The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-07 00:00:00

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MARKETS.—(At per Lead 0135 Trusses.)
CUMBERLAND.
Supply limited, trade rather dull, and prices stationary.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to .t. 3 10
New Meadow Hay 3 10 4 6
Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and aye-grass Hay 4 2 4 6
Clover Hay 4 5 5 0
Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 10i Whe4 traw ... 1 10 1 13

SMITHFIELD.
Supply moderate, trade dull, and prices as last quoted.
C :arse i:eavy lauwial,a Meadow Hay 0 ty £3 5
Ne w Meaaow Day 3 10 4 4
Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15

Fine Upland Meadow and itye-grass Hay......... 4 0 4
C:over Hay (catra fine)....£s 0 ..Gene:ally 3 10 4 15
Oat Straw... $1 4to Z 1 61 Wheat Straw.... 1 8 1 1 c

ANECDOTE OF BURNS.—WhiIe at Moffat
once, with Clarke the composer, the poet called for a
bumper of brandy. " Oh, not a t.urriper," said the musi-
cian ; " I prefer two small glasses." " Two glasses ?"
cried Burns, " why, you are like the la•s in Kyle, who
said she would rather be kissed twice bareheaded than
once wi;h her bonnet on."—Cunningltanz's new Edition
of Burns:

SPORTING AT TENDRING HALL, STOKE.
—December 26, at the Osier Grounds, six gentlemen shot
31 hares, 28 p:lea,ant•, 14 rabbits; total 73 first day.
December 27, in the Park, six gentlemen bad 507 shots,
and killed 143 hares, 38 pheasants, 12 rabbits, two
woodcocks ; total 195, second day. December 28, in the
plantation and furze, nine gentlemen hail 399 shots; game
killed, 113 hares, 68 pheasants, 21 rabbits, one pirtridge ;
total, 203. A brace of foxes were uoicennelled each day.
—Essex Standard.

TFIE SUICIDE AT HAMPTON COURT
PA LACE. —Yesterday Mt. Stirling proceeded to Himpton
to hold an Inquest on the body of Willi im Furdham, the
butler to Lady Emily Montague., housekeep-r to Hampton
Court Palace. It appeared, however, that an inquest Was
held on Saturday, by tile deputy of Mr. Adams, the
Crown Coroner, the deceased having died within the
verge of the Palace. The deceased bad received notice to
quit Lady Montague's service, and be left behind him
several Jett-rs, complaining that her Ladyship allowed the
footb,y and other servants to domineer over him. He has
left a wile and child. _ _

DREADFUL ACClDENT.—Yesterday after-
noon a hoy named Challener, about nine years of age, was
playing on the foor-path in Ilommerton-road, when lie
overbalanced himself and fell into the road at the moment
the waggon of Mr. Manson, the market gardener, was
passing. Tne occurrence was so instantaneous that no
help could be uff irtled in time, and the wheels passed over
his head and killed him instantly, his head being com-
pletely crushed. The inquest, it is u:iderstood, will be
Led to-morrow, but we believe no blame whatever is
attached to the waggoner,

GLASGOW WINTER ASSIZES, DEC. 30.

(Abridged from the Scots Times.)
CAPITAL CONVICTION UNDER LORD ELLEN-
BOROUG H'S ACT.

Hugh Kennedy was charged with having, on the 2d
day of August last, thrown at, or otherwise applied to, the
face of James Goodwin, head boots in the Buck's Head
Inn, a quantity of sulphuric acid, or some other corr, sive
substance, pleaded not guilty, when four declarations, vo-
luntarily emitted by the prisoner, were proved by the
Sheriff, Mr. Salmond, and Mr. Baird. A plan of the
interior of the inn, taken by Mr. M.Quisten, civil engi•
neer, was produced, and explained to the Court arid Jury.
From the examination of James Goodwin, the person
injured, it appeared that, on the 2d of August last, he
was awakened by feeling something thrown upon his fac ,
which was followed by an explosion, as if fire bad flown
from his eyes—and a strong sulialturous smell. He re-
ceived a blow on the brow over the left eye ; and his
eyes immediately felt as if they were full of sand, or some-
thing else, and the pain was intolerable. His face and
head were all wet; and he never saw from the moment
be heard the explosion, when be instantly sprang out of
bed, and proceeded to the door leading into the pantry,
calling out for assistance ; but the door be found to be
fastened; and he could not get out. On turning round,
however, from the door, he came against Kennedy, whom
he asked to cry for assistance ; but he would not. Panel
spoke to witness angrily ; and did not seem to be sur-
prised. He (panel) asked what was the matter; and on
his going to the door, it was instantly opened. Goodwin
hwea s
tart:
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thoe
obittedn thehaKnedul en ofd the do
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the
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sleep
ing with (Lod win, but that night he was not in bed
when the latter went to it—ncr did lie feel him lie down,
although he slept at the wall. After ee,ting into the
pantry, Kenn-tly brought a pitcher-full of water, which
he (witness) beg .in to lave on his face to alleviate the
burning pain ; and which Kennedy als) did, saying he
was burned too. Tile pitcher uas used for holding
spring water ; and Kennedy had wit time to go out for
it, when he produced it. Kennedy had 7s. a week,
besides his bed and board—;;e had no right to any rr-
quisites ; but shortly before the occurre:xe he askeil more
wages from witness. Tile request was refused, as he
thought panel got as much as be deserved. Witness,
however, never had any quarrel with panel. Goodwin
was blind of both eyes for about three weeks; and bit
face and neck were all burned. His left eye is comp:etely
out, and the lashes grown together.
By the Guirt—No vitriol was used in the house.
They did not make their own blacking.
George Thirkell is a waiter in the Buck's Head Hotel,
and recollected being awakened by the cries of distress
on the morning when the accident held Goodwin, the
head-boots. Kennedy, who was under-boots, was wash-
ing the head boot's face with water. Tue head- boots
ordered him (witness) to procure oil, for he was terrib!y
burned. Witness went down stairs but could not procure
any. Witness obserted a rope fastened to the outside
handle of the door leading from the boots' bedroom to tha
pantry. Tile other door leading to the passage was shut.
Kennedy said he took 5 or 10 minutes to open the door;
but he did not say how it was fastened—he opened it, he
sad, by merely pulling it. There was very little fi,e in
the pantry. Kennedy asked witness for the loan of a
shirt—as his own was so wet he could not put it on.
Kennedy did not show witness the injuries which he said
he had sustained.

Mr. Atkinson, of the Buck's Head, recollects the
morning en which the accident hefel Goodwin, the head
hoots of the hotel. Witness was awakened about thra-e
o'clock by Hugh Kennedy, who said Goodwin had got
his fare scalded with boiling water. Witness immediately
arose, and went to the pantry, where he saw Goodwin and
Thirkell. He heard no noise previously to being awakened.
Goodwin was laving water on his face, assisted by Thir-
kell. There was a wooden dish kept in the pantry for
washing glasses ; but he does not recollect whether it was
that vessel or a pitcher which was in use at the time.
Went hack to his bedroom to tell Mrs. Atkinson the
situation boots was in. Recollects seeing a small
copper pan on the pantry floor when he returned from the
be.'-room. Kennedy said it and a pitcher of water had been
thrown on the lied through an opening at the foot. On
going into the hoots' room, he observed at the foot of the
bed, immediately under the aperture, a great deal of
water, but which appeared to have been thrown from the
inside. and from the head of the bed. Examined pat Ceti:-
lady the partition in Which is the npenine, but saw no
marks of water or any thing else. Kennedy said the lour
was fastened when they were first alarmed. Witness saw
a rope hanging from the handle of the bed-room doer, and
Kennedy said it had been fastened from the outside. Panel
'aid he and Goodwin had pulled it open. The door
handle, from the handle of the pantry dresser, is about six
inches; and he (witness) put the rope through the hand's
f the latter, and drew it inside of the loom, when it
cached to tlie bed-side, the door being at the time close,
and a person sitting at the bed with the rope in ban
could easily keep it so. The rope, when he entered the
pantry was hanging from the handle of the door, with its
and inside the sleeping room. Witness here described the
state in which he found the bed. At the head, where
Goodwin lay, the pillow was stained with some corrosive
substance; and the slip, which was produced and identi-
Ii at tile place where Goodwin's head lay, was literally
reduced to shreds, as was also the upper portion of his
night shirt. Witness did not think two persons had lain
in bed that night. Some days before the accident, some-
thing bad been thrown into tire eye of a dog, which became
greatly discoloured. He talked to Dr. Aitken about it;
and witness also recollected seeing a cat one day in the
yard, apparently in great distress, with its heal much
swolen, and the hair destroyed.
Dr. Aitken remembers being called to visit James
Goodwin early on the morning of the 2,1 August. In the
eye., there was a quantity of coarse sand. The shirt
tasted strongly of acid (vitriol). When cleaning the eyes,
he ordered the sand to tie collected, which was done, and
taken to the Procurator F-scat's office for inspection.
There was a recent cut over the left eye-brow; and an
indentation in the edge of the copper pan, which corre-
sponded with the wound on the eye-brow. Kennedy said
he was scalded too, but on an examination he found only
a slight mark on the inside of the right wrist. Found no
stains or marks on either side of the partition in which
was the aperture, nor about the bed, but where Goodwin
slept, at the head ; nor were there any marks in a clothes
press at the ;tack of the openin. Tire indentation on the
side of the pan was so small that it would not rtvite a
blow of great force to make such an impression. Tire
sulphuric acid would make the pan have the appearance of
copper, if it remained in it for two or three dats. Here
tee witness described the experiment made by Mr. At-
kinson with the rope and the handle of the door, from
the interior of the boots' bed-room. Saw no marks on the
hack part of the heal. Some spots of acid were, however,
visible on the vest, but none e shirt of Kennedy.
Tire acid acts sooner on woollen than on cotton. Saw
nothing particular about Kennedy's appearance.
Mr. Penfold, chemist, described the nature of the sub-
stance which had been thrown en the blankets, and
deposed that none bad come in contact with the partition
at the foot of the bed, and is which was the aperture.
- Harvey, shop-boy with Mt. Penfold at the tine
oi the accident, was next examined. The substance of
the buy's evidence was, that a short time before the ecear-
rence, panel had purchased a pennyworth of vitriol, and
that a day or two before tire accident, he again called ant
purchased 2d. or 3d. worth of the same destructive liquid.
Tire next witness was Mr. Penfuld's porter, woo de•
posed that, on one occasion, before the catastrophe, lie
also sold panel Id. worth of vitriol.
Four declarations of the panel were here read, setting
forth that he was 27 years of age, and that he was a native
of Perthshire. Tie vi riot, he stireel, had been purehas,il
for a gentleman's coachman; but tie denied having thrown
the acid upon Goodwin, and declared teat he was asleep.
at the time the injnry was inflicted, and that he himself
received some of the water and a small portion of the buries

ing acid.
William Watson was called in exculpation. Witness
f histwo
mild
years havingago nbeen i
jun
btae
rgh.
tluirdtcri:essed by the Advoate Depute
servantgN
vaivTtetii::hsjewua
Jury
pisytoahn:vep:l,
iak,
ntehgheoniiogbdai,
mild disposition.
s
for the Crown, and by Mr. Anderson for the panel.
Lord Moncriaff summed up, and after five minutes' deli-
beration, the Jury, by a plurality of voices, bound the panel
Guilty as libelled. He was accordingly sentenced to be
hanged at the commoa place of execution in this city, on
Monday the 20th day of January, between the hours of
eight and ten in the morning.

Some of the scenes in Portland-place in the
new comic novel, " Gale Middleton," by the author of
"Brarnbletye-house," are irresistibly amusing; one in par-
ticular, where Lady Barbara Ruspoi t condescends to
arrange a p irty to ba given at the house of a city knight,
the conditions of which are that none of thee friends of the
host and hostess are to be invited, and that the knight
himself is, on that evening, to be precluded from his our.
rooms ! To these stipulations the Loste.s, ambitious ni
entertaining petrs at.d pteresses, is fain to ace-'t', and to
bribe her poor, but noble chaperon, with a large such to
secure her agency. Excessive as this pitiful lolly may
appear, it is not without its prototype in actual life.