The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

BILE OF AGRICULTURAL STOCK.

The late Earl of Fitz william bred and fed a large quan.
tity of agricultural stock at the home farm at Wentwortl
Woodhouse, near Rotherham, and for some years a sale
of the produce took place annually on the premises just
mentioned. Owing, however, to the prevalence of dis-
use among his lordship's cattle, no sale has taken place
for the la.t two years, but the present earl being about
to reside on his Irish Estates, the stock at Went word
was disposed of by auction by Mr. R. Tilburn, o.
Doncaster, on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday last.
There was a large attendance, including the principl
farmers and dealers from the neighbourhood of Sheffield,
Barnsley, Rotherham, and Doncaster. The sheep cou
sisted of 225 Leicester wethers and gimmers and 1!
Scotch wethers, all of them in excellent killing condi-
tion. The fat sheep realised from 355. to 60a. each;
ewe lambs, from 251. to 28s. ; wether lambs, 21s. ; Lei
o ster ewes in lamb, 335. to 144. each ; and Southdowns,
445. to 465. The herd of fat beasts comprised 42 heifers
and cows, 5 fat short-horned bullocks, and 9 Scotcl.
heifers. This portion of the stock, though not highly
fed was in excellent condition for the Christmas markets,
and in consequence excited a spirited competition. Mr
average price obtained for the fat heifers was 17/., but
one fetched 251. s'. The Scotch bullocks sold for
about 151. per head, which was considered their fah
value ; the Scotch heifers brought 161. per head. The
store beasts made good prices, one fine Alderney cow
and calf selling for 231., and several others for 20/
each. A fine steer of superior breed fetched 12/. site)
a smart competition. Pure Alderney beifers made
from 9/. to 12/. ; Alderney's in calf from 161. to 2a1.;
Ayrshire cows in calf realized 171. to 191. 10s. :
sows in milk from 11/. to 221. The shoethorm
and blood-stook went for low prices, bulls realising ouly
301. each, about half what they were said to have cost.
This result was owing to the herd haring been visited
with disease. The fat, it was calculated, made from 7s
6d. to Bs. 3d. per stone. There was only a comparativel)
small Dumber of bone, for sale, and these consisted only
of aAttirtborough-breds and half-breds. A fine gray cult
by Chanticleer, out of Aggripina, fetched 60 guineas.
the highest figure reached. Two carriage horses made
40 guineas each, another 364 guineas, and a fourth 34
guineas. The bidding for the agricultural horses war
very spirited, and several fine animals sold for upwards
of 50 guineas each. The sale of pigs (chiefly small ones),
realised extreme prices, the highest being 10 guineas.
The poultry and farm implements also sold well, The
sale realised nearly 4,000/.

MARKET NEWS.—(This Day.)

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday orders were received by the officers
commanding the first and second battalions at
Chatham garrison, directing the following rein-
forcements to proceed this morning to Gravesend,
to embark on board the Salamanca for Bombay and
Knrrachee :-18th Royal Irish, 64 non-commis-
sioned officers and men ; 51st Light Infantry, 53
men of all ranks ; 83d Regiment, 2 men ; 86th Royal
County Down, 23 rank and file ; 98th Regiment, 5
men. The following officers are ordered to embark
with the detachments, viz. :—Capt. G. H. Adams,
86th Regt.; Lieut. E. L. Dillon, 18th Royal Irish ;
and Ensign E. M. Crowe, 51st Light Infantry ;
Assistant Staff-Surgeon A. R. Kilroy will embark
in medical charge of the reinforcements. The whole
of the troops are to be fully armed and equipped
with the Enfield rifle.
A large supply of clothing has been forwarded
to Chatham for the purpose of being dis-
tributed among the wives and children of
those soldiers who have proceeded to India, pre-
viously to their being forwarded to their respective
homes. The articles have been sent to Mr. H. T.
Jones, storekeeper at Chatham, for gratuitous dis-
tribution to the wives of (soldiers, on recommenda-
tion of the several commanding officers.
In addition to the detachment of the Medical
Staff Corps which proceeded from Chatham to Cal-
cutta for the purpose of being employed as assistant
dispensers in the hospitals in India, a detachment
has likewise embarked for Hong Kong.
Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Urgent, 6, Com-
mander M'Donaid, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day from the Mediterranean. She left Malta on the
11th and Gibraltar on the 16th inst., bringing the
following passengers and invalids :—From Malta
garrison and the fleet—Commander the Hon. H.
Moreton on promotion ; Mr. R. W. M. Jones, pay-
master, RN., invalided from the Curlew ; Mr. B.
D. Connor, second master, R.N., invalided from
the Conqueror ; Mr. H. H. Tregelges, assistant-
engineer, R.N., from Malta Hospital ; Mr. G.
Ares, gunner, R.N., on promotion ; Mr. R. D.
Lys, late paymaster of the 55th Regiment, 25 naval
invalids, 2 seamen, to join her Majesty's ship
Brunswick; 7 ditto, for passage to England; 6
ditto, on completion of service; 4 ditto, unfit for
duty ; 2 ditto, prisoners ; 9 ditto, discharged with
disgrace ; 2 distressed British subjects ; Lieut.-Col.
Spence ; Lieuts. Waldron and Gould, and Ensign.
Tibbetts, 31st Regt.; Mrs. Gould ; Capt. Bray and
Lieut. Cochrane, of the 96th Regiment ; Lieut.
Thompson of the Ist Royal Regiment ; Lieut.
Thompson, of the 57th Regiment ; Lieuts. French
and Shakerley, of the Royal Artillery. Troops,
do., from Corfu :—Royal Artillery.-4
27 transfers, 5 women, and 8 children. 3d Buffs.
—4 invalids, 7 transfers, 2 women, 1 child, 1 ser-
geant, wife, and family. 47th Regiment.-3 in-
valids, 6 transfers, 1 woman, 1 child. 68th Regi-
ment, to join the depot.-21 men, 3 women, 7 chil-
dren. 91st Regiment.-17 invalids, 1 woman, 1
barrack sergeant invalided, 1 ditto transferred.
b'rom Malta : Assistant-surgeon O'Callaghan,
Medical Staff Corps ; 56 ward masters and orderlies,
3 women, and 8 children, 27 invalids from the 14th
Regiment, 2 of the 21st, 3 of the 28th, 12 of the
57th, 1 of the 71st, and 1 prisoner from the 21st.
From Gibraltar.-7 invalids, 1 woman, and 5 chil-
dren, from the Royal Artillery ; 2 invalids and 1
woman from the Royal Engineers, 1 invalid from
the 31st Regiment, 3 from the 48th, 5 and 1. woman
and 1 child from the 92d, 12 recruits, in charge of a
non-commissioned officer of the Ist Royals. The
Urgent spoke nothing on her way home, and went
into Portsmouth yesterday afternoon to land her
troops, itc.
The result of a garrison court-martial held at the
Royal Ai tillery Barracks, Woolwich, on Thursday,
Lieut.-Colonel N. Freese, president, has again been
the infliction of the lash. The delinquent in the
present in.tance was a man named Vance, gunner,
2d battalion of the Royal Artillery, who was acting
as helping man to Sergeant-Major Taylor. It ap-
pears that the prisoner, having the run of the ser-
geant-major's house, managed to extract a sove-
reign from an open desk lying in the bedroom. The
act was promptly &fleeted and laid to the prisoner's
charge, and the sum of 18s. was found in his pos-
session, the remnant of a sovereign changed at the
canteen. This he accounted for by asserting that it
had been given to him by a woman. On her being
called as evidence at the court-martial she denied
the assertion, and added moreover that she had re-
ceived a number of letters from the prisoner since
he had been under arrest, begging and entreating
her to confirm his story. A bombardier, a second
witness produced by the prisoner, and whom he had
solicited to bear false testimony in his favour, was
likewise examined. The guilt of the prisoner having
been clearly proved, he was condemned to receive 50
lashes, and on his being discharged front the inir-
mary to be imprisoned in Fort Clarence for the term
of 84 days. The sentence of the court-martial having
been confirmed by Major-General Sir W. F. Wil-
liams, commandant of the garrison, the prisoner
was publicly flogged yesterday morning in presence
of the troops assembled in the Riding-house.
Seventeen artillerymen now under arrest at Wool-
wich will be brought for trial at the ensuing weekly
court-martial.

The half-yearly term of the Royal Military Aca-
demy at Woolwich was brought to a close yester-
day, when the company of Gentleman Cade's
paraded in review order under Captain Sh‘kespear,
R.A., for the inspection of the Governor of the
establishment, Col. Wilford, R. A.., who was received
with a general salute at 2 o'clock. The cadets then
marched past in the usual manner in slow and
quick time, and were put through the manual and
platoon exercises by Gentleman Cadet Traill, Gen-
tleman Cadet Cobbold acting as Adjutant. The
command being then taken by Captain Shakespear,
they were put throughseveral battalion man ceuvres,
firing with blank cartridges, afterwards forming on
original ground, advancing in line, and perform-
ing a general salute. They were th-n marched into
the dining-hall to witness the interesting ceremony
of awarding the prizes for proficiency in the differ-
ent branches of study. The Governor, before dis-
tributing the prizes, addressed the cadets, compli-
menting them upon their uniformly good conduct
and their steadiness under arms, and de.ailed the
progress of the company during the past half-year.
He pointed out in an encouraging manner the im-
portant nature of their future career as officers, and
urged them to persevere in their studies. The prizes
were then presented to the cadets to whom they
had been adjudged, tho Governor addressing to
each one an appropriate remark. Gentleman Cadet
Sitwell was especially complimented upon receiving
the sword, the prize for general good conduct. The
remainder of the prizes were delivered in the fol-
lowing manner, viz. :
Mr. Sitwell—General good conduct and land-
scape drawing.
Mr. D. Jones—Fortification (practical class).
Mr. Innes—First mathematics, first fortification.
Mr. Armstrong—Second mathematics.
Mr. 'Woodward—Second fortification.
Mr. Stevens—a!scriptive georia.e.4. .
Mr. Althorpe—French.
Mr. Burnett—History n (.1 geography.
Mr. Wilmer—TOpe,graphical thawing.
Mr. Johnston--La.ndscape drawing.
Twenty-air .6 cadets of the practical class in this
academy .ave been recommended for commissions
in the -Royal Artillery and Engineers, making an
aggregate number of 85 commissions from the esta-
blishment during the last half-year. The vacation
will terminate on the 3d Feb., 1858.
Brevet-Major Smith's company of the 4th batta-
lion Royal Artillery arrived at head-quarters,
Woolwich, yesterday, and Capt. Blosse's company,
12th battalion, arrived on Saturday, having been
relieved from duty at Purfleet and the Tower by
Lieut.-Colonel Hamley's and Lieut.-Col. Morris's
companies.
The Australasian steamship arrived at Ports-
asouth from Southampton, and went into harbour
to prepare for the embarkation of the head-quarters
of the 68th Regiment and other troops for India.
She hauled alongside Portsmouth dockyard jetty
yesterday afternoon and commenced shipping the
baggage.
Her Majesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert,
Capt. the Hon. Joseph Denman, Is ordered to be
prepared for the special service of conveying the
Priuceis Royal and the Prince of Prussia to Yrus.
sia after their marriage.
The Curacoa, 31, screw frigate, Captain T. M.
Macon, Iris her topmasts pointed and the rigging
over the mastheads, and has entered upwards of
200 of her ship's complcro-dnt.
Mr. R. Allen has /Leeu appointed paymaster to
the Wellesley at aathana.
The follow. mg- appointments werenawle yesterday
at the A:Liniraity
Se:ond Master—John H. Tully, to the Industry.
Mr. James W. Johnston, to be Deputp4apector of
the Marines at Woolwich.

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I.IIE SUN, LONDON," TUESDAY EVENING, DECEAIhER 22, 1857.

went proof mark would be upon wasters. Wasters
are of two classes, and when they are condemned for
bad workmanship they are returned to the con-
tractor, who generally returns them to the work-
men. Guns are rejected after the viewers' marks
are placed upon them. If the barrel is rejected for
bid workmanship the condemned mark is put be-
side the lock ; if for bad material, under the bar-
rel. I say the guns produced were not con-
demned, partly from not seeing the condemned
mark, and partly from personal kndw ledge. I will tak e
upon myself to say the condemned mirk has never
been there, because such a barrel would not be
rejected. That mark could be totally erased. I
always considered the prisoner a respectable honest
man.

Other witnesses were called tl prove the mark-
ing of the guns by the viewers, and that they were
not waste.

Detective officer Lockyer, of London, proved
that he apprehended the prisoner.
The case for the prosecution being closed,
Mr. O'Brien addressed the jury for the defence,
and was doing so when our report was despatched.

all knowledge of the transaction, but afterwards
admitted that he was the man, and the trunk was
found in a corner. Upon examining the. place the
sergeant found the gold watch and other yaluable
articles on the roof.

The priboner, who did not deny it, said he should
reserve his defence.

Mr. Cowie committed the prisoner for trial.

THAMES.—Captain Robert M'Eachern, the
owner and master of the brig Heather Bell, now on
her voyage to Barbadoes, and who left the vessel
in the Downs for the purpose of meeting the charge
against him, appeared for the second time before
Mr. Selfe to answer a charge of committing a series
of assaults on John William Norris, a boy who was
apprenticed to him by the Marine Society previous
to sailing on a voyage to the West Indies.
After hearing the evidence,
Mr. Selfe said,—l think it a matter for the
consideration of a jury. Three witnesses !have
sworn most distinctly to many assaults. In
the main facts they all agree, but there are
some little discrepancies. The captain has cer-
tainly met the serious charge against him most man-
fully, and nothing can be better than hiS conduct
in coming here and giving up the voyage, but what-
ever inconvenience it may inflict upon individuals,
a jury under the direction of a learned judge must
say whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty of
the serious assaults charged against him.
Mr. Pelham—lf that is your determination I will
reserve the defence and not call any witnesses now.
Mr. Selfe—l ought to say this, that the father of
the deceased may make his mind perfectly clear
that his boy did not commit suicide. There is no
pretence for saying so. The boy was aloft on a
stormy night, and, not being a very expert sailor,
fell overboard.

The depositions, which were exceedingly vo-
luminous, were then formally taken by Mr.
Bowdler, the junior clerk, and read over, and
Captain M‘Eichern was called upon to find bail—
himself in 2001. and two sureties in 1001. each to
appear and take his trial at the next Old Bailey
sessions.

Bail was immediately tendered and accepted.

LAMBETH.—A powerful and ruffianly-looking
fellow, who gave the name of Georg,-, Jonei, was
placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott on the following
charge:—

Police-constable Charles Revelle, 175 L, deposed
that on Sunday morning at 7 o'clock he was in
company with Sergeant Broad in Carlisle-street,
Lambeth, and saw the prisoner and another min
going on towards Royal-street, and from their ap-
pearance and manner tliby were induced to follow
and watch them. In a short time they observed
the prisoner's companion go up to the door of 45,
Royal street, put a key into the latch, and en-
deavour to open it, but he did not succeed, and
rejoined the prisoner. At this time they must have
observed Broad and himself watching them,
for they hurried off in different directions.
The witness turned up another street, and,
having met the prisoner, he asked him whet it
was he was loitering about the streets at that hour
of the morning for, and he denied that he was loi-
tering at al', but was going to his house in Princess-
street, near the Elephant and Castle. Observing
something bulky under his coat, he asked the pri-
soner what it was, upon which he replied, " I'll
show you," and drawing alife-preserver from under
his coat aimed a desperate blow at his head with
that weapon. It fortunately missed his head and
struck him on the side of the neck, which stunned
him for a few moments, and the prisoner started off.
He called out " Stop thief" as loud as he could,
and the prisoner was stopped and secured.
Sergeant Broad corroborated the testimony of
the last witness, and added that on hearing Revelle
call out he ran to his assistance, and just came up
as a civilian was in the act of stopping the prisoner,
and saw the latter strike the former with the life-
preserver on his forehead. He (Broad) at once
closed with the prisoner and they went down toge-
ther, and while on the ground he disarmed him of
the life-preserver. The prisoner was then removed
to the station-house and immediately after he
(Broad) received from a woman the bunch of skele-
ton keys he then produced, and which she said she
picked up close to the pace where the prisoner was
apprehended. Witness subsequently tried the keys
with the latch of the door the prisoner's companion
had attempted to open, and found that two of them
would raise the latch, and of course open the door,
if there had been no additional fastening to it. The
witness here banded the life-preserver to the ma-
gistrate for his inspection, and a most formidable
instrument it appeared to be.
Mr. Win. Robinson said, that hearing the cry of
" Stop thief" on the morning before, and seeing
the prisoner running, he stopped him, and he
in-
stantly struck at him with the life-preserver pro-
duced ; fortunately hie head was so close to him at
the time that the prisoner's fist struck his forehead
as well as the instrument it held, and therefore the
blow from the preserver was not so severe as it
otherwise might have been.
Mrs. Thornhy, the lady residing in the house 45,
Royal-street, said that about 7 o'clock on the morn-
ing before she heard some persons move a key in the
front door lock as if endeavouring to open it, but
did not succeed, and Mrs. Louisa Smith deposed
that on the morning of that day month her house,
23, Allen-street, in the same neighbourhood, was
entered by thieves by means of skeleton keys, and
plundered of a good deal of property. She saw the
thieves leave te premises, and the prisoner so
strongly resembled one of them that she believed
him to be the same.

The prisoner, who said he was a blacksmith, and
only six weeks from Birmingham, was remanded
for a week.

Dr. Iliff, one of the churchwardens of the parish
of St. Mary, Neivington, waited on Mr. Elliott, and
informed him that on that morning the body of
Frances Paisleyor Parley, about the burial of which
complaints had been made at this court, had been
exhumed at the Victoria-park Cemetery, and iden-
tified by her friends, who expressed themselves per-
fectly at rest, and the parish authorities were anxious
that the fact should be made public as soon ai pos-
sible. With respect to the extraordinary circum-
stance of issuing two certificates for the burial of
the same body from the workhouse, that matter was
still under strict investigation.

SECOND TRAGEDY IN Sr. PANCRAS.-
INQUEST ON MRS. MACDONALD.

Yesterja; afternoon,__ at 4 o'clock, Mr. Wakley
held au inquest a. 4- 5, Hardwick-place, Harrington-
square, Hampstead-road, the residence of Mr.
Frederick Macdonald, on L'-,e body of Mrs. Char-
lottepon him and
Augusta Macdonald, his ife, aged 34, who,
after having inflicted serious injuries
her servants, flung herself out of the s„cond floor
window.

The jury were summoned and the panel sworn .11

the Soutliampton Arms Tavern, but in cansequence
of the inability of Mr. Macdonald, on account of
his injuries, to attend to give evidence, the pro-
ceedings were aljourned to his house. The Rev.
Mr. Jennings, M.A., the deceased's brother-in-
law, and other rela.tivos were present.

Elizabeth Anson, servant to the deceased, raid,
during the last three nights prier to Saturday morn-
ing she had slept on the sofa in the front room on
the second floor, on account of the restless conduct
of her mistress, who said she could not sleep, as
her mother was dying. Mrs. Macdonald's mother
died on Thursday night, and she was acquainted
with it on Friday morning, and became much ex-
cited. About half-past seven o'clock on Saturday
morning she was awoke by the cries of her master,
who cried out, " My Gad, my wife is getting out
of the window." He jumped out of bed,
and, with witness, rushed towards the window.
Deceased was partly on the window-sill, .and
she exclaimed. " It you *erne near me, I
will kill you. I have this raz .r." He seized her,
and told witness to take the razor from her'. but,
in trying to do so, she was cut in the hand and
arm. Mr. Macdonald was still holding her while
she bad only one foot on the inside of the window-
sill, and all the rest of her body out, when, there
being no sash line, the window fell down upon his
back. - He called to her to lift it up while he
pulled her mistress in. Fur a minute or so she was
unable to move the sash, and her master cried out
" Police," and witness ran to the baby who was
screaming. She ,a.vr htr master's hands streaming
with blood, and afterwards saw the deceased
lying in the front aria on her back. Wi'ar..-ms had
been but three weeks in the deceased's service and
saw nothing strange in her conduct. Dr. Fraser
and Mr. Collins were called in, but the deceased
died in about half an hour.
On the Coroner desiring to examine Mr. Mac-
donald,
Mr. Collin!. his medical adviser, said his kind
was cut very shockingly, and he was in such a
state that he could not be brought down with
safty.
Dr. Fraser, of 15, Harrington-square, said, when
called iu deceased had been removed front the area
into the kitchen. Both fore arms were broken, the
right having a compound fracture, and the left a
single fracture. Ono of the spikes of the railings
had entered the fleshy anterior part of the right
thigh. She died in about half an hour, Mr.
*Macdonald's hands wore bleeding, and his left hand
and wiist was cut right across the back, the tendons
and veins being divided. No doubt the injuries
from the fall were the cause of death.
Mr. Julius Collins, surgeon, of Morniugt,66.7oaco,
said he had attended Mrs. Macdgiiiad and her
family for four or five years po.::t up to about six
woks back, when, under Lie advice, slit was re-
f moved to a private lunatic wyluua at Bow. He

certified for her to go there. She had continual
delusions that she was poisoned, or about to be
poisoned. A few days before she went to the asy-
lum she sent for him, and declared some medicine
sloe had been taking was poison, and she taken
it in mistake. She did not exhibit symptoms of a
dangerous tendency calculated to make him believe
she contemplated suicide. At the same time, how-
ever, he advised precautionary and watchful mes-
sures.

The first witness was recalled, and identified the
razor as her master's. They had missed it about a
week ago, and it could not be lound any where.
The deceased Inuit have secreted it.

The Coroner said, with the evidence of the ser-
vant and that of Dr. Collins, he thought the jury
had heard enough of this very deplorable catas-
trophe, without inflicting further torture on the
unfortunate gentleman, the deceased's husband, to
enable them to come to a conclusion.

The jury concurred with the Coroner, and imme-
diately returned a verdict, " That the deceased
c mmitted the shocking act which led to her death
whilst in a state of insanity."

THE FIRE AND LOSS OF THREE LIVIS
IN SHOREDITCLI.

CORONER'S INQUES i ON THE
SUFFERE RS.

Last night, Mr. W. Baker, the coroner for East
Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury assembled
at the Prince of Wales Tavern, Bonner's-road,
Victoria.park, for the purpose of inquiring into the
circumstances attending the respective deaths of
Mr. John Metcalf, aged 52 ; Ann, his wife, aged
44 ; and his daughter, Julia Maria, aged seven
years ; who were burnt to death at a fire which oc-
curred on Saturday morning last, at No. 27,
Archer-street, Shoreditch.
Owing to the many rumours in circulation as to
the origin of the fire, the investigation excited a
painful degree of interest, and the large concert-
room in which the inquest was held was densely
crowded during the whole of the proceedings.
Mr. Braidw'ood, the superintendent of •the fire-
brigade ; Mr. Fogo, foreman of the A. district ;
Mr. Baddeley, inspector, and Mr. Sampson Low,
secretary of the Royal Society for the Protection of
Life from Fire, attended to watch the inquiry ;
and Mr. Inspector Henley, of the H division, was
in attendance to report the case to the Commis-
sioners of Metropolitan Police.
William Opency, a weaver, of 13, Hare-marsh,
identified the bodies, when
Police-constable Gouldison, No. 38 H, said that
on the morning in question he was on duty in Ar-
cher-street, and on going his rounds he met Mr. J.
A. Harman, who did not rent the house himself,
but his mother-in-law did. He asked witness if he
knew him Gr not, and he replied that he did. They
then walked down the court, and he said that he
was going t b the west-end for his brother to take
charge of his premises, He also said that his house
had been broken into, and 601. of goods had been
stolen therefrom. Witness had seen him two or
three times before on the same morning ; he told
him the first time that he had been robbed at half-
past 12 o'clock the overnight.
By a Juror—Ho was not at that time sober. He
also told him that he suspected his wife and his
mother-in-law of having robbed him, and that they
must have taken the goods backwards, as none of
the neighbours had seen them taken from the front.
He wished him (the constable) to go in and search
the place, but he refused, and advised him to go to
the station-house. At half-past one o'clock M.
Harman offered him something to drink, which he
refused to partake of. He saw no more of him from
that time until three o'clock, when he saw what he
considered to be the gas burning in Mr. Harman's
house. He said to him, " Are you going to leave
the gas burning," and he replied, " Well the gas
is alight." Upon looking towards the top of the
house he saw smoke coining from the shutters, when
he said, " Harman, your place is on fire, and you
know it." be made no answer, and witness took
out his rattle and gave the alarm, when Mr. Har-
man forced the shop door open and he tried to get
in, but witness seeing that he was intoxicated
pulled him back as the flames were then too great
for any one to pass.
By the Coroner—His first impression was that
the whole of the shop and parlour were on fire. In
pulling Harman back they both fell down together.
When they got up Mr: Harman attempted to. break
open the side door by pushing bodily against it. He
kept pushing him back and also springing his rattle.
He then went into the next house. Other police-
officers coming up he sent them for the fire-escapes
and engines. He looked at the second-floor, and
saw the female and the child at time window. Ho
called out to the elder female to make her escape,
but not to attempt to come down stairs. He tx-
pected that she would have wade for the attics, as
the house was three stories high. He next went
into the adjoining house, and saw Mr. Harman
there.

By a Juror—The reason for witness going into
that house was for the purpose of trying to rescue
the other parties in the burning house. He heard
'au exclamation, " They are all out." Sergeant
Edinger and the Royal Society's Escape conductor
at that moment arrived, and the escape was placed
next the house on firct, but he lost sight of the
conductor for a moment or so, when he noticed him
on the roof of the house, but he cJuld not tell how
ha got there.
By the Coroner—The parish engine and fire-
escape arrived together. The latter was supported
by thoreditch parish, but was under the control of
the Royal Society for the Protection of Life from
Fire. If he had placed the escape in front of the
burning house it would have been destroyed, as the
fire was coming half way over the street.
Sarah Harding, a widow, said that she resided
at No. 13, Archer-street, nearly opposite the house
where the fire took place. About twenty minutes
after, the alarm was given sl:e saw the female at the
window, who cried out to Mr. Harman, "Oh, you
wretch Oh, you villain ! You have been the
cause of i his."

The Coroner—That looks something like a.dying
declaration. Was any further remark madd ?
Witness—Yes, he replied, "Make your way to the
top of the house."
Several questions were put to the witness by Mr.
Harman, but 'lolling of importance was elicited.
Robert Cathere, of 10, Archer-street, said that
the rcasim for placing the fire-escape ag•iiust the
next house was owing to the flames coming so
fiercely out of the window?.
Police-sergeant E linger, No. 124, of the H
division said that on Saturday morning at three
o'clock, he was on duty in High-street, Shoreditch,
when be receive" information of the fire. He pro-'
ceeded to the spot at once, and noticed flames cross-
ing the street. The fire-escape man and the parish
engine came about the same time.
By the Coroner—He thought that the escarie
man pai t more attention to the escape than he did
to the escape of the inmates. He, however,
thong th,,t from the distance the machine had to
come frol:") it could be of no avail in saving any of
the lives. The whole of the parties must have
perished before he arrived. Upon questioning Mr.
Harman, be denie," that he had been out in Archer-
court on the night preceding the fire, or that he
made a statement to the constable that he had had
his house robbed.
Mr. Thomas B. Crystie, M.D., proved that the
three persons had died from the combined effects of
suffocation and burning. He thought if the escape
upon its arrival had been at once used, it would
have been of no use in rescuing the deceased.
Barton, the escapenian, proved that when be
reached the spot the fire was coming out of the
windows, and he tried all that was possible to get
the deceased persons out.
Mr. Low said that Barton was one of the best
conducted and most active.escapemen they had in
their establishment. The fact was he had saved
upwards of 40 persons in five years, and it was only
at the express wish of the leading men in the parish
that he was appointed to take charge of the parish
escape.
Several other witnesses having been exainined,
it was proved that Mr. Harman was instiret:l for
3001., in the Liverpoill and London Fire-officc..
The jury not being satisfied with the evidence
adduced, adjourned the inquiry to a future day.

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THE PROPOSED NW SMITHFIELD
MARKET.

Supposing the plan to be carried out in detail,
as laid- down, the north-east corner of Smith-
field, which is a sort of cul-de-sac, or what builders
call au " eel-trap," lying between Long-lane and
the Charterhouse, would be the spot selected for the
market ; and to obtain the necessary space, without
encroaching on one inch of the great central space
claimed by the Crown, that cul-de-sac would have to
be enlarged by pulling down some of the adjacent
property, which is of tow value, and by continuing
the line westward to Durham-yard, create a nearly
square space of 250,000 square feet. This plan
would be divided nearly equally by Smithfield Bars,
which would be straightened and made 60 feet wide.
and the erection on the space would be constructed
principally of iron and glass, and bearing the aspect
of a very utilitarian Crystal Palace, not, however,
utterly destitute of elegance. There would be
continuous rows of shops, spanned by a continuous
roofing of glass supported by iron columns down the
centre and ornamented at the intersection of the
central avenues with a graceful dome with lantern
over, to be constructed entirely of iron and 100 feet
high. The area would be set out longitudinally
and transversely by avenues 32 feet wide, and the
shops for meat-salesmen would average 24 feet in
length by 16 in width, while those in the part to
be appropriated for poultry would be only 16 feet
square ; but the nature of the plan is such that
two or more of the shops can be easily united
to meet the requirements of large dealers ; and,
besides the ordinary shop room, there is
basement for store,tge, and a room over to
serve as office or retiring-room for the principals.
Practical usefulness is stamped on every detail of
the plans of elevation,—abundant light, free venti-
lation, efficient drainage, and plenty of elboiv•
room.
Externally, a simple but effective facade, FAO
readily obtainable in structures of glass and iron,
will contribute with the crowning domes to relieve
the utilitarian character of the structure, and render
it what it should be—an ornament as well as &
necessity.
But the proposed improvements in the adjacent
thoroughfares and outlets are equally worthy of
consideration ; for was it not a repeated argument
for the abolition of the Smithfield Cattle Market,
that the approaches and outlets were too small for
the ingress and egress of droves of cattle, and
that foot-passengers were exposed to danger every
market-day. This same argument might be used
in reference to the establishment of a dead-meat
market ; nay, the narrowness and weekly suffo-
cation of Newgate-street, by means of market
traffic, is one prime reason for the transference of
the dead-meat trade from that close nook to the
open and accessible space of Smithfield. Ac-
cordingly Mr. Isaacs proposes, as shown in his
ground-plan, to open a new road from Holborn-
bridge to K-ng-street, which would level that ques-
tionable block of houses lying West-street Toth and
open a sixty-feet causeway in a locality that has
long been in need of light and air. Then, in con-.
tinuation of this street, one side of King-street
and Long-lane would have to be pulled down, so sB,
to give a spacious roadway from the corner of
Bar bican to the corner of Farringdon-street, which
is, even now, a desideratum, and with market
bustle inaugurated on the spot, would be indispen-
sably necessary.—City Press.