after
him shouting for him to be st)pped, and one man at-
tempted to do so, but the prisoner instantly knocked
him down, and continued his course until he came up
to the witness, when he endeavoured to double upon
him, but the witness pursued and took him. The
prisoner protested he had committed no offence, and
no watch could be found in his possession ; but a wo-
man in the crowd, who had seen something glittering
on the pavement by a house-wall, shortly after pro-
duced the watch, and it then appeared he had only
flung it away upo❑ finding himself in the constable's
clutches.

The prisoner, notwithstanding the conclusive evi-
dence, still assured the Magistrate that he was per-
fectly innocent, but the Magistrate ordered him to be
committed until that day week for the depositions to
b 3 taken, and formal evidence adduced of his previous
convictions.

Clare-market, who had been victimised by the pri- of death were not natural cows?. Mr' CITI-4
,
soner. will.
Mr. Tcafford—A more disgraceful exbibictib°Bnrgie
have not seen for some time. Coming
child upon fo here t°b
a man with the murder of his own B. .
evidence as this! Mr. Carr--1 charge n
Mr. Trafford —Leave the court, sir; your evoasou
throughout has been disgraceful. Mr. Carr'
choose to act upon my deposition ? Thee I
Mr. Trafford—l shall not. Mr. Carr--
shall apply to a higher authority. Jr.CO
o one,ovirst
Mr. Trafford—Leave the court, sir. ..--
`,hen left the court.

Mr. TYRWiHrT said he should commit the prisoner
for trial, and, under all the circumstances, he should
not feel himself justified in accepting bail for his ap-
pearance.

- On the application of Mr. Lewis the witness Sim-
month was ordered to put in bail for his appearance
to give evidence.

The whole of the witnesses were bound over to pro-
secute at the sessions.

James Spanstrick, who described himself as a cooper,
residing at 16, Thomas-street, Lock's fields, Thomas
Brooks, and Charles Mallen, three notorious house-
breakers, and Eliza Spanswick, the wife of the first-
named prisoner, were placed at the bar before Mr,
Elliott on a charge of stealing 881bs weight of sealing-
wax, and 2001 b. of twine, the property of Mr. James
Terry, cheesemonger, of 12. St. George's-place, Wal-
worth- road, which formerly belonged to the Post-
master-General.

S.
THE COUNTRY MAAKET
traNieE
Little alteration
CORN MARKET,
DEC. 23.---lb_ eerßbeas
to not® in our market to•clay. Th w
polel
continued dull, but prices were not lower.
was an exceedingly slow sale, at about previous 00'
In flour and other articles no variation.
BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 24.—At Gloucester
ruled d I
~.,1 Vilorel.
ter markets, on the 20th, the wheat trade
withptßarleyhreeisrent
w 6
ed
have,
to ls ruled tioun;
the turn in favour of the buyer on all descriP :..ed
Daring ..
value. Beaus and p+ as both cheaper.
on the sal, s made , few tree'
Per quarter loner• Oats reeilYtD",,,,
atshuestuuarininwCasari
actions to report. Wheat is nominally
BA IChristmas
"1:114:011fre:: I". „ddek::
rey held for foraiQr prices. Cats quite 6-
k 1
prlces. ~ Of t
Beans and peas quit© negketed. At this day 'hp bat
wheat was fully as dear. Barley the tarn big:sBolcl
slowly
make no alteration in our quotations., ' sot
at previous rates. - d •Dg jil beau
Very little ot
peas.
2801bs. is
EDINBURGH MEAL oq There W!rehi g
Wletilthe.rebut
yet.
MARKET, DEC. ..•-••--. ,j, weg--,ni
the meal
. market to-day 6 sacks oatmeal, ea.- t 119,0.
imperial, which sold thus ;-2 at 1/105 Od, I a, „AO*
and 3at 119 s lid ; . 1195 Oa v"
, average price of thew ho e
2 sacks pot-barley, whereof 1 sold at 21t.
c INC' 2,03.'
EDINBURGH HAT AND STRAW MAx-rt4 woes - :ti:
Oat straw,
whe_,,. from 9s Od to lOs Od per kemple of 1
Od t° 11
Hay,, "le, 7s Od to 85 Od; barley dine► 6$
from 9d to 1 Id per stone. feel
~ __There ~,t
DALKEIT
80 bagsof H MEAL MARKET, DEG• -1.4. „ oar.uri
which oatmeal and 4of barleymeal at this diti; oeko
met a dull demand. Oatmeal the same 0
laltbe 010°
the top,thtosecond price 3d per bag up ; barleyraeal a
on p ; there was no pot-barley is market. d'
Oatmeal, per sack, of 280 lbs. Yirst Secnt2A
imperial .. ...
•••
285 Od 213 o'4,
Barleymeal
p Barleymeal, per ditto 20s Od .....5 O.'
easemeal "• ...„0 Od.
Flour . ... ... ... .....s Od
.... nA
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Police. constable Richard Moss, 256 P, deposed
that from information he received he on the day be-
fore went to the house of the prisoner Spanswick, 16,
Thomas-street, Lock's-fields, and there found all the
prisoners. He told the three men, who were in the
parlour, that they must consider themselves his pri-
soners, and he communicated the same intelligence
to the woman, who was upstairs, and took all into
custody. On searching the house he found 27
duplicates, a picklock key, two centrebits, 881 b. of
sealingwax, and 2001 b. of twine, the two latter arti-
cles being concealed under a bed. He subsequently
searched the house of Mallen, in Amelia-street,
Walworth, and there found 71 duplicates. On
examining the premises he found that the back
adjoined the warehouse of Mr. Terry. He also
observed that some bricks and tiles had been removed
from the roof of the warehouse sufficient for a person
to enter, and found some sealingwax in the gutter,
which had evidently been dropped there while it was
being taken away. He (Moss) had also omitted
before to state that the life-preserver he found in the
house of Spans wick.
The officer here produced the sealingwax and twine
far the magistrate's inspection. The greater portion
of the latter was in hanks and perfectly fit for use,
and the former was also fit for use, and some of the
sticks had merely been lit, as if to give them the sem-
blance of being used.
Job White, 356 P, said that he accompanied Moss
to the house of Spanswick, and, on searching it,
found three street-door skeleton keys and twelve
picklock keys, one crowbar and screwdriver, one
chisel and a dark lantern, which had recently had a
light in it. These implements of housebreaking and
house-entering were also exhibited to the magistrate,
and nothing could be more perfect or complete in
their way.

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Mr. James Terry, cheesemonger, of No. 12, St.
George's-place, Walworth, deposed that he believed
the twine and sealing-wax produced to be his. The
weight of the sealing-wax was 881 b., and that of the
twine 2001 b., and he had purchased them from a clerk
in the General Post-office, whose perquisites they
were as the refuse of the office.

Prisoner Mellen—Refuse, your Worship ! Why,
you will see a quantity of that twine in perfect hanks.
It's no refuse, your Worship.

Well,that is so. A great portion of the
twine seems very fit for uv, and therefore I suspect
there is something wrong about it, and should recom-
mend the officers to make inquiries at the Post office
into the matter. I much doubt whether such things
are permitted to be carried away as perquisites, and
particularly in such quantities.
Mr. Terry, in continuation, said his warehouse bad
been broken into on Monday night, and the property
produced carried away. That warehouse was in
Amelia-place, and it abutted on the back premises of
the prisoner Mallen. In answer to a question of the
Magistrate, the witness said he had purchased the wax
and twine on the 16th, and they were brought by the
clerk, who represented them as his perquisites, in a
bag belonging to the Post-office.
The prisoner Spanswick said he had purchased the
was and cord, and neither Brooks, who was his lodger,
nor Mallen knew anything about it.
The other prisoners declared their innocence of the
charge, and at the request of the officers engaged in
the case all were remanded to a future day.

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COAL MAREET.--YnsTxxrai•erket:•' 0,1
Prices of Coal per ton at the close of the 01 175
Bate'
Carr'a Hartley
s West Hartley 14s 0.1 Lambton .......... ''....• 16s 0„,
Buddle's W. Hartley 14s 6d Pensher .................. lea ol
,s 0500 ... 17. Do
Newcastle Hartley 14s 6d Stewart's ............... 03,1
..... lis Cd Russell
Hasting's Hartley l4s 6d Whitwell ............ .. Os °34
North Percy Hartley 14s Od Caradoc ..... ...'" . 10 sd
11 ....... 6
Ravensw ' orth sW. Hart 14s 6d Heugh glut ••
~,,•1 .... 1,7 g I
Westßiding Main l4s 6d Soutm liartler,
..... 10 „3
'Canfield Moor ..... l4s 9d South Eelloe ........... os !!,A
Walker's Primrose l4s Od Whitworth . ......... . 141 0';
Wylam .
16s 6d Bowdon Close ........ Do 0
Wall's End, &c. North Hart1e0°.3....... 1 6.1
Gosforth 1.
15s 9d Adelaide Tees .„ I .
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16s Od Tee• ...... .. ......... 1e45, ,J
Lawson lss 6cl Cleveland Tees .... l
Northumberland
Riddell ..... . .... - ... 1,,rf.1111.(1
Eden Main .. .... '' s • ' Biel'
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Braddyll
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Hetton
Haswell... l7s 9d
Ships at market,
Christmas-day intervening,
on Friday.

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196. ..... Sold, 94 kit
there will not be snl

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RAILWAY SHARE NIA° II
heavy, and scarcely ea fit
STOCK E BRISTOL DEC. 24.
its being 'ea"".
STOCK EXCHANLG I:
Christmas Eve, have caused the 010"
of butthe
Ministry.was anyTbhueginpeoslsiticwaals
tcrhaannsageet&e,dc.Volo ced
rupticoinosoo
morning, ERTPheoOshba,reDga.o,2o4t.
news °j
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rather
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tri..:,,ssfroiloc;•.s
and
Lancashlired very good. The transactions Yrietbs, 8 'li ero,
London and Yorkshire, 58141—Ditto, INTO aoLtito
and
3:i p._ D . Northwestern, 116%--Ditto, ,Lu
at°
, Fifths, 21.4 p.—Midland, b 7-",,"
and Dover, 21 York and North Midland, 2.• dOll
MANCHESTER, Dgc• 21;,. bss bees 8111
STOCK EXCHANGIL The share mar' priceo' 04
and inactive
without to-day, with little business oing. doss re.pod,
noticeable alteration. The only tranl,L..-Alid rtli'
were—Caledonian, 15
--% —East Lancashim 1 ed ple
Western, 57—Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Doper,
116% —South-Eas d Dover, 21. tof
tern an 00'
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business transacted
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America (by U.S. pkt.) M. ' •• • °ltilcgtj3 11
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M 9th of the month obarat. 90. s
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Constantinople* ...• N 7th 17th 27th of ino ."„titilatert. l'*• 00
Central America .. M2d & 17th of mon. ~,0"0,1Unl'i• 90c,
'„(1A.
Channel isles - .. N Mon., Wed., /4 Fri.i 'tie,°°? ' Illi°
Chili .. ,„ .. . M 17th of the manila ;Ter . pas. pt.
France .. .. 31 & N Twice daily • • • •1,,0p0f ' 111V0f
Greece* •'•• • • N 7th 17th 27th of Ivo Lon"dosi • • 010'00
Hamburgh .. .. N Tuesday & Fridal 000 ;• 00 Jaw
Holland .. •• .. M Wednes. It Satur•lL°ollslol. Ill;
Honduras .. .. . N 17th of them outh 000lybesai: JO 0
Ireland .. .. M& N, Twice daily .. • • iy„,tIiSOIP , 10'
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India (via Marseilles) N stli& 24th ell:Ong) v" JY"
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month will be made up three times a wee' :too "le
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are now despatched land due by every Awed ••*" amell' alo
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[ADVERTISEMENT.] HOIIOWBI head •8 plo-c,Ol,
Pills have cured a Cancerous Tumour
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on theeertifiold 0,1,01
Mr. Alex. Ayson, dated Markiand, Dr•,,, ' a tqlig i ilgeleA
" I hereby certify that I was afflicted v/1"" nd that 0"
head, which the faculty termed cancerous, s,,ot eso i istier
the Perth Infirmary for some time and nl'atrael.lll; sti.adtlei
cal men, but deriving no benefit by their band flht'o (11',rorle
was induced to try Holloway's Ointment sbegail,feoti 001.
using them for a short period the tumour/ no ',jest°
and it is now perfectly cured, although tr,' di
of
JaPir tl/54 aWr
and at ,
years of age.—Sold by all Druggis London ofi.,- fibs
loway's Establishment, 244, Strand, lOOllO 01'00
RARE INSTANCE OF NERYE."--.lbjat be ~°ri ,loed 10,,
player declared at a great public festival bat b•
a small lime laid on a man's pahn iirrt- er) eci-id 'lleit
member ; and the General (Sir Charles
right hand for the trial. The sword-13.0-iiyoU''osid:,J t°„
rank, was reluctant, and cut the fruit the palohd reo;bie"
urged to fulfil his boast, he examined „erg, °OlO/' .1148'
not one to be experimented upon with 83,2. left i.Ol Otl OP
proceed. The General then extended Pi!, OPO A 10 08
was admitted to be suitable in forni ; 3Teti.ci: ival.sl3olhderio
clined the trial, and when pressed ttfioe !„Islll,,lje,
keen-edged blade as if to strike, and " -0. Fib ar lr,
blow, declaring he was uncertain a succe,, of i, croati,i.
forced to make trial ; and the lime fell °rt.,' passiolv
the edge of the sword had just marked pig
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At thirty seconds past seven o'clock 00 TmicaP'he /11, te
last a man and woman entered the East
stopped at toil ,r 0
station in breathless haste. The man steqing fory pay. jo,
where tickets are issued, the woman r".".einen.l it., 0;6
departure platform in a state of great el‘elL 1! stv oreu piCe
was just in motion. She screamed, ' stePtiyi •jelo at clef
fer goodness' sake,. stop it." She instelocltbe ibi3 elof
officials, adding, "I should be married at oby th etpe
9clock. Whatever must I do?" The 1”1,1ed ° DP Oe'
had.e joined her, and being rather unceueerbridegrare to
eei,
tba porters set it down that he was the ore °Dig goeir
.superintendent, seeing the desperate vo,ot uPg OCI 0/04
signalled the driver, who bad scarelY..,7, set e,,,if
. The engine was stopped, and the " tw,3i"e 00.
journey, returning in the evening
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field Gough. elf of fed,l
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Crouch, jun., Esq.'

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On the 17th inst., at Cuckfield, C°!l,,s,:elde° 0
Tatham, 11.M.5. Fury, to Catherine A gl3'. ..
fit'dr
, SurlOPicille, t
of the late T. Brown, Esq., of Cheat
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of ABteeSeti.osA,
suodirfeowik's., H ]born, John neri`Je of ' Pls
Greenwich, to Maria Elizabeth Last, niece ott' ells
la o"ogbt
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M.D., Royal Navy, to Sarah Foster, 53-0 t.
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On the 22d inst., at I'l)l4lP'Pton-Pl3cei illcsltb' (1:,Iill
major ° ieli 1
ReOvr.iiithene
j2amlsitninsstta.;laet
aged 3i.
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lateO
the late Mr. Joseph elowes. loaes 11111 0711
nofthh7i2glhstwinyseto.m, abte,Cil3aupchkr, Mr. , foijogr II
6t. " , lO'
On the 19th inst ,at Wellington•terracer,' A. 011,1,1 P
Margaret, widow of the late W. Fauquier!oa ,1111e' 504"
On the 21st inst., at Brighton Catharliatioat,dl
of the late John G. Cobbold, Esq:, of ni3Gt.ilJll),,recl °'/ ;'
On the 18th inst., at Chinthrst, ne3130.10,030V4thi:
near Cdas,,s, ,
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Forrest, Esq., of Forest lodge, Binfield,
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