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iN, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1859.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-June 1.

COURT OF EXCHEQUERI

Sittings in Banco.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron,
and Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Watson.)
SOLOMON V. THE LICENSED VICTUALLERS' COMPANY.

JUDGMENT.

At the sitting-of the court this morning,
The Lord Chief Baron delivered judgment in this
case. It was an action tried before Mr. Baron
Martin, at Guildhall, after last Hilary Term, for
injuries done to the plaintiff's dwelling-house in
Pilgrim-street by the removal of two houses be-
longing to the defendants. The plaintiff's house
was built on a hill with a descent to the west,
another house belonged to a third person, and the
defendants were the owners of a house adjoining
the plaintiff's at the corner of the street, and
another house in the next street. All four houses
had for upwards of 30 years been out of the per-
pendicular, as might have been seen by any passer
by. In 1857 the lease of the defendant's houses
expired, and they then entered into a contract with
a person named Robins to pull them down and
rebuild. At the trial it had been contended by the
defendants that the plaintiff had no right to have
his house supported by theirs, and that they were
not liable for damage occasioned by the pulling
down of their own property. Mr. Baron Martin
took this view, and directed a nonsuit with leave
to the plaintiff to move. That rule had been
argued, and the court having taken time to consider
were of opinion that the plaintiff had not acquired
the right relied on, that the direction of the learned
judge was right, and that the rule should be dis-
charged.
Judgment accordingly.
Sittings at Nisi Prius, at Guildhall.—(Before Mr.
Baron Channel). and Common Juries.)
FIELD v. ROBEY.--AN UNDERTAKER'S BILL.

This was an action brongitWaeplairjaff to
recover £22, the amount of his bill. The defendant
paid £2O into court, and as to the balance denied
his liability.

Mr. George Francis was counsel for the plaintiff;
Mr. Huddleston represented the defendant.
The plaintiff is an undertaker, of Charlotte-
street, St. George's East, and the defendant is a
sail maker. The defendant met the plaintiff in
Watney-street on the Ist of March, and told him
that his wife was dead, at the same time giving
him instructions for her funeral. The defendant
expressed his satisfaction at the manner in which
the funeral had been conducted, and desired him to
send in his bill the next morning, when he would
give him a cheque for the amount. The plaintiff
.said that he smiled and told the defendant that the
funeral would cost £5O, to which the latter replied,
" I should think not half of it." The plaintiff then
said, " Well, it will be about £25."

In his cross •examination the plaintiff said he did
not publish handbills headed, "Respect to the de-
parted," .‘ Decency and pomp combined for £10,"
with a hearse drawn by prancing horses. He had
charged £5 for the elm shell, which was polished.
He presented the clergyman with a silk band and
gloves, and the defendant did not object, as it was
usual and respectable. He had charged half a
guinea for attending the funeral with silk fittings.
ie had charged for six horses, hearse, velvet for
three hammer cloths, one hearse, and two mourning
coaches, and for ten men, including two mutes,
described in the bill as two porters, with robes and
silk fittings.
Mr. Moulsey, Mr. Adam Sprayfield, and other
undertakers, were called to prove the reasonable.
ness of the plaintiff's charges.
The defence was that the action was defended on
principle, as items were charged in the bill which
had not been supplied. For instance, there were
only eight men instead of ten, and the defendant
denied, his conversation with the plaintiff, as sworn
to by the latter. He also said he had called at the
plaintiff's shop, and had strictly prohibited any-
thing approaching to pomp, mutes included, as he
had many bills to pay, and wished to be just before
he was generous.
Several witnesses were called to prove the charges
too high, and one of them, an undertaker named
Holley, said the practice of the trade was to charge
persons according to their condition in life.
The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for the
amount claimed.

POLICE INTELLIciENCE—.TuneI.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Robert Kitson, keeper of
a shellfish warehouse at 6, Hart-street, Crutched-
friars, was summoned for having, by threats and
violent language, put his wife, Emma Kitson, in
fear of her life.
The defendant was a well dressed and rather
gentlemanly looking man, but with a wandering
vacuity of eye, and a drawling, feeble sadness in
his voice, resembling a state of semi-idiotcy, or
latent insanity, the result possibly of natural brain
disease, but more likely of mental and physical
prostration, arising from a long-continued chronic
state of intoxication.

He pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Lewis, who appeared in support of the sum-
mons, said the circumstances of the case were such
as to compel him to ask the Lord Mayor to call
upon the defendant to enter into heavy recognis-
ances to keep the peace towards his wife, the com-
plainant, who, by the violence of his conduct dur-
ing a long course of intoxication, went in daily fear
of her life. The prisoner for some time past had
kept three guns in his house, as well as powder and
shot, and on Friday week he went out, taking one
of these guns with him. He was away several days,
and during his absence his wife, who was superior
in social position to her husband, found it necessary,
in order to provide for the wants of the house, and
owing to the extravagance of her husband, to pledge
one of the two guns left at home. The defendant,
upon arriving at home on Friday last, in a state of
brutal intoxication, became aware of this fact, and
immediately threatened to do for his wife, throwing
a knife at her, and so conducting himself other-
wise, that she felt compelled to run out of
the house and remain away for some hours.
Upon her return she went upstairs, and the
defendant, following her there with a gun, swore
that he would shoot her ; and although the com-
plainant did not know whether the gun was really
loaded or not, she knew he had a flask of powder
and another of shot in the house, and she feared
that he would really carry out his threats. How-
ever, she managed to get away from him then, but
feeling that there was no security
for her life, the
present summons was taken out, so that the law
might became her protection against his violence.
Mrs. Emma Kitson, who wept while giving her
evidence, then corroborated in every particular the
statement made by Mr. Lewis ; adding that her
husband had never to her knowledge been sober
for a single day during the last ten months.
The Lord Mayor—Well, defendant, what have
you to say to this ?
Defendant (whiningly)—If I've said or done
anything wrong to my wife—l'm sure I don't know
whether I have or not—l'm very sorry, and she'll
forgive me ; won't you, Emma ?

Emma wept on, and said nothing.
The Lord Mayor—Bat I can't forgive you, if she
does. How long have you been married ?
Defendant—Twelve years, and all that time I
have never lifted my hand against her; have I,
Emma ? (No answer.) Now have I, Emma ?
Complainant faintly murmured " Yes."
Defendant—Oh, I'm sure I haven't. But I'm
very sorry for this, and I hope'you'll forgive me.
The Lord Mayor—lt is quite clear that owing to
your drunken violence she goes in fear of her life,
and you ntust give good bail, yourself in £2OO and
two other householders in £lOO each, to keep the
peace towards her for three months ; and if you do
not find two respectable bail you will be locked up
for that period.

Defendant—How long will you give me to get
them ?

The Lord Mayor—Oh, you can send for them
now if you know any one.
Defendant—Oh, my wife will get them for me;
now we 't you, Emma ? (Laughter.)
He was_ then removed from the bar, but while
descending the stairs to the cells below he paused a
moment to take a "last fond look," and then, with
another "Won't you, Emma," disappeared from
view.

INIARYLEBONE.—EIizabeth Prini, a pale, dis-
tressed looking woman, 35 years of age, the wife of
a porter living in Cornelius-place, Brook-street,
Hampstead-road, was brojight up from the London
University Hospital, and placed at the bar, charged
with having attempted to destroy herself with
poison.

Police constable 307 S deposed that at eight in
the evening, while on duty in the Euston-road, he
received information that a woman had poisoned
herself, and on proceeding to Brook-street he found
the prisoner, who was surrounded by a crowd of
persons, lying upon the pavement. She was vomit-
ing very much. A chemist's assistant, of whom
she had purchased the poison, was there, and after
giving her a draught she was, by kis directions,
removed to the hospital. Witness added that a
person living in the same house as the prisoner gave
him a piece of paper, upon which was printed,
" Oxalic acid—poison."
Mr. Broughton—ls the assistant here ?
Witness—No, your worship ; but I understand
that when the prisoner made the purchase she told
him she wanted it to clean straw bonnets with.
Mr. Broughton—Did she assign to you any rea-
son for what she had done?
Witness—She said it was all through her husband.
Mr. Broughton (to prisoner)—What have you to

Bart° the charge of attempting to take away your
lifo ? •

Prisoner—l'm very sorry I did it, but it was all
through trouble. I hope you will forgive me. My
husband has promised to behave kindly to me, and
take me home.

The husband, who was present, said that his wife
for the last two years had been continually getting
drunk, but he was willing either to take her back
or allow her a separate maintenance if she would
reform.

After some further proceedings, Mr. Broughton
did not consider it right to let prisoner (who was
much excited) returnhomeatpresent, and remanded
her to the House of Detention till Wednesday next.

CLERKENWELL.--Ebenezer Ward, a respect-
ably-attired man; between 40 and 50 years of age,
described, as a tax collector, residing at No. 1,
Allwyn-road, Canonbury, was charged on a war-
rant before Mr. Tyrwhitt," for that he hath, within
the space of six calendar months last past, felo-
niously embezzled £7OO and upwards, received by
him for and on account of the vestry of the parish of
St. Mary, Islip gtOn, his masters and employers," &c.
Mr. Layton, vestry clerk of Islington, attended
for the prosecution, and stated that the prisoner
was formerly a collector of the poor and other rates
for the parish of Islington. It having been ascer-
tained by the accounts committee that the prisoner
had not paid in all the money he had received, he
was asked to do so at once, but this he failed to do.
Last week, as the prisoner had left his house, and
could not be found, a warrant for his apprehension
was granted by his worship ; but that morning the
prisoner wrote a letter to him (Mr. Layton) saying
that he would be at the court at noon. It appeared
that the prisoner had received of the rate made at
Michaelmas, 1858, up to Lady-day, 1859, the sum
of £1,140 4s. 7d., and had only paid into the
banker's the sum of £432 9s. Bd., consequently
there was a balance against him of £707 14s. 141.
Not being prepared to complete the case that day,
he should ask for a short remand. He then called—
Mr. George Tucker, who said—l am the accoun-
tant to the vestry of Islington. The prisoner was•
one of the collectors appointed by the vestry. His
duty was to collect the poor and other rates of the
parish. Igo through and check the collected ac-
counts. The prisoner was called upon to deliver
a statement of nis accounts. He did not produce
the statement, but merely left his receipt books.
He left with me his collecting book, and which is
in fact a receipt book. Some of the receipts were
torn from the counterfoil: In that state of circum-
stances, I have been through the prisoner's accounts.
On the rate made from Michaelmas,lB;iB, to Lady-
day, 1859, the prisoner had received £1,140 4s. 7d.,
and had paid into the banker's the sum of £432
9s. Bd., leaving a bala;ce unaccounted for of £707
14s. ld., which remains unpaid. An application
was made to the prisoner for the payment of the
balance, when he wrote to say that he was sorry to
say he could not meet it.

This was all the evidence offered to-day, and a
remand was asked for.

The prisoner said the total amount of money he
had received he had paid into the banker's, but the
fact was that he had been foolish, and had given
receipts when he had not been paid. The conse-
quence was that he was £7OO out of pocket. He
hoped bail would be taken.
Mr. Layton said he did not think the prisoner
ould run away. He had left a bundle of receipts
extending as far back as the year 1851 for exami-
nation, but the difficulty was that the vestry only
came into existence in April, 1856.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the case for a week, but
said he would take bail—the prisoner in the sum
of £l,OOO and two sureties in the amount of £5OO
each.

The prisoner, who said he thought he could ge
bail, was then removed.

LAMBETH.—Mr. Whiting, from the firm of
Messrs. Maudslay and. Co., engineers, Westmin-
ster-road, attended at the court for the purpose
of placing in the hands of Mr: Elliott a sum
of £3, in addition to £lO previously advanced,
being a contribution from the men in the employ-
ment of the firm towards the relief of the children
who were fatherless, and who, with their mothers,
were left destitute in consequence of the dreadful
accident which took place at the Westminster
Palace Hotel. His worship was requested to receive
the same, as the men were in hopes that by publi-
city being given to the receipt of the contribution,
the workmen in other factories would be. induced
to follow the example.

THAMES.—Mr. Frederick Smith, shipowner, of
the firm of Teighe and Smith, Fenchurch-street,
appeared before Mr. Selfe on a summons, charged
with assaulting Wm. Cutler, quartermaster of the
Crocodile receiving-ship, off the Tower.
Mr. West, a barrister, prosecuted on behalf of the
Lords of the Admiralty, and said that at the prQseut
time every possible exertion was being made to raise
volunteers for the Royal Navy. If was of the utmost
importance in the present crisis that our fleets
should be effectually manned, and every facility and
encouragement given to seamen in the merchant
service to enter the navy. Mr. West then detailed
the particulars of the assault, and pointed out the
law of the case as regarded seamen entering the
navy. Any seaman in the merchant service was
justified in leaving his ship and entering into the
service of her Majesty, and the master of any ship
abandoned by any seaman was bound to deliver to
the seaman his clothes and effects, and to pay the,
wages due to the officer authorised to receive the
seaman into her Majesty's service. A seaman named
.Charles Marks had abandoned the Coldstream and
joined the Crocodile, at the rendezvous on Tower-
hill; Cutler, the complainant in the case went on
board the Coldstream with Marks, and served a
notice, signed by Capt. Greet, the commander of the
Crocodile, upon Capt. Kennedy, the master of the
Coldstream, for the'delivery of the seaman's papers
and effects. In the execution of this duty Cutler
was assaulted by Capt. Kennedy, and that assault
was instigated by the defendant, the owner of the
Coldstream, who also used very offensive language
towards the quartermaster. A summons was taken
out against Capt. Kennedy, who sailed before it
could be served upon him. When the Lords of the
Admiralty found a gentleman Of Mr. Smith's influ-
ence and position obstructing and insulting an officer
engaged in raising volunteers for the royal navy,
they could not, consistently. with the duty they
owed to the coin try, refrain from prosecuting
and doing everything in their power to protect their
officer. He was sorry to state that death had de-
prived him of the evidence of the seaman Marks,
who went to bed at his lodgings in Ratcliff on
Monday night and was found dead the next morn-
ing.

William Cutler said—l am quartermaster of the
Crocodile. My commander is Captain Wm. Greet,
who is in charge of the naval rendezvouz on Tower-
hill. Charles Marks enlisted in the navy, and I
went on board the Coldstream, at the request of
my commander, and asked Captain Kennedy,
the master of the vessel, for the man's papers.
That was the regular course, and one always
adopted when merchant seamen entered the
navy. I went on board the Coldstream between
four and five•o'clock on the 24th ultimo, in the
West India Dock, as she wasbeing hauled out of the
dock into the river. I made known my business to
the captain, who said, I am busy now, I cannot at-
tend to you. I said, " I see you are busy, sir, I will
wait half-an-hour." The captain then came out of
his cabin, went to the ship's side and spoke to Mr.
Smith, the defendant, who was on the quay, and
acquainted him with the business I was upon. Mr.
Smith said I was a crimp, and ordered me out
of the ship.
Mr. West—Give me the exact words.
Witness—Mr. Smith said " He is a crimp,
turn him out of the ship." Capt. Kennedy ordered
me to leave the ship, and I got upon the gunwale.
My left foot was upon the gunwale, my right foot
on the channel, hording, on by the main shrouds:
Mr. Smith again peremptorily ordered Captain
Kennedy to bundle me out of the ship, and said,
" Bundle the -- scoundrel out of the ship." I told.
Capt. Kennedy if he would give me proper accommo-
dation I would leave his vessel. He asked me what
accommodation I required, and I said I wanted the
vessel nearer the wharf. It was then six feet from the
wharf. Kennedy reported my words to the. de-
fendant, who ordered me to jump from the ship
fie wharf. I told him I could not do it ; I w a sp_n orot
.
so young and 'fictive as I was a few years ago.
Smith said " Bundle the scoundrel o_utoaorfd.the
Captain
ship ;
if he can't jump, let him jump evdeorbas I tell you."
Kennedy do as you are ordered,
Captain Kennedy immediately put his left arm
upon my right arm, his right
ar
me neck and "
by the owner's orders, and bundledm behind my neck,
crop out of the ship, andlel l upon my hands and
knees upon the wharf, and I hurt myself very
much.
Mr. Selfe —How you not to go overboard came
Cutler—The starboard bow warp was checked,
and it brought the ship closer to the wharf, and the
,
deck might have been five feet higher than the
wharf. I walked as far as Limehouse Church
where I felt myself so ill from the fall that I was
compelled to call a cab, and was driven to the
Tower-wharf.
In answer to questions by the learned counsel, the
witness said that when he rose after being turned out
of the ship he said to Mr. Smith, " This is very un-
gentlemanly behaviour. I am
sent down here on
duty, and this is the way I am treated." Mr. Smith
said, " You are a —._.P ; go out of this." I
pointed to my u4iforin, the cross anchors, the
Crown, and good conduct stripes on my jacket, and
also to the name of the Crocodile on my hat, and
said, " I am no crimp; crimps never wear this."

He also told Mr. Smith that he belonged to the
Crocodile. Mr. Smith said, " Captain Kennedy, if
this man comes on board again when she gets to
the dockhead, call a constable and give him in
charge." He said, " Why, it is not likely I shall
go on board after the treatment I have received,"
and left the dock.

In answer to questions by Mr. Selfe, the witness
said that all he required of Capt. Kennedy was the
certificate of service and discharge from the last
ship in which Marks served, and which was
given to Captain Kennedy when Marks joined the
Coldstream. He knew that the man had no effects
on board. He had seen the dead body of Marks
that morning. It was in the custody of Mr.
Pemble, the beadle of Ratelift, and an inquest was
to be held upon it. Marks was a tine healthy young
man, who would have received the Queen's bounty
in a few days if he had lived.
In cross-examination by Mr. Smith, Cutler said
that he got on board the Coldstream without
accommodation. He delivered a note from Captain
Greet to the captain of the Coldstream.
Mr. Smith said he wished to call the magistrate's
attention to a dirty piece of second-hand paper. It
was not in the shape of a note, and he did not
believe, when he received it from Captain Kennedy,
that it came from the commander of one of her
Majesty's ships. [Mr. Smith then handed a slip of
paper to the magistrate, who read the writing upon
it, in the shape of a certificate from Captain Greet,
that Charles Marks had entered her Majesty's ser-
vice, and requiring his clothes, effects, andiampers to
be delivered to the bearer, Marks.] Mr. Smith went
on to say that the slip of dirty, second-hand paper
seemed to want the stamp of authority upon it, and
be had some doubts, when he read the certifi-
cate, that it came from Captain Greet. If he had
used the bad language imputed to him he should be
responsible for it; but he went to this extent, no
more, "-- you, why did you not leave the ship
when ordered ?" but he denied calling the quarter-
master a-- crimp. He also denied that Captain
Kennedy had turned the quartermaster out of the
ship in the violent manner represented. He stepped
on board himself, and gave the quartermaster some
amount of impetus by taking him by the arm and
putting him on shore. The captain of the Cold-
stream never raised a finger to him.
Mr. Dix, a shipowner, said he saw the defendant
take the quartermaster by the hand and lead him
out of the ship. Cutler fell upon his hands. He
heard no bad language made use of by Mr. Smith.
In cross-examination by Mr. West, the witness
said that Cutler might have jumped off the ship at
any time while he was on board. He was not pre-
pared to swear that Captain Kennedy did not touch
Cutler. He did not see the captain touch him.
The witness refused to answer a queston put to
him by Mr. West—" Do you not supply Mr. Smith
mad his partner with goods ?"
Mr. Selfe—l shall assume you do.
The other witnesses also stated that Cutler was
standing on the channel board, a kind of shelf out-
side the ship, when Mr. Smith stepped upon it,
and helped the quartermaster on shore. They did
not see Captain Kennedy touch the complainant at
all.

Mr. Selfe thought the defendant had put himself
out of court. If the complainant was really outside
the ship, and if he could get on shore without the
assistance of the defendant, there was no necessity
to help him.
Mr. Smith said the quartermaster came into
court with a false story that the captain assaulted
him, and that he (Mr. Smith) did not touch him.
Being a little excited at the time, he did hand him
out of the ship. The recruiting parties came on
board ships at Gravesend and other places with
banners, flags, and bands of music, and ----
Mr. Selfe—Better say nothing about that. Let
me settle this without further evidence.
Mr. Smith would leave the case in the hands of
the Court. He was the last man in England who
would throw obstacles in the way of manning the
navy. He was not only willing to assist the Ad-
miralty with his personal exertions, but, as a loyal
subject, with his purse, if necessary. On seeing a
dirty bit of second-hand paper he certainly did
conceive that it had not the stare of authority.
Mr. Selfe said the Admiralty did perfectly right
in prosecuting this case and protecting their offi-
cers, more particularly at the present time, when
men were wanting to man our fleets. He believed
that Mr. Smith, in common with all shipowners,
would not do anything to prevent seamen entering
her Majesty's service. Every honest citizen must
feel the great importance of assisting to man our
navy. The objection to the paper was an amount
of refinement which bordered upon the ridiculous.
From the btvidence of the last witness, Mr. Smith
knew perfectly well who Cutler was and his busi-
ness. The quartermaster was on board the Cold-
stream in the proper discharge of his official duties,
and the captain ought to have delivered the sea-
man's papers to him. He could make some
allowance for Mr. Smith's anxiety when the ship
was leaving this port, but, on his own showing, he
had committed an assault, and he admitted that
he had also used an offensive word. A gentleman
in Mr. Smith's position ought not to have acted as
he had done. There was no occasion for Mr.
Smith to pull the quartermaster out of the ship.
The case was, however, divested of the aggravated
circumstances with which it was introduced. The
object of the prosecution was not to obtain a heavy
fine, but to make it clear to everyone that the offi-
cers of the Admiralty engaged in an important
service could not be interfered with or molested.
He thought the justice of this case would be
answered by inflicting what was, to Mr. Smith,
only a nominal penalty. He fined the defendant 40s.
The penalty wag immediately paid.

_HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE
WEEK.

(From the Registrar-General's Report)
The mortality of the London districts has con-
stantly decreased in the successive weeks of May.
In the first week of the month the deaths registered
were 1,108'; in the fourth week that ended last
Saturday they were 1,028. In the ten years
1849-58 the average number of deaths in the
week, corresponding with last week was
1,017 ; but as the deaths returned for last
week occurred in a population which has in-
creased, they can only be compared with the average
raised in proportion to that increase—namely, with
1,118. The public health is therefore so far in a
favourable state that the deaths that occurred last
week were less by 90 than the number that would
have occurred if the average rate of mortality, as
estimated for the end of May, had prevailed.
The deaths that were recorded last week as caused
by zymotic diseases amounted to 238 ; the corrected
average for corresponding weeks is 257. Those
referred to diseases that affect the respiratory
organs were 130 ; the corrected average is 172.
This latter comparison excludes phthisis, the deaths
from which were 130, the average being 153.
Scarlatina was fatal in 50 cases,
nearly half of
which occurred on the south side of the river. Four
of these occurred in Wandsworth, and four deaths
from measles in Putney. Thirteen cases in which
diphtheria is returned as the fatal disease occurred
t
as follows :-1 at 8, High-street, Notting-hill ;
hl at
20, Hanover-street, Belgravia ; 1 on the 24
John-
street,
at St. George's Hospital; lat ,
street, Tottenham-court-road ; 1 at Acorn Cottage,
Shacklewell-green ; 1 at 13, Barking- h
treaet, Hoxton
Long-
alley, Shoreditch ; 1 at 55, Ftoirsrsatocr N
lat 1, Short-street, Sltoreditch ;1e at 78,
ewington ; 1
New-town ; 1 at 5,
Peter Falcon-terrace, es,
Walworth ; 1 at
at 28, Surrey-grove, St.
11, Brad-street, Lambeth; and 9,
1 atWellington-
street, Greenwich.
Three deaths from intemperance were registered
in the week, besides 5 in which the cause of death
is entered as " delirium tremens ;" 5 infants and 2
adults died from syphilitic disease ; 3 infants were
murdered. Of four nonagenarians who died the
eldest were a woman, 94 years, and a man 95 years
of age.
Last week the births of 966 boys and 916 girls,
in all 1,882 children, were registered in London.
In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1849-
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51Atht ethae Royal
nwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.791 in.
The barometer fell from 29.95 in. o n S
29.59 in. on Saturday, these being udhn yt o
the highest and,
lowest points in the week. The mean temperature
of the week was 56.1 d,.0. which • 15 . deg. above
the average of the
same -week in 43 years (as deter•
mined by Mr, h trl • ais er). The thermometer in the
shade fell to its lowest
point (40.5) on Monday,
and rose to its highest (73.8) on Friday. The range
of the week was therefore 33.3 deg. The mean
daily range was 26.5 deg. ; the range on Tuesday
was 31.5 deg. The mean dew-point temperature
was 48.5 deg,, and the difference between this and
the mean air temperature was 7.6 deg. The mean
degree of humidity of the air was 75. On the two
last days the humidity varied from 59 to 93. The
wind was generally in the north-east. No rain
was measured till Saturday, when the amount was
0.13 in.

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THE MURDER AND A 2 TEMPTED
• SUICIDE AT OLDBURY.

The miserable woman who murdered her child
and atte•npted her own life, as reported in The
Sun yesterday, has somewhat rallied, and has been
able to take a little liquid sustenance. She is per-
fectly sensible, and appears to be impressed with a
deep sense of the crime she has committed. The
excitement in the town continues to be intense,
particularly among the mining population, and
great commiseration is felt for the unfortunate
husband, William Forster.

The inquest on the deceased boy was held oti
Tuesday. The jury, after being sworn, proceeded
to view the body, which lay in the same room
where the murder took place. On their return the
first witness examined was

William Forster, whodeposed—l am a miner,
and live in Furnace-row, Oldbury. The deceased
was my son. On Sunday night we all retired to
bed about eleven o'clock. Myself, my wife, and
four children occupied the same room. The
youngest child slept in the same bed with myself
and my wife. The other three children slept in
another bed. Their names were, Eliza, aged
sixteen, Susan, aged eight ; and John, aged about
twelve. I did not go to sleep till about two o'clock,
and was awoke about three by my daughter Eliza
screaming. I then saw my wife standing in her
chemise, close to the bed where the deceased bad
been sleeping. I did not see her in the act of cut-
ting his throat, but with my daughter endeavoured
to prevent her doing any more mischief. Before
we could get to her my wife cut a large wound
in her own throat, and was in the act of repeating
the cut when I and Eliza took the razor from her.,
Blood was flowing from the deceased's throat, and
also from my wife's. I threw my wife down en
the floor, and she became insensible. I thought she
was dead. I then 'went to look at the boy, and say(
he was dead. I then rushed down stairs and burst
open the door with a poker, because I could not
wait for the key. I alarmed a neighbour, Mrs'
Houghton, and sent her for Mr. Cooper, surgeon.
In. March last my eldest daughter, aged 19, died,
and it preyed very much upon my wife's mind-
She was always moaning, ands saying, " Oh, nIY
poor wench." My wife became very much de-
pressed. She said the neighbours were talking
about her, and wished to raise a scandal about her.
On Sunday she was more depressed than usual, and
seemed in a sad way. The razor with which the
deed was done was mine, and was kept in a
used
I had use
in a chest of drawers in the kitchen.
it on the same Sunday morning. The drawer Ntra
i_an.
not kept locked. The key was not usually tir to
out of the lock. My wife never attemptedo
destroy herself, nor was her mind affected prevl°
~.
to the death of our eldest daughter. MY wife vg.--
very fond of the deceased, and was an affectionate
mother to all her children.
Eliza Forster, an interesting-looking girl, aged
about 16, deposed—John Forster was my brother.
I slept with. him on Sunday night.
My sister
Susan slept with us in the same bed. About da) -
light I was awoke by my sister, who thought her
brother was sick. My sister screamed, and I then
saw my mother standing by the side of the bed,&
and leaning over John. I jumped out of bed, all
went to my mother as quickly as -I could. As.
got out of bed she drew a razor which she had 10
,
her right hand across her throat. I then seize?.
her hands, and my father also took hold of her.
tried to take the razor from her, but she drew .3
through my hand, and made another cut at her
throat. She was bleeding from the throat a great
deal. My hand was cut very badly, but I got the
razor from her. My father then threw
my mother
down. She did not struggle much. I went clown
stairs, and waited until my father came back after
sending for Mr. Cooper. Just as my father came
back my mother came down stairs. She has alwaYe
been kind to me, and to all her children. She
seemed fonder of the deceased than any Of the,
others. He was the only boy, and I never hearu
her threaten him.

At this stage of the proceedings the inquiry Wll5
adjourned.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

CORK—MAY 31.
The following were the quotations this morning :—Red '
wheat, 25s Od to 26s 03; white, 27s Od to 29s Od; barley.l4s
Od to 14s 6d; oats, 14s 4d to 16s 6d.

MARKET HARBOROUGH—MALY 31.
There was but a small supply of wheat to-day, which
•sold at the following prices-48s to 548 per 36 stone ; the
barley trade was slow, at rates ranging from 32s to 38e
per qr.; oats, 30s to 33s per 24 stone ; beans, 46s to 60.
per qr.

NEWARK—JmNE 1.
There was a small show of wheat, and farmers were ut
willing sellers at ls per qr. less money. The trade d
barley was slow at last week's rates. Beans were in limite
supply. Oats were unaltered in value.
+
White wheat, new, 56s to 60s Barley, grinding. • 28s -`9 310 so
Red do. s4s to 56s Oats, old, ...... 28s to 2
323
Old white s6s to 60s New do BO
to
N
80 to s
Red do 52s to 58s Beans.
Barley, malting 36s to 42s I Beans, new ...... 44s
to 463

MELTON MOWBRAY—MAY 31. 1, d
At this corn-market wheat was in small supply' mot
prices ranged from 48s to 54s per 36 stone. There 11,7& to
much passing in spring corn, oats being quoted at "-
33s per 24 stone:; beans, 46s to 50s per qr.

LEEDS—MAY 31. veil
The demand for flour with our millers continuo .
slack, they are therefore indifferent about purcbolll6
unylere
wheat, unless at a reduction from Friday's rates; L' on.
are, however very firm in demanding late prices ; U3°1:1.101
13
sequence is that little or no business takes place. -010
as before. Beans quite as dear. Oats and other art'
unaltered in Valle.
di Arrivals this week :
Wheat 1,503 (Fe.
Oats
Barley
Peas
Rapeseed -
Beans . 305 -
Linseed 290

Averages for the week :
Barley .... .
Wheat 2,26570,
qr 5.,,.... .
at........ 385. 01da
Beans
Peas
" .
.. 41s Od
'' • 9 " .......
260 4id
Oats lO7 ~ ....... __.o Oct
Rye
. .......
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A MAIL TRAIN ON FIRE.-----
Tuesday morn
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.071
a fire was dis-
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accompania,
covered by the pointsman in the tender. which
the guara
the travelling post-office. An alarm being given,
into the midst
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f and
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but the NOP
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castle letters' scaped. tell
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BRTH.
CAißoLi.—On the 23d1 May, atS Rome, the ga'''—f°e
Marianna Paulucci de Calboli (nee SimpkinsQll),
son. Or,
KIRKPATRICK.—On the 26th Mt;,y, at Horton-P1
near Hythe, the wife of John Kirkpatrick, Es+, °
daughter. p ft.
ROWLEY,—On the 30th May, at Northfleet, the wile
J. Rowley, Esq., of a son. clot.
WOOD.—On the 28th May, at Florence, the wife of
John A. Wood, of a daughter.

MARRIAGES. gat*
RING—BRYMER.—On the 31st May, at Broxbourne, oe,
John, eldest son of Mr. John Ring, of Cornhlll, riL„." e r
eldest surviving daughter of the late Arthur Brr—
Esq., of Broxbourne. 1103 f
WlLKlNsoN—DicicsoN.—On the 31st May, at geug jot,
near Dover, the Rev. Joseph Wilkinson, curate of C_.....0.11r ot
church, to Wilhelmina Catherine Tracey, ru'e
daughter of the late Sir David James H. Dickson.

BOWEN.—On the 3DOthE AMarry,liatB. 4, re
41, RegencY-square
Brighton, Miss Lucy Bowen, aged 80.
—DOunchtehsse
D2o7wthagMerayof,
Hamilton
her
HAMIL Portman-square' a
Grace the Brandon, 611
Chatelherault.
HEPBURN.—On the 29th May, Margaret Henrietta, wiled:E.
ofE.tlieolntthLe
Major Francis Hepburn, of 47, Cambridge-terrace, 0Y
park.
HUNT
.—On
e Lieut.-Col. J. P. Hunt,
the 31st May, at Walmer, Kent, Sarah, wid°ll
Ko y,lsabella, widow of
Royal Engineers. • be-
LEwALL.—On the 14th May, on board the Imperatriz, ,c,
.31st May, C.B"agtehde 71a5t.e Capt.
tweeil Suez and Cosseir, in the Red Sea, Charles Matti'
Lewall, Esq., aged 59. scat/
Scorr.—On the 18th May, at Edinburgh, William
Esq., late of Hongkong.

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Middlesex, Thursday, June 2, 1869.