The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-27 00:00:00

ARRIVALS THI

Barley.

Malt.

Oats.

Wheat.
, Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Sacks
teo°eotei,` •• •• • • 2,580 9,830 8,190 5,470 2,370
•
•
•• •• •• 8,140

1,500

2,110 I -
3,350 3,510

Not • sanTurzELD.
hi Withstanding that the supply of Beasts in to-day 'a
h,ricet vas unusually small, it embracing only 176
tio'.the Beef trade was heavy in the extreme, at almost
2aslnal currencies. The number of Sheep was under
bpi head, yet it was quite equal to the wants of the
tiotl• In prices we have no change to notice. Calves
14,„'T off heavily, at late rates. We had a very inactive
titr"Y for Pigs, especially large porkers, but tho quo
151,1-413 Were una!tered. The few Milch Cows on offer
'" at frown 14/. to 18/. each, including their small Calf.
Per 81be. to sink the offal.
Ott s. d. to s. d. 8. d. to 8. d
leto„o2`lleasts..... 2 8 210 Inferior Sheep •• •• 3
50 33 4
t?titba'Zilltrugaelltgx 33
20
33 24 Sheept,carosned.roaoli.edi 3
d tte3 10 4 80
48 Scots 3 6 3 8 Sonthdown Wether 4 2 4 4
114e0arse Calves 2 6 3 0 Ditto outof the wool 0 0 0 0
voltenallditto ..
4%14 Calves ..18 0 23 0 Nnsall Porkers •••• 3 8 4 0
'• •• •• •••• 0 0 0 0 Quarter old Pigs ..16 0 21 0
TOTAL SUPPLY AT MARKET.
21r• I Sheep. Calves. I Pigs
I I 1,860 80 120
""'w• FOREIGN SUPPLY.
I Sheep. I Calves.
80 13G0 rig'.
•
S,,IVENITGATZI AND LEADENN.A.I.L.
‘rC,2l,y any busiuess was transacted to-day, on the
Ow in .
g terms:—

. At per stone by the Carcase.
s. d. to s. d. d. to a. e.
rm.ertOr.... 2 0 2 2 Hutton, inferior .. 2 6 2 8
',4l(lling 2 4 2 6 ! -middling.. 210 3 6
r • Arne
arge .. 2 8 3 0
P Ant prime •... 3 8 316
e small 3 2 3 6 Pork, large ••• • •• 2 6 3 6
•••• ••••• • • • 2 6 3 6 - small •••••••• 3 8 4 0

3110 ROUGH HOP MILIZZET:
hit La almost invariably the case at this season of the
'llata'h"es r niarketis in a very depressed state. In some
t'f,ici•ii, prices are lower than last week. Factors'
12;1 114, ready money—East Kent pockets, per cwt
POI,- to 6/; ditto bags, 31 8s to 51 10s; Mid Kent
otets, 2/ 5s to 51 10s; ditto bags, 2/ to 4/ ss; Weald
Nite,,Qt Pockets, 3/ to 3/ 15s; ditto bags, 21. to 31 10s;
Pockets, 2110 s to 3/ 108.
COLONIAL.
private transactions have been so limited
h)tu!'uf, auctions were discontinued, that no sett led
tpik7l°lta establishing
.an altertion upon those phrer-
N current can be with propriety quoted. The o
eowdl'end on the 2d of January.
ltd tl'Et.--There has been a little inquiry for Ceylon,
btather faller rates have been obtained. .
st'EDFatirrs.--The relative position of the Currant
10;04 at.the close of 1849 and of this year is as fol-
,orwris--,Pire began last year with a stock of 2,500 tons
t Fruit, and the bulk of the arrivals, 43 cargoes,
~'ttith,rtletyplace before; 'Ddcember, three cargoes only
"81 "'Ml,4%ceiVefliin Shat,Anonth; Prices being-low,
hems 425, and the :supply early; the Itade- stocked
Si:Lek,,lter before' Cheistmas. Valentia' Raisin had,
"I,4oailAtiiibet'fioin -41 s . to 48s, whicii tended to
toe" "e consuin tion. of .Currants, the stock of which.
7gliZtteoa 4flitP•Deeentbkiri 1849, was. 4650' tons. We,.
Nip ...ePteterit season 2,300 tona'Olold fr'
tiit, but,
silk 'u the protracted voyages of vessels, can. supply
L'gt hitherto unusually light for the season. To
tu ihst.'srve bad received only 28 cargoes, ith 4,000
is and had cleared for consumption from 25th Sep-
-111/41 ;HP to that date 4,600 tons of new and old fruit,
,‘t111,,,,,,1),riees 4-s to ei higher tban last season. Valentias
ld 11,-"Lio have been steady at 38s to 40s; the supply
,41rsk.": Clearance very large. The London stock of
ttherefore, at the close of this year, taking into
Ndtt:46ll*th° late arrivals from the continent, will be
Of th.° be somewhat less 'than on 31st December, 1849;
stock 13 cargoes, or about 2,000 tons, are still
ottt▪ ;se'of, hinding. -The dealers herb and in the
rti`e? are barely supplied. At the place of growth
,'` does been of. late 4, clinsideruble.advance in:prices.
iltasd: not seernlikelY Abet we shall have more than
';'etti;rate supply of Raisins this season from Turkey,
~11418'sn and German market having again taken off
three qviantities, and 'caused higher prices to pre-
p r Will suit our late and present quotation. Yet
Lily "must
to the growth of fruit and to Currants
Lity cr,'. Must look for a supply to meet the extraordi-
P4l-;4Bamption which will certainly ti.ke place in
next yhar. There have been several arrivals of
Llt,,t;,utit nosales to report of any extent Chesmes
Ilip;'a have been sold at 395, the same article was
~.Fif7„l° December, 1849, at 455, and boxes at 475.
'l'lo7`Tbe market has been barely supplied since
biehowing to the long voyages of sailing vessels,
Ptoe in last week too late for the fruit to be avail-
mies4. Christmas uses. There is no alteration to
24 prices; and the quality continues to be
I'
I(41111Z11:he principalfeature of the month's transae-
?jKltßo been the arrival and sale of the new season's
i„,s, which have met with a more ready demand
4-tr t hive been. expected, 4t very full rates, viz.,
to la 10d for first quality of Mooning's, and Is
Bid for such as fell short of this standard. The
-htltlstl" I?! the first class Teas, so far as yet seen,, is
b,l'etbtlel,4 Rood thi4 year,- but they fall short in strength.
''t4tltetfgrades of Congon but little has been done, the
6.: des, c't common may be considered lower in absence
I:ng -1,8", the trade, both in town and country,
'11;8 ,-Bually dull at this period of the year.
..season's. Flowery Pekoes are of superior
n r„;"_,nct are ruling rather lower than of late years, •
ist,seet;iwuP,_ing qua ity having sold from 31. to 3s 6d. In
at have to quote no alteration, with the excep-
-I,,,;arltion Young Ilysons, in some demand in the
litllePci` of the month at further advanced prices.
L 114 Teas remain in demand, a few of recent: arrival
i'dlll4el4h et ready sale. The stock of Company's Congou
„e„B4.- The- prices- current are:—Bohea, 4d to
ordinary to good ordinary, is Oid to
Br. ',,14 middling is Id to Is lid; rather blackish
kii,„74 to lc 2, d; blackish leaf, Is 3d to is lid;
tnialt 4d to Is 10d; Souchoeg, good ordinary to
4d• flung, lc Oid to la Id; mid to good mid is 4d to
6,-tite'd-',9wery Pekoe, is Bcl to 3s 6d; CaperOs to is ld;
b,',atod"3 2d to Is 6d; Orange Pekoe, Is 'ld to 2d;
jitidlih' is 2d to 2s; Twankey, good ordinary to but
lOid to 11d; middling to Hyson kind, lid to
,tiOr'd,,ntoti kind, 8d to 9d; Hyson skin, ordinary to
ts;" 24-45rY 9d to 10d• but middling to middling lld
14d• 114:_t ilYsson; good Ordinary, is 2d to is 3d, but
t„ 3K, ls 4d to is 6d; middling to good middling,. is
lid to 13 rYouni Hyson, is 2d to 3s; Canton kind,
t° .8
6d' • l 1 3d to 2s
13, 13 Imperial is s6d; Canton kind,
L° Is9a-; Gunpowder, is 10d to 3s 6d; Canton kind,
tts ssz
CtiP 4p. urn. --.The Christmas demand has been ex-
Ftit.:l,4' all kinds. The arrival of Oranges from the
ledillt7e been of a limited character, which has im-
.Ro ,'e demand for Lisbon and Seville China. Three
lie T. the latter, sold by 'Keeling and Hunt at
o„trklall', went at an advance of 2s per package.
444ee 01, Ch4goes of Lemons have arrived, but the greater
Otiu,elsil3R engaged by the confectioners has had no
'"e price. - Nuts of all kinds meet with a ready

111 "k"CONDARIES! 'THIS DAY.)
t sea (Before Mr. Secondary PuTTEn.)
-1.11811 AMICABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY V.
HARROP.
1:14 Al *43 1111 action brought by the Scottish Amicabled
'rep -111suttsuceCompan against defendant, who had
Join
agent at Liverypool, to recover the sum of 111.
malr°6"eY received by him on account of the society. _
ciattPbell, from the office of the society, proved
h 41): t due, but defendant claimed a commission..
,-ot -"darned 'SECONDARY said that if the plaintiffs did
w°111(11143 the commission, in such a case the jury
There a verdict for the amount.
Jury gave a verdict for .

T4p.
CASE, OF MR., SLOANE.

- - - ,
bill GUILD fl ALL.-4THIS DAY.)
"litincernent that Mr. Sloane, the special
Oars.4‘ll)iiji Pump-coure Temple, was to undergo a
orne.
attracted an immense c
Peopleis mhe-Gtiildhall Police-court, and fully
tb,h 3,l'uLbefore 4.
luetAoltdermen took their seats on the bench
00114; t fihilt of the' court was densely crowded, :tot
The
t,;°. indeed, that it was almost impossible to git
'te ;' the court inuch less' to gain admittance intnand
Nlitt-Re'rie during the, Imerning was one of tumult b
y.
-,`", and during
re much to blame for not a
klatoti4P ed nao° "orideraand decorum. It waS with th!
int mlfaculty that those who. had a right to
mob,
pbruet.
,ountild fight -their way through the
148t4 t?311-133ean8 or other, parties who attendednio 'ontot
gilled
C'Hs curiosity obtained a ready and superior place,
;,114 ;sing ere twelve o'clock had arrived the court was
-toe eloeess With well-dresSed persons of both sexes,
(PPP:: ;Whom had taken possession of the seats usually
.
'hleXtated to the' press, and 'stoutly refused to give
tSsibi:l2.2!, hen politely requested to do so. While the
t/Ittaid'guil was* going on all was noise and tuniul
:said heard it was with difficulty that the proceedings
POlie~heard, Crowds fought and hustled with the
theth the doors, and many who had got mixed up
tiien riotous-portion. of the crowd left the scene
1,44 dt,!, coat tale or with their hats dreadfully damaged
''eudant.had r io l arrived at the court and had
ct: got in
„, tt 1, A- unknown to the assembled multitude, but every
drove up with an alderman or a common coun-
!,,tlsecjn'°r teasel, was mistaken for thdt of the ac-
-4 he .'1°I.(1 was greeted with frightful yells and groans.
"ter Rica was
brought in a cab a few minutes
she &clock which was immediately surrounded, and
tog,„ alighted'she was loudly hailed with cc,mmiserat-
VrPressions.
e4suni. Alderman liumphery and Mr. Alderman Finnis
eu the bench, surrounded by a number of m 9-
Dar°chi, , arikeTS, members of the Common Council, and
.t authorities
to Lod
Lluddlestone instructed by Mr. Pontifex, attended
ascute on behalf of the guardians of the West
4€„Pl 'Onion, and Mr. Clarkson appeared to watch the
414dur the defendant.
IJUSIPHERYermas asked if Mrs. Sloane was in
end
(Ince?
8;1;1", the summoning officer, replied in the negative.
tvitfaq made further search, and inquiries after her, but
Atnut• success
ths3-4r* remind,ed-tiae..
.Alderman that upon
t°rni occasionhe abstained from completing the
°kaki er mr, Clarkson was not ptt tuition' of the girl bT.tns
liont wskh" the treiCnstce for this defendant. lie

• therefore proposed now to put her into the box, with the
view of adding some new particulars to her evidence, and
as she was sufficiently restored to strength to undergo
such an ordeal, Mr. Clarkson, who was now in lit-
tendance, would have an opportunity of cross-examining
her if he so thought fit.
Mr. Clarkson thanked his Learned Friend for his
courtesy, but be might as well state at once that he
intended to adhere to his former determination of re-
serving his cross-examinatioe, and any reply ho might
have to make for the defendant, till the case came on for
trial at the Old Bailey.
The additional evidence proposed to be put in was
then commenced.
Eliza Minden was the first witness called. She de-
posed as follows:—I am the nurse in the B ward of the
Royal Free Hospital, and I remember when Jane Wil-
bred was brought to the hospital. She bad her night-
things on, a warm flannel gown, and in addition a
blanket. I examined her person, and I found on her
body marks of violence, such as bruises, from severe
' beating on the lower part of the back, and upon her
shoulders. The bruises on the arms and shoulders were
recent; those on the lower part of the person appeared
to have been of long duration. Her hair was matted
with dirt, but we could not wash it without hurting
the girl, and we were obliged to cut it off.
I have the hair, and now produce it. She seemed
to be very weak, and in a most exhausted state,
unable to walk or speak. I have got the clothes that
were delivered to me by Mr. Ball, and they are in the
same state as when they were taken from the girl. They
were very dirty, filthy, in fact.
This witness was not cross-examined.
Mr. William Tindal Robinson, the resident surgeon
of the Royal Free Ilippital, stated that he saw the girl
as soon as she was admitted. She was in a most fright-
ful state of emaciation and debility, and so exceedingly
thin that her bones all projected, and her ribs might be
counted. He had no doubt that it proceeded from want
of food. She was in great danger at first. Her reduced
state appeared to arise from a gradual decrease
of food ; it must have been so, or she could
not have lived, and at first food was
given to her in small quantities and at frequent intervals.
She has gradually recovered, and is now very much
better, gaining rapidly in weight. On the 12th of De-
cember she weighed 601b5., on the 19th, 6611bs ' and
yesterday 73ilbs. Her constitution appeared to be a
naturally healthy one. There were a great many bruises
on her person, as if they had been inflicted with a heavy
instrument. They were on the lower part of the back,
end one exceedingly large on the right arm. In three
or four places the blood had been drawn, and scars had
formed on different parts of her body. There were marks
of vermin all over her person. The wounds appeared to
have been inflicted at different periods; some were recent
and some old. Her chest is quite sound, and perfectly
healthy, and she bad no symptoms that were traceable to
disease. There were no other traces except those which
arose from starvation, and she had only had two or
three doses of medicine.

Jane Wilbred was next introduced. Her appearance
presented a considerable improvement upon the former
days. She has changed from a haggard-looking and
middle-aged woman to a plump, juvenile-looking girl,
and her cheeks, which were originally pale and careworn,
now wear the ruddy hue of health. She is, however,
still weak and feeble, and walks with difficulty,
but it is confidently anticipated that, ere
the trial takes place, she will be fully recovered. She
made the following addition to her evidence :—When-
'ever I went into my master's sitting-room he used to say
• that I, frightened his bird if I took a, candle, -or when
she got the coal, for theiiitchen fire. The bird died, and
after that Mrs. Sloane hit-me with a shoe, and my mister
knobked mo ou the back because the bird died. Both of
them said that was the reason for their beating me, but I
had nothing to do with.ttie.death of the bird.. I had lest
f6od after the bird' died, and they said they would tor-
ment me as long as I was there because the bird died.
The mustard they gave me to eat was both made and un-
made. The unmade mustard was spinkled on the bread.
I remember going about the chambers rubbing my feet to
keep them warm. There was a fire in the kitchen, but my
mistress would not allow me to go to it, and I was beaten
for walking about. I could not lift my feet up. I tried,
but could not, and because I could not my master beat
me. When I did not get enough to eat, I became weak,
and was slow in my work, which they made a reason
for beating me with a shoe. I never went out for errands
but once, and then my mistress was with me. I told
Mrs. Bell of my treatment before it was found out. I
did not know any body else to tell, nor did I know my
way back to the union. I never tried to run away, be-
cause I did not know where to go to. I have been
awoke out of my sleep by all three of them, Mr. and Mrs.
Sloane, and the young lady, to go down the stairs. That
was in the night time in winter. I did not put all my
clothes on, because Mrs. Sloane would not let me.
This was all the evidence adduced to-day.
Mr. Clarkson-said, in the present state of the public
mind, it was not necessary to read over the former evi-
dence.
Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY thought so too, and that
proceeding was, therefore, dispensed with. He should
be glad to know if the prosecution had any objection to
the same bail.
Mr. Huddlestone replied that inquiries had been made
into their responsibility, and they appeared to be unex-
ceptionable.
The former bail was then enlarged.
Mr. Huddlestone called upon the Alderman to give
'Rowe, the officer, directions to hold the warrant against
Mrs. Sloane, with the view of executing it should an op-
portunity for doing so pre:ent itself before the trial.
Mr. Alderman HUMPRERY said such orders had al-
ready been given; hut it was understood that Mrs.
Sloane would not surrender till the trial.

Mr. Huddlestone then entered into an explanation on
behalf of the guardians of the union, to show that they
had been neither negligent nor slow in taking up the
case.

Mr. Alderman HUMPHERY readily exculpated them
from all blamo on that score. They had now taken up
the matter in earnest, and he was sure they would not
let it drop till it had been sifted to the bottom.
The defendant then left the court amidst hisses and
execrations, and in the course of the morning he was
placed in a cab and carried away by stealth.

MARLBRO'-STREET.—(THISDAY.)
VIOLENT ASSAULT.— William Clark was brought be-
fore Mr. Hardwick charged with violently assaulting
Robert Plunkett, and breaking his leg.
Jane Plunkett, the wife of the injured man, stated
that, about twelve o'clock last night, as she and her
husband were returning from a concert in Great Wind-
mill-street, they saw the prisoner quarrelling with
another DAD. She and her husband stopped to listen to
the row. A crowd collected, and the prisoner stepped
up to her husband, and with an oath bade him walk
on, or else he would give him something for
himself. Her husband said he had quite
as much right to stand there as any one else. The de-
fendant then called her husband a tailor, and on his
replying that he was not one of that trade, the prisoner
dealt him a violent blow on the side ( f the head, and
knocked him down. Her busfiand directly called out,
,‘ Oh, my leg is broken." The police then came up, and
having procured a stretcher, her husband was conveyed
to Charing-cross Hospital, where be at present remains
in a very dangerous state. The prisoner was subse-
quently given into custody.
The above evidence having been corroborated, the
prisoner was remanded for a week.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
TATTERSALL'S—YESTERDAY.
A blank day.

HOMICIDE NEAR BRISTOL.—A most melancholy
calamity has just occurred in this neighbourhood, which has
caused the greatest excitement. Mr. Wooles, the long-e-..
tablished and respectable landlord of the Blue Bowl, a road-
side inn about a mile from Bristol, on the Bath-road, was
shot by his son with a fowling-piece, and died at a late hour
last night. From the meagre particulars which have been
supplied us, and which are in some respects contradictory, it
appears that while sitting together in a small room, words of
a trivial nature passed between them, when the son seized
his gun and shot his father in the breast. It is said the un-
fortunate cause of this sad affair was unaware of the gun being
loaded, and only caught it up in the heat of passion. The
unfortunate sufferer had invited a large number of friends to
spend the Christmas, and they had the unpleasant intelli-
gence communicated to them that Mr. Wooles could not
possibly survive the night. He lived long enough to have
his will made before his death.
'THE WESLEYAN AGlTATlON.—Considerable sen-
sation has been excited in the county of Norfolk by the fol-
lowing circumstance : A young man, in the neighbourhood
of Swaff ham, connected with the Wesleyan Methodists, en-
gaged in the unhappy agitation which exists is some parts
of the connexion, emphatically declared at a public meeting
that if he had only twenty minutes to live he would spend
ten of them in agitation. On the following Sunday he went
into one of the neighbouring villages for the purpose of
preaching in opposition to his former friends. He had not
spoken more than ten minutes when he became a corpse.
REVIVAL OF TILE DAMASCUS CALUMNY.—A
tombstone having been lately erected to the memory of
Father Thomas, of Damascus, with an inscription to the
effect " that he had been murdered by the Jews," Sir Moses
Montefiore, the ever-watchful champion of the Jews, repaired
to Paris on Monday last, in order to urge upon the Govern-
ment the injustice of perpetuating a calumny which has
been theoretically and practically refuted.—Jewish Chronicle.
SAD ACCIDENT AT SHERBORNE.—An accident,
which we regret to say terminated fatally, happened to a
boy of Nether Compton, named Job Brown, on Friday
evening last. It appears that the poor little fellow at the
time of the sad occurrence was assisting his father (a la-
bourer in the employ of Mr. C. Hyde) in the management
of a horse •which was harnessed to a large wheel used in
propelling an apple mill. The father having occasion to go
out for a short time, left the lad by himself. He had not
left above five minutes when he heard the mill stop, and on
hastening to the spot to discover the cause, he found his son
on the ground with his head literally crushed to pieces. Dr.
Williams, of Sherborne, was immediately sent for and
promptly attended, but his services proVed of no avail. It is
supposed that during the temporary absence of his father the
lad must have incautiously got upon the wheel for the pur-
pose of riding, became entangled in the machinery, and thus
met with his untimely end.
CORK AND BANDON RitmwaY.—During the last
twelve months the works on this line have been in rapid
progress to completion. Nine miles out of the ten between
Cork and Ballinhassig:are now ready to receive the rails. The
Cork station on:the Monerea Marsh, adjoining Albert Quay,
has been some time in progress, and the foundations are now
above
ingrieonugntdh, ground.
islle Goggin's-hill tunnel, which is 1,000
yards
more than three-fourths executed, and
will be bored through in less than three months. Last week
wtdhuyenc fit;
vsbtayltllswey,
he/ gthrTe
seiron
abist
iiweress tot
the
baeei s ei da
carriedr andgest fiaoxef
across
esin
kt tnehdce
evhoei
na-
t
str ucted in Ireland. It is WO feet from abutment
to abut-
ment, and about 100 feet over the valley. It is divided into
four spans of 110 feet each, by
massive cut limestone piers, 70 feet
two abutments, and three
structure an appearance of that
pilasters and bold projecting
great strength
e nggiving
ornamentedal d
solidity with
sornicee the whole
so necessary is works of this magnitude.—Burk de.— Cork Constitution.