The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-19 00:00:00

FRENCH CORN MARKETS.

There has not been much variation in prices
either in the Paris flour or corn markets last week.
The country markets are likewise quiet. Accounts
received from 163 market towns state that in 83
prices have fallen, and that in 80 prices have either
risen or are firm and well maintained. Farmers
are slow in bringing their corn to market this year,
though this is the season for the payment of rents :
but, on the other hand, many millers having a
stock of foreign wheat on hands, for which they
paid cash, are not inclined for the present to con-
tinue their purchases. We must consequently wait
until the present stock of flour in the hands of
millers and bakers be consumed to judge of the
effect to be produced on the corn and flour markets.
If, for example, the markets bo better supplied with
home-grown wheat, if the importation of foreign
corn into France be not considerably diminished,
prices will naturally decline. Such events, how-
ever, are not probable. It is said, en the contrary,
that contracts entered into with German houses for
a further supply of Hungarian wheat have been can•
celled, and that ships are being chartered at Havro
and at Marseilles to carry wheat to England.
The Nourelliste, of Rouen, says :—" In our last
agricultural review we prognosticated the moment
when 'England, pressed by want, would again ask
from France the corn she had sent her. This sin-
gular sending and fetching begins to operate, if we
may believe a letter from Nantes, which states that
several English vessels which had entered that port
with cargoes of corn had received orders by tele-
graph to bring them back intact to England. It is
probable that this kind of cross speculation will cost
our English neighbours dear."

The factors at the Paris flour market declared:on
Saturday, 1,683 sacks of flour, of which 484 of first
quality sold for delivery within 30 days at from
78f to 84t the sack of 157 kilogrammes. The latest
price on Saturday for flour of the six marks was
82f 500 the sack for the present month, 83f 50c
for December, and 86f for the first four months of
next year. Wheat—choice samples, 38f 32c the 100
kilogrammes; first quality, 37f 8c to 37f 48c; second
quality, 35f 42c to 35f 83c. Oats continue to fall in
the Paris market in consequence of the large supply
coming from all quarters and the limited demand.
Choice samples were sold last week at 31f the sack
of 150 kilogrammes. First quality, from Beauee and
Brie, 30f to 30f 50c; Champagne, 30f. A large
quantity of oats from Picardy was offered at 30f the
sack. Rye is less asked for than it was some weeks
since in the Paris market. Choice samples were
sold last week at 24f the sack of 115 kilogrammes,
and inferior at 23f. Some sales were effected to
execute orders received from Belgium. Barley is
offered in the Paris market, but there are no buyers
except for samples of the very best quality. The
best samples are offered at 21f the 100 kilogrammes,
and second quality at 20f.

The wind was favourable last week at Marseilles
for the arrival of ships from the Levant. The wheat
imported amounted to 287,000 hectolitres. A part
of this corn was forwarded to the provincial markets
in the interior, the stores at Marseilles being full.
The demand for Bordeaux for the supply of the
markets in the Charentes, Poitou, and Perigord
has ceased for the present. The consequence is a
slight decline in the price of wheat and flour. The
corn market at Nantes is quiet. Some parcels of
American wheat were sold last week at 26f 50e the
80 kilogrammes, or 33f 12c the 100 kilogrammes,
the same price as American wheat brings at Havre.
The telegraph has brought the prices of the pro-
vincial markets held on Saturday.
"Amiens.—Market better supplied with 'wheat,
but the quality is very inferior. A fall of 50 cen-
times the quintal on wheat. Barley offered at a
reduction of 50 centimes. Oats firm.

" Arras—Market well supplied ; sales difficult,
without any variation in price. Wheat 25f to 30f
50c.

Chartres—Market scantily supplied with corn ;
sales brisk, at a rise of if the hectolitre on wheat.
No change in the price of oats.

•' Dijon—Market sufficiently supplied. Wheat
32f to 33f the 100 kilometres. Oats falling. Flour
quiet.
" Marseilles—The importations are diminishing ;
the market is less heavy. Irka wheat, 31f 50c;
Marianopolis, 37f 50c; Saidi, 24f 50c the measure
of 100 litres.

" Melun—Market tolerably well supplied, The
average price of wheat 25f 60e the hectolitre, being
a rise of 38c. No change in the price of oats.
"Metz-1,829 hectolitres of wheat sold to-day at
an average of 32f 40e the quintal; oats, 17f 25c;
flour, 47f the 100 kilogrammes."
A corn merchant at Marseilles has published the
following letter on the present state of the market :
"'t has been frequently asserted that we require
300,000,000 f worth of wheat to supply the deficiency
of the late wheat crop, and that consequently
300,000,000 f in specie must be withdrawn from the
Bank. Ido not dispute the amount of the deficiency,
which I believe is nearly accurate, but I deny that
the 300,000,000 f will be withdrawn from the Bank
immediately, for the following reasons :—We rarely,
land perhaps never, send specie to Odessa, Taganrog,
the Danube, or to the various corn producing coun-
tries in the East to pay for the wheat purchased.
there for account of Marseilles merchants. The
principal houses engaged in that trade are bankers
at Brody, Vienna, London, and Paris. They take
advantage of their credit by giving orders that
draughts shall be drawn on their bankers, and not
on themselves. The draughts are generally drawn
at 3 months' date. The consequence is that the Mar-
seilles merchant who enjoys good credit does not pay
for the corn until 9 months after it is purchased, and
sometimes not for the same period after he has
received the bill of lading. If, then, our defi
ciency amounts to 390,000,0001 worth, that sum
will not be drawn from the Bank except in small
sums, and at intervals of nine months. The appre-
hension of a large draught of specie from the Bank
of France to pay for corn is consequently erroneous,
and it may be safely asserted that not more than half

that sum will be withdrawn by the end of the year,
including what has been already paid. My argu-
ment applies only to the corn imported through Mar-
seilles, which is the largest portion. Ido not allude
to the corn imported from America and the Baltic
through Havre."
The price of wool is firm in the French markets.
A letter from Havre states that 6,100 bags of wool
were sold there last week, of which 1,200 were pur-
chased by speculators, 700 for the United States,
700 for Belgium and other parts of Europe, and the
remainder for home consumption. Prices are now
from 5 to 15 per cent. lower that they were in May
last. The stock of wool remaining in the stores of
Havre is estimated at 5,150 bags from Buenos
Ayres, 900 from Montevideo, 550 from Australia,
500 from the Cape, 250 from Germany, and 200 from
Spain and Portugal.
There is a deficiency of good wool at Marseilles

in consequence of large sales made last month for
exportation, It is expected consequently that
some cargos of wool corning from the Levant will
bring a good price. 127 bags of wool were re-
ceived last week at Marseilles from Buenos Ayres,
80 from Tunis, 26 from Philippeville, 20 from Ro-
dosto, 695 from Montevideo, and 57 from Algiers.
6,000 bags of wool, washed and unwashed, are
advertised for sale by auction at Rouen on Wednes-
day and Thursday next.
Accounts from St. Dizier state that the long
wished for rain had at length arrived, that the iron
masters are working regularly,and that several addi-
tional fires have been lighted. Some people expect a
fall in the price of cast iron, but such is not the gene-
ral opinion. The price of 132 f for cast iron will pro-
bably be maintained for some time. One reason for
believing that the price will not decline is that the
ironmasters have a very small stock en hand.
The same remark applies to wrought iron, and the
general opinion entertained is that prices will re•
in the Haute Matue has
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236,910f.,s
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or an average of 922 f. 28
c. the hectare. Last
year the average price was only '7B7f. 3e.the acre.
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There were likewise 329 hectare
acres of wood
the property of the commune sold, at an average of
821 f. the hectare. The price last year
was 821 f. 42e.
4 the hectare. All the lots offered-f _or sale except two

were sold. A great number of ironmasters at-
tended the sale.

The Government is actively engaged in sowing
the downs on the Atlantic and on the Mediterra-
nean. There still remain 11,800 hectares to be
sown in the old province of Gascony. The ex-
pense is estimated at 1,275,000 f. There remain
7,500 hectares to be sown in the departments of
la Vendee, the Morbihan, the Charente Inferieure,
the Loire Inferieure, Finisterre, the Basses Pyre-
nees, and the Herault. The expense is estimated
at 1,580,000 f.

LA TV INTELLIGYNCE.—Nov. 18.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Sittings in Banco.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Erle,
and Justices Williams, By les, and Keating.)

MORRIS V. ANTHONY-AN INDIAN DOCTOR AND A

LADY'S HOTEL BILL.

This was an action to recover .£64 10s. GI, the
amount of an hotel bill for board, lodging, money
lent, &c. _

Mr. Pearce and Mr. Clark appeared for the plain-
tiff; and Mr. Sergeant Ballantine and Mr. Gib-
bons for the defendant.
It was stated that the defendant was a medical
man, who had for some time practised in Calcutta,
and on the sth or 6th of July last he went to the
New York Hotel in Leicester-street, Leicester-
square, accompanied by a lady. The lady stayed
there continuously, and the defendant visited her
most days and slept there occasionally. They had
most expensive things supplied tc.them, and the bili
down to the 28th August amounted to the sum now
claimed, About the end of August the defendant
represented to the lady that he was about being
married, but it was found that he had paid his pas-
sage money to India, and was about. to sail without
discharging the plaintiff's account. Under these cir-
cumstances he was arrested upon a capias, and he
subsequently paid the money into court to abide
this trial.

Mr. Morris, the plaintiff, said—About sth July
the defendant and the lady came together to my
house, I believe, but I was not present. They were
there until the 28th August. I believe the defen-
dant left a day or two before that time. I advanced
money for cab fares and other things, the total
amount of the bid being £64105. 6d.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine—You have sworn, for
the purpose of having the defendant arrested, that
he resided at your hotel? _ _

Witness—Yes, he slept there about four times,
and had dinners and suppers there. I should not
like to swear that he was there more than two or
three nights. Mrs. Cannon is the lady the defen-
dant brought with him. She was an old acquaint-
ance of mine. She had been with her husband at
my house two or three times. I knew that she
was said to be married, and that Dr. Anthony was
not the happy husband. (A laugh.) In my bill
against the defendant there is a charge for brandy
supplied to Mrs. Cannon on the 31st March,
whilst she was staying at my house with her hus-
band, and that arose in this way—On her last visit
to the hotel Mrs. Cannon left £5 lls. 3d. due to me,
They said they would send it from the Isle of Wight,
but I had not received it on her return on the
6th of July. On the second day after her
return I wrote her a note to say that it was im-
possible I could give her credit; and she then intro-
duced Dr. Anthony to me, and he said, " Let the
lady have what she requires, and charge it to me ;
I am So-and-so ; I have a large amount of property."
He said he was going to take her to India. He did
not say in what capacity. I remember lending Dr.
Anthony 10s., and also paying 2s. 6d. for cab hire
for him. The reason why the £5 lls. 6d. was in-
troduced into this bill is because Dr. Anthony said
he would pay. She said Dr. Anthony was going
to be married to Mrs. Pound, and that he gave her
£lOO to be off of it. I heard also that he was going

to be married to a young lady in Essex, and
offered him a house in Hanover-street, and to let
him run a bill until he got his money from India.
Mrs. Pound, after his marriage, came to the hotel,
and was going to arrest him. There were two or
three going to arrest him for false promises.
Mr. Groves—l live on my means. I resided at the
plaintiff's hotel for ten months. Mrs. Cannon is a
friend of my late wife. Mrs. Cannon had been
living in the Isle of Wight, and then she came to
town and performed on the stage, but she was not
a regular actress. My wife, Mrs. Cannon, and. Dr.
Anthony dined together. I have heard Dr. An-
thony give orders at the hotel for wines and fruits,
&c. I was in the drawing-room when Mrs, Can-
non asked him for a written guarantee for the
hotel bill, and Dr. Anthony expostulated with Mr.
Morris for not relying upon his honour, saying
that he was a gentleman, and could be entirely
relied on. Dr. Anthony said Mr. Morris could
give Mrs. Cannon credit to the extent of £6O and
charge it to him. This was on the Bth or 10th of
July.
Mr. Sergeant Ballantine, in opening the defend-
ant's case, said that Dr. Anthony was a medical
officer employed by the Government to accompany
ships carrying emigrants and coolies from one port
to another. He was a native of India, and until the
end of March last he had never been in this
country.
Dr. Anthony, a gentleman about 28 or 30 years
old, was then called, and he gave his evidence with
a good deal of volubility and excitement. He said
—I knew not a single soul in England when I came
over here except Dr. Sanger, with whom I came
from Demerara. When I became acquainted with
Mr. Woollaston he said, " If you have come to Eng-
land to get married, this lady (Mrs. Cannon) is a
highly respectable lady, and she will get you the
best of the young ladies in England if you only
stick to her.' (Laughter.) I took every English-
man for a respectable man, and I thought Mrs.
Cannon a very respectable lady. I did not call on
Mrs. Cannon again, for I could not find her house.
At the latter end of June I met Mr. Woollaston,
and he came up and shook hands and said, " Are
you dead or living; why did you not come up to
the house ?" I said I had not been able to find the
house. That same day I went to see Mrs. Can-
non, who jumped up and said, " Are you mar-
ried ?" and on my saying " No," she said, " That
is all right, I will get you a young lady."
(Laughter.) In July she introduced me to Miss
Gaskin. Mrs. Cannon asked me to lend her £2O
or £4O, but I said I could not, for I had no money.
This was to pay her account. She then said that
she would go to the New York Hotel, for she had
been there with her husband, and Mr. Morris would
give her credit to any amount. She said they
would be glad to see me there. In two or three
days I went to the hotel, and Mrs. Cannon in-
troducedi me to Mr. and Mrs. Groves. They per-
suaded me to come next day, showing me all the
best feeling they could and warm hospitality. Mrs.
Cannon again invited me " very much " to go, and
I went. I never promised to pay £5O for Mrs.
Cannon, nor a single piee. When I was at the
hotel a letter was brought to Mrs. Cannon from
Mr. Morris, and she said, "Mr. Morris has insulted
me ' • he knows my husband is a respectable man,
and yet for £5 or -,E6 he asks me to walk out of the
hotel ;" and then she showed me a letter from her
husband, saying he would send her money, and
another from an intimate friend, named Fox; and
she showed me the clothes in which she was going
to the Soho Theatre to act, at a salary of £3O a
week. She said, "Would you kindly speak to Mr.
Morris for me ? " and she called me into the room.
Neither Mr. Groves nor Mr. Woolutston was pre-
sent. I said, " What is all this about that you are
worrying this poor woman ? " and he said, " She
has left her old lodgings in Ormond street in debt,
and I have no hopes of getting my money. She
was indebted to me £5 or £6 when living with her
husband, and I cannot keep her." I said, " You
know she has a lawful husband, and he must pay
it ;" and I told him of her husband's letter and
Mr. Fox's letter, and said, " There is no fear about
your money, she will pay you." Mr. Morris said,
" Oh, very well—very well." I was sent for seve-
ral times because Mrs. Groves was seriously ill. One
night they sent a message to say that Mrs. Groves
was dying, and I got up out of my bed, and when I
got to the hotel I found it was a falsehood. Mr.
Groves and Mr. Woollaston said, "We can't live
without you, and we did not know how to get
you here except in this way." (Loud laughter.)
That was the only night I slept there, and that was
because they would not let me go. I never ordered
things at the hotel. I would not take anything at
first, but they said I was proud ; and I thought
that it might offend them, not knowing the Eng-
lish custom, and then I took the things. On the
18th August Mrs. Cannon took me into her room
and said, " You are going to get married;" and I
said, " I know I am, and you have been writing to
my wife." She said, " If you do not take my advice
and give Mr. Morris £5O he will just stop your mar-
riage. He is a Yankee and a very wicked man, and
he will go to my husband and tell him I was a kept
mistress, and my husband will come down with a
pair of pistols and kill you like a dog." (Loud
laughter.) I said, " My conscience is clear, and it is
no use to frighten me, you know I have no money,
and why should I give a note of hand for you. You
may say whatever you like about blowing my
brains out, but there is English law and justice for
me," I went to Mr. Morris and said, " What do
you mean by asking me for .£5O ? ' and he said
" Don't attend to what Mrs. Cannon says." He
offered me a house when I got married, and to let
sue have money until I got some from India.
Cross-examined—Mrs. Cannon introduced me to
my wife, who is the daughter of a clergyman in
Essex.

Re-examined_l have lost £3OO or £4OO by being
detained from India. I was married on the 21st

August, and the bill now sued on comes down to
the 28th August.
His Lordship directed the jury to consider upon
whose credit the articles enumerated in the plain-
tiff's bill were supplied.
The jury, after considering the matter for a few
minutes, found for the defendant. _ _

Upon the verdict being pronounced the defendant
became so excited that his friends had to take him
out of court, but some brandy and water having
been administered he recovered himself, and went
away with his solicitor.

A2'TEMPIIED NURDER AND ROBB FRY
AT P DDINGTON.

A tall, powerful-looking fellow, named Thomas
Puzey, aged 25, described as an engine-fitter, re-
siding at 15, Walmer-street, New-road ; George
Reeve, 26, of 27, Victoria-place, Bayswater, pastry
cook ; and Ann Colley, a middle-aged woman, re-
siding at 33, Queen-street, Edgware-road, were
placed at the bar of the Marylebone Police-court,
the two male prisoners charged with assaulting a
widow lady named Sarah Green, residing at No.
5, Fulham-place, Paddington, and carrying away a
quantity of plate, and the female prisoner charged
with being concerned with them in the commission
of the same offence.
On its becoming known that two men, notorious
as perpetrators of plate robberies, were in custody
upon this charge, the court and its avenues were
crowded by persons eager to hear the proceedings
in the case. In April, 1848, the prisoner Puzey
was apprehended in the name of Jones, by Sergeant
Dafter, cow inspector, for a robbery of plate to the
value of £3,000, at Lord Foley's, in Grosvenor-
square, and for which, at the Sessions, he was sen-
tenced to three years' penal servitude. Since he
has been home he has been brought to the court for
lead stealing at a brewery where he was at work.
In the latter case he was acquitted. The prisoner
Reeves has undergone four years' penal servitude in
the name of Alfred Cotton for stealing upwards of
£lOO worth of plate from Cleveland-square.
The first witness called was

Elizabeth Askew, who said—l am servant to
Airs. Sarah Green. About 9 o'clock on the night
of the 24th of October I left my mistress's bedroom
to go down into the kitchen and order the supper.
I remained in the kitchen a short time, and after
putting the supper on a tray I went upstairs. On
opening the second floor door I saw two men.
There v., as a light in the room from the candle lamp.
One of the men was leaning over my mistress,
who was sitting in an armchair. The other
man was by the side of the bed, at the secre-
taire. The man I mentioned first turned sud-
denly round when I went in, and then I
noticed that he had a mask on. I heard him say,
"If you scream I will murder you." I then turned
round and screamed " Murder !" I threw the tray
down stairs. I turned back and looked in at the
door, and saw the tallest of the two men standing
with his back to the fire, when he pulled his mask
off. The two men after this rushed at me, knocked
me down, and made their way out of the house.
After they had gone I got up and went to my mis-
tress and spoke two or three words, and then went
for a doctor, as she had had her head severely hurt,
and blood was running from wounds she had re-
ceived. After I had fetched the doctor some police-
men came. Before the occurrence there were in the
room 11 silver spoons, 11 silver forks, a silver ladle,
a silver sugar sifter, and a silver butter knife, also a
gold watch and chain. The silver plate was safe
in the plate basket under the dressing table, and the
watch and chain in the pocket at the head of the
bed, shortly before I saw the men. In reply to
questions put by the magistrate, she said,—When
I went into the room and saw the two men I did not
see any instrument in the hands of either. I did
not hear any cry or anything that would lead me to
think that any person was in the place, and I did
not suspect that any person was in the house, I
should think about 10 minutes elapsed from the time
of my leaving my mistress's room and returning to
it again. lam sure I was not down more than a
quarter of an hour. I had been down before. I
went down to order my mistress's supper. I stayed
in the kitchen about 10 minutes. It was about 20
minutes to 9 when I went down first.

Mr. Yardley—You say you went down to order
supper. To whom did you go to order it ? Is there
another servant in the house ?
Witness—Yes, sir; there is the cook.
Mr. Yardley—Have you ever seen any one else
in the house ?
Witness—There was another woman named
Colley. She came to speak to the cook about a
sitvation. I had only seen her there three times
before, and each time she called to see the cook.
I was in the kitchen when she came in. It was
when I went down to order my mistress's supper.
The cook let the woman in. I know of my own
knowledge that when I went down stairs the doors
were fastened. About a quarter of an hour elapsed
between my going down from my mistress's room
and returning to it again, and during that time both
the cook and the woman were there. As I came
down stairs I noticed that the doors of the different
rooms were closed.

Mr. Yardley—You say your mistress was on the
second floor. Now, I ask you, have you drawers
in your parlours and drawing-room ?
Witness—Yes, there are, and they were locked.
I cannot say whether there was any person in these
rooms or not.

Mr. Yardley—Can you describe the appearance
of the two men ?

Witness—They had masks on, but when the tall
one stood with his back to the fire the mask came
off.

Mr. Yardley—Can you recognise either of the two
prisoners as being the persons ?
Witness—l cannot speak as to either. The man
I saw had whiskers all round (the tallest prisoner
had whiskers under the chin), and I think he would
be taller than the tallest of the two prisoners. I
cannot speak with certainty as to the tallest man.
I do not think he is the man. I was greatly
frightened.
Mr. Yardley—Did you hear the voice of one of
these men ? _ _ _

Witness—l did ;it was not his natural voice, bit
in a low tone.

Mr. Yardley—Did you observe his hands, feet, or
figure ?
Witness—l did not, except that he was little
taller and not so stout across the chest as the tallest
prisoner.
Mr. Yardley—You have been examined before
and spoken to another man as being the person.
Witness - I have, and felt quite certain then, and
fuel so now.
John Holden, porter at the Warwick Hotel, cor-
ner of Fulham-place, Paddington, said—At
twenty minutes after nine o'clock on the night
in question I was coming down Fulham-place,
and when four or five doors off Mrs. Green's I
crossed in a slanting direction to call at 27 oppo-
site, and while I was there I saw two men in con-
versation. 'The tall one then left the Ehorter one,
and went back towards Airs. green's, and, as I be-
lieve, entered her gate. I waited, and the shorter
one passed me twice or more. I did not take any
particular notice of him, and left him there. After
the tall one went in at the gate I lost sight of him.
I went round into Park-place, about 100 yards, and
then home. After I had been in about ten minutes
or a quarter of an hour I heard from my mistress
that thero was an alarm of "Thieves!" and " Mur-
der !"

Mr. Yardley—Can you identify either of the men
that you saw as the prisoners ?
Witness—l should like the shprter one to put his
hat on.
By his worship's order that was done, when the
witness said—Reeve resembles the man. The taller
person is only about the height of the other man.
The shorter one had moustaches and a different
coat. His countenance resembles the man's very
much. He is about the same in stature. I thought
the shorter one had very small whiskers. (He was
now close shaven.)
Police-constable Alfred Fudge, 389 A, stated,—
On the night of the robbery I was passing through
Howley-place, close to Fulham-place, and saw three
men on the left hand side of the way coming from
the Harrow-road, and thought I knew the face of
one. I looked a second time, when the tallest of
the three dropped his head and walked along side-
ways, which caused me to look a third time. I have
the care of a house in Howley-place, and went in
and had tea, and changed my plain clothes for my
uniform, and went out again, and at the foot of the
bridge in Harrow-road I saw Puzey, and two more
men standing. Puzey was resting on the bridge.
One that had a cap on looked across the road to me
ani said something, when Puzey turned and looked
at me, and then turned again to the bridge. They
were the same three men I had seen before. Puzey
had full whiskers. Reeve also is one of the men.
He had slight whiskers and a moustache.
In reply to questions from the magistrate, the
witness said,—l am quite sure that these two men
are the same that I saw on the bridge. When I
went to Church- street station to go on duty 'heard
of the robbery and spoke about these two men.
When the other men were in custody I would not
speak positively as to them. I first saw these. twol
men yesterday morning, and knew them again.
his
name, Puzey before this affair. I also knew
name, but could not recollect it at the time. I knew
his name before he was sent away.
Sergeant Potter, 2. D, deposed,—On the morning
after the robbery and assault I went to 5, Fulham-
place, and examined the house, and found that the
thieves must have gone direct from the street door
to the room wl ere the robbery was committed. I
also exapiried the other rooms, in which a great

amount of property was placed, but found that none
had been touched. I then had the two servants in
the room, but separately, and from what they said
I went in search of the woman Colley, and found
her at '33, Queen-street, Edgware-road. I told
her I was a police-officer, and asked her if she was
at 5, Fulham-place on the 23d (the night before the
robbery). She was very much flurried. I told her
before she spoke to consider what she was about to
say. She then said at first that she could not re-
member, but after some hesitation on her part she
said she was there. She said that the lady for
whom she was chafing in Eastbourne-terrace ap-
plied to her the previous week to get her a servant,
and she went to Mrs. Green's to see if Lucy was
there, when the cook asked her downstairs. She
could not say how long she stopped. I asked her
whether, during the time she was there, she went
out on an errand. She at first stoutly denied doing
so, but upon being pressed she admitted that she
went out for some gin. I then told her that I had
been to the house of the lady in Eastbourne-terrace,
and had ascertaincd that she had not required a
servant, and never authorized her to get any.
The prisoner then said, " Oh, she will say any-
thing." She then stated that she went to No.
5, Fulham place the next night because she
had heard of a situation in Berkshire. She went
to tell the cook. She did not know whereabouts
in Berkshire the situation was. She said she
went out for some gin on this night, about 20
minutes after she got there, and left for good about
half an hour later.

Sophia Jackson said—l am cook to Mrs. Green.
I know the woman Colley as being nurse to my
mistress last winter. She was in the house on the
night cf the robbery. It was as near nine as could
be when she came. She knocked at the rails, and
I opened the door, and asked her down. Askew
was down in the kitchen at the time. I closed the
door after Colley came in, and am certain it was
fast, as I always try it. Askew went up, and was
absent some time, and then came down to order
supper. Myself and Mrs. Colley had some gin that
evening—half a quartern ;* and we had some the
previous evening, Colley proposed that we should
have the gin. Askew had none of it. She went
out for the gin after Askew had gone up to her
mistress the first time. I did not leave the kitchen
when she went out for the gin. She let herself
out, and took the key to let herself in again, and
when she got into the kitchen she slid, " Mind,
there is your key?' Soon after this I heard what I
thought was the tray thrown down, and said,
" Whatever is the matter ?" She (Colley) said,
" Oh, don't worry yourself." I hastened as quickly
as I could into the passage. The street door was
wide open, and Colley said, " Mind, I am innocent ;
I know nothing of this."
In reply to the Magistrate, she said the exact
words were, "Mind, lam innocent." I had said
nothing about " Murder," nor yet " There is murder
upstairs," as I did not know what was going on.
I said, "Is this you ? There has never been any-
thing of this kind before." I wished her to go, as
Mr. Waite had prohibited her the house. Mr.
Waite is a friend of Mrs. Green's. When she first
came she said, " Oh, all right—Mr. Waite is not
here."

Inspector John Braddick, D division, said-1
received information of the robbery and assault,
with a description of the persons committing it,
and, from a communication made to me by In•
spector Defter, S division, I have, in conjunction
with House, 97 D, been looking out for the two
male prisoners ever since. About one o'clock on
Sunday morning I went, in company of House and
other officers, to 15,Walmer-street, and in the back
room on the ground floor I saw the two male pri-
soners in bed. I said, " Tom and George, I want
you for being concerned in entering the house, 5,
Fulham•place, Paddington, and stealing a watch
and other articles, also for assaulting the lady with
intent to murder her." They made no remark, and
rtold them to put on their clothes and come with
me. Puzey said, " All right, Mr. Braddick, I will
go with you." They were then taken to the station.
In reply to questions from the Bench, the Inspec-
tor said—When I saw Puzey on the Monday or
Tuesday in the same week that this robbery took
place he had full whiskers under his chin and on
the side of his face. Reeve had a moustache and
whiskers under the chin, and was dressed much
better than he is now. He had a long coat on, and
generally wore a Scotch cap. Puzey almost always
weals a cap. I knew them both from their having
been in custody before.
In reply to Mr. Yardley, Sergeant Potter said
Mrs. Green was not present. She w..s in very bad
health, and had no recollection of the appearance of
the persons assaulting her.
Askew added that she is 70 years of age, and has
not left her room for 12 months.

Mr. Yardley—lf there is any chance of her being
able to identify the parties, it is very essential that
she should do so: It is essential to justice, and it is
right that we should have the right parties, for I
have noticed that when persons are in custody on
a charge, whether they are the right parties or not,
the police suspend their operations, and by so doing
very often lose the right ones. This is a most
daring and almost unheard-of robbery and outrage,
and one that is likely to make everybody feel inse-
cure in their own homes. The evidence against the
woman rests on more than mere 'suspicion. I should
like to have some corroborative evidence about the
identity of the male prisoners, and with that view,
and in order to raise the vigilance of the persons
having the case in hand, and to stimulate their
zeal, I shall only order the remand till Wednesday
(to-morrow).

ALPACAS FOR ME GREAT EXHI-

BITION.

A great deal of public attention has been directed
to the alpacas during the past month in consequence
of the preparations that are being made for exhi-
biting at the forthcoming Great Exhibition speci-
mens of Mr. Ledger's flock. The immediate object of
sending these specimens is to illustrate, in the most
convincing manner, the successful cross-breeding
that Mr. Ledger has been conducting between two
very distinct animals—the alpaca and the llama.
The stuffed specimens will represent the pure
alpaca and the pure llama, and the four stages of
breeding—the last cross having all the characteris-
tics of the pure alpaca. No small amount of spurious
pity has been indulged in at the destruction of these
animals, which it was affirmed were to valuable to
be consigned to such a fate; but Mr. Ledger, who,
more than any other person, is interested in main-
taining the completeness of the flock, has distinctly
stated that the removal of these animals will not
palpably deteriorate the flock, as they were of no
use to breed from ; but that, even if any loss were
incurred, it would still be desirable to exhibit a re-
sult of which the most emicent naturalists have de-
nied the possibility—the production of the pure
alpaca from the crossing of the alpaca and the
llama ; and also to show to English manufacturers
a sample of the wool which in a few years will
doubtless constitute one of the principal sources of
our national wealth. The interest which the public
have lately taken in the alpaca consisted, however,
not so much in the prospective value of the pro-
duce, as in the circumstance that upon the slaugh-
tering of the selected animals their flesh was distri-
buted among the principal hotels and clubs in
Sydney, the public availing themselves very readily
of the opportueity of tasting the alpaca meat which
was unanimously pronounced to be very tender
and savoury. The seven alpacas selected for ex-
hibition were, on being brought up from
Arthursleigh, taken to Sophienburg, near Liver-
pool, where the flock were for some months
depastured previous to their being taken up the
country. Before any of them were slaughtered the
Governor and Lady Young proceeded there to in-
spect them, and manifested much interest in the
alpaca enterprise. On a subsequent day (two of
the animals having in the meantime been killed) a
party of ladies and gentlemen, among whom were
three of the Ministers and several members of the
Assembly, were invited by Mr. Atkinson to spend
the day at Sophienburg for the purpose of seeing
the colonial alpacas prior to their being handed
over to the butcher, and also of tasting the alpaca
meat, several dishes of which were served up at the
entertainment. In the course of the convivialities
which followed, Mr. Ledger, in acknowledging the
toast of the day, alluded to the circumstance of the
Peruvian Government having at length made a
concession to a large mercantile firm for tho expor-
tation of any number of alpaeas they liked—a con-
summation which, if nothing else had been attained
by his exertions, would be the means of importing
the animals into these colonies; he also stated that
the condition of the animals he had selected for
exhibition amply justified all his expecations, being
in respect both to their fleeces and to their fat, supe-
rior to any that Peru had ever produced. Of the
seven alpacas brought by Mr. Ledger from Arthur-
sleigh, one died on the way ; four have bees killed,
and are being stuffed, and the other two will
shortly be killed in order to be ready for the local
exhibition of articles to be forwarded to London.
The following are the particulars of the animals
that have been slaughtered :—Female llama, age
five years, weight of. carcase 2901 b. ; wether, first
cross, age two years and, six months, weight of cat-
case, 1601 b.; wether, second cross, age one year and
five months, weight of carcase, 1391 b. ; wether,
third cross, age one year and three months, weight
gof carcase, 1261 b. The surviving animals are a
pure alpaca and a wether of the fourth cross. The
stuffing is progressing favourably. It is Mr. Ledger's
intention to shear the flock in Nov., after tbe land
ing. Promise is given of a very good clip.—Syd-
ney Morning Herald, Sept. 21. Mr. Ledger writes
in a private letter :—" The extracts from Sydney
papers )91 shod, you the eminent success of the I

' alpaca dinner' at Sophienburg, the seat of Mr. J.
Atkinson, 111.L.A., on Saturday, the 7tht of Sept.,
at which there were over 300 visitors. All were de-
lighted with the alpaca soup, cutlets, and roast. I
often thought of Dr. Bucklaud's famous Eland din-
ner, and wished for his and Professor Owen's pre-
sence. You can form no idea of the enthusiasm in
Sydney. I had more than 100 applications for
meat, each accompanied by an order to deliver from
the Coloni'.al Secretary. Th, cafes that got some ad-
Tertised tl teir good luck and were crowded. They
charged ss. for a slice, and must have made a good
' harvest of the celebrated alpaca feed."

THE INTERIOR OF .AUS2BALIA.

(From the Melbourne Argus.)

The mail we send home will tell European sevens that
the Australian continent has been at last vir ually crossed.
And not less interesting and important, we send by it con-
firmation of the news of futile regions in that vast interior,
heretofore regarded as mere desert, and a repetition of the
surmise as to the existence of a gold country in those re-
mote wildernesses. The second expedition of Stuart has
resulted in his Approach to within 90 miles of the north
coast. When thmi almost in sight of his goal, he was com-
pelled to turn back. The obstacle on the previous occasion
was the hostility of the natives ; on the present it is stated
to have been want of provisions. Though thus, on the
very eve of its accomplishment, so tantalisingly shorn of
perfect completion, the attempt to find a route across the
continent has been at last practically successful. In the
prior undertaking, the furthest point reached was 18 deg.
45 rein. S. lat. and 131 deg, E. long. In the one before us
now, the point arrived at is 17 deg. S. lat. and 133 deg. E.
long.—overlapping Gregory's track in 1851. Tn his jour-
ney then from the north-west coast, Gregory was in 18 deg_
let. and 130 deg. long; so that Stuart, when on each expe-
dition he was obliged to finally halt, had elre-dy sur-
mounted the terra incoyinita, and was in immediate parallel
to an explored track. It is reported that the South Aus-
tralian Government are about to send their bold bushmen
round by sea to formally finish his enterprise, by linking
his discovery with the seabG ard. The first tidings of the
fate of our less fortunate Victorian expedition reached Mel-
bourne last week. A native black arrived on the South
Australian frontier with intelligeoce of two white men on
the Barcoo (the river of which Cooper's Creek and Mitchell's
Victoria are only sections), whom, naked and bereft of ne-
cessaries of every kind, ho described as supporting them-
selves by fishing with a net made of grass. There was still
opportunity to communicate with the party which had left
Adelaide to assist in the se.arch for the missing, and it is ex-
pected that ere this they have, reached the locality indicated..
We are now made aware that the desert which lay in the way
of the Victorian party—the moot extensive and formidable
on the continent—which commences a few days' march be-
yond Cooper's Creek, and is believed, from previous effortlt
at exploratiou, to roach to the vicinity of the Carpentariart
Gulf, does not continue westward to the route just opened..
The peculiar features of that desert, as described by Stuart,
are not mentioned in the description of those encountered
by the Adelaide adventurers. Stuart met and traversed:
belts of desert so arid and sterile, that the sufferings of
men and horses were terrible, and they were repeatedly at
death's door. They were so fortunate as to find the reaches
of waterless wilderness alternated by broad belts of habit-
able country, or else the horse would necessarily have failed
to carry the explorer, as he has done, across the continent.
But it was the region which is the locale of our Victorian
expedition that Stuart essayed in vain, penetrated as far as
lat. 25 deg. 50 min., long. 139 deg. 20 min., and then turned
back from in despair. This is the Sahara in which Leichardt;
perished, and which Gregory found impracticable at all
points in his journey along its border from Queensland to
Lake Torrens. One of the most valualale results of Stuart's
discovery is the tidings of the limit of this luckless coun-
try to the westward, and that it does not occupy the entire
centre of the continent as was once generally supposed.
Stuart is reported to speak enthusiastically of the capabi-
lities of much of the territory he has laid open. And if,
as suspected, some of it should prove auriferous, the
peopling of our interior is certain to advance even more
rapidly than has been the case with the American inland,
affording thereby a new field for the mercantile enter-
prise of the seaboard cities. In any wise, a colony on
the north coast is sure soon to arise. The English
demand for cotton, the practicability of overland
communication with Melbourne and Adelaide, and
the prospects of trade with the opposite shores and islands
of Asia, are certain ere long to plant flourishing settle-
ments on the fertile plains of what is now known as Arn-
heim's land, and around the coast of Carpentaria, where the
fringe of good soil is said ti be at least 200 or 300 miles wide.
Manchester is urgent of new producers of her staple, and,
with regard to the future of our trade with Asia, which
plantation on the north coast will of course accelerate, the
two continents seem especially formed for mutual commerce
and benefit. The corn and wool, the gold and copper, the
wines and horses of Australia, are precisely the articles
most needed in India, China, and the Archipelago islands;
while the tea, coffee, huger, drugs, spices, and an infinity of
other products of those countries are prime requirements of
the Australian market. With such incentives from England
and from India to colonisation and progress here, there can.
be no doubt that in a few brief years the centre of our con-
tinent will be as open as the coast districts ; that the rail-
way whistle will resound along the route just unravelled
by Stuart; and that the camel caravan will regularly pur-
sue its journey through that hideous Sahara, which now
hides the fate of Leichardt and still enshrouds the enter-
prise of Burke.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

GLOUCESTER—Nov. 16.

A moderate supply of English wheat, which met a fair
demand, at no reduction upon last week's prices. Foreign
demand only in retail. Oats a very dull trade, and in some
instances rather cheaper. In barley and beans no change
in price.