The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1850

Stoker 358, and Abrahams, of S division, that yes
terday morning, about one o'clock, they were on duty
in Weston-street, Somers Town, when the prisoner
was hallooing and shouting, to the annoyance cf the
inhabitants, who looked out of their windows. Oil
being remonstrated with, he abused them, calling
them filthy names, and continued following and an-
noying them until they were compelled to take him
to the station-house. . . .

LvonF, Illackfriars-road, wes brought before Mr.
il'Beckett, charged with robbing her employer.
It appeared that the prisoner had been but a
short time in the service of the complainant, and
that one morning last week his wife on rising from
bed missed two sovereigns, which were safe in
her pocket on retiring the preceding night. Although
there was no doubt of the money being taken by
some person who entered the room when she and
her husband were asleep, still the prisoner was not
suspected at the time. On Saturday night, however,
complainant deposited some sovereigns in his trou-
sers pocket, and placed them on a chair by the bed-
side when he retired to rest, and when he got up the
next morning lie missed two out of the number,
which must have been taken by some person who
entered the apartment when they were asleep. Suspi-
cien now was excited against the prisoner, who slept
up stairs, and when she was questioned on the sub-
ject she at first denied that she knew anything about
it; but when a promise of forgiveness was held out
to her by the complainant if she divulged the truth,
she then cont,ssed to having entered her master's
bedroom when he and his wife were asleep ; that on
the first occasion she took two sovereigns out of her
mistress's pocket, and that on the second occasion,
two nights afterwards, she again stole into their bed-
room and possessed herself of two more sovereigns
out of her master'a pocket. She produced the four
sovereigns, which she had concealed in her box, and
was then given into custody.
The MAGISTRATE directed that in taking• the depo-
sitions the promise of forgiveness held out by the
complainant, and which appeared to be an inducement
for her to make a confession of her guilt, should be
added, as such circumstance would in all probability
have its due weight on her trial.
The prisoner, who said nothing in her defence, was
committed.

Mr. COMBE (to the prisoner)—What have you to
say ? Prisoner—l have nothing to say to you, be-
cause I don't expect justice at your hands.
i Mr.
C°llBal El make no you have nothing to say ? Pri-
soner—lno further remark.
Mr. COMBE—You are liable to a penalty of 404.
or one month's imprisonment, or imprisonment, witl-.-

out fine.
Prisoner—l told you before that I decline making
any remark ; if it had been any other magistrate I
would answer him. I was once sent to prison through
your negligence and partiality, arid I make no fur-
ther remark.

Mr. COMBE—You seem to know me; pray what
do you know of me? Prisoner--I make no remark.
Mr. Baylis (the usher)—ll? was some time ago
charged at this C ,urt for an indecent assault upon
a womar, when your worship seWenced him to two
or three months,' imprisonment, I am not certain
which.

Mr. Comno sentenced th.. prisoner to pay 5; , and
in default of payment, a cmnmensurate term of im-
prisonment.
Prisoner—l shall not pay it. I will go to prison
first.
He wai then locked up.

Mary Sullivan was charged by Mrs. Julia Downes,
of No. 6, Barclay-street, Somers Town, with steal-
ing a glove and 7s. 61. from her person.
The prosecutrix attended divine worship on Sunday
last at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Clarendon-square,
and whilst in her devotions the prisoner was kneeling
down immediately behind her, pretending prayer,
when she was observed fumbling at the pocket of the
prosecutrix, by a gentleman who kept his eye upon
her, and soon after the clergyman commenced his
sermon, the prisoner left the chapel. The prosecutrix
was questioned, when she missed her glove and 7s. 61.
.from her pocket, when the prisoner was followed
and given into the custody of lisyes, 175 S, who took
her to the station-house. On the prisoner being
searched 7s. 6d. was found in her possession, and she
said, " What a fool I was to get into trouble !" The
prisoner had been frequently seen before in the chapel
under similar circumstances. _

She denied the charge, but she was fully committed
for trial.

WESTMINSTER.

Edward Summers, alias Gray, a 'well-known r.f.--
terer of base coin, was charged under the Poll v<i:
circumstances :
On Saturday night the prisoner went to Mr.
West's, a confectioner, in Keppel-street, Chelsea, and
having purchased two buns, gave half-a-crown in
payment, and having received 2s. 3d. change from
Miss Cox, the shopwoman, walked out, but bad
scarcely gust into the street when Gosling, 162 V,
who, knowing him to be a notorious " smasher," had,
upon seeing him enter the shcp, watched his move-
ments, stopped him, and inquired of Miss Cox
whether she had closely examined the half-crown pri-
soner had handed to her, and which it was evkAeot-,
by her having given the prisoner the change, she had
believed to be genuine. She then took it out of the
till, and upon a close examination it was found to be
spurious. The prisoner struggled violently to get
away, but finding himself unable to succeed, he passed
his right hand, with something in it, to his mouth,
and then made a rush to she opposite side of the road,
and whilst engaged in a desperate resistance was seen
tothrow something over the railings into Oakley square,
which turned out to be another spurions half-crown.
He was conveyed to the station, when several pieces
of small silver money and some trifling articles, look-
ing like recent purchases, were found upon him. The
spurious half-crown uttered at Mr. Nest's was
positively identified as that given by the prisoner,
there being only some small silver in the till at the
time.
Upon the evidence in the above case being con-
cluded, _ _

Mr. R9ynolds, assistant solicitor to the Mint, who
had conducted the prosecution, asked for a remand,
in order that he might exhibit another charge against
the prisoner for putting off a spurious crown piece at
the York Hotel, Waterloo-road.
Prisoner, upon being asked whether he wished to
say anything, replied ♦ery coolly, that he would
rather defer it until the whole of the cases were
finished against him;
He was remanded for a week. _ _

William Manning and Jane, his wife, uho stand
charged with stealing a quantity of paper from the
House of Lords, were again remanded for a week,
bail being as on the previous occasion taken for the
appearance of the male prisoner; but the wife, against
whom there is another charge of felony, being com-
mitted to prison.
MARYLEBOIVE.

Edward Bradley, a reTectably-lressed young
man, aged 20, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Broughton, charged under circumstances of an ex-
traordinary n.►ture, the prticulars of which are below
detailed.

James Crump, a cabman, deposed that at ten
o'clock on S sturday night last, he drove the defendant
from It gent-street, to York-gate, Itagent's-park,
and on setting him down there, he demanded 2.. 41.
as his fare. Defridant alleged that he had no
money, and he was desirous of being locked up, so
he was therefore driven to the station-house, in Mary-
lebone-lane, where he was locked up.
Inspector H mnant stated that upon the prisoner
being searohed at the station, a quantity of the best
white pepper ground was found in one of his po-I.2tp.
He said he had recently left his friends at Birming-
ham, to come up to town for a little pleasure, and
that having no money left, he purchased the pepper
with the intention of going into a shop and throwing
the whole of it into the eyes of the party who might
which means he might
bh ea
vaet
etffheee t
ec
do counter, ter
robbery, through h u t
his courage failed him,
upon his conscience telling him that he was meditating
a sin of great magnitude, and for which he should one
day have to answer. He (prisoner) admitted to Mr.
Ilannant that he had read in the police reports, a few
days ago, a case in which a robbery was effected at a
jeweller's in the City, and that the thief had Pff:'''`Cd
g Pepper into the eyes of the
shopman.
his escape by throwing
Mr. BROUGHTON, after putting various questions to
the witnesses, ultimately came to the conclusion that
it was his duty to order the prisoner to pay the cab-
man 54., and to find two sureties in 201. each for his
keeping the peace and being of good behaviour f)r
the next six months.

TV ORS/1113-S TREE 7'.
Elizabeth Smith was placed at the bar, before Mr.
Hammill, charged with having been concerned, under
very aggravated circumstances, in stealing a silver
watch, gold ring, and-M nearly the whole of his personal
t eainden in
ce Essex.
of sergeant Kelly,
clothing, from r
rst H
Frederick Hardy Jewitt, of Lime-
s t rlete ta,
pClyaredallfdro lmN the evidence p
of the H division, that shortly before en4ht o'clock on
Friday morning the prosecutor, who was suffering at
the time under extreme nervous prostration and debi-
lity, was brought in a cab by one of his friends, to
the station-house in Leman-street, where he entered
into a statement to the effect that while passing through
Whitechapel-road on the preceding evening he was
suddenly jostled against by a corpulent middle-aged
woman, who rapidly pressed a handkerchief over his
mouth, and he was immediately seized by a f eling of
stupor,which was succeeded shortly afterwards by total
insenaibility. He remained wholly unconscious of
everything that ensued afterwards, until the following
morning, when he partly recovered his senses, and
found himself stretched upon a wretched bed, and at
a low lodging-house, in 'Trawl-street, Spitalfields,
completely stripped of nearly the whole of his clothing,
and that his watch, ring, and a considerable sum in
loose silver, had also disappeared. As soon as he
became sensible of his situation he raised a loud out-
cry, which attracted the attention of a young man
named Saunders, who lodged in the upper part of the
house, and with whose assistance he was conveyed in
a cab to the residence of the friend who accompanied
him to the station-house. On receivi▪
ng the above in-
fermation, witness at once repaired to the
house in Thrawl-street, and on searching
the apartment in which the robbery had
been committed, he discovered the hat and boots
of the prosecutor concealed under the bed, and
having ascertained that the room had been for some
time pest in the joint occupation of the prisoner and
a woman named Higgins, both of whom had ab-
sconded, he proceeded in search of them, and shortly
afterwards succeeded in apprehending the latter, but
the prisoner eluded pursuit until the
i preceding even-
ing, when she was traced to a house n• George-street,
Spitalfields, by Police-constable Johns, who int( r-
cepted and secured her while attempting to escape at
the rear of the premises. The sergeant added, that
from inquiries he had male that morning, he had
ascertained that the prosecutor was still confined at-
home, under the care of a surgeon, from the effects of
the treatment to which he had been subjected, and
that he was unable at present to attend and give evi-
dence in support of the charge.
The prisoner, in defence, denied all participation in
the robbery, and declared that she was not near the
house at the time it was committed.
The prisoner was ordered to be remanded, for the
attendance of the prosecutor, and the magistrate di-
rected the police in the meantime, as it was evident
that the robbery had been effected through the agency
of chloroform, or some other narcotic, to use their
utmost efforts to discover the parties who had sup-
plied such characters as the prisoner with ingredients
capable of being applied to such nefarious purposes.

SOUTH WA RK.
Ann Bland, a young woman, in the service of Mr.

FREE TRADE IN ENGLAND. THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
(F4orn the Journal des Debats:) •••••••
The following is the official statement of the quantities of
Corn, B:f.u;:vnreec:etveed7tihn
jthaen.,poireitsoof, Itomutlhoen
ifr:
jothm
jthaenr 4
1850,0
aniinated debate has commenced in England
rtspecting the merit d the advantages of free trade
hEo7he%
in its relations with the national agriculture. The "
farmers suffer extremely from the low price of corn,
and several persons repeat to them that free trade is
the cause. It is under these circumstances that Sir
Robert Peel has just addressed to his tenants a letter
in which he makes known his well-weighed opinion,
which, like every other emanating from that illus-
trious statesman, is calculated to produce a deep im-
pression, not only in Great Britain but abroad.
Is free trade to bear the blame for this sudden fall
of the price of corn, which, if continued, would render
its cultivation in England almost impracticable ?
No, replies Sir li. Peel emphatically ; the principle
of free trade must not be rendered responsible for a
reduction of price which is not only cheapness, but a
profound perturbation. This depreciation of ihe price
of corn arose from the circumstance that after the
cruel famine of 1847, as after all other famines,
the fear of a scarcity of corn and the hope of
profiting by high prices caused cultivation to be
enormously increased ; much more corn was sown
than formerly. It so happened that the crops
were more abundant in proportion. Toe market
was consequently glutted, and the inevitable result
was that the corn was sold at a loss. The proof to it
free trade is not the origin of this serious excess is
this—that the fall was as great, nay, greater than in
England in those states of the continent of Europe
where the corn-laws underwent no alteration
whatever. France is a striking example of this fact.
Here, in Paris, we find the hectolitre of corn at 13f.,
instead of at 20f., the average price; and not a
fieger has been laid on our custom-house system.
It is even to be remarked that the adoption
in lingland of free trade in corn must have pre-
vented the price of corn from falling in Paris
as much as it would have done if left to itself ; for
England has taken a pretty large quantity of grain
from Normandy, and the glut of the markets in the
north of France, inclusive of Paris, has been dimi-
nished by so much.
Nothing is easier thin to mislead the man whose
temper is soured by suffering and privation. The
English farmers at this moment are rather severely
tried When they accepted their leases they fore
saw not that they would have to sell corn at pre-
sent prices. They can only fulfil their engagements,
consequently, at a great loss. The " Protectionist"
faction, in this conjuncture, hopes to succeed in
rall:,-ing f.:1; counties round its standard. But Sir
R. Peel boldly baffl,!s this cunning manceuvre with
the resolution a-‘d the authority which have never
yet failed him. "Itis my firm conviction," writes
title i -
errs statesman, -"
that neither the present
nor any Parliament will consent to levy duties
on articles which are essential to the sustenance
of man, either with a view to protection or revenue."
Such is the style in which an aristocracy which
would endure expresses itself when speaking of
popular interests; and this spirit, by which the domi-
nant classes in great Britain are animated, explains
more clearly than anything else why and how it is
that the political constitution of that country resists
the shock of continental revolutions

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FIA DDINGTON, JAN. 11.—T
grain at our market today:—

First

Second
Third

- 2391
12 33.11

Le folio win

are the prices of

Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Bean,.
... 44A O,Y 1 233 Od 1-19 i 3d 26s Od

... 35s lld I 20:4 11 d} :6;
31s lid I 17z 011 12$ 611

But what is to be done? Tne status quo is impos-
sible. Free trade in corn, if not the cause of agri-
cultural distress may, nevertheless, place the farmers
in a disadvantageous position. Tne old leases, gene-
rally granted tor a long term, may, under the new
system, be onerous to this important class. Is there
no room for an arrangement, and what ought the
terms of that arrangement to be ?
The manner in which Sir It Peel considers this
question is worthy of notice; it contains a lesson for
everybody's use. He admits that the old contracts
must be amicably revised. He adjourns that revision
until the moment—which he regards as proximate—
when the accidental crisis that now prevails shall have
passed away. But he does not hesitate even now to
declare the bases on which he will accept the revision.
Calculations must be made—not limited to a mere
taking account of the fall of the average selling
price, but embracing all the elements of the question.
Many improvements have been made, and a great
many advantages secured to the farmer of late years,
so that the cost of cultivation has been materially
lessened. Again, a distinction must be drawn be-
tween the laborious, intelligent, and active cultivator
who keeps up with the progress of agricultural im-
provement, and the degenerate clodhopper who de-
tests work, and is utterly devoid of intelligence and
moral force. Liternal competition will ruin these
laggards far more surely than that from without.
The principle of commercial policy of which Sir
R. Peel has secured the triumph may thus ba enun
ciated—every one is responsible for his own destiny,
and ought to seek for success in sustained efforts,
activity, intelligence, and good conduct, and espe-
cially to forbear from demanding that a tax be levied
on his fellow-citizens fur his own especial benefit.
This ought to be the law of agriculture as well as of
manufactures. Bat between the landed proprietor
and the farmer relations of mutual assistance are
proper, and at certain times necessary. Sir R. Peel
now intends to put in practice this sort of fraternity
or patronage, without prejudice to ulterior conces-
sions. Under various forms he proposes to encourage
the schemes of improvement of his tenants, with this
proviso, that he will do nothing except for these who
shall have paid their rents. He firmly maintains his
rights of property.
It is the general opinion of the best judges that
Fanglish agriculture will successfully emerge from the
trial of free trade, and succeed in producing corn at
such prices as will prevent the native cultivators from
bc.ieg see tented by foreign growers. Admitting
that this anticipation will be realised, it must be at-
tributed to two special causes—first, the countries
which export corn do not grow it so cheaply as we
Lid ; :had again, they have commonly only a
triflinrT excess of produce, ordinarily not more than
6,000,000 or 7,000,000 hectolitres can be taken away
from the general market without inducing a marked
rise in price; secondly, an agriculture which enjoys
the twofold assistance of science and capital possesses
great advantages, and has very little to fear from the
cultivators of new regions, where land cots nothing,
but where capital is scarce, and even science does not
abound. Toe art of agriculture is brought to a great
degree of perfection in Great Britain. The English
farmers—persons in easy circumstances, and often
exceedingly rich—bring up their sons to succeed
them, and not, as in France, to make them, at all
hazards, magistrates, officers in the arniy, or attaches
of embassies. They give them a special, but oistin-
guished education, with that object in view. Lastly,
capital in England is far more multiplied than else-
where. The Laglish do not make revolutions once
every 15 years, by which a great part of the movable
capital of the country is consumed.
The capital of England is constantly increasing,
and gives an admirable impulse to all branches of
production. Now, capital is the material element of
the progress of societies and popular improvement.
Where capital abounds, society with the labour of the
same number of persons may obtain a far larger mass
of articles to distribute amongst men—a far larger
amount of satisfaction fur the average number of
men.

245 7d
244 01

. .
Total quaniity of Wheat in tuArket 1,0 9 qrs., 937 sold
1)o. Barley do. 380 qs., 65 sold
Do. Oats do. 433 qrs., 421 sold
Do. Beans do. 128 qrs., 118 sold
KIRKALDY, JAN. 12.—The following are the quotations
up to this date :

Wheat. Barley. Oats.: Beans. Peas.
First 433 Od 22 6 195 6.1 I—s Od —B Od
Second 403 Od 21s 6(1 17s Od —s Od —s Od
I
Third 313 Od 16i 6 I 14( 61 —s Od —s Od
Ozstmeal, per ba4 of 28011 s. inip.. 24i to 00s Od.
GLASGOW, JAN. M.—Provisions—Cheese, 48s to 50s Od
per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skins milk, ;8s to 00s per
cwt. Country fresh butter, 91 to lld per lb ; Irish pow-
dered, in lumps, 9d to 10d; country powdered, wholesale, 7d
to Bd. Country eggs, 9d per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5s 6d
per hundred, or 7d per dozen. liens, 2s Od per pair ; ducks,
2s Od.

STIRLING, JAN. 11.—Wheat, foreign, 215 to 21s Od; ditto,
home, 0:)s Od to 050 d; ditto ditto new, 20s to 2, s; barley, per
boll of 6 bushels, 00s Od to 00s Od ; ditto new, 13. to 2 s6d ;
oats, common, 10s Od to 13s Oil ; ditto new, 9s Od to 105 Od ;
ditto, Flemish, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto ditto new, Os Od; ma:t
distillers, 33s to 35; ; ditto brewers, 3550E1 to 38s ; beans,
per boil, Os Od to Os Oil; ditto new, lEs Od to 179 6d; peas,
14s 6d to Os Od ; flour, new, per sack, 34s to 35s ; ditto common
ditto, 24s Od to 25s 6d ; oatmeal, per load, Os Od to 0504;
ditto new 26s Od to 28s ; ditto per peck of 71bs, Bid to Os Od;
fresh butter, per lb, 8d to 10d; eggs per dozen, Gd to 7d;
hay per ton, 48s to 50s.
KELSO, JAN. 11.—Wheat, old, 00s to 00s ; ditto, new, 21.
to 29s lid ; barley, new, 13s to 175 Od ; ditto old, 005 Od to
003 ; potato oats, 00s to °Os ; ditto new, 1 sto 125 Od ; com-
mon oats, 9s to llsOd ; ditto new, las to 135 Od ; pea., 001
to 009 O; beans, 00s to 00s per boll of six imperial bushels.
PERTH, JAN. 10.—Wheat, 32s Od to 375 Od ; barley, 18s
to 20s Od ; oats, 13s to 16s ; peas and beans, 21s Od to 24, 04
per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 254 to 265.

HAWICK, JAN. 10.—Wheat, new, 20s Od to 29s Od; barleys
new, 12s to 15s 0.1; ditto old, 00s to 00s ; potato oats,
108 Od to 123 Od ; common oats, 8s to 12s Od ; peas, 20e Od
to 24s Od ; beans, 20s Od to 24s Od per boll of six imperial
bushels.

BERwlciz, JAN. 10.—Wheat, 345:10d ; barley, 19s
oats, 14s 8d ; rye, Os Od ; beans, 60s Od ; peas, 00s Od av~
rage per imperial quarter.
FALKIRK, JAN. 10. —The supply of grain in this day's
market was 819 bolls; wheat at I6s Od to 20s Od per b9ll
barley, 13s 6d to 17s Od ; oats, 12s 6d to 14s Od; beans, I Is 3d
to 13s Od per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load.

COAL MARK E'
Carr's Hartley
Chester Main l6s 6d
Hot) well
North Percy Hartley l6s 6d
Ord's Redheugh
Ravensworth'sW.Hart lis Od
Canfield Moor
Townley l7s Cd
Wall's End, &c.

T.-YESTERDAY.
(Haswell 2os 31
Hutton
Jonassohns ...... ...... 17s 9d
Stewart's
Whitwell ... lBs 61
Caradoc .....
Denison lBs 6d
Thornley *
Whitworth 153 61
Seymour Tees
South Durham 195 Od
Teen
West Tees ... 185 6d
Nixon's Merthyr and
Cardiff ............. 21$ 61
Sidne) 's Hartley
Ships at market, 53.

Brown's .
Buraton Killingworth 18s 6di
Hilda
Eden Main l9. Od
Lambton Primrose
dell
Belmont l9s Od
Hetton

R. IN A Y s qA II
BRISTOL, JAN. 14.
STOCK ExcHANGE.—The market was firm to-d• Tba
transactions were as follow:—Great Western, Quarters?
10113 dis.—Ditto, New M. Shares, 6y2 dis.—Midland Stor4
45

LIVERPOOL, JAN. 14.
STOCK EXC JAW:Ht.—The share market was very firm
to-day, and prices rather better. The transactions were 01
follow :—Edinburgh and Glasgow, '471/2—Lancashire A"
Yorkshire, unpaid up, 42 dis.—Ditto, Fifths, 71A, dis.-14°110
don and North-Western, 115 —Ditto, New Quarters, l c.
—Ditto, Fifths, 11/2—Ditto, Quarters (C), 11A p.—Midlantlf
451/2 Ditto, Halves, 221/2 dis.—Ditto, Consol. B. and 1:).);
21—North Union (B.), 1591/2—Shrewsbury and ,
(N. W. M.), 71/4 dis.—South-Eastern and Dover, 1•48;
(No. 2), 1114 dis.—Ditto, Consol. (No. 3), 19A—Ditto
(No. 4),

MANCHESTER, JAN. 14.
STOCK ExcuANGE.—The market has been very firm an
steady, at improved prices. The transactions were as
fOl..
low : - r.ast Lancashire, 12 E-16—Ditto, Preference, Quarter'
(min. 6 per cent.), VA—Lancaster and Preston, 2 disl
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 7,4
Riding Union), 6 11-16 dis.- London and North `Vestal'
Manchester and Birmingham, Quarters (C), 1 9-16 PC,
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, Preference, 8 5'1"11
South-Eastern and Dover (No. 3), 19'4—Ditto (N.(4,:na'.
Scrip, 6% - Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston (Eastern
Junction), 7 dis.—Bolton, Blackburn, Chitheroe, and West
Yorkshire (No 1) 5.

If England had not had much capital at command,
she could not have accomplished with such rapidity
the evolution by which she has passed from the old
system of " protection" to that of free trade. And
now that she enjoys that liberty she will possess in a
far larger proportion than in past times, the means of
forming capital—that instrument of power over the
world—that material foundation of the political
greatness of nations—that marvellous agent of the
internal order of states; for under that system every
fragment of the national labour is employed in the
most fruitful manner, obtains the largest return, and
consequently permits the largest saving.
England, therefore, has no reason to regret—rar
from it—the great political manoeuvre which she ac-
complished, after the brilliant campaign of Mr. C ib-
den and his friends, by means of the energetic and
far-sighted care of Sir H. Peel. Toe principle of tree
trade will be maintained, but it might have been com-
promised, had not that eminent man dealt a deathblow
to the Protectionist faction by his recent decisive de-
monstration. He has just done what was required to
avert the tempest which was gathering.

BIRMINGHAM, JAN. 14.
STOCK EXCHANOII.-Our share market remains dull Spa
_
inactive. The only transactions to-day were—Birmingham:
Wolverhampton, and Dudley, 4t,4 - Stour Valley,
North Staffordshire, 9 dis.—South Staffordshire, 3%

DESPERATE AFFRAY WITH POACHERS AT iionNwr.
—About three ,'clock on Saturday morning last a
savage encounter took place between a gang of poachers
and three of the keepers in the service of Pudsey
Dawson, Esq., of Liornby Castle. For some time past
the preserves of this gentleman have suffered from the
nightly attacks of theSe uncertificated gentry, and he
had resolved on the adoption of effectual measures for
their supprt-ssion. With this view, Mr. Richard Sutton,
the head gamekeeper, received instructions to procure
additional assistance in order that the grounds might be
more thoroughly watched. On the morning previously
mentioned the keeper, with two other men, named Enoch
Knowles and John flerst, proceeded towards the pre-
aerves. Oa entering the Great Park, which is shout a
mile fro.rl the castle, they found that their friends, the
poachers, were at work in the immediate vicinity. The
keepers immediately rushed towards the place and dis-
covered four with guns, by whom they were in-
stantly attacked. A very savage aff,ay canamenced, the
poachers using the butt ends of their guns, resulting in
the complete disc militure of their watchers, who were
lei% in a senseless state by their ersailants. Herst wa
the first to regain sensibility, and f auld his compani,ns
unable to proceed home. He gave an alarm, and
assistance being procurii,, his companions were removed
home. At first the lives of Sutton and Knowles were
considered in danger, but an improvem-nt is manifested,
and hopes are entertained of their recovery. The re-
mains et' three gun-stocks were found at the of
the struggle, end a el Ail cap belonj!.g to one if the
poachers the in-id- f which from the marks of blood,
testifio 1111. t t owiter had not esetiptd s3atnles.—
Pre.ston Chronicle _ .

YORK, JAN. 12.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were 01/
follow: York, Newcastle, and Berwick (O. N. E. VIII"
chase), 314 Great Northern, 71. 88. 9d.—North British,
Halves, 47/s—York and North Midland, 18—Ditto, Prefer'
ence, 6/. 8

ELorEstErtr.—A few days ago one of the old 1;;
and most respec age f in tle north f Set tlt.v'
the di scendants Lf the celebrated Lord President Fel beei
and the nt possessors f the extensive estates t'cl
Culloden, was thrown into a st tte if confusion an
anxiety in c msequence of the eloie•ment cf the young 7
br ther of the laird with his brcther's scullery-033'
The young gentleman is only about 20 years ( f aKr, 9°a
the fir damsel who won the heart and secured the ne"
a the gal:ant youth is a young Highland lass if , "
•
same a ;e, who possesses considerable porsonsi chsoi..";
Upon the discovery f the flight cif the fugitives the III;
and cry was immediately raised, and messengers Igh',
dispatched in every direction to overtake them-
yoitq 11
al and loving couple were traced along the 'l46tt
land-road to Perth, and from thence to Glasgow.
tee-
their arrival at Glasgow, the youthful rain were irn
diately married. The pursuers were two hours too 10-1:
and, to their erect disappointment and chagrin, The
found, on their arrival, the happy pair asleep- but
friends t f the young gentleman soon roused them'
the bridegroom said he had made his choice, and resolve
to live anti die in the society of his blooming bride. 'mi.
THE LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OF C‘;MMERCE.'-the
2,88 'elation has now fairly be en establist ad. Sine° the
meeting of the requisitionists held at the Town-ball' r .
committee then appointed, including many of 011r.,:it
spected merchants namely, T. B. Horafall,
Horaby, Char ci Holland, James Stitt, &c., have
duciasly and z?alously co-operated towards the ace!as
plishrzent of their labour; and after several ineettoa
held at the Clarendon Rooms, the laws and constitutithe
of the Chamber were drawn up and arc now beryl! 0
public. It is with much gratification that we ottse,ot
the successful issue of tho movement, and we are
sanguine in its beneficial tendency. It becomes o 0 .„.
gre tt importance fsr the institution to realise that osuit,
port which is rt quisi'e to carry out the objA3r,
basis rests upon the united co-operation of all them
,- f
hers of this great commercial community. The
members already eureel who have paid their subse_oo,
lion includes many cf our most distinguished mere"'
71,00/.
B. ( St'
The Itc.v G. Johns, of Dulwich, late Of of
Manes College, Che!ses, has Eta,-n elected Professor
Latin at the Ladies' College. Bedford square. ve.
[ADVERTISEMENT ]—A Sufferer from Severe.n.ni,
bilit y and a Shattered Constitution cured by Holloway'sjiti
—Mr. Heintjes van Veerssen, a merchant, residing at ,01-ersl
gen, in Holland, had been suffering for years from a gen es§
debility ; his strength had become so prostrated that 116,00,
quite incapable of attending twany kind of business ; his
stitution was rapidly giving way, notwithstanding the e".°",.risif
the cleverest medical men to arrest the decline. At this his
he commenced taking Holloway's Pills, and by their es!tude
health and strength are perfectly re-established, in gratithst
for which blessing he desires that publicity be given to it,or
others may seek relief by the same means.—Sold by alijitrocit
gists and at Professor Holloway's Establishment, 244, '
London.

ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT S;CIETY.—A,dMi rial
R. Ducliq I iiiv-r ha, iiiercasi,tl his itilhuat
to 51.; and C:,rntnAndir Charles f )u liberd cup•
porter o' the iusritaiion, has added to is luaus a tile
subicripti94 9f 104

BIRTHS
On the 9th inst., at Honfleur, France, the lady of g —aiiiii"
ton Hall, Esq., of a stn. the
On the 9th inst., at Trafalgar•cottage, Kentish-V.on'
wife of Mr. A, Blaikley, of a daughter. r'9.lg
On the 10th inst., at the Pavilion, near Galashie%
11. P. llroadwoed, of a daughter. Viet-
n.,
At Tottenham, on the 10th inst., the wife of T. X•
chOn the er, „I e, the
lth inst., at Arthingworth, Northamptonsbir ,
Hon. Mrs. Charles Cust, of a son.
's"el
Oa the 11th inst., the wife of George Simpson,
Clapham-rise, of a daughter. e 1i
(
°
On the 12th inst., at Victoria-grove, Brompton, rom ptoll, til
of J. E. Williams, Esq., of a daughter. i gr.
On the 12th inst., in St. Martin's-lane, the wi.r ° °
_.,
J. Mayes, of a daughter. —_.

,s
MARRIED. y V:f
_
On the 10th inst., at Cheriton, near Sandgate, 11"-lifter "
P. Cunningham, Esq., R.N. to Frances, eldet daug-
the late Dr. Warden, of 11. M. Dockyard, Chatbalme,,,,tai,ll
On the 10th inst., at St. Mary's Church, Devon, ‘l7lOOl
Kitson, 45th Regiment, 51 N. 1., to Mary Elizabetb,n,tis e,
fa
daughter of the Rev. Thomas Kitson, of Ship/10'
that county. 'sttv
ttrt
On the 12th inst , at St. Bride's, Fleet-street, street, Mr. wcisagb
pher T. Bennett. of Buckingham, to I,lizabeth Any'
ter of Mr. N. T. Isherwood, of Ludgate-hill

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D all
At Dorking, on the 11thDIE
inst., aged 56, the LiP'„ ll°
Leslie, youngest daughter of George William Eveo.'g
bter
Earl of italics.
On the ioth inst., in Russell-square, Catherine, detig
the
of G. Darling, M.D., aged 24. : ~lico,
On the 19th inst., in Upper Belgrave-place, Po—
her'
fl.„?v. E(hYard A. Dunn.
On the 1 tit inst., at the Royal Mews,
Pearce, Esq., lor nearly 49 years in the department u'
gob
1
master of the horse to the Queen. . go
On the 11th inst., at Elm-grove,Soutbsea, aged bh, ~,, $.
Pimlico, St...eft' ,lie
Prymer Stanser, Esq.. only ttrviving son of the late
Starner, Bishop of Nova Scotia. lo r
'it I th, Ith i; st. at Woodside-lodge, Westoff'hill. 'wee
wood. Wi Ham Atkinson, E-1.. many years one of the
Of
sengers
the
he C..ut i lankupOil the I.2t.th instr o , Elizabetrh, wife of Mr. R. S. Sharpy'
Fenehurelt-strt et.

~,!,#., ci Puhtighed bv
'l. Prtnter. 11;
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Allualc44.4lTileAlay, January 15, 1850.

'UNITED STATES EMIGRATION
SOCIETY.
TRUSTEES AND DIRECTORS.
T. LAMIE MURRAY, Esq., Cha'rman.
Wallop Brabason, Es P.tauri e OVolimll, Esq.. M.P.
Charles George Fairfield, Esq. M. Charles Maher, Esq.
Anthony O'Flaherty, Esq., M.P. Edmond S. Symes, Esq.
Colley Grattan, Esq. Col. C. C. Kemys Tynte, M.P.
A• Valentine Maher, Esq., M.P. Clement Tabor, Esq.
MEDICAL BOARD.
E. S. Symes, Esq., R. F. Power, Esq.
" The Association agrees bef.reliand to sell at COST PRICE, adding
Merely thereto a commission."--(gee Pr ~pe-tus.)
YORTH-RASTERN TEXAS HOPKINS COUNTY, consisting of
160,000 acres, in one block, for the most part prairie, abounding
MI rivers stni springs.
Recent and authentic information received from the Society's
11'18_, proves that no other state offers such decided advantages to
.manlgrant, with a small or large caoital, either in respect to the
Salabrity of climate, health, and t imperature, soil, growth and
Variety of produce and markets (see Dr. Smith's recent tr....vels and
Work on North-Eastern Texas, price 25.)
The Society contracts with the Emigrant to defray, for a fixed
'▪
Uni (as below, varying with the number of acres and the number in
One family) the cost of a free passage to their lands ; stock, seed, and
_MAlM:tents ; six months' provision after arrival, a house, and a
Ireehold of eighty acres of the finest land.
The above for the sum of
For each additional male, with implements, &c. 13 10 0
For each additional female - - - - 13 0 0
For each additional child under 12 years - - 6 0 0
If less land is repaired the cost proportionally reduced.
The Society is in a position, from its extended connexions, to
eltr lands and farms in nearly all the other states of the U.. 1011.
very information, with map and pl.m of settlement, description
~
• IfOrth-Eastern Texas, &c., may be obtained (gratis) from the
Agents of the Society, or on application to the ,ecretary.
The first ship with emigrants will sail about the mid Ile of Feb-
• 7, and every succeeding month. Each application registered
[Wording to priority.
APPlications for Agents to the Society must be accompanied by
references.
Royal Exchange-building's.

D. BYRNE, Secretary.

CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT in NEW
ZEALAND.
Seine of the gentlemen intending to Emigrate as Founders of the
cettlement, meet daily at these Rooms, from Tea till Five o'clock ;
end will be happy to receive and co-operate with those who may
/"311 to join them as the First Body of Intending Colonists, or to
give.
rn ' information on the subject to others, either orally or by letter.h
Ada-street, Adolph!, January 12, 1850.

CANTERBURY ASSOCIATION for Founding
A SETTLEMENT in NEW ZEALAND.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, dated Nov. 13, 1849.
Notice is hereby given, that the Association being at length in a
condition to proceed with their undertaking, have resolved to do so
Witdout further delay.
The territory of the Association is now under careful survey, and
A:11 be ready for the selection on the spot of properties in land
Oefore the close of the present year.
_lt is proposed that the intending Colonists shall proceed from Eng-
land to found the Settlement in the course of the ensuing summer.
Further information may be obtained at tkis Office.