The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-14 00:00:00

THE .•SUN,
THE GREAT EXHIBITION, 1 good crop. No ethange has taken place in prices.
The police returns of yesterday show a considerable `The estimate of the duty is raised to 18,000/.
INIMIM.
• iminution in the number of visitors to the Crystal -------- CR(
.Palace, as compared with those of Tuesday. The DEATH OF THE REV. SAMUEL O'SUL- A
heavy showers of the morning no doubt were in a great LIVAN, D D. cony
rart the cause of this falling off ; but Tuesday has We regret to announce the death of this distin- Ann
always, since the commencement of the shilling days, guished clergyman, who was for the last thirty years was I
been the most crowdAd day in the week. The majority
chaplain of the Royal Military School in the Phcenix- on tl
of visitors yesterday were of the middle class, and a great
park. He was a gentleman of high literary attain- and
number of foreigners were also present. ments, and, like his brother Mortimer, possessed elo- bandl
rou
The numbers up to three o'clock were as follow:
quence of the first order. The Daily Express, in an
14,657
11 o'clock
12 „
36,381 clergyman, says : sider
1 „
41,368 " Dr. O'Sullivan's writings were on every varied sub- f
2 „
44,257 ject that suggests itself to a man whose profession may our(
3 „ the a
The numbers at the same hour on Tuesday were 55,451, almost be said to have been literature. His style was up he
showing a difference of 11,000 between the two days. formed at an earlier period than that of most of the tenci
Notwithstanding the heavy rains of the morning the writers who have of late years addressed the public; ~, the '
thermometer rose to 78, only 2 degrees below Tuesday, and it more often reminds us of Goldsmith in its truth
train
when the sun shone out with so much more brilliancy of delineation, or of Swift in its perfect purity of lan-
and power. guage, than of any one modern author; but his style A
Only one season ticket was sold. The money taken at was in truth his own, and nnborrovred from any model, licio
the doors amounted to 2,2641. 10a., making the total the direct and almost transparent medium in which the motl
receipts 2,265/. los. The pollee report gives the num- thoughts of a very contemplative and a very original N
ber of visitors as 47,817. mind were happily communicated. Like Southey's Scot
earlier and better prose works, such as ' E,priella's T
STATE OF TRADE. Letters' and his papers in the Annual Review, there was pHs,
in O'Sullivan's writings a perpetual sparkling of wit time
(From the Manchester Guardian.) which brightened and gave life and animation to every-
lIANCHESI44II7 TUESDAY.—The same features which thing he said. You saw that the writer was himself a Thai
I
marked the business of last week have characterised man of joyous spirit, and the difference between him _aanati
this day's market, and that perhaps in a somewhat and an ordinary man discussing the same subject was as 13_ t
decided way. The demand for yarns and goods has as the difference between such a book as ' Fuller's Church der.
been of a general kind, for various markets, and of History,' alive and brilliant everywhere with
of barren
in In
considerable aggregate amount. Amongst the' buyers tier's, and some ragged school compendium o
Magazinerren tows
there is no disposition to speculate, but on the facts, and names, and dates. In
subjectsl the
duets
h
nof Irish University
ywere
contrary, a prevailing caution which scarcely his
ocl. theeberepveer
that there is not anywhere the same heruct.i
ventures to pay the least advance in price • the
i.
whilst the sellers, though prompted by the demand amount uannt we
original and most important information
to raise their terms for many articles, and yet so brought together on a subject which, had it not been frome
placed on record within the last few years, must have
unwilling to let orders pass them, as to render their altogether perished, as in his account of the Emmetts, he be
success only barely appreciable, in the most favour- and Tones, and Sheares's of 1798. Of the passing disea
able cases, during the course of a week. Goods suit- events of his own times—theh struggles of the Irish giver
able for India and China have been less in request Church,
.the F rtehos Churc movementhc in Scotland, and shoul
publicur h whi with
have
reference n c e
.t o. its he wl
than they were last week ; but the manufacturers the
nomo intfionare- her.''
ofto English America--the
maintain the sliht advantage they then gained incolonies
mation so valuable as that supplied by him from
price. At the lows previous rates, there have been some
to time in the University and in Blackwood 's Magazine. era!
purchases of mule yarns suitable for the quarters just
What the Church and what society has lost, or rather noto a
named. The scarcity of domestics and T cloths, corn- what might have been easily gained for both, no man Afte
pared with the degree in which they are wanted, can estimate. ,
causes them still, in some degree, to harden in value ; '‘ The last task with which Dr. O'Sullivan was en-
fatbe
and the same statement holds good as to the warps gaged was the publication of a Church Catechism. It hour
and pin-cops, from which those fabrics are woven. is drawn up with exceeding simplicity; yet there is no cur.)
There is a similar tendency in spinnings adapted to one doctrine taught by the Church that is not brought to t
the German trade, and the merchants are now yen- forward in this little work, not alone in the language of in t
turing to operate more freely than of late. Other our Church formularies, but also in the passages of priso
descriions of erns are firm. Printing cloths of
Scripture from which that language is formed; and after
Lions y
different widths are worth fully as much as they alsorenththe' accompanying recollection that it is she e
. who are to be taught, and that the clearest and does
were last week, and other medium goods remain
most
direct language is that in which it is fitting that lar tl
steady. explanations which are to remain on the memor • should ce ,
re,
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.— There has been an average be expressed. This little
catechism has been int)r n
oduced -" '
demand for flannels to-day, but chiefly in the lower into many schools, and we have seen letters from several after
qualities. The wool trade has been dull. The co- clergymen speaking of it in terms of high praise. condi
lonial wool sales in London now being held, and an "Dr. O'Sullivan's death took took place on Wednesday with
advance being fully established, the holders are not last, and on Saturday his remains were interred in the he w
anxious to quit their present stock at former prices. churchyard at Chapelizsd." fathe
MACCLESFIELD, TUESDAY.—Since last Tuesday's and t
report our warehouses have been canvassed by se- THE ROYAL NORTHERN AGRICUL- bed t
veral buyers from London and Manchester, but up to TURAL SOCIETY. that
the present little business has been negotiated. Ma- The annual gathering of this association cons- aqu
nufacturers yet complain of their unsatisfactory menced on Thursday last in Aberdeen, and was well be hi
prices. Thrown silk—more business doing, at firm attended by the principal landowners and proprietors and I
prices. Raw silk—the deliveries continue exceed- in that part of Scotland. e The show of animals is de- and 1
ingly good, and firm prices, with an upward ten- scribed as having been admirable in quality. The had
dency. most successful competitor for the prizes awarded to that
HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—There has not been sheep was the Duke of Richmond. The show of imple- " shE
so much doing either in the Cloth Hall or warehouse ments was not numerous, but good. A dinner was on hi
to-day as on e last few market days. The demand given in the evening at the Mechanics' Institution, house
has been mainly for goods of very low quality, and at which Lord Saltoun presided, supported by the more
or new patterns of fancy woollens ; but the amount Duke of Richmond, Admiral Gordon, M.P., Colonel quarl
purchased has scarcely equalled an average quantity. Leslie, Colonel Fraz-r, Colonel Lumley, and others. two 1
The wool warehouses have not been busy. The On the health of the Duke of Richmond being pro- in th
staplers complain of a want of trade ; but although posed, his Grace congratulated "the northern meeting was
the sales in this latter department have been light to- that from year to year their shows exceeded in merit this
day, many of the staplers have been pretty busy those of the years that preceded them. He had the
during the past week. been delighted at seeing so many good cattle in the the
HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—ScarceIy any buyers have showyard, and he was further delighted with what tweli
been in our piece-hall to-day ; and the inquiry for he heard of what was seen in the markets, proving bedri
worsted goods is far from active. Yarns are still in as it did that stock was much improved, for they the n
the same depressed condition, and the quotations are might depend upon it that if good stock would not the f
almost nominal. There is not much doing in long pay, bad must be indeed a losing concern." In re- She ,
wool, which has undergone no alteration in price. plying to the toast of " The Royal Agricultural So- the I
Noils and brokes, being rather scarce, are somewhat ciety of England, Scotland, and Ireland," the Noble who
more inquired for, at slightly improved rates. Duke took occasion to make the following observa- aboul
tions : out 1
---
HOP INTELLIGENCE. "We landowners may originate these societies if we fire t
will, but we cannot maintain them unless supported by prove
(From the Maidstone Journal.) the tenant-farmers of the country.—(Applause.) We of th
MAIDSTONE.—The hop grounds in this district may subscribe our funds, and I say we ought to do so, reach
contiuue to flourish and have a very healthy and but it is the practical farmer—the individual who, from mete]
luxuriant appearance, the burr developing itself well, daylight to dark, witnesses every one of the processes - loner
and rapidly turning into hop. There are, however, not and pursuits of agriculture—who alone can support
a few pieces of slack bine which of course cannot pro- these great societies.—(Applause.) Depend upon the "
duce many hops. It is also useless to attempt to con- it, gentlemen, the motto of the Royal English! into..
s i
teal the fact that in some parishes not far from u 3 Society is a right one—' Science with Practice. 91 n
You may write a thousand books on what farming ought house
there is a good deal of mould. On the whole, what o be, and a hundred to one if you do not exclude the ward
with blight, mould, and slackness of bine, our esti- t
important element of the climate under which the expe- show
mate of the crop is a very moderate one. riments are to be tried.—(Hear, hear.) Give me, there- fire t
BAR3IING.-011T hops are coming out, but we make fore, the practical farmer who knows his laud and its M
no fresh bine—we shall grow about half last year's capabilities. I speak not of men prejudiced against all im- priso
crop. provements, but of the intelligent and practical farmer, who Tt
LOOSE.—Our best grounds are getting a little into will bring his experience to bear on theories, overthrow-
whol
hop, and promise fairly for quantity and quality, but ing many that may sound well with pamphleteers or book- rra,
all those infected with vermin are worse every day. sellers.—(A laugh.) Do not let me be understood to '
We calculate on about the crop of 1849. damp any man from experiments or endeavouring to retur
LINTON.—Some have improved a little ; others write on these subjects; but I recommend that, before but 5
parti es w rite,
.they t take te advice of Se]
have gone back ; the cold winds prevent their making
those who practicallyshould knoa l w the subject they speak said t
much progress ; there appears to be a want of consti- of.—(Applause.) As a practical agriculturist and as made
tution this year; they cannot make way as they do a landowner, I say that it is the duty of the land- woub
some years. owner to make the experiments. If they fail, we must meat
WEST FARLEIGII AND YALDING.—SinCe my last bear the loss; but
if we succeed, I know well that the
communication some pieces of hops have certainly zealous enterprise of the farmers of this district will N(
improved, but many are worse and more decidedly adopt them, if I prove that I evidently improve the cul- CR
blighted; the time is past for their recovery, the crop tivation of my soil, and open my boolts to show the cost; Ja
therefore must be a short and bad one. The last for, gentlemen, it is nonsense to talk of improvements on th
three or four days have been cold and the wind high unless they pay.—(Hear, and applause.) Can there be birth
—this is much against the crop at this critical time ; in the world a greater 'humbug than asking me to lay dead
the vermin is not dead in many grounds, thus they out fifty pounds if I only get back tea? No; the menu- mi
daily get worse. Even in the best patches blight is facturers never think of manufacturing at a loss, and -r_4,l
why
fishould we the farmers do so? Gentlemen, I am u"
found, and poles and even hills black and fruitless. I
rthat these societies have been of great use to It
believe the district from West Farleigh to Maidstone stahtelscoeudnt yat large. I think these meetings of advan- servic
to be as good or better than any, but even here many tsge, in enabling the owners and the occupiers of land Marc
failures occur. to meet with gentlemen representing the intelligence Wha
WATEEINGEUEY.—The bine appears to want for and enterprise of the manufacturing towns. It is of she h
great importance that we be in the same boat, and that
moisture, partly occasioned by the drought and partly and c
by the vermin. There is a little improvement in we should pull together, and all I can say is that I will in ei,
willingly pull the stroke oar with them.—(Applause.)
some of the best grounds, but very trifling, allowing diticsr
I will nut pursue that line of remark any further, but I
for the time of year. hope and trust the time is not long to come when we,
the 2
TESTON.—Some of the hops in this parish are the landowners, may feel it to be prudent to lay out our sti`Pi'
looking better than some of the adjoining parishes, capital in further improvement of our land.—(Hear, hear,
bourl
and where there is a fair quantity, which is very and applause.) For the compliment you have paid me andl
general, they grow freely and promise an average I thank you. but I wish that to the owners and occupiers taken
crop, should no calamity attack them. of land I could say I was satisfied with the times we live ter,
Menewoaeu.—Some of the best grounds slightly in.—(Loud spplause.)" panie
improve, but the bad ones get worse ; the prospect The other speeches were of the ordinary descrip- prisol
altogether is no ways chewing. tion, and do not require notice. The show was to she h
NETTLESTEAD.—We have a fair share of bine, continue on Friday, when some of the animals were upon
which is now throwing out burr and hops, perhaps exposed to sale ; but (according to the Aberdeen once i
rather slowly, yet they show greatly the effects of the Herald) the expectation of the sellers were so high ries sil
blight in appearance of want of moisture. that very few changed hands. prison
BOUGHTON AND SUTTON.—The hops have slightly June,
improved during the week, and the general opinion is SEABORNE MAILS. the hi
that these parishes will grow from 5 cwt. to 6 cwt, [N signifies that the mails are sent front the General Post-olnee fields
per acre• by the night-and at by the morning-dispatch.]
This
Mel-Rpm—Some grounds are making considerable When made up in i From what when had di
progress, while others are past recovery. PLACES. General Post-office; port dis-
due. fields
STAPLEIII3RST.—_'here is no improvement in our
----•.-- near t
hops. The easterly winds have been rather detri-
mental. The 1 opinion is that there will be f America (by Brit. pkt.)NAug. 15 .. .. Liverpool.. Aug, 17 place
genera
hops out of the Weald. America (by U.S. pkt.) MlAug 13 .. ..ISouthampt. lAug. 21 handk
CItANEVELOOK.—We are authorised in reporting a Africai (west cosat)- 31114th of the month l'Plymouth Sept. 6st
8e1giagria............... NN
Dl9ailth: 30th of mo.,ll3ooovveerr ..
DAugl.ls„ . Mr.
still further improvement in the plantations, a con-•and cc
siderable number of which we have again visited and Brazil A • • ' • .. M 9th of the month Southampt. Sept.iy 16
.. M 9th of the month Southampt. 'Sept. 16 she ha
aeeacesereo se examined, and we find the bine •growing, the burr cßalueifneorns I Ayres
- Selic 17th of month Southampt. 0 should
developing itself more prolific than could have been Cae of Good Rope Nildth of month Plymouth.. Sect. Aug.
6 eviden
expected, and in some places a good sprinkling of c'
centralo pn t a n tAi etn
America
ia . : : zl72tdhBl,7lt7ht2h7otp of molls)oouvtelf g. 20
N Mon., Wed., 'Sr Fnri.lSoutk:mm soner'i
hops (of various sizes) already displaying Channel Isles •• .. 1
'Pt Tau!: T2l4°. S a
their
pendant flowers. We believe the duty will exceed Chili • • • • •• • M 17th of the month jSouthampt. Aug. 20 His
France .. .. M.& N Twice daily .. - jDover .. Twicedail; mann(
100,000/. Greece* • • • • •• N 7th 17th 27th efmo I:lover - Aug. 20 turner
TENTERDEN.—The hops in this neighbourhood are Hamburgh • • .... N Tuesday & Friday 'London .. Taes. Sat. ~
;Tolland
Honduras
......
....
31.8, BigTvrifileieloefds.tahiSzleyna.S.aotiiutrii.. Is,ijooourilytdhhoaenmadp:t...
T.:ll:iiione..eT2dol:37 No/
improving, particularly the best gardens, and we
31 20th of the month ;Southampt. Aug. 23
anticipate a good share with the rest of our neigh-
Ni7th& 24th ef month Dover .. Aui. 15 CIVI]
tedidliaaarrvvilaa3SioallrstehillamesP;)
hours.
ki2Oth of the month Southampt. Aug. 23
TONBRIDGE.—Many of the hop plantations present
(and doubtless this is
an appearance of improvement
mi.rs7,7;,&orif2t4thiat,heie9mfthm. onthDov Thi
liaseoduitthelapnteoann) (via
the case to a certain extent), but the prevalence of
Mexico . .
j.
~ kild of the month.. Southampt.
Southampt.Souteliramp. Sept 5
ASept.lls6 Reddi:
easterly wind during the week has bad the effect of promiE
checking the growth of the burr, preventing the de-1,000/
'velopment that we generally experience in this month Malta „ „ Na 1 & 30th of month il Dover Aug. 18 made
Nish
e when the weather is hot and dry, with the wind in a Napless .. .. .. Nth 15th 25th ofmopover - Aug. 22 by mu
1. OV
(Tir able quarter. Papal States* .. N 511115th 25th of mo, Dover •• Aug. 22
Peninsular„ • • .31 7th 17th 27th of mo Southampt. Arrived Mr.
`-rrvoar, proportion of Peru ..... .
21117th of the month Southampt. Aug. 20 case fc
the h AND SHOREHAM.—A small prop
West Indies
Tuscany* .: ' N'sth 15th 25th of mo,Dover • • Aug. 22
°P rilantatio • • • • •
n in this district is progressing very N/kladadrsietireeffirra aneB.)e.a n
...7:
West Indies that o
,wfavto.ll,ll.3aeill.lY, and is likely to grow from seven to eight
I i Mr.
acre. Havanna & N..
(...cep....t Mli7th of the month iSoutharapt.jAug. 20
au) Mi2d of the month ..,Southaeapt. Sept. 5 an act
EyN"°4l)'---W have * The mails to those countries thus marked (5) are conveyed by as sue
grounds in our e been through the hop-
paai-eemeaallanact°
French packet viK Marseilles.
lingstene Castlepasrish, as well as Farningham, Lul-
ec AlnolwFOlN
Chislehurst, or,. utton-at-Hone, St. Mary Cray, are
rThe next West India due by every
„i.
iAmeric.an packbeet.
made
lip
on derail
and from California, via the United states in life
The bine generaPe"it°n, Chelsfield, and Shoreham. the morning of the 18th instant, consequences of the 17th falling plaint;
,-,n nrnan.f. f. ~c __ yis Very slack. full of vermin_ mid en a Sunday• iiiii;uarmad will
comps

WATERINGBURY.—The bine appears to want for
moisture, partly occasioned by the drought and partly
by the vermin. There is a little improvement in
some of the best grounds, but very trifling, allowing
for the time of year.
TESTON.—Some of the hops in this parish are
looking better than some of the adjoining parishes,
and where there is a fair quantity, which is very
general, they grow freely and promise an average
crop, should no calamity attack them.
MEREWORTH.—Some of the best grounds slightly
improve, but the bad ones get wurse ; the prospect
altogether is no ways chewing.
NETTLEsTEAn.--We have a fair share of bine,
which is now throwing out burr and hops, perhaps
rather slowly, yet they show greatly the effects of the
blight in appearance of want of moisture.
BOUGHTON AND SUTTON.—The hops have slightly
improved during the week, and the general opinion is
that these parishes will grow from 5 cwt. to 6 cwt,
per acre.
MARDEN.—Some grounds are making considerable
progress, while others are past recovery.
STAPLEHURST._There is no improvement in our
hops. The easterly winds have been rather detri-
mental. The general opinion is that there will be few
hops out of the Weald.
CRANEcaooK.—We are authorised in reporting a
still further improvement in the plantations, a con-
siderable number of which we have again visited and
examined, and we find the bine growing, the burr
developing itself more protia, than could have been
expected, and in some places a good sprinkling of
hops (of various sizes) already displaying their
pendant flowers. We believe the duty will exceed
100,0001.
TENTEaDEN.—The hops in this neighbourhood are
improving, particularly the best gardens, and we
anticipate a good share with the rest of our neigh-
bours.
TONHRIDGE.—Many of the hop plantations present
an appearance of improvement (and doubtless this is
the case to a certain extent), but the prevalence of
easterly wind during the week has bad the effect of
checking the growth of the burr, preventing the de-
"lopment that we generally experience in this month
7, Ilea the weather is hot and dry, with the wind in a
"curable quarter.
°Trelab AND SHOREHAM.—A small proportion of
the hop
favour
w at
Tantation in this district is progressing very
o
t. per Leand is likely to grow from seven to eight
ErNspon,n:
grounds in our parish,
have been through the hop-
lingstone Castleparish, as well as Farningham, Lul-
Chislehurst, Cori i Sutton-at-Hone, St. Mary Cray,
The bine generaillyntoni Chelsfield, and Shoreham.
slack, full of vermin, and
ino prospect of growls, very
asgwahhayt hops. Judging from our
prospect, as well
hear from below the
hill, the duty cannot reach w50e,000/• Inexperienced
people have been backing 80,0001. •
look
FRITH AND CRAYFORD. ti duty.
theev,eer had our hops
look so bad. Mr. Colyer's
miserablyo growing3ad
as foul as they well can be, and no ciZlnatc,ebuft they are
any hops. Mr. Stonbam's look
bine not half up the poles, and covered with lichee'r;etnhioes
chance of growing a hop. The ground about
only suitable for growing raspberries and early pota-
toes. We regret to hear they are about being grubbed
up, for they give employment to labourers all the
year round.
CANTERBURY.—The last two or three excessively
hot days have caused the hops to throw out a little
fresh bine, but no burr appears on it. Very little
progress has been made by the burr since last week,
and prospects, on the whole, are fully as
vermin continues very numerous; many g bad. The
rounds are
new quite black, and positively stink.
WoacEsTEL—The plantations in this neighbour-
hood lire progressing favourably, and should the pre-
sent lane weather continue, hopes are entertained of a

company
P mananY with
SOCIALIST AM 8 USEMENT
IN PARIS.—A soldier
two workmen in a
pwuabslirce.cheunutlsye
adtriankreinugellien.
aloudhuge beard and a
broad-brimmed hat came in, and invoice cried,
take two I
he " Citizen, give me a glass of wine : if I were t
should be an aristo !" On perceiving the soldlier
singing a song in which the army was grossly insulted. beganle
then abused the President ( f the Republic in the grossest
terms. The soldiers and workmen protested against such
language; this led to a quarrel, and the quarrel to blows.
The public- house keeper interfered, but was was grossly Ili-
treated by the demagogue. At last the man was secured
and taken to the guard-house.
. THE BREED OF PARTRIDGES.—Our sporting
friends in this district (neighbourhood of Southampton) will
sixteen anind
eighteen
ig h t e
en
to
ho,veetd.tteodb.ear that within the last ten days the young birds
termed the scores,"gapes." Covies have been reduced from
havingh
ablefetah asubject to what is techni-
callyseaso h number. The breeding
n, owever, has
lack of sport. Young
been so favourable there will be no
ward; indeed the ngpheasants are very numerous and for-
years past. The breedsame
e has been more favourable than for
no uncommon thing to see r
remark applies to hares. It has been
than applies
leverets for a month
past, being much earlier
Dispatches were received
office, from the Governor of
_ Vyesterday at the Colonial-
oElT South Wales.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD ClRCUlT.—Gloucester, Aug 12.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron MARTIN).
At the surnm-r assizes last year two men were
convicted of a rape on a young woman, named Mary
Anne Bennett. At the following spring assizes she
was tried for perjury alleged to have been committed
on that trial, and the two men who had been convicted
and sentenced to transportation on her evidence were
brought from Woolwich and examined as witnesses
against her. She was then convicted of perjury, but
some points of law having been reserved for the con-
sideration of the Court of Appeal, Mr. Justice Tal-
fourd, who tried her, deferred passing sentence. On
the argument in the court above the conviction was
upheld; and Mr. Baron Martin now passed the sen-
tence upon her which Mr. Justice Talford directed—
the heaviest sentence that could by law be passed—
transportation for seven years.
Adonijah Edward Jordon, 29, was indicted for ma-
liciously setting fire to the dwelling-house of his
mother, Mary Jordon, she being therein.
Mr. Skinner conducted the prosecution, and Mr.
Scotland the defence.

The first witness examined was the mother of the
prisoner, 79 years of age, and she stated that for some
time back she had lived separately from her husband,
her house and his being a few hundred yards apart.
That on the Bth of March last the prisoner went to the
Bath Hospital, in consequence of a disease of the blad-
der. Previously to this he had lived for the most part
in her house, and had not shown any improper conduct
towards her. On the 7th of June he returned from
the hospital to her house, and was equally well con-
ducted down to Sunday, the 6th of July, sleeping with
her in her only bed. On that night, about nine o'clock,
the prisoner came home, and appeared excited as if
from the effects of drinking. Upon going up to bed,
he began to abuse her about her having talked of his
disease, cursed her several times, said that his father had
given him the bed when a boy, and threatened that it
should be the last time she should sleep in it, and that
he would "pay her out, and do something grand for
her." She was very much alarmed, and went and
complained to a neighbour, and passed the remainder
of the night at her sister-in-law's, close by, and did
not again see the prisoner until the next Wednesday.
After she left the prisoner was seen going towards his
father's house, and returning with him to his mother's
house, and soon after they both came out, the father
carrying a bed. The person who saw them spoke
to them, and blamed them for their conduct
in taking away the bed, upon which the
prisoner told him to mind his own business ; and
afterwards the father was heard to say, " It is a pity
she is not dead," and then the prisoner said, " If she
does not die within this week I'll kill her." A simi-
lar threat was used by the prisoner, in the hearing
of a neighbour, who went up to his room immediately
after the old woman left, and talked to him about his
conduct. The prisoner slept the rest of that night
with his father. On the following morning (Monday)
he was left in the house by his father, and when his
father returned in the evening the prisoner had left,
and the door of his house was broken open and the
bed taken away. Between twelve and one o'clock of
that day the prisoner was seen at a public-house about
a quarter of a mile from his mother's house. There
he had three or four pints of beer, and left soon after,
and returned again about five o'clock in the afternoon,
and left finally at six. Before leaving he said he had
had a quarrel with his mother, and upon being told
that his mother used to speak highly of him, he said,
" she won't ever any more," and that he had something
on his mind. At six o'clock he went to another public-
house, nearer to his mother's house, and had some
more drink, and left about half-past ten. At about
quarter to twelve he was met by two persons about
two hundred yards from his mother's house, and going
in the direCtion of it ; and at ten minutes to twelve he
was seen not more than twenty yards from it. At
this time there was no appearance of fire about
the mother's house. A next-door neighbour of
the mother heard the clock in her house strike
twelve, and just afterwards she looked out of her
bedroom window, and saw the corner of the roof of
the mother's house, which was of thatch, on fire, and
the fire coming over from the back to the front.
She gave the alarm, and another neighbour, seeing
the fire, ran into the house and rescued the mother,
who was at that time asleep, having gone to bed
about nine o'clock, and, as she said, carefully put
out her candle. The latter person described the
fire as burning from the outside inwards, and it was
proved that there was a heap of stones at the back
of the house, from which a person might with ease
reach the roof. A box, partly filled with lucifer
matches, was found at the father's house. The pri-
soner was not seen by any one near the house after
the fire, and on the following Tuesday he was taken
into custody. He then gave a false statement as to
his name and occupation, denied having set fire to the
house, and resisted being taken into custody. After-
wards, on his way to prison, he used expressions
showing that he expected to be punished for setting
fire to the house, and was regardless of it.
Mr. SCOTLAND having addressed the jury for the
prisoner,
The Learned JUDGE very carefully summed up the
whole evidence.

The jury retired, and, after an absence of an hour,
returned into court, and found the prisoner Guilty,
but strongly recommended him to mercy.
Sentence of death was recorded, but his Lordship
said to the jury that their recommendation would be
made know❑ at the proper quarter, and he thought it
would probably have the effect of reducing the punish-
ment to transportation for a limited period.

NORTHERN ClRCUlT.—Lancaster, Aug. 12.
CROWN COURT.—(Before Mr. Baron PUTT.)
Jane Threlfall, aged 27, was charged with having,
on the 27th June last, endeavoured to conceal the
birth of her infant child by secretly disposing of the
dead body.

Mr. Alfred Milnes conducted the prosecution ; Mr.
Jo4eph Pollock defended the prisoner.
It appeared that the prisoner, who had been in
service in Preston, left her place in the month of
March last and went to her mother's house in
Wharles. After she had remained there some time
she had every appearance of being in the family way,
and on the 24th of June she had increased so much
in size that many of the neighbours observed the con-
dition in which she was. Shortly after this, viz., on
the 26th of June, her size was so much reduced that
suspicions were raised and reports spread in the neigh-
bourhood that the prisoner had been delivered of a child,
and as no mention was made of such an event having
taken place the police made inquiries about the mat-
ter, and on the 30th of June a policeman, accom-
panied by a surgeon, was sent to the house where the
prisoner was, who on being questioned as to whether
she had had a child denied that such was the fact,
upon which she was examined by the surgeon, who at
once pronounced that a birth had taken place. Inqui-
ries were then instituted, and it was found that the
prisoner had left her mother's house on the 27th of
June, having a basket on her arm. She proceeded to
the house of a Mrs. Parkinson, going across some
fields which was not the direct way of proceeding.
This was the day on which it was observed that she
had decreased in size. In consequence of this the
fields and ditches around were searched, and in a ditch
near the footpath evidence of a birth having taken
place was found, and in another ditch, near Mrs. Par-
kinson's house, a dead child wrapped up in a pocket-
handkerchief was discovered.

Mr. POLLOCK addressed the jury for the prisoner,
and contended that there was no evidence to show that
she had been delivered of a child, and even if they
should be satisfied that that was the case there was no
evidence to show that the child found was the pri-
soner's child, or that she had concealed a child in the
manner alleged in the indictment.

His LORDSHIP having summed up, the jury re-
:timed a verdict of Not Guilty.

NORTH WALES ClRCUlT.—Chester, Aug. 12.
CIVIL SlDE.—(Before Mr. Justice WIGHTMAN
and a Common Jury.)
REDDISH V. PRIESTNALL.

This was an action brought by Anna Arminal
EAdish against William Priestnall, for a breach of
promise of marriage. The damages were laid at
1,0001. The defendant pleaded—l. That he had
made no promise; 2. That if he did it was dissolved
by mutual consent, and he was released by the plaintiff.
Mr. Evans, Q.C., and Mr. Welby conducted the
case for the plaintiff; and Mr. Sergeant Herbert Jones
that of the defendant.

Mr.EvArissiiitel the case to the jury. This was
an action for a breach of promise of marriage, and
a s such related to one of the most important events
in life, and therefore deserved the most careful consi-
deration which the jury could devote to it. The
plaintiff came before them, and sought at their hands
compensation in damages for the destruction of hopes
which for five long years the defendant had delu-
sivelyinduced her to cherish. Through his miscon-
duct she was now thrown back in the world, having
lost many of the best years of her life, and find-
ing herself exposed to the sneers and ridicule of the
ill-natured and the malicious, who are ready enough
to impute in such cases some fault or disqualifying
circumstance in the lady as the reason for her rejec-
tion. It appears that in 1842 the defendant first be-
came acquainted with the plaintiff. She was the
daughter of a respectable corn and flour dealer living
in Stockport, and the defendant at that time was an
apprentice to Mr. Drink water, a mercer and draper in
the same town. The defendant seems to have been
struck with the young lady's appearance, at their first
interview. His master soon observed he was much of
his time away from the house in the evening. He
questioned him as to where he spent bis time, and on
hearing the circumstances he made no objection. In
1843, the plaintiff having gone on a visit to a married
sister in Liverpool, a correspondence by letter was
commenced between the parties, and renewed whenever
she went from home, down to 1848, when the defen-
dant made p journey to Louden, where he met his