The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

MURDER AT BATTERSEA.

WANDSWORTH POLICE COURT—(THIS DAY).
The Court opened this morning at ten o'clock for the re-
examination into the late dreadful murder at Battersea-
bridge, kr which the man Augustus Dalrnas is in custody.
Precisely at fiveynnutes past ten the prisoner was placed
in front of the bar. Ile seemed a little nervous, and evidently
paid great attention to the statements of the different wit-

nesses.
Rebecca Seaward, 5, King-Street, Chelsea, glover. I recol •
lect Monday was the 29th April. At about half-past ten I
was coming down Beaufort-street into Duke-street, and saw
a man and woman standing close to the new rails on the
Middlesex side of the bridge; and on the right side coming to
Surrey. They were standing close together, and I was on
the opposite side of the way. They appeared to be guar-

gelling. -
• Cross-eXamined by Mr. Gilham—Was sure that the hour
was half-past ten, because she observed that she was late in
coming home, and looked at the clock in conse-
quence. Mentioned the circumstance of seeing the man and
woman to parties that same night, and many times after-
wards. The female had on a dark shawl, a light dress, and
a white bonnet. Had not heard from any other person the
description of dresS which the prisoner or woman had on. It
was the man's voice I heard quarrelling. I did not see his
face, as it was concealed by the woman's bonnet. They were
standing still when I saw hint
By the CoußT—The words I heard were spoken loudly and
angrily. The words were, "So you won't, then ?"
James Cook, 11, Danver-street, coal-porter—l remember
Monday, the 29th of April. I was returning home about
twenty-five minutes to eleven, and stopped my master's
stables, opposite Chelsea old church, speaking to the carman.
Whilst talking to him, I saw a mail running down Duke-
street, in the direction from the bridge, he was calling
Police" not in a very low voice. He ran up Church-lane
somewhere, and soon returned and said to me and to ethers
there " a woman .has cut her throat on the bridge." He
passed quite close to me and used that expression as he
passed. I did not speak, nor did I hear others speak to him.
I went in, and he went by the church. The man had on a
black frock'coat. I went on the bridge, and there met a
police constable. I said " I was told that a woman has cut
her throat on the bridge," and we went together to the toll-
house. The man I met in Chelsea seemed about five feet
six inches, was stout and ftill.faced, and wore his hat over his
eves.
The prisoner Dalmas was then desired to mix with the
crowd in the body of the Court, and the witness then identi-
fied him as the person he had met in Chelsea.
By the COURT—Uelieve the prisoner to be the same man.
Never had known the prisoner before. Did not know him
by sight.
By Mr. Gilham—l mentioned the circumstance the same
night to the pot-boy at " the Swan." I saw the prisoner for
about three minutes—saw him coming from the direction of
the bridge and running past:---had a look at him atter.
Mr. CLIVE to Mr. Gilham—l cannot see the necessity for
recapitulating the evidence already given by the witness. The
case will take an endless time if such a system is perse-
vered in.
Mr. Gilham—l will endeavour to be as concise as possible.
Examination of witness continued—l did not tell the person
Wells with whom I had communicated that night, that I
had seen a person running. I have seen no accounts, have
read no accounts. I did not tell the police, but I suppose
the potboy told the customers what I had told him, and
• so the police got informed of it. I told my mates next
morning, that I had seen the man running, and they did not
advise me to communicate with the police. I was at the
toll-house at twenty minutes to eleven o'clock, and saw some
policemen there, but did not open my mouth about the man
running away. I told my wife the circumstance that same
night. I believe Mr. Hall, the toll-house-keeper, saw me
on the Monday night upon the bridge. After I got to the
toll-house I saw a knacker's cart standing on the Surrey-side

of the river.
Mr. CLIVE again complained that Mr. Gilham was wasting
the time of the Court, by needlessly going over the same

ground.
Examination of witness continued—Cannot swear that
the'man I saw had his waistcoat buttoned. Did not notice
his whiskers, nose, mouth, or collar particularly. I have
never been in any trouble myself.
Mr. CervE—Really; I-must interfere, Mr. Gilham. You
then have asked these questions ever and over again. Any new
questions you may put as long as you please; but spare us so
many
s:
\ll m A
la r needless.
Gilham—When
on Saturday last was read over.
BA,
aihrrkaein)raieti_swltviaohseen called, and the evidence given
she came up to me and said,
by him
"Will you oblige me by helping me to the toll-house," and
n
informed me that somebody had cut her, she did not say then
who had done it. After being taken into the bar of the Swan,
I heard them put the question, " Did Dalmas cut your
throat ?"
By Mr. CLIVE—When at the toll-house I heard some one
say, "Oh, it is Mrs. M‘Farlane ; then Dalmas has done it."
By Mr. Gilham—The question might have been repeated
by the policeman. I did not hear him reply, as I was stand-
ing, and Mr. Gosling and the policeman were stooping over
her. Mr. Gosling said, "Mrs. M`Farlane, who did it?" but ,
I did not hear the reply.
By Mr. Ceive---4 thought the question of the policeman
very harsh and coarse, considering the state of the unfortu-
nate female at the time. I did not know the value of the
woman's reply as dying evidence then, and when I use the
term harsh and coarse, I refer not to the effect of the question
as militating against the prisoner, but simply with respect to
the unfortunate deceased.
An objection was raised by Mr. Gilham to the reply of the
dying woman being put in evidence, on the ground that
she had not been apprised of her dying state; but the Ma•
gistrate overruled the objection. •
Mr. Hall, the toll-keeper, was next examined, but the
greater part of his evidence was a mere repetition of what
has already appeared in our columns. When the deceased,
Mrs. M`Farlane, came up to him at the toll-house, she said—
" See how I have been ill-used upon the bridge ; take me
home—take me home." I called my wife and another female
who was there, and the woman' then, from weakness, fell. I
gave the alarm at the Swan; and, with the sssistance of
some persons, she was taken thenk I did not follow, as I
could not leave the gate. I heard some person close to de-
ceased, when she was at the toll-house, say,'" Good God !
her throat is cut." I had seen the deceased and the prisoner's
youngest daughter go over the bridge about eight o'clock.
• By Mr. Gilham—Did not hear the deceased say who had
ill-used her. I did not put the question, as I was rather con-
fused at the time. She was perfectly sensible, and could
have told who had injured her if she had liked..
Eliza Long, 19, Fenel's-walk—l was going to Chelsea
about half-past ten or eleven o'clock, and after getting off the
bridge I heard a cry of " Police" near Battersea Folly, and
I went back to where the female was lying, and she was
bleeding from the throat. Saw her careW into Mr. Gos-
lings, the Swan Tavern. IleArd_a person say, "-Good -God,
the woman will bleed to death,:' : When in the Swan I re-
marked'that she was dying. She could have heard me say so.
By Mr. Gilham—l heard the policeman put a question to
the woman ; he said, " Mrs. ISPFarlane, who has cut your
throat ?" I did not hear her reply, but the policeman
seemed to understand it. He then said, " Oh, did Dalmas do
this, or it ?" I cannot say which, and she replied very
faintly, " Yes, yes." I then-came out. No one has spoken to
me on this subject.
Police constable Langton, 36 V, was then called, and his
evidence was read over.
Augusta Dalmas was called, and said that three letters
produced in Court, marked A, B, and C, were in her father's
writing.
Langton examined by Mr. Gilham.,—He asked the deceased
"My good woman, who cut your throat ?" She said " Dal-
mas." I called Mr. Gosling's attention to her answer, and
again repeated my question, "Was any other person with
you when he did it ?" She said, " No, no." I then asked
her the third time if Dalmas had done it, and she said, "Yes,
yes." I heard her'replies distinctly. She was perfectly sen-
sible, and died in five or six minutes after.
By Mr. Cuvi—The reason why I put the question was,
because I had heard that the deceased and Dalmas had been
on intimate terms. I know a man named Cook, but did not
hear his evidence as regardS the man running past Chelsea
old church on the might of the murder.
William Gosling was next examined,. and confirmed the
constable's evidence as to the statement of the dying woman.
Three letters, marked A, B, C, were then put into Court,
and read by the chief clerk. They were proved by Augusta
Dalmas to have been written by her , father. The first, A,
was undated, and was addressed to the deceased. The
contents were, however, of so grossly obscene a charac-
ter, and ; couched in such indelicate language, that it
is impossible tcl report them. The prisoner reproached
deceased with having robbed him, and, after criticising her
conduct as regarded her intercourse with a Mr. Meredith, he
concluded by stating, that by the same post he had sent a
letter to her 'sister, containin* similar allegations.
The second letter, marked B, was the one referred
to, and was almost a counterpart of the other.
The third, marked C, contained, what he termed
a statement of facts, the so-called facts being of
the most disgusting description, and illustrative of the de-
reased's profligacy. •It concluded with a farewell to his chil-
dren, and an expressed determination to commit suicide.
Police-constable Langton—Those letters were found in the
prisoner's apartments; and were all unsealed.
Superintendent Bicknell, of the V division, found other
letters, now produced, in a drawer in the first floor of de-
. cease.d's_residence. Another was given him by, a brother of
Ihe deceased. They are dated at various periods, from No-
' , yember last up to the present time.
•
Abu ta Palmas was recalled, and identified them as hay-
•-- -I.e. father
ing been written

Mr. Bicknell—l got the lends numbered Ito 10 included,
in the drawer described, upon the Tuesday morning following
the murder. The other paper was given to me by Andrews,
the deceased's brother, on the Ist May.
Those letters were also. addressed to deceased, and were
now read in Court. They were couched in the extravagant
and inflated language so common with lovers, and con-
tained protestations of eternal fidelity, intermingled with many
complaints of deceased's coldness and cruelty. The writer
also stated his determination to commit suicide if treated
with continued coldness by her. It evidently appeared
from their contents that the intimacy between the prisoner
and deceased had been of the closest character.
Mr. CuvE—lt will be necessary to adjourn the examina-
tion till Tuesday, and the witnesses will therefore be pleased
to be in attendance on that day at 10 o'clock.
The prisoner was then removed in the custody of Superin-
tendent Bicknell.
• The daughter Augusta dating her examination directed
many furtive glances at her unfortunate father, but he did
not in the smallest degree appear to notice her.

COMMISSION OF LUNACY.
(THIS DAY.)
This morning the Commission of Lunacy against William
Parker, Esq., wasresumed before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.
The inquiry had been adjourned for the attendance of Mr.
Freshfield and Mr. Scotto, two professional gentlemen, whom
the lunatic insisted upon attending. Upon inquiry it was
found that Mr. Scotto had been dead souse years, and Mr.
Freshfield refused to act, being wholly unacquainted with
Mr. Parker. Mr. Yany, barrister, appeared in support of the
Commission, and Air. Rogers attended on behalf of Mr.
Parker's sister. It appeared from the evidence that Mr.
Parker was a partner in Messrs. Bagshaw's house, of
London and Calcutta. In 1840 Mr. Parker proceeded in a
steamer to Calcutta. The vessel anchored about eight days
at Madras, during which time Mr. Parker went ashore with
the other passengers, but instead of taking the precaution
necessary for Europeans of travelling in a palanquin, walked
from the beach a short distance into the country for the
purpose of visiting the inhabitants and comparing their
customs and habits with those in the West Indies. On re-
turning on board•the vessel Mr. Parker's manner was con-
siderably changed, when the passengers came to the con-
clusion that he had received a coup de eoleil, or stroke of the
sun, a very common occurrence to Europeans who walk only
a short distance exposed to the sun. On arriving at Calcutta,
about four days after leaving Madras, it was discovered that
he was insane, and it became necessary to have him watched.
He was shortly afterwards removed to England, and placed
in Betblem, and afterwards at Dr. Oxley's Asylum,
Hoxton. Dr. Oxley and. Dr. Arnott deposed to the state
of the prisoner's mind. He was very wild and incoherent,
but not unmanageable or at all violent. Amongst his delu-
sions he supposed parties to be alive who had been dead
many years, which was the case with his mother, whom he
said lived with the Duke of Wellington, and that they in-
tended to visit him shortly. During the examination of
the witnesses Mr. Parker continually interrupted them,
denying their statements, and generally finished with a
thrice repeated exclamation. The jury returned a verdict
that Mr. Parker was of unsound mind, and had been so since
Feb. 18, 1841.

MONE AND COMMERCIAL NEWS.
CITY, QUARTER TO THREE.
A moderate business was done yesterday in the Liverpool
Cotton Market, at previous rates ; sales 4,000 bales.—Shares
remained firm; without much activity : Birmingham and
Gloucester, 92 ; Caledonian, 44 ; Birmingham, 231 ; Brighton,
444; South-Western, Eighths, 44; Midland Counties, 90k;
Paris and Lyons, 3; Ditto and Orleans, 38k; Ditto and
Rouen, 374 ; -South-Eastern, Scrip, 114.
Accounts from Port Phillip of the 21st and 26th of De-
cember have been received to-day, by separate arrivals. The
colony was rather more thriving, and the new system of
melting down tallow and salting meats for exportation to
Europe, had been of sensible advantage to the flock masters.
There had also been arrivals of a few parties from England
possessed of moderate capital, and which were very. oppor-
tune, after so long a cessation of beneficial immigration.
There are accounts in the Port Phillip papers of the 15th De •
cember from Van Diemen's Land, and these, from their general
tenor can scarcely be looked upon as much more favourable
than those previously come to hand. The Directors of the
local bank (the Colonial) had convened a meeting of the
proprietors to consider the propriety of winding up. The
Western Australian papers to Jan 10, show that the colony
is rising.
The Toronto, from New York, furnishes advices t6the 11th
ultimo. After some flatness, stocks had become in better re-
quest, and were held for higher rates ; while, on the other
hand the symptoms of returning speculation in cotton had
not become more developed.
In the Consol Market not much business was transacted
to-day. The prices remain at about the same as they were
yesterday, viz., at 99
.4 for Money and for the Account. The
premium upon Exchequer Bills has advanced to 775. 795.
India Bonds have been done at 945. premium ; and Bank
Stock for the Account at 1954.
A slight improvement has taken place in the Spanish
Bonds this morning, the Three per Cents. having touched
364 4 ; and the Active Bonds, 244 to 254. The variations in
the other foreign stocks have been trifling.
A good deal of business has been done in the Railway
Shares, but the prices have not changed much. The Com-
mercial Bank of London Shares have been bought at 160, or
40 discount. .

BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
(From tike Official List) •

3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities - 1;8% 99
3 per Cent. Consols, Annuities 99%%
314 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 1014%
New 336 per Cent: Annuities 102% 31
Long Annuities, Expire sth Jan. 1860....... l2 7-1634
Ditto 30 Years, Expire sth Jan. 1660.
___ 12 11.16%

, _ _
India 80nd5,1,000........„..„„ .......... „....,
Ditto under 1,000 94
Bank Stock for Account . 103%
Consols for Account ••••• 99Ma
Exchequer Bills, I%d. 154 d.
1004
5001 ............ 16 pm.
Ditto 5ma11.... ..........
FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Belgian Bonds, 5 per Cent 102%
Columbian Bonds. 14%
Mexican Bonds, 1837, 5 per Cent .... ?5%,
Ditto for the Account 35%
Ditto Deferred Stock. 15%
Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Cents. 293(
Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent.
Ditto Converted 46%
Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent 117%
Spanish Bonds, Five per Cent 1840 24% 2554
Ditto for the Account
Ditto Passive Bonds. . .......... ... ..... .........
Ditto Three per Cent.
Ditto for the Account 35% 36%
Dutch 234 per Cents 615 61
Dutch 5 per Cents... .. .......... « ............. .........• 100%
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE.
Bristol and Exeter '7o
Caledonian
Eastern Counties
Ditto New Registered Si. 6s. 8d...«.. 14%
Ditto Perpetual 5 per eent l3s. 4d.... 1
Edinburgh and Glasgow 5O ••......«6614
Great Western
Ditto N 15 Shares SO
Ditto Fifths l2 .....«.. 21
Harwich (Braithwaite)
Hull and Selby
Leeds and Bradford 5 ......... 24
London and Birmingham.. .. ..... 100....... . ..232 . ...
London and Blackwall
London and Brighton 5O 44% to
London and Greenwich .... ...... .. 12%
London and Greenwich (Preference) 18%
Londan and South Western ...... 41% 85% to
Ditto Eighths
73%
London and Croydon
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Darlington Junct. 18
South Eastern and Dover 32% 3'7% to
Paris and Orleans •••••••••••••••• ..... SO ..... 44.• 28% 54 ••• to ....
Rouen and Havre.
JOINT STOCK BANKS.
London Joint Stock
Union of London
PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, MAY 11.
3 per Cent. Consols , 98%
10
Three and a Half Stock ...... 1%
Ditto New, It• 30
334 per Cent. Debenture. 94%
Bank Stock l9B
Grand Canal Stock 15%
Grand Canal Debentures, 6 per Cent.
Ditto 4 per Cent. 56%
LAST PRICES OF SHARES.
RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SRAM
Dublin and K. Road
Drogheda 55
Dublin and Cashel ditto 2%
Hibernian Bank 25 30%
National Bank
Royal Bank
National Insurance
Patriotic ditto
Wicklow Copper Mines
City of Dublin Steam Company
British and Irish Steam Company ... 50
Steam Ship Building Company
MANCiiKsTEE STOCK EXcitAKGE, MAY 10.—The market
to-day has been rather inanimate, and stock has been more
freely offered.— Hull and Selby, Quarters, 111 t ; Manchester
and Birmingham, 60 ; South-Eastern, 38 ; Preston and
Wyre, . 20i ; Blackburn and Preston, .5i ; Manchester
and Liverpool District Bank, loi : Union Bank of Man-
chester, 9-1-10.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(THIS DAY.)
LONDON, MAY 1 I.—W ind, light North-easterly breeze:
and fine. _ _

DEAL, MAY 10.—Wind, light and variable.—Arrd. Sarah
Lydia, Batavia; Judith Allan, Bombay; Panock Hall,Whar-
ton, Manilla; London, Gunton, Cape of Good Hope; Niord,
St. Croix for Copenhagen ; Ada, Jamaica; Perthshire, Drake,
St. John's, New Brunswick. Sid. John Tomkinson, Hobart
Town ; Orion, ichoboe ; Amity, Tagura ; Pub n, Rio ; Helen,
Tobago • Hendrik Hudson, New York ; Trent, Miramichi ;
Java, ehina ; .Glenalvon, Aux Cayes ; Napier, New York ;
and the whole of the outward-bound.

PORTSMOUTH, MAY. 10.—Wind, N.N.W.—Arrd. Toronto,
Griswold, New York, sailed 11th ult.; transport Nautilus,
Gibraltar. Oft; Agincourt, Nisbet, Calcutta, sailed Jan. 25,
St. Helena March 22.

COWES, MAY 10.—Arrd. :Montreal, New York, 24 days,
and sailed for Portsmouth.

PLYMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind, N.N.W.—And, Alicia,
Scott, Port Phillip, Dec. 27.

FALMOUTH, MAYlo.—Wind W. to N. moderate. Sld. Peterel
packet, Madeira, &c. Off, Neptunus, Havannah, for Amster-
dam ; Napoleon, Scott, Swan River (Jan. 14) ; JongeArie,
Post, Rio, for Amsterdam ; -James, Williams, Port Phillip
(Dec. 25); Pandorus, Le Maistre, Buenos Ayres.
BRISTOL. MAY 10.—Arrd. Lord Redesdale, Bally, Buenos
Ayres.
LIVERPOOL,MAY 10.—Wind N.W. Arrd. Clydesdale, Payne,
and Pearl, Valpy, Ichoboe ; Workington, Doyle, Rio ; James
Stewart, Pernambuco ; Friendship, Potts, Sierra Leone ;
Mary Marsden, Savanilla. Off, Malcolm, Calcutta.

•
WRITEHAYEN, MAY 9.—Arrd. Lady Shaw Stewart, Wise
Antigua.
HARTLEPOOL, MAY lO.—Sld. Dart, Quebec.

MARKET NEWS.—(THIS DAY.)
COVENT..GAILDMN.
Notwithstanding we had a very extensive supply of both
fruit and vegetables on sale here to-day, the general de-
mand was active, at mostly full prices. Potatoes from 2s 6d
to 5s per cwt ; young Onions, is 3d to 2s 6d; Turnips, is
9d to 2s 6d; Carrots, 5s 6d to 7s ; and Leeks, 9d to
Is 2d per dozen bunches ; Spinach, 4d to 6d per half sieve ;
Asparagus, 3s to 7s ; French Beans, 9d to is 6d ; Oranges,
8s to 15s ; and Lemons, 8s to 136 per 100 ; new Potatoes,
3d to 6d ; Pine Apples, 7s to 9s per lb ; Hot-house Grapes,
5s to 6s ; and Forced Cherries, 25s per lb ; Peaches, 40s
to 455; and Summer Cabbages, 10d to is 9d per dozen ;
Strawberries, 4s per small pottle ; Cucumbers, 8d to 7s per
brace ; Cauliflowers, 2d to 6d each ; Horse-radish, 2s to 5s ;
Celery, 8d to Is 3d ; Rhubarb, 4d to Is 6d; and Brocoli,
10d to 2s per bundle ; Sea Kale, 9d to 2s 3d ; Mushrooms,
9d to is 6d ; and Small Salad, 2d per punnet ; Radishes,
3d to 6d per dozen hands -, Lettuces, 6d to is 6d per score ;
green Gooseberries, 4d to 6d per quart.
ivEv.roaTE LEADZNIIALL.
Very little business was doing to-day, and previous rates
were barely supported. Capons, 4s to 7s ; Guinea Fowls, 2s to
3s 6d; Fowls, 2s to ss; Chickens, 2s to 3s 3d; Ducklings, 2s 6d
to 3s 3d ; Goslings, 5s to 8s ; Pigeons, 5d to 9d ; and Rabbits,
9d to is 6d each. The supplies of each kind of Meat were
extensive, owing to which, the trade ruled heavy, and the
quotations were not supported. Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ;
Mutton, 2s Gd to 3s 6d ; Lamb, 4s 8d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d
19 4s 8d ; and Pork, 2s 4d to 4s 2d per 81bs, by the carcase.

5 to 2 agst Ugly Buck
3 to 1 asst Ratan
9 to 1 agst Leander
20 to 1 agst Orlando
25 to 1 agst Akbar

The rest

to 1 agst Sister to Martingale
8 to 1 agst Barricade
9 to 1 agst Princess
11 to 1 agst Crenoline

• 1111 WP ow.
Prime Lamb and Veal sold steadily, at full prices, otherwise. 'ttiAßy oF
the demand ruled heavy. Beef from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, tre
2s 6d to 3s 8d ; Lamb, 5s to es 2d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; yia, a
and Pork 2s 6d to 4s 4d per Sibs.
HUNGERFORD.
We had, the time of year considered, only in, 'dere() sup-
plies of most articles on sale to-day, yet the general demand
was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices.
• BILLINGSGATE.
There was a limited business doing in Fish to-day, yet prices
were supported :—Turbots, 5s to 13s ; Cod Fish, is to 3s ;
Haddocks, 4d to ls ; and Brills, 6d to 2s 6d each; Soles, 6d
to 2s ed per pair; Sahnon, is to is 2d per lb

WHITECHAPEL.
We had a heavy trade here this morning on the following
terms :—Beef, from 2s 4d to 3s 6d ; Mutton, 2s 6d to 3s 6d ;
Lamb, 4s 10d to 5s 10d ; Veal, 3s 4d to 4s 6d ; and Pork, 2s 44
to 4s per Blbs.

• .
The prices of Wheaten Bread in the metropolis are from
8d to. Bid ; of Household ditto, 6d to lid per 41b loaf.

RIDE VIILIMET.
Raw Hides, at per stone of 141bs—Best steers and heifers,
5s 6d to 5s 10d ; middling hides, 5s to 5s 4d ; inferior ditto,
4s 4d to 4s 10d. Sheep and Calf Skins, at per skin—Market
calf, 6s 6d to 8s ; long woolled sheep, 4s to 5s 6d ; short
ditto 2s 6d to 4s 3d ; lamb skins, is to 2s ; and shearlings,
6d to 8d each.

HAY MAILIEETS.
SMITHFIELD.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2/ 155 to 3/ 3s ; use-
ful ditto, 31 5s to 31 10s ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 12s. to
3115 s ; Clover Hay, 3/ lOs to 515 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 118 s .
Wheat Straw, 1/ 8s to 11 lOs per load. Supply limited, and
trade dull.

CUMBERLAND.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 2118 s to 3/ 58; use-
ful ditto, 31 6s to 31 148 ; fine Upland ditto, 3/ 15s to 4/ ;
Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 51; Oat Straw, 117 s to 1/ 9s ; Wheat
Straw, 11 lOs to 11 12s per load. Both Hay and Straw
sold steadily at full currencies. _

WIIITECIIAML.—Coarse Meadow Hay, 21 15s to 3/ ;
useful ditto, 3l 3s to 31 103; fine Upland ditto, 31 12s to
3/ 16s ; Clover Hay, 31 lOs to 518 s ; Oat Straw, 116 s to 1/ 8s ;
Wheat Straw, 1/ Ss to 11 lOs per load. A. moderate supply,
and a sluggish demand.

WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.—FRIDAY.
Fine fresh Wheat being rather scarce, has commanded a
free sale, at an advance of Is. per quarter, and chambered
samples have sold more freely, upon rather better terms than
last week. Barley in limited demand, and dull sale. Oats
must be noted id. per stone dearer, and Shelling Is. per load,
with an improved demand for each article. Beans must again
be quoted Is. per quarter dearer.
Per qr. of 601 b. to the bushel.
Erma. NEW.
Wheat SIM)lk, Essex, and Kent Red. to 57 64 to 55
Ditto ditto ......
Norfolk Red 55 51 54
Ditto ditto White... 57 54 55
Lincolnshire and Cambridge Red 55 52 53
Ditto ditto White....— 56 54 55
Yorkshire Red 55 52 54
Ditto ditto White... 68 54 57
Foreign tied....... f 6 5:3 54
Ditto ditto White... 60 55 57
Per quarer imperial.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk 32 2i 30
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 32 29 SO
Grinding 27 28
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' Foreigv 31 '27 29
Per qr. i f 631 b. to the bushel.
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Beans, Small Inc 33 31 32
Ticks
Foreign — —.—
Oats, Pntatt, at .d Pola d
Munn, ICU to 146 , Fcrt ign —d to —d. pet Stow .
S'islling...... .....4.21. to 25, per Lead
Malt ...... ...... ......... ..................39, tine 425. per 1., U
- R weaved.... ....... 25/.os i. 7401. —.I. tic per La, t.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
(RECEIVED THIS DAY.)
BEDFORD RACES. —FRIDAY.
Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 20 added. Once round
and a distance. (5 Subs.)
Mit Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, Bst 61b 1
Mr. Smith's El Wherry, 4 yrs, Bst 111 b
Mr. Bainbridge's BletSoe Lass, 3 yrs, sst 111 b 3
Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 41b 4
Mr. T. Day's Europa, 7st 111 b
The Farmers' Plate was won, in two heats, by Mr. Wes-
ley's Brilliant, beating Mr. G. Higgins' f by Mundig, 4 yrs,
Mr. T. Price's Little John, and Mr. Peacock's Equinox,
The Queen's Plate of 100 guineas. Two miles.
Mr. Phillimore's Skeleton, 3 yrs, 7st. (Abdale) 1
Mr. Ongley's Humility, 6 yrs, lOst 41b
Mr. King's Nubia, 3 yrs, 7st
Mr. Hussey's Rabbi, 4 yrs, 9st 21b—Mr. H. T. Walley's
Fisticuff, 4 yrs, 9st 21b—Mr. IVlassey's Young Touchstone,
4 vrs 9st 21b ; and Mr. Wesley's Counsellor, 5 yrs, 9st 121 b.
'The Consolation Stakes of 3 sovs. each, for the beaten
horses, with 15 added, three-quarters of a mile (3 Subs.), were
won by Mr. Ongley's Fama, 6 yrs, 9st 51b (Sly), beating
Europa, 4 yrs, 7st 101 b, and the Lawyer, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b, by
a neck.
SHREWSBURY RACES. FRIDAY—(CONCLUDED.)
The Cleveland Stakes of 100 sovs., by subs. of 10 sovs. each,
3 yrs, 7st llb ; 4 yrs, Bst 31b ; 5 yrs, Bst 111 b ; 6 yrs, and
aged, 9st 31b ; mares, &c. allowed 31bs ; the winner of the
Queen's Plate 51bs extra. Two miles and a half. (13 Subs.)
Mr. Collett's Cattonite, 5 yrs (G. Whitehouse) 1
Mr. Worthington's Hooton, 4 yrs
Mr. Charleton's Nix-my-Dolly, 5 yrs . 3
Won by a heal.
The Innkeepers' Handicap of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only
if declared, with 50 added ; the second receives 10/. ; mile
and three quarters; (22 Subs.), 13 of whom declared.
Mr. Gough's Greenfinch, aged;lst 131 b (Dodgson) .. 1
Mr. Minor's Sinbad, 4 yrs, 7st
Mr. Edmondstone's Ermengardis, 6 yrs, 7st 111 b 3
3 to 1 on Greenfinch, who made all the running, and won
by half a length.
EGLINTON PARK RACES.—THURSDAY.
The Two-year-old Stakes of 20 Sovs. each ; colts, Bst 31b ;
fillies, Bst ; half-a-mile (5 Subs)
Lord Eglinton's Britannia (Masson) 1
Mr. Ramsay's Mildew 2
Sir .1.: Boswell's John Harris
• - . Won by a neck.
The Stewards' Cup, by subscribers of 20 sovs. each, 10 ft, and
5 only if declared, with 100 added. Mile and a half.
(22 Subs. ; 10 paid.)
Mr. Johnstone's William le Gros, 5 yrs, list ... (Owner) 1
Mr. H. Johnstone's Era, 4 yrs, lOst
Lord Eglinton's Aristides, 4 yrs, lOst 121 b
Mr. Boyd's Lara, 6 yrs, list • 4
Mr. Merry's Christopher, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b
Won easy, by a length.
The Milton Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 50 added. Once
round. The winner to be sold for 2C03 &c. (5 Subs.)
Mr. Milbank's Arnagill, 6 yrs (Mr. H. Johnstone) 1
Mr. Moore's The Bride, 4 yrs ..... ......... ..... ... 2
Mr. Campbell's Sheffield, 5 yrs ...
Won by a length.
The Hydropathic Stakes of 7 sovs. each, with 50 added, for
hunters. Mile and half. (8 Subs.)
Lord Waterford's Firefly, 5 yrs (Owner) 1
Hon. J. Sandilands' Whitney, aged
Lord Drumlanrig's Red Ribbon, 6 yrs
.Won in a canter.
A Free Handicap of 5 sovs. each, with 20 added, one mile,
was won by Mr. Milbank's Sir Robert, Ilst llb (Mr. H.
Johnstone) beating The Bride, llst.llb ; Lara, 13st ; Oh
Don't, 11st 101 b ; Archer, 9st 71b ; Cerito, 9st ; Miss Julia,
lOst 41b ; and Conqueror, llst 41b.
The Forced Handicap, for winners, of 7 sovs. each, with
20 added, one mile and a half, was won by Mr. Milbank's Sir
Robert, 11st llb (Mr. H. Johnstone), - beating Oh Don't,
10st 101 b; and Arnagill, list 71b, by a length.
The following horses have arrived at Epsom in the course
of the week :—Bay Momus, T'Auld Squire, Coal Black Rose,
Humph, and b m by Bay Middleton out of Adriana.
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY.
DERBY.
127 to 1 agst Running Rein
30 to 1 agst Campanero
45 to 1 agst Qui Tam
40 to 1 agst King of the Gipsies
30 to 1 agst Mount Charles ,
as before.
XS.
12 to 1 agst Merope
20 to 1 agst Charming Kate
20 to 1 agst Barbara filly—t
20 to 1 agst Fair Charlotte

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON INTELLIGENCE.
_ _

The Kestrel, the Earl of Yarborough, which was last week
hauled up on Hansen's slip for alteration, has this week had
her stern taken out, for the purpose of having it shortened ;
she is to have a cutwater, figure-head, standing bowsprit, and
jib-boom, and tobe otherwise rigged as a ketch. This altera-
tion, it is considered by connoisseurs, will be a decided im-
provement.
The schooner Ariel, Almon Hill, Esq., has been hauled off
the mud, and moored alongside Messrs. Thomas and John
White's dock, and will shortly commence fitting out. She is
to be ready on the Ist of June.
The Charm cutter, Mr. Higgins, is up the river all a-taut.
The Talisman, R. Meiklam, Esq., has completed her repairs,
&c., having been lengthened, and has had a new bow placed
in her She was yesterday launched afloat from John
White's slip.
The schooner Camilla is off the mud, and has commenced
rigging; she is to be hauled up astern of the Waterwitch; to
undergo some improvements.
The Owen Glendwr, Mr. Barwell, is fitting out.
Mr. Michael Ratsey has sold the yacht Eagle to Clement
Ruding, Esq., of the Royal Thames Yacht Club.
The Nautilus, Stewart Wardell, Esq., sailed on Monday for
Weymouth, and will return in a few days, to prepare for the
Mediterranean.

Arrived yesterday—The Royal Yacht Squadron's cutters
Turquoise, Sir E. Scott ; and the Intrepid, the Earl Tyr-
conn ell.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by Col.
Wilde, paid a private visit yesterday to the London Library
in Pall-mall, of which his Royal Highness is the patron.
He was received by the President of the Institution, the Earl
of Clarendon, and by Lord Lyttelton, Mr. Hallam' the Rev.
Mr. Milman, and Mr. G. C. Lewis, members of the Com-
mittee. His Royal Highness went through the suite of
rooms containing the library, examining the books, and
making inquiries and remarks, exhibiting an extensive ac-
quaintance with general literature. His Royal Highness on
departing, after remaining upwards of an hour, expressed his
great pleasure with' what he -had seen, and his satisfaction
with the progress thelibrary had made.
THE PIERS IN DANGER.—About four o'clock yes-
terday morning the river Thames, near to London-bridge,
presented an extraordinary scene, arising from an order
issued by the Lord Mayor to the City police to remove the
watermen's pier at Fishmongers'-hall-stairs. Accordingly,
at the above hour, twenty of the City police, under the su-
perintendence of Inspector • Waller, armed with hatchets,
saws, and other implements, proceeded to the above pier,
and, by the direction of the water-bailiff (Mr. Saunders), in
a very short time cut the pier away, the men belonging to
the Watermett's Company looking on in mute astonishment.
The pier was then removed for the present to the foot
of the steps leading from London-bridge to the river. It
appears that, owing to the numerous boats stopping en and
about the wharfs in Upper Thames-street, the owners of the
different Companies have been extending the piers so far into
the river as to impede the navigation, and as the Waterman's
boats are by far the largest, the pier was further extended,
and it being placed without license from the Navigation
Committee, an order was issued by the Lord Mayor for its
immediate removal. A notice has also been served on all the
Steam Companies to decrease the length of the different piers
by seven feet, so as to enable barges and other craft to go
through the near arches of London-bridge, and which regu-
lation is to come into immediate operation.
TEMPERANCE Suirs.—The Board of Customs has
just issued a general order, by which masters of vessels, who
have adopted temperance principles, are allowed, upon their
waving all right to any allowance of spirits, to ship brandy
for medicinal purposes, duty free, in the proportion of one-
tenth of the total quantity of brandy and other spirits to
which they would be entitled as stores, according to the com-
plement of the crew, and the duration of the voyage; and
also to ship such brandy in stone jars, provided the whole
quantity required be contained in elle package.

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The King and Queen of the French, the Duchess of Kent,
the Prince of Lemingen, and the Royal Family, arrived at
Fontainebleau on Tuesday evening, at six o'clock. The Pre-
fect of the department, the Sub-Prefect, General d'Astorg,
and the civil and military authorities of Fontainebleau, were
in waiting to receive the Royal party. In the evening the
King gave a grand dinner, to which 40 guests were invited.
The Count de Syracuse, brother of the King of Naples, has
arrived in Paris. This is the second visit paid by
Highness to this capital.
The National says :—" It is announced that the Committee
of the Northern Railroad decided on Tuesday on the principle
that the Paris and Lille line, already almost terminated by
the State, should be finished and worked by it." his Royal
The Courtier Francais has the following:—" It is asserted
in political circles, which are generally well informed, that
the Count de Reuss (General Prim), who has had frequent
conferences with Queen Christina in Madrid, will shortly ar-
rive in France, with instructions to treat on a very important
affair. The negotiation with which he is charged is said to
be connected with the renunciation of the claim of Den Car-
los to the throne of Spain, and a marriage between the young
Queen Isabella and the Prince of Asturias."
The postscript of a letter from Constantina of April 24, in
the Toulonnais says:—" It is reported that our soldiers have
experienced a pretty serious check. The column, divided in
three, was about to attack the Ouled-Sultan, when the ad-
vanced guard, having gone a little too much forward, was
attacked with loss."
The Vienna journals announce that the exhibition of Na"
tional Industry in that city will open on the 15th instant, and
close at the end of June. The exhibitions in future are to be
quinquennial, as in France.
A fire took place at Bremen on the 30th ult., in which
eight pemns were burnt to death.
We learn from Munich, May 3, that some attempt had
'been made to renew the disturbance caused by the rise in the
price of beer, but that tranquillity was maintained, without
the necessity of having recourse to violence. -
On Thursday last two French artillery soldiers blew our
their brains at Valence. They were intimate friends, and
one of them having in vain endeavoured to induce the other
to abandon the idea of suicide, resolved at length to die with
him. Their lifeless bodies were found side by side on the
staircase of their barracks.
" On the day of the King's fits," says the Constitut ionne4
" whilst the crowd on the Pont des Invalides was at 4.4
height, a young man dressed in a blouse climbed over the
balustrade, and threw himself into the Seine. He 'W
drowned before assistance could reach him."
The Stockholm journals publish an account of the funeral d
the late King of Sweden and Norway, which took place °li
the 26th ult. The coffin was borne by Noblemen, and fol'
lowed to the church by the King arid Queen. It was de
posited in the Royal vault, and two Bishops, in presence °I.
the Archbishop, performed the Jordfastning, a ceremony used
in Sweden at all-burials—the priest casting three clods ot
earth on the coffin, and pronouncing the fol.owing words
' " From earth thou earnest, to earth thou returnest—througu
Christ thou shalt rise again." At this moment the batteries
of artillery at the Kungsholmen and the Kornhamer fire',
256 shots, and the infantry two volleys. The procession
then returned to the Palace, where it enteredat half-past Oat
o'clock. The whole of the diplomatic corps were present $
the ceremony.

LAW AND POLICE.
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, Henry Hardil*
was sentenced to six months' imprisonment, with hard labovi,r;
for highway robbery; and James Lemens, a .black man, 10
cutting and wounding Jane Smith, was sentenced to thr'ef
months' imprisonment, the jury having found him guilty. 0

assault only. ea
At Bow-street, Edward Youngman Cotton was charg,,•,,
with having committed a serious robbery in the house or
master, Mr. Edward Driver, of No. 8, Parliament-street, nr.
to Whitehall, and then setting fire to the mansion, witb
in
tent to burn it down, and thus destroy all proofs of his gut',..
A young woman of prepossessing features, named Rennet'
Smith, was charged as accessary. After a lengthened ill°.
tigation, the prisoners were both remanded.
At Lambeth-street Francisco Lfancheris, a Spanish 01-
• dier, was brought • before Mr. Norton for further examblF,
tion, on a charge of stabbing a young man named Benjetlll
Rogers. He was again remanded for a fortnight.
Richard Redwood, Alexander Cecil, James Carter,.
Clarke, and John Walker, were charged at Woolwich Polio:
court with stealing six loaves from the cart of Mr. TauTo
baker, of Hare-street. The baker declined to prosect's,
them, as they were in a starving state. Mr. Grove said tbe.l
must not go about stealing bread ; they ought to keePl'',
home, for their parish must support them. However, as ti'd
baker himself humanely declined to prosecute, he sli9ul
discharge them.

COURT-rAssx ON.A.IIX.E.
The Rimier of the Horse (the Earl of Jersey) has la h.
made a reduction in the number of her Majesty's stud at t
Royal mews, in consequence of so many of the Royal jourvel
being made by railway.
The Marquis of Bute, the Lord High Commissioner to tl2:
General Assembly, is expected to arrive at Holyrood riue;
early in the ensuing week. We understand that the arrani4
inents for the company who will dine with his grace dal ci
the sitting of the assembly are to be on a scale of magnificen

beyond that of former years.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and family left
our
venor-square,' on Thursday, for Arundel-terrace, Bright'
where his Lordship has taken a mansion fora month Ato
The Earl and Countess of Cardigan are not expecteZro,
return to Portman-square from Stephen's-green, Pu''sji.
where the Noble Earl has taken the spacious mansicu of
late Lord Chancellor Manners, for a limited term.
The Earl and Countess of Albemarle returned to Der
ley-square, on Thursday, from Newmarket, for the seasell'
Mr. and Mrs. Standish Standish entertained his El‘c,et,,
lency the French Ambassador and the Countess de
Aulaire, his Excellency the Swedish Minister, and the C°7l;
tess Bjornstjerna, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Count Louis
Bream
'
Noailles, Count Esterhazy, Barons de Talleyrantl,
and Taylor &c., at dinner last evening, after which 1
Standish had a soiree.
On Thursday last was married, at the Catholic Churcd
Chelsea, by the Right Rev. Dr. Griffiths, Catholic Bishaio
the London District, Sir Pyers Most y Bart., of Talacret
the Hon. Frances Georgians Fraser, nsecond daughter of 14°
and Lady Loyat.